
Ishigami is back. Tonight guests from Tokyo, Aqua, et al, will stay there. They choose their own room and immediately take a shower and arrange things. Women sleep in one large room. Gotanda and Ichigo sleep in the same room.
"Is onii-chan going to sleep there?" ruby asked Miyako who was busy wearing her night skincare.
"Maybe," Miyako replied briefly.
"Why sleep there? Also, why not just ask Mem or Miyako-san to treat senpai?" Ruby asked again as she changed her position to look at the ceiling.
"Because I heard, when Kana-chan was sick, Aqua took care of her" Miyako replied.
"I get jealous, if I get sick, onii-chan will be like me?" ruby asked herself.
"You can't be like that, Ruby..." Miyako sat next to Ruby while stroking her head gently.
Akane only looked at Ruby's face from a distance. Ruby's reply to Miyako's answer left the dark blue-blonde girl astonished. There was a strange sense between Ruby's sentences for Akane.
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Kana recounts the events she had experienced since morning on Aqua. Although her body was sick, Kana still told her everything with an extraordinary expression and passion. His hands did not stop moving, the story that Kana told sounded pleasant, heartwarming as well as sad. As if forgetting that the person she was talking to was the one who for three months forbade her from meeting.
"But, Dad is no more... When I closed my eyes, it was only my father who I wished could help me." Kana's voice began to slow down, her head lowered. His shoulders moved slowly up and down. The girl finally cried, after she tried to smile telling Aqua.
Only a hug returned Aqua gave. He knew that Kana had been trying to be strong, but she must have been scared and wanted to cry. But, if he stopped, the same incident would repeat itself. And that makes him have to defend and defend trying to be strong.
"Your father would be proud to have such a strong son like you..." Aqua tightened her embrace.
The sound of Kana's cry is now heard filling the silence of the Arima family residence. Aqua's embrace made Kana cry. The sadness, disappointment, fear and all the fatigue mixed into tears that cut Aqua's hearing. Aqua had to strengthen, but she cried.
"I really feel like I've lost my dad." Kana whines in Aqua's arms. "There's no place for me to tell my day, there's nothing else I'll welcome before night. No one else will eat my cooking and comment on it. No one else will hold me when I feel like crying. Didn't you leave too soon!"
Aqua tightened her embrace on Kana. Just like Kana, losing Akino made Aqua like losing her father figure to him. The warm and always smiling Akino made Aqua seem to have a father. But, losing Akino far away made Kana even more devastated than she was.
"I will hear your story every day, I will also eat your cooking. I'll hold you, you can cry with me." Aqua stroked Kana's back.
Kana's voice grew louder. "Why do you always make me misunderstand!" Kana hits Aqua's field soft chest. "Don't tell me anything like that!" Kana took off her embrace, looking into Aqua's blue eyes.
"How many times do I have to say this, Kana. You don't misunderstand, not at all!" Aqua looked at Kana's eyes seriously. "I love you, love you, love you, I want to live with you, accompany your days, Kana. Don't you understand too? Is there still misunderstanding here?"
Kana was speechless, fixated on the yet-to-be-turned-view of Aqua. Grabbing Aqua's two hands, seeing the severed red thread and the other light blue.
"You're just gonna be my friend, A-kun..." Kana finally opened her voice. "I-i"
Aqua silenced Cana's mouth with her soft lips. Since then, Aqua has been staring at Cana's red lips. There's blood there. The tip of the girl's lips was scuffed in self-defense from the stalkers. But, it did not diminish Aqua's desire to kiss the girl she missed.
His hand held Kana's nape, Kana's hot body temperature was now radiating to her body. There was rumbling and turmoil as it fused the two halves together. Wet, moist and sweet. Aqua too liked the taste of Kana's lips.
Kana's eyes rounded in disbelief, Aqua continued to intimidate her. His tongue seemed to ask Kana to open her mouth. But, Kana immediately pushed Aqua's body.
"Why do you always do this?" kana asked with a blushing face.
"Didn't you like me, Kana? Do you feel like you're just a friend?" Aqua asked back, she could not bear to hold all her heart and mind. "Express clearly, Kana..."
"Let's stay in Tokyo." Aqua replied with a face full of confidence. "Here or in Tokyo, I'll stay with you."
"A-kun.." call Kana softly, she touches Aqua's wet cheek. "You know, Ruby loves you so much, just think of her as the one who loves me. So, you think about it. Your life from now and the future."
Aqua's hand cupped Kana's cheek, looking into the red-haired girl's eyes. Trying to find her meaning in the eyes of the red-blossomed girl. Many times he did that, not wanting to draw the conclusion that there was still a sense for him. But, Kana's warm and calm gaze made her always comfortable.
"I'll stick to my stance!" Aqua. "Return down any number of times, I'll still like you. So, come to Tokyo. What a difference it makes here and in Tokyo. You're here with the stalkers, too, right!"
"I'm tired, I can't fight my mouth anymore. You should rest too, right?" Kana switched the topic of their conversation, not wanting to answer Aqua's invitation.
"I'm sleeping here..." Aqua immediately stood up, closed the door of Kana's room and returned to the bed.
"Heeeh?" Kana turned her gaze to Aqua who had already opened her jacket and sat down beside her. "Why is it here! I dare sleep alone!"
Not answering, Aqua actually laid her body on Kana's mattress. Grabbing the blanket Kana used to cover her body as well. Close his eyes, try to calm down. His heart rate felt firmer than usual, he knew this was something very brave. Sleeping with a woman in a blanket.
Previously it had happened, but that time Aqua sat down while Kana slept. And now they're under the same blanket.
"Aqua!" call Kana half-cried pulling the blanket that covered Aqua's face in anxiety. "Moving!"
"Sleep, Kana... I'm not gonna do anything weird with you. You said you were tired anyway, right? So, let's go to bed." Aqua smiled in response to Kana's call to her.
"If you want to sleep here, don't wear my blanket too! I have a lot of blankets. I'll take it first..." Kana tried to stand up, but Aqua's hand held her back first.
"No problem, I love kissing your scent." Aqua smiled again, teasing Kana. Kana's face blushed for a moment, hearing the blond-haired man's fist.
"Curtain! What is fragrant? I haven't even taken a shower and I'm sweating! You must be teasing me, right!"
Cana is forced to follow Aqua's wishes. He slowly spread his body. The young man next to her still continued to give her smile to Kana. He changed his position to face Kana.
Aqua again put the back of her hand to Kana's forehead. "Now let's go to sleep. Your body's getting hotter. Have you taken any medication?"
"It's over!" reply Cana. "You can't do anything like that anymore!"
Aqua changed her position, smiling faintly towards Kana. "Like what? What do you want?"
"Damn!" kana's snort was irritated, pulling the blanket over her face.
"Usually if fever likes delirious, so if later tonight you suddenly delirious I will not be surprised. If it's a nightmare, wake up. I'll get you some water." Aqua pulled out the blanket that covered Kana's face forcefully. Smile for the umpteenth time.
"Yes" replied Kana. "Let's sleep."
"Ojimu..." Aqua whispered in Kana's ear.
Not intending to take off Kana's hand, Aqua tightened her link. Closing his eyes, enjoying Kana's body scent. The sound of his heart beating faster he tried to cover up. It feels calm and peaceful. A thin smile decorated Aqua's face.
"Oyasumi, A-kun," Kana replies at last.
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