Chapter 69: Extra (2/2)

So don’t say this so openly…

It appeared Mahiru had no other intent.

She probably was trying to convey that she really yearned for physical contact, due to her family reasons, and that she would feel relief whenever she was patted on the head. One could assume from those words however that Mahiru had feelings for Amane, and that she would feel blessed to be patted.

“…If you say that, I’ll sexually harass you.”

“Sexually harass?”

“I’ll touch your body.”

“Where?”

“Wh-where…of course…don’t make me say it.”

It was obvious without saying that a male would want to touch certain female parts.

Amane’s face naturally turned beetroot, and Mahiru blinked a few times. She then seemed to have an idea, “Ahh.” for she nodded away.

“You want to touch, Amane-kun?”

“…Only if I’m dating her, and that she agrees.”

“So you will not do anything, Amane-kun.”

“Shut up.”

“Fu-fufu, Amane-kun, you really are gentlemanly.”

“You’re noisy.”

“This is what I like about you, Amane-kun.”

Mahiru giggled away, and Amane felt a shortness of breath.

She did not mean anything.

Surely she was saying that she liked him in the sense that he was a good man, not in the romantic sense.

Despite knowing this, Amane felt his heart ache.

The lap pillow alone would have caused much misunderstanding. With her doting on him so much, even he would wonder if Mahiru had feelings for him.

She certainly had feelings for him, to some extent, but he did not know what those feelings were, and how deep. He was delighted and yet worried, his heart likely on the verge of annihilation.

“Thanks for that.”

He barely eked out this answer, rolled away, and turned his back on her.