The Story of How Beautiful Yandere Girls Started Getting Closer to Me, Saying They Want to Take Care of Me - Chapter 5-6

Chapter 5: How to Show Gratitude

“────I solved it! Sorakaze is a genius!”

It’s been a while since the midterm exams have been approaching.

Today again, I was teaching study material to Hinase during our break when Hinase shouted this out loudly.

“I solved it!”

“No, it was you who solved it.”

“Yes, but it’s because Sorakaze taught me so clearly! So, thank you!”

Hinase, with a bright smile, expressed her gratitude to me.

“I’ll gladly accept your thanks, but you have a better memory than you think. It’s actually been a big help for me.”

“Eh, I have a good memory!? No one’s ever told me that before!!”

“Really? At least that’s what I think.”

When I said this without pretending, Hinase paused for a moment before muttering in a small voice.

“I see… It’s because Sorakaze is teaching me, so I’m concentrating more than I ever have before.”

“Hinase?”

Her voice was so small that I almost couldn’t hear it, but I thought I heard my name, so I called out to her with a question. Hinase then spoke hurriedly.

“N-Never mind! By the way, is teaching me studying a burden for you, Sorakaze?”

“It’s fine. Lately, I’ve reduced my part-time work a bit, so it’s not too bad.”

Although I don’t really want to reduce my part-time hours, I had no choice after being worried about by several people, including Hinase.

“Yeah, you do look a little better compared to before…”

Hinase, staring at my face, said after a brief pause.

“But, you still look like you’re carrying some tiredness on your face, you know?”

“Well, yeah…”

As I said earlier, the reduction in part-time hours has been only a small amount. If increasing work hours causes more fatigue, reducing them just a little bit means I’ll feel a little less tired.

Even so, since that day when Hinase and the others said they wanted to support my life, I’ve been trying to hide my exhaustion when I’m around them, not wanting to make them worry.

But it seems it’s not so easy to hide after all.

“I want to help Sorakaze too, just like how you’re teaching me,” Hinase said.

“I’m fine with just you spending time with me… Talking to bright Hinase is a nice way to relax for me.”

“Eh!? R-Really? …Ehehe.”

Hinase blushed slightly and laughed, embarrassed.

“But, being able to talk to you is also good for me… No, wait! Anyway!!”

Hinase, who had been blushing and smiling, suddenly spoke with more force.

…Hinase’s emotions are particularly intense today, I thought.

And just then, she spoke again.

“I also want to do something to thank you, Sorakaze… Like, help heal your tiredness!”

“Help heal my tiredness, huh…”

For me, just spending time with Hinase is enough, but it seems she isn’t satisfied with that.

“In that case, do you have any good ideas for a way to thank you? Like, after the midterms, there’s my model shoot I could invite you to… but that wouldn’t really heal your tiredness, right?”

Hinase, who is very popular with the boys, has a model shoot.

If the person I invited was someone else, they’d probably be so happy they’d use up energy rather than feeling relaxed, but I’m not that type, so I wouldn’t feel rejuvenated.

…Actually.

“I don’t need something like that…”

“Wait, wait! I’ll think of a good way to heal your tiredness, I promise!”

“…Okay.”

Since she cut me off quickly, I decided to wait quietly.

But I couldn’t think of any simple way my tiredness could be healed, so I waited… until Hinase suddenly blurted out something shocking.

“I’ve got it! Since you’re a guy, wouldn’t you be interested in boobs or something? If you’re interested, how about I show them to you as a way to thank you?”

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Chapter 6: Aren’t You Interested?

“!? What are you saying all of a sudden!?”

When Hinase suddenly said something shocking about showing me her chest, I was naturally surprised. But she spoke as if nothing was unusual.

“It’s not sudden! I was thinking of a way to thank Sorakaze and help heal you, and that just naturally came to mind!”

“Thank you… but, Hinase, do you even understand what you’re saying?”

When I asked her this, Hinase’s cheeks turned red as she responded.

“Of course, I’ve never shown anyone my chest before, so I’m embarrassed… but if it’s something that’ll help Sorakaze, I want to do it!”

…I was happy that Hinase cared for me this much, but there was something I had been worried about as a friend. So, before accepting her kindness, I decided to give her some friendly advice.

“I appreciate your kindness, but if you weren’t talking to someone who’s so tired they couldn’t get excited about anything, who knows what might have happened. So, even as friends, you shouldn’t say things like that too lightly.”

“!? I don’t say things like that to other guys, and I didn’t say it lightly to you, Sorakaze!”

Hinase continued.

Her eyes darkened, and she took a step closer, speaking with more emotion.

“As I’ve said before, I really want to do anything for you, Sorakaze… Anything, really.”

“Hinase?”

When I called her name, curious about her strange behavior, she closed the distance between us and continued.

“That’s why, even though I’m embarrassed, if showing you my chest could ease your tiredness even a little, I’d show it to you as much as you want. In fact, I’d even want to support your whole life if I could!”

“Hinase, calm down—”

“And then, how about it? If you saw my chest, do you think it would ease your tiredness even a little? If so, after school today… or even during the next break, if it’s just for you to see, I can show it to you anywhere—oh, but you probably don’t look at me that way, huh? You wouldn’t be interested in things like my chest or other parts of me, right?”

Honestly, I didn’t process most of her words, especially since she suddenly seemed so different, and with a popular model like Hinase, who had an amazing figure, saying she would show me her chest. But her last words, asked with a noticeably darker tone, echoed in my mind.

“…”

Was I interested in her as a woman, or not?

If it weren’t a simple “yes” or “no,” I could have thought about it more, but with this kind of question, there’s no room for hesitation.

The real issue was that answering honestly would make me feel embarrassed, but… I instinctively felt it was better not to lie. So, suppressing my embarrassment, I answered in a quieter voice than usual.

“If you ask whether I’m interested… I am.”

“!?!”

Upon hearing my response, Hinase stopped darkening her eyes and looked at me, wide-eyed with surprise.

Then she brightened up and, sounding happy, said:

“Since it’s you, Sorakaze, I thought you’d say ‘I’m not interested,’ but you’re actually interested in those things too!”

“…I don’t think about it all the time, but I’m still a high school guy.”

“I see… So you are! You’re interested in the more feminine side of me…”

Then Hinase placed a hand on her chest and murmured something quietly to herself, looking happy for a while.

But as our break was nearly over, I told her it was time to continue studying. She nodded, and we both picked up our pens and resumed studying.

—During the next break.

I planned to study with Hinase again… but then,

“…”

I noticed someone peeking from the entrance of the classroom.

It was a girl with bright blue hair, cut above her shoulders.

She wore headphones around her neck, a white hoodie under her uniform jacket, and had long legs and a slim body. It was Hiiragi Yukine.

“It’s rare for her to come all the way to the classroom…”

Muttering that, I stood up and walked toward Hiiragi.

“Hiiragi, do you need something?”

When I asked, Hiiragi stared at my face for a moment, sighed, and then spoke.

“I don’t know how you could say ‘I’m not pushing myself’ with that face when we played games together.”

“I know I was wrong, so please forgive me.”

After our usual playful exchange, Hiiragi got to the point.

“The real reason I came today was to check on your condition and… there’s another reason.”

“Another reason…?”

“Yeah. We’ve talked a lot at school and played games online, but we’ve never actually hung out together in person.”

“That’s true.”

Though I met Hiiragi at school sometimes, we always hung out online.

“So, I have a suggestion… We’ve been friends for a while now, and if you’re okay with it, how about we hang out at my place and play games together sometime?”

“!? At your house!?”

At her house!?

I’ve never had any experience with relationships, and I’ve never been to a girl’s house before…

I was completely shocked by Hiiragi’s sudden suggestion.