Attempt
“Umm, Hokuto-san.”
She opened her mouth while looking very reluctant to say it.
“What is it Kisaragi-san?”
“Can we just call it a day?”
A sigh came out of my mouth hearing those words.
“…don’t say that. I can only do it today.”
“I know, but it’s already been three hours since Hokuto-san said, ‘Today is the day I’m going to kiss you’. At this rate, you won’t be able to kiss me today.”
I can’t say anything back to her words. Yes, that’s right. I haven’t even been able to touch Kisaragi yet, even though I invited her to my room saying ‘Today is the day I’m going to kiss you’. I resent myself for that.
But I’m surprised that it had been three hours. I thought it has only been 30 minutes at most. I wonder if Kisaragi, who waited for me without saying a word despite waiting that long is the god of patience or something, maybe she is.
“I’m tired of thinking about things I don’t understand. Let’s just give up for today, let’s go out and play now.”
Hearing those words, I feel sorry for making her wait that long and start preparing to go outside.
“…I thought, I can really do it today.”
“What are you talking about? This kind of thing is not something you do by preparation, but rather in the heat of the moment.”
“I’ve never kissed anyone before, so there’s no way I can possibly know what to expect.”
“I-I’ve never done it either, but I think it happens a lot in manga.”
“That’s true, but I don’t think there’s a manga that depicts ‘I tried to kiss you, but three hours has passed without me doing anything’.”
“Really, being too kind can also be a problem.”
“I’m not trying to be nice, I’m just… embarrassed.”
“Well then maybe you can kiss me to get rid of that embarrassment.”
I see, maybe that’s why there are so many sudden kisses.
“…I don’t want to do it that way, you know?”
“I know, but I don’t want to wait another three hours.”
She giggles and laugh out loud.
“Conflicted Hokuto-san is the cutest thing ever.”
Oh yeah, she read everything that’s on my mind.
Once again, I just sit there in embarrassment thinking about it.
“I feel like I’ve been hit.”
“A critical damage to Hokuto-san. Take a break now.”
Kisaragi seat beside me.
“Do you want to play games instead of going outside?”
“…no, it is a lot of damage, but I still can go outside.”
“Is that so? Then let’s go.”
I gently take her hand that is reached out to me.
“Yeah, yeah.”
“Why is that you don’t feel embarrassed at all about holding hands, but you are so tentative about kissing?”
“I think people who aren’t tentative about kissing are strange.”
“High school students these days are mostly easy going, you know?”
“Then I’m a high school student from the old days.”
As soon as I said that, she bursts out laughing as if she can’t take it anymore. You don’t have to laugh that much!