Chapter 4.5: A Long Phone Call Between Runa and Nicole
“Haah... Man, I love senpai. ♡”
“Yeah yeah.”
“Haah... It was amazing. ♡ I wish that night could’ve gone on forever...”
“That’s all you’ve been saying for a while now.”
“Heh heh. ♡ Sorry. ♡”
“So...”
“Hm?”
“What’s going to happen between you and Sekiya-san now...?”
“What do you mean? It’s the same as before. I love him, so what’s there to do? There’s no way I could break up with him.”
“I figured...”
“Well, I’m gonna do a lot of part-time work this year, keep my head busy, and earn as much as I can. Having nothing to do is bad for you. You just end up thinking about stuff, getting lonely...”
“Yeah... Maybe.”
“What about you? Any progress after spending a night in the same room as your boyfriend? Though I guess there’s no way anything happened since your sister and Akari were there.”
“...”
“What, did something happen?!”
“...We kissed on the balcony.”
“Only kissed?”
“Yeah... It was really hot, though.”
“For real?! Who started it?”
“It was Ryuto...but I wasn’t against it either.”
“Wow, that’s so naughty!”
“Hey, I don’t wanna hear that from someone who practically had sex last night.”
“Aha ha! Anyway, that’s nice. It was good, right?”
“Yeah...”
“...What? Something wrong?”
“Nah.”
“What is it? Something else on your mind?”
“Well, not really... It’s like, Ryuto’s the one I wanna tell how I really feel, more than anyone else.”
“...I see. So you’ve finally met a boyfriend like that.”
“Yeah...”
“That’s great, then!”
“It was just as you said, though.”
“Hm?”
“I put up with the awkwardness and touched him anyway...”
“And you got horny?”
“...Yeah.”
“Wow, look at you, sex queen!”
“Again, I don’t wanna hear that from you!”
“Heh heh. So, how’s your Oronamin C practice going? Any progress?”
“Well, I gave it a try, but it really felt wrong... It’s just a bottle, after all.”
“Well, yeah.”
“And it’s cold too.”
“Try putting it in hot water first.”
“That’s not the problem here! It’s just that the more I try to do anything with it, the more empty it makes me feel on the inside!”
“Aha ha!”
“It was kinda demotivating...”
“You realize I only brought it up because you were so eager to stop being a cold fish, right? I wasn’t actually recommending doing it.”
“Sure, but...”
“Have you tried looking stuff up online? You might find a better way.”
“Well... Maybe that’s not a bad idea, but still...”
“Hm?”
“I get the feeling I might not be a cold fish with Ryuto.”
“Really? That’s good, then.”
“Yeah... I’m not confident at all, though.”
Hugging her knees on her bed, Runa looked toward the window. The brown bottle on the windowsill had a rather withered flower in it—one from the bouquet she’d received on White Day. She’d asked her grandmother to take care of the rest of the flowers, and the ones that hadn’t wilted were on the dining table.
Gazing at the flower, Runa’s expression related.
“That’s just a thought I had when we kissed on the balcony...”
A hot sigh escaped her mouth.
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