Volume 4 - CH 23

It was after getting out of the bath.

“Well, I mean, Arisa-san. Please improve your mood.”

Yuzuru was massaging Arisa’s shoulder.

On the other hand, Arisa replied with a slight blush on her face. 

“… I’m not mad at you.”

“Really?”

“… I was just surprised.”

After Arisa saw that thing, Yuzuru was kicked out of the bathroom, with the usual scolding such as “Pervert! Letcher!”.

Yuzuru was a little nervous that perhaps he was disliked by Arisa over what happened, but fortunately, that didn’t seem to be the case.

“We’ve been through something similar before.”

“…That’s…well, yeah true.”

It certainly wasn’t the first time Arisa had seen him with an erection.

But this was the first time that they had exposed their skin to each other.

“It was a force majeure.”

He was not thinking about anything bad… is not something he can say, but he had no intention of hurting Arisa at all. 

So, Yuzuru tried to explain this to Arisa.

Arisa, meanwhile, gave a small nod.

“I know. Yuzuru-san is not that kind of person… It’s because I know that I came to love you.”

“T-that’s good to hear.”

Apparently, his gentlemanly side was appreciated.

However, there was a part of Yuzuru that was a little, no, quite a bit vain in front of Arisa.

(…I’ll have to refrain from doing or saying anything as I would in front of Soichiro or Hijiri.)

Yuzuru made a firm decision.

“…You said it was force majeure, right?”

“Eh? Well, yeah. It’s not something one can control…”

“You’ve been trying to control it, haven’t you?”

“That’s… of course.”

It was a little hard to tell if he was trying.

It’s not that he didn’t want to be seen by Arisa… but it’s true that he would be a little embarrassed if he was seen, and was concerned that Arisa might be repulsed by him.

“I see. Even though you were trying hard… even after that, you couldn’t control it huh.”

“Th-that’s right.”

Arisa said, making sure to check carefully.

Yuzuru was in the middle of massaging her shoulder from behind, so he couldn’t see her expression.

(…what are you trying to say?)

There is nothing scarier than not knowing.

Yuzuru shuddered and examined Arisa’s mood.

“And the reason you couldn’t help it… was because you saw my body, wasn’t it?”

“U-um…”

“I won’t get angry.”

Feeling as if he were being scolded by an elementary school teacher, Yuzuru replied.

“W-well, I think it was a little overstimulating…”

“…A little, huh? You couldn’t control it even though it was a little?”

It seemed that what Yuzuru had just said was incorrect.

He hurriedly corrected himself.

“No, not a little. It was really.. amazing, and I couldn’t contain it.”

“I see. I see.”

Arisa nodded her head.

And at that moment, Yuzuru finally realized.

… Arisa’s voice was a little elated.

“You mean you couldn’t keep me down because I was so attractive, right?”

Arisa stated as she turned around.

Her mouth was slightly loose.

“Well, that can’t be helped.”

And without waiting for Yuzuru’s response, she said.

“Yuzuru-san… has done nothing wrong, right? You had no choice, right?”

“Eh?　No, yeah, well…”

Yuzuru nodded vaguely, and Arisa smiled.

It was a smug smile.

“I’ll forgive you.”

It was forgiven.

Apparently, Arisa did not see Yuzuru’s arousal in the bathroom as a negative matter… but rather as a positive one.

Yuzuru was relieved.

Now, whether she knew about Yuzuru’s concern or not, Arisa continued to talk in an elated tone.

“By the way, you said earlier that it was amazing.”

“Ah…yes, I did say that.”

“…Um.”

Arisa stammered slightly.

For a moment, she shyly averted her jade-green eyes…

“To be specific, what aspects were amazing?”

Arisa’s face was bright red as she asked.

She was curious, but also embarrassed.

“U-um…”

Naturally, Yuzuru was embarrassed to say it out loud.

However, he decided that it would be better, to be honest about it.

“Breasts, maybe.”

“Breasts, huh?”

As she said this, Arisa put her hand on her chest.

It was just a touch.

She did not press it or anything.

However, the gesture was somewhat lustrous and made Yuzuru’s heart beat faster.

“Do you like the bigger ones, Yuzuru-san?”

“That’s… well, the bigger the better, I guess.”

Yuzuru replied, and Arisa gave a small laugh.

“That reminds me, one of the requirements for our matchmaking was big breasts.”

“…I hope you won’t remember too much about that.”

It’s not necessarily a reflection of Yuzuru’s sexual preferences, as that was just a joke.　

“… Is there any other?”

“…other?”

“The parts …that Yuzuru-san likes about me. You know, on the outside appearance.”

Appearance.

However, based on the flow of the conversation, Yuzuru guessed that she was referring to the body.

After some thought, he answered.

“Your skin is white, and it’s really beautiful.”

“Mm-hmm.”

As for her skin, Arisa was confident and aware of it and didn’t seem particularly surprised.

“And the… the legs maybe.”

He mentioned the part that’s slightly maniacal for him.

Then Arisa nodded heavily.

“Legs, huh? …Come to think of it, you were staring at it in the pool.”

“…I wasn’t particularly staring.”

“What exactly is it about the legs that are so good?”

Arisa asked, ignoring Yuzuru’s excuses.

“Eh?　Well… like, thighs?”

“Thighs…? Long, thin, beautiful, that kind of thing?”

Arisa said as she looked down at her legs.

Her healthy white bare legs peeked out from her loungewear shorts.

“No, I don’t know… I thought it looked soft.”

“Heh~… So that’s your perspective huh.”

Arisa said as she touched her own leg.

For Yuzuru, it was his beloved fiancée’s leg, but for Arisa, it was her own leg.

She didn’t seem to feel any deep emotion.

“Is there anything else?”

“Anything else? …well, I like everything about you, basically.”

“I’m not interested in hearing that.”

Yuzuru thought he meant what he said, but Arisa seemed to take it as flattery.

It was no use, so Yuzuru mentioned a more specific part.

“…I like your buttocks.”

“B-buttocks, huh?”

She made a slightly raspy sound.

Apparently, the answer “buttocks” was a surprise to Arisa.

“What’s good about it?　…I don’t think it’s a pretty thing.”

“No, it’s not about whether it’s pretty or dirty… It’s just that it’s big and attractive.”

When asked what was good about it, Yuzuru wasn’t sure either.

It’s just the way it is, and you have to be content with that.

“…. Perhaps you prefer women who are plump?”

Arisa, on the other hand, started to say such things.

Yuzuru tilted his head, wondering why, but when he thought about it, he noticed that he said, “I like big breasts“, “I like thighs because they look soft“, and “I like big buttocks“, which could be taken to mean that he liked the thicker and rounder ones in general.

However, Yuzuru was by no means saying that he liked fat women.

“I like your slender belly, too.”

“I-is that so? I see… So in other words, you like women with good general style?”

“Well, that’s right.”

Yuzuru felt quite normal in this area.

“…At any rate, I understand that you really like my, uh, body.”

“…Well, I’m glad you understand.”

It might be a bit of a misnomer, but Arisa probably understood that Yuzuru wasn’t just after her body.

“….Yuzuru-san?”

And that’s when Arisa exclaimed in confusion.

It was because Yuzuru hugged her from behind, gently.

“W-what is it?”

Arisa asked Yuzuru, her skin flushing.

He also blushed and gently placed his mouth close to her ear.

“You know…”

Yuzuru’s breath shook Arisa’s hair.

“Ye-yes.”

Arisa entrusted her weight to Yuzuru.

“…Is it okay if we practice kissing?”

Yuzuru then whispered.

Arisa-chan’s Anxiety Degree: 30% → 20%

AN: It was something that couldn’t be helped.