The Assassin Girl Who Stayed by My Side in Another World… Somehow Followed Me Back to Modern Japan - Chapter 37: Love You

Chapter 37: Love You

While my brain was still completely short-circuited from the fact that I just kissed my daughter—

Or rather, got kissed by her—

The movie had apparently ended.

The lights came on, and people around us started standing up, chatting about the film as they slowly made their way out of the theater.

…Wait. Hold on. Hold on.

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

I… I just kissed Aira.

No—she kissed me.

Even if it was only for a split second…

Our lips definitely touched.

My lips… touched Aira’s lips.

“Hiroto, aren’t we leaving? Or do you wanna stay like this a little longer?”

The very person who kissed me—Aira—asked that while blushing ever so slightly, looking a little embarrassed…

But mostly acting like it was no big deal.

“…………N-No. Let’s go.”

Yeah, there’s no way we can just keep sitting here forever.

Thinking that, I quietly got up and walked out of the theater with Aira.

…This is bad.

My face feels like it’s on fire.

I can’t even look her in the eyes right now.

No, no—just to be clear, I’m not blushing because I’m flustered or anything.

She’s my daughter.

There’s no way I’d feel that way.

…Still, though.

My first kiss ended up being with my daughter—

And to top it off, it tasted like caramel.

That… was definitely not on my bingo card for today.

“Aira… why’d you do that all of a sudden?”

I couldn’t just stay silent forever, so I finally asked her—slowly, carefully.

“Because I wanted to.”

“…Still, you can’t just do that without asking, right?”

“…I waited, but Hiroto wouldn’t do it.”

Of course I didn’t!!

You’re my daughter, okay?!

No matter how cute your face is when you’re waiting like that—there’s no way I’d go for it!

…Okay, sure, I guess I don’t really have the right to say that after she kissed me, but still!

“Hiroto… did you hate it?”

Just as I was trying to mentally regroup, Aira looked up at me with this heart-wrenchingly sad expression and asked that.

…That’s not fair.

That’s so not fair.

I mean—it’s not like I hated it or anything—

Wait, no! That’s not the point!

It’s not about whether I liked it or not—

It’s that it’s not okay!

That’s the issue!

…Wait.

What was the issue again?

Uh-oh. I think I lost the plot here.

“…Anyway. You just can’t do stuff like that, okay? Got it?”

“…I don’t get it.”

Aira said that, then quietly stared straight into my eyes.

I couldn’t hold her gaze—

So I looked away.

And unfortunately…

My eyes ended up drifting to her soft lips instead.

Which I also quickly looked away from.

“Hiroto… I really, really love you.”

“…Yeah. I love you too.”

Usually, I could say it with confidence—

As my daughter.

But this time…

I wasn’t even sure what I meant when I said it.

Not even to myself.