Chapter 25

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Chapter 25

The next day, I suddenly wake up. I check my watch and see that it’s seven o’clock. It’s ironic that I wake up at the hour I’m usually still up at.

Aoi was still sleeping, something unusual. She always wakes up earlier than me, but I guess yesterday’s incident must have been really hard on her. I felt a regular and small breath on my chest. I tried to get up carefully so as not to wake her up, but Aoi unconsciously moved her body towards me. Even that part was cute, so I stopped getting up and stroked Aoi’s hair. Her hair was soft and silky to the touch—it felt good.

“Aoi, it’s morning. Wake up.”

“Uhnn, mm…”

She was groaning and wriggling, but there was no sign of her getting up. I’ve never seen Aoi like this before—how adorable. I subconsciously grinned at this unexpected side of her and whispered in her ear.

“Come on, wake up. You need to get up, your manager’s going to come, right? You won’t make it in time, you know.”

“Mmm… it tickles…”

“Fufufu. So cute. Quickly wake up.”

“Uh…nn, okayyy.”

Aoi looks sleepy and dazed as she wriggles and rubs her eyes, looking up. Is she a slow at waking up? While thinking so, Aoi suddenly hugged me.

“What’s wrong?”

“… nothing’s…wrong.”

“Nothing?”

“Yuki’s… warm… it feels good.”

I giggled at the child-like Aoi, who was still half asleep, and slowly kissed her on the forehead. Aoi completely woke up with that, or rather even though she was sleepy she pulled her head back and put her hand on her forehead from surprise.

“Wha-! …What are you doing… so suddenly?!”

“Huh? You were cute so I did it. I did it yesterday too. Did you dislike it?”

“N-No, I don’t… dislike it. I don’t dislike it, but…I was s-surprised… or rather, it’s too embarrassing…”

The blatant attitude makes me laugh—even though you were begging for a kiss yesterday. There’s no reason to be embarrassed now since this is something you probably do between friends anyway. Because it’s morning? —she was so cute, it made me want to tease her.

“Even though we did it so many times yesterday?”

“Eh? …That’s… that’s true, but”

“Even though you started it, Aoi.”

“T…That’s right, but. Because…”

“Then, I’d better not do it anymore.”

“What?”

I answered with my usual face and played with her. She has an obvious sour look of regret. Grinning deep down, I tried to get up and get out of bed, but Aoi grabbed my clothes and prevented me from doing so.

“H-Hey… I-I don’t want that.”

I dared to ask Aoi, who normally understands what I say, but now has a look of impatience.

“What’s ‘that’?”

“Eh? …Uh…um…just now… that…the kiss… don’t stop.”

“Hm? But you were surprised and embarrassed by it, weren’t you?”

“That’s… you’re right, but. …but…”

“Then, I guess… why don’t you kiss me, Aoi? Then I won’t stop.”

I came up with a good idea. When I smiled as usual, she was surprised and blushed. Even though she was obstinately reluctant to do so just a moment ago. But still, it’s only a kiss yet she’s acting so cute—this is becoming fun.

“Huh?! …I-It’s impossible. …It’s embarrassing, I can’t do it.”

“Whaaat, then I really won’t do it anymore.”

“That’s…”

“Then hurry up. Even the forehead is fine. I’ll really stop, you know?”

“…okay. I understand, I’ll do it. Wait.”

She blushes even more and regulates her breath. She probably never thought I would be teasing her like this. She seems nervous. Aoi’s honest, so she believes whatever I say, mostly obeying everything, and doesn’t think there’s a catch to it. I feel a little guilty, but it’s not like I can stop now.

“Are you done yet?”

W-Wait a little longer…”

Aoi isn’t moving at all.

“You’re not going to do it?”

“I-I’ll do it! I’ll do it, so… wait.”

Aoi still didn’t move. I became impatient and closed the distance between us. I brought my face close to her in front of her eyes. I was already right in front of her, but Aoi closed her eyes tightly. Does she really have the intention to do it—I wanted to sigh at that attitude, but I held it back.

“Can you do if it’s like this?”

“Y-Yeah. …I’ll do it, wait.”

Aoi opened her eyes and looks at me shyly, closing her eyes, doing so repeatedly in embarrassment.

“Aoi? How long are you going to do this?”

“Because… I’m embarrassed… y-you’re too close… I’ll be too nervous.”

“Haaa, then… you want to do it on my hand? You can do it if it’s there, right?”

“Eh? …O-Okay. I think… I can do that.”

Sensing that she wouldn’t be able to do it, I made a compromise. It’ll probably be fine with this. I put my hand on top of hers. Aoi timidly grasps my hand and brings it to her face, and I watch her tenderly, holding back my smile.

“Come on now, hurry, hurry.”

“O-Okay. …Don’t look at me so much. It’s embarrassing…”

“Yes, yes.”

I replied but she kept her eyes closed so she wouldn’t even know if I was watching her or not. As I watched her, she slowly kissed the back of my hand while closing her eyes and hid her face with her hands right after. Where did yesterday’s assertiveness go. She wasn’t this shy yesterday—I hugged her and praised her with a smirk on my face.

“Good job, good job. You worked hard.”

“…I… my face is too hot… I can’t show you.”

I’m not sure if she’s embarrassed or not, but even her ears are bright red. Let’s tease her a little bit more. It seems like Aoi’s reactions are like honey to me.

“What, even though I want to see.”

“N-No! Really…”

“But I can’t kiss you if you don’t show me, right?”

“That’s… true, but not right now.”

“Even though I want to do it now?”

“Now? Right now, is a bit… ah, stop, let go… wait a minute! You really can’t.”

I grab Aoi, who’s stubbornly hiding her face, by the wrist from in front of her and pull her hands off her face. You can’t win against mischievousness. My arm hurts a little because of yesterday, but the resistance was unimpressive, and I was able to see her face soon after. She’s desperately looking away with a blushing face. I really never get tired of watching this girl.

“Even though I told you not to…stupid.”

“Fufu, you’re cute, so I feel like kissing you.’

I gently kissed Aoi’s cheek, who was about to cry with shame, and answered. Aoi was a little stiff because of what I did, but I found it adorable, so I kissed her temple and she finally looked at me.

“Not fair.”

“What is?”

“…You do unfair things all the time.”

“You hate it?”

“… I don’t hate it…”

While she looks at me with resisting eyes, I pretend to not understand her and so I don’t answer. I’m saying what I truly think, plus she’s cute so I can’t help it. Instead, I gently kissed her eyes and then hugged her, and even though she was just resisting, she hugged me back tightly.

A short time later, Aoi started making breakfast. I explained to my workplace that I was attacked by a thug yesterday, without mentioning Aoi, and got the day off. Yesterday at the hospital, I was reminded to rest, plus the pain is still there and I have to go for a checkup. I’m planning to go to the hospital for a detailed examination. I hung up the phone to the workplace and when I was waiting at the table, Aoi placed the dishes.

There was jam toast, onion soup, salad, sunny side up eggs, and different colorful fruits that had been peeled and sliced, and it look as delicious as always.

After thanking her, we both started eating and confirmed our plans for the days.

“Aoi, you have a lot of things to do today after your manager picks you up, right?”

“Yeah. My work today is to cancel jobs, but I’m sure there’s a lot going on at the office and I’ll have to go to the police station too. Yuki, you have to go to the hospital, right? Are you okay going alone? I’d like to keep you company, but…”

“I’m fine. I just need to go to the hospital for an examination and to check the wound. After that, I’ll go to the police station. I don’t know what time it’ll be, but it’ll probably take a while. Aoi, will you go home early?”

“I don’t know, but Yamashita-san said she’ll let me go home early.”

“I see. That’s a relief.”

“Uh-huh. And so… about tonight, um, you see… if you’re fine with it…”

I was planning on going home today, but by the look of things, it seems she doesn’t want me to go home. She’s looking anxiously at me. Well, it was only yesterday too, and by the looks of yesterday, I don’t think it’s a good idea to leave her alone. I said this before Aoi, who seemed to be having a hard time continuing.

“I’m worried about you, so I want to stay over your house for today too, is that okay?”

“…Y-Yeah! …Thank you… I’ll be happy if you do. By the way, about that…”

Aoi smiled happily and then started to search for something in her bag. I was wondering what she was doing when she took something out of the bag. It was a key case. She took out a key from the key case. She looked at me as if she made up her mind.

“You see, we don’t know what time it’ll end, so… even from before, I’ve been thinking about giving it to you. But there’s been a lot going on and if it’s Yuki, then… um, you can come anytime. …I want you to keep the key.”

“Is it okay for me to have it?”

I didn’t expect for her to give me the key. I was surprised. She’s not lending it to me, but rather wants me to keep it. Aoi nodded and put it in my hand.

“I want Yuki to have it. I-Is it a bother…?”

“No, that’s not it, but… are you really sure?”

“Yeah. After what happened yesterday… I’ll be scared if something happens again. If Yuki has it then… I’ll feel safer.”

“I see, I got it.”

I accept Aoi’s key. I can’t not accept it when she says it like that, plus with what happened this time too. I’m worried, so it should be fine if I keep it. I smiled at Aoi reassuringly.

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