I Heard That the Cool Maid Had Feelings for Someone, so I Fired Her for Her Happiness, and She Came to My House Alone
The new house is located closer to the university than the previous house. It is a larger tower apartment like our previous house, but the rooms are smaller than before. The number of rooms is also one less.
Since I am going to start living alone, I don’t need an extra room.
What was Dad’s business? He must be busy with work, but it’s unusual for him to go out of his way to set up an errand for me.
I already have the furniture and groceries ready, and I have a part-time job, so I don’t think there’s anything to worry about.
I don’t mind that I don’t know what my dad is thinking, as I haven’t really known what he’s thinking since I was little.
After about ten minutes of walking, I see my new home.
After going through the formalities at the reception desk, I take the elevator up to the floor where my room is located. It’s a little smaller than my old apartment, but that’s about it.
A clock is embedded in the wall of the elevator. The hands are pointing to 19:55.
“Just in time. It’s close.”
Both my father and mother are very strict about time. They both work in a business that involves people’s positions, so they are especially strict about common sense.
They’ve had it drilled into them since they were little. Thanks to that, I have never been late.
Well, let’s leave the old story here…
“I’m home.”
I enter my new home and take off my shoes. Shoes that I assume belonged to my father and women’s shoes were neatly lined up at the entrance.
Is Mom here too? Well, okay.
“Just in time. I was afraid you were going to be late.”
“Don’t worry, Dad. I’m never late.”
“Well, I’m sure you won’t. I’m so proud of you.”
What’s the matter with you, Dad? It’s not like him to praise me all of a sudden.
“So what’s the reason you called me here?”
“Oh, yeah, that’s right. I was surprised when you said you wanted to fire Kanade, but then I thought about it.”
“Yeah.”
“Come into the living room with me so we can talk.”
Dad took me to the living room. The layout of the room is three bedrooms, with a door leading to the bathroom and a door leading to the washroom in the hallway.
The bathroom is behind the washroom.
I don’t complain about the room because I left it to my father, but I still feel it is too big for a single person.
“Well, come on in, then.”
My father, sitting on a chair, calls out for someone to come in. Then a figure emerged from the doorway of the hallway where my father and I had just entered.
What, is my mother there after all?
“It’s been a long time, Shui…I haven’t seen you in three years, I think…”
The girl who appeared from the door was a girl in a maid’s outfit who looked familiar to me.
“”Towa, perhaps?
I took a closer look at her, and I noticed her distinctive mint-colored eyes, beautiful black hair that reached down to her neck, and a sparkling atmosphere as she gazed at me.
I had only known one girl with these features.
She was a childhood friend who played with Kanade from kindergarten all the way through junior high school. We played make-believe, went shopping, and even came over to my house to play games together.
As I recall, she moved to a different city for her parents’ reasons before she went to high school. That’s why I left her in high school.
I miss her so much, I wonder why she is here. Is it a surprise to report back here in a maid’s outfit or something?
You didn’t have to do anything weird like that, just be normal.
“I’m sorry to interrupt this emotional reunion, but would you mind sitting down too, Towa-chan?”
“Yes, sure.”
Towa sat down in the chair next to me.
“Shui may be surprised to hear that Towa has moved back here to start college.”
“Enrollment in college? Towa is the same age as me, right? Did you transfer?”
The transfer examinations for our university are quite difficult. The questions on the general entrance exam alone are considered to be among the best in Japan, but when it comes to the transfer exam, I don’t think it’s a question that an ordinary person can solve.
“I was a student. I really wanted to enter the same department as Shui.”
“I see… you’re in the same department as me, so you’re in medical school?”
“Yeah, I managed to get the lowest passing grade.”
I know it may sound like I’m being sarcastic, but getting into medical school is really amazing. The ratio is more than ten times and only forty people are accepted. There is no cutoff, so you have to win out of more than 10 times the ratio.
Even Kanade had to give up on medical school. At first, Kanade wanted to go to medical school, too.
“That’s why I moved to this neighborhood.”
“I’m happy for you. I’m sure you’ll be able to meet Kanade since she lives around here.”
I’ll have to let Kanade know. The two of them were very good friends. I’m sure the three of us can go out to eat or go shopping as friends again.
“I see. I’ll have to go say hello to her.”
“Yeah, let’s”
I wondered if Dad had called me here to reunite me with Towa.
“Where does Towa live now? I’d like to go visit her sometime.”
“Oh, let’s see. What should I say?”
“Why don’t you just say it like you normally would? What’s the problem?”
Towa is a female college student, so even though she has known me since childhood, she is not comfortable telling a guy where she lives.
If that’s the case, it can’t be helped. If you want to get together, you can go to a restaurant outside the house.
“I’d like to talk to you about that.”
“Dad?”
“Towa chan, are you ready for this?”
“Yes, I’m ready.”
“Well, let me get straight to the point. From today on, Towa chan will live with you as your maid.”
Maiasa