Uesugi Kagekatsu (Good Time)/Story 1

## Just One More Time

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
U-uhn…

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
(My body feels hot and heavy.
It’s also...a bit stuffy.)

*When I wake up, my breathing is incredibly rough.*Rough to the point I couldn’t believe it.

Did I sweat a lot?

My clothes are sticking to my body unpleasantly.

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
(Is this my room…?
I wonder when I fell asleep…)

(...That’s right. I’m pretty sure I was injured in the village…
I had a fever by the time I returned to the castle.)

(After that… I can’t remember…)

*As I absentmindedly ponder, a shadow suddenly enters my field of vision.
When I anxiously look away from the ceiling, the face I adore appears, staring at me.*

**Player**
You were making a lot of noise while sleeping. Are you okay…?

*I nod a bit in response to her question.*

**Player**
By any chance, did you have a nightmare?

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
Yeah. I don’t remember it well, but it was a nightmare…
However...

*I withdraw my hand from the futon and gently grasp onto her hand.*

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
It might be because you’re there, but now that I’m awake, I’m relieved...
Maybe because of this fever... I’d be scared if I had woken up alone...

**Player**
I see...

*Laughing softly, she grasps and gently squeezes my hand in return.*

**Player**
In that case, I’m glad.
I was thinking maybe I shouldn’t have woken you up.

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
It's okay.

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
(Besides, being together with you like this, it’s much better to be awake.)

**Player**
...Ah. That’s right.
It looks like you sweated a lot. We better wipe it off.

Kagekatsu-kun, can you get up?

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
Yeah.
...Thank you.

*I see her take a towel form the water bucket and I raise my body.
Then, when I take off my clothes, she’s taken aback.*

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
(I stripped without thinking, I wonder if this is indecent.)

*Is she trying not to look at me?
I look down a bit in shame.*

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
(...Ah, as I thought, this is awkward.)

*As I feel a wave of regret in my chest, I notice her cheeks are slightly red.*

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
(That… Maybe she’s embarrassed…?)

*In such a cute way, she’s staring fixedly at me. I glance at her with bewilderment in my eyes.*

**Player**
Kagekatsu-kun...?

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
...Oh, no. It's nothing.

**Player**
Well, if you want, I can wash your back?
I don’t think your arm can reach it.

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
...That's true. Then, please.

**Player**
Y-yeah...

*She holds the hand towel and moves to my back.*

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
...

**Player**
...

*Her hand clumsily wipes down my back.
Even without seeing her face, I can tell she’s embarrassed.*

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
(...Somehow, this might be making me nervous.)

*Fidgeting, I’m unable to calm down, but it feels strangely comforting.*

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
(...I want to stay like this forever.)

**Player**
—Um, I’m done.

*Along with her words, her hands left my back.*

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
(She’s finally touching me, even though it’s so calming, like this it’ll just end…)

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
Wait. This also needs to be wiped.

*I look back at my body and she lets her eyes wander in embarrassment, then with a little worry in her eyes she looks up.*

**Player**
...Does it still bother you?

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
Yeah...

*When I nod, she gently places her hand on my shoulder.*

**Player**
Pardon me for a moment.

*Her face is getting close, I think to myself.*Then, like that, she places her forehead against my own.

It might be because of the fever, but the sound of my heartbeat is faster than normal.

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
(...Her face… It’s so close…)

**Player**
Your fever… It seems to have dropped a bit.

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
...
... \*kiss\*

**Player**
...Ka-Kagekatsu-kun… Why so suddenly…?

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
I couldn’t hold back...
I’m sorry if you catch a cold.

**Player**
...No, it's fine.

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
Hey, can I hug you?

**Player**
A-alright...

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
And then, just one more time… \*kiss\*

*The second time I kiss her, her arms tighten around me.*

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
Is it okay if we can stay like this for a little bit longer…?

**Player**
...Yeah.

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
Thank you.
...I love you.

**Uesugi Kagekatsu**
(Being able to monopolize her like this, having a fever might not be so bad…)

*That’s what I think deep inside as I gently rub her back while hugging her.*
*Translated by yagirikatsu and OujiKazuaki*