Chapter 10 Having Lunch with Shijou-nee

Having Lunch with Shijou-nee

Around lunchtime one day.

Today, my morning class finished early, so I quickly went to the university cafeteria to have lunch….

“Eh, uh… It’s a little embarrassing….”

“Munch, munch… Eh, why?”

But next to where I was eating, Shijou-san was sitting so close that she almost touched me.

“N-no, I mean… Well, we are really too close today, right?”

“Really? I think it’s the same as usual.”

“N-no, I don’t think so….”

When I said that, Shijou-san gave me a confused look. Apparently, she doesn’t feel anything strange about being so close to the opposite se_x.

(Well, it’s true that Shijou-san is a bit defenseless….)

Shijou-san looks very intelligent and cool, but if you talk to her, you’ll find out that she’s a surprisingly defenseless person and has a lot of vulnerable spots.

So she’s a little less wary of the opposite se_x… but now is not the time to calmly analyze something like that.

(But I’m really a little embarrassed about this situation now….)

So why am I in this situation right now…?

I was sitting alone at a table in the cafeteria eating lunch a while ago when I ran into Shijou-san with a tray of food in the cafeteria.

It seems that Shijou-san also came alone to the cafeteria today, and as soon as she saw me, she asked if she could eat at the same table as me.

I gladly said yes, and she sat down right next to me.

And for some reason, Shijou-san came so close to me that she almost touched my shoulder and arm. And….

(Ah… this is bad…! Shijou-san’s bare skin is almost touching mine…!)

Since Shijou-san was wearing sleeveless clothes today and I was wearing short-sleeved clothes, our bare skin almost touched at such a close distance.

Of course, Shijou-san and I have been friends since our first year of college, so I’m not nervous about just having lunch together, but I’m nervous about this situation…!

After all, Shijou-san is such a beautiful woman that she won first place in a university beauty pageant, right? I was nervous because I thought I was now so close to such a beautiful woman that our shoulders and arms were almost touching!

So I decided to quietly ask her if she could please move away from me.

“Um, well… If possible, that would be good, but could you move a little further away—”

“Ah, that’s right! I completely forgot! Fufufu, now that I think about it… I heard that you and Akane had lunch together a while ago, right?”

“Eh? Oh, ah, right, but….”

When I was about to say something else, Shijou-san interrupted me and asked me about the thing with Akane-chan a few days ago.

“…I wasn’t invited, though, was I?”

“Eh?”

Shijou-san’s face got a little puffy when she said that.

(Eh? Maybe… She’s a little sulky now?)

Her behavior seemed like that to me, and I thought she was kinda cute… but no, no! Now is not the time to be so carefree about how cute she is!

“Ah, yes, that’s right. I definitely should’ve invited Shijou-san; I’m really sorry about that. But, well, that’s another topic… I mean, I don’t think it’s good to get so close like this, right?”

“Eh? W-why are you saying such a terrible thing? Ah, maybe Sawashiro-kun feels uncomfortable with me being so close to you….”

“Eh… what?!”

“Oh, I see… Yes, that’s right. Because I’m about to get my period… So Sawashiro-kun must find me disgusting….”

“Bwaaah! Nah, nah, what are you talking about?!”

Shijou-san immediately said something like that with a sad expression on her face. But I never expected Shijou-san to say something like that, so I was so surprised that I let out a loud voice.

“Eh, because it’s true, right? Boys hate girls who have their periods because they find them disgusting, right? I heard something like that…?”

“Eh… I mean, what?! No no! That can’t be true! Who said something so horrible? Anyone who says something like that is a total lunatic, so you should absolutely ignore them! A normal man would never think of such a thing, and in fact, there are probably more men who would show their consideration! I mean, if it were me, I would definitely be considered!”

So I quickly told Shijou-san, but my face turned bright red.

Of course, I know I look like a vi_rg_in right now, talking fast and blushing, and I’m really embarrassed that Shijou-san might think I smell like a vi_rg_in, too.

(But I don’t want Shijou-san to get the wrong idea that all the men in the world think such terrible things….)

So even though I was embarrassed, I firmly denied it to Shijou-san. Then she changed her dark expression and started to smile a little.

“Fufufu, I see. But then… why can’t I sit next to Sawashiro-kun?”

“N-no, it’s not that we can’t or anything. But if we eat so close together… other people might misunderstand, right? Like we’re dating.”

“Eh? I see, that’s what you meant! Yokatta… I really thought Sawashiro-kun hated me….”

“No, no, I definitely won’t hate you, Shijou-san, so don’t worry. But if I give the people around us the wrong idea, it might cause you trouble… So let’s keep our distance for now, okay?”

“Well, if that’s the case, I’ll be fine the way I am. I don’t care if the people around us misunderstand me.”

“Eh? What does that mean?”

When I said that, Shijou-san replied with a smile.

But I didn’t really understand what she meant, so I accidentally asked her what she meant.