Vol 2 Chapter 5 (1/2)
5: Childhood Friend's Room is Mayhem
Apparently, Chiwa had found out about the news froirls of the class
Subject: 【What Should We Do?】
Eita gave Natsukawa Masuzu a huge kiss! 【Chihuawan!】
Really, why did it had to pop up that love-struckhave to become 'love, love, kiss, kiss' or they won't be satisfied?
But even if I voiced a complaint, it was useless
After all, whenever soe prejudiced information reached Chiwa, she basically considered it fact
Of course I iinally decided to use tonight’s dinner to discuss the love letter business, how co?
”It wasn't a kiss,care of another student, so I was the only one left to do it The struggle to save huainst the clock”
”That much, I understand[1]”
Chiwa pouted unhappily and turned her face to the side
”So don’t think about it too much Artificial respiration is just mouth and mouth contact, that’s all”
”Then do it with me, ah”
”Do what?”
”Artificial respiration”
I almost spit out my miso soup In the end, seaweed and soup mix leaked from my mouth, blocked in the depths of my nose
”W-W-Wh-What are you saying?!”
”But! But!”
Chiered and ti her childish habit to be troublesome She had already entered that 'sulky Chihuahua' mode
I think she understood the reason
Because Chias originally part of the kendo club, her awareness of first aid and reater than mine If the other person had not been Masuzu, she certainly wouldn’t be acting as spoiled as she is now
As a result, that night’s dinner ended with that aard atmosphere and Chient home A third of the fried pork cutlet was left unfinished… That Chiwa actually didn’t finish her meat, such a rare occurrence
Thus, the love letter confirmation could not be resolved
Ugh
Nothing seeo as planned lately
I wonder why Chiwa and Masuzu’s relationshi+p is this bad?
Was it because of that? Like the reason why a 'hter-in-law' have a bad relationshi+p? In other words, the childhood friend is the hter-in-law?
But, there was no hter-in-law relationshi+p in the world that was so clearly incompatible
Don’t tell irlfriend' and 'childhood friend' on friendly terms with each other?
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The next
Since I also wanted to go to school with Chiwa, I aiting for her in front of her house
I wanted to make up with her as soon as possible, because I didn't want to keep dragging on the confirmation of the 'love letter' business
I listened the cicadas in the courtyard and waited for ten h is past the usual time, Chiwa still has not come out
Did she leave early because she was angry?
Without any choice, I rang the doorbell on Chiwa’s home The person who came was actually Chiwa’s mother
”Ara, this is Ei-kun, long time no see! How are you?”
”A-Ah, it's been a while”
I was embarrassed and at a complete loss, because it was very rare for Chiwa’s mother to be home at this time She was some kind of local newspaper reporter, so she always left for work early and came back late It was the same with Chiwa’s father, but he was home even less often
”Have you been going to school together with Chiwa lately?”
”Yes, we just started to again, not long ago”
”Really? Then Chiwa must be quite happy!”
Auntie’s voice was high-pitched even though she was tall At first glance, she didn’t look like Chiwa at all, but her eye-squinting hter
”But Chiwa, she ah, has got a fever since last night”
”Eh?”
”I took theoff work to take her to the hospital, but I still won’t get back hoht Sorry, Ei-kun, but could I trouble you to take care of her?”
”No proble”
No wonder Chiwa didn’t eat very ht colds, I had assumed that she had only been in a bad mood
damn!
How did I not notice? It’s e, especially since I want to become a doctor
During the course of the day I was alh the classes just before final exaered in ined the look of Chiwa ill in bed —it reminded me of the circumstances of that time
I told Masuzu I was not going to club activities today and then hastily rushed home
After changing clothes, I started the washi+ng machine and then immediately headed for Chiwa’s house I used the spare key to enter through the front entrance and planned to hurry up to the second floor —but then I re, so I carefully tiptoed up the stairs
”Chiwa, it’s me”
I knocked on the door
Ten seconds later, there was no response
”I’ in”
After givingtwice, I slowly turned the doorknob
It’s been an extre time since I’d last scene Chiwa’s room It was already very different from what I recalled in my memory… Basically, the pinkness increased In the past, her room was plastered with kendo posters, with sports tape, old shi+nais and the like scattered around Noas replaced with drawstring bags, cushi+ons and ss like that, especially the mirrors that were placed on quite a few sides It was kinda suspicious to see some much time
However, only the scent of warm milk was exactly the same
This was the smell of Chiwa
Chias sleeping in a bed like the one she had in the past She see while asleep and her face was flushed
As I planned to go downstairs to wring a towel, the futon started
”Ah Ei-kun?”
”Sorry, Chiwa, did I wake you up?”
”Err, Is it really Ei-kun? Ei-kun in my room?”
After just getting up, Chiwa looked as if she were in a trance and blinked her eyes
”Auntie asked o back to sleep”
”That was quite good! Really, that mama”
Even though she spoke with that tone, Chiwa see her eyes in happiness
”Your fever doesn’t see I can do to help you?”
”Can you help me to clean my body?”
”——?!”
”O-O-Okay”
Even though I consciously avoided the waver in my heart, my voice became quiet
I grabbed a wash basin from the first floor and went back to Chiwa’s room with a towel
Chiwa knelt all alone in bed and had taken off the upper top of her pink pajamas —her back was naked towards me
”Be gentle, please?”
”I-I-I-I know!”
I held onto the twisted towel and sat down on the bed
Close to Chiwa’s back, I could see that her skin was delicate and beautiful I had thought that she simply was not yet developed, but her body had all the round curving characteristics of a irl, especially her two soft white arms It made my mind exceptionally uncomfortable
”Fuhya!”
When I put the towel on Chiwa’s back, she shuddered
”Really! I told you to be gentle”
”S-Sorry”
I cautiously proceeded to wipe her little back My heart e sound and I orried that Chiwa’s ears would hear it Every tiave an 'Nnnnn' sounding sigh,
”Thank you, Ei-kun, I’ll wipe the front myself”
”Y-Yeah”
It was finally over
While Chiiped her body, I kept lanced at the inside of her room —there really were a lot of ss froa, scented candles and so forth Her interests truly weren't the same as they had been in the past
Eh?
The thing that hung on the desk lamp, it seemed very familiar…
”N-No! Ei-kun, that’s not good!”
I stood up, and picked up that thing
A pair of painted red chopsticks
A cute pink ribbon tied theether
Why was there a pair of chopsticks hanging in a place like this?