98. Morning, After a Torrid Night….

The next day.

Having stayed up all night, I woke up really late.

Groaning with a strange ache, I groggily opened my eyes in the disheveled bedroom… the time was 2 PM.

Morning was long gone, noon had passed—it was already afternoon. A slight exaggeration, but almost evening.

“……Wa.”

I really slept a long time.

Considering I fell asleep at the time I usually wake up, it’s only natural.

“Ah, my thighs…….”

Even just lying still, a jolt shot through my lower body.

Not quite muscle pain, but… how to put it? A kind of dull ache overall, encompassing my thighs and lower body……

It’s a type of ache I’ve never felt before, but I roughly know the reason why. We did it so intensely, so hotly, so obliviously to the passage of time that such an ache is to be expected.

‘Lift your hips, Aki….’

“Mmh, like *this*…?”

“I just said hold it, who told you to wiggle it…?”

“Mhm, bu-ut…”

“…Haa, seriously. Come here, you.”

“Ah…♡”

“……”

Fragments of last night’s memories flickered through my mind.

Caught in a haze of intoxication and excitement, I’d blurted out all kinds of things. Now, with a slightly clearer head, it all felt acutely embarrassing.

Seriously, a first-timer like me, what kind of confidence did I have to declare I wouldn’t let her sleep tonight, or to tell her to prepare herself? Anyone who’d heard would have thought I was some seasoned pro.

Thank god it was Akari’s first time too, so we were both clueless…

Vowing never to utter such nonsense again, I tried to sit up.

Or, more accurately, I was about to sit up before freezing.

There, using my forearm as a pillow, slept a girl peacefully.

“Mhm…”

The girl’s name was Fujiwara Akari.

The girl I loved most in the world, and with whom I had shared love until we both collapsed into sleep.

Now, she was completely and utterly out of it.

“……”

She must be truly exhausted to still be sleeping even with me shifting around.

A smile involuntarily crept onto my face.

‘Well, makes sense, I guess…’

Even I, who had been diligently working out and building my stamina, had been worn out enough to fall asleep, so how much more so for Akari.

Of course, it wasn’t Akari who was moving so intensely, but mostly me. But Akari enduring my movements must have been quite taxing for her too. Come to think of it, she was barely able to form coherent words around dawn.

“Akari, are you asleep?”

“……Mhm.”

“Was that an answer, or are you sleep-talking…?”

“Mhm…”

Akari shifted in her sleep.

Wondering if she was awake but pretending, I poked her cheek.

She doesn’t stir.

Looks like she really did answer in her sleep.

“……Uuuh!”

Poking her once more out of curiosity, she furrows her brow delicately, as if telling me to stop.

“……Heh.”

She’s getting mad even in her sleep.

“……How can you be so cute?”

“……”

“I’m saying, how can you be so cute, really….”

She’s so cute, I thought she was an angel.

And I’m not exaggerating, I genuinely thought if I looked behind her, she might have wings. So I traced my fingers over Aki’s shoulder blades. But alas, nothing of the sort.

And so, I simply gazed quietly at Aki’s face.

“…….”

Cute.

And pretty.

Not just because I’m wearing rose-colored glasses……. Just watching her like this, all I can think is how pretty she is.

Hidden now by her long eyelashes, behind those eyelids are large, beautiful blue eyes.

Below them is a high, elegant nose, and red lips that awaken the desire to k*ss them simply by looking.

Further down, there’s her soft, milky white nape and collarbones.

And, further still, there’s her fair, large bosom.

A large, soft bosom that, when touched, brings such a happy feeling, it even tricks you into believing you possess the whole world.

“…….”

Should I just, lightly, touch it?

Since she’s sleeping, she probably won’t notice if I secretly poke it…….

“……Haaahm.”

“……!”

I was staring blankly at her cleavage when I suddenly startled. As if Aki sensed my impure thoughts, she stretched out a cute yawn, showing signs of waking up.

I hadn’t actually done anything, but for some reason I felt guilty, so I quickly closed my eyes and pretended to sleep. Then, within the instantly darkened view, there was a rustling sound, and Aki mumbled around her mouth before poking me.

“Husband, are you asleep…?”

“…….”

“Yeoboseyo, my dear husband…?”

“…….”

“……Guess he’s still sleeping.”

Aki murmured in a voice thick with sleep.

My eyes are closed, so I can’t see ahead. But Aki, as if lost in thought, hummed a soft, kittenish sound, and began to tap my abs with her fingertips.

“Two o’clock….”

“…….”

“Shower, eat, greet the family…. Haaam. If we’re going to pay respects at the shrine…. Um, uh…. Enough, time…?”

“…….”

“……Don’t know. …Haaam.”

*Kkuuk.*

Aki, murmuring softly, embraced me.

Soon, I felt her soft chest pressed against my body, and instinctively knowing it was Aki’s chest, I gasped for breath.

Thankfully, I didn’t make a sound, but with Aki’s smooth, naked body pressed right against me…blood was rushing downward, against my will.

Should have gotten dressed right after waking up…?

“Ssuup……. Ung, haaa….”

While secretly struggling to hide my bodily changes, Aki buried her face in my chest muscles and sniffed.

Moreover, adding to that, she subtly touched and groped here and there, including my buttocks.

I don’t know why she’s sniffing when all she’ll smell is sweat, nor why she’s groping my body. And honestly, all that aside, Aki’s touch as she kneads my muscles is too subtle and ticklish.

I desperately suppressed a laugh. Just then.

“……Haa, really now.”

Aki, sighing deeply as if unable to bear it any longer, stirred slightly and then abruptly grabbed my carelessly placed right hand.

Thinking I might have been caught, I stayed still… She pulled my right hand towards her face, extended my index finger, and bit on it.

And then, with a small *tchop* sound, she started s*cking on it gently.

“Our husband, his face is handsome, he’s tall, his body is good….”

“…….”

“His hands are big, his feet are big. …His *that* is big too. …And he’s good at *that* too.”

“…….”

Did I mishear something?

I doubted my ears at the quietly spoken words. Aki, while s*cking on my index finger, made a strange noise… and I felt her thighs brushing against mine and rubbing together again and again.

“Sniff, sniff…. …Inhale. …Inhaale.”

“…….”

“…Inhale. …Exhale.”

“…….”

“…Exhale. …Exhale. Mmm, mmm…♡”

Rustle.

Aki shifts her position.

A moment ago, her forehead rested against the muscles of my chest, but now, Aki has climbed up a little higher, bringing her eye level almost even with mine.

I knew because I could feel Aki’s panting breath brushing against my cheek.

“My lord, aren’t you waking up…?”

“…….”

“If you don’t wake up, I’ll pounce on you…?”

“…….”

“…Is it okay if I pounce? …Is it really okay? Hmm?”

Aki’s breathing grows steadily rougher.

If I continued to pretend to be asleep, it felt like she really would pounce, so I started to stir slightly, pretending to slowly awaken.

“……!”

Aki jumped with surprise.

Just a moment ago, she had been breathing heavily, but now she suddenly froze in place. I mumbled, feigning just having woken up.

“Aki…?”

“…Y-yes, my lord?”

Aki, whose hand was on my waist, answered hurriedly.

Judging by her cautious tone, it seemed she was also trying to act like she had just woken up. Pretending I didn’t know anything, I naturally embraced Aki.

“Are you awake?”

“……A, yes.”

“Did you sleep well?”

“…Y-yes.”

Aki’s face grew increasingly red.

It seemed she was aware that she had been doing something embarrassing. Should I tell her that I saw and heard everything? No, if I did that, Aki would surely be so ashamed she’d bolt from this place. So I desisted.

Secretly sniffing my scent, doing something a bit strange… let’s just consider it affection and move on. Aki must have done it because she likes me so much.

I gently stroked Aki’s bare skin, the small of her back, and asked,

“Tired? Want to sleep more? Or…”

“……”

“……Ah, but it’s already two.”

I stopped touching Aki, and naturally raised only my upper body.

Aki looked up at me with an expression of great regret, but when our eyes met, she flinched and quickly looked away.

Her face, even the tips of her ears, were dyed a pretty crimson, as if she was embarrassed even by making eye contact with me. When I was asleep, she was so bold.

That gap, you could say. Aki’s temperature change was a little refreshing, even cute, so I chuckled. I pulled the blanket up and covered Aki’s lower abdomen.

“Are you hungry?”

“Ah, a little…?”

Aki seemed to realize belatedly that she was naked, and a little embarrassed, pulled the blanket up to her chest.

“Really? Then we should eat from morning, no, from lunch, right…?”

I raised my lower body as well, grabbed the underwear I had roughly taken off and tossed in the corner, and went to the mini refrigerator in the living room.

Screech.

I opened it to see if there was anything to eat. There was nothing but water, drinks, and alcohol. I pondered for a moment what to take out, then took out two bottles of water. I’ll leave one for Aki, so let’s just drink one for now.

“……Hoo.”

I emptied half the water bottle and wiped my mouth. I’m feeling a little better now.

“Aki, do you want some water too?”

I held the water bottle in my hand and turned to Aki.

Aki, who had already gotten up, was sitting on the futon we had slept on all night, covering her chest with the blanket and blankly looking up at me.

“……”

Her face flushed.

I tilted my head, wondering why she was like that, and Aki, her eyes glazed over, muttered softly.

“So cool…”

“……Huh?”

What’s so cool?

Even before I could ask, Aki stood up gracefully.

Naturally, the blanket covering her chest slipped down below her shoulders, and Aki’s body, unclothed, was revealed before my eyes.

“……Husband.”

One step.

And two steps more.

As if in a trance, Aki began to stumble, to sway towards me. With each step she took, her fair, ample br*easts trembled slightly.

In that vista that evoked the very grandeur of nature, I stood momentarily spellbound, gazing. In that interval, Aki drew close, immediately wrapping her arms around my waist.

“Why are you so cool?”

“Huh…?”

“…Why are you so cool, I ask.”

Aki lifted her gaze.

In her blue eyes, now turned up to meet mine, a burning fervor lay, beyond words.

Perhaps it was just my imagination, but her pupils seemed ever so slightly unfocused.

“Say, Husband, you’re my boyfriend, right…?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“…Then.”

Aki embraced me tighter.

“If I… if I *assault* Husband, is that… legal…?”

“……”

If a girlfriend assaults her boyfriend, is that legal or illegal?

A profound deliberation on that very topic, a matter not easily decided, began to form in my mind.

But Aki could not wait even a moment. Her hand brushed against my underwear.

“…Take it out.”

“…What?”

“Never mind. Just stay still. I’ll take it out for you…”

“……”

It seemed lunch would have to wait.