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

Chapter 17 – Christmas Eve

“Nao-kun.”

It was the night of December 23rd, and tomorrow was Christmas Eve.

Until now, I’ve spent Christmases holed up in my room writing novels or working part-time outside…

I didn’t have any particularly good memories.

My daily life was spent mostly alone. One day, I happened to meet Hanada-san, and now I’m eating tangerines with her.

I was spacing out after sitting in the kotatsu.

“Yes…?”

“I want to talk to you about Christmas Eve…”

“Yes…”

As a university student, you’re always busy on Christmas Eve.

When you become an adult, you often drink with friends, or with other men…

“Hey, hey…are you listening?”

“Ah, sorry. I was spacing out.”

“Mouu… Ahnn.”

Hanada-san fed me the tangerine she was holding and poked my cheek with her fingertips.

“Focus on me!”

“Yes…”

I want to spend this Christmas with Hanada-san, but what if she has plans for Christmas…?

I’m sure Hanada-san has prior engagements, right…?

I’d love to go out with her, but… when someone like me walks around with his girlfriend, people give us really harsh looks, and I get nervous right away…

“About tomorrow’s Christmas Eve…”

“Oh, yes! I guess you have plans, right?”

“Huh? How did you know?”

“It just seems like something Hanada-san would have.”

“Well… My friends from college suggested we go on a date together, so… Nao-kun, I know you’re not my boyfriend yet, but…! You’re going to be my boyfriend eventually, right?”

Could it be that…Hanada-san wants to introduce me as her boyfriend…?

I couldn’t say it out loud, but I was really happy.

“After all… it’s not okay, right? Suddenly pretending to be a boyfriend in front of others…”

“No, it’s fine. Are you sure you don’t mind if I go with you, Hanada-san?”

“Yes! Of course!”

“Then… I’ll go!”

“Really? I’m so happy…”

“Oh. But, since it’s Christmas Eve… I need to dress up to look suitable for Hanada-san…”

“Ehehe.”

Then, smiling, Hanada-san handed me a shopping bag.

This is from a large shopping mall…

“What is this…”

“I bought some clothes for Nao-kun! I figured you’d come with me, so for Christmas Eve, we’re going to match outfits, Nao-kun!!”

“Eh…? I don’t think it’s good for you to always buy me things like this… You’re a university student after all, so you need to save money…”

“I don’t need it~”

“Seriously…”

It was a shopping bag containing a really expensive-looking coat, sweater, and pants.

I’m happy, but is it okay for me to take these…?

Moreover, these looked like clothes from a famous brand. Wait, the sweater costs 40,000 yen…?

Huh…?

Is this really for me…?

“I knew it’s no good, after all… Your feelings are enough for me, Hanada-san…”

“Come on, try it on right now! I want to see it!”

“Yes…”

I was ignored…

When I tried on the clothes Hanada-san gave me in the bathroom, I felt I looked very mature, different from my usual self.

“I’ve changed into them. How do I look? Do they suit me?”

“Wow…! Nao-kun, you’re tall, so the coat looks great on you!”

Hanada-san hugged me, her eyes sparkling.

“Thank you…”

“I can’t wait for tomorrow!”

“Y-yes…!”

I didn’t notice it when I put on the clothes, but… How does Hanada-san know my size…?

The coat aside, the sweater and pants fit me perfectly… I was a bit surprised. Did I… ever tell Hanada-san my size…?

“Hehe, tomorrow I might get to see a cool Nao-kun. Ah, I’m so excited.”

“Um… it’s a bit embarrassing to ask now, but…”

“Huh?”

“What are we going to do on Christmas Eve…?”

“……”

A moment of silence passed.

“Maybe alcohol? No, we can’t…”

“Did you just say alcohol?!”

“We just have dinner together as a group of four, and chat at a cafe… Isn’t that the usual? I spend Christmas alone every year too, so I don’t really know.”

A second silence fell…

“Do you spend Christmas alone, Hanada-san…?”

“Well… I don’t have a boyfriend. I have few friends and don’t see them much…”

“Oh… just like me. Hanada-san seems like she’d be popular, and always seems to have a lot of people around her…”

“But it’s true that I’m pretty popular! Hmph…! Sometimes people confess to me at university…”

Dejected…

Nao was a little depressed hearing Natsuki’s story.

“Eh…? I was joking…! Nao-kun, you’re the only one for me …”

“…No. Just imagining Hanada-san with someone else…”

“Do you feel…heartbroken?”

“……A little, just a little…!”

“You know, Nao-kun, I have quite a possessive nature, so I don’t like it when Nao-kun talks to other girls… I get sad quickly.”

“…Even when it’s only a normal conversation…?”

“I want to keep you locked up in my house!”

“…That sounds a bit scary…?!”

Hanada-san was laughing as she rested her head on my shoulder.

It’s been a really long time since we’ve talked like this…

If Hanada-san hadn’t moved here, I might have continued spending Christmas Eve like before.

I couldn’t do anything for her when she casually told me she loved me, but On Christmas, I’ve decided to gather up the courage to tell her my feelings.

“Nao-kun… your legs are so long… Ehehe~”

I felt a bit nervous as Hanada-san casually entwined her legs with mine…

“Is that so…?”

“…Yeah…”

With that, Hanada-san bit the nape of my neck.

“……”

Wow… she’s really good at natural skinship…

Hanada-san’s skin contact is so bold that it makes me wonder if she really has no dating experience…

But recently, she seemed to prefer biting my neck over light kisses. She looked so pleased after doing it that I couldn’t stop her…

“It suits you… It’s proof that you’re mine.”

“…It hurts, though.”

“It feels good for me!”