Chapter No:- 06

Shiori P:-

After winning the fierce battle with his reason, by the time Aoi managed to calm down, the sun had completely set.

　...That was close, if it had been a little longer I don't know what I would have done.

As I was chatting with Aoi, trying to calm my heavy breathing, he started asking me a question.

"Why didn't you talk to me?"

"I'd hate it if I was forgotten."

　It was a natural question. I had known about Aoi from the beginning and had never gone to talk to him.

　This was probably the biggest reason behind it. Of course, it was also because I was forced to retreat after being defeated by Aoi's Angel Armor.

　Because, if I was to be forgotten by the angelic childhood friend I had just made, I'm sure I'd be bedridden for three days.

　If Aoi were to ask me, "Who are you?" I'd probably collapse to my knees like someone who bet all his money on horse racing and lost.

"Thank you, Shi-chan."

　As I was thinking about this, Aoi suddenly expressed his gratitude to me.

　I think it probably had a nuance of something like "thank you for talking to me."

　Aoi has always said "thank you" to me. When he says it, his face changes from crying to laughing, but there is something serious in his eyes and I can tell that he is truly grateful.

"you're welcome"

　This is an exchange that has been repeated many times in the past.

　But it's an important thing that connects Aoi and me.

　Afterwards, Aoi said he would cook dinner, so I thought for a moment, but decided to treat him.

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　I am also a girl, and I am not so feminine that I would leave everything to the boys, so I offered to help out several times, but I was always told it was a token of my appreciation.

　As I've said in the past, once I've said I'll do it, it won't budge no matter how hard I try, so I gave up and decided to wait for the food to be ready.

　I couldn't relax while waiting for the food, so I kept looking at Aoi while waiting, and then I suddenly realized something.

　...Aoi, can you cook better than me?

　Well, maybe what he's making right now just happens to be Aoi's specialty dish?

　…Yeah, I think I’ve probably lost this time.

　But, they say cooking is an act of love, right?

　Huh? Are you saying there's no love put into Aoi's cooking?

　Phew, enough of that internal quarrel. Judging from the smell, I think it's probably curry.

　So we served Aoi's homemade curry and sat down at the table.

""I'll enjoy having this""

"delicious……"

　Wow, this is really delicious!

　Eh?! Aoi can cook this well?

"you have best cooking skill Aoi."

"Yeah, because Mom and Dad were on business trips a lot."

"I see, Aoi is amazing."

　When I said that, Aoi had tears in his eyes and said "Hehehe" with a hint of pride.

　Ah, so cute.

　I mean, he can do housework and cook, and he's cute on top of that, so what can't he do?

"Shi-chan, I'll take you home."

　Isn't he the best because he's not only cute but also masculine?

　Ah, but what should I do? I haven't told Aoi that I live next door. And that I even have a spare key.

　…I'll keep quiet about the spare key for now. If I had come to see your sleeping face, I wouldn't have surprised you yet.

　But isn't this a chance? I've been hiding the fact that I live in the next room to surprise you, so if I say something like that, it shouldn't feel so strange.

　Okay, let's go with this.

"please"

"Okay, then I'll go and prepare a bit, so wait."

"I'll be there soon so you don't need to bring anything."

　I feel bad making him get ready when we're going right next door.

　I left Aoi's house, walked only a few steps, and then stopped.

"Did you forget something?"

"No, I haven't."

"So what happened?"

　Aoi asked, looking up with a puzzled look on his face.

　Oh my, it's too cute.

　Doing my best to keep the corners of my mouth from turning up, I pointed to the entrance to my room.

"This is the house I live in now."

　I said.

　Hehehe. At least I was able to convey that I live next door without it feeling awkward, right?

　By the way, Aoi's surprised face was also cute.

　It's unfair to say that anything you do is cute.

　Oh no, just remembering it makes me grin.

　That aside, what should I do about the spare key?

　Even if I tell Aoi that I have it, he'll probably just say, "Oh really," and it won't be a problem.

　If there is a problem, it is the way I always observe his sleeping face.

　Well, Aoi is a deep sleeper, so I try to visit him when he's in the deepest possible sleep, so I don't think he'll find out unless I tell him. Probably.

　But this means that from tomorrow, I can live my school life with Aoi, right?

　...Huh? Wait a second? My image at school is that of a cool character, and I always acted a little cool when I was with Aoi, but maybe I can't love him? Am I going to stick to being a cool character in front of someone so cute? I'm starting to lose confidence...

　Well, it can't be helped if it does leak out, but I have to hold it back as much as possible, otherwise I'd hate for Aoi to be put off, even if it meant putting others off me.

　She's managed to get by as the cool, older sister type childhood friend character she is now reunited with, so it would be bad if that were to be ruined.

　I have to stick to this character if I want to make my favorite situation of a devilish older sister seducing a little boy a reality.

　She became a cool character because she was tired of relationships with the people around her, but it seems like she'll come in handy in an unexpected place, so it's like she found something out of nowhere!

　There is no way not to take advantage of this!

　Alright, let's do our best starting tomorrow!