251 Ill Do a Good Job in Accompanying You (1/2)

”I had tons of fun today chatting with you. Let’s chat again some other time.” The purple-haired beauty had a soft and alluring expression in her eyes as she gazed at Seiji’s handsome face.

”Yes... I had lots of fun as well.” Seiji felt rather itchy from being looked at like this.

Yukari finally retracted her gaze and looked back at Mika and Chiaki one last time.

”Goodbye, the three of you,” she said. She turned around and left after saying goodbye.

The three of them watched her leave. After she was gone from sight, Mika and Chiaki both sighed in unison.

”She’s... such a strong enemy, Mika.”

”Yeah,” Mika agreed, ”as expected of the ‘Princess.’”

Both girls seemed fatigued as if they had just fought a difficult battle as they muttered to each other.

Seiji was rendered speechless. He decided to pretend ignorance.

”After this... how about going together somewhere for lunch?” he tried asking.

Mika and Chiaki still had fatigued expressions as they looked towards him.

”I want to go home,” Mika said.

”Mika... I haven’t been to your home in so long, can I come over?” Chiaki asked.

”You’re more than welcome to... let’s eat some desserts together and listen to some music.”

”Yes, let desserts and music heal our bodies and hearts.”

The two of them talked only to each other and completely ignored Seiji as they turned around and left just like that.

Seiji was left absolutely speechless.

Forget it... he decided to give a call to Shika to see what she wanted to eat for lunch, and he would purchase some takeout and bring it home for lunch.

...

”I’m home,” Seiji called as he entered the apartment, the takeout in his hands.

Shika was laying on the tatami, her black hair slightly scattered. Both hands were folded on her chest as she slept there with a calm expression.

This was a beautiful scene, at the level of an idol’s picture.

'Is she really asleep?' Seiji doubted it, as they had just been talking over the cell phone.

”I brought back lunch,” he said to the ”sleeping” Shika. ”Even though it’s a bit early, let’s eat it while it’s still hot.”

Seiji put two lunchboxes down on the table and opened them, causing a marvelous aroma to spread through the air as the heat escaped from the food.

”Shika-chan...” He turned around to call his adopted younger sister, but discovered that she had already disappeared. Then, he suddenly felt someone hugging him.

The black-haired girl had soundlessly approached his back and was hugging him from behind.

”Shika-chan?” he asked. ”What’s the matter?”

”I’m sorry... Brother Seiji.”

”Yeah...” Shika admitted.

”I suspected so,” Seiji said, sighing. ”This action of yours... is a bit of a problem, but it isn’t too big of a deal, since it isn’t anything that’s a secret.”

He was rather surprised that his adopted younger sister ”exposed” him, but he wasn’t angry at her about it.

While chatting at the coffee cafe, Seiji had already put this behind him. If Shika-chan didn’t bring it up by herself, he probably wouldn’t have mentioned it until after finishing lunch.

”It’s fine as long as you apologize; just pay more attention in the future... let’s eat lunch.”

Shika didn’t let go; her arms were still wrapped around him with no signs of loosening.

‘She must be more worried about this than I am,’ Seiji thought.

”Do you really mind that you did such a thing? If you yourself think that it’s wrong, then why did you do it?”

Shika remained silent and only hugged him even tighter than earlier.

”Shika-chan... I said this already the first time that we met in the park,” Seiji told her in a soft voice. ”I don’t have the ability to read minds, so if you don’t say anything, I won’t understand anything. Whatever you’re thinking, just say it. No matter what it is, I’ll listen to you.” His voice was as gentle as he could possibly make it.

Shika felt this gentleness from him, and she couldn’t help but rub her face against his back, as if she could absorb gentleness from him by doing so.

‘It’s so wondrous... so delicious... almost like a drug.’