Delivery Boy and Masked Girl - A delivery boy discovers the secret of a beautiful gal at his delivery destination.

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Exposure and Exclusivity.

The next day, Sunday, a second study session took place.

“Yuuga-chi!”

“Hmm?”

Like yesterday, Minai and Haruomi had arrived at my house first.
However, a little past the meeting time, there was still no sign of Shizuki.

“Shizuki-chan, I think she’s lost. Why don’t you go get her?”

“You haven’t heard from her? Maybe she can’t bring herself to say it because of what happened yesterday?”

Minami and Haruomi began to fidget together.

I was also getting restless.

“….She will be fine. I’ve been there once.”

“You don’t know! And I’m not worried!”

She’s worried.
Of course She’s worried.

“…Hasumi-kun, I need to talk to you about something….!”

Shizuki must indeed be lost.
But it is surely not on the road, but on….

Ding dong.

“Coming.”

“Here she comes! Shizuki-chan!”
Phew….

I got up and left the room, trying to drown out the sigh that spilled out naturally.
The excited Minami and the relieved Haruomi followed.

When I opened the front door, there was….

“…Yo, Shizuki.”

Straight black hair.
A beautifully shaped face without any make-up.
The opposite of yesterday’s look, mature and neat.

Shizuki was standing there, in the plain mode that I was used to seeing.

“…… Shizuki-chan?

“….Y-yeahh.”

A faint sound of two dumb voices, as if taken aback, echoes through the room.
Shizuki inhaled deeply, then smiled a little stiffly and said.

“….A very good afternoon, everyone.”

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Same room, same members as yesterday, we were in a circle.
But of course, we couldn’t just start the study session right away.

“So that’s that….”

As soon as she entered the room and sat down, Shizuki told the bewildered Minai and Haruomi the details of the situation.

They listened to the story so quietly that it was difficult to imagine that they all are noisy normies.

“I’m really sorry for keeping quiet about it and deceiving you all.”
When Shizuki finished speaking, she bowed deeply and politely.

Even such a gesture seemed more than enough to prove that today’s Shizuki was a different person from yesterday.

For a few moments, silence descended in the room.
I was thirsty, and I could feel my heartbeat quickening.

“I see.”

The words of Minami and Haruomi overlapped neatly.
They sounded like they were talking about nothing at all.

“So, yesterday was pretty tough for you too, right? I’m sorry I couldn’t understand you…”

“Was that why Yuuga was acting strange? I finally understood.”

“Ehh?… Uhmmm”

“But I’m glad you told me! Thanks, Shizuki-chan!”

“I guess so. If it’s just Yuuga, you can’t rely on him, so from now on, you can be the sober Shizuki-san in front of us as well.”

…..Well, we knew this was coming.
After all, there is no way these guys are going to back down or get mad about something like that.

“Ahh… I’m really sorry.”

“Don’t apologize! Now we’ve heard it all, and you don’t care on top of it, you know!”

“Yes, yes. I can understand why Shizuki-san feels sorry, but we, the people in question, have forgiven you, so we don’t need you to apologize.”

“Minai-san… Senba-san…”

Shizuki’s eyes became moist.
Even from the corner of my eye, I could see that her entire body was suddenly drained of strength.

“I… really enjoyed … yesterday. I’m so… so happy and that’s why I…”
Shizuki said in a trembling voice that sounded like a whisper, face down.

“That’s why I didn’t want to lie to ….you two. If we can be friends, I want to get along with you as the real me… so I thought.”

“……”

“And when I looked at ….everyone, I felt like such a fool for lying to myself like this. … So!”

“Shizuki-chan!”

“Fueeh!?”

As she said this, Minai jumped on Shizuki vigorously.
She continued to touch her cheeks with both hands and move them. MuiMuiMui

“I mean, Shizuki-chan! This look of yours is super nice too! No. Your inner quality is this good, no matter how you put it together, it’s still cute!!”

“Mi-Minai-Hyan! Sshutop it!”

“AAh, that’s not fair, Minai-chan. Let me do it too.”

“That’s just sexual harassment.”

“You sexist!!”

“C-U-T-E!! Wouldn’t you rather it be this way?! Right, Yuuga?!”

“…Don’t dump on me.”

“I love her this way!”

“Senba-kun, you’re not allowed to say anything!”

“Why the hell not?!”

Before I knew it, the air in the room was exactly the same as yesterday.
Well, if it were possible, I would have preferred it not to be so noisy today.

“If there is anything else you want me to ask you, just let me know anytime, Shizuki-chan. I’ll listen to everything.”

“Minai-san…”

“There’s no one on the planet as generous as me, after all! Always open up to me!!”

“I’m not a good friend of Yuuga’s either, you know. I’m good at being a troublemaker.”

“You’re the problem.”

“You must conquer poison with poison.”

“Senba-kun, Thank you very much….”

Shizuki smiled and seemed deeply relieved.
Looking at her face, it was as if I, too, was feeling at ease.

“Oh, but what about when we talk at school? Are you still the gal Shizuki-chan at school?”

“….. yes. After all, at school, I can’t really….”

“I see. Then I will be careful there.”

“Sorry… for the complication.”

“What are you talking about? That means you can enjoy both Shizuki-chan, so you’re lucky!”

“Yeah, yeah, it’s a dream come true.”

“M-Mou you two!”

“Yuuga, I didn’t know you had a monopoly on her until now….”

“It’s true! That’s not fair!”

“Don’t talk to me in a strange way…”

For the time being, I’m glad it’s all over.
As I was enveloped in a strong sense of weakness and relief, I kept glancing back to the study session, which had not started anytime soon.