Chapter 31: After the Storm (2/2)

“But if it snows too much, public transport will be paralyzed. Moderation is best.”

“You’re being realistic now.”

“People cannot live on romance after all.”

“I guess so.”

This little conversation might be thanks to the snow.

Both of them chuckled, and Mahiru stood up.

“I shall bring dinner over.”

“Eh, bring?”

“I made beef stew just now. Also, two people alone cannot finish a roast turkey.…”

“I never thought about roasting a turkey entirely.”

“Well that is because you cannot cook well, Amane-kun. Tomorrow’s lunch will be omelette rice with beef stew.”

“Sounds delicious for some reason…”

He knew before eating that it was going to be delicious, so he was already looking forward to the next lunch before he had this dinner.

“I prefer the eggs a little more cooked.”

“A coincidence. I do prefer this traditional style instead. I shall bring the pot here.”

Mahiru teetered out of Amane’s apartment and returned to her own, and as he stared blankly at her back, he recalled the commotion that had occurred in the day.

It was really unexpected that they were found out.

Amane himself was being doubted by the couple, and expected them to be increasingly suspicious of him, …but he never expected that Mahiru would show her face at this moment.

Results-wise, they explained themselves, they got people who understood them…but he was feeling a little conflicted.

……If only the secret only to them could last a little longer.

What am I thinking?

At the very least, he did not need to play hide and seek with those two, and it would be easier on his life, yet he felt a little gloomy. He too felt perturbed, not knowing what it was.

It was not a bad result, but he just felt something was amiss.

“Is something the matter?”

“…It’s nothing.”

Mahiru returned with the pot in her hands, tilting her head in confusion as she stared at Amane, but after all, he could not express this ambiguous feeling to her outright.

As he struggled to maintain the same facade, Mahiru tilted her head in confusion the entire time, not understanding why.