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“So why are you here?”
“Why not?”
I got a good night’s sleep, and the next day, when I woke up, I stayed in bed all night, determined to sleep twice until noon. Then the store chime struck me again.
Whipping my tired body and rubbing my sleepy eyes, I had no choice but to answer the chime that rang several times in succession.
Fujibayashi came into the house, sat down at the counter of the café space, and asked for breakfast.
I did as she asked and prepared a hot sandwich. I made coffee to go with it.
I sighed as I watched her eat it with relish, and I drank the strong coffee I’d made myself as a wake-up call.
“What’s going on with Suika and the others?”
“I heard that they had club activities in the morning again today. Both Suisui and her parents told me that I could stay at home until Suisui came home, but I decided it was wrong to cause so much trouble.”
“You don’t mind if I get in trouble?”
“So, I came here because I didn’t want to go back home. You must be happy that I’m here, too, right?”
“Listen to me.”
Listen to me. Fujibayashi was taking it in stride and playing with her phone in a carefree manner.
“You’re not going to tell me you’re staying over tonight, are you?”
“Eh? You want me to stay the night?”
Fujibayashi smirked again.
“No. Come on, I’m worried about whether or not you have to go home.”
“…..I know. Suika and the others told me too.”
It seems that Suika and the others also said something about it during the sleepover.
But as soon as Fujibayashi talked about the house, she turned her head away in a sulky tone.
“So, today…”
I was about to ask her what she was going to do when the chime rang again.
Since yesterday, the chime has been ringing a lot. It’s unusual to have visitors that often.
It’s not Sasaoka again, is it?
Thinking so, I open the sliding door of the store.
“Senpaai! Your favorite Yuyu-chan is here!!”
“……”
“Hey, Senpai! Why are you closing the door? Please open the door!”
When I opened the door, I saw Yuyu looking up at me and making a peace with her, so I silently closed the door. Then she lightly tapped on the door.
The clattering noise was noisy.
At this troublesome time, another troublesome person came.
I sighed and had no choice but to open the front door and let Yuyu in.
“Mouu! It’s terrible! Senpai! What will you do if I collapse from heat stroke, locking me out on such a hot day!”
“I’ll call an ambulance then.”
“No, you can’t do that! Senpai, please do artificial respiration.
Ah, What should I do? I’m getting dizzy. Senpai please help me ……help-me.”
Yuyu deliberately put her hand on her head and became dizzy on the spot.
I ignored it and went to Fujibayashi.
“Sorry. I was in the middle of a conversation. Someone noisy is here, but please bear with me.”
“That’s fine, but ……”
“Senpai, you’re being terrible again!”
Then Yuyu came over, angry at being ignored.
She has a swollen face.
She changed her target from me to Fujibayashi and started to talk to her
“Oh, Fujibayashi-senpai, it’s been a long time since the last ball game!”
“Eh? Oh, yes.”
Fujibayashi’s reaction was somewhat awkward. Perhaps she had never had a conversation with this type of person before.
“Thank you very much for that time. Let me thank you again.”
“Um, ……? What was that time?”
“Don’t you remember? You saved me from getting tangled up”
“Tangled up…eh!? That time?!”
“Yes! That time!”
“Hee, things change, don’t they?”
It’s a lot of fun, isn’t it? I’m completely out……
Aside from that, it seems like the two of them knew each other from the beginning. That was probably before Yuyu was dressed as she is now.
“I mean, you two meet at the ball game tournament, right?”
“I just thought there was a cute girl there. I thought it was just Arase trying to get another girl to go out with him.”
“Don’t talk like that. Who’s hitting?”
“I was forced into Senpai. I’m already exhausted.”
“You shut your mouth.”
It’s really complicated. Aren’t these two guys in perfect synch? Mainly in the direction of annoying me. I hope they don’t do that to me.
“So, why are you here, Fujibayashi-senpai?”
“Eh? Well, various things? I’ve been staying here.”
“Wait!?!”
You said unnecessary things! And it was the day before yesterday that you stayed over!
“Eh, stay……senpai echi!!”
“That’s not true!”
“W-Well, it can’t be helped, so you can do the same thing to Yuyu, can’t you?”
I can’t follow you anymore.
It seems like Yuyu has been going off the rails ever since she came here.
“But Arase is a slacker…..”
“Ha, I see……! Could it be that Fujibayashi-senpai……?”
“Nothing.”
“I’m disappointed in you, senpai.”
“What do you want from me?”
I don’t understand this conversation at all!
I’m so tired from this morning.
As I’m getting tired of dealing with the two of them, the ordeal gets even worse.
–pingpong
For the second time today, I heard the sound of a bell announcing a visitor.
Tired from the morning, I head for the front door and open it.
“Ah, Arase. Good morning. I’m here!!”
“Good morning, Ito-kun.”
What appeared there was Yuri and Kurase.
What a deja vu …….
And you guys haven’t contacted me why?
“Sorry. Since yesterday, you haven’t responded to my calls, so I got worried and came over.”
“Ah, …….”
Yesterday, I gave up everything and went to bed as fast as I could because of the fatigue that had been continuing since the day before yesterday.
It was me who was to blame.
“Yeah! You ignore all my calls too! That’s why I came!”
“I’m sorry. I was tired. I was sleeping.”
“Tired? What did you do last night?”
“Things…..”
“What were you doing?”
“…. Well, do you want to come in anyway?”
“Yeah. Nanami, let’s go in!”
“Okay, I’m coming in.”
While letting Yuri’s questions and answers slide appropriately, I invited them into the house.
Of course, the two guests were already in the café space, so Fujibayashi and the others immediately noticed Yuri and the others and called out to them.
“Ah, Asagiri-senpai, Kurase-senpai! Good morning!”
“Yuri chi and Nanamin! What’s up?”
“Sana-chan, Yuyu-chan, good morning!”
“What’s wrong with you two? It’s a rare combination.”
”I’m on summer vacation, so I came to see Senpai. I thought he might be lonely! Asagiri-senpai is like that too, right?”
“W-Who!”
“You have to be honest about this kind of thing.”
“I-I don’t care. ……”
“Asagiri-senpai is so cute.”
“……!”
The conversation began with only the girls in harmony.
There’s only one boy, so I feel like I’ve been left behind.
You can leave me alone now, so can you all just chat freely?
During that time, I slept three times.
“Hey, Arase, where are you going? We’re here.”
“No, you’re all having a great time, so I thought I’d go upstairs and sleep.”
I was about to go upstairs when Fujibayashi caught me.
“No! We’ve come all this way!”
“What are you going to do with me?”
“That’s …….”
“Arase, what do you have for me?”
“You’re being unreasonable on such short notice.”
“Senpai, how about making out with Yuyu today?”
“M-Making out! What are you talking about, Mitani san?”
“Ah, Asagiri-senpai, would you like to join us? It’s senpai harem, isn’t it?”
…… What to do, these guys.
In the midst of all this, Kurase calls out to me as I’m racking my brains.
“Hey, Ito-kun. Isn’t the manager here today? I saw a sign saying the store is closed.”
“Yeah, she’s away on an errand for a while.”
“Will the store be closed during that time?”
“That’s the plan. Well, she said I could open if I felt like it, so I thought I’d open somewhere to get some fresh air, but I’m all by myself.”
“Well, how about this? How about we open the store for the day and we all help out?”
“””That’s it!”””
“……Eh? Really?”
◇
So while my opinion that I still want to sleep was rejected, Cafe Casablanca will be open for the day today, during the daytime only.
Ayako san is not here, but is it really okay ……?
She said it was fine, but there is no one who can take responsibility if something goes wrong by opening it with only students.
Despite my misgivings, I contacted Ayako-san just in case.
Then, for some reason, more visitors came.
“Why don’t you let me handle things in Ayako’s absence?”
It was our homeroom teacher, Kirihara-sensei.
……Why are you here?
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