Vol 5 (Before) - Chapter 2

Volume 5 (Before) Chapter 2

‘I ran away….’

I was perched on my bed in the dormitory while gazing blankly at the ceiling.

The sun viewed from outside the window was just starting to peek out from the east.

The clear, refreshing morning lit by the rays of the sun contrasted deeply with the chaos in my mind.

‘I-I-I saw him nude…’

I was staring at the ceiling, but the images flashing before my eyes were from the shocking spectacle earlier.

A face so gorgeous it took my breath away — no, no words would be enough to describe that delicate beauty.

Golden flowing locks like waterfall, narrowed eyes of the same molten hue.

Swan-like graceful, slender neck similar to a woman, but body that was definitely that of a man, his supple body peeking from underneath those bare shoulders.

The sheets gently slipped down from his shoulders as he leisurely raised his body.

The exposed chest, hips, and below —

‘Argghhhh! I didn’t see it! I didn’t see more than that! His shadow was covering it so I didn’t see it clearly, honest!!’

I slapped my cheeks with both hands as I flusteredly tried to chase that image from my mind.

I didn’t see it! And it’s not like I was looking! I didn’t so I didn’t!!

I didn’t but — the moment I was about to see it, I hurriedly jumped out of the bed and dashed out of the room.

‘I-I know it’s rude of me! But it can’t be helped, right!? And there’s no way I can remain calm back then, ahhh!!’

I grabbed my pillow and squashed it to death before beating my own head. Argh, how mortifying!

No matter how many times I tried to erase it from my mind, that ‘just-woke-up’ image I accidentally saw refused to budge.

There was no way I could face Kami-sama in this state, and besides, it’s Kami-sama’s fault that the situation came to this.

I didn’t have the heart to meet him.

‘Oh right, didn’t I think that Kami-sama was turning into a human recently..!?’

I got the feeling that Kami-sama would occasionally turn into a human when I wasn’t looking.

But then, not once did he show that appearance to me until now.

So why so suddenly!? Why now!?

‘Ah, there’s Eric too! I forgot all about him!’

I couldn’t muster the will to be angry despite the fact that the engagement was broken, and that trash of a guy spouted hateful words.

Ah no, I take that back, I still get furious whenever he crops up in my thoughts, but the more I think about him, the more I end up imagining Kami-sama.

That’s because when I cried because of Eric, the one who comforted me didn’t have the same texture as the bouncy, squishy as the usual Kami-sama, and that would mean —

‘Eh, don’t tell me… since that time… all along…what!?’

Wait, if we think about it, Kami-sama didn’t wear any clothes even before when he was still in that squashy pudding appearance of his.

Then, that would mean, when I poked him, grabbed him, pulled him, he had been in the nude all along………………..

“……………….”

ArrrggghhhhhHHHHHH!!!!!

Is that why he seemed so embarrassed whenever I poked him!?

‘I-I-It’s still before marriage….’

And yet, I fiddled and played with a man’s body.

Well, I don’t have any idea which part I toyed with because of that squishy figure of his!

I buried my face in the pillow while all these things swirled in my mind.

I wasn’t even sure if my face was turning scarlet or pale!

One thing was sure, it was covered in beads of sweat.

‘Yeah, I can’t let him see me like this.’

Besides, if I returned to Kami-sama’s room, he might come out stark naked —!!

‘Ah, I-I forgot! Isn’t Kami-sama still in the nude right now!?’

There were no men’s clothes in Kami-sama’s room, obviously.

Moreover, no one ever goes there except for me, his substitute saintess.

In short, Kami-sama would stay naked unless I go there!!

“………..”

I wordlessly lifted my head from the pillow.

I could see that the sun was already high in the sky from the window — I must’ve agonized over this for quite some time.

It was already almost time for lunch rather than breakfast.

He didn’t have a meal because of Eric’s matter yesterday….

‘Kami-sama must be famished by now.’

I imagined Kami-sama stark naked and all alone inside the room, without any means of getting himself a meal — I pinched my cheeks.

I had to go.

Even if I didn’t want him to see me like this —

‘There’s no other choice, I need to go there.’

I slapped my burning cheeks forcefully, strengthened my resolve, and stood up.

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