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"Soyorin, I'm done washing up."
"I saw."
Feeling Aine's undisguised gaze, Su Shi cracked her knuckles: "What are you doing?"
"Eh?"
"If you keep staring at me, it wouldn't be surprising if people thought you were thinking something else."
Aine shifted her gaze: "To be honest, I've definitely been thinking about it."
"Then tell me." Su Shi didn't look at her.
But neither the expected nor the unexpected answer came. Aine simply sat down next to her, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back, and hung the towel she had used to dry her hair around her neck.
Su Shi glanced at it.
There are no traces left.
"Soyorin, please confess to me once," Aine suddenly said.
Su Shi's eyes widened, and she reflexively whispered, "No. Why?"
Why do you say that suddenly?
"You promised to be gentle with me."
"...These are two different things," Su Shi argued.
Ai Yin shook her head quickly, dissatisfied, "It's clearly the same thing! Soyorin stole my first kiss."
Su Shi blushed slightly.
"You're not the only one who had a first kiss," she thought.
"They even forcefully left marks on my body."
It's not like it's going to stay there forever.
As Su Shi thought this, her blush deepened.
Listening to Aiyin recount all the "good deeds" she had done made her want to crawl under the covers.
But she still stretched her neck as much as possible and acted normally.
"And both times you tried to act like nothing happened!" Ai Yin whispered.
"Stop talking." Su Shi played with her hair, pursing her lips.
"Just now too, you kept saying irresponsible things. Soyorin is so irresponsible," Aine said, dissatisfied.
"...What does this have to do with confessing your feelings?"
Confessing your feelings is just a way of conveying your emotions.
Kissing should count too. So, we can't say she didn't confess her feelings.
"I like soyorin."
Su Shi held her breath, then glimpsed Aine grabbing a cushion and tossing it at her. The soft cushion landed gently on her.
“Soyorin said so too. Riki already said so.” Aine added the last sentence.
Su Shi frowned. Was Tilixi trying to provoke her on purpose? But she wouldn't fall for such a trick.
While it's not entirely impossible, it shouldn't be done today.
When can we say that?
...someday after that.
"If you want to hear it so badly, why don't you just ask Lixi?" Su Shi tossed the cushion back.
"You're saying things like that again, even though you were crying non-stop during the performance."
“Ai-yin is the one who keeps talking about irrelevant things.”
Su Shi spoke in a low voice, pressing the remote control hard, and the content playing on the TV changed accordingly.
"I like you!"—The female lead in the TV series is shouting loudly.
Why can others say things that I can't say so easily?
As Su Shi was thinking this, she noticed that Aine's expression changed slightly, as if she had reacted to the word "like".
“I seem to be a little sensitive to this word lately,” Ai Yin said frankly.
"Then, it's best not to say anything."
The reason is clear to everyone in the band.
A simple sentence has brought their relationship to its current state.
“But it must be lonely if you never say anything, right? You’re not the only one who wants to see genuine feelings.” Aine said as she moved closer to Sose.
Her hand rested on the back of Su Shi's hand.
“Speak, soyorin,” Aine pleaded softly.
And don't just say it once.
If you say it enough, your body will definitely stop feeling uncomfortable with the word.
Su Shi lowered her gaze and didn't speak, but simply extended her other hand. The next second, Aine grabbed her wrist.
"Let me see," Su Shi said in a low voice.
"What are you looking at?"
You clearly know. Su Shi replied, "Traces."
"It hasn't disappeared."
"...Let me see."
"Then tell me," Aine said softly.
"say what?"
You know perfectly well. Aine replied, "Confess."
That's incredibly cunning.
Su Shi neither spoke nor withdrew his hand, and the two remained frozen in place.
Their eyes met. Su Shi still didn't say what Aine wanted to hear. Her lips moved slightly, then she slowly leaned in and gave Aine another gentle kiss.
"Let me see," Su Shi whispered.
Aine exhaled, turned her face away, and let go of his hand: "Soyorin only becomes gentle when kissing, that's not what I want."
There was no response, only the sensation of her skin being caressed. Su Shi put the towel hanging around her neck aside.
The traces are still there.
It might disappear tomorrow, like magic. But as long as it covers the past, it can last longer.
The aura of the mortal world thus drew near.
"Wait a minute, I didn't say you could keep leaving traces!" Ai Yin realized and quickly grabbed her shoulders.
If we stay now, it might really last until tomorrow! I have to go to school tomorrow!
"...If we leave it until tomorrow."
"if?"
Su Shi hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "I will tell you."
If she can save it until tomorrow, she will say what Aine wants to hear.
What about going to school? Ai Yin really wanted to ask her that, but even if she did, she probably wouldn't get an answer.
Why does this always happen?
They could have just opened their mouths and said it, but they insisted on dragging it out to this extent.
But if I could hear it.
"Okay." Aine let go of his hand.
You can leave traces as long as you want.
"But don't leave it where it can be easily seen."
"I know."
Because even if she saw it, she couldn't prove that it was a trace she left behind, so Su Shi also didn't want others to see it.
This is a secret known only to each other.
Chapter 145 Should Be Plain and Unpretentious
Whether you like it or not, the clock has struck 10, it's time to go to sleep.
"Soyorin, where are the bedding?" Aine asked curiously.
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"soyorin?"
Why are you silent again?
“No need,” Su Shi then said.
"What do you mean 'not needed'?" Ai Yin asked in surprise, "You mean you want me to just sleep on the sofa?"
"That was not what I meant."
That means...? Aine thought of another possibility, and her cheeks flushed.
Su Shi indeed said, "You can sleep in my bed."
"Then Soyorin went to sleep in Auntie's room?"
Su Shi sighed: "Why do we have to do such troublesome things? The bedding has to be put away and taken away, and it's also a hassle to wash. Since it's only for one night, we might as well just sleep in one bed."
Ai asked with a smile, "Is it really just laziness?"
"Or you can sleep on the sofa, I don't mind."
"I mind!"
After washing up, Ai Yin and Su Shi went into the bedroom.
I took a spare pillow from the wardrobe and placed it to one side. As for the comforter, of course I used the same one, for the same reason as before—it's too much trouble to use a new comforter; it's a hassle to put it away and wash it.
Although Ai Yin didn't believe in this, she still nodded in agreement with Su Shi.
"That's right~"
I turned off the lights and crawled into bed.
A soft, gentle fragrance lingered in the air. Ai Yin sniffed the pillow; the scent clearly wasn't coming from there.
"What are you doing?" Su Shi asked from the side.
"There's a very relaxing scent in there."
Su Shi closed her eyes and said indifferently, "It's very impolite to sniff around in someone else's house."
"Am I someone else to Soyorin?" Aine asked with a smile.
Su Shi turned around, her back to Aine: "...No. But let's go to sleep, we have school tomorrow, don't we?"
"Yes, you have something very important to say to me tomorrow."
Su Shi's ears burned, but he could only sigh.
It's childish for Aine to look forward to tomorrow because of something like this, and thinking about it makes me, who's wide awake, just as naive.
A rustling sound. The sound of fabric rubbing together was very clear.
The night stretched out in silence, and along with it, Aine's fingers reached out.
Poke it.
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