It’s Too Early to be Having Newlywed Syndrome! ~Childhood Friends Who Rekindled their Love for Each Other ~ - 4 - 23 - Housewife Training
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- 4 - 23 - Housewife Training
Housewife Training
“——Hey, how long were we talking in front of the family restaurant and in front of the station? If it will end up like this, maybe we should’ve stayed a little bit longer in the family restaurant.”
Naoto said while rubbing his back on the bench.
“We actually said ‘See you’ to bid farewell ten times already.”
“Yeah, yeah. We actually spent more time after bidding each other farewell.”
Said Natsuki and Aki.
“Normally, I would be fine with it, but if you’re health is not in perfect condition, I would want you to not do it so much.”
Naoto asked while taking a glance at Natsuki’s stomach.
“Oka—-y! Although I’m happy with having Naoto worry about me, if I don’t stay healthy then we wouldn’t be able to go on dates that much.”
Natsuki happily answered.
After feeling relieved with Natsuki’s answer, Naoto looked at the other girls.
“Ninomiya-san and the others too, take care of your health.”
“So you’ll take the opportunity to also tell us that just in case.”
Aki teasingly said.
“Eeh?! Taking the opportunity, that wasn’t my intention. Was the way I said it so offhand?”
“No, it was just a joke. You’re also worried about me in your novel, right? Like, asking whether it feels cold or not.”
“Rather than worried, it’s more like just one step from sexual harassment……
But in reality, I see a lot of girls standing around chatting with each other after school, don’t you feel tired always doing that?
Me and Iida, we love sitting, so we would immediately sit down when we have the chance.”
“The two of us, whenever we want to talk, we would find somewhere to sit first, if we want to go home, we’ll immediately go straight home, yeah.”
“Right? ——Ah, but a while ago, while we’re on the apartment’s hallway, natsuki and I had an exchange that went ‘See you tomorrow then, Nao-kun’ ‘Yeah, see you’ ‘You can go first, Nao-kun’ ‘You go home first, Natsuki’.
It reminded me of when we were kids.
When the time came to go home from Natsuki’s, I didn’t want to separate from her so much that I cried.”
“What’s with that? I didn’t remember that happening, though.”
“During summer vacation, you’ll be visiting your grandma, so starting the next day we’ll not be able to see each other for a while, so I asked you not to go, which troubled you a lot. In the end, I was allowed to stay at your house for the day, and the next day I tearfully said goodbye.”
“Ah, that! I was worried, so I wrote and sent you a letter while I’ at granny’s, but you never replied at all!”
“I already explained it back at New Year’s, but the reason I didn’t write any reply was because you didn’t write that I should send a reply in your letter. Besides, I couldn’t write a letter in front of my parents, that’s embarrassing.”
“You should’ve written one—!”
After saying that, Natsuki turned to Aki and the others.
“This guy was very mean! When I came back thinking that he might’ve hated me, Nao-kun and his mom went to welcome us back, and he’s just playing games all laid-back in the station, he didn’t even say that he was sad while I’m gone when we saw each other again. I’ve somewhat gotten crazy about his behavior. If I showily sulk in front of my parents, they will scold me, so when it was just us two in my room, I just stayed silent. Nao-kun asked me ‘Nat-chan, do you hate me now?’ while crying. Not getting mad, and acting like that is unfair. —-don’t you think?”
Saying that, Natsuki poked Naoto’s side.
“No, I have no memory of that time.”
“When I said ‘Even if I ask you if you love me, you wouldn’t tell me.’, then you went ‘I love you very much. I want us to stay together always. Please.’ Then you proceeded to hug me, so I said ‘I love you too. I’ll always be by your side.’, and you didn’t let go of me until we sealed it with a pinky promise, don’t you remember?”
“That’s right, the next day, you gave me wafers, right?”
“No one cares about the wafers! Why is that the thing you remember?”
“Well, at the time, I would obviously be happy if you treat me to food using your allowance. How much was your allowance back then?”
“I forget, but we had the same allowance, didn’t we?”
“But it felt like, it was Natsuki who was spending more.”
“I was helping at Nao-kun’s house with chores like cleaning the bathroom, so I was also receiving allowance for that.”
“What that? Why was Natsuki doing such a thing?”
“Um…… don’t laugh, okay? At that time, I learned about housewife training in a movie, so I secretly trained on how to be a housewife……”
Natsuki blushed under the dim street light.
Naoto didn’t laugh. It was because felt a bit embarrassed, that he covered his face with his hands.