Ehh, Hiryu-san, What Are You Doing?!

“Oh, Hiryu? What a coincidence that we met here.”

“Kaito-kun. Hello.”

On Sunday, a school holiday, I was at a shopping mall near my house, where I happened to run into Hiryu-san,

For some reason, Hiryu-san’s behavior became suspicious when I called out to her, but she was probably just surprised to suddenly encounter me. I’ll wait until Hiryu-san calms down before I talk to her.

“Are you going shopping today?”

“Yeah, that’s right. Also, what about Kenjou-kun?”

“I’m just hanging out. If there’s something I want, I’m thinking of buying it.”

I often come to this shopping mall to take a break from my studies, and today is the same pattern. Thinking about such things, Hiryu-san timidly spoke to me.

“…… Now that we’ve met, why don’t we go around together?”

“Sounds good, let’s do that.”

“Come to think of it, if you have come to this shopping mall, does Hiryu-san live around here?”

“Uhm, I live a little north of the school.”

Hearing those words, I was a little surprised.

This shopping mall is located quite far south of the school, so it’s the complete opposite of her house.

There are various commercial facilities on the north side of the school, so I wonder why she bothered to come to this shopping mall.

I had such a question in my mind, but Hiryu-san opened her mouth before I was able to ask it.

“Speaking of which, it’s almost time for lunch.”

“Ah, it’s that time already.”

Hearing Hiryu-san’s words, I checked my watch and murmured to myself.

The two of us hung out for a while, and before we knew it, it seemed like quite a long time had passed.

“What should we do about lunch? I know there are a lot of places to eat here, so we have a lot of options.”

“You’re right, what should we do….”

We started walking and discussed what we’re going to eat.

If I were on my own, I would have just had some ramen noodles or something, but that is not the case because Hiryu-san, a girl, is present.

After discussing the restaurant information on our phones, we decided to have lunch at an Italian restaurant.

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“Sorry, I’m going to the restroom for a bit.”

“Sure, take your time.”

We were having lunch at an Italian restaurant, chatting happily about our daily lives, when I suddenly felt the need to go to the restroom, so I said a word to Hiryu-san and got up from my seat, heading straight for the restroom.

Then I started to go back to the bathroom, but the moment I casually looked into the store through the glass from outside, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw an absurd sight.

“Ehh, Hiryu-san, what are you doing!?”

Hiryu-san was licking the fork and cup I was using with a happy face.

At first, I thought it might be a misunderstanding, but unfortunately it didn’t seem like it.

I don’t understand why Hiryu-san would do such a thing. I started to think that maybe I was dreaming, but when I pinched my face and felt pain, it was clear that this was reality.

“…There’s no point in standing still like this, let’s just return to my seat.”

I was getting more and more afraid to go back, but I couldn’t seem to take the option of not going back.

When I somehow managed to keep my composure and returned to my seat, Hiryu-san was sitting down and eating Carbonara as if nothing had happened. Tl/nCarbonara is an Italian pasta dish that typically includes ingredients such as eggs, cheese (often Pecorino Romano), guanciale (or pancetta), and black pepper

“Welcome back”

“I-I’m back”

I stuttered a little while answering yes and sat down slowly.

If I hadn’t seen anything earlier, I would have started eating the peperoncino left on the plate, but seeing Hiryu-san holding my fork in her mouth, I couldn’t do that.

When I remained silent and didn’t move even the slightest bit, Hiryu-san spoke to me with a strange expression on her face.

“Kenjo-kun, you don’t seem to have made any progress since you came back, are you sick?”

“No, actually, I’m already full. I don’t think I can eat any more.”

When I was asked that, I immediately made an excuse, and Hiryu-san’s expression turned into a disappointing expression.

Maybe Hiryu-san wanted me to use the forks and cups she licked.

Maybe Hiryu-san is unexpectedly a pervert?

I started thinking about that, but I couldn’t seem to come to a conclusion.

After a while, we left the store and started to go around the mall again, but every time I saw Hiryu-san, I couldn’t look at her face properly because I almost remembered the scene earlier.

What kind of face should I make in front of Hiryu-san tomorrow?

I was thinking about all these things in my mind, while looking away from her, who was talking to me about various things.