Volume 3 - CH 9

“N, no …… Arisa. However you look, that’s…”

Yuzuru said this as he struggled to hold back the blood flowing to his lower half.

If Yuzuru and Arisa were lovers in name and reality, it would be fine to do such a thing.

But even though they are nominally fiancées, in reality, they are just friends.

Of course, in the future, he plans (in Yuzuru’s mind) to become her fiancé in both name and reality, but not now.

As expected, he tried to refuse…

“… dirty, isn’t it?”

“Eh? No…”

“Sorry… My sweat is dirty, right?”

Said Arisa in a sad voice.

She looked at Yuzuru with a sad and depressed expression.

“No, nothing like that”

Yuzuru couldn’t help but say that.

Then Arisa said in a bouncy voice, though she looked embarrassed.

“Then…Will you do it for me?”

“… Fine, got it.”

Yuzuru turned to face Arisa’s back, feeling like he was drunk.

The back was wet with sweat…  but it was really smooth and beautiful.

In fact, the moisture made it look even shinier.

Whether it was from the heat or embarrassment, the white back was slightly flushed.

Yuzuru unfolded the wet towel and slowly brought it closer.

His heart raced with tension, and his hands trembled.

“Hi~yah!”

Then Arisa raised a lustful voice.

Yuzuru’s heart jumped loudly.

“H, hey!”

“So, sorry… Y, you startled me…”

Yuzuru was the one who was surprised.

Anyone would be surprised and … excited if the person they love suddenly raises their sexy voice, half-naked.

“No, I should have said something before I did it… I’ll wipe it off now.”

“Yes… mmm…”

Once again, Yuzuru started wiping Arisa’s back with a wet towel.

He proceeded to wipe away the sticky sweat.

And every time the towel was moved… Arisa made a small enchanting sound.

“Ah~.., Mm~…Ahn~.”

“…… Is it tickling you?”

“Ye, yes…Mm…Excuse me…”

Arisa turned around slightly, hiding her front with her hands and clothes, and nodded to Yuzuru as she said this.

The white collarbone, the beautiful armpit, and the white bulge that extended from her armpit to the front of her body became visible.

The blood flowing through his body quickened.

At the same time that Arisa turned her back again, Yuzuru resumed his work, but…

Yuzuru couldn’t help but be curious about Arisa’s front.

Although he thought it was not good to do so…

(Isn’t it Arisa’s fault being so defenseless in the first place?)

And with that excuse, he closed the distance a bit.

Then, he leaned forward and gently peeked forward over her shoulder.

Gokuri~… Yuzuru gulped.

First, the beautiful collarbone was visible.

Then, from the collarbone down, there was a soft curve.

At the centerline of the curve, there was a cleavage that made him want to trace it with his hand, and he could see the sweat pooling there.

Her breasts were hidden by her nightgown, which she held down with both hands so that the soft mass of fat was slightly crushed.

However, they were still large enough that he could clearly see the bulge.

The top and sides of the breasts, which are not fully hidden, were clearly visible.

But… the most important part, the apex of curves were not visible.

If only Arisa had shifted her hand a little, he could have seen it…

Yuzuru was struck with a very frustrating feeling.

“Ah, um… Yuzuru-san”.

“Eh?　What’s wrong?”

When Arisa called out to him, Yuzuru came back to himself.

His heart thumped loudly.

Arisa stared up at Yuzuru with moist eyes.

The distance between their faces was… very close.

He could feel the hot breath of Arisa on his face.

“If you stare at me like that… it’s embarrassing…”

“N, no… I’m sorry.”

Yuzuru couldn’t help but look away.

It seemed that he had been caught trying to glance at Arisa’s breasts.

After that, Yuzuru only concentrated on wiping Arisa’s back, and…

He managed to finish the task.

He then left the room and waited until Arisa had wiped her front herself and finished dressing.

After a while, she permitted him to enter the room, so he did.

“I apologize for the inconvenience.”

“N, no… don’t worry about it. I’m… sorry, too.”

“N, no… it is fine. I mean, it’s more like…”

Arisa stammered after saying that.

If anything, Yuzuru was curious as to what it was, but he didn’t ask.

Nevertheless, this was the end of the nursing care Yuzuru could provide.

It was late at night, so Yuzuru decided to say his farewell to Arisa.

“Anyway, I’ll take my leave…”

I’ll be going home.

That’s what Yuzuru was about to convey.

“Um, could you please …stay overnight today?　I’m a little nervous…”

“S, stay here…?”

“No… Not that I want you to sleep with me… I just want you to be close to me…”

Is it no good? 

Arisa asked Yuzuru with an upturned glance.

Of course, there was no way he could say no.

“…I’ll ask your father’s permission to stay… If he says it’s okay… I’ll bring a sleeping bag from my house.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Not knowing what to explain, Yuzuru asked Naoki Amagi to let him stay over as Arisa’s condition was not good and she wanted him to stay.

Naoki seemed a little confused, but… gave him permission, saying, “Take care of my daughter”.

Yuzuru rushed to his apartment and brought a sleeping bag.

“Truly…I’m sorry for the inconvenience.”

“Don’t worry about it. At least when you have a cold, you can indulge yourself as much as you like.”

Yuzuru replied to Arisa, who bowed her head.

Then Arisa, as to indulge as per Yuzuru’s words…

“Um, I am not able to sleep… So can you hold my hand…?”

“Sure, got it.”

Yuzuru held onto Arisa’s hand as he had done during the day.

He watched Arisa’s sleeping face as she rested her eyes in relief.

After a while, she began to make lovely sleeping sounds.

(… Nevertheless, she’s really beautiful)

Yuzuru stared at Arisa’s face… and her glossy lips.

Would it wake her up if I pressed my lips to hers?　He wondered.

(N, no… That’s not good. I shouldn’t do anything that betrays her trust.)

Yuzuru desperately suppressed his instincts with the reins of reason.

And just as when he turned on his heel and was about to leave Arisa’s room…

” Yuzuru-san…I like you…”

His heart jumped loudly.

Yuzuru slowly turned his head back.

Arisa… was still asleep.

“… talking in your sleep, huh”

Yuzuru sighed, relieved.

Yuzuru opened the door so as not to wake Arisa…

Then, as he left, he muttered.

“I like you too, Arisa. Good night.”

He said this in a small voice and then closed the door.

And then…

“Yuzuru-san no…baka… You just made it impossible for me to sleep, you know…”

(TN: “Yuzuru san no baka” means “Yuzuru-san, you idiot”. But it was cuter as it is.)

Arisa buried her face in the pillow and muttered to herself.

AN:

For the time being, they both understood that they like each other..

Arisa’s New Dere Degree -> 20% → 35%