Vol 2 Chapter 8 (1/2)
Pomf. A small weight landed on the bed.
Awakened from my deep slumber, I grumbled as I tried to go to sleep again.
The small ‘weight’ shook my body lightly through the blanket covering me.
….(Shake shake shake)
“………Mhm…”
I opened my eyes——and saw Hakua in front of me.
She was carefully putting her hands on the blanket on top of me as she gently shook me.
“…….Hakua?”
The first voice I let out in the morning sounded hoa.r.s.e.
“…..Did you come to hang out?”
Nod Nod.
Hakua was wearing casual clothes.
The white sleeveless dress she was wearing fit her nicely, giving her an appearance of a snow fairy.
“…Hmm…”
My eyes were still a little cloudy from just waking up.
Today’s a holiday.
Usually, even if it was Sat.u.r.day, Aika would come here as soon as the sun was up. But today, I was free from her.
It seems like the cla.s.s today was a special course just for girls. (TLN: Ahhh, those times…( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°))
As a boy, I wasn’t allowed to attend. I even had no idea what the cla.s.s was about.
I asked Reiko, but she just kept quiet and blushed.
It felt like when I was in Standard 5 back in primary school, where they ordered only the boys to play dodgeball while the girls attended a special cla.s.s. (TLN: I have no idea how the other countries call Standard 5, but it practically means the 5th year in primary school.)
Whatever. I just wanted to sleep for the whole day today.
Looking out of the window, I estimated the time to be around 9 o’clock judging from the brightness of the sun.
“…Sorry…Please just let me sleep in…”
“…………”
Hakua just stared at me with that large and pure eyes of hers……
ShaShaSha
She climbed onto my bed.
“Hmm…What’s wrong?”
She came to my side.
“You wanna sleep together?”
Nod.
“Okay then…come over here.”
I pulled my blanket open as I signaled her to get inside.
Hakua tunneled into the blanket like a worm and laid obediently as I covered her with the blanket.
Hakua who looked as if she just took a weight off her shoulders breathed a sigh of relief as she snuggled herself under the blanket.
I, too, snuggled myself under the blanket.
Hakua moved her arm over to touch mine. For some reason, she loves to have body contact with me.
The blanket had the smell of milk from Hakua’s body.
This smell made me want to go to sleep again…
As I closed my eyes while feeling Hakua’s soft and smooth arm, I went back to sleep.
…………..
“Yawnn~~~”
I woke up.
As I looked to my side sleepily, Hakua was already up and was laying on the bed.
In the direction where she was looking, a thing that looked like a mini-version of a human shaped robot was walking around.
“……What’s that?”
“I made this.”
It was around 10 cm high, and moved like the Honda company’s ASIMO robot using limbs made from disposable chopsticks. In other words…
(TLN: For those who don’t know what ASIMO is, click here)
“That looks amazing!”
I expressed my amazement as Hakua responded to my exclamation
Although she still had that blank look on her face, her eyes widened and shone a little more than usual. This was her habit when she was feeling proud. (TLN: Unsure, 虽然面无表情，但眼中却产生了“嗯”之类轻微的力量。这是她充满自豪时候的习惯)
I’ve been hanging around her for a long time. Now, I can notice the slight changes she makes on that blank face of hers.
“It can even do a front kick as well as a back kick.”
With a beep, the robot jumped.
“Ohh! It’s so cool!”
Her eyes moved and shone a little again.
“As expected, Hakua’s a genius.”
I patted her forehead gently. (TLN: I can only imagine this)
In an instant, she turned her line of sight towards the outside of the window as she breathed a little more heavily.
This is her habit when she was happy.
So, I patted her head more.
After was.h.i.+ng my face, we headed to the canteen to have our meal.
Because it wasn’t afternoon yet, the canteen that was on par with a 5-star restaurant was as large as a banquet hall was devoid of people.
We found a place to sit down as a maid approached us with a menu.
It was a menu for lunch. We’re having brunch now, I think.
Although the maid stood beside us, she made sure to have her presence felt as little as possible. Unlike those staff at the fast food restaurants who stared at you while you were making orders and made you feel uneasy.
“I’ll have the western cuisine.”
“Understood.”
She listened to my words with respect. Can she replace Kujou-san as my exclusive maid?
“Hakua-sama’s order must be seaweed-wrapped sea urchin tempura, right?”
Eh?
How can she be so certain? I looked at the maid’s face and saw that she was sure. (TLN: Unsure,我看了看女仆，结果她一脸知晓的表情回答道)
“Hakua-sama only eats a certain type of food depending on the day——”
“No need” (Hakua)
“Huh? What’s wrong? Have you got no appet.i.te?”
Nod
“You mustn’t skip your meals, you know?
“…………”
“Hmm…Suit yourself. Then shall l eat mine then?”
Nod
After that, we returned from the canteen.
The primary and middle schoolers were also enjoying their holiday.
Some sat on the benches near the fountain and read books, while some tried to play with a cat that got into the school. There were also people who were jogging around the area. The number of people that started to gather in the direction of the canteen weren’t small either.
Sounds of people playing violins and pianos came from the top floors.
……Grumble~~~
The sound of a stomach grumbling was audible from beside me.
Looking at her, Hakua made a face that it was like none of her business. However, it looked like it was more of an act than the usual blank face she makes.
“Didn’t you say you weren’t hungry?”
“…………”
“You must be hungry now, right?”
Nod
“Then shall we head back to the canteen?”
ShakeShake
“I want Kimito to make it.”
“Uwaa…It can’t be…”
There were only potatoes left in the fridge (TLN: You put potatoes in a fridge?)
The pantry in the dormitory was practically a kitchen. It was very wide and was fully equipped with the latest cooking equipments. I had always used it to make desserts for the Commoner Club activities, supper and etc.
Maybe it was due to today being a weekend, but the ingredients weren’t restocked.
“There are some seasonings left though…”
What can I make with these…
“Hey Hakua, between steamed potatoes, french fries or potato cake, what do you want?”(TLN: I’m not sure what the h.e.l.l is a potato cake, but the manga says imo mochi. Though I’m still gonna go with Potato Cake.)
“Potato cake? What’s that?”
“It’s a cake made of potatoes. The dough is made using mashed potatoes and then fried in a pan. It’s pretty delicious.”
“I’d like that.”
“Okay then, then let’s make that.”
I took the potatoes out.
Grumblee~~~
Hakua’s stomach growled out again.
Did she really not feel hungry back then……?
“Say, the maid said something like sea urchin tempura…right? Is it fine for you to not eat that? Based on the conversation with her earlier, you have a scheduled meal everyday, right?”
“It’s fine.”
“It is?”
I’ve only heard of athletes practicing the habit of eating scheduled meals.
“Anything you make is fine, Kimito” said Hakua with a calm tone.
“…………”
I feel a bit moved.
“Okay! I’ll fix you something yummy!”
I am now cooking the peeled potatoes in a stove.
Hakua observed the flames as she stood still by my side.
“You can wait in the other room.”
“I’ll watch.”
“I see.”
I poked the potatoes with a fork——it’s done.
“It’s dangerous, move away a little.”
I poured the contents in the stove into a colander in the basin.
After that, I mashed the piping hot potatoes in a bowl and added in some starch.
After forming them into a ball, the dough was done.
Next is……
“Kimito”
“Hmm?”
“I want to a.s.sist.”
Hakua stared at me expectantly.
“Oh, that’s good. Here, turn these dough into small b.a.l.l.s.”
I took a bit of dough from the bowl and rolled it into small b.a.l.l.s.
“Just do it like this.”
Nod.
“Wash your hands first.”
I stood beside her as I cleanly washed her hands in the sink .
“Oh, right.”
I took an ap.r.o.n for the females hanging on the wall and put the frilly ap.r.o.n on Hakua.
Although it was a little too long and hanging over her knees, it was actually——
“You look cute in it.”
“…………”
Hakua had a face of amazement as she touched the frills of the garment.
“…Cute?”
“Yep.”
“…………”
She lowered her head as she closed her small lips up tightly.
This was the first time I’ve seen her like this.
Hakua took a small chunk of the dough as she slowly rolled it into a ball.
Next, she used her tiny palms to apply pressure on the ball as to slightly flatten it.
The end result was an irregular round-ish shaped dough that was smaller than mine.
“Yeah, that’s it.”
“…………”
But she looked as if she was a little unsatisfied as she proceeded to redo it.
“Hahaha, then I’ll leave it to you.”
Leaving the task to Hakua, I started on the sauce.
I estimated the amount of soy sauce and sugar visually and mixed them up together.
Using a spoon to stir it up, I tasted a little of it.
—— I guess Hakua would like it sweeter……
Just as I was about to add some more sugar inside…
Pomf…something fluttered down on my head.
“……？”
I took down the thing that had a milky scent from my head and looked——it was a grey panty.(TLN: SO THAT’S WHERE THE MILKY SCENT IS FROM( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°))
Looking behind me, Hakua was scribbling mathematical equations on the wall while starting to take off her clothes.
“HAKUA!”
I tried to stop her, but it was already too late.
She moved her hand with the marker in it on the wall with lightning speed while taking off her clothes quickly.
Normally, she wouldn’t take off her panty. But when she is fully focused, she would unleash her inner potential to become naked, no matter the time or place.
“But why don’t you take the ap.r.o.n off!?”
Hakua was now stark naked with the exception of the ap.r.o.n on her.
Although this looked like a scene of crime in progress, she didn’t care about it as she continued writing the equations.
A-anyway, let’s put on the panty at least.
I tried my best to turn my head away as I lifted her legs to put on the underwear on her with much difficulty.
Now the fetish looks even more specific.
After putting the pan-fried doughs onto a plate, I drizzled the sauce on it.
“Good, it’s done”
The freshly cooked potato cakes emitted the fragrance of soy sauce.
“…………”
Hakua put both of her hands on the table as she stared intensely at the potato cakes.
“Then, let’s take them to my room to eat.”
“……I want to eat them right now.”
“Ah?”
She usually didn’t say something like that.
The intensity of Hakua’s stare on the potato cakes was a dedication that I had never seen before.
Ahh, now I get it.
She helped out today.
She must be excited about the food that she made herself.
“Okay, then let’s have an appetizer.”
“Appetizer?”
‘That’s right. Before we bring the food to the table, we take a little bite.”
I put the plate at a height where she could easily reach it.
Hakua raised her head and looked at me like a cat, and then took one…and ate it.
Her eyes shone brightly.
“Is it yummy?”
Nod.
“Yummy.”
That’s good.
I also took one and ate it.
The slightly burnt taste of the sweet and spicy sauce went well with the glutinous rice-like softness of the potato.
“Oh, it’s quite delicious.”
“Delicious.”
The two of us said the same thing.
Hakua was leaning against me while reading a manga.