Chapter 03: The hidden flavour is a Bunny and a Nurse?
At dawn Luna finally let go off me, so I quietly snuck out of the bed and left the room. Because it had been nerve-wrecking all the time, I was quite weary and my body felt heavy.
“…For now I’ll grab a drink.”
My throat was dry, so I headed for the living room, when I found someone else there.
It was Elni. In the dim-light room without the lights on, she sat quietly on the sofa.
“Morning. You’re up early.”
When I called out to her, Elni hastily rubbed her eyes with both her hands.
…I couldn’t tell because it was so dark, but could it be she was crying?
“Elni?”
I approached her, whereupon Elni looked downwards and said while averting her head from me.
“…Mor…ning….”
Her voice was somewhat chipped.
She was crying after all. I silently sat down beside her and gently stroke her head.
Upon that, Elni suddenly draw closer to me.
“…A morning greeting is such a great thing.”
Elni uttered forlornly.
“Good morning, good night. When I say it, the same words come back to me. And even when I sleep, someone is close by. How mysterious. It makes me feel very warm…”
While saying that, Elni appeared close to tears.
“….Did you see a scary dream?”
I remembered how she had a nightmare before, so I asked kindly.
Upon that, Elni nodded powerless.
“I hate dreams. They only show me things that will never be and make me remember bad memories….”
Elni’s hand on my knee clenched strongly and trembled a bit.
“…You can wake me up when it gets too bad.”
I somewhat strongly patted her head.
“Then you have someone to talk to and get your head patted like this…. Even I can do this much.”
“…It won’t bother you?”
“Not at all. Stay with us forever.”
When I said that, Elni was close to tears again.
But she didn’t say anything…. She just stayed quiet and smiled vaguely.
I also didn’t say anything further and stood up from the sofa.
“Okay, I’ll go sleep in my room. If anything’s up, just come to me, okay?”
“Yeah, thanks.”
Elni regained a bit of her energy and showed her usual smile.
I returned to my room relieved and got into my bed. There I immediately fell asleep due to my tiredness.
But in a blink of an eye, it was time for me to get up, so I had to go to school with a lack of sleep.
* * *
I was sleepy. So sleepy that I couldn’t keep my eyes open. On top of that, my body felt dull. I could collapse any moment.
“I wanna go home…”
It was break time and with my head on my desk, I sighed.
“Nanjou-kun, you look sick. Are you okay?”
I raised my head, since I was called out kindly.
Upon that I saw a beauty with glamorous long, black hair.
Graceful features, voluminous breasts, a firm waist and supple long legs.
The cool beauty in front of me was my classmate Gogyou Hijiri-san.
Actually she was part of an exorcist family that sealed and exorcised devils and the such and had tried to exorcise Luna and Machina, who were devils, before.
But when she realized that these two didn’t mean any harm, Gogyou-san had spoken with the exorcists, so that they would be left alone.
With such a kind personality, Gogyou-san wasn’t just popular with the boys at school, but also with some of the girls, specially some junior girls, who gave her tremendous support.
“You better go to the infirmary when you feel sick. Need my help to get there?”
Gogyou-san smiled gently. I was most grateful for her sentiment, but I answered with a wry smile.
“No, rather than sick, I’m just lacking sleep. I had a tough day yesterday because of a few things….”
“Mh? Something happened?”
“Yeah. Actually, that typhoon blew away Elni’s house. So she’s staying with us right now, but she’s on bad terms with Machina…”
I explained with a sigh. About Elni’s fight with Machina and the trouble of the quiz tournament.
“—What’s more, they made me promise to tag along with them after school today.”
“Tag long….For another contest?”
“Yeah.”
Before I could nod, the voice of a third person butted in.
When I faced it, Machina had suddenly returned and sat down on her own seat (beside me) while continuing.
“That idiot claimed ‘Cooking isn’t fair’ yesterday. And when I asked why, she replied ‘Because you can’t cook, Machina’! That totally was a challenge towards me!”
“…But as a matter of fact, you can’t cook, right?”
I asked wearily, when Machina puffed her chest and answered.
“It’s fine. I looked it up on the internet yesterday. As long as you follow the receipt, anyone can pull it off.”
Where did that confidence come from?
I got a bad feeling, when Gogyou-san said surprised.
“Looked it up on the internet?…Orangelo-san, you can use a computer?”
“Eh? Yeah, I can. It’s easy.”
Mh, unlike Luna, who was totally bad with machines, Machina learned to use the electronics in the house in no time, probably due to her ability to adapt quickly. So she immediately understood how to use a computer and once in a while looked up things on the internet.
“That’s amazing, Orengelo-san. I have absolutely no clues about computers. I know that I have to learn it, but I’m still bad with it…”
Machina averted her eyes shyly, when Gogyou-san looked at her admiring.
“It, It’s nothing that special. Besides, if you want, well… I wouldn’t mind teaching you.”
Gogyou-san widened her eyes in surprise on these words, but soon afterwards she smiled and said a “Thanks.
Mh, I recently noticed that Machina was quite kind to people close to her.
At home she obviously got along with Luna, but she also treated Nazuna kindly and rarely kicked me now.
That was kind of cute. Thinking about that, I said to Gogyou-san.
“Since Machina offered it, why don’t you come over for a lesson?”
“Really? I can intrude onto you?”
“Sure, come by. It would be really helpful if you come today already.”
Just Luna and me would be unable to stop Elni and Machina. So I said this to Gogyou-san in an attempt for help. Upon that, Gogyou-san turned red for some reason and lightly nodded a “Yeah”.
“….It’ll be my first time going to a boy’s house…”
“Mh? Said something?”
“N- Nothing!”
Gogyou-san hastily shook her hands, when the chime rang and our homeroom teacher Hiiragi-sensei showed up.
“Okay, Nanjou-kun, until later then.”
“Sure.”
Gogyou-san returned to her own seat in a happy mood.
Seeing that, Machina frowned for some reason.
“…I wonder if Gogyou is also after the title of the second daughter of the Nanjou family.”
“As if.”
After I retorted, I suppressed a yawn and concentrated on class, but…. My eyelids became heavy and I was sleeping before I knew it.
Hiiragi-sensei’s voice sounded somewhat distant and when my consciousness came back for a moment, a sweet fragrance put me into a pleasant mood.
What was it? I opened my eyelids curiously.
In that moment, my vision was filled with amber eyes, a pulsating bridge of the nose and glamorous well-formed lips.
Mh? Why was Machina’s face so close by? Was I still dreaming?
I was confused, when she noticed my look. Machina said with a wry smile.
“Geez, class is still on-going. Dozing off is rude to Hiiragi-sensei.”
Machina surprisingly said something diligent.
Then I noticed that I had leaned onto Machina’s shoulder. But because of my sleepiness, I couldn’t move my head well.
“…Sorry. That was foolish of me.”
“Eh? Ehm, I wasn’t really blaming you, okay?”
“I’m sorry. It’s all my fault. Please forgive me.”
“Hey, don’t say weird stuff, Shinobu. Just sleep.”
I heard Machina’s fazed voice and dozed off when someone called out to me.
“Hey, Nanjou-kun, you’re in class. When you sleep here, I’ll get ang—-Hyaa! Wh- Why are you glaring at me, Orangelo-san?”
“Shinobu is sleeping. Keep it quiet.”
“But I’m teaching here!?”
I got the feeling that I heard Hiiragi-sensei’s saddened voice.
But I was too sleepy and in the end, I slept through the whole class.
Though while I got rid off some of my sleepiness, my body still felt dull.
And on top of that, at the end of fourth period, I noticed that I forgot my lunch box at home, so I made a big sigh.
Upon that, Machina besides me tilted her head and called out.
“What’s up, Shinobu? Let’s eat already.”
“…Machina, I forgot my lunch. I’m done for. Give me your whole lunch.”
“N- Not the whole thing. But I can share it with you….”
“Really? Then just give me 1/3 + 2/6 + 3/9.”
“Sure, if that’s— wait, when I think about it, that’s everything!”
“…You saw through it after all, huh.”
I was talking with Machina like that.
“Yo, what’s with the ruckus?”
I turned to the sudden voice, when there stood my classmate with the uselessly handsome face, Asada, holding his lunch box in one hand.
Asada was a hopeless guy, who was a lecherous pervert with a siscon, but also one of my few friends.
I shrugged my shoulders to Asada, who had approached with his usual stupid expression, and said.
“…Asada, I forgot my lunch. I’m done for. Hand over your lunch box.”
“While you look frail, you sound like a thief…”
Asada retorted wearily, then put down his lunch box on my desk and opened his mouth.
“Nanjou, if you forgot your lunch, why don’t you go buy some bread at the school store? But you have to hurry or it will sell out. And if you need money, I could lend you some…”
“No, I’m not really short on money, but it’s a pain to go to the store.”
My body felt dull and to be honest, I didn’t want to move overly.
“Okay, Machina. You go to the school store and buy bread for me.”
“Yeah, sure.”
Machina nodded obediently and stood up.
I was waiting for her usual midway retort, but Machina asked me normally “What bread do you want?”.
…H- Huh? I didn’t expect that reaction. I thought for sure she would angrily reply “Why do I have to go for you!”…
I was surprised. Then Gogyou-san, who sat besides Machina across the passage, stood up.
She made a complex expression as she approached us. Then she said whispering.
“Nanjou-kun, Orangelo-san, I heard a familiar voice from the hallway….”
“Mh? A familiar voice?”
“So what?”
Together with Machina, I tilted my head and shifted my gaze towards the hallway. Just like Gogyou-san said, I heard a somewhat familiar voice of a girl.
“—You. Yes, you. You posses some good luck. But if you wear these divine goods, your luck will increase even further!”
The voice continued.
“This divine cosplay originally costs 30.000 yen per piece, but right now you can purchase it for merely 10.000 yen! What do you say, Miss? …..Eh? You’ll buy one? Even though it costs 10.000 yen? Im- Impossible!”
“Geez, Elni-chan. Stop doing this. Let us hurry to Shinobu-san.”
“B- Bu Luna! This girl said she would buy my divine goods! I’m happy, so I’ll give it to for free! …Eh? You’ll pay? I, I don’t need the 10.000 yen—-wait, waaah, I really don’t need the money!”
…Yeah, I got a really bad feeling.
Like me, Machina also noticed the voice from outside as she grimaced.
Then the CLATTER noise of the classroom door opening echoed and two beauties appeared.
I was surprised that both of them wore our school uniform, but I recognized them anyway.
One of them was a girl with shining silver hair tied up in twin tails, skin white as snow and extremely finely chiselled features. It was Elni.
And the other one was a peerless beauty with dazzling blonde hair till her waist and a dynamite body on the level of a model, wearing a gentle expression. It was Luna.
“Shinobu-senpai, hello!”
“Hello, Shinobu-kun”
When the two of them noticed me, they approached with a smile and opened each their mouth.
“Hey, Shinobu-kun, would you mind to spend lunch break with us? I prepared a lunch box for you.”
“You will, right, Shinobu-senpai?”
Luna smiled sexily while resting her small hand on my chin and Elni happily clung to my arm….Ehm, was this a dream?
The situation was just too aloof from reality that I was confused and couldn’t say anything. Then Luna pulled away her hand from my chin, grabbed the sleeve of Elni’s uniform and said quietly.
“Elni-chan, Elni-chan. Shinobu-san is not reacting. I think I played the senior role well, like you told me…. But Shinobu-san does not seem to be all that happy…”
“Mhm~ Shinobu might have no interest in older girls.”
“Ehh? Th- That is not good! I will even do embarrassing things, so please tell me how to please Shinobu-san!”
Luna begged with teary eyes while jerkily pulling on Elni.
M- Mh, apparently the two of them standing before me was no dream, but reality.
“…What are you two here for?”
To hide my agitation, I made a weary expression and asked. Machina and Gogyou-san affirmed too.
“Yeah, what’s up with you two? Why are you here?”
“Ehm, if you’re here to hang out, it would be better to come after school. You’ll be thrown out when a teacher finds you. You two really stand out, so it’s better that you leave quickly.”
Gogyou-san warned them kindly, but Elni smirked and answered.
“Hijiri, don’t sweat the details.”
“Ehm, I can’t really approve of outsiders entering the school on their own…”
Gogyou-san informed Elni with a wry smile. But Elni just drew closer to Gogyou-san.
“Hijiri.”
“Mh?
“Elni Fire~”
Elni gently blew into Gogyou-san’s ear. In that moment, Gogyou-san raised a coquettish “Mmah…” voice.
Seeing that, Elni opened her well-formed lips and suddenly nibbled on Gogyou-san’s ear.
“Hya… Ah… No. Sto… Mm…”
Gogyou-san tried to get off Elni, but it seemed like she couldn’t muster any strength. Her cheeks turned red and her body trembled shuddering. She grabbed my hand, seeking for help.
“Mmah… N- Nanjou-kun….h- help…. Uhn…”
Wh- What to do? Gogyou-san’s cheeks redden even deeper and tears dwelled up in her eyes. That was extremely erotic. And that she heavily breathing sought my help was even more stimulating.
But well, I better stopped Elni now. The folks in class, boys and girls alike, blushed and focused their gazes on Gogyou-san and Elni. It would be troublesome if they stood out too much. Thinking like that, I wanted to speak out to restrain Elni, but Machina moved before I could. Machina smiled playful and moved right next to Gogyou-san. Then, just like Elni, she opened her glamorous pink lips and attacked Gogyou-san’s ear with her mouth.
Right after, Gogyou-san raised once again an erotic voice and her knees started to tremble. Upon seeing that, Machina and Elni looked at each other and now started to suck on Gogyou-san’s ears. In reaction, Gogyou-san increased the grip on my hand.
“Fuh…Mah… N_ Nanjou-kun, I… I’m already… Ahh…”
Wait, wait, wait. Now this was going too far. I immediately had to stop Elni and Machina, but for some reason my hand wouldn’t move. Gogyou-san’s seductive expression was too charming, so I couldn’t avert my eyes and just observed for a while.
“S- Stop it, you two. Please get away from Gogyou-san.”
Luna hastily reprimanded Elni and Machina, which brought me back to my senses.
“Give it a rest, Elni, Machina. Gogyou-san doesn’t like it.”
I said urging, when Elni and Machina looked at each other and then got away from Gogyou-san.
Finally released, Gogyou-san staggered and snuggled to me with heavy breathing.
“A- Are you okay?”
The soft sensation of her voluminous breasts, the sound of her heavy breathing near my ears and the hectic beating pulse.
I asked her while in agitation over her clinging. Then suddenly arms were twined around my back.
“Hah, hah… Sorry…. Can’t muster any strength….just a bit longer… like this…”
She said disruptive and let her breathing calm down in my arms.
Seeing Gogyou-san like that, Machina and Luna made a somewhat envious expression and Elni said “Sorry” apologizing.
And the guys in class glared at me with their eyes full of envy and shouted at me.
“Nanjou! Not fair! Let me take your place for a moment!”
“Right! It’s not fair when it’s only you, Nanjou-kun!”
“No, actually, I’m envious of Gogyou-san!”
“….Eh? What the? Hey, who was that! Who is envious of Gogyou-san? Because that’s the same I thought just now!”
With a loud ruckus, my classmates attacked me with angry shouts.
I got the feeling that there were some unsettling statements among them, but I was too scared, so I decided to ignore them. I pondered how to calm this ruckus, when Gogyou-san suddenly got away from me. She made eye-contact with me and turned red up to her eyes for some reason.
“Is your body better now?”
I had intended to ask kindly, when Gogyou-san moved her mouth like a goldfish while still bright red.
“I, I did—something shameful to Nanjou-kun!…”
Gogyou-san said regretful, then she shouted a “Sorry!” and sprinted out of the classroom.
…Ehm, shameful? Just by clinging to me?
Yeah, Gogyou-san was just so innocent.
I was a bit surprised. Then Machina, who was looking after Gogyou-san, said.
“Gogyou is surprisingly cute too.”
“Yeah, Hijiri is cute.”
Elni affirmed Machina’s words. On a rare occasion they agreed on something.
Actually, they worked together quite smoothly when they teased Gogyou-san.
Why did these two only get along at times like this?
When I was innerly amazed, Luna watched over Elni and Machina with a wry smile, as she probably had the same thought as me.
Then I sighed lightly, faced Elni and Luna and opened my mouth.
“…So, what are you two here for?”
Elni aside, Luna wouldn’t come to school without a proper reason. There Elni pulled out something from the handbag in her hand and answered with a smile.
“You forgot your lunch, Shinobu, so we came to deliver it.”
“Eh? Really? Thanks.”
I said my gratitude while Elni presented me the lunch box and puffed her chest full of pride.
“I carried it all the way here while trying hard not to eat it!”
That wasn’t really a matter to be proud of. Seeing her like that, Luna made a small sigh.
“Elni-chan ate lunch together with me, but on our way to school, she glanced at the lunch box a couple of times…”
…If not for Luna, Elni might have devoured it. But when I saw Elni smiling happily, I couldn’t say anything back.
I took the lunch box from Elni and petted her head lightly.
“Thank you, Luna, Elni. You saved me.”
I properly said my thanks and continued with a “Reminds me…”.
“What’s up with these uniforms? How did you get them?”
It was pretty unlikely that they stole them, so they probably borrowed them from someone. I pondered about that, when Elni spun around once, stroke a pose and answered.
“I got them from a woman that I met at the volunteer works. She said I could have them, since she graduated and won’t need them anymore.”
Elni, striking a pose like a model, was not-exaggeratingly cute and the uniform suited her well.
“By the way, I wear a freshman uniform while Luna wears a senior one.”
The girl from whom Elni got the uniforms surely grew up over her school days. Comparing Luna and Elni, the growth became apparent. But despite that, the uniform Luna wore was still a bit tight around her chest.
“Uhm, Shinobu-san…It does not look weird?”
Luna showed a worried expression when she noticed my gaze.
To be honest, she looked incredible cute.
“It suits you two pretty well and—”
Before I could say “cute”, my classmates opened their mouths.
“Miss, you’re home-staying at the Nanjou household, right?”
“Ehh? She’s the rumoured foreigner that was a maid-labelled slave? Unbelievable. What’s so good about Nanjou-kun?”
The guys from class approached at my desk, where my classmate (big-breasted) Minami faced Elni.
“Actually, who’s this cute girl with the silver hair? Your friend, Nanjou-kun?”
On Minami’s words, everyone else shut up. They faced Elni and uttered stuff like cute. Then they took a step forwards.
At that moment, Asada, who had watched quietly so far, stood up and jumped in front of our classmates. Then he said altered.
“Okay, okay~ Ask your questions about them through their manager.”
When did he became her manager? I became inadvertent wearily, when Asada turned around and showed a smile.
“Nanjou, get out of here before it gets out of hand. I’ll hold them off here.”
“A- Asada, you…”
“Surprised? Heh, I know what you’re thinking, Nanjou. Sure, I’m a pervert, but I’m not so low as to lust over the girl of my friend!”
For some reason Asada appeared really cool and I was amazed.
But in a matter of seconds, Asada was pushed aside, trampled down and deserted by our classmates.
But Asada didn’t give up. Even while laying on the floor, he snuck a peek under the skirts of the girls.
It was strangely praiseworthy how he could pull that off. I just cheered on Asada, whishing him the best, when our classmates approached Elni and called out to her.
“Ehm, what relationship do you have with Nanjou?”
“Mh? Me? I’m—Shinobu’s lover!”
Elni unwavering told a lie. Needless to say, my classmates raised their voices in surprise.
There Machina said to Elni wearily.
“Lover my ass. You can lie without getting red. But you’re just a freeloader.”
“Yeah, just like you, Machina.”
Elni admitted honestly, but that statement made my classmates give an expression like they were hit by a thunder and they shouted.
“H- Hey, we haven’t heard of this, Nanjou. Sure we saw you getting along with Orangelo-san, but to think that you were living together!”
“Living together under the same roof, I’m so envious! Of Orangelo-san that is! I want to live in Nanjou-kun’s house too!”
“Hey, again, who was that! Which boy had the same thought as me just now!”
….Seemed like I wouldn’t get to have lunch now.
I wasn’t really surprised about that. Then I heard excited voices like “Where are the blonde and silver-haired beauties!” and “Look around the sophomore classes!” from boys in the hallway.
Reminded me, when Luna brought me an umbrella to school before, the boys were making a ruckus too. Mhm~ If the ruckus grew any louder, a teacher would surely come by.
…We better go elsewhere.
I concluded such, grabbed my lunch box and walked away while pulling on Luna’s hand with a “Let’s go”.
Strangely enough, the worked-up classmates obediently made way when I just said “Move aside”.
What a surprise. I walked slightly surprised and Elni and Machina followed behind me, so we left the classroom together.
Meanwhile, I could hear whispering voices like “…Damn, from that look, I thought I would get killed” from my classmates in the classroom.
A cruel statement. I innerly dropped my shoulders. Luna firmly returned my hand holding and asked “Where are we going?” with a smile, so I regained my spirit and pondered where to go.
….In the end, I took Luna, Elni and Machina behind the gym. I thought that we could eat our lunch here peacefully, but Elni said with red cheeks for some reason.
“Sh- Shinobu-senpai, bringing me to such a desolate place…What are you going to do to me?”
“…Eh? He brought us to this desolate place with these intentions….?”
“I- Is that so, Shinobu-san? All of us at the same time…. How bold…”
Playing along with Elni’s joke, Machina and Luna turned red.
“No, I won’t do anything.”
For now, I dropped a double chop on Elni and Machina’s head with my hands. Upon that Machina and Elni raised an “”Oww”” in perfect harmony.
Seeing that, Luna pulled on the sleeve of my uniform and reprimanded me with a gentle tone.
“Shinobu-san, violence is not good.”
“Ehm, this is kind of my whip of love…”
I made an excuse while scratching my head, when Elni for some reason imposed a stop to Luna by holding out her palm.
“It’s okay, Luna. That’s a sign of the close relationship between Shinobu and me.”
“Well, an expression of affection so to speak.”
Elni said with a smile while Machina reddened her cheeks. Then Luna mumbled “Affection…”, faced me and shouted with a serious expression.
“Shinobu-san, please hit me too!”
….Eh? What was she saying out of the blue? Inadvertently I was shocked and—
“Luna, If you want to be hit, then show the great me your butt! I’ll spank you as you want! In a sixteen beat!”
“Oh, a sixteen beat—wait, Elni! Don’t say weird stuff by mimicking me!”
I hastily retorted, but it was already too late. Luna had turned red and pushed out her bottom towards me, like Elni had said.
Her beautiful, long legs and her well-shaped hipline peeked out from the skirt. Luna looked at me somewhat worried over her shoulder.
Inadvertent I lost my senses and raised my hand. And when I was about to bring my hand down on her plump butt, I shook my head in disbelief. Then I dropped a chop on Elni’s head, who had watched over my behaviour quite curiously.
“Ow! Shinobu, it hurts!”
“Shut up. I’ll hit you in the sixteen beat, like you wanted it!”
“Uwaaah!”
Elni raised a sorrowful scream, but when I gave her an after service of petting her head once I was done hitting her, she mumbled a “Candy and the whip” while making a not so displeased expression.
A weird fellow like ever. But today I felt that this weird side of hers was also charming. When I gently petted Elni’s head….I felt a gaze on me.
When I turned to it, Luna was puffing her cheeks lightly and looking at me with a sulking expression.
“…Shinobu-san, it is not fair that it is only Elni-chan. Please do it for me too.”
“No, no, I can’t really hit Luna when she hasn’t done anything bad…. Right?”
I turned to Machina for help. But Machina, standing besides Luna, made a displeased expression and said.
“Hey, Shinobu. Do it for my sister too! Or do you want to make her feel left out?”
Wh- Why are you somewhat angry? Help me out, here. I complained such in my head and approached Luna with my hand raised.
But since Luna looked at me with hopeful eyes and blushed cheeks, I stopped my coming down hand halfway.
I couldn’t bring myself to hit her.
My hand staggered powerless, then lightly hit onto Luna’s head.
“…It feels kind of different.”
“Sorry, but that’s the best I can do.”
I answered such and Luna showed a sad expression.
“…Even though you do it for Elni-chan, Machina and Nazuna-chan…you will not do it for me, Shinobu-san?”
“Yeah, well, I can’t really bring myself to and violence isn’t good anyway. You too, wouldn’t hit me when I asked you to, right?”
“That is not true.”
“No, you wouldn’t.”
“I certainly would.”
“…Hoo, they why don’t you try it?”
On a rare occasion, Luna didn’t resign, so I spread my arms and uttered a challenge.
Upon that Luna approached me with a serious expression and lightly pulled on my ear.
That much I still told off as cute, but then Luna brought her face closer and bit onto my ear with her well-shaped pink lips.
The sensation of her soft lips along with her warm breath. She gently nibbled onto my ear, it was like a cat’s play-biting.
My pulse increased immediately and I hastily tried to get away from Luna. But her extended arms blocked my escape. Luna grabbed my shoulder with her hands and continued to nibble onto my ear while clinging to me.
Wh- What? Was Luna angry?
Melon-like big breasts pressed onto my upper arm and Luna continued to stimulate my ear with her warm breath. Her expression looked somewhat happy.
“…When I see that, Luna actually might be the type to enjoy teasing?”
“Mhm~ Sister might unexpectedly be like that.”
Elni and Machina each gave a comment while remaining a spectator and watching Luna and me.
Don’t just look and help me. I wanted to shout out such, but it was quite unlikely that these two, who teased Gogyou-san, would help me.
So I became a demon and placed a light chop onto Luna’s head with a “Stop it”.
Upon that Luna finally released my ear from her mouth and happily said her gratitude to me.
…Why did I have to get this exhausted before lunch?
I sighed and sat down on the spot. When I opened the lunch box, the other three followed my suit and sat down.
However, incomprehensible to me, Elni took my chopsticks, grabbed a octopus shaped sausage from the lunch box before I could stop her and then
“Shinobu, Ah~”
She held up the sausage before my mouth.
I had thought for sure that Elni would eat it herself, so I was surprised now. But on that opening, Machina leaned over from beside and ate that sausage.
“Wh- What are you doing, Machina! That was Shinobu’s sausage!”
Elni got angry, but Machina just said “My bad” nonchalant.
“Okay then, Shinobu. As compensation, Ah~”
Then she grabbed a sausage from her own lunch with the chopsticks and brought it to my mouth.
Seeing that, Elni leaned over like Machina and ate the offered sausage.
“How dare you! You glutton!”
“I don’t want to be called that by you!”
There the two of them started one of their usual fights and Luna took away the chopsticks from Elni. Then grabbing an omelette side dish with it,
“Shinobu-san, here, Ah~”
Luna fed me with a smile.
Yeah, there was no need for that. Just give me back my chopsticks.
I couldn’t taste anything out of embarrassment.
After that, I played along with a couple of Luna’s “Ah~”s, then took back my chopsticks and started to eat normally. Machina and Elni were pulling each other cheeks like they always did during a fight….
But it was said that teasing is a sign of affection, so I left them be. Luna watched over them with a worried expression, when Machina and Elni broke up by turning away from each other.
Well, it was a daily occurrence, not worth any attention.
…Like that I spent my lunch break with the three of them.
Being at school was something new for Luna and Elni, so the time went by in a flash due to the joy and the chime rang.
There Machina and I sent off Luna and Elni at the front gate and then returned to the classroom.
By the way, when we came back to the classroom, Gogyou-san noticed me and turned bright red while she once again bowed down with a “Sorry for earlier”.
I told her not to mind it, when for some reason Gogyou-san mumbled a “…You’re so kind” with still red cheeks and then returned to her seat.
When I looked after her, Machina pinched my cheek for some reason…
* * *
Then classes were over and I returned home with Gogyou-san, who wanted to learned about computers like agreed on earlier.
“Ex- Excuse my intruding.”
Gogyou-san said so with a somewhat nervous expression when she entered the house. Then Elni showed her face from the living room. I had told her about Gogyou-san coming during lunch break, so she wasn’t really surprised and just smiled boldly. She said.
“Hijiri, Welcome to my castle, the Elni castle. This Elni castle lets anyone enter, but never lets anyone leave. Well, come in. Luna is making some tea.”
For a mere freeloader, she behaved like the owner of the house.
“Gogyou, you can ignore her. She’s an idiot. Don’t make eye-contact or she’ll bite you.”
“Machina! Such mean words right after you come home! Who are you calling an idiot! Who will bite you! If that’s what you want, I’ll bite you! And also, welcome home!”
“Pft. As if an idiot like you could actually bite anyone. Just give it a try if you think you can. And also, I’m home!”
Seeing the behaviour of these two, Gogyou-san gave a wry smile and whispered to me.
“Nanjou-kun, could it be they actually get along well?”
“…Who knows? To be honest, I don’t know.”
I replied and then we went to the living room with Luna, who came to greet us.
There Machina, Gogyou-san and me put down our bags and relaxed over a cup of tea that Luna made for us. Then Elni suddenly stood up from the sofa and said.
“—Okay! Time for the cooking contest!”
“Yes, bring it on! Let’s go, Gogyou.”
Upon Elni’s words, Machina stood up and took Gogyou-san’s hand.
But Gogyou-san showed a perplexed expression on having her hand taken.
“…Eh? Uhm, I came for the computer….”
“That’ll be for later! C’mon, this way.”
“Yeah, you cook with us too, Hijiri.”
Having her arms taken by Machina and Elni, Gogyou-san was dragged to the dining kitchen.
Machina was dragged into their contest as a replacement for Nazuna, who was absent due to her club activities, while she was dumbfounded.
But what would happen if Gogyou-san won? Would she come to live here too? She would come to wake me up, I would come to wake her up instead, we would watch TV together, I would peep on her changing and she would peep on me instead.
…Yeah, if I were to engage in such a relationship with the popular Gogyou-san, the guys from class would surely get pissed. Thinking that, I peeked my head into the dining kitchen.
There the girls had put on aprons and were looking into the refrigerator.
Mh, girls in aprons sure were a fine sight. Machina and Gogyou-san wore the apron over their uniforms, which was quite charming.
Of course Elni wearing the apron over her casual clothes was cute too, but sadly enough Luna didn’t wear an apron.
It seemed that Luna would not participate in the contest. She showed them where the cooking utensils were and warned them to be careful with the fire and knives.
She was indeed the model oldest daughter. An reliable older sister.
When I watched over the girls, Elni and Machina came over and grabbed my arm.
“Shinobu, no boys in the kitchen.”
“Yeah. Wait patiently in the living room.”
With that they forcefully banished me to the living room.
With no other choice left, I sat down on the sofa and relaxed, when Luna came back. She sat down beside me and talked to me with a smile.
“I am looking forward to their cooking.”
“…I’m worried about the stuff not done by Gogyou-san though.”
Luna, who was chosen to be a judge like me, looked happy. But I sighed and replied.
In that moment, I could hear a loud noise from the dining kitchen. Following Gogyou-san’s surprised voice.
“Ah, you can‘t, Orangelo-san. Wh- What are you doing!”
“Eh? I can’t do that?”
“O- Of course not! That’s a no-go! Also the buds of potatoes are poisonous. You can’t eat them…!”
Along with Gogyou-san’s panicked voice, I got a very bad feeling.
Then I could hear more worried voices from Gogyou-san and Elni.
“Ehm, Orangelo-san, I don’t think that’s on the receipt…”
“It’s okay.. It’ll make it spicy.”
“Uwaah! Machina! The other stuff aside, this one is clearly not good!”
“Oh come on, you two are exaggerating. It’s fine, it’s fine.”
A few seconds after Machina said that, Gogyou-san and Elni’s screams sounded.
I was worried. For a while now my heart wouldn’t stop racing, but was that because the beautiful Luna was in front of me? Or was my heart in tumult like when you shake your eyes worried?
Like that I escaped from reality, when Luna said “I will go get some medicine just in case” with a rather serious expression. I put my hands together in a prayer.
…I spent the time like that, when Gogyou-san, Machina and Elni peeked in their heads into the living room. Gogyou-san’s face was pale, Elni’s stiff and Machina’s was full of confidence while she opened her mouth.
“Okay, Shinobu. Which dish will you eat first?”
“—Gogyou-san’s!”
I gave an instant answer. Machina’s was no good. From what I heard, Elni’s still might be eatable, but Machina’s definitely was no good. I’ll just say I can’t eat anymore after I finished all of Gogyou-san and Elni’s food.
With these thoughts, I named Gogyou-san. Upon that Gogyou-san nodded, temporarily returned into the kitchen and then put down a tablet with a plate before me.
When I looked at it, I recognized a rice omelette on the plate.
An appetizing flavour came at me and I clapped my hands together with a “I’m digging in”, then grabbed the spoon.
I felt Gogyou-san’s gaze on me when I split the rice omelette in a mouthful part with the spoon. I put it into my mouth and chewed it well.
Ohh, the eggs, tomato ketchup and chicken rice made a perfect combination. Also, the sweetness and fluffiness of the eggs was the best. I smiled unmeant.
“This is good…”
When I uttered so, Luna also tried the rice omelette. Right after a smile broadened on Luna’s face.
“It is delicious. Gogyou-san, please tell me your receipt next time.”
“Y- Yeah. Thanks.”
Gogyou-san smiled bashful, when Machina and Elni also reached out for the spoons. They too praised Gogyou-san’s dish highly. In no time, the rice omelette done by Gogyou-san was gone. Then Luna cleared away the tablet, when Machina stood up and faced me.
“Okay, Shinobu, which next?”
“Eh? W- Well, Elni’s.”
I said when Machina smiled happily for some reason.
“I see. You’re saving the best for last, huh.”
….Just where did her confidence come from? It was doubtful, but for now I faced Elni and called on her.
“Okay Elni, yours please.”
“Yes, that makes 3000 yen.”
“You’re charging!? Just bring it out.”
Then Elni averted her eyes and after she looked like she made a resolve, she suddenly bowed.
“Sorry, Shinobu! I was hungry, so I ate what I cooked by myself… It’s all gone!”
What an idiot. I was astonished, when Gogyou-san gave a wry smile with “I told you…” while Machina made an astonished face like me when she proclaimed “You’re such an idiot”.
But there Elni smiled profound and continued with a “But”.
“I can cook it again immediately. Five minutes…No, three minutes will be fine. Luna, Hijiri, come here for a bit.”
Saying that, Elni took Luna and Gogyou-san to the kitchen.
“What’s Elni plotting now?”
“Who knows? It’s the idiot we’re talking about, so it can’t be any decent.”
Sadly I couldn’t deny Machina’s words that easily.
Then I waited for a few minutes. I talked with Machina, who happily smiled while saying “Cooking is surprisingly fun”, then Elni came back to the living room.
“Sorry to make you wait.”
Elni appeared with a face full of confidence, when shortly after followed a bunny girl and a nurse in mini-skirt . ….Mh? A bunny girl and a nurse in mini-skirt?
I once again looked at the bunny girl and nurse in mini-skirt, who had appeared so suddenly. With a closer look, the red bunny girl was Luna and the nurse in mini-skirt was Gogyou-san.
Luna wore a red leotard that boldly presented her cleavage and exposed her back and shoulders. Her beautiful legs were covered by black mesh tights. A red butterfly necktie was tied around her neck and on her head she wore an elegant pair of pink bunny ears.
Gogyou-san was wearing a pink nurse outfit with a nurse cap on her head. And since she was a nurse in mini-skirt, her skirt was incredible short, which exposed her sexy thighs and nearly gave a view under her skirt.
Opposite to the proud Elni, Luna turned red and covered her breasts with her hands while Gogyou-san likewise turned red and stretched her short skirt with both her hands.
Then Elni approached me, who was at a loss for words due to the surprise, and said while clapping onto my shoulder.
“Here, Shinobu, these two are my dish. The costumes are a hand-downs, but they suit them quite well. Feast on them well.”
“Well, it surely suits them, but what do you mean by feast on them? Besides, the costumes are hand-downs? Who did you get them from?”
“From the woman, who also gave me the school uniform. She said I could have them since she quit and that she would start anew.”
“…What exactly did that woman quit?”
“I call on my right to remain silent.”
I questioned her, when Elni’s mouth formed into an “へ” and flicked her finger while facing Luna. Then Luna came closer, stood before me and slouched.
In that moment her big breasts bounced and the two swellings became pointing, bringing their deep cleavage close to my eyes. The ripe fruits looked like they could pop out of the leotard at any time and Luna said bashful in her embarrassment.
“Sh- Shinobu-san, will you take a bath? Will you have dinner? Or will you have a…B- Bunny?”
Right after a shock like being hit by thunder ran through my whole body.
She probably arranged it with Elni before. Her words plus her erotic pose were incredible destructive…I couldn’t bring out any words.
For now, I gave Luna a generous applause.
Next up, Elni approached Gogyou-san and gave her a syringe. Gogyou-san took the syringe and sighed, then she draw closer to me.
With every step Gogyou-san took, her thighs fluttering peeked out from the mini-skirt and I almost could look under her skirt. While I was getting the run-around by that fluttering rhythm, Gogyou-san stopped before me and said with a dignified expression while pointing the syringe at me.
“If you don’t eat—-you’ll get an injection!”
They indeed arranged it beforehand and these words and pose were from Elni.
But just like with Luna, it had incredible destructive power. I forgot my words and blankly looked at Gogyou-san.
“Uhh…”
Gogyou-san’s dignified expression suddenly changed into bright red.
“Th- That’s why I didn’t want to do it! Nanjou-kun is shocked by it too!”
Tears dwelled in her eyes, she turned around and crouched down.
“N- No, that’s not it! I’m excited! You both are so cute that I want to eat you up!”
I desperately shouted a follow-up, when Elni murmured a single sentence.
“…That sounds like sexual harassment.”
“You’re one to say! Actually what were you thinking, making those two a dish!”
“It was to please you! Anything wrong with that? If so, say it!”
…Silence is golden. Happy at heart, I closed my mouth and fell silent.
Upon that, Machina made an angry expression and cut in.
“Hey! Sure enough, Sister and Gogyou are cute, but they can’t be recognized as food!”
Machina said that and I faced Elni with a smile, when I said.
“Elni-san, that was a feast.”
“Ehh? Sh- Shinobu, what are you saying?”
“Well, I don’t hate such ideas. It’s a mental play. Yeah.”
“Only obvious, since it’s an idea from the Goddess.”
I tried an affirming approach, when Elni puffed her chest and face Machina. Machina groaned frustrated, then
“Wait a minute!”
She grabbed Elni’s hand and left the living room.
Soon enough I could hear the conversation between Machina and Elni from the hallway, but I didn’t understand it well.
“…Just do… too… give me…”
“But… costume… only…”
Their voices gradually became fainter.
“…What’s up with Machina?”
“I wonder.”
“She took even Elni-chan with her.”
Gogyou-san and Luna tilted her head as a nurse in mini-skirt and bunny girl. Surrounded by these wonderful costumes, my heart was racing quite fast.
Gogyou-san had sit down on the sofa. Her thighs peeked out from the short skirt and I caught a glimpse of her white panties. I hastily averted my eyes.
But then my gaze fell onto Luna.
The bunny girl costume probably only didn’t fit her around the chest, as the leotard was about to fall down, so I once again averted my eyes.
“What’s the matter, Nanjou-kun?”
“Shinobu-san, you seem somewhat strange?”
“That’s rude. I’m completely normal.”
I was completely agitated even while saying that, when the door opened and Elni and a maid appeared. Mhh? A maid? I widened my mouth in surprise as Machina was wearing maid clothes.
A dark blue one-piece with a snow-white apron with frills. On her head she wore an apron dress with the same frills.
Machina’s cheeks were blushed and she approached me while her short skirt flattered. With her head lowered, she said in a small voice.
“Th- Thanks for the wait… Master.”
…Was I dreaming? Our Machina was meekly calling me “Master”. Her embarrassed expression was quite cute too.
Machina looked at me biding, then continued with her cheeks still red.
“I will bring over your dinner now, so please wait for a moment, Master.”
“Ah, yes, thank you.”
For some reason my speech turned polite towards the maid. Seeing that, Machina giggled elegant and headed for the dining kitchen.
“Shinobu loves maids, noted.”
“…Hey Elni. Don’t take weird notes—-wait, Luna, you also don’t need to.”
Well, I did not dislike maids, but I honestly was just surprised by the gap to the usual Machina. However, it was not bad. Suddenly my heartbeat increased, so I completely forgot.
—That I wanted to avoid Machina’s cooking.
When I noticed it, Machina had come back to the living room with a plate on a tablet….But at this point, it was already too late to escape.
The smell was different. The smell hanging in the air was hardly appetizing and was similar to the irritating smell of chemicals. Gogyou-san and Elni had seen how Machina had cooked it, so when Machina approached, they stood up from the sofa and took a stance that allowed them to run away at any time. I got a really bad feeling, but… well, I had a strong stomach. Once I got stranded on a mountain with my grandfather, I even ate snakes and frogs. If it was for survival, I could eat anything.
I made my resolve while I waiting for Machina to bring over her cooking with her flattering short skirt.
But when I placed my gaze on the cooking before me, a shiver ran down my spine.
“…What’s this?”
“It is curry, Master.”
The maid Machina was really charming saying that with a smile.
But that stuff before me was curry? Wasn’t that an insult to actual curry?
Surely, there existed a kind of curry called green curry in the Thai cuisine. Unlike the similar yellow curry of Japan, the green curry was a spicy dish.
But what if the curry’s colour was…. purple? What if bubbled suspicious? What would you do then?
“E- Ehm, Miss Maid? I do believe that this curry does appear to be a somewhat different— from the curry that I am used to see….”
“This is a curry from the demon realm.”
I glanced at Luna. Luna’s face was pale and she strongly shook her head.
But Machina said with a smile.
“Please help yourself, Master.”
“Ah, yes.”
The smiling Machina was so cute that I ended up taking the offered spoon.
But my hand didn’t move at all.
“Ehm, Miss Maid, this curry somehow smells like thinner. Will I be fine eating it?”
I stiffened up, when Machina suddenly moved.
“Geez, Master is such a baby.”
Having some kind of misunderstanding, she snatched the spoon from my hand, scooped the curry (?) with the spoon and said with a smile.
“Here, Master, Ah~”
“Ah, thanks. Ah~”
Being called master, I unmeant opened my mouth.
When I hastily tried to avert my face, it was already too late. A stimulant entered my mouth.
“Uwa…”
Gogyou-san made a shriek while Elni and Luna looked worried.
“…It might be better to call an ambulance.”
“Th- The stomach medicine…”
Everyone watched over me worried (expect Machina, who was smiling) and when I chewed timidly, a pain ran through my mouth and tears dwelled up in my eyes. I couldn’t say anything about the taste. Only that it hurt. It was neither sweet, spicy or bitter. All that was there was pain.
Th- That was a first for me…
What would happen if I were to swallow this? I felt an indescribable fear, but I couldn’t just spit it out. However, leaving it in my mouth was also torture.
I mustered my resolve and swallowed it.
“…Huh? I can see my late grandpa.”
“Sh- Shinobu-san? What are you saying? Your grandfather is still alive! Are you okay?”
I heard Luna’s voice somehow distant. Dream or reality, I saw my grandpa, Nazuna, my mother and father. And for some reason also a huge Saint Bernard dog coming over to me.
“Eh? Are you Patr*sche? What? I have to tell you ‘I’m tired too’? Are you a death god?”
“N- Nanjou-kun? What’s up? Patr*sche is not a death god. Also, there isn’t a dog anywhere here!”
I heard Gogyou-san’s panicked voice in the distant, but it just felt too unreal. Patr*sche at my feet was way more realistic.
On top of that, mysteriously a flowerbed was spreading out before me now.
“So beautiful…”
I mumbled that and dropped my spoon, then my vision turned pitch black.
* * *
I woke up on a warm and soft sensation.
Someone was gently stroking my head and it felt really pleasant…. who was it?
I opened my eyelids and reflected in my eyes were two voluminous swellings, brilliant black hair and a kind expression.
“…Gogyou-san?”
“Mh? You came to?”
Gogyou-san peered at me and asked with a worried expression.
“How do you feel?”
“Eh? A- Ah, fine, I guess…”
The warm sensation of soft, yet firm thighs. And Gogyou-san’s big breasts that blocked half of my vision.
I hastily averted my eyes and answered. Then Gogyou-san made a sigh of relief.
“Good. When you started to have cramps, I thought you were done for. But you said ‘It’s fine, it’s fine’ and lay down on the sofa, so for now I just watched over you…”
Yeah, I had no recollection of my actions. The only things I remembered were that I ate Machina’s cooking and that I saw a flowerbed.
And now I noticed that my body was strangely numb. I tried to clench my fist, but I couldn’t even muster half of my usual strength.
I felt anxious about getting up and sighed while resting on Gogyou-san’s lap.
“It’s a miracle that I’m still breathing now…”
“That’s such an exaggeration…. or maybe not.”
Gogyou-san gave me a wry smile, but her expression changed into a serious one midway.
“Nanjou-kun, don’t force yourself to get up. I want you to tell me if you feel anything wrong with your body. Then I’ll take you to the hospital.”
“O- Okay. Sorry to trouble you…”
Certainly I felt sick, but not so much as not being able to get up. I should recover after a while. But Gogyou-san’s lap pillow was so pleasant and soothing.
Maybe because I suffered that incident, Gogyou-san’s kindness moved my heart and if I may say so myself, I forgot my shame on a rare occasion and let myself be spoiled.
I rested my cheeks on Gogyou-san’s thigh and closed my eyes. Then suddenly my head was petted. The sensation of smooth fingertips and a warm palm. It was without doubt pleasant, but
“…Ehm, going as far as to pet my head is really embarrassing.”
I modestly said. Gogyou-san hastily removed her hand from my head.
“S- Sorry. Your sleeping face was just so cute…”
“Cute? Me?”
I asked back in surprise, when Gogyou-san nodded with a smile.
“Yeah, when you sleep, you remind me of a husky, so cute are you…”
“R- Really? But isn’t a husky scary, since it has a face like a wolf?”
“That’s not true. It’s cool and cute. I love it.”
Gogyou-san said a bit sulking.
Weird. It wasn’t like she said that she loved me, but I became excited.
Then I opened my mouth to change the topic.
“Ehm, well, the husky aside… it’s rather quiet here. Did the others go somewhere?”
I asked, when Gogyou-san explained with a wry smile.
That because of the cooking contest the fridge was empty, everyone went shopping for dinner. Actually only Machina and Elni were planned to go, but Luna wanted to come along, so the three went shopping while entrusting me to Gogyou-san.
Yeah, Luna made the right decision. If these two were to go shopping just by themselves, you wouldn’t know what they ended up buying. And leaving the reliable Gogyou-san behind was also right. But there was one problem. Gogyou-san made a pitiful expression and then said desolate.
“…Orangelo-san said she would make dinner by herself. And that she wouldn’t fail this time…”
I immediately got up with a shriek.
“A- Are you okay, Nanjou-kun? Please calm down.”
“No, impossible. As if I could calm down. I’m outta here. Anything more of that and I’ll die.”
I talked rapidly while a cold sweat broke out on my forehead. Gogyou-san asked somewhat surprised.
“Ehm, out of here, but where to?”
“Mh? Somewhere far away…?”
“You have no destination in mind?”
Now that she mentioned it, I hadn’t. My grandfather would call them immediately if I were to go there and I didn’t really want to stay at Asada’s house. And my training spot (with a roof) in the mountains was known to Nazuna.
Then suddenly my sleeve was pulled, so I shifted my gaze back to Gogyou-san.
When our eyes met, she bashful averted her eyes and said shyly.
“Uhm, if you have nowhere to go, that is… do you want to come over to my house?”
“Eh?”
I widened my eyes, when Gogyou-san shook her hand hastily.
“Ehm, only if you want. If you don’t, that’s fine.”
After she said that, Gogyou-san looked down embarrassed.
That was cute. I asked agitated.
“I’m grateful for the offer, but… is it really okay? It won’t be a bother?”
“N- Not at all!”
Gogyou-san denied strongly, then took my hand.
“I want to help you when you’re troubled…”
Damn. Her gentle smile suddenly made my eyes watery.
“Thanks.”
Agitated, I honestly said my gratitude. I quickly got ready, then left the key for the front door at the usual hiding spot and left the house together with Gogyou-san.
For a while I would take shelter at Gogyou-san’s house…
Chapter 03: The hidden flavour is a Bunny and a Nurse?
At dawn Luna finally let go off me, so I quietly snuck out of the bed and left the room. Because it had been nerve-wrecking all the time, I was quite weary and my body felt heavy.
“…For now I’ll grab a drink.”
My throat was dry, so I headed for the living room, when I found someone else there.
It was Elni. In the dim-light room without the lights on, she sat quietly on the sofa.
“Morning. You’re up early.”
When I called out to her, Elni hastily rubbed her eyes with both her hands.
…I couldn’t tell because it was so dark, but could it be she was crying?
“Elni?”
I approached her, whereupon Elni looked downwards and said while averting her head from me.
“…Mor…ning….”
Her voice was somewhat chipped.
She was crying after all. I silently sat down beside her and gently stroke her head.
Upon that, Elni suddenly draw closer to me.
“…A morning greeting is such a great thing.”
Elni uttered forlornly.
“Good morning, good night. When I say it, the same words come back to me. And even when I sleep, someone is close by. How mysterious. It makes me feel very warm…”
While saying that, Elni appeared close to tears.
“….Did you see a scary dream?”
I remembered how she had a nightmare before, so I asked kindly.
Upon that, Elni nodded powerless.
“I hate dreams. They only show me things that will never be and make me remember bad memories….”
Elni’s hand on my knee clenched strongly and trembled a bit.
“…You can wake me up when it gets too bad.”
I somewhat strongly patted her head.
“Then you have someone to talk to and get your head patted like this…. Even I can do this much.”
“…It won’t bother you?”
“Not at all. Stay with us forever.”
When I said that, Elni was close to tears again.
But she didn’t say anything…. She just stayed quiet and smiled vaguely.
I also didn’t say anything further and stood up from the sofa.
“Okay, I’ll go sleep in my room. If anything’s up, just come to me, okay?”
“Yeah, thanks.”
Elni regained a bit of her energy and showed her usual smile.
I returned to my room relieved and got into my bed. There I immediately fell asleep due to my tiredness.
But in a blink of an eye, it was time for me to get up, so I had to go to school with a lack of sleep.
* * *
I was sleepy. So sleepy that I couldn’t keep my eyes open. On top of that, my body felt dull. I could collapse any moment.
“I wanna go home…”
It was break time and with my head on my desk, I sighed.
“Nanjou-kun, you look sick. Are you okay?”
I raised my head, since I was called out kindly.
Upon that I saw a beauty with glamorous long, black hair.
Graceful features, voluminous breasts, a firm waist and supple long legs.
The cool beauty in front of me was my classmate Gogyou Hijiri-san.
Actually she was part of an exorcist family that sealed and exorcised devils and the such and had tried to exorcise Luna and Machina, who were devils, before.
But when she realized that these two didn’t mean any harm, Gogyou-san had spoken with the exorcists, so that they would be left alone.
With such a kind personality, Gogyou-san wasn’t just popular with the boys at school, but also with some of the girls, specially some junior girls, who gave her tremendous support.
“You better go to the infirmary when you feel sick. Need my help to get there?”
Gogyou-san smiled gently. I was most grateful for her sentiment, but I answered with a wry smile.
“No, rather than sick, I’m just lacking sleep. I had a tough day yesterday because of a few things….”
“Mh? Something happened?”
“Yeah. Actually, that typhoon blew away Elni’s house. So she’s staying with us right now, but she’s on bad terms with Machina…”
I explained with a sigh. About Elni’s fight with Machina and the trouble of the quiz tournament.
“—What’s more, they made me promise to tag along with them after school today.”
“Tag long….For another contest?”
“Yeah.”
Before I could nod, the voice of a third person butted in.
When I faced it, Machina had suddenly returned and sat down on her own seat (beside me) while continuing.
“That idiot claimed ‘Cooking isn’t fair’ yesterday. And when I asked why, she replied ‘Because you can’t cook, Machina’! That totally was a challenge towards me!”
“…But as a matter of fact, you can’t cook, right?”
I asked wearily, when Machina puffed her chest and answered.
“It’s fine. I looked it up on the internet yesterday. As long as you follow the receipt, anyone can pull it off.”
Where did that confidence come from?
I got a bad feeling, when Gogyou-san said surprised.
“Looked it up on the internet?…Orangelo-san, you can use a computer?”
“Eh? Yeah, I can. It’s easy.”
Mh, unlike Luna, who was totally bad with machines, Machina learned to use the electronics in the house in no time, probably due to her ability to adapt quickly. So she immediately understood how to use a computer and once in a while looked up things on the internet.
“That’s amazing, Orengelo-san. I have absolutely no clues about computers. I know that I have to learn it, but I’m still bad with it…”
Machina averted her eyes shyly, when Gogyou-san looked at her admiring.
“It, It’s nothing that special. Besides, if you want, well… I wouldn’t mind teaching you.”
Gogyou-san widened her eyes in surprise on these words, but soon afterwards she smiled and said a “Thanks.
Mh, I recently noticed that Machina was quite kind to people close to her.
At home she obviously got along with Luna, but she also treated Nazuna kindly and rarely kicked me now.
That was kind of cute. Thinking about that, I said to Gogyou-san.
“Since Machina offered it, why don’t you come over for a lesson?”
“Really? I can intrude onto you?”
“Sure, come by. It would be really helpful if you come today already.”
Just Luna and me would be unable to stop Elni and Machina. So I said this to Gogyou-san in an attempt for help. Upon that, Gogyou-san turned red for some reason and lightly nodded a “Yeah”.
“….It’ll be my first time going to a boy’s house…”
“Mh? Said something?”
“N- Nothing!”
Gogyou-san hastily shook her hands, when the chime rang and our homeroom teacher Hiiragi-sensei showed up.
“Okay, Nanjou-kun, until later then.”
“Sure.”
Gogyou-san returned to her own seat in a happy mood.
Seeing that, Machina frowned for some reason.
“…I wonder if Gogyou is also after the title of the second daughter of the Nanjou family.”
“As if.”
After I retorted, I suppressed a yawn and concentrated on class, but…. My eyelids became heavy and I was sleeping before I knew it.
Hiiragi-sensei’s voice sounded somewhat distant and when my consciousness came back for a moment, a sweet fragrance put me into a pleasant mood.
What was it? I opened my eyelids curiously.
In that moment, my vision was filled with amber eyes, a pulsating bridge of the nose and glamorous well-formed lips.
Mh? Why was Machina’s face so close by? Was I still dreaming?
I was confused, when she noticed my look. Machina said with a wry smile.
“Geez, class is still on-going. Dozing off is rude to Hiiragi-sensei.”
Machina surprisingly said something diligent.
Then I noticed that I had leaned onto Machina’s shoulder. But because of my sleepiness, I couldn’t move my head well.
“…Sorry. That was foolish of me.”
“Eh? Ehm, I wasn’t really blaming you, okay?”
“I’m sorry. It’s all my fault. Please forgive me.”
“Hey, don’t say weird stuff, Shinobu. Just sleep.”
I heard Machina’s fazed voice and dozed off when someone called out to me.
“Hey, Nanjou-kun, you’re in class. When you sleep here, I’ll get ang—-Hyaa! Wh- Why are you glaring at me, Orangelo-san?”
“Shinobu is sleeping. Keep it quiet.”
“But I’m teaching here!?”
I got the feeling that I heard Hiiragi-sensei’s saddened voice.
But I was too sleepy and in the end, I slept through the whole class.
Though while I got rid off some of my sleepiness, my body still felt dull.
And on top of that, at the end of fourth period, I noticed that I forgot my lunch box at home, so I made a big sigh.
Upon that, Machina besides me tilted her head and called out.
“What’s up, Shinobu? Let’s eat already.”
“…Machina, I forgot my lunch. I’m done for. Give me your whole lunch.”
“N- Not the whole thing. But I can share it with you….”
“Really? Then just give me 1/3 + 2/6 + 3/9.”
“Sure, if that’s— wait, when I think about it, that’s everything!”
“…You saw through it after all, huh.”
I was talking with Machina like that.
“Yo, what’s with the ruckus?”
I turned to the sudden voice, when there stood my classmate with the uselessly handsome face, Asada, holding his lunch box in one hand.
Asada was a hopeless guy, who was a lecherous pervert with a siscon, but also one of my few friends.
I shrugged my shoulders to Asada, who had approached with his usual stupid expression, and said.
“…Asada, I forgot my lunch. I’m done for. Hand over your lunch box.”
“While you look frail, you sound like a thief…”
Asada retorted wearily, then put down his lunch box on my desk and opened his mouth.
“Nanjou, if you forgot your lunch, why don’t you go buy some bread at the school store? But you have to hurry or it will sell out. And if you need money, I could lend you some…”
“No, I’m not really short on money, but it’s a pain to go to the store.”
My body felt dull and to be honest, I didn’t want to move overly.
“Okay, Machina. You go to the school store and buy bread for me.”
“Yeah, sure.”
Machina nodded obediently and stood up.
I was waiting for her usual midway retort, but Machina asked me normally “What bread do you want?”.
…H- Huh? I didn’t expect that reaction. I thought for sure she would angrily reply “Why do I have to go for you!”…
I was surprised. Then Gogyou-san, who sat besides Machina across the passage, stood up.
She made a complex expression as she approached us. Then she said whispering.
“Nanjou-kun, Orangelo-san, I heard a familiar voice from the hallway….”
“Mh? A familiar voice?”
“So what?”
Together with Machina, I tilted my head and shifted my gaze towards the hallway. Just like Gogyou-san said, I heard a somewhat familiar voice of a girl.
“—You. Yes, you. You posses some good luck. But if you wear these divine goods, your luck will increase even further!”
The voice continued.
“This divine cosplay originally costs 30.000 yen per piece, but right now you can purchase it for merely 10.000 yen! What do you say, Miss? …..Eh? You’ll buy one? Even though it costs 10.000 yen? Im- Impossible!”
“Geez, Elni-chan. Stop doing this. Let us hurry to Shinobu-san.”
“B- Bu Luna! This girl said she would buy my divine goods! I’m happy, so I’ll give it to for free! …Eh? You’ll pay? I, I don’t need the 10.000 yen—-wait, waaah, I really don’t need the money!”
…Yeah, I got a really bad feeling.
Like me, Machina also noticed the voice from outside as she grimaced.
Then the CLATTER noise of the classroom door opening echoed and two beauties appeared.
I was surprised that both of them wore our school uniform, but I recognized them anyway.
One of them was a girl with shining silver hair tied up in twin tails, skin white as snow and extremely finely chiselled features. It was Elni.
And the other one was a peerless beauty with dazzling blonde hair till her waist and a dynamite body on the level of a model, wearing a gentle expression. It was Luna.
“Shinobu-senpai, hello!”
“Hello, Shinobu-kun”
When the two of them noticed me, they approached with a smile and opened each their mouth.
“Hey, Shinobu-kun, would you mind to spend lunch break with us? I prepared a lunch box for you.”
“You will, right, Shinobu-senpai?”
Luna smiled sexily while resting her small hand on my chin and Elni happily clung to my arm….Ehm, was this a dream?
The situation was just too aloof from reality that I was confused and couldn’t say anything. Then Luna pulled away her hand from my chin, grabbed the sleeve of Elni’s uniform and said quietly.
“Elni-chan, Elni-chan. Shinobu-san is not reacting. I think I played the senior role well, like you told me…. But Shinobu-san does not seem to be all that happy…”
“Mhm~ Shinobu might have no interest in older girls.”
“Ehh? Th- That is not good! I will even do embarrassing things, so please tell me how to please Shinobu-san!”
Luna begged with teary eyes while jerkily pulling on Elni.
M- Mh, apparently the two of them standing before me was no dream, but reality.
“…What are you two here for?”
To hide my agitation, I made a weary expression and asked. Machina and Gogyou-san affirmed too.
“Yeah, what’s up with you two? Why are you here?”
“Ehm, if you’re here to hang out, it would be better to come after school. You’ll be thrown out when a teacher finds you. You two really stand out, so it’s better that you leave quickly.”
Gogyou-san warned them kindly, but Elni smirked and answered.
“Hijiri, don’t sweat the details.”
“Ehm, I can’t really approve of outsiders entering the school on their own…”
Gogyou-san informed Elni with a wry smile. But Elni just drew closer to Gogyou-san.
“Hijiri.”
“Mh?
“Elni Fire~”
Elni gently blew into Gogyou-san’s ear. In that moment, Gogyou-san raised a coquettish “Mmah…” voice.
Seeing that, Elni opened her well-formed lips and suddenly nibbled on Gogyou-san’s ear.
“Hya… Ah… No. Sto… Mm…”
Gogyou-san tried to get off Elni, but it seemed like she couldn’t muster any strength. Her cheeks turned red and her body trembled shuddering. She grabbed my hand, seeking for help.
“Mmah… N- Nanjou-kun….h- help…. Uhn…”
Wh- What to do? Gogyou-san’s cheeks redden even deeper and tears dwelled up in her eyes. That was extremely erotic. And that she heavily breathing sought my help was even more stimulating.
But well, I better stopped Elni now. The folks in class, boys and girls alike, blushed and focused their gazes on Gogyou-san and Elni. It would be troublesome if they stood out too much. Thinking like that, I wanted to speak out to restrain Elni, but Machina moved before I could. Machina smiled playful and moved right next to Gogyou-san. Then, just like Elni, she opened her glamorous pink lips and attacked Gogyou-san’s ear with her mouth.
Right after, Gogyou-san raised once again an erotic voice and her knees started to tremble. Upon seeing that, Machina and Elni looked at each other and now started to suck on Gogyou-san’s ears. In reaction, Gogyou-san increased the grip on my hand.
“Fuh…Mah… N_ Nanjou-kun, I… I’m already… Ahh…”
Wait, wait, wait. Now this was going too far. I immediately had to stop Elni and Machina, but for some reason my hand wouldn’t move. Gogyou-san’s seductive expression was too charming, so I couldn’t avert my eyes and just observed for a while.
“S- Stop it, you two. Please get away from Gogyou-san.”
Luna hastily reprimanded Elni and Machina, which brought me back to my senses.
“Give it a rest, Elni, Machina. Gogyou-san doesn’t like it.”
I said urging, when Elni and Machina looked at each other and then got away from Gogyou-san.
Finally released, Gogyou-san staggered and snuggled to me with heavy breathing.
“A- Are you okay?”
The soft sensation of her voluminous breasts, the sound of her heavy breathing near my ears and the hectic beating pulse.
I asked her while in agitation over her clinging. Then suddenly arms were twined around my back.
“Hah, hah… Sorry…. Can’t muster any strength….just a bit longer… like this…”
She said disruptive and let her breathing calm down in my arms.
Seeing Gogyou-san like that, Machina and Luna made a somewhat envious expression and Elni said “Sorry” apologizing.
And the guys in class glared at me with their eyes full of envy and shouted at me.
“Nanjou! Not fair! Let me take your place for a moment!”
“Right! It’s not fair when it’s only you, Nanjou-kun!”
“No, actually, I’m envious of Gogyou-san!”
“….Eh? What the? Hey, who was that! Who is envious of Gogyou-san? Because that’s the same I thought just now!”
With a loud ruckus, my classmates attacked me with angry shouts.
I got the feeling that there were some unsettling statements among them, but I was too scared, so I decided to ignore them. I pondered how to calm this ruckus, when Gogyou-san suddenly got away from me. She made eye-contact with me and turned red up to her eyes for some reason.
“Is your body better now?”
I had intended to ask kindly, when Gogyou-san moved her mouth like a goldfish while still bright red.
“I, I did—something shameful to Nanjou-kun!…”
Gogyou-san said regretful, then she shouted a “Sorry!” and sprinted out of the classroom.
…Ehm, shameful? Just by clinging to me?
Yeah, Gogyou-san was just so innocent.
I was a bit surprised. Then Machina, who was looking after Gogyou-san, said.
“Gogyou is surprisingly cute too.”
“Yeah, Hijiri is cute.”
Elni affirmed Machina’s words. On a rare occasion they agreed on something.
Actually, they worked together quite smoothly when they teased Gogyou-san.
Why did these two only get along at times like this?
When I was innerly amazed, Luna watched over Elni and Machina with a wry smile, as she probably had the same thought as me.
Then I sighed lightly, faced Elni and Luna and opened my mouth.
“…So, what are you two here for?”
Elni aside, Luna wouldn’t come to school without a proper reason. There Elni pulled out something from the handbag in her hand and answered with a smile.
“You forgot your lunch, Shinobu, so we came to deliver it.”
“Eh? Really? Thanks.”
I said my gratitude while Elni presented me the lunch box and puffed her chest full of pride.
“I carried it all the way here while trying hard not to eat it!”
That wasn’t really a matter to be proud of. Seeing her like that, Luna made a small sigh.
“Elni-chan ate lunch together with me, but on our way to school, she glanced at the lunch box a couple of times…”
…If not for Luna, Elni might have devoured it. But when I saw Elni smiling happily, I couldn’t say anything back.
I took the lunch box from Elni and petted her head lightly.
“Thank you, Luna, Elni. You saved me.”
I properly said my thanks and continued with a “Reminds me…”.
“What’s up with these uniforms? How did you get them?”
It was pretty unlikely that they stole them, so they probably borrowed them from someone. I pondered about that, when Elni spun around once, stroke a pose and answered.
“I got them from a woman that I met at the volunteer works. She said I could have them, since she graduated and won’t need them anymore.”
Elni, striking a pose like a model, was not-exaggeratingly cute and the uniform suited her well.
“By the way, I wear a freshman uniform while Luna wears a senior one.”
The girl from whom Elni got the uniforms surely grew up over her school days. Comparing Luna and Elni, the growth became apparent. But despite that, the uniform Luna wore was still a bit tight around her chest.
“Uhm, Shinobu-san…It does not look weird?”
Luna showed a worried expression when she noticed my gaze.
To be honest, she looked incredible cute.
“It suits you two pretty well and—”
Before I could say “cute”, my classmates opened their mouths.
“Miss, you’re home-staying at the Nanjou household, right?”
“Ehh? She’s the rumoured foreigner that was a maid-labelled slave? Unbelievable. What’s so good about Nanjou-kun?”
The guys from class approached at my desk, where my classmate (big-breasted) Minami faced Elni.
“Actually, who’s this cute girl with the silver hair? Your friend, Nanjou-kun?”
On Minami’s words, everyone else shut up. They faced Elni and uttered stuff like cute. Then they took a step forwards.
At that moment, Asada, who had watched quietly so far, stood up and jumped in front of our classmates. Then he said altered.
“Okay, okay~ Ask your questions about them through their manager.”
When did he became her manager? I became inadvertent wearily, when Asada turned around and showed a smile.
“Nanjou, get out of here before it gets out of hand. I’ll hold them off here.”
“A- Asada, you…”
“Surprised? Heh, I know what you’re thinking, Nanjou. Sure, I’m a pervert, but I’m not so low as to lust over the girl of my friend!”
For some reason Asada appeared really cool and I was amazed.
But in a matter of seconds, Asada was pushed aside, trampled down and deserted by our classmates.
But Asada didn’t give up. Even while laying on the floor, he snuck a peek under the skirts of the girls.
It was strangely praiseworthy how he could pull that off. I just cheered on Asada, whishing him the best, when our classmates approached Elni and called out to her.
“Ehm, what relationship do you have with Nanjou?”
“Mh? Me? I’m—Shinobu’s lover!”
Elni unwavering told a lie. Needless to say, my classmates raised their voices in surprise.
There Machina said to Elni wearily.
“Lover my ass. You can lie without getting red. But you’re just a freeloader.”
“Yeah, just like you, Machina.”
Elni admitted honestly, but that statement made my classmates give an expression like they were hit by a thunder and they shouted.
“H- Hey, we haven’t heard of this, Nanjou. Sure we saw you getting along with Orangelo-san, but to think that you were living together!”
“Living together under the same roof, I’m so envious! Of Orangelo-san that is! I want to live in Nanjou-kun’s house too!”
“Hey, again, who was that! Which boy had the same thought as me just now!”
….Seemed like I wouldn’t get to have lunch now.
I wasn’t really surprised about that. Then I heard excited voices like “Where are the blonde and silver-haired beauties!” and “Look around the sophomore classes!” from boys in the hallway.
Reminded me, when Luna brought me an umbrella to school before, the boys were making a ruckus too. Mhm~ If the ruckus grew any louder, a teacher would surely come by.
…We better go elsewhere.
I concluded such, grabbed my lunch box and walked away while pulling on Luna’s hand with a “Let’s go”.
Strangely enough, the worked-up classmates obediently made way when I just said “Move aside”.
What a surprise. I walked slightly surprised and Elni and Machina followed behind me, so we left the classroom together.
Meanwhile, I could hear whispering voices like “…Damn, from that look, I thought I would get killed” from my classmates in the classroom.
A cruel statement. I innerly dropped my shoulders. Luna firmly returned my hand holding and asked “Where are we going?” with a smile, so I regained my spirit and pondered where to go.
….In the end, I took Luna, Elni and Machina behind the gym. I thought that we could eat our lunch here peacefully, but Elni said with red cheeks for some reason.
“Sh- Shinobu-senpai, bringing me to such a desolate place…What are you going to do to me?”
“…Eh? He brought us to this desolate place with these intentions….?”
“I- Is that so, Shinobu-san? All of us at the same time…. How bold…”
Playing along with Elni’s joke, Machina and Luna turned red.
“No, I won’t do anything.”
For now, I dropped a double chop on Elni and Machina’s head with my hands. Upon that Machina and Elni raised an “”Oww”” in perfect harmony.
Seeing that, Luna pulled on the sleeve of my uniform and reprimanded me with a gentle tone.
“Shinobu-san, violence is not good.”
“Ehm, this is kind of my whip of love…”
I made an excuse while scratching my head, when Elni for some reason imposed a stop to Luna by holding out her palm.
“It’s okay, Luna. That’s a sign of the close relationship between Shinobu and me.”
“Well, an expression of affection so to speak.”
Elni said with a smile while Machina reddened her cheeks. Then Luna mumbled “Affection…”, faced me and shouted with a serious expression.
“Shinobu-san, please hit me too!”
….Eh? What was she saying out of the blue? Inadvertently I was shocked and—
“Luna, If you want to be hit, then show the great me your butt! I’ll spank you as you want! In a sixteen beat!”
“Oh, a sixteen beat—wait, Elni! Don’t say weird stuff by mimicking me!”
I hastily retorted, but it was already too late. Luna had turned red and pushed out her bottom towards me, like Elni had said.
Her beautiful, long legs and her well-shaped hipline peeked out from the skirt. Luna looked at me somewhat worried over her shoulder.
Inadvertent I lost my senses and raised my hand. And when I was about to bring my hand down on her plump butt, I shook my head in disbelief. Then I dropped a chop on Elni’s head, who had watched over my behaviour quite curiously.
“Ow! Shinobu, it hurts!”
“Shut up. I’ll hit you in the sixteen beat, like you wanted it!”
“Uwaaah!”
Elni raised a sorrowful scream, but when I gave her an after service of petting her head once I was done hitting her, she mumbled a “Candy and the whip” while making a not so displeased expression.
A weird fellow like ever. But today I felt that this weird side of hers was also charming. When I gently petted Elni’s head….I felt a gaze on me.
When I turned to it, Luna was puffing her cheeks lightly and looking at me with a sulking expression.
“…Shinobu-san, it is not fair that it is only Elni-chan. Please do it for me too.”
“No, no, I can’t really hit Luna when she hasn’t done anything bad…. Right?”
I turned to Machina for help. But Machina, standing besides Luna, made a displeased expression and said.
“Hey, Shinobu. Do it for my sister too! Or do you want to make her feel left out?”
Wh- Why are you somewhat angry? Help me out, here. I complained such in my head and approached Luna with my hand raised.
But since Luna looked at me with hopeful eyes and blushed cheeks, I stopped my coming down hand halfway.
I couldn’t bring myself to hit her.
My hand staggered powerless, then lightly hit onto Luna’s head.
“…It feels kind of different.”
“Sorry, but that’s the best I can do.”
I answered such and Luna showed a sad expression.
“…Even though you do it for Elni-chan, Machina and Nazuna-chan…you will not do it for me, Shinobu-san?”
“Yeah, well, I can’t really bring myself to and violence isn’t good anyway. You too, wouldn’t hit me when I asked you to, right?”
“That is not true.”
“No, you wouldn’t.”
“I certainly would.”
“…Hoo, they why don’t you try it?”
On a rare occasion, Luna didn’t resign, so I spread my arms and uttered a challenge.
Upon that Luna approached me with a serious expression and lightly pulled on my ear.
That much I still told off as cute, but then Luna brought her face closer and bit onto my ear with her well-shaped pink lips.
The sensation of her soft lips along with her warm breath. She gently nibbled onto my ear, it was like a cat’s play-biting.
My pulse increased immediately and I hastily tried to get away from Luna. But her extended arms blocked my escape. Luna grabbed my shoulder with her hands and continued to nibble onto my ear while clinging to me.
Wh- What? Was Luna angry?
Melon-like big breasts pressed onto my upper arm and Luna continued to stimulate my ear with her warm breath. Her expression looked somewhat happy.
“…When I see that, Luna actually might be the type to enjoy teasing?”
“Mhm~ Sister might unexpectedly be like that.”
Elni and Machina each gave a comment while remaining a spectator and watching Luna and me.
Don’t just look and help me. I wanted to shout out such, but it was quite unlikely that these two, who teased Gogyou-san, would help me.
So I became a demon and placed a light chop onto Luna’s head with a “Stop it”.
Upon that Luna finally released my ear from her mouth and happily said her gratitude to me.
…Why did I have to get this exhausted before lunch?
I sighed and sat down on the spot. When I opened the lunch box, the other three followed my suit and sat down.
However, incomprehensible to me, Elni took my chopsticks, grabbed a octopus shaped sausage from the lunch box before I could stop her and then
“Shinobu, Ah~”
She held up the sausage before my mouth.
I had thought for sure that Elni would eat it herself, so I was surprised now. But on that opening, Machina leaned over from beside and ate that sausage.
“Wh- What are you doing, Machina! That was Shinobu’s sausage!”
Elni got angry, but Machina just said “My bad” nonchalant.
“Okay then, Shinobu. As compensation, Ah~”
Then she grabbed a sausage from her own lunch with the chopsticks and brought it to my mouth.
Seeing that, Elni leaned over like Machina and ate the offered sausage.
“How dare you! You glutton!”
“I don’t want to be called that by you!”
There the two of them started one of their usual fights and Luna took away the chopsticks from Elni. Then grabbing an omelette side dish with it,
“Shinobu-san, here, Ah~”
Luna fed me with a smile.
Yeah, there was no need for that. Just give me back my chopsticks.
I couldn’t taste anything out of embarrassment.
After that, I played along with a couple of Luna’s “Ah~”s, then took back my chopsticks and started to eat normally. Machina and Elni were pulling each other cheeks like they always did during a fight….
But it was said that teasing is a sign of affection, so I left them be. Luna watched over them with a worried expression, when Machina and Elni broke up by turning away from each other.
Well, it was a daily occurrence, not worth any attention.
…Like that I spent my lunch break with the three of them.
Being at school was something new for Luna and Elni, so the time went by in a flash due to the joy and the chime rang.
There Machina and I sent off Luna and Elni at the front gate and then returned to the classroom.
By the way, when we came back to the classroom, Gogyou-san noticed me and turned bright red while she once again bowed down with a “Sorry for earlier”.
I told her not to mind it, when for some reason Gogyou-san mumbled a “…You’re so kind” with still red cheeks and then returned to her seat.
When I looked after her, Machina pinched my cheek for some reason…
* * *
Then classes were over and I returned home with Gogyou-san, who wanted to learned about computers like agreed on earlier.
“Ex- Excuse my intruding.”
Gogyou-san said so with a somewhat nervous expression when she entered the house. Then Elni showed her face from the living room. I had told her about Gogyou-san coming during lunch break, so she wasn’t really surprised and just smiled boldly. She said.
“Hijiri, Welcome to my castle, the Elni castle. This Elni castle lets anyone enter, but never lets anyone leave. Well, come in. Luna is making some tea.”
For a mere freeloader, she behaved like the owner of the house.
“Gogyou, you can ignore her. She’s an idiot. Don’t make eye-contact or she’ll bite you.”
“Machina! Such mean words right after you come home! Who are you calling an idiot! Who will bite you! If that’s what you want, I’ll bite you! And also, welcome home!”
“Pft. As if an idiot like you could actually bite anyone. Just give it a try if you think you can. And also, I’m home!”
Seeing the behaviour of these two, Gogyou-san gave a wry smile and whispered to me.
“Nanjou-kun, could it be they actually get along well?”
“…Who knows? To be honest, I don’t know.”
I replied and then we went to the living room with Luna, who came to greet us.
There Machina, Gogyou-san and me put down our bags and relaxed over a cup of tea that Luna made for us. Then Elni suddenly stood up from the sofa and said.
“—Okay! Time for the cooking contest!”
“Yes, bring it on! Let’s go, Gogyou.”
Upon Elni’s words, Machina stood up and took Gogyou-san’s hand.
But Gogyou-san showed a perplexed expression on having her hand taken.
“…Eh? Uhm, I came for the computer….”
“That’ll be for later! C’mon, this way.”
“Yeah, you cook with us too, Hijiri.”
Having her arms taken by Machina and Elni, Gogyou-san was dragged to the dining kitchen.
Machina was dragged into their contest as a replacement for Nazuna, who was absent due to her club activities, while she was dumbfounded.
But what would happen if Gogyou-san won? Would she come to live here too? She would come to wake me up, I would come to wake her up instead, we would watch TV together, I would peep on her changing and she would peep on me instead.
…Yeah, if I were to engage in such a relationship with the popular Gogyou-san, the guys from class would surely get pissed. Thinking that, I peeked my head into the dining kitchen.
There the girls had put on aprons and were looking into the refrigerator.
Mh, girls in aprons sure were a fine sight. Machina and Gogyou-san wore the apron over their uniforms, which was quite charming.
Of course Elni wearing the apron over her casual clothes was cute too, but sadly enough Luna didn’t wear an apron.
It seemed that Luna would not participate in the contest. She showed them where the cooking utensils were and warned them to be careful with the fire and knives.
She was indeed the model oldest daughter. An reliable older sister.
When I watched over the girls, Elni and Machina came over and grabbed my arm.
“Shinobu, no boys in the kitchen.”
“Yeah. Wait patiently in the living room.”
With that they forcefully banished me to the living room.
With no other choice left, I sat down on the sofa and relaxed, when Luna came back. She sat down beside me and talked to me with a smile.
“I am looking forward to their cooking.”
“…I’m worried about the stuff not done by Gogyou-san though.”
Luna, who was chosen to be a judge like me, looked happy. But I sighed and replied.
In that moment, I could hear a loud noise from the dining kitchen. Following Gogyou-san’s surprised voice.
“Ah, you can‘t, Orangelo-san. Wh- What are you doing!”
“Eh? I can’t do that?”
“O- Of course not! That’s a no-go! Also the buds of potatoes are poisonous. You can’t eat them…!”
Along with Gogyou-san’s panicked voice, I got a very bad feeling.
Then I could hear more worried voices from Gogyou-san and Elni.
“Ehm, Orangelo-san, I don’t think that’s on the receipt…”
“It’s okay.. It’ll make it spicy.”
“Uwaah! Machina! The other stuff aside, this one is clearly not good!”
“Oh come on, you two are exaggerating. It’s fine, it’s fine.”
A few seconds after Machina said that, Gogyou-san and Elni’s screams sounded.
I was worried. For a while now my heart wouldn’t stop racing, but was that because the beautiful Luna was in front of me? Or was my heart in tumult like when you shake your eyes worried?
Like that I escaped from reality, when Luna said “I will go get some medicine just in case” with a rather serious expression. I put my hands together in a prayer.
…I spent the time like that, when Gogyou-san, Machina and Elni peeked in their heads into the living room. Gogyou-san’s face was pale, Elni’s stiff and Machina’s was full of confidence while she opened her mouth.
“Okay, Shinobu. Which dish will you eat first?”
“—Gogyou-san’s!”
I gave an instant answer. Machina’s was no good. From what I heard, Elni’s still might be eatable, but Machina’s definitely was no good. I’ll just say I can’t eat anymore after I finished all of Gogyou-san and Elni’s food.
With these thoughts, I named Gogyou-san. Upon that Gogyou-san nodded, temporarily returned into the kitchen and then put down a tablet with a plate before me.
When I looked at it, I recognized a rice omelette on the plate.
An appetizing flavour came at me and I clapped my hands together with a “I’m digging in”, then grabbed the spoon.
I felt Gogyou-san’s gaze on me when I split the rice omelette in a mouthful part with the spoon. I put it into my mouth and chewed it well.
Ohh, the eggs, tomato ketchup and chicken rice made a perfect combination. Also, the sweetness and fluffiness of the eggs was the best. I smiled unmeant.
“This is good…”
When I uttered so, Luna also tried the rice omelette. Right after a smile broadened on Luna’s face.
“It is delicious. Gogyou-san, please tell me your receipt next time.”
“Y- Yeah. Thanks.”
Gogyou-san smiled bashful, when Machina and Elni also reached out for the spoons. They too praised Gogyou-san’s dish highly. In no time, the rice omelette done by Gogyou-san was gone. Then Luna cleared away the tablet, when Machina stood up and faced me.
“Okay, Shinobu, which next?”
“Eh? W- Well, Elni’s.”
I said when Machina smiled happily for some reason.
“I see. You’re saving the best for last, huh.”
….Just where did her confidence come from? It was doubtful, but for now I faced Elni and called on her.
“Okay Elni, yours please.”
“Yes, that makes 3000 yen.”
“You’re charging!? Just bring it out.”
Then Elni averted her eyes and after she looked like she made a resolve, she suddenly bowed.
“Sorry, Shinobu! I was hungry, so I ate what I cooked by myself… It’s all gone!”
What an idiot. I was astonished, when Gogyou-san gave a wry smile with “I told you…” while Machina made an astonished face like me when she proclaimed “You’re such an idiot”.
But there Elni smiled profound and continued with a “But”.
“I can cook it again immediately. Five minutes…No, three minutes will be fine. Luna, Hijiri, come here for a bit.”
Saying that, Elni took Luna and Gogyou-san to the kitchen.
“What’s Elni plotting now?”
“Who knows? It’s the idiot we’re talking about, so it can’t be any decent.”
Sadly I couldn’t deny Machina’s words that easily.
Then I waited for a few minutes. I talked with Machina, who happily smiled while saying “Cooking is surprisingly fun”, then Elni came back to the living room.
“Sorry to make you wait.”
Elni appeared with a face full of confidence, when shortly after followed a bunny girl and a nurse in mini-skirt . ….Mh? A bunny girl and a nurse in mini-skirt?
I once again looked at the bunny girl and nurse in mini-skirt, who had appeared so suddenly. With a closer look, the red bunny girl was Luna and the nurse in mini-skirt was Gogyou-san.
Luna wore a red leotard that boldly presented her cleavage and exposed her back and shoulders. Her beautiful legs were covered by black mesh tights. A red butterfly necktie was tied around her neck and on her head she wore an elegant pair of pink bunny ears.
Gogyou-san was wearing a pink nurse outfit with a nurse cap on her head. And since she was a nurse in mini-skirt, her skirt was incredible short, which exposed her sexy thighs and nearly gave a view under her skirt.
Opposite to the proud Elni, Luna turned red and covered her breasts with her hands while Gogyou-san likewise turned red and stretched her short skirt with both her hands.
Then Elni approached me, who was at a loss for words due to the surprise, and said while clapping onto my shoulder.
“Here, Shinobu, these two are my dish. The costumes are a hand-downs, but they suit them quite well. Feast on them well.”
“Well, it surely suits them, but what do you mean by feast on them? Besides, the costumes are hand-downs? Who did you get them from?”
“From the woman, who also gave me the school uniform. She said I could have them since she quit and that she would start anew.”
“…What exactly did that woman quit?”
“I call on my right to remain silent.”
I questioned her, when Elni’s mouth formed into an “へ” and flicked her finger while facing Luna. Then Luna came closer, stood before me and slouched.
In that moment her big breasts bounced and the two swellings became pointing, bringing their deep cleavage close to my eyes. The ripe fruits looked like they could pop out of the leotard at any time and Luna said bashful in her embarrassment.
“Sh- Shinobu-san, will you take a bath? Will you have dinner? Or will you have a…B- Bunny?”
Right after a shock like being hit by thunder ran through my whole body.
She probably arranged it with Elni before. Her words plus her erotic pose were incredible destructive…I couldn’t bring out any words.
For now, I gave Luna a generous applause.
Next up, Elni approached Gogyou-san and gave her a syringe. Gogyou-san took the syringe and sighed, then she draw closer to me.
With every step Gogyou-san took, her thighs fluttering peeked out from the mini-skirt and I almost could look under her skirt. While I was getting the run-around by that fluttering rhythm, Gogyou-san stopped before me and said with a dignified expression while pointing the syringe at me.
“If you don’t eat—-you’ll get an injection!”
They indeed arranged it beforehand and these words and pose were from Elni.
But just like with Luna, it had incredible destructive power. I forgot my words and blankly looked at Gogyou-san.
“Uhh…”
Gogyou-san’s dignified expression suddenly changed into bright red.
“Th- That’s why I didn’t want to do it! Nanjou-kun is shocked by it too!”
Tears dwelled in her eyes, she turned around and crouched down.
“N- No, that’s not it! I’m excited! You both are so cute that I want to eat you up!”
I desperately shouted a follow-up, when Elni murmured a single sentence.
“…That sounds like sexual harassment.”
“You’re one to say! Actually what were you thinking, making those two a dish!”
“It was to please you! Anything wrong with that? If so, say it!”
…Silence is golden. Happy at heart, I closed my mouth and fell silent.
Upon that, Machina made an angry expression and cut in.
“Hey! Sure enough, Sister and Gogyou are cute, but they can’t be recognized as food!”
Machina said that and I faced Elni with a smile, when I said.
“Elni-san, that was a feast.”
“Ehh? Sh- Shinobu, what are you saying?”
“Well, I don’t hate such ideas. It’s a mental play. Yeah.”
“Only obvious, since it’s an idea from the Goddess.”
I tried an affirming approach, when Elni puffed her chest and face Machina. Machina groaned frustrated, then
“Wait a minute!”
She grabbed Elni’s hand and left the living room.
Soon enough I could hear the conversation between Machina and Elni from the hallway, but I didn’t understand it well.
“…Just do… too… give me…”
“But… costume… only…”
Their voices gradually became fainter.
“…What’s up with Machina?”
“I wonder.”
“She took even Elni-chan with her.”
Gogyou-san and Luna tilted her head as a nurse in mini-skirt and bunny girl. Surrounded by these wonderful costumes, my heart was racing quite fast.
Gogyou-san had sit down on the sofa. Her thighs peeked out from the short skirt and I caught a glimpse of her white panties. I hastily averted my eyes.
But then my gaze fell onto Luna.
The bunny girl costume probably only didn’t fit her around the chest, as the leotard was about to fall down, so I once again averted my eyes.
“What’s the matter, Nanjou-kun?”
“Shinobu-san, you seem somewhat strange?”
“That’s rude. I’m completely normal.”
I was completely agitated even while saying that, when the door opened and Elni and a maid appeared. Mhh? A maid? I widened my mouth in surprise as Machina was wearing maid clothes.
A dark blue one-piece with a snow-white apron with frills. On her head she wore an apron dress with the same frills.
Machina’s cheeks were blushed and she approached me while her short skirt flattered. With her head lowered, she said in a small voice.
“Th- Thanks for the wait… Master.”
…Was I dreaming? Our Machina was meekly calling me “Master”. Her embarrassed expression was quite cute too.
Machina looked at me biding, then continued with her cheeks still red.
“I will bring over your dinner now, so please wait for a moment, Master.”
“Ah, yes, thank you.”
For some reason my speech turned polite towards the maid. Seeing that, Machina giggled elegant and headed for the dining kitchen.
“Shinobu loves maids, noted.”
“…Hey Elni. Don’t take weird notes—-wait, Luna, you also don’t need to.”
Well, I did not dislike maids, but I honestly was just surprised by the gap to the usual Machina. However, it was not bad. Suddenly my heartbeat increased, so I completely forgot.
—That I wanted to avoid Machina’s cooking.
When I noticed it, Machina had come back to the living room with a plate on a tablet….But at this point, it was already too late to escape.
The smell was different. The smell hanging in the air was hardly appetizing and was similar to the irritating smell of chemicals. Gogyou-san and Elni had seen how Machina had cooked it, so when Machina approached, they stood up from the sofa and took a stance that allowed them to run away at any time. I got a really bad feeling, but… well, I had a strong stomach. Once I got stranded on a mountain with my grandfather, I even ate snakes and frogs. If it was for survival, I could eat anything.
I made my resolve while I waiting for Machina to bring over her cooking with her flattering short skirt.
But when I placed my gaze on the cooking before me, a shiver ran down my spine.
“…What’s this?”
“It is curry, Master.”
The maid Machina was really charming saying that with a smile.
But that stuff before me was curry? Wasn’t that an insult to actual curry?
Surely, there existed a kind of curry called green curry in the Thai cuisine. Unlike the similar yellow curry of Japan, the green curry was a spicy dish.
But what if the curry’s colour was…. purple? What if bubbled suspicious? What would you do then?
“E- Ehm, Miss Maid? I do believe that this curry does appear to be a somewhat different— from the curry that I am used to see….”
“This is a curry from the demon realm.”
I glanced at Luna. Luna’s face was pale and she strongly shook her head.
But Machina said with a smile.
“Please help yourself, Master.”
“Ah, yes.”
The smiling Machina was so cute that I ended up taking the offered spoon.
But my hand didn’t move at all.
“Ehm, Miss Maid, this curry somehow smells like thinner. Will I be fine eating it?”
I stiffened up, when Machina suddenly moved.
“Geez, Master is such a baby.”
Having some kind of misunderstanding, she snatched the spoon from my hand, scooped the curry (?) with the spoon and said with a smile.
“Here, Master, Ah~”
“Ah, thanks. Ah~”
Being called master, I unmeant opened my mouth.
When I hastily tried to avert my face, it was already too late. A stimulant entered my mouth.
“Uwa…”
Gogyou-san made a shriek while Elni and Luna looked worried.
“…It might be better to call an ambulance.”
“Th- The stomach medicine…”
Everyone watched over me worried (expect Machina, who was smiling) and when I chewed timidly, a pain ran through my mouth and tears dwelled up in my eyes. I couldn’t say anything about the taste. Only that it hurt. It was neither sweet, spicy or bitter. All that was there was pain.
Th- That was a first for me…
What would happen if I were to swallow this? I felt an indescribable fear, but I couldn’t just spit it out. However, leaving it in my mouth was also torture.
I mustered my resolve and swallowed it.
“…Huh? I can see my late grandpa.”
“Sh- Shinobu-san? What are you saying? Your grandfather is still alive! Are you okay?”
I heard Luna’s voice somehow distant. Dream or reality, I saw my grandpa, Nazuna, my mother and father. And for some reason also a huge Saint Bernard dog coming over to me.
“Eh? Are you Patr*sche? What? I have to tell you ‘I’m tired too’? Are you a death god?”
“N- Nanjou-kun? What’s up? Patr*sche is not a death god. Also, there isn’t a dog anywhere here!”
I heard Gogyou-san’s panicked voice in the distant, but it just felt too unreal. Patr*sche at my feet was way more realistic.
On top of that, mysteriously a flowerbed was spreading out before me now.
“So beautiful…”
I mumbled that and dropped my spoon, then my vision turned pitch black.
* * *
I woke up on a warm and soft sensation.
Someone was gently stroking my head and it felt really pleasant…. who was it?
I opened my eyelids and reflected in my eyes were two voluminous swellings, brilliant black hair and a kind expression.
“…Gogyou-san?”
“Mh? You came to?”
Gogyou-san peered at me and asked with a worried expression.
“How do you feel?”
“Eh? A- Ah, fine, I guess…”
The warm sensation of soft, yet firm thighs. And Gogyou-san’s big breasts that blocked half of my vision.
I hastily averted my eyes and answered. Then Gogyou-san made a sigh of relief.
“Good. When you started to have cramps, I thought you were done for. But you said ‘It’s fine, it’s fine’ and lay down on the sofa, so for now I just watched over you…”
Yeah, I had no recollection of my actions. The only things I remembered were that I ate Machina’s cooking and that I saw a flowerbed.
And now I noticed that my body was strangely numb. I tried to clench my fist, but I couldn’t even muster half of my usual strength.
I felt anxious about getting up and sighed while resting on Gogyou-san’s lap.
“It’s a miracle that I’m still breathing now…”
“That’s such an exaggeration…. or maybe not.”
Gogyou-san gave me a wry smile, but her expression changed into a serious one midway.
“Nanjou-kun, don’t force yourself to get up. I want you to tell me if you feel anything wrong with your body. Then I’ll take you to the hospital.”
“O- Okay. Sorry to trouble you…”
Certainly I felt sick, but not so much as not being able to get up. I should recover after a while. But Gogyou-san’s lap pillow was so pleasant and soothing.
Maybe because I suffered that incident, Gogyou-san’s kindness moved my heart and if I may say so myself, I forgot my shame on a rare occasion and let myself be spoiled.
I rested my cheeks on Gogyou-san’s thigh and closed my eyes. Then suddenly my head was petted. The sensation of smooth fingertips and a warm palm. It was without doubt pleasant, but
“…Ehm, going as far as to pet my head is really embarrassing.”
I modestly said. Gogyou-san hastily removed her hand from my head.
“S- Sorry. Your sleeping face was just so cute…”
“Cute? Me?”
I asked back in surprise, when Gogyou-san nodded with a smile.
“Yeah, when you sleep, you remind me of a husky, so cute are you…”
“R- Really? But isn’t a husky scary, since it has a face like a wolf?”
“That’s not true. It’s cool and cute. I love it.”
Gogyou-san said a bit sulking.
Weird. It wasn’t like she said that she loved me, but I became excited.
Then I opened my mouth to change the topic.
“Ehm, well, the husky aside… it’s rather quiet here. Did the others go somewhere?”
I asked, when Gogyou-san explained with a wry smile.
That because of the cooking contest the fridge was empty, everyone went shopping for dinner. Actually only Machina and Elni were planned to go, but Luna wanted to come along, so the three went shopping while entrusting me to Gogyou-san.
Yeah, Luna made the right decision. If these two were to go shopping just by themselves, you wouldn’t know what they ended up buying. And leaving the reliable Gogyou-san behind was also right. But there was one problem. Gogyou-san made a pitiful expression and then said desolate.
“…Orangelo-san said she would make dinner by herself. And that she wouldn’t fail this time…”
I immediately got up with a shriek.
“A- Are you okay, Nanjou-kun? Please calm down.”
“No, impossible. As if I could calm down. I’m outta here. Anything more of that and I’ll die.”
I talked rapidly while a cold sweat broke out on my forehead. Gogyou-san asked somewhat surprised.
“Ehm, out of here, but where to?”
“Mh? Somewhere far away…?”
“You have no destination in mind?”
Now that she mentioned it, I hadn’t. My grandfather would call them immediately if I were to go there and I didn’t really want to stay at Asada’s house. And my training spot (with a roof) in the mountains was known to Nazuna.
Then suddenly my sleeve was pulled, so I shifted my gaze back to Gogyou-san.
When our eyes met, she bashful averted her eyes and said shyly.
“Uhm, if you have nowhere to go, that is… do you want to come over to my house?”
“Eh?”
I widened my eyes, when Gogyou-san shook her hand hastily.
“Ehm, only if you want. If you don’t, that’s fine.”
After she said that, Gogyou-san looked down embarrassed.
That was cute. I asked agitated.
“I’m grateful for the offer, but… is it really okay? It won’t be a bother?”
“N- Not at all!”
Gogyou-san denied strongly, then took my hand.
“I want to help you when you’re troubled…”
Damn. Her gentle smile suddenly made my eyes watery.
“Thanks.”
Agitated, I honestly said my gratitude. I quickly got ready, then left the key for the front door at the usual hiding spot and left the house together with Gogyou-san.
For a while I would take shelter at Gogyou-san’s house…
