CH 28

A few days have passed since the day I expressed my feelings to Arisa and Aina and confirmed my own feelings for Sakuna-san. 

To be honest, this was a great change for me, and the girls surrounding me had also changed a lot.

“Hayato-kun, is there anything you want me to do?”

“I want to be lovey-dovey with you, Hayato-kun!”

“Please allow me to spoil you today as well, okay? Hayato-kun~”

All three of them whispered their love to me in different ways. Arisa, Aina, and Sakuna-san, three people who seem to be alike, but are not… I hate to say this, but I feel like I’m really going to be screwed if this continues. [1]

“… Seriously, what kind of luxurious worry am I having?” [2]

I chuckled as I recall my exchange with the three of them.

This can’t go on like this. I want to be spoiled, but I know that it’s not good to just be pampered by them and do nothing. The three of them are not only kind to me, but also showered me with a lot of compliments, especially Sakuna-san.

“It’s only you who’s receiving all the love? if that’s what you think then you’re mistaken, Hayato-kun. You not only just receive love, but also give love to us in the way you care about Arisa and Aina, and by always being there to help me out.”

I think it’s natural for me to help them with their daily tasks.

I care about them, and they seem to view me as a reliable member of their family.

“You take things from high places before I have to say anything. You accompany us whenever we go shopping. You hug us whenever we turn our attention to you… Hayato-kun. you may think this is normal, but we feel happy with just that normalcy!”

It seems that what I consider normal is not so from their point of view.

They want me to be there for them anyway. No matter what I say to them, they never reject me, and they always try to answer any questions I have. It was natural that their love is heavy, not that I disliked it.

“Good morning.”

I greeted as I entered the classroom.

At that moment, the girls are looking at me with a not so good look, but the boys are staring at me as if they are trying to get a good look at me. I didn’t feel any malicious stares, but I could tell that they were looking at me with curiosity.

“Yo, Hayato.”

“Good morning.”

When I put my bag down on the table and sat down, my friends came to my side as usual.

I’m still getting a fair amount of stares, but just having them around like this makes me feel at ease.

“Hayato has become famous lately.”

Famous… is a bit of a misnomer.

“I mean, what’s more to say, when the talk of the town… the beautiful sisters are already here.”

“Eh?”

One of my friends looked toward the entrance of the classroom.

Two girls entered the class without hesitation and smiled happily as soon as they saw me then they walked straight to me.

“Good morning, Hayato-kun. Good morning to you too♪”

“I guess we still have some time until the morning assembly starts.”

The two were Arisa and Aina.

When they arrived, my friends tapped me on the shoulder and told me to enjoy myself. 

Arisa and Aina then came close to me and asked,

“Mom did nothing to you?”

“… She did nothing.”

“Fufu, Hayato-kun, you are so easy to understand.”

Sakuna-san came to my house this morning, I was surprised to find that she was already in bed when I woke up. Normally I would have noticed, even if I was asleep, if someone came to my side, but for some reason, I couldn’t notice Sakuna-san.

“… Mom?”

I had just blurted it out this morning in my sleep. After that, Sakuna-san embraced me and it was amazing and mainly because she was so moved, went on for a long time. I couldn’t ask her to let go of me because she looked so overwhelmed that I just let her hold me until she was satisfied.

“But still… it’s becoming quite normal for the two of you to come here like this.”

This is not the first time that two of the school’s famous beautiful sisters have come to visit me.

At first, I was certainly baffled, but as the number of visits continued, it seemed to become less and less unusual for me.

“Oh, Hayato-kun, you have a string in your hair.”

“Huh? Seriously?”

Where is it, I thought, then Arisa reached out her hand. And the next moment I felt her fingers brushing my hair slightly, her face came so close to me as if she was going to kiss me.

“Fufu… I have to hold back, since we’re in school.”

She would have probably kissed me with all her might if no one was watching, and although she laughed at Arisa’s behavior, it was Aina who has been spoiling me whenever we were alone.

“Ummm, I hope I can at least kiss you in front of your classmates.”

“Aina you really… haah.”

Arisa let out a troubled sigh at Aina’s words. To be honest, Arisa sometimes says and does things that are out of the ordinary, but I am often also saved by her comparative common sense.

“I can rely on you, Arisa.”

“Un… fufu♪”

It was a casual murmur, but it seemed to have made Arisa very happy.

It was while I was talking with them like that. One of my classmates, a boy, came up to us.

As me, Arisa, and Aina tilted our heads, he asked,

“Umm… why are the Shinjo-sans friends with Doumoto?”

This was probably the first time a boy had ever asked me this.

He was not particularly involved, just a classmate, and while the girls were staring at me and blushing, I could see the intent in his eyes as he looked at me, he was wondering what I had done.

As my friends were about to stand up, it was Arisa who spoke up first.

“He saved our lives.”

“… Eh?”

Arisa’s words caused not only that boy but everyone in the classroom to close their mouths and look at her.

I know she’s not going to tell him every detail about that incident, but she didn’t say anything wrong, so I can’t say anything about it either. I mean, Aina is putting her hand on my shoulder to tell me it’s okay.

“Hayato-kun saved me and Aina before. That’s why we’ve become close friends.”

“Saved your life… don’t tell me?”

“Fufu, I wonder.”

Arisa giggled like that, leaving that part to his imagination.

Arisa turned her body toward me, took my hand, and lifted it up. Then, as if handling a treasure, she looked at it carefully, squinted her eyes, and continued to speak.

“If that’s what happened, then there’s nothing strange about being close to him like this, is there?”

“… Yes, that’s right.”

He nodded as Arisa rounded on him. From Arisa’s appearance and the story, once again they knew why I was so close to them. The fact is that it was Arisa who told them that even though she didn’t tell them the details, they didn’t doubt her words and believed her.

“That’s why Aina and I are friends with him. So I hope that makes sense to you. I don’t want to embarrass him too much… and you don’t want to trouble the person who helped you either, do you?”

“… Ah, I understand.”

He nodded at Arisa’s words and went back.

My friends let out a sigh of relief that nothing had happened, and when their eyes met mine, they gave me a thumbs up.

“She didn’t say anything wrong, and she didn’t say the core of the story either. Nee-san sure is great… at making people believe her with her calm atmosphere and strong words. Even though she messes up a lot in front of you, Hayato-kun.”

“Haha… but thanks for the help.”

“Right. I’m glad I left it to Nee-san to handle.”

Arisa probably just said what she thought, but judging from the expression on her face when she came back, she didn’t seem to be particularly conscious of her words. In other words, she was a natural at settling our relationship in the best possible way without making it suspicious.

“Arisa is amazing, isn’t she?”

“Huh? I’m… awesome?”

“Yeah.”

“You’re awesome, Nee-san.”

“Is that so… hehe♪”

Oh, she looks so cute while smiling.

After that, the girls stayed here until five minutes before the bell rang. As they were about to leave, Arisa muttered something,

“Was I helpful to you?”

“Eh? Of course, you were. Thank you so much.”

“No need to thank me, but I’m so happy now that you did…”

Arisa’s smile was so beautiful. Not only Arisa’s words, but also Aina’s words that she was telling people around her, so it became normal for the three of us to be together. And sometimes our friends would join us to talk with us too.

Without a doubt, my mediocrity was over, and the girls joined my daily life for good.

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TLN-

[1] Screwed up in a good sense

[2] Luxurious worries, it’s the kind of worries that others will be jealous of. Like he has the three beauties spoiling him, still he complains.