Story About Buying My Classmate Once A Week, Volume 07 by Haneda Usa

Author:Haneda Usa
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ave Lilium Translations

◇◇◇ Part 186 ◇◇◇

「I’m back.」

「Welcome home.」

Once we exchanged our usual greetings in the shared living space, I set a small bag down on the table.

「There’s pudding in here, and there’s one for you too, Sendai-san.」

「Are these from Utsunomiya?」

Sendai-san, who had been eating dinner alone, asked as she lowered her bowl and looked at me.

「No, I bought them.」

「You did?」

「What, is there a problem with that?」

「… No.」

Our plan to hang out before summer break ended happened sooner than I expected. Within a week, Maika and I had gone to see a movie and had dinner together. We also bought some highly rated pudding from a shop we passed, though it might not have been something Sendai-san wanted to eat.

「I’ll leave them in the fridge, so you can eat yours whenever you feel like it.」

「Thanks.」

Usually, she would’ve said something like, “Let’s eat them together later,” but today she didn’t. It seemed like she wasn’t in a great mood right now. She’d been fine this morning before I left, so maybe something happened while I was gone. I put the pudding cups in the fridge and started heading back to my room, but before I could open my door, Sendai-san called out to me.

「Stay here.」

She said flatly, and I turned around.

「Why?」

「I’ll be done eating in a bit.」

My eyes drifted to the calico cat chopstick rest in front of her. The present I’d hung on her doorknob the other day was now something she used every day. Still, I couldn’t help thinking chopstick rests were kind of unnecessary, and that maybe I should’ve gotten her something else.

「Just call me back out when you’re finished eating.」

I said, turning away, still a little regretful about the gift—when I suddenly heard her set her chopsticks down on the rest.

「I’m done eating now. Thanks for the meal.」

Sendai-san said, then walked over to the sink to wash her dishes.

The sound of running water mixed with the clatter of dishes, but Sendai-san didn’t say a word. She’d gone to such lengths to keep me here, yet now she was just washing her dishes in silence. I hesitated for a moment, wondering if I should go back to my room after all.

I leaned my back against the door, bumping into the doorknob. The words Sendai-san had said earlier—telling me to stay here—kept echoing in my head. So, still leaning against my door, I tried calling out to her.

「If you’re going to tell me to stay, then hurry up and say something. You wanted to talk about trivial things with me, right?」

I said, bringing up the promise we’d made on her birthday.

「You went to see a movie, didn’t you? What did you two watch?」

She asked in a completely flat tone.

「Something you probably wouldn’t like.」

「Was it good?」

「Not really. Even Maika thought it was underwhelming.」

「I see.」

Her indifferent response annoyed me a little.

She was the one who’d said she wanted us to have these ordinary conversations anyone could have, so I wanted her to at least show some interest. If she was going to brush off everything I said so easily, then I didn’t feel like talking to her at all.

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