Disclaimer: All credit goes to Shingo Nanami and フクロウ. Sorry I'm late, had to bring my dog to the vet and watch over him in the house due to the rain and stuff. Here's part two, enjoy!
青い春と書いて青春
'Youth' Written as 'Green' and 'Spring'
Kasane x Kuranosuke
Part Two
"Haa…."
Kuranosuke tossed the porno on the floor and sat a distance away from the thing as he crossed his arms and creased his brow at the cover.
In the end he managed to bring it all the way to his room, but he couldn't make his mind to read it.
It's true that he's of age, and it's not like he was wasn't interested in the relationships between man and woman.
However, he was still hesitant to read this all by himself.
Even though he wasn't doing anything bad, he felt a weird sensation that made him feel shady.
Though he wouldn't resist if those guys made him read with them while laughing, but it felt embarrassing to read it all alone.
As he thought of what he should do with the book, he suddenly heard a light pitter patter of footsteps and a carefree voice coming from the hallway.
(This voice… isn't it the idiot woman…!?)
Noticing the owner of the noise, Kuranosuke went into a huge frenzy.
He hurriedly took the book and went around his room to hide it.
If she sees this, he'll be forever shamed. Till the next generation. It'll be the shame of the Sasa family.
He quickly tossed it into a corner of his room that was filled with miscellaneous items so that it would blend in.
"Kuranosuke-san?"
Kasane impudently opened his door and peeped in.
Saved by the hairbreadth, Kuranosuke felt the cold sweat drip down his face/
(T-...that was close...)
Turning his body towards Kasane, he pushed the book behind him further and further away as possible.
Taking no note of his suspicious behavior, she cheerfully glanced at him.
"W-what do you what?!"
Kuranosuke cursed out loud at her sudden visit in his awkward moment.
He felt like he lost 10 years from his lifespan.
"Um, I'm not really here for anything, I just wanted to know what Kuranosuke-san was doing."
Kasane placed a hand behind her head, looking a little sheepish. Kuranosuke scoffed a 'hmph' and faintly blushed.
"I-it's not like I'm doing anything out of the ordinary!"
Due to their respective work, today the three idiots and Kasane were all unusually scattered.
It seems that Kasane finished her work early so she went to visit him.
To think that she came all this way to check up on him, not Inuchiyo or Gorouza, Kuranosuke felt a bit pleased and frantically sent a repeated prayer to the Buddha in his mind (It's not like I'm happy or anything, it's not like I'm happy or anything...).
"Kuranosuke-san's room is really a guy's room huh~."
Kasane curiously stared about his room.
His room was filled with miscellaneous things he left laying around.
It was no different than the games her little brothers would litter around in their room, so the atmosphere was similar.
Good or bad, a boy's room is usually like this.
"Q-quit staring at my room!"
As Kasane observed his room in great interest, Kuranosuke yelled out feeling slightly embarrassed by her stares.
"Isn't fine if I just take a quick peek?"
"Of course not!"
Kasane unwilling gave up looking at his room due to his stubborn attitude.
"Then is it alright if you show me your guns?"
As her eyes sparkled at him, Kuranosuke groaned.
He wasn't found of other people touching his stuff.
But, he couldn't refuse those big, entreating eyes.
"Do… do whatever you want."
Kuranosuke glanced away, acting curtly.
Gaining his approval, Kasane happily picked up his gun and observed it with great interest.
"Wah… it's surprisingly heavy."
"Of course it's not heavy."
"For you to carry two of these and shoot them so easily, as expected Kuranosuke-san is a guy."
"Obviously I'm a guy! What did you think I was!"
Kasane wryly laughed at his retort.
He scowled at her and huffed in indignation.
"The gunpowder goes in here, once you pull the trigger the gunpowder will react to the fire.
"Hm, hm."
As he glossed over the details to her, Kasane hummed along with interest.
He peered over her, changing his attention from his gun to her. He could see the back of her nape under her short hair.
"..."
Now that he thought about it, his distance to her was really close.
If he wanted, he could easily embrace this clueless girl, who was only enjoying herself, from this distance.
….Wait, what did he mean 'if he wanted'. No, no!
Cold sweat dripped down his face from that one thought.
No, not possible.
"Kuranosuke-san?"
"!? W-what!?"
As Kuranosuke suddenly became silent, Kasane glanced at him in confusion.
Because they were close, she looked up at him slowly; Kuranosuke welt his heart jolt.
Just one kissーーー.
The words from the guys ran through his mind.
...N-no! Definitely no! Impossible!
He frantically scratched away that wicked thought.
"...?"
Kasane blankly titled her head at his state.
When she did, she glanced behind the suspiciously-acting Kuranosuke and discovered a bunch of miscellaneous stuff scattered around there.
Kuranosuke, who was at wit's end, cradled his head and took no notice of Kasane, who easily pulled out a book from the pile of things.
"...What's this."
Without thinking, Kasane muttered as she glanced at the cover.
On the cover were the words 'Shunga'*, she casually flipped through the pages and saw pictures of couples connected with one another.
"... ...Is this a porn book?"
Kasane raised a brow as she silently turned to one page.
That's when Kuranosuke broke out of his ocean of thoughts and looked up to Kasane.
"W-what are you looking at! !"
Taking notice of what was in her hands, Kuranosuke turned blue then bright red.
"W-when did you…! !"
"So even Kuranosuke-san reads these kinds of things huh. You're a guy after all~."
Kasane wryly smiled while Kuranosuke flushed red in the face.
"Y-y-y-you're mistake-, someone forced that onto me."
"There's no reason to be embarrassed you know?"
Kasane watched a blushing Kuranosuke tried to deny it; as if she assumed he was just making an excuse due out of shyness, she began to chuckle.
"You! I'm sure you don't believe me!? I'm telling the truth you know!?"
"Ahahaha, ok, ok."
Seeing his desperate reaction, Kasane began to laugh even more.
She gave him an abnormally calm expression as if she were his parent who was watching her child grew up into an adult.
"Anyway why would a woman want to look at that!"
"Isn't it alright to take a look~, it's rare!"
Kasane laughed out loud as she turned the page.
In the modern age a friend of hers forced her to read Ladies Comics** and, maybe because of the difference of the art, compared to that she didn't feel that it had any of the lewdness seen in porn.
"In comparisons the recent shoujo mangas are more…"
"Just give it no me!"
No matter how many times he told her, Kasane wouldn't let go of the book so he tried to snatch it away.
However she cleverly avoided him.
"E-enough already…!"
"Ouch…!"
As he was short-fused, he grabbed onto Kasane's arm and pulled, trying to get the book from her.
But since Kasane, who was a type person who hated to lose to begin with,*** pulled back resisting him.
"U-wah!?"
"Uhya!?"
While she struggled with him, she lost her balance and fell.
"Owー..."
Pulled down to the ground as well, Kuranosuke cradled his head with one hand and immediately brought his upper body up.
Once he turned his attention down, he found a befuddled Kasane glancing up at him.
"..."
...…..He was on top of her,
…...she was under him….
…... ... ...Wait, this situation is…!?
Kuranosuke turned into a whole new shade of red.
Though this was purely an accident, it looks like he pushed her down.
Panicking, you can say that he was very much in a frantic craze.
Even though he should have immediately got off of her, before that thought even came to mind, he could only stare down to a bewildered Kasane.
O-oi, what's this situation! Does that mean I pushed down this idiot woman and… U, Uwaah~...!
Seeing himself objectively, he could almost picture them in another perspective, losing his cool even more.
The contents from the porno, the future of what this situation holds, came to mind making Kuranosuke freeze in place.
If he held down her thin arms, he could easily hold her down then when he kisses her surely he'll feel her soft, wait what is he thinking!?
Just mere seconds from overheating, he heard the doors opening.
As the pair's attention turned to the door, they found Inuchiyo and Gorouza frozen in place.
"..."
"..."
In the awkward silence, Gorouza faintly blushed and broke the silence.
"W-well… you you two consented…. Kuranosuke, don't overdo it please."
"...Ha?"
"Inuchiyo, it seems we're just a bother, so let's leave."
"Eh~?! What are Kura and Kasane do-..."
Since Inuchiyo didn't comprehend the situation, Gorouza forcibly pulled him by his clothes and left.
Left behind, Kasane and Kuranosuke both reacted one tempo later.
"It's a misunderstandingーーー! ! !"
Both in perfect order, their harmonious cried echoed through castle.
"Oi! If you only returned the book to me, then Gorouza and the others wouldn't be giving us the weird looks! What are you going to do about this!?"
"U…! Isn't it Kuranosuke-san's fault for acting weird when explaining your Sassa to me!?"
"Tha-... anyway what are you going to do about this!"
"Hahaha, how about you take responsibility and marry Kasane-dono hm?" (Dark laughter)
"Somehow Gorouza(-san) is scary…"
*The words for this is 'erotic woodblock prints', but it's written as '春画' 'spring' and 'picture'. Of course Kasane wouldn't know what it is before looking into it. It's not everyday you'd see those words after all… Plus those woodblocks would be seen in a museum or something so it is kinda rare to see.
**Erm… basically it's a magazine filled with very mature stories of shoujo (not josei)? I think... レディコミ
***Since she hates to lose, she has a lot of strength to pull back. It's not like she saw this as a wrestling match or anything.
Poor Kuranosuke. It's all the porno's fault. (･`ω･). If only you burned it with your gunpowder. Alright, I'll translate the next story by tomorrow. So until then I hope you all have a safe and enjoyable day.