V1 Ch-2 part 5【New Daily Life】 - ◆Part５【Surrounded On Both Sides by Legs】

Translator: AJ1703

Editor: Matsu

◆５【Surrounded On Both Sides by Legs】

On this day, Takarai had also visited our house again.

“Huh?”

Takarai walked up to the front door and turned her eyes to the ceiling.

“Nagumo-kun, isn’t the light bulb almost out here?”

“I’m not mad.”

“No, look.”

“Oh, really!?”

Takarai pointed out that the fluorescent lights that illuminated the corridor did indeed flicker suspiciously from time to time.

“I’ll change it immediately, so Takarai-san can play with Tsumugi.”

I went to the storeroom to get a spare fluorescent light.

Takarai followed me.

“I’ll help you, Nagumo-kun.”

“I’ve got a pair of leg supports, I’ll be fine.”

I’m grateful for her kindness, but I couldn’t find a stepladder in the spare room we were using for storage.

“Darn it. Dad took it and never returned it…”

I completely forgot about it.

“Your father took the stepladder?”

I explained to Takarai, who tilted her head.

I’ve already told you that my dad is a professional wrestler, right? He sometimes wrestles for organizations other than the main one because of his contract, but he once wrestled for an indie organization in a ladder match where he could use a stepladder as a weapon and a tool. Normally, the organization would have provided the stepladder, but because it was an indie organization and they didn’t have the money for it, the players had to bring their own. My father loves to play in unusual places like that. He’s been working for a major organization for a long time, and he’s probably tired of the main road.

But Takarai tilted her head in the opposite direction as I explained.

“A match using stepladders? What kind?”

“I’ll show you a video next time.”

At any rate, what we should be concerned about now is the absence of the stepladder.

My dad took it out to the ladder match, but he broke it there, and now we don’t have a stepladder in our house. I should have bought a new stepladder sooner.

“Well, you know, I should help you, right? Nagumo-kun, take me on your shoulders and I’ll put it on.

Okay! Let’s do that!

There was no way I could say that.

To carry Takarai on my shoulders means I had to put my head between Takarai’s legs.

And since Takarai is wearing her school uniform on her way home from school, I’d have to stick my head up her skirt… If Takarai wasn’t wearing shorts or spats, I wouldn’t be able to stand up straight.

“…It looks like it’s still going to hold up, so let’s call it a day and talk about it on another day.”

“…Shin-nii, aren’t you going to change the light bulb?”

Tsumugi appeared in the storage room and looked worried.

I remembered that Tsumugi was not good at dark places.

You like horror movies, don’t you? No, maybe it’s because she likes horror movies that she’s so conscious of the dark. If she wakes up to use the bathroom and the hallway lights don’t come on… she’ll be shivering in the dark, and I’ll feel so sorry for her.

“All right, I’ll do it.”

It’s for Tsumugi’s sake. I can’t turn my back on her.

I pulled out a fluorescent light from a shelf that was sorted by category.

“I’m glad my dad didn’t take any fluorescent lights.”

“Do they use fluorescent lights as well as stepladders?”

“Of course they do. Come on, let’s just change it. It’s always better to do things quickly.”

“What a hassle, fuun~, maybe not? Which is it?”

I walked back to the hallway with a disgruntled Takarai.

“Well, it can’t be helped, it’s for the sake of Tsumugi-chan, right Nagumo-kun, squat over there.”

“It can’t be helped. I don’t want to carry Takarai-san on my shoulders either.”

I bent down with my back to Takarai, feeling incredibly embarrassed.

Giving a shoulder ride, giving a shoulder ride, this is just a task to replace the fluorescent light.

That’s what I’m trying to tell myself, to keep my cool and be prepared to do it.

“Nagumo-kun, reverse, reverse!”

Takarai said as she walked around in front of me.

“I want Nagumo-kun to carry me from the front.”

She smiled and said something outrageous.

Apparently, Takarai wants me to lift him up in a so-called powerbomb position.

Are you insane?

Of course I was going to refuse.

I was already embarrassed just to let her ride on my shoulders… but there was no way I was going to be able to put my face right between Takarai’s legs.

“It’s hard to keep my balance with that. I can’t see what’s in front of me.”

“That’s good. Just keep your eyes on me.”

If it wasn’t for this situation, I would be nervous.

“It’s too much of a joke. I won’t accept anything less than a shoulder ride.”

To tell the truth, I don’t even want to let her ride on my shoulders.

“Shin-nii… is it suddenly going to be dark in here?”

Tsumugi clung to me.

“It’s not going to get dark. I won’t let it.”

I have to do my part to bring light to Tsumugi.

“Come on, then, let’s change quickly.”

“It’s not right for Takarai-san to complicate a conversation that could have been solved by just riding on my shoulders.”

Takarai, you’re definitely enjoying this, right? I’m fine with it, but don’t drag Tsumugi into it.

“Nagumo-kun is so stubborn. Oh, by the way, Nagumo-kun, you have a ‘switch’, right?” [TLN: Probably Nintendo Switch.]

“I do, what about it?”

“Then we’ll play some kind of game, and if Nagumo-kun wins, I’ll let you carry me on your shoulders like you wanted. If I win, I’ll powerbomb you.”

“…Don’t complain if you lose.”

In the first place, I don’t even want to carry her on my shoulders.

We had to do something like this to get rid of the problem, so I went along with Takarai’s idea.

★

For some reason, I played a standard backgammon game with Tsumugi, but Takarai and Tsumugi were both very good, and I couldn’t escape the clutches of the god of poverty until the end, and sank to the bottom.

“Let’s see if you can keep your promise, loser.”

“Shin-nii is weak.”

Takarai and Tsumugi were standing on their knees with their hands on their hips in front of me as I sank into a slump. They were so in tune with each other that they looked like sisters, and I was terrified of what would happen if Tsumugi continued to be influenced by Takarai. The reason why I lost by an overwhelming margin in the first place was because these two had teamed up to play every card they could to sabotage me.

“…I get it.”

Not wanting to give up, I walked out into the hallway and crouched down in front of Takarai.

…However, Takarai came around behind me.

“On second thought, it’s hard to keep my balance from the front. It’s safer to ride on your shoulders.”

“I told you so from the start.”

“Gomen, gomen~.”

Takarai said with a hefty grin, as if she really wanted to apologize.

“I just wanted to play a game with Nagumo-kun.”

“That kind of thing, I can usually go out with you as much as I want though?”

“You’ll go out with me as much as you want?”

“Yeah.”

“That’s the same as pledging eternal love, right?”

“I think we’re starting to have a misunderstanding. It’s a countdown to divorce.”

In the end, it was just another day at Takarai’s pace, but somehow I felt fulfilled. This was very frustrating, but I didn’t feel bad about it.

I wondered if Takarai had trained me to do this.

“Hey, if I’m too heavy, you can just tell me I’m too heavy, okay?”

I can hear Takarai’s embarrassed voice as she places her hand on my shoulder.

“Even I wouldn’t tell a girl she’s heavy on her face.”

Or rather, doesn’t Takarai feel embarrassed about being carried on a man’s shoulders who weighs more than she does?

Well, I guess Takarai doesn’t mind. It’s not like she’s not used to the opposite sex like me.

“Fuun~, you’re such a gentleman. Well then, let’s get started.”

As I waited with excitement for the moment to finally arrive, I was met with an unusual moment when I felt an unfamiliar weight on my shoulders and a girl’s white thighs stretching out from both sides of my face.

Moreover, it was Yua Takarai’s.

Not so long ago, I would not have even been able to say hello to her.

I was moved by the fact that there are strange things that can happen, and it took some of the embarrassment away from me, but when her soft thighs caught my face, combined with Takarai’s sweet smell, my back arched and I felt like I couldn’t stand up.

“I’m sorry, Nagumo-kun, I knew I was heavy!?”

I hear Takarai’s voice, almost a scream.

“That’s not true…”

To prove that I wasn’t lying, I stood up and tried to complete the shoulder position.

To be honest, Takarai was not lightweight.

She was tall, over six feet tall if I thought about it. She was slender, but she had some big breasts I tell you, and she probably weighed more than that. If she weighed fifty kilograms, that would be the equivalent of a five kilogram bag of rice. If I had to lift it on my shoulders, this would be a kind of training.

However, it seemed that my muscle training had paid off without me even realizing it.

After placing Takarai on my shoulders, I was able to lift her up with surprising ease.

“Oh~ Nagumo-kun, you’re amazing, you’re so strong~.”

“I can handle this much. I’m doing squats after all.”

As soon as I was feeling comfortable, Takarai patted me on the head. Please don’t do that, I’ll lose my strength.

Carrying Takarai in her skirt on my shoulders is more embarrassing than I thought it would be, and maybe it’s because I’m trying to keep my balance, but Takarai twines her legs around my neck and wiggles them, and I feel like I’m going to ascend to heaven just from the feel of her thighs. [TLN: That’s a reference I personally made if you get it kekw.]

If we don’t finish this soon, I won’t be able to hold out.

“Tsumugi~, stop acting like a Jedi and give the fluorescent light to Takarai-san~.” [TLN: Oh wow, a Star Wars reference kekw.]

“Here, Yua-san.”

Tsumugi held out the fluorescent light to Takarai.

Perhaps used to living alone, Takarai quickly replaced the fluorescent light and got off of me.

I can still feel Takarai’s touch on the back of my head and shoulder, and when I think about it again, I feel like I’ve done something terrible.

“Thank you, Nagumo-kun~.”

“It was Takarai-san who replaced it. With this, Tsumugi won’t have to be afraid of the dark anymore.”

“It’s a joint effort!”

Tsumugi squealed with delight as she twirled the old fluorescent light. Don’t do that, it’s dangerous.

Although it was the same as usual, the new fluorescent light seemed to shine brighter than ever.

Thus, a new light was brought into the Nagumo household.