When I Go Back in Time, My Ex-wife Is Making a Passionate Approach to Me, and I’m Having Trouble With It
As I was waiting outside, Haruka lent her shoulder and Tachibana came out. I stood next to Tachibana and supported her.
“Thank you, senpai.”
“Don’t worry about it.”
I was sorry that Tachibana got soaked in the hot spring, but there was nothing I could do about it.
I went back to the room and first made Tachibana lie down on the futon.
“It feels good.”
Tachibana’s cheeks were relaxed, as if she had calmed down a little.
“You took a little too long a bath, didn’t you?”
“Cause it’s a hot spring. I understand how you feel.”
In fact, both Haruka and I took long baths. The reason is that it was a hot spring and it made us feel special.
“I’m going to go take a little wind. Tachibana, take a good rest.”
“I’m going with you.”
Haruka and I left the room together.
We went out of the entrance and into the garden. The garden was quaint and elegant. The shishio-doshi adds a nice spice to the garden.
“How was it? Your first time in a mixed bath?”
“I was so nervous. My heart was racing.”
I had seen Haruka naked before. But I wasn’t comfortable with the idea of entering a hot spring in a situation where she wasn’t supposed to be seen.
“It looks like it was a good research”
“Yes, it was.”
The distance between me and the girls, their body temperatures, everything was a precious experience.
The breeze felt good outside after the hot spring bath. Now both Haruka and I are wearing the yukata that was in our room. It was the first time I had seen Haruka in a yukata since our honeymoon.
“Hey, Shinohara-kun. Did you get a thrill from me?”
It’s hard to answer that question. I had thought that Haruka would never make my heart beat faster. But then we took a mixed bath, and I realized I was thrilled by Haruka.
“Anyone would be thrilled to see you like that,”
“You were thrilled. I see.”
Haruka turns over, intertwining her fingers. A short silence prevails.
“I was very excited too. It’s been a long time since I saw Shinohara-kun’s body.”
“Long time no see?”
“Ah, I saw you at the gymnastic festival.”
Haruka hurriedly tried to explain away. It was true that the boys did the traditional Essassa at the sports festival. They were topless, so she must have been watching it then.
“But I felt Shinohara-kun very close to me, and he gave me a lot of energy.”
“My naked body doesn’t have that kind of power.”
“No, it was very eye-opening.”
“Isn’t that what men usually say?”
Just before the divorce, Haruka and I hardly had any conversations. Even though we’ve traveled back in time, we can talk normally now. I guess it’s possible to talk. I thought I’d never be able to talk normally with Haruka again.
“What’s wrong?”
“No, I’m just surprised that I can talk normally with Kurosaki-san.”
“Why? Am I that hard to talk to?”
“I thought you were hard to talk to, but you weren’t.”
In fact, since my time leap, I’ve been able to talk to Haruka normally to the extent that I’m surprised even by myself.
“But it’s true, Shinohara-kun doesn’t say what he’s thinking, does he?”
“Eh?”
“The other day I asked you out to a movie, and you didn’t tell me even though you were really into it.”
“That’s…”
“Sometimes it’s good to do that, but if you don’t tell them, they get nervous.”
“I think it’s the same for you, Kurosaki-san.”
I was a little annoyed by all this.
“Kurosaki-san seems to be the type of person who accumulates a lot of things and then suddenly explodes one day.”
“What do you mean?”
Haruka’s brow wrinkles. But she quickly removes the wrinkles and puts on a troubled expression.
“That’s not it. I didn’t want to fight with Shinohara-kun.”
“That goes for me too.”
I couldn’t help but think that the person in front of me was the same Haruka. In fact, the person in front of me was Haruka, a high school student. I ended up acting a little unpleasantly.
“I’m sorry. It was my fault.”
I bow my head honestly. Haruka has no memories of this time period. I apologize for taking it out on her.
“I’m sorry too.”
“Kurosaki-san has nothing to apologize for.”
In fact, I was the one who got irritated by Haruka’s words and actions. The only one who should be sorry is me.
“Shinohara-kun, have you changed somehow?”
“Eh?”
“You seem like a different person.”
Oh, bad. I’ve come back in time, so I shouldn’t show too much difference from the Shinohara Ryo I was before that.
“Kurosaki-san is kind of mature.’
“Is that so”
I feel like she’s slightly different from the Haruka I remember. In high school, she was more childish and gave off an air of being unapproachable. But now she seems somehow familiar.
Maybe it’s just my imagination.
‘I think I’m imagining it too.
We laugh at each other and the conversation ends. It was probably time for dinner, and I was worried about Tachibana’s condition.
“Should we get back soon?”
“I guess so.”
Haruka and I entered the ryokan through the entrance and returned to our room. When I opened the sliding door, Tachibana was standing there.
“Are you all right now?”
“Yes, I am completely recovered! Thank you for your concern.”
Tachibana smiled with a cute smile.
“I came back because I thought dinner would be ready soon.”
“I see! I heard that dinner will be duck stew.”
“Duck stew huh? I’ve never had it before.”
“You’ve never had duck stew?”
“Yes, I’m afraid so.”
I’ve lived for 30 years, but unfortunately I’ve never eaten duck stew. One of the great things about traveling is being able to enjoy things like this.
“Let’s go then.”
Haruka opened the sliding door and we went outside.
We walk down the passageway to the room where dinner is being prepared.