Evening.
Before the sun went down, Yuzuru and Arisa got into the car and headed home.
“Arisa, we’re almost to the highway…, are you sure you don’t want me to drive?”
“Yes, I’m fine.”
Yuzuru’s question was answered by Arisa cheerfully.
Unlike on the way there, it was Arisa who was at the wheel of the car on the way back.
“I’m not going to be able to drive if I don’t practice.”
Without hesitation, Arisa entered the highway.
Seeing an opening, she moved into the passing lane on the right side of the road.
The speed was increasing rapidly.
“…drive safe”
“Please feel at ease as if you are on a big boat” (TN: Idiom)
Arisa answered in a good tone.
The speed increased even more.
“You can go back to sleep, okay? I’ll wake you up when we get there.”
“No, I’m not that sleepy.”
Arisa’s driving was not bad at all.
In fact, she drove very well.
But at times, she drives too fast.
On ordinary roads, she would never go that fast, but on highways, especially when there were few cars, she would go faster than Yuzuru could ever expect.
That’s why he was too scared to sleep.
Yuzuru constantly checked the speed of the cars around him and the speedometer.
“… Arisa, slow down a little.”
“Eh? …Well, if you say so, Yuzuru-san”
With a tone of reluctance, Arisa slowed down the speed.
Yuzuru inwardly patted his chest as the car gradually slowed down.
The two continued on the highway at a steady pace.
Yuzuru thought that at this rate they would be able to get home earlier than planned.
–The traffic is congested up ahead.
The navigation system began to say something disturbing.
And as they continued on for a while, the distance between the cars gradually narrowed…
“Hmm…”
“This is terrible.”
They were really stuck in the traffic jam.
For the next 30 minutes.
The car could hardly move forward.
“…it would be faster to walk.”
“Well, it’s going to be late at night when we get there.”
Yuzuru, who had used the Internet to check traffic jam information, said with a sigh.
Arisa also frowned in displeasure at his words.
Not many people liked traffic jams.
“Wouldn’t it be faster on the regular roads?”
“Hmm, it doesn’t look like it would be much different….”
Yuzuru replied as he searched for a route on the Internet.
There was still a long way to go.
“Um… I feel sleepy when there is no movement.”
Arisa said so and made a big sigh of relief.
She took out a piece of gum to help her stay awake and started chewing.
Seeing Arisa like that, Yuzuru also began to feel sleepy.
“In the service area…”
Shall we take a nap?
And just as he was about to suggest this, a strange idea popped into Yuzuru’s mind.
Using the Internet, he checked to see if his ‘strange idea’ was feasible.
Fortunately, there seemed to be ‘a few’ near the next intersection.
“Arisa, you have class tomorrow in the afternoon, right?”
“Yes, that’s right…what about it?”
“It is tiring to stay in the car, so I was wondering if we could stay the night.”
“Staying overnight? You mean until the morning?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
After a night, the traffic would ease up, indeed.
Classes started in the afternoon, so if they left the hotel in the morning, they would have enough time to get there in time.
That way, they could get a good rest.
…that was the ‘half of the strange idea’ that Yuzuru came up with.
“If we stay here, is there a business hotel or something like that?”
“Is there one nearby?”
“Well, I suppose a business hotel would be fine, but…”
Arisa tilted her head.
Yuzuru felt a little embarrassed but suggested it.
“Wouldn’t you like to go to a love hotel?”
“L-love hotel?”
Arisa’s voice turned slightly ruddy.
Although Yuzuru and Arisa had been in a relationship for a long time, they had never been to a ‘love hotel’ before.
The reason was that they were living together and had little reason to go out of their way to stay in such a place.
“Not interested?”
“Not that… I don’t have an interest, but…”
Arisa said, looking ahead but with a slight blush on her face.
“Don’t you think that’s a… premise to do it?”
“I don’t think there’s any rule that says you have to?”
“You’re not going to do it …even though we are staying there?”
“If Arisa doesn’t feel like it, then no.”
He wanted to try staying in a love hotel.
It was a different interest from wanting to do the deed or not wanting to do the deed.
Yuzuru’s response gave Arisa a mixed look, seemingly relieved, but at the same time a bit disappointed.
“Then… let’s try it out. Experiencing it at least once is important.”
“Then it’s settled… Proceed and get off at the next intersection”
“Okay.”
Thus, the two headed to a love hotel for the first time in their lives.
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Impatient MTL Reader 
i don’t see how it will be a restful night with the activities they are guaranteed to engage in during said night.
thank you for the chapter:)
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