Vol 1 Chapter 2 (1/2)

Chapter 2 - She Loves Cats

Oh no…

“The sun The sun is co out”

I forgot to tell Nayuki to give me another alarm clock yesterday

“Eat breakfast, and go to school!”

“Yeah, right”

I stretched my hand under the sheets and stopped the alarm clock My hand touched here and there and pressed the button of the remote control and adjusted the teher

Although a winter’s her here I ot up after the room had been warmed

In case I forget to change the alarain, I knocked Nayuki’s door

“Are you awake?”

She couldn’t have woken up After a while, although I heard the chorus of those alar sound in the house After saying stuff like ‘I aht push

“Waghh”

Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring Dong, dong, dong Beep, beep, beep, beep Get up! Get up! Get up! Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding

The room was rife not with air but with noise Nosiy as hell Placed on the cupboards and tables were different kinds of, big and small, cute, pretty, even so in unison

Behind the soundly and peacefully

Wearing paja plushi+e; though a bit childish, her long hair scattered on the bed and her closed eyes and eyelashes look extremely feminine

How cute…

No wait!

I had to first doubt why she could still sleep so peacefully in this environment My!

“Hey, Nayuki! Wake up, Nayuki”

As if wanting to wipe away the waver in myself, I tried to call Nayuki with a harsh voice

“Ku…”

“Wake up!”

“Ku…”

“WAKE UP!”

“…ku…”

Haha…

“What’s the matter, Yuichi?”

Akiko’s voice came from downstairs My voice was clear and loud, heard even on the first floor, yet Nayuki didn’t even twitch

“Sorry, there isn’t anything”

Let me leave it to Akiko then, there isn’t another way than shaking her Just when I decided to give up, Nayuki made a ‘kumi’ sound, shook her a head several times, and opened her eyes

“…eh…Yuichi?”

Nayuki mur because of the noisy alaro downstairs

“What a rare scene, to see Nayuki waking up and going downstairs normally”

Akiko expressed her awe beside the breakfast table

“Is that really waking up normally?”

“Fro?”

It was Nayuki’s ht What she said went completely off track froestion at the spot

“Yuichi, did you go hoht after school yesterday?”

Nayuki asked, while spreading jam on the toast

“No I took a stroll at the shopping district I wanted to remember where some shops are”

“I see But there isn’t much difference from back then”

“Us”

“Is that so?”

Nayuki stopped the toast that was being thrown into her mouth and eyed at me

“I’m sorry”

“For what?”

“Nothing”

I gulped down the coffee and stood up, for I felt being sympathised or reproached when Nayuki eyed me like that

“Hurry We’ve got to go, Nayuki”

“It’s still early”

Nayuki ate her toast with gusto

“Breakfast is more delicious when you taste it slowly”

“Okay, hurry What you say about time isn’t reliable”

I forced her to complete her breakfast

Only after I had arrived to school did I reotten to tell her about the alarm clock

“Ah! So you two are living together?”

During break ti scream became the centre of attention

“No, um, that's…”

“Yes, you’re right”

Nayuki said at the sa my efforts of denial

“Yuichi woke ”

Ohoh…the class was aroused

“Oi, oi”

“Good job, Aizawa”

“What I thought of being your girlfriend, Aizawa”

These rando Nayuki and I now in the centre of attention

It all started when Kitagawa asked for , Nayuki jumped in and told him her number

I was now in deep regret for not stopping Nayuki beforehand to keep the fact that ere living together a secret

On the other hand, Nayuki was just lightly blinking her eyes, unable to read the at Kaori, “Why is everyone so surprised?”

For Kaori, she just smiled with a troublesome look, as if she kneould happen What was she really thinking?

“It’s for a while only Our fa, but because of school, I had to come first and live at Nayuki’s house”

I was quite e up

“So in return for letting you live there, you’re going to wake Minase up?”

So me infuriated

shi+t! It isn’t like I wanted to come!

“So? Everyone has their own private affairs It’s rude to barge in”

If it wasn’t for Kaori who helped us, it one even worse

“Yeah They are cousins after all”

Kitagawa stood at my side as well

The two of theh and rested my chin on my hands

There were a few classmates who came and talked with us with that topic as an excuse, so it wasn’t all bad that ether

Even so, I didn’t feel all that well for Nayuki to speak without considering the effect and those involved

I wanted to let myself free from these affairs for a while, so…

“Yuichi, hey Club activities are suspended toether”

After school, when Nayuki offered this , I quickly…

“No, thanks”

…rejected her coldly

“There’s a large CD shop, but it’s difficult to find”

“I’ll find it o to the club, isn’t it?”

“Yes…um…tell me if you can’t find it, Yuichi”

S for club activities

So I went out of the entrance by ain

I didn’t bring an umbrella

Although I wanted to go to the shopping district to kill some time, it looked impossible with this amount of snow

I threw my backpack on my head and ran out

That girl…who ate Taiyaki and was called Ayu…she should be there at the shopping district today too

Running, I start to re

On the second day, I woke up without the alarm clock

“Um”

On the breakfast table, I pushed forth the alarm clock recorded with Nayuki’s voice

“I’ive me another one?”

“Eh?”

Eating the strawberry jam toast happily, Nayuki stopped

“…u too, so I need soave , but…”

“Okay, I understand”

Nayuki re her toast

“I’ll bring the biggest alarht, Yuichi”

“…”

I thought she would get ave ht uard

“I’m full”

Nayuki drank the orange juice and wiped her lips with a napkin

“You’re pretty quick today”

She would eat two loafs of toast usually, but she only ate one today

“Because we ran yesterday and the day before, so I’ today”

“Is that so?”

But probably she was still mad that I mentioned about the alarm clock, so she couldn’t eat…no, I don’t think she will care about this stuff…Ehhh!

“Eh? Is the coffee very bitter, Yuichi?”

Akiko said, looking at my face

“No It’s good today too”

I made a smile in a flurry

I don’t understand For exaet frustrated when she treats ets on in to ponder whether I had hurt her, rieve

What is wrong with me?

Nuisances keep co up from the past I can’t remember

Nayuki and I walked on the street earlier than usual

The snow had ceased yesterday, so the weather was good today Yet it was cold even when the sun was out The wind blew against the piled snow, the snowflakes fluttering like white smoke

Nayuki walked without saying anything

“Hey”

When I tried to find so to talk about, Nayuki stopped

“…ah”

Nayuki usually looks so at a point

It was the eaves of somebody’s house

“What’s wrong?”

“There’s a kitten”

“What?”

There the brown kitten sat It was kneeling down, folding her front legs, and purred like yawning

“What’s wrong with the cat?”

“It’s so cute…”

Nayuki said with a sweet, husky voice that hinted harer as they become captivated by the kitten

“Cute? That’s just a normal cat”

“It’s so cute!”

I shrieked froreement I couldn’t believe she would respond so quickly

“Yuichi, it's weird to say that cute thing isn’t cute It’s so cute Will it letit”

Her speech gradually returned to its slow tone, and entranced, she approached, wobbly, to the eaves where the cat was Noticing Nayuki, the kitten did not escape but becaot used to dealing with people

“Kitty”

But I pulled Nayuki’s stretching hand in reflex and stopped her

“Wuu”

Nayuki also shook off her hand in reflex, but I wouldn’t let go of her

“No”

“Stop Kitty, kitty”

Nayuki complained like a kid

“No way, you’re allergic to cats”

Reproached, Nayuki turned around with surprise

“Have you res in the past…”

“It just sprang into my mind”

Those ue There was a scene of Nayuki and a cat

Nayuki, in tears, was holding a cat, with Akiko at a side, troubled

“I love kittens”

Trying to touch the cat as much as she can, the little Nayuki wanted to rub the cat with her cheeks, despite her reddening nose

“it’s not recovered yet If you touch the cat, you won’t be able to bring that face to school”

“I don’t care Yuichi, let go”

“If I let go, you’ll run off to the cat”

“Because it’s a kitten”

“This isn’t an answer at all!”

I forcefully pulled her by the wrist

“Yuichi, I hate you Kitty…kitty…it ry too I have snacks infor you, kitty”

“That’s enough, come back”

“Wuu…”

Being pulled, Nayuki left two lines on the snow by her legs

Even e had arrived to school, she kept talking about kittens before the lesson

By the way, the progress at this school was quite fast I had no idea of as being taught

Naturally, I spentin class, half-awake

Kittens…uh…

I eyed at Nayuki besidethe teacher

The , round cat figure on it

To think about it, her pajamas were printed with cats, and so was the jacket she alore

She really like cats

Still, she couldn’t touch them

Yes…at that time too…

The first time Nayuki picked up a cat hen I went to play at the Minase house

She found a cat along the road, withsounds from a paper box With deeper observation, the paper box was taped, mostly by the one who abandoned it Nayuki and I tore the tapeits eyes, was purring for help Nayuki held the cat in her hands and brought her home

“Mum, look at this poor kitten Can we adopt it? Please?”

Nayuki with braids, pleaded to Akiko in tears

Akiko of course agreed, but since that night, Nayuki’s face becae

“Wuwu…shi+…”

Hearing Nayuki crying, I ran to look for Akiko

“What’s wrong, Nayuki?”

“My body is hot”

Sleeping with the kitten under the sheets h Akiko quickly made her drink soht, seely in pain

On the next day, Nayuki was brought to hospital and diagnosed with an allergy to cats

Akiko couldn’t help but to tell Nayuki that they couldn’t take care of cats

“Mummy will find an owner for it”

“No…I want to take care of it I want to care of this kitten”

Nayuki cried, holding the kitten Her sorrowful tears ca her face

“Because I love kittens”

“Nayuki…”

I, who had been looking at Nayuki for a while, couldn’t helpher cry