After I Saved Kirigiri San, a Cool, Sharp-tongued Gyaru, From a Pick-up, She Started Coming Into My House the Next Day
The next day—I woke up to an alarm I had set on my phone.
“Oww…….”
The bones in my back made a cracking sound when I stretched out, probably because I slept on the floor.
It was just before eight in the morning. Looking outside the window, the sky was clear and blue, as the storm that had descended yesterday was a lie.
“Ummm………”
Then Kirigiri woke up.
“Morning. How are you feeling?”
“Great.”
“That’s good.”
Kirigiri mumbles while rubbing her eyes. It seems that she is well enough to joke around.
The fever was measured immediately, and it had dropped to 37 degrees Celsius.
“Did you worry about me?”
“Of course, you collapsed suddenly. I should at least worry about you……”
“You didn’t squeeze my breasts when I collapsed, did you?”
“Of course not !”
I was so surprised when she collapsed that I didn’t think about it at all.
I was so worried about her that I even made her porridge, but she was this rude…….
“But……thanks to Kinoshita, I calmed down. I’ll do something for you this time.”
“Oh, I’ll be looking forward to it.”
It’s time to head off to school.
“I’m heading to school now, so you’d better stay here and behave yourself.”
“Okay.”
“There’s water in the fridge if you want some. And if you get hungry, there’s some leftover porridge in the fridge.”
“Okay.”
“I’ll get you some cold medicine and jelly on the way home.”
“Hey, Kinoshita.”
I explained simply, but Kirigiri softly mumbled my name.
“What’s wrong?”
“Kinoshita, you’re so worried about me.”
Kirigiri laughs as she crawls into bed.
“Can it. So what…..”
“Fufu, thanks. I like that about you.”
“Eh, o-oh….”
Because she suddenly said something like that to me, I hesitated, not knowing how to respond.
My face better not turn red.
“Fufu, you’re super embarrassed.”
“Shut up……”
To hide my embarrassment, I turned away from Kirigiri.
“Take care. Ah, by the way, I like orange jelly the best.”
“Okay.
Then call me if you need anything.”
“All right.”
I went outside and closed the door.
It was a strange feeling.
I had never had anyone over at my house, so I felt like it had been a while since I had heard the line, ‘Take care.’
Besides, I thought that the situation that there is someone waiting for my return is not bad.
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“I wonder what’s going on with Misuzu chan.”
“It’s so unusual for her to be absent.”
“Oh my God……Kirigiri san is absent…..it’s the end of the world……”
When I got to school, everyone was talking about Kirigiri being absent.
Female students are worried about her catching a cold and boys are screaming in horror.
Well, Kirigiri, who had never been late or absent up until now, was taking a day off, so I can understand why they were panicking, but I was impressed that it had gone to this extent.
I don’t think Kirigiri would have expected to be talked about so much just for taking a day off.
I was completely unaware of those people and had been worried about Kirigiri for a while now. Even though her fever had subsided, there was still a chance that she might collapse again.
The more I think about it, the more my mind wanders in a bad direction.
“I wish school would hurry up and end…….”
“Why?”
“Huh !?”
I muttered a few words, and before I knew it, Haga was behind me.
He’s always on the lookout……
“You’re not late today.”
“Well yeah. Chinatsu said [I don’t care if you don’t graduate.] So I thought it might be okay to focus on my studies.”
Unlike me, who is never late or absent, Haga is always late, but today he arrived at school early in the morning, which was unusual.
“It might snow today if you’re going to class from the first period…….”
“Snow sounds great !”
“You don’t say……”
Haga looked at me and continued.
“Hey, can I come to your house today?”
Boom.
“N-not today….”
“What’s the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?”
After all, Kirigiri is still bedridden at my house.
If this were to be discovered, my peaceful school life would be ruined. That must not happen.
“My mother is coming over today……”
Haga has known me since junior high school, so she knows how stupid my mother is, so there will be no problem.
“What….your mother, she’s very powerful. Then maybe another time.”
I was relieved that Haga had meekly backed down.
“Now that I think of it, what happened to Chinatsu? Didn’t you come to school with her this morning?”
“She was absent today because she had something to do. Family matters? I don’t know the details, but I’m sure Chinatsu will be fine ! Ahahaha !”
“I see”
What a coincidence that two of the most beautiful girls in the school are absent.
This means that Chinatsu’s fans are probably in a frenzy.
Because I brought up the topic of Chinatsu, the conversation turned to lovey-dovey stuff, so I decided to let it go. Thanks to Haga, my pessimistic thoughts flew away.
After that, thanks to Haga, after school didn’t get boring.
I wondered if I should go home with Haga, but I had to buy some cold medicine and jelly for Kirigiri at the drugstore, so I left the school quickly by myself.
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After paying for the orange jelly and medicines, I made a short run home.
I wonder how Kirigiri is doing. I wondered if she was resting.
I felt hesitant to send a message so I didn’t say anything in particular, but I probably should have just said a word.
As I opened the door to my apartment and entered the house, I noticed an unfamiliar pair of women’s shoes sitting neatly on the floor.
“Whose shoes…..are these?”
If I’m not mistaken, the design seems different from the loafers Kirigiri always wears.
Besides, if it was Kirigiri, it would be strange for her to go back home just to get the loafers, and if she did go back to get them, there would surely have been a message or two to let me know.
Then whose is this…..?
With a question mark in my head, I fearfully head to the living room to check on Kirigiri’s condition.
“I’m home~, Kirigiri~, the loafers that were in the doorway…..eh…..?
My thoughts stopped when I saw a certain woman sitting across the table from me.
Right, sitting in front of Kirigiri was a woman I knew well.
“Ah ! Yuu kun ! Hi ! Misuzu is gonna be fine !”
For a moment, my blood ran cold.
Why is Minamisawa Chinatsu here……strange. No matter how I think about it, today is her day off….Haga said……
Ahaha… but if it’s a dream, please wake up.
“Hm? Yuu kun? What’s wrong~? Hey ! Are you listening~? Are you dead by any chance?”
Chinatsu waves her hand in front of me, but my thoughts remain suspended.
I hesitated and couldn’t speak.
“Wait, this……why are you……”
I somehow managed to squeeze out the words and asked Kirigiri while breaking out into a cold sweat.
“Chinatsu and I are old friends, haven’t we ever talked about it?”
“That’s right ! A childhood friend? I heard she had a cold so I came to take care of her !”
“Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !?”
Maigetsu