After I Started Living Alone, My Place Turned Into a Hangout Spot for Beautiful Girls - Chapter 5: Shizuru Mizutani (Part 5)

Chapter 5: Shizuru Mizutani (Part 5)

The conversation had flowed so well that I didn’t notice until it was past 8:00 p.m.

Shizuru had arrived around 7:00 p.m., so we had talked for about an hour.

She had grown so comfortable with me that Shizuru, sprawled out carelessly on the sofa, cutely threw a tantrum.

“I might not want to go home…”

Because she had warmed up to me, Shizuru was completely in full relaxation mode.

I thought to myself how much closer we had become in just the past few days, and then I said to her,

“It’s fine if you stay for any number of hours.”

When I made that light joke, Shizuru gave a wry smile as if to say that was probably not it.

Then Shizuru lifted her heavy body and stood up.

“Alright, I guess it’s time to head home. Sorry for staying so long?”

“It’s totally fine.”

“Okay then, let me check the bathroom for any forgotten items!”

With that, Shizuru headed to the changing area.

I walked behind her and followed.

I thought there were no signs of Shizuru’s personal items in the changing area when we arrived, but Shizuru quickly picked up something that had fallen on the floor.

“Ahaha… I’m glad I checked…”

“What exactly fell?”

“My panties.”

“That would have been bad. Wait, if it’s panties, does that mean the current Shizuru is no…”

“I’m wearing some normally! I brought spare underwear today!”

Shizuru, who had almost been treated as going commando, pouted cutely and got angry.

Her great sense of humor was really the best.

“Any other forgotten items?”

“Hmm, the rest seems okay.”

“It’s late at night, so should I walk you to the station?”

Even as I said that, I realized she probably wouldn’t want anyone to see us walking together.

It was at that moment when I tried to take back what I had said myself.

“Since it’s a special occasion, maybe I should let you walk me?”

“Eh, is that okay?”

“No, you were the one who said it, Teruaki.”

“Aren’t you worried if someone sees us walking together?”

Shizuru tapped my head lightly.

Then she told me with a dissatisfied look, as if she was offended.

“I wouldn’t even ask to borrow your shower from someone I wouldn’t want to be seen walking with in the first place, you know?”

Shizuru was such a good person that it almost brought tears to my eyes.

And as for me, who had shown a bit of self-deprecation and gotten scolded by Shizuru, I told her that in that case, I would properly see her all the way to the station.

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I safely delivered Shizuru to the station and returned home…

I had carefully checked the changing area for forgotten items, but checking the living room for the same had been too careless.

Shizuru had left her smartphone in my living room.

A smartphone was an essential part of life.

I decided to chase after Shizuru, whom I had just walked to the station.

I started walking to the station again, and after about eight minutes, I saw a figure ahead.

“Te-, Teruaki!”

The figure turned out to be Shizuru herself, the one I was chasing.

I held up Shizuru’s smartphone in my hand to show the clearly flustered her.

Upon seeing it, Shizuru’s face relaxed in relief, and she stopped her small jog, approaching me slowly.

When she got close enough for conversation, I spoke to her with a wry smile.

“You checked so thoroughly for forgotten items, didn’t you?”

“Ahahaha…”

“Here, this.”

I handed the smartphone to Shizuru.

For modern people, a smartphone was an indispensable existence.

Shizuru held the smartphone she received from me carefully with both hands, as if cradling it, and rubbed her cheek against it lovingly.

“Welcome back… my iPhone-chan… I can’t live without you…”

“It’s true, I can’t imagine life without a smartphone.”

“Right?”

“Well then, see you at school tomorrow.”

Having successfully delivered the forgotten item, I started to head home.

But perhaps she thought it was rude to just let me go after making me go out of my way like that.

“I’m sorry for making you chase me all the way here, so let me treat you to something!”

“No, you’ve already done so much for me, like lending me money and paying for the shower, so don’t worry about it.”

“I know, but I still feel bad…”

“I get that, but I’ve also received quite a bit from you, Shizuru, so it would actually make me feel bad if you did more.”

“Eh, really? Well, okay. Then nothing this time. Still, thank you so much for really bringing my smartphone!”

“Well, I’m heading home then.”

I didn’t need any reward.

Just seeing Shizuru’s smile made delivering it more than worth it.

As I hurriedly started down the path home, Shizuru ran to a nearby vending machine, bought a juice, and handed it to me.

“Here!”

I ended up laughing at Shizuru’s stubborn side.

And with something like this, I couldn’t just stay quiet.

“If you treat me this well, doesn’t that mean I have to walk you to the station again?”

I suggested walking her to the station again as thanks for the juice.

Shizuru burst out laughing, holding her stomach.

But it seemed she had no intention of letting me walk her to the station a second time…

“If you can catch me, then walk me!”

Shizuru ran toward the station as if fleeing from me.

Looking at her like that, I couldn’t stop my wry smile.

After all, she had taken a shower at my place, but if she ran that much, she would sweat again and the shower would lose its meaning.

“Alright, time for me to head home too…”

Ever since I became friends with Shizuru, every day had been so much fun I could hardly stand it.

I wondered what fun thing would happen tomorrow.

With a somewhat fidgety feeling, I set off on the way home.