Chapter 268.1: What I want Miyagi to do — 268

Chapter 268.1: What I want Miyagi to do — 268

Translated by KaiesV

Edited by KaiesV

Pen-chan has not been returned.

It has been days since then, but it hasn’t been returned.

Instead, a shell-like alligator tissue cover is on the bed.

I kiss the tip of its snout.

I really don’t know what Miyagi is thinking.

A stuffed penguin instead of me.

A stuffed black cat instead of Miyagi.

I hadn’t thought that a tissue cover would come in place of the penguin I had offered, thinking that if we could not sleep together, we would be with each other’s possessions.

「Well, this had been “Miyagi’s thing” longer than Roro-chan, but...」

More specifically, longer than I have. I have not been Miyagi’s for that long, which means that the crocodile tissue cover are more of a Senpai to me. What’s more, even Roro-chan is my Senpai. Both the crocodile and the black cat belonged to Miyagi long before I did.

Haah.

With one sigh, I turn over on the bed without Pen-chan to avoid the sunlight coming in through the window. I stick my palms to the wall separating me and Miyagi’s room and sigh again.

The bed without Pen-chan is large.

The stuffed penguin is tiny compared to a human, but a bed without the one that is always there is full of gaps. A limp crocodile without a box of tissues cannot fill it.

I don’t think this can just get the outside.

The whole thing.

I should have gotten it all, even if it was borrowed.

The same goes for the person.

I want all of Miyagi.

—— Her mind and her body.

It’s no longer enough to just be on the outside like this alligator here. I know, but I wanted to barter for just a piece of Miyagi, but I can’t sleep soundly in the same bed with a limp crocodile with no contents, and I want Pen-chan back.

That one was taken for me by Miyagi and it was cuddly. Not that there is anything wrong with the alligator, but it is time for me to get Pen-chan because I keep thinking about boring things.

The problem is that I can’t casually ask for it back.

The Pen-chan I saw in Miyagi’s room was carefully laid out on the bed, and kindly even had a futon covered. I don’t know if they slept together, but she was given pillows and treated with such care that it was hard to ask for her back. Fôllôw new stories at novelhall.com

And.

I wanted a replacement for Miyagi and this crocodile that was replaced knows what I did to this bed.

What I did here, thinking about Miyagi.

It’s something that I have told Miyagi, but it isn’t something that I would normally talk about with the person who is the subject of it, and it’s something that I would prefer to keep quiet about. It’s not something that one would speak of unless asked by Miyagi.

But the crocodile knows that I did those things.

「...When was that?」

「I don’t know?」

「She’s not coming for a while, is she?」

Miyagi’s brow wrinkles.

I don’t know if she was jealous or not.

If she says it looks like she just doesn’t want to, that’s what I think it is.

「Perhaps.」

「Maybe, I don’t want to hear that. Promise me you’ll do something.」

「I understand. I’ll tell Mio nicely not to come here for a while.」

「Then, swear to the earrings.」

「Okay.」

I reach for Miyagi.

Touching the earrings with my fingertips, I tell her,「Leave Mio to me,」and bring her face close to mine. But as a matter of course, I couldn’t kiss her earrings because she pressed my forehead. Instead, Miyagi kissed my earrings.

「What are your plans for tomorrow?」

Miyagi blurts out and stands up.

「Are you looking forward to White Day?」

I haven’t marked it on my calendar, but tomorrow is White Day. I am glad that she asked me about my plans without me having to say anything.

「You said you would do something, Sendai-san. If you won’t plan to do something, we won’t do anything.」

「I have plans. I told you on Valentine’s Day that after we made cookies together, I would make you something you wanted to eat, Miyagi. Since we’re here, we can go out together before that. What do you say?」

「Are you going out with that neck?」

I stroke my neck.

There are three marks left by Miyagi so far today.

They are all in visible places.

「I wear turtlenecks, so I don’t mind.」

There is one attached in a place that may or may not be hidden, but it shouldn’t be noticeable unless I put it in a ponytail.

「You’re not going anywhere today?」

There is no answer to tomorrow’s schedule; the conversation turns to today’s schedule.

「Are you going out, Miyagi?」

「...After dinner, I’m going to Sendai-san’s room.」

Miyagi tells me what she plans to do in the future as if ignoring my words, but I don’t complain because that is also how I want to spend my afternoon.

「No problem. Do you want to watch a movie?」

This time, there is a「yes」in response to the question.

Miyagi goes to the pot and opens the lid.

Handing her the pasta, she puts too much into the pot for the two of us.