Chapter: 113. Behavior Between Couples
As night fell, the Four Seasons Hall remained enveloped in a tranquil atmosphere.
Through the window, the stars in the night sky twinkled.
Even though a week had passed, Qinglong still lay in the ICU receiving treatment, while Yazi chose to accompany him every day. With Fengzi’s sudden transfer, the once bustling Four Seasons Hall was now left with only four people.
Every little sound in the night became clear in this vast space.
“Nagisa-chan… isn’t here?”
Just back from washing up, Mana habitually looked towards the room next door when she opened her door.
She noticed that there was no sound coming from Nagisa’s room next door.
Mana furrowed her brow slightly.
It was still early; even though Nagisa looked like an elementary school student now, she wouldn’t go to bed this early. Besides, in recent days, Kanade would read bedtime stories to Nagisa before she slept, making Mana sigh about how Kanade really was a “daughter-con.”
Yet tonight, Nagisa’s room was silent.
In contrast, voices seemed to come from the boys’ floor downstairs.
“…Is she looking for Tsukimi-kun?” Keywords like “lonely boy and girl” and “late-night alone” reflexively emerged in Mana’s mind, causing her to worry. But then she reconsidered. Since the two of them were now officially dating, this kind of solitude could be considered a couple’s privilege, and she had no right to interfere—unless Kanade intended to engage in some unhealthy romantic behavior.
“Since Nagisa-chan now looks like a little kid, Tsukimi-kun should be able to control himself, right?”
With this thought, Mana decided to give this pair of childhood friends, who had just begun dating, some space tonight.
To avoid accidentally overhearing the same cheesy lines that had drifted up from downstairs at noon, Mana put on her headphones.
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“By the way, it seems I haven’t been to Kanade-kun’s room in a long time~” Nagisa, dressed in pajamas, lay on Kanade’s bed in an unguarded posture, her delicate legs with tempting pink polish swinging playfully.
In Kanade’s eyes, Nagisa’s petite toes glistened alluringly under the light, reminding him of the sweet candy coating on a candied haw.
—No, no, no, Tsukimi Kanade, calm down! It’s rare to hang out with your girlfriend late at night, how can you let your mind be filled with such perverted thoughts!
—It would be terrible if Nagisa misunderstood him to be some kind of pervert with a mind filled with dirty ideas!
With incredible willpower, Kanade turned his head away, sitting with his back to Nagisa at the edge of the bed.
“W-Well, it hasn’t been that long, just a bit over a week…” Kanade answered nervously.
Having just finished her shower, Nagisa had a lovely scent of body wash and shampoo enveloping her.
This triggered a reflex in Kanade, recalling the past few nights when he performed check-ups on Nagisa, who had also smelled of freshly washed hair at that time.
The scent seemed to have become some kind of switch, making a part of Kanade involuntarily perk up, like a well-trained puppy that would enter a certain state just from smelling Nagisa’s post-bath fragrance.
“Kanade-kun? What are you looking at?”
Startled, Kanade suddenly sensed a soft and warm touch on his back.
Had she noticed that he had been facing away from her all along?
Nagisa had climbed onto his back, resting her little head on his shoulder while following his line of sight.
Fortunately, Kanade was prepared; he crossed his legs to cover a certain bulge and took out his phone, pretending to play a game.
However, his attention was completely drawn to the snow-white skin visible from the corner of his eye. Was it because she had just showered? Kanade felt that Nagisa’s skin seemed even more tender and smooth than usual. From the open collar, he caught glimpses of her fair skin tinged with a hint of pink, even slightly misty, making it extremely alluring.
The scene before him was incredibly stimulating.
Kanade’s hands felt faintly trembling.
Fortunately, Nagisa didn’t notice his abnormal reaction. Instead, she whispered with a smile near his ear:
“Speaking of which, Kanade-kun’s room really has a boyish style~ I didn’t notice it before.”
“W-Well, of course, I’m a boy after all…”
“Really?” Nagisa murmured softly as if hinting at something.
Her gentle, sweet breath brushed against Kanade’s earlobe, making his waist involuntarily feel weak.
—What’s going on with this alluring pure loli?!
—This way of whispering in his ear… so, so stimulating!
“W-Why does Nagisa ask that?” Kanade tried to pretend to be calm, but he didn’t realize that he had unknowingly begun to breathe heavily.
“Because~” Nagisa spoke as she gently wrapped one arm around Kanade’s neck, their cheeks thus touching.
Kanade could even feel her breath through his facial skin.
Meanwhile, Nagisa’s other hand slowly slid down Kanade’s arm, eventually reaching the phone he was holding.
Kanade seemed to understand what Nagisa meant, turning off his phone screen while their intertwined fingers formed a couple’s hold.
Thump, thump.
Kanade felt his heart racing rapidly.
But this violent heartbeat now felt less lonely, echoed by the heartbeat resonating against his back.
“Up until now, Kanade-kun hasn’t done anything a couple would do with me…” Nagisa courageously, shyly said in a low voice.
Even without looking, Kanade could sense the warmth radiating from her blushing face, and his own face felt flushed as well.
However, Kanade’s heart wasn’t as calm as it seemed on the surface—
—C-Couple activities… does that mean se…
—No, no, no! Nagisa still looks like an elementary student; this… this kind of thing is illegal…
—But this infantilized curse doesn’t seem to hinder those instincts…
Just as Kanade’s mind was in chaos, Nagisa’s second half of the sentence finally came—
“…kiss.”
“Eh?” Kanade paused in surprise.
This reminded him of the time he was with Alice at the Special Circumstances SEMA division.
—Is little Nagisa still that pure, straightforward Nagisa after all this time?
Realizing this made Kanade unable to help but chuckle softly from an inexplicable sense of emotion.
But clearly, Nagisa seemed to have misunderstood his soft laugh.
“Waaah—Kanade-kun, you bad guy! I’m being serious here!”
“Ah, no, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that—” Just as Kanade was about to apologize, he felt Nagisa suddenly push against him with all her might, using her petite body and gravity to flip him onto the bed, interrupting his apology.
By the time Kanade realized what was happening, he found himself in a position where Nagisa was now sitting on him.
The only fortunate thing was that, while his legs had propped up, they managed to miss where Nagisa’s small bottom was resting on his abdomen, so she didn’t notice his abnormal reaction.
“L-Little Nagisa?” In this position, Kanade could clearly see Nagisa’s expression.
Her pure, cute face was now tinged with an alluring blush that shouldn’t appear on a girl at this age.
“Kanade-kun… don’t you want to kiss me?” Nagisa gently asked, placing her little hand on Kanade’s chin and slowly leaning down.
—Ah, ah?! W-What’s going on?!
—Why have I turned into a shy girl?!
Kanade’s brain fell into complete disarray at the sight before him.
