Mad Rosetta - Chapter 54

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Mad Rosetta

 

Episode 54

 

A Cowardly Man (6)

 

It was impulsive.

 

I grabbed the bastard by the collar.

 

【…Let go of this, Rosette.】

 

He seemed momentarily flustered, then soon frowned with displeasure upon seeing the back of my hand.

 

As I put strength into the fist gripping Sing’s clothes, I could see the gauze becoming damp before my eyes.

 

At most, some blisters must have burst.

 

Gone was his growling attitude from just moments before, and toward the bastard who couldn’t even bring himself to swat my hand away, I quietly murmured.

 

“I don’t understand.”

 

【Are you in your right mind? The fluid seeping out—】

 

“You do have feelings for me after all.”

 

【….】

 

“So why won’t you admit it?”

 

You cowardly bastard.

 

After spitting those words from my mouth, I felt like I was about to cry as all the pent-up sorrow came rushing in.

 

But thinking that showing tears here would be tantamount to losing, I deliberately widened my eyes.

 

Sing moved his lips several times like someone choosing their words.

 

“What are you thinking that you have no answer?”

 

However, my impatient nature was faster.

 

Looking down at me like this, Sing somehow muttered with a slightly hollow tone.

 

【…I’m thinking I’d like to open up that little head of yours.】

 

“What?”

 

【You seem to have forgotten that I’m not among the living.】

 

At the bastard speaking as if he couldn’t possibly understand me, I finally exploded.

 

A man who persistently and tenaciously burrows into me.

 

Yet when it comes time to face things directly, he evades with jokes and retreats two steps.

 

Even so, he stays by my side as if he’d hate to death to be hated by me, and in moments of danger, he regains his composure with ruthless coldness.

 

But a man who never reveals who he truly is.

 

Though it’s pitiful that I came to like such a bastard, his appearance of lecturing me as if it were something that shouldn’t be done felt even more infuriating, making me grit my teeth.

 

“When did I ever ask about such things?”

 

【It cannot be fulfilled, no… It’s a relationship that’s impossible from the start. You know well what I mean.】

 

“What’s so special about relationships between men and women? It’s a relationship that’s complete as long as hearts connect.”

 

【…My head feels like it’s going to hurt. I’ve never felt like this before.】

 

“Look at this.”

 

【….】

 

“You never deny it. You just keep running around in circles, hoping I’ll stop first.”

 

Did my last statement touch something inside the bastard?

 

Sing, who had been still until now, finally grasped and lowered my hand that had been grabbing his collar.

 

【It’s rather amusing. Are you discussing feelings without even knowing who your partner is?】

 

“A ghost.”

 

【Rosette.】

 

“If you tell me, I’ll listen, and if not, I won’t bother asking. Now that I’ve come to like you, such things seem useless anyway….”

 

【Didn’t you once say I disgusted you.】

 

“Then take responsibility for seducing me.”

 

Ah, I’m getting tired of this act too.

 

How can a rejection be so pathetic yet noble?

 

Sing needed to know that there’s no such thing as a rejection that doesn’t hurt even a hair.

 

“If you truly don’t feel the same way as me, then don’t worry about me anymore. It’s uncomfortable.”

 

【What?】

 

“Don’t call me darling or sweetheart either! If you want to play at being lovers with such nice-sounding words, take proper responsibility, Sing! Is what I’m saying difficult?”

 

I was so angry that I shouted at the end, and sure enough, a metallic sound came from my throat.

 

I think I tasted blood slightly, but it must be my imagination.

 

When I glared with unnecessarily anxious eyes while stopping my cough, the bastard was looking down at me with an expression of disbelief.

 

【…Huh.】

 

“….”

 

【Ahaha. Right, responsibility. Responsibility…. What a wonderful word. It really stings to the bone.】

 

What did I touch wrong again?

 

Somehow the bastard’s laughter sounded close to madness beyond despair.

 

A low sigh followed that self-deprecating smile, and Sing sat beside me with gleaming eyes like someone whose sanity had cracked and asked.

 

【If I answer that I feel the same as you, will you stop such reckless acts as today’s from now on?】

 

“Increase the guards to five, ri…?”

 

I couldn’t finish what I was saying.

 

Because I was extremely flustered.

 

It was because Sing had suddenly embraced my waist after sitting by the bedside for who knows how long.

 

Whether he knew of my confusion at the bastard’s ticklish attitude that changed like flipping a palm, Sing showed his familiar smile.

 

This is his trademark damn smile.

 

【Do you know?】

 

“Wh, what?”

 

【You wouldn’t have known, but I was the first to covet you.】

 

“First…?”

 

【Mm, since you were in your mother’s womb?】

 

…That’s creepy, what kind of talk is this.

 

The bastard’s eyes were too sincere for it to be a joke, so I fumbled around trying to figure out Sing’s age before finally closing my eyes tight.

 

I can’t even get a sense of it, so there’s no need to count.

 

Perhaps reading my troubled expression, I heard giggling sounds from the bastard still beside me.

 

【It’s already too late, darling. You’re obviously going to regret it anyway, so I won’t tell you.】

 

I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve seen the bastard’s mischievous smile.

 

And yet he pretended to know nothing while making me worry sick—I felt like giving his head a few good punches.

 

While I was just staring at the bastard with such thoughts, somehow the atmosphere felt strange.

 

Something occurred to me and I hastily blocked Sing’s lips with my hand.

 

“By, by the way, this isn’t my first kiss.”

 

【….】

 

Wow, look at how fast he frowns.

 

I had heard during conversations with young ladies that there were quite a few men who pestered them about purity and how many official relationships they’d had.

 

So they laughed slyly, saying it was also a method to hide such things when possible.

 

But this wasn’t something to hide, and it seemed better to lay it out from the start, so I just blurted it out.

 

【It’s quite a talent to completely kill the mood with unnecessary stories.】

 

Looking at this bastard’s expression, it seems I misjudged.

 

“Once at the wedding…. No, since I returned to the past, should I consider it as never happened?”

 

【Ah, I know about that because I saw it. I was there.】

 

“…You know you’re really a terrible stalker, right.”

 

I felt embarrassed about my rambling at the bastard’s indifferent tone.

 

When I quietly moved away the hand that had been blocking the bastard’s face, Sing smiled very brightly as if satisfied.

 

【It’s fine, darling. My first kiss will be taken by you.】

 

“…Huh?”

 

【Be satisfied with that.】

 

With those words, Sing’s large hand slipped between my hair.

 

The bastard’s fingers brushing past my ear were ticklish, and his breath touching so close felt very unfamiliar.

 

…My first kiss in this life being with a ghost.

 

Since no one would believe me even if I bragged about it anywhere, I was busy just closing my eyes and accepting it.

 

* * *

 

“Sing.”

 

【Mm?】

 

“Try saying you love me.”

 

【…Mm?】

 

I wish she’d pick one—being shy or being bold.

 

She lay there in a dignified pose as if she were perfectly sane, staring intently at Sing.

 

【You can say it yourself.】

 

“Just try saying it.”

 

【Huh.】

 

“When I think about it, I don’t remember ever hearing it from a man before.”

 

Though she answered as if it were no big deal, she quickly raised her eyes sharply and venomously, asking why he was nodding as if he already knew that fact.

 

Well, since she wanted it, he figured there was nothing he couldn’t do.

 

So Sing tried to put those embarrassingly unfamiliar words in his mouth like she did, but ended up bursting into laughter.

 

When Rosetta’s expression hardened to what could be called humiliation, Sing hurriedly buried his head in her shoulder.

 

【Ah, I love you….】

 

“…Don’t do this just because I seem angry.”

 

【I love you, Rosette….】

 

The eyes of the woman you love are truly fierce. Sing thought that day.

 

Not knowing that this means it can no longer be undone, you insist on giving a name to this frightening emotion.

 

Taking along as a companion the one who cruelly pierced his heart, and inevitably having to hurt the small woman before his eyes as a result.

 

Sing knew all too well that everything was a predetermined sequence.

 

Though she who had spoken of responsibility wouldn’t know how she had urged him toward such a selfish choice.

 

【Close your eyes.】

 

“Do I have to close them?”

 

【It’s embarrassing.】

 

“…I see.”

 

Even though her cheeks were flushed red, even though she was only hesitantly gripping around the man’s elbow.

 

Finding his darling before him lovely as she obediently closed her eyes tight as if convinced, Sing kissed her again.

 

Though imagining the end that would someday come was bitter, his lover’s heart was too sweet not to consume.

 

Just a corner of your heart. It’s only staying with me briefly, so don’t mind it.

 

You love the servant with the cute crooked teeth, and you love the young pharmacist busy blooming with talent.

 

Moreover, you close your eyes and speak of love even at a mere creature’s clumsy kiss.

 

Since you’ll surely love someone else freely again someday, I decided not to worry on purpose.

 

Because you’re so lovable….

 

I don’t have even the slightest luxurious thought that I could be forgiven.

 

My darling, my Rosette.

 

I’m so happy that I feel like I have you, even if briefly.

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