Chapter 5 - Friday Night (1/2)

Friday Night

Just like that, a few school days passed by in a blur until one night.

“This Saturday, I don’t have any plans. Now then, what do you think I want to do?”

“What do you want to do… maybe games?”

“Bubu~”

After the mail, Hiiragi-chan was on full acceleration from the first day. We didn’t text each other at school, but since we were dating, we ended up calling each other during the nights instead of texting.

At some point, I had even stopped using polite speech.

“Seiji-kun, now that you have a girlfriend wouldn’t you want to go on a date?”

“!?”

“In other words, that’s what I mean ♡.”

“Then… being outside is bad and your house is…”

“Eh. It’s bad?”

“Yeah, it’s really bad. You never know where you might find students or teachers after all.”

Before I knew it, she had started calling me Seiji-kun and I had started calling her Haruka-san. At school though, since we’re student and teacher, we call each other Sanada-kun and Sensei instead.

“Ah. Then how about we go on a drive? If we go to a city far away from here, nobody will know anything about us, right? Then, it’s okay even if we’re seen.”

I did not hate Hiiragi-chan’s inability to give up.

“A drive is okay. But, no matter where we meet there will be people that could recognize our relationship.”

“Muuu, that sucks…”

Well of course, I also want to go walk around together, but we need to do this in order to continue our relationship into the future.

For that, we need to eliminate the risks that we can think of.

“Yeah, understood. Then, it’ll be fine if I go to your house to pick you up, right?”

“Right after you said that!?”

The reasons for why she couldn’t come to my house to pick me up, I explained to her from one to ten. After that, I was somehow able to convince her.

“I see. It’s hard to find a place to meet. Then, if Seiji-kun comes to my house, there’s no need to find a place to meet.”

“Fuaa?”

This airheaded teacher is always imagining something just outside my imagination.

“No, ummm, but, I feel bad… I’ll be imposing upon you…”

“It’s okay. I live alone so it’s alright.”

Even though I can come, it’ll be around 10 at night… and we’ll be going on a drive the next morning… that means we’ll be staying the night?

I-I’m going to be staying the night at Hiiragi-chan’s place!?

“I-I-I haven’t prepared myself yet…”

“Don’t worry, don’t worry, my house is pretty clean. I can’t go pick you up though.”

“Ah, no, I don’t mean your preparations, but my heart—”

“I’ll give you my address so come?”

“… Yes.”

So.

I quickly made my preparations and with her address on my notepad in one hand, I pedaled my bike.

The address was closer than I thought, and after about ten minutes on my bike, I arrived at a 2-story apartment complex. In the parking lot, there was Hiiragi-chan’s favorite round mini car, so there was no way I was mistaken.

After pressing on the doorbell to room 205, footsteps could be heard and the door opened.

“Seiji-kun, welcome!”

“Ah, thank you.”

Doesn’t her tone seem a little more slurred than usual? She wasn’t in the casual clothes she wore at home, but was in the same clothing that I saw at school today. My face was just a little red, as I lowered my eyes.

“Seiji-Ku~n…”

Hiiragi-chan leaned in closer to me and gave me a very tight hug.

“Wait, wah!? H-Haruka-san, we’re at the entrance. Inside, quickly. Let’s go insid—”

“Uun.”

She made a sound of refusal. It seems like she wasn’t going to let go of me. Since there was no choice, I dragged her inside as she was holding on to me. The feeling of her body was soft. There was also a slight smell of alcohol.

Her room was a 1 LDK that was pretty big [1]. Just as she said, it was clean. She and I sat down on the sofa in the back.

“Did you drink?”

“Yeah… the teachers had a drinking party you see… I was also invited pretty passionately to the after party…”

While rubbing her eyes sleepily, she rested her head on my shoulder.

“Tomorrow, I’ll be going out with you, so I refused because of how late it would go.”

“Aah. That’s why you called later than normal.”

Today, Hiiragi-chan’s car wasn’t in the staff parking lot because there was a drinking party.

“I see, that’s the kind of culture that adults have on Friday nights.”

I didn’t really like drinking that much, so I didn’t go out that often.

“Sorry for calling you out so late?”