When I Was Presumed Dead, They Became Unhinged Unknowingly - Chapter 29

I followed Mika and we arrived at her house not long after.

“By the way, Satoru, how old are you?”

“I’m 17.”

Since I was in casual clothes now, she couldn’t have known my age or which high school I attended.

“Eh!? You’re a year older? I thought you were a college student. Can I ask which high school?”

“Same high school as you.”

“Eh!? I-I see. You go to the same high school. Does that mean you knew me when you approached?”

“Well, I didn’t know much about you, just some rumors.”

She looked at me with an indescribable expression.

“Was I… as the rumors say?”

“Yeah, but it doesn’t matter to me. More importantly…”

“More importantly?”

“Did you have dinner, Mika?”

“D-Dinner? Not yet.”

“Is there anything in the fridge? Oh, and can I use the kitchen?”

“The kitchen? Sure, you can. Let me check the fridge… um…”

I opened the fridge to find only a few eggs and almost nothing else. Considering the time, it was almost 10 PM, and the nearby supermarket would close at 10:30 PM. If I hurried, I could make it.

“Mika, I’ll pay you back tomorrow, but could you lend me 2,000 yen?”

“2,000 yen? Well, sure.”

“Thanks. Wait here a bit.”

I ran to the supermarket, quickly bought groceries, and rushed back to her house. Borrowing her kitchen, I prepared a late-night meal. Fortunately or unfortunately, I was used to cooking for myself, so I could handle it.

In less than an hour, I finished cooking, helped the confused Mika carry the food to the table, and we sat down, ready to eat.

“Itadakimasu.”

“I-itadakimasu.”

Despite her ongoing confusion, she silently ate the food after tasting it. If I wasn’t mistaken, her lonely eyes seemed a bit softer.

The reason I did all this was because she looked as lonely and troubled as I used to be. So, I did for her what I wished someone had done for me. That’s all.

“Satoru-san, you’re a strange person, aren’t you?”

“Why the sudden question?”

“Because no one has ever done something like this for me. Also, no one has ever tried to buy me with 500 yen.”

“That was….sorry.”

“Haha, it’s fine. It was interesting.”

She said while smiling, and we continued to eat in silence until we finished. After the meal, she mentioned wanting to take a shower. With nothing else to do in the meantime, I gazed at the ceiling, contemplating how to interact with Mika in the future.

As she was taking a shower, I found myself lost in thought, and gradually, my consciousness began to fade. Glancing at the clock, it was already past midnight. I would usually sleep a bit earlier, and today, with the addition of physical education and the sprint I did earlier, exhaustion took its toll.

My consciousness descended into darkness before she returned.

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Mika, wearing a risqué set of underwear, nervously opened the door and entered the living room where Satoru was already sleeping. However, as she looked at Satoru’s face, unaware of her feelings, the tension seemed to dissipate.

With an expression of disbelief, Mika approached Satoru and gently covered him with a blanket she had brought from her room.

“You really are a strange person, Senpai.”

Muttering to herself as she looked at her well-endowed breasts and enlarged a**.

For some reason, Mika didn’t want to go back to her own room to sleep. Instead, she decided to sleep separately but in the same living room where Satoru was.