My Childhood Friends Are Trying To Kill Me

Lelia jumped to her feet as she felt her sleepiness recede.

[I did it before!]

***

Lelia remained dazed until she changed her clothes, washed and fell asleep.

“Lady, what happened at the banquet?”

“… No, nothing at all.”

Becky looked back at Lelia for a while with a worried expression on her face.

Lelia laid down, pretending to be asleep, and then woke up again.

Her body was tired, but her head was so complicated that she couldn’t sleep.

[If you don’t complete the mission within the time limit… Will my body really force me to move?]

She felt terrible. She wouldn’t be able to move her body at will… Isn’t it like being controlled?

In front of all her family and friends, she could kiss Kalix against her will.

[Ah! That’s not allowed! Either way, I have to finish it on time.]

She’d rather go back to Kalix’s room now, but somehow hesitated.

[I have to kiss him again… It’s embarrassing.]

How much courage did she need before…?

 Lelia clenched her fists in anger.

***

Finally, around dawn, Lelia changed her clothes and walked away from her room.

She was about to take a deep breath and leave her room.

Knock

She was startled by the sudden knock on her door and thought her heart stopped.

[Who is it? Becky doesn’t come at this hour… ?]

Besides, Becky doesn’t knock on the door so harshly.

Lelia wondered if her aunt or uncle had come to visit her, so she hurriedly opened the door.

But it was Kalix who came to her.

“…!”

As if a thief was caught, when she saw Kalix, Lelia’s heart started beating like crazy.

When she saw Kalix’s expression, tinged with anger, it felt like she was even sweating. She was afraid that she might have been caught secretly kissing him yesterday.

“Wow, what happened at this hour all of a sudden…”

“I need to come in for a second.”

Kalix gave a light nod and entered Lelia’s room.

As the door slammed shut, Kalix approached with a sharp look at Lelia.

Lelia, who had unknowingly stepped backwards from him, came to her senses and stood up straight.

“What brings you here…?”

“……”

Kalix sighed for a moment, as if choosing his words, and looked away.

And he suddenly asked a question. No, it wasn’t a question, it was a declaration.

“You like me.”

“… What?”

Lelia was stunned at the unexpected statement.

Wait, what…?

Whether Lelia was perplexed or not, Kalix frowned and asked again.

“You… Were you one who liked men from the beginning? So you decided to attack me?”

“Yes? Sir Kalix, what are you talking about…?”

“Don’t pretend you don’t know. I know you like me… You like me in a weird way.”

In a weird way?

Kalix felt strange even after he said it, coughing heavily after.

“… Answer me. Have you ever run into a guy like me before?”

“Ah, no, I am…”

“Well then. Whether you’re a man or a woman in this life, you just need me in the future.”

“……”

Lelia’s head was full of question marks. What kind of misunderstanding was Kalix making, then slowly comprehension began to come to mind.

But before she could make an excuse, Kalix continued speaking calmly.

“To tell the truth… I don’t know yet. So I guess I’ll have to do some checking…”

“Yes… ? What… No, wait. From my words…!”

“Okay, stay still!”

At that, Lelia stopped talking to him. It seemed as if she had stopped breathing. It was because Kalix came close to her face.

She looked up at him, blinking her eyes in embarrassment, and saw Kalix’s face turning red.

[…Why is it red?]

But Kalix yelled rather.

“Well, why are you so shy? After all, you did it to me yesterday too!”

“What?”

Me…? What am I shy of?

[No, this is about yesterday? Did you know that I secretly kissed you?]

He hadn’t even asked her about it. 

In an instant, Kalix grabbed her face and pressed his lips together.

“……!!!”

Kalix held her small face and began to kiss her lips arbitrarily.

Something hot and soft rushed into her mouth and swept through her mouse. It was a kiss as rough as a storm.

Before she could even push him away, Kalix, who unexpectedly gripped her and rushed to swallow her, fell first.

“Ouch!”

As Lelia exhaled her rough breath, Kalix buried his face in the palm of his hands with a look of some despair.

*(Yeah… that’s a kiss. (¬◡¬)♡)*

Lelia was perplexed when she saw the message from Alchemy, while she was a little relieved that the mission had been completed.

But she was more surprised and outraged about something else.

[What did Kalix do to me now…?]

Frankly, when Oscar kissed her, it didn’t feel like a kiss.

Rather, it felt like weeping and pouring out his emotions, so she saw it as an act of digging through each other’s painful wounds, rather than realizing that it was a kiss.

But Kalix’s kiss was completely different. 

So embarrassing.

It’s because of Kalix’s attitude.

Lelia looked at Kalix’s blushing ears and she was puzzled.

[Kalix and I kissed…]

Yesterday was an emotionless, stolen kiss for the quest, touching briefly. It was a light kiss.

It was short, but obviously… This was an intense kiss, just like a couple who loved each other deeply. There must have been something in his mouth…

[Nonsense.]

The fact that she had a rational skin relationship with her friend when she was a child gave her goosebumps now.

[I feel like I’ve done something wrong.]

[No, I’ll explain it to Kalix first…]

[I have to tell you I don’t like you that way.]

It was time for Lelia to come to her senses and open her mouth.

Before that, Kalix glared at Lelia and rushed out of her room as if he was running away.

Bang!

Lelia jumped at the sound of her door slamming shut.

She felt wet all over after being hit by a sudden storm.

***

Kalix sprinted and returned to his room.

He slammed the door shut and sat down, leaning his back against the door.

As if it had become hot, molten iron in a blacksmith’s hearth, heat flew from his body.

‘Crazy… It works.’

He had been looking for Lelia since dawn to confirm something about himself.

Last night, he couldn’t sleep even a single minute. His mind was totally a mess.

There were many women who approached him rationally from his mercenary days, but he never paid attention to them.

Lelia was the first to make him feel this way.

The problem was that he was a man.

‘Why do I want a man?’

Kalix grabbed his head.

After he realized that Lelia liked him, Kalix thought deeply.

He was wondering, ‘Can I like him too?’

No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t find an answer, so he went to check it out. He had never once thought of a man of the same gender that way, so it was confusing. He’s never dated a woman, but he’s always considered himself straight.

So he decided to experiment.

He was going to refuse the confession if he felt reluctant when he kissed Lelia with his will, and if not, he was going to accept the confession.

The reaction was more explosive than expected. The reaction of his own body.

It felt like his whole body was racing.

His chest was as hot as a volcanic eruption. His heart was beating wildly as if he had stolen someone’s heart and swallowed it.

“It’s okay… Damn, what now?”

He had thought his body wouldn’t respond.

But the answer that his own body gave was, ‘It can be a man too.’

‘How does my body react to men?!’

‘Was I that way? I can’t… !!!’

‘So can other men do it?’

But when he imagined kissing a man other than Lelia, he felt nauseous.

That’s not a reaction to men… He only responds to Lelia.

‘Love has no boundaries… Does gender matter?’

He was deeply embarrassed because he was destroying the common sense he had so far.

Kalix stared blankly into the air.

The feeling of kissing Lelia earlier was vivid. The muscles of his body stiffened.

Lelia’s lips were softer, warmer, and smelled nicer than he thought.

He seemed to be able to do it even if he told him to keep their lips together all day. No, it could be even longer than that.

Kalix blinked as if he had discovered another world. He was a little happy too.

‘…His confession, I can accept it.’

He felt kind of lucky.

Kalix placed a large hand on his forehead to cool his blushing face.

***

‘I feel like something is very, very wrong.’

Romeo awoke from sleep and woke with a feeling of dread.

After washing and changing clothes, he went to check on Griffith and Oscar, just in case.

‘These children. Did they just go to Lelia with those ugly wounds as it was?!’

It was meant to keep them from appearing in front of Lelia for a while… !

Fortunately, Oscar and Griffith didn’t seem to have visited Lelia. The wounds on their faces remained unhealed.

It looked like they were keeping their promise. There was no problem.

‘But what is this feeling?’

Romeo tilted his head and frowned.