The Day After I Told My Shut-In Genius Childhood Friend, Who’s Highly Dependent on Me, “I Got Confessed To,” She Showed Me a Hypnosis App - Chapter 18

After parting with senpai, I got on the train to head home.

As I stared into space and thought back on everything that had happened lately, I tilted my head.

(Something’s wrong with everyone.)

Mio. Momose-san. Kirisaka-senpai.

All of them were acting strangely compared to how they usually were.

I could tell myself that Momose-san confessed to me, so that explained her behavior, but there were still things that didn’t quite fit. And it was strange that they all started acting odd at the same time.

(I’ll meet Momose-san on Sunday…)

When that time comes, I should listen to her properly.

We already made a promise.

A date… no, a movie night.

(I need to make sure I don’t forget.)

Lately, even my own memory felt unreliable.

Sometimes it was like a fog was hanging over my head.

Was I just tired from lack of sleep? Either way, I couldn’t forget the date. It was important for Momose-san, too. I couldn’t just skip it.

(…Oh, that’s right, the stuffed toy Mio gave me. I meant to show it to Momose-san, but I forgot.)

While I was thinking about that, the train arrived at my station.

I did a bit of shopping and then headed to Mio’s house.

I was planning to make dinner again today.

I rang the doorbell to let her know I was there.

Then I unlocked the door with my spare key.

“…Excuse me for coming in. Eh… Mio?”

Mio was standing there again, in the dark entrance.

“…Are you there again? At least turn on the lights.”

“Yeah. Honami… um.”

“Hm?”

Mio gave a faint smile and held up her phone.

A silly myon, myon, myon sound was playing.

I couldn’t take my eyes off the purple heart on the screen.

“Welcome back.”

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Afterword

It was shorter this time because of the previous chapter.

I’ll update once more.