The Salty Princess Told Me That I Was a ‘Convenient Keep’, so I Tested What Would Happen if I Introduced the Most Beautiful Girl at Another School as My Girlfriend
“No, what am I …… doing?”
I was asleep in my room when I thought I heard a familiar voice from outside. At first I thought it was a dream or a hallucination or something of that sort and left it alone, but the voices didn’t stop anytime soon.
So I suddenly looked at my phone to check the time and noticed that I had several incoming messages. I looked…… and among them were messages from Koga-san and Sakaki-san, and I realized.
“…. Oh my God.”
Connecting the dots. I woke up at once and opened the front door with unsteady steps. The two were arguing with each other with a sharp look in their eyes. I couldn’t hear the details of what they were saying, but I could roughly guess what they were saying.
So I had no choice but to ask them to come up to my house. I wanted them to go home now because, to be …… honest, I was having a hard time because I felt like my fever was higher than it had been in the morning. But considering the feelings of the two of them, I’m sure that wouldn’t have been satisfactory. I don’t have the energy to explain everything to them, but I have a responsibility to tell them the bare minimum.
“And I can’t put it off indefinitely.”
It’s a tough day, so maybe some other time. If I said that, I’m sure they would leave. But I didn’t want to keep putting it off like that and end up straining my relationship with them.
That’s why ……
“Oh, bad”
After leading them to the sofa in the living room, I tried to get some instant coffee from the shelf to make some coffee, but I couldn’t get a good grip on it and dropped it. Luckily, the contents didn’t spill out, but I must have felt worse than I thought, as my body staggered and I ended up sitting down on the spot.
“I knew it was worse than I thought. ……”
Although he was wearing a mask, what if he infected the other two? Maybe it would be better to stop worrying about unnecessary things and just talk to them and have them go home.
“Ochiha kun? There was a loud noise, but…….., Ochiha-kun?!”
Koga-san, who had come to check on me out of concern, rushes over to me. I smiled as much as I could so as not to worry her.
“I’m fine, Koga-san. I’ll be right there, just sit on the couch over there and wait for me.”
“I can’t do that! This …… so hot! It’s so hot! Hey, you help me, Ochiha-kun, I’ll carry you to your room!”
Hearing Koga’s voice, Sakaki-san immediately comes to the kitchen.
“……! Sakashima-kun, are you okay? ……It’s true, it’s very hot.
……I’m sorry. We came to visit you and made you feel overwhelmed. …… Please hold on to my shoulder as I carry you to your room right away.”
“No, you don’t have to make such a big deal out of it. I can go back to my room by myself.”
“No. Just rely on me at least now. ……I’m worried about you.”
“Yeah, you know? It’s no use being stubborn in a place like this.”
Sakaki and Koga-san look straight at me. I have a lot to say,…… honestly, but I don’t have the energy to argue with them right now. I gave up and let them hold me on their shoulders.
“I’m sorry if I’m sweating or anything, okay?”
“It’s fine, I don’t mind. Besides, I can easily lick off your sweat.”
“…You. What on earth are you saying when Sakashima-kun is having a hard time?”
“Oh, no, that was just an analogy!”
The two of them are in a panic and Sakaki-san is staring at with a stern look. I was thinking that the two of them might not be as incompatible as I thought. With this in mind, I borrowed their shoulders and walked back to my room.
“Thank you, you two are a big help.”
I just lay down on the bed. I knew there was something I needed to tell them, but my head was so heavy that it was hard to even sit up.
I guess they could sense my state of mind, and they bowed their heads with a mixture of apology and concern.
“Sakashima-kun. Umt …… it’s fine for today. We are going to leave today, so please sleep well, Sakashima-kun. ……You’re okay with that, too, right?”
“Yes. Ah, but can I just borrow the kitchen? I want to make some nutritious food for you.”
“At least let me do that,” Koga-san said, looking my way. I removed my hand from my forehead and replied.
“…I’m sorry. Well, can I just ask that? I just happened to have run out of packs. You can use whatever you like from the kitchen.”
“Okay then… Ochiha-kun, you can sleep well. I’ll just go home once I’ve finished making it, so you don’t have to force yourself to wake up, okay?”
“……Yes, that’s right. When you get well again, please tell me your story.
“…………Sorry.”
When I lowered my head while lying down, the two of them looked apologetic and shook their heads from side to side. It was not that I wanted them to look like that, but right now my body was not listening to me.
They bowed their heads one last time and walked out of the room. I didn’t try to stop them, but silently watched their backs.
“What the hell am I doing…?”
Those little mumblings are lost in the silence that fills the room. I slowly shut my eyes to turn away from the pathetic reality.
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“So, you’re not going back to …… yet?”
As she prepared food in the quiet kitchen, Kotone turned her gaze to Saori, who tied her long black hair with a hair tie before replying.
“I can at least chop some vegetables. Besides, if I leave you alone, you might do something strange to Sakashima-kun again.”
“I don’t care, but I won’t …… do anything strange to Ochiha-kun, okay?”
“But then you said you wanted to lick his sweat, didn’t you?… What a pervert.”
“Ah, that was just a joke to cheer him up, Ochiha-kun! If you take it seriously… aren’t you the one who’s a pervert?”
“………….”
Saori stared at Kotone with a glare, and Kotone coughed to get away from Saori’s gaze.
“Then, let’s just make some porridge and soup, and go home quickly before we bother Ochiha-kun.”
“That’s right. If we stay here too long, Sakashima-kun will be worried and won’t be able to rest.”
The two of them work side by side to produce the dish. ……, but soon Kotone exhaled in disgust.
“You, that way of cutting it, it will take a long time to cook. You’re going to put them in the soup, so the carrots and daikon need to be thinner. Ochiha, he is weak from a cold, so it might be easier for him to eat them if you cut them into smaller pieces. Oh, and there’s still some skin left on this one.”
“I’m sorry, …….”
“There’s no need to apologize. I’ll prepare everything later. But it seems like I’m better at cooking than you, huh?”
“……….”
Saori puffed out her cheeks in a strange way. Kotone puffed out her chest proudly.
“Ochiha-kun, he seems to work out a lot, and he eats a lot, so if he’s going to have a girlfriend, it’d be better if she is a good cook.”
“…That’s something you can just practice. What’s more important is whether you can really be considerate of the other person.”
“In that case, I guess I’m better than you. When Ochiha-kun looked like he was in trouble, I was the first to run over to him.”
“I doubt that someone who gets excited over childish things like who was faster can be considerate of others, though.”
The two of them argue in a small voice while moving their hands. …… However, both of them immediately look at each other with troubled expressions, perhaps remembering what happened to Ochiha earlier.
“Should we stop for now? If we continue arguing here, Sakashima kun might wake up again.”
“….. I guess so. I’ll do that.”
For the time being, it was a truce, and both of them worked silently for a while, and the porridge and soup were finished.
“Okay, it’s done. Now that …… he is probably sleeping, I’ll put it in the refrigerator once it’s heated through. Then he can heat it up and eat it right away.”
Kotone said that and started tidying up quickly.
“….You are really good at what you do, aren’t you? You seem to know exactly where to put the dishes away,…….”
“Well, I’ve been here a few times before… But you’re also good friends with Ochiha-kun, aren’t you? I thought that Ochiha-kun, no matter how hard it is, he wouldn’t touch a girl so easily.”
“That’s even you ……”
To be honest, there were a lot of things they wanted to say and ask each other. But they couldn’t say it here and now. They both knew that, so they averted their eyes from each other as if they were running away.
“For now, let’s just go home for the day, shall we?”
“I guess so. It would be a nuisance if we stayed too long.”
The two finished cleaning up, left a note saying, “I put the dishes in the fridge,” and headed for the front door with their luggage.
“….Eh?”
“…..Ah.”
However, before the two of them could open the front door, it opened and a tall man appeared. Saori didn’t recognize the man and instinctively braced herself. However, Kotone seemed to recognize the face, as she muttered softly.
“Ochiha kun’s father ……”
Ochiha’s father, whom she had heard was currently overseas. The two of them had never thought that their father would come back home, and for a while, they couldn’t move as if time had stopped.
Maiban