47. As a Special Favor, I Shall Assist You!
47. As a Special Favor, I Shall Assist You!
He did not tell lies.
He always approached with honesty.
He was passionate and devoted to one person.
The woman who was loved gave her all to return that love.
Loving
and being loved
respecting
and honoring
a virtuous cycle where each supported the other
When one fell and collapsed, the other helped, supported, and encouraged them so they could move forward together
And yet a woman who did not merely receive, but was always aware that the man who protected her could waver, and in turn supported him
Mutual Love
The ideal paradise she had always yearned for
"Please—have sex with me!"
She too wanted to be loved like that.
Yuno had unknowingly cried that out.
...
..
.
...or so it went
'Isn't that just getting NTR'd?'
Was it a high-level case of gaslighting?
She had intensely linked herself to Mars in her brain and run the delusions, and the result was that she thought I, who was thorough when it counted, was better than the Protagonist who ran around cheating everywhere—so she said...
"By any chance... do you dislike it...?"
"It's not that I dislike it"
But I did dislike it quite a bit
If someone suddenly asked what the hell kind of bullshit that was, it was rather that the meaning of 'dislike' was strictly different
"First off, thank you. For looking favorably upon me and Mars"
In a way, Mars and I were the typical example of an idiot couple.
Should I say we acted like total asses toward each other? When you fall deeply for each other, you stop seeing what's around you clearly.
I didn't think it would get this intense at first either, but once I got bewitched, everything she did looked pretty, looked cute, though I couldn't exactly swear I could love every single wrinkle of her anus!
Sorry!
But that's just impossible!
....Anyway, if Yuno had found an ideal in my and Mars's relationship and came to admire it, that might be proof that she felt a deep affection for the bond between me and Mars.
So I was grateful
Because first off, it meant she looked upon it 'favorably'
"But don't you get the wrong idea?"
"Eh...?"
...However, the 'dislike' that followed was precisely the feeling of 'aversion' arising from that 'favorability.'
Why did my words come out so rough?
Well, they had to be
"What does me loving Mars have to do with you and me fucking?"
"...Chrono...?"
At the look that seemed to ask why I was suddenly angry, I conversely wanted to ask Yuno.
"Did I look like a beast who'd say 'if you just give me your body, great, I'll tap that'?"
"! I... I'm sorry. That, I didn't mean it that way—"
"—No, alright. You could see it that way."
But if you did see me in that shitty way, you'll have to pay the price accordingly, right?
I took a step toward Yuno and spoke.
"You want to get fucked? Fine. I'll fuck you all day long. Even if you struggle saying no, run away, scream to save you, I'll pound you for 24 hours straight——let's fucking go at it, you bitch"
".............."
Silence
A pale, drained expression
At the sight of someone who seemed unable to keep up with the situation that had suddenly flipped
"Hey."
"....What are you doing"
Mars slipped up behind me and embraced me.
"Wanna touch my boobs?"
"....Yeah"
My anger gently melted away
Men really are simple after all
Mars soon grinned and sat me down on the bed.
I thought we'd have to face each other to touch, but Mars sat on my lap and leaned her back against my chest.
'...A woman who's learned!'
I slipped both arms under Mars's armpits and squeezed her tight in a hug.
"How is it. Feel a bit better?"
"....Considerably"
The dense, squishy, warm sensation in my hands, the touch that gently tickled the center of my palms, calmed a man down beyond imagination.
I buried my face in the nape of Mars's neck and breathed in lightly.
'Nice'
I calmed down.
And I might have been a bit fucked up in many ways.
I slowly shifted my gaze forward.
"............"
Yuno, her lips pressed tight, looking back and forth between me and Mars
That look was envy and a bit of jealousy—hey, don't cross the line, you bastard
Just as I was dumbfounded and about to call Yuno out—
"What are you glaring like that for? Don't you have a lover?"
"....Ter... doesn't hug me like that"
"Bullshit."
"...Mars"
"You haven't even gone to him first and asked to be hugged"
"That's....!"
Yuno clenched her fists slightly and trembled at Mars's words
As if Yuno's appearance was rather absurd, Mars leaned her body back and pressed her lips to my cheek.
"If you want something, you have to seize it. Do you go to someone else and ask them to do it for you? And to your friend's lover at that?"
"....Mars, you said it was okay too."
"If you only wanted a physical relationship, I was going to OK it. This bastard's stamina is too much for me alone to handle."
"Then why...!"
One step, Yuno stepped forward
She said it was okay. She gave permission.
So why was she trying to stop her? Just as she was about to get angry in turn
"You didn't say it because you wanted to fuck this bastard"
"............."
A single phrase
"If you want to fight over love, go find your own lover. Don't mess with my love for no reason."
"....Eut... geu-eut...... Uuuuu...!"
Yuno was sunk with a single phrase
Ultimately, the price of one step forward was several steps back
She retreated backwards and eventually leaned her body against the wall.
"....It can't be helped."
"What can't be helped"
"Ter... keeps, ignoring me"
"Don't you think it's because you did things to get ignored?"
"...Ter confessed first!"
"Does that make it a valid reason for you to become a charmless bitch?"
"Eut.... eu-eut....!!"
At every word, Yuno kept stumbling backward.
But she couldn't run away. She was already against the wall.
What she could do in the end was endless self-reflection, understanding of herself, a weakened heart that had thrown a tantrum
"....He cheated, I tell you. Ter cheated on me first!"
At the true feelings that finally came out in the end
Mars spoke.
"So what, you dumb fuck."
".....Mars...?"
As if asking what kind of problem that was
"If he's really a bastard you like, instead of whining about him cheating, you should throw your body at him or whatever and win him back."
"......Geu-eut...!"
"What? He won't love you back? Real bullshit... You've received everything there is to receive, but did you never think about giving love back in return?"
"...I am, continuously loving him"
"Then fuck, maybe your pussy wasn't enough! If the bastard says he's going to another bitch because you're boring, do you blame the man? The problem is you being boring!"
"But... don't....!"
'....Whoa'
A verbal slugfest going back and forth
To be honest, Mars was just a goddamn uber macho.
Her pronunciation and expressions were a bit crude, but there could be no more accurate expression than this
"Blaming others like crazy for your own lack of charm. Annoying as hell"
"...But, but Mars, you're a Second too!"
'Crazy'
Even at Yuno's counterattack spat out in spite
"Yeah. So what."
"........Huh?"
Mars readily admitted it.
No, beyond admitting...
"So, were you loved?"
"............."
Mars provoked in turn
She overlapped her own hand on top of my hand resting on her chest and smiled.
"....You say when you seduced him with your body"
"Because to be frank, my body's the only merit I've got."
"Th...this fox! A vixen who bewitches men!"
"Yes~ To a bitch, isn't that actually a compliment?"
"Th....this.....!!"
Yuno, consumed and stained by spite
Ultimately, she screamed.
"You──whore who sells her body!"
"............."
"......Ah!"
She flinched, startled.
She was startled herself by the words she had let out.
It was too harsh.
An expression of momentary panic, not knowing what to do
Mars simply listened to Yuno's words and quietly closed her eyes.
"A whore, huh. In your eyes, did this look like that?"
"Th, that... that's not what I meant.... so, so....!"
Even as she tried to make amends somehow, words already spoken couldn't be picked back up
So Ultimately, Yuno hung her head low.
"That's the definition of a whore, right? A woman who gets paid by a man and gives up her pussy."
"I'm sorry. That, that came out in a moment of anger, I absolutely don't think that way...."
Yuno was flustered
To this, Mars spoke.
"─Aren't you the whore?"
".....Hwe?"
Her two eyes widened greatly
Mars continued.
"Two people loving each other unconditionally and immediately fucking"
She pointed at herself
"And whining 'love me' in exchange for giving your body"
She pointed at Yuno.
"Which one is closer to being a whore?"
"........Mars..."
A reversal
Mars spoke.
"To be frank, when you love each other, you want to do it constantly, regardless of time or place. So much that I want to beg for it right now. Even when I was at the Academy, I often recalled this bastard's cock taste and my pussy would whine—what do you mean 'let's fuck because I want love.' You just do it because you want to."
But Yuno
You listen to what you're saying right now, huh?
"You don't even love him, yet you whine because you want to be loved. You look no different from a 'whore' who offers her body and tells him to 'hand over' 'love'."
"................"
Each one was a viciously strong wording
Looking at Yuno, who had finally collapsed against the wall rather than just leaning, Mars spoke.
"If you had said it because you wanted 'sex', I wouldn't have said much even if you did it with Chrono"
Well, I don't know if the person himself said no, but he wouldn't refuse a girl giving herself to him saying he disliked it, right?
'Just what kind of bastard is the me inside you anyway'
While I suddenly wondered about the existence of 'me' inside Mars, Mars spoke toward Yuno.
"But don't think about forcefully giving your body to my lover and trying to get a taste of love. At best, what Chrono can give you is an orgasm or so, but he won't give you even a single gram of the love you desire."
"....How, can you be so sure?"
"Did you forget the way this bastard looked at me earlier?"
"Eu, woah?!"
Mars suddenly pulled me into an embrace and declared boldly toward Yuno.
"Eyes soaked in lust and the gaze looking at a bitch you truly love are fundamentally different in depth, you little shit."
"....I see"
Yuno nodded calmly.
She nodded and rose from her spot
"Please help me"
".....Huh?"
Yuno, made a request of Mars.
"I am... I also, want to be loved like Mars. I want to love too. But.... I don't really know how."
"I don't really know that either?"
"Uh-uh, no. Mars, you're a genius of the emotional type and instinctive type, so even if your head doesn't know, your body does!"
"Uh...uh? Is that so?"
"Yeah! Mars is a much more amazing genius than me!"
"Heu, heu-hat! If you put it that way, it can't be helped then"
Mars rose from her spot and declared boldly.
"Specially, This Body Here Will Help You!"
"Waaaa! Mars is the best!"
"....Really"
Was I the only one who couldn't keep up with the situation?
Let's say it was over now, I just wanted to brush off the fur stuck to the corner of Mars's mouth first.
That was subtly bothering me