Chapter 15 - Hiiragi-chan’s Break Down (1/2)

Hiiragi-chan’s Break Down

◆ Sanada Seiji ◆

I woke up after hearing voices and saw Sana and Hiiragi-chan in their usual seats.

“I feel like I really slept…”

I stretched for a bit. It doesn’t seem to be that my time leap gets cancelled because I end up sleeping. Since I don’t know the reason for it, I end up not being able to sleep very well at night…

Hiiragi-chan smiled faintly.

“Sana-chan said that you were sleeping pretty soundly, you know?”

“Ah, ummm, yeah, Nii-san, you were sleeping even after I poked you in the cheek… H-have you not been getting enough sleep?”

Why is Sana panicking?

Soon after, Ii-san who was late due to class, arrived and our fun lunch time meeting began. Today, Sana and Hiiragi-chan were both basically silent, even when I tried to talk to them their reactions would be weak. Ii-san was also pretty tacit so lunch was unusually quiet.

It can’t be… that while I was sleeping, Sana ended up picking up a fight with Hiiragi-chan, can it…?

I fiddled with my cellphone, and sent Sana a text.

“Did you do something to Sensei?”

“What do you mean by that?”

Am I wrong? If that’s the case then it’s fine. If something did happen, Sana would probably end up telling me, nothing happened probably.

“Seiji-kun. Does your family usually have some sort of special greeting? A western kind?”

When the phone came through at night, that was the first thing that the goddess said.

“A western kind? What are you talking about?”

“For example, giving each other a hug and putting your cheeks together?”

“There’s no way we would do something western like that. We’re completely normal.”

“I see I see. If that’s the case then it’s fine. As I thought, Sana-chan likes Seiji-kun a lot.”

“Saying that again? The theory that she likes Onii-chan?”

“Yeah. The nuance is a little different though. Anyways, since you guys are brother and sister living under the same roof, don’t do anything weird, okay?”

“I wouldn’t do anything like that. More importantly, you aren’t supposed to tell anyone what happened to Haruka-san and my relationship as teacher and student, right…?”

“T-that… that’s that’s true… But, but! It’s still safer than brother and sister!”

Her tone was looser than usual.

“Sensei, did you end up drinking?”

“When we’re alone, it’s not Haruka-san it’s Sensei right…?”

See, she’s already started breaking down.

“Since it’s a holiday tomorrow, Sensei ended up drinking~. Fuheheh… Seiji-kun, why don’t you come over so that we can drink together?”

“Hey. I can’t drink because I’m still a minor!”

Bugya, I heard a brief scream from Hiiragi-chan over the phone. It seemed like she threw up what she was drinking.

“Even though it was just put in… Fuheheheh”

The timings for her laughs were already becoming weird. Her breakdown is quite severe today. When I looked at my watch, it was still 9 PM.

“Since I’m a little worried, I’ll head over.”

“If you don’t come quickly, Hiiragi-sensei’s closing announcement is going to happen and it’s going to close, you know?”

Closing announcement?? Close?? She’s already incomprehensible.

I quickly changed and went out of my room, where I came across Sana at the entrance.

“Where are you going?”

“It seems like it’s going to close after the closing announcement. You don’t know what I’m talking about? Me too.”

?? A question mark ended up appearing above Sana’s head.

After stuffing my feet into my sneakers, I straddle my favorite bike and head over to Hiiragi-chan’s place. This would be the second time I went to her place.

Pinpon, after the doorbell rang, the sound of footsteps were heard as the door opened slightly. Hiiragi-chan peeked through the gap. Her eyes were so unfocused, it seemed like she would fall asleep as soon as she lay down.

“State the secret password.”

“Hah? Password?”

“That’s right. You need to say how you feel about Hiiragi-sensei or else it’s no good.”