Chapter 2

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Driven by a desire to leave the place as soon as possible, Naoto quickly got on the same escalator as before and got off one floor below. The building, Delighton plaza, Naoto is visiting is a 10-story commercial complex directly connected to the upscale hotel Delighton. The second floor of the hotel is a shop floor designed by promising young Japanese fashion designers. The president of the Delighton Hotel himself produced the shops. Naoto walked down the floor with his hands in his pockets with a sardonic look on his face. He stopped by the “KAY” apparel store on the second floor.

“Welcome… Oh, Tachibana-san. ・・・・”

The voice of one of the clerks did not seem to reach Naoto’s ears at all, and he walked straight to the back of the store and knocked on the door.

*Knock-knock!*

“It’s Naoto. Open up.”

The office of Kei Tadokoro, the owner and designer of KAY, is located behind the store.

A moment later, the door opened and Kei stood behind it. A tall, slender man with long, straight hair tied back in a single bun, the same age as Naoto. “Hey~ You’re back so soon~ – Didn’t you find anything good?”

Naoto did not respond to Kei’s question, but entered the office and silently sat down on the sofa inside. Kei gently hugs Naoto from behind and kisses him on the right cheek.

“Is something wrong? …or did you meet someone?”

“・・・・・・ no comment.”

“Wow!” There it is. But it’s been a while since I’ve had a Naoto like this…oh, hey, this chocolate has quite a bit of alcohol in it. Wanna try it?”

Naoto took the liberty of opening the box of chocolates on the sofa table and began to eat it. Naoto speaks to Kei as he takes the second chocolate and unfolds the wrapper.

“Hey, can you stay with me until morning tonight?”

Kei is momentarily speechless at Naoto’s unexpected offer.

“What? Of course. Do you want me to hold you until morning?”

“Oh, yes. I want you to f*ck me up so bad that I can’t get up.”

Kei’s arms tighten as he hugs Naoto from behind.

“Hey, Kei! You’re hurting me!”

“I’m so happy to hear such words from Naoto. It’s not good. I’m going to get a boner!”

“Hey, hey, don’t poke holes in the couch!”

Naoto looks at Kei behind him as he chews on his chocolate.

“I don’t know what happened, but thank you for making me like this Naoto.”

“You’re overreacting.”

“I’ll stay at a nice hotel instead of my place tonight. I’ll bring the wine I just got.”

After telling him this, Kei leaves Naoto and heads for the wine cellar in his office.

“It’s like when I met Naoto for the first time…”

Kei muttered quietly with a complicated expression on his face.

“Hmm? what did you say?”

Naoto, his cheeks bright red and his eyes almost drooping, asked Kei.

“You say you don’t get drunk, but look at you now getting drunk on chocolate!”

“Kei, bring me some wine as soon as possible!”

Kei put his right hand on his forehead with a bitter smile.

Inside the hotel room on the table, there are 2 wine glasses and an empty wine bottle. The sound of a shower could be heard. On the bed, Naoto was lying on his back, naked, staring at the ceiling with empty eyes. Then, from inside Naoto’s bag, a cell phone notification was heard in the quiet room. Naoto got up and put his feet down on the floor, adjusting his body a bit.

“That Kei really messed things up…well I’m the one who asked him to do so, haha.”

Naoto smiled bitterly and put his hands on his hips and went to his bag. The green light that signalled an incoming call was blinking in the dark bag. Naoto randomly picks up his cell phone and checks the screen.

“Short text? …I don’t know who that is.”

Naoto casually taps the SMS icon. As soon as he sees the sender’s name, he covers his mouth with his hand involuntarily as his heart beats faster.

“Senpai ・・・・”

He took a deep breath and then squeezed his eyes shut. His heartbeat could be heard and his hand holding the phone started shaking. After a while, Naoto regained some normalcy, he opened his eyes, took another deep breath, and opened the message.

[I hope this number is still valid. I’m sorry about today. I am sorry for behaving that way. I really wanted to apologise. I’m so sorry.]

Naoto bent forward as soon as he read the message and pressed his forehead against the phone.

[Senpai…You haven’t changed. ・・・・ You are too kind. Don’t spoil me. I’m the one who’s the worst.]

Kei, who had just finished showering, watched Naoto standing by the window, his shoulders shaking, for a while from behind with mixed feelings.

“Naoto, I was waiting for you in the shower~ I was going to continue.”

Naoto’s surprised expression was reflected in the window glass when Kei called out to him. At the same time, the light from the cell phone reflected on Naoto’s face.

“Kei… I’m sorry. I have to go home.”

“You agreed we will do it until the morning.”

Kei forced a pouty face and sat down on the bed.

“・・・・ Kei, I have an urgent matter. I’m really sorry.”

Telling him that Naoto takes his eyes away from the scenery outside the window and turns his gaze to Kei. He then tucked the cell phone under his arm and clasped his hands together in front of his face.

“I’m really sorry.”

“I’ll leave too. I’ll be lonely without you, so I’m going home too.”

Kei told him and jumped into the centre of the bed.

“I thought we could spend all this time together until morning~ Naoto you idiot~!”

Kei, who was lying on his stomach, flapped his legs. Naoto’s chest ached with guilt as he looked at Kei.

The urgent business was just an excuse; Naoto wanted to go home now. Naoto and Kei got into separate cabs and left the hotel. Naoto sent Kei another line of apology in the cab. And the next thing he opened was a message from Yoichi that had just arrived. His cheeks burned as he read each word again. Then he wrote his message in the reply box.

[Thank you for your message. My cell phone number has not changed. Please don’t worry about today. I’m fine. Please be happy.]

As he looked at the last sentence, he saw a daytime scene in his mind. Yoichi smiles happily as he is called Papa, and a beautiful woman stands by his side. A smiling and wonderful family. Naoto bit his lip tightly, but immediately loosened his cheeks.

“It was for the best.” He muttered quietly.

After rewriting and reading the message over and over again, he takes a deep breath and sends it.

Naoto’s house was located in a quiet suburb, far from Tokyo and nearly an hour away from the hotel where he and Kei had just stayed. When Naoto put his phone in his pocket and looked up, he was away from the hustle and bustle of the city and knew he was close to home.

“How long has it taken me to reply?” He asked himself.

‘We used to communicate so much!” Naoto looked out the window and relaxed his mouth as he muttered to himself.

“Am I in the right place?”

Before he knew it, the cab driver approached Naoto’s address, and Naoto got off.

Naoto lived in his parents’ house. Both of his parents had already passed away, and the house was too large for one person, but he could not bring himself to leave. As Naoto got off the cab and was about to open the gate to his house, he heard the ringtone of his cell phone coming from his jacket pocket. Naoto, who thought it would be from Kei, stiffens when he sees “Yo-san” on his cell phone screen.

Raw Provider : Geranium

Translator : Geranium

Editor : Dazzel

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