My Boss, A Clear And Perfect Beauty Who's An Elite Police Bureaucrat, Turns Out To Be My Sweet And Doting Childhood Friend Who Loves Me Dearly At Home. - Chapter 54

Whenever you will hug me.

In the hallway of Maho’s house, Shinichi was hugging Maho from behind.

Why had it come to this…?

Half persuaded by Maho, he had ended up hugging her.

Maho’s slender body was very warm.

He could feel Maho’s breath close to him.

“Just a hug is fine?” When asked that, Shinichi’s heart skipped a beat. More than a hug meant a kiss, or perhaps…

Shinichi immediately sealed away such impure thoughts.

“Not just a hug, of course I want to eat Maho’s cooking too.”

Shinichi said in a deliberately light tone.

“…That’s all?”

Maho’s voice sounded petulant. Her apparently dissatisfied reaction was so cute that Shinichi couldn’t help but want to tease her.

“I think other men would cry tears of joy to eat Maho’s cooking.”

“Hmm. Would Shinichi cry too?”

“Of course.”

“Liar. You didn’t cry when I cooked for you so many times in high school, and even when you stayed over the other day, I made you breakfast.”

“Haha. But I really am happy.”

“…Really?”

It seemed there was a little shyness in Maho’s voice.

Of course, as a man, Shinichi wasn’t uninterested in touching Maho’s body.

But there was something more important than that. That Maho thought of Shinichi as an important childhood friend, served him her cooking, and even wished to live together was Shinichi’s happiness.

Regrettably, they couldn’t just hug forever. They couldn’t cook like this.

“Um, Maho… it’s about time.”

“No.”

Maho was being stubborn like a child. Shinichi felt privileged to see this childlike and adorable side of Maho, which only he, as her childhood friend, could witness.

Maho tightened her grip on Shinichi’s hand. It was a statement that she wanted to stay hugging.

But this left Shinichi in a predicament. Maho’s sweet scent and the touch of her body were making his reason falter.

“I’ll hug you as much as you want later.”

“Really? Whenever I want it, you’ll hug me?”

“Of course.”

Shinichi nodded without thinking too much about it.

Then Maho whispered “thank you” and relaxed the strength in her hands, releasing Shinichi’s overlapping hands.

It meant she was okay with stopping the hug.

When Shinichi moved to stop hugging and release Mahono, she complied for a moment, gently distancing her body.

Then she turned around to face Shinichi.

Maho chuckled and playfully winked with one eye.

“You said I could hug you anytime, right?”

“Yeah, but…”

Shinichi involuntarily took a step back, but Maho stepped forward towards him.

“Wait, Mahono…?”

“Anytime means now, right?”

Maho then wrapped her arms around Shinichi’s neck and hugged him like a lover.

She leaned on him, entrusting the weight of her slender body to Shinichi.

Reflexively, Shinichi also held Maho’s body. Unlike when he hugged her from behind, he could now feel Maho’s entire body against him.

Her breath, the softness of her chest, her slender legs… everything distracted Shinichi.

“Ma, Maho… this is a bit…”

“You said I could hug you anytime, right? When I want to be hugged by Shinichi, I will be hugged. It’s a promise.”

“I did promise, but…”

“So, you have to keep your promise, okay? So that I can always hug Shinichi and feel him… will you live together with me?”

Maho whispered into Shinichi’s ear with a sweet voice.