Seeing his pained face Sumire sobbed more and Toh sighs as he caresses her hair. "Ssh beautiful, it's alright."
"You know it isn't, stop forgiving me for every single little thing."
It's not fair on Toh. Toh deserves to be in a normal relationship with a nice girl.
"You deserve it, everything."
"Oh, stop it. I'll be a sobbing mess before the night ends."
Toh chuckled. "Alright then beautiful." He trailed off. "I wanted to thank you for singing for me." nOveLB1n
At those words her cheeks coloured. "W-well it's because you were being really stubborn." Sumire paused. "Are you going to keep seeing Akane-chan?"
"Yeah."
She felt a jab at her heart but that jab vanished when Toh kissed her eyelids tenderly.
"I will, but not in the way you're thinking. I don't think we can go back to that relationship we had before. I'll discuss it with her when I get back, but perhaps we can be friends."
Sumire blinked surprised. She wasn't expecting him to say that. "Do you really not-"
"I can't Sumire. God knows I did try. I did entertain the thought like you did with her brother. Akane is a kind girl, and the two of us actually got along with each other very well. But it's not enough."
'Punishment is over, we are going to be landing soon. We need to present a united front.'
Indeed, it definitely wouldn't look good in front of Sumire's relatives if he is fighting with her. Though Sumire probably only cares about her brother Rayne's opinion.
After being fed, Yuhi decided to take a bath. There is a small bathroom in the space he has been using. It's not large but it will do. Upon seeing the ladder out, he paused.
'I could have sworn I put that away.' Yuhi shrugged and climbed. When Mashima first showed him this area, he was surprised. The rest of the ship looked modern but this area was quite old.
Yuhi headed to the bathroom and paused when he heard a sound coming from inside. Any normal person would be alert or get a weapon out. But there are only two others aboard this ship including him. He just finished meeting with Mashima, then that only leaves one person.
He takes a deep breath before placing his hand on the door knob. Sure enough, the moment he entered the room. He spotted her in the small cramped tub. Even with all the bubbles in the bath, Yuhi could still make out her beautiful figure.
Sumire finally turned to him. "I think staring is quite rude."
"There wasn't a problem with staring before."
Good gods, he just wants to stop this bickering and hold her already.
"There is now."
"Am I supposed to deny that I want you and find you attractive just because we're fighting?" Yuhi argued.
"Oh, so now you admit we are fighting?"
His eyes twitched. "Mashima must have told you that when you were in bed together."
"And whose fault is it that I had to crawl into another man's bed?"
What on earth is he doing making this worse? Yuhi sighed.
'I thought after five entire days, I would have the right words to tell her. But it seems like that isn't the case. If things continue like this, forget patching up their relationship. I may never be able to speak to her again. I don't want to act this way every time we meet.'