CH 4

TL: Kanenashi

ED: SevenTails

“I want to have someone like you by my side and spoil you until you melt! That’s right! To the point where you can’t live without me! It is no exaggeration to say that this is now my fetish!”

“Eeh…?”

Seriously, what was this person talking about?

While striking a stylish pose in vain, Tojo-san declared so clearly.

The outlandish statement and action instantly made my head cool down.

“If you marry me, I promise to support you for the rest of your life. You will no longer be missing something until you die.”

“That sounds… like a very nice thing to say.”

The story felt good to be true, and I started to worry that I was going to be recruited into some cult.

Everything she’s said up to this point has been to bond my mind, and it may have been a kind of brainwashing—

“Do you think I’m being suspicious?”

“Because… it’s too good of an offer.”

“Mou. I think that I need to explain why I fell in love with Inamori-kun a little better.”

Returning to her earlier semblance, Tojo-san took a sip of the tea she had brewed.

“Fuu… Do you know what kind of personality I have, Inamori-kun?”

“I’ve never really talked to you, so I don’t know much about you, but I’d say you’re a cheerful person who can get along with anyone, and you’re kind to everyone.”

“I’m glad. It seems like I have properly kept up my appearance.” She patted her chest with relief.

I wasn’t sure if I heard that right. 

If you take ‘keeping up appearance’ as it was, it meant that that wasn’t her actual self.

“When I was in junior high school, I spent my days surrounded by friends, just as I do now.”

“But the reality was completely different.” Tojo-san spun her words with displeasure on her face.

“Every now and then, they would say, ‘Please share your allowance with us. We’re friends, right?’ and…”

“Ah…”

“They weren’t interested in me at all. I guess they thought I was just a source of money. So, since high school, I made an effort to always be in the center so that I would no longer be exploited.”

Oh, so that’s why.

“I’m the kind of person who finds people who approach me for money to be creepy. That’s why I can sympathize with your feelings when you are separated from your relatives, and I thought that if you understood those feelings, you wouldn’t approach me with ulterior motives.”

“…”

“Don’t you think we should stick together?”

I was about to be convinced, but now that I had accepted what she said, there was something else that was bugging me.

“But if I were to marry Tojo-san, wouldn’t that mean that I’m also after money?”

“I’m the one proposing it, so it’s fine!”

“Eeh…?”

“Since I was the one trying to get Inamori-kun in the first place, it wouldn’t be a problem.”

Is that how it is?

No matter how much she explained, it sounded like a ton of nonsense. But somehow, it seemed to make sense in her mind.

“I am supposed to take over the Tojo Group from my father as soon as I graduate from college. While I was still in high school, he had already entrusted me with some simple businesses. This house was not bought by my father, but by me, with the profits I made.”

“What?

“… Well, it was purchased with a loan with my father as the guarantor. But what I want to say is that I am confident that Inamori-kun will no longer be inconvenienced in any way! But! Life is never just sweet! Of course, there are things I want you to do too!”

“What even…?”

She glared at me with a particularly stern look on her face.

“You’ll spoil me when I come home after a hard day’s work!”

“… Nn?”

“Pat my head when I come home, take a bath with me, eat dinner with me, and sleep in my bed with me in your arms. I want you to do this every day without fail!”

“Um. I can do some chores and stuff like that…”

“I’ll leave the cleaning to the maids, and I’ll definitely cook dinner. Cooking is my indispensable hobby, and even though I may need help, I’m not going to give that job to anyone else!”

The momentum was incredible.

“If I had to tell you the hardest thing to do, I would say…”

“It would be…?”

“—I want you to remain kind.”

Tojo-san’s eyes narrowed as if she was looking at a dazzling object.

I’m sure that when I look at her, my eyes might be the same way.

Tojo Fuyuki had given me a feeling of longing.

It must be true, but it didn’t feel real.

“I want your kindness. I want you to stay by my side until the light of my life extinguishes. I want you to be in the same grave with me, and if possible, I want to be together in our next life.”

“I can’t guarantee that, though….”

“It’s not just about reality, but how strong my feelings for you are.

Maybe it’s because I was so passionate about this, but it wasn’t like I’m lying to you from the beginning, even though it might not feel real.

But—”

Tojo-san and I have never really been involved before, and no matter how much the other side said they had researched about me, there was still too much about Tojo-san I didn’t understand from my perspective.

“… I’d like to know if I’m correct in saying that Tojo-san likes me and is willing to support me for the rest of my life in exchange for marriage…?”

“Yes, I would very much like you to be my gigolo.”

That was a bad way to put it.

“Inamori-kun is, of course, too young to get married, so we will not immediately register. When you graduate from high school, we’ll get registered and become an official couple. So, until then, we will be engaged.”

“If that’s the case, what will happen… to my college education?”

“If Inamori-kun wants to go, I will pay for it, but if he doesn’t want to go, he can stay at home. Of course, if you really want to work, I’ll support you, albeit reluctantly.”

Tojo-san didn’t want me to leave her side at all.

She thought it was better for me to stay home instead of working so that I could spend more time with her.

It was all too good to be true.

A life of not working and just loving Tojo Fuyuki, the model-like beauty who is nothing but a feast for the eyes.

It may be shameful for a man, but there’s no reason not to feel attracted to such a life.

Yet…

“Muu… You’re stubborn. I thought you would accept me more readily. Am I that unattractive?”

“It’s not that you’re unattractive…. but I have a lot of concerns.”

“What are they?”

“No, I’m not sure if I should go through with… marriage without having any romantic feelings yet.”

I thought I said the most obvious thing, but for some reason, Tojo-san rolled her eyes and pouted.

I was in a hurry to see if I had unconsciously said something strange, but she held her mouth and started laughing.

“You really are a lovely person, Inamori-kun. You’ve suffered so much. You should be more faithful to your desires.”

“What are you talking about?”

“I’m going to need your hand for a bit.”

Tojo-san suddenly took my hand and pulled it straight into her own bosom.

Two large bulges wrapped around my hand, sinking it into extreme softness and warmth.

My mind instantly went blank.

Looking back, I can only think that my brain had short-circuited due to the extreme confusion.

“W-What do you think!?”

“Ah… Very soft.”

The softness of her b*****s seemed to be a kind of truth serum to me.

By the time I let out my true feelings, it was too late.

My cheeks burned with embarrassment and apology, and I hurriedly withdrew my hand.

Tojo-san’s cheeks were even redder than mine, and if I wasn’t careful, I would’ve had the illusion that steam was rising from her head.

Despite the shame, Tojo-san was doing everything she could to appeal to me to draw me in.

What exactly was the right thing to do?

As a man, as Haruyuki Inamori, what was the right thing to do?

“Can you give me some time….?”

“Eh?”

“I don’t care if it’s as a friend or some other form, I… want the time for me to fall in love with Tojo-san.”

I felt like I had to at least acknowledge the determination of putting her body on the line to get to this point.

I wasn’t going to make any conclusions here.

“—I see, I understand your feelings, Inamori-kun. Then how about starting with a one-month trial period?”

“A trial period?”

“Yes. During the one-month period, you will experience the lifestyle I have just suggested with some restrictions. After that, if you want to continue, we can get engaged…”

After hearing Tojo-san’s proposal, I patted my chest.

One month. With that much time, I’m sure she’ll be able to see my ugly side.

If I make her disillusioned, it’d better happen before the hope in me swells.

After puzzling over it in my head for so long, it would be bad to refuse.

The common ground should be somewhere around here.

“Then…. Please take care of me.”

“Yes! Me too!”

After that, Tojo-san had the brightest smile of the day on her face.