Published at 17th of November 2020 07:22:51 AM
Chapter 154
Christmas — Part 4
TL: Daemon
ED: PuffyPyjamas
“Sorry, I didn’t prepare any present—”
“Fufu~ It’s okay, it’s okay . ”
It was just about to get pretty late into the night .
A naked Hiiragi-chan had placed her head on my chest, as if trying to listen to my heartbeat .
“To me, my present is just being able to date you without any issues until now . ”
“Are you fine with that?”
“Yeah . ”
It was easy to feel each other’s warmth as we were both naked together .
“Tomorrow, you have work at school, right?”
“Ah, I didn’t want to think about it today at all!”
Hiiragi-chan pouted as she poked me in the chest .
The two of us eventually fell asleep as we were having casual conversation within the dimly lit room .
The next morning . We got dressed and checked out of the hotel . Before the time leap, I had never stayed over like this before, so it’s definitely a first-time experience .
Not giving anything back after all of that is kind of questionable .
After climbing into the car in the underground parking lot, we headed home .
“The food and wine were both delicious, and the room was also amazing . I’m super satisfied… ♡”
Hiiragi-chan spoke happily as she reminisced about the food and wine from last night .
I also thought back, and spoke out what I thought was best .
“But, what I thought was the most amazing…”
“Hmmm? What is it?”
“Ah, no, never mind . ”
“Eeeh? What? Now I’m curious . ”
No, if I were to mention it, it might not be that good… Oh well .
“Haruksan was also amazing . ”
“Me? For what?”
“Umm… on the bed… your body . ”
“!?”
Hiiragi-chan sitting next to me instantly turned red .
“Eh, S-Seiji-kun, were you wearing night vision goggles or something?”
Of course not . What type of special forces agent am I?
“I mean, you know, your eyes get used to the darkness… the moonlight was also shining into the room . ”
“S-so I-I was in f-full vision…?”
The car started to swerve back and forth .
“That’s dangerous, Harukchan, calm down!”
T-this is bad! This is why I didn’t want to mention it!
I firmly grabbed onto the steering wheel next to me, and returned it to the steady position of normal driving .
“I-ich jusht a normal body…”
She bit her tongue . If that’s normal, then what standard is she going off of?
Hiiragi-chan started to take deep breaths in order to calm down .
“You should have the same amount of experience as me, and yet…”
“I-I did a lot of studying! Gosh, let’s stop it with this conversation . ”
Hiiragi-chan who was frowning while blushing was still quite cute .
If I were to tease her more than this, there might actually be an accident, so I stopped going any further .
“The first time was all left to Seiji-kun… S-so, I thought that as the older one I would have to pull myself together . ”
Ah, she’s become desperate . I inadvertently started to smile .
“What’s so weird? Geez . ”
Hiiragi-chan acted like she was mad, before breaking out into a smile .
We arrived at the parking lot at Hiiragi-chan’s place, from which we ended up splitting .
“Enjoy your date with Sanchan, okay?”
“Okaay . ”
Hiiragi-chan was considerate of my schedule today, and ended up checking out early, so it was only a little bit past 8 .
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I personally would have liked to take things slower, but a promise is a promise .
I kissed Hiiragi-chan in the car as she seemed like she wanted it .
However, it seemed that there would be no end to it, so I got out of the car and closed the door after saying, “Sensei, good luck with your work!”
I could definitely hear her yelling out her usual retort from within the car .
I rode home on my bike, and then got changed into another set of clothes for going out .
“Nii-san? We’re heading out now, so wake up—… you’re awake…?”
Sana, who had come to wake me up, widened her eyes . I’m the weaker one when it comes to waking up in the morning, so I can understand if Sana stepped into my room without knocking .
“You also woke up pretty early . ”
“W-well yeah…”
Moreover, she’s already done with all her preparations . She was wearing the same type of more mature outfit that I complimented at the Miss Contest .
“Where do you plan on going after putting so much effort into this . ”
“S-shut up! It’s not like Sana did this for Nii-san to see!”
Sana turned her face to the side . Now that I think about it, Kanata did say that at the contest . When she says something like that…
“Ah, that’s right . ”
It’s still 8 .
“It’s the holidays so breakfast hasn’t been prepared… what should we do?”
“Let’s go to a café for breakfast… it’s Christmas after all . ”
The two of us were completely done with preparations, so that proposal wasn’t bad .
“Then, why don’t we go . ”
I did promise that I would do anything she asked after all .
“Sana was constantly thinking about what game to buy all throughout last night in the bed . No, not just yesterday . Ever since final exams! Now, it’s finally here, and here is my decision . ”
“Oh? After all your worrying, let’s hear your decision . ”
“Your condescending attitude… well, it’s okay . I’ll let you hear it . ”
We left home and got on a train headed downtown .
Since it was around 9 in the morning, there weren’t very many people and we were able to walk along the sidewalk without worrying about the usual holiday crowd .
The café we found was pretty empty, making it the perfect place to have our own quiet conversation about games .
After entering, we ordered with the waiter, and our coffee was soon brought over .
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“… Sana has narrowed it down to 3 . ”
Sana put a lot of sugar and milk into her coffee .
“Oh . And?”
Is three really narrowing it down? I guess the amount from before was probably a lot higher .
“There’s a new game for that RPG series, the one we play all the time . Also— ”
Oh, when Sana said three, she meant three RPG games . They were ones that we’ve been playing since middle school . The second one was a SRPG with a training element . The third was a first-person shooting game . You can play co-op . The choices were quite good .
“Well done”
“It’s all from careful consideration . Of course . ”
She flipped her hair before drinking the coffee filled with milk and sugar .
“Hot!?”
She burned her tongue .
“Hmmm, any of them are fine, right…?”
I also brought my coffee to my mouth, and glanced over the cup at Sana, who was cooling her tongue off by sticking it out .
I recognize the style of art that Sana has in the present day .
She was in charge of a few of the illustrations that were part of the documents detailing preparations for the social game .
It’s hard to put it into words exactly, but there was a feeling of fantasy, with just a little bit of transparency in the character design .
It was drawn in a way which it almost felt too good, cute, and cool for Sana to have drawn it . I guess it’s good because she likes it?
It seems that the first RPG series listed had a large influence on that . However, this influence was something I only recognized because I had future insight .
Which means that the games she played during this time period really influenced Sana’s art style…
“Hmmm? However, if I change that, wouldn’t that be bad? ”
“What are you muttering about?”
She then continued to cut a slice of French toast before sticking it into her mouth . It’s pretty much a dessert, but since it’s technically toast, she considers it a breakfast meal it seems . It looked good though, so I also ordered it .
“What’s the new title like?”
“Fufufu . The explanation will be long . ”
“Please make it short . ”
I said that, but she talked about a bunch of things and didn’t stop, taking a full twenty minutes .
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“It’s alright now, I got it, I got it!”
“What do you understand? People who say that never understand anything . ”
Sana pursed her lips while wanting to continue .
If I continue to listen, the day will end .
“Today, I’m Big Brother Santa . ”
“What are you talking about?”
“I’ll buy you all three of them . ”
“Eh?”
“Don’t underestimate what I get from my part time job . I can at least do this much . ”
“How long are you going to continue to act arrogant about having a part time job?”
“Shut up . ”
“Big Brother Santa… I-is that really okay?”
“Big Brother Santa doesn’t go back on his word . Three is easy . ”
“This is unprecedented generosity…”
I took a glance inside my wallet .
Two of… Yukichi-sensei… [1]
Hey… umm… what’s the price exactly? I was acting arrogant, but is this actually enough?
I was having a cold sweat on the inside . However, I didn’t reveal any of it as I put on a smug face .
We ended our game talk for now, as Sana began talking about how she was hanging out with Kanata yesterday .
Summarizing it, she went to Kanata’s house to eat cake and play games .
“… Hey . ”
“Hmm?”
“Sana came back for dinner yesterday, but Nii-san didn’t come back… You went somewhere, didn’t you?”
“Ah, uhh . I just went to hang out at night . It was Christmas Eve after all . ”
I brought up Fujimoto and the names of some other classmates, but there was no reaction .
Sana looked like she made up her mind, as she turned her downwards gaze up .
“… Nii-san, what did you actually do yesterday?”