My Cool and Straightforward Girlfriend Won't Let Me Sleep Today Either

Episode 17: My 4th Year Girlfriend Decided to Go Home Because She Wanted to do it

Feeling thirsty, I opened the fridge door to get some water.

Then, I was left speechless by the shocking sight.

“……”

“What’s wrong?”

Natsuki, who was preparing lunch in the kitchen near the refrigerator, asked me why I was silent.

“Hey, isn’t this amount of purchase excessive?”

If there’s a lot of nutritional supplements labeled “Mamushi & Softshell Turtle Extract,” it’s enough to render one speechless.

Actually, that reminds me. Was this the reason Natsuki was rummaging around in front of the fridge yesterday?

“I still had points that were about to expire.”

“Use it for something else…”

Although the expired points might have been usable elsewhere, perhaps at a pharmacy or something, the convenience wouldn’t have been too bad.

No matter what, there must have been a use for it even if it wasn’t used to get a nutritional supplement like this.

After voicing a little complaint, Natsuki tells me with an indescribable expression on her face.

“They were also cheap because they were in a wagon close to their expiration date.”

“Yeah, these kinds of products tend to be left over…”

When I casually picked up a bottle, I noticed a discount barcode on the back.

A staggering 90% discount rate.

With both this discount rate and points close to expiration date, it’s understandable why someone would reach for the product.

Because―
“It’s probably a placebo effect, but it seemed to work.”

Since I felt the effects properly when I drank it before.

“No, I think there was some effect. But it seems to also help with drowsiness, so I need to be careful…”

Although the caffeine content wasn’t that high, I felt refreshed after drinking it. If I drank it at night, I might have trouble sleeping even after it wore off.

Thinking like that, Natsuki said to me in a nonchalant tone.

“Why not drink it now?”

“But we’re not doing it today?”

“Even if we don’t, your stamina will recover, right?”

“…Well, yeah, but…”

This kind of thing seems bad for the body.

While I was pondering whether to drink the nutrition supplement I took out of the fridge.

Natsuki suddenly grabbed the bottle from me.

“If you’re not going to drink it, I’ll have it.”

Even if it’s a product marketed towards men, women should still get some kind of effect from it.

Even though Natsuki is energetic enough already, it would be dangerous if she became even more energetic.

Especially considering how susceptible she is to placebo effects. I can easily imagine her getting super excited after drinking the supplement, thinking, “I can do even more…!”.

“No, I’ll drink it!”

But when I said that, it was already too late.

With a hearty gulp, she had already tilted the bottle and taken all of its contents into her mouth.

However, Natsuki, although she had the supplement in her mouth, didn’t swallow it at all.

“Is it because you don’t like the taste?”

While puffing her cheeks, Natsuki nodded as if to say yes.

The taste of the nutrition supplement labeled with Mamushi & Softshell Turtle Extract was intense.

I was fine with it, but it seems Natsuki found the taste quite unpleasant.

“……”

With a scrunched-up face, Natsuki still didn’t swallow the supplement in her mouth.

Ah, there it is. People who can put disliked food in their mouths but can’t swallow it.

Trying not to touch it with her tongue as much as possible, Natsuki was holding the supplement in her cheek, making a face like a hamster storing food in its cheek.

“Come on, just spit it out. Spit it out.”

Natsuki took out her phone from her pocket and typed a message.

“It’s wasteful.”

To spit something out means to waste it.

No matter how cheap it was at 90% off, she didn’t want to throw it away.

What should I do? I looked at Natsuki with a puzzled expression.

Then, Natsuki put her index finger on her own lips and then on mine.

Could it be…? She wants me to drink it mouth-to-mouth?

“…Mm.”

Natsuki urged me impatiently.

I’m not incapable, but still…

I’ve never given or received something mouth-to-mouth before.

As I hesitated with embarrassment, suddenly―

“Mm!?”

Seemingly eager to get rid of the liquid in her mouth as soon as possible, Natsuki kissed me and forcefully poured the liquid with a unique taste into my mouth.

“Slurp… Mm… Slurp… Mm, mm… Slurp…”

Kissing with the liquid in our mouths made slightly different sounds than usual.

It echoed through the room like an onomatopoeia from a manga.

We kissed while letting the liquid drip from the corners of our mouths.

Natsuki doesn’t know the trick to pouring liquid into someone else’s mouth, and I don’t know how to receive a drink from someone else’s mouth.

After swallowing the liquid in my mouth, Natsuki gently pulled away.

“Gross…”

Natsuki wiped the liquid dripping from the corner of her mouth with a disgusted expression.

As I wiped away the spilled liquid, I complained to Natsuki.

“Why did you take it all in at once?”

“Don’t you usually gulp down nutrition supplements like that?”

“Well, the package had a warning about a weird taste, so you should’ve started with just a bit…”