CH 4
The Case of a Childhood Friend That I Haven't Talked to in a Long Time is a Pushover
ââ¦â¦ Kazuki, wake up.â
ââ¦.Ua?â
Someone called out to me and I woke up.
Then I almost screamed at Kasumiâs face as it spread out before me.
âW-What are you doing â¦â¦â
â? Didnât we sleep together last night?â
âThatâs true, but whatâs with all the positions!â
Kasumi was lying on her back, covered by me.
I thought something was heavy in my body, but apparently it was Kasumi. Kasumi still looks into my face with a straight face and attaches her body to mine, and for some reason she periodically rubs herself against me, which is too bad â¦â¦ for my crotch.
âWhat time is it?â
âItâs only six oâclock.â
ââ¦â¦ a little early.â
I usually get up before seven oâclock, which is pretty early.
I mean, why am I waking up an hour early and not sleepy at all? I tilted my head, feeling more comfortable awake than ever.
âKazuki, you slept with me in your arms the whole time, you know?â
ââ¦..Seriously?â
âYeah. You used to cuddle me like a pillow.â
ââ¦..Hmmm~â
Thatâsâ¦..Iâm terribly embarrassed.
I was even more embarrassed when I saw Kasumiâs smiling expression as she looked at me with a red face. Then Kasumi said something like this.
âHey, Try and hug me now that Iâm awake.â
âHaa?â
I gave up on the expression on her face as if to say, âI wonât move if you donât hug meâ. I put my arms around Kasumiâs back and hugged her, and an indescribable feeling of comforting warmth or security enveloped me.
âHow is it?â
âHow is itâ¦.Itâs kind of calming.â
Calmingâ¦â¦ Yeah, that was it
Holding Kasumi like this reminds me of the old days. Come to think of it, there were many times when I held Kasumi like this as I slept when I was little.
âDo you remember? You used to hold me like this when we used to sleep.â
ââ¦â¦Ah~ I rememberâ
Just getting under the covers together is not enough to make her feel safe. Thatâs why Kasumi used to say she couldnât sleep unless I hugged her. I thought it was a little troublesome at the time too, but I didnât mind Kasumi relying on me like that.
âKasumi used to love it when I did this to her. When we slept together, she would cry if I didnât hold her.â
âYou donât even have to remember that I cried. We were in elementary school.â
âBut, I remember it so well.â
ââ¦.Mumumu!â
Kasumi was frustrated, but she never left me.
I wondered when she would be satisfied, and as I was thinking that, the door to my room slammed casually open.
âYou two, get up alreadyâ¦â¦. Ara âªâ¦ excuse me.â
âAhâ
ââ¦â¦â¦â¦â
It was my mom who opened the door right up and closed it.
Right now Kasumi and I are in a position where we are holding each other. Iâm on the bottom and Kasumi is on top of me. â¦â¦
âWe have been seenâ¦â¦.â
âLetâs clear up this misunderstanding, Kasumi.â
âMisunderstanding? Thereâs nothing to misunderstand?â
ââ¦â¦ why are you so carefree, you.â
âBecause with Kazuki, I donât mind being misunderstood.â
You shouldnât say things like that lightly, even if we are childhood friends, seriously.
Kasumi was again uninterested in my reaction, but then she finally backed away from me.
ââ¦â¦Well, thatâs okay. I have plenty of time.â
âKasumi, letâs go.â
âAh, waittâ
Start the morning mission, explain the current situation to my mother and clear up the misunderstanding.
By the way, after this, I and Kasumi explained to my mother, but she seemed to know that nothing in particular had happened, and on the contrary, we ended up getting tired.
Then we went back to the room and Kasumi took off her pajamas and started to change, even though I was still there.
As we were eating breakfast prepared by Mom, she kept talking to me, probably because it had been a long time since Kasumi had been over here, with Mom.
âKasumi, youâve become really beautiful. I bet you must be very popularâ
âI donât know about ithat, but I often get confessions.â
âWas there anyone you were interested in?â
âthere isnât â¦â¦, I mean, you know that, donât you, Miyako san?â
âUfufu~âªâ
By the way, Miyako is my motherâs name.
It is good that Mom is here, who said she was going to be late yesterday, but I wonder if Dad has already gone to work.
âOh, yes, Kazuki.â
Hey, donât say such an important thing so easily, Mom!
I was surprised at the suddenness of it, but itâs work, so I guess it canât be helped. So that means Iâll be alone for three months â¦â¦ until the end of summer or so.
âMiss your mom?â
âIâm sure Iâll miss you.â
ââ¦â¦I know my son, but this kind of honesty is unfair.â
No, I think everyone is usually lonely.
âBut itâs okay. I heard that Kasumi is coming over here.â
âYes!?â
âYes. I will take care of Kazuki.â
I looked alternately at Kasumi and Mom, who were clenching their fists.
â¦â¦ Maybe Kasumi didnât know about this story? I asked my mom about it just now, and it was the same for Kasumi. So the only other time I would have heard about it would have been yesterday or earlier.
âBut â¦â¦ is that okay? It would certainly help me, but the time in Kasumi isââ
âItâs okay. Because I wanted to â¦â¦ childhood friends, right?â
ââ¦..Kasumiâ
Oh, I might cry a little.
So it was suddenly decided that Kasumi would live here for a while at the same time my mother and father would be away from home. Apparently, Kasumiâs parents knew about it, and they happily nodded at the proposal.
âI can â¦â¦ do this. I can â¦â¦ do it for three months. â¦â¦ Iâll definitely drop itâ
She mumbled something, but I didnât hear it.
I left the house with Kasumi and headed to her house first.
The reason is that the bags, etc. that she takes to school are placed over here. She left a change of clothes, etc. because she will be using them for a while. â¦â¦ I see, I wonder if that big bag was in anticipation of this.
âThanks for waiting, letâs goâ
âOuâ
Itâs been about two years since we went to school together. It really makes me nostalgic.
âHey Kasumi, are you going to school with me?â
âOf course. Iâm going to stick even if you move away.â
âThatâsâ¦.Itâs kind of scary.â
I was scared because she said it with her face so close to my face.
But then I would be asked a lot of questions at school. No one would know that Kasumi and I are childhood friends.
âKazuki, letâs hold hands.â
âYeahâ
Kasumi told me so and naturally I held out my hand.
I was surprised at how naturally my hand came out. Kasumi shook my hand and looked forward with a happy smile on her face.
ââ¦â¦â¦Aâ
âWhatâs wrong?â
Kasumiâs smile, I may have not seen in what seems like a long time.
(TL/N : Sweeeeetâ¦..I hope youâll enjoy this one
Childhood friends are not losing heroines !)