Chapter 48: Valentine’s Day Morning

TL: lime
ED: Spynine01

I could hear the sound of the alarm going off.

It was morning as usual.

I woke up languidly as usual too.

Lately, Shiori hasn’t been waking me up early, so I have to wake up by myself these days.

She can be quite moody at times, so sometimes she wakes me up, and sometimes she doesn’t.

She’s just like a cat.

“Meow~”

Suddenly, I imagine Shiori with a nekomimi on her head

The nekomimi Shiori in my imagination looks pretty good.

No, it’s actually quite erotic. But, yeah. A healthy high school boy like me would go crazy if I actually saw it in the flesh.

Should I ask her to wear one next time? No, she’ll just look at me with disdain instead… I guess that’s all that would happen…

The first thing I did was to go to the sink in the changing room.

As usual――I brushed my teeth carefully.

Even more carefully, more carefully, more carefully than usual――.

Then I washed my face and refreshed it for a bit.

After refreshing my face, I took out some wax from the mirror cabinet of the sink, which I don’t usually use, and stickily applied it to my hair with an unaccustomed hand.

“――What… are you doing?”

“Uwah!”

I suddenly saw Shiori looking at me through the mirror with a blank expression on her face. I was shocked to see her over here in the morning all of a sudden.

“I got so scaredー. Don’t just talk to me out of the blue!”

I said as I looked back at her, and she looked back at me with a frown.

“You don’t usually wax your hair.”

“I-Isn’t grooming a gentleman’s right?”

“――Could it be because… it’s Valentine’s Day?”

“Gulp!”

Yes, it is.

Today is the 14th of February, a day that has all the boys of the world in a tizzy. It’s Valentine’s Day after all.

I’m a healthy high school boy too. I want to get Valentine’s Day chocolates from girls too! For that specific reason, I want to look cool today! I don’t care what people say about me today, I just want some chocolate!

“――It doesn’t make sense to look cool on Valentine’s Day.”

“Ah…”

That’s right…

If you want to look cool, you have to start preparing right before Valentine’s Day.

There’s no point in looking cool on the day itself.

“I-I see… Is that so… I-I didn’t notice that at all.”

I crawled on the ground and said lamentably.

“――Idiot…”

It would be a nice plan to have a good idea of what you’re looking for well in advance.

♢

For the most part, Shiori is still acting just like Shiori.

She’s both my “fiancée” and my “housemate”. And yet, I can’t sense any sign that she’s going to give me chocolate, even if it’s for my own good. What the hell is going on here? She should normally give some to me as thanks! She should show some sign of it at least! Give it to me! Give me that sign…!

――No, I actually just want chocolate…

Ahー! I want chocolate! Seriously, I want it so bad.

When you think about it, Valentine’s Day―― is the cruelest event of them all.

When I was in elementary school――I was playing in the park with a few friends, thinking, “I don’t care about Valentine’s Day,” then a bunch of girls broke into the park and gave chocolates out to everyone.

――Everyone except for me.

That’s what this is about! You guys have something to do with this! A few minutes after saying, “Valentine’s Day is gross,” to “O-Oh, thank you!” After that, it got awkward because I was the only one who didn’t get one! You damn idiots!

When I was in junior high school―― We were in the middle of a club activity when a group of girls called out from the school building, “Touma!” Touma coolly responded to the girls who called him out. As I happened to be watching the scene, he told me “I’m not a big fan of chocolate…” ――.

――It’s not fair! You idiot!

Then give it to me instead! I like chocolate! I love it so much! Why don’t you girls give some of them to me! They’re eating it right in front of me like it’s so delicious! Why can’t you just give some to me!

Speaking of which, long ago――.

“Mom! Did you get anything for me?”

“No, I didn’t.”

This is the conversation I have with my mother every Valentine’s Day.

As the years went by, my mother――.

“Mom――”

“No.”

――I think I gave up around the time she said that with a very rough tone…

Damn… Hey, Valentine’s Day’s creator… Where are you!? Who came up with this hellish event! A chocolate company!? Or is it the development department!? Or maybe it’s the sales department!? He needs a sermon! A sermon, I say!

I arrived at the school with my head exploding with frustration, and opened my locker to put on my shoes at the gate――.

“――You were expecting something, weren’t you?”

“Uwah!”

When I opened up my locker, someone tapped me on the shoulder and whispered those words to me in a handsome-like voice.

“Hey! What are you talking about!? Touma-kun!”

“You’re as easy to understand as ever.”

He continued, whilst adjusting his glasses.

“If it was in here, you wouldn’t want to eat it, would you? That’s where the shoes were after all.”

“That’s… certainly…”

The next thing I know, he gently puts his hand on my shoulder and says softly.

“You have a fiancée, don’t you?”

“Do you really think that she’ll give some chocolate to me?”

Touma adjusted his glasses and thought about it for a while.

“She doesn’t seem to be interested in such events.”

“Right? ――Sigh. You’re good, aren’t you?”

I said sarcastically.

“Well, I’m not really interested in them either.”

It’s not sarcasm, but it’s a very annoying reply to hear from him.

“Come on, let’s go. We’re going to be late.”

Damn… This guy is such a riajuu…

A/N:

Please note that some of these are the author’s own experiences. Please understand.

Valentine’s Day… Valentine’s Day… Haha… I thought I was going to cry when I wrote this… lol