Episode 121: Aggressive Sara-san

「Kazunari-san, please wake up.」

…I thought I heard a voice.

But the feeling of being stroked felt so good… I wanted to stay asleep just like this…

「Fufu… won’t you wake up for me?」

The feeling of being stroked vanished.

What a shame…

「Kazunari-san… wa… ke… up.」

Chills.

「Fua!?」

Just like yesterday, I woke up to a ticklish sensation in my ear.

「Ufufufu… good morning, Kazunari-san.」

Hah… I feel like she woke me up like this yesterday too.

「Sa… Sara-senpai, this way of waking up is…」

「No-no!」

Just when I thought she looked a bit moody, she poked my forehead a little harder than usual.

「Kazunari-san, who am I?」

「? Sara-se… no, Sara-san.」

I realized I’d called her Sara-senpai out of habit.

So that’s why she suddenly got moody.

But when I call her Sara-san, yesterday’s events come back clearly.

I really did confess, and with Sara-san… well… w-we really became lovers, right?

「If you call me senpai, I won’t answer you. Now, one more time.」

For now, I need to fix the mood of Sara-san, who’s cutely puffing out her cheeks, but before that… this really isn’t a dream, is it?

「Sara-san. Um, this isn’t a dream, is it? The fact that I can call you Sara-san means we’re… no, I know it’s not a dream. But it feels like one.」

I… it’s embarrassing. It’s embarrassing even saying it myself.

I know it’s not a dream, but I’m so happy it feels like one, or rather, what I’m saying is becoming incoherent.

When Sara-san saw me like that, she suddenly moved.

Chu…

!?

Sara-san, her face turning a bit red, suddenly hugged me lightly and kissed my cheek just like that.

I’m fully aware that my own face has turned bright red.

Sara-san, who’d pulled away, was bright red too.

「Do you feel like it’s real now, and not a dream?」

「Y-yes… thank you very much.」

Both of us red-faced and looking down first thing in the morning, what on earth are we doing?

「Aahn…」

Munch. Munch, munch.

Usually I wake up to the sound of Sara-san preparing breakfast, but since we got back late yesterday and were tired from various things, I guess I couldn’t wake up.

Breakfast and my change of clothes were already mostly prepared, but since I still hadn’t woken up, it seems Sara-san came to wake me.

I hurried to wash my face and sat at the table.

Today was Japanese food.

While the two of us ate breakfast, Sara-san timed it perfectly to start her usual「aahn.」

Right, before I forget, I should mention that thing from this morning…

「Sara-san, um… yesterday and today, when you woke me up…」

I don’t really know how to put it, so I’m not sure if it’ll get across, but I’ll try talking about it for now.

「I’m sorry, your reaction was just so cute I couldn’t help it.」

Apparently she understood what I wanted to say.

「Um… do you dislike it?」

Ugh… when she asks in such a sweet, spoiled tone of voice, there’s no way I can say I dislike it…

Besides, Sara-san looked like she was having fun, and I don’t dislike it being done to me either…

「Kazunari-san, you’re cute…」

It looks like she read my thoughts by looking at my face, as Sara-san wore a radiant smile.

I decided to clear some of my summer vacation homework during the morning.

Since I have a perfect tutor, there’s no time wasted on getting stuck and looking things up, so it’s progressing incredibly well.

Then, around the time we’d finished lunch and were taking a breather, Sara-san unusually invited me for a walk.

Her face is red and she’s fidgeting…

What’s this? She’s so cute.

What is she going to say?

「Um… you see, I… about Kazunari-san… to my grandmother…」

…That means she wants to report to Sachie-san, right?

Eh, what should I say… I should probably give a proper greeting again, right?

Ah, but will it be okay?

According to what Mayumi-san said, it’s better not to report to her father yet.

「I’m fine with it, but will your father be okay?」

「I’ll explain about my father, so it’s okay. To my grandmother, I… that the first man I ever fell in love with… that we’ve started… d-dating…」

It seems she’s getting embarrassed being conscious of saying it out loud, as she’s finally turned bright red.

Then she suddenly approached me and hid her face in my arm.

「…Please let me introduce you to my grandmother as my boyfriend…」

Sara-san, whispering shyly in a small voice, was so cute that I couldn’t hold back and hugged her.

In the end, we couldn’t leave for a while until we both calmed down…