Chapter 605: Rachel's Situation
Chapter 605: Rachel's Situation
Since Diana and the others had already finished their meal, I decided to have a quick bite first while Diana went to wash up.
Only after we were alone in the room could I finally explain the situation, which was really more of a vent session.
“So that’s what happened. What do you think? Don’t I have a right to feel wronged?”
“In what way? Had it been me, I would have misunderstood in the same manner.”
“No. I get that. But I explained it properly in the middle of it all.”
“While you were half-forcing her to come along, rushing to get here?”
Of course, Diana was completely unsympathetic to my complaints.
Yeah, okay. I know I was in the wrong. I was just frustrated with the situation and needed to talk about it.
But Diana’s cool-headed response made me a little defiant.
“…Whose side are you on, anyway!”
“Hey! That’s no way to talk just because you have nothing else to say!”
I tried whining, but all it earned me was a chop on the head from Diana.
“Besides. You thought they would change their minds after hearing our side of the story? Are you under some kind of misapprehension?”
“Huh? About what?”
“Just because we haven’t said much lately doesn’t mean we’ve grown fond of you adding more women to the mix.”
“W-well, of course. I know that. You don’t have to tell me.”
“And yet you thought we would go out of our way to persuade Miss Rachel by telling her how wonderful it is to be with you?”
“No. I mean, Elder Sister Rachel already gave her permiss… Yes. I was wrong.”
“Hmph. As long as you understand. As long as you understand.”
When I apologized, Diana smiled with satisfaction. The hand that had chopped my head slowly began to stroke my hair.
“…So you’re really not going to help?”
“Hey!”
I was immediately met with another chop.
“No, but listen. Think about it. I was rushing like that because of you, you know? I’m not asking you to tell her how great it is to be with me or anything. But at least helping me soothe Elder Sister Rachel’s feelings a little…”
“Are you bragging about rushing for my sake?! That’s what you should have done! If you couldn’t even do that much, I would never have permitted you to bring in another woman! In the first place, I’m not pleased that you got so lost in conversation that you didn’t realize how late it had gotten!”
This time, it wasn’t just a single chop, but a series of them.
Diana rained down karate chops on my head, shouting in displeasure.
I hadn’t noticed because I was so worried about what to do with Elder Sister Rachel, but it seemed Diana had only been magnanimously letting it slide; she was just as unhappy with the situation.
She had tried to be the bigger person, but my persistent excuses had finally made her explode.
“In the first place! Right now is…!”
“I’m sorry! I’m really sorry!”
Before Diana could get upset too, I quickly bowed my head and apologized.
Thinking about it, it was only natural for her to be angry.
I knew how much she had been looking forward to today, yet the moment we were alone, all I could talk about was Elder Sister Rachel.
Looking back with a clear head, I was so ashamed of my own behavior I could hardly lift my face.
“This is our first time alone together in a while, and I just kept talking about another woman. I’m truly sorry. From now on, I’ll focus only on you.”
“H-Hmph. As long as you understand. As long as you understand.”
It seemed that was what she had been about to say. When I bowed my head and apologized, she said nothing more, simply repeating her earlier words and accepting my apology.
Of course, that didn’t make my actions right, so she didn’t pat my head this time.
Still, it was a great relief to me that Diana was, befitting her age… no, maturely patient.
I let out a silent sigh of relief and decided to forget about Elder Sister Rachel for now and focus on the lovely woman before me.
Sorry, but I’ll leave the task of cheering up a pouting Elder Sister Rachel to the future me.
With that resolve, I met Diana’s gaze and stared intently at her beautiful face from point-blank range.
“…So. What are you doing now?”
After I stared at her silently for a long time without even blinking, Diana, unable to bear the atmosphere any longer, was the first to speak, her face faintly blushing.
“Hm? I’m focusing on you.”
“By just staring blankly at me?”
“Yep. You’re so pretty I can’t take my eyes off you. I’m happy enough just looking at you like this.”
“A-Ahem! If you think such silly flattery will easily soothe my mood, you are sorely mistaken.”
Diana, whose mood had already lifted, gave a cute little cough and pretended otherwise.
Cute. And easy. Which is also cute.
“Silly flattery! I can’t forgive you for that, even if you are the one I love! The fact that you’re beautiful is a universal truth! It is by no means silly flattery! Apologize at once! To Diana’s beauty… Mmph!”
“I get it! I get it, so stop!”
Not content with just cheering her up, I pressed on, and Diana, unable to take it anymore, turned bright red and clamped both hands over my mouth.
She must have heard praise for her beauty countless times in her life, yet she still reacts like this. Is it because it’s me? How lovely.
“Stop?! How can you say such a thing! Diana’s beauty deserves a lifetime of praise…!”
“I told you to stop!”
Riding the momentum, I tried to push one more time, but I finally stopped after Diana smacked me on the head.
Yeah. Even as I was saying it, I thought to myself that I should have quit while I was ahead.
If Diana hadn’t stopped me, it would have gotten awkward.
In any case, this is another way we’re so compatible.
“Besides. For you, of all people, to say you’re happy just by looking at me… do you truly think such a ridiculous lie would work on me?”
Once I fell silent, Diana finally composed her blushing face and spoke as if to say, ‘nice try.’
However, judging by her words, she was completely mistaken.
Hey. Did you just say, “you, of all people”? What in the world does she think of me?
“Huh? No. I wasn’t joking, I was serious.”
“Hmph. It won’t work on me.”
“What? She doesn’t believe me. Hey. I’m serious.”
“Then can you prove it?”
“Prove it? How?”
“Spend the entire night just looking at my face. How about it? Does that sound like happiness to you?”
Correction. Diana wasn’t mistaken.
She was just casting a line, waiting for me to bite the bait.
What a schemer!
“O-Of course! You think it wouldn’t be happy?”
Faced with Diana’s advanced fishing technique, and with the words I’d already spoken, I had no choice but to answer that way.
The moment I did, Diana broke into a deep smile and lunged at me. She pushed me with both hands, trying to lay me down on the bed.
Of course, a push from Diana wasn't enough to move me, but I let her guide me back onto the bed anyway. She climbed on top of me and lay down flat against me.
“Then let us stay like this for the night!”
Pressing her entire body against mine and looking down at me, Diana looked like a little devil in that moment.
This is cruel. So cruel.
“S-S-Shall we?”
Unable to control my naturally trembling voice, I had no choice but to agree to her proposal.
“Mm! To spend the night just gazing at each other. How romantic.”
“S-Spend the night?”
“Hm? Are you planning to sleep when you’re this happy?!”
“N-No! Of course not! How could I?! There’s no way I could sleep, my heart is pounding too much! Can’t you hear my heartbeat?!”
My heart was, of course, pounding from the anxiety that I might not get any action tonight, but I desperately used that heartbeat to retort to Diana.
“Mm! I knew it! It is the same for me!”
As she said that, Diana pressed her left breast firmly against my chest, as if to let me feel her own heartbeat.
“How is it? Can you feel it?”
Dammit! Yes! I can feel your breast perfectly!
It was the same breast I usually teased her about by comparing it to the others, but at times like this, its needlessly soft texture was all too apparent.
Especially in a situation like this, with her chest facing down.
Wait a minute. I can feel the pull of gravity on her chest, can’t I? Don’t tell me… she didn’t put on any underwear after washing up?!
Ugh! Dammit! Dammit! I want to touch them!
I naturally felt my Dick begin to swell.
My thing, swelling as if to pierce through my pants, must have been clearly felt against Diana’s thigh, but she didn’t react.
No. In fact, she smiled even more deeply and pressed her chest against me harder.
Seeing that smile, I realized one thing.
H-Huh? Wait a second. It’s nighttime… and I’m losing?!
It can’t be! The night is my time… Ugh! Dammit! To win at night, I have to engage in the act itself, but the act has been completely blocked at the source!
Don’t tell me this girl spent the last few days researching how to beat me at night?
And the reason she seemed to be looking forward to today wasn’t because it had been a while, but because she wanted to test her method of beating me?
Wait. Then when did I get hooked? Was she even pretending to be angry when she heard about Elder Sister Rachel?!
Dammit! What a schemer!
This can’t go on. This can’t… Ugh! Hey! Wait! Stop subtly rubbing your thigh against me!
You know my thing is standing at attention between your thighs!
You’re doing this on purpose! You’re doing this on purpose right now, aren’t you!
“Hmm. But I suppose it’s true. No matter how happy one is, it’s only natural to get sleepy if one just stays still.”
To stimulate me this much and then declare no sex for the night.
Perhaps even Diana felt a little sorry for going that far. She murmured as much while looking down at my face.
Of course, this could also be bait. No, honestly, I think that’s the only possibility, but I had no choice but to take it.
“Y-Yeah! I guess that could happen!”
“Then how about this? We can go as far as kissing.”
And just as I expected, it was bait.
Just kissing. If it were a light kiss to affirm our affection, that would be one thing, but we’re supposed to be like this all night.
It would definitely lead to deep kissing. That would only make things more unbearable.
I have to stop it. I have to stop that, at least. It’s better to just look at her face.
“That’s just what you want to do! Why don’t you just say it? That you want to kiss me.”
“W-Well. You saw through me. It cannot be helped. Looking at my dear husband’s face just made me want to kiss him.”
I’d said it expecting her to get embarrassed and deny it, but instead, she blushed and admitted it.
Hey. That’s not how this is supposed to go! No. It’s cute. It’s cute, but that’s not it!
“What about sex?! Don’t you want to have sex, too?!”
Finally realizing that beating Diana with words was impossible, I had no choice but to be blunt.
“Hmm. But I must confirm if what you said earlier was sincere.”
“Really? Are you really okay with that?! It’s been a super long time for us, hasn’t it? Once tonight is over, who knows when we’ll get to sleep together again? We have to go to the dungeon, too.”
“It is a little disappointing, but I am fine. Ours is a platonic relationship, is it not?”
Platonic my ass! Did you forget you had sex with me before we even started dating, no, almost as soon as we met?!
No. Of course, I’m not saying our relationship is only about physical love.
I truly love you from the bottom of my heart.
But still. This isn’t right.
It would be one thing if you got off me and we just held hands and slept.
“I have lost. Please let me have sex with you.”
In the end, for the first time, I had no choice but to declare my surrender to Diana at night.
“Are you saying you lost to me? But it is nighttime, is it not?”
“Yes. I lost.”
“Yesssssss!”
After confirming my surrender a second time, as soon as I nodded, Diana clenched both fists and shot them high into the air.
She stood there, body trembling, savoring the sweet taste of victory.
“…You’re that happy?”
“I am!”
Ah, yeah. Okay.
Seeing her so happy made me think I should have just let her win sooner.
No. But it’s just too cute when she struggles so hard to win.
And she’s cute when she’s frustrated after losing, too.
“So. I can have sex now, right?”
“Heehee. You want to that badly?”
“Of course.”
“You have no patience. Haven’t you been getting plenty lately? Just yesterday…”
“What good is that? I didn’t do it with you. I want to do it with you.”
“…Hah! I-Is that so…”
Diana had been teasing me with the leisurely smile of a victor, but when I answered with a serious face, she blushed, perhaps a little embarrassed, and her words trailed off.
She’s always weak to a direct approach.
“So, can I?”
I said, trying to undress her, but my hands were blocked by Diana once again.
“W-Well. It can’t be helped… W-Wait! Wait a moment!”
“Huh? What is it now?”
“W-Well… promise me you won’t do anything weird as revenge!”
So she’s aware she has no chance of winning in the actual act.
Diana, getting scared now after having already won, was adorable.