Chapter 108 Only I Know
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
After a light shower, just enough to avoid sweating, I step out of the bathroom and dry my hair in the small washroom while getting dressed.
The washing machine was running beside me.
It was probably washing a towel blanket.
I check my phone, but there’s no message from Higurashi.
Just out of curiosity, I look at the chat room for ‘The Last Survivor’ and see more messages than before.
It seems Maekawa-san and the others were called for chores at the Student Freedom Alliance meeting, so there won’t be an afternoon dive.
Himeno and Kanon also decided to help Maekawa-san, and it looks like they’ll go shopping together and then have lunch at the school cafeteria.
It seems like a good time, so I think I’ll join them for lunch.
I open the accordion curtain and step into the narrow hallway, where Amahara-senpai is standing right in front of me.
”Oh, were you waiting for me?”
”……”
Amahara-senpai silently opens her arms and pulls me in for a tight hug.
”The smell of you after your bath, Tsuchimiya-kun…”
It’s embarrassing as she buries her nose in my hair and neck, sniffing me.
I could smell soap coming from Amahara-senpai too.
Because of our height difference, I feel like a small animal being pampered.
Honestly, I’m still a bit shy about it.
I think I’ll try to take the lead and hug her back, leaning in for a kiss, but I can’t reach her lips when I look up.
Amahara-senpai smiles and lowers her lips toward me.
Somehow, I end up in the girl’s position.
”What are you going to do for lunch, Tsuchimiya-kun?”
”I’m meeting up with my friends to go to the school cafeteria.”
”I see… I hope you come to see me again soon…”
”Yes, I’ll come back right away. Next time, let’s talk slowly.”
”That sounds good… Hehe, let’s talk a lot.”
If Amahara-senpai takes control, even a short time could be too dangerous.
It’s best to use all the time for conversation and finish the act while I’m the one taking charge.
If I keep doing that, maybe Amahara-senpai, who has little experience, will get used to being the one receiving.
This training goes against Evold’s instincts, so it seems really hard, but I have to risk my life before spending the night together.
When I returned to the office, Tsukuba-kun and Glasses-kun were there, and everyone was eating lunch from the shop.
”Oh, welcome back! You look refreshed. It seems like you had a nice break.”
Amahara-senpai’s face was red as Ukita-senpai teased her, and she looked away shyly.
”Hello, Tsuchimiya-kun!”
”Hi, Tsuchimiya-kun.”
Tsukuba-kun greeted me with a smile.
The cool-looking Glasses-kun didn’t smile, but he didn’t seem unfriendly.
”Hello. Tsukuba-kun and… Glasses-kun.”
”I’m Inami Hitomi.”
”Ah, Inami-kun.”
Since I will see them many times from now on, I should remember their names.
”Tsuchimiya-kun, if you’re staying, we have extra bento.”
”No, I’m going to meet up with my friends and head to the cafeteria.”
Ukita-senpai invited me, but eating with people I don’t know well is a bit tiring.
I thought being alone was the most relaxing, but deciding to join Himeno and Maekawa-san is a big change for me.
”Thank you, Tsuchimiya-kun, for today.”
”No, I was happy to see you too. Well then, see you later.”
As I bowed to everyone and tried to leave the office, Tsukuba-kun brought up an unexpected topic.
”By the way, Kamen Papillon showed up earlier.”
”What! Really!?”
”Yeah. She helped a student who was being bothered by Demiurge, and then she rescued a kitten stuck in a tree at the school gate.”
I wondered where Higurashi went, and it turns out she was doing that.
Helping a student from Demiurge is great, but did she really need that outfit to save a kitten?
”Tsukuba-kun, did you see Kamen Papillon?”
”Yeah! I didn’t get to see the fight, but I did see the little kitten being rescued on patrol. There was a big crowd gathered.”
”Kamen Papillon… lately, there have been more sightings. She’s a strange student, but what she’s doing… well, it’s not so bad.”
”Since she’s fighting against Demiurge, hiding her true identity makes sense, I guess.”
”Still, that outfit…”
Huh?
This reaction…
The people here have met Higurashi many times, right?
They also saw Kamen Papillon during the Kibakura attack.
”I wonder who he really is…”
I ask cautiously, half in doubt.
”I’m a little interested. She had a great build.”
”The newspaper club is investigating, but they haven’t found anything yet.”
”She’s not doing anything bad, so even if they figure out who she is, they probably won’t make it public.”
”But there might be an interview or something in the paper.”
Do they not realize it’s Higurashi?
Why not?
That’s obviously Higurashi, no matter how you look at it.
Even Kijima-senpai doesn’t realize?
”Oh, I’m leaving before it gets too late.”
I bow once more, leave the office, and take out my phone.
* * *
Haraguchi Kouki, who finished his guard duty, was nibbling on a curry bread while copying notes in the waiting room on the first floor of the Student Council building.
”Alright, that’s it. Thanks, Honami.”
”Hehe. You’re welcome, Kouki-kun.”
Isurugi Honami takes the notebook she offered.
It was a physics notebook that Haraguchi couldn’t attend to because he was on guard duty.
”You do this every day, huh, Haraguchi?”
Chiba Shousuke, a big guy, mutters in amazement.
Haraguchi glances sharply at Chiba while sipping milk through a straw.
Huh?
Even if you go back to Japan in a few years, what will you do without a high school level of skills?
If you can’t go back, these things won’t be wasted.
”Who do you think you are, a top student? Do you realize you’re a delinquent?”
Onitsuka Momoko shouted.
”…Shut up… Die… Idiot…”
A girl sitting a bit away, staring at the floor, muttered venomously.
”Huh!? I heard that, Kirari! Who’s the idiot here, you!”
Momoko stood up and lunged at Hoshikawa Kirari.
”I wasn’t talking to anyone… You do realize you’re a delinquent… Hehe…”
”~~~~~~I’ll kill you!!”
”Cut the noise. You’re causing a disturbance.”
Haraguchi grabbed Momoko’s hair from behind as she tried to leap, pulling her back and making her almost fall over.
”What do you think you’re doing, you shrimp!”
Nakamura Iishin, who was lounging on the desk with his feet up, looking at his smartphone, lazily glanced up and spoke with an annoyed tone.
”I said, cut the noise. The support group will be here soon. And even without that, your attitude is risky enough to scare people.”
Momoko clicked her tongue and glared at Kirari, but Kirari stayed still, looking down.
”Hey, when is that support group supposed to get here? It’s already past the time, isn’t it?”
Momoko glanced up at the clock on the wall, looking dissatisfied.
Haraguchi’s party ‘Bishamonten’ was supposed to support the level-up of the support group members for the Student Council this afternoon.
Then, the door opened, and a cheerful girl with a ponytail walked in.
It was Sugimoto Rikka, the Student Council secretary.
”Sugimoto-senpai, is the support group still not here?”
Haraguchi, sitting on a chair with both hands in pockets, glared at Sugimoto Rikka with a bad mood.
”Sorry~. They haven’t arrived yet. Can you wait just a bit longer?”
Sugimoto Rikka apologize by pressing her hands together and bowing her head.
”Can’t be helped, I guess. We’ll wait another hour.”
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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