[Comprehensive] Notes on Cat Raising by Benmaru

Tsurumaru Kuninaga is very distressed recently, because he found that Chihiro, who used to like to cling to him, doesn't seem to come to him very much recently.

He peeked at Chihiro who was drinking tea with San Riyue through the pillars. They seemed to be discussing something that made them happy. Chihiro's lively and cheerful smile made him feel a little dazzling for some reason.

He put his hands on the pillars and lowered his head to think for a while, then walked over lightly, and then hugged her suddenly from behind.

"Yo! Are you scared?"

Chihiro was indeed taken aback, she smiled and turned her head to look at Tsurumaru, then suddenly reached out and grabbed the other party's collar.

"Tsurumaru... you've been scaring more and more lately."

Feeling that the other party's next question was whether you want to go on an expedition for a month to try, Tsurumaru quickly waved his hand and said, "Sorry, sorry."

Chihiro let go of his collar, then moved aside, watching the other party sit beside her.

Tsurumaru didn't mean to be polite at all, he looked around and felt a little thirsty, so he picked up Chihiro's teacup and drank the remaining tea in the cup.

"..." Chihiro and Sankaiyue watched his actions silently, but Tsurumaru didn't seem to feel anything wrong.He put down the teacup, but thought Chihiro was dissatisfied that he drank up her water, so he quickly poured another cup and handed it over.

Chihiro stared at the cup in his hand for a few seconds, and then took it with a subtle expression. After a long time of rare dawdling, she picked up the cup and took a small sip.

Look, it's really strange.

Tsurumaru fell into deep thought, when Chihiro faced him during this time, she would occasionally show a somewhat embarrassed expression like this.

Mikazuki, who watched the whole process from the sidelines, took a sip of tea unhurriedly, looked at Tsurumaru and waved goodbye to him and Chihiro, and then smiled and turned his head to look at Chihiro.

"What's wrong? Did something happen between you and Tsurumaru Temple?"

Chihiro turned the cup in her hand, and after a while, she turned around and said to Mikazuki very seriously, "I always feel that Tsurumaru likes me..."

"Huh?" Sanriyue's expression seemed to be blank for a moment. He seemed very bad at such emotional discussions, but since Chihiro was staring at him intently, he continued the question with a sigh.

"If you just like it, I and others also like you very much."

It can be said that she is very good at talking, Chihiro expressed her satisfaction with this, so she smiled slightly, and generously responded to Sankayue, "Me too, I like you, Sankayue too!"

Then she saw Tsurumaru, who had helped out with refreshments from the kitchen, was staring at her in surprise.

no... i'm not... i don't...

Chihiro's expression became very subtle in an instant, she opened her mouth slightly as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything, she just watched Tsurumaru silently put the snack between her and Mikazuki, then smiled and beckoned to her He waved and left.

Yamabuki Kunihiro, who was originally standing against the pillar, looked at the back of Tsurumaru's "leaving in style", and couldn't help asking, "How did you know that he likes you?"

Regarding this, Chihiro is actually not very sure.The cause of the incident was that Mao's exam was approaching again. Although she was not worried at all, Mao's written exam was also very strict.

Therefore, in order to preserve the dignity of the top student, Chihiro had to start reviewing, which greatly shortened the number of times she went to Tsurumaru, and she didn't even sneak into his room at night.

At first, I didn't feel that there was anything unusual, but after several encounters with Tsurumaru, Chihiro finally confirmed that Tsurumaru Kuninaga, who didn't see anything abnormal on the surface, was extremely persistent in the cause of creating scares. Sangshen—seems to be following her.

But this doesn't really explain anything, after all, in Fusangshen, Tsurumaru is the one she looks for most often.

Maybe it's just feeling lonely... Chihiro puffed her cheeks and thought, she looked up at the sky, then clapped her hands and said, "It's almost time for a nap."

San Riyue knew her schedule very well, he nodded with a smile, and then suddenly asked when the other party left, "So, do you like him?"

Chihiro's footsteps stopped, she turned her head slightly, the braid tied by Qingguang shone like water in the sun.

"Well...well..." She laughed, but she didn't answer Sanriyue's question directly, but waved at him and went back to the room in a happy mood.

When she was about to walk to the door of her room, she paused slightly, then turned her body back, and walked briskly to the door of Tsurumaru's room.

Because Chihiro always attacked at night from time to time, Tsurumaru had developed the habit of sleeping without locking the door, Chihiro curled her lips, and then quietly pushed the door open.

There was no one in the room where the quilts were neatly stacked on one side, Chihiro felt a little regretful, she stood up straight, walked into Tsurumaru's room openly, made the bed skillfully, and then got in.

Everyone didn't have the habit of taking a nap, but Chihiro, no matter in human or cat form, has an obsession with sleeping.If she sleeps well by herself, she still likes to drag others with her.

Over time, Honmaru has formed a good atmosphere of taking a nap with cats.

Therefore, Tsurumaru, who was exhausted and wanted to go back to the room to take a rest after finally completing a hand-to-hand relationship with a certain heavy treasure of Genji, opened the door and saw Chihiro curled up in his quilt at a glance.

Tsurumaru felt despair, if Chihiro turned into a cat, he would still be able to go over to accompany her without any psychological barriers, but now...

Tsurumaru stood at the door and fell into deep thought, but in the end, his sense of fatigue defeated his rationality. He sighed and walked over, then carefully lifted the corner of the quilt, and seemed a bit tangled to get in.

Suddenly there was another person beside her, Chihiro opened her eyes in a daze, and there was a bright white in front of her eyes, her still somewhat chaotic brain made her forget that she is not the white cat that can act like a baby at will, so she asked Tsurumaru moved in the direction, then hugged the opponent's arm, and stuck the whole person on it, and like a little milk cat, let out a small snort from the nasal cavity.

She seemed to feel a sense of security in Tsurumaru's body, so she simply buried her head in Tsurumaru's arm, and rubbed it very naturally.

Tsurumaru Kuninaga stiffly maintained a posture facing the ceiling, he was in a daze for a long time, and then he turned his head slightly, pretending to be brave.

The girl hugging him was fast asleep, probably because he accidentally moved his arm, the girl raised her head slightly, her skin was fair, and her lips were as delicate as the first cherry blossoms to bloom in March.

Tsurumaru felt that his heart speeded up in an instant, he hesitated for a long time, and finally stretched out his hand hesitantly, and lightly poked Chihiro's cheek.

Chihiro moved in a daze, but because she was so sleepy, she didn't even open her eyes.

Tsurumaru turned sideways, his golden eyes stared at the sleeping Chihiro without blinking.The falling broken hair covered her eyebrows, Tsurumaru thought for a while, then raised her hand, and pinned the other's hair behind her ear.

Because they were hugged tightly all the time, the two of them were extremely close.Tsurumaru could even smell the citrus aroma from Chihiro.

He was a little at a loss, but he was willing to pull out his arms to leave, so he could only suppress his faster and faster heartbeat, and looked at Chihiro's sleeping profile.

Then, bewitched by the girl's well-behaved and harmless sleeping face, Tsurumaru leaned over, lowered his head, his fingers trembling slightly.

The sound of the beating heart became clearer in the room, and then, Tsurumaru's slightly cool lips pressed against Chihiro's cheek lightly.

Huh?Tsurumaru opened his eyes slightly, and he raised his head abruptly. After a short moment of stupefaction, he tried to pull out the arm that was being held, but unexpectedly, the girl who was disturbed by his movement went directly to him. in the arms.

Tsurumaru's hand that was originally held has now been reduced to a pillow, he subconsciously raised his hand to wrap around Chihiro's shoulder, and then raised his other hand to cover his face.

A light pink color appeared from the tips of his ears, and there seemed to be faint traces of panic in his slightly sunken eyes.

wait wait wait?

What did I just do? !

He felt a feeling he had never felt before. In order not to be swallowed by this strange emotion, he resisted the urge to continue taking a nap with Chihiro, pulled his arm out, and carefully climbed off the bed .

This guy looks like he's going to slip...

Chihiro, who had woken up a long time ago, sneered secretly in her heart. Her blue transparent eyes seemed to be covered with mist. Tsurumaru looked at it.

"Tsuramaru?" Her voice sounded as sweet as sweet wine made from glutinous rice. Then, she opened her arms towards Tsurumaru, tilted her head slightly and said a word, "Hold..."

"..." Tsurumaru was sunk, he covered his lips and took a few steps back, then raised his hand in a pause gesture "No, wait a minute, I'm now..."

The panic in his heart was fully exposed, but the little devil Chihiro did not let him go, she got up from the bed, raised her hand and rubbed her eyes, then stared at him dully.

It was only then that Tsurumaru realized that she was only wearing a white suspender dress, and because of the movement of her rubbing her eyes, the white straps slid down her shoulders.

Immediately afterwards, Tsurumaru used his strength to stage what is called panic, he hurriedly picked up the coat of the formation uniform that he had hung aside, and quickly wrapped her up.

"The weather is still a little cold now, you have to be careful of catching a cold..." He pretended to be calm and explained his actions, but Chihiro just tilted his head to look at him, knowing that he turned his head away with a guilty expression.

"I see." Chihiro tugged on Tsurumaru's coat, and then persistently stretched out her hand towards him, "I'm too lazy to go, I want to hug."

No, no, you have never been so clingy before!

Tsurumaru turned pale with shock. After confronting Chihiro for a long time, he finally compromised shamefully, "Holding...it's a little bit...where are you going, I'll go behind your back."

"Okay." Chihiro nodded graciously, "Let me go to Hasebe or Candlestick Cut."

If he really did that, he would definitely be hunted down by those two people...

Tsurumaru sighed, he thought for a while, and then asked, "The pomegranate tree that Jiang Xue planted before seems to be blooming, do you want to go and see it with me?"

Chihiro nodded, looking at Tsurumaru who was squatting with his back facing her, the corners of her lips could not help but twitch.It looks right, Tsurumaru Kuninaga——

He really likes me.

This realization made Chihiro faintly happy, she threw herself on Tsurumaru's back, and wrapped her wrist around his neck.

"Then..." Tsurumaru blinked, "Let's go!"

Probably wanting to scare Chihiro to win the round, Tsurumaru rushed out quickly after Chihiro settled down.Chihiro hugged him subconsciously, her chin pressed tightly against Tsurumaru's exposed neck, and then, when she was about to reach the destination, she didn't know what she thought of, she lowered her head and gently kissed him. Tsurumaru took a bite on the neck.

"..." Tsurumaru was frightened, his footsteps stopped immediately, and the whole crane seemed to be about to explode.

"Xiao... Xiaoqian..." He paused, and then said earnestly, "It's not good that you always bite people..."

Who always bites?Chihiro opened her eyes slightly, and then bit down again with a groan.

"Sorry, sorry, my fault." Crouching his neck, Tsurumaru gave up his dignity, he raised his hand and patted Chihiro's head lightly, his voice softened, "The pomegranate tree is ahead, you can come down. "

"Oh" Chihiro raised her head indifferently, she looked at the pomegranate petals blooming in the distance, and then said calmly, "But, I didn't wear shoes?"

"..."

Tsurumaru didn't understand why things became like this at all, he sat under the tree with Chihiro in his arms, and watched the girl weaving a garland with wild flowers without feeling anything wrong.

Chihiro, who was leaning against each other's arms, showed no sympathy for the stiffness of the person behind her. She turned around and put the wreath on Tsurumaru's head.

However, at that moment, she suddenly said, "Tsurumaru, do you like me?"

Normally, Tsurumaru would have patted her head and told her yes, but now, Tsurumaru found out that he had different feelings for Chihiro, and immediately became flustered.

"Why do you ask this all of a sudden?"

"Because you secretly kissed me while I was sleeping?"

"Eh?"

"Oh, I feel it."

"..." Tsurumaru, who was being pushed hard at every step, finally noticed the abnormality. He looked at Chihiro with complicated eyes, and after a while, he lowered his voice and said, "You are pretending to be asleep, but why?"

Chihiro smiled softly, her eyes were filled with joyful brilliance, then she tilted her head slightly, and said softly and sweetly, "Because I like you."

Different from the liking she usually talks about, what she has for Tsurumaru is purer and more intense emotion.

Tsurumaru felt that his brain was blank, it seemed that after meeting Chihiro, he was in such a state of almost emptying more and more times.

"You said you liked Sanriyue today..." Probably sensing the dissatisfaction in his tone, Tsurumaru closed his mouth. He looked at the clear-eyed God-inspector in front of him again, and finally smiled helplessly.

Lost, totally lost.

When he started to think about this kind of thing, he had already fallen into a disadvantage.With lingering eyes, he raised his hand to stroke Qianxun's hair, and his fingertips gently brushed across her eartips.

He remembered the first time he saw Chihiro's normal human form, she was wearing a pressed Hasebe shirt, as if she was unaware of the tense atmosphere in front of her.

At that time, neither he nor the other Fusangshin thought that one day they would be happy for her decision to stay in Honmaru forever.

He still remembered the night she decided to stay, the lanterns hanging on the corridor were shining brightly, but in the end it was not as dazzling as a smile of hers.

Already at that time, he had understood.

Although he said that Honmaru couldn't live without her, the one who couldn't imagine losing her was himself.

He sighed a long time, then shook his head and hugged Qianxun in his arms. He had the cold fragrance of white plums on his body, but the fingers that slid across her neck had a warm temperature.

"It seems that if I don't say it, you will never end..." He closed his eyes with a smile, and the last thing reflected in his eyes was the fiery red color of pomegranate flowers.

"Yes, I like you."

"It started a long, long time ago."