Chapter_10

After going through the last 5km, I finally arrived at Haruka's apartment complex. I quickly climbed up the stairs and moved to Room 205. Afterward, I knocked on the door and waited for Haruka to open it.

I waited for a few moments until the door was opened from the other side. Through the small gap, I saw Haruka peeking outside.

"Ah. Seiji-kun."

Haruka exclaimed with a subdued tone.

I arched my brow after getting Haruka's subdued reaction, wondering why she lacked her usual cheerfulness.

The door was opened, and I walked inside. Afterward, I saw Haruka stand before me.

Haruka was only wearing an apron on her voluptuous, erotic body. I would be stimulated if not for her blank expression.

I wondered why she had a blank expression. There was no warm welcome, making me feel stumped.

When Haruka suddenly got closer, I unconsciously took a single step back. Then, Haruka suddenly pinched my cheeks.

I unconsciously held her wrist and tried to stop her. Haruka inflated her cheeks like a chipmunk; she seemed to be displeased.

When I was about to question why she looked angry, Haruka spoke up first.

"Seiji-kun. You have been a bad boy. That was no good, alright? That was no good!"

Stupefied, I could only blink my eyes before owlishly staring at the angry Haruka.

"Bwuh? Bwat? (Read: Huh? What?)"

An incoherent question escaped my mouth because Haruka was stretching my cheeks.

I wanted to stop Haruka. However, I did not want to hurt her accidentally. Hence, I let her stretching out my cheeks.

"Leaving me alone like that… That was bad, you know!"

Haruka sounded so cross. Was it because of my disappearance? If so, it was not my fault!

"I habe lebt ha whote! (Read: I have left a note!)"

That was right! I had left a note, so I was not in the wrong here!

"Excuses, excuses!" Haruka seemed displeased.

Inwardly, I felt exasperated. I realized that Haruka was throwing a temper tantrum due to her own mistake. Honestly, she was so childish…

However, I let Haruka vent her frustration on me without any verbal complaint.

Haruka was really displeased, and I did not want to jeopardize our developing relationship.

After a few moments passed, Haruka released my cheeks as if she was satisfied with tormenting them.

"Do not do that again, okay?" said Haruka with a pleading stare.

"I have left a note for you, right? It was your fault that you made a hasty and careless conclusion before checking it out." I tried to defend myself.

"I was so scared that you will disappear," said Haruka with a scared and pained voice.

As I massaged my sore cheeks, I silently watched her. Haruka looked pitiful. Perhaps, depressed was more apt to describe her expression.

I never expected Haruka would react like this.

There was a part of me that felt bad for making Haruka feel worried. However, another part of me was satisfied with her reaction.

That showed how deep Haruka's feelings for me if being left alone like that made her exaggeratedly react as such.

"Alright. That was my bad. I am sorry, Haruka-chan. I promise I will not repeat it."

"Good, good. I am sorry too. I have made a hasty and careless assumption. I also exaggeratedly acted. Forgive me, Seiji-kun."

I felt vindicated and accepted Haruka's apology.

"I suppose we are both at fault. Let's put everything under the bridge, okay?"

"Yes." Haruka agreed and gave me a sweet smile.

Afterward, Haruka slapped her forehead in a silly manner.

"Oh. I almost forgot! I was preparing our breakfast!"

Then, Haruka turned her body around and went to the kitchen in a hurry.

When Haruka headed for the kitchen in the back, I saw that Haruka was wearing a shoulderless pink top and tight black shorts under her apron.

It was such a waste that she was not naked under her apron.

Before Haruka entered the kitchen, she stopped and stared at me over her shoulder.

"Oh. Seiji-kun. Go to the bathroom before getting breakfast. You stink! Bleh~!"

Haruka playfully stuck out her tongue before disappearing into the kitchen.

For a few moments, I stood at the entrance. Then, I woke up from my daze and shook my head. I felt vexation and amusement in equal measure for Haruka's action.

Afterward, I closed the door behind me and went to the bathroom following Haruka's instruction.

I could not object to Haruka's instruction because I really stink. I had been sweating so much from my previous workout, after all.

***

"Wow! You do have a mature taste, Seiji-kun."

Haruka remarked as I savored the coffee that she had brewed for me.

"Is that so…"

"Yup~." Haruka nodded her head.

After we finished our breakfast, Haruka and I casually chatted to kill time.

As expected of Haruka's cooking, our breakfast was delicious and satisfying.

At the moment, we were in the living room.

I was enjoying the bitter black coffee that Haruka had brewed for me according to my taste.

I liked bitter black coffee as the original me in my previous life. Even the memory of the original Sanada Seiji told me that he enjoyed bitter coffee.

Meanwhile, Haruka was enjoying her warm tea.

"So, what's our next plan?"

"First, we need to prepare our disguise first."

"I see, I see."

Haruka nodded her head as she snuggled deeper on my body. She had put her cup on the coffee table before us. I also put my cup there.

Afterward, Haruka's slender arms were circling around my torso. My left hand was hanging from her shoulder, my palm close to her ample chest. I just needed to lower it slightly to feel her magnificent and glorious tit.

I could see the tempting abyss that was her deep cleavage from my position. I had noticed that Haruka was not wearing bras. Even though I was tempted to feel its wonderful texture, I restrained myself.

I must be patient. I could not jeopardize the development of our relationship because of my libido.

(Be patient—no need to be hasty. Be patient—no need to be hasty…)

I repeated that mantra in my mind.

The time was around seven a.m. The temperature was a bit chilly since it was still in the early spring. I was sure that it would get warm soon, though.

"How? Are we going to visit a salon?"

When Haruka said that, she raised her face to see me.

I helplessly smiled at her and thought, (To pick a luxurious choice suddenly… I guess it is as expected of an airhead Ojou-sama.)

I banished irrelevant things from my mind and spoke up.

"Let's be more frugal. I do not have money to visit a salon just for applying a disguise."

"I can pay for your part, though."

I wryly smiled after hearing Haruka's casual response.

The original me from my previous life would never hesitate to accept Haruka's offer. I was miser and greedy, after all.

However, the new me in this life after absorbing the original Seiji had a problem with that idea.

I did not want to take advantage of Haruka. There was also a matter of pride as a man.

"You must be more careful with your spending habit, Haruka-chan."

"I rarely spent my money, though."

My wry smile deepened after hearing Haruka's flippant answer.

Indeed, Haruka was surprisingly quite careful with her money. She was not the type of person who spent her money carelessly.

However, Haruka's frugal habit changed after she fell in love. She would not hesitate to spend her savings to have an excellent time with the original Seiji.

At least, that was how it went in the original work.

Since Haruka was like that, I could see that she would become a spendthrift if I did not control her.

"Then, let's make a compromise. We will get a professional help for our disguise. Nothing too complicated, just applying hair dye, colored contacts, and a bit of makeup to change our appearance and impression."

I briefly paused to breathe before going on, "Let me borrow your money to pay my part for this. Next time, we can apply our disguise by ourselves."

"Mo! I said that I can pay for your part, right? You don't need to pay me back." Haruka vexedly pouted after she said that.

I tapped her cute nose with my free hand, making Haruka scrunch her face comedically.

"This is a matter of pride, Haruka-chan. All men want to spoil their lovers with their hard-earned income. Unfortunately, I am still a high schooler. But, I also want to spoil you with my own money."

"Me too… I also want to spoil Seiji-kun with my hard-earned money as a teacher."

(Cute! Haruka is illegally cute!)

Without warning, I kissed her lips. In the beginning, Haruka was surprised by my sudden kiss.

However, Haruka quickly relaxed and reciprocated my kiss.

We made out for a short while until we ended our kiss because of the need for breathing.

A string of saliva connected our slightly gaping mouth when I watched her flushed face closely. It broke, and I lovingly caressed her cheek.

Haruka returned my gaze passionately. "Seiji-kun, I really, really love you…" She confessed out of the blue.

My answer, I passionately kissed her mouth.

Then, we indulged ourselves in a heavy make-out session for a while.