Chapter Ten
Tamao, a cheater? She couldn't be. Caring, compassionate Suzumi Tamao, who stayed by your bedside when you were sick? Who held back your hair while you drunkenly vomited? (That was the code of trust in college.)
Nagisa shook her head and stared blankly out the window. She couldn't comprehend it. Well, if Tamao did cheat on me, I deserve it for cheating on her. It was unbelievable. What kind of marriage is this when we're cheating and lying to each other? She was so distracted by such thoughts that she hadn't noticed that the couple in the window were getting it on.
Tamao walked in, saw Nagisa, and came up behind her. She kissed her cheek and greeted her.
"Hello," Nagisa said stiffly.
She noticed the couple and giggled. "They're doing it again?"
She nodded.
Get together with Nagisa and make some love rhymes. Tamao was startled by the idea. But then, seeing Nagisa there in the bedroom they shared for eleven years put her in the mood. She got in front of Nagisa, rested her arms on her shoulders, and whispered, "I think we could do better than them." She paused briefly to close the drapes. "But they don't need to know."