Chapter 320: Under the Moonligh (1/2)
“Are you not cold?”
“Mm-mm. I be so hot from Danna-sama that I could get burned.”
“Oh my God…you are such a character.”
He embraced Kohaku’s small body under the moonlight. She said that she could get burned, but if anything, her body temperature made him feel like he was burning. Not only that, but their feelings were burning hot. Large droplets of bullet-like sweat dripped down from her bangs, falling onto Taiyou’s collar.
“The moon be beautiful this night.”
“Yeah, well I can’t see it.”
“Heeey, Danna-sama.”
“What?”
“I love ye.”
“Yes, I know.”
“More than anyone else in the world, ja.”
“I know that too.”
“Yer the first one I ever loved.”
“Now that’s something new.”
Taiyou was astonished. He never had any inclination of prying into her past, so he had never had such a conversation with her.
It would be crazy to have nothing happen in over 80 years of life. She had told him before that he was the first person that she offered her everything to, but Taiyou hadn’t thought that it also included love. Assuming that she had been through a lot only made this revelation more shocking.
“Indeed, I just decided that now.”
So that was what she meant…He smiled wryly.
“Indeed. I have just determined where love truly started for me, ja. And doing that has helped me find out that Danna-sama is the clear winner for first love, ja!”
“Well, I am truly honored for you to say that.”
He didn’t make any exaggerated response, thinking it to be insensitive.
“To think that I was able to be your first love…I must be the happiest man on earth.”
“Then I be wanting ye to do ye best, Danna-sama. Make this love bear fruit and carry it out for the rest of ye life.”
“You can count on me.”
He tightly hugged Kohaku. Their two naked bodies pressed together. The evening wind in the fall was chilly on their skin to be sure, but they paid it no heed. Suddenly, Taiyou remembered something, getting up.
“Mm! I don’t want ye to go, ja!”
Kohaku said, half-pouting.
“I’m not going anywhere. There’s something that I need to get.”
“And what be that?”
“Wait a moment—-Here, it’s this.”
Taiyou took out a ring case from his discarded clothing, holding it out to Kohaku.
“This is for you.”
“…Oho, for the triplets and then Youran, I see.”
Kohaku said after some momentary surprise. Taiyou was shocked.
“You heard already?”
“Nay, it was just that those two have been rather merry as of late and I was wondering as to why. It seems that my question has been answered.”
“Well, it’s great and all that it’s been answered, but could you maybe be a little more surprised?”
“I am surprised, ja.”
Kohaku took Taiyou’s hand, pressing it against her chest. With no particular undulation to speak of, it was easy for his palm to directly feel her heartbeat.
Dokun dokun dokun dokun—-.
He could clearly tell that Kohaku’s chest was reaching a high frequency beat.
“What do ye think?”
“You got me there! Your face just looked so normal.”
“Comes with the years, lad.”
“So will you take it?”