Hey, Best Friend. How About A Kiss Today Too? - Chapter 74.1: “.......”
“…….”
“What, tongue? You’re serious about that…”
Sticking out my tongue.
Her sweet voice made my heart race with intensity. But I managed to hold myself together until the end because of what Sagiri had said before.
“We can’t remain just friends after this…”
“B-but…”
She didn’t continue from there, and her gaze averted from mine.
“Is this… alright?”
“Yeah…”
I couldn’t help but feel she was being too kind without probing deeper.
No, maybe it would be gauche to ask now.
She had turned me down once before. But if Sagiri wanted this herself, then it was my duty to fulfill her wishes.
I’m not expecting anything more to happen. No, definitely not.
I involuntarily swallowed hard.
It tasted like the grape juice I had just drunk.
“It’s just… me eating Renji’s tongue…”
“…”
“…Just that, you know?”
As I fell silent, Sagiri’s face grew increasingly flushed. Whether it was yesterday when she sat on my lap in the clubroom or now, she should really stop overextending herself.
We were clearly both way beyond our embarrassment threshold.
But of course, I was just as guilty.
So, I’m supposed to let Sagiri have her way with my tongue?
It sounds incredibly bizarre just as words, but in front of someone I love, I’m powerless to argue.
Or does she think she can get away with doing what she wants with my tongue?
“H-How about… this…?”
Because she thinks she can get away with it, am I maybe just a pushover?
No, this is… really bad… and so embarrassing!
What’s happening to my face right now!?
“Woah, woah…”
Her exclamation was involuntary as she saw my expression.
Is it okay for me to be angry with her?
She’s the one who asked for this, and now she’s acting surprised?
“Wow, you’re making such a naughty face…”
“What!?”
What’s she even saying?!
You’re the one who started this, right!?
“…Phew.”
“Whoa!”
She blew air onto my tongue.
Just that slight tickle, neither cold nor warm, made my body jump.
“Wait, Sagiri!!”
“Whoa, sorry, sorry!!”
Unable to bear it any longer, I closed my mouth and reached out my hand towards Sagiri’s face as she lay in front of me. But Sagiri wasn’t just going to take it lying down; she used both hands to fend off my relentless assault.
“Geez, if you try that again, I’ll get back at you, you know.”
“You’re already doing it, aren’t you?”
“I said I was going to breathe on your tongue.”
“Perverted…”
“Don’t yank on people’s ties. And don’t call me perverted.”
The tie around my neck was being pulled, as if a cat were toying with catnip. Despite her push-and-pull behavior, she was coaxing me closer.
“Come on, hurry up.”
“Yeah…”
So, with a hint of annoyance, I opened my mouth and stuck out my tongue. Despite our legs entangling, Sagiri drew closer.
We were practically at kissing distance.
But this time, it wasn’t only our lips that were touching, but also our tongues.
“So, um… here goes…”
As Sagiri’s breath touched my tongue…
“Here… I go…”
I said, trying to maintain some decorum.
“Ah…”
But as soon as her soft lips enveloped my tongue, a flash went off in my mind.
“Ah…”
Instinct screamed danger, urging me to retract my tongue, but her soft lips didn’t let go. Instead, they pulled it in deeper.
“Ah… this is… bad…”
As a result, my tongue unintentionally invaded Sagiri’s mouth. Each touch of her warm breath and trembling exhales made my thoughts flicker erratically.
“Haa… huu… Mmm… Nnn… Haa”
Sagiri seemed to realize it was getting too intense; she opened her mouth, separating our tongues. Even though it was just a brief moment of her biting down on my tongue, her breathing was more ragged than after just a simple long kiss.
As my liberated tongue met the cool air, cooled by the air conditioning, I felt a strange daze enveloping me. It seemed Sagiri was feeling the same, her droopy eyes staring at me vacantly.
“Um…”
No, to be precise, it was my tongue.
For whatever reason, or perhaps not thinking at all, Sagiri opened her mouth, sticking out her tongue just like me.
Opening her mouth wide and extending her tongue, her expression was undeniably erotic as she slowly drew closer to mine.
“Nmmmm…”
And with that, we kissed with our tongues.
More sensitive than a lip to lip kiss, firmer, and rougher.
Yet somehow, even more pleasurable than it.
The sensation of her tongue running along the underside of mine was almost overwhelming, making my head spin, but I wanted her to keep licking me.
“Ah… mm… Annnu… Hmmmuuu..”
Licking, being licked, sandwiching, entwining, escaping, chasing, overlapping.
With each touch of our tongues, the illusion of happiness, as if our boundaries had disappeared and we had become one, assaulted us.
Devouring each other’s lips, entwining our tongues, seeking each other out, our breaths mingling, saliva making sounds, our thoughts in disarray.
“Renji… nchu… Renji… Renji…!”
“Sagiri… nua… Sagiri… Sagiri…!”
Calling out each other’s names foolishly, as if to prevent our minds from breaking.
Just calling out her name felt good to me, just hearing her voice felt good, and like beasts drowning in pleasure, instinct overwhelmed our reason.
“No… ah… more… Renji…”
Naturally, our entangled legs tightened like snakes, and our arms, forcefully twisted while lying down, pulled our bodies closer together, pressing against each other.
“Renji… ya… love… Renji… you…”
In a voice that sounded like a child seeking comfort, my childhood friend pleaded with her tongue.
“Aah… I… too…”
I… slowly separated our tongues, our lips.
I couldn’t just let myself be carried away like this… I couldn’t help but think.
“Renji…?”
Sagiri looked at me with moist, flushed eyes, but strangely, my mind was calm.
“Hey, um, do you… love me?”
“Huh? Um, yeah… I love you.”
No, that’s not it.
A surprisingly clear thought echoed in my mind.
“I… I really… love you…”
“Huh?”
No, that’s not it.
Sagiri has been saying she loves me for a long time now.
“I mean it…”
“Ren… Renji…?”
No, that’s not it.
With each time I fell for Sagiri more, with each time I got closer to her, somewhere in my heart, I’ve always felt it.
“I mean, seriously, Sagiri…!”
“W-Well, I also really…”
No, that’s not it.
Since Sagiri confessed to me, I’ve been anxious, and when I heard her feelings for me at that time, I was genuinely happy.
“If that’s the case…!”
No, that’s not it.
While I said I wanted to let Sagiri do what she wanted, what I truly desired was…
“Not just friends… I want to be in a romantic relationship with Sagiri!”
No, that’s not it.
I want to have a relationship where I can honestly say I love you without using the excuse of us being best friends.
With the word “love” as the trigger, the feelings I had kept hidden suddenly burst out like a dam breaking.
Once I exposed my feelings, I couldn’t stop them anymore.
“So, I… I…”
Yes, I couldn’t stop them myself.
“――――”
My eyes of pale color widened, dyed in despair.
“――Did you…?”
No, that’s not it.
My voice, squeezed out, trembled with every syllable.
“――Why…?”
No, that’s not it.
Tears, brimming in my eyes, fell in large drops.
“――Why would you say something so cruel like that?”
No, that’s not it.
The face I wanted to see wasn’t that.
“――Hey, um…”
No, that’s not it.
Yes, it was different.
“B-be-best… friend…”
My perception of friendship with Sagiri… everything was different now.
What?