Chapter 20: A Sweet And Sour Coming-of-Age Moment? And Great Buddha's Annoyance Beam Bursting

TL: Akabane

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I was trembling as I straddled Aoyama's body.

I could see through her sweat-soaked blouse the pure white cloth that encased the two bowls. Whenever she twisted and turned, something soft shook my body, making me tremble.

She throws her hands on the bed and waits for me to stick the thermometer in her armpit, as if she's ready to do it.

"Are you sure?"

I re-checked and she gave a small nod and took off her glasses. Her nearsighted eyes stared at me. But when I reach my right hand to her chest to unbutton her blouse, she turns away from me with a "Hawawa......."

Apparently, this is the first time she has ever had a man insert a thermometer into her. But she never resisted and watched with bated breath as my hand touched the button, shaking slightly.

My finger touches the button. I feel a damp sensation on my fingertips.

It's nursing. ......This is a nursing, Ryutaro. I think of the divine Buddha in my head again.

Okay, okay ...... the Buddha is closes his eyes now. I face her with a Zen feeling. ......Don't have any evil feelings, even if you are wrong. My job is just to take her temperature. I just take her temperature for her weakness.

I slowly try to undo the first button. However, I can't manage to unbutton the first button because her blouse is wet with sweat. But when she manages to undo it, the second button is next. The second button was already under the influence of the mysterious tension in her chest. Even if I just touch the button, I can feel the pain of the blouse.

I think of divine Buddha again. I knew that Buddha had closed his eyes properly. Thanks to this Buddha-san, I can keep my consciousness somewhat calm. I put my hands together in my head and tried to undo the second button. But it didn't work because of the mysterious force pulling the blouse left and right. ......I was having a hard time and Aoyama let out something like an impatient exhale, "Mm......."

At that moment, Buddha's eyelids twitched slightly.

Hey, Great Buddha! Patience! She is simply suffering from a fever! Nothing more, nothing less! Endure it, Great Buddha!

Whether or not my thoughts reached her, the Buddha closed his eyelids tightly again.

Yes, that's the spirit.

I exhaled once with a "Haa......" and carefully threaded the button through the hole with the tension of a bomb squad.

And then.......

Ta-da!

Noooooo!!!

The moment the buttons of her blouse were unbuttoned, the soft, tightened blouse was pried open from side to side, exposing her cleavage.

It was then that Buddha's eyelids moved again. This time, the eyelids moved as if they were twitching.

Oh, no ...... if it continues like this, the Buddha will wake up again.

Go, Great Buddha! Go!

But at least one more button needs to be undone to insert the thermometer into her armpit.

It's Zen, Ryutaro, it's a Zen feeling. I finally reached for the third button.

Oh, I can feel the softness of Aoyama's body screaming. "I'm in pain ...... I wish you'd let me go right now......" I can see it is screaming. But the third button of her blouse was tightening to take away the freedom of such a soft something.

As soon as my hand touches the third button, Buddha's eyelids begin to twitch again.

Endure it, Great Buddha. I'll endure, you endure too. I plucked the button with trembling fingers and slipped it through the buttonhole. Immediately after that, my blouse flutters violently from side to side.

"Nngh!"

And Aoyama's exhale follows up. Immediately after that, Buddha's eyes snap open! His eyes open!

Nooooo!

Oh, no, no, no! This is bad. I can't put the details into words, but it's bad!

I almost fainted on the spot. But it's no good. ......It's no good, Great Buddha! The mission is not over yet!

Don't open your eyes until I stick a thermometer in her armpit, Great Buddha!

That's a promise between a man and Buddha! Okay?!

I forcefully closed Buddha's eyes with both hands. But still the troublesome Great Buddha resisted. But when I still forcefully restrain his eyelids, she repeats her rough snorting, "Hmph ...... hmph ......."

Okay, good boy. Just one more breath.

I grab the collar of Aoyama's blouse in my left hand and the thermometer in my right. The old-fashioned analog thermometer made of glass glints in the fluorescent light of the infirmary.

Momentum is important in this kind of thing.

"Let's do it, Aoyama!"

"Umm, yeah ...... okay....."

I get her final confirmation, and then I open her collar.

"Hawawa......"

Aoyama was prepared for this, but she was still scared when the time came. She let out such a dumb voice and looked at me with teary eyes while her wide-open lips trembled. But I didn't let that deter me. In fact, that hesitation gave her an opening.

I slipped my measuring tip into her pocket.

This is a gamble.

Worst case scenario, I assumed the tip would catch on her skin and break in half. But as I expected, her skin was soaked with her sweat. The sweat lubricated the tip as it glided swiftly and noiselessly over her skin to her armpit.

Aoyama's agile movements were irresistible. By the time she shrank back, the thermometer was already in her armpit.

You're a little off on the side, Aoyama......

I finished my work and slowly pulled my arm from her armpit. And just as I was about to pull my hand out of her blouse, my ring finger inadvertently touched something soft. At that moment, she shuddered and tried to hold her breasts with both arms.

And guess what happened?

She brought her arms in front of her chest, so something soft on either side of her was pulled all the way inward and that thing pinched my hand......

The happiest feeling ever felt on the palm and back of my hand at the same time.

Squeezing......

Noooooo!

The Great Buddha, whose eyes had been tightly closed, opened his eyes! The eyes of the Great Buddha are about to fly out in front of him.

Stop it!

But the Great Buddha doesn't stop anymore. From his two wide-open eyeballs, powerful beams of worry burst forth as if to release all the energy that had been suppressing him until now.

Stoooop!

What feelings other than eroticism should I have for this thing!!!!

Great Buddha! I'm sorry you had to endure this. I understand. I know how you feel! You can't do this, no matter how genuinely you care about her! As a man, you can't have any feelings other than eroticism when you are shown this, can you?!

So I'm giving up.

I'm going to use this for today's novel!

My gaze fell on a certain part of her body. Aoyama stared at me with wide-open eyes, looking at me with trepidation.

"M-Mamoru ...... what's wrong?"

"Sorry, Aoyama. I've decided to use the whole story of what happened today for my novel. As an apology for that, you can bump me off, if you like. No, that would be more like a reward."

"Mamoru? What's going on all of a sudden?"

Aoyama rolls her eyes at me as something completely blows up in my face.

"I'm sorry, Aoyama. I said I was worried about yoy, but now I'm looking at you with the most erotic eyes."

"Well, you don't have to say it so clearly......"

"So, as I watch Aoyama suffer, I'm thinking about how I'm going to write a novel."

Aoyama stared at me with myopic eyes.

As expected, she hated me. ......But I have no regrets.

However, Aoyama suddenly let out a giggle at me.

"I-Iknow it ...... that Mamoru is perverted ...... so I'm not mad at all."

"Hey, are you insane?"

She gave a small nod in response to my question.

"I know that ...... and I'm also really ...... about today."

"Aoyama?"

When I tilted my head, Aoyama turned her head away from me in annoyance and replied in a small voice, "It's nothing......."

I don't know what's going on, but it seems to have come full circle.

It is settled?