I Was Proposed To
—Even so, I’m grateful to you, you know?
Saying such, I smile.
「…」
H-huh? No response?
I was bracing myself for Asahina-san to come hug me, shouting 「Azusa-chan!」, but, on the contrary, having nothing happen is making me feel embarrassed.
…It’s as if I were expecting something to happen.
While strongly wishing for at least some sort of reaction, my shoulders are tightly grasped. Due to her force, I let out a weird voice in surprise, but it seems like Asahina-san didn’t hear it.
「Let’s get married」
「What?」
Just as I thought she finally said something, an outrageous statement was put forth.
「—Ha!? My inner thoughts just!」
「No, that’s still bad in its own way」
Her inner thoughts are to 「Get married」, huh… no, even if were are lovers, there are still legal issues with that.
She seems likely to say something like going abroad to change our family register. We’re talking about Asahina-san, after all. She’d definitely do that. …After all, we’re talking about Asahina-san.
「Azusa-chan!」
「Yes」
「I’ll definitely make you happy!」
「Thank you very much」
At this point, I’m past doubting her feelings.
Asahina-san is seriously treasuring me and treating me like her lover. …What remains is whether or not I can accept those feelings of hers.
However, I really can’t so simply accept her feelings.
Up until now, I never received love, so I’m still quite confused. That’s why I can’t respond to Asahina-san’s feelings. I appreciate it, but, as I am now, I can only offer my body—
「Are you still sorting out your thoughts, Azusa-chan?」
「…Yes. I’m sorry. I’m happy that you think of me this way, but somewhere inside me, I can’t help thinking of this as someone else’s problem, and I still… don’t have an answer」
For a moment, Asahina-san’s expression darkened.
However, it really was for only a moment.
She then immediately shows a smile and softly hugs me from the front.
「I’ll wait. Until your feelings have a chance to solidify, however long it takes… I’ll keep devoting my love to you and give you happiness forever」
「Asahina-san」
「That’s why you shouldn’t hold back a say whatever you want to, alright? I’m not omnipotent, you know. Some things we’ll only know if they’re spoken out. Of course, I also have things I want to say, things I want to ask for. So, how about we do this together? After all, we’re lovers」
「…Asahina-san」
She isn’t coercing me into an answer, nor is she hurrying me to find one.
Asahina-san is saying that she’ll wait until I can grasp my emotions. Such kindness, has saved me time, and time again.
「Thank y」
「—That all said, I have a request. I want to kiss you more」
… …Hah.
「Please save your sleep talking for after you’ve fallen asleep」
I suddenly cooled off, so I tore Asahina-san off me.
Even though we had a nice atmosphere going, due to her unnecessary comment, everything is completely ruined.
「How strange. I should have raised your love meter high enough, so I thought you wouldn’t reject me…」
Asahina-san mutters that with a serious expression.
Certainly, if she is the one approaching, I don’t think I’d refuse— what am I saying. What I want to say is just that I want her to be conscious of the mood.
I want my first time to remain as a pleasant memory.
I think that’s something normal for lovers.
「Don’t say such pointless things, and how about you go take a bath? You smell a bit」
「Eh!? No way!?」
Immediately, Asahina-san begins to panic and sniff herself.
I didn’t think she’d take this so seriously, but it is true that she still has a lingering smell of alcohol clinging to her.
「I’ll heat the bath, so go quickly take a bath. Your head still hurts, right? If you refresh yourself, won’t you feel a bit better?」
「Right, I’ll go— Ah!」
Having thought of something, Asahina-san brings her hands together.
…I’m having a bad feeling,
「Why don’t we go in together?」
See, here it is.
「No, I’ll enter later, so」
「Don’t say that, come on!」
「Listen to others’ words, ah, hey… Don’t pull me…」
Why is she suddenly so much stronger?
Aah, geez… I don’t care anymore…
Next
(TL note: I’m not familiar with marriage customs in general, so if there is something wrong with this chapter, please let me know~
Don’t forget to go and support the author~~!
This is the end of my stock and the Thanksgiving batch release! I don’t know when the next release is going to be, but I’ll try to have some content ready for the winter holidays… (I’m making some irresponsible promises, aren’t I…?)
Also, I should probably mention this else where and more often, but on the site’s “about” page, I have a list of web novels that I recommend reading (and are more or less readable, even on auto-translate). If you have recommendations or translation requests, head on over to that page’s comment section and let me know~ (…I suppose if you want to help out or join, you could also head over there, though I don’t know if I’m up for that…))
Souzoukai Imagination 
thanks for the chapter
LikeLike