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"I want both of you by my side."
As I closed my arms around both of them, I said it.
"In the morning, waking up with Futo-chan, spending time together at home. In the evening, finishing work and walking home with Youmu-san, whiling our time away talking about trifling things. Those times are all precious to me."
"By choosing one, I lose the other. I can't do it. I could never do such a thing."
"That's why, if you both ask for my love, I can only answer you both. I want to continue to be close to both of you."
Trying to persuade Futo-chan and Youmu-chan, I wove words together.
"I need both of you in my life. I want to be Futo-chan and Youmu-san. You're both so important to me. I can't bear to lose either one of you. If you wish it, I would answer both of your feelings for me. I need you both. Futo-chan, and Youmu-san too, so won't you both stay by my side?"
That's what I said.
Futo-chan and Youmu-san, both in my arms, stayed still for quite a while, saying nothing.
"...So what you're saying... ...-san, is that you want us to let you two-time both of us..."
The first one to break the silence was Youmu-san. In a trembling voice, she said,
"...You're the worst..."
Youmu-san, even while holding onto me tightly, said that in a trembling voice.
"Sorry..."
I apologized like that.
"...but...I was so happy to hear you say you needed me... ...-san, you're so thick-headed that I wondered whether you cared about me, and I was a little uneasy..."
Youmu-san continued bit-by-bit.
"If you really intend to be equally close to both of us, I will endure your two-timing. Because... I love ...-san..."
Youmu-san, when she finished speaking, buried her face in my chest.
"...As for myself..."
Futo-chan opened her mouth.
"...As for myself, I want to be with my lord... But, I am afraid. Afraid when my lord is with Lady Youmu. I fear my lord will forget me, and that fear fills me with an unendurable anxiety..."
Futo-chan chattered weakly.
"...However, my lord, you truly do wish to be with Lady Youmu as well, do you not?"
"That's right. Of course, Futo-chan as well."
"...Hm... If my lord will spend as much time as me as with Lady Youmu, ...I will also... endure." Saying that, Futo-chan also buried her face in my chest... to be continued.