Temperature Over One’s Back

"Hey, Airi, maybe we shouldn't do this."

"No. You are being wayward. Are you going to break your earlier promise so quickly?"

It was late at night, Minato was ready for bed, and all he had to do was get under the covers.

At the last minute, he was reluctant and wanted to ask Airi to leave him out of sleeping with her, but she rejected him with an inscrutable smile.

Minato let out a sigh, thinking that normally, the positions of man and woman would be reversed.

"Hah… I don't know anymore."

"Yes, yes, I get it."

Minato pouted his lips, and Airi shook her head good-naturedly.

They made up their minds and got into the futon. Since they couldn't use the same pillow for both of them, Minato used a cushion as a pillow as he had always done.

He thought this would keep the smell of Airi to a minimum, but the futon itself smelled good.

This is hard…

On top of the situation of sleeping on the same futon with a beautiful girl, the smell tickled his manly heart. Minato's heart started to beat like a fast bell.

As he struggled to control his heartbeat, Airi came into the futon as well.

"If you'll excuse me."

He could feel the warmth of Airi's body and breath right beside him. He wanted to keep his distance, but there was nowhere to escape, so he went to the edge of the futon.

Minato was bigger than her, so if he went to the center of the futon, Airi would have no place to sleep.

But as long as his body was inside the futon, there would be no problem. He turned his body in the opposite direction of Airi and threw his arms and legs out of the futon.

Minato thought that this was a great relief, but he could hear Airi's voice reproaching him.

"Minato-san, please get inside the futon properly."

"I'm inside."

"Liar. Your arms and legs are sticking out of the futon."

"…Why are you looking at me?"

"I figured Minato-san would do something like this anyway. I guess I was right."

It seemed that Minato's actions had been completely spotted.

Airi made a dumbfounded sound and led Minato into the futon.

"Come over here a little bit more, and make sure you get under the covers."

"If I go over there, Airi won't have a place to sleep."

"You don't have to worry so much. I have enough space for myself to sleep."

"What if I turn over and go over there?"

"That can happen both ways. …Ah, mou , it can't be helped, okay?"

Minato quibbled, and Airi sounded just a little annoyed.

He could feel her squirming and moving.

He had a bad feeling about something, and just as he was about to move to still Airi, her hand went to Minato's stomach.

She continued to pull on Minato, trying to bring his body to the center of the futon.

"O-Oi, Airi, what are you doing?"

"Minato-san's refusing to move, so I'm forcing him to."

"There's no way Airi can move me with her strength."

"Shut up! It's Minato-san's fault."

No matter how normal Minato's physique was, there was no way that Airi, a girl, could move Minato who was a guy.

And because of the close contact, Airi's soft parts were touching Minato's back.

If they were wearing normal clothes, it might still be hard to tell, but right now they were both in pajamas. They were wearing light clothes, so he could clearly feel the touch.

Thinking that this was poisonous to his body, Minato made an impatient sound and went a little closer to the center of the futon.

"All right, I got it. Just go a little further that way, okay?"

"All you need to get is that I'm stubborn."

"Also Airi, don't do anything like this again."

"It's Minato-san's fault, isn't it?"

"I know it was my fault, but you can't just stick your body to me like that."

"But I can't move you unless I do this. I'll do it again if Minato-san keeps insisting."

Apparently, Airi hadn't realized that her soft parts had touched him with the current contact.

He was warned by Airi as if saying, "I can't help it, can I?" So he had to make sure that she knew the truth and warned her.

It was incredibly embarrassing, but it was better than being stuck with her again. Preparing himself for a beating, Minato spoke up.

"…Chest."

"Yes?"

"I can't have your chest pushing up my back."

"…!!!"

When Minato told her without any falsehoods, he felt Airi gasp over his back.

He could hear her thrashing around on the futon. He expected to be hit at least once, but it seemed she was just writhing around.

"…Pervert."

When the sound of flailing disappeared, a voice full of shame entered Minato's ears instead.

The way Airi blamed him was so cute that Minato almost started to squirm.

Although his cheeks had long since turned red, it was fortunate that he hadn't turned his head toward Airi, so she didn't notice.

He tried not to let his embarrassment show in his voice and corrected Airi's comment.

"That's unreasonable. You're the one who's been getting close to me."

"I wasn't aware of it. It's Minato-san's fault for being so conscious."

"Men are like that. You have to understand that."

"…I understand. Then please stay away from the edge next time so that I don't have to do that again."

"Yeah…"

If Minato was begged with a sultry voice, he would have no choice but to break his conviction.

He shifted his body into a position where he could properly use half of the futon and took a breath.

"I don't think I have to say this, but don't look at me when I'm sleeping."

" Fufu , that's usually what I would have to say."

"It's important, isn't it?"

"Yes, I guess so."

Minato gave her a heads up and Airi giggled at him.

Since he felt embarrassed, he diverted the conversation.

"Come on, let's turn off the lights."

"Okay. Good night."

"Good night."

He wondered how much time had passed since they had turned off the lights, and Airi next to him was breathing regularly.

She shouldn't sleep so easily… Good grief, she really doesn't know what other people think.

Of course, there was no way he could sleep. The sweet smell of Airi, her body heat, and her breath so close to him made his eyes glaze over.

For the past three months, he had been taking care of Airi in the manner of an adolescent boy, but he felt like he was getting closer and closer to her.

He knew that she trusted him, but Minato was still a man after all. Her innocent trust was bad for Minato's heart.

While he was in agony, Airi's body hit Minato's back. The way he felt her touch, it was probably her back.

He could understand if it was just her turning over in her sleep, but it was odd that only his back was being hit.

"…Airi, are you awake?"

"..."

He tried to keep his voice down, but there was no response, so maybe she had accidentally touched him.

He could feel the warmth of her body against his back directly, and not through the futon, and if he was paying close attention, he could even hear her heartbeat.

However, Airi's heart was beating strangely fast. Obviously, it was not the speed of a sleeping person's heartbeat.

Awake, huh? Airi's nervous, even though she's the one who asked me to sleep with her.

Despite the fact that she was firmly conscious of Minato, Airi suggested that they sleep together. It showed how much she cared for Minato's body.

And she even pretended to be asleep. The thought that she wanted Minato to get a good night's rest made his heart warm and made him smile.

"Thank you, Airi. Don't worry, I will never do anything weird."

"..."

He didn't expect a response, but he at least tried to talk to her to calm her down.

Her body twitched slightly as their back was touching, but he pretended not to notice.

As they continued to share their body heat for a while, Airi's heartbeat calmed down. It seemed that she was really asleep.

The regular rhythm of Airi's heartbeat was like a lullaby, lulling Minato to sleep.

Even though he had thought he wouldn't be able to sleep, he easily surrendered to the drowsiness.