#THEY GOT MOMOSE TOO LMAO

[crehador]

boyfriends who get mike wazowski'd together stay together

[tokyogruel]

@deicidefull tumblr wont let me answer your ask properly, im depressed. so i will have to do it in a fucked up way

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i was going to sleep but how many chances does one get to throw 875 songs&artists at unsuspecting mutuals?

"before you do anything you need to listen to this is love by air traffic controller and think of sakurai haruka. relatively easy. done? try listening to kodomo no shikumi by pinocchiop. okay, slowly, try thinking of momose amane. it doesn't have to make sense, this is for fun. keep your train of thought and start listening to milk crown on sonnetica now. take a break. listen to some nanawoakari and don't think of anyone in particular. this one's a bit difficult...listen to carnivorous plant. get up and walk around a bit. sit back down and listen to it again, but think of kusunoki muu this time. that was tiring, take another break. listen to some frederic. again, you don't need to think of anyone in particular. try thinking of sakurai haruka again. then, listen to kotoba no obake ga mado kara miteiru by frog69. watch the mv, too. this is important. if you still need more rest, listen to some flowerface. alternatively, if you can handle it, listen to i'd like to die at about 40 years old by aoya and think about kashiki yuno. you can keep listening to aoya even if you don't think about her. you can even listen to jan and think about sakurai haruka. it's your life. okay now you're finally ready... listen to killer spider by pinocchiop. think of kusunoki muu. do it again. do it again. do it again. do it again. do it again. do it aga (im so normal about spider muu im so normal) you're done!! for a treat, listen to some yorushika or yoasobi, whichever you have at home! remember you're the one who asked for song recs...okay...sorry...goodnight snork mimizzzz"

youre starting off soooo fucking gooooddddd GODDDDDD,, i love air traffic controller. and im gonna be honest it's hard not to think of hamnet from the underland chronicles,,, but hamnet is a haruka-type anyway so i got over it LMAO. YOUR MIND IS SO BEAUTIFUL FOR THIS ONE DO YOU MIND IF I THROW IT ON MY HARUKA PLAYLIST?

this is a very good amane song i like where youre going with this. lets check out the next song! .... "The innocent emotions, so much that I clean and dispose of them. For what grounds does "pure" and "impure" become the labels I brandish?" ... you would willingly hurt me like this

i ended up listening to this one. i think its cute & im definitely interested in hearing more!

im assuming you mean this one, in which case,, WOW,,, THIS IS A REALLY FUCKING GOOD SONG,, the "i hate you" being "i wish all you had was mine"???? SCREAMS INTO A PILLOW. ok. im normal

i ended up listening to oddloop and IM OBSESSED. THEIR SOUND IS SO FUN? i saved a few of their songs to my spotify likes to listen to later and im so excited. the lead singer has such a fun voice. AHHHH (also i know you said not to think of anyone, but oddloop is a shidou song to me now)

THIS SONG IS REALLY GOOD. and the mv is so simple, so effective. very haruka. at this point i am going to run off and take a shower (also, i have watched the mvs for all of these :3 very good stuff)

ok i am back i am fresh, im sparkling. kurari kurari. i ended up picking baby teeth to listen to, and im a fan, though very sad now. i might have to gather some similar songs i have in my spotify to send back to you sometime. hm. had a hard time finding the aoya song so heres a link to it for others. very sad, very yuno i agree. i also couldnt figure out where to find songs by jan, so i ended up listening to the diary of jane instead which is absolutely not what you told me to do (if you could send me some jan songs though, id love that)

VERY GOOD SONG. i can totally see it for muu. unfortunately, my brain immediately pushed it onto shidou (i dont think thats sinful,, theyre technically partner prisoners,, 0405,,) but to make up for this grievance ill share the lines that make me go "OH YEAH, MUU" .. "Because you're really no good, Because you can't do anything without me, I'll bite you softly, poison you a tiny bit, And teach you a lesson" "And put a leash on you. Is this him? Or is that him?" "While kissing the corpse, your instinct searches for the next prey."

ive heard yoasobi before, so ill give yorushika a try! ... only to realize that ive listened to this song once before! and then to go hm,, that artstyle ive seen once more in the past,, and i know this one too!

goodnight (or now i suppose, welcome to a new day ahahaha) thank you for sharing your music with me!

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What do u think what will be the instructor reaction (including toru, momo, tsugaru) if they found out that MC martial arts r that of assassin's level. I am literally dying to know cause she is sorta clumsy.¿¿

ahh i had another request for this a while back as well which i started working on and then... forgot to finish lol

to be honest her fighting skills are actually pretty good i think? we love talking about how noob she was in season one, but the one thing that she’s never had an issue with is her physical ability. then she becomes a national kendo champ, top out of every single cadet, and then basically only gets better and better in terms of physical skill. she gets overpowered or beaten a pretty reasonable and realistic number of times but also fights back really well at other times - kind of like the love interests, who also sometimes get beaten and kidnapped bc sadly (for them, not me) that’s just the life of a public safety officer.

but anyway i try to give a sense of how they relate specifically to a great fighter mc:

goto:

he’s.... proud yet insecure? obviously he loves having a partner who can fight her way out of a pinch, but he’s also still worried for her and he also still wants to be able to be needed by her and to protect her. he hopes that she won’t feel like she can just fight through everything on her own and will rely on him as an equal too. 

kaga:

tbh kaga’s not easily impressed by anything - and he’s not that impressed by this either. he also thinks that this is about the standard she should be at because of her training (and also his extra training... 50 laps of a standard oval is like 40km?! plus all his extra crunches + pushups training, i mean this girl at least has the strength and stamina of a tank, not to mention all the actual skills-based physical training they get on top of that) and is just more concerned that her body stays soft tbh lmao.

ishigami:

this is the standard that she should be at, as a trained public safety officer - any less and what’s the point of the academy? but he’s proud that all her training and practice and hard work has paid off, and is probably more impressed at that attitude than her actual physical ability. so long as she can apply that same level of work to all the other skills she’s learning (which she does) and learn how to strategise and write a good plan of action, he’s sure she’ll be a great and all-rounded officer without relying solely on physical ability. 

soma:

honestly he’s... turned on. i mean this is actually canon lol, since soma has basically become peak horny multiple times and/or expressed admiration and attraction to his mc’s physical skill. he’s (canonically) got it reaaaally bad for seeing her all sweaty and working hard in the dojo. he’s so proud of her for winning her matches at the national tournament. he gets genuinely fuckstruck  lovestruck that time when she takes down and secures a dude way bigger than her in an alley with an umbrella (which also... he did that too before with a random pipe ;~~; we love these parallels), so yeah basically he’s crazy attracted to her. 

shinonome:

the number of comments he makes about brawn over brains is unreal? it’s neither here nor there to him that she can choke a man out in the blink of an eye but unless she masters advanced level hacking then he... doesn’t care. public safety is so much more than just beating people up and when will she learn how to think outside the box?

namba:

he kind of has mixed feelings about his hiyokko being a hot lil action star. on the one hand, she has so much potential for being a public safety agent and he’s very proud of her, on the other hand it exacerbates his insecurities about being too old for her and whether or not she deserves better. he’ll make positive comments/boast about it publicly, but can’t help but worry a little bit on the inside still.

kurosawa:

he’s wildly proud and will NOT shut up about having an action hero girlfriend. he literally will take every single sentence you say and turn it into him bragging about how cool she was fighting this or that time. he literally turns goukons into group lectures where he can’t help but just go on and on about how badass she is until all the girls are like why the f are you here when you have a girlfriend?

tsugaru:

he... tries to brainwash her into becoming another one of his loyal pawns so he basically has another human weapon under his belt? he’d loooove to have a hitman squad of momo and usa - he basically admits to this in goto’s battlefield. tsugaru (initially, and only sometimes, to be fair) sees her as a tool for his disposal, and having another tool who can kick perps’ asses without breaking a sweat? great for him. with that said, he kind of has a complex about the academy so honestly it would be more of an issue if she had all that training and wasn’t as good as she is. 

momose:

he’s surprised and impressed. again, this is basically canon (i think a lot about that scene in the warehouse where momo and usa fight perfectly in sync without a plan or a word and momo is like shocked), but for someone like momo, demonstrating physical ability is the quickest way to win him over. if she can fight at his level and even teach him some extra moves, that’s a surefire way to earn his respect. although let’s be real.... no one is a better athlete than momo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[mylittlesparklingshadows]

TBH wotakoi ep 7 bothered me with the BL stuffs by the end of the episode coz I never was a fujoshi... oh of course being an adult otaku I’ve long been aware and exposed to that genre, I can pretty much understand what they were talking about. But I have morals. I dunno if that only happens in anime, but do some fujoshi girls really do imagine their own boyfriends doing BL in real life??? Scandalous! 

The IT-chan stuff aside, I enjoyed the MMORPG part at the beginning coz I can really relate when it comes to gaming. (Net-juu feels anyone?) I can relate with Momose, I prefer melee classes as well, usually a swordsman or assassin (my sister is always the mage just like Koyanagi), but I still like to dress up my character. I’m also usually an impulsive gamer, I like to attack everything I see, and hoard stuffs esp. when I’m still in low level. I also have a tendency to rush into a boss battle regardless of the risk, but I do it coz I like to test the waters first, just to have an idea what the enemy can do. I really don’t like having prior knowledge (courtesy of google) coz that takes away the challenge, unless it’s really a very big boss fight. If I win, then I’m OP. If I lose, then I’ll just regroup and come back for a rematch.

I chuckled so hard at Hirotaka’s character coz yes, it’s usually the max level characters who wears the most absurd skins and armors. He looked so cool and funny at the same time, one-shotting that boss dragon! 

(Oh right, they made another MH reference on the previous ep when Momose complained bout failing to get a Kushala Daora gem! I know the struggle girl! I think it’s apparent they’re also promoting the game to contribute more to its already massive popularity.)

Ughhh... those two are literally otaku/gamer relationship goals. How I wish I have someone to rant to when I fail to get a Kushala Daora Horn for the nth time! Dem RNG and desire censor teaming up to torment me!!! T_T

I also liked the part where the boyfriends try hard not to react to their juniors fawning over their girlfriends. I just came to realize that both of their relationships aren’t exactly public (or office) knowledge. I kinda think that’s nice. I prefer to be incognito too haha. The men have totally different reactions; Hiro felt proud about Momo being complimented by the kouhais, whereas Kaba got quite cross when juniors say they prefer the mature and sexy persona of her girl Koyanagi. It’s so amusing to see their reactions, and truthfully they handled it as real mature men! I thought Kaba was gonna explode but then he said nonchalantly that he too would be mad if he heard people talking about his girlfriend like that. Well said like a boss!!! Oh God please tell me decent men like them exist in real life too. 

Anyways, I was kinda letdown that there is no LOGH episode this week (where’s my weekly dose of Reinhard!!!), but there’s still good news... Poldark Season 4 is finally airing this 10th of June! OHEMGEE it’s been so long! I was so upset how the last season ended (curse Demelza!!!), but I know love conquers all! Likewise I miss Aidan’s luscious curls lmao

[aqvarius]

Will you do a headcanon with Shouma judging the public safety detectives and deciding who he thinks is best suited to date his precious big sister? (We both know the answer is Kaga but let’s just pretend we don’t lol)

omg thank you for this ask haha. originally i was going to do a ranking but they all have different charms so i kind of changed it to a grading (although you can take the order they appear in as a sort of ranking bc that’s how i originally wrote it). anyway bear in mind that i’m sure no matter what, all potential issues get resolved and they all get properly approved of~

grading public safety based on shouma’s opinion

kaga: A

even if we tried to pretend it wouldn’t be him it’s IMPOSSIBLE for him to not top this list since it’s canon that shoma thinks that kaga is too good for his sister lmao. i think about how supportive kaga is of his mc’s family every single day of my life and that time that he took shoma all around tokyo and had that talked with him all night (while mc fell asleep on the sofa and kaga stroked her hair and repositioned her head onto his lap RIGHT IN FRONT OF SHOMA HELP TOO CUTE) and it makes me all warm and softe. if not for canon, i would probably rank him in 2nd or 3rd but IT’S CANON SO!!!!! kagainu is my hlitf otp ;sldkfsj  

momose: A+

sorry couldn’t help myself. i bet shoma would think he’s just so cool, dressed in his sukajan and supreme tshirt. momose has style coming out of his fingertips and a guy of shoma’s age who evidently cares enough about fashion to critique his sister’s socks would literally be drooling and taking notes. 

goto: A

basically bc goto is a normal person lmao. goto is serious and genuine to the point where his sincerity even reflected in his name (誠) and i think his love for his mc always, always shines through very purely. i think shoma and goto would get along bc shoma is around the same age (maybe a little older?) as issei so goto is kind of used to dealing with younger siblings of that age.  

soma: B

soma’s primary professional skill is his ability to fit smoothly into any social situation and change his mannerisms into the ideal for whatever the situation calls for, so i think he could easily charm mc’s family. with that said, shoma is very perceptive and might be suspicious of how smooth soma is and why someone who’s so sophisticated is with his sister? soma is someone who hides his true self from everyone (including even his mc) so i wonder what it’ll take to get him to open up to shoma fully. with that said, shoma is like his sister in that he’s really good at opening people up, and also soma is like SO STUPIDLY WHIPPED when it comes to his mc. tbh i’m excited to see him meet the family bc soma is so emotionally detached from family matters bc of his trauma that i honestly wonder how he would react, seeing how cheerful and lively mc’s family is (especially seeing her interactions with her younger sibling being similar to his interactions with his younger sibling ahhhh I’M emotional thinking about it).

kurosawa: B

bro i was stumped on this forever, so i just chucked him here. originally i had him right at the bottom bc in my mind, tooru is forever a CLOWN but then i thought about it more seriously lol. honestly kurosawa is a master manipulator moodmaker and he’d know just what to say to get along with shoma. also, he can be serious when it comes down to it too. he has a really youthful spirit (lmao) and he’s also the same age as the mc so i think he and shoma could get along really well.

shinonome: B

ayumu, aka mr perfect, is another one who would put on a good face for meeting the family. i don’t think he will win over shoma’s trust through his words but rather through his actions. honestly i really want to know what ayumu is going to say about his mc to her family since he is rarely honest to her and can barely be honest about his feelings to even himself. tbh i have the feeling there’s going to be some kind of drama and then he will prove himself and his love for her through his actions (as he always does!) but i do also think that we’ll get to see ayumu being proper and courteous about his mc for once. honestly it was such a pleasant surprise to see kaga being so polite and nice at his mc’s home. i wonder if shoma will ever find out how ayumu really treats his beloved sister...

ishigami: B/C

ishigami is kind of serious and stern but he was very serious about meeting his mc’s family. i think shoma was at least won over by the gold pudding? i originally had him ranked up #3 but then i dropped him a little bc i do wonder what shoma would think about the fact that ishigami broke up with his mc tho (compared to the fact that he leaves his sister in kaga’s hands bc kaga is so steadfastly serious about being with her always). obviously ishigami has his mc’s best interests at heart always but i think he hasn’t quite resolved his issues re: family yet and may not necessarily be able to open up to shoma until then. 

namba: C

i guess the biggest issue is the age thing? and namba isn’t necessarily like kaga who tends to be very sure of himself and their relationship; he’s a little more hard on himself (i don’t wanna say self-loathing but he does that thing where he thinks he’s not good enough for her). i wonder if shoma would end up having to console(?) him or provide a fresh perspective if namba got stressy about their relationship lmao. but also if i were shoma’s age and my older sibling were dating someone not that much younger than our dad, i wouldn’t necessarily know how to relate to them. 

tsugaru: D/A

a sketchy man who doesn’t feel the need to hide his eccentricities. the gift he’d bring to her household would be something absolutely disgusting like chocolate takoyaki. he’s either a D or an A bc maybe shoma actually likes that kind of thing? who can say

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HLITF: This is not the story of your first night: Soma - otona love - chapter 3 summary/translation

and we’re onto chapter 3! you can read the previous chapter here or check my new translations page to read from the beginning.

soma has just whispered in your ear (that you guys aren’t like that [doing SM play]) and you swear his lips touched your ear. you involuntarily put your hands on your ears at the feeling of his breath and he smiles. he’s read you completely again and you’re shocked that he could see into your mind to know that you were suspecting that the two of you had been engaging in sadomasochistic play.

soma: “but my “words” seem to trouble you...” 

honestly how dare you say that with that face omg i know exactly what he’s doing!! the way he phrases things (guilt tripping you) while also using keigo honestly makes me die i love it so much. 

he tells you that you worry too much and you say “n-no... i’m not really worried...” 

soma says he will refrain from saying such things in the future. meanwhile i’m here screaming bc i love it when he's mean and we all know that the mc is do-M (super masochist) and also secretly loves it lmao.

soma: “of course, if you want to play like that-”

you: “I’M OKAY!!” 

you freak out bc he’s saying all this in the department office!! 

soma: “please tell me whenever you change your mind”

omg i actually need to take a break from this bc i’m like giddy at him having the gall to say that with that smile in the workplace!!! 

“the pressure of this composed smile... it’s a technique that only soma-san can do”

keep reading under the cut!

anyway tsugaru pops up and tells you to do some work and you’re intimidated by the pressure of another smile (tsugaru’s). soma excuses himself politely and then tsugaru says he doesn’t have to run away like that. soma replies that he also has “work” to do (mirroring the way that tsugaru told you to get to work). 

“the two of them are sending pressuring smiles to each other” 

“awawa... why are these people always like this...” 

lmaoooo i’m done hahaha hlitf mc is so done with their shit and i’m here having another break bc i’m laughing so hard. i’m getting flashbacks to that confrontation in soma ss3 where mc has this face... you know the one... 

tsugaru asks if shuusuke-kun is also going to an SM bar, but soma says that he’ll leave the infiltration up to kurosawa. tsugaru asks won’t you experience it personally for work (not sure who he’s talking to) and you are like ?!?! why are you looking at me? 

i imagine she has that face again lol.

soma says well, if you want to get some SM experience, you could do it through this public safety division. tsugaru says everyone here (in public safety) is an S type and you think “that’s what i thought too!” 

then tsugaru says: “wouldn’t it be better to be the SM division of the national police instead?” 

anyone who says hlitf isn’t the best voltage title ever is a liar. 

you’re like “eh...” but you wonder why he’s still looking at you and if your thoughts are being leaked to tsugaru as well. 

“by the way usa-chan [lil bun], you haven’t leaked information about shuusuke-kun, right?” tsugaru says. you deny it. he asks you if you’ll do your best for each other’s work and soma agrees and says you guys never tell each other anything. i think basically what tsugaru is asking is if you guys leak information to each other and soma is saying that you guys don’t discuss work secrets with each other. with a small laugh, soma leaves.  

obviously you don’t leak the contents of your investigations but you wonder if soma can really say “such a remark”?

(i’m not 100% sure what she’s talking about here. i wonder if soma said something like leaking investigation content would be useless (無用) which then prompts the response?

“捜査内容の他言無用は当然のこととしても… 颯馬さん、本当にできるのかな？ ”そういう発言” を控えることなんて” this is the full text if anyone can help me!)

soma’s mean remarks come as naturally to him as breathing. you take these remarks naturally because you're always hearing them, but is that what you would call kotobazeme? (verbal attack) you start working at your seat, but your head is in the clouds, wondering what kotobazeme even is.

tsugaru: “that’s a nice expression” 

tsugaru: “a woman’s face when she’s lost in thought is sexy, isn’t it”

you wonder if this is also kotobazeme.... no, it’s sekuhara [sexual harrassment]...? tsugaru tells you he likes that kind of face that thinks about amazing/outrageous things but also doesn’t think about anything and you realise, this isn’t sexual harassment or verbal attack...

“IT’S JUST SARCASM...!”

“momose-san ... i wish you would stop laughing through your nose like that”

this is the first time i remember actually seeing the momose smiling sprite and i can’t believe i have to see it bc i just got dissed by tsugaru wtf!! i wanted to see momose smile/laugh but not like this...........

anyway, tsugaru announces the new target, hands out case documents and then says something about needing 2 people to carry it out. momose directs an extremely annoyed look at you when he understands what that means (that it’s you and him on this mission). 

tsugaru says yoroshiku ne and momose has to accept. he replies well, but you can tell he definitely doesn’t want to do this with you. momose immediately stands up with the documents and says let’s go. 

on a side note, seeing momose’s face on my larger laptop screen has me swooning... maybe bc his skin looks so milky and we have the same hair colour lmao?? i would die for a momose route.

you tell him “w-wait, let me get ready-” and he’s like “you’re so slow”. you haven’t even read the materials yet. tsugaru says ganbatte ne, you reply ittekimasu (i’m off!) and leave the division in a hurry. 

you run after momose and see soma talking on the phone and wonder who he’s talking to. (he basically just says “yes” and “that’s right” a lot on the phone here.) you’re in a rush, but your pace slows down. it’s hard to listen in/ask about the conversation because it might be concerning a mission. you hear him say that the matter is going as planned and you exchange nods/slight bows as he's talking. his eyes are kinder than you expected, your heart thumps and you have to drop your gaze a little. 

“...such pretty fingers,” you think. your gaze lingers on soma’s hand which is carrying a smartphone as he walks further slowly. 

“soma’s fingers are so long and straight, and supple”

“i’m used to seeing them, but somehow my heart is still pounding”

“when those fingers are “attacking” it’s a one hit KO*” (😲🤯)

*by attacking, you know what that means ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ichikoro means like defeated in one blow, but here i think she’s basically saying that when he fingers her (or touches her with his fingers if we want to be milder), it gets her weak (or makes her orgasm??)/she’s done immediately. 

anyway you’re like ?!?! omg what am i thinking!! you shake your head and can’t believe what kind of crazy thoughts are popping into your head when you’re at work. soma’s like “?” and you yelp “e-excuse me!”, bow and pass him quickly. it’s because you were thinking about “verbal attack” [kotobazeme] ... but even then, to think about soma’s “finger attack” [yubizeme]...!**

**verbal attack = kotobazeme (言葉攻め) and finger attack = yubizeme (指攻め) use the same term seme (攻め). basically she was thinking about one type of “attacking” and then she thought about his fingers so that’s where her mind landed - in the gutter lmao

“ahh i’m the worst, this is so embarrassing,” you think. your whole body gets hot and you try to escape but - 

???: “you dropped this”

that’s definitely soma’s voice. you can’t ignore him... you turn around helplessly and soma, who has finished his call, presents you with your handkerchief. he tells you it fell from your bag, and you thank him. he asks you what happened to make you so panicked. you tell him momose is waiting for you and he says “oh yes, he went out just before you”. you say that you’re accompanying him [momose] and soma says to please be careful if you’re tailing someone. 

soma: “with such a red face, you’re very conspicuous” 

he chuckles at you and your face and body grow hotter. 

“i-is this verbal attack [kotobazeme]...!?”

soma made such a remark after all-

soma: “my apologies, i just said i would refrain”

your thought that “it’s impossible for you to refrain [from verbal attack]!” was read again. 

soma: “but what i’m refraining from-”

with a sudden meaningful smile, soma’s face drew closer... 

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aaand that’s the end of chapter 3! i can’t believe we’re already halfway through. this story has me constantly laughing and swooning. seeing hlitf mc get all thirsty fantasising about soma’s fingers is so on brand for her i love it. i’m so looking forward to seeing soma being a massive tease (what’s new lol). hope you enjoyed this chapter and please let me know what you’re enjoying the most about this story, or what your predictions are for the rest of the chapters! i think the mission she’s on is going to land her at an SM bar haha... she hasn’t had time to look through the case file yet and i think the reason for that is that she’s going to be completely shocked when she finds out what she has to do on this mission. 

in case you missed it, i also translated chapter 1 of “do bad girls like to self-pleasure?”, a masquerade kiss story from kazuomi’s point of view where he catches you self-pleasuring. i might continue translating and recapping that story if there’s enough interest and i can afford it haha. 

i’ve also set up a ko-fi page here and would be incredibly grateful if you would like to support me for translations and being able to purchase more routes to recap in english! 

click here for chapter 4

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HLITF: This is not the story of your first night: Soma - otona love - chapter 4 summary/translation

anyway i guess you didn’t have to wait that long for chapter 4 but only because i couldn’t wait and had to keep reading. you can find the previous chapter here, or check my new translations page to read from the beginning. my translations masterpost is not rebloggable or mobile-friendly yet but i will update when i make one! otherwise, you can always just search the tag “summary” or “translation” on my blog or follow the links in my previous chapter posts to find the previous posts. 

previously, soma had just said that what he was refraining [re: verbal attacking] from was... 

naturally, he finishes his sentence outrageously:

soma: “i’m only refraining ..... in bed”

(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) <-- btw, the mc reacts the same way

he whispers this to you so closely that his lips are basically touching your ears again. 

soma: “are you displeased?”

keep reading for irritated momose, soma being the best boyfriend ever, and him asking something of you that is so predictable of him...

side note: i know you are probably all sick of me gloating about how well i understand soma that i can predict his behaviour/know what to expect but i’m just so pleased to see all this teasing and manipulation in canon. anyway how dare he ask that with such a sweet smile on his face. he knows exactly what he’s doing. 

soma: “or is it better to refrain in the workplace after all?”

you say that you’d prefer that he doesn’t [use verbal attacks] in the workplace as well, but you’ll leave that up to his judgement. deliberately letting his breath fall on your ears, soma drew back with an innocent face. you lament that you really can’t win against soma. 

“by the way, shouldn’t you get going soon?” soma asks.

soma: “tsugaru-san’s loyal dog-kun is about to bare his fangs” (lmaooooo)

you panic that if you wait around any longer, you’ll get bitten. so you “ittekimasu” and soma replies “itterasshai” and you run off after momose. 

this is a new background!! 

you apologise for the wait and momose flashes you one of these:

momose hops into the waiting car and glares silently at you. you can’t see his fangs but it really seems like he’s gonna bite you! 

momose throws the case documents from tsugaru at you and tells you to hammer it into your head before you arrive at the site. you try to ask “site-?” but momose just tells you to read it to understand and then he steps on the accelerator. meanwhile i’m here lamenting the fact that we don’t have a momose driving sprite. i guess they are only reserved for real love interests ;~~;

you exclaim “isn’t it dangerous to start [the car] like that?” and momose says that they are late because of you. you apologise but plead with him to drive safely lmaooo this is so on brand. 

while in the car, you start reading the case files on the target. there’s a group that has been showing suspicious movement right as a summit in tokyo is approaching and one of the members is the target this time. you’re going to the apartment that’s supposed to be their hangout. 

momose doesn’t respond but no response means “yes”... 

you note that there are more than 10 [more than a dozen] targets coming in and out and then momose randomly says “today is friday”. it takes a moment but you suddenly see something in the wording of the case document. turns out that every friday there’s a chance of contact with the terrorist mastermind.

“in other words, today,” says momose. 

“we’ve got to hurry!” you exclaim and momose gives you that silent look again lol. you apologise, saying “who’s the one who’s been saying that...” since you were the one who kept him waiting.  

“but those eyes... they’re too scary...!”

in order to escape from his accusatory glare, you turn your eyes back to the case material. 

“momose-san doesn’t say a lot, so the pressure of his gaze is intense”

“in other words... a shisenzeme [”glare attack”] type?” 

you inadvertently returned your gaze [at momose] that had turned away. he asks “what” and you’re like “nothing!!” you scold yourself a little because you have a job to do today and you need to concentrate on your work. 

i’m just adding these backgrounds here bc i’ve never seen some of them before lol.

it’s late and you couldn’t get any results from today’s work so you return to headquarters at night. you leave the division at 9pm after doing paperwork. 

“i promised i would go to soma-san’s house tonight...!” (😏😏😏)

i’m gleeful about what’s to come but also worried bc it takes me like 5 mins per slide to translate all the euphemistic sex scenes. you send him a text saying “i’m leaving [work] now!” and rush out and - 

your phone chimes with a reply:

“thanks for your hard work*. i’m making paella and waiting for you.”

*otsukaresama = good job/thanks for your hard work/you’ve worked hard

i hope you’ve all realised by now that soma is the greatest boyfriend of all time i love him so much 🥰🥰🥰

clearly hlitf mc thinks the same thing:

“paella! i’m so happy!!”

soma’s immediate reply makes you smile. (same girl, same ;~~;) since soma’s paella is full of seafood, you decide to buy some delicious white wine. 

“you’re arrived so late,” soma says when you arrive at his. he opens the door, looking a little displeased. you apologise and say you bought wine. 

soma: “taking such a detour...”

you show him the wine but his expression doesn’t change. you wonder if he’s angry... you were working late and you wish you had come straight to his. he asks you if it’s a white [wine] from spain, and you say you think it would compliment his paella. he says it should. 

soma: “a wonderful selection” 

i’m so happy to be praised by him lol. you’re like “yokatta...!” (i’m glad). soma says it was worth the wait. it’s a little disagreeable when you arrived (not really sure if i translated this bit correctly) but he’s not criticising/reproaching you. 

“let’s go eat,” soma says, and you say yes!!

“mm~ soma-san’s paella is the most delicious after all”

soma: “i’m honoured to receive your compliment”

he jokingly bows his head, and you enjoy a late dinner together. he says that the wine you chose is also delicious. you agree, but you apologise for keeping him waiting. he asks you if things went well [at work] and you’re like “um...” and then he apologises for asking about things related to another team’s investigation. 

soma: “excuse me. i shouldn’t say anything about the contents of another team’s investigation.”

you think that you can’t talk about it even to soma, even though you got no results today. 

“but [seeing you] in that state...”

“no, it’s nothing.”

you think that just now, he definitely saw through you [that you got no results]. “is that so...” you say, and soma just continues to eat while smiling as if nothing happened. you’re glad he left it there today. usually he’ll push you a little more or tease you. soma-san is good at listening to team tsugaru’s movements/happenings.

soma: “if you [eat] too slowly, it’ll be too late to take a bath”

i had to include a screenshot here bc it’s my policy whenever soma talks about baths. i bet he’s gonna ask to go in together too lmao. 

you realise that’s why he didn’t ask you about this and that. you apologise that things are rushed just because you were late. 

soma: “ahh, sorry... i don’t mean to blame you”

you say that ah no, you don’t feel like he was blaming/criticising you! and he says “that’s good then”. 

soma: “it’s getting late, so it’ll be quicker if we go in together”

I KNEW IT I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO DO THIS!!!!! i’m ALSKJFSLDSDS?!!!!J LKSJFLDK!??!???! fLSKDJLKJF!!!!! 

“soma-san grins flirtily while swirling his glass of white wine”

soma: “i got new bath salts, shall we enjoy it together?”

YESYE SLYEEYESYEYYEYESY

“could it be... i was skillfully manipulated!?”**

**it says “guided”, basically meaning he like led her into this. remember when i said mc’s entire relationship with soma was one big trap? this is what i mean lol!!

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anyway, that’s the end of chapter 4! i can’t believe how quickly it went by (maybe my language skills are getting just a little better lol... or maybe i just don’t have to spend ages trying to figure out what parts of whose body are being touched in what manner in these everyday scenes lmao). i can’t BELIEVE WE GET SOMA WANTING TO BATHE TOGETHER AGAIN. i mean i can believe he because he wants to do it constantly but i’m like giddy with excitement seeing it again lmao. i love seeing overly legalistic hlitf mc as well (the fact that she was late but still nagged momose to not start the car so abruptly... sis........) and also how cute that soma made paella and waited for her a;lsjfdlsk supportive boyfriends are the best. 

i hope you enjoyed this chapter, and that you’re as excited as i am for the next chapter and hopefully the inevitable bathing together scene...   

i’m sure i could probably draw more traffic by updating that scandalous kazuomi story but i am selfish and i want to finish this story first bc i just can’t get enough of soma.

i’ve also set up a ko-fi page here and would be incredibly grateful if you would like to support me for translations and being able to purchase more routes to recap in english!