Disclaimer: All credit goes to Shingo Nanami and フクロウ. Sorry for the late update. Enjoy.

甘い君

Indulging You

Part Three

Kasane x Nobunaga

"Oi, so what happened last night?"

In an overbearing tone, Kuranosuke asked Kasane.

Behind him was a smiling Inuchiyo and an anxiously-looking Gorouza.

Though their expectations for what they believe what happened last night greatly varied amongst each other, they were all worried about her.

That honestly made her quite happy, so Kasane smiled.

"Hm~... Nothing much."

She lied.

After all not only did Nobunaga kiss her neck, he also sucked on it. It's embarrassing to say something like that out loud.

"I see, just as I thought…."

After hearing her words, Gorouza's expression softened with relief.

He probably felt responsible for pushing the reluctant Kasane to Nobunaga's room.

"Well, a person like Nobunaga-sama will never lay hands on a shorty woman like you."

"Well that's quite true~. Ah, by the way what is everyone going to do…
Timing in her response, Kasane strategized to change the topic.

However after seeing the smile plastered across the face that was right above Kuranosuke's shoulder, Kasane froze.

"The same lineup as usual. The three idiots and… girl."

Loose clothing, long flowing black hair.

Scarlet eyes that were sharp like a hawk. If you were to catch a small glimpse, you wouldn't be able to mistake him for anyone else.

"Nobunaga-sama!"

Due to Nobunaga's sudden appearance, Inuchiyo's eyes brightened

Kuranosuke and Gorouza hurriedly lowered their head.

That figure was the the same as yesterday.

With an act as if everything that happened last night were a dream, Kasane felt puzzled.

As she thought, he was just teasing her last night…

8/10 was relief while 2/10 was anger.

Either way Nobunaga seemed to care less of what he did.

"You've suddenly called Kasane-dono to your chambers, therefore I wondered what could have happened, but… Well it seems nothing had occurred, so my worry was unnecessary."

"Nothing…?"

As Gorouza made a beautiful expression as he chuckled, Nobunaga's gaze turned sharply towards Kasane.

Not wanting to delve into the case of what happened last night, she quickly butt into the conversation.

"We only talked for a little while~. Please~ you shouldn't have Gorouza-san~"*

Act normal, act normal. Calm down. Don't remember what happened last night. Believe that you got bitten by a dog. It's alright. It wasn't her mouth anyway.

Besides, it seems Tono-sama was just teasing her anyway.

Don't even feel his gaze right now. Don't connect the eyes!

As she told herself this, Kasane grinned.

Otherwise she would remember what happened and be too embarrassed to say anything.

Whether or not he noticed her embarrassment, Nobunaga left out a small amused laugh.

As if that smile knew everything, Kasane could not calm down.

"Huh? Katane, your neck. It got bitten by a mosquito."

In the middle of this, Inuchiyo pointed at her neck.

"In this season, a mosquito? How unusual."

"Huh…? When was I even bitten by a bug…?"

Just as she thought of that, there was pause before sweat started to drip.

Last night, getting bit by bug: none. But in this place something that wasn't a bug that sucked this spot: yes.

Arriving to the final answer, sweat ran down Kasane's face.

Nope. This wasn't from a bug. This was last night's….

With the vivid memory coming to mind, Kasane turned a bright vermillion red.

Due to the sudden order, Gorouza and the others had a slight suspicion about this, but after the sight of Kasane's neck they could not help but guess what had occurred.

"That mark… Don't tell me Nobunaga-sama…?"

Fearfully, Kuranosuke inquired Nobunaga.

And Nobunaga, who nonchalantly gazed at Kasane in the corner of his eye, gave out a pleasant smile.

"Who knows."

In shock, Kuranosuke and Gorouza were left speechless.

Meanwhile Kasane, who was so embarrassed that her secret was out, could not offer a single argument.

The only one smiling was Inuchiyo.

...After this the seeds of rumors between Nobunaga and Kasane began to spread.

*This is like 'oh come on~ You didn't need to think like that' kind of meaning. She tries to make it sound light-hearted.

Eh... what pairing should I go for next... I really don't want to work on 10 Strays at this time, maybe during spring break or summer break. The next arc is kinda long after all... Hm... yeah what to pick, what to pick... Well I haven't done IkedaxKasane translations for a while. Okay it's planned! Everyone have a safe week, don't get snowed in or anything!