“Aack!”

With the unexpected shaking of the carriage, my body leaned for a moment.

“Watch out, Mir!”

I heard Jake’s cry.

I shut my eyes tight. I thought I would definitely hit a corner of my body against the edge of the chair.

But what touched my face was not the hard, cold wood. Beyond the soft texture of the shirt fabric, was a warm, hard texture of the flesh.

“Huh…… ?”

Right now, I guess I’m in someone’s chest? But there is no one here except Jake and me.

So now I’m in Jake’s arms?

“Ja, Jake? I’m sorry. I lost my balance……. Are you hurt?”

I carefully lifted my head and looked up at Jake’s face.

Jake had his head turned, so I could only see Jake’s nape, ear, and his one eye avoiding his gaze.

“…….”

He didn’t answer anything. Instead, I felt his heart beat faster and faster inside his chest.

‘…… ?!’

Jake’s well-groomed face, who had just been joking around casually until recently, was turning redder than my face that I saw in the mirror this morning.

“Hey, don’t tell me you’re not okay?”

When I asked if he was okay again, he finally gave out a short answer belatedly.

“I’m really.…… okay.”

But looking at his reddened face, he didn’t look very good.

I looked closely at Jake’s body.

There doesn’t seem to be any injuries, but to be so embarrassed…….

‘Is it because I suddenly fell into his arms?’

No matter how much I think about it, there doesn’t seem to be any other answer than that.

Actually, I was also surprised that the situation was a little sudden. I didn’t know that we would have such a sudden skinship.

‘Hmm, Jake. You pretended to be calm. Were you actually as nervous as I am?’

When I realized that I wasn’t the only one getting nervous and nervous, I felt more at ease.

Instead, a small, playful sense of humor swelled up.

I said, tapping my fingertips on Jake.

“Hey, Jake. I just accidentally heard your heartbeat.”

“…….”

Jake took my hand without saying a word.

I continued, gigiling.

“It was beating too fast. I’m worried that you might be sick.”

Jake put my other hand on his forehead and bowed his head.

And he answered in a small voice as if sickly.

“…… It’s only in front of you, Mir.”

“Really? You’re not usually like this?”

“I am healthy. Even for you, I will be healthy in the future. If you don’t believe me, I can show you.”

I opened my eyes wide and asked Jake, who was perplexed.

“No, wait. Then, Jay, are you saying that your heart has been beating so fast in front of me all this time?”

“…….”

“…… ?”

I blinked my eyes and asked for an answer with a silent prompt, and then Jake answered shyly.

“Yes, that’s right. It’s always been like that. Especially more today. I feel like my heart is going to explode Even now.”

“…… Jake. What are you going to do later?”

Jake paused at my question.

“What are you talking about?”

“We decided to date, get engaged, and get married. If that’s the case, We’ll kiss…… Do, do more……. No, just pretend you didn’t hear it!”

Somehow, the more I talked, the more embarrassed I was. It was like I was digging my grave trying to tease Jake.

“……!”

Jake’s expression also turned embarrassed with my words.

At that moment, the carriage stopped just in time, and the coachman’s call was heard.

“We’ve arrived!”

At the same time I thought

‘Phew, I’m alive!’

* * *

Somehow, we got off the carriage and walked down the street, we naturally headed for a high-end restaurant.

It must have been awkward because of what happened in the carriage earlier, but as I looked around, I felt like I was forgetting what happened in the carriage.

That’s what I thought for now.

“Look over there, Mir.”

I followed Jake’s gaze and turned my head.

A familiar place caught my eye.

“It’s a dessert shop.”

“That’s right. It’s been there since we were in kindergarten. It’s been over 10 years. It’s been quite a while.”

Jake nodded and continued. As he said, the store was old and the signboard was fading.

However, it is still a popular store that is crowded with customers.

“You liked the dessert that was sold at that store. We used to go there often, didn’t we?”

Jake’s words suddenly brought back memories. I muttered in emotion.

“It did. I remember when I was at the academy, I bought dessert there and ate it. Of course I still like it……. Speaking of, shall we go over there?”

“Yes, that’s fine.”

Talking about it made me really want to eat dessert. I took Jake’s hand and headed to the store.

“Mir, you still like banana chocolate pudding. Your taste hasn’t changed at all.”

Looking at the desserts I had chosen, Jake laughed.

I also smiled and replied.

“Then you…… I was going to say this, Jake, but unlike when you were little, you eat sweets as well now.”

When I was young, I thought of Jake, who didn’t usually like sweet things.

Usually little kids like sweet things, but Jake says he’d never eat sweet desserts unless I gave them to him.

But since when?