The Classmate Who Is Adored by Everyone Smiles Teasingly Only at Me-Chapter 5Volume 2 . - Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween! 5
“Chika, do you like smiles?”
“What’s with that question?”
Chika looks puzzled for a moment but then nods vigorously.
“Of course, I do. Let me ask you in return, Sōma-san, do you dislike them?”
“Of course not. Someone who dislikes smiles must be quite twisted.”
“Right? That’s good.”
Chika sighs in relief, patting her chest.
“Let’s make the children smile together, just you and me, Sōma-san!”
“…Me too?”
“Of course. Sweets have the power to bring smiles to people’s faces. Frankly speaking, I think your confections, Sōma-san, can make children smile more than even my cosplay costumes.”
With that, he was playfully nudged.
Yes, sweets can indeed bring smiles to people’s faces. It’s no exaggeration to say that’s their greatest charm.
If you want something sweet, you could just lick some sugar. But people go to the trouble of making sweets because they possess a power that sugar alone does not.
That power is to bring smiles to people’s faces.
—Click
“Ah…”
He felt as if something had clicked into place.
“That’s right. That’s how it was.”
He nodded repeatedly after affirming the thought.
Yes, this was supposed to be his starting point.
“Why had I forgotten that?”
He couldn’t help but mock myself.
“Um, is something wrong?”
Chika looked at me curiously as I suddenly started muttering to myself.
“It’s nothing—No, it’s something. Maybe I need to prepare a cage for you, Chika.”
“…Huh?”
Chika looked utterly confused with her mouth agape.
“Alright, let’s get to work! Don’t hesitate to tell me what you need help with.”
He felt as if the path that had vanished was visible once again.
—Snap! Snap!
The next morning, Sōma was rudely awakened by the unpleasant sound of a camera shutter and the piercing flash of light.
“Oh, you’re awake? Good morning.”
He forced his resistant eyelids open to find Chika’s smiling face, holding up her smartphone.
“Good morning… Why are you here, Chika…?”
“Don’t you remember? Sōma-san, you fell asleep while we were working.”
He finally realized he was lying on the floor of Chika’s room after being reminded by her.
“So I fell asleep in Chika’s room…”
He shrugged off the blanket that she seemed to have covered him with and sat up, feeling aches all over his body.
It seemed he had been so engrossed in making decorations last night that he had fallen asleep.
“Why didn’t you wake me up?”
He complained while trying to smooth down his tousled hair with his hands.
This was clearly not good.
Even his groggy brain understood that much.
Firstly, his parents would be angry.
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Sōma’s parents were not the type to be lenient about an unauthorized overnight stay. When he got home, a scolding from both his mother and father was inevitable.
Just thinking about what excuse he could make gave him a headache.
And, worse than an unauthorized overnight stay was the fact that he had spent the night at a girl’s house.
Moreover, this girl was nicknamed ‘Angel of Peace’, and adored by all the girls in class.
He couldn’t imagine what kind of punishment he’d face if his classmates found out about this. The very thought made him shiver.
“You know, it’s really not right to let a guy sleep in your room. Think about it a little more.”
“But your sleeping face was just so cute, Sōma-san’s!”
He glared at her reproachfully, but she showed no signs of remorse. Instead, she gently handed him a large stuffed bear.
“What’s this?”
“Could you hug this and sleep? I want to take a photo titled 『Sōma-san Sleeping Peacefully with Kuma-chan』.”
“I absolutely refuse.”
“Aww, but I think it would be adorable.”
He threw it back at her, and Chika stroked the stuffed animal’s head with a look of disappointment.
“Don’t talk nonsense so early in the morning.”
“No, really, Sōma-san’s sleeping face is really cute. Do you want to see the picture I took?”
“I have no desire to see my own sleeping face. And delete it. That’s an invasion of privacy.”
“I was thinking of printing it out along with the photo of you in pajamas and putting them in a frame.”
“Stop it, seriously. And don’t bring up the pajama photo. Thinking back on it, it’s really embarrassing.”
For Sōma, that photo was becoming a part of his dark history.
“For me, it’s a memory of a triumphant trophy I got!”
“Anyway, don’t ever bring this up again.”
He was on the verge of dying of embarrassment first thing in the morning, so he slapped his cheeks to forcibly switch gears. Then, he shoved the smartphone that had been left on the folding table into my pocket.
“Oh, that’s right. I’ve already explained everything to your mother, Sōma-san, so please don’t worry.”
“Huh? Why is Chika talking to my mom?”
“Sōma-san, there was a call to your smartphone last night. Since you were already fast asleep, I answered it and explained the situation.”
“You’re the type to answer someone else’s phone?”
Like mother, like daughter.
Still, it was a relief that she had already contacted his parent. It may saved him from getting a scolding.
“…No, this might be troublesome in its own way.”
It would have been different if he had stayed at the house of a male friend like Shōhei, but it was a girl’s house.
Instead of being scolded, he was likely to be interrogated about what kind of girl she was and what their relationship was, like a tabloid reporter digging for details. Especially his mother, who often laments that her son seems only interested in sweets, will surely take this opportunity to ask all sorts of questions.
It’s better than a scolding, but it’s no less bothersome.
He racked his brain trying to figure out how to dodge the questions.
“Thanks, but I wish you had woken me up. You wouldn’t have had to sleep in a different room that way.”
“Eh? I did sleep properly in that bed.”
Chika pointed nonchalantly to her own bed without taking her eyes off her smartphone while checking the images she had taken.
“You slept in this room? I was sleeping here too.”
He was astounded by her audacity, but she stated it as if it was natural.
“After all, this is my room.”
“That’s true, but…”
If someone asked who had the right to sleep in this room, it was undoubtedly Chika. However, this high school boy couldn’t help but wish that if she wasn’t going to wake him, she could have at least slept in a different room.
Sleeping with a Girl in the Same Room
When he puts it into words, he realizes what an incredible thing he has done.
His face turns red.
“Sōma-san, your face suddenly turned red. Are you okay? You don’t have a cold, do you?”
—Click.
“Don’t pretend to be concerned while you’re taking pictures!”
As they were making a racket early in the morning, Chika’s mother came to check on the room as if she heard the noise.
“It looks like you two are up. Good morning, Chika, Sōma-kun.”
“Good morning, Mom!”
“Good morning. I apologize for suddenly staying over.”
As he bowed deeply with his morning greeting, Chika’s mother chuckled and said,
“It’s fine. I’m sorry we couldn’t prepare a futon for you.”
“Uh, it’s not really my place to say this, having slept like a log in someone else’s house, but I wish you would have woken me up or moved me to another room.”
“Well, it might have been better to do that, but Sōma-kun was sleeping so peacefully it seemed a pity to wake you, and it was impossible for two weak women to carry you. Sorry about that.”
She spoke plausibly, but the corners of her mouth were smiling with amusement.
‘She probably thought it would be more interesting not to wake me.’
The most dangerous person in this house might be her.
