Chapter 45: Is it possible that she already knows?
After the brief lecture at the manor house, everyone was supposed to move to their favorite place to watch the stars. The usual four of us, Kaede, Shinji and Otsuki-san, moved to a hilltop with a good view.
“Don’t worry, Yuya. You’ll be alone when the time is right, after me and Akiho are gone. You can’t wait to become a ‘meotoppuru’, right?” [TN: Meotoppuru, Meoto = Married couple, Kappuru = Couple.]
“Hey, Shinji. What’s a meotoppuru? Is that the one you discussed?”
While Kaede and Otsuki-san were walking behind us, gazing up at the sky and giggling, Shinji told me another weird term that had been decided at the silly meeting earlier. It seems that they decided on ‘meotoppuru’ to mean a couple who were already as close as husband and wife. Well, I don’t really care anymore.
“Do you think it’s a strange thing to say? It’s like you both already are newlyweds in love, Yuya and Hitotsuba-san!”
I dropped a hand knife on Shinji’s head as he spoke happily. What ‘a newlywed couple’, you baka. I’m not going to let you get in the way of my big game of a lifetime. Disappear quickly.
“Yes, yes. I understand. I’ll be out of your way in no time… so good luck, Yuya.”
He patted me on the back. This conversation, which was taking place some distance away from her, was probably Shinji’s way of trying to soothe my nervousness, which was making me feel as if my heart was about to burst.
“Hitotsuba-san also seems to be a bit fidgety. I think Akiho is trying to calm her down. She’s really a worried meotoppuru. And that’s because it’s Yuya’s fault, okay?”
“… Seriously, shut up. You don’t have to tell me that. I know that.”
Kaede occasionally glanced back at me. Her eyes had only one thing to say. You want me to come next to you, don’t you? I know, Kaede. I’ll come.
“I’ll go to her, Shinji. It’s time for you to make out with Ootsuki-san, isn’t it?”
“Yes. I want to watch such a beautiful starry sky with her too.”
We walked up to them quickly and I stood next to Kaede and Shinji stood next to Otsuki-san. Shinji took hold of Otsuki-san’s hand and said.
“Then, from here on out, we will be separated from each other, okay? Both me and Akiho want to see this starry sky alone, and it’s the same for Yuya and Hitotsuba-san, right?”
“Yeah, yeah! I’ve always wanted to see it alone with you too, Shin-kun, so let’s do that! Kaede-chan, you would love to watch it alone with Yoshi, wouldn’t you? You want to see it, don’t you?”
“Yes, yes! I want to watch it alone with Yuya-kun. Isn’t that right, Yuya-kun?”
“Of course I do. I want to watch it alone with Kaede, without anyone disturbing us.”
As Shinji had done it with Otsuki-san, I gently took Kaede’s hand in mine and intertwined our fingers. I gazed into her eyes, which looked surprised, and I continued to speak.
“I’ll see you later, both of you. Let’s go, Kaede.”
“Yes, yes…”
I gently pulled Kaede’s hand, who had suddenly turned as quiet as a sheltered cat, and started walking. Now, where should we go? If possible, I prefer a quiet place.
“Yuya-kun, this way. I was told that the plateau up ahead is a good place to watch the stars. Would you like to go there?”
“I didn’t know there was such a place. By the way, who told you about it? The teacher?”
“Yes. I asked him where the best place for stargazing was, and he told me. Let’s go quickly!”
I found myself being pulled by Kaede in the same way as usual. But it was not safe to start running in the dark. It would be easy to slip on the snow.
“It’s all right! Yuya-kun, hurry up — kya!?”
“Kaede—!”
Kaede, who had been in a good mood, was caught in the frozen ground and was about to fall forward, but I pulled her up as hard as I could. This inevitably meant holding her to my chest, but before I felt any embarrassment, I felt relief.
“Look, I told you so. What about ‘it’s all right’? You’re not all right at all.”
“Oh, thank you…”
Kaede put her face on my chest quietly. I’m not sure if she’s sorry or not, but her expression was indescribably debauched. I found myself in close contact with her hands around my waist. I’m happy, but I couldn’t walk like this.
“If we don’t go soon, we won’t have time to see the stars, you know?”
“Ugh. … I want to do this for a little while longer…, no?”
“… No.”
‘For now’, I added in my mind, while gently releasing Kaede’s body. I pretended not to hear the longing voice that came out of her mouth as I started walking again.
“Let’s go, Kaede. I have something to tell you. After that, if you don’t mind, we can…”
I want to hug you. I want you to let me hug you. But I couldn’t put it into words. It was embarrassing, wasn’t it? Besides, if I said that out loud, it would be like telling you the answer to what I wanted to say.
“Then when you have finished talking about it, please continue with… this, okay?”
Kaede. That depends on your answer.
“Fufu. I’m looking forward to it. This seems to be an important story of Yuya-kun. I’d like to hear it as soon as possible, so let’s hurry up.”
Is it possible she already knows I’m going to confess?
Chapter 45: Is it possible that she already knows?
After the brief lecture at the manor house, everyone was supposed to move to their favorite place to watch the stars. The usual four of us, Kaede, Shinji and Otsuki-san, moved to a hilltop with a good view.
“Don’t worry, Yuya. You’ll be alone when the time is right, after me and Akiho are gone. You can’t wait to become a ‘meotoppuru’, right?” [TN: Meotoppuru, Meoto = Married couple, Kappuru = Couple.]
“Hey, Shinji. What’s a meotoppuru? Is that the one you discussed?”
While Kaede and Otsuki-san were walking behind us, gazing up at the sky and giggling, Shinji told me another weird term that had been decided at the silly meeting earlier. It seems that they decided on ‘meotoppuru’ to mean a couple who were already as close as husband and wife. Well, I don’t really care anymore.
“Do you think it’s a strange thing to say? It’s like you both already are newlyweds in love, Yuya and Hitotsuba-san!”
I dropped a hand knife on Shinji’s head as he spoke happily. What ‘a newlywed couple’, you baka. I’m not going to let you get in the way of my big game of a lifetime. Disappear quickly.
“Yes, yes. I understand. I’ll be out of your way in no time… so good luck, Yuya.”
He patted me on the back. This conversation, which was taking place some distance away from her, was probably Shinji’s way of trying to soothe my nervousness, which was making me feel as if my heart was about to burst.
“Hitotsuba-san also seems to be a bit fidgety. I think Akiho is trying to calm her down. She’s really a worried meotoppuru. And that’s because it’s Yuya’s fault, okay?”
“… Seriously, shut up. You don’t have to tell me that. I know that.”
Kaede occasionally glanced back at me. Her eyes had only one thing to say. You want me to come next to you, don’t you? I know, Kaede. I’ll come.
“I’ll go to her, Shinji. It’s time for you to make out with Ootsuki-san, isn’t it?”
“Yes. I want to watch such a beautiful starry sky with her too.”
We walked up to them quickly and I stood next to Kaede and Shinji stood next to Otsuki-san. Shinji took hold of Otsuki-san’s hand and said.
“Then, from here on out, we will be separated from each other, okay? Both me and Akiho want to see this starry sky alone, and it’s the same for Yuya and Hitotsuba-san, right?”
“Yeah, yeah! I’ve always wanted to see it alone with you too, Shin-kun, so let’s do that! Kaede-chan, you would love to watch it alone with Yoshi, wouldn’t you? You want to see it, don’t you?”
“Yes, yes! I want to watch it alone with Yuya-kun. Isn’t that right, Yuya-kun?”
“Of course I do. I want to watch it alone with Kaede, without anyone disturbing us.”
As Shinji had done it with Otsuki-san, I gently took Kaede’s hand in mine and intertwined our fingers. I gazed into her eyes, which looked surprised, and I continued to speak.
“I’ll see you later, both of you. Let’s go, Kaede.”
“Yes, yes…”
I gently pulled Kaede’s hand, who had suddenly turned as quiet as a sheltered cat, and started walking. Now, where should we go? If possible, I prefer a quiet place.
“Yuya-kun, this way. I was told that the plateau up ahead is a good place to watch the stars. Would you like to go there?”
“I didn’t know there was such a place. By the way, who told you about it? The teacher?”
“Yes. I asked him where the best place for stargazing was, and he told me. Let’s go quickly!”
I found myself being pulled by Kaede in the same way as usual. But it was not safe to start running in the dark. It would be easy to slip on the snow.
“It’s all right! Yuya-kun, hurry up — kya!?”
“Kaede—!”
Kaede, who had been in a good mood, was caught in the frozen ground and was about to fall forward, but I pulled her up as hard as I could. This inevitably meant holding her to my chest, but before I felt any embarrassment, I felt relief.
“Look, I told you so. What about ‘it’s all right’? You’re not all right at all.”
“Oh, thank you…”
Kaede put her face on my chest quietly. I’m not sure if she’s sorry or not, but her expression was indescribably debauched. I found myself in close contact with her hands around my waist. I’m happy, but I couldn’t walk like this.
“If we don’t go soon, we won’t have time to see the stars, you know?”
“Ugh. … I want to do this for a little while longer…, no?”
“… No.”
‘For now’, I added in my mind, while gently releasing Kaede’s body. I pretended not to hear the longing voice that came out of her mouth as I started walking again.
“Let’s go, Kaede. I have something to tell you. After that, if you don’t mind, we can…”
I want to hug you. I want you to let me hug you. But I couldn’t put it into words. It was embarrassing, wasn’t it? Besides, if I said that out loud, it would be like telling you the answer to what I wanted to say.
“Then when you have finished talking about it, please continue with… this, okay?”
Kaede. That depends on your answer.
“Fufu. I’m looking forward to it. This seems to be an important story of Yuya-kun. I’d like to hear it as soon as possible, so let’s hurry up.”
Is it possible she already knows I’m going to confess?
