Shea hummed happily to herself as she sat down in the Ferris wheel gondola next to Hajime. She then leaned out past him to take a look outside the window.
“Shea, wanna swap spots? It’ll make it easier to see out the window.” Hajime asked. All he could see right now was the side of her face, and her hand kept sliding back and forth along his thigh as she tried to settle into a more comfortable position.
Shea turned back to him and said, “Come on, are you really going to ask that?”
“I mean, all I can see is your face right now, so...”
“You mean all you’re looking at is me? How romantic!”
“I meant that literally.”
Of course, if Hajime turned all the way to the side, he could see out the window, but Shea was still so close to him that you’d think they were in a packed train rather than a spacious Ferris wheel gondola.
Every single time Shea turned excitedly back to Hajime to point out some new exciting thing she’d seen, their noses practically touched. She really was sticking to him like glue.
“Listen up, Hajime-san, this is actually the perfect place to be sitting.”
“And why’s that?”
“Because I can see you and the scenery at the same time. Plus, I get to cuddle up with you. It’s killing three birds with one stone. There’s no way I’m giving up this seat.”
I see.
“Well, if you’re happy with this, then it’s fine with me.”
“Ufu fu fu, you’re always like that, Hajime-san. You’re always too nice to us. Btw, Yue-san and Kaori-san were saying the same thing.”
Since when did you pick up internet slang like “btw”?
Hajime wasn’t exactly trying to be extra nice, so he scratched his cheek awkwardly. Shea smiled gently at Hajime and kissed him on the cheek. At the same time, she rested her bunny ears on his head, basically wrapping herself around him.
“You went through a lot of effort to set this trip up for us, didn’t you?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Hajime said, not meeting Shea’s gaze.
She pressed herself against him and said, “Thank you so much. I’m—No, we’re all extremely happy right now. If you spoil us any further, we’ll just become layabouts so you’ve gotta stop.”
Shea rubbed her ears against Hajime’s forehead as she said that. While the main reason she’d wanted to ride the Ferris wheel alone with Hajime was so she could flirt with him, in truth, she’d also wanted an opportunity to thank him in private.
✦ ✦ ✦
✦ ✦ ✦
She’d wanted to let him know how she felt during a special moment like this one, where no one else would interrupt them.
Hajime wrapped his arms around Shea’s waist, and though they were practically melting into each other already, he pulled her even closer. She settled comfortably onto his lap.
“I see. Glad to hear it. I’m really happy right now too.”
“He he he, that’s great.”
Their gondola reached the apex of its arc, and the jealous stares from the adjacent gondolas fell away. Remia and Myu were probably the only two who were actually enjoying the scenery on this Ferris wheel ride.
Naturally, Shea was planning on making full use of the special privilege she’d won fair and square. Hajime was more than willing as well, and the two shared an intimate moment at the top of the Ferris wheel, the scenery all but forgotten.