After Being Dumped With the Insult, “You’re So Clingy!” and Finding Her in Despair, I Kept Encouraging My Beautiful Classmate and as a Result, That Beautiful Girl Started Directing Her Heavy Emotions Toward Me Instead, but Since I Like Emotionally Heavy Girls, It’s No Problem - 27

Chapter 27: In a Drowsy Haze, Dream or Reality?

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In the morning, I was drifting in a drowsy haze. It felt the same as before, half awake, half asleep. I was suspended in that in-between state. While I was floating softly along the boundary between dream and reality in that condition, I suddenly heard the sound of a door opening—click—followed by someone’s voice.

“…Excuse me for intruding. Oh, Ichika-kun is still asleep today.”

I understood in my mind, Ah, someone just came into the room, but understanding was all I managed. My consciousness remained wrapped in drowsiness, and my body did not so much as twitch.

“I mustn’t wake him…”

That someone quietly closed the door and approached the bed where I was sleeping. I could tell from the footsteps and presence.

“Fufu, he’s sleeping soundly. It’s probably because he’s tired. …Thank you for your hard work yesterday.”

Tired. Perhaps, just as the owner of the voice said, that was true. My body felt very exhausted. That was why I couldn’t wake up even though someone had entered the room. With my half-asleep brain, I vaguely thought about that.

“…I feel sorry for making you push yourself because of my selfishness.I know this is just a flimsy excuse, but even if it was just pretend, I was so happy to become your girlfriend, Ichika-kun, that I couldn’t hold back my feelings… That’s why I asked so many things of you yesterday. But you’re so kind, Ichika-kun… You accepted all of it…”

The owner of the voice spoke words that sounded like an apology directed at me. My mind was still foggy with sleep, but somehow I wanted to deny those words. Even so, though I felt that way, neither my mouth nor my body would move. After that, the voice fell silent for a while. Then, after some time, she began speaking again.

“You pushed yourself and put your body on the line for my sake… You’re such a clumsy and kind person. Ahh… but that’s what I love about you. I love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you♡ I adore you, adore you, adore you, adore you, adore you, adore you, adore you, adore you, adore you, adore you, adore you♡ I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you♡ Haa… haa… I want to touch you more. I want to go even further with you.”

The owner of the voice breathed heavily and murmured those intensely weighty words of love. I didn’t really understand what was happening, but anyone who was loved this much by someone else would surely be fortunate.

“But I’ll endure it for now. My plan is still only halfway complete. Until the day you fall hopelessly in love with me and declare that you can’t live without me….”

After making that declaration, the owner of the voice fell silent again. Only her breathing echoed in my ears.

“…Oh, that’s right. Shall I try that method I read about in a book the other day?”

Next, I felt her presence strongly near my ear.

“Ichika-kun, you are going to love Futaba Jujoji… She’s going to become the one you love most in this world… You won’t be able to love any other woman. You won’t even notice them…”

She whispered those spell-like words into my ear. Her breath reached it, making it feel slightly ticklish.

“Mm? Mmm~?”

“This is bad… He’s going to wake up.”

To escape the ticklish sensation, I turned over. The presence of the voice moved away from me at incredible speed.

“Mm…? Zzz…”

Once the ticklish feeling disappeared, I rolled over again and returned to my original position.

“Phew… He just turned over. Then, let’s try again…”

And once more, I felt her presence strongly near my ear.

“While you pretend to be Futaba Jujoji’s boyfriend, you’re going to truly fall in love with Futaba… You’re going to love her, love her, love her, love her, love her… You’ll become so dependent on her that you won’t be able to live without her… You understand?”

“U-uun…?”

I heard the whisper within my drowsiness. It felt like she was saying something directed at me, but strangely, I didn’t feel any discomfort.

“…All right. Starting tomorrow, I’ll come even earlier and whisper this to you every day while you’re asleep. Oh dear, I can’t stand around like this. I need to make breakfast and your lunch. Today I’ll put in plenty of meat so your stamina recovers quickly. Please look forward to it♪”

As if remembering something, the owner of the voice moved away from the bed. However, perhaps she changed her mind halfway through, because she turned on her heel and came back again.

“Ichika-kun is sleeping so soundly, so if it’s just a kiss on the cheek… he won’t notice, right? I couldn’t hold back yesterday either and did it… Ahh, I can’t hold back after all!”

Chu. A damp sensation touched my cheek. But with my half-asleep brain, I couldn’t really understand what it was.

“Ichika-kun, I love you♡ Mm, one more time.”

Another damp sensation touched a different spot than before.

“Just one more… just one more…”

That damp sensation happened about ten times in total.

“…I went a little overboard. I need to restrain myself…”

Seemingly satisfied, the owner of the voice finally moved away from the bed for good.

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