Chapter 82 – Shit Is Embarrassing!?
Lunch hour.
Having filled the short volunteering time, I came out of the hot lunchroom.
Holding the placket of the buttoned shirt and shaking it, blowing air into my sweaty body,
“Are you Matsuda?”
I heard Lenka’s voice from behind.
Turning to her, I saw Lenka approaching with her arms crossed, and she smiled delightedly.
“Senior Inoo? What are you doing here?”
“It was on the way to the canteen. Did you fill the volunteer time?”
“Yes. I’m sweating a lot, but could you give me a handkerchief?”
Lenka’s eyebrows twitched as if she didn’t like the tone.
But she didn’t say anything, and took out a portable mini tissue from her pocket and held it out.
It looked like I was very hot, so I decided to pass.
“There is no handkerchief.”
I pulled out a few tissues and wiped the sweat from my forehead.
“This is enough. Thank you.”
“I heard from Chinami that she helped me get scammed?”
“Yes. Somehow it happened.”
“Why did you follow Chinami? Even saying that I like my mother.”
You heard everything.
Well, the two of them have no secrets.
It will happen little by little from now on.
“Because I’m worried. Nanase-senpai is pure. Mom is cute too.”
“… I’m not the type to like cute things.”
“Who? Me?”
“I didn’t say who. Are you stabbed?”
I snorted and tossed the tissue into the trash can.
A tissue that fits snugly in a beautiful parabola.
Looking at the trash can with a satisfied expression, I changed the subject.
“Nanase-senpai, it’s dangerous to send someone to such a deal alone, admit it?”
“Admit it. If I had known, I would have gone instead of you.”
What should I do if I keep getting angry like this, making me want to give in?
There’s a play I really want to try, but I’ll do it for you.
“I’ll say thanks anyway.”
I shook my head at Lenka’s words and held out a half-empty tissue bag.
“Where were you yesterday? You must have been busy enough to be separated from Nanase-senpai?”
“Why do I have to tell you that?”
“You don’t like me?”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“No. I hope the day stands in the way of speaking. Anyway, I’ll see you during my off-activity time. I am going.”
After a brief kendo bow, Lenka glared at me for a moment before bowing her head to accept her greeting.
I smiled at her and I turned around and left.
**
“Master.”
“…..”
Meong.
Chinami doesn’t answer my call and sprays deodorant on Howan.
I, who was watching her, said as if tossing her.
“Master. It’s not alcohol, it’s deodorant, right?”
“…. Oh…!”
Only then did Chinami come to her senses and put down her deodorant in surprise.
Looking at Ho-wan, who was full of moisture, her face turned into a tear-stained look.
“I got wet…! It’s drooping like it was pulled out after being submerged in water…!”
Wet?
There’s something nasty about that.
“Yes. It’s wet.”
“Stop making this mistake by thinking about something else…”
“You were dazed earlier… You don’t look good today, do you? Where are you sick?”
After saying that, I put the back of my hand on Chinami’s forehead.
“Oh!”
Chinami’s eyes widened as she let out a short exclamation.
Her body trembling.
You can see the tension in her eyes.
“I don’t have a fever… Why is my face so red?”
Worried about Chinami by her banal lines, I removed her hand just as she was about to nudge her.
“Because it is the change of season, you have to be careful not to catch a cold. When I go home, I wash with warm water, dry my hair well, and cover it with a thick blanket.”
“…. Yes…”
“Did you keep your promise yesterday?”
“Yes… I didn’t go to the used site…”
“Have you forgotten the mother who flickered in front of you?”
“Little bit…”
“That’s fortunate.”
I put her hand on Chinami’s back as if I were handling her child.
As soon as her hand touched her, she patted her shoulder.
However, as if she liked the way her hand gently stroked her back up and down, she soon stretched her body and put on a tired expression.
Tick. Tick.
A strange noise came from under Chinami, who was holding her father’s leg.
Looking down at her wishful thinking, she saw that she was trying to pluck the cuticles she had covered her thumb nails with her index finger.
“Keep your hands still.”
“Yes…”
Listen well once in a while.
I smiled at the kind Chinami and patted her on the back to get up.
Then Chinami stood up to face her without making a sound like her ghost and called me.
“… Junior.”
“Yes.”
“Do you want some ice cream…?”
“Suddenly?”
“I want to buy you ice cream… I will buy you…”
You insist on not even making eye contact, should I call this bold?
Or should I say timid?
“Okay. Then shall we go to the canteen together?”
“Ah, no…! I’m going alone… My junior is resting over there… If you do something else, I’ll scold you…”
Chinami’s finger pointed to the corner of the storage room.
To rest in that cramped place?
I wonder if she is trying to punish me for touching her body without permission and swinging myself.
“Shouldn’t I finish cleaning Ho Wan? I have to deal with the fact that Master just sprayed a lot of deodorant on me.”
“Hmm…!”
Half dissatisfied, half satisfied.
Chinami, who let out her exclamation mixed with such emotions, put her hand on her own waist.
And then he answered questioningly.
“Let’s eat ice cream and think…!”
Are you a little angry because you want to raise your dignity as a teacher?
It’s crazy. And when I’m with Chinami, I feel like I’m also affected.
The feeling that the calculator in my head is broken.
Finally giving up my thoughts, I nodded my head.
“All right. Then I’ll be waiting for you.”
“Yes…!”
Chinami exhaled through her nose and immediately opened the door to her storage room and left.
After looking around the quiet room, I turned on the fan and started to dry the deodorant-soaked Howan.
Miyuki has to go home too, and I met Chinami yesterday…
I’m going to look for Lenka today.
**
[Breath of lightning, the first brother… Thunder…]
I was looking at the electronic display board, and I closed my eyes as the dynamic animation character’s skills unfolded.
It was because the blue flash that occurred momentarily was too bright.
After breaking through the crowds and arriving at a figure store, it is also packed with people.
It is a six-story building, and the interior is also very spacious.
I was wondering if I could find Lenka here, but the possibility of finding it was high as there was a limited edition figure sales event for the recently completed anime.
“Those who came to buy figures, go to the 4th floor!!”
The loud voice of the staff shouting and guiding the uncontrolled people.
I guess I was very angry. If you see them screaming like that even though they are in a service position.
As I climbed the stairs of the store, which was very hot due to the swarm of people, I saw a line that stretched from end to end of the floor.
Are they all people who came to buy figures?
It seems to exceed hundreds of people, but it seems that it will take a while to find Lenka here.
The moment I thought,
‘Uh?’
Dark blue jeans and boots covering long legs,
I found a woman wearing a crop top with a glimpse of her navel and a black leather jacket… Like a bike rider.
It was already long, but the person who looked even longer because of her coordination was definitely Lenka.
She was walking this way with her shopping bag, her hat pulled down and even her mask on.
I was sure we would meet, but I never thought we would see each other so soon.
This is the main character buff. But sometimes I forget that I’m the main character.
Because all the women’s clothes are gathered by some ignorant bastard.
I quickly ducked and lowered my height and stepped aside to blend in with the crowd.
Afterwards, I looked at Lenka passing by where I was.
Arc lines were drawn in her eyes.
The thought of putting a figure on the top row of the huge exhibition hall in his house seems to make him feel good.
I quietly followed her Lenka, leaving her distance, and called her when her presence was quite low.
“Senior Inoo?”
“Huh!?”
Lenka looks back at her in shock.
I pointed my finger at her, tilting her head at her pretending to be cryptic.
“Right! Are you Inoo-senpai?”
“…..”
It is evident that he couldn’t hide his embarrassment from his eyes.
Making a fuss over her, I moved closer to her.
“What are you doing here?”
“Oh that…”
“What is that? Did you buy a figure by any chance?”
As my gaze turned to her shopping bag, which had her anime characters drawn on it, she startled and replied.
“Yeah, what do you care about…? And how do you know this is a figure?”
“Isn’t that a limited edition figure? I’m here to buy too.”
“What…? Why are you?”
“Because I want to buy it. Where can I buy it?”
“No… I came here to buy a figure, but I don’t even know where it is sold? The shop is on the other side.”
“I looked for it, but I was confused. But why did you buy it? Do you like anime?”
“This… I bought this for my nephew in the countryside?”
Lenka, who calmly returned, skillfully laid out her excuses.
I asked, snorting inwardly.
“Your nephew seems to like that anime?”
“I just… Like it…”
“Okay? Do you still sell them?”
“It’s too late if we go now… There’s a limited quantity, so you probably won’t be able to buy it…”
“Yes…?”
My face stained with annoyance.
Would you have thought that I was unexpected?
Said Lenka, adjusting her hat.
“I thought you wouldn’t be interested in this.”
If I hadn’t been interested, I wouldn’t have come to this world.
“Now I want to pay attention. Annie was fun.”
“…. Okay? But didn’t you buy the figure?”
“Are you taking medicine?”
“No, no… That’s not… Hmmm…”
She clears her throat as if this place is very awkward.
Letting go of the ground, I let out a sigh and pretended to reverse her steps, then looked back at Lenka.
“Senior.”
“Uh…?”
“Are you going home now?”
“It should be…”
“Can I give you a ride?”
“I don’t even need to…”
“Meeting is fate.”
I deliberately looked at the figure and spoke.
It’s like you’ve got your eyes on it.
Lenka, stunned by my performance, took her shopping bag behind her back.
“This is absolutely not possible… Wake up. If you want to buy it, go somewhere else. It’s a popular anime, so they sell regular figures…”
“How do you know that?”
“It’s all these anime characters on the screen, so how can you not know…?”
“No, how did you know they were selling regular figures?”
“I know because I saw it on the road… Why are you fighting?”
“I’m not arguing, this is how I speak. I know.”
As she blamed herself in her self-deprecating tone, Lenka’s mask swelled up.
It made her laugh.
Taking advantage of that gap, I asked with a smile on my face.
“Can you tell me where you saw the figure?”
“I saw you over there.”
Lenka points her finger across.
I said, narrowing my eyebrows slightly.
“How do I know if I say it in a lump? Guide me.”
“Nope. Look it up on your phone.”
“You’re really rude. You apologized for being bad when you sparred with me last time, right? Please guide me to pay it back then.”
Lenka’s eyes twitched.
She seemed to be seriously considering what to do.
She looked at my face and at the shopping bag she was holding, while tapping her abacus,
“Ha…”
She let out a deep sigh and walked towards me.
“Follow.”
