"I'm back...?"
Half a minute later, Kirisu Mafuyu returned with cleaning tools in hand.
She froze.
The room in front of her was spotless.
For a moment, she couldn't speak.
D-d-d-did I time travel? In my perception, less than a minute passed. Did several minutes-or hours-actually go by? Or is Nanamiya secretly a psychic?
"Oh, Sensei, I've already cleaned up. I can take this big bag of trash with me."
Hiro casually lifted his right hand, showing a large bag of tightly compressed garbage.
"N-Nanamiya..." Kirisu Mafuyu walked closer, staring straight into his eyes, disbelief written all over her face.
"Are you... a psychic?"
"Psychic?" Hiro chuckled and shook his head.
"No. I'm just better at housework than average. Nothing supernatural."
The cockroaches were gone.
The trash was cleaned up.
What remained was nothing Kirisu Mafuyu couldn't handle herself.
With that thought, Hiro walked toward the door, trash bag in his right hand. He waved lightly with his left.
"There's class tomorrow, so I won't disturb Sensei's rest."
Click-
"Uh...?"
Hiro stared at the door.
Click. Click.
He tried again.
Still nothing.
"Sensei," he turned back with a helpless expression, pointing at the door, "this seems to be broken."
"B-Broken?!"
Unconvinced, Kirisu Mafuyu stepped forward and tried it herself.
Click. Click. Click. Click.
Kirisu Mafuyu: ...
"Sensei," Hiro raised his free hand slightly, "for situations like this, I'm pretty confident I can force it open."
"No!"
Her reaction was immediate.
And strong.
"Do you want a young woman like me to spend the night in a room without a door, Nanamiya-kun? Or do you think Sensei is already past her youth, so it doesn't matter?"
Her light green eyes locked onto him.
Kirisu Mafuyu leaned closer, her expression clearly saying-
If you dare, I'll kill you.
Terrifying.
The distance between them shrank to less than a meter.
So close that Hiro caught a faint, unfamiliar fragrance. He couldn't tell if it was perfume or just her natural scent.
"I'm not! I didn't! Sensei, don't say things like that!"
Hiro's mouth twitched as he denied it quickly.
Sure, he could break the door, erase her memory, and repair it with Aqua Vitae.
But-
Looking down at the face so close to his, filled with three parts coercion, three parts pleading, and four parts embarrassment...
He decided not to.
From any angle.
"That's good."
Kirisu Mafuyu nodded, visibly relieved, and straightened up.
Slap-
Before Hiro could react, she grabbed his left hand and pulled him back into the room.
"You're staying here tonight. Call your family. I'll explain the rest. Understand?"
Out of Hiro's sight, her cheeks were red like ripe tomatoes, overflowing with shame and frustration.
Even the area around her light green pupils was bloodshot, as if tears might fall at any second.
C-cohabitation?!
What if he turns into a werewolf?
A man who can force open doors... no matter how I think about it, I'm no match for him!
Is it too late to regret this?
But then-
Recalling his face up close just now, Kirisu Mafuyu's heartbeat sped up.
Hiro... was he always this handsome?
"Understood."
Following behind her, Hiro answered weakly, his heart pounding.
First time entering Mafuyu's house, and this happens.
Am I lucky?
Or unlucky?
And what I got from her was extremely high physical fitness...
Is the system hinting at something?
Breaking through childhood innocence?
If something really happened, he'd be fine.
He could still go to class tomorrow completely refreshed.
As for the other person-
Kirisu Mafuyu would probably need...
Sick leave?
Injury leave?
The difference in combat power was simply too great.
"Let me make this clear first." Kirisu Mafuyu spoke stiffly, forcing herself to calm down.
"I'm only letting you stay because the door is broken. Don't overthink it. If you do anything inappropriate, I'll send you to the police tomorrow without hesitation. Don't ruin your future. Understood?"
"Understood."
I feel like there's a hidden meaning in that...
The trash bag was placed in the corner between the entrance and the living room.
Without resistance, Hiro was led straight into the girl's bedroom.
Cherry blossom pink.
The color matched Kirisu Mafuyu's hair perfectly.
The room was filled with unmistakable girlish atmosphere.
She let go of his hand and walked ahead, seemingly heading for the closet to look for spare bedding.
Then-
She stopped.
A barely audible voice, filled with panic and helplessness, reached Hiro's ears.
"What do I do, what do I do... I've always lived alone, so I never prepared guest sheets or blankets. He kindly helped clean the room, and the door breaking isn't his fault. Letting him sleep on the floor with nothing... that's repaying kindness with hostility. But sleeping together is even worse..."
Thanks to his keen hearing, every word reached him clearly.
So.
What will Sensei choose?
Hiro crossed his left arm over his chest, resting his chin on his right hand, watching her back in silence.
After an agonizingly slow turn, Kirisu Mafuyu avoided his eyes and spoke tremblingly.
"N-no extra blankets... Nanamiya, you'll have to share with me."
"I understand, Kirisu-sensei."
Hiro smiled softly, answering calmly.
"...Sensei, is the air conditioner broken too?"
"Y-yes. It is."
In the dim room, Kirisu Mafuyu's voice carried the sound of impending tears.
Why...
Why did I have to be this unlucky today?
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