I Was Caught up in a Hero Summoning, but That World Is at Peace (WN)

Chapter 2490 - Movie Watching with Kaori ㉖

In the haze of drowsiness, Kaori’s consciousness slowly floated to the surface. The first thing she felt was a pleasant warmth, and as her fuzzy mind gradually woke, she slowly opened her eyes.

(It’s kind of warm and feels nice…… Does that mean I slept well? Arehh? But it’s still dark…… I can’t quite open my eyes yet———-)

The room was still dark, but since she had been asleep until just now, Kaori’s eyes had adjusted somewhat to the darkness. Whether it was starlight or moonlight she couldn’t tell, but with the faint light filtering in, she was able to see a little.

And what jumped into Kaori’s view when she opened her eyes was, first, what looked like the chest of a man wearing loose clothing…… and when she raised her gaze, there was Kaito’s sleeping face.

(…………………………………………?????)

When one speaks of one’s thoughts to freeze, this must be it. Faced with such an utterly unexpected situation, Kaori’s brain temporarily shut down all thinking.

If this had been a computer screen, an hourglass icon would probably be spinning in circles. It wasn’t just that her thoughts couldn’t keep up or that she couldn’t understand the situation, her thinking had completely stopped, leaving her unable to think about anything at all.

Just like that. Kaori remained in that total mental shutdown for several dozen seconds, but before long, her frozen mind rebooted and started moving again.

(……Huh? Eh? W- What is this!? W- W- What’s going on…… J- Just what kind of situation am I in right now!?)

The reason she desperately held back from screaming out loud might have been because, somewhere in her unconscious mind, there was still consideration for the sleeping Kaito.

That didn’t ease her confusion in the slightest though. Without making a sound, Kaori panicked visibly, darting her eyes around at an incredible speed as she checked her own condition.

There were parts she couldn’t see clearly because of the darkness, but from what she could see and the sensations in her body, she was able to grasp the general situation. Right now, Kaori was sleeping while clinging to Kaito’s chest, and one of Kaito’s arms was wrapped around her back…… In short, they were sleeping while embracing each other.

(Eh? T- This can’t be…… Did I speed-run our relationship not just with a triple jump, but at rocket-launch speed and end up on the “morning coffee after waking up] course!? N- No, wait, calm down, me…… It’s true I drank alcohol, but it was only enough to get lightly tipsy. Sure, my thinking ability might’ve dropped a little, but I wasn’t drunk enough to make a one-night mistake or lose my memory. I remember properly…… So if I recall what happened before we went to sleep……)

For a moment, her shaken state caused her thoughts to leap ahead wildly, but she desperately forced herself to calm down. Strangely enough, being held by Kaito gave her a sense of relaxation. Her face was burning hot, as if her blood were boiling from embarrassment, but she still managed to get her thoughts moving.

After considering the situation before sleeping, the current situation, and the likely chain of events connecting the two…… Kaori’s cheeks twitched with an indescribable expression on her face.

(……Ah. This is totally the pattern where I messed up and caused trouble for Kaito-kun. J- Just a guess, but after drinking the cocoa, I must’ve fallen asleep…… And since it’s Kaito-kun, I bet he didn’t try to forcefully wake me and instead tried to lay me down on the bed. He’s kind, after all, so he probably planned to let me sleep on the bed and then go sleep on the sofa or in another room himself, right?)

Kaori knew Kaito’s character well and trusted him. At the very least, he wasn’t the kind of person who would vent his base desires on a sleeping member of the opposite sex. She could reasonably assume that their current state of sharing a bed was largely the result of circumstances beyond their control.

And when she tried to think about what those circumstances might have been…… no matter how she looked at it, it seemed the cause lay with herself.

(It’s probably that, right? Based on all the romance stories I’ve seen, this situation is the type where I, while asleep, unconsciously grabbed Kaito-kun’s hand or clung to him. And honestly, I feel like I was sleeping really deeply, so I probably didn’t wake up at all, right? Or maybe he thought it’d be cruel to wake me, so he waited for me to naturally wake up or let go, but in the meantime, he got sleepy too and just fell asleep like that.)

Considering both the situation and Kaito’s personality, she could make a fairly solid guess, and it was close enough to the truth to be called basically correct.

(……Unn. I get the situation. I get it, but…… putting that aside…… what do I do now……? It’s probably, no, definitely me who hugged him first, and I think I’m the one at fault here, but…… while I was asleep, Kaito-kun ended up holding me back too, so…… I can’t move.)

Just because she understood the situation didn’t mean she could break out of it. Right now, Kaori was clinging to Kaito while also being held by him in return. Their bodies were almost completely pressed together, making it quite difficult to move.

No, of course, she could forcibly pull herself away if she was willing to wake Kaito up, but being certain that she was the one who had caused him trouble, she couldn’t bring herself to take an action that would wake him up in what was clearly the middle of the night.

(……B- But still, this is kind of not okay, you know, Kaito-kun!? It feels…… way too intimate, and t- this level of closeness is insane…… Errr…… does this mean I just stay like this until Kaito-kun wakes up……? Arehh…… what time is it now?)

For the record, the current time was 2 AM, and if she were to wait for Kaito to wake up naturally, there was still a long, long time to go.

<Afterword>

Makina : [Magnificent! Right now!! I am!! Overwhelmingly moved!!! You were being considerate of my beloved child, weren’t you!? My child cherishing my beloved child, swallowing her embarrassment to show tenderness!! Showing respect!! Deepening their love!! The world I desire is right here before my eyes!!!]

Caramel Popcorn : [……Isn’t that exactly the kind of line said by someone who’s about to get blown away by pure love……?]