My Cool and Straightforward Girlfriend Won't Let Me Sleep Today Either - Chapter 11
Chapter 11: My 4th Year Girlfriend Plans to Regain Her Physical Fitness
After Mom came to my room, Natsuki soon headed off to work.
Alone with Mom, she rigorously checked my university grades and whether my English proficiency, which I had acquired from living overseas, had deteriorated.
According to Mom, “You’re an introvert. If your communication skills are low, compensate elsewhere”.
As she nitpicked, time flew by in the blink of an eye.
I bid farewell to Mom with a disgusted expression.
“See you later.”
“I’ll come check on you again, so make sure you’re doing well, okay?”
Mom, looking at me with concern, left the room.
It was around 8 p.m.
It would have been quite awkward to run into her boyfriend’s mother, so I sent a message to Natsuki.
“Mom safely left. Sorry about today.”
I quickly received a reply from Natsuki, probably done with work.
“No worries, we’ve had worse encounters before. Can I come over now?”
“Well, why not go home once before coming here?”
“It’s okay. I came home before work.”
“Since you’ve been staying out so much, if your parents say something, just go home normally.”
“They haven’t said anything, so it’s fine.”
“Well, take care then.”
With that, I finished exchanging messages with Natsuki.
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30 minutes after the messages with Natsuki.
“I’m back.”
Natsuki, carrying shopping bags from the supermarket, arrived at my room.
“Welcome back. Those are quite a few bags, what did you buy?”
“Ingredients for cooking, among other things.”
Natsuki opened the bags for me to see.
I couldn’t see everything, but there were enough ingredients to make various dishes.
“Natsuki, you’re not really the cooking type, so what’s with all this?”
“I figured if I’m studying abroad, relying solely on eating out would be tight on money… So I thought I’d practice.”
“Ah, eating out there is expensive, huh?”
“Yeah, something like that. Well, I also like seeing Minato’s face when he eats.”
“Oh, I see. So, what are you making today?”
Somewhat pleased by her words, I asked Natsuki.
“It’s too late to make it now, so it’s a ready-made dish.”
“Wait a moment. Let me clear the table…”
I tidied up the low table in the middle of the room.
Natsuki then spread out the discounted ready-made dishes she bought for dinner on the table.
Fried oysters, fried levanilla, stamina bowl, and salad.
My cheeks twitched at the lineup of obviously ready-made dishes.
And the ultimate thing is…
“Also, this for Minato.”
A nutrition drink labeled “Snapping Turtle & Mamushi Extract” was placed in front of me.
I guess this means “keep it up tonight,” huh?
As I broke into a cold sweat thinking such thoughts, I noticed the stamina bowl.
The stamina bowl was loaded with plenty of garlic.
Once eaten, the lingering scent of garlic wouldn’t disappear easily…
Natsuki has never done anything to me resembling an attack like that.
In other words, I can sleep soundly tonight.
Relieved, I decided to eat the dishes Natsuki bought.
I started eating the stamina bowl right away, and Natsuki stared at me intently.
“…W-What’s wrong?”
“Come to think of it, I remembered the stamina bowl has garlic in it.”
“Is it bad if it has garlic?”
“…… ”
She knows what I mean, right? Natsuki glared at me without saying a word.
Well, today she’s in the mood…
“I guess you were in the mood today.”
“Yeah, I want to do it as much as I can now… Maybe every day?”
She’s cool and straightforward, but it’s not that she doesn’t like sex.
In fact, she might like it more than I do.
I bowed my head and begged for forgiveness.
“Please spare me from doing it every day.”
“No, every day was a joke.”
“No, no, about 70-80% of it seemed serious, judging by your eyes.”
Eating the stamina bowl right away was the right decision…
Praising my quick judgment, I picked up the remaining stamina bowl.
Then, Natsuki reached out to me and told me.
“Since we’re not doing it today anyway, I want some too.”
“Hmm, it’s good.”
I handed the stamina bowl to Natsuki while commenting on the taste.
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There were no plans left for today, only sleep.
Natsuki and I got into bed together, intending to sleep, but…
It smells a bit.
Even though we brushed our teeth thoroughly after eating the garlic-loaded stamina bowl.
But still, the scent lingered somehow.
“It stinks.”
“If it bothers you, should we sleep apart?”
“No, if both of us smell, then it’s the same.”
“But still, it’s like… In the past, I was so conscious of smells, but now…”
“What exactly did you do?”
“I used tons of breath care products and chewed breath care gum.”
I confessed about the excessive consideration typical of an introvert.
Listening to my past, Natsuki smiled gently and scolded me.
“You’re silly.”
“Yeah, I seriously think I’m stupid.”
“Normally, even if someone you like smells a bit, it wouldn’t make you dislike them.”
I know.
That’s why I stopped consuming breath care products like crazy two years ago.
“Oh, you don’t have to worry too much about smells either.”
When I told her that.
In our fourth year, Natsuki, who was gradually losing her reservations, boldly attacked me.
“Mm, chu, mm…”
Natsuki kissed me passionately.
As if to say, “Will you still not dislike me even if I smell a bit?”
It smells a bit, but it doesn’t really bother me.
As if communicating that it’s okay even if it smells, our kiss continued for a long time.
And after the long kiss, Natsuki calmly said something outrageous.
“From now on, even on days when you eat garlic, we can still do it.”
Well, uh… Really?
I broke into a cold sweat at her greediness.