Side Profiles and Irises ~Yes, No, or Maybe Half: Spinoff~: Volume 4: Connect It Together by Ichiho Michi

Author:Ichiho Michi [Ichiho Michi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: daydrop

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Chapter 13: Open It Up (13)

Sakae took a shower and walked over to the bedroom with just a towel wrapped around his waist. There he saw Shitara on the bed with his body slightly twisted towards the headboard, gazing at a photo taped on the wall. It was of Shitara and Sakae taken more than 10 years ago. The subdued red-orange light from the side of the bed seemed to elongate his shadow, and the vague darkness of it made Sakae feel uneasy. That was why he called out, “Oi,” so roughly.

“What are you spacing out for? If we’re not going to do it, then I’m going to sleep.”

“Oh, sorry. Let’s do it, let’s do it. Come here.”

Shitara sat Sakae down next to him on the bed and wrapped an arm loosely around his shoulders. The mood was very different from the ‘Let’s do it, let’s do it,’ even though Shitara had been to one to say that he wanted this. But Sakae didn’t shove him off and just let him do as he pleased, and Shitara leaned his head against him and whispered a few words.

“You can’t laugh at something that’s not amusing.”

They were words that Sakae had said long before the photo on the wall was taken.

“And you can’t say anything that you don’t think— I think that side of you has saved me all this time.”

“What are you talking about?”

“About me.”

Shitara had once said that it was easier to smile—that it was much harder for someone to say what they truly thought. He probably still thought so even now.

“At first I thought that you were an interesting guy, Sakae. You were still in your second year at the network, and I figured that you were fearless because you didn’t know any better—that the childish pride of yours would fold like a house of cards.”

“Did you really think that?”

It pissed him off.

“I didn’t want it to happen, so I decided that I would do whatever I could to prevent it. I wanted you to stay the way that you were—with all of your arrogance and brashness. And in return, you responded to all of my selfishness. So thank you.”

Sakae wanted to say, It wasn’t like I responded to your damn requests, but he decided against it.

“If I had folded, you probably would have lost all interest in me. Like—that’s it? How boring. You’re the type to think, ‘If you’re going to fold halfway, then just get completely destroyed. Beyond all recovery.’ Heh.”

“You’re making me out to be a monster.”

“If you’re not going to deny it, then be more aware of it.”

“I like you, Sakae.”

That’s not a damn answer.

“Do you like me?”

It was the first time that Shitara asked him that question, and Sakae was a little surprised as he answered, “No.”

“You could have at least thought about it for a second.”

“There’s nothing to think about… But I do think that we go together, I guess.”

That Sakae suited this man, and this man suited Sakae.

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