Chapter 108

Reiko had an expression of disbelief.

After she had made her confession, and even when I confirmed that I'm dating someone, she still insisted that she's still having feelings for me.

I would be lying if I said I don't like this girl as well.

She was pretty, sweet, calm, and cute. Not to mention we were friends for a long, and we had even kissed for once, though she had fainted that day.

So, when I saw that she's still insisting, I had sighed and told her she has to ask permission from my girlfriend.

I didn't have expectations though.

"Wha–" Reiko seemed not to believe what he's hearing.

"Lee, you know how girls think, don't you!"

"Of course I know. Who knows?"

I doubt that Yu is bi, and Itsuka had permitted me to share. But still. I don't think the two girls would mind her.

Reiko, for the first time, showed such an expression. She opened her eyes widely, her hair that covered her face was pushed away, and her eyes were visible, looking at me.

"Wow, I must be seeing a ghost right now." She said.

Ironic for the ghost girl to say that.

"No, you aren't." I shook my shoulders. "You are likeable. I don't want to see you hurt. But I can't just betray someone who gave his trust to me." I may be a bit shameless here since I had been having phone s.e.x with Itsuka and Yu during the time I had spent as an intern working for Endeavour.

"I have feelings for you…" Reiko rubbed her eyes and stared at me. "…But do you believe that this can work! Where did you get the confidence?"

"I had told Itsuka that I would meet you." I shrugged my shoulders. "She told me, if I'm not into it, to not hurt your feelings.'

Reiko was feeling a bit of doubt. She reached her shorts, pulled her phone, went to the contacts list, and focused on Itsuka's number. But she didn't call at all.

"Again. You're not forced to anything. I'm telling you the truth. If you accept it, then do it. If not, you're free in your life."

"Can you let me think for a bit?"

Reiko Yanagi put her phone back to her pocket, sat down on the grass and started breathing calmly, hugging her knees to her chest.

I raised my head and gave her the time to progress her feelings.

Inside of me, there were two conflicting ideas.

The first one, obviously, what if she gets upset. Probably she would hate me for the rest of her life. I can live with it.

In the second direction, I may be introduced to life only emperors and sultans had.

With three pretty women. Which probably would lead Julia to chase me out of her house.

I can live with it as well.

If the second happened, I'll act like a dealer to hook her up, with Hamon, which is healthy and don't harm the body or the mind. I thought of this since I read many stories about people who left their families and life's, but they didn't leave the drug dealer. After all, if you were given a gift, try to keep it.

Probably I'm thinking too ahead and I have to watch for any possible slap on my face, but I man can dream, can't he.

Reiko had her face turn slightly pink. She was done with thinking. She stood up, faced me, and looked at my eyes.

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Reiko thought about it and made her decision.

It surely was too surprising that Lee likes her as well. But it was shocking that he wants her to tell Itsuka if she wanted to start dating him.

She had thought that he is joking at first, but he wasn't. And what's more surprising it that he had told her that, her friend, Kendo, who was like a big sister to her, had told him not to hurt Reiko's feelings if he wasn't into it!

Does she want to share him with her or what?

Lee, she had a crush on him in past. But she fell in love the moment he rushed to save her at the sports festival. And when she's around him, she feels secure. She stared at his eyes, totally serious, no joking here.

What he introduced was correct biologically, right. You see all of the specs do that, including her kind in the past. She thought about it. As it seems, she wasn't totally refusing the idea herself.

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I was preparing myself for anything she may do. She frowned and approached me.

I made the stand guard me against behind, as I can't let my guard down against a girl whose ability can manipulate objects and living beings.

I know Reiko is a good person, but I feared that I may provoke her a bit. I mean, I told her I like her, but she has to accept that I am in a relationship.

Besides, yesterday I watched a movie about what may happen when a girl gets jealous too much. It was rated as a horror movie.

I had to guard my back.

"Lee," she said, raising her head… "Are you totally honest with me?"

I nodded with my head. "Yes. I'm not good at lying."

That was a lie.

I can lie so well.

She nodded with her head, then tightened her eyes and stared at mine.

"If I accept, what guarantee I have that I won't be a toy to you?"

I patted her head. "You know that I won't hurt you at any sort, even if you're an outsider."

"Yeah, I know you enough to believe that." She stood up on her toes, increasing her height a bit. She looked cute when she tried to do that.

"Don't think too overhead."

"Hah!"

"I will just test you."

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Reiko's eyes became warm all of the sudden.

Screw the permission, she thought.

She wasn't intending to ask anyone to follow what she wants anyway.

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"Test me?" I repeated her words and lifted my eyebrows as she was glancing at me.

"I am a free person after all." She wrapped her arms around my back.

My eyes shook for a brief that moment as she was face to face level with me. Her soft chest was hitting against mine, and I could feel it sink.

Reiko was glancing deeply at me, and I was tempted as I looking at her face. Silver short hair. Pale blue eyes. And there are those full pink lips of her, closer to mine. And she smelled good from this distance.

A moment of silence took over us. The human instinct between a man and a woman when they alone were activated. Our faces approached each other.

Reiko's lips got on mine, and I smashed mine at hers.

We kissed. A fluffy soft feeling of her lips against mine could be felt.

Because of the habit, some Hamon slipped.

Reiko opened her eyes widely before closing them.

Her sweet little mouth was opened willingly for me, and we pushed our tongues together, exchanging what tastes our mouths has to offer.

I felt fluffy, and she seemed to feel the same.

Once our lips were separate, we only made eye contact. Reiko didn't talk and only kept staring at me. I did the same.

She raised her eyebrow, and I raised mine.

Like we were waiting for the other one to say their first word.

Oh, right, we're that type of people, who barely takes the initiative to say the first word.

What a pain.

"So…"

"So…"

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