Volume 2 - CH 17.1

Chapter 17 part 1: I got myself a new Girlfriend (Temporary)

"Now that I'm your girlfriend, what are you planning to do?"

"What do you mean 'What I am planning to do'?"

As I was naked, I hurriedly put on some clothes, and now we are sitting at the breakfast table together. Hishinuma-san then asked me with a serious look in her eyes.

By the way, Hishinuma-san herself made breakfast.

With the extra curry that she offered me once, I can say for sure Hishinuma-san is good at cooking. The miso soup that she made now is also delicious.

"It's about Ashizawa-san."

"Oh...that girl..."

I didn't know why, but she acts obsessed with me for some reason, isn't she?

She was cold to me for so long. I didn't know what was in her mind?

Well, I'm not interested to know it either. But, as Sarasa-san is acting so strangely lately, I can't introduce Hishinuma-san to her.

"Well, I guess I'll hold her off for now. But now that we've broken up, I'm going to pay a visit to her family and thank them for all the help they've provided me. Even though there's a lot going on lately, I am already indebted to them."

"I see... if I come with you, it may make things much more complicated."

"Yeah, I'm sorry but I'll have to go alone. Now that Sarasa-san knows where my room is, do you mind if I stay here for a while?"

"That's fine. We're temporary lovers, after all."

"Can you not keep saying 'temporary'? It pains me."

We let out a hearty laugh as we ate our breakfast.

I didn't know when was the last time I could eat along with someone with such a warm feeling.

When she (Sarasa-san) was there, I was forced to accept her proposal to take our individual meals and eat alone even when I was in my room.

Now that I think about it, I wanted to cry.

"I'm going to go say my greetings to her family after the class."

"All right. I'll wait for you at our place of work. Be careful on your way, okay?"

"For what?"

"I have a lot of things that I want to do with you!"

I certainly have to be careful.

From that uncanny look, there's no telling what Sarasa-san will do to me in the future.

I need to be careful.

"Hishinuma-san, be careful on your way too."

"Wait!"

"Huh?"

I'm confused when her index finger suddenly touches my lips.

Why did she ask me to wait?

As I was thinking to myself, Hishinuma-san blushed a little and muttered.

"Well… we're supposed to be lovers now, right? So why don't we call each other by… our first names?"

Hishinuma-san, aren't you too daring?

Huh? I wonder what it is? Is it because I had already embraced her?

Suddenly I found Hishinuma-san cute and lovable.

No, she was pretty, to begin with.

When she said such embarrassing things, I felt somewhat embarrassed.

"...What's your name again?"

"That's terrible! Didn't I properly introduce myself to you when we first met!"

Of course, I remember. But seeing Hishinuma-san's cute reaction makes me want to be so mean to her.

Of course, I am somewhat embarrassed so I used this as an excuse.

"I'm sure I remember you having a name sounding like a woman, but…"

"I'm, of course, a woman. Isn't that obvious?"

"Eh? It is a woman's name?"

"Why do you look so surprised?"

I knew it, it's fun to be with this person after all.

Unlike when I'm with Sarasa-san or Kurusu-san, I feel a warm feeling surging from inside.

"I'm just kidding, Hanarei-san."

"Mmm…. Are you a sadist or something?"

"Hahaha, no way. You're the dominant one, aren't you? You're the one who lured me into such a lewd..."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! I'm not going to talk to you anymore!"

We spent the morning having this silly conversation that can make people around call us a couple.

Well, I guess we've got ourselves a lot of problems…. Well, what has to happen, will happen.

After finishing my class, I quickly left the college.

Sarasa-san's parents live in the same town, and I've visited them a couple of times, so I remember the route well.

However, I couldn't stop sweating at the thought of what they would say to me when I told them about my break up with her.

I arrived at Sarasa-san's parents' house with such anxiety in my heart, and taking a deep breath, I pressed the doorbell.

"Hello, who is it?"

There is an instant response.

This voice sounded somewhat carefree but is oddly familiar to me.

"It's been a while. I'm Shoryu Kiryu."

"Shoryu Kiryu? Wait a minute."

When I said my name, the owner of the voice cut off the conversation in a hurry, and soon I heard whispers from inside.

And soon the door was opened, the person who is the owner of the voice peeked out with a smile.

"It's been a while. How are you Shoryu-kun?"

"It's been a while, Yuzuki-san."

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