I Got Cheated On, so I Thought I’d Cheat Back and Went to a Group Date, I Ran Into a Classmate Who Used to Boss Me Around and Now We’re Living Together - Chapter 24

The day after everything that happened with Umi, both Nene-san and I only had classes in the afternoon.

So that morning, we sat down together, taking it easy while I ate her homemade French toast and watched a morning TV show.

But even as I tried to relax, I couldn’t help feeling uneasy. Last night, after Nene-san came over, I ended up doing it by myself for the first time in a while. What if she somehow found out? That thought had been making me nervous all morning.

If she did notice, it wouldn’t just be embarrassing. It might ruin the good mood we had finally built between us.

…I once heard a rumor that girls can somehow tell if a guy did that in the morning. I didn’t know if it was true, but if it was, then Nene-san might have realized what I did….

At the moment, she was already done with breakfast and was busy doing housework since she had gotten up earlier than me. Right now, she was hanging up the laundry.

“Ah, Sousuke’s underwear has a hole in it. I’ll stitch it later.”

“T-thank you… That helps.”

From how she was acting, it didn’t seem like anything had changed in her attitude toward me. Maybe she hadn’t noticed after all. Last night, I took my bath after her, and I made sure to air out the bathroom properly. There shouldn’t have been any clues left behind. Maybe I was just worrying too much.

“Hm-hmm-hmm~♪”

Nene-san kept humming a little tune as she worked. I found myself staring without meaning to. In summer, her usual home outfit was a camisole and short shorts, showing her smooth shoulders and long legs without a care. Whenever she turned her back, my eyes couldn’t help but wander. It was just a sad instinct of being a guy.

“Hey.”

After finishing with the laundry, Nene-san walked over to the table. I quickly tried to look calm, pretending I hadn’t been staring.

“What is it?”

“Well, there’s actually something I wanted to say…”

…Something she wanted to say? My heart skipped.

Did she notice me staring?

Or worse… Did she realize what I did last night?

I felt nervous as my heartbeat raced and I asked, “…What is it you wanted to say?”

She paused, her cheeks slightly red, and said,

“I know it’s kind of weird to bring this up in the morning but…”

And then she looked at me with her face flushed and said,

“…You don’t have to sneak around.”

She said that to me.

And so, I broke into a cold sweat.

This was clear as day… one of the two had definitely been found out…

Either the peeking or the self-relief… one of them had surely been exposed…

“Sn-sneak around…?”

Even so, I tried to play dumb. But Nene-san still kept that red face of hers.

“Y-you know… t-the kind of stuff like…You don’t have to do it in secret?”

That’s when I realized, it wasn’t the staring. It was the other thing. She knew.

This was bad. Real bad. Game over.

But… how in the world did she even figure it out?

“Well… I was cleaning the bathroom drain earlier… and there was hair tangled up with these white, hardened clumps… Since I grew up in a house full of men, I can kind of tell what that stuff is, just so you know…”

No way… She found out like that…?

“And… When I was cleaning before yesterday, I never found anything white like that. So I thought maybe Sousuke… maybe you’ve been holding it in ever since I came here. If that’s the case, I just wanted to tell you that you don’t have to worry about me. You can do it whenever you want…”

“A-ah…”

“I-I’m sorry… for bringing this up while we’re eating breakfast…”

“N-no… I should be the one apologizing… for leaving something dirty in the drain you had to clean up…”

“It’s fine… I grew up in a house full of men like I said, so I’m used to it. Besides… if you ever feel like doing it, just let me know. I’ll step outside for a while…”

So yeah… even as a guest, she was being really considerate of me.

I hadn’t realized Nene-san was this understanding about guys’ private stuff… but saying she’d actually go outside just so I could do it felt way too much. Honestly, it made me feel guilty.

“N-no… you don’t have to go that far…”

“…You think so?”

“Yeah… just… if it happens in the bath sometimes… I just want you to know, that’s all…”

“I see… Yeah. Don’t worry, I’ll make sure to keep the place clean.”

…Whether that was really something to be reassured about, I wasn’t sure…

But at least I could relax a little. Even after finding out, Nene-san didn’t seem to think less of me.

“By the way… what do you use to get off?”

…That was an attack I never saw coming.

“Huh?”

“That… what do you use?”

She asked with a slightly embarrassed look, but clearly curious.

I froze, unable to answer.

“W-why would you even want to know that…”

“Hmm, I guess… for reference…”

Reference for what…

No way I could tell her the truth. That I thought of Umi sometimes.

Or that I usually liked amateur stuff online. That was impossible to admit.

“Alright then…. can I at least ask that you could use me?”

“Huh?”

“…Could you?”

―Why would she ask something like that…

“I mean… I don’t think I look that bad. And my chest… Well, it’s pretty decent, right…”

After saying that, Nene-san leaned forward and pushed her cleavage together, showing it off on purpose from her camisole.

Umi might have her beat in height, but when it came to breasts, Nene-san was bigger. And unlike Umi’s, which I had already seen, Nene-san’s still had this air of mystery. That only made them feel even more indecent in my eyes.

My throat made an audible gulp.

“…So?”

“I-I mean… I-it’s sexy…”

“But, you’ve already done stuff with Rinne, right? Compared to that, this probably isn’t much of a turn-on for you…”

Nene-san picked up the laundry basket and started walking toward the bathroom.

Then she turned back and,

“Hey… if it’s not too much trouble, why don’t we take a bath together tonight…”

She said that.

I couldn’t hide my shock.

“W-what’s the point of that… Look, I’m not expecting any kind of reward… just because you’re staying here, okay?”

“It’s not about anything dirty…. I just thought that maybe you could let me wash your back. That’s all… You’ve been helping me so much already, so think of it as a thank-you….”

That’s how it was.

And with that… I had the strong feeling that tonight wasn’t going to end so simply.