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Editor: Sunshine
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Chapter 9
“Ah?! Are you okay?! Are you not feeling well?! What happened? What happened?!”
I stood on my tiptoes and placed my hand on his forehead, his face reddening even more, to the point of steaming.
Haa!? A kettle!? Are you turning into a kettle!?
“Ah! He-hey! Quickly, lie down!! On the couch…. no, it’s impossible with your giant body. I will lend you my bed! Come here.”
Iyuri-san stood there like a doll as I pulled his strong arm that didn’t even tremble with my whole strength.
Huuuuuuu–––!
It, it’s not moving! The bean-sprout-weak me is so hateful. Hey you, big daikon radish! Are you moving or not!?
I felt like I was in a field desperately trying to pull out a big daikon radish that didn’t want to budge. When I was about to strongly pull Iyuri-san over to the bed, I heard him mutter so quietly, I almost didn’t catch it.
“If you, who is so young, were to attend me in your bedroom, I would deserve to die ten thousand deaths. Do not worry about me.”
“What!? Who cares about things like me being young, and I have no idea what you mean by deserving to die ten thousand deaths!! It’s an emergency!”
I pulled Iyuri-san with all my strength, but he remained rooted to the ground, making it impossible to move him! The body difference is too big! My hands are tired!
Then, it suddenly hit me. Hmm? He was fine just until a while ago, but then he suddenly reddened like a maiden. Was it because I touched his hands?
“Hmm? Could it be, you became embarrassed from your hands being rubbed? It can’t be, right?”
“………”
He neither agreed nor denied, so did it mean I was right? I only said it as a joke, but it looked like I accidentally hit the bullseye. The iron mask of Iyuri-san was nowhere to be seen and his eyes started shifting. He’s so… innocent. No, he’s an idiot.
A first rate man like him is probably always surrounded by both men and women. But was he actually a man who only looked experienced with matters of love but was actually pure hearted like an innocent maiden?
Reacting like this just by being touched by such an ordinary person like me? You, are you an endangered species? When such a big adult gets embarrassed, even my cheeks will heat up. He looked like a maiden in love. Iyuri-san did. Not me.
“I have never been touched like this by anyone except for my family… I am sorry. Even at this age… that… it’s because I have never experienced any romantic love.”
He muttered and averted his eyes in embarrassment. What’s with that face, it’s so cute!
“I, I see… that, that… I am also sorry. I was lost in the moment as touching your palms felt really nice and, and… I did something I shouldn’t have done. Sorry. But it’s a relief you’re not feeling sick.”
When a person with such a big body gets embarrassed, it looks so cute! But even then, Iyuri-san was too red. Even his ears were flushed deep red. Would it be better to cool them down? I wonder if a drink would be better than an ice pack? I thought, and was about to move my legs to the kitchen, when my hand was unexpectedly caught. Iyuri-san suddenly grabbed my hand as if to pull me back, making my body unstable.
“Oh–wah!”
I’m falling down!
Just as I thought that, Iyuri-san’s arms circled my waist from behind as I fell into his embrace.
My heart suddenly jumped.
H–hey!
Fortunately I didn’t fall, but what’s with this situation?! And why did I get so absorbed in feeling his overly strong chest!! Am I a pervert?! Also, Iyuri-san, your heart is beating so fast it’s about to break!! Are you okay?!
“I–I am so sorry!”
Iyuri-san quickly let go of my body as if startled. His face was extremely white. I couldn’t remain there anymore and immediately escaped to the kitchen.
Hi, hi, hiiiiiiiii!!
What was that?! What was that?! Deep breaths, deep breaths.
Suuu, haaa.
……………………
––––mmmph impossible–––––!! Im–po–si–ble! Calm down! Calm down! Throw away your worldly desires!
In the corner of my heart a strange emotion appeared – hey, me! He did that only to save me from falling down! He did that because of kindness! It was an accident!
I spent around one minute just writhing in shame.
Haaa, my heart was still beating hard but it was better than before. I ended up running away, but let’s go back quickly, anyways. He might have felt hurt.
I hurriedly poured the tea that I had cooled down into a glass. I poured some tea for myself as well, and gulped it down in one breath. Then, I returned to Iyuri-san. When I did that,
Iyuri-san was once again frozen like a statue.
Again?!
But although his body was petrified, his face looked navy blue. Was he doing a presentation on all human emotions today? Should I call an audience? But he’s still missing anger.
“Wha–what happened?! Ah, here’s some cold tea! Drink some!”
I pushed the glass to his mouth.
The statue moved, startled.
Ah, he moved.
“I’m… I’m glad… I said strange things so I thought that you became disgusted with me.”
He said in a pained voice.
“What? There should be no reason for me to become disgusted with you. Sorry, your face was so hot, I thought I would bring something cool to drink, so I left. Here, here, drink some. Should I help you?”
“A–absolutely not. I’ll do it by myself.”
This time his face turned deep red and after he took the glass from me, he gulped the tea down in just a few seconds.
So fast!!
“Do you want more?”
When I was about to bring him some more, for the second time that day my hand was grabbed.
Uoh!
“That….. I am really sorry.”
Iyuri-san apologised with a small voice.
“Why are you apologising? Is it because of what happened earlier?”
You don’t have to make such a worried face.
Was he worried about the matters of love? Was he embarrassed with his maiden-like behaviour? He’s a bit cute, this person.
“I have also never dated anyone even at this age. Even if I was free enough to date, I would rather do some household chores or study. If you don’t have any interest and don’t want to date, you shouldn’t force yourself, right? Each person is different. And worrying about it just makes you stressed. So, in short, I am not criticising you for not being experienced or interested in love1. Don’t worry. And you don’t need to feel down. You’re only thirty-eight and you will have a lot of good encounters from now on! And I heard that people working as officials have lots of charming points.”
I patted his extremely wide back in comfort. Although Iyuri-san made a surprised face, he smiled softly at me.
My heart skipped a beat at his surprise attack.
Thump!
“Thank you. You are the only one who has said that to me.”
He held my hand so softly as if it was something delicate that could easily break and kissed the back of my hand.
!? !? !?
“Wh–wh–wh–wh–what are you doing?! Y–you act like an innocent maiden but the things you sometimes do are so bold!”
When I shout with my face deep red, Iyuri-san laughs like a bully with the previous innocence nowhere to be seen.
“Is that so? I did not realise. Fu fu, are you shy?”
“!!––– S-shut up!!”
I dealt a blow to his belly with all my energy.
It was an extremely weak blow. His stomach is so hard!! Was he actually doing some training? Share it with me!
“Oh? You got angry.”
He squinted his eyes in joy as he watched me. Was this person the devilish playboy? Even though just a while ago he looked so pure with his flushed cheeks! Even so, my heart wouldn’t stop throbbing!?
With this person around I always lose my composure!
QC Note: Gap moe time
- QC Note: Aromantic respect, we love to see it ↩︎