Chapter 346: Ruri (1/2)
The living room, after everyone was gone.
Taiyou was still embracing Shirokiyami.
It had been a while since the other girls had left, and even their scents had begun to wear thin.
“…Maybe we should go somewhere to brighten things up.”
She shook her head.
“What about food? Are you hungry?”
She shook her head.
“Are you comfortable in your current position? Maybe you’d like to move around?”
She shook her head as she slowly looked into his eyes.
She would never answer him. This normally silent girl had truly become taciturn.
“You know, you smell really good.”
“—-gh!”
She reacted violently. He could feel her body stiffen as she firmly grasped his shirt.
“What is this though…maybe the scent of shampoo? I feel like I’ve smelled it before.”
“…same.”
“Hm?”
“The…same.”
“The same, what?”
“The same…as, yours.”
“Oh, is that it? No wonder I felt like I smelled it before.”
Taiyou said, sniffing again.
“Mm, but it’s a bit different. Similar, but definitely not the same. Did you put something else on, like perfume?”
“That is…probably…”
“Hm?”
“The smell…of, blood.”
“Ah, okay.”
Taiyou understood. Shirokiyami fidgeted.
“That’s…it?”
“Mhm.”
“You just…take it, as is?”
“Well that’s a smell that I don’t have. So it makes sense why you smell different.”
“You aren’t…repulsed?”
“No, because it’s your smell.”
He sniffed.
“I mean, just remember when we first met. You had quite the bloodlust, y’know? So why would I suddenly be scared or disgusted right now if I didn’t care back then?”
“…”
“Maybe I should be scared?”
She shook her head.
“Yeah? Good, I’d rather not have to act like I am.”
“I’m…sorry.”
“Hm?”
“I am…a, handful.”
“…pffft.”
“Why are you…laugh, ing?”
“No, it’s just…”
Taiyou laughed heartily.
“You’re not a handful at all. Out of the six here right now, you’d be second from the bottom.”
“No…way.”