After I Saved Kirigiri San, a Cool, Sharp-tongued Gyaru, From a Pick-up, She Started Coming Into My House the Next Day
It was a warm sunny Sunday–a week had passed since I started living with Kirigiri, and we were relaxing at home, eating sandwiches I made during the day. About two hours later, I heard a voice saying.
“Hey, do you wanna go visit my mother together?”
“Eh?”
I tilted my head at Kirigiri’s sudden invitation.
“Who else is there…..?”
Kirigiri said in disgust.
“Why?”
“I wanted Kinoshita to know about my mother.”
“Well, Kirigiri, if you insist that much……”
“Really?”
“But wouldn’t that be a nuisance? She would be surprised if a man she doesn’t know suddenly showed up.”
I would like to actually meet her and greet her once, she might mistakenly think that her precious and only daughter has been taken by a strange man, and the shock could make her illness worse, so I didn’t want to provoke her too much.
“I’ve already spoken to her about it. So….you see.”
“If that’s what you say, well…….”
I felt bad about turning down such a generous invitation, so I decided to go visit Kirigiri’s mother.
I didn’t want to go empty-handed, so I bought some peach jelly at a convenience store, since I had heard from Kirigiri that she liked it.
The place where she was hospitalized was a municipal hospital about a 30-minute walk from my house, and there was a large crowd of people at the reception desk.
“Kirigiri Misuzu. I’ve come to visit Kirigiri Mika. This is an acquaintance of mine.”
“We have been waiting. Please come this way.”
I was strangely nervous while the receptionist showed me to the hospital room.
I wondered what I should look like when I greeted her.
Would it be better to be a friend of Kirigiri’s? But since she was staying at my house, I didn’t think that would be acceptable. Kirigiri’s mother was hospitalized because of her father’s violence. Is it okay to greet her with a smile?
Besides, there is a chance that she will get angry with me. There is even a possibility that she might interpret it as taking advantage of her precious only daughter’s weakness to let her stay at home.
Oh no, I want to go home……
While I was hesitating, Kirigiri opened the door.
“I’m here to visit you, Mom.”
A beautiful woman with beautiful black hair and a kind expression raised her upper body and looked at us.
I had heard in advance that her mother was in her forties, but she had a youthful appearance that could pass for twenty-something with room to spare.
“Oh, welcome….I wonder who the boy next to you is…….”
The beautiful woman—-Kirigiri’s mother looked at me and tilted her head.
“This is my friend, you know, the one I told you about?”
“I’m Kinoshita Yuuma. I-I’m sorry for being so presumptuous…..but I came to visit you.”
I bowed deeply in an unaccustomed polite way.
I was embarrassed because I bit a little.
“The heck…..you seem different than usual…..”
“Because it’s not every day that I get to meet my friend’s mother…..”
Having heard about the Kirigiri family’s dark past, I couldn’t greet her with a smile, so I gave a wry smile.
“I’m Mika, Misuzu’s mother. Please feel free to call me Mika.”
Mika san responded with a soft expression on her face.
I was relieved to see her goddess-like expression.
“I have heard about you from Misuzu. Ufufu, you are a very polite boy.”
I handed her the peach jelly I had bought at a convenience store and said, “Thank you.” with a smile on my face.
For some reason, I suddenly felt embarrassed.
“Mom, listen ! I’ve started working part-time. At a crepe shop in front of the station.”
“I see. I want to eat them when I get out of the hospital.”
Then Kirigiri started talking with a bright smile like a little girl. I was surprised for a moment because her character is different from when she was at school, but it seems that in front of her mother, her cool personality goes away.
I guess she was happy to be able to talk to her mother now that her condition had improved. I saw this and thought they were getting along well.
“Misuzu is always talking about Kinoshita kun. It makes me smile so much because she hates boys.”
She was smiling while elegantly putting her hand over her mouth.
Apparently, she is in good health.
“Hey, Mom ! Don’t say unnecessary things !”
Kirigiri blushes and flaps her hands in front of her mother’s eyes.
I wonder what the hell she was saying about me, but I hope she didn’t say anything that would make me look bad.
“Forgive her, Kinoshita kun. She’s not an honest girl…..”
“Oh, no, no, no……”
I answered vaguely, not knowing how to react.
That’s right. If I said that, I would get some sharp looks.
“Oh, by the way, we don’t have any water……Misuzu, could you get me some water?”
“I guess the nurse forgot. The flowers are dying, so I’ll ask her to change them for new ones.”
“I-I’ll go with you then.”
“You can stay here, Kinoshita kun.”
Mika san holds my hand with a gentle smile on her face.
I could sense from her expression that she was trying to talk to me telepathically, so I decided to do as Mika san said.
As Kirigiri walked out of the hospital room, Mika san suddenly spoke up.
“Kinoshita kun.”
“Yes, what is it?”
A little awkward.
I don’t know what kind of attitude I should be in since I have rarely been alone with my friend’s mother in my life.
“I heard about it from Misuzu. That she’s been staying at your house for a while…and…about money.”
“I don’t have a problem with money. My parents send me money, and as Misuzu said earlier, she has started a part-time job, so I’m not in any particular trouble.”
I didn’t want her to worry, so I told her clearly.
“I still can’t thank you enough for what you did for her. So, if I get discharged from the hospital, please let me thank you. Otherwise, I won’t be satisfied.”
Mika san looked concerned.
I guess Mika san had called me here to express both gratitude and apology for the trouble her daughter was causing.
I did not help Kirigiri in order to get something in return, but it would be unbecoming of me not to accept her kindness here.
I thought so and decided to accept her kindness.
“I understood. But please take care of yourself now.”
“Thank you. You are a gentle boy just as Misuzu said.”
Apparently, my reputation was not bad.
I was relieved.
Then, after thinking for a moment, Mika san gently took my hand in hers with a serious expression on her face.
I stared at her face, not knowing what to do.
She looked like she wanted to say something. I got that impression.
Then, Mika san slowly opened her mouth.
“I want you to save Misuzu—“
Maigetsu