Chapter 3.5 — Luna and Nikoru’s Long Phone Call
“Seriously….. how should I say
it… it’s useless, I can't say anything.”
“…………”
“Speaking of which, it's a
shame… Operation 'Two Lottes' ended
up being a failure.”
“Hmm……”
“Anyway, were you okay calling
me? Isn't you have fever, Luna?”
“Yes, I'm already fine. My body
temperature has dropped and I just feel a little weak. Sorry I can't join the girls'
gathering this Christmas.”
"Don't think about it too
much. Don't push yourself. Today go to bed early."
“Yes~! ...Fufufu. Nikoru acts
like a mother.”
"People often say it, for
example from juniors when they were still in club activities back then.”
“...Mother huh...”
“…Seriously, I didn't expect it
to turn out like this. Luna, you've worked really hard.”
“Hmm… but, it can't be helped.
I can't force a remarriage if their feelings don't match.”
“... Are you okay? Luna, don't
you feel sad?”
“Yes, I'm fine. Because Ryuuto
is always with me. Otherwise, I might not be able to make it alone...”
“That's great. He kept you
awake and took care of you all night, didn't he?”
“Yes.”
“But there were no perverted
things at all? Nothing weird happened while you were sleeping?”
“Ryuuto wouldn't do anything
like that anyway~”
“Huh~. Is he really a guy? Do
you think he has lust?”
“.........”
“What's wrong? Luna?”
“I think he does. Ryuuto, he
once said that he pushed Maria in the gym.”
“Ehh!? What the h*ll was that?
When did that happen?!”
“Before summer vacation...”
“What do you mean!?”
“But luckily he changed his
mind.”
“Even so... well, it's okay if
you don't mind yourself.”
“How could I not mind?”
“Then...”
“Instead, what bothers me is
that Ryuuto didn't try to do anything perverted with me last night at all!”
“Huh?”
“Isn't that strange? He was
with the girlfriend he likes so much on Christmas Eve, but he didn't get
aroused at all?”
“No, that's just because you
have a fever, right? I know it sounds strange to defend him, but I don't think
it was the right time, or rather he was just trying to take good care of you,
right?”
“But isn't lust like that?
Something like that can't be controlled by reason alone, right?”
“Well, I think it depends on
the person. Maybe he doesn't really want to do it, or maybe he's trying to hold
it in because he loves you so much.”
“Nee~, which type do you think
Ryuuto is?”
“Huh? You should know more about
such things than me, right?”
“I don't know~! I've never talked
to Ryuuto about such things.”
“But is it possible that you're
deliberately avoiding that kind of talk?”
“Why?”
“Because if you talk about such
things with your boyfriend, it would create an atmosphere that leads to
something erotic, right? Maybe you don't want to do that yet?”
“I don't know~! I don't know,
but when I think about Ryuuto already doing intimate things with Maria, but not
with me after we spent the whole night together, it makes me very upset! I'm
worried that maybe I'm not attractive to him...”
“...What about your time in
Enoshima?”
“Huh?”
“You two spent the whole night
in Enoshima, but nothing happened, right? Luna wasn't sick then either.”
“That's right...”
“Why didn't you do it then?”
“It was because... we had only
been dating for a month at that time...”
“...Is it possible that you
started to want him, Luna?”
“Eh!? Really!?”
“Isn't that so?”
“Ehh, I don't know! But I kept
thinking about it. I started to imagine what kind of face Ryuuto made when he
pushed Maria down... I started to get jealous. I know I shouldn't think about
it, but even so...”
“That's called love.”
“Ehh?”
“You can finally feel what 'falling in love' feels like.”
“Ehh, what do you mean?”
“The beginning of Luna's love
story is never love, right?”
“Yeah... But what would you
call it then?”
“Hmm, more of a universal love
maybe?”
“Uh, that's a little hard to
understand!”
“Since the other party is the
one who says they like you, you try to love them with all your might, right? So
when the other party leaves you, that is the end of it. Even though you are
hurt, you don't try to woo them or desperately try to keep the relationship.”
“Hmm...”
“That's why it's not called
love, but you were finally able to fall in love with Kashima Ryuuto for the
first time.”
“For the first time... yes,
that's right.”
With her cheeks flushed, Luna
murmured softly and lowered her nervous gaze to her lap on the bed.
“Even if I am like this... I
finally have a 'first time' thing to
give to Ryuuto...”
