Vol. 3 Chapter 2.3

Translated by SoundDestiny Edited by SoundDestiny

When I reached the infirmary, Fujiwara-san was lying on the bed.

“She seems to have hyperventilated. She is stable now, but usually people will start to panic when they wake up, so please stay with her. If you are concerned, it might be better to take her to the hospital for a check-up.

The policeman who seemed to have been accompanying me told me this and left the infirmary. I thanked her and saw her off, then sat down in the pipe chair by the bed and looked into Fujiwara-san’s sleeping face.

She is a little pale but sleeping peacefully. I don’t really know what hyperventilation is but the way the policeman is talking now, it’s probably not something to worry about.

After watching her for a while, Fujiwara-san opened her eyes with a small moan. At first, she looked as if she didn’t know what was going on. However, her eyes immediately became moist and she jerked herself up, clung to my neck and began to weep.

I could not help but be perplexed by this. Is this the kind of panic the officer was talking about?

“Fu,Fujiwara-san, what’s wrong? What happened?”

“I’m scared…Gusu…I’m scared…Gusu…I don’t want ….I don’t want to”

I could tell by looking at her that she was seriously frightened. Her arms, which were clinging to me, were strong and tense. I hold her trembling body in my arms and stroke her head as if I were soothing a baby.

“Alright, alright, it’s going to be alright.”

As I continued to quieten her down, Fujiwara-san gradually regained her composure, although she was still hiccupping and shuffling. She somehow stopped crying, I looked into her face, smiling as best I could.

“I’ll ask you what happened when you calm down again. For now, I’ll walk you home.”

However, Fujiwara-san slowly started to tear up again and shook her head.

“No! I don’t want to! Don’t leave me alone…..I’ll die if I leave Fu–min!”

“That’s not what I said….”

When I looked puzzled, she looked up at me with eyes like an abandoned dog and pleadedly pleaded.

“Ho, let’s go to the hotel! The La Vian Rose!　Please, all of it, I’ll give you all of it! Don’t leave me alone….”

×××

In the end, I came to the hotel behind the station – La Vian Rose since I was forced to.

Together with Fujiwara-san.

On the way there, I tried to persuade her several times that I would take her home, but she stubbornly refused to accept my offer. On the other hand, when I tried to ask her what had happened, she shook herself in fright and clung to me tightly.

I don’t know if it was when I thought of her as a revenge partner or an unimportant woman but now, there is no way I could throw her out like this.

‘Embrace…..? Fujiwara-san in this state? Is that okay with her? Is that really what I want?’

I choose a room on the panel with some hesitation, follow the arrows that light up and we start walking down the hotel corridor.

We get on the lift in silence and press the flashing floor number button. Meanwhile, Fujiwara-san remained clinging tightly to my arm.

As I went down the elevator, I saw a room number flickering at the far end of the corridor. I might still be able to turn back here..

‘Fujiwara-san…..about this……”

When I called out to her, she shook her head. The door to the room in front of ours with the lighted room number opened with a click.

×××

“Misuzu…… was soooo good.”

Jun-kun smiled with deep emotion. But for me, who is looking at him in such a good mood, although he is a little tired, is feeling bewildered.

“Misuzu, you feel too good. I’ve never come like this before, and this is the best record I’ve ever set.”

After getting ready and paying the bill at the cash machine next to the door, he jokingly said something like that, which made me feel gloomy.

‘Yes it’s…….this is the best record…..it doesn’t get any better than this ……’

Don’t think about that. Sex is not everything. When I tried to think that way, Kyoko-san’s words crossed my mind.

“『Women are selfish creatures, and in the end, they like men who can satisfy them.』”

If Kyoko-san is right, will I stop liking Jun-kun?　I want to think that’s not true, but I’ve lost confidence in my ability to say so.

“Well then, let’s leave.”

Following Jun-kun, I step out into the corridor with my head down. However, as soon as I stepped out, I…

“Geeeh……”

Jun-kun stopped, letting out such a voice, and I looked up.

Following his gaze, I look across the corridor and see a couple in a dimly lit corridor with indirect lighting.

“Ah…..”

Kimojima is the one who let out a dumb voice. And next to him was Mai, clinging to his arm.

I hurriedly hid behind Jun-kun. It’s too embarrassing to face each other in a situation where it’s obvious that you’ve just had sex. I’m sure the other side would be the same way.

‘But, I see….Mai and Kimojima are going to have sex from now on.’

As soon as I thought that…──

“『I’m telling you, your penis is amazing! Fu-mio penis is so big! It’s like the best thing ever! Of course, it’s so good!』”

Those words that Mai had uttered on the rooftop were swirling around in my head.

Instantly, my heart starts to pound and I feel my face heat up. As we pass each other without a word and pretend to not notice each other. I couldn’t help but notice the crotch area of Kimojima, and although there was no way I could tell the size of it from the top of his trousers, I couldn’t help but follow it with my eyes.

‘It looks good….’

When I realised I was thinking like that, I shook my head.

×××

“Misuzu…… why was she dressed like that?”

As soon as we entered the room, Fujiwara-san tilted her head.

“It’s a disguise, isn’t it? Kurosawa-san is quite famous now….and a lot of things are bad right now…..”

Kurosawa-san, who passed by Kasuya-kun as if hiding behind him, was wearing a hat, sunglasses and a mask, a very extreme disguise.

I was trying to keep my composure in front of Fujiwara-san, but because I saw them eye to eye, my heart was surging to the extent that I was surprised at myself.

When I think that my Kurosawa-san was held by that man, I almost vomit with displeasure. Even if that man was the original Kurosawa-san’s boyfriend.

‘…… I’ll definitely take her back.’

But now is not the time to be obsessed with Kurosawa-san.

I push down my displeasure, which is in turmoil and smile at Fujiwara-san. My face that was about to change desperately relaxed, as if nothing had ever happened.

“I’m going to take a shower…..first. I’ve been crying too much and my face is all messed up…….”

When she entered the room, Fujiwara-san put her bag on the sofa and walked quickly towards the bathroom. She is somewhat restless, maybe she is nervous in her own way.

‘Now …… what to do, me’

The sound of water was heard from the shower. If I look into the glass-walled bathroom, I can see her skin-coloured figure behind the steam.

It’s not the first time I’ve seen Fujiwara-san naked, but I feel uncomfortable because I’ve completely skipped the steps that normal men and women would take to get here.

The sound of the faucet closing with a squeak echoed, and the sound of water turned into a faint drip of falling drops. A moment later, the door opens and she steps out towards me, wearing only a white bath towel wrapped around her.

I look up at her nervously, sitting down on the bed.

Looking at her like this, Fujiwara-san with no make-up on is still cute. She has untied golden hair, wheat-coloured skin and droopy eyes. The bridge of her nose is softly curved.

Her wheat-coloured skin, slightly reddish after bathing, was strangely fresh.

“You know….. Fujiwara-san.”

“Mai, call me that…….”

In front of my eyes, the bath towel falls easily to the floor. In the dim light of the indirect lighting, her naked body painted a glossy shade.

[Gorgeous] I thought. [I want to hold her]. That’s what I thought. She certainly didn’t have breasts but her puffy, cherry-red nipples were rather very attractive.

But when I see the look on her face, I am convinced. what I should do.

“….What happened?”

Her eyes slightly moisten at my question.

A long silence. After a long, long silence, she opens her mouth, her shoulders shaking slightly.

“Anna-senpai was…..there, and just seeing her face made it hard for me to breathe and I lost consciousness. She said, 『It’s Fujiwara now, right?』 and now that she knows. There’s no escape….I thought so.”

I recall passing Teruya-san on my way to the headmaster’s office.

‘I see, so she was to escort her sister? And Fujiwara-san went into the waiting room where she was waiting for me….’

Accidentally, of course.

No one could have predicted that Fujiwara-san would visit there as my escort.

But that doesn’t mean I can forgive her.

I made the girl I love look like this, so I’ll make sure she pays for it.

I stood up and hugged Fujiwara-san.

I am aware, of course, that she stiffened at the moment I reached out to her.

“It’s okay…..don’t be frightened. You don’t need to be frightened.”

She looked at me with somewhat clinging eyes.

“Hold me…..”

“I won’t.”

As soon as I said this, she blinked. And then a bead of tears appeared in the corner of her eyes.

“…..I’m sorry. Gusu, yes….that’s right. You mustn’t want to hug such a…..filthy girl”

My chest tightens as she tries to force a smile with a crying face. I put all my strength into my arms holding her and whisper into her ear.

“No, it’s not. It’s not the time to hold you. Mai, the wounds you carry can’t be healed by being held, can they?”

“…Eh?”

“It’s fine. You don’t have to do that to try and hold me like this, I’m not going anywhere.”

I quietly take her lips. A gentle kiss, just lips touching each other. Then I lay my forehead on her forehead.

“I will not stand in the same line as the men who played with your body.”

I hear her gasp.

I know I don’t have the face for racy words. But I have to say it. But I have to tell her that it’s not the physical connection that’s going to save her now.

“I’m your boyfriend, and you’re my girlfriend, right? You were physically hurt and forced to become an adult. Then, Fujiwara-san…. Mai, let’s regain your time”

I heard a gurgling, sobbing sound.

“I’m thrilled by every kiss, I’m happy just to be with you, we date all sorts of places, I get lonely on the way home, I’m happy and sad by every message…..let’s spend some time and take the proper steps between lovers.”

I then looked at her and told her.

“There’s no need to panic, Mai. I’m not going anywhere.”

Immediately, Fujiwara-san started crying like a child.

Tears were falling in rags, and if I hadn’t supported her, she would have sat up straight.

Messy, mangled and ragged, her heart is screaming. She is screaming in pain.

I just kept hugging her for a long time, without any further words. In the end, she cried for an hour or so from there. She kept crying.

And then…

“Fu–min……let’s go. I’m going to go wash my face. Right now, ah, I’m a very ugly girl.”

Finally, she laughed at that.

When she came back from the washroom, her eyelids were swollen and the area around her eyes was quite red. She is certainly a little bit uglier than usual. But her expression was very natural and cute. That’s what I thought.

She sits down next to me, naked, and smiles, showing her white teeth[nishish].

“…What is it.”

“Nothing…..my boyfriend likes me too much.”

“Don’t get carried away, small tits.”

“But you do like her, don’t you?”

“…..No comment”

“Tell me you like me”

Then she pokes the tip of my nose with her finger.

“But…. are you sure? It’s almost like you have a disease, being in bed with a naked girl and not do it”

“Shut up, if I attack you here, I’ll ruin everything”

“Hahaha….that’s true.”

When I fall on my back and look up at the ceiling, Fujiwara-san lies down next to me and holds my hand, intertwining our fingers together, the so-called lover’s link.

“Even though I’ve sucked your Ochinpo-chan, I’m barely at the starting line”

“Don’t worry, I’ll make you suck me off so much in the future that you won’t want to anymore. ”

“Hmmm……that comment is exactly what I think is ruining it.”

A moment of silence. The ceiling I looked up at was mirrored, and in the mirror Fujiwara-san was staring at my profile with a happy expression on her face.

“Hey, Fumin. If Anna-senpai makes a move on me…..”

“Don’t worry. I’ll protect you.”

“No, run away. Fu-min looks weak”

“But…… I’ll manage it somehow”

Then a giggle and her faint laugh sounded in my ear.

“That’s right…… it was Fu-min who saved my life from Teruya-chan and Tachioka”

Then we fell asleep while holding hands.

×××

“How is it, Hikari? Is it good?”

“Well, yeah. We don’t get to eat meat this thick in the dormitories.”

“Ufufu, you can eat as much as you like.”

After the interview, I went shopping with Hikari-chan. I gave her a new pair of training shoes and then we drove an hour to a steakhouse in the suburbs.

A renowned restaurant owned and chef-operated by a former head chef of a prestigious hotel. The restaurant is a safe place to use for entertainment when doing business.

“Anyway, Aneki, you didn’t have to come all the way here at a time like this.”

“I’m not really involved in the disappearance of the track kids at all. It’s better to keep an open mind, so people don’t get suspicious.”

Hikari then thrusts a fork with a meat stick in it in front of me, her lips pouting.

“Even if it’s not related, if they start looking into it and another case comes out, it’s just too much, isn’t it?”

“I told you, didn’t I? Even if they raided our house, they wouldn’t find anything. And if you know who the detective in charge is, there are plenty of ways to get around it.”

As a guardian, I greeted the detective in charge.

The head officer’s name is Nakamura. The female detective who was with him was Terashima. The female detective apparently seemed to know me and the whole time we were face to face, she was looking at me as if she was searching for something.

It’s easier to take it up with a man, but if I go back to the gang office and have an informant check it out, he’ll probably find out something about this female detective as well. There is no one in the world without a guilty conscience.

“So, Aneki, do you know who kidnapped my club members?”

“I have no idea. I checked with the continental mafia with whom I cooperate, but the reply I got was: 『Who would do such an unprofitable business』……Which is true. If we’re going to collect young, beautiful girls and sell them off, it’s faster to pick up runaway girls. So at least I don’t think it’s the work of a professional.”

“Hmm…..so you’re saying some amateur kidnapped them in some kind of magic trick?”

“Who knows. By the way, Hikari, do you think you’ll get the W University sports recommendation??”

“Hmm, I don’t know. Sensei said it would be a sure thing if we win the next tournament. With only two members, we’ll have to withdraw from the tournament.”

“Hmm…….I see.”

‘Shall I threaten the bald old man of the advisor again?’

Hikari is my treasure. We lost our parents early on but we came this far by supporting each other as sisters.

I want to make Hikari-chan’s dream of becoming a first-class athlete come true.

That’s why I threatened the bald old man who was her advisor, who was on the board of directors of the track and field association, by putting him in debt to get him to recommend her for sports at this high school. Now, if he can get a sports recommendation from the University of W, his debt is forgiven. On the other hand, if he doesn’t, I’ll feed him to the fishes. That’s what I promised him.

“Oh yeah, I met Koganei today.”

“Where?”

“In the waiting room for the escort……. As soon as she saw my face, she fainted”

“Hmm, her boyfriend was called in for questioning next to me, so I guess she came with him”

“Heee—, Koganei, she has a boyfriend?”

I’m amazed at her brazenness in still trying to find love like other people, even though she’s had her body played with by old men for as long as I can remember.

“I threatened her because she was making eyes at someone I liked, and the next week she started going out with Kimo-buta, who was at the bottom of the class. I think she was trying to show that she would never go against me”

“Ahaha, Koganei has a cute side too. But Hikaru-chan, you’ve found someone you like. What kind of person is he?”

“…..Shut up. There is almost no possibility. He has a very pretty girlfriend”

“Really? She’s that cute?”

“Yes, she is…..But she was the one who went missing and only one person came back. If she had stayed missing, there would have been at least a chance”

“Hmm…..”

When I pretended to think about it, Hikari gave me a reproachful look.

“Nee-chan, you mustn’t think about kidnapping her. In a situation like this….”

“Okay, okay, it’s fine”

Yes, it’s fine.

After all, I’ve been thinking about kidnapping Koganei anyway. So, I have no problem with one more person being taken.

At first, I was thinking of letting a group of continental kidnappers take them, but this time, I think it would be better to let the Hangure, who can turn tail at any time, take them.

[Note. Credit to TinyTL. Hangure,is loosely-organized criminal gang, non-yakuza organised crime group]

They don’t even know who is giving them instructions. If they follow instructions, they get paid. If they don’t follow instructions, they are dealt with. That’s the only relationship they have.

They kidnap them, load them onto a container ship bound for South-East Asia and that’s it. After that, I don’t care what happens to them.

‘It would be more perfect if one of the detectives could be bribed…..In the meantime, let’s find out about Nakamura, the Chief Inspector.’

Read only at Travis Translations