CH 49

I unexpectedly ended up greeting Kohinata’s mother.

I had vaguely thought in the corner of my mind that I would have a chance to meet her someday, but I never expected it to come at this time.

Well, no matter when the opportunity came, I would have been nervous in the end. …… One thing I am concerned about is whether I will be in proper condition in front of the four women, Kohinata, Saejima, and Shizuka san, as well as her mother. In the first place, I am not sure if I could be in a decent state of mind in front of the four women.

To begin with, the reason we were going to Kohinata’s house was because Shizuka-san told me in a chat room, “If you want to study, come over to our house on Saturday and Sunday!　Mom also wants to say hi to you, Tomoki.”

Shizuka-san would naturally be home since she lives with her parents, and perhaps the two of them would talk to me side by side. Shizuka-san knows about my situation, so it would be great if she would give me some consideration. At least, two of my classmates seem to care about me.

Although my aversion to women is being cured thanks to Kohinata, Saejima, and several of my male friends, it’s not completely cured.

As Keiichi and I walked side by side toward Kohinata’s house, I thought to myself, “I don’t want to show Kohinata how pathetic I am.”

“Welcome! You must be Tomoki kun and Keiichi kun! Come on, come on up, come on up. Nono-chan is already here.”

As soon as I rang the doorbell, Kohinata’s mother ran out the front door and called out to us. I mean the intercom.

And I’m not saying she was at Kohinata’s level, but Kohinata-mom was also tiny. She looked to be no taller than 150 centimeters, and had an appearance that suggested that Kohinata’s height was a genetic trait.

However, unlike Kohinata, she was smiling. She was smiling so much. If I shared about half of my smiling face with Kohinata, it would be just right.

I was almost a little overwhelmed by the momentum, but since I was alone, I was fine with it. If it had been me before, I would have already had goosebumps.

“I’m Karakusa Keiichi. You look so young!”

“Nice to meet you, I’m Sugino Tomoki.”

While Keiichi was giving a rather light greeting and I was giving a safe greeting, Kohinata, wearing a white hoodie, came running up from right behind Kohinata’s mother and tapped her around the waist with a posing hand.

She looks somewhat disgruntled – I wonder why? Is it because she wanted to greet us? I mean, that hoodie looks like the same one I wore when the four of us played together …… and it has the same logo on the chest.

If I had worn it today, we would have been a pair. Watch out.

“Good morning, Kohinata.”

I tried not to worry about the question of who purchased the hoodie first, me or Kohinata, and greeted her when my eyes met hers.

Then Kohinata ran up to me like a dog called by its owner. And then she squeezed the index fingers of each of my hands – as I expected, she head-butted me on the chest and rubbed her head against my chest,…….

I-It’s cute, but Iiiiiit’s not very comfortable.

The fact that this place is outside the room is still fine, but this is not a good idea in front of her mother, is it? My face is drawn with nervousness, and my ears are suddenly hot. But I could not take any action to resolve this situation.

“Ararararara…”

Mother Kohinata looked at us, put her hand on her cheek, and then made an enchanting expression on her face. Please don’t be so silly and help us. I’m really embarrased right now

“Tomoki–don’t tell me you’re trying to get a friendship mount against Kohinata’s mother?”

“I didn’t do anything! You can tell by looking at me!”

I was so annoyed when Keiichi whispered in my ear

While Kohinata greeted me with a skinship that could be described as excessive, she lightly raised her hand to Keiichi and said, “Yo”. It’s like a greeting between adolescent boys. That’s biased.

We went to Kohinata’s room, which was supposed to be on the second floor, but instead was a guest room on the first floor with eight tatami mats. It was a little disappointing, because I kind of wanted to see Kohinata’s room.

Perhaps she is not comfortable with letting a man who is not her boyfriend into her room, or maybe it can’t be helped.

“Hello, you two! I’m sorry I’m interrupting first!”

When I entered the room, Saejima had already started studying at the large wooden low table in the center of the room. While sitting in a well-mannered manner, she was waving her hand widely in our direction. Looking at the textbook spread out, it seemed that she was studying English. That’s why she greeted me with a “hello,” which she usually doesn’t say.

Shizuka-san was not around at the moment, and Kohinata-mother had left the school after showing us around, saying, “Good luck with your studies,” so I was relieved to be out of sight and mind.

“Good morning, Saejima. When did you get here?”

“Around 30 minutes ago, I think. I woke up early and had some free time, so I came here!”

“Hahaha, that’s so like Saejima – come to think of it, it’s rare to see you with your bangs up, it’s a fresh and different atmosphere.”

“Hehehe, I’m in study mode.”

The two are talking to each other with smiles on their faces.

Somehow, when I look at these two, the word ‘rear’ comes to mind. Why is that? Is it because of the sparkling feeling? I don’t know.

Well, that’s all right, today’s main topic is just studying for the exam.

It’s not a double date-in Kohinata’s house, by mistake.

Kohinata is still nipping at my pinky finger even now that we are inside the house, but this is probably just because her hand is free and she is unconsciously nipping at it. It is not because of romantic feelings. So, I shouldn’t be conscious of it.

“I should study hard.”

I muttered to myself as if I was trying to shake off the worries in my head, and Kohinata nodded her head at my side.

Since we were going to get together and study on a holiday morning, I wanted to make sure we got some good results.

Today and tomorrow, we’ll study from morning till night – hopefully without incident, but I’m sure I’ll have to talk to Kohinata’s mother again, and I haven’t met Shizuka-san yet.

I have a feeling that something unexpected is going to happen again.

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