Notes:
() - Heroine's thoughts, Blue Text - Flashbacks
Hinoto - Prince of Kuyou - Moon End
Chapter 7 - I Won't Run Away Anymore
When I finally found him in the town of Kuyou at night.
Hinoto: ...Why did you come here?
MC: ...
The words that I wanted to say got stuck in my throat and they wouldn't come out... When Hinoto-san made a bitter expression, I was a little scared to be honest.
Hinoto: Just this once, why didn't you behave yourself? I feel bad, so I'm being kind to you.
MC: That's...
Hinoto: I... If I did something like that, would you have given up?
MC: Ah...
As he sounded gentle as usual, he strongly pulled my arm. Once I was in his arms that were stronger than I thought, my heart skipped a beat.
Hinoto: I'm not really a patient person. Even though you called me gentle...
His deep whisper made an uneasy disturbance run down my spine. Although, when he looked at me seriously within a close distance, my heart started to go fast.
MC: I...
Hinoto: Shh... Quiet.
He placed his index finger on my lips.
Hinoto: Geez... Being gentle isn't the only thing I can do...
After he said that at the end, he took me away from that spot...
Chapter 8 - What I Want Is...
In the town at night, the words that he whispered to me were...
Hinoto: Geez... Being gentle isn't the only thing I can do...
After his sweet forceful voice made my heart noisy, he took me away from that spot. Hinoto-san dropped everything and went off somewhere with that gentle look on his face...
MC: This place is...
(Hinoto-san's room...? Come to think of it, this is the first time I've been here.)
When I looked around the unfamiliar room, I turned towards him as he was standing at the door.
MC: !?
He strongly held my shoulders and pinned me down against the wall. As I felt the cold wall against my back, I looked at Hinoto-san as he was right in front of me...
MC: ...Hinoto-san?
Hinoto: ...
Within his warm gaze, there was rage appearing and disappearing.
(This is the first time I've seen Hinoto-san like this...)
Despite being aware of my loud heartbeat, I couldn't understand why it was beating from fear...
Hinoto: Hey, won't you become mine?
MC: Yours...?
Hinoto: That's exactly what I meant...
MC: ...
When he gripped my shoulders more, he narrowed his eyes in pain.
(I'm a little scared... What happened to Hinoto-san?)
I was unable to question him and...
Hinoto: When I was with you, I realized that I can't be just kind to get what I really want. So, I'm going to get my true feelings through you without hiding them. ...I want you.
MC: Ah.
The moment he held me with his large hands, my vision moved around. Once my back was pushed down against the tatami floor, above me was...
Hinoto: Fufu... Were you a little surprised just now? Are you thinking that I'm scary?
When Hinoto-san grabbed both of my wrists, he pinned me down. Then, he placed his nose against my nape.
Hinoto: You have a sweet scent...
MC: ...!
I closed my eyes when I felt a light pain on my nape.
Hinoto: I... I really want to devour you. Won't you let me hear you answer?
MC: ...N-No...
His lips that were against my nape felt like scattered flowers.
(Is this how Hinoto-san feels? If so, then what is he trying to show me? Something like this...)
My heart couldn't help, but throb sadly.
MC: ...No!!
Hinoto: ...!
Without thinking, I ended up biting his hand.
Hinoto: ...Ow, you got me good...!
MC: That's because...
(Even though I went to him to apologize...)
MC: Hinoto-san, please listen to me!
When I pushed his large body, I held him at a distance.
Hinoto: What do you want me to hear...? I told you that I can't be gentle to you anymore. Yet, why did you let me take you all the way to my room?
MC: That's...
As I was hesitant to speak, he showed a strained look. That expression was showing the sadness and pain that he was holding in his heart.
(What should I do?)
Time went by as I was unable to apologize clearly... At that moment, he softly murmured to himself.
Hinoto: Are you trying to hurt me with your kindness? Or maybe...
MC: Ah, wait!
Before I could tell him everything, he turned his back on me and left the room. When I called out to stop him from behind... I had no way of knowing if I had reached him or not.
Chapter 9 - Piercing the Heart
As I was looking at the night sky sadly, the moon was just quietly staying still. After I was left alone, I returned to the guest room and looked at the sky.
(Was there a better way to handle that...?)
With these dark feelings, I looked at the view of the bright sparkling lights in town underneath the night sky.
Secretary: Princess, may I come in?
At that moment, I heard the secretary's voice from outside the door.
MC: Yes, come in.
Secretary: Such a long face... It's almost time for the praying ceremony to start, so how about you go see it for a change of pace?
(The praying ceremony... That was today.)
-Flashback-
Hinoto: How troubling... Even though I prepared myself properly.
MC: Prepared yourself...?
Hinoto: ...For this conversation.
-Flashback-
(He must have been talking about this...)
I took the secretary's advice and headed to the music hall where the ceremony is being held.
Around the music hall, a large crowd of people gathered around to watch this year's presentation. Although, I couldn't find Hinoto-san anywhere.
-Flashback-
Hinoto: Are you trying to hurt me with your kindness? Or maybe...
-Flashback-
Only Hinoto-san's words from before echoed within my head.
(What should I do... What did Hinoto-san mean at that time?)
Aside from apologizing, I was unable to accept his feelings...
(I really shouldn't leave things as is.)
Just as the ceremony was starting, I quickly left from there like a bullet.
When I returned to the castle, there was a dim light coming from the door to Hinoto-san's room.
After I nervously called out to him and entered the room, he was looking at the music hall from the window.
Hinoto: ...
The red lights of the music hall were reflected in his eyes within the black darkness...
MC: ...Shouldn't you be at the praying ceremony?
Hinoto: Right now, I don't feel like it after I brought you to this room...
After he said that softly, he made a sarcastic smile...
Last Chapter - Kindness and Everything Else...
MC: ...Shouldn't you be at the praying ceremony?
Hinoto: Right now, I don't feel like it after I brought you to this room...
After he murmured that, I sat near him.
MC: ...
Hinoto: ...
It was overflowing with silence for a while. In the dark room, I could see the bright sparkling lights of the praying ceremony and the town from outside the window.
Hinoto: ...Why did you come here?
His scarce undulated voice broke the silence.
MC: Um... This whole time, I wanted to apologize... I went to the praying ceremony, but I kept on thinking about you. I was unable to watch the praying ceremony from feeling like that...
Hinoto: I see... Looks like I have caused a lot of trouble for you.
MC: You were just telling me how you honestly felt, right...
Hinoto: ...When I couldn't get through to you no matter how much time has passed, I ended up losing my composure like that... How uncool of me.
After he said that, he turned towards me.
Hinoto: Are you scared of me?
I clearly recalled the pain in my wrists from when he strongly grabbed them.
MC: ...
Even so, I looked at him in the eye and quickly searched for the words to say.
-Flashback-
Hinoto: When I was with you, I realized that I can't be just kind to get what I really want. So, I'm going to get my true feelings through you without hiding them.
-Flashback-
MC: Hiding your true feelings... You mentioned that earlier... At first... I didn't understand how you felt well, but now...
(It's okay, I'm not scared...)
When I encouraged myself as my hands were trembling, I grabbed the hem of his clothes.
Hinoto: ...MC?
He was so surprised that it made him forget to blink.
Hinoto: Does that mean you're fine with accepting everything about me? You're... going to give me the kindness that I wanted?
MC: ...Yes.
At that moment, he spoke softly.
Hinoto: ...How foolish, being able to see through a wolf in sheep's clothing a second time...
MC: Eh...?
I couldn't hear him well at the moment.
MC: Ah.
As I was looking at his face, he pushed me down at that spot again.
MC: Hinoto-san...?
When he made a sadistic smile, he put our faces at a close breathing distance.
Hinoto: I want to be kind to girls. But, that's not enough to satisfy me if I'm with the girl that I love...
On his well-toned face, his charming smile that didn't have any kindness in it made me shiver. As my heart was being noisy by reflex, expectations that I hadn't felt before ran up my spine.
MC: H-Hinoto-san...
His breath got closer to my lips more. Also, the speed of my heartbeat increased as a response to it.
Hinoto: Fufu... How cute. Hey... MC? Since I'm feeling quite irritated, do you know how far I'm holding myself back? Or are you all right with it?
MC: ...
When his eyes made a fierce look, I searched for the answer to my own confusing feelings.
MC: ...Yes, Hinoto-san.
After that response, the wolf that's been hiding until now snatched my lips away by force. As the trifling kiss made it hard for me to breathe... He intimately embraced me in his strong arms.
Hinoto: MC...
MC: ...Hinoto-san...
(I'm still... a little scared, but...)
Within the forceful embrace, his feelings that I've been searching for were conveyed to me clearly. Those feelings of his that were only for his special someone made me happy...
(Am I the only one... who knows about this side of him?)
With those feelings that were like a sweet poison, he caressed my entire body as he gave me a numbing kiss. Then, the inside of my head became completely blank as it was growing late into the night.
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