After a Beautiful, Yandere Onee-San Moved in Next Door, My Life Changed Drastically~ (Please Save Me...) - Chapter 15 - Catching a Cold

Chapter 15 – Catching a Cold

One cold December day off, I was sitting in front of my laptop writing a novel.

I’m almost done with the novel I’m submitting to the XXX Novel Award, but my head feels heavy and I occasionally cough.

Maybe it’s because I pushed myself too hard to continue writing the novel since the morning…

It’s cold, maybe I should have worn a jacket…

“Sniff…!”

As I fiddled with my smartphone in bed, I couldn’t help but feel the tingling in my neck.

The other day, Shimizu bit me…

That made Hanada-san angry and she bit me too, and now I have two bite marks. Hanada-san had bitten me once before, but… this time it hurt a lot more, and I was really surprised.

But as long as Hanada doesn’t hate me, I guess it’s fine…

It still hurts though…

“Sniff…!”

No… wait a minute…

Did I…catch a cold?

“Ah…I see. I felt chills because I caught a cold…”

I wanted to call Hanada-san on a day like this, but I felt like I would be bothering her, so I put my phone down.

“I guess I shouldn’t.”

I wonder if it’s okay to at least ask for cold medicine… No, I’ll hold off a little longer.

It’s just a normal cold, nothing serious anyway… I didn’t want to make a fuss over it.

10 a.m… There’s still time, so I’ll take a nap…

I’m sure I’ll be better when I wake up…

Natsuki: [Nao-kun, do you have a cold?]

Natsuki’s message arrived on Nao’s smartphone, however Nao was already sleeping soundly.

……

…

What time is it now…? It feels like I slept for quite a while…

My head still hurts…

“Phone, phone, phone…”

Hmm…? What’s this…

I’m sure I was reaching for the smartphone next to me, but why am I touching something soft and warm..? The phone should be underneath, but I can’t grab it… What is this? This incredibly soft and pleasant feeling…

“Ahnn…! It hurts, Nao-kun.”

Then, I noticed Hanada-san making an embarrassing noise next to me.

“Eh? H-Hanada-san?”

I woke up in a shock and for some reason I was rubbing Hanada-san’s chest.

“Nao-kun… Good evening…”

“What do you mean good evening, why are you here, Hanada-san…?”

And more importantly… what did you put on top of my phone…?

“Because you caught a cold, Nao-kun…”

“Eh…? I didn’t send a message to you, Hanada-san?”

Hanada-san had placed her chest on the small chair next to the bed.

She was staring at me absentmindedly, and my body froze.

Did I… Did I just fondle Hanada-san’s chest…?

More importantly, why did she put it there…?

Normally, you wouldn’t do that, right…?

Why…? What’s going on?

I felt like my thoughts had stopped, and I couldn’t say anything.

“Nao-kun, you’ve been coughing since morning, right?”

“H-how did you know…?”

“I live next door, so of course I’d notice. So, I’ve been looking after you, but then you suddenly grabbed my chest… It made me let out a weird sound…”

“No, that was… I was just reaching for my phone…!”

“I see… if you wanted to fondle my chest, you could just tell me honestly…”

“Please give me a break…”

“Nao-kun, you idiot… Nao-kun, you’re sweating a lot. Why don’t we take a bath first…?”

“No… I don’t have the strength to do that right now, so I’ll do it later.”

I probably should take a bath…

I’m drenched in cold sweat, and it’s making me feel uncomfortable. But my body feels heavy, and my head hurts… More than that, it’s freezing right now. My room is so cold that I don’t want to leave the warmth of my bed.

“No, you can’t. When I took your temperature it was 39.4 degrees, and you’re sweating a lot… There’s no choice, what if I take a bath with you…? Let’s take a bath together.”

“No, you shouldn’t… You might catch my cold.”

“Then… just undress in front of me. I’ll wipe you down.”

“That’s also…! No, no, I’ll manage on my own…”

“Huh? You can’t do anything by yourself, Nao-kun. That’s why I came.”

To take a bath with Hanada-san, or to undress in front of Hanada-san…

These were my two options, but no matter which one I chose, the result would be the same… Is there even a point in thinking about it? What should I do here…?

“Hurry up… What do you want to do? I’ll make you feel better right away.”

“No… Maybe it’s better to take off my clothes instead of taking a bath after all… That’s a bit embarrassing…”

“Alright! Let’s go with that. Now, take it all off!”

“Huh? All of it? Why everything?”

Everything…?

“I have to wipe every inch of Nao-kun’s body properly… Nao-kun is soaked with sweat, and his pajamas are all sticky, right…?”

Wait a minute, isn’t that more embarrassing…?

But Hanada-san’s eyes seem determined… She’s really trying to make me take off all my clothes…

“Come on…! Hurry up! Take them off!”

“Hold on… Actually… I’ll just take a bath by myself.”

“That’s no good, I’ll get worried, so I’ll join you.”

“Um… that’s a bit… We haven’t, um… And besides, it’s embarrassing.”

“Hey…”

When I turned down Hanada-san’s request, her expression changed instantly.

“Hey… you said the other day that you love me, didn’t you, Nao-kun…?”

“Y-yes, but…”

“But you don’t want to take a bath with me? Why? I don’t understand, I’m taking such good care of you… so why won’t you listen to me?”

“No, it’s just that… um… I felt a bit embarrassed about being naked in front of you! It’s not that I…”

“You’re embarrassed to be naked? Ah, then there’s no need to worry! I can just take off all my clothes too, and we’ll be even!”

When I look at Hanada-san, sometimes I really don’t know what she’s thinking…

Am I the weird one…? Or is it Hanada-san who’s weird for casually saying things like this…?

I really can’t argue with her…

“……”

“I’ve prepared a change of clothes for you! And I’ve already gotten the bath ready, so no matter what you choose, you’re destined to take it! Ehehe~…”

“…I-I see.”

“Let’s just relax together! Leave your body to me!”

From the bottom of my heart, I was screaming that I must never catch a cold again.

♢

T/N: What a sweet Onee-san…