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I usually have my meals at the dining table, but since Haruie and Amamiya were here, they brought their meals all the way to my room.
I didn’t know there was a dining table in my house. I don’t usually use it, so it’s not surprising that I didn’t know about it.
“I don’t mind eating with my mother-in-law.”
“I agree. Ideally, it would be just me and Zenkichi kun.”
I’m the one who cares. It’s not that I don’t get along with my parents, in fact I have a good relationship with them, but I still kind of hate it, don’t you? Girls may not feel so bad about it, but boys feel awkward to meet their parents and friends. I guess it’s not so bad when you’re an adult, but it’s kind of embarrassing.
“Don’t you prefer to eat alone, Haru chan?”
“I think so, basically. Zenkichi-kun is special, but usually even parents don’t surround the table.”
Well, there are people like that. These things vary from family to family, so there is no clear correct answer ……
Oh, well, I remember a home economics textbook that said it’s not good to eat alone. It’s non-delicious. Not everyone has a warm home.
“Hmmm ……. Well, I don’t really care about that. …… Haru chan, is it true that you’re staying at Hatoyama kun’s house?”
“Yes, for a very short period of time, the whole summer vacation.”
Haruie? Summer vacation is a long vacation, you know? I don’t think it’s a short period of time at all.
“Can I ask for more details? I plan to come and stay here often, but I don’t think I have the courage to stay here for forty nights in a row.”
You’re staying here too, Amamiya-san? And often? It depends on the person, but specifically how many days?
“I’ve brought food and money for the stay. Of course, my parents paid for it, but I’m going through the motions.”
I didn’t know that. I don’t know how much they brought, but I’m sure my mom wouldn’t complain. …… No, but forty nights in a row is a long time.
“Even if it is, isn’t that insane? Did you explain to them that you’re staying at a boy’s house?”
“Of course I did. I didn’t bother to tell you because you didn’t ask, but I’ve already introduced them.”
I’ve met Haruie’s parents a few times. I remember they liked me strangely, but I guess they trusted me enough to entrust their daughter to me. I’m a little proud.
“But Zenkichi-kun’s mother is an unusual person.”
What is it? I think Haruie is a bit of an oddball, too.
“She admits my relationship with him, but she also admits Amamiya san’s relationship with him. Is it anything as long as she can see her grandchildren’s faces?”
“Haha, hahaha …… you’re being too quick-witted or …… taking a leap of faith.”
I’m aware of Haruie’s fondness for me, but does it go all the way to marriage? Isn’t it going to stop being a play between students, a sweet and sour adolescence? I can’t really imagine marrying my high school friend…
“Is it really that much of a leap? Compared to the past, more and more people are choosing not to get married, and as a parent, I think it would be more reassuring for a son to have a girlfriend.”
Maybe? Maybe so. ……. No, you’re right, it’s too early. You’re still in high school, remember? If you were in the position of a parent, Amamiya, would you come to the same conclusion? I’m …… not sure.
“Well, well… those kind of stories aren’t bad, but… I’m curious about what Amamiya-san did yesterday.”
“What? Do you really care that much?”
“That’s intriguing. After the closing ceremony, you were surrounded by a lot of students.”
She really is at the top of the school caste system. Until recently she was always alone, but now she’s popular just because she dressed up… I guess I’m good at spotting diamonds in the rough. Haruie-san’s appearance, aside from the school caste system, is something you’d see in a teen magazine.
…… Why is she rather unpopular? She’s supposed to have had this hairstyle for a while, unlike Amamiya, so why isn’t she popular? Does our high school only specialize in big boobs? No, if that’s the case, it doesn’t explain why Amamiya is so popular. I’ve never seen her with her clothes off, but she’s probably a little smaller than average.
“We had poster homework, you know? It’s a group of people who want to get it done on the first day, because it’s a hassle. It’s the only day we can use the classroom.”
“H-hee. ……. You’re so serious.”
What’s that? That sounds like a lot of fun.
If it had been a normal year, I would have been invited too, so I wonder why it turned out like this? I have no idea, is it someone’s conspiracy? Did they issue an order like, ‘Let’s draw lottery from every citizen and ignore one person’? I think it’s just my imagination.
‘It’s a shame, Amamiya san. I can’t believe you can’t draw with us.”
“…… separately? Drawing posters takes up a lot of space,…… and wouldn’t it be embarrassing to be seen drawing them?”
……? I understand the space thing, but isn’t the second part weird? I know you can understand the space thing, but isn’t the second part strange?
“I’m going to finish my essay next week, by the way. I can do this one in the library.”
……Naturally, I wasn’t invited to that gathering. I mean, Amamiya-san didn’t invite me either. I’m not going to go even if they do invite me.
Well, I’m glad to hear that. Amamiya-san is getting to know everyone, working on her summer vacation homework with them,……, and she doesn’t need me anymore.
So, our positions have been completely reversed. I’m a lonely guy who can’t fit in with my class, and now he’s paying attention to me. I don’t really care who’s the one, but I’m starting to lose confidence in myself. Can I really make it in society?
“Just studying? You didn’t promise to go out?”
“Of course they asked me out. I didn’t know before, but high school students do a lot of things during summer vacation.”
I don’t know what Haruie’s intention was in asking that question, but I didn’t really want to hear it. I felt defeated or lonely,…… though I wasn’t lonely because Haruie was staying with me.
Last year I was invited to the mountains, the pool, karaoke, and other depressingly frequent activities……. My phone, it’s going to be just an alarm clock this summer vacation.
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