I slept all night due to the overuse of my magic. When I woke up, night was approaching dawn, I dressed lightly, had a meal and carried out my official duties. Still, Toki Aihara was not awake.
His glossy black hair was spread over the pillow. His small nose and soft and round cheeks made him look youthful and sweet. The sleeping boy was wearing clothes from here. I was happy to be within touching distance of him.
Now, I wanted to see him to open his dark eyes soon, but I couldn"t bear to wake him up. Toki Aihara was much more adorable than what I saw in my dreams.
I wanted to be by him when he awoke, so I had him laid down in my room to keep an eye on him. A little before noon, I had to take off in order to attend to some business, when I returned, Toki Aihara was awake and looking this way.
Staring into his dark eyes, I was overrun with an earth-shattering shock. How… adorable. Those black eyes that were staring over here, I took in everything in an instant.
Because it was a dream, I was able to suppress this love. Now that I could touch him and feel his warmth, it would be an unbearable bittersweet torture for me.
I need to. I want to touch. My beloved—I want to hold you.
I apologized for my selfishness while being excited to be able to speak with him, there"s no need to apologize, he told me with a bit of trouble.
"Since Toki can no longer return to his original world anymore. With me, you can live by my side."
Following my heart, I proposed marriage. His cheeks stained red like a ripe fruit and I fell even deeper. But suddenly, his face became gloomy.
"What"s wrong? You don"t want to?"
Even if I heard him say he didn"t want to, I won"t back down. Toki shook his head and tears were quickly overflowing from his eyes.
Are you reluctant to the point of tears? Before I asked him, I was fl.u.s.tered from making him cry. Even though it was only like a child crying.
Perhaps if it was somebody else, I wouldn"t be this panicked. But because it"s Toki, the tears of my beloved person had me at a loss, my chest hurt.
"I, die soon."
I was speechless from what I was told. That"s right, the crisis wasn"t gone yet. It seems that it was too soon to celebrate. However, I had no intentions of losing him so quickly after having him in my hands. The study of medicine in this world was superior.
I don"t know if it would be able to treat a person from a different world like Toki. But it wasn"t necessary to say it.
"You"ll be fine. I won"t let you die. We"ll surely cure this disease."
Right after I told him, I wiped away his overflowing tears. When I took a drop that was trailing down his cheek towards my lips, I was surprised by its sweetness.
Ah, any more than this would be trouble. The brakes won"t work. Even though I was thinking reasonably, I couldn"t stop touching him.