V1C3...

Parsed with an automated reader. The content accuracy is not guranteed.

Chapter 3 – Interacting With Enami-san \nVolume 1\n<hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-wide">\nThe next time I received a Line from Enami-san was that evening.\n

Risa Enami: Do you have a minute?\n

I was studying when I noticed my phone was shaking. I had no choice but to leave the room. When I entered the living room, I typed a reply.\n

Naoya Ookusu: What?\n

It’s already 9 pm. I’ve already taken a bath, cleaned, and tidied up. I thought all I had to do was study and go to bed.\n

Risa Enami: Where’s the nearest place to your house?\n

Naoya Ookusu: What?\n

I don’t understand her intentions at all. Enami-san is always so abrupt.\n

Risa Enami: I’m coming over there. Come with me for a while.\n

Naoya Ookusu: Why?\n

Does she want to identify my house and put a pestle in my mailbox, or make a death threat? Maybe her grudge against me is what makes her act this way.\n

Risa Enami: Just come on. You’re just studying anyway.\n

Naoya Ookusu: I don’t want to!\n

Risa Enami: By the way, I’m already on the train.\n

Naoya Ookusu: …… What do you mean?\n

I’ve been typing only lines with question marks since a while ago. The question mark keeps popping up in my head.\n

Risa Enami: I’m not even sure if I’m going in the right direction.\n

Naoya Ookusu: You’ll get arrested if you stay out too late. Go home now.\n

Risa Enami: I can’t!\n

Naoya Ookusu: So why are you trying to drag me into this?\n

Risa Enami: …… By the way, I’m on the off-direction train.\n

Naoya Ookusu: And?\n

Risa Enami: I’m about to arrive at the second station.\n

Obviously, it was the closest to my house.\n

Naoya Ookusu: Aren’t your parents worried about you?　I’ll say it again, go home.\n

Risa Enami: I’ll say it again, I can’t.\n\n

I guess it’s intentional that she doesn’t want to answer my questions. Every question is neatly passed over.\n

Tell it to Nishikawa. I’m sure Nishikawa will be able to give a better answer than I can. She was so worried about Enami-san.\n

Before I could type that, my phone shuddered again. As if to test me, it asked me a question.\n\n

Risa Enami: Hey, you’re a good-natured and serious person, can you leave me like this?\n

I didn’t answer the question. You don’t answer the questions, but you ask me questions.\n

Risa Enami: I just arrived at the station.\n

For a few seconds, my mind was running at full speed, going through many thoughts. However, the conclusion that I eventually came to was the answer that Enami-san wanted.\n

Naoya Ookusu: …… Get off there. I’m heading to the station.\n

I put on my coat and walked to the station, where I saw a lone girl standing at the entrance of the deserted station.\n\n\n\n

Enami-san was wearing plain clothes. She was wearing a green sweater and a long black skirt.\n

Even if the place had been crowded with people, I would have immediately noticed her presence. Despite her plain attire, she still stood out.\n

Her style. The aura that emanated from her overwhelming appearance. People’s eyes would never be able to ignore this presence.\n

“You really came.”\n

The way she said “really” made me cringe. You’re the one who told me to come in the first place. Moreover, you took the train on your own before I could answer.\n

There were so many things I wanted to say, but I could only say one thing.\n

“Don’t be ridiculous.”\n

Enami-san’s face was expressionless as she dealt with these words that contained so many thoughts.\n

“……”\n\n\n

Silence. Occasionally, someone passing by us glanced at us. We could hear the sound of a train approaching the station. After a while, many people who seemed to have gotten off the train disappeared into the night, avoiding us.\n

“I’ve come all this way. What the hell do you want?　Tell me.”\n

I ask in front of the station, which is once again quiet. I thought to myself, I’m a softie. Until recently, I had never even spoken to this person. Such a person had come to my house without asking my permission. I had no obligation to meet her.\n

Enami-san said, without changing her expression.\n

“Do you have any money?”\n

It was not an answer to my question, and I wondered if I was still a softie for shaking my head.\n

“There aren’t too many people here, are there? It’s only half-past nine.”\n

“It’s a residential area. There’s not much entertainment. There’s not much to do in this place.”\n

That’s why, at this time of night, only people going home use the station.\n

“I don’t think it’s a bad place. It’s fine, this is what it is.”\n

“Is that what you came here to say?”\n

“No.”\n

For the first time, there was an answer to my question. I repeated my question.\n

“Then what is it?”\n

“…….”\n\n

But she still didn’t answer the important part. She just looked at me with her long eyelashes.\n

“If you don’t tell me why, I’m leaving.”\n

To show that it wasn’t an empty threat, I turned on my heel without hesitation. Then I started walking.\n\n

After two or three steps, there was no response from Enami-san, and as the tenth step was still the same, I couldn’t help but turn around.\n

There was Enami-san, looking completely unchanged from earlier.\n\n

“Damn …….”\n

If I left now, I’d get what I wanted. But I couldn’t move my legs. For some reason, I had a premonition that I shouldn’t go on like this.\n

I walked back to Enami-san’s side.\n\n

“What’s with you since a while ago! That’s enough!”\n\n

I was angry, but I guess Enami-san wasn’t afraid of me. Instead of being afraid of me, for some reason, she relaxed her cheeks and said.\n\n

“You’re a softie.”\n\n

Damn, I should probably leave.\n

But I couldn’t decide what to do. Enami-san said to me in a small voice.\n\n

“Let’s go.”\n\n\n

Where to?　Enami didn’t answer that question.\n\n

<hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-wide">\nTN: hmm.\n\n

<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><figcaption>IMPATIENT MTL READER</figcaption></figure>\n<hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-wide">\n\n

Previous | TOC | Next

Like this:Like Loading...\n Related