Chapter 15 | Being Pushed Around by Younger People

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“Ugh, ugh… I’m going to die by this instant death combo… stop…”

Miori had mercilessly hit me with an instant death combo in the fighting game that I was completely inexperienced in.

My character’s health gauge was rapidly decreasing.

In games where players cooperate to defeat a monster, Miori would kindly help me, but when it comes to versus games, she was ruthless.

“Miori… help me… have mercy–!?”

I woke up with a start, drenched in sweat.

It was a return from a nightmare where I was getting beat up by Miori in a game.

No, to be accurate, I was actually getting beat up by Miori in a game before I went to sleep…

“What a terrible nightmare…”

Maybe it’s better if I never play games with Miori again.

One day, it might become a trauma.

I checked the time on my phone, and it was still 11 PM.

I had gone to bed quite early today, so I woke up at this time.

“Hmm? There’s a message from Reina…”

I had exchanged contact information with Reina yesterday.

Come to think of it, I wonder if Reina had some sort of conflict with Ria.

I don’t know Reina’s personality that well, but if she were to meet Ria, then there’s a possibility that she would take some kind of action.

Even so, I don’t think that she would suddenly start talking with Ria without me there, though…

“Let’s see, what is it… ? ‘I talked with Shiina-san today. About our relationship. And first, I made her promise to not contact you without permission, Shinse. I also made a promise that I would set up an opportunity for you to talk with Shiina-san at a later date.'”

Going against my expectations, Reina had talked with Ria without me there.

I don’t know how the conversation came about, but I’m grateful that she made sure that Ria doesn’t contact me.

To be honest, I don’t want to see Ria right now.

If Ria were to talk to me, then the stress would be unbearable.

“At a later date… does that mean I can decide on a date and time?”

I have to properly talk to Ria about what happened this time.

There’s no avoiding that.

I also have the desire to end everything tomorrow.

But, I’m scared of the truth that Ria is going to tell me.

What I’m afraid of is when Ria started cheating on me.

It would be too painful if she had already been cheating on me during some happy memory from a certain day.

“But, it’s something that I can’t avoid forever…”

Sometimes, time can solve things.

Conversely, sometimes time can’t solve things.

I can’t leave the conflict that I have with Ria unaddressed forever.

I can’t keep turning a blind eye to the truth of what happened between Ria and me.

“…Let’s talk with Ria tomorrow…”

After making up my mind, I sent a message to Reina saying “I’ll talk with Ria after school tomorrow.”

A few seconds later, Reina replied, “I understand.”

“…I’ll go to sleep…”

It was hard to fall asleep tonight.

Was it because I wasn’t tired from sleeping in the evening, or because I was worried about tomorrow?

Either way, it was clear that I would doze off during class tomorrow.

The sleepless night came to an end, and sunlight shone through the window.

“It’s morning already…”

I got out of bed as if I had fallen out of it, and forcefully woke up my lethargic body.

Then, I left my room and headed to the kitchen.

Every morning, I wake up early to make breakfast and lunch for my siblings and me.

Since soccer club practice starts at 7 AM on weekdays, I have to wake up quite early to cook and also account for the travel time to school.

I’m used to it by now, but it’s still hard.

It’s also my job to go and buy groceries and daily necessities, and cleaning and laundry is also my job.

I’m in charge of all of the housework, and Miori doesn’t try to do any of it.

After I finished making breakfast and lunch, I ate breakfast by myself and put a plastic wrap over Miori’s breakfast.

Miori never wakes up before 7 AM.

Miori finally wakes up just about the time I leave the house.

I returned to my room and changed into my jersey.

I put my uniform, lunch, and the clothes I had borrowed from Sho into my club bag and left the house.

On the way to school, I passed by the house where Ria lives.

Just until recently, we would meet up in front of Ria’s house every morning and walk to school together.

Ria didn’t belong to any club or committee, so there was no need for her to go to school so early, but Ria had said that she wanted to see me practicing in the morning.

When I asked, it turned out that Ria had been secretly watching the soccer club’s morning practices before we started dating.

That habit is gone now.

I gazed at Ria’s house absentmindedly.

There were no lights on in Ria’s room.

Now that she doesn’t have to make lunch for me and doesn’t have to wake up early.

“I’ll go…”

I passed by Ria’s house.

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…There was something that I had completely forgotten.

And that was that I was known as the guy who took Reina Futaba home at school.

To explain what that means, it’s like this.

“Hey, Asahioka… is it true that you took Futaba home?”

“For now, you’re sentenced to death. You’re a dead man.”

The story of what happened at the mixer had spread like wildfire within the soccer club.

If I were to tell them the truth to the guys who were enraged with jealousy, then I would probably become isolated in the soccer club.

Sho wouldn’t even make eye contact with me when I returned the clothes that I had borrowed from him.

Even so, I wonder if it’s their own way of being kind by not asking about what happened between me and Ria.

Even so, I felt like I was going to be asked in detail if I was with my teammates, so I decided to warm up by myself.

First, some stretches.

I sat down and spread my legs out in a fan shape and stretched my body forward.

“Asahioka-senpai, would you like me to help with your flexibility?”

As I was stretching by myself, I was called out by Sora Takanashi, the manager.

She’s the junior who bought me pink underwear the other day.

She’s also Sho’s younger sister.

“I’d appreciate that.”

“Then, I’ll push your back for you~”

“Yeah, thanks… wait, what!?”

Sora clung to my back, and while pressing her large breasts against my back, she pushed my back from behind.

A soft sensation covered my back, and my head became slightly confused.

“S-Sora?”

“What’s wrong?”

“No, um…”

“Geez, Asahioka-senpai, you have to concentrate or you’ll get hurt~”

When helping with flexibility, they just need to push my back with their hand.

Sora was clearly doing it on purpose.

“Your breasts are touching my back, though…”

Touching is an understatement. They were being pressed against me.

“…I have bigger breasts than Futaba-senpai, you know?”

” !?”

Sora whispered sweetly into my ear.

“My body… I would let you do it to me, Asahioka-senpai…”

“Stop teasing me!”

If Sho were to see me like this, then I don’t know what would happen.

My girlfriend is the girl that Sho likes, and if he were to think that I had even made a move on his sister…

Or rather, if Reina were to see me, I would probably be killed.

I want to pull away from Sora, but my body was being held down from behind, so I couldn’t move. If I tried to twist my body to get away, then that’s when I would hurt myself.

“I’m not teasing you, you know? I’m being serious.”

Sora reached her left hand to my groin and started rubbing it slowly.

I was far away from the other teammates, and from the angle, none of the other teammates could see what Sora and I were doing, so they wouldn’t realize it.

It was the worst situation.

“Please, just let me go.”

“I’ll let you go if you answer my question.”

“Question…?”

“To put it bluntly, what is it that you like about Futaba-senpai? You and Futaba-senpai haven’t had any contact before, right? Do you really like her?”

If I were to be asked if I liked Reina, then the honest answer is that I’m not really sure yet.

When I had made the choice to date Reina, my heart kept wavering.

On the same day that I was cheated on by Ria, I was confessed to by Reina, who I had no connection to.

It was so sudden, it was like I was in a dream.

Reina said that she wanted me to date her since she didn’t want anyone else to get to me first, even if she didn’t know if I liked her or not.

While I was agonizing over it, I decided to date Reina.

I thought that it wouldn’t be bad to try and find out what was attractive about her after starting a relationship.

Reina’s beauty was beautiful enough to catch my eye from before, and her intelligence was worthy of respect.

Those charms of Reina never developed into romantic feelings before, but it’s not impossible that romantic feelings could have developed if I didn’t have Ria.

And, it’s true that the love that has nowhere to go is currently being directed towards Reina.

But, this romantic feeling feels like it suddenly arose inside me, so I don’t really understand it.

Or rather, it might be better to say that I’m perplexed by the changes in my feelings.

When I was dating Ria, I felt like I loved everything about her, and even when she dyed her hair blonde, I felt like I was able to see a new side of her and was happy.

I haven’t spent too much time with Reina.

But, by spending one night with Reina, I was able to learn about a side of Reina that I didn’t know, and I felt that she was so adorable that I wanted to embrace her.

But, I’m still in the middle of trying to sort out my feelings.

In the first place, I haven’t properly settled things with Ria yet.

If I’m able to settle things with Ria, then maybe I’ll be able to face Reina with a clear mind.

“I like her, of course.”

“Specifically, what do you like about her?”

“She’s beautiful, smart, and surprisingly good at housework.”

“Hmm…”

Sora made a skeptical sound, and then let go of me.

“Well, I have a general idea. You were just going with the flow when you decided to date Futaba-senpai.”

It was a situation where I should deny it, but that can’t be helped even if I’m told that.

“In other words, it also means that there’s a chance for me, right?”

Sora looked into my face.

“…Huh? What do you mean by a chance?”

“Well, you weren’t that into Futaba-senpai, and yet you ended up dating her after she was forceful, right? Onii-chan said that Asahioka-senpai took Futaba-senpai home, but I thought it was probably the opposite.”

“Why do you think that?”

That’s right, but I want to know why you think that.

“Because, you’re dense and you’re inexperienced with love…”

The reason was more unexpected than I thought.

“I’m sorry for being dense.”

“But, I like those parts too, you know?”

“…”

I was at a loss for words.

Even if I’m told that, my mind is complex.

“Then, Asahioka-senpai, please prepare yourself from now on.”

“Prepare myself…? For what?”

“…Who knows? What do you think I’m preparing you for?”

So saying, Sora smiled mischievously.

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