My Cool and Straightforward Girlfriend Won't Let Me Sleep Today Either

Episode 26: The 4th-Year Girlfriend Who Wanted to Be Licked All Along

“I knew it was too small for the two of us.”

I said to Natsuki as we bathed together.

In response, Natsuki, leaning against me as if seeking comfort, spoke up.

“It’s not a big deal.”

“Still, I’m really tired…”

I chuckled, glancing at Natsuki.

Natsuki, embarrassed, submerged her mouth in the bathwater to hide her blush.

It was understandable for Natsuki to feel embarrassed.

After all, the reason we ended up in the bath together was because things had reached a point where we couldn’t spend today as it was.

Natsuki, who had been trembling with pleasure while I licked her ears and asked, blushing, “Can you lick other places too?”, couldn’t seem to get enough. Gradually, things heated up…

Up until now, I had thought that Natsuki, who had always been cool and indifferent, wouldn’t want to be licked here. But she asked for it.

“Lick here too…”

When Natsuki, with a wistful expression, asked me to lick the beautiful place she indicated with her finger, I couldn’t refuse. But just being licked by me seemed insufficient for her, and before I knew it, Natsuki was returning the favor as if to say, “Your turn”.

And so, we ended up becoming all sticky and affectionate together.

“Hey…”

Lost in stimulating memories, Natsuki spoke to me.

“Yeah, what is it?”

“Maybe I should stop wanting to become an interpreter…”

Natsuki said with a lonely voice.
Becoming an interpreter was Natsuki’s dream. That’s why she’s going to study abroad for six months.

She had been studying hard since her first year of high school, even asking me, a returnee, to teach her English.

“Don’t you want to become a cool adult who can handle multiple languages?”

“Oh, that’s a lie.”

I thought so.

Natsuki’s face, saying such things, always seemed somewhat absentminded to me.

There must be another reason she wants to become an interpreter, I thought.

Still, if she didn’t want to talk about it, there was no need to force her.

Up until now, I hadn’t pushed her to talk.

But today, it seems Natsuki is willing to tell me the real reason she wants to become an interpreter.

“Oh, I see. So, what’s the real reason you want to become an interpreter?”

Blatantly, I asked her back.

Natsuki started talking about the real reason she wants to be an interpreter while forcing a smile.

“When I was in junior high, my dad went through a tough time at work because of a useless interpreter. It was really bad, like the company was on the brink of collapse, kind of bad, like he might hang himself…”

I got scared when she talked about something so harsh.

Seeing me like that, Natsuki reassured me that there was no need to worry.

“It’s all fine now, so there’s no need to be so scared.”

“I-If that’s the case, then it’s fine.”

“So, to continue the story, I felt like, to ensure my dad never suffers again, I decided to become a proper interpreter and help him! So, I started aiming to become an interpreter.”

“Yes, now I understand why Natsuki never told me the real reason why she wanted to become an interpreter.”

Why do you want to become an interpreter? I asked with a lighthearted feeling,

If someone suddenly starts talking about something heavy like she did just now, I wouldn’t know what expression to make…

“Right? That’s why, when someone asks why I’m aiming for it, I say I want to be a cool adult.”

Natsumi said to me with a wry smile.

“True, during puberty, you don’t talk much with your parents, right?”

“Yeah…”

“Lately, I haven’t been talking much with my dad either…”

“Well, that’s common.”

“The other day, we talked about various things. Well, not really talked, more like he got mad at me and said, ‘you visit your boyfriend’s room too often!’”

After all, she came to my room too often, and I thought her parents were saying something to her…

I was about to retort to Natsuki, but since she seemed to have more to say, I kept quiet.

“I’m going overseas to study interpretation to help my dad, who suffered because of a crappy interpreter, so can’t you cut me some slack and understand that I won’t be able to see my boyfriend for a while?!”

“Y-Yeah.”

I agreed.

Then, Natsuki tells me with a sullen face.

“I really appreciate your feelings. But now my dad can speak English, you know? And because the company has grown big, they can afford to hire ‘decent interpreters’… Because of that.”

“Ah, I see. Condolences.”

“Well, I knew from the beginning that even if I became an interpreter, it’s questionable whether I would actually help my dad’s work. But it feels like the part of me that wanted to become an interpreter has been denied…”

She seemed to understand that even though she aspired to become an interpreter for her father’s sake, it was questionable whether she would actually wield the power she obtained for her father’s sake.

But still, somehow I understood Natsuki’s feelings.

“It feels like your dream is shattered.”

“That’s about it. So, well, maybe I don’t want to be separated from Minato, so I’m thinking of quitting on becoming an interpreter…”

As Natsuki said this with a lonely expression, I immediately interjected.

“No, don’t lie. You’ve worked so hard until now, Natsuki. You’re definitely the type to stick with being an interpreter, right?”

“You know me well. Well, yeah. I just wondered how Minato would react if I said, ‘Maybe I’ll quit o becoming an interpreter…'”

Natsumi looked at me with a face that seemed to say, “You’re not cute”.

And then, for some reason, she pinched my cheek.

“Why are you pinching me?”

“I understand you well, you know? I got annoyed by Minato’s expression.”

“…Well, we’ve been together for four years, right?”

I boasted.