HMN-848 A friends-with-benefits partner with whom I had the best physical chemistry for five years is getting married. Even though I know it’s wrong to be intimate just one last time, I still want to leave her with my child more than her husband, with a relentless final push of desire. Tojo Natsu

“I’ve decided to get married.”

My casual partner, Natsu, who had been continuing our relationship for five years simply because we were physically compatible, suddenly said that.

For some reason, I had assumed this relationship would go on forever, but all at once, it came to an end.

Then we ended up saying we should have one last time together. I don’t remember which of us brought it up first.

The intimate things I had taught her, the affectionate kissing that gradually moved from the neck to more sensitive places, and the careful oral affection she gave me—would all of that from tomorrow onward be reserved only for her husband?

If anything, I wanted to leave her with one last memory of me. We kept holding each other again and again, making the most of our final night together, and I captured the moment as a keepsake.

Our pretend romance ends today.

I couldn’t say I loved you, but I did truly like you.