Chapter 259: The Waiting Angel (1/2)

Amane returned home, and Mahiru welcomed him, as usual.

The difference was that she was smiling, her eyes excited, and her smile a lot calmer and gentler. Her slightly blushing cheeks showed her joy.

“Welcome back, Amane-kun.”

“I’m back. You’re in a good mood.”

Mahiru’s good mood was really worth celebrating, but Amane had no idea as to why she was so happy. Usually, she would welcome him with a beaming smile, but he had never

He did not know the reason, and naturally, was troubled. One had to wonder if she noticed his troubled thoughts, for her smile intensified.

“…Looks like you never noticed anything the entire day, Amane-kun.”

“Notice what?”

“I am speechless that you never noticed what day it is today…it is your birthday today, Amane-kun?”

Mahiru said, looking a little flabbergasted, ah, and Amane blurted out.

“Goodness, Amane-kun…happy birthday, Amane-kun.”

“…I forgot about it. I didn’t really pay attention to myself.”

It would be weird to say that he recalled once Mahiru said so, but he had completely forgotten about it, and never realized so.

Mahiru did not know his birthday the previous year, and over the past few weeks, Amane had used a lot of brainpower getting used to this unfamiliar workplace, sparing the rest of his efforts on daily muscle training, jogging, and revision. He had completely forgotten about his birthday.

In any case, to Amane, his birthday was a milestone, but he was oblivious to it, and did not have any plans to celebrate it. It might be a reason why he forgot.

His parents would celebrate this for him back home, but ever since he lived alone, he never thought about it, until this point.

“It is not insignificant, you know? I am grateful for the day you are born. Without you, I can never really trust and love a single person.”

Mahiru grimaced at Amane’s forgetfulness, and she gently raised his hand.

“Because of you, I know that love truly exists, Amane-kun, and this is why I am so happy. Your birth is something I am really grateful for.”

Her eyes were radiating a warm light unlike their initial encounter, and they stared at him.

The intertwined hand was warm. It felt as though Mahiru’s passion towards him was contained in this hand, a peaceful, cozy warmth.

“Thank you very much, for being born. for meeting me.”

She was really delighted, her voice and clearly expressed so, and Amane felt his cheeks searing.

He learned it was possible for the body to feel hot after being thanked and blessed. It was until his encounter with Mahiru that it was not an annoying feeling, but a different one, a fluffy one.

Amane was the blessed one to be thought so highly.

“…I’m the one to be grateful that you think of me so much, and even celebrate this with me.”

He did not know how to convey this warmth and the emotions, so he stammered to convey his thanks. Mahiru then said bashfully.