Chapter 1920: Ship Party 39
Feeling my heart racing as Rosemary-san embraced my arm, to cover it up, I called out to the nearby Camellia-san.
[Rosemary-san is in quite high spirits, isn't she?]
[It seems she's excited to see rare works of art. It's really unusual for Eri to be this aggressive. Well, I think she's just doing it unconsciously and is unaware of her current behavior, and it's about time she noticed it......]
[Eh? What did I not no...... ticed...... Ahh......]
Rosemary-san, who tilted her head at the words Camellia-san said with a wry smile, looked puzzled for a moment, but then, her expression suddenly changing as if she realized something, she glanced alternately between my arm which she was holding onto and my face.
And then, her face turned red and she flusteredly pulled her hands away.
[Ah, I- I- I- I'm sorry, Kaito-kun. I- I really didn't mean to...... Ahh, errr, did your arm hurt?]
[Ahh, no, I'm alright. That did surprise me a bit, but I wasn't hurt.]
[I- I see, I'm glad to hear that.]
[Fufu, unconsciously it may be, but for Eri to hug his arm, that's just proof how much you trust Kaito-san, isn't it?]
I reassured Rosemary-san as she apologized with a flushed face. In actuality, my arm wasn't hurting at all, I just felt my heart racing from feeling the touch of her chest, but that wasn't really something I can tell her about.
The dress that Rosemary-san is currently wearing is designed to be open at the bust, so the feeling of her bare skin against mine was incredibly powerful.
[Ahh, no, looking at the positioning we have now, I was just thinking it's kinda like I have a flower in both hands.]
[Flower...... Fumu, is it really alright to consider a Spirit of Grass like me as a flower?]
[H- Hmmm, how should I say this? If it's more like the metaphor back home, meaning that I'm flanked by two glamorous and lovely women, then I definitely have a flower in both hands.]
Not knowing how I should respond to that, I simply conveyed what I was thinking. Thereupon, Camellia-san looked at me blankly, seemingly having heard something completely unexpected.
[Ah, I think she probably didn't think you think that way and is surprised. Lia, even though she's beautiful, has low self-esteem, and there's also her strangely low presence...... It was a shame.]
[Indeed. I also think Camellia-san is a very beautiful woman.]
[Eh? Ah, I- I see...... Thank you.]
[Ahh, of course, Rosemary-san is very beautiful too.]
[Fufu, you were being considerate of me huh. Thank you...... Kaito-kun really is kind.]
Camellia-san, not being used to receiving compliments on her appearance, looked a bit embarrassed, while Rosemary-san seemed slightly more composed. Rosemary-san is just shy around strangers, but she likes glamorous outfits and can be quite proactive with those she has opened her heart to, so she might be more comfortable with this kind of topic than Camellia-san.
<Afterword>
Serious-senpai : [This is just my hunch, but I think Rosemary is the same type as Isis, where feeling happy about being complimented by Kaito comes before any feelings of embarrassment or the like.]