Chapter 49
Cleaning Duty
“Sanada, sorry but, I leave the rest to you!”
“Sorry, I can’t be late to club!”
So on and so forth, the four boys and girls from my class all made some sort of excuse as they left once after school came . It seems all of them wanted to skip out on cleaning duty, and even though there were supposed to be six people, the last person was nowhere to be found . Well, my guess is they went home .
Still, it would be hard to clean the classroom alone . I’ll just finish this up quickly and go home .
“Sanadkun, you’re alone?”
With a bright voice, Hiiragi-chan came into the classroom .
“Yeah, it’s just as you see it . ”
“You’re really doing your best . ”
“… When school’s over, aren’t you normally working in the staff room?”
“Don’t be so cold . I saw that Sanadkun ended up alone, so I was wondering whether you were lonely . ”
I didn’t want to work hard on this, before I was even able to follow through with the plan, I was stopped . Even if I wanted to skip, I can’t anymore . It can’t be helped . I can only seriously do the cleaning .
It didn’t seem like Hiiragi-chan intended to help, as she had brought her laptop onto the teacher’s desk, and started to do work .
“Sorry, I’m a little backed up on work . I really wanted to help though . ”
“No, it’s okay . ”
After moving the desks, I began to use the broom to sweep the floor . Hiiragi-chan was unusually quiet, as she took glances at me, and and tapped away at her laptop in order to enter something . It really feels like she’s doing work . Every once in a while, she would go hmmmm or mmmm as she made a slightly troubled face and continued her work .
“The sound of my cleaning, isn’t it a little noisy?”
“It’s okay . Don’t worry about it . It’s fine for there to be a bit of noise . ”
So she says .
“Inside the staff room, there’s always the voices of people talking and students coming and going, making it surprisingly loud . ”
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While speaking her hands never stopped . It was quiet after school . From far away, the muffled sound of music from the band could be heard . Adding onto that was the sound of keys being pressed . Light from the western sun came in from the hallway, dying the classroom in an amber color .
As Hiiragi-chan was concentrating on work, she made a face that I didn’t recognize as she stared at the screen . For me, I had only known Hiiragi-chan as she was in class, or as my lover, but seeing this side of her was refreshing .
“What is it? Sei—Sanadkun, you keep looking over here . ”
“It’s nothing . It’s just, I thought it was nice . ”
“What is?”
“Sensei working her hardest . ”
“… D-don’t try to seduce me . ”
Hiiragi-chan hid behind the screen .
The rule between HIiragi-chan and I basically meant that being in lover mode in a closed setting was alright . Other than that, we would be in teacher and student mode . There was no telling when or where someone was listening . The classroom was on the second floor, but it wasn’t like it couldn’t be seen from the staff room . As such, we were currently in teacher and student mode .
“… D-did you end up falling in love?”
After Hiiragi-chan peeked out and met eyes with me, she lifted her screen up to use as a shield .
“If that was the case, what would Sensei do?”
“… . Me too… I’ll… no, I’m a teacher . ”
With a mature voice, Hiiragi-chan reproached me .
“Why?”
“I mean, I already have a boyfriend . ”
She looked at me with upturned eyes .
“I see . That’s too bad . ”
Understanding what was going on, I made a big show of dropping my shoulders .
“Yeah . Sorry . You should really give up . … I really like him . ”
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The sound of keys being pushed stopped, it seems like she was awaiting my response .
“What do you like about him?”
“That, I’ll tell you after you finish cleaning . ”
After cleaning the back half of the room, I started cleaning the front half of the room . Hiiragi-chan, whose face was slightly red, once again started to concentrate on work Since it was bad for me to bother her, I moved my hands in order to finish the cleaning faster .
“Sanadkun, what type of person do you like?”
“Me? … Asking me again is a little bit troublesome…”
“Troublesome?”
It didn’t seem Hiiragi-chan got the answer she wanted as she pursed her lips .
“A person who’s good at cooking . ”
“Yes yes, and?”
“A person who does her best, but is sometimes airheaded . I think someone like that would be cute . ”
“I’m not really airheaded…”
“I’m talking about my type of person, remember? Sensei . ”
“T-that’s right . ”
She really isn’t aware that she’s airheaded .
“Then what type of person do you like, Sensei?”
“I’ll tell you after you finish cleaning . ”
I didn’t reach every single nook and cranny of the room, but once I roughly went over the whole room, I returned the desks and chairs to their original positions .
“Sensei, I finished cleaning . Will you tell me now?”
“Let’s see… if you close the curtains and the door, then maybe it’s okay?”
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Seeing her aim, I inadvertently let out a chuckle .
“Is something weird?”
I shook my head to her unhappy question .
The last part of cleaning duty was closing the doors, locking the windows, and closing the curtains . We were still inside, but we locked the door to the hallway . As the only light that came in was from the sunset showing through the small window of the door, the classroom became much dimmer .
Hiiragi-chan, who had come to the wall by the hallway, wrapped her arms around my neck .
“What about work?”
“To be honest, I was already done, and there was never any to start . ”
“But, what did you type into the laptop all this time…”
“A typing game . ”
“What did you come to the classroom for?”
“I saw Seiji-kun from the staff room, so I came to take a peek . And, I noticed you were alone, so it just ended up like that . ”
“And so, you ended up waiting until now, when I finished with cleaning?”
“That’s right ♪”
With teasing eyes, Hiiragi-chan loosened her mouth .
“Then… the continuation of the previous topic, do you want me to tell you?”
“Yeah . Please do . ”
Putting her hands on my shoulders, Hiiragi-chan stood on her tiptoes . As our line of sight reached the same height, our lips approached and brushed against each other . Hugging me at the waist, we kissed three times .
At a close distance where the reflection of each other’s faces could be seen in the other person’s eyes, she made an embarrassed smile .
“… I really do love you . ”
Before I could say anything, she continued on with the next request . While raising her chin, she stuck out her lips, and closed her eyes . This time she was waiting . … Somehow, it seemed really cute, so I just continued to watch her face .
“… . ??”
Unable to wait any longer, Hiiragi-chan opened her eyes .
“Wait, why are you just looking? Don’t you understand, what should be happening right now!? It was such a nice mood too . ”
She proclaimed while hitting me . .
“Mou, really, there’s always this side to you, Seiji-kun . Acting like you can’t read the mood in order to tease me a bit . ”
As she was looking at me with an angry expression, I lowered my eyebrows .
“That’s why… you shouldn’t keep me waiting…?”
My goddess was too cute, so this time, I came in with a kiss of my own . A second time, a third time, and just as we were about to continue, we ended up separating .
“What’s wrong/”
“Work . You actually do have some, right?”
“How did you know…?”
“If it was a typing game, you wouldn’t be making such a troubled face . ”
Bleh, she stuck out her tongue a little bit .
“I was found out… In reality, I came to replenish myself of Seiji-kun . ”
“Good luck on your work . ”
“Yeah . ”
In the end, I gave her a kiss on the cheek . Hiiragi-chan, who turned around happily picked up her laptop . She unlocked the door and walked out, and then we returned to being teacher and student .
“Sensei, see you tomorrow . ”
“Yeah, see you tomorrow . ”
Well, finishing the cleaning by myself isn’t that bad, so I thought .