Chapter 319 – Karma
After emptying the canned food, the cat immediately let out its characteristic meowing sound as if thanking Hiyori, and then left.
I said to Hiyori, who was squatting even though the cat was gone.
“Are you sleeping? Won’t you wake up?”
“My legs are numb… Please raise them up.”
Hiyori shuddered and stretched out her arms in the air.
I went in front of her, took her umbrella instead, and grabbed Hiyori’s wrist to help her stand up.
“Thank you. I can’t move, so senpai is here too.”
“Until your legs come loose?”
“Yes.”
“Why me?”
“Then are you going to leave?”
“I want to.”
“Too much…”
Pretending to be disgustingly sullen?
Having gone through countless acts of cruelty by Miyuki and Lenka, such trivial acting doesn’t work for me.
I gave the umbrella I was using to Hiyori and raised Hiyori’s umbrella to block the rain before I asked.
“Do you like cats?”
“What? I neither hate nor like it.”
“But why are you feeding me?”
“I’m not moving and I’m getting caught in the rain so pitifully.”
“Okay?”
“Huh. And he looked hungry.”
“If I look hungry, will you buy me food?”
“Of course. Instead, you should feel sorry for me.”
In order for Hiyori to feel sorry for me, I wonder if I should reduce my current size by half.
“But what are you doing here, senpai?”
At Hiyori’s question, pulling her hood forward and revealing her small hairline, I answered, bursting with laughter from her.
“I’m on my way back from a stop at a stationery store.”
“What do you have in your hand?”
“Uh.”
“I see. Can I wear this?”
It doesn’t seem like you’re wondering why I bought these things at a stationery store.
I think I bought it just to study.
“You can wear it, but wash it and bring it.”
“Would you like to wash it with my clothes?”
My body instinctively flinched at the very strange remark.
Seeing this, Hiyori giggled and put on a determined expression, as if telling her to be relieved.
“I asked if I should wash it by hand or if I could use regular laundry.”
I didn’t mean to ask that at all… It’s ridiculous.
People who tell dirty jokes indirectly like this are the shyest people in bed.
Don’t wait for that day to come.
“You can do it with regular laundry.”
“All right. Would you like to have coffee with us if you have time?”
My desire to do so is like a chimney, but I have to go back now, just in time for Miyuki to end.
Shaking my head, I glanced at Hiyori’s wet uniform.
“No. I can’t because I have a job. You change your clothes.”
“How do I change when I don’t have a spare job?”
“Buy one. There’s a clothing store over there.”
“This windbreaker is fine too.”
“If you keep wearing wet clothes…”
“You can wear this inside out.”
“Listen.”
“I am listening.”
The way he talks back with a smiley face is cute, but I just want to lay him face down on my lap and slap him on the butt.
It feels like playing with a four or five-year-old child who needs discipline at the height of his curiosity.
“Stop talking and listen. If you keep wearing wet clothes, your immunity will be weakened.”
“What if I fall?”
“You will catch a cold.”
“I haven’t had a cold in the past three years, so it’s okay.”
It’s just a line to raise a flag.
Perhaps, with a high probability, Hiyori will be goofing around tomorrow.
Thinking so, I rubbed my forehead and said as if in desperation.
“Yeah… Got it. I’m leaving, so see you tomorrow.”
“Yes. Please enter carefully. Thank you for your clothes.”
Still, it’s good to say goodbye.
I can’t seem to hate it because of that. There is no malice in the tone, only goodwill.
Shaking my head, I turned around and walked out of the alley.
That moment,
Chow-!
A truck driving on a lane close to the sidewalk spewed water from the corner as it passed the road.
In the blink of an eye, the water rushes in like a wave and wets not only my umbrella but also my lower body.
As I stood there in despair at the unexpected accident, Hiyori hurriedly approached me and asked.
“Are you okay…?”
Having come to my senses, I looked at the items I bought at the stationery store.
Fortunately, not much water got in. The note is also fine thanks to the wrapped vinyl…
I brushed off the water from my pencil and pen, and nodded while hearing the screams of the people nearby at the truck that had already passed by.
“Are you okay.”
“Do you want to go pick out clothes together…?”
I can’t ride a car in this condition, so I guess I should.
I let out a deep sigh from my heart and looked back at Hiyori helplessly as I imagined capturing the truck driver’s wife.
It’s a bad luck day.
But think good, good, positive.
It’s better to like it because there is an additional event to build a bond with Hiyori.
“Yeah… Then.”
**
“… What is that?”
Skinny pants worn by grandparents.
Miyuki, who saw me wearing it and standing limp, put on a dazed expression for a moment.
I responded by approaching her and holding out her plastic bag.
“The truck was hit by splashing rain.”
“Really…? Are you okay?”
“No, it’s cold.”
“Then why are you standing here?”
“To wait for you. He said he had no umbrella.”
“I can borrow it, but I won’t talk… Thanks anyway. I’ll leave this in the student council room right away.”
“Take it slow.”
Miyuki, who said yes, took her plastic bag and shot her up the stairs.
Since I’m cold, I’m glad to see him move so urgently.
After all, Miyuki is someone you can’t help but love.
Not long after, she came down again and suddenly put her arms around me.
It’s easy to breathe, but it’s cute that you don’t gasp, and you only breathe through your nose.
As I left the building sharing an umbrella with Miyuki, I saw her peeking at my pants.
The corners of his mouth twitch, but it must be funny to see a fashion that doesn’t suit him at all under his shirt.
“Don’t laugh.”
“You didn’t laugh…? Did you choose this yourself?”
“Uh.”
“It’s so… Gorgeous.”
In contrast to Hiyori, who laughed openly, Miyuki conveyed her impressions well wrapped up.
I said, giggling as if I sympathized.
“I bought it because it looked comfortable.”
“It does seem that way. But are you not wearing anything under your pants?”
“Would you have been shaken if you did?”
“Muh, what’s shaking…!”
Pretending not to know everything
I put my head like a bean on Miyuki’s head, whose pervert power was slowly rising.
“Are you going to sleep at my house today?”
“Huh. It’s raining, so I have to go to a ramen shop.”
The ramen shop is now completely part of the course.
“Okay. Let’s do it.”
The day after such big and small happenings were over, and I spent a friendly time with Miyuki.
Unlike me, who was full of fatigue, Miyuki, who was full of energy and energetic, went to the student council room, and I left the boring classroom and wandered around the academy.
Buy soboro bread and milk for Bread Girl, exchange brief greetings with the kendo club members you run into…
After wandering around like that for a while, I found Hiyori and Miho going to school in the distance.
After all, you have to do your best to meet the heroine. I feel helpless today.
Watching Hiyori from a distance, I saw her raise her head and slightly open her mouth.
She, who had been doing that for a while as if she had been in forsythia,
Hehe…!!”
It spewed droplets toward her floor, drawing her uplifted head and waist.
What makes sneezing so cute? It was comparable to Chinami.
Anyway, there is no difference from what I expected.
I recognized it from the moment I raised the flag that it was okay.
Attention was drawn to her at her powerful sneeze.
She wiped her nose and mouth with the tissue Miho had handed to her and smiled embarrassedly. As if she didn’t feel any shame at all, she didn’t even slow down her steps and slowly walked across the playground.
I think it’s probably a natural physiological phenomenon… It’s unnecessarily positive.
However, it’s a bit of a waste to just throw the reward on the floor.
I’m confident that if you spray it on me, I’ll lick it well.
Having come up with such an unsanitary thought, I approached Hiyori while suppressing an open laugh.
Then my eyes met hers and she lifted one of her arms up over her shoulder like a zombie and she waved it slowly.
I went close to her, carefully accepted Miho’s polite greeting, and smiled at Hiyori.
“I knew it would happen.”
“What…! I’m here to tease you…?”
I want to hug Komaengmaeng when he sees him screaming with his voice.
I said, barely suppressing the urge.
“The karma piled up well and then exploded. Be careful in the future.”
“What karma is karma…! Give me the bread.”
“If you want to eat, pay. 200 yen.”
“Isn’t that a concession stand?”
“That’s right.”
“The store’s soboro bread is 150 yen, right?”
“Personnel expenses.”
“Ah, what… Childish…!”
Even the way she frowns and wags her arms in the air as if to give her soul is very pretty.
Thinking that I had to stop here, I put soboro bread and milk into Miho’s hands.
“The two of you share. Asahina, go to the infirmary before class, and dress warmly.”
Concerned with sincerity, Hiyori, who was about to protest, hesitated and shook her head.
“Okay…”
“Don’t talk half-heartedly.”
“Huh…”
You have no intention of listening to me.
Our Lenka… It must have been a lot of hard work.
Due to Hiyori’s personality, it’s obvious that if her body is tired, she won’t go to the infirmary, saying she’s a nuisance.
And Miho will be hard on Hiyori and try to drag her away by force.
Shall I get some medicine before that?
No, I don’t have knowledge about these medical problems, and since they require accurate prescriptions, I think it’s better to leave it to the nurse.
If they whine later on asking me for medicine, then I’ll just pretend I can’t win and give it to them.
“See you next. Mitsushima, you too, be careful not to catch a cold.”
“Thank you.”
I said goodbye to the two of them, unlike before, puhe! He moved away from Hiyori, who sneezed, and Miho, who gently stroked her back.
After that, I went back to the store to buy some bread for the baker.
