Chapter 6: Brief peace of mind

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Translator: Soafp

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After school, I went to Nagase-san’s house with her with my mind made up.

We had a meeting beforehand, and I decided to play the role of Nagase’s lover.

“I’m home… stepfather…”

“Tomomi…who is the boy?”

“Nice to meet you, Stepfather!

　My name is Kyosuke Shindo.

　I’ve been dating your daughter for a while now.”

“What?!”

“I came here today to talk to you in person, Stepfather.

　I… know everything.”

“!?!? Tomomi… you!”

“Stepfather… no one will be pleased by such a thing…

　It will only hurt everyone…”

“You… you know what!

　You don’t know what it’s like to lose something precious!”

“I do!

　I lost my mother when I was very young and my father a few months ago in an accident.

　The sadness, the pain, and the bitterness of a loved one suddenly disappearing…

　I have been there myself, so I understand!

　But… no matter how much you think about them… people who die… don’t come back to life…”

“?! Damn it…”

“What matters is who is alive now…

Tomomi… she may not be related to you by blood, but…

She is your precious family, right?

　If you do anything to hurt that precious family…

　There is no light beyond that…”

I…said to myself…

Yukina-san… said that in the hospital… there might be a reason…

Even if it’s painful… maybe I should at least face her and listen to her…

“……………”

“Of course, you may have your own feelings about it… even if it’s a sudden request from such a young man…

　I’ll leave you to it for now…”

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“Shindo-kun… thank you for today…”

“Nagase-san… what are you going to do today? Do you want to come to my house?”

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen your stepfather so calm…

　I’m going to try to trust him today…”

“… I understand…

　If you are in danger, come to this address or call me.

　I’ll be there as soon as I can…”

“Thank you…”

“If things don’t work out…

I will have to ask a lot of questions… and you may not like it…

　Shall we go to the police together?

　I’ll go with you.”

“…Yes…Thank you.”

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The next day, Nagase-san was waiting in front of my house, a little tearful.

“What’s wrong? It can’t be….”

“No. It’s not that!

My stepfather apologized to me yesterday!

　I know it’s not something that can be forgiven by apologizing, but…

　He said he did something really terrible…

He said he’ll do his best to start over… and he wants me to watch.”

Nagase-san was so moved that she hugged me and laughed as she cried.

“Thank you! Thank you! Shindo-kun!

　I…finally…”

“I see… your stepfather… has looked ahead…

I’m glad my words made him look at the bright side!”

“Um… Shindo-kun… would you like to go shopping with me this Saturday?”

“Eh? I’d love to.”

“Fufufu, I’m glad. Let’s go to school.”

Nagase-san’s innocent smile was very cute.

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And Saturday…

” Sorry to keep you waiting!”

Nagase-san took off her glasses, put her hair up, and

She was wearing a camisole one-piece dress that emphasized her breasts.

She looked very cute and I was very nervous.

“Fufu, by any chance…are you fawning over me?”

Nagase-san smiled wickedly.

“No… well… you look… beautiful… really beautiful…”

We were in a good mood from beginning to end, even though we were not lovers.

And on the way home…

“Shindo-kun…thank you for everything today…I…fell in love with you…Shindo-kun…

　I hope I can heal your wounds this time…”

“Eh?”

“…Perhaps.. you don’t want a dirty body like mine? Not good…”

“T-that is not true….”

When I looked lost…

Suddenly, I felt something soft against my mouth.

Nagase-san’s soft tongue entwined with my tongue…

I also started to seek for Nagase-san by twisting my tongue with hers.

After a while, our mouths separated from each other, and our saliva dripped down in a glossy manner.

We both blushed, and after a long silence…

“…See you later ♡”

Nagase-san left.

I floated away and went back to my own house in a good mood.

Unaware of the shadow of a grinning, eerie smile…

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