(M?) Chapter 31 – Deep Truth
Chapter 5, Part 4
Novel Title: 融愛~Melt Down~ (Melted Love ~Melt Down~)
Author：風結子 沙野 (Fuyuko Sano)
Illustrator：雅良 水名瀬 (Masara Minase)
Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)
Protagonists: 葉越海理 (Yougoshi Kairi -MC), 葉越翼久 (Yougoshi Tasuku -ML)
*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*
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“Mature, you say-“
Tasuku narrowed his eyes at Naofumi.
“My dear brother is the best, isn’t he? He lets me cum inside him as many times as I want. He endures with a teary face…”
Naofumi’s fist struck Tasuku’s cheek, and Tasuku staggered. As another punch was about to land on Tasuku’s staggering form, he quickly evaded it and struck Naofumi’s solar plexus with his knee. It was a well-practised blow.
Kairi stood in front of the doubled-over Naofumi, shielding him.
“Stop it, Tasuku!”
The stern voice of his brother made Tasuku pause. The light brown eyes were shining sharply, seeking a fight.
“Move aside.”
“I told you to stop.”
At the stern tone, Tasuku clicked his tongue. Then he struck the backrest of the sofa with his fist. From between his dishevelled hair, a gaze mixed with displeasure and distrust shot towards Kairi.
“Why are you shielding him? Didn’t he do something to you on the phone just now?”
“That’s…-“
Before the hesitant Kairi could answer, Naofumi replied.
“Yes, I touched Yougoshi.”
“To-Tokiya-san!”
“I played with that lewd piercing through his clothes.”
Tasuku’s face stiffened with anger, his lips trembling.
Naofumi then accused him. “You made Yougoshi wear that quick-to-climax, indecent piercing to make him obey, didn’t you?”
“…Huh?”
Tasuku’s eyes widened.
This is bad. Kairi hastily tried to deny it.
“That’s not it, Tasuku.”
The hand he reached out to calm Tasuku was sharply brushed aside.
“What do you mean? Just a little touch and he climaxed? Huh?”
Naofumi being the one who made him climax has been exposed.
If Tasuku gets really angry, Kairi won’t be able to restrain him. Tasuku might seriously injure Naofumi. Kairi firmly grasped Tasuku’s elbows from the front.
“Let’s go home… I’ll explain at home.”
The translucent irises slowly shifted from Naofumi to Kairi. And the dry lips moved faintly.
“…Did you climax?”
It was a desperate plea, not an accusation.
“Why…? When it’s with me… why? Why with him?”
Kairi had never climaxed during sex with Tasuku. But with Naofumi’s hand, he had climaxed so easily.
The long lashes of the younger brother blinked repeatedly, looking anguished.
He blinked repeatedly, as if unaware that he was crying. He gazed at Kairi.
Kairi reflexively reached out to wipe away the tears trailing down his cheek.
With his palm, the back of his hand, he gently wiped them.
Just like how he used to do when the young Tasuku cried.
“Tasuku…”
Kairi indulged in the sensation of the warm tears on his fingertips.
The overwhelming affection chokes his breath.
And he realises the truth deep within him.
He will never harbour such feelings for anyone other than Tasuku.
“Let’s go home, Tasuku.” A naturally very gentle voice came out of his mouth.
Tasuku nodded obediently, like a child.
“Yougoshi, wait! When you get back, then-“
Naofumi’s voice calls out as Kairi, pushing his brother’s back, heads towards the entrance.
Kairi stops and turns around. Naofumi somehow seemed dazzling to him.
His heart is trying to detach itself from Naofumi. It’s akin to parting with normalcy. A feeling akin to unease spreads in his chest like ripples.
Yet, since the answer has become so clear, he can no longer keep Naofumi tethered to himself. Such selfishness cannot be allowed.
“Tokiya-san.”
Kairi smiled with gratitude.
“I’m sorry for troubling you. Please don’t worry about me anymore… Thank you for everything.”
A strong pain colours Naofumi’s manly features.
“My feelings for you won’t change that easily.”
“…I’ll see you at work.”
But the words lacked reality.
Will he really wake up tomorrow morning and go to the office as usual? And work with Naofumi? Can he really do that?
Turning his back to the light, Kairi led his brother into the darkened entryway.
The black Testarossa speeds northward on the Tsuzuki Street, paralleling the Tokyu Line towards the city centre. The narrow one-lane road on both sides is traversed like a bullet.
The midnight wind blows in through the open window.
Looking at the driver’s seat, his brother’s face is clouded with a gloomy shadow. His eyes are still veiled with tears.
It’s like he’s driving recklessly, as if wanting to cause an accident.
There were a few dangerously close steering manoeuvres that made Kairi’s stomach go cold.
――Well, that’s fine too.
It’s not a self-destructive intense emotion. But it was a kind of descending feeling, like accepting the pull of gravity.
Kairi just wants to keep falling wherever Tasuku takes him.
The headlights of an oncoming car scatter dazzling light into the car interior for a moment.
The reflected light ripples across his eyeballs.
The fingertips that brushed his eyes are wet.
After returning home, Kairi was taken to the bedroom.
Sitting face-to-face on the bed, he was interrogated about everything that had happened between him and Naofumi.
About how they became mentor and mentee three years ago in the spring, the confession at Shibuya Station, their first kiss in the park, Naofumi even bringing up the topic of adoption to express his serious feelings – and today, how Naofumi touching the piercing on the train made Kairi climax. For over three hours, he was made to recount everything in meticulous detail.
As if stripping bare the folds of his heart, he was made to confess the admiration he had harboured for Naofumi. And it seemed to have deeply wounded Tasuku, even though it was Tasuku himself who had forced to hear it.
The brother’s eyes were reddened and brimming with tears, his brows twisted in anguish, his lips bitten so hard the skin cracked and reddened.
Talking about Naofumi made Kairi feel like he was tormenting Tasuku. Seeing his wounded brother was heartbreaking and pitiful. But at the same time, a bittersweet feeling welled up within him over how Tasuku harboured such deep jealousy even from the most trivial episodes.
“If I could, I’d beat the crap out of my dear Aniki so he’s left crippled. I’d lock him up in this house so he could never leave, and make sure no one else ever touches him.”
After hearing everything, Tasuku spoke in a voice that crawled along the ground.
Tasuku stood up and headed to the window. He closed the window, locked it, and tightly drew the blackout curtains. He’s probably going to torment Kairi as much as he wants now.
――I’ll let Tasuku get it all out of his system.
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*Translator’s Note: It’s going to be alright. They will figure things out. -K
*GLOSSARY:
- Onii-san / Onii-chan / Nii-san / Nii-chan / Aniki = (Big/Elder) Brother
☝🏻I’ll be using these throughout my translation.
Illustration 7:
Next update: 2025.01.26
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