Chapter 25: Looking Beyond End

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Looking Beyond

"Mom, starting today, Rui and I are officially dating."

"Yes, starting today, I'm going out with Ryo, I'm looking forward to having good relations with you!"

"Um, just to be sure, as a man and a woman, right?"

"Oh, that's definitely it."

"...yes"

"That's right---yeah, congratulations to both of you!

Rui-chan, I hope we can continue to be friends, and you can call me mother-in-law ♡"

"Hey mom! It's too early!"

"Ryo, are you not planning on marrying Rui?"

I looked at Ryo's face with anxiety.

"Of course I will! Rui, don't make that face, I'll definitely make you happy!"

"Well then, that's fine, Rui-chan! From today onwards, you can call me mother-in-law ♡"

"Uh...yes! M-mother-in-law."

"Oh my, I've become Rui-chan's mother-in-law! I'm so happy ♡

And you know, Ryo, at times like that you should say, "Let's be happy together," because unless you two are happy, true happiness won't come to Rui-chan ♡"

"---I can't beat Mom, yeah, you're right, we'll definitely be happy together!"

"Hey, this is a bit embarrassing..."

"I have to tell to Nae too, Nae! Come here!"

"Mom, what is it?"

I was a little nervous about breaking the news to Nae-chan, she loves her big brother, so I wondered if it would really be okay. I wondered if she would say something.

"Nae, Rui and I are officially a couple now."

"Nae-chan, I look forward to working with you in the future."

Nae-chan looked surprised for a moment, but then her usual carefree smile returned.

"---It's a little complicated, but it's okay, Rui-nee, please take good care of Onii-chan.

Ah, but I will sometimes borrow Onii-chan."

"Yes, I'll lend him to you, Nae-chan."

"It's okay, Rui is the most important to me, but Nae is the second most important to me, so I'll love you as your brother, so don't worry."

It seems like everything will be okay, and I will occasionally lend out Ryo, but that's how it's always been, so I guess there won't be much change in reality.

Nae-chan is still a senior as a girl, but I have to work hard so that I can be relied on if anything happens.

"Oh! Maybe the rings you two are wearing are matching rings?"

"Oh, we made it today, it's a memory of us two."

Ryo says this as he lightly kisses the ring on his right ring finger, looking really cool and stylish.

"Thanks to this, Rui realized her feelings, or rather, it made her realize them, so it's a very important matching rings."

Strictly speaking, my trigger is a photo from that time, but I wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't been making the matching rings, so I guess that's fine.

"Wow, that's nice. I want someone to make something like that with me too soon."

"I hope there's someone with enough spirit to come over and stick with you, Nae."

"It's going to be quite difficult, but I've only just started high school so I'm going to take it easy."

I think it'll be difficult as long as she's attached to Ryo, as the hurdles will inevitably be higher.

"Oh, uh, isn't it almost time for dinner, mother-in-law? I'll help."

"Oh my, Rui-chan, you've stopped using "I" too. That's better ♡"

"Yeah, I'm Ryo's woman now, so I thought it was time to draw a line."

"Yeah, that kind of shift is important. It'll make you more emotionally stable and less likely to dwell on it ♡"

"I kind of understand. I feel like I've finally moved on."

I told Yoshimichi-san about it at dinner, and he congratulated me and told Ryo to do his best. Now I've spoken to all of Ryo's family. I'm relieved.

He said he'll introduce me as a member of the family the next time I visit his grandparents' house, which is just nerve-wracking.

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After dinner, in Ryo's room.

I could tell they were both a little nervous, and that's only natural, since unlike yesterday we were now lovers.

And as always, I couldn't help but want physical contact, because I had been holding back ever since I confessed, and even now, it's just that I find it a little difficult to bring myself to bring it up.

"Rui, let's talk for a bit."

"Yeah."

Ryo said as he sat down on the bed where I was sleeping, and I got up and sat next to him.

Our hands are linked together.

"Rui, I'm so happy right now, our feelings have finally been conveyed and we've become lovers.

Ever since Rui contracted TS syndrome, I have truly loved you as a woman, and of course I still love you now, and I will continue to love you in the future.

As for why I liked you so much from the beginning, of course, I liked your appearance, but I think the biggest reason was that you were my best friend. I'm sure I wouldn't have fallen for someone I didn't know who looked the same. That's how much I can say that Rui's TS was a turning point in my life."

"I'm also very happy now. When I developed TS, I had Ryo and his family by my side, which really gave me peace of mind, and I think it's thanks to Ryo and the others that I've been able to get through this without worrying about anything.

Also, I had Ryo by my side. You were so close that I didn't notice you for a while, but now that I do, I understand that I'm glad that Ryo was by my side. I truly feel that way from the bottom of my heart.

Ryo, I love you, I really love you, I want to love you even more."

"Rui, I love you too."

"Me too."

We faced each other, Ryo gave me a light hug, and put his arms around my back.

After staring at each other, I gradually brought my face closer and closed my eyes.

I'm finally going to kiss Ryo. Until recently, I would never have thought of kissing a man, and even now I don't like kissing men, but now I'm okay with it being with Ryo, I want to do it.

Ryo's lips touched mine, a light, slight pressure, that was all.

I'm kissing Ryo right now. Two months ago, this would have been unbelievable, but now Ryo has become someone I love with all my heart. Kissing him... ah, I can feel my excitement building. Maybe it's because I have my eyes closed, but I can clearly feel the warmth and feel of our lips touching. This is a kiss.

Come to think of it, Ryo had said before that he likes deep kisses, so I wonder if he'll do that here after all.

It probably took less than 10 seconds, but Ryo pulled his lips away.

"How was your first kiss?"

That's what I heard.

"Ryo, it's your first time too, right?"

"That's right, if you ignore my family, it's a first."

Hmm? Wait a minute, I understand that in a normal family, things like that don't count when you're little, but this is Ryo's family, it seems like they've been doing this recently too, so what was happening?

Come to think of it, it felt like he was too used to kissing as a first timer, but now that I think about it, could that really be the case?

"---Could it be that this family kisses a lot?"

"To a certain extent, I guess. That's the kind of family we are, but don't worry, I didn't do it with Dad."

"---Seriously? Well, it's fine, but can you really say that it can't be helped if the family is like that?"

"Family rules exist everywhere, so it's wrong to interfere with them. It's like denying the culture."

"I see, then there's nothing I can do about it."

"That's right, that's it. So, as I said before, I'm going to do the deep one next."

"Please be gentle."

His face got closer, and I closed my eyes and waited with a pounding heart, keeping my mouth loose so that he could come in, but not closing it completely.

Ryo kissed me differently from before, using his lips and tongue to devour my lips, then his teeth, mouth, and tongue to entwine with mine.

I never thought a kiss could make me feel this good. I felt a little oxygen-deprived and my thoughts were blurred, the saliva we exchanged felt like an aphrodisiac, and the feeling of him licking all over me sent shivers down my spine. I wanted more, more.

Ryo let go of my mouth with a 'pfft'. I had no idea how much time had passed; it felt like a minute or 30 minutes, and there was no time gap between us.

Just as we both got our breathing under control, Ryo kissed me again.

Our lips pressed together tightly, my mouth was devoured, his tongue was sucked out, pulled out, and licked all over.

Unlike a hug, which is felt with the whole body, a kiss focuses on one point, the mouth, and yet can be felt in every part of the body.

I was about to get obsessed with this, but Ryo took his mouth off before I could get too carried away.

"How was it?"

"Haa...haa...that was amazing..."

"Well, it was worth the effort, but that's all for today. If I go any further, I'll get out of control, and you need to tell Yamaguchi-san and the others first."

"…Yeah"

Ryo was the more calm one, and although I wanted to continue, there was nothing I could do when he said that.

On my way back, Maya-san called me to buy up something, and said it was relatively cheap, but I should prepare it properly myself.

I see, that's right.

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"Well, I have something to tell you all!"

"Oh, what's that?"

"Here it comes... I'm excited."

"…excited"

"I, Sena Rui, have decided to officially start dating Ueno Ryo!

This is all thanks to Tomoko-chan, Sayaka-chan, and Kanade-chan! Thank you so much!"

"You did it! So you succeeded!? Congratulations!"

"So, I guess the deciding factor was the matching photo after all? Anyway, congratulations!"

"…Congratulations"

"That was Tomoko-chan's idea."

"Yeah, the three of us were talking about it before. For example, take a look at this."

The photo posted was of Ryo and I cooking together at a sleepover.

The blonde girl in the picture had the same expression as the one I saw at the ring workshop today, and she was looking at Ryo with a very happy expression and longing in her eyes.

I felt extremely embarrassed.

I can't believe I ended up making such an expression even though there were three of them there.

"It was amazing back then. Even though we were there, you two were in your own world, hearts were flying all over the place."

"Yeah, it was amazing. That's why when I saw it, it clicked! If this girl hasn't noticed her feelings for him yet, then I just need to make her realize!

So I looked it up, and I saw a place that take photos of the two of you together when you make matching rings and sell them, and I thought Rui-chan would notice too with that.

Matching rings are kind of romantic, so I thought it would be perfect."

"Yeah, Tomoko-chan, you're amazing. When they showed me the photo, I knew exactly that I was in love with, Ryo."

"Oh, now that I think about it, even in the text, you now changed from 'ore' to 'watashi'. I think it looks better that way."

"You're right. Yeah, I think it looks better that way too."

"Now that I'm Ryo's woman, I changed it as a way of settling things, and Maya-san, my mother-in-law also said it would be better for me mentally."

"It's definitely better that way, no doubt about it!"

"...It's even cuter now."

"Yeah, all those flaws are gone."

"By the way, are you wearing your ring? Which finger?"

"Yes, I have it on my right ring finger. Ryo has it in the same place."

"Oh, that's a pretty standard position, but now you're officially recognized as lovers in both name and reality."

"You should never hide it, I think it's better to show it off."

"Well, I won't really show it off though."

"Yeah yeah, but I'm glad Rui-chan is happy."

"Send me a picture from when you were in the ring workshop. I'm sure there's an incredibly beautiful girl in it."

"...I'm looking forward to the photos."

"Yes, Ryo has the photos now so I'll send them to you next time. Thank you everyone, see you the day after tomorrow."

"Good night"

I owe the Tosaka Trio a huge debt, I have to do something to repay them, I'll talk to Ryo about it and decide.

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In this way, just a little over a month after I contracted TS syndrome, Ryo and I were able to safely become lovers.

I've only been a girl for about a month, so there will still be some difficulties, but I have Ryo, my mother-in-law, Nae-chan, and my dear friends the Tosaka Trio, so I believe the two of us will be happy.

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The End

Now that they are a couple, this will be the end of it.

I would like to continue writing about Ryo and Rui's lovey-dovey relationship, so I plan to write additional episodes on an irregular basis.

Thank you everyone for reading this far.