She is Reading My Thoughts Again Today - Chapter 82

Calm Day

“Gyuu… My reward please?”

She told me so while making a gesture with her hands.

It is late in the afternoon in my room.

When I’m teaching Kisaragi about English relational verbs, which she said she didn’t understand, she suddenly asked so as if it suddenly occurred to her.

I can see the expectant look in her eyes. She looks like a child who just gotten a perfect score on a test and is anxiously waiting to be patted on the head. But she isn’t a child, what she wants is a hug. However, it’s not something you usually ask when you’re being taught. Why now? Is it because she’s feeling like to? I can tell from her face that she didn’t say it after thinking much about it. …when I’m think about these things, she puffs out her cheek in anger. Cute.

Kisaragi is asking me to hug her cutely. That alone is making me happy.

I really want to hug her, if I can.

Unfortunately, Japan doesn’t have a culture of hugs as a greeting.  Having never left Japan in my life, I’m hesitant to do so.

Ahh… When was the last time I hugged someone? At middle school…? No, come to think of it, me and Mikinori hugged each other in relief when we were able to finish his manuscript just before the deadline, not a long time ago. However, hugging a friend and hugging a lover isn’t the same.

All that I have to do now is hug her and tell her how much I love her.

In other words, if I don’t do it now, I might make her sad. It’s just like the kiss we’ve had before. I feel like I’m making her feel sad when I’m hesitating this long. I am truly sorry.

“Sorry…”

“Gyuu… You don’t want to do it?”

“I’d love to.”

I answered Kisaragi who is showing a sad expression on her face, reflexively. I can’t help but to wonder is it really okay for me to do it now. I truly want to hug her right now, and she seem want to be hug as well. Moreover, I shouldn’t miss this opportunity to hug her without worrying about being seen by someone.

“Is that so! Then, here.”

As I thought so, Kisaragi smiles, spread her arms and pulls me closer to her. Then before I knew it, I found myself wrapping my hands around her waist. No, I was fully conscious, I’m aware that she smells really nice when I approach her and I know that her body feels really soft when I wrap my arms around her. I don’t think there’s anything particularly different about her, but I am reminded that she clearly is a girl.

…what can I say.

“It’s calming, very calming.”

“Yeah, it is.”

My heart is throbbing insanely fast, but I’m feeling rather calm, it’s as if hugging Kisaragi calms me.

“I like this.”

“Yeah, this feels really nice. I can clearly hear Hokuto-san’s heartbeat.”

“I know, it’s throbbing really hard. Don’t listen to it too much.”

“It would be a problem if it isn’t throbbing this much.”

She laughs in my arms as she said such joke. She is so cute right now, I can’t help but to think I love her very, very much.

“I love you, Kisaragi.”

It suddenly came out from my mouth. She looks at me with a surprised expression on her face, it’s as if she never expects those words would come out from my mouth. Then she looked away and got down to hide her blushing red face. Even so, her hands are still on my shoulder, I can’t help but to tease her a little.

“I really love you too, you know?”

She says so to me. I’m so happy that I can’t help but to tighten my hug, and of course she got angry with me and told me that it hurts.

“I like Kisaragi when she is angry because she becomes even cuter.”

“Stupid…”