CH 26

Shino-chan is excited at midnight. I think she will probably turn red the next day when she remembers this.

Tomorrow, Shino-chan will be a calmer Shino-chan, so let’s enjoy the childish Shino-chan to the fullest. We start talking in the dark bed, holding hands in flirtatious voices.

“So let’s talk about when I was a little girl. I’ll start with me.”

Shino-chan offers a topic. When you were little. The only thing I remember from my childhood is the days I spent with that person.

“I found myself in a small room, and the most fun part of it was cooking, I guess? ”

“Oh, so that’s why the food was so good. Was it as good as, or better than, a decent restaurant? ”

Shino-chan looks a little embarrassed as I say this, and then she says something in denial. But she seemed not to be too concerned about it.

“No, it’s not like that. The person who taught me how to cook said that cooking is the way to grab a man’s heart.

“I was grabbed as it was. I was grabbed before you could cook.”

“I grabbed something I didn’t want…”

I’m impressed by the way Shino-chan says her lines smoothly as if she’d just cut something trivial.

I’m glad to know that someone was paying attention to Shino-chan when she was a little kid. I feel a little relieved, but at the same time, impatient that I don’t know the Shino-chan of her childhood. It was good to know, though.

Jealousy toward that person started to overflow. I suppress it as a selfish feeling.

“Do you have a first love, Sagami? Well, I don’t think so. It’s Sagami, after all.”

“Of course I do.”

“Really, you do? That’s surprising.”

When she said that, I felt her hand holding me a little tighter. It was too dark to see Shino-chan’s face, but I guessed she had a cute face with a hint of jealousy.

“She’s like a master who taught me how to live when I was little. She was strong and cool, and I wanted to be like her and to stand next to her.”

“You’re like a kid who loves his teacher. It’s so cute. ”

Shino-chan replies in a light voice, sounding a little relieved.

I wonder what my teacher is doing now. I haven’t seen her recently. Usually, she just checks out where I live or something and comes over to my place without my permission.

“Maybe my Master will come to my house soon. On the day I was picked up. She usually celebrated my birthday on that day.”

“She’s a kind person, your Master. Coming to your house means I shouldn’t be here. Does that mean I’m out? ”

Shino-chan grins happily.

“Of course not. I’m going to introduce you as my girlfriend.”

“Not yet. I think it’s too early for such an introduction, and it’s still only just a promise. So I’m going to hide.”

“If that’s fine with you, then fine. If my teacher sees Shino-chan, it’s going to be a problem… ”

Master is a sucker for cute things, so she’ll probably mess up Shino-chan. If Shino-chan is hiding from her, that’s fine.

Because she is my own Shino-chan, but I wonder what she’s like now. Master, this Sagami is looking forward to meeting his longed-for Master.