Chapter 37 - Love and Diet (1/2)
Love and Diet
◆ Hiiragi Haruka ◆
The last time I did this, when was it…? Since last time was during spring break, it’s already been at least two months. I just got out of the bath, so maybe if I try it now it’ll be okay.
“Funyaaaaaaaaaaaa!? I got fattteeeeerrrrr!?”
The number written at the bottom of the scale turned into such a large one! As far as I can remember, I’ve ranked up almost 5 times!!
“Why…?”
My two arms—Puni~n.
My thighs—Funi, funi.
Stomach—Funinini.
“Fuguu… egu… fueeh…”
Putting both of my hands on the floor, I made the pose of despair. [1] I’ve become fat…! I can’t make any excuses…
When was the last time I exercised?
Ah. This is bad, it’s been so long that I can’t remember. Doing work, eating meals, drinking a bit of alcohol and then going to sleep——the next day starts with work again. Over the weekends, I flirt all day with Seiji-kun… Then, it repeats again.
It’s such a nice life! But, my weight is increasing…!
“Happiness and weight, they’re weirdly correlated in a way ♪”
Wait, this isn’t the time to be making excuuuueses! I have to somehow get out of this spiral of getting fatter!
“Hmm? But if it’s Seiji-kun, I think he would say something like, “If you got a little chubbier, you’ll be even cuter. I love you”, or something like that! Probably!!”
Personally, getting fat would be a bad thing, but to Seiji-kun, it might actually become a plus.
“Niheheh…”
Which means, the pluses and minuses all cancel out.
“… Sensei, did you put on weight recently?”
The next day during lunch. Inside the home economics room, with the gathering of four people eating lunch together, Sana-chan said something like that to me.
Seiji-kun gave a sidelong glance at me. Follow up, Seiji-kun. “If you just get a little bit fatter, Sensei gets even cuter ♡”. That’s all you have to say.
“…”
He ignored it!?
Busutto, Sana-chan stabbed her finger into my side without mercy.
“Wah. It feels quite soft…”
“Stop it. I-I haven’t gotten fatter… This… If I got fatter, I wouldn’t be able to enter my house. As such, it must be due estimation errors.”
Fuun, Sana-chan snorted as Ii-san from across the table started to stare at me.
“… Your face, especially the lines around your jaw seem to have become less apparent. Also, your face as gotten a little rounder.”
“Guuu… It’s just happiness fat. It’s because I’m too happy, so I got a little fatter.”
Right, Seiji-kun? I sent a smile his way, and then, Seiji-kun lifted his face as if making up his mind.
“Yeah. Me too, I had kind of thought that it might not be the case, but, I need to say it straight. Sensei, you put on some weight, didn’t you?”
“Gufuu…”
So straightforward, and said with a serious face, the damage was piled onto me three times in a row…
“But, just a little bit of fat is going to be…”
“Sensei, that, you’re just admitting that you’ve become fatter if you say that, you know? You’re embarrassed so you’re trying to cover it up with your own explanation, right?”
“Don’t say that…”
As I was looking down, Seiji-kun agreed with it. It seems like even he wasn’t going to follow up on this.
“This is common among working people, but you’re not exercising enough. That probably isn’t good. If you leave it alone, you’ll end up having more and more of a selfish body.”
Well, I guess it can’t be helped. I’ll have to go on a diet. I never continue it for very long though, and if I stop I end up rebounding so I don’t like it.
“By the way, Ii-san, Sana-chan, do either of you guys do anything? Like diets?”
The two of them looked at each other and then shook their heads.
“Sana is the type that doesn’t get fat.”
“… Same here.”
I’m wanting to give someone my body’s constitution more and more…!
“I’ll do it! Just you guys watch!”
Finally snapping, I exited the home economics room. Even if I say that though, I don’t have the time to spend on dieting. Even if I want to go running in the evenings, I’m not good at it… Over the weekends, I want to spend my lovey-dovey time with Seiji-kun…
Ah.
Maybe the scale at my house is actually just broken…!?
I go to the school infirmary, close the curtain and lock the door. Becoming stark naked, I lightly step onto the scale.
…
“Funyaaaaaaaa!? As expected, I got fatter, moreover, I ranked up one more than yesterday!?”
A-at this rate… I’ll end up hated by Seiji-kun…
“A fat Haruka-san, it’s a little… There’s a limit to everything should I say…”
Nooooooooooooooo!
F-first, instead of commuting using a car, I should use a bike…!
With this, I’ll at least get some exercise, and in a blink of an eye, my weight will drop, “Haruka-san, you’ve become so slim. Beautiful! I love you!” Seiji-kun will look at me with such heart filled eyes. Probably!
… After waiting in anticipation for a whole month, my weight remained the same…