Delivery Boy and Masked Girl - A delivery boy discovers the secret of a beautiful gal at his delivery destination. - Chapter 31: Meeting Face To Face.

Meeting Face To Face.

“…Oh, there you are.”

A few dozen meters away, at an intersection, near a vending machine.

A beautiful girl stands there anxiously, her gently wavy black hair swaying.

When she saw me, she made a relieved gesture and came trotting over to me.

“Hey, Shizuki.”

“G-Good morning, …Hasumi-kun.”

Shizuki looked down as she shyly shook the bag she held in front of her.

Her long white skirt and pink knit sweater made her look elegant and glamorous.

I don’t know if it’s natural or not, but today Shizuki seems to be in flashy mode.

Her hairstyle and makeup are the same as when she’s blending in with the flashy girls at school.

“You’re going that way today?”

“B-Because ……”

“Well, suit yourself. They’ll go ahead and wait for me at my place.”

“Y-Yes…”

I walked alongside Shizuki to my house, where the study session was to be held.

I could feel how nervous Shizuki is just by standing beside her.

Well, maybe not unreasonably so.

“But still, I guess I’m lost.”

It was only about 10 minutes ago that I received a message saying, “I lost the way…”

I asked Shizuki to send me a picture of her current location, and I picked her up there.

Sigh… She never fails to surprise me.

“I-It was hard to find the way around here…!”

“Minai arrived easily, though.”

“That’s it! Your’e teasing me now!”

Well, it is true that there are many similar landscapes around here, and it is complicated.

In fact, it would be better to think that Minai is talented.

In his case, though, he may have some kind of wild intuition.

“….Are you sure it’s okay, If I join?”

“Hmm? Yeah, It’s fine. They are rather looking forward to it, both of them.”

On the contrary, they were all barking at me to hurry up and bring her here, or to explain everthing properly.

“P-Please don’t laugh when I suddenly change the way I speak in front of them….!”

“I won’t. If you want, you can change the way you speal now.”

“Ahh…that’s true, too.”

Shizuki nodded surprisingly honestly and cleared her throat several times.

“….Good.”

“…Changed?”

“…Yep.”

It seems she changed her way of speaking.

It doesn’t look like anything’s changed, though.

I’m going to try and ask her some questions.

“Have you talked to Minai before?”

“Yep. Just in case. We were together in a science experiment or something before, ya know.”

“Hmm.”

I see, she is indeed totally changed

Not only the way she speaks, but also her expression and the way she looks at me is a little interesting.

“Minai-san…. She is good friends with many, right. She sometimes talk to Mariko-chan and others. I never thought She would be friends with Hasumi-kun…”

“That’s right.”

Moreover, even though she tries to get close to me forcefully, somehow I don’t feel uncomfortable.

I think that’s the great thing about Minai, honestly.

“B-But! I think Minai-san is probably very popular. ….I’ve also heard a few boys say they like her… I guess”

“Really?”

Well, I’m not particularly surprised.

If she is so good looking and friendly, it would not be surprising if there were a guy or two who liked her.

“Th-That’s why… I donno why but… Won’t it be fine to stop with Minai-san…. So I think.”

“Hmm? What do you mean, “stop”?”

“It’s …nothing!”

Shizuki turned away and walked faster and faster with her cheeks puffed out.

I don’t know what she means.

And then…

“Hey, Shizuki.”

“What!?”

“Watch the road, that’s not the way.”

“……”

Is she really that stupid?

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“Welcome back!”

“….Shut the hell up.”

As soon as we returned to my room, Minai suddenly stood up, jumping up and down.

Even though it’s daytime, she’s disturbing the neighborhood, so don’t do it.

“Noo~~ Yuuga-chi. I was worried that Senba-kun might attack me when I was alone with him.”

“That’s right, yuuga. If you had come back a little later, I would have had a chance.”

“Uwaa! What a meanie!”

“What do you mean? I’m full of manliness”

“Mannerless!”

“You guys are so close, aret you.”

This must be she first time they’ve spoken properly, but they’ve already mastered the combination.

Well, I guess that’s how it should be with these two.

“A N Y W A Y S! Where’s Shizuki-chan?”

“Oh, that’s right! Shizuki-san!”

“Don’t shout out her name. What if she freaks out and runs away?”

They might not be aware of it, but there’s a strange intimidation factor with you guys.

“Hasumi-kun! I’m not going to run away!”

As she said this, Shizuki peeked out of the door with a nervous look on her face.

Somehow, this scene reminded me of her appearance when I first made a delivery from Eats and Eats.

“Wow! Shizuki-chan is really here!”

“Owww! You were serious!?”

I was expecting more commotion, but Minai and Haruomi were more gentle than I imagined.

I quickly returned to my seat and made room for Shizuki in an easy-to-understand manner.

“Uhmm, Ahh… Nice to meet you. I’m Shizuki Miori…”

“It’s not the first time we are meeting. We’re in the same class.”

“Yes, that’s right. We’re in the same class.”

“You aren’t you know.”

He is always saying random things.

With a reserved momement, Shizuki sat down on one of the extra sides of the square table.

She seemed to be a little too quiet under the gaze of the two curious people.

“I’m sorry to join out of the blue….! Please be kind to me today…!”

“It’s okay, it’s okay! I wanted to get to know you too, Shizuki-chan!”

“I wanted to get to know you too! It’s a small room, but make yourself at home, Shizuki-san.”

“When you leave, the room will be bigger, you know.”

“Don’t talk about “what if”, it’s not like you, Yuuga.”

“Good. Then you’re going home.”

“Oh, no. Bye then, Senba-kun.”

“Waa-! I’m kidding!”

At Haruomi’s deliberate crying, Minai made a dumbfounded face.

And I sighed, to caught up with the moment.

Is he going to interject a blur every time he speaks?

“…Fufu~…”

Hmm?

“Huh?”

“Huh?”

The three of us gathered our gazes at one point: me, Minami, and Haruomi.

There was Shizuki, her shoulders shaking, her hands covering her mouth, holding back her laughter.

“…Is that Shizuki-chan’s Acupunture point?”

“Seems like it…..”

“Hmm, that’s rather embarrassing.”

“I-I mean…! Fufufu~~ Every peroson in here is… very fun… Fufufuf~~”

Hey, you’re using honorifics.

I couldn’t say anything about it, and I looked at Shizuki who kept laughing for a while, feeling somewhat on edge.

…Well, if Shizuki seems to be having fun, it was a good idea to invite her.

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