Initial Progress with Momousagi [Part 2]

"This is a little punishment for making fun of me."

Watching Noah's face turn bitter, Momousagi smiled and took the apple from his hand again. Like a little girl who had won a bet, she proudly lifted her chin and began taking small bites.

But after just one bite, she realized something seemed off...

Hm?

Why were there already teeth marks on it?

"You seem to have taken the wrong one..." Noah cautiously said from beside her. "That's the one I already ate."

"..."

Momousagi froze for a moment.

Then.

She turned her head and, as though she had heard nothing at all, continued eating the apple as if nothing had happened.

"Huh?"

Now it was Noah's turn to be dumbfounded.

"Um, you didn't hear me clearly..."

"Shut up."

"But shouldn't we switch them back? Don't you mind my saliva..."

"I said shut up."

"Okay."

Noah immediately fell silent obediently.

There was no helping it. A superior's rank could crush a subordinate, and subordinates were not allowed to talk back to their superiors. Besides, Momousagi outranked him by seventeen or eighteen levels.

But she really did not mind...

Noah glanced again at that half of the apple. Just then, Momousagi took another bite and looked up at him. Their gazes met in midair. He blinked, suddenly understood something, and could not help laughing.

Momousagi pursed her lips and smiled as well.

That was right. How could the two of them possibly find each other disgusting?

He had lived, slept, washed, eaten, and drunk in Momousagi's body. The same had been true for her.

The time they had spent swapping bodies had undoubtedly been a peculiar experience, like a little secret hidden deep in a closet—hazy, yet enough to make their hearts stir whenever they remembered it.

Only the two of