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“Hoshino just said… he wanted to try dating me, to have a normal relationship, right?” Taking a slight step back, Saeki Miria raised her head again, maintaining a certain distance, yet much closer than before.

“If I could,” she said.

She still mustered up the courage to throw a tantrum and complain, then pretended the refusal had never happened and brought the topic back to the request that Utsunomiya Hoshino had made earlier.

She had to say that she agreed.

Don't reject me.

Let me have this relationship.

If it's not normal, then it's not normal.

If I'm the only normal person left, then let the last normal person disappear right now.

"Oh, of course, you can."

Hoshino Utsunomiya reached out and took Saeki Miria's small hand.

Of course she can.

The girl who liked him early on, the girl who rejected his confession because she liked him, the girl who shared a lot about her life with him, and the girl whose ideas and thoughts were somewhat similar to his.

If even Saeki Miria isn't allowed—

She can.

"Starting now?"

"Okay, let's start now."

Hands clasped, fingers intertwined.

Hoshino Utsunomiya took a step back and bowed slightly.

"Then, Miss Milia, please teach me what 'normal love' is."

"I will be in this relationship."

I've fallen for you.

As promised and as I wished, I've fallen in love with you.

Chapter 186 Normal Romance

Hoshino Utsunomiya didn't know what a normal romantic relationship was like.

But Saeki Miria already knew the answer.

First, hold hands.

Hold my hand! Grab my hand, hold it carefully and nervously, like you align your index finger to your little finger, and then use your thumb to hold it. Maybe it's not exactly a hold, but it's a gesture of holding the middle of the other person's four fingers.

Hold hands!

That's exactly the feeling of restraint I'm looking for, that's the sense of distance I'm aiming for, that feeling that if I exert a little force it will be very obvious, but if I loosen my grip even a little it will fall apart.

Now that we've held hands, we should walk slowly.

Wandering aimlessly, going wherever I wanted.

The key is not in walking, but in controlling the degree of the handshake.

I want to hold your hand, and you want to hold mine, while both of us need to show that we are not too possessive, but we still need to be able to feel that subtle possessiveness.

If you want to hold hands, why not sit down and hold hands to your heart's content?

I don't want to hold hands!

So, as I said, you need to move around, and walk slowly. How far or how long you walk isn't the issue, but you need to distract yourself by changing the environment and shifting your steps. Only in this way can you better pay attention to the changes in the feeling in your hands.

Because he was in prison, things had to be done simply, and the mansion was only so big, and the island was only so big.

It's not small, but it's not very big either.

Originally, Saeki Miria wanted a relationship that would progress for at least a month, gradually reducing the distance between them and deepening their bond.

But after thinking about it, it's really unrealistic to take things slowly and drag it out.

After holding hands, she couldn't help but feel a little eager.

Therefore, the leisurely dating process has been greatly shortened.

Today, we'll hold hands and take a walk, stroll around the mansion, and then part ways, leaving a little distance, a little private space, and a little anticipation for tomorrow.

You can exchange messages from time to time to rekindle the feeling of holding hands.

Say goodnight to each other before going to bed.

On the second day, their hands turned into a tight clasp.

Clench your fists, interlock your fingers, palms touching, let a little sweat dampen your palms, want to clench tightly, yet feel a slight loosening, only to be gently gripped and held tighter by the other person.

Because of sweat, the hands that are holding each other will unconsciously slip away a little, so this action of tightening the grip again will be repeated repeatedly.

Even though all they needed to do was completely let go and wipe their palms before they could hold hands again, they kept repeating this cycle because neither of them wanted to let go of the other's hand.

To complement such a deep hand-holding is a stroll along the lake.

Occasionally, when a tree branch blocks the way, the other person notices it with concern and pulls it towards you forcefully. Then, unexpectedly, you are protected and pulled close to each other, only to shyly separate again.

This youthful and shy sense of distance in the early stages is a necessary part of a 'normal relationship'.

Holding hands, hugging, and kissing in just one day is really too abnormal!

Saeki Miria is a staunch advocate of cultivating relationships.

Although she didn't actually need to cultivate feelings, she only needed to spend time confirming and settling her feelings little by little, projecting her original, unexpressed feelings for 'him' back onto him as a person.

But Saeki Miria remained steadfast in cultivating the sentimental type.

We need to find a way to cultivate Hoshino's feelings for us.

He's going to fall in love with me.

I have to try my best to help him so that he can like me.

Even though Hoshino Utsunomiya seemed to have fallen for her easily long ago.

Correct.

The process is as described: Saeki Miria believes in a normal, gradual romance, and Utsunomiya Hoshino will cooperate and try to get involved.

But to be honest, whether or not he fell in love with Milia...

He could have fallen for Milia a long time ago.

The revelation of his identity not only clarified Saeki Millia's existing feelings for him, but also revealed the budding feelings that Saeki Millia might have had for him.

It's just the beginning.

After all, in her memory, during the time when she had contact with Saeki Miria, Hoshino Utsunomiya felt that her feelings were quite simple and direct.

Once I've decided it's her, then it must be her.

They maintain distance from everyone else and have no romantic feelings for each other.

As for Saeki Miria, he simply couldn't stand her and couldn't let her go; he respected her, but he didn't have any particular feelings of liking her.

However, the absence of emotion does not mean that the experience was useless.

We've talked a lot and learned a lot, and I can glimpse the youthful spirit in the messages the girl sends.

Hoshino Utsunomiya felt that she was capable of falling in love with him.

Even if mere memories don't evoke any extra emotions, the positive feelings that come from understanding them are undeniable.

More importantly, Milia confessed her feelings.

Still twice.

One time was when she didn't know that the person she liked was him. She recounted her helpless past all the way to the moment she met him.

The story told from a young girl's perspective has a kind of destined romance.

This made Hoshino Utsunomiya actually want to retell the story of his chance encounter with her from his own perspective at the time.

Although she didn't repeat it in the end, the scene of the girl recounting her past feelings was still quite striking.

Especially when she rejected him, she made a firm and resolute 'confession' that she had someone she liked and liked that person, so she couldn't date him.

That scene, how should I put it...

Great.

That's really great.

It's not that realizing that Milia actually likes him is great, nor is it that realizing that Milia is actually rejecting the person he likes is great, nor is it that thinking about Milia's reaction when he reveals his identity is great.

Hoshino Utsunomiya was simply happy because of the girl's confession.

joy.

Sincere feelings, definite feelings buried deep in my heart, passionate feelings.

The longing that filled those eyes.

He will like it.

The other time, of course, was after her identity was verified, when she whispered her love into my ear while we embraced.

She kept her promise and recognized him when they met again.

I chose to confess my feelings.

Complaints, grumbles, and coquettish words; adorable shirking of responsibility; but finally, unable to bear it any longer, she rushes over for a hug and confesses her love.

The girl hugged him very tightly.

It was so tight that he could clearly feel the squeezing sensation.

I still like it, the feeling of being held tightly and then having my feelings confessed to.

Well, to be honest, Hoshino Utsunomiya has never been very resistant to confessions.

It's important to understand that confessing your feelings is a release of one's emotions.

Whether it's the long-accumulated feelings reaching their limit of endurance, or the thoughts in one's heart urging them to speak out, it's a matter of whether one's feelings have reached their limit.