February 14th: Valentineâs Day, one of the major events for high school boys.
Ever since I arrived in the class, I had noticed that the boys had been acting strangely excited.
The reason was, most likely, I saw some girls distributing chocolates in a sense of obligation or as friend chocolates, even if they didnât have a boyfriend to give it to.
âGood morning, Doumoto-kun. Hereâs some chocolate for you.â
âOh, thank you.â
âAlthough, I donât think you need it anymore, rightâȘ?â
No, but that didnât change the fact that it made me happy.
Even if no romantic feelings are involved whatsoever, boys are happy just to receive chocolate for Valentineâs Day.
And I was excited because I was going to receive some special chocolates this year too.
Arisa, Aina, and even Sakuna-san told me to look forward to it⊠yeah, I can expect a lot, you see.
While I was grinning to myself, thinking about such things, my friends suddenly asked.
âHey, Hayato, what are you grinning at for?â
âItâs obvious. Heâs definitely getting chocolates from the two beautiful sisters.â
Actually there are three of them, although I wonât say that.
My friends know about Arisa and Aina, but not about Sakuna-san yet. Even if they found out, it might not be a bad thing anyway, but Sakuna-san has been overflowing with even more charm lately⊠yeah, thatâs why I donât want to introduce her to them.
âHave you already received chocolate from the sisters, Hayato?â
âNope. They said they would give it to me when I get home.â
â⊠Lucky b*****d.â
It seems to be a special chocolate that can only be given at home.
After the girl from earlier came to give chocolates to my friends, Arisa and Aina then came to our classroom.
âYaho~, Hayato-kunâȘâ
âGood morning to you both.â
Arisa and Aina donât usually talk to boys, but they have been conversing with my friends when they see them lately.
Then they took out a small pouch and said to my friends,
âWe made some cookies with chocolate for you two.â
âGo ahead, we made it for you guys.â
â⊠seriously?â
â⊠Iâm pretty sure you never gave chocolates to boys, right?â
Heh, I didnât know that.
When my two friends received the cookies from Arisa and Aina they seemed to jump up and down with excitement.
Well, of course, since it was a chocolate from the beautiful sisters, and as such, the boys in the class were glaring at them, but my friends didnât care.
âHayato-kunâs will be at home, okay?â
âAnd Momâs too⊠fufu, look forward to it, okay?â
âY-yeah..â
I donât know, I was just told the same thing before I came to school, that they would give me chocolate once I get home, but the vibe is pretty naughty.
Well, there is no denying that the three of us are lovers, and we are living a happy but decadent life⊠to the point where we know we are sinking in the swamp of love and canât escape.
âBy the way, does Shinjo-san have any chocolates for the rest of us?â
âBut itâs not for you guys.â
âYou wonât get anything from me either.â
Their words in reply to other boys were not as cold, but they were enough to crush their hopes.
âWell, I wouldnât have given it to the two of you if you werenât Hayato-kunâs friends.â
âYeah. So donât get the wrong idea.â
â⊠Yes.â
âIâll keep that in mindâŠâ
⊠I felt a little sorry for them.
However, Arisa and Aina chuckled the next moment, teasing my friends a little.
ââŠ?â
As I was watching the exchange like that, my phone vibrated.
There was a message from Kanade.
âGood morning, Onii-san. I made a chocolate for Valentineâs Day today, but Iâm a little busy and canât give it to you⊠Iâm sorry, can we meet tomorrow somehow?â
Oh, I see, Kanade made some too.
Even though she was not really in front of me, I could easily imagine her giving me a cute smile as she hands me the chocolate.
I replied that Iâll make time and she quickly sent a happy thank you message back.
I should be the one thanking herâŠthank you, Kanade.
âHey, Hayato, this Valentineâs Day is the best, right?â
âI agree! So Hayato, just go home already and accept some sweet chocolate from these two ladies!â
âHahaha, alright guys.â
My friends said so and I nodded with a smile.
So time passed, it was after school. I headed straight for the Shinjo house. Of course with Arisa and Aina, and apparently Sakuna-san had already returned home.
âWelcome home, both of you. Welcome back to you too, Hayato-kun.â
âIâm home, Sakuna-san.â
I exchanged the familiar hug and kiss with Sakuna-san.
By the way, it was Sakuna-san who started this exchange first, and Arisa and Aina naturally started doing it too when they saw us do it.
âHayato-kun, please have these.â
âYes, I worked hard to make themâȘâ
âI also made this with you in mind. Please accept itâȘâ
And so, I received homemade cookies from the three of them.
They were about the size of normal chocolate bars, but since it was my first time getting homemade chocolate, I was really happy. However, since dinner was approaching, I only ate Arisaâs chocolate and decided to save the rest for later.
After some time had passed, it was after dinner.
Although the two of them had said I should look forward to it at school, it didnât seem particularly exciting.