EP12. From the beginning again (6)
As Shaun looked at the blue-haired girl disappearing with an absurd expression, he heard a familiar voice from behind.
“Shaun? What are you doing right now?”
“Huh? What are you doing just····.”
“Were you just talking to a girl?”
Sean didn’t answer right away. Levi’s voice was obviously the same as usual, but when she turned her head to look at her, her expression was cold for some reason.
“Why are you suddenly like this?”
“Why? If you say that, it’s as if I did something.”
“No. Of course it’s not…”
Something was strange. For some reason, Shawn felt a strong sense of uneasiness set in.
Levy was floundering her boy with her arms crossed.
“Of course I thought you were following me, but who did you have such an interesting conversation with?”
“A funny story. A passer-by asked for directions…”
“Hey. Is Sean talking so easily to strangers?”
“That is, so…”
Even if the conversation continued like this, she didn’t seem to be able to appease the upset Levi.
Look. Isn’t there a little bit of wind in Levi’s cheeks already? If her cheeks swelled to the point where she could see them, then there would be no turning back.
“I-I’m sorry.”
“I’m sorry. Sean didn’t do anything wrong?”
“No. He should have followed right after, but he let me go alone.”
“Hmm…”
Fortunately, as if she had been severely sprained, Levy immediately untied her arms and let out a sigh.
“No. That I swept away alone. No need to apologize.”
“Really? Then dinner…”
“By the way, is it really the end of giving directions?”
As the topic that seemed to end continued, Sean was momentarily taken aback, but immediately answered honestly.
“We naturally talked about other things while talking about directions.”
“A different story… What was it about?”
“I asked for the location of the association, so I asked if I was an adventurer. So they said no.”
“Then what?”
“Did you say it was a guide? I heard they tell the adventurers the location of the monsters?”
Listening to Sean’s words, Levi said in surprise.
“Oh! Then, the free adventure… But why does the guide ask Sean for directions?”
“…Well.”
Levy thought for a while. He wondered if he could trust the guide who asked for directions to a stranger who had just arrived in the city.
I didn’t think long. It was a very simple answer that I didn’t have to think about for a long time.
“As expected, it would be better for us to do the adventure alone. Right?”
“Certainly it might.”
***
After dinner, the two returned to the association and decided to go to bed early for the next day’s adventure.
It was only after I entered the dorm that I faced the problem I had been putting off.
It was a serious problem that there was only one bed in addition to the fact that there was only one room.
When I first saw the scene of the dorm, I didn’t think much of it, but when I saw it when it was time to go to bed, it was a truly depressing situation.
Sean barely broke through the awkward silence.
“····Then sleep, uh, um····. What should I do?”
“So… Huh····. Well?”
“Do you want to sleep in the bed because I will sleep under you?”
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Levy immediately shook her head at the method Sean had just come up with, expressing her disapproval.
“No. It’s kind of like that If that’s the case, I’d rather…”
“…Would you rather?”
“Sure! Rather····!”
Of course, both of them already had a very simple method in mind. Not now, but from the moment I first saw the bed, I couldn’t stop thinking about it.
But apart from that, it was quite difficult to get the thoughts in my heart out of my mouth. It was difficult even to say why it was difficult.
“Sleeping on the floor is like that… In bed…”
“····In bed. Together····?”
I tried to add weight to Levy’s words, but Sean also found it difficult to say the final words.
At her boy’s ambiguous suggestion, the girl just blushed and nodded her head shyly.
In the end, even though they came a long way back, the two got to sleep the way they first remembered.
The two of them lay down on the same bed and spent the night together.
The lights went out, and the two lay down on the bed.
“·······.”
“·······.”
Levy was positioned at the far left end of the wall, and Sean at the far right end of the bed.
Sean was anxious. Even as he lay there without saying a word, the sound of his own beating heart seemed to fill the room and echo.
He wondered if he could hear his own heartbeat. He was worried, but he just couldn’t control it.
Even though time passed, Sean couldn’t sleep.
Why the hell is this? Come to think of it, this isn’t the first time I’ve had this kind of experience.
In childhood, it was a daily routine to listen to her grandmother’s story and sleep with her late at night. Every time she wakes up, she has vivid memories of Levi holding her neck, choking her breath.
After growing up to a certain extent, to be precise, after Sean realized his feelings for Levy, they rarely slept together.
Nevertheless, there were memories that came to mind. It was the day the two of them celebrated their birthdays. On the day Paul left for the lord’s castle, Levy had led him to a secret place for the two of them.
There, the two looked up at the night sky and promised each other.
I will be with you forever. That I will never fall
The scenery of that day is still vivid. The boy’s love grew in size as he stared endlessly at Levi’s face, who had fallen asleep before him.
Everything was beautiful at that moment.
The moon in the sky.
Many stars.
A gentle breeze.
Wildflowers in bloom.
But as expected, you were the most beautiful.
Because when I still think of that time, the first thing that comes to mind is your image.
From then on, we never slept together until we went on an adventure.
As we started our adventure, we had more time to be alone, and sleeping together in Laes, including camping, became a daily routine.
Of course, even during those moments, we had never slept together in the same bed.
Well, if you sleep in the same bed, unless you are a couple or a couple…
I couldn’t sleep because of the random thoughts that came to my mind.
Even though she thought she was feeling better now, the thought of Levy lying right next to her made her whole body stiff again and her heart pounding.
Perhaps the continued trembling eventually drove him out of his mind, Sean opened his mouth without realizing it.
“····Levi. Ruler?”
No answer came. Apparently, Levi had fallen asleep.
Since she was a child, Levi was a sleepy child, so it was only natural that she was asleep since it had been several hours since she had been lying in bed.
Shaun cautiously turned to lie down in the direction of Levy. Because there was a window there, the moonlight dimly lit up the dark room.
So Sean could see. The image of Levy lying erect, like a stone statue, with both hands placed on his heart.
I couldn’t see the girl’s expression or details from the moonlight alone.
But the night was quiet, so if you opened your ears and concentrated, you could hear even the slightest sound.
Thumping.
I could hear it clearly. No matter how hard she tried to block it, she could not stop the sound by placing her hands on her chest.
The girl’s heart was beating faster than her own. It was such a strong and violent trembling that it was hard to believe that she was asleep.
It wasn’t just one person.
Because of the random thoughts that come to mind and the nerves that are focused on the person next to you.
A person who stays up all night because of a heart that keeps shaking without rest.
There were only two people in a small room.
***
Levy opened her eyes and felt the tiredness linger.
It was only when it was dawn in the first place that she barely closed her eyes, so it was a natural result.
What can I do? Even though she tried to calm down, she shuddered and trembled and couldn’t sleep.
Particularly when her boy suddenly called her name, she seriously worried that her heart might just explode.
It seems to be getting worse lately.
To be precise, it was after I kissed Sean for the first time.
Of course I don’t hate it. Rather, Levi felt that her recent few days were the happiest of her life.
“Ah…”
Hearing a groan beside her, Levy turned her head. Sean raised his upper body and saw him washing his face dry.
Her face, visible through the boy’s hands, was soaked in tiredness.
For some reason, I laughed. Because Levy knows Sean’s been up all night.
On the other hand, Sean probably doesn’t know that she is the same way. She hadn’t called Sean in the middle of the night, and had tried so hard not to hear her heartbeat.
“Shaun. What’s the matter?”
“····No. Never mind.”
But it was strange. Perhaps because she remembered the time she kissed her earlier, her eyes kept moving toward the boy’s lips.
For some reason, Sean’s lips seemed to be seducing him. Sweeter than any other food…
When Levi realized the sinister look in his eyes, he patted his cheek in amazement.
What the hell are you thinking? Levy tried hard to deny that she had any strange fantasies.
Sean saw the scene right in front of his eyes.
The idea that came to mind was simple.
Levi as usual. ····Degree?