How to raise a random guy's wife

How should I face Kasumigaoka Utaha?

We just kissed...

Eriri pulled the blanket over her head.

I didn't hear it.

I was already asleep.

No matter how long Kasumigaoka Utaha knocks on the door, if she doesn't hear it, she simply doesn't hear it.

It's perfectly normal to fall asleep as soon as you get home after a long day of fun!

Eriri, hiding under the covers, made excuses for herself.

The knocking stopped, and Eriri peeked out from under the covers, puzzled.

Could it be that... Kasumigaoka Utaha doesn't know what to do either?

Yes...yes!

Eriri's mind suddenly clicked.

Kasumigaoka Utaha is the passive party; the initiative is on her side. Right now, Kasumigaoka Utaha is definitely more panicked than her.

Then there's no need to panic.

The door handle turns.

Eriri quickly pulled the blanket over her head again.

Careless.

When I got back, I was so focused on closing the door that I forgot to lock it.

Kasumigaoka Utaha can open the door!

Hiding in the dark bed, Eriri heard Kasumigaoka Utaha's footsteps approaching.

What to do, what to do, what to do...

If Kasumigaoka Utaha asks about that kiss just now, how should I answer?

There was no other meaning, it was just a whim... a moment of impulse... no... after hearing what Mayu Sagara said, I suddenly realized... there are also haunted houses... movies... Eriri realized that she couldn't properly describe her complicated feelings in her current state.

Kasumigaoka Utaha's voice rang out, "Eriri."

"I'm asleep!"

“I might believe you a little more if you didn’t answer,” Kasumigaoka Utaha said coldly. “Pull back the covers.”

"No!" Eriri shouted in protest.

Kasumigaoka Utaha's voice was so cold; she seemed angry.

Eriri refuses to communicate with the angry Kasumigaoka Utaha.

"Do you think you can hide yourself and pretend nothing happened?" Kasumigaoka Utaha pointed out, "Your feet are still sticking out."

Eriri pulled her foot back.

Kasumigaoka Utaha: "...Come out here."

"No!" Eriri said firmly. "Are you going to drag me out?"

"I'd like to," Kasumigaoka Utaha's voice grew increasingly irritated. "Look at the state I'm in now."

"Huh?" Eriri didn't understand what Kasumigaoka Utaha was talking about. Out of curiosity, she cautiously lifted the blanket a crack and carefully peeked out. "Pfft!"

Laugh out loud.

Kasumigaoka Utaha stood by her bed, her body draped with shopping bags, looking like a Christmas tree.

"Still laughing." Kasumigaoka Utaha threw several shopping bags onto Eriri's bed. "You're quick on your feet, I have to carry all of this myself."

Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't mention the kiss from earlier, and Eriri relaxed a little, crawling out from under the covers. "Why don't you just make a few more trips yourself?"

"Easy for you to say," Kasumigaoka Utaha complained as she put down the shopping bag. "If I had to carry these back and forth..." Her red eyes narrowed slightly, "wouldn't I have no reason to come looking for you then?"

"Gurgle!" Eriri immediately sensed something was wrong and tried to escape back to her bed.

Kasumigaoka Utaha pounced on her first and pinned her down on the blanket.

Eriri panicked, "What...what are you going to do?"

“Let me correct your memory.” Kasumigaoka Utaha’s gaze fell on Eriri’s cute lips. “The kiss you owe me is the one you kissed me three times first, and I kissed you twice. The one you owe me should be the one I kissed you.”

Eriri's gaze was blank.

Is that how it is?

I was only thinking about finding a reason, but I got it backwards.

“So…” Kasumigaoka Utaha slowly lowered her head, “Now you owe me two.”

"No...that's not right!" Eriri reacted quickly, "I just kissed you, and you kissed me back, so we're even!"

“So you kissed me four times, I kissed you three times, and there’s one more to go.” Kasumigaoka Utaha’s eyes gleamed. “I was thinking of waiting a little longer, but now it seems there’s no need to wait.”

Chapter 934 A Superficial Taste

Eriri tried to struggle a couple of times.

Failed.

Although neither Utaha Kasumigaoka nor Eriri is good at sports, the difference in their physiques is still quite obvious.

Moreover... Eriri herself felt a little guilty.

Regardless of her motives, the fact remains that she kissed Kasumigaoka Utaha.

Now that Kasumigaoka Utaha has come knocking on her door, Eriri can't very well refuse.

After all, it was Eriri who spoke first.

Eriri gently bit her lower lip and then released it at an angle, closing her eyes.

It doesn't matter if we do it this time...

With darkness before my eyes, the sensation on my lips became increasingly clear.

Eriri had fantasized about the feeling of kissing countless times while drawing.

When we actually kissed, I found that I didn't feel anything.

That was too fast; Eriri ran away as soon as she finished kissing her.

I didn't even have time to fully appreciate it.

And now...

Unlike her previous half-hearted attempts, Eriri felt Kasumigaoka Utaha's body temperature, listened to her heartbeat, and breathed in her breath.

A strange feeling became increasingly clear.

Eriri could never understand why Kobayashi Sora and Kobayashi Megumi always liked to kiss.

No matter how intimate the action is, repeating it over and over again should eventually get boring.

For a considerable period of time, Eriri regarded kissing as preparation before the main event, accompaniment during the main event, and ending after the main event.

What exactly is a kiss?

Eriri, who lacks real-life experience, can use her skills to depict deeply moving kissing scenes, but that's about it.

Those are all appearances; there must be something else she doesn't know.

You can't understand a certain kind of resonance without experiencing it firsthand.

When you kiss me, I kiss you too.

Even with my eyes closed, a clear picture slowly unfolds.

A dramatic encounter in high school, the hardships and struggles of making games together, a brief separation in college, the unspoken joy upon reunion, mutual support and criticism during creative processes, cooking for her for the first time, unconcealed care when she was sick, and lingering worries during difficult times...

The dormant memories surged like never before, roaring in and engulfing Eriri.

At this moment, Eriri truly understood what Ran Kobayashi had said back then:

"I just love it so much, I want to tell the other person that if we don't kiss, I'll keep talking nonstop."

I have so much to tell you.

I don't know where to begin.

I don't know how to express my feelings.

I don't know how to express my thoughts clearly and logically.

I wasn't immersed in your kiss.

Just with your memories,

It was once hidden deep in my heart.

Now it comes to mind.

Those things that are already in the past...

What remains is more than just memories.

Eriri's long eyelashes trembled.

If the mouth wasn't blocked.

These shameful words will surely turn into endless ramblings or stammering fragments.

In either case, there's a brief period between speaking and waiting for a response.

They were all prolonged and unsettling torments.

Only one kiss.

They can express a thousand words.

The act of speaking and the act of responding both occur in the same instant.