It comes suddenly

 

Rather than thinking my fingers, covered in Reina’s thick saliva, were dirty, I simply couldn’t understand why she was doing this.

The look in Reina’s eyes, whom I had thought was nothing more nor less than a close friend, was sending me a gaze like that of a predator eyeing its prey.

“…. What… what are you doing…?”

My voice, which hadn’t trembled even when facing dangerous enemies in the otherworld, was trembling so much now.

It was trembling from confusion rather than fear.

Even while speaking with that trembling voice, I silently watched as she removed my pinky finger, the last one she had in her mouth.

Reina’s mouth and my pinky finger were connected by a transparent thread made of her saliva.

“So this is… what Ara tastes like…”

When she spoke, the thin saliva connecting us broke, and drops of it fell, wetting the bed.

“Ara… how do you think of me?”

To Reina’s question asking how I thought of her…

“……”

Nothing came to mind except the word “friend.” But that probably wasn’t the answer she wanted.

However, I had never seriously seen her as a romantic interest. Moreover, even such a question was overwhelming for me right now.

“…Hmm~ This is the first time Reina has seen Ara make that face.”

I was confused, not even knowing what expression I was making. After seeing my expression, she licked her lips and spoke.

“Slowly… yes. Think about it slowly. Reina will wait. I’ll go now, Ara. Don’t bother seeing me out…heh”

Reina said this, got up, smiled faintly, opened my door, and left our house without looking back.

It was only after several minutes had passed since Reina left that I, who had been frozen still, was finally able to come to my senses.

“….Haah-“

Whether it was because my hand, which had been rolled around in Reina’s mouth, was pressed against the bed, or just because Reina had drooled so much.

Around the head of the bed, there were numerous traces of black, slippery fluid.

-Flop

Perhaps due to her sudden actions, I felt severely drained and muttered as I lay down on the bed.

“….What are you really trying to do, Reina..”

My mind was filled entirely with thoughts of her, and memories of the days we had spent together came flooding back.

From my bed where she had been lying before leaving

Only a sweet and enchanting rose fragrance was wafting.

♦♦♦

In a secluded alley not far from Ara’s house.

“What have I done… I went and did it…!”

A girl with large red hair tied in a ponytail was making a fuss while hiding her body in that alley.

Reina didn’t ‘yet’ intend to make such an aggressive approach to Ara. Originally, she had planned to slowly, very slowly develop their relationship by requesting lover-like skinship.

Around Ara, there were only her parents, the kendo hall master, and Reina herself.

Her parents were excluded from the competition, and the possibility of the master and Ara developing a deep relationship was lower than the probability of Earth being destroyed, so that was ruled out too.

However, two beautiful women were added to that fence. Two women who appeared to be very close to Ara.

When these two beautiful women who were friends with Ara appeared, Reina became very impatient.

From the moment Christina and Jane appeared, Reina had decided she needed to accelerate her relationship with Ara, but she hadn’t yet made a plan and wasn’t thinking of rushing things that day.

That is, until she climaxed from having her buttocks touched by Ara that day.

“Haauuu….”

In the end, she had gone and done it – made a bold skinship move when alone with Ara, asking to be recognized as a romantic interest, but.

“It’s okay… it was something I had to do anyway, Reina.”

Reina said it was a task that needed to be resolved early.

Unlike Ara, who was looking troubled in her room, Reina left the alley with a refreshed expression and returned home.

-Whoosh

A cool breeze. Falling leaves.

It was autumn, the season of love.

♦♦♦

Ara, who no-showed her Sunday broadcast due to the sticky physical contact with Reina.

“Ugghhh…”

She had spent all day thinking about what answer to give Reina for what she had done, and even couldn’t sleep.

-Knock knock

“Ara, if you’re not feeling well, how about taking a day off from school today..?”

I was completely drained of energy to the point where even my mom, who usually insisted I go to school, was saying such things.

Normally, I would have immediately agreed to such words from my mother, as I disliked going to school…

‘…Reina’

If I didn’t go to school.

Reina might blame herself, thinking it was because of her, that Ara wasn’t coming to school because of what she did yesterday. When I imagined Reina blaming herself like that, my heart ached.

“….No. School…. I’ll… go to school.”

Ignoring my worried mother’s expression, I went to school.

“Ara! Good morning! Hihi”

“……”

Because of Reina’s attitude, which seemed as if she didn’t even remember yesterday’s incident, I unconsciously got angry.

“….Get lost.”

-Slap!

I strongly hit away Reina’s hand, which she was waving with her arms wide open, and buried my face in my desk.

As I lay on my desk with my back turned to her, I sincerely thought.

“…Annoying.”

She was extremely annoying, acting as if nothing had happened, behaving like usual.

“Fuck. Really..”

I thought, was I the only one who sincerely thought about our relationship? And I was very angry.

Yet still.

“… I don’t know…”

To the point that I couldn’t understand why I was acting this way, since Reina hadn’t done anything wrong enough to evoke such negative emotions.

Today’s condition was the worst.

─ ♪ ♫

The bell sound coming from the speakers placed in the classroom, indicating the end of regular hours.

For the first time since becoming friends with her, I didn’t eat lunch together, and I didn’t say a word until school ended.

“…Ara..”

“Don’t touch me..”

Due to the headache caused by my complicated thoughts, my head was throbbing so much that I couldn’t sleep at school today. Since I was awake with my eyes open, I pushed away her hand trying to touch my body, spoke coldly, packed my bag, and tried to leave the classroom.

“Kang Ara! Why are you acting like this…!”

That is, until she called my name loudly, and the attention of the students in the classroom focused on us.

─Murmuring murmuring

“….Forget it. I’m not in the mood to talk to you right now.”

As gazes gathered and murmurs grew, I turned my back, saying I wasn’t in the mood to talk to her.

“Is it because of yesterday? That was just slowly……”

Reina mentioned yesterday’s incident as I turned my back and tried to leave the classroom.

“Ha-“

Just? Slowly? Her sentence bothered me so much that I snorted.

“Ara….”

“Because of you, I’m now─ Hah… Reina… just.”

Looking at Reina’s face staring at me.

“For a while… let’s just keep some distance today… please.”

I said with a cold voice and quickly left the place.

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After finishing school, I didn’t go home.

“Welcome─…! Ara!”

“…Christina. Do you have some time?”

After getting information from Jane about where the Saint worked, I arrived at the convenience store where she was working part-time.

“…Something happened, huh..”

“Yes… counseling. Could I get some counseling..?”

I was emotionally immature and dull to end the relationship with Reina on my own, so I needed help from the Saint who had interacted with many people.

“… Yes. Okay. Just let me call the manager….”

I felt sorry for causing trouble at her workplace, but I was in such distress that I desperately needed the Saint’s help.

“Yes. Yes… Thank you… Yes!”

After Christina finished her call with the manager, she put a note on the convenience store door saying she would be away momentarily and locked the door.

Afterward, she grabbed my hand and led me to a small table with two chairs.

“…Whew. It’s been so long since I’ve seen Ara looking this troubled… So, why have you come to find me?”

Although she was wearing convenience store part-timer clothes, her serious tone created an illusion as if she were wearing priest robes, her demeanor changing instantly.

I confessed everything related to Reina to Christina, who had gone into Saint mode.

“…………so… yes. Since it’s my first experience, I unconsciously. Sorry for coming when you’re busy.”

I closed my mouth after apologizing to her.

Christina tapped the table with her index finger, deep in thought. She didn’t need much time to finish thinking, and immediately spoke.

“…. Ara, do you not want to have that kind of relationship with Reina?”

“That’s what I don’t know, so I came to you-“

“What about with us? If Jane and I had done something like that to you, how would you have reacted?”

“……”

I couldn’t say anything to the Saint’s words. The difference between Reina and Jane and Christina… honestly, I’m not sure what it is.

As if reading my mind,

the Saint spoke with a pleased smile.

“Ara. Think simply. Love, you know.”

“Regardless of gender, nationality, race. Even regardless of the time spent together.”

“It comes suddenly.”

To these words from the Saint.

I felt like I had been hit on the head with a hammer and realized one thing.

I don’t know if I love Reina or not.

But unlike me who thought of her all day, the fact that she appeared as her usual self when I saw her at school.

I may have harbored discontent and felt hurt because of this realization.