Aren’t You Too Sweet Salt-God Sato-San? - Chapter 3.6

“一一Well about that,, Oshio-kun can’t leave right now.”

As recommended by Mayo-san, I sat down on a chair in the back room of “Hidamari” and was waiting when I heard such a voice from the front.

“Huh, wh-why is that so!? Perhaps Oshio-kun is injured…..?”

“That…..”

These were the voices of Sato-san and her cousin, Sudou Rinka-chan (which Mayo-san had told me about), and hearing the sound of their anxious voices made me nervous too.

But Mayo-san said it with a calm smile on her face as if to hide it.

“Fufu, it’s not what you think. Rather it’s just that his clothes have been torn a little due to the jump earlier therefore I’m going to stitch them back so it will take time.”

“Ah….is that so?”

“………..”

I almost shouted in amazement when Mayo-san told the lie in a gentle voice smoothly, but hurriedly closed my mouth.

I could hear Sato-san’s sigh of relief. On the other hand, when I see that Rinka-chan is silent, I guess that she has figured out what’s going on.

She seems to be in Middle High school but surprisingly, she looks more maturish.

I wonder if I was rude by treating her like a child and patting her head…….I felt a Pang of regret passing through my head after all that time.

“That’s why you should return to your home first, it’s getting very late now.”

“What but I can wait till you finish stitching.”

“If you want to see Oshio-kun in his underwear so badly, do you want to go to the back room with me?”

“一一一Rinka-chan let’s go back! I will take you back!”

“…….Can you convey my apology for causing all the trouble to Oshio-kun ?”

“……yes, I am looking forward to you coming to this store again.”

I could heard Sato-san’s panicked voice, Rinka-chan’s stifled voice, and finally a somewhat absent-minded greeting following with the sound of the door slamming shut.

Inside of the store turned completely silent.

Thereupon, through the slightly open back room door, Mayo-san popped out her head suddenly and said,

“There she goes.”

and smiled at me.

There, I finally let out a sigh of relief and stared at my scrapped right arm.

It was fortunate that the clothes I had just bought were mostly intact, but this one was terrible.

It’s a little better since I have cleaned it using water while desperately stifling my voice but the blood clot still has some small black pebble mixed in with it.

I’m glad I kept it out of sight so I wouldn’t be conscious.

“Oh my, this one is quite flashy, isn’t it? Does it hurt?”

“It doesn’t hurt that much but I’m not good at things like that…”

The fact is I’m not good at grotesque things like blood or injury for a long time. Just looking at them makes me dizzy…

“Then the first is disinfection it, wait a min”

“Thank you for everything Mayo-san.”

“It’s fine, rather I should be thanking you for jumping in to save Rinka-chan, fufu, that was cool….”

“Y-You don’t need to say that……..”

Mayo-san can be considered a stunning beauty. She has a composure that’s clearly different from the highschool students, exactly like an “adult woman”.

That’s why I was a little flustered when she said it with such straightforwardness.

On the other hand, Mayo-san didn’t care about that and pulled out her first aid kit with a familiar hand, picked up the cotton wool with tweezers, and soaked it in disinfectant.

“I’ve gotten used to it because my childhood friend was always getting hurt, now take out your right hand.”

“Thank you for your help. ….. Ouch.”

The disinfectant smeared, and I couldn’t help but let out a pathetic voice.

……..Just as I was thinking “I’m really glad Sato-san returned home first”,

“一一Oshio-kun, do you like Koharu-chan?”

“What!? How do you know….. ouch!?”

My heart skipped a beat twice, one in surprise and another in pain.

However, Mayo-san continued applying disinfectant while laughing, perhaps amused by my reaction.

“I can tell just by looking. I think Koharu-chan is the only one who doesn’t know.”

“I-I see…..”

Should I be embarrassed or should I be in pain?

……..No, It’s overwhelmingly embarrassing after all. Is my behaviour really that balant…..?

“Because you see, Koharu-chan is a natural airhead”

“I already know this but…..*sigh*, I’m relieved, and also disappointed”

“Disappointed?”

“Because, that’s how unconscious favouring for her, right? Even when I’m directing my affection on the level that other people have noticed it too but the person herself is unaware of it”

“……..”

I closed my eyes, not really wanting to look at my own wounds, but suddenly the cotton wool that was systematically rubbing on my arms stopped.

When I opened my half closed eyes, I found that Mayo-san was just staring at me and had stopped moving, as if someone had put her on pause.

“…….hmm? is something wrong?”

“…….. that’s unexpected, it might really be a happy miscalculation, Rinka-chan….”

“Yes?”

“No, you know, isn’t it human nature that you want to support the disadvantaged side?”

“Huh?”

“Speaking of it, you also have a little fault there.”

“Seriously, what are you talking abo….ouch”

*Pom* *pom* *pom* and Cotton wool bounced at my arms at tremendous speed.

Wai..it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!? Mayo-san!?

“Oshio-kun, Frankly speaking, what do you think of Rinka-chan?”

“What? why are we….ouch, ouch, ouch”

“Is she cute or not?”

“Gee, gee ….! I think it’s cute …? …. that’s why a little….!”

Please stop. I twist my body to indicate that but she shows no sign of stopping.

In fact, she even accelerated her motion, it was no longer just *pom* *pom* but *po, po, po, po, po, po*

Then Mayo-san’s eyes sparkled once again for some reason and she asked,

“And what else? What part do you think is cute about her?”

“Gah…..”

She asked such an Incomprehensible question and yet Cotton swab continued to bounce on the wound.

I don’t even know what kind of situation it is anymore.

However, as I was silent and there was no sign of being released, I managed to dig up the memory of her appearance from inside my head somehow, which was paralyzed by the pain.

Sudou Rinka, the part of her appearance that left the biggest impression is…..

“一一一Ha-Hairstyle!!!, Her hairstyle is cute!”

I shouted, almost like a scream, and only then Mayo-san finally stopped her hand there.

Reflecting on the silence, unpleasant sweat burst out and my breath turned rough.

Sa…was I saved?

“…..Yes, that’s it. Just bandage it up and you’ll be fine.”

Mayo-san let out a pure smile, like a Buddha, as if the fierce attack earlier was a lie.

………It seems I am somehow saved.

I let out an oversized sigh enough that I would have been immediately shriveled if I was a balloon.

Thereupon, not knowing what was going on Mayo-san mind, she asked while fiddling with the ends of her hair with her fingers in an strangely sexy gesture and asked mischievously,

“Should I also grow my hair?”

……..Even if you ask me it’s okay.

“After all, It doesn’t look good if it’s not Rinka-chan?”

“No, it’s not that, because each person has a hairstyle that suits them you know……..”

“I see, it doesn’t suit me, huh?”

After saying that, Mayo-san backed off unexpectedly easily and started wrapping a bandage around my arm.

………???

I honestly didn’t understand what goes in the mind of a grown-up really.

Just as I was thinking like that, Hidamari’s door was suddenly thrown open with great momentum and someone entered,

“一一一Yappei, Mayoo! It’s already 8’o clock. Close up the store! Time to close the store! It’s time for a drink! It’s a red wine festival today.”

I hear a familiar voice with an unusually high spirit.

When I turned to look at the source of voice, I saw Misono Shizuku-san with a big smile on her face there for some reason.

“Oh, Shizuku-san. What are you doing?”

“…….hm? hmm? I thought who it was, so it’s Souta-kun, what are you doing here or rather you still haven’t gone home yet? Ren already returned, you know? though saying that, he just returned to the 2nd floor of the Moon and what’s with that bandage?”

And so I was suddenly overwhelmed by the torrent of questions.

Shizuku-san, are you the type of person who talks more when you get excited?

“Oh, so Oshio-kun knew Shizuku after all.”

“After all?”

“Because this set of clothes is from MOON, right? I can tell by looking”

You can tell?………

This is the first time I’ve discovered this, but it’s extremely embarrassing to find out which store the clothes you’re wearing are from so easily…

“Shizuku-san’s little brother is my friend……”

“That’s right, I’m Souta-kun’s best friend’s big sister Misono Shizuku, Nice to meet you Yappei”

“Nice to meet you Yappei”

Mayo-san returns with a bodhisattva-like smile to the abnormally excited Shizuku-san.

Huh, what? Are greetings like this popular around the clothing stores?

…..No,wrong. If you think normally, Both are….

“Are both of you friends?”

“We aren’t friends, Souta-kun, we are childhood friends from elementary school.”

“We’re in the same Sweets research club at university, our stores are next to each other, and because we also close the store at the same time, we often drink at Moon after work ends.”

……Sweet research Club?

I’ve heard a similar name somewhere recently but is it just my imagination……..?

When I was thinking that, Shizuku-san closes the distance with light movements as if she was performing musical steps and firmly holds my shoulder…..