“Are you okay?”
Muttering, “Are you okay?” I strode purposefully towards Mob.
Mob, however, subtly pulled his body back, waving a dismissive hand as he insisted he was fine.
Yet, his eyes held a distinct wariness, as if guarding against me.
‘Why is he behaving this way?’
I couldn’t help but tilt my head in confusion.
“You look quite ill… your face is flushed, too…”
As I leaned in again, intending to place a hand on his forehead to check his temperature,
“Stop.”
Instead, Mob’s palm pressed firmly against my forehead.
A pleasant, moderate warmth, neither cold nor hot, accompanied a strange pressure.
“It’s just that I still feel a lingering warmth, which makes it seem that way.”
Then, Mob muttered, his expression suggesting he was trying hard to hold something back.
‘What on earth is going on?’
‘Why is he making that face? Is he hiding something?’
As doubts continued to bubble up, I met his gaze directly and asked,
“Isn’t that… being sick?”
“No! I’m perfectly fine!”
Suddenly, Mob began to grow agitated.
He yelled, then firmly pushed my forehead back.
“Hmph.”
Instantly pushed back, I stumbled, retreating a step, and scratched my cheek.
“Hmph… fine, I get it. Since I get it…”
‘Well, he knows his own body best.’
‘If he says he’s fine, then he must be fine.’
Though I voiced those words, I couldn’t help but feel a little offended.
‘After all the years we’ve spent together.’
‘If he pushes me away so coldly, even this genius Doctor gets hurt, you know.’
‘Even if this Doctor feels as approachable as a peer.’
‘Even if my mind is that of a cool, tough guy, my current body is that of a pretty, delicate young girl, so I wish he’d handle me with a bit more finesse…’
‘They say you should treat girls gently, don’t they?’
‘He’s someone who should know better. I can’t understand why he isn’t doing it.’
‘Ah, perhaps he wouldn’t understand such things, being the protagonist of an eroge (TL Note: A type of Japanese video game with erotic content).’
“Doctor, you’re thinking something strange, aren’t you?”
As I grumbled inwardly, Mob, somehow sensing it, looked at me and spoke with a suspicious tone.
I shrugged nonchalantly, feigning innocence, and replied,
“This genius Doctor wasn’t thinking anything at all?”
“Is that so?”
“Yep.”
Mob then tilted his head, pondering.
“Hmm, your expression certainly looked quite sulky.”
He continued to glare at me, his face still full of suspicion.
“You must have misread it.”
“It clearly looked like you were cursing me in your mind.”
“You misread that too.”
‘Wait, he actually knows?’
‘No, hold on a second.’
‘If he’d noticed I was sulking, he could have treated me a little better.’
‘But someone who knows that would say such a thing?’
‘This audacious Mob. Once he’s fully recovered, I won’t let him off easy…’
“Wait a minute.”
‘Come to think of it, Mob. Isn’t he fully recovered now?’
‘I’m not entirely sure about his flushed face, but he did say he was perfectly fine himself…’
‘Heh heh.’
‘Then, it’s my turn now, isn’t it?’
A lively spark began to return to my expression.
My lips, brimming with delight, twitched upwards, forming a triumphant curve.
“Mwahahaha…”
I met Mob’s gaze directly, wiggling my fingers playfully.
Then, I climbed onto the bed where Mob lay, a grin spreading across my face.
“What is that… lecherous old man’s expression?”
Mob wore a dumbfounded expression for a moment.
Soon, as if realizing the situation was taking an odd turn, his face filled with panic.
‘But it was already too late to escape!’
“Mob… for making this genius beautiful girl Doctor engage in physical labor, and for daring to make her expend emotional energy…”
I met Mob’s eyes directly, wiggling my fingers once more.
With that gesture, my body slowly began to crawl forward towards Mob.
“It’s time to pay the price for all those sins…!”
Chuckling, I crept closer on my knees.
Since Mob was lying down, I naturally found myself looking down at him.
The distance between us steadily closed, soon becoming close enough to reach out and touch.
‘If I were to lunge forward now, I would be in the overwhelmingly ‘dominant’ position, pinning Mob beneath my body.’
‘A position truly befitting only this great genius Doctor.’
“Wh-what are you talking about! Get away from me!”
As I drew near, Mob, flustered, extended his foot and pushed my body.
“Ugh…”
Mob’s enormous foot lightly brushed against my soft belly, momentarily halting my reckless advance.
Still, it didn’t hurt.
Mob hadn’t pushed hard to begin with; it seemed more like an unconscious, warning gesture born of his panic.
However, the unfamiliar sensation of something firm pressing against my defenseless belly felt somewhat strange.
It was a truly peculiar feeling. Not entirely unpleasant, but undeniably odd.
“H-here’s soft too… ah, no.”
After a brief silence,
Mob, as if finally realizing what he had done, hastily withdrew the foot that had been lightly resting on my belly.
“Doctor! Listen to me. On second thought, I think I’m still sick…”
And with that, he began spouting the most absurd excuses, insisting he was still unwell.
‘Honestly.’
‘Does he still not realize it’s already too late?’
Finding Mob’s behavior ridiculous, I exclaimed with my characteristic sneer,
“Oh, oh, you even push away this superior, who is like the very heavens? Do you have any idea how precious this body is…!”
‘Yesterday, I tolerated it because you were sick, but today is different.’
‘The harassment I couldn’t inflict yesterday, and today’s harassment.’
‘And even the cost of the physical labor you put me through—I’ll collect every last bit of it today!’
‘My dignified image is already utterly shattered in front of The Boss.’
‘Now that there’s no reason to hesitate, you’d better be prepared, Mob!’
‘Because this genius Doctor will now fully exploit that sturdy, reliable body of yours!’
“Ah, no. That’s…!”
Mob seemed about to offer an explanation, but I cut him off, shouting,
“It’s already too late!”
‘You’re mine now.’
‘An eye for an eye, a belly for a belly!’
“Hmph!”
I lunged forward, slamming my belly squarely into Mob’s face.
With a soft ‘chap’ as my belly met his face, Mob’s eyes widened, and he let out a scream.
“D-Doctor?! Are you insane?!”
For a moment, my belly involuntarily trembled at the warm breath escaping with his voice.
Though I flinched slightly, Mob’s audacious yell quickly made me curl my lips into a grin, clinging even tighter.
Clasping his head firmly with both hands, I pressed my belly against his mouth, silencing him.
‘How dare Mob, of all people, kick my belly!’
‘And to utter such nasty words on top of that!’
‘This insolent fellow!’
“Oh, really… who told you to say such nasty words? The mouth that utters nasty words… is this one, then…?”
“Mmph…!”
Mob thrashed, flailing his arms and legs, but it was futile.
He was powerless against my overwhelming strength.
In the end, pressed beneath my belly, he could only emit muffled groans of “Mmph mph…”
‘He shouldn’t have messed with me in the first place.’
‘If you underestimate this genius Doctor, you’ll end up with a bruised ego, you know.’
Still holding the back of Mob’s head, I flashed a triumphant smile.
‘Ah, this feels good.’
‘How long has it been since I felt the comfort of having a close, same-s*x friend with whom I can release stress like this?’
A relaxed feeling, long absent, made a bright smile bloom naturally on my face.
“Mmph…”
I continued pressing against him for a while, and Mob’s movements gradually slowed, as if he was losing strength.
‘Good.’
‘This should be enough.’
I smiled faintly and pulled away.
“There, you’ve reflected enough, haven’t you…? Now, for this genius Doctor’s morning coffee…!”
—I was about to add, “—go get it,” but then a thought struck me, and I tilted my head.
The mention of coffee reminded me of yesterday’s incident.
“Come to think of it… Mob, you prepared cold cocoa yesterday, didn’t you…? And such a small amount of cocoa at that…!”
I wiggled my fingers again, voicing my dissatisfaction.
‘This won’t do. I’ll have to punish him one more time!’
‘Cold cocoa is an unforgivable cardinal sin…!’
I bounced up, leaping to cover Mob’s face once more.
But…
“O-Oh, oh, oh?!”
Perhaps determined not to be caught twice, I was instantly seized by Mob.
Caught by my slender waist in both his hands, I found myself dangling in mid-air.
“…”
Mob looked at me, his face flushed.
His gaze, for some reason, was filled with an expression of suffering.
‘Is he holding something back?’
“Let go! Mob, hurry up and take your punishment…!”
Well, I don’t know about that. Just let go of me first.
I flapped my limbs in mid-air, struggling to escape Mob’s grasp.
However, no matter how desperately I struggled, against Mob’s powerful build, it was nothing more than a futile flailing.
“Doctor, I’m sorry, so please don’t… Uh, um…?!”
Mob’s earnest excuses abruptly cut off.
His gaze darted between my body and his own, and then his face flared crimson, as if ablaze.
This time, his expression suggested he had realized something.
“…”
He parted his lips, then gently lowered me onto the bed.
He then bent at the waist, breathing heavily.
It was as if he didn’t want me to see his expression.
“Hah, hah…”
‘What is it? Is he really sick again? Why does he look so pained?’
I tilted my head, puzzled.
“Mob…? Are you okay?”
Mob, who had been gasping for a long time, finally gritted his teeth and spoke.
“Doctor… why are you suddenly acting like this? I seriously thought I was going crazy…”
I shook my head, replying nonchalantly,
“No… because yesterday, Mob, you prepared cold cocoa, and such a small amount of it too. So, I was just going to punish you a little…”
Mob’s face twisted, an expression of confusion dawning upon it.
“Cocoa…? I didn’t prepare anything like that.”
“Huh?”
‘What did he say?’
My eyes widened involuntarily.
“…”
“…”
“Wait, don’t tell me…”
After a moment of silence, Mob’s face turned bright red again, as if about to explode.
