The mood of the date had turned around...
It couldn't be helped. In this country that valued subtlety, this country where even "I love you" could only be translated as "The moon is beautiful tonight," most boys stopped saying things like "I like you" after winning a girl over. In fact, they wouldn't even say something like "The moon is beautiful tonight."
Well, okay, it wasn't just this country. Most countries were like that. Before winning a girl over, sweet words were indispensable, but once they had her, those sweet words became fewer...
But Sogo Doma was different. Utaha Kasumigaoka knew that well, because unlike other "boys," who wished they could devour a girl completely on the very day they got her, Sogo Doma had always held himself back and told her, "Can you wait until you've fully grown up? I don't want you to regret it..."
Utaha Kasumigaoka really wanted to tell him—she would never regret it!
Yet from Sogo Doma's words, she had felt nothing but care and affection...
Still, even as she felt that affection, she worried that her Sogo might abandon her. So she both longed for it and hesitated...
On top of that, Sogo Doma often did one outrageous thing after another. Today, he had even said he wanted to give Yukinoshita and the others a "full-body examination." How could she not have thoughts about that?
But after hearing Sogo Doma say, "Utaha, this of mine..."
He pointed at his chest.
"It only goes thump, thump, thump... when I see you. It starts pounding excitedly!"
Utaha Kasumigaoka felt completely at ease—please give her a little more of those perfect sweet words. But she was also afraid of hearing too many of them, afraid that Sogo Doma would say things he couldn't do, so she could