episode_0091

“Gggg… What does that mean!”

I was startled and held my trembling mouth.

The fact that he seemed flustered by Shine’s words seemed to indicate that he agreed with her words.

Shine looked at me in confusion and rested her chin on the table.

The bright smile that bloomed quietly was like sunshine, just like her name.

“No?”

Shine’s playful voice made her face turn bright red.

I covered my face with both hands and shook my head.

“That’s not it… .”

“Or…?”

A deeply sunken face.

A burning heat felt in the palm of your hand.

Through the gently moving fingers, Shine’s playful face appears.

I bit my lip and muttered.

“Don’t joke around… .”

“Does this seem like a joke to you?”

Shine let out a small laugh at my words and held out her hand.

A hand approaching slowly.

I looked at her hand with trembling eyes.

“Sorry. I guess the orders are delayed~”

At that moment, Amy’s voice was heard.

Shine and I looked back at her, startled like little kids caught doing something bad.

Amy was holding her plate with an awkward smile.

“It’s okay!”

I shouted urgently and took the plate Amy handed me.

On the plate was a pork cutlet that looked delicious.

“I think Victor was there earlier, where did he go?”

“Victor left first.”

Amy said, seeming disappointed by Shine’s answer.

“I was going to talk to you about today’s operation…”

“Operation?”

“It’s nothing. I just met someone for a bit.”

The conversation between Shine and Amy didn’t enter my head.

It took a while to cut the pork cutlet’s body with the knife and fork in my hand.

The hot pork cutlet is slowly cooling down.

On the contrary, the heat on my face showed no sign of going away.

Because Amy felt Shine’s movements under the table, in a place she couldn’t see.

Shine laughing and talking with Amy.

On the contrary, her hand was on my thigh.

Stealthy, ticklish movements steal my mind.

The place where my finger passed was so hot that it felt like it was on fire.

“Sha… . In!”

I called out to Shine in a small voice, but Shine just looked at me and smiled mischievously.

I picked up the pork cutlet with a fork and put it in my mouth.

I couldn’t concentrate on the taste because it was ticklish.

No, not ticklish, but something a little different.

It was a feeling of a subtle, ticklish sensation welling up in me.

“Jeff. What’s wrong?”

Amy, who never forgets to look at me while talking to Shine.

She seemed puzzled by the unusual pace of eating.

I shook my head at Amy’s question and stuffed the remaining pork cutlet into my mouth.

He glared at Shine with his mouth full of pork cutlet.

Only then did Shine take her hand away and quickly ate her pork cutlet.

After finishing my meal, I returned my tray and left the restaurant.

“Can the two of you go back?”

“Yeah.”

“Huh?”

I was startled by Amy’s words as she took it out near the shelter in front of the restaurant and asked back.

“Didn’t you hear me earlier? I told you I had to go out on a mission for a bit.”

I heard it at first, but I couldn’t concentrate because of Shine’s touch.

I smiled awkwardly and nodded.

“When are you coming…?”

“Maybe tonight?”

I breathed a sigh of relief.

I didn’t know what would happen if I spent the night alone with Shine, who was looking at me with strange eyes.

“Are you going out with Victor?”

“Yeah.”

“Just the two of us?”

“Right? It’s easier to move with a small group.”

Only then did I nod.

From Victor’s reaction earlier and Amy’s explanation now, I could understand why Victor was in such a good mood.

Victor liked Amy.

But Amy didn’t seem to notice that Victor liked her.

If even the quick-witted Amy didn’t notice, how well did Victor keep his feelings hidden?

And what about Shine who noticed that?

I looked at Shine with trembling eyes.

Shine noticed my gaze and came towards me with a small smile.

“Let’s go Jeff.”

The image of Shine naturally linking arms and leading me.

I reached out to Amy in confusion, but she just waved goodbye.

“Don’t cause trouble and stay quiet~”

“Yeah.”

“Eh… Amy!”

“Rain will come looking for you later. Listen to what Rain says!”

“Amy!”

I desperately reached out to Amy, but she just waved back at me.

Amy moves away.

I was dragged away by Shine.

“I… . Shine.”

“Yeah.”

I straightened up my body that was being dragged and started walking side by side with Shine.

But Shine didn’t let go of his arms.

“Can’t I solve this?”

“Why?”

“Why… .”

“Isn’t that what you usually do?”

I nodded to Shine’s words.

Even in normal times, Shine and I often walk around arm in arm.

We held hands and I was the one who hugged her first.

Nothing has changed.

There was just a small change of emotion.

Shine returned to her room and watched television while holding me in her arms.

All sorts of boring broadcasts keep coming out.

When I tried to let go of the hold on me, Shine held onto my body tightly.

“Shine… . Isn’t this a bit wrong?”

“What?”

“That… .”

“Yeah.”

“We are family… .”

“Are you family?”

Where should I begin my explanation?

I swallowed my tears and lowered my head.

In the end, there was nothing I could do.

Occasionally, Shine would rub his cheek, causing him to slightly turn his head.

After being held in Shine’s arms for a long time, I started to nod off.

“Jeff are you sleepy?”

I shook my head in surprise at the sound of Shine’s voice next to my ear.

“No! No!”

Maybe it was because I was surprised by the movement.

Shine’s arm strength has weakened.

I took advantage of that gap and twisted my body wildly to escape from Shine’s embrace.

“Oops.”

Shine’s regretful voice was scattered into the air.

As soon as I got out of her arms, I ran in the direction where Baek-shi was.

It was clear that Shine wouldn’t be able to approach her if she was hiding among the dolls.

I looked at Shine while being held in Baek-shi’s large arms.

She just smiled faintly when she saw me like that and didn’t approach me first.

“This is wrong.”

“What?”

“Anyway, it’s wrong.”

“Isn’t that what you usually do?”

I kept my mouth shut again.

Yes, that’s right.

Shine and I usually acted no differently than we do now.

Haven’t we already come a long way to point out the ordinary things we do on a daily basis?

I think so.

If that’s the case, we should have prevented it from progressing any further than it was now.

I hid myself in a mountain of dolls.

“Jeff! Shine!”

When I was buried among the dolls and watching Shine’s movements.

As Amy said, Rain came.

She ran to the table with an excited look on her face, clutching a bunch of stuff in her arms.

“Shine! Look at this!”

What Rain poured out was a comic book.

Curious, I peeked my head out and peeked at the cover of the comic book Rain had brought.

A cover depicting two innocent-looking beauties.

The drawing style reminded me of a pure love comic, but it was a little strange.

A pretty girl entangled in vines and another pretty girl looking down at her.

Although it was certainly a beautiful painting, there was an inexplicable sense of rejection that came from the painting.

Shine, who was watching television, was distracted by the comic book that Rain brought.

It was the first time I had seen her so focused on something.

I got out of the doll and slowly approached the two people.

“Hello Rain… .”

As I greeted him cautiously, Lane nodded and handed me a book.

“Jeff, are you a bole too?”

I held the comic book that Rain had handed me in my arms.

Because it’s a comic book…

I think I used to read a lot.

I checked the title of the comic book that Lane had handed me.

Before you turn red.

Is this a romance comic?

The title was strangely unsettling.

As I was skimming through the comic book to get a glimpse of its contents, I was shocked.

Because the content of the cartoon was so scary.

I immediately hid the comic book behind my back.

Fortunately, this comic book felt like a series of short stories.

After making sure there were no other books with the same title, I cautiously moved toward the teddy bear, Baekshi.

A cold sweat runs down my back.

After confirming that Shine was concentrating on the comic book, I immediately shoved the comic book into Baekshi’s back.

“There it is, Rain.”

“Huh?”

“Where did you get this?”

“I bought it outside!”

Lane answers my question with a confident expression.

Except for the comics I just hid, most of them were the typical romance genre.

Except that both the heroine and the protagonist are women.

A faint blush appeared on Shine’s face as she held the comic book.

“Rain… .”

“Huh?”

At that moment, Shine, who was quietly reading a comic book, called out to Rain.

Shine’s voice was strangely subdued.

“Isn’t there something a little more like that?”

“Something like that… ?”

“Yeah. A little more. A little more… .”

Shine muttered softly and closed the book.

The comic book she was holding in her hand is placed on the table.

“Something stronger.”

A smile appeared faintly.

Shine’s gaze was directed at me.

I felt burdened by that gaze, so I hid behind Rain’s back.

“Strong? You mean like a battle between ability users?”

“Yeah. Not that kind of thing.”

“Um… .”

Rain didn’t seem to know what Shine was talking about.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

Although what Rain brought wasn’t your typical romance genre, most of the content contained light stories that gave off a strangely ticklish feeling.

“Sorry. I don’t know what Shine wants.”

I swallowed dryly as I looked at Shine.

Shine is still young.

It was a great blessing for me that she never learned the words to express what she wanted.

Shine bit her lip as if she felt regretful.

“I can’t help it… .”

Shine, who had been reading a few more of the comic books that Rain had brought, seemed to have lost interest and started to focus on the television again.

Lane was still focused on the comic book.

I picked up the comic book that Shine had put down.

The content itself was just an ordinary story, nothing special.

But the subtle feeling of tightrope walking along the emotional line was interesting.

“Re… . This is fun.”

Rain and I focused on comic books.

Until Amy comes back.