“&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;”

  “&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;”

It was Hakua’s turn.

  “&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;”

   “&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;”

Sitting still, we stared at each other silently for almost a minute.

Hakua who stared at me with her usual blank face raised her head.

“&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;Boyfriend?”

“Yep.”

“Lover?”

“Yup.”

 “&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;”

Hakua stretched her hand through the pseudo-frame as she touched my head.

“Oh&h.e.l.lip;”

Her small hands lightly played with my hair.

And then she took a biscuit out of the box as she pa.s.sed it to me.

“Thanks.”

I stretched out my hand to receive it

But she retracted her hand.

 “？”

I stretched out my hand to take it again.

But she retracted her hand again.

Her hands darted inside the pseudo-frame as she neared my face.

Is it that&h.e.l.lip;.

“Do you want to feed it to me?”

She nodded.

This is the usual way of conversing between us.

Huh&h.e.l.lip;If Hakua did or said something like “Ahh~Open your mouth~”, even though that happens only between lovers, it only gave me the warm feeling of playing with a child.

“Okay&h.e.l.lip;Ahhh”

I bit the iced biscuit with a crunching sound.

Still, it’s a little awkward though.

I ate the whole biscuit from her hand.

“Delicious?”

“Yep, it tastes good.”

“&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;”

Hakua’s eyes were instantly covered with a mist-like expression that showed satisfaction.

When I’m with her, I feel calm like on those cold winter days where your body feels warm.

I suddenly felt a slight commotion behind me and I turned back to check.

Aika and Reiko were staring at Hakua with their mouths agape as they made sounds like “Uuuu&h.e.l.lip;” (TLN: Onomatopoeia someone makes when he/she feels unhappy/ unfair. Not really sure, 唔唔唔)

On the other hand, Karen was staring with her mouth open as if she was waiting for a kiss.

Suddenly, Hakua stretched her hands out to hold the pseudo-frame of the 3DS that I was holding the whole time.

“What’s wrong?”

“Hindrance”

“This thing was made by you, you know!?”