C2 Part59

Parsed with an automated reader. The content accuracy is not guranteed.

“Are

you lonely, Tatsumi?”

His heart skipped a beat at his

soft-spoken and straight-forward question. He never expected anyone

to ask an already employed person over twenty if they

were lonely so directly. He was temporarily at a loss for words.

“……I’m

not lonely.”

“You don’t need to lie……you can tell me

the truth, even if there’s nothing I can really do for you.”

“—I’m

not lying. Besides, that’s not true. Being able to talk to you like

this fun, Kusamakura.”

This was the only time Tatsumi, who

spent his days doing routine work without speaking to anyone, could

have a conversation with someone.

“Today, a

coworker……I didn’t know her name, but she asked me, if anything

good happened. I guess I look a little more cheerful to others

lately.”

When he squeezed Kusamakura’s hand, he pulled it

away frantically. He became nervous when he thought he had pushed him

away somehow, but Kusamakura cleared his throat with a cough.

“……that’s good then. Yeah.”

He replied with a

flustered voice. Tatsumi suddenly looked away.