Event 59: Night surprise

Haruta turned all the way back on foot trying to clear up her own feelings but without obvious result, she finally decided to let Asuna's actions go.

By the time he reached the entrance to his house he took a look at his entire garden "Ugh .... it really is a real mess" Haruta muttered looking at the condition of the plants and the length of the lawn at the entrance "well I guess Takagi will have a lot of work "with a smile on his face Haruta continued on his way through the garden until he reached the main entrance of his house.

Already inside the house he turned on the lights and went to his room where he left all his belongings and prepared to take a bath.

"Haaaa ...." As he entered the tub Haruta let out a satisfied sigh "it's my duty to admit that a bath is really the best part of the day"

Finally Haruta closed her eyes to rest reviewing everything that happened in her last days as well as carefully reviewing her statistics, thanks to the cake made with Asuna the statistics associated with cooking increased by two points.

"Well I guess my efforts are worth it after all increasing two points when a statistic is at the end of its path is quite complicated" said Haruta as he took a look at his stats.

After taking his bath Haruta went to the kitchen where he calmly prepared his dinner, turned on his computer and started working on his novels while having dinner.

As Haruta finished his dinner an unforeseen event occurred, the doorbell outside his house made a noise indicating that someone outside was ringing him.

"Hmmm?" Haruta asked when noticing the sound of the external bell "who can it be at this time?"

Haruta quickly got up and went to the small screen located in the corridor to see the exterior camera "Let's see who he is, if he is a seller he should consider himself dead" said Haruta laughing internally while the screen revealed the image "Is this a joke?" Haruta asked stunned

The screen connected to the outdoor camera showed a certain chestnut well known to Haruta, outside the Haruta house was the president of the cooking club, Asuna was standing looking everywhere while ringing the bell again.

"Chairwoman?" Haruta asked through the communicator connected to the bell "Wait for me there, president, I'll be out in a moment"

Without waiting a moment longer, Haruta left the house through the garden until she reached the outer doors "President, what are you doing here ?!" Haruta asked opening the door for Asuna to enter.

But at the moment of opening Asuna took two steps forward and hugged Haruta starting to cry in the dark-haired man's chest.

Haruta did not understand what was happening but even so he wrapped the chestnut in his arms, looked outside to see if there was anyone else but the street was empty, you could only see the cars passing by on the street lighting up the couple.

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After a while, Haruta was finally able to calm Asuna by taking her to the interior of her house to talk about what had happened.

Inside the house Haruta made two cups of coffee and put them on the table, one for each, sitting face to face.

Asuna was staring at the cup without doing anything, her hands were completely clenched pressing them against the table "I guess the president ran away from home right?" Haruta asked slowly drinking the coffee from the cup.

In response to Haruta's question, Asuna nodded her head affirming the haruta question "Was it a problem with your parents?" Haruta asked, trying to investigate the situation a bit since the silence would not go anywhere and with Asuna's background, her parents would soon find her, which then means more problems.

Asuna did not answer anything, she remained silent for a long time leaving Haruta somewhat uneasy, she had known Asuna for a while but it was also true that she did not know anything about her.

After a time in which silence reigned in the room, Haruta sighed and took both cups to wash them, then left the kitchen walking down the hall to reach one of the rooms.

"I guess this is not a good time to talk, you can stay in one of the empty rooms, let me prepare things a bit" said Haruta entering a spacious white room.

As if the room was planned, it was in impeccable condition and therefore did not require much time to prepare it, Haruta brought everything necessary for the bed as well as some pajamas that Kiyoko had left in Haruta's house.

"Don't ask anything," Haruta said before Asuna opened her mouth to try to question him, "these are Kiyoko's clothes, she stayed for a few days," Haruta clarified, being honest with his words so as not to cause misunderstandings for the future.

Even with those words, Asuna said nothing and remained silent in the room, Haruta had a lump in her throat, and she even felt uncomfortable when she saw Asuna's condition, but she also knew that leaving her alone was the best option at the moment. If she didn't want to talk about her problems, the least she could do is give her a little space.

When Haruta was about to leave the room, Asuna opened her mouth to ask Haruta a question "Haruta, what do you think of arranged marriages?"

Haruta's footsteps stopped abruptly, Asuna's question had surprised Haruta "A marriage arranged by your parents?" Haruta asked without turning around.

"My parents .... engaged me to a person ..." Asuna's voice seemed distressed and a certain tone could be noticed that seemed to break at any moment.

Haruta did not know what to answer, he did not know at what moment but the expression on his face was the most severe he had ever done in his life, his fists were so tight that his skin was red and his body was shaking with anger.

"There is no excuse for deciding a person's future without taking feelings into account" Haruta said, walking again, this was the first time that his heart was beating rapidly, it was the first time that he could feel as if he lost something, as if someone would like to take away a part of their being.

"System...."