CH 166

What Miyagi wants me to tell her — 166

Translated by KaiesV

Edited by KaiesV

The three of us went out to eat and came home together.

I am now stuffed with Miyagi.

Miyagi’s face is grim because Utsunomiya, who was in this room about two hours ago, is no longer here.

「What were you really talking about with Maika, is it true?」

She asks in a low voice that she would hardly ever utter in front of Utsunomiya.

「What do you mean, what were we talking about?」

「While I was in the bathroom, you two were talking about something.」

Miyagi looks at me with a look that seems to say on her forehead that she’s curious.

Her mood is as bad as it looks.

Earlier I was sitting diagonally in front of her, but now I can tell because she is sitting next to me. The air she wear is spiky and prickly when I was around her. I am happy to have Miyagi next to me again, but I am not happy to see her in a bad mood.

「It’s not a big deal. You know what Utsunomiya said.」

In fact, we are talking about a commonplace story.

Calling them by their first names is a common story among people who are on the verge of becoming friends, and it is not something to be hidden. It would be better not to tell them the true feelings that Utsunomiya revealed, but other than that, it is a very normal story. Nor did she promise not to tell Miyagi.

But I have a feeling that if I told Miyagi, she would be in an even worse mood.

「You’re absolutely lying. You were talking about something else.」

「Do you doubt Utsunomiya?」

「I have my doubts about you, Sendai-san.」

Miyagi says once and for all.

I think it is unreasonable that I am the only one suspected.

I know there is no way I can compete with Utsunomiya for credibility and win, but she treats me too badly.

「We only talked about how Miyagi had chosen this platypus, or how I was teaching you how to study as a thank you for lending me money. I promised not to say anything weird, and I didn’t talk about anything that Miyagi wouldn’t like.」

If I can fool her here, I want to fool her.

Miyagi does not seem to think well of my closeness to Utsunomiya, so if I told her everything we had talked about, she would think I was getting too close to Utsunomiya, and if I didn’t do well, she would think I was trying to win her friendship. We don’t want to be misunderstood by going out of our way to talk about things we don’t need to talk about.

「Really?」

「Really. What does Miyagi think I told her?」

「Things I don’t want you to talk about.」

「What does that mean?」

「You know what I’m talking about.」

Most of what we did in high school is what Miyagi wants to keep hidden from Utsunomiya. But that’s not just true for Miyagi, it’s true for me too.

「Don’t worry, we’re only talking about normal things. If it bothers you so much, ask Utsunomiya.」

Miyagi’s eyes go down at my words.

I don’t know what she is thinking, but she doesn’t want to look at me.

I have not said anything that would arouse suspicion, but I think Miyagi might be concerned that Utsunomiya and I seem to be getting too close to each other. I do not mean to take Utsunomiya away from Miyagi, but it is not surprising that Utsunomiya felt as she did, “I felt like I was left out.”

「——Sendai-san. Turn around here.」

Miyagi, who had been silent, turns her body toward me and pulls my arm.

「I already did though.」

I have been looking at Miyagi for a while now.

But she didn’t like it and wrinkled her brow.

「More properly.」

She tugs on my arm again, and I turn my body as well as my face toward Miyagi and ask,「Is this okay?」But there is no answer, no hand leaves my arm.

「Miyagi?」

I call her name, and her hand, which had remained attached to my arm, gets stronger. Then Miyagi brings her face close to mine.

Probably, she kisses me.

I closed my eyes, immediately anticipating what was about to be done to me, and something soft touched my lips. Just when I thought the kiss was going to be a pause to feel the body heat, something wet is pressed against my lips.

This is rare.

Miyagi would kiss me or try to put her tongue in me.

The temperature in the room is the same, but my body is hot.

Why, or why not, comes to my mind, but my body chooses to feel Miyagi on its own. There is a momentary pause of hesitation as I open my lips thinly, and then slowly Miyagi’s body heat enters me.

The tips of our tongues touch and mingle.

It was soft and moist, moving with reserve, and feels comfortable with me, as if it were made for me. The heat from our overlapping lips, from the tongue exploring my mouth, from all the overlapping parts, melts into me.

I wanted more Miyagi, so I moved my tongue from my side and the hand that was holding my arm tightened. And then both tongue and lips escape me. Still wanting to kiss her again, I try to bring my face close to hers, and I hear her grumbling.

「Tell me what the two of you were talking about.」

Ahh, I see now.

I forgot.

Miyagi rarely kisses me for no reason.

「Is this a term of exchange?」

I say the words that she intentionally left out.

「I don’t mind if you think so.」

Kissing has been the price in the past. And this is not the first time these kisses have happened, and even more than that. I would be happy if Miyagi kissed me, even if it was in exchange.

So the kiss doesn’t have to be anything special.

But this kiss now seems special.

That’s because Miyagi chose me as her partner, despite the fact that there were two other people with whom she could make an exchange.

「Why did you choose me instead of Utsunomiya as the person to talk to?」

When I asked, Miyagi’s gaze fell to the floor.

If there was a reason, I would want to know, but she wouldn’t say anything.

「You could even ask Utsunomiya in exchange for buying dinner or whatever. I mean, I’m sure Utsunomiya would be willing to talk to you without an exchange clause.」

「You don’t know that. Maika, she might not talk to me.」

Miyagi looks at me and blurts it out like she is talking to herself.

Excuses are not excuses.

If it were Utsunomiya, Miyagi would have told me if she insisted. If there is something that Utsunomiya won’t tell her, she can simply ask me only then, and didn’t bother to choose me first.

I wanted to kiss her.

Still, I am tempted to think that is why she chose me as the first person to ask. I think this story is too convenient for me, but I am inclined to think so.

I am trying to find a deeper meaning in the fact that they chose me and not Utsunomiya as the exchange partner. I would like to think that Miyagi has feelings similar to, if not the same as mine.

「Sendai-san, tell me about it.」

I don’t want to tell her.

I don’t want to tell her unless she tells me more clearly, properly, and convincingly why she chose me.

But if I said such a thing, Miyagi would surely say,「That’s enough.」

「Then, kiss me once more.」

I don’t care if it’s for a price.

I would like her to do it again, starting with Miyagi.

「I’ll kiss you and swear on my earring that you’ll never talk to her.」

「Okay.」

I reach out and touch Miyagi’s earring. I stroked the plumeria flower with my thumb and declares,「If Miyagi kisses me again, I’ll tell you about it properly.」

「Is this okay?」

I ask, stroking her cheek from earlobe to earlobe, and Miyagi pulls a face.

She closed her eyes from me, and our lips immediately overlap.

I didn’t add it as a condition, but it was soft in my mouth.

Just swear on the earrings and Miyagi will kiss me like a grown adult.

I hope Miyagi will always be this kind of honest Miyagi.

I know it is a difficult task.

But I want to kiss Miyagi whenever I want, however I want.

Miyagi’s hands touch my waist.

A little closer, her lips press hard against mine.

But our lips part faster than the kiss we just had.

「Sendai-san, we kissed.」

Miyagi says clerically.

The two things I have talked about with Utsunomiya that I have not told Miyagi are Utsunomiya’s real intention and her request that I call her by her first name. I have not promised not to talk about it, but I shouldn’t talk about Utsunomiya’s true intentions without permission, and I am not going to talk about it, so I will talk about the other one.

But I don’t want to tell Miyagi because she might misunderstand me.

I think I’d like to mislead her appropriately.

I don’t want Miyagi to think I’m going to take Utsunomiya, and I don’t want Miyagi to keep me away, even if only temporarily. I don’t need to be liked, but I don’t want to be hated.

「Sendai-san.」

Miyagi calls my name strongly.

「Today, when I went to pick up Maika and we were walking together, I saw the tortoiseshell cat that you, Sendai-san mentioned. I now know that what Sendai-san said is true, and I’m willing to trust you a little more, so you’d better keep your promise now.」

I let out a small gasp when I hear a very serious voice.

I don’t want to lose the trust, even if it’s only for a little while.

「I was just talking about what to call each other.」

「To call each other?」

「Yes. She was talking about calling me Hazuki.」

「…Maika, did she call you like that?」

Miyagi looks straight at me and says.

「Today, since then, Utsunomiya, did she call me Hazuki?」

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「She didn’t call you like that.」

「That’s what I meant. Miyagi didn’t call me Hazuki, so she told me to call me Sendai-san until Miyagi calls me Hazuki.」

When I say this, Miyagi falls silent.

I wondered what he was thinking about, her gaze falling once to the floor and then back to me again. Then he quietly said,

「…Is that what Sendai-san calls Maika?」

「I called her Utsunomiya the whole day. When we talked, I said I would call her Utsunomiya until she’ll call me Hazuki. ——Anyway, that’s all Miyagi wanted to know. The rest is really just high school and stuff.」

I conclude my story before Miyagi thinks of anything else.

If I talk too long, I may say something that may not be a big deal to me, but will be a big deal to Miyagi.

「Hey, Miyagi.」

I lean back against my bed.

「What?」

「You can call me Hazuki.」

She won’t call me like that, but I’ll say something.

「If I call you Hazuki, Maika will call you Hazuki too, right?」

「That’s what the talk is about.」

「…I’ll call you Sendai-san.」

After thinking about it for a moment, Miyagi clarified.