Chapter 38

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Having finished the entirety of the enormous amount of food, it was time for a relaxed, after meal teatime.

Sera unnaturally said 「Aah」 as she spilled her tea. Right on the spot where Horun was going to sit.

「Sorry, Horun-san. For I have spilled tea here, could you sit next to Iris-sama?」

Correctly guessing her intention, Horun said 「W-well, it can’t be helped」, and pretended to reluctantly sit next to Iris. Her expression was extremely loose, though…

「…if you’re really against it, I could dry it with magic—」

「I’m not against it!」

「That’s right, Iris-sama! You must definitely not!」

「O-okay」

Under the the two’s unusual glare, Iris dejectedly withdrew. However, her, as well, being within arms reach of her beloved, made her delighted at heart.

「My apologies, Iris-sama. Because of my careless blunder」

「No, don’t mind it.」

「Incidentally, I have also remembered that I have some business to attend to. This may be rude, but can I leave the aftermath to Horun-san?」

「Business? If it’s outside I could escort you?」

「No, no, it is just a side job. It is fine to not mind it.」

「Fumu, then it can’t be helped. I will be here building our friendship with Horun, so you don’t need to hesitate.」

「Thank you very much.」

Finishing her conversation with Iris, she made eye contact with Horun again.

「(Horun-san, you got it?)」

「(Right, thanks)」

「(Also, some encouraging news. Iris-sama is a yuri.)」

「(R-really!? I’ll definitely make my confession succeed!)」

「(I pray for you fortune in war.)」

「(I’ll do my best!)」

Ending their eye contact, Sera took the souvenirs and stood up.

Having received Iris’s permission, she bowed, then left for the second floor. In doing so, she was handed a small scrap of paper from Iris. Not knowing what is was, she accepted it, then like that, returned to her room.

Breathing out, she sat on her one-person sofa, then opened the paper. There were words written in beautiful penmanship.

『Thank you for being considerate.』

Sighing out once again, Sera muttered to herself.

「Hah, so I was seen through. Those two, it is mutual love so there should be no problems in them getting together… with that I should get complimented by Ane-sama♪ I’m like a cupid of love.」

Suddenly becoming alone with Iris, in a single word, Horun’s mind had become bewildered.

No matter how much she loved— no, because she loved her, she wasn’t sure what to say. In addition, this is still Horun’s first meeting with Iris.

She fell in love with Iris at first sight. Just seeing her figure from a distance was enough for her to fall in love. Furthermore, they hadn’t had a proper conversation, let alone meeting this close. Even though they were sitting together due to a mistake, there wasn’t a sense of distance.

She quickly wanted to move back to the seat where Sera had been sitting. However, that would be undermining Sera’s kindness, and more than anything, she didn’t want to leave Iris’s side.

Of course, Horun was thankful to Sera. She had mindfully left her alone with the one she liked.

However. However! Repeated, this is their first meeting. She honestly didn’t have any conversation to pass the time.

In her heart, Horun complained that ‘it was too early for the two of them to be alone together’. The heart of a maiden is a complex matter.

She reached her hand out toward the teacup. At times when the conversation is going nowhere, start out with drinking a drink.

However, Horun’s teacup was already empty.

「W-would you like another cup of tea?」

「…thanks. If you’d please.」

The conversation ended.

Wondering how she could be so cowardly, she tormented herself. With that, she slowly headed to the kitchen and prepared more black tea.

Even if her mood had plummeted, her work was still top-notch. Since she had professional awareness, it was as she was watching the tea leaves heat.

Suddenly, she felt a presence behind her. Though saying so, in the first place, it is only Horun and Iris. For that reason, that presence was Iris, but Horun didn’t know her reason to come over.

Having though up until now, since the tea preparation had ended, she turned around to check.

Slightly extending herself at a distance where they could kiss was Iris’s face.

「Nyaa!」

「Ah, sorry. I didn’t mean to startle you. Just, I wanted to see how you brew tea.」

「I, is that so, you surprised me… I thought you were going to kiss me.」

「Kiss? Should we?」

「! D-don’t joke around! What would you do if I actually did?」

Horun turned the other way. Like that, she poured the black tea into the teacups. Having prepared two portions, she set them on a tray.

When she was ready to carry it off, something was placed on her shoulders— Iris’s hands.

「—If I were to say it wasn’t a joke?」

「L-like I said—」

As Horun continued to try and argue, she was spun by Iris, made to stand face to face.

「!」

「If you don’t want to, you can resist.」

Saying so, Iris’s hands that were on Horun’s shoulders gradually reached further around her back.

Horun didn’t resist, accepting it, until it resulted in being embraced by Iris.

From the happiness and embarrassment, her face had become as red as a tomato.

Soft, warm, nice smell, bliss.

The various impressions that came to her mind vanished.

Finally, the only thing left was the desire for this time to go on forever.

However, this time suddenly met its end. Iris removed her body, staring seriously at Horun.

Iris’s head— lips approached, aiming for Horun’s. Distance remaining: 30 centimeters. 20, 10, 5—

「Y-you can’t!」

Just before their lips could overlap, Horun pushed Iris back.

Horun’s breath was rough, tears slightly floating in her eyes.

To her reaction, Iris’s expression clouded over.

「—As expected, I’m no good?」

「T-that’s wrong! Ah, no, that is wrong!」

Horun corrected her wording, then her posture.

Her eyes seriously gazed at Iris. She took a single deep breath.

「Um, I am really happy to receive your feelings… but, before that, I would like you to hear something first…」

Awkwardly going using unfamiliar language, Horun desperately tried to convey her feelings.

「I love you.」

Just three short words. How much emotion is loaded into those words?

「From the moment I first saw you, I loved you. Please, make me your girlfriend.」

She closed her eyes, lowered her head, and held out her right hand. Her hand was shaking from the tension.

Time seemed to frag on for an eternity.

Bodily, it was an eternity, but in reality, it was only after 5~6 seconds that Horun’s hand was gently wrapped up.

She surprisedly raised her head.

There, Iris was smiling.

「—Sure, of course. Please be my girlfriend.」

Having received a response, large tears fell from Horun’s eyes. Those were, the world’s most beautiful tears.

Iris used her finger to wipe away those tears, then held her hand to Horun’s cheek.

Horun closed her eyes. This time, there was no intention to refuse.

The distance between the two shortened, their lips overlapping each other’s.

Here, a new couple was born.

(TL note: Sorry for the wait, some stuff came up, and then there was fall season anime, so this chapter got a bit delayed.

Hopefully you know by now, yuri refers to girls liking other girls.

After Horun rejects Iris’s first kiss, she speaks using formal Japanese, rather than her dialect, which is hard to convey when I haven’t really translated her as speaking differently (ッス).)

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