After My First Love Who is My Classmate Became My Family, My Childhood Friend Became Really Sweet to Me - Chapter 22
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Student Council/Delightful Kohai-chan/Hinata’s Incident
About a month had already passed since I started living with Hinata.
It was lunchtime, I was eating my lunch in the student council room.
That day, everyone in the student council who was eating there was awfully anxious.
There was only one reason for it.
Surprisingly, Hinata ate at the student council room that day.
Usually, Hinata doesn’t come to the student council room at lunchtime because her friends invite her to have lunch together every day. But occasionally, Hinata comes to the student council room to eat her lunch. Everyone in the student council was so excited to share a meal with Hinata.
However, on that day, Hinata did not really eat, she was single-mindedly busy on writing documents.
“President Hinata looked awfully busy today. Perhaps she is busy studying for an afternoon quiz?”
Yarihara said it as she shoved a piece of sandwich into my mouth.
Most of the time I eat with either Tsukino or Yarihara, but that day Tsukino seemed to be eating elsewhere with her other friends.
“I don’t think she is studying for an afternoon quiz. I think Hinata is doing the preparations for the Holy Night Festival.”
“…Holy Night Festival?”
“Well, it’s kind of like our high school festival. It’s held every year at Christmas, and the student council is in charge preparing it.”
“Oh, yeah, that’s what it’s called! Holy Night Festival, huh? I’m looking forward to it!”
Then, Yarihara suddenly realized.
“But isn’t it only November? We still have more than a month to go…”
“That’s how big the Holy Night Festival is.”
“Hmmm. But she is our sunflower goddess. It will definitely go well, right?”
“…I hope it will goes well.”
The Holy Night Festival is the biggest event in our school. I’ve seen the great responsibility that was weighted on the student council president before, and I’ve seen enough of it in last year’s Holy Night Festival preparation to get sick of it. Hinata, I hope you don’t push yourself too hard…
“But it’s not easy for President Hinata either. It’s lunch time, but she doesn’t seem to have time to eat her lunch…?””
Yarihara sullenly stares at Hinata’s bento. The lid of Hinata’s bento was open, as if Hinata was trying to eat while working.
“Umm, maybe it’s just my imagination… But does president Hinata’s and Yuto paisen’s lunch looks pretty much the same?”
…crap.
I stopped eating and put down my chopsticks for a moment, but soon I started eating my lunch ferociously!
“Hey wait, paisen! Why are you suddenly eating your lunch quickly!? That’s an attempt to destroy the evidence, right?”
“I’m just really hungry and I don’t want to share my lunch with you!”
Usually, people would eat their lunch quickly so that they don’t have to share their lunch.
“I didn’t tell you because it’s hard for me to say, but I have Hinata make my lunch for me. I live alone, and Hinata makes her own lunch every day, so she just decided to make an extra one for me as well.”
Everyone in the student council room froze as they heard what I said. Only Hinata seemed to be absorbed in her documents.
“Ehhhhh! Paisen, that’s really great! Isn’t it a family privilege to be able to eat a bento made by president Hinata!? That’s really great, I’m so jealous.”
Glancing sideways, I look around the room. Yeah, as expected.
Not only the boys in the student council, but even the girls were looking at me with the eyes of hunting prey. I think I’ve seen a scene like this before. They looked like hyenas in the wild hunting their prey.
I spoke to Yarihara casually so that those around me can clearly hear what I said.
“Well, I’m not going to share my bento to anyone. It was Hinata who made this bento for me, and if you want it, you’ll have to get permission from her first.”
As I said it, several students who were about to get up from their seats sat back down in their places. Hey, why were they looking at me with such an avenging look?
But it is not negotiable. Hinata made it early in the morning for me. I can’t just give it off to someone without Hinata’s permission.
As I looked around, Yarihara poked me on the shoulder.
“I can’t help it~ Let’s trade that rolled omelette.”
“I told you, I don’t trade my bento. After all, I didn’t get anything from Yarihara in the first place, it’s like I’m giving them for free.”
“It’s not free~ Paisen ate my food, didn’t you?”
She said I ate her food…? Hey, you’re joking right?
Don’t tell me, she’s talking about that sandwich she just shoved into my mouth…!
“That was the last one, you know? Aaah, I’m so hungry because of Paisen~! I don’t think I can study like this. But I feel like I can do my best if I have some of president Hinata’s cooking~”
“…denied.”
“Ehhh. Paisen is really stingy. Even though he had eaten my last piece of sandwich.”
“I’m not going to change my mind when I said I won’t trade my bento with anyone. But it’s true that I ate Yarihara’s lunch, so let me buy you something.”
“Eh? Really? Yayyy, Paisen is really kind, I love you♪”
“You’re only kind to me at times like this… But it’s pretty late into lunchtime, so don’t complain if there’s nothing left but cobbler bread.”
I left the student council room while being seen off by Yarihara who made a kiss bye gesture to me.
I only saw Hinata once that day, she was constantly working on her documents as if there was nobody else in the room.
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A few days later, Hinata was still busy preparing for the Holy Night Festival.
It had become a regular sight for me to see the student council president preparing and writing documents in the student council room during lunch break, and even after she got home and finished her chores, she stayed in her room. Probably she was also preparing for the Holy Night Festival.
I asked her if I could help out as the student council secretary, but she just stubbornly refused. She said that she doesn’t want to involve others in this project because it’s the student council president’s job. She said it was something she needed to do on her own.
Today Hinata seemed to be working at the student council room until just before the school gates were closed, she got home in such hurry as I finished cooking Tsukino’s dinner.
I had never seen her like this before.
“I’m sorry. I have a student council meeting tomorrow, so I really wanted to get this report done by the end of the day. I’ll hurry up and make dinner for us, so just wait a little longer, okay?”
“You don’t have to apologize. I mean, I can at least cook our dinner tonight.”
“…I’m glad you feel that way, but still, let me cook our dinner. Cooking dinner for Yuto is like a nice break for me. It’s like I worked hard all day so that I can cook for Yuto.”
“That’s an exaggeration”
“It’s true. Just by having someone tell me how delicious my cooking is, all of my worries and fatigue will fade away. Especially if it’s my family who told me that.”
As I was about to stop Hinata from putting on an apron who was standing in the kitchen.
Hinata staggered in the kitchen as if she was going to pass out.
Wait a minute, did she just…
“Oh… Haha. That was close. I guess I’m a little tired. But I can at least cook—”
Before Hinata could say anything else, I stood in front of her.
I put my hand on her forehead without saying a word, Hinata looked puzzled of what I did but I couldn’t care less.
“W-What!? Y-Y-Yuto…!?”
“You have a fever.”
I put my hand on my own forehead to make sure and compare our temperature. It was obvious that Hinata’s forehead is a lot hotter than mine.
I didn’t realize how sick she was because she acts the same as usual.
When I asked Hinata to check her body temperature using a thermometer, the screen of the thermometer showed 37.4 degrees Celsius.
“I think you’re starting to catch a cold. No cooking today. Just get a good night’s rest and see what happens tomorrow.”
“I-I’m fine. It’s just a slight fever, I still can cook for our dinner.”
“You really want to cook huh? …I see.”
As I said it, I picked Hinata up with my both arms without any hesitation.
“!? Y-Yuto!? What are you doing suddenly!?”
“If Hinata doesn’t want to rest, I’ll carry her into her bed myself. But even Hinata doesn’t want me to see inside her room, does she? You can either go and rest in your bed with your own feet or you can let me carry you into your bed. You can choose whichever you like.”
“O-Okay! I get it! I’ll do whatever Yuto say!”
I was relieved to hear those words came out of her mouth, I had been waiting her to say that.
When I put Hinata down, she fixed her hair as if to hide her embarrassment, her cheeks was blushing red.
I was really worried about Hinata’s fever that I couldn’t care less about anything else, I maybe did something really embarrassing…
“I-I’ll bring you dinner later. So go rest.”
“…yeah, okay. I’m sorry.”
“You don’t have to apologize. We live together after all. We need to take care of each other.”
Hinata gave a small nod and went inside her room.
Hopefully Hinata’s fever get better by tomorrow…