My Cool and Straightforward Girlfriend Won't Let Me Sleep Today Either - Chapter 18

Episode 18: Comforting the Boyfriend Ignored by the Girls? 4th Year Girlfriend

Natsuki said she was feeling horny and decided to go home, and she truly left my room.

Furthermore, she left in the middle of preparing lunch.

In the frying pan was a heap of vegetables mixed with a large amount of ketchup.

“Chicken rice? No, this is more like spaghetti Napolitan.”

I decided to finish making the Napolitan that had been left half-done.

Since most of the cooking was already done, the Napolitan was quickly finished.

I scooped the Napolitan onto a plate, sat down at the low table, and started eating alone.

And I finished eating quickly.

Then, there was nothing left to do after finishing the meal.

“…It’s lonely.”

I murmured softly while pressing my face into the pillow on the bed.

For the past few days, I had been with Natsuki all the time. It felt like we were living together.

Even though this current situation should be normal, I couldn’t shake off this uneasy feeling.

Thinking about how much lonelier it would be when Natsuki goes abroad for her studies made it even more painful.

Well, I can’t say, “don’t go” to her, and I don’t want to say, “I’ll go with you” either.

No matter how hard I struggle, we won’t be able to see each other for six months.

This fact is absolute and unchangeable, and I have no intention of trying to change it.

“Sigh… Even though the answer is already there, I keep thinking about it for no reason.”

I sighed at myself for engaging in such pointless thoughts.

I didn’t want to waste any more meaningless time, so I got up from the bed and sat in front of the computer to search for places that Natsuki and I would enjoy going together.

“Although my financial situation is sorted out, I don’t want Natsuki to spend too much money before she goes abroad…”

Now that I think about it, it’s better for Natsuki, who is about to study abroad, not to spend too much money.

After all, Natsuki’s destination for studying abroad isn’t a country with low living costs.

Taking that into consideration, I was choosing a date spot with Natsuki in mind when…

“Hello?”

I received a call from a senior in the same club.

“Hey, are you free tonight?”

“I am, but…”

“We’re having a drinking party, want to come?”

“I have a bad feeling about this, so I’ll pass.”

I was suddenly invited to a drinking party by my senior.

It smells dangerous…

Even though I immediately declined, my senior begged me with a weak voice.

“I’m really begging you! Tonight’s drinking party is a mixer… But one guy from the guys’ side suddenly can’t make it…”

“No, no, that makes it even more impossible. I have a girlfriend, you know?”

“Come on, please! I’ll give you all the past exam questions I have for the classes I’m taking!”

I swallowed my saliva at the very attractive reward.

“I’m taking almost no credits in the fall semester because I’m going abroad for study. So, I need to make sure I don’t fail any classes from now on to graduate in four years. So, can you tell me the test questions from the classes you took in the fall semester, Minato?”

Natsuki asked me something like this before.

I didn’t intend to go to the mixer, but maybe I should for Natsuki’s sake.
“Um, about that… Would it be okay to ask my girlfriend if it’s okay to attend the mixer as a thank you for getting past exam questions?”

“Is your girlfriend that scary?”

“…Yeah, kinda.”

“Okay, call me back later.”

“Okay, then… see you.”

I ended the call with my senior.

Then, I called Natsuki.

I told her that if I participated in the mixer, I could get various past exam questions and notes from different classes for her, considering that she’s unable to take many credits in the fall semester of her second year.

“If you touch or get touched by any girls, I’ll kill you.”

A pretty scary joke came back, but she allowed me to attend the mixer.

I’m just making up the numbers.

Without any determination, I headed to the trendy izakaya where the mixer was being held.

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Natsuki’s Side

“I wonder if the mixer is over?”

Around 10 o’clock at night.

My boyfriend Minato called me.

“I can’t do it anymore. Natsuki, please comfort me…”

As soon as Natsuki picked up the phone, Minato pleaded with a sad voice.

Although I knew the reason why he suddenly asked for comfort, I pretended not to know.

“Did you have a bad time at the mixer?”

“I was blatantly ignored, and it was really tough…”

When Minato said that Natsuki couldn’t help but laugh a little.

Because being blatantly ignored at the mixer…

“Oh, I see.”

It’s unmistakably my fault.

The truth behind Minato being blatantly ignored at the mixer is as follows.

Natsuki had a hunch about which mixer Minato would attend.

Yes, one of my friends mentioned having a mixer.

Out of curiosity, I contacted the friend who mentioned going to the mixer and confirmed it.

The prediction was accurate.

It turned out that one of Natsuki’s friends was going to attend the same mixer as Minato.

And Natsuki told her friend…

“It’s okay to ignore Minato, he’s just there to make up the numbers.”

As a result, Minato received a cold shoulder from the girls who came to the mixer to genuinely find a partner.

“I realized I had been eating fried potatoes the whole time…”

“Haha, what’s up with that?”

“Well, nobody talked to me, so… I had no choice but to eat…”

Minato seemed to be genuinely traumatized.

Feeling guilty, Natsuki thought,

(He’s really pitiful… Maybe I should tell him why the girls ignored him…)

But then.

“I can’t do it without you, Natsuki… I’ll never break up with you, I’m going to marry you…”

However, hearing Minato’s needy voice made Natsuki change her mind.

(He’s so cute. Maybe I should stop teasing him…)

My boyfriend, who is seeking comfort after being hurt by girls at the mixer.

If I stop teasing him, maybe he’ll stop depending on me so much.

“Okay, okay.”

My boyfriend is clinging to me more than ever before.

It’s so nice and pleasant that Natsuki decided not to tease him and continued comforting Minato, who was hurt by the mixer.