I woke up early in the morning when the silence of the night still remained.
This chilly feeling is comfortable.
Although it was said that those who wake up early will earn three coins, this feeling of comfort and having spare time makes me feel like I’ve earned more than three coins.
I came home after going out with President and slept soundly without doing anything.
There was also the incident where Hina interrupted my sleep, but before I knew it, Hina wasn’t here and I was already sleeping on my bed.
I wonder if it was big brother who carried me here.
The futon had a slightly sweet scent to it, I wonder if it’s Hina’s scent.
I was getting excited from thinking about a girl sleeping on my futon but because that girl was Hina, I feel like I should or shouldn’t be conscious about it……
I continued sleeping until now without eating, so I decided to take a bath first.
I saw an illustration on the detergent package in the dressing room and the memory I wanted to bury came back, I was in despair but I quickly washed the sweat off of my body.
“Akira, I’m going already. Your food from last night is on the table and if you prefer to eat bread, it’s in the usual basket.”
As I was wiping my body dry, big brother, who was heading out of the house, called out to me.
Speaking of which, he said that he was going to the morning training at the tennis club that he hasn’t gone to ever since he became a third year student today.
“Okayy, take care.”
“Also, Kaede is here. I invited him in for you.”
“Eh? At this hour?”
He usually gets up around this time.
So the result of competing with Hina was to come this early?
It’s not like I can ask him to go back now but I also feel bad for making him wait alone.
I hung the towel around my neck and rushed to the living room with my wet hair.
“Morning.”
Kaede was sitting on the sofa and watching TV in the living room.
“Morning. I’ve won today, right?”
“You won but it’s too early.”
I made barley tea and sat next to him while drinking it.
As I drank it down all at once, Kaede was staring at me.
“What?”
“N-nothing really, I was just thinking that your hair is wet, that’s it!”
“Of course, that’s cause I was taking a bath.”
I feel like Kaede’s complexion looked rosy. He turned to the other side, what’s this guy being so shy about?
It’s not like I’m waiting for that “Then……you should go in next,” kind of progression.
According to such a story, it seems like Kaede would intrude to seduce the latter that’s still inside, rather than waiting for his turn.
That’s an even more devilish tempting uke.
His partner should be Hiiragi.
Being lewd suits him.
Then he will say, “You naughty boy, let’s punish you.”
And that’s what came to mind.
“Hey, you’re making a weird face again. Here, I brought this for you.”
Oops, it seems like my rotten ideas are on a roll since this morning and it accidentally showed on my face.
As I calmed down and looked at Kaede, my school bag that I left in school yesterday was there.
“You grabbed it for me?”
“You left everything there, your wallet is in there too right?”
“Yeah. Thanks!”
There’s nobody in my class that did bad things but I was worried.
But if Kaede took care of it for me, then I feel reassured.
“Kaede, want some coffee?”
Although it wasn’t enough to thank him for it, I walked to the kitchen to make coffee for Kaede.
I was hungry too, so I warmed up yesterday’s dinner that was on the table in the microwave.
“Yes, please.”
“Black, right?”
As I said that, I thought back to when I wasn’t getting along with Kaede.
“I hate you!” he was crying when he said that.
It wasn’t even that long ago but it strangely felt nostalgic.
“……Sweet one, I want a cafe au lait.”
“Hm? Why?”
“Maybe I got it from someonee…”
”
”
“Huhh?”
I thought he drank cafe au lait to imitate big brother but he failed, right?
Why is he challenging himself again at this point in time?
“What I said just now, I think it would be a great time to notice it by now.”
“Ah?”
“Nothing. Just make it already.”
“Yeah, yeah. As you wish.”
While wondering if it really doesn’t have to be black, I made cafe au lait with mild sweetness.
When I was watching him to check whether it was okay, “Delicious,” he said and started drinking it.
He looked like a small and cute animal holding the cup with only his fingers coming out of his long sleeve, sipping on it like it was hot.
Even a bunch of girls can’t defeat such loveliness.
Such a terrifying person.
“Where did you go with President yesterday?”
“Huh, you know that I went out with President?”
I placed the cooked rice onto the kitchen table and started to eat while talking.
Kaede moved from the sofa to the seat opposite mine with the cafe au lait in his hand.
“A guy from class said that President dragged you away with him.”
“Uwahh……”
President stands out whenever he acts up.
I wonder if a rumor saying he dragged his underling around to torture him will spread.
“So, where did you go?”
“Hmmm……to play?”
“Ehh! I want to go too! I told you to bring me along when you went fishing last time!”
“Speaking of which, you did say that. Well, he dragged me away forcefully, so I didn’t have the time to call you. Since it’s Saturday tomorrow, wanna go somewhere?”
”
”
“I’ll go! I wanna go to the arcade and ferris wheel we went to last time!”
“If it’s that place, we can play for the whole day. Let’s go with that.”
“It’s a promise! Only the two of us, okay?”
“Gotcha.”
After we made a promise, the interphone rang again.
It’s most probably Hina.
It’s troublesome to move since I’m eating, but I can’t just ignore it.
Hina appeared as expected when I opened the front door.
And when she saw Kaede’s shoes, her shoulders dropped.
“I lost…”
“Stop competing. Even now, you’re ten minutes earlier. I’m still eating, just come in and wait for me.”
I brought Hina along and went back to the kitchen, then I started eating again.
Hina took a cup and made black tea as if it was her own house and sat next to me.
“Morning, Kaede-kun. I definitely won’t lose tomorrow!”
“It’s Saturday tomorrow anyways.”
“Ah! I-I won’t lose next Monday!”
“I said stop competing! I won’t open the door from now on even if you come before seven-thirty. Our house opens at seven-thirty.”
They raised their voices in protest but I won’t accept it.
If this continues, they will definitely come in even when I’m sleeping.
Kaede and Hina are talking about their victory and defeat and it’s noisy but I ignored them and quietly continued moving my chopsticks.
“Ah, that’s right. Aki, I’m sorry about yesterday. I slept on your bed……”
“Huhh!? What do you mean by bed!?”
Kaede reacted before I could even say anything.
His voice is loud.
You frightened me.
“This girl, although I was sleeping, she came into my room without my permission and ended up sleeping as well, so I had no choice but to give my bed up for her.”
“Sorry, I didn’t plan to sleep……Did Aki carry me to the bed?”
“Yeah, but don’t say it like that was sexual harassment.”
“I won’t!”
Hina was proudly glancing at Kaede for some reason.
Kaede looked glum as he hung his head down in silence.
Oi, oi, what’s wrong?
“Kaede.”
“I want to sleep on Akira’s bed too!”
“Huhh?”
Are they competing again?
They want to compete over this kind of thing too, what’s wrong with their fighting spirit?
“Can I stay over today?”
“Ehhh!? You can’t!!”
“I’m not asking you!”
“He can’t, right!?”
Hina drew closer to me with a dreadful look.
Kaede’s my friend, so I don’t mind if he comes to stay over.
“I don’t really mind. Since it’s Saturday tomorrow, we’re going out so it’s perfect.”
“Ehh!? Then, me too!”
“You can’t.”
“Why!?”
“What do you mean ‘why’, well, you’re a girl.”
Even if she’s my childhood friend, we’re high school students and we’re not kids, so wouldn’t it be bad?
“Uuu……What about going out to play? I wanna go too!”
“You can’t! Absolutely not!”
“I wasn’t asking Kaede-kun!”
“If I say you can’t, then you can’t!”
They’re so rowdy in the morning.
“Well, it depends on Kaede-sama’s mood tomorrow. Hina can wait for another time.”
“Ehhhh!?”
“Fufun~”
Kaede was proud of winning this time.
What’re you, a kid?
I left the two energetic people, finished my meal, and went to get ready.