Chapter 13
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Munching and muttering, a sleepy Yuzu senpai told me, “Let’s sleep, okay?”
There were two possible answers to consider.
To sleep, or not to sleep.
However, it was something you could understand with just a little thought.
There was no way I could turn down a proposal from such a cute Yuzu senpai.
That’s right, the answer was only ever one from the start.
I am going to sleep.
“…Zzz.”
“…Ah!”
As if I could actually fall asleep!
Yuzu senpai was sleeping right on top of my lap! In this situation where she was trusting me with her weight completely, even more than usual, because she was asleep!
And yet Yuzu senpai was out cold the moment she sat down; just how sleepy was she anyway!?
“….Hehehe.”
“Wha!?”
I grabbed Yuzu senpai’s tiny shoulders.
This made the third time, so I was getting used to it.
Yuzu senpai is small. She was leaning against me and sleeping while entrusting her small body to me.
As a result, this kept happening.
A defenseless Yuzu senpai, devoid of all muscle tension, kept slowly sliding down.
Feeling a bit guilty about it, I kept grabbing her shoulders and sliding her back into position.
Light! Small! Soft! Cute!
“S-Senpai… D-Don’t you think it’d be better to just sleep normally?”
I tried proposing that to Yuzu senpai, who had already fallen asleep.
It was just that, well… my limit was fast approaching.
Every time I lifted Yuzu senpai and pulled her closer to me, a wonderful scent wafted over.
She’s light, but even so, having Yuzu senpai’s body pressed against me over and over meant her weight rested not just against my back, but squarely on my thighs, which was, like… dangerous!
“…’S fine.”
Fidget, fidget—right on top of me, fidget, fidget.
…Wait, she answered me.
“…Senpai, are you awake?”
“…Nng, nya.”
Nya.
Nya?
Nya!?
“…Zzz… Zzz…”
It sounded like murmuring in her sleep.
No, what kind of sleep-talking is that?!
You can kill people with cuteness like that?!
“…Nnh.”
“Ah!”
She tossed and turned.
Yuzu senpai shifted into a sideways position right against my chest.
With her hands pressed together beneath her face, she curled her upper body inward and nestled snugly right into me.
A strange noise naturally slipped out of my throat.
Yet Yuzu senpai was still fast asleep.
My heart was hammering away like crazy.
“T-That was close…”
“’S fine.”
Ordnance?
A cuteness ordnance?
Is that your self-introduction?
And besides, she answered me again… wait, could it be that she was answering me in her sleep?
No way… though come to think of it, maybe that “nya” from earlier was actually her way of saying “no thanks.”
W-Wanna try testing it out just a little bit…?
“It’s hot today, isn’t it?”
“…Nn.”
She nodded!
“…Should I go buy a drink?”
“…’S good.”
Which one is it?
The Japanese language is so difficult.
She was shaking her head, so I’m guessing that’s a negative.
“…Who came over on the Black Ships?”
“….Perry.”1
She answered!
Yuzu senpai is amazing!
“…What’s your favorite book genre?”
“…Perry.”
Perry!?
Her favorite genre is Perrying?!
“…What’s the name of our school principal?”
“…Perry.”
Perry again!
Turns out our principal was Perry!
Hold on, this is completely sleep-talking!!
“…I love you.”
A Yuzu senpai hot for Perry is also cute.
She must be dreaming about the opening of the country right now.
“Kakeru… kun…”
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TL/N: Commodore Matthew Perry and his "Black Ships" forced Japan to open its borders in 1853, making it one of the most heavily memorized history facts in Japanese schools. ↩️
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