Chapter 65: Thanks
"Why are you so sweaty?"
"Errr....."
I had just closed the door of the cottage when Fiona threw a question at me out of the blue. While she had gotten slightly more comfortable with me as of late, she still didn't talk to me that much. She still preferred to talk to the Taleena's reanimated corpse instead of me, so I was surprised when she took the initiative to talk to me. 'Wow...that is super depressing to think about. How shitty am I? Also how sweaty am I right now for her to see it so quickly?'
I had just finished escaping...saying goodbye to Brianna, I guess the encounter had affected me more than I thought. Thinking back to the pressure she exerted, a shiver ran up my spine.'Was I close to death just now?'.
"Well, are you going to say anything?"
Realizing I had just been standing there silently without answering her, I quickly tried to find a combination of words that could explain this without ruffling her feathers. After a few moments I remembered how terrible I am with words, so I ended up just telling the truth.
"Uhhh...you see...I have just come from seeing Rockfort and Brianna since we are leaving soon..."
My words trailed off as I saw Fiona's facial expression change from one of curiosity to incredulity. I also noticed a faint redness starting to form on her cheeks as she suddenly lifted her finger to point at me.
"Y-you you you you..."
"Me wha-"
"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR SEXING!"
My mouth hung open as confusion hit me. I didn't know what this girl was talking about, and is sexing even a word? As I tried to collect myself, my confusion leaked out of my mouth.
"Sexing?"
That didn't seem to be what she wanted to hear as she started yelling at me like I was a guy who ran around flashing girls my junk.
"PERVERT! I KNEW IT! DID YOU DO SOMETHING TO MY MOM TOO?!? IS THAT WHY YOU ALWAYS GIVE HER WEIRD LOOKS ALL THE TIME?!?"
I felt my eyes bulge a bit when I heard her last accusation which...was spot on. I definitely had done something with her mom...and I would catch myself randomly giving her longing looks. Don't judge me! It isn't like I was thinking of doing it with a corpse or anything! I'm not THAT lonely...probably. It was just that when I looked at her I would remember our...encounter, and it may or may not give me needs...'Actually I might be a pervert'.
Gauging my facial reaction and combining that with my lack of reply, Fiona seemed to notice she was fairly close to the truth, and threw another dangerously accurate accusation at me.
"Wait...you always go out alone to the woods after you give her those looks...you always seemed hunched over too when you walk out...why would you..."
Oh fuck, I don't like where this is going. 'Why is she so perceptive? What kind of Sherlock Holmes level of deduction is this?!? Does she have a passive skill or something?!?'
Figuring the situation was just getting worse I tried to beat her to the punch. 'At least this way I can take the moral high ground about being honest! Yes! Genius!"
"I uhhh...go out to...relive myself."
Giving me a disbelieving look, she asked me in a tone full of distrust.
"Relieve yourself? Why would looking at mother cause you to go to the bathroom?"
"...Not that kind of relieving...the kind...for men...only...ya know..."
My words trailed off as I made a motion with my hand as if I was holding a shake weight. I didn't know what else to say, those were the only words I could string together. After a few moments of silence I thought she had forgiven me since she was so quiet, but that was wrong. Understanding suddenly dawned on her face as she looked at my crotch, then to my hand, then to her mother. Her cheeks blushed and her face contorted into a mix of anger and embarrassment.
"I WAS RIGHT!! PERVERT!"
She immediately grabbed her mom by the hand and the two of them ran into her bedroom and slammed the door. I stood there in the empty living room, my mouth still hanging open, exuding the aura of defeat. 'Today...has been a hard day. I need something to drink.'
Since we didn't have any alcohol in the cottage, I turned toward the door to head back, but right when I pulled open the door I heard a muffled voice coming from the bedroom.
"I'll forgive you this time since you saved us...and take care of us...but don't think that gives you a free pass to be a pervert!"
Turning around to look at the closed door, I was flabbergasted. I still didn't understand why she suddenly warmed up to me. After the night I argued with her and blacked out, for some reason she hated me a little less each day. The intense hate she had seemed to be almost an illusion, replaced with, how would I describe it...'Intimate friendly heckling? If I didn't know better I would say she went from truly hating me to being a tsundere.'
The door then cracked open ever so slightly, and I could see her eyes peeking through as she spoke again.
"S-so...you don't need to go out and drink anymore...stay...here."
The last few words were so quiet I would have missed them if I wasn't concentrating so intensely. An odd warm feeling started filling up my chest and I mustered the only words I could think of.
"...Thanks."
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