Chapter 28 A Fun Time

A Fun Time

“No way~ It was really fun.”

Haruki looks satisfied and smiles innocently. She puts on her shoes at the entrance of Sou’s house.

“Yeah. I didn’t think it would get that heated. Yakumo-san, you said you haven’t played for a long time, but what about your game? I lost many times.”

Sou speaks fluently, almost excitedly.

“Honestly, I was a little worried about my game, but it turned out to be unfounded. My body remembered.”

Sou and Haruki are talking about the Mirio Kart game they played earlier.

They were almost evenly matched. Sou won a small number of games because he plays every day to kill time.

“Today was fun. Thanks Amane. For inviting me to hang out….”

Tilting her face slightly to the left, Haruki smiles in a feminine way.

At the same time, her long silver hair swings slightly as if blown by the wind.

Combined with her usual masculine behavior, this creates a great contrast.

Of course, Sou is also attracted by this contrast and is enchanted by Haruki’s artistic smile.

“Uh, yeah. I didn’t do anything big. Thanks for letting me have fun, too.”

Coming to his senses, Sou reacts awkwardly. The Haruki in front of him looks more attractive than before.

It’s definitely not an illusion.

“I better go home. Sorry for bothering you.”

Haruki puts her hand on the doorknob of Sou’s house. She grips the doorknob with her right hand.

“Wait. I’ll see you off in front of my house.”

He quickly takes his regular shoes out of the shoebox and places them roughly in front of the door. He hurries to put them on.

“No. It’s okay. It’s okay this far.”

Haruki puts her right hand in front of her chest and tries to stop Sou.

As intended, in response to Haruki’s words and actions, Sou reflexively stops his feet from moving toward his shoes. His right foot hovers in the air.

“But….”

Sou makes an expression of dissatisfaction. Seeing off a guest in front of your house is the minimum of etiquette. This is Sou’s firm belief.

“It’s okay. I accepted your feelings. See you later.”

Waving her hand close to her face, Haruki opens the door to Sou’s house.

It is after 19:00, it is dark outside; there is no light.

Just before closing the door, Haruki looks over at Sou and leaves the house.

The sound of the lock closing fills the hallway. Of course, it also stimulates Sou’s eardrums.

Sou automatically felt that this sound was a signal to say goodbye to Haruki.

He is sad to see Haruki go. He really wishes he could spend more time with her. That’s how meaningful today’s time with Haruki was.

It feels like it’s been decades since he’s been so natural with a classmate.

Maybe since kindergarten. Back then, he was still a kid, so he didn’t have to worry about others.

“It was really a fun time~”

Sighing and muttering to himself, Sou puts the prepared shoes back into the shoebox.

He closes the door of the shoebox and moves from the entrance to the living room.

He sits down on the sofa in the living room and stares at the turned-off TV.

He remembers it vividly. He was playing Mario Kart with Haruki, a game he loved.

Just looking at the TV brings back flashbacks.

Just remembering it makes him feel good. That’s how groundbreaking it was.

“I guess I’ll watch some TV to kill time.”

He narrows his eyes and reaches for the TV remote to kill time.

He grabs the remote with his right hand and tries to press the power button.

“What!? What are you doing!?”

At the same time as Sou’s finger touches the power button, a voice that seems to be Haruki’s suddenly comes from outside Sou’s house. It’s like a scream.