Umamusume: My Umamusume Is a Ghost! [10]

Early the next morning, Rei Sumikawa slowly opened his eyes to find a pair of clear crimson eyes staring straight at him.

Long brown hair lay softly scattered across the bed. A white dress hugged the girl’s graceful figure, while the blanket had slipped low enough to reveal her long, slender neck.

After a moment’s pause, Rei rubbed his eyes twice. When he looked again, King was still lying beside him.

“Ki—”

“Shh…”

King Halo covered his mouth, then raised her head and glanced behind him. Silence lay on her bedding beside the bed, sleeping quietly.

King Halo and Silence had both slept in Rei’s room the previous night, spreading their bedding on the floor beside his bed. Before Silence woke up, King Halo had slipped into bed with him.

“How does your body… feel? Does it still hurt?” King Halo asked softly.

“Pretty good. I feel like I could take the bandages off today.”

“Don’t rush it. Wait another day.”

King Halo gazed at Rei’s face. She had been worried he might move around in his sleep and put pressure on the wounds on his back, so she had spent most of the night dozing in short bursts and repeatedly getting up to check his position. She hadn’t managed to fall asleep properly until well past midnight.

This was the first time King Halo had ever seen Rei so badly injured. Honestly, it had nearly scared her to death.

“I was going to make you rest longer today, but I didn’t expect you to wake up this early. What were you thinking, trying to stop a running Umamusume?”

“I told you, I can take it. Besides…” Rei looked at King Halo’s face. “Do you remember when I first came to Tracen, King? I didn’t know anything. Everyone helped me. You all gave me a place here and a purpose in life—becoming a Trainer. Now I want to become someone who can support all of you too. I really am… grateful to everyone.”

“You…”

King Halo fell silent.

Rei had effectively grown up surrounded by Umamusume. He had lost every memory of his past, and the Umamusume at Tracen were his family now.

King Halo could admit that Rei’s love for Umamusume included some ordinary male desire, but she couldn’t deny that he sincerely wanted them all to live happily.

“By the way, when did you get into bed, King?”

“Half an hour ago. Why? Don’t you like it?”

Beneath the covers, King Halo gently brushed her pale calf against Rei’s leg.

“How could I not? Sleeping with you is practically a blessing from the Three Goddesses. I’d happily sleep with you every day.”

“Oh? Sleep with me every day, you say?” King Halo murmured.

So close…

Ah, Trainer smells wonderful…

Unable to resist, she slipped her foot between Rei’s legs and gently rubbed against him.

“And what exactly do you mean by that, Trainer? Don’t tell me you have indecent thoughts about me.”

“Well…” Rei swallowed.

“I… do.”

“Hmm?”

“I have those kinds of thoughts about you, King.”

Rei answered honestly without even trying to deny it.

With King lying beside him like this, he was already losing control!

Especially when she was right there in that dress. Wasn’t that practically tempting him to commit a crime?

“T-Trainer, you… I’m your Umamusume.”

“Is that not allowed?”

THUMP!

King Halo’s heart leaped.

He actually admitted it that bluntly? He didn’t even make me work for it? Here I was wondering how to lure him in, and I didn’t have to do a thing—you jumped straight into the trap yourself!

Still, we were already only one step away. What was the point of worrying about any of that?

“Actually… I do too.”

“What?”

“I have… a few indecent thoughts about you as well.”

Rei’s eyes widened.

“You really worried me, you idiot. My stupid Trainer.”

King Halo caressed Rei’s face, then gently lifted her head and pressed her lips to his.

“Mmwah… mm…”

As though releasing three years of pent-up feelings, King Halo tilted her head from side to side and kissed him deeply. Soft moans escaped her throat as the sounds of their kissing echoed through the room.

Neither of them noticed Silence’s ears twitch twice from her bedding beside the bed.

After an unknown amount of time, they finally parted. King Halo’s gaze was hazy.

Her lips remained parted as she breathed softly.

Ah… That was wonderful. Truly wonderful! Trainer’s body, his scent…

I can’t take it. I really can’t take it anymore!

“Ki… King…”

Rei drew the girl’s soft body into his arms. Even through the thin fabric of her dress, he could feel how smooth King’s back was.

King Halo had wanted to embrace him too, but remembering the injuries on his back, she forced herself to resist and merely wrapped her arms around his neck.

“Didn’t I tell you yesterday that there was something I wanted to talk to you about?”

“Yeah. What was it?”

“What I wanted to tell you… was this.”

“Th-this?”

“That’s right.”

“King, do you mean you want to… do it with me…?”

“Can’t you tell? Do I really have to say it out loud before you understand…?”

Her toes gently brushed against Rei, her rounded toenails grazing his skin and sending wave after wave of goosebumps across his body.

“I think… I understand.”

“Who could have known you’d get injured? You can’t even lie down properly right now. Your back can’t touch the bed, and anything too vigorous could tear your wounds open again.”

“Ugh…”

Rei looked miserable.

Who could have known that was what King Halo had meant? If he’d known, he would have chosen a better landing position when he saved Silence—at least one that wouldn’t interfere with his plans!

What a terrible loss!

Seeing how dejected he looked, King Halo couldn’t help laughing.

“Were you looking forward to it that much?”

“I’m a strapping guy in my twenties—what kind of man would I be if I wasn’t looking forward to it?”

King Halo smiled.

Unfortunately, Rei was injured and couldn’t make any vigorous movements. Silence was also in the room, so there was hardly an opportunity for anything.

But…

King Halo didn’t want to wait any longer!

Seeing Rei get hurt had made her realize that some other accident might happen in the future. Rather than wait until something went wrong and regret it for the rest of her life, she should seize the present!

How did that saying go?

If there wasn’t an opportunity, she’d make one!

“If you don’t mind, I could give you… this.”

“This? What?”

“This…”

King Halo’s face turned bright red. She raised a hand, curled her fingers into a ring, and held it in front of her mouth before slightly parting her soft, glistening lips.

“?!”

Rei’s eyes went wide.

“You know how to do that, King?”

“Of course I don’t! Are you an idiot? I mean… if you want it that badly, I could try. You wouldn’t need to move much, so your wounds wouldn’t open.”

“…”

“W-well? Forget it if you don’t want to.”

King Halo pulled the blanket over her burning cheeks.

“No, I want it!”

“Shh… Keep your voice down…”

“Ah, sorry.”

Rei turned his head and nervously glanced behind him.

Fortunately, Silence was still sleeping soundly and hadn’t woken up.

“Just so you know, I’ve never done anything like this before. So… even if it doesn’t feel good, you’re going to endure it. Understood?”

“Y-yes, understood.”

Rei nodded repeatedly.

“Then… I’m starting…”

King Halo ducked beneath the blanket and slowly moved downward. Rei watched a small bulge beneath the covers gradually make its way lower.

Then—

“Haaah…”

Silence yawned from her bedding beside the bed and slowly sat up.

T/N: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YABAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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