Chapter 193 – Dayte (9)

“Well, I just had an idea like that.”

I stopped eating the pasta and rang the bell for the clerk.
It looks like Rapid has finished eating too, so it’s time for dessert.
The order was ice cream named Lemon Lime Twist and crème brûlée topped with berries.
I ordered the sour and sweet ice cream, and Rapid ordered the warm and sweet pudding.

It still takes a while for dessert to come out, so if you eat in moderation, it should come out.
As I was finishing my remaining meal with that thought in mind, Rapid set the spoon completely on the table.
Seeing that, I was thinking that he had no intention of eating more, and then Rapid said hesitantly to me.

“I don’t usually say things like that, like magical girls are girls… Words like that, it’s okay to show a weak side…”
“You’re not invincible because you’re a magical girl.”

Esther was strong, but not invincible.
I wished I was stronger, but I pretended to be, but I couldn’t.
The same goes for Rapid.
I want to be strong, I am strong, but I am not invincible.

“That’s it, but… Still… Ash…”

It is not that there are no magical girls who can be said to be invincible.
A strong one who shows an overwhelming difference even among magical girls… Ash… Invincible.
No matter what kind of monster, what kind of official appears, Ash always treats it lightly.

But so, what do you mean?
Just because one person is invincible makes everyone else invincible?
He can do that, why can’t you?

“… Mr. Rapid is not Ash, is he?”
“Ah…”

Rapid is also doing well.
Like Ash, she can’t fight fast, hard, or overwhelming… Do your best.
She’s always only second, but she works so hard that she’s always second.

“Still, like Ash… As much as Ash…”
“Mr. Rapid can’t do it like Ash.”

Even though Ash fights well, she doesn’t care about people one by one, like Rapid.
She is not good at rescuing, nor is she good at protecting.
A magical girl who kills monsters, a monster slayer.
Ash is not a guardian deity… She is a vaccine that just comes and takes care of only the germs and disappears.

“And… Are you still doing well?”

As soon as I finished talking while swallowing the pasta, the clerk came in with dessert.
Only then did I see Rapid’s expression, which made it look like he was crying without shedding any tears.
… Did I make a mistake?

Judging from the look on his face, I think I said something unpleasant to Rapid.
She’s not even an employee of the National Defense Force, so it’s distasteful to judge a magical girl based on an ordinary person.
In the first place, Rapid and Ash had different fighting tendencies and the direction of their actions.
Aside from that, it would be rude to compare two magical girls who work harder than anyone else.

“… Well, that’s… That was a bit off topic. I’m sorry if you felt offended.”
“Yes? Oh no! No…”
“If you feel bad… Just think that someone who knows nothing is talking nonsense and hand it over.”

I was talking too thoughtlessly.
I was excited about going on a date with Rapid, and the food was better than expected, so I think I let go of my tension too much.
… I think it would be better to make them forget the conversation a little while ago.
I waited for the clerk to leave the dessert quickly.

“You feel bad?! At all… ! Rather… No…”
“Rather… ?”
“Joe, good… Good, that was a story…”
“Yes… ?”

After the clerk left, I, who had been hypnotized, listened to what Rapid said and relaxed my hand holding the vision phone.
I watched… It certainly doesn’t look like an upset face.
I don’t think there’s any need to erase the memory.

I put the vision phone in my hand and scooped up a spoonful of ice cream and ate it.
The mixture of lemon sorbet and lime vanilla ice cream wets the tongue with a taste that is not too soft, not too sour, and not too sweet.
It’s good.

“… I think I know why Grape likes Mr. Anger.”
“Yes?”

I was immersed in the taste of the dessert for a while, but after hearing what Rapid said, I raised my head.
Grape likes me… ?
As I stared at him in amazement, Rapid waved his hand in amazement.

“Oh, no… As a friend, like a friend… I think I know why.”
“Ah…”

Grape likes me… No, if you ask me if Grape likes or dislikes me, he will say he likes me, but I almost mistakenly thought that Grape likes me as a romantic partner.
Rapid said something misleading and he blushed and apologized, perhaps even more surprised.

“Sorry… Hey, you two… Friend, Joe?”
“Are you having grapes?”
“Yes… Friend… Right?”
“Haven’t you asked before… ?”

I thought Rapid had asked the same question before, so I tilted his head slightly to the side with the teaspoon in his mouth.
Grape and I are friends.
When I let him know that fact again, Rapid nodded his head and muttered.

“Grape, do it…”

After answering Rapid, I was scooping ice cream and realized that Rapid wasn’t touching the dessert at all.
I know that Rapid likes dessert… Have you been hungry that much?
Rapid took the teaspoon with his thumb and forefinger, twirled it around, and set it back on the table as if he had no intention of eating it.

“I, Mr. Anger… ?”
“Yes?”
“We are friends too… Joe?”

Rapid and friends…
I am friends with Rapid.
Because a friend of a friend is a friend, Grape’s friend and I, Grape’s friend, Rapid became friends.
The moment we exchanged numbers together, we decided to do so.

“… Right?”
“Excuse me… Then, that…”

Rapid grabbed the teaspoon again and placed it on the crème brûlée.
Lightly press the thin layer of caramel, like the wall on the pudding, and break it in with a crunchy sound.
Rapid said while inserting a spoon into the soft pudding inside.

“We too… Say, can I let go?”
“Tell me… ?”
“Yes! That is… Anger says… May I call you?”

I want to speak… If you want to call me Anger instead of Anger, you want to get to know me better, right?
No matter how you think about it, that’s all there is to it.
Surprised and excited that Rapid asked such a question, I took a deep breath, then stopped breathing.

You shouldn’t be too excited and happy.
You need to calm down and react calmly.
I’m as expressionless as possible… He took a deep breath and replied.

“Yes, of course. Then can I call you Rapid too?”
“Yes? Ah yes! Yes… ! That’s right… Rapid… Please call me.”

A tickling atmosphere covers the table.
The air becomes sweeter than the dessert in your mouth, so you can’t even taste the ice cream.
I bit my tongue in my mouth to keep the corner of my mouth from rising.

Even though it doesn’t seem like he said much, it must be because of hypnosis that he wants to get closer like this.
It’s not going the way I intended or think, but… Things are going better than expected.
If things work out like this, there’s no need to hypnotize them.

Let the current state, this atmosphere flow as it is.
It is foolish to hypnotize this situation and make it feel out of place.
I took my hand off the vision phone and continued talking while eating dessert.

“Something tickles me a little, should I say embarrassing… It’s just a name call.”
“That… That’s right, name… I’m calling.”
“It’s probably because we’re not used to calling each other names… ?”
“Ah! Yes… I guess? I… It’s the first time I’ve ever called a man by his first name…”

I stopped the teaspoon I was scooping out the ice cream.
The first man whose name was called by Rapid.
The moment I realized that it was me, a lightning-like pleasure ran down my spine and paralyzed my body.

My heart is pounding so much that I can’t hear well.
Feeling his face heat up, he lifted his head and saw Rapid’s face flushed just like mine.
Seeing that, I impulsively made an offer to Rapid.

“Each other… Shall I call you by name?”
“Yes? Ah… Yes…”

All the air around it turns into feathers that tickle your skin.
My eardrums are sweet and sticky, as if I have filled my ears with honey.
Rapid and I looked into each other’s eyes and quietly called each other by name.

“… Rapid.”
“Hey, Anger… ?”
“Rapid.”
“Anger…”

After calling my name just twice, Rapid turned his face and chest completely red and lowered his head.
My heart trembles at the cute reaction.
I bit my lower lip, exhaled a long snort, and struggled to let the heat that had risen up into my head come out.

“Why, I’m embarrassed for some reason…”
“It must be because I’m not used to it yet… ?”
“Yes… Oh maybe? Yes… Would you?”

After that, Rapid began to move his hands as if to avoid his shame.
Take a spoonful of dessert and put several kinds of berries on top.
Preparing to swallow a sweet bite.

Seeing that, I tried to eat dessert too, but my ice cream melted before I knew it, probably from the heat of my hands.
When I became aware of the heat in my hands, I felt the heat flowing through my body.
Just below the navel… No, it’s terribly hot underneath.

“Uh… ?”

It was then that I realized that I was having a terrifying erection.
It’s definitely a cock that didn’t show any signs of excitement at all until just a while ago, but it was standing stiffly as if from where on earth the strength came from.
Realizing that the bottom is hot, my head cools.

Rapid doesn’t like men getting erections.
You have to settle the cock quickly.
Looking up, Rapid was still preoccupied with eating dessert.

With a spoon in his mouth, he stopped and stared at the table with his eyes wide open.
Were you surprised that it tasted better than you thought?
I have to do something before I finish eating.
I started playing sad thoughts in his head while Rapid was eating his dessert.