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Hajime had a weird day and overall exhausting day, dealing with fighter planes, then battling it out on a beach, and being tried by a island full of women topped everything off so well. And now he was taking some girl to another country on a boat so she could help him fight in a war, he couldn't make it up if he tried. Everything would be so much better if it was a dream and just sleep it away, there was a thought for Hajime’s mind.
“Are you going to sleep too?” The aforementioned pink haired girl asked him
“Huh? Oh yeah, sure” Hajime answered, his mind returning to reality. He grabbed some blankets and sheets and placed them in a corner away from the girl.
“Why don't you sleep with me?” The girl asked, unintentionally flustering Hajime.
“Uh, um, because…” Hajime scrambled his words, searching his mind for answer.
“Do man and woman not sleep with one another?” She asked
“Oh no no no, they do. They do Chiaki, it's just…” Hajime’s mind keep finding words to form an answer “Sleeping with a woman...or with anyone is uh...something people do when they're married”
“Married?” Chiaki repeated
“Yeah” Hajime was bewildered with this girl every passing second. Does she not know what marriage is? “It's...something people do. They pledge to love each other and to be with each, even in sickness, health, in poor, till death”
“That sounds wonderful!” Chiaki said beamingly “Does everyone do that?”
“Haha, yeah” Hajime chuckled a bit “Though...some marriages...don't last”
Chiaki gasped lightly “Wh-why not?”
“It doesn't work out, or people are just mean or something in between” Hajime answers with his head down.
“All the more reason to stop Junko” Chiaki declared
“Yeah” Hajime wanted roll his eyes. He was reminded that this girl believed in Junko, the god of despair. This can't be real. “Anyway, we really should get some sleep” Hajime yawned and layed down on the wood floor.
“...Do you want to get married Hajime?”
!!!
“What?!” Hajime shot up from his position
“Do you want to get married? To me?” Chiaki repeated herself.
“Oh...uh...um, um...I-I don't know” He stuttered “Uh...maybe...someday…”
“Is that a yes?” She immediately asked back
“What? Oh no! No no no no no! I-I didn't mean that I just-”
“Do you not like me?”
“No no no! I-I-I didn't say that! I do like you! And-no! No no no! Wh-what I'm trying to say is-uh...I'm. You're very pretty and pretty and very attractive and-NO! No no no no! I-I didn't mean that! I mean I did but-” Hajime his face burning and his hair spiking up as he was fumbling over his words. Chiaki on the other hand, kept her look of confusion as if nothing was wrong with the situation before her. “Uuuuurrgh! Aaaaarrrggh! Y-y-you know what? Forget it! I just want to go sleep now” Hajime returned to his blankets and laying down position.
“I'm having a hard time understanding the problem” Chiaki said, her head tilted and still confused
“It's just-” Hajime took a deep breath “People don't get married right away. It takes time. Time for love to grow. They would talk to each other, hold hands, go out together, kiss and um...do other activities-”
“Are you talking about sex?” She interrupted him “Because I know all about it. I've read books, I took classes, played games about it, I've even practiced-”
“That's it! We're going to sleep!”
“But it's just-”
“GOING TO SLEEP NOW!”
Chiaki didn't want argue anymore, so she wrapped herself in her own blankets and turned on her side. What an exhausting night, this troublesome and girl would make perfect sense if this is a dream.
But if this was a dream, Hajime hoped it would last a while longer.