At lunchtime the next day, Nishino was sitting in his classroom looking at his phone.
Now that he has regained his financial freedom, he no longer has to beg Rose for lunch. For lunch he buys a piece of bread and a juice from the shop. After a quick lunch, he sat in his seat checking out the sights in Tokyo.
He was planning to ask the self-proclaimed saba saba girl out on a date this weekend.
He's a guy who thinks he looked reasonably good yesterday. He's hopeful that if he asks her out on a date at this time, he might get a chance to interact with the opposite sex.
If you look at him from the side, he looks like a virgin who has been deceived by a woman with a loose crotch.
However, he is cynical enough to accept the possibility that a more mature relationship is not a bad thing. He can help with the numerous traps he has experienced in the past and is not hurt by them. If he gets hurt, he heals quickly.
He has become a positive and annoying presence.
This is what happened to someone who was sitting two seats away from the adolescent boy.
"Chairwoman, are you free after school today ? "
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"Eh ? Ah, Risa ... "
Risa-chan, who had finished her lunch, had come down to the chairwoman's to talk.
Around Shimizu's seat, where she eats her homemade lunch, there are three girls who usually spend time together. Risa-chan and the chairwoman are close friends, but the group they share their daily routine with is completely separate.
While Risa's group is made up of relatively flamboyant girls, the chairwoman is surrounded by more mature girls. This can be seen, for example, in the length of their skirts and the fashionable items they wear.
"I'd like to have a word with you if you don't mind."
"Well, I'll be a bit ...... after school today."
The chairwoman hesitates to reply when she is unexpectedly spoken to.
Risa, on the other hand, is very aggressive.
"Well, have your tits grown again, Chairwoman?"
Muttering casually, Risa walks around behind Shimizu, who is sitting on a chair. A hand reached under the armpit and grabbed the chairwoman's breast from above her uniform.
"Hey, hey, Risa!"
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"I wish I were this big too."
In the bustling classroom at lunchtime, it was a joke between girls that might be a little extreme, but not too much. The students around the chairwoman's seat also overheard Risa's murmurings and expressed their agreement, envious of Shimizu's boobs.
In the midst of all this, Risa's fingertips moved.
As she rubbed her breasts, the index finger and thumb came at the central point from both sides. This is the first time she has ever done this.
" What? "
The stimulus runs through Shimizu's nipples.
It's not unknown by any means, but it's a shocking sensation to be given by someone else.
It was a pleasant sensation given with some pain.
The chairwoman takes her chopsticks out of her hand because of the unexpected stimulation. As she rubbed her breasts, the index finger and thumb came at the central point from both sides.
"Don't do that!"
That's why the chairwoman shouted so loudly as soon as she could.
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At the same time, she moved her elbow to keep her away.
The elbow strikes Risa in the back of the head.
"Ugh ... "
There was a scream.
The conversation naturally drew a lot of attention from her classmates. Not only the girls in the group of friends who were eating together, but also the majority of the students in the classroom were looking at them, wondering what was going on.
"Ah ... "
"Sorry, I'm sorry, chairwoman. I might have got a bit carried away."
Risa shows her willingness to apologize.
It was a bad situation for the chairwoman.
However, it would be a shame if she were to do the same thing over and over again.
I'm sure that's why I can't come up with a good answer.
In the meantime, Risa has decided to retreat.
Following Gabriella's advice, she tried to take a step forward, but it didn't work out so well. Her plan to stimulate Shimizu by pretending to play with her failed, as her body was more sensitive than she had imagined.
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"Well, I'm going back to my seat. I'm sorry to have disturbed you!"
She quickly ran back to her seat.
There, Risa and some of her close friends were waiting for her. They asked her if she was okay and what she was doing. It seemed to be the same as usual.
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In contrast, it was the students around the chairwoman who had anxious expressions on their faces.
One of them voiced her concern.
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"Shimizu, what's wrong? Why are you shouting so loud all of a sudden?"
"No, that ... "
I was afraid to tell her that Risa was homosexual, and that she was aiming for her own nipples. But the chairwoman is in a vulnerable position when it comes to this. For students who don't know what's going on, it may seem like she's unilaterally rejected Risa.
"I've got a minor chest injury......."
Shimizu decided to let the situation pass with a bunch of bland excuses.
However, her decision would later have a huge impact on the girls in Class 2A.
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After school on the same day, a male student visited Nishino's seat.
"Hey, Nishino, can I have a word with you?"
Just after homeroom, when he was about to leave his seat. He looked up from his bag on the desk and saw Suzuki-kun in front of him. He was looking at the person who had called out to him with a grin on his face.
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"What is it? Suzuki-kun."
"We're going to go to the maid cafe where Nishino works. Do you have a shift today?"
His eyes flick to the corner of the classroom. Then there were several students who were close to Suzuki-kun and were at the top of the caste. The others, already preparing to leave, watch from a distance as the two exchange words.
"Yeah, I have. What's wrong with that?"
"I mean, who doesn't want to see their classmates at work?"
"I see."
The purpose of this is, of course, to see if he has a girl friend who is not yet a girlfriend.
His classmates, however, are not so much Nishino as Rose and Gabriella, who work with him. They have been talking about this project ever since they found out that they were working the same shift.
"But I'm in charge of the kitchen, so I don't have to be in the hall."
"What about the girl friend you were talking about?"
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"Oh, she should be in the same shift."
Nishino and Igarashi broke up after exchanging greetings last night at work again tomorrow.
Last night, Nishino and Igarashi parted ways, saying they'd see each other at work tomorrow.
That's why today, during his lunch break, he was eagerly searching for a date spot. After a whole day of pondering, he had somehow managed to choose a date. All he had to do was to ask her for her approval.
"Really? Well then, why don't you introduce us?"
"All right, I'll let her know in advance."
Despite the one-sidedness of the proposal, Nishino nodded enthusiastically. Suzuki was not amused by this response. He had expected him to be reluctant. He still doesn't believe that Nishino and Igarashi are together.
"...... Well, I'll see you later, then?"
"Yeah, thanks for taking the time to say hi."
"......."
Nodding vigorously, the Futsumen left the classroom.
Frustrated by his appearance, Suzuki-kun returned to his friends.
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That day, Nishino went to work in a better mood than usual.
His classmates come to visit him at work, and this event gives him a glimpse of his youth. In the meantime, he has the challenge of a lifetime, to ask the woman of his dreams out on a date.
He's a virgin with a lot on his mind.
When Rose and Gabriella go with him to his place of work, they look at the man who seems to be in a good mood and wonder what's wrong with him. t's not far-fetched to think that something might have happened with the self-proclaimed saba saba girl.
However, his elation was fleeting.
"Oh, I think she's here."
Arriving at their place of work, the three change into their uniforms and are greeted by a large group of staff maids in the break area. It was the time of the shift change, so the population density was even higher than usual. It was one of them who raised her voice.
There is also a self-proclaimed saba saba girl figure in the group.
When she saw Nishino and the others, she shivered.
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"Is something wrong?"
Rose asks on behalf of the three of them.
The person who answered was the first to speak up when he saw Nishino and the others.
"Rose and Gabriella, do you know this girl?"
"It's Igarashi, isn't it? I know you, but what does it matter?"
The maids in the break area were all standing around the staff, who were also dressed as maids. In the centre of the room, you can see Igarashi. She averted her gaze from Nishino and the others and kept her face down without saying a word.
"This girl was trying to get you both to fight."
"...... A fight?"
Rose and Gabriella nod their heads in response to the incomprehensible statement.
When it comes to fighting, Igarashi has nothing to do with it, and the two of them usually clash all the time. It is not necessary to be asked by others. It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're talking about.
But that all changed when she continued with her words.
"The boy next to them is Nishino-kun, right? He's good friends with the owner of this shop, right? It seems that this girl wanted to be comfortable at her part-time job, so she tried to take advantage of Nishino-kun and did all kinds of bad things to get them to fight."
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These words were the consensus of the maids at the shop. It was a plan to get rid of the annoying self-proclaimed saba saba girl from the workplace. As she continues to speak, all the staff, also dressed in maid's attire, stare at Igarashi with grins on their faces. She was a self-proclaimed saba saba girl who had been exposed for her manipulations at work.
She was speechless and just turned her face down. She is trembling and shaking.
"Did you see the mayonnaise on Gabriella's uniform before? That was done by this girl, right? Isn't it unbelievable that she could do that and still talk to them?"
"Wait a minute, that's not true!"
"What, are you lying?"
When she heard the word mayonnaise, Gabriella suddenly remembered. The maid woman who told her story was the same one who tipped off Igarashi about the staining of her clothes a while back.
"It's true that I told them that this girl had been saying bad things about each other. But I didn't put mayonnaise on their clothes or anything like that! And uniforms are so hard to change, it's not nice!"
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"Isn't that why you hung up?"
"No, I didn't! Trust me!"
The self-proclaimed saba saba girl who talk about it were desperate.
And yet some of them tolerated it.
Perhaps that's why the apologies kept pouring out of her mouth.
" ... I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Facing Nishino and the others, Igarashi bowed her head frankly.
She continued to speak, her throat quivering.
"It's true that Rose and Gabriella were repulsed by each other and wanted to take advantage of that in order to get closer to Nishino-kun. So, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry that you two have been so worried about me."
Aside from their feelings towards Nishino, Rose and Gabriella are not interested in the offence itself. The fact of the matter is that they swear at each other on a regular basis.
In fact, they are the ones who are committing the crime of breaking into the house and ransacking it while the landlord is away. They also pretend that this is not the case and continue to work. They are the most evil Lolitas.
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Rose is the only one who knows how much she has done to bring Nishino down. Her quarrel with the chairwoman is a regular occurrence. It's not as if she has to be told about it, given their daily routine of hiding in the shadows and talking shit. It's just an ordinary scene in their day.
"Oh, really?"
"Uh, yes... "
This left her at a loss for words as to how to respond.
However, the situation was favourable for them.
Igarashi's wrongdoing was exposed in front of Nishino. Naturally, the distance between them and him would open up considerably. The girls also understood that the employees around them were trying to get rid of the self-proclaimed saba saba girl from the workplace.
If it can be eliminated, it is a straightforward desire to eliminate it. However, in front of Nishino, it is also frustrating to bash violently. So she decided to get on the topic of the maids who were there.
"Well, it's not a very nice thing to say, is it?"
"Yes, it is. I think he lacks integrity as a person."
"...... Yes, I know."
They put themselves on the shelf and talk smugly about it.
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Igarashi responded by bowing her head.
It seems that she really feels bad about it. You can find a lot of people who are interested in this kind of thing. The Lolitas can't help but take advantage of this.
And the self-proclaimed saba saba girl fell right in line with their intentions.
"I'm leaving here today."
A small murmur of resignation was heard.
All the staff around her were in a pose of gut feeling. The maids had gone to the trouble of colluding with her in order to hear this.
Igarashi's self-proclaimed saba saba girl appeal, which she sprinkled throughout her conversations, was frowned upon by her co-workers. They even counted the number of times she said it.
"I understand that Rose and Gabriella are desperate for Nishino-kun, and it's not right for someone like me to interfere. I'm sorry about that. And thank you for taking the time to pay attention to me."
Igarashi solemnly expresses her apologies and thanks. The one who has to panic when this happens is Nishino.
You can't have a date if you quit at this time. In addition, classmates from Class 2A are scheduled to visit during today's work hours. He promised to introduce Igarashi there.
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While he was disappointed about the reason why Igarashi approached him, Nishino was quick to agree that it could be the reason for the encounter. If it wasn't for the fact that the person he was meeting was from the industry, this would make him a very nostalgic Futsumen.
"Is it worth quitting your job?"
He thought it would be nice if the love started there.
He remembers reading about such romantic comedies in manga and books in the past.
He tries desperately to persuade her.
"You don't have to decide on this spot. Take a little more time......"
"I'm sorry, Nishino-kun. I didn't mean to betray you."
It seems that she has already made up her mind. Yesterday's events had made her feel straighter about people like Nishino, Rose and Gabriella. Unfortunately, the Futsumen's help was working against her own objectives.
"...... Thank you so much for everything!"
The self-proclaimed saba saba girl bows her head deeply in front of everyone.
It was only a few seconds.
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Raising her head again, she walked past Nishino and left the rest area at a run. The sound of the door slamming shut was followed by the sound of footsteps pattering away. They seemed to have gone past the changing rooms and out through the service entrance.
The maids in the room watch her back and smile at her. None of her colleagues stopped her. The self-proclaimed saba saba girl was as unpopular at work as Nishino was in Class 2A.
"..........."
As a result, Nishino lost one person this time.
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Igarashi, who had been blamed for the incident, left her part-time job in a flash. Normally the owner would have complained, but he had been watching the whole affair from his office space and, seeing the presence of Nishino, Rose and Gabriella, turned a blind eye. He didn't want to get involved and get himself burned.
So the Futsumen lost all his plans for that day.
"..........."
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It was a big difference from just before he visited the part-time job.
After Igarashi had left, he tried to make a phone call. But no matter how many times he tried, he just got an answering machine. Even when he tried messaging her on social apps, she wouldn't respond, even though she had read his messages.
All the hard work of planning a date was for nothing.
"............ "
I had high expectations, but the drop was huge.
My mind is a complete blank.
Still, my body, accustomed to working in the kitchen for the past few days, moves quickly. I wash the dishes that come in one after the other. From the moment he stepped in front of the sink, the Futsumen became a dishwasher. He washes the dishes in silence, as if doing so is his salvation.
As he does this, he hears a voice out of nowhere.
"By the way, what happened to the mayonnaise ? "
"They wouldn't have known about that at all, would they?"
"Really? She's such an idiot."
"I'm glad everything worked out. It's refreshing."
"Yeah. That self-proclaimed saba saba girl was really annoying."
The voice comes from the hallway facing the kitchen.
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It seemed that the staff were talking to each other. Through the door he caught a glimpse of a frilly maid's skirt. The conversation was short-lived and the girls disappeared down the hall.
"........."
He is a Futsumen who is vaguely familiar with the sound of mayonnaise.
But, heartbroken, he had no time to pay attention to the maids conversation.
There was a pile of dirty dishes in his hand.
He washes them without a care in the world.
There was a sense of relief in moving his hands. By scrubbing the sponge, the stuck-on oil and creams come off. The stream of water from the tap rinsed them and made them shine. At the same time, Nishino feels that his heart, which was covered with gloom, is gradually clearing up.
If I keep doing the dishes at this rate, my own future will eventually be clear. I'm a cynical bastard who's starting to think I'm drunk. I'm going to spend the rest of the day washing the dishes and trying to sort out what I've learnt in the last few days so I can move on.
He is always thinking positively.
But he didn't have time to dwell on that.
"Can I have a word with you? "
Before I knew it, Gabriella had arrived right next to me.
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Like the rest of the staff, she is a maid.
She likes to wear a lot of gothic lolita, so the maid outfit suits her very well. She stands at arm's length from him, gazing upwards at him. Even if you don't have a taste for that kind of thing, you might be tempted to take a look.
But that doesn't bother the virgin who has lost his chance.
He responded with a frown that was somewhat less friendly than usual.
"......What is it? A new wash?"
"........"
Gabu-chan is so awed by this that she has to shake her shoulders in fear.
It seems that she is still afraid, as well as curious and interested.
But somehow she manages to keep talking.
"A student from Year 2A wants you to come and join him."
"Ah ... "
It seems that all of his classmates from Class 2A, led by Suzuki-kun, have come to the Futsumen's place of work as customers, as he had announced.
Nishino, who had spoken out loud in the classroom, was in the worst possible situation.
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Thank you for the chapter
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