By Zephyria 
I was speechless at the absurdity. But this was something I had originally decided to do, so I nodded.
“Okay.”
“Really? Then can I just put my mouth on it and eat it right away?”
“Yeah…”
As I said with a sigh, Aska jumped up from the bed and raised his arms in the air. I watched his silent cheer and asked.
“Are you going to eat now?”
“No, not now.”
Well, he already ate a lot while healing me at dawn…
“…”
I felt a bit awkward for some reason. It was clearly no different from a medical procedure, but I felt uneasy. I looked at Aska and gestured for him to sit down without a word.
“Why?”
“What if you were walking down the street alone and a stranger started vomiting blood?”
“What?”
“What if they suddenly said they were in pain and begged you to save them?”
Aska tilted his head at my question.
“Why are you suddenly asking that?”
“Would you help them?”
“Is there any reason not to?”
Even before hearing his answer, I had somewhat expected Aska to say this. He had regained his sanity from just a piece of bread given by a child in the past, so it seemed his nature wasn’t evil.
Besides, he hadn’t forgotten that and yesterday, just because they resembled that child, he had blindly left my sight to help them, hadn’t he?
“Ha…”
As I sighed, holding my forehead, Aska asked.
“Why again? You always ask weird things and then sigh.”
“How would you help them? Would you just drag them over and rub lips with them?”
I asked with a frown, and Aska frowned as well.
“Why would I rub lips?”
At his disgusted expression, I said dumbly.
“You said you’d help them?”
“I’d take them to someone else or find a doctor.”
“…”
Come to think of it, that was the natural order of things. I was so caught up in worrying about a repeat of last night that I couldn’t think of anything else.
“And you told me not to use strange abilities in front of other people, right? Isn’t this also a strange ability?”
“I guess so.”
As I cleared my throat, Aska glared at me as if he was angry.
“But why do you assume I would use it on other people? Are you just trying to find fault and nag again? I said I wouldn’t use the syringe, so don’t take that back. I’ll never forgive you if you do.”
“…”
I didn’t know how he wouldn’t forgive me, but I felt embarrassed and avoided his gaze.
“That’s not it. Anyway, I understand.”
“Understand what?”
“But when have I ever found fault?”
I felt wronged listening to him. Aska scoffed at my question.
“You lie all the time.”
“I didn’t lie?”
“Another lie.”
“Fine. Anyway, especially that kissing thing, don’t do it even if it’s not a strange ability.”
I couldn’t help but sigh as we were having such a childish argument.
“Why?”
“That’s not something you do to just anyone. It’s for very close relationships or… anyway, you have to agree to it.”
“Close relationships? Friends?”
Aska tilted his head and asked back.
“No, closer than friends. Lovers or married couples… Light kisses are okay among family, but especially that direct lip thing, never… Ha.”
As I explained, I suddenly wondered what I was doing. I should have bought some sex education books yesterday, but I completely forgot because I was too distracted.
“Why are you sighing again?”
Aska grumbled, sounding upset, and asked.
“So, we can do it anyway, right?”
At his question, I looked at Aska with a puzzled expression. Aska tilted his head as our eyes met.
“We’re married, aren’t we? So, aren’t we a married couple?”
“…”
“You said married couples can do it.”
“…”
That was true. But I had no intention of doing such things with Aska. Until now, it had only been for healing purposes, and I had never thought of it in that way.
Isn’t that a bit different? I specifically explained it separately because I was worried he might suddenly kiss other people… But I wasn’t sure what to add, so I kept my mouth shut and changed the subject.
“Anyway, just don’t do it to other people.”
“Okay.”
As we talked, I was fully awake, but I didn’t feel like getting out of bed. My body felt lazy, so I blinked a few times while looking at the ceiling and then looked at Aska.
“I couldn’t say it properly yesterday, but if you ever disappear without a word again…”
I suddenly remembered the moment when I was convinced that Aska had used poison on me and ran away. I felt so empty that I unconsciously thought about cutting off his limbs and hanging them from the ceiling.
That way, he wouldn’t be able to run away again… I should tell him the worst-case scenario to scare him, so he wouldn’t have any foolish thoughts, but somehow I felt like I shouldn’t say these words.
As I stopped talking, Aska said defensively.
“I’ll never do that again, I promise? He looked like you and I felt bad for him. I was once trapped in a box on a very cold day, and it was really scary.”
Why was he trapped in a box again? As I looked at him with a dumbfounded expression, Aska hesitated and said.
“I was scared even though I was grown up, how scared would the kids be?”
“What?”
“I was scared, so how scared would the kids be?”
What was he saying, acting like he wasn’t a kid himself? I wanted to tell him that he was a kid too, but I thought I would just get cursed at, so I just sighed. But as if he had read my mind, Aska suddenly said in a fierce voice.
“Hey, you just thought I was a kid too, didn’t you?”
“No?”
“You liar.”
“Don’t curse. And no matter what reason you have, what’s not okay is not okay. It’s not okay just because you weren’t caught by other people, just don’t go out if I tell you not to.”
Aska pressed his lips shut as I spoke quietly. Seeing his dissatisfied expression, I continued.
“It’s the same with yesterday. I clearly said it, no individual activities allowed.”
“…”
“You could have told me and gone. But you disappeared without a word…”
As I spoke, I got angry again. Maybe that’s why my heart, which had been feeling better, started to ache again. It wasn’t an unbearable pain, so I was briefly surprised and was about to say something again when Aska suddenly asked.
“Can I do it?”
“What?”
“Can I do what you said only married couples can do?”
“…”
I felt the heat that had reached the top of my head shoot through my crown and into the sky. Was he doing this because he didn’t want to get scolded? I asked, dumbfounded.
“Why are you asking that?”
“You said you have to agree to these things. Can I do it?”
His expression was as sullen as when he was being scolded earlier. I was speechless for a moment and then said firmly.
“Don’t think you can get away with this.”
“Get away with what? I’m going to do it anyway, so hurry up and agree.”
Before I could even tell him to do it, Aska pounced on me as soon as he finished speaking.
I was dumbfounded as I looked at Aska’s face right in front of me. A moment later, Aska took his lips off mine and put his ear to my chest before lifting his head.
“It doesn’t hurt anymore, right?”
“…”
I had definitely been feeling angry just a moment ago, but it had all disappeared like smoke. I was annoyed by that for some reason, so I gently pushed Aska away.
“Get off. You’re heavy.”
“Anyway, I really won’t do that again. I promise.”
He would fall off if I told him to get off or pushed him, but this time he held on and didn’t fall off. Eventually, Aska, sitting on my stomach with his legs apart, pressed down on my chest and gave me strength.
“I really won’t do that again.”
“Your words are not trustworthy.”
I returned the words Aska had said to me someday. Then, finally, as if his patience had reached its limit, Aska started to get angry.
“I made you feel better all night.”
“What does that have to do with this? And if you think about it, it’s your fault that I ended up like this.”
“Why do you always blame me for everything? Why do you only yell at me? And if you had kept holding my hand, would I have been able to disappear without a word? If you think about it, it’s also your fault.”
He was now blaming me. It seemed useless to say anything more, so I hit Aska’s thigh.
“Get off. Why is this pig always on top of me, ugh!”
Aska, who had come down like lightning, pushed my waist with his foot.
“Hey!”
He was so strong that I was helplessly pushed and fell right off the bed.