In the middle of my conversation with Yuuki-san, the doorbell rang. While letting out a sigh, I headed for the door.
I’ve got my hands full with this rare guest, Yuuki-san, and I don’t want any more trouble.
“Yes, yes, who is it?”
When I opened the main door with a sigh of annoyance, Hishinuma-san was standing there with a troubled look on her face.
“Uh, um… good evening, junior-kun.”
“Hishinuma-san…?”
“…I’m really sorry for annoying you so late at night, okay? I know that you just got home from your …part-time job, so I brought you some leftover dinner. …Just as I thought, I’m annoying…”
As if she understood the hassle she had just caused me, Hishinuma-san said with a tearful look on her face.
This is very bad.
I’m very reluctant to make Hishinuma-san cry, as she has been a great help to me.
If I offended her, I wouldn’t be able to eat Hishinuma-san’s homemade food from now on.
I didn’t want it to happen.
“You’re not a nuisance! I really like Hishinuma-san’s cooking! I really want to eat it every day, yes!”
“Um, every day…? Um, that’s…”
In response to my hurriedly mended words, Hishinuma-san’s face somehow turned bright red and she began to squirm.
Huh? Did I say something strange?
“Um, then, you know, …I can make it for you every day…”
“Did someone come?”
“Whoa!”
Before Hishinuma-san could finish, Yuuki-san interrupted the conversation without hesitation, as if she was wondering who the visitor was.
I don’t know if it’s because she’s been a stun-in, but I’d like to see a little more courtesy.
Yes, I have a feeling that this is going to be troublesome again.
They’ve never met before. So, it’s only natural to be curious when a bunch of strange women gathers in one man’s room.
However, I had nothing to feel guilty about, so I decided to just tell the truth.
“Well, this is Hishinuma Hanarei, my senior at my part-time job. Hishinuma-san, this is Ashizawa Yuuki. She’s a stut-in woman who ran away from home.”
“That’s too simple for an introduction!”
“Shoryu-kun, isn’t my introduction too weird?”
After getting some ‘good’ comments from both of them, I managed to get the situation under control.
“Um, actually, this person is Sarasa-san’s sister. It seems she ran away from home and came to me for help. It’s not like we’re lovers or anything, so please don’t worry.”
“Oh, I see… That’s good…”
After listening to my explanation, Hishinuma-san let out a sigh of relief.
…Hmm? What do you mean by “That’s good”…?
When I tried to ask her that, this time Yuuki-san opened her lips in a wince, looking like she was about to cry.
“Well, that’s not how you say it, right? You were sorry that I’m having such a hard time, so you said that you will let me stay in your room, right? Was that a lie!”
“It’s a 100% pure lie, right? I never said anything like that!”
I never said anything like that! Who is this personality…?
And what more she is sharp…?
“It’s terrible … before you had said such kind words to me…”
Huh? It’s not even funny anymore, when did I ever say anything kind to her?
Looking back at my own words, I don’t think I had ever said a word about that.
“I’m screwed. …I’ve been betrayed by Shoryu-kun. …I don’t care about my life, I’ll die…”