What was In Her Room

—Two hours earlier

“Come to think of it, it’s been a while since I visited Mari’s house.”

“Y-yeah♡ It has been♡”

Two hours ago, I had visited Mari’s house.

It had been three years since I last visited her home. After starting high school, Mari had subtly started to reject my visits.

Moreover, three years ago was when Mari was just beginning her career as a creator. Since then, she had been quite busy, with days when she couldn’t spare any time, so I hadn’t had the chance to visit until today.

That said, it did seem like Mari had come over to my place relatively frequently… Well, it wasn’t inconvenient, and I had stopped worrying about not being able to visit her room.

As I recalled this, after passing through the front door, Mari suddenly let out a shout as if she remembered something.

“Ah! I-I’ll tidy up my room, so Sei-kun, could you wait here for a bit!?”

She said this in a somewhat flustered manner.

“Hmm? Oh, I don’t mind if it’s a bit messy…”

“I mind!”

“Oh, okay?”

“S-sorry! Just wait a little while!”

With that, she hurried inside and dashed up the stairs with great speed.

I could hear her mumbling, “Photos! I need to clear the photos!”

“…Photos?”

I didn’t think there was anything to worry about if there were a photo or two. Well, she’s a girl, so maybe there are various things I don’t know about.

With that thought in mind, I waited for fifteen minutes. Mari returned, looking unusually out of breath.

“D-Don’t mind the mess. Please, come in, Sei-kun♡”

Despite her tired expression, she smiled brightly and gestured for me to enter.

“Alright, then I’ll take you up on that.”

I replied and followed Mari as she guided me to her room.

Mari then said, “I’ll go prepare some cold drinks, so please have a seat and wait,” and headed downstairs to the kitchen.

Following her instructions, I sat down on a cushion and took in the sight of Mari’s room, which I hadn’t seen in three years.

“Wow… Hmm…”

As expected from someone who is active as a professional, the room’s interior was completely different from my own room.

On the opposite side of the bed, there was a rather large bookshelf. It was lined with numerous books that seemed to be related to her work, such as reference materials, composition books, and sketchbooks.

Mixed among these were also a few manga, novels, and light novels scattered here and there.

While the room certainly had the vibe of a professional workspace, which I thought was quite cool, it wasn’t what you’d call a typical girl’s room.

There weren’t any plush toys or cute decorations that you might expect. It looked like a room dedicated to work and creativity rather than something more traditionally girly.

The only decorations that came to mind were a few vibrators and dild0s placed on a shelf beside the bed… (TL: Nani?)

“Huh? Huh?!”

I felt like I saw a huge sense of incongruity.

I turn my gaze back to the top of the shelf.

Among the bottles of lotion and other things were several crude-looking dild0s sitting there.

“What? Huh? Ha? W-w-what?”

I thought I was mistaken, but when I got closer and looked, there was no doubt about it.

“Yo, hello!” As if greeting me, a magnificent replica of a man’s was standing proudly on the shelf.

“Ehh…hh…..umm, is this….Mari’s…it is right? No but, it-it can’t be, no way….”

While I was in confusion, not knowing what to do with this information, the door to the room suddenly slammed open from outside.

“Sorry to keep you waiting, Sei-kun! I brought drinks… Ah.”

Mari came in holding a tray and froze when she noticed me looking at the vibrators and dild0s.