Whenever he thought about what happened, it made Kiryu sick. What was he thinking inviting Rosalia into his home? The apartment he brought filled with his memories of Lila is now… After awkwardly parting ways with Ayase, he returned to the apartment. Rosalia was there in the living room, waiting for him. The expression she wore on her face was unreadable."Rosalia," Kiryu"s tone was desperate as he looked at the woman before him. "Don"t get angry…"
The reason why he acts this way towards her is because he understands how capable she is now.
"Who was that really?" Rosalia questioned, her tone murderous.
"You can check on her, she really is Lila"s friend. We"ve only interacted a few times."
"Kiryu-kun, come over here."
He shuffled over. Rosalia brought her lips to his neck. "You"re already mine, Kiryu-kun. I won"t let others have you," her sentence fell short when he felt her bite his neck.
….
At K Studio
"Did he arrive here too early?" On his way in, he didn"t see many people. Well, it ought to be fine being early. Right now, Kiryu didn"t want to speak or see anybody. He still felt terrible after yesterday. Rosalia really has gone crazy. While there are times where she is normal. Whenever he so much speaks to another female, she reacts negatively. Such a crazy woman, what is he going to do about this? He can"t allow Lila to go near her.
Kiryu opened the door to the meeting spot, only to find that somebody was there. Long black curly hair and bright violet-colored eyes. It was Lila; she was playing some chords on the guitar, headphones on her head. Some paper and a pen on her lap. Is she composing? Would it be okay for him to go inside? Kiryu was debating about it when Lila suddenly called out to him.
"Ah! Good morning Kiryu!"
"Good morning," Kiryu greeted. "Are you fine?"
Lila laughed, "Yes, I was just a bit anemic. Kiryu, how about you? Do you feel better?"
Actually, he still felt terrible. But he didn"t want to stay in the apartment. Rosalia"s covered the entire place in asphoradic. He sighed, "d.a.m.n, just when he thought that woman had hope." Kiryu strolled over and pulled Lila into his arms.
The girl seemed startled, but she didn"t move him away, "Um, what"s wrong, Kiryu?"
"I"m exhausted."
Laughter pa.s.sed her lips. "Then, why don"t you sleep for a bit? n.o.body will come for a while."
"Mmm..yeah, I will."
He reluctantly let her go and walked over to the couch and laid down. Lila pulled up a chair, so she sat beside him. She reached over and ran her hands through his hair. "Kiryu, you haven"t been sleeping?"
"I haven"t."
"That"s no good."
Whenever they are like this, it feels like they have returned to the past. Right now, there is no awkwardness between him and Lila.
"I know, from now on, I"ll make you some food every day. Good food will help you sleep better."
"How are you going to do that?"
Lila paused and nodded, "I"ll go to your place and cook for you."
Uhh, go to his place? Usually, he would welcome that invitation, but he recalled how Rosalia unexpectedly dropped by yesterday. "I"ll, fetch it from your place. So, you go home first."
"Okay," Lila nodded.
He can"t let Lila find out about it; she would surely worry and then do something reckless. It"s not that Lila can"t handle Rosalia, she will probably be able to. It"s only Rosalia, even with Zane"s backing. Rosalia has never been Lila"s match.
"Our Love was like a song.
It started slowly, filled with uncertainty.
But as the song goes by...
The notes are dancing, swirling alongside the other notes
and blossomed to a beautiful melody
filled with the deep emotions we carry from our youth...
We can no longer return to our past love.
The past where we spent our fleeting every day only thinking about each other, where our worlds revolved around each other...."
Lila unexpectedly singing out of the blue wasn"t new. She"s always had that bad habit. But, Kiryu didn"t think she would sing this.
Why is she singing this song? This song was Lila"s audition song for the Dream Star Tournament. When he woke up from his coma, he heard this song play. This girl knows how to stir his emotions. She..always makes him do such irrational things.
"Lila," he cuts her singing of.
"Yes, Kiryu?"
"I love you, can I kiss you?"
At that comment, the girl turned red. "Y--You can"t do that."
It"s fun teasing her. He hasn"t seen her act this way in a long time. When they started dating, she was awfully calm. Kiryu sat up and extended his hand out to caress Lila"s face. Before he knew what he was doing, his lips were on hers again.
Rather than have s.e.x with her, Kiryu"s always preferred just kissing. For him, it felt more important than joining their bodies together.
When he finally pulled back, it was because the girl seemed to be out of breath.
"Uh, didn"t I just tell you no?"
"Mmm."
"Why did you do it!"
"Your lips were right there."
Lila looked at him dumbfounded, she didn"t know how to react. Then again, anybody would be speechless. Still, Lila didn"t blame him and picked up her guitar. She continued to sing some other songs.
Even though he wanted to listen to her singing more, Kiryu drifted off.
It was a faint memory from the past, something that happened last year.
..
2034
As he was thinking this, Lila arrived at the last b.u.t.ton and pauses. "Um, o—okay. Okay. .. It"s okay, Kiryu."
"It"s okay? Hey, do you know what you"re saying?"
Usually, after hearing something like that, he would jump at the opportunity to hold her. But this is serious. Kiryu gently brought his face closer to hers, causing Lila"s cheeks to turn redder.
"Lila, do you understand what you said? If you don"t look at me, I will have a hard time believing it."
"I— I"m serious, you know Kiryu, I don"t mind it! You— um can do whatever you want to me. I wouldn"t mind it. I like it whenever you hold me close, and um even though I"m like this now --- it"s only because I"m embarra.s.sed and really nervous right now."
Kiryu doesn"t have time to respond since Lila leaned forward and gently presses their lips against each others. When Lila pulled away, she looks at him with a gentle smile, "Kiryu, when I"m with you. I feel really happy."
His eyes widened when he heard her words, "You feel happy when we kiss?" Kiryu repeated just to make sure. Is his ears playing tricks on him again?
Lila seemed shy as she nodded her head.
"This is the first time I"m hearing this."
She has never mentioned this to him before. Kiryu was under the impression that Lila was disgusted or even annoyed whenever he kissed her.
"Because I was debating whether or not to tell you."
Debating? What is there to debate about? Kiryu sighed, and he ran his hands through his hair. "That sorta stuff. Tell me sooner."
"Okay.!
"By any chance, are you hiding anything else.. .?"
"Right! Um, when I"m with you, I get nervous too. Like whenever you"re holding me," Lila kept nodding like she had achieved something.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
Now that she"s said it twice. He"s pretty sure his ears aren"t playing tricks on him, and that those words are actually leaving Lila"s own mouth. This girl, does she understand what she"s saying?
"It"s kinda embarra.s.sing saying this. But I"m glad I got to tell you, Kiryu," Lila said with the brightest smile he"s ever seen.
At that comment, he pushed her down onto the ground.
"Kiryu?"
"You"ll be screaming a lot from now onwards. But, you"ll be happy, won"t you, Lila?"
If Lila is pleased when he holds her, despite the depravity of his actions, then he will do what he can to make sure she is happy. Maybe he"s only trying to satisfy himself here. Maybe he isn"t thinking about what she wants. But, the only ones who have the right to take away his right to be with Lila is her and only her.
"A huh.. Kiryu, don"t forget to hold my hand."
"I won"t."
...
Present
He must have slept for a long time. But, even then, he saw that Lila hadn"t left. No, the girl had simply fallen asleep beside him. Her face was dangerously close to his. Kiryu sighed, "This careless girl." Lila has a bad habit of letting her guard down too much. Seeing her s.h.i.+ft uncomfortably, Kiryu frowned and sat up. He scooped the girl up in his arms and laid her down onto the couch.
"Why does she look so disturbed in her sleep?" Kiryu wondered. Lila is happy these days. When she is with Haruka, she is always smiling. But maybe deep down, she is worried about something? It"s none of his business anymore, Kiryu understood that better than anybody. But he can"t leave her be.
Thinking of the past now of all times, how ironic. That scene from his dream, it was the first time he speculated she had feelings for him. He speculated it, but even then, Kiryu didn"t take action. If he knew things would end up like this, he ought to have confessed to her sooner. Long before that speculation, maybe even back when she broke up with Haruka before. He should have made the first move, but now all he has is regrets.