Chapter 34 Metsu!

Metsu!

(Tl: Metsu! めっ (No!/Don’t!/Tsk!) used to scold small children and pets.)

——In the end, Ichika stayed with me until about 19:00.

(Phew~ I’m very happy to touch Takumi-nii a lot today. Well, see you tomorrow~ bye-bye!)

Leaving those energetic words behind, she went back to the house next door.

I think it took about two hours or so? I feel very light, probably because she was massaging me most of the time.

I wonder if it is because my circulation is also much better. My body was a little hot and burning.

I’m a little hungry, should I go to the nearest convenience store?

But, no…it was almost time for her to come.

Ding-dong~

As expected, the intercom went off.

When I opened the door, there, as I thought, was——Hana-san.

“Good evening, Takumi-kun. Sorry, I’m late…Ichika got home late, so I couldn’t get here early.”

Hana-san, who came as a substitute for Ichika, looked a little panicked.

“No, I don’t think you’re late. Please come up.”

“Excuse me. I’m about to make dinner, so just wait a little longer, okay?”

…I see. She seems to be in a hurry because she thinks it’s too late to make dinner.

“Are you hungry? I’ll make something simple with the leftover ingredients…No, I did that yesterday, I’ll be a little more serious today——”

Maybe it’s her sense of duty as a mother.

I don’t mind at all, but Hana-san seems very sorry that dinner will be so late.

Without waiting for me to say anything, she went straight to the fridge to check its contents.

Then, as if she remembered something, she gasps and stops moving.

“Oh, now that I think about it…I used up all the ingredients yesterday.”

“Ah…sorry, I didn’t go shopping.”

I usually don’t cook at all.

Before Hana-san came, I used to eat at convenience stores or eat out. So I didn’t think about the availability of ingredients at all.

“Ah? So Hana-san brought the ingredients for yesterday’s hamburger from your house? Thank you.”

“No, no. I had extra, so don’t worry about it. It’s just that…I’m using up all the food in my house today.”

Hana-san puts her hand on her cheek, looking worried and thoughtful.

She looked apologetic, and I felt kinda sorry for her.

“It’s okay, I usually eat dinner around 22:00.”

“Eh…If you’re that late, you’ll get disciplined, right?”

“No, I didn’t eat out, I bought it at the convenience store.”

“Ah, that’s even worse. Takumi-kun, you’re in the…growth phase, so you need to eat a proper meal, right? Tsk!”

Then he gave me a light pat on the head.

It doesn’t hurt at all, and it’s more like she’s grinning…Like I said before, Hana-san is really not good at getting angry.

Of course, her feeling of thinking about me enough to get mad at me is nice.

“Why don’t we go shopping? I can handle the luggage.”

When I suggested this, Hana-san nodded slowly.

“That’s right…I actually wanted to feed you dinner right now, but I don’t have any ingredients, so I can’t help it. Let’s go then.”

Well, I also wanted to go outside because my body was on fire.

So I decided to go shopping with Hana-san——