“It’s done~” I got up off the couch with a pleasant stretch.
Walking into the kitchen, Miyako was putting the final touches on our lunch.
She insisted on making it and I wasn’t going to deny such a cutie her wish.
“It looks good.” She had prepared a casual Eastern lunch.
It wasn’t anything overly crazy or experimental like you would typically see in a high-class restaurant, but the sheer presentation and perfect plating showed she stood head and shoulders above most.
“Hehe~, I tried my absolute best!” With a proud beam, she moved her seat directly next to mine at the small table, her shoulder brushing against mine as she picked up a spoonful and gave me the very first bite.
“Itadakimasu.” I took a mouthful of fried rice, and the moment the flavors hit my tongue, I realized its taste was completely delicious.
There was honestly no other word for it.
“Wow!” Before I knew it, my hands wouldn’t stop stuffing my mouth, completely throwing my usual manners out the window.
Miyako’s gentle laughter echoed from my left, the sound sweet enough to finally make me pause.
Acting quickly before she could tease me, I scooped up a perfect portion with my own utensils and held it out to make her eat, too.
“Thank you,” I said, flashing her a quick smirk before going right back to eating.
I would’ve loved to sit back and admire her reaction, but her food was honestly just too good to worry about anything else at that moment.
All I knew was that a second later, she playfully pinched my side under the table and kept remarkably quiet.
Lunch passed entirely in this blissful, cozy atmosphere, leaving me completely full, thoroughly satisfied, and rapidly succumbing to a heavy food coma.
“Come on.” As I sat there blinking sleepily, Miyako gently took my hand and led me right back over to the couch.
She sat down first, smoothing out her skirt before lightly patting her supple thighs—thighs clad in those dark tights that I really wanted to take a bite of.
With a deep breath, I actively calmed my racing mind and didn’t shy away, leaning over to rest my head heavily across her lap.
Her gentle touch immediately began going through my hair, her soft fingers massaging my scalp while her natural warmth made the food coma come on even quicker.
“Sleep well.” Chuu.
I felt her warm lips meet mine in a brief tender press.
It was genuinely surprising that she did it without showing any of her usual signs of overwhelming embarrassment.
But I didn’t get to admire her newfound boldness for long.
Within seconds, my vision went completely black, and the comforting heaviness of deep sleep took me straight into its embrace.
**** ‘Hehehehehe~’ I actually did it!
While I loved giving control to Tatsuya there were times I wanted to give him a break.
Also!
His gentle sleeping face was handsome to stare at.
He was already handsome to an impossible degree but like this I wanted to engrain every second into my mind.
I completely got lost in softly petting his blonde hair.
But before I could even stop him, Tatsuya subconsciously turned over on his side, his face digging closer and burying directly into a sensitive area where it absolutely shouldn’t be.
“I-It tickles~” I gasped in a tiny whisper, my hands freezing in his hair.
He was completely tormenting me, and he wasn’t even awake to realize it.
His warm, steady breaths rhythmically hitting the exact place that caused my heart to hammer wildly; a place that would eventually be his anyway.
It had taken so much courage to prepare myself for today, and yet, at the critical moment on the couch, I had shut him down.
I groaned softly, leaning my head back against the top of the sofa.
‘I’m so weak.’ All I wanted was to belong to him, but when it actually came time to follow through, I completely chickened out.
Next time, I absolutely wouldn’t back down.
And even if I felt myself trying to stall, I’d just give him complete, unconditional control over me!
I’ve already confirmed everything I needed to know, and after seven solid months of getting to know him, I knew deep down in my soul that I could trust him.
Those stories on the internet surely didn’t apply to him!
‘I promise you, Tatsuya!’ I thought, tenderly using the back of my hand to rub the side of his warm face.
‘I’ll give you absolutely everything I have the moment you wake up!’ My determination right now was even greater than when I had initially prepped myself this morning.
The last two nights of agonizing, restless frustration would never happen to me again.
“Miyako…” “Huh?” Tatsuya’s sudden, muffled sleep-talk took me completely by surprise.
“I love you, Miyako…” he murmured into my lap, digging his face even deeper into me.
As his body shifted, his face came agonizingly close to almost kissing the tip of the forbidden fruit I had saved all my life.
His subconscious words instantly brought a wave of emotional tears to my eyes.
Who wouldn’t feel completely overwhelmed with happiness to hear something like that from their boyfriend?
Especially when it was as entirely subconscious as this—as pure and true as it could possibly get.
“Hehe~ I love you too, Tatsuya,” I whispered back, leaning down to press a soft kiss into his hair.
From the exact time I first realized my feelings for you, to the version of you right now who completely recognizes them…
I really, truly loved him.
All the immense hard work I’ve put myself through to be by his side was just too worth it!