The Blonde Big-Breasted Beauty Praised Me

“I’m home~”

Ah, Kaede-chan’s cute voice. Kaede-chan had returned from school.

I wanted to go greet her, but I couldn’t move right now.

“Huh? Ryo-kun, where~?”

Ah, Kaede-chan was looking for me. I wanted to say “I’m here,” but I was so exhausted that I couldn’t even raise my voice.

“Ah, there you are. What’s wrong, Ryo-kun? Why are you in a place like this?”

Kaede-chan found me right away. She hadn’t been back for even a minute, and in this huge house, that was amazing.

“…W-welcome back, Kaede-chan…”

“Yeah, I’m home. So, what happened?”

“Oh, I was cleaning…”

“Cleaning? This huge house? By yourself?”

“I only meant to do a little… but it turned out to be more fun than I thought… and I got carried away…”

The broom, dustpan, mop, rags—everything needed for cleaning was there, and there were so many dirty spots that it was satisfying to clean them. Once I started, I couldn’t stop until everything was spotless…

And while I was absorbed in cleaning, I reached my physical limit and collapsed. My shoulders and arms ached and trembled, and I ended up face-down on the floor.

Kaede-chan looked around curiously and checked the inside of the house carefully.

“It’s true; the house is sparkling clean inside… You cleaned everything…”

“No, I couldn’t do the whole thing… There are still plenty of places left uncleaned…”

“No, this is more than enough. Hey, Ryo-kun, lift your face.”

It was tough to even sit up with my energy drained, but since I was Kaede-chan’s pet, I had to do as she said… I somehow managed to sit up and raise my face.

“Just stay still like that. Don’t move…”

“?

I didn’t know what was going on, but I stayed still as Kaede-chan said.

―Smack

“!?!?!?”

In that instant, it felt like the universe exploded.

On my cheek, I felt the soft touch of Kaede-chan’s lips… She had kissed my cheek.

“Wh-wha-what… why…!?”

I pressed my hand to the cheek that received the kiss, and my heart was thrown into chaos.

Hot… The spot where Kaede-chan’s lips touched burned with heat along with the sensation of her lips. C-can it get this hot…? It felt like it wasn’t even my own face; it was burning. My hand was turning red, so my face must have been bright red too.

Calm down… I had plenty of kissing experience. Unma and I, my ex, kissed countless times. We even did deep kisses.

So why was a light kiss on the cheek throwing me off so much?

Kaede-chan was the ultimate cute girl, sure, but she was an underage high schooler… I was an adult, so wasn’t it embarrassing to be so flustered by a younger girl? Get it together.

Once I got it together, I wanted to say my honest feelings.

I’m so happy to get a kiss from such a cute girl!!!!!! I let out that soul’s cry in my heart. I couldn’t shout it out loud because it’d disturb the neighbors.

“Thanks for the cleaning, Ryo-kun. That was your reward.”

Kaede-chan said that and patted my head even more.

Ah, so soft and warm… Kaede-chan’s warmth seeped into my heart…

It felt like a lie that my heart had been so cold until yesterday. Her patting lit up and warmed me so brightly.

It was so relaxing that if I let my guard down, I’d fall asleep.

“You’re my pet, Ryo-kun. When a pet does something good, you have to praise them properly.”

“I-is that so?”

I see, because I was a pet.

For a pet, a light kiss or pat wasn’t weird. What Kaede-chan just did was the same as what an owner does to a dog.

Right, what she was doing to me was just pet treatment. There was no deeper meaning, probably. I’d been so excited since earlier, but I shouldn’t get the wrong idea.

Yeah, I was a pet. That’s why… That’s all it was…

…

Was it really just that?

The way Kaede-chan looked at me was so intense and sexy; it didn’t seem like a look for a pet.

Her hot gaze gripped my heart and shook it.

I recalled Kaede-chan’s words.

“After that, for the past 10 years, I’ve always been thinking of you.”

My heartbeat accelerated so much it felt like my heart would burst.

She hadn’t said her feelings clearly, but Kaede-chan liked me…

Even after seeing my pathetic state yesterday, fallen to the depths, she still liked me…?

But I still had feelings for Unma…

―No, I should stop thinking about who likes whom.

I was a pet. That’s what Kaede-chan said. If that’s what she said, I should just focus on fulfilling my role as a pet.

Kaede-chan and I stared at each other. Kaede-chan suddenly blushed bright red.

“Ah…! Sorry, I patted too much…”

Kaede-chan’s hand left my head. I felt a little lonely. I ended up thinking I wanted more pats.

“Ryo-kun, can you stand?”

“Y-yeah.”

Kaede-chan offered her hand, and I took it and stood up straight. Even though I was so exhausted earlier, now I felt strangely energetic. Power surged through my body… I recovered so quickly thanks to Kaede-chan.

―――

That night, I was brushing my teeth at the washbasin. There, I looked in the mirror.

Kaede-chan’s kiss mark was still on my cheek. Her lips touched for just an instant, not enough to leave a clear mark, but it was more than enough to make my heart skip again. The soft sensation of her lips lingered, and when I touched it with my hand, I recalled the moment of the kiss and it heated up. Even after time passed, I could remember it so vividly. It must have burned into my cells.

I had to admit that I was harboring lewd feelings toward Kaede-chan that melted my core. I wanted to grope those big breasts, push her down…

…No, no good. Even after admitting my desires, I had to reject them. I couldn’t look at Kaede-chan that way.

The old man was here too. I absolutely couldn’t make a mistake with Kaede-chan.

It had only been a short time since reuniting with Kaede-chan, and I wasn’t used to her yet. It would be fine; once we lived together, I’d get used to it. Once I did, it would be okay.

Kaede-chan was like a little sister. And I was a pet. Nothing more, nothing less—I desperately told myself that.

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Kaede’s Perspective

Late at night, I took a bath.

While in the bath, I recalled what I did to Ryo-kun today and bubbled the water.

Now it felt incredibly embarrassing. I had always thought I’d kiss him someday, but I didn’t expect it to happen so soon…

It was unconscious. My body moved before my head could think, my loving feelings exploded, and I ended up kissing Ryo-kun.

I troubled him. As his owner, I needed to stay composed in front of my pet.

Since meeting Ryo-kun 10 years ago and being helped by him, I’d always liked him.

We had known each other since I was 7, so we were practically childhood friends.

But I could tell. Right now, Ryo-kun still had a strong wall between us.

I could see it in his eyes. He had strong interest in my body. But that’s why he was making the wall in his heart even thicker and stronger.

The body alone wasn’t enough. He had to like all of me.

It would take a lot more time to make him fall for me.

It was okay; we could live together now. There was plenty of time; it didn’t matter how long it took—I’d definitely make him obsessed with me.

His heart had a big hole from losing his job and home. This was a big chance for me; I’d fill that hole.

With that resolve, I dunked my heated face into the water to hide it.