CH 54

“I see…”

After finishing the outline of the situation, Ageha whispered quietly.

After quenching my parched throat, I looked out into the distance.

The area facing the road was surrounded by trees, and it was pitch black where the unreliable light of the street lamp did not reach.

Meanwhile, Ageha kept her head down and her mouth shut, as if in thought.

After a while, she leaned over to rest her head on my right shoulder and whispered to me,

“… I think I know how she feels.”

“What?”

“That’s why she said not to do anything until Saijo-san told her.”

It wasn’t just a show of sympathy, it was a real feeling.

Ageha seemed to be convinced, but I can’t quite understand.

If I had been in the same situation as Karen, I would have sought the truth of the matter from Saijo-senpai.

“Even if Ageha finds out that I’m doing something wrong, she won’t ask me anything.”

“Huh? I think I will definitely ask. What do you mean!”

“But I know how you feel about Karen”

“Me and my sister are different in many ways. If I were in your position, I would probably do the same as you.”

“What’s the difference?”

When I asked, Ageha laughed embarrassedly and lifted her head.

“I think it’s probably not good for me to say that. Someday Haru-kun and Onee-chan should think about it and face each other….For me, it’s not a calm thing.”

Ageha speaks seriously in the first half and a little humorous in the second half.

On the same note, she continues.

“You know, I was joking earlier about leaving me alone and going away.”

“Yeah.”

“Actually, I was a little bit serious. I was feeling a little bit lonely as I watched Haru-kun’s back as he chased after my sister.”

“… Sorry about that.”

Embarrassed, I bowed my head obediently, and Ageha laughed and stood up.

I was looking down at my feet when I saw a shadow.

When I looked up, there was an Ageha standing in front of me.

“But you know, I thought this too… Ah, I’m glad Haru-kun is my boyfriend.”

“Kyu, what happened all of a sudden?”

“This is really serious.”

I bend down on the spot, and as I hold the café au lait in my hand, a thin, soft hand of Ageha’s covers my hand.

She squeezes my hand and makes eye contact with me.

I tried to look away from her, embarrassed, but her serious gaze caught me.

The street lamp was shading her face, so I couldn’t see her face clearly.

But she speaks with a hint of shame in her serious voice.

“I like that kindness of Haru-kun. Of course, I want you to be the nicest to me as a girlfriend, and I want you to spoil me the most… But Haru-kun’s kindness to everyone hasn’t changed.”

“Ageha…”

“B-but-but-but, you can’t forget to pamper me properly! Absolutely! Absolutely!”

“—“

Poof, she pulled her hand away and tried to distance herself, but I reflexively stood up and hugged her.

I could see that in my arms, Ageha had stiffened up.

Small, bewildered, “Uh, uh…?”

I don’t know why I hugged her so suddenly.

I don’t know, but I wanted to hold her like this.

We did this until we were both so warm that we became hot and humid, and then I slowly released her.

While I sat back down on the bench, she stood there in a daze.

After a short time lag, she sat down next to me with a panicked look on her face.

While fiddling with her clothes with her fingers, she said, “Ah, I said I wanted you to spoil me, but…” and looked at me with some kind of protesting gaze.

“Sorry, Ageha is so cute”

“Wow… Haru-kun, you sometimes act on the spur of the moment, don’t you?”

Puffing out her cheeks, Ageha said so.

Then soften your expression.

“But I think you should do the same with your sister and Saijo-san.”

“Like that?”

“In other words, leave it to the momentum! Everyone is doing their own thing anyway, so Haru-kun should do what he wants to do.”

“What I want to do…”

When I was told by Ageha, I felt as if my mind, which had been jumbled up to that point, was being cleared.

I had been thinking too deeply and worrying about too many things.

Yes, Saijo-senpai has asked me to do many things.

Even if it’s Karen, she’s swinging around me in various ways.

Then I should do what I want to do honestly.

“… What?”

“Fufun, it’s nothing~”

I suddenly noticed that Ageha was laughing at me and called out to me.

I turned around at Ageha, who laughed and deceived me.

“For the time being,”

“Yes?”

“Can I hug you again?”

“Huh!?”

I raised my voice in surprise, then lowered my face, and before long I glanced at my surroundings.

Ageha timidly looked at me and muttered.

“Well, if it’s just one time… it’s fine.”