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“Senpai, let’s get off.”
The train arrived at Akaitohama station.
I was lucky enough to sit in an empty seat, and we held hands the whole time.
I remember the first time I held her hand when I tried to hold the strap.
I pulled my hand away and we got off the train together, feeling as if it had happened only a short time ago.
After walking for a while, we finally got away from the crowds when we got a little further away from the station.
But Senpai was like,
[Is it okay if I stay like this?] she asked beggingly, and I grabbed her hand in return.
“Yes. Please hold my hand properly, Senpai.”
I had no intention to show her my manly side or anything like that.
I just want to be a man for Senpai.
Senpai looks like a strong woman, but in fact she is a very weak girl.
And I fell in love with her.
I’m not lost in this feeling anymore.
I thought I’d wait until after I got back home.
I’ll say it.
This is the only way.
“…..I like you, Senpai.”
I said, squeezing her hand tightly.
My heart was about to jump out of my chest just to say it.
Anyway, I said it.
And then I looked at her.
“Yeah.”
That’s all.
Hm? Why such a weak reaction?
N-no, if I don’t finish properly, she might suddenly be saying what the hell I’m talking about.
“……Senpai. I like you. U-um, if it’s okay, w-will you stay with me forever?”
I said in a trembling voice, but still said it.
Then, looking at Senpai again, she said,
“Yeah, I’ll be with you forever, okay?”
And.
Again, no response.
She kept a cool face.
I was about to get nervous again because she was neither embarrassed nor ashamed, but I reconfirmed the meaning of what she had said when she said she would stay with me.
“…..Um, you’ll stay with me?”
“Yeah. We’ll be together forever, okay?”
“……Does that mean as a lover?”
“Yeah. You’re right.”
“……”
Senpai answered without hesitation.
I should be experiencing an incredibly happy moment right now, but for some reason I just can’t let myself be happy about it.
As a lover.
She will be with me all the time.
Senpai gave me a better answer than I had hoped for, but the reaction was so far from what I expected that my confusion overcame me.
“…..Is it really okay with you?”
“Why?”
“N-no…I’d be happy if Senpai is okay with it.”
“Yeah. More importantly, we’re going to have cake after we eat today. Why don’t we go home early and have dinner?”
“Y-yes…….”
More importantly…….
I confessed my feelings to her.
Does that mean dinner is more important?
“…..Hm, wait a minute?
I was kind of disappointed with Senpai’s reaction and didn’t really feel it.
It means we’re going out, right?
It’s okay to say that Senpai is my girlfriend, right?
“……Um, senpai.”
“What’s wrong?”
“N-no. Erm, we’ll be home soon.”
“Yeah. Almost there.”
I thought about asking her again to confirm that we were going out properly, but decided not to.
The fact is, I was afraid to ask back because of the cool attitude of Senpai.
I don’t know if it was momentum or the mood of the moment, but anyway, she did say she would go out with me.
It would be hard to hear again that she had changed her mind.
I don’t know how it happened, but I should be happy that she accepted my feelings.
However.
“Do you want to take a bath first? Or dinner?”
“E-erm……I think I’ll take a bath.”
“Yeah. Then take your time.”
“……”
Senpai spoke so calmly, as if nothing had changed from yesterday, and when we arrived home, she headed straight to the kitchen.
I finally realized my feelings for Senpai, confessed them, and a miracle happened that she accepted my feelings.
I should have been at the peak of my happiness.
We have been lovers.
I feel as if I’ve been snatched by a fox.
How could Senpai have so easily said yes to my confession?
And how could she be so nonchalant about it?
I was trying to get to know Senpai one more time.
Once again, I no longer understand Senpai.
♡
“Fufu, I wonder what’s wrong with Tokiwa kun all of a sudden.”
I can’t believe I love him all over again after all this time.
Maybe he was trying to please me because I looked sick?
Ehehe, so kind.
I really love that about you.
I’m really happy to be your fiancée, Tokiwa kun.
Will you stay with me forever? He said.
I promised him our future, so there’s no need for him to ask me such a question.
Tokiwa kun is surprisingly pessimist.
You are just like me.
I’m also very pessimistic, so I always get anxious.
We are both like each other.
Very similar.
I’m glad.
“But from today, we are no longer lovers.”
From today, we are engaged.
I’m not just going to be his girlfriend forever, I’m going to be his devoted wife.
I will support him.
I will always be by his side.
That’s what I’m supposed to do.
“Ehehe. I’m going to call him by his name today.”
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Ohhh dam he actually confessed! I thought forsure he would never lol. She gotta show more emotion though I get she thought they were going out ever since he saved her but nah ig she always been like that