Please Date Me!
Even just spending time together before going to sleep was incredibly enjoyable. I lost track of time as we kept talking. I was no longer afraid of her as if she were a stranger. Of course, her cold aura was still intimidating and frightening. But one thing remained clear in my mind—she was not a bad person. In fact, she was a good one.
I glanced at the clock on the wall. It was already 1 a.m.
“Oh no, what should I do…” Reina suddenly muttered to herself with a troubled expression.
Worried, I tilted my head and asked, “Huh? What’s wrong?”
“Um… well… Yujin… can I lie down next to you?”
She seemed worried I might be scared. The real problem was that sleeping beside her was making me nervous.
“Eek! You mean we’re really sleeping together?”
“Yeah. Ah! D-don’t get the wrong idea! We’re just going to sleep! Just… sleep…”
With a tense look, she gazed at me pleadingly, as if begging to be allowed beside me. I worried she might pounce on me again like before. Not that I was scared of that. It just felt… improper. Still, I shifted over to make space for her.
For the record, the bed was big enough for two, but being a single size, it would be a tight fit. Once I made room, she carefully climbed onto the bed and lay down next to me. Every movement caused the fabric of her kimono to rustle softly. The moment her head touched the pillow, she let out a sigh of relief and turned toward me, pulling me straight into her arms.
“Being like this with Yujin feels amazing! Hehe!”
“Mmph! Hah! W-what are you doing, suddenly hugging me like that!”
She ignored my protest and kept wrapping her hands around my head, pulling me closer. My face was buried in her chest for what felt like the hundredth time, and I went completely blank. Even through the fabric, the soft, plush sensation of her breasts tickled my nose and mouth, making me dizzy. A sweet scent wafted from her—definitely not perfume.
“Hehe~ Your face is all red, Yujin. Are you embarrassed being in my arms? How cute!”
“Stop it… I’m already dying of embarrassment… Anyway… do we really have to sleep like this?”
“Yep! We have to sleep hugging like this!”
“Tch…”
“You can click your tongue all you want~ We already made a promise! Hehe! I’m not letting go! Take this!”
She pulled me even tighter against her chest. The sweet scent grew stronger, and for a moment her breasts completely blocked my nose and mouth. On top of that, she kept whispering right into my ear.
“Eek! Why do you keep whispering in my ear like that!”
“Hehe! Why else? Because I like you so much!”
“Ugh… You’re too much…”
She wore a happy expression as she hugged me, but then her face turned worried again, as if she had misunderstood something.
“Do you… not like it? Me doing this?”
“Huh? N-no… It’s not that… It’s just… my ears feel ticklish, and you smell so good… I feel like my head’s going blank… Aaaah! I don’t know!”
Deciding to just go with it, I buried my face into her chest myself. Seeing that, Reina let out a relieved sigh and hugged me again with a happy smile. She even pulled my face out for a moment only to nuzzle and rub her cheek against mine.
“W-what are you doing! Stop that!”
“If you don’t hate it~ then I’m not listening to you! Take this! And this!”
My face burned hot. I had no idea how to process any of this. The thought of having to do this every night made me a little anxious.
“Reina… I’m already living here anyway… Couldn’t you just give me my own room instead?”
“Nope~ Not happening! If we do that, we wouldn’t be sleeping together! We already promised, remember? We said we’d stay together except when going to the bathroom!”
“……”
She was right, so I couldn’t argue. But she was clinging so tightly that my body temperature was rising fast. The blanket was a thick winter one, and with her pressed against me like this, her body heat was transferring straight to me.
“Reina! It’s hot! Let’s sleep a little farther apart, okay!?”
“(Tilt) Hot? Then I’ll just take it off.”
With that, she untied the sash of her kimono and slipped it off in one motion. In an instant, Reina was completely naked.
“Eeeek! W-what are you doing! Why are you taking your clothes off!”
“What do you mean~? You said you were hot, so I had no choice but to take it off!”
“T-that doesn’t mean it has to turn out like this! And you’re not even wearing underwear!”
“What are you talking about~? Kimonos are traditionally worn with nothing underneath!”
Huh? Was that true? For a second, I actually wondered. I had seen scenes like that in manga and anime plenty of times. But even if it was correct, she had just broken our promise.
“Y-you said we’d sleep with clothes on! We promised!”
“You said you were hot first~ So that promise is void! Come on, let’s sleep! Take this!”
“Mmph!”
Her ample breasts smothered my face again. This time, her bare skin touched my nose and mouth. The sweet scent still filled my senses, but now there was also a faint trace of sweat. It was barely noticeable, yet realizing it was Reina’s natural scent made indecent thoughts keep popping into my head. My heart was pounding so fast I thought I might faint.
“Haa… haa… Yujin’s breath is touching my boobs♥”
“Mmph! Hah! W-what are you saying! And stop whispering in my ear! It’s ticklish! Mmph!”
She hugged me even more aggressively and silenced me with a kiss, complaining that I was being noisy. When her tongue slipped into my mouth, I tried to resist, but she skillfully overpowered me, wrapping around my tongue and pulling me deeper. My heart raced even harder, and with every movement of her tongue, my mind went blanker. When our lips finally parted, a thin strand of saliva stretched between us before snapping.
Her breathing was rough, but she didn’t go any further. She simply held me close and smiled happily.
‘She likes me this much… loves me this much… and all I keep doing is trying to run away…’
The strange feeling in my chest right now was affection for her. Honestly, it wasn’t love yet. No matter how I counted it, we had only known each other for about twelve hours. Still, there was something I absolutely had to say. Maybe… I already didn’t want to let her go either.
“Um, Reina.”
“Yeah?”
Once my breathing had calmed a little, I spoke carefully to her while she still held me.
“Instead of just being… acquaintances who know each other… p-please date me!”
“!?”
At my words, Reina’s face flushed bright red. She pulled her face out of my chest and looked at me in surprise.
“R-really? You mean it, Yujin?”
“Yeah… No matter how I think about it… I took your first time… O-of course, you were the one who pounced on me! But still! I ended up taking something precious from you. S-so… it might be sudden, but please go out with me! I don’t know if it’s love yet, but… I-I like you too!”
It wasn’t just because we had slept together. We had simply given each other our firsts, and I felt that this much responsibility was necessary. My face burned at the thought that I was basically confessing. But Reina thanked me in a happy voice and pulled me back into her arms.
“I’m so happy! Thank you, Yujin! Thank you for liking me!”
“Mmph! Hah! I told you not to suddenly hug me like that! Mmph!?”
“Hehe! No way! After getting a confession from Yujin, I have to do at least this much! Besides, we’re a couple now! So I have to do even more! Take this!”
This time it wasn’t just a hug—she was practically crushing my face into her chest. Without the kimono, it felt even softer, and I could feel the bare warmth of her skin directly. I begged her to put the kimono back on, but she immediately refused and teased me instead.
We stayed like that, listening to each other’s heartbeats, when a sudden thought occurred to me.
‘Wait a second… Then what am I supposed to do tomorrow? She said we have to stay together all the time, right?’
Her job was being a yakuza. Not just any yakuza—she was the boss of a special organization mixed with the mafia. Just those three facts alone made it clear she didn’t do ordinary work.
“U-um… Reina…”
“Nope~ We’re staying like this!”
“No, that’s not what I meant… I have to stay glued to you no matter what, right?”
“Of course! You’re my boyfriend now! And you’re going to be my husband someday! So you have to stay right next to me! Don’t ever leave my side! I’ll dote on you all day long!”
That confession-like statement made my face heat up again. But now wasn’t the time for that.
“T-then… what about when you’re working? Am I just supposed to sit next to you?”
She probably hadn’t thought that far ahead. I expected her to look troubled, but Reina, being the eccentric person she was, answered without hesitation.
“Yep yep! You have to sit right next to me! Hehe, if you want to act spoiled~ you can even sit on my lap~”
“!?”
“If Yujin’s next to me, I’m invincible! My concentration will probably improve too~”
I couldn’t understand the logic behind that at all, but one thing was certain—I absolutely did not want to sit on her lap.
“Why not! Whyyy!”
“W-what kind of question is that!? Your subordinates— I mean, your colleagues! They’ll all see it!”
“Don’t worry! They can’t say anything to me! They get terrified just from one look from me!”
“That’s not what I’m worried about right now!”
Just imagining it gave me chills. A twenty-year-old who had just become an adult sitting on the lap of a woman four years older while all her underlings watched? I had to prevent that at all costs. Maybe I should just join the organization instead? She had mentioned something about syndicate life when we first met.
“C-could I join your organization too… and become a yakuza… or one of your subordinates? Wouldn’t that be better…?”
“Absolutely not.”
“Huh? Reina? But earlier you were talking about syndicate life and all that…”
Her sudden cold and firm tone made me tense up. Reina hugged me tightly and continued.
“That’s about staying by my side. It has nothing to do with becoming a yakuza or a subordinate.”
“B-but…”
“Organization work is dangerous. And complicated. I don’t ever want to make someone as timid and innocent as you do it.”
She explained in a flustered tone that she wasn’t angry, just worried. Feeling like I had said something wrong, I didn’t bring it up again. When I buried my face back into her chest, she changed the mood by complaining that I was scolding her for hugging too tightly.
“No! I’m sleeping like this! I like Yujin so much! I love you!”
Reina was impressive for saying such embarrassing things so casually. I carefully told her I liked her too, and with that, I closed my eyes in her embrace and fell asleep.