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お菓子

Sweets

Kasane x Nobunaga

Part Two

"So you came."

Feeling her presence behind his door, Nobunaga placed the book he hand in his hand onto the stand.

He urged her to enter.

As the door quietly slid open, he was greeted with the expect uncomfortable expression on Kasane's face.

Listening to his order, she unwillingly entered the room.

"You sure have the gloomy expression that is wondering what kind of order I will give you."

Eyeing her reaction he snort out a 'hmph'.

Kasane still maintained her reluctant expression.

"Just what do you want me to do?"

"No need to rush. I still haven't decided yet."

Knowing him, surely his order will be some sort of irrational and painful and back-breaking and cruel, hard labor.

She trembled just anticipating bad feeling she felt by looking at him.

At the same time, Nobunaga looked up as if he thought of something. He then searched out a small bag.

Once he found it, he hurled it over to her.

"W-what!?"

By reflex alone, she caught the bag and owlishly stared at him.

"You can have it."

Though suspicious, she checked out its contents.

"Uwah…!"

Kasane raised her voice in surprise.

For the bag was filled with confetti.

"T-this is the confetti you received earlier right? C-can I eat one?"

"One of the European merchants gave me that. It seems to be a very sweet candy. ...I rarely eat sweets. However the rest of my vassals still hate foreign products. ...Women love sweets, don't they? It'll be a waste if I throw it away. So you can eat it."

"O-ok I will!"

"...Hmph."

Kasane happily looked at him.

Nobunaga thinly smiled back at her reaction.

Taking one of the confetti, she popped it into her mouth.

She nearly cried at the nostalgic taste.

"So good~..."

At this rate, no matter what kind of work Nobunaga pushes onto her, she'll be able to work it all off with a smile.

"Is it that good."

"Yes! It would have been good if Tono-sama ate…"

"..."

Observing Kasane's smile as she relished the sweet, Nobunaga remained silent.

"...That might be true."

Saying that he slowly stood up.

He walked over, stopping right before her as he squatted down to her level.

"Ah, you want to eat some? Here!"

Guessing that he finally wanted to eat some of the confetti, she fished out several drops and handed it out to him.

However, Nobunaga's objective wasn't that.

"...? Tono-sa…? ...nmu?!"

Just as she called out his name in confusion, Nobunaga sealed his lips over hers.

She cried out in surprise, allowing his tongue to entine with hers, tasting the sweet flavor.

"Nnn…! N….! …"

Nobunaga circled his hands on her head and waist, allowing her no escape.

Kasane tried to push against him with all her might, but he didn't budge.

"Puha…! …"

When the candy finally all melted away from her mouth, Nobunaga finally released her.

"...It really is sweet."

Seeing him smirk, Kasane blushed and scowled back at him.

"W-what was t-that…!?"

Hearing her protest, Nobunaga lightly snorted and replied in a composed manner, "I've told you this before. It's natural to repay what you've done."

"Ha…?"

Kasane gave an a completely clueless frown.

"That was for the sweet. ….I'll leave you off with this."

He pleasantly said while Kasane turned bright red.

(H-he's horrible...)

Bottling up her anger towards him, she desperately endured this laugh.

"I-if there's nothing else for me to do, can I just go back to my room…?"

She can't accompany him any longer, Kasane began to stand up and leave his room.

"Wait."

"Th-there's more?"

Her body shrank at the thought the something still awaited her.

"...I've decided my order."

"W-what…?"

Just what kind of order will her force on her now?

She felt the cold sweat forming across her brow.

"I'm tired."

"...Ha?"

Not expecting that, Kasane tilted her head in bewilderment.

"...Sit here."

He urged her to sit close to him.

She then obediently sat dogeza style.

"Eh…? eUEeeeh…!?"

From all the shock, Kasane gave out a strange perplexed shout. Her eyes nearly bulged out.

Well that was a natural reaction.

For Nobunaga then plopped down to the floor and rested his head over her thighs.

If anything were to describe this, it was the 'lap pillow' treatment.

"Ah, a-a-a-a-a-aum, wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-what is….?!"

Kasane began to stutter, failing to say anything comprehensible from this event.

"Don't make a huge fuss. I'll be sleeping now. During that interval, you'll serve as my pillow. This is my order from that earlier battle."

"N-no well this is your room. Tono-sama's pillow should in that chest over-."

"..."

"...N-nevermind…"

Kasane lamented that should couldn't even start off an argument with him after that single sharp glare of his.

"Don't make such a huge fuss over this… You'll make this awkward for me."

"Heh?"

Kasane widened her eyes.

It seems that Nobunaga was also unfamiliar to the lap pillow, as he in a problematically way shut his eyes tight and creased his brow.

(...This is…. Could he be embarrassed?)

It came to her as a surprise that Nobunaga would act this way.

(Then you don't need to do this… well if I said that he'll just glare at me again...)

Remembering that glare, Kasane muttered this in her heart.

(...But this is the first time…. I've seen Tono-sama embarrassed.)

He would always have this sullen and moody look and he would barely react to anything, so to think that that Nobunaga would show this sort of expression was sort of refreshing.

"Fufufu…"

"Why are you laughing."

Nobunaga frowned and looked up to her when he heard her sudden chuckles.

"No, no Tono-sama's hair tickled me a bit and it felt kinda good so."

"...You…"

For once her became speechless as Kasane giggled on.

"What?"

As Kasane cutely tilted her head to the side, Nobunaga lowered his brow.

(This one doesn't have have any awareness; so troublesome...)

On his side that sounded like an invitation, but in this woman's perspective it must have been just a silly remark.

"...I'll be going to sleep. Don't say anything unnecessary."

Saying that, he firmly closed his eyes.

...Acting all vigorous in the afternoon.

How shameful.

His self-control was nearly shaken away by her words.

"...And refrain from saying those remarks to the others."

Thinking of her character, it was easy to guess those remarks just came out naturally.

And somehow that thought didn't sit well with him.

"Those remarks?"

As Kasane stared down at him in confusion, Nobunaga heaved out a sigh.

"...Enough."

Surely this woman wouldn't listen to him anyway.

(...In the meantime I will make sure to train her)

"...?!"

As if catching on to his dark thoughts, Kasane felt a chill run down her back.

(Somehow that chill was…?)

Unable to fathom it, she frowned.

"...Even so, it's a beautiful day~."

Recovering from that chill, she glanced out to the open and mild scenery.

The comfortable wind brushed against her cheeks.

They way it touched her body felt thin and soft.

"Tono-sama."

"!"

She suddenly peered down his face and came closer.

Taken aback from the sudden closeness of her face, Nobunaga's eyes snapped open and gazed up at her.

At the same time, something got stuffed into his mouth.

"If you eat this normally, I'm sure it tastes even better."

Tasting the sweet flavor as it spread across his mouth, Nobunaga creased his brow.

It seems that Kasane pushed on of the confetti into his mouth.

"Fufu~n! Were you expecting something? ...Just ki~dding."

"..."

Kasane said as she tried imitating his speech pattern.

It seems that she still held that old grudge of him teasing her before.

...How cheeky of her.

"...I'll eat."*

"? If it's the candy then you already ate one."

"..."

Kasane tilted her head and gave him a puzzled look at his muttering remark.

Finding her remark uninteresting, the middle of his brow creased even more.

Once he reached out his arm and touched her cheek, he then pulled at the soft skin with all his might.

"You blockhead."

"Owowowo! Whai-huwhat are hwou doing!?"

"I'm telling you these jokes are for women with bigger breasts and more sex appeal."

"S-shut up…!"

Nobunaga snorted out a 'hmph'.

Kasane rebutted back in protest as she rubbed her sore cheek.

He faintly smiled at her reaction.

"Give me more."

Hearing him demand for more, Kasane faintly gave out a wry smile. Nothing more can be done for this guy. She then placed another confetti in his mouth.

Seeing her bashfully giving him a smile, a faint sweet feeling spread across his chest. He pretended not to notice.

More, more, of this sweet time.

One day with a taste sweeter than this confectionery.

He will-

...devour her.

*He just says「喰うぞ」 which means 'I'll eat' or just eat/devour. But really it all depends on the context. He doesn't say what he'll eat, but for Kasane she thought he'll eat the candy, while he meant something entirely different.

Σ(゜ロ゜;) Kasane run away! Follow your sixth sense! Well I hoped everyone enjoyed this story. If I have time, I might go ahead and translate the next one. It's one of my favorites, so I'll be having a blast translating it while I try to not laugh myself to death. Ok guys, those celebrating Thanksgiving, have a lovely dinner. I'll see you all very soon!