episode_0423

After a brief flirtation with a berry in the park, and some unexpected affection,

After having a light lunch at a restaurant Ethan recommended, Ethan and I headed to a dessert shop on a shopping street.

It’s the same dessert shop I went to with Isabelle and Katharina a few years ago. The place where the three of us shared a slice of strawberry shortcake.

I brought him here since I finally had the chance. Since Ethan spends more than half of the year at the academy, I don’t think he’s had many opportunities to tour the famous places in Blackwood Estate.

Especially in stores that target female customers in this way.

“You hardly ever go out, but you know a place like this, Lily.”

“I visited here before when I went out with Isabelle and Katharina, and the strawberry cake there was pretty good. Since Ed paid for lunch, I’ll buy you dessert.”

“You don’t have to go that far. Wouldn’t it be better if I paid it?”

“Please don’t do that, let me buy it. I don’t really have anything to spend my salary on anyway.”

“… Okay. Then I’ll ask you just this once.”

Of course, it would be advantageous to save up a lot of money when thinking about leaving the Blackwood estate and becoming independent in the future, but it wasn’t to the point where it would be dangerous to spend a penny or two on something like this.

Ethan seemed to be having a hard time eating a whole piece of cake, so they decided to just have one piece of cake and share a slightly larger drink with two straws.

‘Now that I look at it like this, there really isn’t a more cringe-worthy couple.’

Who would have thought that I would be drinking two straws in a drink with Ethan in this world, something I had never done in my past life?

It’s not that I’m particularly offended, but I think it would be a little embarrassing if someone I know caught me. Of course, the only people I know in this world are probably Agnes and Lizzie, and they probably won’t come all the way to Blackwood Estate, so it wouldn’t matter.

“Sleep, Ed. Ah~.”

“… … Ah.”

Ethan didn’t seem to dislike this atmosphere either, but he was embarrassed and took the piece of cake I was holding in his hand.

“It’s less sweet than what our chef makes, but it’s good because you can taste the strawberry flavor well.”

“Right, Ed?”

After giving me a short review of the cake, he immediately returned the favor to me.

“Okay, Lily too, ‘Ah~’.”

“… Ah, ah.”

Although the indirect kiss was being overused since he was already using his own fork to feed the other person, I didn’t really care. It was probably because the afterglow of the ‘direct kiss’ they had at the park a little while ago still lingered.

An afternoon spent sharing a drink and a cake under the not-too-hot summer sun.

I thought that it was pretty nice to spend a day like this leisurely, and just as I was about to put the next piece into Ethan’s mouth, I noticed a trace of cream on the right side of his cheek.

“Oh, Ed. You got cream on your cheek.”

“On the ball? Left, right?”

“Just a moment. Can you show me your left cheek so I can wipe it for you?”

With those words, I took the handkerchief out of my pocket, raised my body slightly, and approached Ethan.

As I was about to wipe the handkerchief in my hand against his cheek, a little joke suddenly crossed my mind.

“… … .”

-licking.

“… Huh?!”

Ethan suddenly felt his left cheek being licked, and looked at me with wide eyes, startled.

I just shamelessly responded to his gaze, which seemed to demand an explanation.

“It’s a bit of a waste to just wipe it away.”

“… That’s right.”

Judging by her blushing face, it seems my prank worked.

Earlier at the park, Ethan ended up leading, but this time I got in a fight, so it was 1 on 1.

“Okay, Lily. Say ‘Ah~’.”

“Ah~.”

Ethan, who seemed to be about to get up from his seat, offered me the last piece of cake he had left.

I accepted his fork without much thought, thinking that by now I should go find the next item, but it seemed that Ethan couldn’t accept that he was the only one who suffered.

-Ugh.

“… Sigh.”

“Is it delicious, Lily?”

“… Yes. It’s delicious.”

Ethan deliberately turned his direction slightly and put cream on the corner of his lips before putting it in my mouth.

… I could have just licked it off with my tongue, but I left it there on purpose. I was really curious to see if Ethan would act the way I thought he would.

“Lily, you have a little cream on your lips.”

“… Where are you talking about, Ed?”

“Stay still. I’ll clean it for you.”

“… … .”

Ethan approached me without even holding a handkerchief, saying he would wipe me clean, so I could roughly predict his next move, and I quietly closed my eyes and waited for his next move.

Before long, the familiar sensation of a tongue brushed past the corner of my left lip, which was intentionally smeared with cream.

-licking.

“Huh, hmm… !”

“Okay, I cleaned it up now.”

“… Thank you, Ed.”

“Should I get up soon? Is there anywhere you want to go later?”

Ethan returned to his seat with a satisfied expression on his face, perhaps enjoying my trembling reaction.

He had an expression on his face as if he had won and was about to end this act, so I had no intention of just letting him finish it the way he wanted.

“Ah, Ed. Wait a minute. The cream isn’t fully wiped off yet.”

“… Huh?”

“Stay there for a moment. Don’t move.”

Instead, I scrape the remaining cream on the plate with the back of my fork and lightly smear it on Ethan’s lower lip.

Before he could say anything, looking dumbfounded at my actions, I boldly covered his lower lip with my mouth.

-Tsup.

“eup, haeup.”

“… Ugh, hmm.”

-Tsk, tsk.

“Euheu, eup, hup… .”

“Um, uh… . Huh… .”

A slightly lewd kiss where you suck the other person’s lower lip with both lips.

It was something I wouldn’t normally try, but now I had the excuse of ‘wiping off the cream.’

I wasn’t ashamed of wrapping my lips around the other person’s and sucking on them, or of sticking my tongue out between them and licking them gently.

… It wasn’t that I wasn’t completely shameless, but it meant that I was able to hold out better than usual.

-Tseueuu… .

“Whew, Whew… .”

“Uh, hmm… .”

Ethan and I, our faces dropping in the aforementioned state after a slightly passionate kiss that started out of nowhere.

With this playoff between me and him back in my favor, it was time to really get up from my seat.

“I cleaned it for you, Ed. Next time I want to go to the shopping street… .”

-Tseueuup!

“Ugh, hmph?!”

As I was about to get up from my seat, mentioning where the next item was hidden, Ethan kissed me without warning.

I was a little taken aback by the kiss that started out of the blue without any excuse, but I didn’t reject it and accepted it obediently.

I didn’t really mind Ethan initiating the kiss. And once he accepted it, I could use it to tease him.

As I was thinking that and quietly trying to move my tongue in time with his, Ethan’s lips suddenly bit my tongue and started sucking it hard.

-Tssup, tssup!

“Huh?! What the?!”

-Ts …

“Heh, heh?! Eh, heh?!”

Ethan sucks my tongue with his lips tightly closed, so hard that I can’t tell what he’s trying to do.

At the movement that made me feel that blatant desire, an embarrassed groan escaped my mouth, and Ethan only stopped after sucking my tongue several times in that state.

“Whew, Whew… .”

“Haaah, huh, huh… ? Huh huh… .”

A situation where a moan bursts out along with a strange pleasure as the tongue is touched in a completely different way than the kisses up until now.

After my excitement had somewhat subsided, I looked at Ethan, who had started this ridiculous act, and demanded an explanation for his actions.

“Bar, what was that just now, Ed?”

“I just wiped the cream off Lily.”

“Oh, I didn’t ask?! I just made an excuse because I wanted to kiss Edgar!”

“was buried. On the tongue.”

“… Yes?”

“It was on my tongue, so I just licked it off.”

“… … .”

What the hell is this nonsense?

However, Ethan stubbornly maintained his statement that he had licked the cream off his tongue and wiped it away, as if he had no intention of backing down from his claim. I nodded my head, even though I found his actions bewildering.

“Okay, I got it. Thanks for cleaning it up, Ed.”

“You know it was Lily who started it, right?”

“I know. That’s why I’m still tolerating Ed’s shameless excuses, right?”

“I wonder if Lily, who blatantly put cream on my lips, wasn’t more shameless.”

“No, Edgar was more shameless.”

“But Lily started first.”

Yeah, that’s how it comes out.

If you keep doing this, I’ll act childishly just like you.

…let’s see who wins in the end.