“Kagura-san, how long are we going to stare at each other?”
I couldn’t help but raise that after five minutes of not hearing anything from the woman who asked to sit down.
We were at their dining table with only a dim light illuminating the area.
Sohow, it felt like I was in an interrogation room, waiting to be held by my nape before getting my face planted on the table.
“You’re not nervous.”
No shit. Why would I be nervous? I instinctively thought upon hearing her words. Rather than nervous, I'm getting impatient at how she seems to be simply wasting my ti here.
If she has sothing to say, what is she waiting for?
“Do I need to?” I eventually answered.
Although dim, it's not that hard to see how she's fiddling with her hands. Not because she's nervous but to intentionally distract herself, opening up silence between us.
At the mont, I can only co up with two reasons why she asked to sit down. One, to reinforce her stance of having Marika go through the agreed arrangent with the Ichihara or two, to intimidate with nothing but silence. To see how long the wick of my patience is.
“If Kagura-san has nothing to say, I'll excuse myself. You see, I still have to catch the last bus.”
Upon saying that, I stood up. But she simply followed with her eyes. When I reached the door leading to the hall, I looked back and she remained silent.
What the hell is wrong with her?
This isn’t losing patience since my reason is valid. If I tarry any longer, I may have to run back ho instead of commuting. It’s already close to midnight, after all.
Nonetheless, before stepping out, I left so words to the unreasonable woman.
“Kagura-san, if you’re afraid that Marika has to pay the sa price as you do to gain your freedom. Don’t worry. I’ll be defending her even if I know that it will be an impossible battle against a stubborn old family.”
With that, I left.
I didn’t hear her calling back or reacting to it at all. She simply watched my back and I disappeared from her eyes.
Without taking a glance at the direction of the Ichihara Compound, I left their subdivision.
I managed to catch the bus. The mont I took a seat, I pulled my phone out, sending ssages to both Marika and Akane. For the forr, in case she wakes up and searches for . For the latter, just to inform her that I’ll be ho soon. Those three or maybe four won at ho will definitely not sleep before .
And while waiting inside the bus, I checked the ssages I had gotten from the last hour or so.
Most of them were saying goodnight so I either sent a good night ssage or voicemail.
Those who were still awake replied right away, making the trip back ho warm and cozy.
Then among the other ssages were from those who I hadn’t seen in a while like Juri. Well, we’re always connected through ssages anyway. But there’s also Shiina, Sara, and… lastly, Setsuna-nee.
The first two were quite busy, especially Shiina who was grumbling about not being able to fulfill her promise of visiting after the camping trip. Sara was just getting by but she’s probably going to accompany Shiina when she eventually visits. I told them about our Cultural Festival and even without bringing up inviting them, they already decided to use that as a date for their visit.
As for Setsuna-nee, well… she’s still fumbling about our ‘date’. She kept going back and forth about what she wanted to do or what she wanted to do for her.
In the end, she’d take back what she sent in a ssage, telling to forget it.
When I started imagining her expression when typing those, I couldn’t help but rember Satsuki before I stole her completely. They’re quite similar in the way they act.
And so, I ended up forming an idea to tease her again.
“Setsuna-nee, if you can’t decide anything, why don’t we just go anywhere you want? You know hop on a train or a bus and let it decide where it will take us. If we get too far, we can stay sowhere together.”
When I sent that, I added a winking emoji at the end as though emphasizing that last sentence.
Her reply ca partly annoyed and partly amused at my suggestion.
“You’re not hiding your intention, shaless guy.”
“Am I? I’m just thinking about possibilities. Besides, if Setsuna-nee doesn’t like that, you can always bring up your own suggestion. After all, the date is for you. What if I ended up bringing you sowhere you don’t like?”
The last ti we talked about this, I got to tease her. She even asked if I was only going to play around with her. She’s pretty invested already.
But well, it’s Sakuma’s fault for not holding onto her properly, no?
“Whatever… I doubt it will happen anyti soon anyway. You have a busy week ahead, right?”
“So, you heard about how busy I will be, huh? I’m moved, Setsuna-nee.”
“Stop being so moved over sothing like that, idiot.”
“Can’t I express what I’m feeling? Alright then, I’ll just do that with Juri and Satsuki.”
Unlike her first replies, Setsuna-nee took a few minutes before responding.
She probably rolled on her bed, thinking how she would reply to .
After all, I brought up Juri and Satsuki.
She’s soone like Anzu-nee who would think about the girls already involved with first.
Soon, her reply arrived and it instantly made my lips curve up.
“Can you stop being an idiot for once? Alright. Express your feelings all you want. I don’t care.”
“Heh. But you do care, Setsuna-nee. You don’t have to lie. It’s only the two of us here. No one can read your ssages with so… it’s fine to be honest from ti to ti.”
“I’m being honest! Ugh. I’m having a headache from talking to you shaless guy.”
“Shall I co by and give your head a massage?”
“In your dreams!”
If not for the serene silence on the bus, I’d probably burst out laughing at how much I’m enjoying teasing her.
Anyway, I soon steered our conversation back to its normal course.
“Alright, Setsuna-nee. Why not visit the school again? You can co with Juri. You know. She’s going to visit too. Check on our progress and maybe spend ti together.”
“You womanizer… Anyhow, I’ll see if I can co. Don’t expect it!”
“Why not? I can always pick you up like before, you know?”
“When did you pick up?”
She forgot or she’s pretending not to rember? In any case, that was during Satsuki’s practice match so there’s also Sakuma. I could understand why she didn’t want to bring it up.
“You don’t rember? Forget it then. Anyway… You know, Satsuki will also love it.”
“You an ‘you’ will love it. Pervert.”
“I admit I’m looking forward to seeing you again, Setsuna-nee. Am I still running in your head?”
Once again, it took her a few minutes before sending a reply that was not a reply.
“Shut up and sleep!”
For the last ti, my fingers danced around the screen at the sa ti as a mischievous smile ford on my lips, “Sure. But Setsuna-nee, won’t show a photo of you? You know. So I can get a great dream thinking of you.”
Upon sending that, I expected not to receive any reply or if I did, it would just be her saying no.
But color surprised when a clear photo of her lying sideways on her bed arrived at my inbox a few minutes later. She’s covered in a blanket but the way she stared at the cara when she took that photo would probably make Sakuma faint. It’s just so srizingly alluring.
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