Chapter 115
Honest Feelings
“…Sachan seems to be working hard . ”
It was after school during our club time . Kanata was speaking about someone whose designated seat currently remained empty .
People who were in classes that needed to prepare something, probably stayed behind to help . Those who had clubs, did exactly that . So, most people were free after school to do what they needed to do .
“She’s playing ghost, right?”
I had the option of choosing to help out for my class as well, but there wasn’t much for me to do anyways . As such, I was sitting here like this, talking with Kanata in the home economics room . As usual, Kanata was focused on staring at the portable console screen displaying the game that she was playing .
“… Seiji-kun, on the day of the cultural festival, can you go and visit her?”
“Eh? Well, that’s fine I guess…”
“… She probably made it seem like she didn’t want you to, but there’s probably some part of her that wants you to see . ”
“That’s why she’s working hard?”
Kanata nodded .
I do believe it’s a little weird that someone playing a ghost role wants to be seen though .
“Kanata, do you like games?”
“… That’s a foolish question . ”
Well, as I expected . She’s playing games right at this moment after all .
“In the future, the current cell phone evolves, and ends up holding specs like that of a portable console…”
“… What are you talking about?”
“About the future of games . You can play games on your cell phone just like how you play on portable consoles . ”
“… That’s just a what if, right?”
It’s in our era though .
“… If you’re talking about mobile games, there are some right now, but you’re talking about more than just that?”
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“It’s just a possibility… but if there were those types of games, wouldn’t it be interesting to make them?”
“…”
She stared at me like a cautious stray cat, before returning her gaze to her hands .
“… It… might… be interesting…”
I heard a bit from Sana . About Kanata’s future path . It seems she was aiming for a vocational school, that focused game programming, graphics, and other subjects of the sort . She doesn’t know what specific subject she wants to pursue yet though .
Before, I was told that interests and work are different, and I felt that it was definitely true, but I think that’s only the case if you actually take the time to think about it .
“Sorry for making you wait~”
With a relaxed voice, Hiiragi-chan came in .
“There’s a lot of ingredients, so let’s go out shopping in my car . ”
Sana was the one who wanted the home economics club to make curry, but she seems to be busy, so it ended up being us doing the work . We can’t just push all the work onto Hiiragi-chan after all .
“It might get pretty late, so I’ll probably send you guys directly home afterwards, okay?”
Since that was the case, Kanata and I gathered up our belongings, and exited from the entrance . Soon after, Hiiragi-chan brought the car around for us .
I was about to sit in the passenger seat when Kanata sat down in it . Well, it can’t be helped I guess . I climbed into the back seat .
“… This passenger seat…”
“Ii-san, what is it?”
“… Sensei, do you have a boyfriend?”
“!?”
Hiiragi-chan, you’re too nervous .
“No—I—don’t”
Your eyes are spinning . Are you okay?
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“…Really? The passenger seat… I just thought the seat was positioned quite far back . I was thinking that a person probably a height of about 170 to 180 cm, would be sitting here . ”
Are you a detective of some sort!? I’m 175 cm . You’re correct, congratulations .
“I-it could be that my father was sitting there?”
“…Ah, I see . ”
There were no questions after that, and Hiiragi-chan and I both patted our chest in relief .
We were shopping for ingredients, but it was quite a large amount . There’s no way we could get it at the supermarket… What are we planning on doing?
“There’s a farmer that sells a lot of potatoes and onions . The carrots are sold by a different farmer . We’ll be buying them there . ”
It’s like she’s managing a real store . According to Hiiragi-chan, it was cheaper to buy there, compared to the supermarket .
The curry would be limited to 200 servings a day, and it’s for the two weekend days of the school festival . On Hiiragi-chan’s notes, the amount of potatoes, onions, and carrots weren’t written by count, but rather in weight by the kilograms… . If we’re selling Hiiragi-chan’s handmade products, they could probably be sold at twice the price .
We arrived at the first farmer’s house about twenty minutes later and made our greetings .
“Aaah, it’s all been prepared . ”
He said, as we were guided to a warehouse-like place . We bought a large number of cases of potatoes and onions . Just like that we arrived at the second farmer’s house, and bought carrots as well .
Originally, Hiiragi-chan probably planned on taking me along . It was kind of heavy for a girl to be carrying all of this . Both the trunk and half of the back seats became filled with ingredients .
After that, we sent Kanata back to her home, leaving it as just the two of us within the car . When my conversation with Hiiragi-chan stopped, I thought back to what Rei-chan had said .
“Senpai, that’s just a furious head-on appeal . ”
I decided to ask Hiiragi-chan, who had turned the steering wheel in the direction of my house .
“Haruksan . ”
“Hmm? What is it?”
Last Sunday, she probably couldn’t think or even dream of the fact that I might have been awake then .
“Haruksan, do you ever think about wanting to do… perverted things?”
“Eeeeeh!? W-w-why!? W-why are you asking all of a sudden…?”
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She was super shaken .
“Aaaaah, front, look in front!”
The car took a meandering path as it said hello to the opposite lane . Just as I thought that, the car cornered around the guard rail .
“I-it stopped . I thought I would die…”
“Y-yeah…”
She brought the car close to the side and stopped . There were almost no cars or people that would pass by, so it should be okay .
“Why did you ask that?”
“… Why, well, I heard that even women have that sort of desire . ”
“Ah, that was written!”
… That was written? What were you reading?
Ohon, Hiiragi-chan coughed as if trying to pass off what she said .
“It’s one of the three basic desires . So, of course I would . At least a little . ”
She was in the driver seat, while I was in the back seat, so I couldn’t see her face, but I could see that her ears were red .
“Any resistance…?”
“N-none… probably… t that time… I might be incompetent, but I’ll do my best . ”
She had shrunk her neck, so I understood that Hiiragi-chan had done her best to squeeze out her courage .
As I thought, Airi-san asking about whether we had done it, had probably inspired her .
I said that it was okay if we did it at our own pace, but if Hiiragi-chan said okay, then there was no reason to hesitate .
“I’ll… also do my best . ”
Pufu, Hiiragi-chan laughed .
“So you say, but if you seem used to it, I’ll cry…”
She took a sidelong glance at me while pouting with her lips .
“It’s because I do image training . ”
Fufu, Hiiragi-chan laughed again .
That’s a relief . The serious atmosphere softened .
Opening the door, Hiiragi-chan came into the back seat . Due to all the luggage, it was quite cramped .
With the sun setting, we kissed . The pleasure from the kiss made the back of my head go numb . Closing my eyes, I could clearly feel our breaths mixing together . Maybe it was because of the weird conversation we had, but Hiiragi-chan’s kiss was especially passionate and aggressive today .
“Seiji-kun, you said it was fine to go at our own pace though…”
“Yeah . ”
Staring straight at such a cute Hiiragi-chan, made me slightly embarrassed . With her cheeks dyed in a slightly different color from the sunset, Hiiragi-chan looked at me with upturned eyes .
“I think… i-it might be okay… now…”
“Ah, as expected . ”
“What do you mean as expected?”
It’s nothing, I shook my head .
“I’ve also… umm, prepared my heart, so… it can’t be in the next few days, but…”
“I-is that an okay…?”
“~~~~~~~…”
Hiiragi-chan nodded twice while covering her eyes .
“at that time, please take care of me?”
“P-please take care of me as well . ”
It was conditional, but just like this, I got an okay from Hiiragi-chan .