He
woke up to find a steamy meal on the table. The main dish is Chicken Nanban.
Apparently, the main dish is meat, considering the tiredness from the sport
festival. Even the tartar sauce seemed to be homemade, and he could see that
there are plenty of vegetables.
「Where's
Maria?」
「Hmm,
she hasn't woken up yet. That room is soundproof, so I can't hear what's going
on inside」
「I
see」
Maybe
he should wait a little longer. But as soon as he thought of it, the smell of
sweet and sour sauce tickled his nose, and his stomach made a nice noise.
Riko
chuckled and walked back to the kitchen.
「It
feels bad for her, but let's eat first」
With
that, they eat first. The rice is freshly cooked and the chicken is richly
seasoned. In addition to the rice, there is a radish salad, pickles, and miso soup.
Chihiro is rather worried about eating too much.
「Hey,
Chihiro」
「Hmm?」
Riko
looked at him up and down as she ate.
「Sorry,
I forgot to tell you...」
「Yes」
「Takatsuki-san
might have found out about us」
He
nearly spewed out his mouthful of food.
「W-Why?」
「We
had lunch together today, right? And she saw my lunch」
As
he recalled, Riko had made lunch for Maria today.
And
Riko and Maria were eating lunch with Aika.
Trying
to hold back a headache, Chihiro said as calmly as he could.
「Riko?」
「Ah,
haha. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. I was just careless. But the other girls
didn't know」
Aika
didn't seem to be prying too deeply.
She
just said, "I see you two share a lunch box".
「...What
do you think?」
「Well,
I think she knows」
「Of
course...」
Chihiro
and Riko, their relationship is already known. If Riko and Maria are found to
have something in common, as if they were living together, it is natural for
people to suspect their relationship.
「Well,
actually, that doesn't necessarily mean that it didn't affect Takatsuki-san's
attitude this afternoon」
「Maria」
Maria,
wearing only her underwear and clutching her clothes, appeared in the living
room.
「It's
okay. As for the scavenger hunt, my point of view is as I said. Like Riko said,
eventually you'll have to assault her. Don't you like it?」
「Please
don't say anything I don't want to hear... but I'm not denying it」
「No,
you should deny it. You know」
Well,
it's not clear.
Maria
and the others say they don't know if Aika hates me. If they're right, Chihiro
might still have a chance.
「...Either
way, maybe after the vacations」
「Yeah.
I hope it's after the vacations」
She
may or may not be anticipating something.
Maria
chuckled and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
Thanks for reading...
