Chikasugiru Karera no, Juunanasai no Tooi Kankei [LN] V1 Chapter 4.7

Chapter 4 - Inside her room

When I opened the front door, the house was completely dark. Izumi was supposed to be there, but there was no sound. I wondered if she was still sleeping in her room.

I took off my shoes, went into the living room, put the cold medicine in the medicine box, and put the ingredients and the nutritional supplement drink that Yuriko had given me in the refrigerator. The light from the refrigerator spread into the dark kitchen.

After that, I went upstairs and noticed that light was leaking through a crack in the door of Izumi's room.

I tried to listen carefully to check if she was awake, but all I could hear was the sound of rain hitting the roof.

"Izumi, are you awake?"

I asked so while knocking softly. But there was no answer. My voice and the sound of knocking soon faded away into the quietness of the surroundings.

After some hesitation, I put my hand on the doorknob. It was unlocked. I opened the door slightly. I was about to call out from here but stopped myself immediately.

The futon in the middle of the room, and a blanket curled up on top of it, came into my sight. Her dark hair was spread out around her pillow. I could also see that the curled-up blanket was moving up and down just slightly.

......Let's just turn off the light.

Thinking that she would not be able to rest if the light was left on, I opened the slightly opened door and took a step into her room.

The smell in Izumi's room was different from when it was a storage room. There was a pink air freshener on the desk. There were still few things in the room, and a uniform hanging on the wall stood out.

When I pressed the switch on the wall and turned off the light, the entire room was suddenly plunged into darkness.

Although I had lived in the house for about ten years, I did not feel that the dark, dimly lit Izumi's room, with the echoing sound of rain, was my home.

I was standing near Izumi's feet. Izumi's sleeping face was almost hidden by her hair.

---I guess she must be tired.

Although we don't spend much time together in a day, I know she has been working hard every day. She doesn't look that strong, and with such a change in environment, it would be strange if she didn't get sick.

"Good work," I muttered to myself. As I was about to leave the room, Izumi suddenly shifted in the blanket and turned over on her back. The hair covering her profile fell gently, and her sleeping face was reflected in my monochrome, dimly-lit vision.

My gaze was unconsciously drawn to her soft cheeks and smooth lips that were slightly open, and my pulse thumped. Her black hair was sticking to her ears and forehead due to sweat from her sleep, which made her look rather charming. Moreover, I think her shirt got pulled when she turned over in her sleep, and the area below her collarbone, where it is starting to softly bulge out, is also......

---I shouldn't be here, I felt in the depths of my consciousness, which had melted into the darkness and somewhat blurred my sense of reality. I took my eyes off Izumi, walked out of her room, and slowly closed the door.

The hallway, with no lights on, was just as dark as her room. I exhaled the tepid breath that had built up inside me and then inhaled. The air outside felt nice and cold, and my chest got chilly.

I entered my room, turned on the light, and lay down on my bed. In my mind, I keep picturing Izumi's sleeping face, which I saw in the darkness. Whenever I think of her face, my heart heats up and starts to beat loudly. The sound of the rain neither became stronger nor weaker, but kept echoing, in the same way, all the time.

When I lay down, I suddenly felt exhausted. As if drawn in by the darkness behind my eyelids, my consciousness gradually blurred.......

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