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12. The good citizen is conflicted
――That was scary!
Leaning on the door I just shut, I panted heavily.
Though I only ran a short distance, my sweat wouldn’t stop pouring. Rather, this is probably cold sweat.
The shopping bags and sneakers slipped from my slackened hands. But, in a panic I immediately reached out for them. I was reluctant to drop the food onto the floor.
The bag I grabbed again felt a lot heavier than before.
Walking sluggishly, I reached my room and collapsed, sinking onto the carpet.
「Ahー, I thought my heart would stop……」
However―― No matter how my brain wouldn’t turn at that moment, I felt the excuse「mistaking rooms」was unreasonable.
Moreover, to expressly return to my neighboring room and hole up, it’s a complete miss!
No matter if barefoot or not, I should have left this apartment building!
And, it would’ve been best if I slept over at the company for a few days to wait until the situation cooled down before returning……
But it’s too late now! I don’t have the courage to go outside either!
Sighing, I thought back to the figure of the man I just saw, and goosebumps stood on my skin.
I mean, even though he’s such an ikemen, it’s the first time I’ve seen someone I don’t want to get close to.
Well, in the first place I live in a different world from ikemen, so I’ve never thought of wanting to get close though.
That person, he lives in a different world by two-fold.
I’m begging you, please hurry and forget about the OL 1 who confused rooms!
So that I can welcome tomorrow peacefully!
The instant I hoped that.
GAN GASSHAN DOSU 2
A dreadful commotion sounded from the next-door room.
Petrified, with stiff movements that looked like you could hear a cre-cre-creak from it, I turned my head to the side.
――The wall dividing the neighboring room from this one, was trembling.
What reached my ears was, the sound of something heavy being thrown, the sound of something metal or other falling, the sound of glass shattering, and the groan of a man.
『I’m sorry! But I don’t know! ……Guh!』
Eh, is that Kawata-san’s voice……?
They aren’t being hit……are they?
My blood drained instantly.
S-S-S-S, SERIOUSLY!? WHAT SHOULD I DO!!!
Supposing it’s a noise carried over from the neighboring room……
Supposing that’s the sound of Kawata-san and the others being hit……
Or rather, no matter how I think about it, that’s what’s happening!
――Is this my fault?
No, honestly, I don’t think I’m in the wrong at all!
Although I pushed tonjiru and white rice onto them in the beginning, after that I got harassed with posters stuck onto my door, attacked by yakuza, and then abducted, I am a complete victim here.
But, no matter how I put it, the one who agreed to make food was me, and the one who ran away from the「who are you」question was also me.
No, honestly, I really don’t think I’m in the wrong at all!
I don’t think so, but if questioning whether I can remain indifferent to what’s happening next door, that’s different.
What to do, should I call the cops?
Eh, but Kawata-san and them are yakuza after all. If I sic the cops on the yakuza’s internal dispute, won’t it have the opposite effect?
Even while drenched in cold sweat and deliberating on things, from the neighboring room a DOKAN and a BARIN and a groaning『Urgh!』was heard. 3
F-for the time being, let’s pretend to be a good citizen and call the police!
Once the police arrive, the sounds of violence should stop for the time being.
But, it’ll be bad if that man gets caught…… No, it should be ok. He probably won’t get caught. Kawata-san and the others will defend him devotedly. They’ll likely say it’s just a brawl among friends.
But, not as a neighbor, but as a good citizen, I’ll say I coincidentally passed by this apartment building and heard rowdy sounds so I was worried and tipped it off.
Alright, it’s flawless!
When I reached out my hand for my cellphone in a fluster, I finally noticed.
Hm? The sounds next door have stopped……?
Un, there are no dangerous sounds.
Have they calmed down……?
Though feeling somewhat anticlimactic I was relieved, but at that time――
――Ding dong.
With a bad foreboding, I rigidly faced the entrance way.
――Someone has come to visit……?
OL is short for “Office Lady” Figured it’d be easier to keep some SFX in romaji since there’s a number of loud noises to go  Meanings can get iffy sometimes too, so taking the lazy way out. Sumimasen. Gan, Gasshan, Dosu meanings if you’re curious. Dokan, Barin