I’m Having Trouble With a High School Girl I Meet on the Commuter Train Who for Some Reason Has Take

Saturday.

I was having dinner at home. Today’s menu was pork kimchi hot pot. It was easy, simple, and delicious. It’s perfect for me, as it keeps me going even when I’m tired.

But not alone.

“Delicious. Sasamiya-san, your cooking is the best.”

My neighbor, Kaedezaka, a college student who couldn’t cook, was eating dinner in my room again.

How relaxed she was, eating hot pot together. And she even brought her own cushion.

This is my room, you know?

Kaedezaka finished eating and put down her chopsticks.

“By the way, Sasamiya-san.”

“Hmm?”

“I know you and Yuika-san are going to see the Yuru-chara exhibition tomorrow. While you’re at it, could you pick up some coffee beans for me?”

“Are you treating me like an errand boy…Wait… Huh!??”

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I asked, unable to hide my turmoil as I understood the meaning of what Kaedezaka had said.

“Hey… Kaedezaka… How did you know we were going to a yuru-chara exhibition?”

Kaedezaka replied as if it was a matter of course.

“Because Yuika-san told me?”

“Seriously. …”

“I also heard that your sister is trying to make you two into a couple.”

“Seriously? …”

“By the way, Yuika-san has visited my room several times, so she knows that Sasamiya-san is my neighbor.”

“For real?…”

If I think about it calmly, Yuika and Kaedezaka were good friends who often went on trips together.

It was not strange for them to visit each other’s rooms.

“But it’s unexpected. I thought you would get angry when you heard that I and Yuika were going out together.”

“You wouldn’t touch a high school girl, would you, Sasamiya-san? I trust you there.”

When we first met, we were wary of each other, but now we eat together like this and the word ‘trust’ has come to be used.

You never know how a relationship will turn out.

“Besides, there is no way Yuika-san has romantic feelings for Sasamiya-san.”

“Really…You…. You really hate me, don’t you?”

Kaedezaka then looked into my face and asked me.

“… perhaps I should have kept the neighbor thing from her?”

“I don’t mind, but …. I know you won’t like it.”

“I don’t talk much about work, but I talk to Yuika-san about everything else.”

Kaedezaka, in any case, hated to be seen at work by Yuika.

I had thought that she just didn’t want anyone she knew to see her working seriously, but I was beginning to think that things were a little different in her case.

“I’ve always wondered, why are you hiding your work ?You didn’t tell me the details of your YouTube activities, right?”

Then Kaedezaka suddenly whispered and looked down weakly.

“Because… I’m aggressive, aren’t I? I don’t want Yuika-san to see me like that.”

I’ve always wondered, have you ever thought about that?

I don’t think she’s aggressive, but Kaedezaka certainly stands out when it comes to work.

As a woman, it’s probably something she didn’t want to show.

I tried to cheer her up as she looked depressed.

“Well, ……, you know, ……. I don’t think you need to worry so much. Yuika is open to anything.”

I wanted to encourage her, but I couldn’t think of the right words.

But Kaedezaka, understanding my intention, looked up and smiled.

“Fufufu~. Saying something cliched like that is not fair, you know?”

Hmm? Did I do something unfair?

Hmmm…. I don’t know for sure, but for the time being, she seems to have recovered.

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Then she looked down and fell silent, glancing at me from time to time.

Every gesture was that of an ordinary college girl in love.

I mean, …, say something.

A delicate atmosphere was prevailing.

“Ah… Ah, that’s right. There’s something I want to ask you.”

“You’ve forcefully changed the subject.”

I had no choice.

I’m embarrassed too.

“Is a high school girl’s craving for sweets different from her appetite? When I talk to Yuika, we don’t really get on the same page about that.”

“Hmm. It is also a part of the appetite, but it’s a bit different.”

“What do you mean?”

Kaedezaka raised her finger and began to explain in a way that was easy for me to understand.

“For high school girls, sweets are the same as fashion and theme parks. They want to have fun together.”

“… I didn’t think of that.”

Most men judge sweets based on whether they taste good or not, but you mean that girls enjoy them in a different way?

Come to think of it, I have an image of boys eating sweets alone, while girls eat them with their friends.

“Yuika-san likes sweets, you see. Please be careful not to spoil her good mood.”

I nodded in agreement.

“Then that means my humor skills are important.”

“You really are an idiot. Like you.”

(T/N: My Mouse decided to die on me, hence the delay)