Chapter 15 (1/2)

Hitomis.h.i.+ri Onna Chapter 15

Warm Days

My day begins with first waking up the owner of the house, who has kindly allowed me to live here in his home.

While thinking that it was such a waste that such long, beautiful black hair was just scattered randomly about the bed like that, I tried gently nudging awake the person under the covers.

[Oi, Wake up Foruna.]

[…]

[Oi.]

[…]

My landlord, Foruna, has trouble waking up in the morning. Even when I was taken in six years ago, I didn’t have to try very hard in order to be the first one to wake up. There’s no helping it. Although I’m unwilling, for that person who sleeps too much, I have no choice.

I got on top of Foruna, who was still curled under the covers sleeping, and wrapped my arms around his body tightly with all of my strength. Next, summoning the height of my power, I squeeze using the grip I have around him, strangling him with the intent to kill. Then, indeed, it seemed to have become slightly painful for Foruna as he finally decided to poke his head out from under the covers.

[Good morning, Al. You look energetic today too.]

[…Get up.]

[Ok, got it.]

He still seemed sleepy as his blue eyes, soft and listless, laid wearily on my head as he slowly sat up in his bed. At the same time, Foruna’s beautiful long black hair smoothly fell back into its original place. Before I started working for Foruna, his hair was always long, reaching down to his waist. At first I thought his hair was very bothersome when I was first given the job. Since then, I have always made sure every day that his hair is tied up without fail.

Since meeting Foruna, I have changed. When I was still living with my family, I never felt that I was male until now. After living independently on my own and working under Foruna, I realized that it’s useless to keep on comparing this life to my previous life forever.