Shield Hero With Barrier Magic

(Hiro's POV)

My first ever confession turned out to be a success !! Well... The one in the sleep doesn't count, at least for me... It's exclusive memory to Eclair...

Anyway, I am so happy !! I was a little afraid, to be honest... Would Eclair who has a sense of justice accept the things I did in the past ?? Would she accept my selfishness that I might turn a blind eye on the crimes happening around me ?? To be honest, Eclair's sense of justice won't get along with the reality... This is a world where if you have to make something right, you should do something wrong... I am not confident that Eclair would accept that part of mine...

But when she told me that she would try her best to bring that confidence in me, that statement alone gave me the confidence to confess everything... And not to mention, I fell for her even more...

But I didn't confess because I didn't want to ruin the atmosphere... Well... It was still ruined and became awkward... Anyway, after that, I made it even more awkward by proposing the Harem plan... And Eclair gave me hope just to take it away... No problem... I have all the time in the world to convince her... Even if she didn't, I am fine as long as I have her...

Anyway, after that, She called me Hiro !! Not Hiro-dono but just Hiro !! Eclair agreed that she would call me Hiro but she is having some problems with that... Man, she looks really cute when she gets all fl.u.s.tered when she says my name...

Anyway, we decided to go back and we didn't talk that much on our way back to the town... I thought of giving Eclair a cooldown period as fumes came out of her after saying my name that many times...

After that, I went to the apothecary shop to sell the medicines that I made... Eclair stayed back as usual... Well, I enhanced their quality so that they would sell for more... I showed them to the apothecary...

Apothecary - This is good stuff... Did you make this ??

Hiro - Yeah...

Hiro - I am one and I made these from the herbs I found during a quest... Well, my family is well-versed in medicine but I want to be an adventurer... But as I got the ingredients, I thought I make them as side income...

Apothecary - To be honest, with this quality, you can earn more here than in adventuring...

Hiro - I know but I like to be an adventurer... But I think I will be regular here...

Apothecary - Well... You are in good luck... Thanks to the Waves the demand for medicines is high...

With that, he accepted the medicine bottles and paid a good amount... And after that, I met with Eclair and both of us went to the weapons shop...

Erhard - Welcome back... How was your day ??

Hiro - Excellent...

Erhard - Ho ?? Did something good happen ??

I looked at Eclair with a grin...

Eclair kept blushing and said...

Eclair - You see... Uncle Erhard... We confessed to each other... H... Hiro and I can be considered now as... as lovers...

Erhard started grinning...

Erhard - Looks like a lot happened... But first, congratulations, boy and you too, Eclair...

Hiro - Thanks, Uncle...

Eclair - T... Thank you, Uncle... But, aren't you surprised ??

Erhard - Well, I am surprised that you accepted your feelings... You normally keep denying them all the time...

Eclair's face became redder and immediately covered her face out of embarrassment... Cute...

Eclair - Why was I even denying it all this time ?!! Why didn't any of you say something ?!!

Erhard/Hiro - Because it's cute !!

Both of us answered at the same time and gave a thumbs up to each other... Eclair only became even more embarrassed...

Erhard - And by the way, Eclair...

Eclair removed her hands from her face and looked at Uncle Erhard...

Erhard - You refer to him now as Hiro, huh... It looks like you became a lot closer...

Eclair immediately covered her face again... Fumes are coming out of her blushed face again... Well, she might faint at this rate...

Hiro - Well... I think staying here for long won't be good for Eclair... I think we should go for today...

Eclair - Y... Yes...

Both of us went to the door and bid farewell to Uncle Erhard...

Hiro - Bye, Uncle Erhard...

Eclair - See you tomorrow, Uncle Erhard...

Erhard - See you tomorrow and by the way, Eclair...

Eclair - Yes...

Erhard - You are officially lovers now and you do realize that you can use the love hotel you are going to for its true purpose, right ??

Eclair - Uncle Erhard !!

Eclair immediately shouted while blushing and ran outside and I ran after her giving Erhard a thumbs up... I caught up with Eclair and we went back to the love hotel...

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(Eclair's POV)

Why did Uncle Erhard have to say that ?!! Not good !! I thought my heart stopped for a second !! I am going to lose my head at this rate !! But... But... What he said is also right...

I mean... We are lovers and lovers normally do those things, don't they... And we are now in... in a love hotel !! The place where other couples come to do those things... I wonder what Hiro thinks about this... Is he expecting it?? He is a guy, right ?? And a pervert at that... So, it's normal for him to expect those things from me... I wonder what he expects... Maybe we do this and that in his fantasies... Not good, my eyes are rolling just from imagining it...

We went to our room and I immediately went into the bathroom to arrange my thoughts... What would Hiro be thinking ?? Will he come at me while I am in the bath... Or will he come at me while we are sleeping... Or... Or he might even do it in our study session... What will I do at that time ?!! Will I stop him ?? If... If I stop him, will he lose interest in me ?? Hiro already said about getting more girls... So, will he go for other girls if I stop him from coming at me ?? Will he leave me ?? I don't like the feeling... My c.h.e.s.t feels tight...

With these thoughts, I changed and came out of the bathroom... Hiro went to bathing next and he came back after a while...

Hiro - Alright, let's start studying...

Eclair - Y... Yes !!

Hiro - Alright, what's bothering you ??

His ability to see through me easily is really frightening...

Eclair - Hiro... I was thinking if... if you expect... you know, those kinds of things from me...

Hiro - Obviously, I do...

Immediate answer !!

The fact that you can say it that straightforward with a proud expression makes me want to question your previous world...

Eclair - So... you see... I was thinking... If I refused to do those... Will you look for other women to do those ?? And... Will you lose interest in me ?? And if you got many girls who are willing to share you like a harem... Will you lea...

Hiro put his hand on my mouth stopping me from saying anything...

Hiro - Don't you dare finish that sentence... I will never leave you... About those kinds of things... You don't need to those if you don't want to and we can do them at our own pace... We have all the time in the world... And you are misunderstanding something, Eclair... I don't want girls for those kinds of things... I want girls for love... Those types of things are just a bonus... And I will leave my harem dream if I couldn't convince you in the end but, me leaving you is not gonna happen even if you wanted it... I love you, Eclair... I love you a lot... You don't know this but you gave me something very important thing... Something which I yearned for a lot in my previous world... True Love... Even I didn't know that I am capable of loving a girl until you came into my life... So, thank you, Eclair, for becoming a part of my life... Thanks a lot...

This is also a confession... He confessed to me again... But this time, tears won't stop coming from my eyes... I can't contain them like my joy at this moment... He held my head with his hands and kept staring into my teary eyes...

Hiro - Listen well, Eclair Seaetto, The thing which I want the most is not harem or other things... The thing which I want the most is your love... I want you the most, Eclair... I want to be with you... I want to be with you forever... I won't even let death do us part... That's how much possessive I am... So, please keep loving me...

Tears are still running down my face... I keep staring at him... I love him... I love him a lot... I want to tell him that... I want to reply... I want to express how happy I am right now... I want to at least reply that I love him... But I can't get the words out of my mouth... But I want to convey my feelings... So, I did the only thing that could do... I pulled him closer and pressed my lips onto his... My first kiss... I think there is no better occasion for it than this... This is the only way I can convey my current feelings... Both of us stayed like that for some time and parted our lips...

Hiro - I love you, Eclair...

Eclair - I love you, Hiro...

Hiro - That was my first kiss...

Eclair - Mine too...

Hiro - I am glad that my first kiss is with you...

Eclair - Likewise, Hiro...

Hiro - Let's go at our own pace... For tonight... Let's sleep...

Eclair - Okay... By the way, Hiro...

Hiro - Yes ??

Eclair - C... Can we hold hands while sleeping ??

Hiro - Of course !!

And that night we slept while embracing and holding each other's hands...