Ch.366366. What Makes You Feel Empty When It’s Gone?

After enjoying the sweet bunny girl that Hwa Nabi had prepared, I laid down on the bed as my rapidly beating heart began to calm.

It had been a while since I got excited—no, I guess it hasn’t been that long. Anyway, I was breathing heavily after rushing in with excitement.

As I was slowly exhaling, Hwa Nabi, who was just as exhausted as I was, squirmed and clung to my chest.

“Mmm… darling.”

“…What?”

“I noticed your face was really red earlier… Did it feel that good?”

“Yeah, it felt amazing.”

“Heh, really? Then I should prepare like this more often.”

More often, huh. It should be just an ordinary phrase, but why does it make my heart race? Stimulated by Hwa Nabi’s cute whispers, I smiled and patted her bottom.

When I grabbed and touched her firm flesh, she seemed ticklish, giggling before nuzzling her cheek against my chest.

“Mmm, that tickles…”

“Our Nabi, you don’t say you hate it anymore when I touch your bottom?”

“Even if I say I don’t like it, you’ll touch it however you want anyway, right?”

That’s true, but still. Until a few years ago, it was fun because she would get embarrassed whenever I touched her bottom, but these days she seems used to it and doesn’t say much, so I sometimes miss her old reactions.

But if I said I wanted to see her embarrassed, I’d just get nagged, right? Hiding my true feelings, I continued kneading her bottom, and Hwa Nabi clung tightly to me.

“Wait, I never said you could touch me however you want…?”

“I touched you because you looked like you wanted me to. Was I wrong?”

“No, I didn’t! What exactly are you seeing to say something like that?”

Hwa Nabi grumbled softly while glancing at her bottom. She seemed conscious of my hand touching her bottom even as we continued our conversation.

“Really, why do men like women’s breasts and bottoms so much? No, maybe it’s not men in general, but just my husband…?”

“You like my abs too, Nabi. It’s the same thing.”

“But at least I don’t touch them every day like you do. You should compare properly.”

“Every day? I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t even been able to touch you. Can’t you cut me some slack?”

“…Sigh, fine. Touch all you want. You should enjoy touching my bottom when you can, since you come home so late these days that you don’t even have time to touch me.”

As Nabi said, I don’t think I’ve had time to lie down and relax like this recently. With all the commotion outside about the relaxation of fair trade laws, and the bidding issues with construction companies inside the company, I’ve been extremely busy.

Although overtime work is prohibited in principle, 52 hours per week is nowhere near enough to handle the influx of work, so I’ve been doing not only overtime but also working late into the night, which has reduced the time I can devote to my family.

Even though it’s because of work, I’ve been neglectful of my family, so I caressed Nabi’s bottom with an apologetic heart.

“Sorry, I keep promising to reduce my workload, but it never seems to decrease. I guess I’m just in a hurry.”

To be honest, I can’t help but feel rushed because my brother was already a division head at my age. But I’m just a team leader now.

Of course, becoming a team leader after just four years at the company is quite exceptional. Still, when I think about how my brother was already a division head at my age, it’s only natural to feel rushed.

So I volunteer for overtime work even without extra pay, and despite working hard in many ways, not only am I not catching up, but the gap seems to be widening. With others watching and judging, it’s honestly a bit distressing to feel like there’s such a difference in ability between us brothers.

With these complicated feelings, I looked at Hwa Nabi. She gazed back at me quietly, then reached out to stroke my hair.

Her touch was gentle.

“It can’t be helped. You’re a team leader now, right? The situation is very different from when you first joined the company. I understand, so don’t feel too sorry.”

Hwa Nabi whispered softly in my ear. Her voice felt incredibly comforting, putting me at ease.

Without thinking, I instinctively embraced her. And just as she had done for me, I held her affectionately and whispered.

“…Nabi.”

“Yes?”

“I really… feel like I only have you. I love you.”

“Heh, me too. I love you so much…”

After whispering my affection, I examined Hwa Nabi’s appearance again. Perhaps due to the aftermath of our passionate lovemaking, her black glossy corset and rabbit ear headband were slightly disheveled, which strangely stimulated my desire.

They say men tend to get excited by women’s disheveled appearance, and I guess that’s true. Like a bee drawn to sweet honey, I pressed close to Hwa Nabi and carefully caressed her chin.

“It’s been four years already.”

“Hmm… what has?”

“We agreed to have a third child, remember?”

“Ah… mmm, heh, did we make such a promise…?”

Hwa Nabi gave me a pretty eye-smile while gently touching my lower abdomen. For someone claiming not to remember, her hand movements were quite assertive, so she must be pretending not to remember.

Though I noticed, I pretended not to and gently lifted her chin. I gave her a light kiss, like stamping a seal, and she smiled broadly and whispered.

“By the way, darling. I have something to confess… will you listen?”

“If it’s a love confession from my Nabi, I’m always welcome to hear it.”

“Heh, loving you is a given. The confession I want to make isn’t about that.”

“Oh, it’s not?”

“…Don’t laugh when you hear it. Understood?”

I wonder what kind of confession she’s trying to make that requires such buildup. I nodded to indicate that I understood.

“To be honest, when you touched my bottom every day, I didn’t like it that much. That’s not to say I disliked it. How should I put it, there are many other places you could touch, but you kept touching my bottom, so it was a bit embarrassing…”

“Mmm, and?”

“…But, you’ve been busy lately. Too busy to touch my bottom every day, right?”

“Yeah, that’s true…”

“So maybe that’s why, when you suddenly stopped touching my bottom after doing it every day… I felt empty in a corner of my heart. Like I’d forgotten to do something important.”

“……”

Now I understand why she said not to laugh after hearing it.

Feeling empty because I stopped touching her bottom after doing it regularly—probably no man in this world could hear such words from his woman without laughing.

But a promise is a promise, so I forcibly suppressed the laughter that was about to escape. However, after mulling over Hwa Nabi’s words, I couldn’t hold back and let out a small “pfft” laugh.

“So, darling. Hurry up and finish your busy work and with me… Wait, why are you laughing?”

“…Hmm, what? I’m not laughing.”

“That’s a lie, you just laughed. I heard it clearly. You went ‘pfft’…!”

I was trying to hold it in, but when Hwa Nabi glared at me and pressed the issue, I couldn’t contain it anymore. I burst out laughing.

Like someone with air in their lungs, I laughed so hard I almost coughed, and Hwa Nabi’s face instantly turned bright red. It doesn’t seem like she’s embarrassed—she’s angry because I laughed.

“Hey! I told you not to laugh…! Darling, how could you break your promise with me…?!”

“Ah… this is funny. Sorry, I just couldn’t hold it in. But I’m not making fun of you, right? I’m just laughing.”

“What do you call laughing while someone is talking if not making fun of them? You, stupid husband…!”

She seems even angrier at my glib response. Her face turned so red it looked like a ripe radish. She pressed both hands firmly on my chest and quickly climbed on top of my waist.

Having seized the high ground in the blink of an eye, Hwa Nabi looked down at me. Maybe it’s because her cheeks are red, but as she narrows her eyes and glares at me, she looks more lovable than threatening.

“Apologize for making fun of me, now!”

“Okay, I’m sorry. I was wrong.”

“That’s not sincere enough, do it again! With real feeling…!”

“I’m sincerely sorry, my dear Hwa Nabi. There, happy now?”

“…Darling, are you trying to pick a fight with me?”

Oh, Hwa Nabi is using informal speech. When she drops the formal speech and speaks informally, it means she’s either really angry or excited. I know this well, but I can’t resist teasing her.

Just as food tastes best when it’s warm, Nabi is cutest when she’s all fired up.

I keep this thought to myself since saying it out loud would be impossible to handle, but suddenly Hwa Nabi interlocks her fingers with both my hands and grips them tightly.

“Darling, aren’t you going to answer?”

“Ah, sorry. I was thinking about something else. What did you just say?”

“…You were thinking about something else with me right in front of you?”

Why does she look cute even when she’s growling and threatening me? Is it just my rose-colored glasses? Or is Hwa Nabi truly cute?

The very fact that I’m pondering this is evidence that I’m wearing those rose-colored glasses. I’m really a severe case. It’s been over 10 years since we first met, but why does my love grow deeper every time I see her?

Really, meeting Hwa Nabi in that empty classroom back then must have been the greatest luck of my life.

After briefly indulging in memories, I suddenly sat up and hugged Hwa Nabi tightly. She seemed startled for a moment, hesitating before carefully hugging me back.

“T-this doesn’t mean I’m letting you off the hook!”

“Nabi, shall we make our third child today?”

“…Today is a risky day, but that’s not something we should decide so easily. Such things need the right timing… Eek!”

There’s no such thing as the right timing for making love. I forced Hwa Nabi down and looked at her.

As I stared at her quietly, she seemed embarrassed, looking back at me demurely while slightly covering her chest with her arm.

“Today was supposed to be the day the woman gives something sweet to the man, right?”

“So…?”

“I want to taste my sweet Nabi… is that okay?”

“Ah, fine. But since we already did it once, go a little slower this time, okay…?”

“Well, I’ll try…”

It probably won’t happen. I swallowed the rest of my words and slowly brought my face closer.

Hwa Nabi closed her eyes.

“…Mmm, you dummy.”