The morning when I woke up to the voice of an angel

"Zhou-kun, please wake up."

I hear a gentle voice calling me.

I heard a soft voice that sounded like a whisper, and while I was in a comfortable slumber, I responded with a small "hmm", lifted my heavy eyelids, and slowly opened my eyes.

In my vision, which was blurry from my sleepiness, I could see the girl I loved faintly illuminated by the sunlight coming through the window.

She was probably kneeling on the bed and shaking Amane, her flaxen hair flowing like wisteria as she bent forward.

"…Midday?"

"Yes. Good morning."

When I called his name to confirm, he nodded in a familiar voice.

Apparently, it wasn't that I was half-asleep; I was slightly confused by the fact that Mahiru was actually there, but since Mahiru was in Amou's room as if it were so obvious, I felt less confused. go.

"...Good morning. Why midday?"

"Don't you remember what we talked about yesterday?"

In the middle of the day when I slightly raised my eyebrows, I replied "Yesterday", and after that I remembered the exchange from yesterday.

"Can I go to school with you from Monday?"

That's what Mahiru said when we parted ways on Sunday.

Looking up at him with uneasiness and uneasiness, Zhou also became subtly restless.

Mahiru said fearfully to confirm whether Zhou hides the relationship.

For the time being, they decided to make it public as a discussion, but it seems that they became uneasy.

Shuu didn't think he could keep it a secret since something similar to a public confession had already happened, and he was planning to open up and say that they had decided to start dating.

"Oh, good."

"Oh, really?"

"What are you going to do about lying?"

At Zhou's consent, the anxious color in Mahiru's eyes was dispelled and replaced by one of joy.

``I've always wanted to go to school with you,'' she whispers shyly, making my heart skip a beat, but she doesn't seem to notice and has a cheerful expression on her face.

"Then I'll go to Asama-kun's house. We can eat breakfast together while we're at it."

"Oh, you're lucky to be able to eat freshly prepared midday food in the morning."

"It's left over from the bento. ...Is it okay if I make Zhou's bento too?"

"That's a wish that comes true."

Just being able to have breakfast made for me makes me happy, but I can't help but be happy because I get to eat midday food at noon as well.

Mahiru had a beaming expression on her face as if she no longer had to be shy about others, which made me happy, but at the same time, I felt tickled and embarrassed.

(Starting tomorrow, we'll go together.)

Up until now, I've been going to school at different times in order not to hint at the relationship with midday.

From now on, it will no longer be necessary.

I'm sure there will be some trouble if I make our relationship public at school, so I'm a little worried, but above all, Mahiru is happy and I'm happy to be by her side.

Looking at the happy smiling midday, he whispered, "I'll have to do my best from tomorrow, too."

"...ah"

Zhou groaned softly, remembering yesterday whether his waking head finally started to wake up.

It's not that I don't like it, it's just that the midday face I woke up with was a little bad for my heart, so I thought it would be a good idea to wake her up.

Midday is showing a surprised look at the state of Zhou.

It's more like a smile, as if it can't be helped, rather than something serious, and Zhou's lips tense up, feeling apologetic or embarrassed.

"I'm completely forgetful.... Look, please change your clothes and wash your face."

"Aiyo"

At midday, I guess I will prepare rice in the meantime.

Biting back a yawn, I got up from the bed and took off the shirt I was wearing when I heard a voice from right next to me saying, ``Hyaaa!?''

When I put the shirt I took off on the bed and looked at Mahiru, I saw that she had her eyes tightly closed and was trembling. Her cheeks quickly became stained.

"So, as I said before, please don't take off your clothes when I'm here."

In the middle of the day, when I took it off in front of me, I had no choice but to smile bitterly.

"I'm a man, so I don't mind being seen."

"I'm in trouble..."

"I don't want to show you anything, and I'm not saying you should get used to it, but you won't be able to go to the pool in the summer."

I wondered what she was doing in middle school in the middle of the day when she didn't seem to have much immunity to the opposite sex.

Personality-wise, I couldn't imagine skipping a serious midday, but since I can't swim at all, it seems that I chose a high school where swimming wasn't a compulsory subject, so it might be possible.

We've made a vague promise that we might go to the pool in the summer, so I don't want her to be too aware of it, and I'm not sure if she'll be able to handle it since men around the pool are usually half-naked in the first place.

"Uh...I'll do my best..."

Mahiru seemed to be aware of this as well, and after replying with a groan in a thin voice, she timidly opened her eyes and saw Shu's body reflected in her field of vision.

Mahiru looked at Shu's upper body while trembling with a bright red face that looked like she was crying, and groaned, "Ugh."

Honestly, Shu's torso isn't trained enough to exude sexiness or anything like that.

Since entering the second grade, in addition to the usual exercises to keep my body from getting dull, I've been doing the muscle training recommended by Kadowaki, so I don't have a body that can be said to be just a thin bean sprout, but... I'm muscular. not. It shouldn't be something that makes you want to turn your head away.

(... If you don't get used to this, you'll be in trouble in case something happens.)

It will probably be a long time before I have a deep relationship with Midday, but if I don't develop immunity until then, I feel like I'll be stuck in various ways.

However, in a sense, they may be similar to each other, as Amane is also confident that if she saw Mahiru's body, she would stop moving.

"...Ah, what is that?...Please make some food first."

My face turned red because I imagined something unthinkable.

After his back disappeared behind the door, Zhou banged his head against a nearby wall and groaned, "What have you been thinking about since early morning?"