Chapter 167: I want to touch Sendai-san more — 167
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Exams are coming up, but I can’t put any effort into studying.
I am just sitting at my desk and all I can think about is Sendai-san, who doesn’t co ho from her part-ti job.
I look at my watch and see that it is long past the ti that I would have eaten dinner.
I leave my room and go to the common space.
I decide to make a stew, even though I’m not that hungry, and get out my knife and cutting board. I prepare the carrots, potatoes, and onions and peel them.
Last year, I would have opted for a retort rather than go to the trouble of making my own stew, but not currently. Now that I live with Sendai-san, I’m willing to cook simple als, and I’d rather be cooking than thinking about sothing else.
With stew, all I have to do is cut and saute the ingredients and add the roux.
I don’t have to think about the seasoning, so the chances of making sothing that doesn’t taste good are low.
On a cutting board, I cut vegetables into bite-sized pieces.
I am used to being alone, but being alone is boring, and on days when she have a part-ti job, it’s boring until after Sendai-san cos ho. It’s not interesting because she often talk about students I’ve never seen.
Generally, she’s always here, but sotis I’m out of tune on the days she’s not. Sendai-san doesn’t co ho early, and I am in danger of cutting my fingers doing a simple task like chopping vegetables.
I stop cutting potatoes.
If I had cut my finger instead of the potato as it is.
If I cut my finger so deeply that it would stop bleeding.
——What would Sendai-san do?
I sigh one more ti.
There is no way that Sendai-san would quit her part-ti job just because of a scratch on my finger. I know that it is none of my business where Sendai-san is or what she is doing, but since Maika ca to visit us, I have been wanting to interfere with Sendai-san more than ever.
「I should have stuck with the retort.」
I cook because I don’t want to think about unnecessary things, but all I think about is unnecessary things. But I can’t switch to a retort now, so I cut up the rest of the vegetables and chicken and stir-fry them.
Add water and simr while vaguely removing the lye.
Turn off the heat, divide the roux, turn on the heat again and stir to prevent burning.
Just as I added the milk, Sendai-san returned.
「I’m back.」
As I return「welco back」to her? while standing in front of the pot, Sendai-san cos up to , sniffing like a dog with her nose.
「Slls good coming from Miyagi.」
「It’s from the pot, not .」
「You’re making stew?」
Sendai-san stands next to .
It’s close enough to kiss, and I involuntarily look at her face.
In these situations, it was Sendai-san who kisses . But it should be okay for to do it, and now I can kiss her just a little closer.
Which one to do first, or when to do it this way, and so on.
I don’t rember setting such rules, so she can kiss for no reason from .
「Miyagi?」
When Sendai-san calls my na, my gaze shifts from her face to the stew.
Without thinking about it, if I kissed her without a reason, she might say sothing, and I don’t want to kiss her without a reason. I just sohow thought it was that kind of distance, and I don’t really need to kiss her.
It’s just that I’ve been a little crazy since Maika ca to visit.
「You don’t have to get this close to sll the stew cooking.」
I push Sendai-san’s stomach.
「I was wondering if there was one for too.」
Sendai-san says from about two steps away.
「I don’t make stew for just one person.」
「I see. Is it ready to go?」
A cheerful voice replies,「It does.」
「I’ll leave this here for you.」
Sendai-san shows her bag and goes to her room.
I turn off the fire, take out two plates, serve rice and pour stew over it. Sendai-san soon returns and brings the stew and spoons to the table.
「Itadakimasu.」
My voice and Sendai-san’s overlap as we take a bite of the stew.
Although I use the sa ingredients and roux, it is not as tasty as the one Sendai-san makes. If it fits in my stomach, it’s the sa as any other food, but if I’m going to eat it, I’d rather it taste good.
「Miyagi, you’ve beco good at cooking. It’s delicious.」
Sendai-san’s voice echoes.
「…Thank you.」
In the anti, I thank her.
But Sendai-san says whatever she eats is delicious.
She would say it was delicious even if it wasn’t, and I am sure she would eat everything, even if it was a failure. I don’t dislike that about Sendai-san, but I would like to hear the truth.
I don’t say that she should speak her mind at any ti, but there are things that I don’t want to be misled about.
——For example, the day Maika arrived.
I heard what they were talking about together, but there is sothing else I am wondering about.
Sendai-san did not give an answer to the question Maika had asked her that day if she liked soone. Because it was the only one she didn’t answer, it’s stuck in my head. It’s not sothing I would normally talk about with Sendai-san, so I haven’t had a chance to hear her answer since then.
It is not sothing to pursue, but it is unfair that only Sendai-san didn’t answer. Even I answered, so she should answer now. But the fact that she didn’t answer makes think she might like soone else.
「Sendai-san.」
I don’t care who she likes, but I don’t want any more things that should take precedence over , like a part-ti job. However, I understand that if Sendai-san thinks she needs it even if I don’t want it, there is nothing I can do about it. But if there is such a person, I would at least like to know what kind of person it was.
「What is it?」
Sendai-san swallows her stew and looks at .
Talking about who she like is sothing everyone does, even with Maika, and even with Ami. It should be such a simple story that can be told with anyone, but the words stay stuck in my throat as if I am talking about a terribly difficult subject.
「The stew, you should make it next ti, Sendai-san.」
Different words co out of my mouth than what I was thinking.
「Okay.」
Sendai-san says in a light voice.
It’s not that I have to ask it now.
It’s just a funny thing because Maika talked about things we don’t normally talk about.
I sighed softly so that Sendai-san could not hear .
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