[LN] Otokogirai na Bijin Shimai wo Namae mo Tsugezuni Tasuketara Ittaidounaru - Volume 1 - Chapter 2 - Part 3

 

Chapter 2 - The Two Of Them, The Authentic Twins, Were Like Thunderbolts When It Came Time To Get Serious. (Part 3)

On the way home I was thinking about how much has happened this week. ...... No, really, I'm not kidding, a lot has happened.

"Maybe it's just my imagination, but something told me that things are going to change.

I felt like a priest getting a revelation from God, but strangely I couldn't laugh about it, and Halloween day came with my sense of foreboding.

The next day, Saturday, when it was already dark, I went to Sota's house with some fruit in my hand and the things I had prepared for the costume game.

"I haven't dressed you since then"

The pumpkin head that peeked out of the bag ...... still had the same hateful expression on its face.

Even after everything that has happened, this pumpkin looks like it is saying, "Enjoy this moment, bro."

But it seems like this thing is the only thing that gives me the courage to face a robber head on, Well, I'm counting on you today, buddy'.

I arrived at Sota's house and patted the pumpkin in my bag.

Kaito had just arrived at the same time, and Sota's mother led me into the courtyard where the party would take place.

"Welcome! We're going to have a lot of fun today, you and I!"

When Sota greeted us with these words, Kaito and I raised our voices with all our might.

"You guys are too excited!"

"For a moment I thought, who are you?"

No wonder Kaito and I said that, Sota in front of me looked like a magician, not only because of his costume, but also because of the magic wand he was holding, which looked like it was made with a lot of money.

"I know I deserve it as a nerd! But my real life wasn't like this!"

"No, it's amazing, really."

Although I've seen pictures of people cosplaying on social networking sites and the like, I think this is the most perfect cosplay.

I knew that Sota was an otaku and had heard that cosplay was one of him hobbies, but I didn't expect him cosplay to be this good.

"Come on guys, hurry up and change."

"After you, huh?"

"You really not normal."

Kaito and I quickly regrouped in the courtyard in our respective costumes.

Kaito was dressed as Dracula, wearing a suit and cape with his face painted to look like Dracula.

"I thought Dracula was a classic character."

"Pretty good, isn't it? For comparison, ......"

They turned to me, I was just wearing my usual clothes with a pumpkin headdress and holding a toy laser sword.

"That's not very artistic."

I didn't want to say, "Shut up, it's fine, I'll take it."

I really don't think I should have elaborated more.

My current style is really the same style I had when I went to rescue the Shinjo sisters and their mother, and I can't show myself like that in front of them.

Well, I don't know if this is the last time I'll look like this if we meet like this next year.

When I thought of this, they both looked at me seriously and said

"There's something about ......."

"Of course ...... is so great."

"What is it?"

Apparently, I look like a very strong man to them now.

As if in response to their eyes filled with an expectation I couldn't understand, I swung the laser sword in my hand with a fluid motion that reminded me of my kendo days, and they clapped for me.

"You look very strong, don't you?"

"Maybe I'm getting a little scared."

"Why is that?"

Please don't be afraid of me now, because it's usually a strange thing to say to me.

After a long time, I sat down on a chair and took off my lab mask, exhausted from imagining that I was practicing kendo and tsukkomi for them.

"Alright, now that the Cosplay Opening Ceremony is over, let's have dinner!"

The table around us was filled with food prepared by Sota's mother, and my stomach was actually rumbling from earlier.

"Itadakimasu!"

This event was nothing more than a dinner party in the name of a cosplay party.

Kaito and I eat the food that Sota's mother had prepared, and since we were both adults, we ate with gusto.

I know that homemade food is a good thing.

Aside from the school cafeteria, when I'm at home, I usually eat instant noodles or convenience store lunches and rarely cook, so I envy home-cooked meals that are made with love.

"I'll bring you more, Hayato-kun. Eat so well that you're full."

"Thank you! Really, you're the best!"

There was fried chicken and French fries, which was the favorite food of high school students, and pumpkin soup, which was the most delicious Halloween dish.

"I'm so happy, I wish my son would thank me this honestly"

"I'm embarrassed, you know."

It may be embarrassing to express gratitude to family members who are usually with you, but I think it's still important to do so when you can.

"Just say 'thank you,' right? Say it when you can, family should be appreciated, Sota."

He said, "...... Yes, that's right. Thank you, ma'am."

Kaito and I smiled at Sota for expressing him gratitude so honestly.

Sota must have thought my comment was pathetic, but I think the reason he took it that way was because he knew that I lost my parents at a young age, so he listened to me seriously.

"I'm happy to get a thank-you letter from my son.... Hey Hayato-kun, is there something that's really bothering you?"

The expression on Sota's mother's face as she looked at me was one of concern, a complete change from the smile she had shown Sota.

"As I told you, my maternal grandparents treat me well."

I couldn't forget my parents, so they listened to my selfishness and sent me enough money so that I didn't have to worry about money anymore.

To them, I was my mother's child, and they cared a lot about me.

I'll have to see them again, probably during the New Year's holidays, and bring them some gifts.

"Hey Hayato-kun, if something really happens, you can talk to me, okay?"

"We're good friends. Don't hide anything, okay?"

"...... ha, oh yeah."

Usually, we just play around together, but they're really cool at this kind of stuff, and like Kaito said, we're best friends.

Then we turned the sound down so as not to disturb the neighbors.

"Hey, now that we're all here, let's make some real memories, huh?"

"Yeah, I think so, let's all take a picture together!"

"I agree!"

It would be a shame to just chat and eat in costume like this.

Kaito, the one who started it all, said yes, and both Sota and I agreed, and Sota's mom took a picture of the three of us side by side.

It was an event that happened only once a year. There were only three of us, but it was a chance for me to talk to my dearest friends, and we promised each other to have fun again next year.

"I'm going home first."

"See you at school!"

"See you...!"

Kaito said he would stay for a while, so I left Sota's house first.

It was already dark and very lonely walking alone on the street with the streetlights on, and it was still dark when I got home.

"It was very loud ...... but it felt good. Haha, looks like I'm going to be alone at home again.

When I go home like this, I'll be alone from all the commotion I just experienced, and the usual silence is already waiting for me.

"It's a lonely place, ...... really."

If my father hadn't had an accident, if my mother hadn't gotten sick, ...... now and forever, there would be lights on and someone waiting for me when I got home.

 "Listen, Hayato-kun, you should spend more time with your mother, children should be spoiled by their parents.

"Yes, that's right. You should spoil your mom while you can, it won't be like this when you grow up."

It brought back the voice of my parents who once said this to me.

Spoil me, ...... or I can't do it anymore, ...... Mom, Dad.

"You really look drunk."

I picked up my lab headdress to keep my sinking mood from thinking about my parents.

The look on him face was completely hateful, as if he was mocking people, I patted the pumpkin and put it back on as if to say.

"What am I thinking about right now?"

"Let's take a walk around this area."

I don't care if I'm in a noisy city center, if I'm seen wearing this in a place like that, someone might scream ..... But I still want to wear it to the end of the street.

"lalalala...."

I walked with a happy feeling while humming a song by my favorite singer.

When I reached the end of the street, I felt like cursing myself for being so nervous about who might be there.

"What?"

As I turned the corner, there was indeed someone there....But this person was the worst of the worst.

"Ah..."

"......?!"

Whether it was fate's joke or punishment for getting carried away, Arisa and Aina appeared in front of me, two people I shouldn't have met like this.

(Why are they both here?!?)

Both of them looked at me as if stunned and didn't move an inch, so I immediately turned around and started walking away, wondering why they were here and why they were walking in such a place.

Just then, however, I was grabbed by my shoulders with a very strong force.

"Wait a minute!"

Not only did she grab my shoulders, but his voice seemed to have the power to make me stand still.

Arisa was the one who touched me and shouted, but what I felt from her seemed to suppress my desire to break free and run away, and I turned around and let out a deep sigh.

"What do you want?"

My voice was too low, but it seemed like I could be a different person when I hide my face like that.

Aina, who broke up the surreal scene of a beautiful girl looking at me with a pumpkin mask on my head.

"I'm sure he's in trouble, so let's calm down first, there's a park nearby, what about you?"

"I understand ...."

I thought for a moment, but it still seemed difficult to just leave.

They took me to a nearby park and we sat on a bench under a street lamp that had just been replaced.

"..............."

"Yippee-hoo!"

I sat in the middle, and the two of them sat on either side of me.

To my left was Arisa, who never took her eyes off me, and to my right was Aina, who was smiling as usual.

A pumpkin-headed man with narrow shoulders between two beautiful women ...... Seriously, what the hell is this?

Let me say it again, seriously, this is like a surrealism picture plane object!

On the one hand, I was glad not to see his face dripping with cold sweat, but then I looked at Arisa, who had been staring at me intently from earlier.

"Oh, ...... is beautiful."

Why is she the one with a happy expression on her face?

As if to prevent me from finding a way out of this situation, Aina-san opened her mouth like this.

"Nee-chan? I agree that it's very beautiful, but you shouldn't embarrass her, right?"

"I'm sure you're right."

That's when I finally felt Arisa-san's eye contact weaken.

Arisa-san coughed after hearing Aina-san's words, and she seemed to calm down and said to me again.

"Thank you for what you did for us, you saved our family."

Arisa-san's hand, which had been clasping mine since earlier, felt very strong.

She thanked me and I looked straight at her, but Arisa-san had the same look in her eyes that she had shown me back then, eyes that looked like she saw a glimmer of hope in front of someone she could rely on.

I almost focused only on Arisa-san, but Aina-san, who was sitting across from me, seemed to put her hand on my shoulder and stroke me gently.

"Can you tell me your name?"

It sounded so sincere, it was definitely the kind of atmosphere that wouldn't let go of my hand until I said my name, and I decided to answer honestly even though I wasn't sure what to do.

It was as if I wanted to tell her that he wasn't like Hayato Domoto, but that he was someone else.

It was only at the time of the meeting that night, not now, so there was no need to remember it, as if hoping that I would forget it soon.

"My name is ......."

"..............."

Arisa-san has been waiting for my words for a long time.

Without telling her my real name, it's a name I made up just to stay alive.

 "My name is Jack."

Isn't this name, taken from Jack O'Lantern, a perfect match!

Well, her reaction was the opposite.

"Jack-san"

"Pfft!"

Arisa muttered my name "Jack" with a red face and an emotional expression on her face, and Aina laughed with her stomach in her hands.

"You are my ......."

But can she say a word about ......?

Arisa's eyes became even more frightening after I called myself Jack.

I know it's too late now, but I don't have the name Jack....I'm too embarrassed, why do I look so confident and arrogant! You can't see my face!

I want to run away, I want to do something to overcome this embarrassment....but this is very difficult because I can't run away because there are two people by my side.

(...... And since they were huddled together, I could feel their breasts).

The size and softness of their breasts were so big that they were almost too big for a high school kid, and it made me dizzy.

I silently shouted that I wanted someone to help me out of this heaven or hell, but of course there was no help for me.

 "You're in trouble, aren't you Hayato-kun?"

"I guess so ...... eh?"

Unconsciously, I turned my attention back to Aina-san.

"Hayato?"

I heard a confused voice from Arisa-san's side, but I didn't have time to pay attention to it right now.

Aina-san looked at me not with a mocking expression, but with a look that gave me a feeling of security.

"Sorry? I realized it a long time ago, you didn't know it until now, but I already knew it."

I let out a small sigh under my blanket as Aina-san said this with a mixture of a smile and an apologetic expression on her face.

I let out a small sigh behind my mask. Apparently, the two of them calmed down when they were too surprised, and I understood what Aina-san was saying. She called me Hayato even though I was hiding my true face, which meant that she really already knew.

"If it's like this ......, then it doesn't make sense for me to keep hiding my face like this."

If they already know, I have no choice but to take off my pumpkin mask.

"Hayato-kun!"

"Oh, you're ......."

Aina-san was the first to shout when I took off the pumpkin, and Arisa-san was surprised to see me... ......Aina-san! Closer than ever!

"Aina san? Can you please stay away from me because I'm embarrassed by this weird situation ......"

"What? After our heartwarming reunion!"

No, Aina knows who I am. ...... If she remembers, we talked yesterday and the day before, and there was no reunion or anything.

But when did she know about me?

I was curious, so I asked her, and I was even more surprised.

"When I went to my older sister confessional"

"...... That was the first thing I thought of."

If that's the case, then what is my difficulty in maintaining vigilance since then? ...... By the way, she was 80% sure at that time and fully understood the situation in the conversation afterwards.

"Aina ......"

"I just want to monopolize him for a while......."

"What a helpless little girl"

The two sisters were having a friendly conversation with me in the middle, but Arisa-san's grip on my hand was very strong.

I thought it could only go so far, so I looked at Arisa-san again and opened my mouth.

I said, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you about ........ No, I don't think it's right to apologize."

I had no intention of coming forward and claiming to be the one who saved the day, and as I've said many times, I didn't ask for any thanks or anything like that.

The fact that it was discovered this way was just the result of a combination of bad luck and such... No, if Aina realized it, Arisa would soon realize it as well.

"Hayato-kun .......You......"

Arisa's face was downcast for a moment, but she soon looked up.

"I'm Arisa Shinjo, nice to meet you ......."

I was confused by the way Arisa-san narrowed her eyes and looked at me as if she was staring at something blinding.

I felt something creepy from the way Arisa was looking at me, but there was still something that made me unable to look away.

"Nice to meet you. ...... Shinjo-san."

When I replied, Aina-san looked at my face from the side and said

"You and I are becoming fast friends, aren't we?"

"Hey Aina-san ......?"

Arisa-san gave off a sultry and dark mood, but that mood soon faded and she leaned forward as if she was competing with Aina-san.

"I want you to call me by my name, Arisa, and feel free to do so as well."

"..............."

Calling her by name itself was fine, but I didn't feel afraid because I thought I was with Aina-san.

But I called Aina by her first name, and I wondered if it would be unfair if I called Arisa by her last name in the future....This was an exaggerated worry, but I said her name as if I had come to terms with it.

"Arisa-san?"

"Please call me again ....... Please call me ...... like you used to, please call me like your trusted friend"

"Okay. ......."

That's why calling her is a stage of friendship!

I won't take my eyes off you until you call me, or so Arisa-san said while looking at me with her blue eyes ...... I gave up.

"I understand, I'm sorry to say this, but can you behave normally? I'm talking to you for the first time, but it feels strange to talk formally even though we're classmates."

"Do you find it ...... scary?"

"I guess I am."

"I understand. ....... Nice to meet you, Hayato-kun."

"Oh. Nice to meet you, Arisa-san."

"Mwehehehe.."

Arisa-san's cheeks dropped with a grin, as if she was going to change her too-perfect face.

I was so scared that I unconsciously turned my body backwards, but in doing so, I came into contact with Aina's body behind me.

"It's not fair to me, you can call me by my name too, right?"

"...... Aina-san?"

"I like ....... I'm very happy."

Arisa looked down and mumbled, Aina shivered and fidgeted, and I held the pumpkin between them. ....... It was really a wonderful sight.

Although there were only three of us, it was already dark. And after what had happened, I was even more worried.

"After what happened, the police have increased patrols around the area for the time being, but I still need a ride for my peace of mind."

"Are you worried about me?"

"There's no need to worry."

" ...... Hayato-kun "

Women should be protected, and I didn't want to push it that far, but in her case, it was different.

I escorted them home, but it looked like they took my hand and took me with them.

"In that case, Hayato-kun!"

"See you at school."

This time, I was on my way home.

I was exhausted after such an intense time, but my cheeks heated up when I remembered the warmth, softness, and fragrant smell I felt from being so close to those girls.

......I thought I was a high school student.

I returned home thinking about this.

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