Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me - Volume 3 - Chapter 2.1

Chapter 2

Runa and I headed toward Aomi Station. Why? Runa had asked to ride the Ferris wheel.

The gigantic Ferris wheel, which was kind of a monument in Odaiba, was getting closer and closer. Its presence could be felt even from far away. I’d always thought, “Who’d ever ride that thing except for children and couples? It’s not like it’s in an amusement park,” so to think there’d come a day when I, of all people, would be in one of those couples riding it...

My first Ferris wheel ride with my girlfriend... We’ll be all by ourselves in a tiny space...

The mere thought of it made my heart race. Sure, there’d be glass around us and we couldn’t do anything too indecent, but maybe we could kiss... My heartbeat pounded as I imagined it.

And actually, in Runa’s mind, just how close has she come to wanting to have sex with me?

I felt like our hearts had grown much closer after that incident in the summer, and when we’d kissed at the festival, I’d felt that she was happy amid her bashfulness.

Aren’t we nearly there? Hell, maybe this Ferris wheel ride is going to be the big test for that...

My desire had led my train of thought to take a strange route.

Fortunately, there was no big crowd at the Ferris wheel, so we were able to board it right away. For no particular reason, we sat facing each other on the C-shaped seat, and we both looked outside the windows for a while.

The wheel rapidly lifted us up, showing us a panoramic view of the seaside area. My head, however, was filled with thoughts on how to lead things to a kiss.

We were in a confined space, so I could smell Runa’s scent permeating the whole gondola.

Ah, I want to kiss her... A kiss... Kiss...!

I want to kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss!

But as my brain came close to bursting from my ulterior motive...

Runa, who had been looking out the window, suddenly turned to gaze at me with a smile—one that was happy and as gentle as sunlight filtering through the trees in spring.

I wondered what was up, but then she began to speak.

“You know, I feel like I’m in love for the first time in my life,” she began. “I always thought the kind of love which makes your heart race was something you’d only find in a shojo manga...but it looks like even I get to experience it,” she said, her eyes darting up and down as she did. Her cheeks were flushed pink.