A Beautiful Girl I Used to Be Close With Overseas Came to Stay With Me as a Homestay Guest and Started Pressuring Me, Saying, “I Won’t Let You Forget Me.”

Source https://kakuyomu.jp/works/2912051598917319858 A few years later. Elis and I were in sixth grade. By then, I was just as fluent in German as I was in Japanese—if not more so—and I rarely, if ever, had any trouble with the language. “Rintaro, let’s go watch a soccer game this weekend!” “Sorry, I’ve got plans with Elis … Read more

Source https://kakuyomu.jp/works/2912051598917319858 I think the reason Berlin felt so unusually noisy was probably because my brain was processing the words I couldn’t understand as background noise. It was about ten years ago that we moved to Berlin, Germany, because of my dad’s job. I was seven years old at the time. Convinced that it would … Read more

Source https://kakuyomu.jp/works/2912051598917319858 “Um… Welcome back?” Though I was confused, I placed my hand on her shoulder to gently push away Elis, who was hugging me. When I applied a little pressure, she squeezed me even tighter, but she didn’t resist any further and let go right away. “Sorry, I just got so happy.” “I see. … Read more

Source https://kakuyomu.jp/works/2912051598917319858 “You remember Ellis, right? She’s going to be staying with us as a homestay student.” One day in March, just before I was set to start college, my mom said that while she was packing. “…What did you just say?” “I said, a homestay. Ellis is going to be attending a university in … Read more

Source https://kakuyomu.jp/works/2912051598917319858 “Hey, Rintaro. You can hear me, right?” What I could feel in the palm of my hand was the sound of her heart pounding like a drum. And the soft sensation of her hand enveloping mine. I, Oosaki Rintaro, lay pinned to the bed in my room, looking up at the girl standing … Read more