HA2 13.2 – Conversation with Sayaka
With a brimming face Aizawa carried a pack of 1 liter soy oil, closed to her chest. Other than made her super happy, helping his big brother finding the item he wanted to buy also made Aizawa super proud. As soon as she arrived in front of Hide, Aizawa immediately showed the soy oil she carried.
“Big Bro, is this the correct soy oil?”
“Yup,” Hide happily replied while putting forward shopping basket in his hand.
Without delay Aizawa put the soy oil into shopping basket, and then went to search the next item. At the same time, Hide heard a series of footsteps approaching him from behind. In reflex he checked the incoming person through observation mirrors in one corner, and he instantly frowned as he found it was Sayaka.
Blue Sora was located in the middle of Sayaka’s neighborhood and his neighborhood, so Hide couldn’t just say ‘Why the fuck you don’t shop at convenience store in your neighborhood’. Not to mention, until just a couple months ago he would shop at Blue Sora with a great hope he would meet Sayaka and strike a conversation with her. He would even record Sayaka’s shopping pattern in Blue Sora, and translated it into a prediction to increase his chance to meet her.
Unfortunately, even though his prediction quite accurate, Sayaka deliberately avoided any conversation with him. In some encounters, Sayaka even canceled her shopping as soon as she saw Hide was already inside Blue Sora. Ironically, now when he had already lost interest on her, she actually took initiative to approach him.
‘This is my karmic retribution for bothering her.’
Hide tried his best to calm his annoyance, while Sayaka stopped two steps behind him. Then, she casually opened a conversation.
“It has been an age since you shop here.”
Hide immediately turned around to face Sayaka and gave her a brief reply, “Yeah.”
“You know,” Sayaka said, still in her casual tone. “There was a time I suspected that you were stalking me because we always met every time I went to buy something here, and honestly, it pissed me off greatly.”
“It was pure coincident.” Hide then took deep breath before genuinely adding, “But I’m sorry if it had inconvenienced you.”
“I also taught that you join Hiking Club because of your feeling for me,”
‘What a conceited chick.’ In an instant huge irritation grew in Hide’s heart, but he managed to hold it back while calmly saying. “Believe me, it has nothing to do with you.”
“I believe you,” Sayaka calmly said. “I check your training record and I find you are truly serious about it. As long as you don’t treat Hiking Club lightly, I will happily welcome you.”
As he took a bottle of sesame oil from the shelve Hide replied, “It align with my effort to increase my physical fitness, so I give my all.”
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“I see.” Sayaka nodded before checking Hide’s shopping basket, “It seems you have lot of grocery shopping.”
“Yeah.”
“You also bring Aizawa along,” Sayaka said as she looked at Aizawa in the end of corridor.
“Yeah.”
“It’s nice to have a cute little sister.”
“Yep, definitely.”
“I truly hope I have a little sister like Aizawa.” Sayaka let out a sigh before continuing, “But all I got is a rascal little brother who is also super fussy eater, and give my mother headache all the time.”
“I see.”
“What about Aizawa, is she picky about her food?”
“Not at all,” Hide casually replied. “Lately Aizawa develops her own eating style, like using chopstick when eating spaghetti, but using fork and spoon when eating ramen. She also loves to use chopstick when eating shortcake or potato chips. But overall, she would eat anything in her plate.”
After a smile Sayaka added, “Hide, it seems you put a great attention on Aizawa.”
“Yeah.”
Even if his face didn’t show it, Hide actually wanted to end the conversation with Sayaka as soon as he could. However, Sayaka kept tailing him and didn’t show any sign she would start her own shopping. Until finally, Hide realized that it was impossible for Sayaka to stick with him without any reason.
In a calm tone Hide then asked, “Do you need something from me?”
“Eh?”
Sayaka in an instant was taken back. A few months ago, she was sure Hide would get a happy convulsion just because she took an initiative to talk to him. But now, even though Hide maintained a decent politeness, she could feel that he held an urge to shoo her away, especially after he just went straight asking her intention.
‘He is definitely not the gloomy clumsy I remember.’ After taking a deep breath Sayaka said, “The thing is, I want to ask you a few things about Shizuka?”
“What kind of things?”
“Private things.”
“Are you sure you don’t ask the wrong person? Other than some small talk, I have no interaction with Shizuka.”
“Yeah, but recently I gets an impression that you are actually rather close with her.”
Hide creased his brows as he asked, “How do you get that impression?”
“Every time your name appears in our conversation, Shizuka shows a great deal of respect for you. It’s subtle and we only mentioned your name as passing by, but I definitely feel her respect for you.”
‘Why there are so many sharp chicks in East Nichiko High,” Hide inwardly lamented before taking a deep breath. “You are over thinking it, but I will try my best to answer your question.”
Sayaka instantly nodded and asked, “Do you know that recently, in our school there is a rumor saying Shizuka sell intimate service to earn money?”
“Never heard it,” Hide said as question mark appeared in his forehead. “Can you tell me the baseline that initiates that rumor?”
“A week ago, Shizuka gave a kid from East Nichiko Middle School 450 thousand Ren in cash.”
“Only that?”
“My friend in other class also knows that Shizuka works in Kenzo Bowling at night shift, and it’s no secret that bowling girl in that place gets additional money by offering sex service to the regulars over there.”
“Shizuka didn’t work in Kenzo anymore. She quit after a regular almost raped her,” Hide firmly said.
Sayaka instantly furrowed her brows. “How do you know about it?”
“An acquaintance who regularly visited Kenzo told me.”
“What kind of acquaintance?” Sayaka asked as thick curiosity flashed in her eyes.
“Gym acquaintance. We attend same MMA Class in Beauty & the Beast.” Hide was sure Sayaka wouldn’t be able to confirm his lie, so he confidently said it.
“I see.” Sayaka paused for a moment before asking, “But then, how does she have the money? 450 thousand Ren is not small amount for a high school kid.”
“She borrowed it from me and Takeo,” Hide calmly spitted out another lie.
“Huh?” Sayaka’s eyes widened as she turned her gaze to Hide. “I know it’s rude, but may I know how you and Takeo got the money?”
“We have part-time job with excellent pay.”
Sayaka nodded her head, but it was clearly visible that she didn’t fully bought Hide’s explanation. Even so, Hide didn’t consider it as a serious problem and just took it easy.
“One more thing,” Sayaka took another deep breath before continuing, “Did Takeo and Shizuka already did it?”
“Did what?”
“S-sex,” Sayaka said as her face reddened.
‘They do it a lot like a pair of horny gorilla, almost every day.’ That’s what Hide wanted to say, but he canceled it in the last second. “I don’t know. I never put my attention on someone else private life.”
“I see,” Sayaka nodded a few times, and then she looked at Hide straight in the eyes. “Hide, thank you for answering my questions.”
“No problem.”
“And I’m sorry if I have hurt your feeling before.”
“It’s fine. Please, don’t be concerned about it anymore,” Hide casually replied.
After a gentle smile Sayaka said, “I have my own shopping. So, bye and have a nice shopping with Aizawa.”
“Yeah.”
Hide calmly waiting until Sayaka disappeared from behind a corner. Then, he immediately sent a message to Takeo and Shizuka. He told the two about his conversation with Sayaka, and scheduled a meeting to talk it further, along with the preparation for their first small job. After that, Hide happily continued his shopping with Aizawa and ignored Sayaka the whole time.
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