翌日、いつもの様に僕の部屋にナズがやってきた。いつもなら、減らず口をお互い叩きあいつつ、僕がナズを抱きしめて、その気になったら、ナズを寝床に運んでというパターンだったが、今日は違った。「・・・どうしたんだい？考え事かい？」僕の膝の上にいるナズが上の空の僕に問いかけてきた。本当にこれでいいのだろうか？。「まぁ。何でもいいんだけどね。どうする？今日はどっちが責める？」僕は意を決して、ナズに昨日の事を話そうとした。すると。「やめてくれ・・・・。聞きたくない」とナズは顔を逸らした。「君がご主人様を抱いたのは知っている。でも聞きたくないんだ。」ナズは僕に顔を向けない。昨日の星さんとの情事を知っている様子だった。聞きたくないってなんだよ。その為に僕らは抱き合っているんじゃないのか？なぁ、ナズ、お前さ、そもそもなんであの時僕を誘ったんだ？。星さんが僕の事好意を持っていたの知らなかったのか？ナズは答えない。もう何となく察しはついていたつもりだった。けど、僕は止められなかった。お前は、親身に抱き方の手解きをしてくれた。いずれ星さんを抱く為に。でも、僕が星さんを抱いたと報告するとお前は聞きたくないと言う。僕はお前が分らないよ。僕がそう言うと。膝に座っていたナズが僕の方を向いた。「君は、ほんっとうに馬鹿だな！。そこまで知っているならもう分るだろう！君が好きだったんだ」ナズは声を張り上げて、僕を強く抱きしめ始めた。「好きじゃなかったら、抱けと誘惑出来るはずがない。君だから、君だからこそ、抱いてほしかったんだ。なんでそんな事も分らないんだ・・・」本当は気付いていたかもしれない。ただ、ナズが僕が好きなんという都合のいい事があるとは思えなかったんだ。「君は馬鹿だ、馬鹿だ。なんでご主人様を抱いた後にそんな事を言うんだ？なんで、もっと早くに・・・。」僕の胸の中で呻くナズに僕は頭を撫でる事しか出来ない。「好きだ！好きだ！ずっと言いたかった。好きなんだ。好きだ。無理なんだ。君が居ないと、無理なんだよ。ご主人様を裏切ってでも君が必要なんだ。捨てないでくれ・・・頼むよ・・・。」そう言ってナズは僕の衣服を脱がし始めた。「ご主人様とも体だけなんだろう？じゃあ、私が君に抱かれても問題はないね？」僕に顔を近づけるナズの目は昨夜の星さんと同じ目をしていた。だから僕は・・・。ただうなずくしかなかったわっふるわつふる

The next day, Nazu came to my room like usual. Normally, I would hold her while we bantered back and forth, and then when we were in the mood, I would carry her to the bed. But today was different.
"...What's wrong? What are you thinking about?" she asked me from my lap when I wasn't paying attention.
"Do you really think this is okay?"
"Eh, it doesn't matter to me, but what are you going to do? Which of us is to blame at this point?"
I prepared myself to tell Nazu about what happened yesterday.
"No, don't... I don't want to hear it," she said, turning away from me, "I know you're sleeping with my master, but I don't want to hear it."
So she already knew about my affair yesterday with Shou-san.
"What do you mean you don't want to hear it? Isn't this why we became lovers? Nazu, what was the real reason you lured me in back then? Weren't you helping me to earn Shou-san's favor?"
She didn't answer. It's not like it was hard to guess. But I couldn't stop myself.
"You promised to show me the basics of love, so that I could love Shou-san. But when I say I did, you say you don't want to hear it. I don't understand you."
When I said this, Nazu, while sitting on my lap, turned to face me.
"You really are an idiot! How can you not have figured it out? I love you!" she shouted, and began hugging me tight.
"If I didn't love you I wouldn't have tried to seduce you in the first place. I did it because I wanted to be with you. With you! How can you not understand that..."
"Maybe I did know it. It's just that you loving me so conveniently didn't seem possible."
"You're an idiot. A real idiot. How can you say that after sleeping with my master? Why not tell me sooner..."
All I could do is brush her head as she sobbed into my chest.
"I love you! I love you! I've always wanted to say it. That I love you. I love you. It's unbearable. Without you, it's unbearable. Even if I have to betray my master, I need you. Break up with her for me... I'm begging you..." she said, and she began to take off my clothes.
"You're just sharing your body with my master, right? Then, there's no problem sharing it with me, too, right?"
As Nazu brought her face close to mine, I saw she had the same eyes that Shou-san had last night. So I... all I could do was nod.