Omae o Otaku ni Shiteyaru kara, Ore o Riajuu ni Shitekure!:Volume 4 Chapter 3

Chapter 3

One week passed before I noticed it was already Friday.

In other words, I remembered it was the day before the visit to Murasaki's home. I was a bit nervous this day.

Of course, I am excited to go to Murasaki's home, but I had one big problem.

I will meet Sakurai her for the first time after I met her on the first day of the second semester.

Even when we met on the first day of second semester, I was very conscious and behaved suspiciously. I wonder if I can interact normally with Sakurai at Murasaki's house tomorrow.

I was always wondering about the information, "Sakurai likes me" from the mouth of a drunken Koigasaki on the day of the fireworks display is true. I tried asking Koigasaki about it once, but she would not hear of it because my timing was bad and I haven’t asked about it since then.

To be honest, I thought that Sakurai disliked me since the beginning so the thought that she now has favor with me, I can’t think of it.

However, there is no reason for Koigasaki to say such things. I thought that when Sakurai invited me to a movie, maybe Sakurai thought that she had some favor with me. In other words, Sakurai would invite me for a date. After the cosplay event at the end of July, I think I did not misunderstand that I think she became friendlier towards me.

In other words, did Ms. Sakurai find favor with me ... Is it...?

I can’t think honestly about such as a flagged event; but when did she find favor with me? What else did she like about me? Whatever it was, everything she does will make me happy.

───────────────────── -My delusions ran out of control and I could not sleep well.

The next day, I managed to get up in time but I still feel sleepy.

I would like to consult with Koigasaki before meeting Sakurai. I would like to ask her about the remark she herself made. I regret that I should have asked her about it at school.

So, I took note of the place of Koigasaki's house, Sakurai's house and Murasaki's house is located.

On my way to Murasaki’s home, I got off the station near Koigasaki’s house.

So, together with Koigasaki, we headed to Murasaki’s home together. I noticed that I could talk to Koigasaki before meeting with Sakurai, and in a panic, I called Koigasaki.

She finally answers on the fourth call.

"……Hello?"

She is in a little bad mood.

"Hello, were you still sleeping?"

"Ha, I wasn’t sleeping, I was drying my hair after my bath just now! I am busy rolling and making up my hair from now on, is this about something!?"

A bath in the morning?

Hair wrapping and makeup ... I also thought that my hair was troublesome every morning, but women seem to have it worse.

"No, well, I have something I'd like to consult for a moment ... ... It's about Sakurai ... ..."

"What!? I said I am very busy right now!"

"No, I do not want to talk it over the phone! Uh, now is eleven o'clock ... ... what time do you take the train?"

At the time Koigasaki gets on the train, it means that I am waiting at the home of the nearest station of Koigasaki's home, so I can ask for a consultation before going to Murasaki's house.

"Well then, I’ll be waiting for that time, I asked!"

"Ah yes yes I understand now that I am regretting every minute so I will cut this call!"

After finishing the call with Koigasaki, I also prepared to go out. Since I have only one set of clothes I bought in Hanjiro, I will wear them and leave home after completing my preparation.

I got off the train at the station nearest to Koigasaki as promised. It is five minutes before the time when Koigasaki told me that she would arrive.

While looking for Koigasaki and wondering about her, she came up from the stairs.

"Yo."

Koigasaki greets me with an annoyed face. Today, both her curled hair and make-up are perfect. She is wearing a black hat, a brown dress, and brown boots over black tights. I felt it was an unusual coordination of colors.

"You ... what’s with that clothing? It was what you wore in Hanjiro last July."

"Oh, these are my only decent clothes. Are they Teppan clothes?"

"No, they are summer clothes ..."

"!?"

Summer clothes...... Well, indeed, this is summer clothing. I bought it in July, it has short sleeves.

"It's still hot today; it's not bad to wear this at all!"

"That is the only good thing, though ... ... Do you know about seasonal fashion?"

Seasonal fashion? ... It is September now, surely the season is autumn in calendar. ...... That reminds me of Koigasaki's clothes, is it because I'm not wearing autumn clothes that I look different? To be told, it looks somewhat autumnish overall. Fashions does cost money ... ... When I get my salary, I will have to buy some autumn clothes.......

Our train arrived so we got on board.

"So, what kind of trouble do you want, coming to this station ..."

"It's about Sakurai-san ... ...."

"What about Azuki-chan? Are you going to say she still hates you?"

"Ah, no, it's not like that.... You know what you said when we were at the fireworks festival, I guess that's really bothering me ..."

"What are you saying?"

"No, that's why, here ..."

"It's not clear to me, what did I say?"

"... ... Sakurai-san likes me, that's what you said ..."

I feel a bit embarrassed to tell it myself.

"……What?"

Koigasaki’s eyebrows rose on my words.

"... ... what is that?"

"Ha, didn’t you say yourself?"

"Wha, what are you talking about …that ..."

Koigasaki blinks violently and looks at me with a bitter smile.

"I …I don’t remember it … ah … I was drunk at that time, I don’t remember anything ... "

So, that's your story!

"After you got drunk, you said 'Azuki likes you!'"

"Oh ... lie, lie ...... I said that!?"

Koigasaki turned pale and gave a loud voice. She is panicking slightly. "Sure ... ... I was drunk at that time…"

She gives a deep sigh while holding down her forehead with one hand. She is saying something but I can’t hear what.

After thinking for a while, eventually,

"Oh, well, well, I guess I may have said something like that ... but ... that's ... the meaning that Azuki likes you ... that's different!"

"What?"

"She likes you because you’re easier to talk to since you are an otaku like her ... That's the meaning! It never had a deep meaning!"

"Ha ... ...."

I was pushed with tremendous pressure, so I just nodded.

"Well that’s it, no doubt so don’t you get any weird misunderstanding! It never had any romantic emotional meaning...... Well, I think so, don’t have any funny misunderstanding and don’t let your imagination run away!?"

"Runaway ..."

Koigasaki seemed desperate even after that, how many times did she have to confirm that!?

Sakurai thought of me as a good person that she could talk with easily. It was only that.

I do not have to feel like being awkward meeting her now, but honestly I feel disappointed.

I wonder why I am always like this, my thoughts running away from me... Even though I will fall down hard later because of this.

About 45 minutes being shaken by the train.

We arrived at JR Kichijoji station, near Murasaki's home

Meanwhile, there was hardly any conversation between us. I knew that the matter that Sakurai liked me was a misunderstanding and my tension fell a little; I don’t feel talking about myself much. Koigasaki is still in a bad mood because of the Suzuki matter; she almost never opened her mouth. I do not believe that I could convince her, so I said nothing.

"Wow, you haven't been in a good mood since this morning. What is it?"

I was suddenly said something when I noticed Koigasaki in such a state, as we got off the train and headed to the ticket gate.

"No, I don’t feel that bad."

Not in a bad mood. I'm just a bit depressed.

"Ah, already Murasaki invited you! Why that attitude?"

"Oh, so you are saying I'm in a bad mood!"

From me, it seems that the mood of Koigasaki that is involved in this way is bad. I have not done anything bad, and just because her tension is a bit low, why should she complain about something like this?

"What, maybe the matter of a while ago, did you expect much? So you have that attitude because I have broken your expectations?"

"What? I don’t ..."

Pointing to a star, she it gets impatient.

"Only you misunderstood me!?"

"Chisatsutatsu!"

I instinctively give out a rather loud voice.

"Well, here we are ......"

Sakurai and Murasaki were waiting for us while we were discussing while leaving the ticket gate. I spoke to Ms. Sakurai.

Apparently, they seemed to have seen the two of us fighting until we got to the ticket gate on the platform. Sakurai smiles bitterly.

Oh, she saw something I do not want to her see. I am awkward; I do not know what I should say.

"The two of you are really on good terms!"

"…………Huh?"

We both said at the same time.

Murasaki talked with a full smile.

"I could tell that you two are on good terms enough to fight♪"

Koigasaki and I could not hide our embarrassment at Murasaki's words.

It seems like Murasaki says that we are very friendly after seeing a quarrel between Koigasaki and me right now....

"We really don’t get along well, you know?"

Koigasaki has a bitter smile, denying Murasaki’s words.

"You do not have to say such things."

"No ... really ... Murasaki, what strange things are you talking about?"

Koigasaki and Murasaki started talking with each other as they left the station and started walking.

Murasaki’s current statement was also strange, but there is another thing I don’t understand.

It is a more fundamental problem, the reason I was called by Murasaki today.

More to say, it is somewhat mysterious if you think about it because Murasaki originally asked me to cooperate in making the doujinshi with Koigasaki.

If Murasaki helps in the making of the doujinshi with Koigasaki, then my cooperation is not necessary.

I have never made doujinshi until now and it seems that I would not seem particularly useful to go to Murasaki today.

While I'm glad that Murasaki exchanges e-mails and Skypes with me, I have not thought deeply until now why would Murasaki call me when I won’t be useful.

── Maybe Murasaki herself wanted to call me ...

What, I also have no sex, I am on the right track. Am I stupid?

...... No, but if I think so, Tsujiki will match.

If Murasaki wished to meet me in the future, she could have asked for my cooperation to make the doujinshi with Koigasaki and call my house. I would have also agreed that everything in the e-mail and go.

If by any chance, if that should happen ─ ─

"Kashiwada-kun, why are you silent ...?"

"Eh!?"

Looking at the person who said the voice, Sakurai looking up to me with a strange look.

"No, no, no problem ..."

"Is that so……?"

It is dangerous what I am doing now ... Sakurai has an absolutely bad feeling....... I was completely irritated and unconscious.

Koigasaki and Murasaki are walking while talking with each other in the front, inevitably Sakurai and I walked next to each other.

"It’s been a while since we met, Kashiwada-kun."

"Oh, that's right.”

The nervous feeling I had when talking with Sakurai has already disappeared long ago and I am relieved that I can talk to her naturally.

"Well, it is wrong! The first day of the second semester, I met for you for a moment.... You might not remember ... ...."

Sakurai mutters with a little dissatisfaction.

"Oh, that's right! I'm sorry! Of course I remember!"

But she responded pleasantly to those words of mine.

"Oh, really? That’s good!"

It turned out to be a happy smile.

What a pity this girl, she is a good girl, to be so happy with such a thing......

"Oh, yes, I remember, it's only a week before the release date of the movie!"

"Oh! Oh, that's right!"

Sakurai-san told me so I finally remembered. It is just a week from today before the release date of the anime movie we promised to go to see together.

"When is it going to happen? Would you like to go see it on the release date? Or do you want to wait until there are fewer people?"

Sakurai remained smiling and asked me.

"Well, will watching it on the release date be pretty crowded?"

"But if you book tickets online in advance, there is absolutely no problem! I will investigate!"

"Well, you don’t have to do that ... ...."

"I don’t mind at all! Because I invited you!"

I wonder why Ms. Sakurai feels this way to me.

"Ah everyone, we have arrived - this is my house."

Murasaki walked to the front and turned around and told us.

It isn’t far from the station? There was a beautiful apartment in front of us, which would not have been long since it was built.

Murasaki open the automatic lock at the entrance of the apartment and the door opens. We hurriedly went inside.

"Is it still new? ~ Awesome beautiful apartment"

Koigasaki is excited.

We went up to the 3rd floor with an elevator with Murasaki. Murasaki took out the key from her bag and opened the door numbered 306.

"Sorry for intruding …."

Following Koigasaki and Sakurai, I also got nervous as we went up to Murasaki's house.

Although I have been inside a girl’s house before, I even went up to Koigasaki’s room; it is the first time I went inside a woman's house. Somehow it already smells good from the entrance, and my excitement is higher compared to when I went up to the house of Koigasaki.

"Kashiwada, are you OK?"

Sakurai was worried and called out to me when I looked puzzled while taking off my shoes.

"No, I'm getting nervous for a moment ..."

I told her my feelings honestly while laughing,

"Oh, is that so? You do not need to be tense."

Murasaki tilted her head with a smile and said to me.

"No, it is my first time to going up to a woman's house ..."

"Oh, was that so? Then I am also the same."

"Huh?"

"It is the first time for a man other than a family member, to enter this house"

Murasaki says, winking at me.

Wow, what destructive power. My heart is beating fast.

Does that mean that she doesn’t have a boyfriend or even a male friend? It is something to say to virgin guys with expectations like me....

"Kashiwada, what are you doing? Don’t get so excited."

While I'm becoming pumped up, Koigasaki hurriedly shoots me down. I took off my shoes in a panic.

After going in, we found the dining room and the kitchen to be filled with plenty of feminine interior accessories that are fashionable and beautifully decorated.

Is this the house where Murasaki always stays ...... thinking like that, my tension will go up unnecessarily.

"Oh, it seems like a fashionable Otaku room ...!"

I blurted out without thinking.

"Oh, there is another room here, this is my workplace where I work my manuscripts ... ... Isn’t it quite amazing there?"

As she talked, she smiled at me. A small devilish smile came out. I did not ask how great it is, but perhaps it is an Otaku-ish room. I thought that I would like to see it.

"There are university friends hiding the fact that they are Otakus, so even if you are not an Otaku, I do this for them."

It is a thorough hiding place. I have to emulate.

"Anyway, please sit down."

Prompted by Murasaki, we sat around a table.

There were delicious cookies on the table.

"I do not know if they are delicious, but please help yourselves."

"Well, did Murasaki bake them!?"

"Yeah."

Murasaki answered Koigasaki's question with a smile while brewing tea in the kitchen.

Ooooo, handmade! Her girl power is high ... hey!

I wonder if there is anything better than going to a cute girl’s house and eat her homemade sweets.

"Thank you! I do not know if it fits Murasaki's taste ... ...."

Koigasaki handed a paper bag to Murasaki-san.

"Oh, thank you very much."

...... Is that possibly a souvenir?

By the way, when it comes to people, is it polite to give ordinary souvenirs?

Of course I have not brought anything. To be honest, I did not think about it.

"Oh, this is from me ... this is not a big deal ...."

Sakurai who was listening to the conversation also hands a paper bag to Murasaki in a hurry.

"Well, thank you for the trouble ..."

Seriously...... I am the only one...?

If I told my mother that I would go to single woman's house, she might have strongly suggested that I bring something.

I was ashamed to be teased, and of course I did not say anything.

"Sorry, I am sorry ... I have not brought anything ..."

Honest self-declare.

Murasaki, Koigasaki and Sakurai, I guess they are amazed.

"Oh, it's really nothing; please do not mind at all."

Murasaki shook her hands to the left and right in front of her face.

Oh, if Murasaki invites me here again, I swear that ... I would definitely bring something.

We were chatting with Murasaki while eating her handmade cookies (deliciously delicious), drinking tea and eating chocolates in her house.

We talked about Murasaki's university, about our high school.

Murasaki says that she is selling her doujinshi mainly at summer and winter comikets and other big site events.

She wants to do a girl cartoon instead of a new doujinshi this time.

After talking, Murasaki asked kind of event Koigasaki would like to enter and suggested that we use Murasaki to search.

We put down our cups and we moved to a room with a computer.

"It is a bit embarrassing for me to let you see this room ... ...."

The room with a personal computer is the room that Murasaki said was "quite amazing" and where she said she "works on her manuscripts". Our expectations rose about the room.

After opening the door and entering the room, it is not that different from being a room that is tidied properly.......

"Is it not quite amazing?"

According to Murasaki's words, it was a nice Otaku room.

Numerous figures and Nendoroids etc. are decorating the shelf, and the posters of games are also stuck on the wall.

The bookshelf also has comics, manga and doujinshi.

Well, her room is great, but it feels like ... it's somewhat dirty....

"If you have something you want to see, you can freely look at it.

Murasaki said when she saw my face.

"?"

My eyes are nervous and throbbing.

"Kashiwada-san cannot see the contents here."

Pointing at the bottom of the drawer, Murasaki says that.

"Why?"

Moreover, why only me!?

"Because it contains embarrassing things ..."

Embarrassing things! What the heck is that!? What do you keep inside? I desperately kept my feelings to myself.

"There are quite a few figures!

Sakurai is impressed looking at the glass shelves where the figures are arranged.

Maybe she’s pulling a little? As I thought about Koigasaki, I was surprised to see her look at the inside of the room and she doesn’t seem disgusted.

Murasaki turned on the personal computer and pulled out information from a Doujinshi sale site from the bookmark.

"It's a bit difficult to join the winter comiket because it's our first time participating."

"Oh, is that so, do you go to events to sell doujinshi, other than summer or winter comiket?"

"Yes, of course. There are plenty of smaller events and Only events."

"Oh, I also have been to an Only event"

While Murasaki interacted with Koigasaki, I noticed Ms. Sakurai staring at a certain point.

"Sakurai, what's wrong?"

"Oh, um ... ... I thought there seemed to be cosplay costumes to be inside the closet there ..."

"Huh……"

Looking at Sakurai's point of sight, the closet is half open, where clothes of Murasaki have been properly arranged, but indeed there are some clothes with unusual color clothes mixed in there.

"Oh, those are cosplay costumes."

Murasaki who was listening to our conversation turned around with a smile.

"When I joined a circle, I did some cosplays and sold books before, so I have some of the clothes. If you want, you can see them later."

"Oh, is that OK!?"

Sakurai gave me a delightful offer. It is truly a cosplay costume. I did not know that a cosplay costume could be mistaken for casual clothes....

After Koigasaki checked all the events from autumn to winter, she declared that she would like to participate in the spot sale called "Sunshine Creation Festival" to be held on October 23.

"In October ... it will be pretty short; can you make a book that soon?"

"Because I can’t wait until December! If it's October 23, I have over a month and I think I can do it."

"Momo-san, are you considering making doujinshi with copied books or off books?"

"Copied?"

Koigasaki answered Murasaki's question with a tilt of her head. Even I do not know the meaning of the word.

"Yes, um ... ...."

Murasaki took out one doujinshi from the bookshelf and handed it over to Koigasaki. Incidentally, I saw a rating from the side, but was specified for all ages.

"This is a copy book. This is a doujin magazine made by copying the manuscript at home, at a convenience store, etc. and making it by yourself. If it is just a copy, it does not cost much, it is easy to do but the finish would not be so beautiful. It will only be beautiful if you work on it properly."

"Wow ... you can make copies of a manuscript and bind them into a book!"

Koigasaki says while turning over copied books.

"Well ... then ..."

Murasaki again took out another doujinshi from the bookshelf and handed it to Koigasaki.

"This is an off book. An Off book is a doujinshi made by asking a printer to bind it. It costs more but the finished product looks better."

"Oh by the way, Murasaki's book that I bought ... ...."

"Oh, that is a copy book. All my other published books are off books, but I made that book quickly so I do not have time to bring it to the printers ..."

"Oh, is that so !? It was pretty beautiful for a copy book!"

"Thank you. If you carefully bind it you can increase its quality to that level."

I remember Murasaki's doujinshi mentioned by Koigasaki. It may have been a copy book, but it was a pretty beautiful thing and I could not determine if it’s a copy book or an off book.

"If so, I can only make a copy book! Because I quit work, I do not have any money ...."

"Yes, I also recommend it since the printers will take quite a bit of time so it probably won’t make it in time for October's Sunchri.”

I got it. When I was a junior high school student, I had one friend making doujinshi. Before the event, he often said that he could not make it in time if he used a printer service.

"Oh, I see, I'll make it a copybook!"

"I will help you if there is something I can do! I am a bit curious on how to make doujinshi~!"

Sakurai has shining eyes and said.

"Thanks! - Azuki-chan!"

Two girls raised their tension high.

"Oh by the way, there are already no more drinks, right?"

Murasaki peeps into the cups of everyone and said it in a hurry, trying to leave the room.

"Well, such a thing, we will take care of it!"

"No, please wait a moment."

I wasn’t able to stop Koigasaki and Murasaki from going to the kitchen.

But soon, they came back to the room.

"I am sorry, I am out of tea. Can you wait a moment as I buy some now?"

"Wow! Its okay, we don’t mind going without drinks!"

"Yes, please do not mind us!"

Koigasaki and Sakurai told Murasaki.

"No, because it's quite hot today, we will be thirsty, and if we do not have any drinks, how can we push down the sweets we are eating?"

Murasaki is ready to take out her wallet from her bag and leave.

"Well then, I will go buy it!"

I thought that it is my turn to make up for the blunder of not having brought a souvenir, so I answered hurriedly.

"Oh, that's right! Because Kashiwada will buy them!"

Koigasaki hit my shoulder.

... You do not have to hit me.

"... Is that so? Well then, Mr. Kashiwada, could I please go to the convenience store with you if you do not mind?"

"……eh?"

To Murasaki’s proposal, Koigasaki and I, even Sakurai, were surprised.

Do not expect anything, Naoki Kashiwada! If you expect too much, there will be nothing for you.

I know that I know. But, if you smile that attractive smile, my virgin mode will easily be activated!

"Well, well, of course! Come on if I am OK with you!"

Next to me, Koigasaki was looking at me with scorn, but I decided not to notice her.

"Thank you very much, let's go!"

Murasaki took my arm with a smile.

"Ah, yes!"

"Yes, you are welcome ... ...."

Sakurai was watching us with a bitter smile.

"Kashiwada-san, sorry ... I do not want you to be inconvenienced ..."

On our way to the convenience store after leaving the apartment, Murasaki laughed at me while saying sorry. Perhaps you wanted to tell me why you invited me.

"Well, yeah!? No, that's right! I am going to cooperate at all!"

"Really? Thank you ♪"

"... Well, if there is anything I can do ...."

Of course these are my feelings that I want to cooperate in making doujinshi with Koigasaki, but I don’t have much knowledge about doujinshi. If there is something I can do ... ... is my honest feeling.

"Of course, there is! I saw Mr. Kashiwada's Profile page, but do you read a lot of books, including light novels?"

"Err, yeah, well ... ...."

By the way, I remember that I entered a lot of titles of books I thought interesting, including Ranobet, in the item "My favorite book" on my Mikushi profile page. I did not expect Murasaki to see them.

"If you are, you really want to become a reader of Momo's novel!"

"Huh……?"

Reading novel doujinshi?

"When I was talking with Momo earlier by email, Momo said that she was concerned about writing because she did not read many doujinshi or novels. So if Kashiwada, who is accustomed to reading books is her backup, I feel encouraged! ♪"

"Oh, I see ... ... I will do as much as I can for such a thing!"

Cooperation for that kind of thing....... However, I do not know whether I can give decent advice, even if I had read girls' manga and daughter romance novels. I often read Ranobet for men and mystery.

"Thank you! ♪ If Mr. Kashiwada cooperates, I think Momo will be reassured!"

"...... Eh?... I never thought such a thing ... ...."

To Murasaki who absolutely confident, I deny that somewhat.

"Wow, that's not true, Momo will depend a lot on Kashiwada."

"No ... ... It seems like something misunderstood by Murasaki. I'm teaching Otaku knowledge to Koigasaki but that doesn’t mean that we are on such a relationship.... "

"... ...It doesn’t?"

Murasaki doesn’t appear to be convinced, tilting her head with her index finger on her jaw.

"But I think that Kashiwada and Momo are very well suited."

Murasaki clasps her hands in front her and gladly says with a smiley smile. I wonder if she misunderstands Koigasaki’s feelings toward me.

"... ... Well, no ... ... She likes someone else ... ... Of course, it’s not me."

I decided to remove her misunderstanding with this, I told Murasaki calmly.

"…………Huh!?"

Murasaki was unsettled for a while. She seems quite surprised.

"Is that information …. accurate?"

"Yes, she said it herself. I'm helping her with it."

"Oh...... Is that so ...?"

Murasaki is thinking something with her hand on her chin.

"Well ... but ... ...."

After thinking for a while, she said something with a small voice, but I could not catch it.

"Oh, but I think that what I'm counting on is true, so please do continue from now on!"

Murasaki added with a smile because it can be said with confidence that she wasn’t convinced after hearing about Momo's story.

"Ha ~ ...... Even so, the mood of Koigasaki is improving much better than before, I was saved."

Especially something today, although she was in a bad mood in the morning, I felt relieved from the bottom of my heart that her state of disappointment and bad mood disappeared completely after joining Ms. Sakurai and Murasaki. And I believe that thanks to Murasaki's invitation for her to join a doujin magazine production cheered up Koigasaki, so I can’t help but appreciate it.

"Oh, do you think so; have you felt she was depressed before?"

"Yes, it was really hard for a while now.... It's so bad that when she is out of control and will hit her around eight ..."

I remembered something from the beginning of the second semester. That attitude of Koigasaki at that time was really terrible.

"Oh, is that so? Momo, every eight ... ...."

"Yeah, it's an awful attitude to me ... In the morning, her mood seemed to be light, but she doesn’t show it to others until I come around at eight. That person, her outside is nice, but only I will get hit by it ... "

I really want her to change her attitude with other people, other than me.

"... But that is ...."

After Murasaki thought something,

"Momo-san, I can only show herself to Kashiwada-san ..."

"eh……?"

I could not catch Murasaki's meaning and asked.

"Oh, I felt it even when the two of you were fighting this morning. Whatever Momo does or says is tolerated by Kashiwada. I think that to Momo, you are most reliable and I can be in content in my heart that there will be no concerns if it is Kashiwada.... "

"Well ... ... Such a thing ... I can’t do that ... She even has more friends than me ... ...."

Koigasaki is different from me; she is popular and has many friends(and of course they are all female friends). She has a lot of friends who are good friends. I remembered that Koigasaki thought of me as I was a partner who she trusted more than some of her other friends. However, I would not be able to touch her heart, that I could not do ...

Earlier ... the remarks made by Koigasaki on our way back from the cosplay shop with Sakurai.

"I am the opposite of Tsundere! Um, Deretsun, I'm kind and gentle to everyone,"

That last that remark was made by Koigasaki herself.

To everyone, she is gentle(Dere), but her naughty side(tsun) is something only a friend can see ....... Is there such a thing?

Well I often see mischievous girls act like boys during elementary school, is that it?

No ... For Koigasaki, such a thing will not be possible. Moreover, it does not seem absolutely true that "what girls like" will include me.

"Kashiwada-san, you have a scary face ... but are you thinking?"

"Oh no."

Murasaki is worried about my thinking.

But, if by any chance, I was a person who can see the true Koigasaki ... If it was only with me to whom she is honest to ... ... how stupid of me. I truly received the hits of Koigasaki, she gets mad at me, and she hits me for buying wrong clothes. I thought about my feelings for Koigasaki, and I was glad with her help in making me into an adult....... I don’t regret it.

We bought tea at a convenience store, as well as some milk and eggs. Before long, we were back at Murasaki's house again.

Murasaki paid for everything, she even declined to let me pay for at least half of the purchase.

"At least, please let me carry the bags! I won’t have any reason going here ...."

After buying, I appealed to Murasaki who was carrying the bags in her arms.

"Is this true? They are pretty heavy."

"That's why I asked to carry them!"

"Well ... then why not?"

Murasaki gave one of the plastic bags in her hand and we held another together.

In other words, we are sharing one bag. As it is, we walked together with the same stride.

...... This is pretty embarrassing, is it too much of me?

"............Fufu"

After Murasaki gazed at me, somehow it made her laugh in a meaningful way.

"What?! What?!"

I was worried about whether I've made a strange behavior that made her laugh.

"Oh, nothing."

She looked around a little bit,

"I thought that we look like couple living together from around."

It looked like she was in a good mood.

"Well ............"

I never thought of a nice return, I just blushed and blushed.

This person who knows a lot about me has distracted my heart.

"Oh, Welcome back."

"It’s late, have you done anything to bother Murasaki?"

When we arrived, we were greeted by Sakurai and Koigasaki in the living room.

"I didn’t do anything!"

She doesn’t trust me just because I have annoyed her in the past.

"He carried the bags and was really helpful."

Murasaki puts the bags to the refrigerator. No, even if you tell it, I only carried half....

"Thank you so much, Murasaki-san, I will advise you about doujinshi as well as the illustrations ..."

Koigasaki again thanked Murasaki who is putting the drinks, etc. in the refrigerator.

"I'd be happy if you can come up with some good illustrations; I hope you do not practice girls' cartoonish patterns."

Murasaki says refilling the tea.

"No! No! Murasaki's pictures are pretty cute as seen by girls, and the current picture is enough!"

Certainly, I remembered Murasaki's pictures were liked by both men and women.

"Please say if there is anything I can do! I also want to thank you ... ...."

"It is enough for Momo and you to come and visit me, so it's fun today! ♪"

"No! I am embarrassed now, I will do anything!"

Koigasaki was pretty serious. This person is obliged to be burned in strange places.

"Is that so? ... Well then ... ... can you wait a minute?"

Murasaki had this look and suddenly disappeared into the working room where we went before. She came back soon, holding up a cosplay costume.

"Well ... this is ...!"

"These are the cosplay costumes I promised to show Azuki before♪"

Murasaki brought in cosplay costumes such as nurse clothes, China dress, and cheerleader. Why does she have such costumes?

"When I was in high school, I entered the theater department, which was originally a club activity with a small number of members, so it became obsolete in our generation. Therefore, the members got the stage costumes used in the department. "

"Oh, I see ..."

"Because the club was filled with a lot of Otakus, everyone likes to cosplay and bought a lot of unnecessary costumes."

When she was in the theater department, was Murasaki wearing these costumes? I was worried very much, but when I heard it on this occasion I thought that I should stay silent and I did not talk.

"I thought by you yourselves would like to try these costumes when I called you to my house!"

"Oh, yeah!"

Murasaki's words surprised Koigasaki and Sakurai.

"Since you are both young and cute people, I think that every outfit will look great on you!"

Murasaki says with her eyes shining. It seems that young people and Murasaki are of the same age....

"It's cute~! I suppose I have never worn any costume like this here!"

Koigasaki takes a costume in her hand.

"Momo, why not you put on your favorite outfit? If you want, Azuki too!"

"Well, is that okay? Oh please, please Murasaki as well! Let's have a cosplay match with three people!"

Sakurai said such a thing with high tension.

The three girls are excited and I am completely out of the loop. However, if I can see three cosplay figures, it is OK after all.

"Ah……"

Murasaki, who noticed what I'm thinking, comes around to me.

"Kashiwada-san will also do well if you have a costume that you want to wear" ♪ "

"What! What are you saying!?"

If you think what to say.......

"Kashiwada in a girl costume ... ...."

Sakurai misled the meaning and looked at me and had a complex expression.

"Sakurai! You do not have to imagine it!"

Eventually it seems they decided which cosplay to wear and three people go inside the work room with the computer.

"Don’t peek, Kashiwada!"

Murasaki says with a smile like teasing me.

"I won’t do that!"

The door is closed and the sound of three people talking while changing is leaking out.

"Azuki-san, you really have outstanding style!"

"Well, that kind of, Murasaki-san you do have nice style!"

".................."

"Ah well, I feel envious toward Momo having small, delicate features!"

"Azuki-chan, thanks for the follow up... ...."

"No, it is not a follow-up! Really!"

"Momo's underwear, it's a cherry pattern ♪ it’s so cute."

"Wow, Murasaki's underwear, it'ss sooooo adult and sexy ..."

The three people who are talking don’t seem to notice that I can hear their conversation. My delusional power is aroused and it’s hard for me to suppress my excitement, so please stop.......

Eventually, the three finished changing clothes and came out of the room.

Koigasaki is a cheerleader, Sakurai-san is wearing a china dress and Murasaki is wearing a pink nurse outfit.

Wonderful....... Indeed, it is wonderful.

"Momo-chan is criminally cute! Murasaki's suit heals me!"

However, it seems like Sakurai was excited more than me, and I took out a cell phone from my bag and began to shoot pictures of the two. By the way, Sakurai was a beautiful girl who likes beautiful girls.......

Suddenly, Koigasaki gazed at her chest with a sad expression.

The cheerleader costumes are specially designed such that the breasts are exposed in the heart shape, and when worn, their cleavage can be seen. But in the case of Koigasaki ... ... No, I won’t say anything.

"Uh ...... Shabuka ... ...."

Koigasaki muttered with a small voice, but she still looks happy in her face. I wonder if you are happy that you can do cosplay.

"After all ..."

She muttered so unconsciously.

“Well! Kashiwada, did you hear something right now! "

Koigasaki glares at me.

"Well then, please don’t say anything! It’s not my fault if I heard it!?"

I thought that I heard it but I disagreed in a panic. She was quite loud, like a furious hell.

"Oh, I see. ... I wish I could ... but ..."

Koigasaki seemed to have not heard my remarks, so her anger soon cooled down. Even so, I felt that she was in a good mood compared to with today's first appearance. What a simple person.

"Murasaki-san, do you like BL better?"

As I noticed, Sakurai and Murasaki started Otaku talk.

"I thought that it was probably because it was a girl character main, such as a character drawn with a coterie, but ... ...."

"Well, I do not mean that I am not good at BL, but I feel like I am addicted to girls' characters and lily people now."

"That's right! I am rotten, but I also like Hyaku!"

"Is that so! Does Azuki have something she liked recently?"

"Well ... I guess I am addicted to Madokimaki!"

"Oh, that's right, I like it too!"

"Who did you like!?"

"I liked everyone, but Kyoko-chan faction ... is it?"

"Well, I it is Kyoko School!"

Sakurai and Murasaki were excited with their Otaku talk. I wanted to talk also because it is a topic I can understand, but the timing is not good. Even if I get into this topic I will be worried about Koigasaki even now ... and so I didn’t join the topic.

Then a shooting competition began. I struggled to desperately take pictures, but Murasaki told me, "I will send the images to Kashiwada later", I was delighted with all my heart.

Later, Koigasaki's curfew was approaching so they changed clothes in a hurry and decided to say goodbye to Murasaki.

"Well, let's talk over Skype later."

"Yes, I will email you as soon as I write the novel!"

"Thank you so much for everything, I will excuse myself!"

"Sorry for the bother ...."

Although we did have much discussion about the doujinshi magazine, I felt like we only played....

But I think that progress is enough as we have decided which event Koigasaki will appear. Besides, I thought that the state of Koigasaki who had been depressed for a long time seemed to be Oita Mashi today, so I think that it was OK.

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