A Mob, Desperate After Being Ntrโd by a Coworker, Attends His High School Reunion for the First Time in 10 Years, and for Some Reason Is Approached by Four Beautiful Girls
โN-no! Home is..โ
“..
You brought Megumi thereโ
โNo!
That was because Shirota-san was drunkโฆโ
“Then I’ll get drunk too.โ
“That’s not what I meantโฆ”
ใ
I tried to refuse Anzen-san softly, but she did not give in.
Then, as if he had grown numb, she said
“Well, what would you do if Nina came on to you?”
Unexpectedly, such words stopped me from reacting.
After a few seconds, I said, โโฆ Why is Kanano-san’s name mentioned here?โ
“Uesugi knows that best.
Because Uesugi liked her. Why else would I mention her name here?โ
โฆ I could only smile bitterly at such straightforward words.
“This is not the time to be laughing, though. How is it?โ
“It’sโฆIt’s just that we were in high school.โ
“But you exchanged contacts the other day, didn’t you?
I saw that.โ
“It was like that was forcedโฆ.โ
โHmm~?
Wellโฆ? Iโll go to your house”
After that, although I refused several times, she did not lend an ear to my voice and kept following behind me.
Oh noโฆ
Thinking this, I eventually went home, and when I had no choice but to let her in, she went towards the bedroom on her own and started checking.
:.. Kun-kun-kunโฆ I smell a womanโฆ”
It started like an affair checkโฆ
“Well then, I’ll borrow your bath, what’s this room over here?โ
And she enters the room that my ex-girlfriend used to use.
Looking at the room that had already been empty for a few months and was almost empty, she said, โWhat’s this useless big room. I mean, do you need this room? Ah, could it be the room that you lived with your ex-girlfriend, but she ran away and left it empty?โ She asks such a thing with a little laugh.
“โฆ Well, it’s like that’, I say, โThat’s the right answerโฆI mean, you lived together with your ex-girlfriend,’ she mumbled and disappeared towards the bath without saying a word.
After Anzen-san is gone, I stare into that room.
There’s no way she’s coming backโฆ There’s no point in living in a place where there are so many rooms for nothing and the rent is so high.
Wellโฆ I’ll think about moving out soon, though.
I mean, it’s probably a strategy to keep her from changing into her nightgown and telling her to go homeโฆ
That’s a clever planโฆ
Does she know where the towels are or something?
As I’m thinking about this, I hear thunder from outside.
Soon I hear a tremendous sound of rainโฆ
This makes it more and more difficult to tell her to go homeโฆ
I sat on the sofa and watched TV in a daze.
Then I gradually became sleepy and before I knew it, I fell asleep.
โ
“Heyโฆ You shouldn’t sleep in that place, you know?” she pinches my cheek with a laugh.
“โฆ OhโฆI’m sorryโฆ I was sleeping.โ
“I know.. dinner is ready, you know?”
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Looking at the table, there were two omelettes, her speciality dish.
“โฆ Looks delicious.โ
“Delicious~?” She laughs happily.
I knowโฆ
This is a memory from the pastโฆ It’s just a dream.
As it is, I sit down and put the omelette in my mouth.
It was supposed to be a dream, but I could taste it.
The slightly thick ketchup rice I like, and the fluffy eggs.
It tastes sweet because there’s a bit too much sugar in it.
I remember we had a bit of a fight at one point, I think, when the ketchup was lighter and the eggs weren’t as sweet as they should be, to keep the calories down for health reasons.
After that, she ended up adjusting the taste to what I liked, and I started learning to cook from Kana, and now I can make omelette rice as good as Kana.
But stillโฆ Kana’s omelette rice was delicious, and at that moment tears started to flow.
“Whyโฆ Why, โฆ Why!”
I was so frustrated, helpless and pathetic that all I could do was cry.
“What’s wrong?โ
“It’s not what’s wrong!
Why did you betray me? We were such good partners! Why, why, why!”
At that moment, my consciousness fades away.
No, this is different.
I was trying to wake up from a dream.
Yesโฆ This is only a dream.
An impossible IF story created by my memory.
โ
When I opened my eyes, Anzen-san was standing in front of me.
โW-Woahโฆ I was surprisedโฆโ
“I was the one whoโs surprised.
You are sleeping on the sofa and crying.”
When she told me that, I realised.
I noticed that there were traces of tears on my cheeks.
“Did you have a scary dream?โ
“No, nothing like thatโฆ
Well, it was a bad dream.โ
“I see.
OK. What about dinner?โ
“Uhโฆ
Yeah.”
It was raining heavily outside and I was in no condition to go shopping, so I cooked a proper meal with what was in the fridge.
It seems that Anzen-san is not very good at cooking, and she kept staring at me while I was cooking.
“You can cook. That’s amazing.โ
“Is that soโฆ? I’m not so sure about the taste though”
Then we ate the fried rice together.
“Yes. It’s deliciousโฆ You’re good at it.”
“โฆ Yeah.”
After that, we read the book we both bought, and as we were getting sleepier and sleepier, Anzen-san slept on my bed and I slept on the sofa.
The next time I woke up, it was morning.
I did not dream.
I got up nosily and found a letter on the table.
[I had a good time. I’ll come visit you again next time] was all that was written