I Want to Hear Your Voice - Chapter 21

SS “On the Christmas Night”

“Huff… So tired.”

As soon as he got home, Sousuke flopped onto the sofa.

“Ju-just a sec. I’ll make some tea.”

While still wearing a coat, Satori placed a kettle on the fire in the kitchen. Then he went to the bathroom to prepare for a bath. Today was called “Christmas day”, and Satori had accompanied Sousuke to a party at a hotel, which Sousuke couldn’t refuse because of his social standing. 

First, Satori filled the bathtub with hot water. Then, he picked up several kinds of bath salts that he had in stock and checked for the effects listed on the package.

“Hmm, which one should I use?”

For relieving cold. For a relaxing moment before bedtime. For beautiful skin and relaxation. A freshness like a bouquet of flowers. For relaxing your mind. For back pain and stiff shoulders… Among those items, Satori chose the bath salt that was labeled as ‘relieving fatigue’ and prepared it in the bathroom.

“Satori, what are you doing? Come here quickly.”

Satori was startled when he heard Sousuke’s voice calling him from the living room. If he didn’t hurry, Sousuke might think of him weirdly.

“Wa-wait. The bathtub will be full soon.”

Satori replied in a rush and unbuttoned his coat hurriedly.

“I’ve got to change out of this quickly.”

Inside the coat that Sousuke had bought him, was the sight of Satori in a costume of bright red cloth with white fluffy pieces attached.

“Sousuke told me that it doesn’t look weird, but why are the pants so short…”

Satori felt confused as he looked down on his bare legs that felt cold with the passing air. Just then, Sousuke, who was supposed to be waiting in the living room, poked his head in the washroom.

“Satori? What are you doing?”

“Hya!” Satori jumped on the spot. “So-sousuke!”

Satori was flustered when he was asked what he was doing. From Sousuke’s inner voice, Satori realized that Sousuke liked his appearance in this outfit. Even so, it was still embarrassing.

“Yo-you see, you said these clothes were borrowed, right? I thought I should change them before they got dirty. I’ll be right there, so you can go to the bedroom first.”

“Change?”

As expected, Satori’s words were met with a sullen look from Sousuke.

“Why are you changing clothes? It looks good on you.”

(I planned to make out with him when we got home, though. I had been looking forward to doting on the embarrassed Satori in his Santa costume. I want to make him moan in a cute voice…)

“Waa waa waa!”

Not being able to listen any longer, Satori turned bright red and covered Sousuke’s mouth. Satori was startled when Sousuke took his hand into his mouth. Just after, the base of his fingers was being licked, and Satori wandered his gaze around.

“So-sousuke…?”

The area around his waist felt a little tingly. Now, Satori knew that this meant he felt good. Satori quivered his body and closed his eyelids tightly.

(Aah, he came.)

Sousuke’s words made Satori feel like crying. Satori looked down in embarrassment. The inside of his short pants was sticky from what he just released. Sousuke had taught him that this was different from wetting himself, but Satori was stunned from shock when he found that he had stained the borrowed clothes with what he had released.

“I’m sorry…”

“For what?”

The corner of Satori’s eyes was being kissed. The next moment, Satori felt like his body was floating softly in the air, his body was being carried by Sousuke. 

(Satori is so cute for being down over things like this.)

Satori was brought to the living room sofa, and the borrowed clothes were taken off him. Sousuke also wiped off the stain with a hot towel. All the while, Sousuke was in a good mood.

“I’m sure you’re tired after meeting so many people today. You didn’t have to force yourself to go.”

Sousuke was worried about Satori, who got very tired every time he read people’s minds. Even now, Sousuke’s heart ached as if he was experiencing it himself. Satori shook his head, wanting to say something to Sousuke.

“U-umm, it’s true there were a lot of people, but it seems like I’m fine.”

“Hm? What do you mean?”

Sousuke tilted his head at Satori’s words.

“Err, I could hear many thoughts, but I didn’t feel any discomfort at all.”

There were a lot of people at the party today. It was true that some of them had unpleasant thoughts in their mind, and Satori almost felt sick because of it. But Satori for the first time had met other humans aside from Sousuke with thoughts that didn’t make Satori feel sick for reading them. They were all thinking of someone important to them, and also things that are too embarrassing to be put into words. They were overflowing with feelings of love for their partner, just like what Sousuke felt when he was with Satori. It was something surprising for Satori; he was both excited and also happy.

“You see, it seemed like some of them weren’t even human.”

“What do you mean by not human? Do you mean they’re the same as us?”

Satori thought for a moment. He couldn’t really explain it, but it felt like they were a bit different from themselves.

“There was a wolf, and also a person that was like the Dragon God.”

Sousuke was startled at Satori’s words.

“Dragon God you say, does it mean they’re a god?!”

“Yup.”

“Is-is there something wrong?”

(They didn’t do any harm to Satori, right…?!)

Satori’s arms were grasped to the point where they hurt. The soft feelings that were inside of Sousuke disappeared somewhere, and now his heart was filled with feelings of worry for Satori.

“It’s okay. It seemed like they weren’t someone like that.”

“Really?”

After seeing Satori nod, Sousuke was finally relieved.

(If that’s so, I’m glad…)

Inside Satori’s chest felt like it was squeezed with something sweet.

I wonder what this is…?

Satori put his hand into his chest and tried to figure out his emotions. It felt like his heart was pounding hard.

Suddenly, Satori’s heart skipped a beat when Sousuke stared at him. Sousuke’s eyes seemed like they were plotting something.

(…Well, from what I saw from beside him, everyone seems like they were lovestruck and didn’t have the leisure for other things.)

Sousuke…?

“Hey, you could tell what the people at the party were thinking about, right?”

“Ye-yeah…”

Satori’s heart was racing. He wondered what in the world Sousuke wanted to ask him.

(Those people’s minds were probably full of wanting to do costume play after they got home, or wanting to take off the Santa costume of their partner.)

“Of course, you can read my inner voice too, right?” Sousuke smiled in a masculine and seductive way.

(Theirs or mine, let’s compare which one of our thoughts is more erotic.)

Satori tightly bit his lip and looked down. His ears were burning with embarrassment. His heart was beating fast as if it would burst.

“Hey, my dear Santa. Give me a special present.”

Satori looked up in surprise. He wondered if “Christmas” required some kind of special gift.

Satori, who hadn’t prepared anything, looked around the room restlessly.

What to do, I didn’t prepare any gift for Sousuke. Even though it’s “Christmas”…

The joyful feelings that he had until then wilted away as if it were just a lie. At that time, Sousuke smiled and opened his arms, as if he had already seen through what Satori was thinking.

(…You’ll give me a special present, right?)

His chest became tight. If Satori himself was enough as a gift, he’d give to Sousuke as much as he wanted, Satori thought.

While still standing on his knees, Satori slowly approached Sousuke.

“Satori?”

After that, Satori wrapped his arms around the neck of the surprised Sousuke, then replied with “Please have me.” in an embarrassed and nearly faint voice.