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-Splash…

As I looked out the window, the refreshing rain was falling, just the sight of it making me feel cooler.

I gently stroked Helena’s head, resting on my lap, as she gazed at the rain.

Normally, I would have woken up the sleeping Helena and returned to my bedroom, but today, I had decided to sleep with her.

-Swish, swish.

“Mmm…”

Helena softly smiled at my touch.

She seemed to enjoy resting her head on my lap even more, moving her head further into it.

After knowing how Lily and Helena felt about me, my feelings had changed slightly as well.

Closing my eyes, I lowered my head while looking at Helena’s face, which was resting on my lap and enjoying my touch.

“Hmm?”

As Helena, who felt the darkness even with her eyes closed, tried to open her eyes, I lightly kissed her forehead.

“Eh?”

Helena was taken aback.

As she lifted her head, her face came into view.

She grabbed her forehead and widened her eyes, then suddenly sat up.

“W-what… what…”

Helena exclaimed, looking at me. Her eyes then met my lips as I stroked her forehead.

Realizing what had just happened, Helena screamed.

“Oh, Amelia!?”

While pressing her forehead, she called out my name and moved away from me. Then, she leaned back in.

“Y-you… you… you…”

Helena shouted, looking at me. My simple kiss seemed to have shocked her, as her eyes were fixed on my lips.

“Wait, it was just a peck.”

“That’s what a kiss is!”

There seemed to be a big difference between a kiss and a peck, but Helena didn’t see it that way.

“No, your forehead looked too smooth.”

“I-I kissed you…!”

“Alright, let’s just relax now.”

I gently took Helena’s hand, guiding her to lie down beside me.

As we lay down, facing each other, our eyes met.

Helena’s face turned red in real-time. It seemed like the impact of the peck was greater than expected.

“C-can I touch your chest!?”

“No.”

“Aww!”

Helena reached out her hand towards me, already close to my chest as if expecting my permission.

However, with my rejection, her hand lost its strength and fell onto the bed.

“We only get to see each other once a week…”

“…Ugh!”

And here comes the guilt trip.

The reason I decided to sleep with Helena today was because in two days, Lily and I were going to the academy together.

Once we went to the academy, the time I could spend with Helena would naturally decrease, so I decided to sleep with her today.

“While Lily continues to be with Amelia… I only get to see you once a week…”

Helena gently held my hand, stimulating my palm with her fingers.

Then, her leg slipped between mine, pressing closer to me.

Now, there was only enough space for one hand between our faces.

If I leaned in a little, our lips would touch. Helena’s warm breath tickled my face.

“I’ve been trying so hard to send Lily and Amelia to the academy…”

“T-that’s… I know…”

“I’m doing everything Lily should be doing…”

“That’s true…”

“Now, I have to work alone in this big place… eat alone… bathe alone… sob…”

As soon as Helena finished speaking, she buried her face in my chest and started crying.

Her words had made her very sad, and my heart ached. It must be tough to go from seeing someone every day to only once a week.

I continued to stroke Helena’s head, and then I spoke up.

“Do you want to touch my chest?”

When asked if she could touch Helena, who was feeling sad, Helena lifted her head as if to ask when she was sad and brightly smiled, asking back.

“Me, really!?”

“Sigh… Just until I feel better.”

With the happiest face in the world, Helena moved away from me and approached with both hands moving.

Could it be that she was deceiving me? There was no sad expression on Helena’s face as she approached me with a warm breath.

“Wait!”

“Huh?”

As I stopped her just before touching my chest, Helena, with her usual lost expression, looked up at me with her gaze on her chest.

“Don’t make that face, I’ll let you touch it.”

“Then why…”

“Well…”

As I struggled to speak, Helena chuckled.

I told her the truth about my current condition.

“Since that incident… my body has become very sensitive…”

“Sensitive…?”

Surprised at first, Helena suddenly smirked.

I nodded. Even I felt that my face would be red right now.

Since the day Lily and Helena touched my buttocks and I wet myself, my body has become very sensitive.

At first, I didn’t know, but when Lily touched my chest in her sleep, I unconsciously let out a loud moan.

How embarrassed I was at that moment.

“Th-then! I’ll be careful when touching you.”

Nervously nodding, I said.

“…Okay.”

==

-Splash.

In the end, Helena and I entered the bathroom. The reason was obviously because of me.

My back was almost fully recovered now, so we washed ourselves and entered the bathtub.

Of course, I entered first, and then Helena came in as if embracing me.

The blanket was requested by Helena’s maid.

I was afraid of what the maid would think of me. Would she remember me wetting myself…

Thinking that Helena was upset with me again, she didn’t say anything and turned her head down, then turned back to me, watching my reaction.

I sighed and hugged her tightly, opening my mouth.

“It’s okay.”

“Eek!”

“Oh, sorry.”

As I hugged her, my mouth ended up near Helena’s ear, and it seemed like my breath entered her ear.

“Are you really okay?”

“…Yes, it’s not really bad.”

“…Is that so?”

Although I couldn’t see Helena’s face, her voice tone alone seemed very pleased.

“…Yes.”

“Then!”

Suddenly turning around to face me, Helena wrapped her waist with both legs and pulled me closer.

As a result, we ended up in a hugging position, and Helena’s and my chests met.

Although we were originally far apart from each other, my large chest created a sturdy leg between Helena and me.

“Uh…!”

I didn’t realize it when we bathed together, but now that I knew Lily and Helena had such feelings for me, it was a bit, no, very embarrassing to be naked like this.

“Should I make you feel a little better…? Haa… haa…”

“Helena.”

-Slap!

“Ugh…!”

As I fed Helena a spoonful on her forehead, trying to give her the same look as before, she returned to her original eyes.

“I’m sorry…”

“Understand that you need to be appropriate, okay?”

“Then, you’ll let me touch you once a week?”

“Well, that’s…”

“You’ll let me touch you…? Once a week…?”

“Okay…”

“Wow!”

-Splish! Splish!

Helena happily splashed water with both hands at my permission.

After the bath, we lay on the bed again, feeling smooth and clean.

Covered with a blanket with Helena, we spent time chatting.

After some time had passed, Helena started nodding off, her head bobbing up and down.

“…Yes… Mm…”

I embraced Helena, gently patting her back as she dozed off. Even in her sleep, Helena responded to my embrace by holding me close.

Lately, I’ve been feeling like Helena has become more playful.

Is this considered playful behavior? That’s the feeling I get.

To some extent, in the past, she would just come to me to complain, explaining the stressful things that happened to her, seeking comfort and consolation.

But nowadays, she acts like a child, clinging to me like Lily, not wanting to be apart from me, or behaving in a way that’s almost childlike.

Of course, she only acts this way when it’s just me and Lily around, but it’s to the point where I wonder if it’s some kind of stress-induced regression.

In other words, Helena must have been going through a lot emotionally to behave like this, so I just accept it all.

Oh no, what if something happens to Helena after she goes to the academy…?

Just a month ago, I thought it would be okay to distance myself a bit, but now I’m slightly worried seeing her current state.

I should think about how to take care of Helena even after she goes to the academy.

“Umm… Mom…”

As I worried about Helena, she suddenly snuggled up to me, burying her face in my chest and mumbling in her sleep.

Oh, right. Whenever Helena sleep talks, she’s looking for her mom. That must be the key.

“Mom… I love you…”

The comforting thing is that when she calls for her mom, it’s not filled with sadness but with love and affection.

I gently stroked Helena’s back as she searched for her mom in her sleep, and soon drifted off to sleep myself.

==

Upon waking up in the morning and getting ready to start the day, I asked Helena about her sleep talking.

Her answer was shocking.

I thought it was just a light-hearted story when she seemed happy calling for her mom, but as soon as I asked, she suddenly became very serious.

Helena guided me to sit down and slowly walked backwards, kneeling in front of me and looking me in the eye.

-Gulp.

I felt tense at Helena’s serious expression, and her lips parted gently.

“Amelia, please be my mom.”

“Huh?”

Helena’s words made me doubt my ears.

“Please be my mother.”

She repeated, making sure I heard her correctly.

“Wha-wha-wha-what??????”

-Thud.

Unable to process the sudden request, I fainted.