Chapter 36 - A Certain Holiday on the Veranda (1/2)

A Certain Holiday on the Veranda

She’s super super overworked.

That’s what Hiiragi-chan’s eyes showed.

Although we do go on dates together, we aren’t able to spend much time outside together, and so we end up spending our time over weekends at Hiiragi-chan’s place.

More than anything else, we end up watching DVD movies. Today, as well, Hiiragi-chan had borrowed a recently popular action movie, and we were planning on watching it together, but her eyelids looked so heavy…

Every time she blinked, the amount of time that her eyes were closed increased. Hiiragi-chan was the type to sleep anywhere. Once she’s asleep, she becomes a deep sleeper.

“Haruka-san, you’re sleepy, right?”

“N-no, I’m not sleepy at all. I can still stay up for another 50 hours or so.”

She’s so easy to read. It’s so easy to see that’s she’s lying…

“You’re tired from work, right? Why don’t you take a short nap?”

“I won’t… it’s my long-awaited time with Seiji-kin.”

“Look, you’re speaking has started to fall apart.”

It seems she’s spending time with something grey. [1] Well, she probably just bit her tongue or something.

She then shook her head with all her strength and gave it her all to keep her eyes open.

“I was looking forward so much to having fun with Seiji-kin this weekend…!”

“Well yeah, of course you’d look forward to it… I guess you can go on a trip with tax money.” [2]

“… Hah!? I’m not asleep, not at all!”

“Not listening. Rather, with that type of reaction, you’re definitely falling asleep.”

I paused the DVD playback.

“What’s wrong?” She asked.

“I’m a little bit tired. Do you mind if I take a nap?”

“If that’s the case, then of course it’s fine. Yes, come over here.” Spreading out her arms, HIiragi-chan gave me permission to come closer. Whenever Hiiragi-chan shows her maternal nature, I always end up wanting to be spoiled by her…

But no, it isn’t that at all.

Rather, I’m not sleepy at all. If I sleep now, then Hiiragi-chan, who lost the need to do anything, would fall asleep. Or at least, that’s the plan.

If I don’t do this, it seemed like she would continue to say “No, I’m not sleepy.” Despite the fact that she’s tired from work, and is forcing herself to stay awake.

“Today, it’s fine…”

“Hmm? That’s unusual?”

“I can sit on the sofa and sleep.”

“But if you do that, your body will become sore, right?” Pulling out a blanket, Hiiragi-chan spread it out on top of her lap. “Come on. Over here. Come.”

Ton ton, she patted her thighs.

I-if I give in here, then Hiiragi-chan won’t be able to sleep…! That’s what I think, but the level of spoiling is to high, and I’m not strong enough to go against it…!

“But, if I do that, then you won’t be able to move, right?”

“Mufufu… it’s fine as long as I get to look at Seiji-kin’s sleeping face.”

When will she start calling me Seiji-kun again, I wonder.

“Haruka-san, if you’re tired, you don’t need to force yourself to watch the DVD…”

“It’s not like I’m forcing myself to, though?”

In the end, I didn’t win against Hiiragi-chan’s temptation, and borrowed her lap. Since it was hard for me to move away from her, she ended up coming in with a kiss. Pat pat. Pat pat. She petted me as if I was a pet cat. It felt so nice that by the time I noticed, I ended up falling asleep.

When I woke up, Hiiragi-chan’s movements had also stopped, her eyes closed and looking down. The plan was half a failure, and half a success.

Suu suu, the peaceful sound of her sleeping breath could be heard. In order to not wake her up, I carefully sat up from her lap, and slowly lay her down on her side.

“Thank you for your hard work, Sensei.”

From around her hip, a little bit of her panties could be seen.

“!!?”

I move the blanket to cover that up, so that it was okay to look at her. Whether it is because she’s just unaware, or whether it is on purpose… sometimes things like this happens, and it’s a little troubling…

The fact that she was looking forward to being with me honestly makes me happy. However, even if she wants to have fun, if she’s tired then she’s just tired. Sometimes, it’s fine to have days like this.

The room seemed to be cleaned pretty nicely, so there was nothing for me to do there. It was now around 5 in the afternoon, and the outside had just begun to darken.

“Ah, that’s right. Laundry…”

If it’s dry I should bring it in and if needed, I can fold it too. As such, I head out onto the veranda from the bedroom. There, whether it was the clothes that I saw a lot at school, or her clothes that she wore outside of work, they were all hung on hangers drying. It was all dry, so I brought in what I could, but then stopped my hands at the leftover clothing.

What was left, was her underwear.