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Ch. 4: Overflowing Words

As if repelling Callan, I ran away from him and desperately chased after Lid.

OO: "Lid, wait…!"

 

Lid: "What, you two finished talking already?"

 

OO: "Why do you always run off so suddenly…?"

 

Lid: "Why? … Well…"

 

Lid hesitated awkwardly.

 

OO: "Even though I…I want to be with you Lid."

 

The words spilled from my mouth.

 

Lid: "…me?"

 

Lid looked at me, his eyes round…

 

Lid: "No one's ever really said that to me."

 

He looked at me fondly, smiling in delight.

 

Lid: "Right then! You still good? Wanna go hang out in town!?"

 

OO: "Hang out…now?"

 

Lid: "Yeah, now! That ok?"

 

OO: "Yeah! I'd like that."

 

And so Lid and I covertly snuck out in the night and went into town.

 

Walking down a street with stalls, we looked around the different shops…

 

This feels like a date would in the world I came from…

 

As I thought that, my cheeks automatically flushed red.

 

OO: "This is good…!"

 

The place Lid had brought me to was a modest little restaurant set up on one of the side streets, and it felt like a secret getaway.

 

Lid: "Right? This is my favorite place. Hey! Seconds please. Looks like this girl can really eat."

 

OO: "T-that's not true…!"

 

Lid: "Haha…I'm not very good at being a guide like my bro."

 

OO: "This is the real, normal day-to-day stuff that I haven't seen since I came to this country. I really enjoy doing things like this. Thanks Lid."

 

My words made Lid's face turn a faint shade of red.

 

Lid: "You're weird. Liking normal stuff…"

 

Owner: "Prince Lid, sorry for the wait!"

 

The friendly restaurant owner brought out our food.

 

Owner: "I wonder what Tiga and Sai would do if they saw you with such a cutie."

 

Tiga?

 

Lid: "D…don't tell them about it!"

 

I saw Lid suddenly start to panic.

 

[CHOICE]

  • Who's Tiga? (SUN)

  • Why are you panicking? (MOON)

 

Lid: "Tiga is the prince of a country that's friends with mine. Then there's Sai too. We've been friends since we were little, and we hang out together now and then."

 

Lid looked so happy as he talked that I could tell the three of them were really good friends.

 

Lid: "Tiga's always doing something, he can't sit still. And Sai keeps him in check. I just kinda hang around them…"

 

OO: "Haha…"

 

Lid: "…I've got a lot of really capable people around me, but my brother's the same. I wondered if he had some power to attract people. I'm kinda jealous."

 

Lid…?

 

Lid's expression clouded suddenly, and without thinking I peered into his face.

 

Lid: "Ah, i-it's nothing."

 

Realizing I was looking at him, he instantly returned to his usual cheerful self…

 

That enjoyable time passed in the blink of an eye, and we made our way back to the castle.

 

Lid: "Well, sorry for dragging you all over the place. Night."

 

I couldn't get Lid's gloomy expression from earlier out of my head, and I called out to him as he walked away.

 

OO: "Hey…will you take me into town again? This time to one of those napping spots. I…I really enjoy being with you Lid."

 

Lid looked surprised but…

 

Lid: "Yeah, sure!"

 

He looked at me fondly, and took a piece of my hair up in his hand.

 

Lid: "…thanks."

 

He gently tucked the strand of hair behind my ear, and it tickled.

 

I hadn't realized how big a part Lid had come to play in my world…-.

 

Lid thought back to what OO had said.

 

Lid: "She likes being with me, huh…"

 

A warm feeling filled his chest, and even though they'd only just parted, he couldn't wait to see her again when…

 

Callan: "Lid."

 

With an odd expression, Callan stood outside of Lid's room.

 

Lid: "What's up Bro?"

 

Callan: "I was thinking of making a proposal to Lady OO."

 

Lid: "…! …that so. Yeah, you're pretty obvious Bro."

 

The smile he gave then to his brother, whom he loved and respected, was the best he could manage.

 

OO: "Why are you panicking?"

 

Lid: "I-I am not!"

OO: "Who's Tiga?"

 

Lid: "Ah, right…"

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