Chapter 352 – Jealousy
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“Asahina, aren’t you going to eat this?”
A man’s voice reached my ear.
Hiyori came to her senses and looked across the table at her classmate pointing at the cake.
“What?”
“Aren’t you going to eat? “Can I eat it?”
“Huh? Ah, yes. “You eat.”
At those words, the pathetic looks of the friends around him turned to the male student.
“You’ve been eating so much just now, and now you’re trying to steal Hiyori’s too.”
The words of Hiyori’s same-sex friend who was sitting next to her.
The male student confidently raised his head and retorted.
“They say you can eat it.”
Even while he was acting so shamelessly, the male student’s eyes were secretly glancing at Hiyori.
It’s about paying attention. I’m afraid she won’t like her own behavior.
Hiyori, who noticed the gaze, gave a small sigh and pushed the cake bowl in front of her to the boy.
Afterwards, she tried to put her bare feet on the table chair, but when what Senpai Matsuda said at the movie theater this morning flashed through her mind, she put her sandals back on.
“Hiyori, aren’t you hot?”
Her friend next to her pointed to the cardigan she was wearing.
The material is a bit thick to wear on a hot day like today.
Hiyori read it carefully and smiled brightly.
“It’s okay because the air conditioner is strong.”
“That’s right. But where did you get it?”
“This? If you go to the underground shopping mall, there is a store called Blossom, and I bought it there. “There were a lot of pretty clothes.”
“Really? I should take a look too. “It’s not expensive, right?”
“Huh.”
After finishing her conversation, Hiyori played with the sleeves of her own cardigan.
She really went home to change and never thought I’d be brought anywhere near here again…
Should I say it’s absurd, or should I say that the driving force is amazing…
With her stern expression, Hiyori recalled Matsuda-senpai telling her to change her clothes, and without realizing it, the corners of her mouth raised.
He was such a funny person.
At times it seemed extremely conservative, and at other times it seemed open-minded.
It was as if she calmly grabbed and ate the popcorn that was sitting on her cleavage in a movie theater.
Judging by his appearance, he was basically very conservative, but he seemed to have the personality to treat people he became friends with without hesitation.
I’m still getting used to the difficult way I treat myself… I wonder if I can accept it like this?
Of course, it was impossible to quickly judge his personality based solely on one’s own thoughts.
That’s why his desire to get to know Matsuda better grows.
A feeling that something stimulates curiosity. Since it was a type I had never seen before, I thought it would be fun to get to know it.
With that in mind, Hiyori, who was trying to recall what happened with Matsuda, suddenly came to her senses.
“Hiyori, what’s wrong with you today? What’s going on?”
It was because a friend was saying those words and looking at him with worried eyes.
What were you talking about?
Was it about clothes? No, I think some other topic came up after that, but I don’t remember it at all.
I guess I was so absorbed in my thoughts that I couldn’t concentrate on the conversation.
“That’s not it…”
Hiyori, who was trying to deny her friend’s concerns, changed his mind.
Today was a day when I needed some time to myself. He wanted to slowly, one by one, review the thoughts that came to his mind.
Besides, Miho wasn’t there today, and I wasted a lot of my physical and mental energy talking and playing with Senpai Matsuda in the morning.
So she decided it would be better to go back quickly and get some rest, she said.
“I don’t feel well today… I’m sorry, but I’ll get up first.”
“Is it that bad?”
“It’s not much, and I think I’ll feel better if I get some rest.”
“Okay? Okay.”
As I stood up, I felt the disappointed looks of several men.
She doesn’t make it obvious to everyone, but everyone can see it. That I am interested in you as a person of the opposite sex, not as a friend.
Ignoring their gazes, Hiyori said goodbye to her friends with a smile and left the cafe.
Then I put the wireless earphones I bought today in my ears and played with my phone.
The second single from her favorite singer-songwriter soon began to resonate.
She entered the nearby subway entrance, muttering the lyrics as if she were a tsundere, swiped her IC card, and passed through the turnstile.
Afterwards, she went down the stairs, boarded the subway that arrived just in time, and stuck her butt into the empty seat that happened to be lucky.
She got hot quickly because the air conditioning was weaker than in the cafe, but she didn’t think to take off her cardigan.
Instead, she adjusted her appearance and completely covered her upper body.
Why does she do this to herself?
There were many men who told me to cover up because I was exposed too much, but when I compared my behavior back then to how I am now, the gap was huge.
Maybe it’s because what Matsuda-senpai said last time touched her heart deeply.
I want to take care of you. At that time, when she heard those words, Matsuda seemed very trustworthy.
She suddenly remembered the first time she saw Matsuda-senpai at her cafe.
A very handsome and kind person. This was the end of what she felt at that time.
But my thoughts changed after I found out that he was a senior attending the same academy as me.
I think it would be helpful to get to know each other… Starting with this evaluation,
Evaluated as a fun person, a person with a lot of fun, and an easy-going person,
From here, she went further and came to the conclusion that she was someone worth relying on.
[This station is…]
It’s been a while since she used her brain a lot and before she knew it, she had arrived at her destination.
If I hadn’t accidentally heard the announcement, I would have missed the station, but today is my lucky day.
Hiyori got off the subway with this thought in mind.
“Excuse me.”
Hearing the cautious voice of a tall and handsome man approaching him, he immediately shook his head, foreseeing what would happen next.
“Sorry.”
“… Yes.”
It would have been very annoying if he had been as squishy as the last host… I’m glad he walked away obediently.
This is why there should be at least one person like Matsuda… Like a bear around.
Not just a big person, but a dependable person with strong will.
Hiyori, who chased away the fire moth, continued to look back on what happened with Matsuda.
What was his intention in saying that today?
Did he mean that he wanted to take care of her as a woman?
Or was it something he said out of genuine concern for his mischievous junior and to educate him?
It seems certain that he is meeting Hanazawa-senpai, so it is most likely the latter.
But he also thought that might not be the case.
This is something I found out the other day when I ran into the kendo club director and manager, and they also had a huge crush on senior Matsuda.
He took an attitude that seemed to naturally accept their attention.
I’m sure he’s not dating all three of them… So is he managing the fishery?
I don’t think Matsuda-senpai is that kind of person… Or are you and Hanazawa-senpai really close enough to just have some light skinship? Like a childhood friend?
This is just a guess, but isn’t this the beauty of this kind of delusion?
With that in mind, Hiyori came out of the subway exit and immediately took off her cardigan due to the heat she felt as soon as she came out.
Matsuda’s request bothers me, but it’s obvious that I’ll starve to death if I go to her house in this condition.
This summer will be hell without air conditioning.
Hiyori, who had been momentarily distracted from his thoughts and daily worries, quickened his pace when he saw his nest in front of him.
When I returned home, there was no one inside.
Hiyori, who remembered that her parents had sent a message saying that she was taking her younger brother to the kids’ pool, went up to her room on the second floor to do so.
Hiyori turns on the air conditioner, turns on the laptop, and takes off her clothes.
As she caressed her own stomach, leaving only her underwear behind, she suddenly remembered that she had not said hello to Matsuda and picked up her cell phone.
[Matsumatsuken.]
Afterwards, she sent me that message and went into her bathroom to take a shower.
She washes her body with warm water and returns to her room, where the cold air from the air conditioner makes her feel better.
Hiyori sat at her dressing table with a raised eyebrow and checked her cell phone.
[Why.]
There is a simple reply that even feels reticent.
Matsuda-senpai in real life is not silent…
The same goes for previous conversations, and it seems like people tend to keep things simple when exchanging messages.
[I’m bored.]
[Polite word.]
[Yo. This.]
[She said she was meeting her friends.]
[I’m back.]
[Already? Why?]
[Just. I have nothing to do.]
[Then sleep. Don’t fall asleep during class on weekdays.]
[Old man.]
[To die.]
Hiyori giggled when she saw Matsuda’s angry reply.
This is a big part of what makes her enjoy spending her time with him.
Even if you tease her just a little bit, she gets the expected response.
She gets sick of it when she starts chattering, but I also like how she doesn’t get sick of it.
The same goes for giving reactions consistently.
Also, I often feel frustrated when talking to the opposite sex, but that never happened with Matsuda.
Although there were some frustrating parts of the exchange, it means that I feel at ease.
[What are you doing?]
[Game.]
[What did you buy then? Did you accept the friend request? Shall I send you the item?]
[Give it to me.]
Hiyori, who had lost all thoughts of having to dry his hair, found a game console and lay forward on the bed.
Afterwards, he logged into the game and tried to go straight to Matsuda, but he wanted to prank her, so he decided to change her nickname first.
What are some very light and roughly made nicknames?
After thinking for a moment, Hiyori changed her character’s name.
Then, through a function that allowed her to visit her friend’s house, she found the island where Matsuda lived.
An island named ‘Home’.
Hiyori, who thought it was Matsuda’s kind of naming sense that came up without much thought, burst out laughing when a character named Dokken, who was walking around nearby, spotted her and stopped.
-Who are you.-
Coincidentally, his character had a hammer in his hand.
Let’s take that and hit the idiot on the head, boo! With a sound like this, Dongukken complained.
-Why are you hitting me?-
Hiyori ignored it and struck a few more blows before starting to put items lying around nearby in her inventory that seemed to have been collected by Matsuda.
Then, Tookken seemed very embarrassed and followed Hiyori’s character and said.
-Bangguppungppung. Please don’t steal my items. –
A sentence that clearly conveys a sense of urgency.
Hiyori, who was giggling loudly, put down all the items she had acquired and started chatting.
-I’ll take a look. Be careful in the future.-
-Thank you.-
Seeing Matsuda’s sincere greeting, she feels as if she has returned to her childhood.
I often played pranks like this with my friends in the early days of gaming, but I thought they were much more fun than they were then.
The gap where Matsuda shows her naive side, which is unlikely to happen in real life, was really funny.
Hiyori, rolling around like a crazy person and bursting into laughter, scattered the items he already had on the floor.
And then he spoke kindly.
-Use this.-
Then, Dongdukken stayed still for a moment as if he realized something,
-Are you Asahina?-
I’ve been saying things like that.
Hiyori, who had finally figured out her identity, laughed at his insensitivity and answered.
-Yes.-
-Hey, are you crazy?-
A remark that seems to have been seriously scratched by the theft earlier.
Hiyori burst out laughing again at that, but instead of answering, she tried to leave her mark in the guestbook of Dudukken’s house.
“Huh?”
I discovered that a user named ‘Toktokki’ had written a meaningless letter in the guestbook.
Who is this? Smart key? Smart key?
Is it by any chance Miyuki Hanazawa’s nickname?
I think that’s true, but I think it was probably left over after the two started playing the game and tinkered with various things while decorating the village together.
I feel strange.
It feels as if the other person’s first birthday has been taken away by someone else.
Hiyori, who unconsciously made a pouty expression, impulsively left a message [Melong♡] In the guestbook and ended the connection by hitting the idiot who followed her on the head with a hammer.
She herself didn’t know why she left her heart.
No, it would be more correct to say that she was confused rather than that she didn’t know.
[Thank you.]
Not long after, a message from Matsuda arrived on my cell phone.
Hiyori stopped when she saw the message on her way back to her dressing table, placed her wet head on her pillow and tapped her phone.
[Pay back with two suichus.]
