Tsuki Tsuki Vol 9 Epilogue

Epilogue

A slightly chilly morning. For some reason my bed was really warm today and a sweet fragrance was tickling my nasal cavity, moreover there was a soft sensation on both sides of my body.

Mhm~ Judging from the warmth at my sides, it seems that it were two people.

Thinking so with my slightly vague mind, I opened my eyebrows, whereupon

I met Hijiri’s eyes to my surprise.

“Fufu, good morning, Shinobu-sama.”

“…Shinobu-sama, why do you only give that reaction to me? That is really rude. It hurt me a bit. Please kiss me as an apology.”

Actually, wasn’t this situation strange?

Hijiri’s elastic and voluminous breasts. Kaorun’s flexible and beautiful breasts. I thoroughly felt the softness of their breasts and when I asked about the circumstances while agitated, Hijiri replied peacefully.

“Please rest amidst our warmth, Shinobu-sama.”

My cheeks were certainly hot. But taking turns with Luna to wake me up, huh. One of my questions was cleared, but while straightening up my upper body, I faced Hijiri and spoke out my other question.

“That’s, ehm… Your sleeping face was so cute.”

“It just made you unintentionally feel naughty, like myself, right?”

“…Incidentally, Shinobu-sama, Hijiri-chan might be saying so, but until moments ago she was drooling spellbound while saying ‘Shinobu-kun’s sleeping face is so cute. I want to pet his head too’.”

Hijiri turned bright red at once. That behaviour was quite cute. While smiling faintly, I tried to get off the bed right away, but before that, Kaorun grabbed the sleeve of my clothes and raised a voice to stop me.

“…Lover?”

I didn’t quite get it, but ever since the day I promised to support Hijiri, Kaorun frequently spoke out the word “Lover” and upon hearing that, Hijiri always blushed for some reason.

“Just for the record, I don’t have the finances to sustain a lover, you know?”

Flushing her cheeks for some reason, Hijiri interjected at once. In regards, Kaorun giggled roguish and cracked an usual joke.

“Hey, that’s rude. Who are you calling a pimp. Either way, if I became a useless guy like that, you‘ll surely stop me, right?”

“Hey! Get a grip!”

“…I might rely on you too for money.”

“Well, calm down, Kaorun. my half-heartedness aside, there won’t be a problem as long you work properly, right?”

When we joked around like that, Hijiri giggling leaked a voice and looked at us softly… with a smile like a blooming flower.

“…I can’t leave you alone after all. I’ll properly keep my promise. But well, you know… It’s about time I get changed, so could you two leave the room?”

—It was a little bit different morning from usual. My eyes fell on two precious existences. People I didn’t want to let go. Hijiri and Kaorun, who smiled radiant and beautiful while the morning sun showered them.
I deeply desired to become even stronger than now, so that I could protect them forever and would never have to let go off them. Becoming strong enough to support them, that was my deep desire…

Lunch break at school. While the chit-chat of my classmates reached my ears, I saw Minami approaching me with her lunch box in her hand.

However, today Hijiri too surprisingly was following after Minami in my direction.

“Huh? Gogyou-san, you have time for lunch today?”

“Actually… I decided not to run in the election.”

“Probably because I collapsed at school, the president and the others were kind of relieved when I told them my withdrawal. They said I shouldn’t worry about it. But I still feel bad, so I plan to help out as much as I can. So I might be busy for a while, but at least we can eat lunch together.”

Machina interjected doubtful, whereupon Hijiri shook her head a bit and replied.

While faintly flushing her cheeks, Hijiri looked at me.

The moment Hijiri said so clearly, Minami showed an envious expression with “Somehow you two got even closer than before…” and Machina rested a hand on my shoulder with “Aren’t you glad you can be with Hijiri”, whereas Asada cried purposefully with “I’m happy too”.

While I was a bit surprised, Asada placed his hand on my other shoulder by mimicking Machina and changed his tone into a weird one for some reason.

“Hey, why are you sounding like an old man? And your efforts… Just what did you do?”

Stopping with his weird tone, Asada threw out his chest with pride.

“…How dare you?”

“Hahaha, you’re such a hilarious guy… See me behind the school building later.”

Asada wriggled his body disgustingly.

“Asada… Thank you.”

“You withdraw from the student council election, right Gogyou-san?”

“No, no, there’s no need for you to apologize.”

“But with Gogyou-san withdrawal, there are now just candidates with only diligence as their redeeming features, though we have to wait for the official announcement. I’m not one to say, but I’m not impressed. They’re all not suited for the president position.”

“Hey Nanjou, why don’t you run for the position? If you show them your forte, the cross-dressing, all the girl’s votes should be yours.”

When I glared at him lightly, Asada mumbled “It would be fun with you as the president though…” disappointed, then he suddenly looked at Machina and said abrupt with a serious expression.

“Eh? Me?”

“Orangelo-san is popular with the students, a beauty, a Queen and has charisma…Wouldn’t it work?”

“Mh? That’s not true. I think you can pull it off.”

Just like Asada said, Machina was popular with the students. And she was surprisingly attentive. I believed she would look good on the stage as the student president and when I pictured it inside my head,

“I agree with Gogyou-san. You’re kind, Orangelo-san. So you really will be a good president.”

Upon that, our classmates curiously approached us, as they overheard us,

and all rooted for Machina with such warm words.

“…I’ll think about it.”
Machina quietly replied so somewhat sadly…

After school on the same day. I arrived on our home road together with Machina as always, but apparently she was thinking about something. While walking, she pressed her index finger against her cheek and frowned faintly.

“Could it be, you’re pondering about running in the election?”

“What, you’re not confident? If you plan to run for it, I’ll help you with all my might. I’ll make a cool campaign speech for you.”

“Leave it to me. I have an idea. It seems that Elni can play the guitar and Luna the piano, so I’ll take them to school and let them play at the campaign speech while I rock the house with my voice. And if you sing during your own speech too, it’ll be perfect.”

…She didn’t give her usual tricked&retort combo today.

“Well, you can leave the campaign speech to Hijiri. I’ll work backstage. Let’s ask Asada for help too. He has a surprising amount of connections. I’m sure he’ll be helpful. And if we even add the class rep Katagiri-san and Minami, we’re all set. If everything goes well, you might get elected.”

Suddenly stopping her feet, Machina faintly clouded her expression.

Lightly biting onto her lips, Machina timidly looked into my eyes after a short hesitation.

Chapter end