Chapter 249 – Secret, Friend (1) [Edited – Added]

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Not long after I got home, I got a call from Rapid.
A short message saying that I would like to meet you tomorrow if I have time.
That was all.

After sending the hypnotically coerced message, Rapid said nothing.
Waiting for Rapid to designate where to meet, I had no choice but to reply to Rapid.
The meeting place is a movie theater right near where I live.
After that, the day passed without any conversation.

The next morning, after getting ready to leave before my appointment time, I sat on a chair in the room, closed my eyes, and organized my thoughts.
I hypnotized and put the relationship that was about to go wrong back to its place.
Now, there is nothing wrong with his relationship with Rapid.

Nothing has happened in the past week.
There was no period of lost contact between Rapid and I.
You have to make them think that way, and make them want to think that way.

The topic of today’s date is an apology.
As Grape advised, if you have already made a mistake, apologize until you accept it.
Apologize… If you accept my apology, I will tell you that I want to continue seeing you… Make your next appointment… You don’t have to eat.

For Rapid, today’s date will be a date he doesn’t understand why he called him after confusion and rejection.
Because of this, you shouldn’t make the same mistake again on today’s date.
Today is not a date to get closer to Rapid, but a date like a buffer that treats the blank period as nothing.

After continuing to accept the apology, a little more leisurely… Take your relationship slowly.
I’ve already made him fall in love with me more and more through hypnosis, so if I just throw away my urgency to have sex with Rapid, Rapid and I will connect by themselves.
Ok, perfect

After calming down my organized mind, I checked the location of Rapid and left the house as soon as Rapid appeared at the meeting place.
There are not many people in the movie theater in District 6 because there is a larger movie theater right next door.
I arrived in front of the cinema, looked around, and approached a distorted-looking person.

He bites his tongue in his mouth and pinches his back with his fingernails.
I also think about dying, sad thoughts, and depressive thoughts from Ash.
I struggled to suppress the corners of my mouth that kept trying to rise.

“Rapid…”
“Oh…”

The moment he approached Rapid and greeted him, the distorted person changed into Rapid’s appearance.
Rapid’s face blushed in embarrassment when I recognized him immediately and greeted him.
I deliberately pretended to be a little relieved and sighed.

“Thank god… That’s right…”
“Oh, hi… Do…”

After that greeting, Rapid didn’t say anything to me.
I quietly examined Rapid’s attire.
A knit that shows the breastbone in a miniskirt with rounded wrinkles at the end… Although he looks modest, he is dressed in lewd clothes.

I can feel that Rapid’s eyes are also looking at my clothes.
Today, I came out wearing the shirt and pants I wore on every date.
The basics are always right.

“Rapid, the clothes…”
“Let’s go… ? Movie… I want to start.”

Thinking we should have a conversation, I opened his mouth to praise Rapid.
But Rapid, as if having a hard time talking to me, blushed and said something else.
I had no choice but to say nothing and went into the cinema with Rapid.

“The drinks…”
“Miss Anger… What you want to drink…”
“Popcorn… ?”
“Yes, yes…”

Is this how awkward and awkward couples feel?
Or maybe your girlfriend who was beaten by a guy is like this.
Rapid reacted stiffly, startled by my voice and every movement, before I could finish my words.

I put a straw in my drink as I looked down at Rapid, who was averting my gaze.
If it had been before, I would have been worried because I didn’t know when I would run away just by seeing Rapid’s reaction, but now I’m different.
After hypnotizing Rapid so that he couldn’t run away, I asked only what I wanted to ask, then leisurely drank a drink and entered the movie screening room with Rapid.

[Beep!]

After sitting down and waiting for a while, I heard a notification sound that a few more people came in and the screening started.
In a darkened room, large sound equipment and rapid appear on a large screen.
It is a broadcast that informs the evacuation route.

[Please check the evacuation route!]

When I looked at the video and looked at Rapid, Rapid covered his face with his hand in embarrassment.
After thinking for a while, I looked at the screen and quietly muttered that the real one is much cuter.
It was a situation where I couldn’t hear anything because of the loud sound, but the magical girl Rapid could hear it.

Instead of a film distributor, the mark of True Vision appears on the screen, and the film begins.
The movie we’re showing today is a classic romance movie that was popular even before the advent of negatives.
I’m not very interested in the content, but I chose this movie because I thought Rapid would like it.

As if my expectations were right, Rapid, who was always nervous next to me, fell in love with the movie before I knew it.
Watching a movie blankly, when there is a sad scene in the movie, they cry, and when there is a happy scene, they smile.
I watched Rapid laughing silently while watching the movie.

Since it’s a date after something that could cause us to fall apart, I decided to come to the movie theater thinking that I should do something fun for Rapid, but she’s more fun than I thought.
I don’t know what’s fun about movies, but watching Rapid is fun.
She was completely engrossed in the film, and with her mouth slightly open, Rapid ate her popcorn, slowly moving her hand, without taking her eyes off the screen.

Even after putting her popcorn in her mouth, she eats it with her tongue, careful not to make a chewing sound in her mouth.
Chewing and swallowing is only done during quiet scenes in movies, and drinks are only consumed when there are no lines.
I feel that Rapid really likes romance movies.

Her eyes blink more slowly than usual, and she breathes more slowly.
It’s kind of like when you’re hypnotized.
I absentmindedly moved her pupils to follow her rapid hand.

Grab the popcorn, hold it in his hand and put it in his mouth.
Put your hand back into the popcorn bucket… Slow… Pick up one so it doesn’t make a sound… Eat.
Impulsively, I reached into the popcorn bucket and bumped into Rapid.

“Huh… ?!”

Rapid stunned at my touch and pulled his hand out of the popcorn bucket.
He holds his hand as if it were burned, and blinks his eyes as he sees me, not a movie.
I made eye contact with Rapid for a moment, then turned my head away with a nonchalant expression.

I’m sure you didn’t get caught putting your hand on purpose…
As I put my hand into the popcorn bucket while thinking about that, Rapid’s hand suddenly came back inside.
Then, with his fingertips, he takes the popcorn back.

If you put your hand into the one and only popcorn container, you might brush your fingers.
I think I thought so and decided not to care.
I deliberately put my hand in the popcorn container and didn’t take it out, and kept bumping into Rapid.

“Ha… Eww…”

Even if I don’t deliberately move or bring my hand, Rapid’s hand keeps bumping into mine.
To eat popcorn even though it’s still within reach, Rapid seems to like popcorn too.
I chose sweet popcorn, so that’s understandable.

[Hmm… Ah…]
[Oh…]

There is a kissing scene that can be said to be dense in the movie.
As soon as I saw the rather high-level kissing scene, I turned my attention to Rapid.
Rapid focused on the screen without blinking as he blushed and brought the popcorn to his lips.

It’s fun to see him immersed in the kissing scene as if he’s frozen.
As I quietly smiled at Rapid, Rapid’s eyes blinked and turned towards me.
Rapid, realizing I was watching, panicked and averted his gaze, blinking rapidly.

That kind of look is somehow cute, and as I continued to look at it, Rapid slowly turned his head towards me.
He looks at me and repeats looking at the screen, looking at me little by little, gradually as time goes by.
In the end, Rapid, who faced me, looked at me without saying anything and wet his eyes.

“Oh… Ha…”

I met Rapid’s eyes and unknowingly grabbed Rapid’s hand.
Rapid twitched his hands and did nothing but quietly closed his eyes.
A kissing scene appears on the screen.

I had the urge to kiss Rapid for a moment, but I held back and let go of Rapid’s hand.
I can’t make the same stupid mistake again…
I shifted my gaze away from Rapid and sat down.

“Ah…”

After that, the movies I watched were not very interesting.
Since I didn’t watch the first part and only watched Rapid, it would be difficult to have fun, but the content after that was very strange.
A woman who suddenly hugs you saying she really hates you, or a man who hugs you saying that I don’t suit you… Obviously, the movie poster said it had a touching ending, but I don’t know why this is touching…

If you don’t like it, don’t hug it, if it doesn’t suit you, just leave it… Why are you talking to each other like that?
I’ve heard that it’s a classic classic romance, but how the hell does this sound like a masterpiece?
Romance is very difficult.

After the movie ends, the lights come back on in the darkened theater.
Rapid did not move in his seat with a dazed face as if he was watching the ending credits.
I sat still following Rapid, who didn’t get up from my seat.

“… It was fun?”
“Ah, yes, yes…”

It wasn’t much fun for me, but it must have been fun for Rapid.
I didn’t like movies either, but it was fun to watch Rapid, who likes movies.
I forcibly pretended to have fun, so I laughed and brought up the story of the ending.

“Was the ending part touching?”
“Yes?! Ah yes… ! Uh… What about it?”
“Hmm… A guy hugging you saying you don’t suit him, and a girl saying she really hates you… ?”
“Ah… ! I see… That’s right, a touching ending…”

… What?
It’s like someone hearing something they don’t know for the first time.
Sensing Rapid’s subtle response, I frowned slightly, then closed my eyes and smiled again.

The conversation breaks off again.
I looked down at Rapid, who didn’t say anything.
The relationship that seemed close seems to have completely returned to the beginning.

Like a couple who fought… No, I think we should think that it was right to fight.
To Rapid, my actions at that time might have been the same as trying to forcefully attack him.
Anyway, I was going to apologize to Rapid today.

The first date after a fight, the timing to calm down properly after meeting, it is a public place but no one is there.
So so… I think it’s a good place to bring up a personal conversation.
It may seem a bit early, but should I apologize at this point?

Previously… It’s hard to control the corners of your mouth that keep going up just because you hypnotized Rapid and dated again.
I covered my mouth with one hand and opened my eyes slightly.
I try not to reveal my expression as much as possible, so that I can see that I am sorry and upset… He clears his throat and adjusts the pitch of his voice.

Rapid must have been repulsed by my approaching too suddenly.
If so, whatever you want… Widen the distance a bit.
I deliberately trembled and spoke without looking at Rapid.

“Today… I thought I wouldn’t be able to see you anymore, but thank you for meeting me… Well, I’m here today for a movie appointment, but…”
“Yes?”
“… Sorry.”

Rapid apologized at the sudden apology.
But even that is very short-lived.
Rapid, probably realizing what I was apologizing for, quickly fell silent and said nothing.

“If you don’t want to meet in the future… Tell me.”
“… Yes?”

I said something out of my mouth.
A light apology with only words is meaningless.
Seriously, you have to show that you take this matter seriously and that you are sorry.

He was hypnotized anyway, so even if I say this, if I change my words and ask to meet, I have to meet him.
But to Rapid, who doesn’t know that, it will look like I’m truly, sincerely apologizing.
I continued to speak to Rapid, who didn’t say anything.

“Because Rapid wouldn’t even want to be with me…”
“Now, now, now, wait! Why, why?! Why… ?!”