Naruhito (63)
“Naruhito, let’s go to the bath together.”
After dinner, Rikimaru came to my room and said that, which startled me.
Huh? Why?
“I told you this morning, didn’t I? I’m going to be living in this detached palace from today. The bath here is huge, and you can use it anytime within the set hours, right? Let’s go together.”
As I froze in place, he kept talking, as usual.
“Ah, I-. I usually bathe with Hiiro.”
“Come on, enough about His Highness. You’ve always been bathing with him, so it’s fine to change it up once in a while. I’ll wash your back.”
*I’ll wash your back.*
Those words made my head spin.
*Wash your back. Do it?*
What if he washes me?
No, I don’t want that.
I only want Prince Hiiro to do that.
“I-I... n-no...”
My vision blurred. I desperately avoided the hand reaching out to me. I didn’t even want to touch it to push it away. I could hear something, but all I could do was focus on avoiding that hand. If he grabs me, it’ll happen again. But would resisting only make it worse? If that’s the case, maybe I should just stay quiet...
But the creeping feeling of disgust wouldn’t allow me to let him grab me, and my body instinctively fled. Even though my vision was hazy, the hand reaching toward me remained terrifyingly clear.
“N-no... no! Aaaaahhh!”
I finally collapsed, sitting down. With my limp right hand, I grasped the floor and slowly scooted backward on my bottom.
My throat made strange noises as I gasped for air, unable to breathe properly.
As I retreated desperately, the sounds around me disappeared. Was it my ears that had broken, or had I managed to get away?
I looked around, my eyes darting. It didn’t seem like he was chasing after me.
Maybe I had escaped. The thought made me lose all strength. The floor felt softer now. Was I safe here?
“Hiiro... where are you...?”
My vision went completely dark for a moment, and then a strange hand began to caress my body again.
So I didn’t manage to escape after all.
I couldn’t move anymore.
All I could do was curl up, groaning from the nausea, and wait for it to end...
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