It's human nature.
It's just a matter of convenience.
Forget it, I can’t fool myself.
Jiang Jiang snatched the book with a subtle expression and coughed lightly: "This is exploring the unknown."
Jiang Jiang tried to change the subject.
"Don't worry, I always knew you were not human, so don't be afraid..."
As Jiang Jiang was speaking, she felt tentacles slowly climbing up her calves.
Jiang Jiang: ...?
Then she heard Yayoi's low voice: "Exploring the unknown...?"
Jiang Jiang nodded.
Yayoi chuckled: "Does that require a field investigation?"
Jiang Jiang: ૮⑉･-･⑉ა
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Yayoi breathed a sigh of relief as she looked at Jiang Jiang who fell asleep with the quilt in her arms.
He didn't know how to face her.
...especially after learning that she already knew she wasn't human.
Yayoi gently rolled up the corner of the quilt that had slipped off and covered her with it, her movements as cautious as if she were handling fragile pearls.
He stared at Jiang Jiang's slightly trembling eyelashes, a sour emotion stirring in his chest -
She knew it a long time ago.
This realization made him feel mixed emotions.
Those sleepless nights, those mornings when I secretly practiced smiling like a human in front of the mirror, those instincts that I suppressed for fear of being exposed...
Jiang Jiang muttered in her sleep and turned over, her hair brushing against his cold fingertips. Yayoi suddenly realized that her clumsy behavior was probably just a "human imitation show" in her eyes...
The tentacles rustled and entangled the sleeping human, and Yayoi buried her face in her scattered hair.
Her anemone-like irises expanded in the darkness, reflecting the pale blue veins on the side of her neck.
Human life is so fragile.
He had to put away all his offensive means before he could hug her like this.
"Liar..." He rubbed against Jiang Jiang gently, his voice muffled by her warm skin, "Is it fun to watch me struggle?"
Jiang Jiang, who was sleeping, unconsciously snuggled into his arms, and her fingers just pressed on his heart.
Their race is heartless.
But after falling in love with humans, he also possessed a heart. At this moment, his violent heartbeat vibrated in Jiang Jiang's palm.
Yayoi suddenly froze.
In the moonlight, he could clearly see the curve of Jiang Jiang's lips.
“…pretending to be asleep?”
Yayoi laughed and propped up her arms to look at her.
Jiang Jiang closed his eyes and huddled in bed: "Some people want to be emo until dawn, right? I won't disturb you."
Before she could finish her words, she was dragged out by the tentacles wrapped around her waist. She smiled and pressed against Yayoi's chest, "Wait! I haven't finished yet-"
"I'm just kidding." Jiang Jiang poked his face. "If I really fulfill your wish and fall asleep, you don't know how long you will have to hold it in and suffer."
"It was my fault."
She suddenly thought, "...because I never thought race was an insurmountable distance. I liked Yayoi no matter what she was, so I didn't notice..."
Yayoi pressed her lips with her fingertips.
"You're not wrong, there's nothing to apologize for."
He was annoyed when he heard this: "I was the one who hid it from you. It was just my own imagination. Don't apologize, Jiang Jiang..."
The tone of his voice became lower and lower in the second half of his sentence.
"Because it's the partner's job to be aware of their emotions," Jiang Jiang said. "I don't have Yayoi's keen sense of perception, so I can only discern it on my own."
"There will be omissions and things that I haven't noticed, but I don't want Yayoi to be sad about them."
She always spoke these words with great sincerity.
It made Yayoi feel like she was the apple of her eye.
"So, Yayoi, can you tell me all the secrets that affect your mood?"
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