Chapter 2: CH 2

The next day.

I was at my usual time, on my usual train stop.

Surely, I wasn’t the only one who felt a little bit superior to having secured the very front of the train.

As I was about to reply to my junior colleague on LINE, a dull voice spoke to me.

“Good morning. Onii-San.”

“… again?”

As I left the station, which was located in a high class residential area, the medium height high school girl I met yesterday approached me.

“You’ve been waiting for me, haven’t you? I know.”

“You don’t know anything, you’re just going to work as usual.”

But the girl quickly cut me off.

“I don’t like the way you call me “you”. I’m called Yuika Yuiba, so you can call me that.”

The high school girl casually introduced herself with the same emotionless voice as before.

So you’re planning to mess with me again?

It was a pain in the ass. … Okay. I said it lightly here.

“I see. Nice to meet you, Yuika. See you around.”

“So what’s your name, Onii-San?”

“Are you ignoring what I said at the end?”

“‘It’s low on my priority list, so I’ll put it off. So, what’s your name?”

You’re a natural when it comes to ignoring.

I don’t know how high up you think you are, that words of an older man are low on the priority list?

I don’t have to tell you my name, but I’ll feel bad not telling you when I am asked.

… Is the only way to go. It’s okay to tell her my name.

“Sasamiya.”

“And?”

“Kazuto.”

“What was the point of telling me your name?”

… This girl, … I knew she was messing with me.

Yuika stood next to me as if it was natural.

Her pace was still the same as ever.

That was not the point. I needed to reply to my junior.

Then Yuika spoke to me as she looked at my phone.

“Are you on LINE with your junior today?

“I’m just replying to a business message.”

“Let’s see. Ah. He is answering randomly again.”

“Hey. Don’t peek.”

I raised my phone to avoid being spied on, but Yuika managed to turn her body to look.

Her large breasts shook along with her.

Shake, Shake. Her breasts were swaying.

I knew I was in a bad situation, so I looked away to hide my embarrassment.

But at this action, Yuika tilted her head and said.

“Huh? Why did you look away?”

“… No. … Nothing. It’s just something.”

“Fufu~~.”

When we were doing that――Gashan! The train shook and stopped.

I quickly put my hands on the wall behind me to maintain my posture.

This kind of emergency stop happens from time to time, but it was rare to experience such a huge jolt.

“Emergency stop. I thought I was going to fall.”

“Ah, …”

I heard a voice and looked over to see Yuika grabbing my arm.

She must have grabbed it in a hurry.

“I’m sorry.”

She mumbled in a small voice.

A high school girl would have reacted in a cute way here, but again, there was no significant change in Yuika’s tone.

Ma~, I was not expecting it.

“Don’t worry about it. You okay?”

“Yeah. Thanks.”

“I didn’t do anything to be thanked.”

“But you held out your hand to keep me from falling.”

… … me? Gave you a hand?

I didn’t immediately understand what she was saying, but apparently I had unconsciously raised my arm to prevent her from falling. So she grabbed onto my arm.

It was so sudden that I didn’t remember anything about it. It was just a coincidence, but I had to come up with a cool line.

Yeah, that’s good. Let’s do that.

“I wasn’t freaked out at all.”

“Ugh. So uncool.”

In the end, I couldn’t come up with a good line.

After all, choosing the right words was difficult.

After a while, the train started moving slowly and we leaned against the wall again.

“Hey, Onii-San.”

“Hmm?”

“Your arm has a strange stiffness to it.”

Strange … stiffness? My arm?

What was Yuika trying to say?

“I don’t really work out.”

“It’s not like that. It’s just that I’ve never felt anything like it.”

When she said that, Yuika wiggled her five fingers.

I wasn’t muscular or fat, so I didn’t think there was anything special about me.

It was hard to read her facial expressions, so I couldn’t tell what she was thinking. Moreover, I couldn’t tell if she was praising me or making fun of me.

I was at a loss as to how to react.

While we were having this exchange, the train arrived at Jogakuin-mae station.

This was the station where Yuika had gotten off yesterday.

“Ha~, it’s early. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“I won’t talk to you tomorrow.”

“See you, Onii-San.”

She got off the platform faster than I could hear her.

It was refreshing when things turned normal and at my own pace.

It was not easy for those who are involved, but …