Episode 9 – Visible Confession

“Speaking of which, I’m staying at senpai’s house today.”

I called Daiki in a hurry when I heard Mai’s words.

“Hey, Daiki, what’s going on?”

[What?]

“Don’t play dumb, what do you mean Mai is staying at my house?”

[I mean it as it is. What’s wrong?]

“It’s not good. A man and a woman of our age spending the night together under the same roof.”

[You’re messing with your best friend’s sister?]

Daiki said with a laugh.

“No, I wouldn’t.’”

[Well, Mai seems to be thinking about a lot of things, so you should go out with her. I’d be more than happy if Mai was with Shoma.]

I heard those words from Daiki and turned my attention to Mai.

She noticed this and looked back at me with a smile.

“…… No, no, you’re not.”

[well, just hang in there for one day. See you later.]

“H-hey.”

Without waiting for me to say anything, Daiki hangs up the phone.

Sighing

“It’s just for one day. You’ll be back tomorrow. Promise?”

Hearing those words and seeing Mai jumping up and down, I was getting anxious for this evening.

After we both finished cleaning up for dinner, I sat down with Mai and began to discuss the matter.

“First of all, there is the problem of bedding. There is only one single bed in the house, so Mai will sleep on the bed today. I’ll sleep on the sofa there.”

“Eh~, really? Why? We are staying over, so let’s sleep together. Besides, you can’t sleep well on the sofa.”

“No, no, no, it’s not right for a man and a woman to sleep in the same bed.”

“You think of me as a girl, don’t you? That makes me happy.~~”

“So I’ll sleep on the sofa. Do you understand?”

“I don’t want to. I’m staying with senpai, so I’ll sleep with you.”

“I can’t.”

We had an endless and inconclusive discussion.

Mai’s voice came out as if something had flashed in her mind.

“I understand. I’ll let you choose! Either you sleep in bed with me or take a bath with me now!”

“Ha?”

“Please choose quickly. By the way, you can’t choose not to.”

I was exposed. My idea of creating a third option for myself was immediately blocked.

As expected, taking a bath together was a bad idea at any cost. Through a process of elimination, I had no choice but to choose sleeping in bed together.

“All right. We can sleep together”

“It’s fine as long as you understand. Then, it’s decided.”

Then Mai said she was going to take a bath, got up, and headed for the bathroom while humming a song.

While I waited, I thought about reading, but it was all I could do to pretend not to hear Mai’s humming and the sound of the shower, which I could hear even though we were separated by a wall.

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After Mai and I finished our bath, it was time to go to bed.

“Come on, let’s go to bed~!”

Mai was dressed in a cute nightgown as she dived into my bed, saying that

“Yes, yes, don’t play in other people’s beds.”

“Y~es”

I got into bed and lay on my back. Mai lined up next to me in the same way.

“Then, I turn off the light.”

“Oh, I can’t sleep in the dark. Can you turn on the night light?”

“I understand.”

So I turned on the night light with the remote control.

At this time, unlike usual, being alone with a girl, feeling the warmth of a person on my right side, smelling a nice smell, and not having thought anything of it before, somehow the nightlight made my heart beat faster.

“Good night, senpai.”

“Good night.”

I squeeze out the voice from the back of my throat, meditate, and turn my body to the opposite side of Mai’s so that I am lying on my side.

There was no way I could sleep in such a distressed atmosphere, and as I pretended to sleep for a while, I felt Mai start to move around behind me.

“Senpai, did you sleep?”

I was pretending to be asleep and couldn’t answer her, so I ignored her voice, and then something soft was pressed against my back, and what must have been Mai’s hand was wrapped around my stomach.

“Senpai. I like senpai. 《《That time》》I have loved you ever since you helped me. I was really shocked when I heard that I had a girlfriend, but I couldn’t give up. Senpai may only think of me as a little sister, but I will do my best so that someday you will see me as a girl, and I will be able to say these words to your face. ”

Mai’s arms were tight as she hugged me.

Thinking back, I think Mai stopped telling me she loved me to my face after she found out I had a girlfriend.

Is that her kind of kindness?

And 《《that time》》

It must have been when Mai was in the hospital right after I got to know Daiki.

I miss it so much.

I fell asleep while accepting Mai’s words like that.

“Shoma-senpai, Shoma-senpai.”

I was asleep when this beautiful voice reached my ears and I slowly opened my eyes, feeling a sense of déjà vu.

“Good morning, Shoma-senpai.”

“Yeah, Good morning. Mai.”

“Good morning, but it’s already 10:30. Did you sleep well?”

“Is it that late? I fell asleep right after getting into bed, so I slept pretty well.”

“I’m glad to hear that.”

I pretended I had not heard Mai’s words last night. And Mai must have said it was good in two ways.

“What are you going to do now?”

As I was getting dressed, Mai was asking me this when the intercom rang.

“Who is it?”

“I don’t know. I don’t have any visitors scheduled.”

“It might be my brother. I’ll go check.”

“Yeah.”

At that time, I nodded my head carelessly, which was a mistake.

I finished getting dressed and went out to the front door.

There stood my ex-girlfriend, Matsuura Sera.

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