I woke up feeling the workout from last night.
My body was sore, but I could deal with it easily with a few stretches.
But I knew for a fact my Miyako wasn’t going to be well off.
I felt a bit sorry for ruining her like I did, but I felt a hundred times more satisfied that I did.
‘I wonder if the system went off last night?’ I opened the surprisingly quiet system and froze.
[Choice 2 chosen] [Choice 2: “Truly be gentle and ease into battle.”] – Reward: x2 to all invested assets.
[Choice 3 chosen.] [Choice 3: “Treat her like a toy!”] – Reward: One whole increase to Physical grade [Choice 1 Chosen.] [Choice 1: “Make her know that beyond lust that there is love”.] – Reward: A sapphire intricate ring perfectly fit for Miyako shikimori (~$1000); inside sock drawer.
[Miyako Shikimori’s affection level has changed.] [Miyako Shikimori: 101%; Officially obsessed and knowing of her place to you.
Warning: Please be careful with Critical hits at this level.] My mind could barely process the volume of notifications staring back at me.
I quickly closed the glowing tabs, not even needing to manually check their validity to know they were real.
Last night, during the absolute peak of our session, I had felt a sudden surge of strength, and now I finally understood exactly why.
I looked down at the pink hair splayed across the pillow, her face still cutely flushed even in sleep.
“Miyako,” I whispered softly, leaning down to brush a stray strand of hair away from her face.
“Wake up, love.” “Hm…?” She stirred, her long eyelashes fluttering open as she tried to shift her hips beneath the heavy duvet.
“O-OUCH!” “Careful, careful!” I held her gently against me, feeling the way her entire body winced from the bruising friction I had put her through.
“Don’t force yourself to move just yet.
I’m going to go start a warm bath with some bath salts to hopefully help ease the soreness.” “S-Sniff…” I blinked, catching the sudden, glassy glint in her sky-blue eyes.
“W-Why are you crying all of a sudden?” “I’m just so incredibly happy…
S-Sniff,” she choked out, a few hot tears immediately escaping and tracking down her flushed cheeks.
“I was just…
I was so scared about what would happen this morning.
S-Sniff.
I’ve heard so many awful stories at school about people completely changing or turning cold after they finally get what they want from a girl.” “Huh???
Miyako, look at me.
Did I ever actually come across as that kind of guy?
If I did, I am so incredibly sorry.” “N-Sniff…
No, you didn’t,” she mumbled, burying her face into the palm of my hand as she trembled.
“I was just getting scared entirely on my own.
I-Sniff…
I’m so sorry for being silly.” I pulled her into a hug, hoping to calm her.
I had no clue she was feeling that deep down.
I had thought with the system’s message she would have been reassured, but it didn’t tell me everything.
“I-I’m okay now,” she murmured after a quiet minute, her breathing finally starting to steady against my skin.
I gently guided her head back down onto the soft pillow and smiled as lovingly as I possibly could.
“I’m going to go get something for you, okay?
Make sure to stay awake for me.” Her eyes widened with a flash of instant, acute panic.
“W-Where are you going?
Are you leaving the house?
C-Can it please just wait?” “Pfft~, relax,” I chuckled, kissing her forehead to soothe her.
“I’m just going across the hall to my own bedroom.
I’ll be right back, and I have to run your bathwater anyway.” She weakly nodded her head, her slender fingers wrapping tightly around my wrist, her grip not loosening even a single inch.
“Miyako, how can I leave to get it if you keep holding onto me like this?” “C-Carry me then,” she whispered, looking up at me with a completely shameless, hyper-dependent pout.
“I just don’t want to be away from you at all.” I chuckled and listened to my needy girlfriend.
I got to my room quickly placing her sitting on the messy, stained bed.
Thankfully she hadn’t bathed yet or she would have to do it again.
I rummaged through my sock drawer and found a ring case.
“Close your eyes for a second, okay?” She listened without a single question, her eyelids fluttering shut as she sat perfectly still on the edge of the bed.
I quietly approached her, my bare feet making no sound on the floor.
My left hand gently took her trembling right hand, guiding her fingers straight before quietly and smoothly sliding the beautifully intricate, glistening sapphire ring onto her finger.
“I-I-Is that…
a ring?” Her eyes snapped wide open in utter shock.
Her gaze dropped, staring fixedly at the brilliant blue stone, and only at the stone.
She looked entirely frozen, her mind completely short-circuiting at the sight of my gift resting on her finger.
Before I even knew what was happening, her lower lip trembled, and she started crying heavily all over again.
“W-Waaaa~!” [Critical Hit] [Critical Hit] [Critical Hit] [Maximum daily critical hits reached with Miyako Shikimori.] [Warning: proceed with extreme care.] I gulped at the final message.
“Miyako?” She just kept crying, her shoulders shaking violently as she barely managed to look up at me through the thick veil of her tears.
“I love you, Miyako.
Don’t worry about those silly things you were thinking about earlier,” I said, revealing my raw feelings in a genuine voice before deciding to throw in a completely casual joke to lighten the mood.
“Seriously, even if I were for some reason to end up with a harem of women in the future, you’d always be my one and only queen ruling over everyone else.
So don’t worry about such stuff, it’s so silly.” The moment the words left my mouth, she paused entirely.
Something strange, sharp, and deeply intense flickered briefly within the depths of her sky-blue eyes—a dangerous glint that I couldn’t quite explain or understand.
Whatever she was processing inside her head, her crying instantly stopped, her tear-stained face settling into an unreadable docile calm.
“Okay,” she nodded softly, her thumb gently tracing the sapphire ring, whatever terrifying thoughts she was thinking now completely hidden from my view.