「Iyaa~ We really overdid it. So sorry, both of you」
The church’s living room.
Liz who is sitting down on a sofa is apologizing while scratching the back of hr head.
I and Nanase-san are similarly apologizing on the sofa.
「I’m sorry, Kamijou-kun. I did it out of reflex……」
Nanase-san dressed in the school uniform is apologizing while feeling down.
「Iyaa, it’s alright. Nanase-san’s reaction was normal」
Maa, to me who wasn’t even slapped by his own father, Nanase-san’s slap in the face was quite intense.
I smile portraying ‘Don’t mind it’ floats on my face while rubbing the stinging cheek.
「Really. Liz hasn’t changed a bit since the old days」
「I can’t deny that~」
Eiri shakes her head at Liz.
No, I feel like you are also at fault.
The person in question friendly smiles as if she has nothing to do with that.
「Thank you for waiting nanodesu! A supplement after the bath nanodesu yo~」
Tina brought Coffee Milk from the kitchen.
「Oo! What a thoughtful daughter!」
Liz receives the bottle, uncorks it and gulps it down instantly.
「Kuu~!! It’s worth living just for this~!」
She’s like an old man drinking a beer.
「Thank you, Tina-chan」
「Ehehe~ You are welcome nanodesu~」
Posun, Tina sits next to Nanase-san.
She opens the bottle, holds it with her small hands and starts drinking.
「Puha~ Delicious nodesu~!」
Why are the same movements so different from Liz’s?
「Kamijou-kun, Kamijou-kun」
「Wh, what’s wrong, Nanase-san?」
Nanase-san covers her trembling lips with her hand.
「What is this cute creature!?」
It seems she was done in by Tina’s overflowing pretty aura.
I put a hand on Nanase-san’s shoulder and nod.
「I understand, Nanase-san. That smile makes you want to protect it, right?」
「What are you talking about nodesu?」
Tina asks a with a slightly tilted head to the side and a question mark above her head.
Her pure and innocent eyes look in wonder.
「Aaaah~ …… Cuteee……!!」
You are also plentily cute, though.
Nanase-san loosens her cheeks in agony.
Seeing such expressions she wouldn’t show in cla.s.s, my heart starts throbbing.
I wonder if Nanase-san is perhaps a girl who really likes cats and children?
「Ah, Tina-chan. There’s a coffee under your nose」
「Wawa, really nodesu ka?」
「You must not wipe it with your sleeves. Here, stay still」
Nanase-san takes out a pink handkerchief from her pocket and wipes the coffee above Tina’s upper lip.
「Here, I wiped it off」
「Thank you nanodesu! Umm……」
「Iori is alright」
「Iori Oneechan, Thank you nanodesu!」
Zukyun, something pierced Nanase-san.
She looks at me with a serious expression and says,
「Kamijou-kun, I have a request」
「Declined」
「Can I bright this child with…… tte, I haven’t said anything yet!」
「No is a no. Tina is an important employee」
When I say so, Nanase-san’s shoulders drop in obvious disappointment.
Making a face of an abandoned kitten is useless.
Liz who saw our exchange stands up and,
「Now then, it’s already late, I should leave. Eiri, how about we go drinking?」
「Good idea. I was just thinking that I would like to go drinking with you」
Eiri also stands up.
「Umm, then me too……」
Liz extends her hand in front of Nanase-san who wanted to take advantage of the situation.
「You stay here overnight」
「「Eh?」」
I and Nanase-san.
We can’t believe our ears.
What did this person just say?
「The night is already late. It’s terribly dangerous for a young woman to be walking alone at night」
No, that’s certainly true, but.
「Umm, then I, together with Liz-san and Eiri-san……」
「Sorry, Nanase. We are going to drink in a bar in the opposite direction of castle」
「Eeh……」
Nanase-san is nervous and fl.u.s.tered.
I can’t be dancing on Liz’s palm forever.
I have to give her a lifeboat here.
「Umm, then I will send you to the castle」
「Aren’t you saying some poor words, Tak.u.ma-kun?」
「Sorry, Nanase-san. I am not able to go against the authority」
Who do you think funded the Onsen?
I couldn’t go against her speaking eyes.
「B, but I have a defensive wall skill! If it comes to that……」
「There’s a talk of a slasher that crawls up from behind in the dark recently, you know?」
Nanase-san’s face turns pale.
……
…………
Nanase-san is not moving.
Ooi, are you alive?
Ki!!
「Uo?」
Nanase-san glares at me with tears in her eyes and says,
「I, it can’t be helped this time! It can’t be helped! I won’t forgive you, if you do something strange, okay!」
…… For reals?
It seems that something unbelievable just happened. I will be spending a night under the same roof as cla.s.s president.
While not understanding if I feel happy or guilty,
「O, ou……」
I had no choice, but to nod my head.
How should I say this, I can’t keep up with the abrupt development.
「Wa~! Iori Oneechan will stay over!? That will be so fun~!」
Only Tina with her usually sparkling eyes is in high spirits.
