“I’m screaming inside my head right now.”
Because the atmosphere inside the carriage had become incredibly awkward.
I never thought the vibe would be okay after what happened yesterday, but I didn’t expect it to be this bad.
I fell asleep the moment I touched my chest, collapsing onto the bed.
Of course, it took me a long time to actually fall asleep, and I couldn’t check how long it took.
I vaguely remember that a lot of time passed before I finally dozed off.
I had pulled the blanket all the way up over my head, so I couldn’t see anything.
I didn’t even get to see how Kyle was doing next to me.
I might have screamed if I had happened to pull down the blanket for a moment and found myself face to face with Kyle.
The light in the inn room was off… so I guess he must have slept well.
I mean, when I woke up in the morning, Kyle was right there next to me, so that makes sense.
“Sophia.”
“Hu, what!? Why?!”
Just as we were quietly riding along, Kyle suddenly spoke up.
He hadn’t said much since we hopped onto the carriage, so it caught me off guard.
Of course, it wasn’t so loud that it would cause a scene, but still… I couldn’t help feeling embarrassed.
It was embarrassing, after all.
That strange sensation I felt on my chest yesterday was still oddly lingering.
From the spot Kyle touched to my whole body.
Sure, it’s strange, but that’s how it was.
“Why did you call me…?”
“I just thought we could stop and grab some lunch.”
“Ah….”
Well, that wasn’t anything special.
I was worried for nothing; while I was panicking, Kyle responded to me with such a calm attitude.
“Okay, let’s do that.”
How could he be so relaxed while I struggled to even meet his gaze after what happened yesterday?
Are all alpha males like this?
With a guy like Kyle, a little incident like that with a girl probably wouldn’t be any big deal.
It couldn’t have been that hard.
Probably, all it would take was to chat with a pretty country lass in the village, and she’d be all flirty with him.
Of course, Kyle wasn’t that kind of guy, but that’s just saying.
For a guy like Kyle, that sort of thing seems entirely possible.
“….”
But even so, we’ve crossed that line as boyfriend and girlfriend… shouldn’t he react differently?
His attitude is almost suspiciously normal.
If I were in Kyle’s position, I’d definitely be either smiling like an idiot or having all sorts of strange thoughts about my girlfriend.
Is he really not thinking about anything at all?
“Kyle.”
“Yeah?”
“Um… about yesterday…”
I continued to stare outside the carriage, trying to keep my cool.
Because it was super embarrassing.
What we did yesterday was embarrassing enough, and now talking about it felt just as bad—of course I couldn’t look at Kyle’s face.
“What did you think…?”
I blurted it out.
I really just said it without thinking!
I definitely had some thoughts before I spoke, but I just let it slip.
I could already feel my face heating up.
Why do I always regret these things after they happen?
It must be because I’m an idiot.
“….”
“….”
“Hey, hurry up and answer! This is super embarrassing!?”
The moment there was no reply, I felt even more embarrassed.
In a situation that was already way too embarrassing, his silence just multiplied my humiliation… I nearly squeezed my eyes shut.
“What if I say I don’t know because I only got to touch it once?”
“Y-You!”
I turned my body to face Kyle instead of the window.
I felt super wronged!
After how I felt and the thoughts that went through my mind yesterday, he claims to not know???
“Do you want to get in trouble!?”
“I’m just kidding. I was staring out the window on purpose.”
“W-What….”
He’s getting more and more cheeky.
Seriously.
If it were the old Kyle, he would’ve answered all my questions dutifully.
But somehow everything he says now just makes me even more embarrassed.
He never used to be like this when we were kids.
“So…? What did you think?”
Since we had already come this far, I decided to keep pushing.
“What was it like, touching a chest for the first time?!”
Ah, damn.
I wanted to die.
I was seriously embarrassed to the point where I felt like I might just vanish.
I was the one who decided to bring it up, yet somehow I’m the one who feels like I might die from the embarrassment.
It’s definitely because memories from my past life are messing with my identity, and now my brain is just fried.
“It was good.”
“….”
Kyle’s reply.
“Good,” huh? What exactly does that mean?
Was it the sensation of touching it…?
Or just the fact that he touched it?
I don’t really know.
After all, in my previous life, the only chest I touched was through my phone screen of a character illustration.
Experiencing now doesn’t create some strange thrill or anything.
I never really cared for my own chest that much, to begin with.
“What specifically was good…?”
I was slightly curious.
After all, it wasn’t a negative response, it was kind of positive.
Isn’t it okay to be a little curious?
“What did you like about it?”
I felt a bit pleased.
“Uh…. Even if you ask like that….”
“You said it was good. So, what was so good about it?”
I naturally leaned closer to Kyle.
I was already close enough to touch, and now I was practically pressing against him, making it easier for me to hear his answer.
That was the only reason.
“Heh… Is this big sister’s chest so good to touch?”
Honestly, I felt a little too excited.
Yeah, I couldn’t deny it; I was pretty hyped about it.
“Hurry~ up and answer~”
“Sophia, let’s just drop the chest topic….”
“Why~? You touched it so much yesterday, and now you’re embarrassed?”
The cheeky demeanor from before completely vanished, replaced by Kyle’s innocent side.
There was something enjoyable about teasing him like this.
Even when I played around, he didn’t do anything weird, and just seemed genuinely flustered.
It made it all the more fun.
“Hurry~”
I pressed him for an answer.
It was just so entertaining.
“Well… it was super soft….”
Kyle replied, sounding more bashful than usual.
He didn’t even look at me, glancing away slightly, which really gave off the vibe.
It felt weird seeing him act shy when he usually made me feel this flustered.
At the same time, I realized that this Kyle isn’t so tough after all.
“Just a little touch, and it felt like… that….”
“….”
“Sophia, do you really want to make me say it?”
“Uh, huh? No… well, if you don’t want to, you don’t have to say it….”
Suddenly, Kyle turned to face me, surprising me a bit.
I felt like my grinning face had completely given me away.
But it wasn’t like that was a bad thing.
After all, the mood was on my side!
In any case, Kyle was feeling a bit shy while talking about yesterday’s experience!
“Well… if you thought it was that good, maybe I could let you touch it again…?”
I teased Kyle, who was acting different than usual.
After all, he was acting differently.
Just talking about how it felt to touch some chest, and yet he seemed so hesitant about it.
As I crossed my arms and accentuated my chest a bit, I slowly raised my arms to really emphasize it.
“But, saying this is super embarrassing….”
“If it’s so embarrassing, why did you do it in the first place?”
“Um… I just thought it would be fun…?”
I meant to tease Kyle a bit, but I felt embarrassed too.
I wasn’t usually the type to act like this.
Maybe that’s why it felt slightly embarrassing, but seeing Kyle’s expression from earlier made it all too funny.
It was, after all, just sitting in the carriage.
Both of us had to ride in order to return to Eristirol, so we had to keep traveling.
Given how far it was to go.
Personally, I somewhat wished my parents lived closer to the north, but they had lived in Hyden even before I showed up.
There was nothing they could do about it.
“By the way… it was really shocking to hear about Dad.”
“….”
It was a conversation that had happened over a regular dinner at my parents’ house not that long ago.
Of course, since the topic itself was so unusual, it was bound to stick in my memory.
But when Kyle heard about Dad, his expression darkened considerably.
Honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Kyle look this upset aside from when I got hurt before.
Oh, and maybe when I told him I was quitting my job?
In any case, I understood why he looked like that.
After all, he was a man, just like Dad.
He was biologically male, so it was a natural reaction.
“I was surprised too. It was honestly shocking to hear. What about you?”
“I was shocked too. Yeah….”
Kyle replied like that while suddenly crossing his legs.
Since we were both seated, it was no problem for him to widen his stance, but it gave off a protective vibe.
I completely got that too.
“Mom was pretty bewildered as well….”
“Haha….”
When you think of a man, there are generally two symbols.
A stick and a pair.
Isn’t that about right?
Things that women don’t have, but guys do.
Those two are symbols of manhood and pride.
Well… it became irrelevant to me now, but still.
With the pair, you create the seeds to make babies, and with the stick, you release them.
That’s generally how it goes.
“I never expected that it would be bound by magic….”
“….”
Dad’s story was genuinely sad and scary… but he did bind it.
Of course, saying “bind” is just a colloquial expression; it was more accurate to say he did it through magic.
When I first heard it, I was flabbergasted enough to slap my own cheek, but apparently he really did bind it.
“Well, since they’re both still hot for each other… if he hadn’t, maybe they would’ve had quite a few more kids by now….”
“That does sound risky.”
“Yeah….”
No matter how many children were considered normal in this world, if it were our parents…
Had they not bound it, I might have ended up being the eldest of thirteen siblings.
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