Sleepover

Makoto wasn't normal today, he was acting weird and awkward sometimes, I should have noticed his feelings way earlier

"what should I do..."

it's been about ten minutes already since I entered the bathroom, I wanted to think about it calmly but I don't even know where to start

Kiriyama, Hiragi-senpai abd Suzuki. they all like Makoto, but he likes Chi-senpai

the question is: do Chi-senpai like him too?

I always thought that this is the case, but now that I think about it she never said so, and the way she treats him is no different from the way she treats me

what if she likes him? what should I do?

"wait..."

I had a sudden realization, the answer was obvious from the start but I've been avoiding it from the start

"I just have to do nothing!"

it's none of my business actually, if they started dating than I'll be happy for them and if they don't ...it doesn't matter for me right?

I wanted to help Kiriyama and Hiragi-senpai because why not, but now that he has someone he likes it's meaningless to continue helping them, and Makoto didn't ask for help either so I can just relax and enjoy the drama

"I'm really smart am I not?"

I walked out of the bathroom with a satisfied smile

"oh did you finish? you take a lot time pooping"said Makoto

"right, I forgot to shit"

"What did you do then?!"

***

"Waah it's raining"

Chi-senpai looked at the window with a surprised face, everyone looked away from the game followed after her

"I don't think I can go home if this rain continues.. "

I replied to Makoto who wasn't looking very happy, I know that he's not good with the rain and can catch a cold just by looking at it so I suggested something

"you can just spend the night here, though you'll sleep in the couch"

"really?I'm glad, but shouldn't you sleep on the couch?"

before we start arguing Chi-senpai cut off our conversation

"rock paper scissors was created to solve this kind of situations don't you think?"

"it's my house though...but fine I'll go with it"

Rock paper Scissors is supposed to be a game of luck so I normally won't play it to decide something important, but for me this game is easy to win. all I have to do is wait until Makoto decides what to chose and then change my hand quickly so no one can notice it.

""rock paper scissors!"

I casually took the win without even trying so hard. I don't feel very good about cheating but as I saud before, cheating is only bad when you're caught it's definitely his mistake for not being good enough to cheat

"tch, it's best of three"

"best of five"

"best of seven"

he continued like this until he finally understood that it's not just luck

"you're cheating right?!"

"sounds like a skill issue to me"

"you little...."

before we started arguing Chi-senpai cut off our conversation again

"you lost Makocchi, just sleep on the couch"

"Ugh...it's fine"

it's my victory!

but why do I feel like a kid? damn that sucks

"now that's the boys has finished it's time for the girls to decide"

"?"

I turned to Chi-senpai, it's only now that I realized that girls are sleeping here too

"no, you can't just do that!"

"I already talked to mo...your mom"

she showed me her phone with text messages from my mom, she really allowed her to sleep her at night but...

"why do you have my mom's number?!"

I couldn't help but shout, this girl is going to make insane in no time

"Hoshino-san you should talk to her!"

I turned to my only hope but unfortunately she was more embarrassed than before

"I tried to talk to her, but she won't listen..."

"hey Aru, you should just let them stay, don'tyou feel bad for sending two girls out in this storm?"

I can see through your intentions you know when you're smiling like a disgusting weirdo

*sigh*

"it's fine"

I can just delete the storm using Partner, but that will cause more problems than just letting them here

Chi-senpai and Makoto looked happy as they were talking about how to spend the night since there's no school tomorrow

"oh right Aru, you're doing the dinner right?"

"I guess I'm the best at cooking here so yeah"

"I'll help I'll help!"

I didn't expect Chi-senpai to be the type to cook

"Makocchi and Shin-chan should just continue playing!"

I don't have any reason to reject her help, even though Makoto looked unsatisfied a bit he didn't say anything

***

"So what should we cook?"

I asked Chi-senpai who was wearing an apron, I hate to admit it but she looks so cute in it

"Omurice!"

"it's fine, but are you sure you don't want anything else?"

"Haru-chan said that your omurices are the best in the world, so I really want to try them"

the best in the world huh? I feel a little embarrassed but since she has high expectations I can't do a half-assed one

before we started cooking I decided to ask her something

"can I ask you something a little personal?"

Chi-senpai looked surprised by the sudden question but she answered with the usual smile

"it's ok, but I'm going to ask you something personal too"

"it's fine"

I wonder what kind of questions would she ask? anyway I started

"how do you feel about Makoto?"

I said that I'm not going to get involved but I couldn't control my curiosity

"Makocchi? I like him"

that was such a fast answer, but I guess I expected something like this

"I like you too Arucchi"

"you didn't understand the question did you...?"

I should have thought about it, of course she won't answer directly

"I mean in a romantic way, you know dating and stuff"

"Why do you ask?"

"just curious"

surprisingly Chi-senpai didn't answer quickly, after some time she said

"I don't feel anything special toward him, I wish he could date Hikari-chan or Haru-chan since they both like him"

she's not stupid, now that she's talking seriously I can feel a totally different vibe from her

"I see, what about your question?"

it's hard to confirm if her answer is real or not but I will just believe her, she doesn't have any reason to lie

"Arucchi...do you still have your memories of the other world?"

I dropped the egg I was holding, everything is moving slowly...why does she know? even if I was acting weird she won't know that I'm coming from another world

"how did you...?"

"it's not a good thing to answer a question with a question"

she said while smiling, but unlike her usual smile this time it looks...scarier

"the memories of the other world are mostly sealed, I can open the seal and restore them completely but that will have some effects"

all I can remember are some things, and even those things are not vivid, if I opened the seal I will probably lose most of my feelings, and it will be harder to live a normal life

"I see...so you won't remember me even if I told you"

"are you-?"

she put her finger on my lips to stop me from asking

"we only have one question each, so you shouldn't dig further"

"..."

that's weird, since she said "remember" does that mean she's also from there? I have too many questions but I don't think she will answer any

***

after eating dinner everyone started praising me for my cooking skills, but I couldn't stop thinking about what Chi-senpai said

both Chi-senpai and Hoshino-san shared the bed in my sister's room, I'm curious to see how they're sharing it but I have something more important to think about

first I grabbed my phone and checked Chi-senpai's profile

[Arima Chihiro lvl.7]

[Str 5/ Ma 18/ Ag 8 / Def 6 / Luck 67]

even though she has a magic stat,the rest of her stats are pretty much average so it's not possible to say that she's a returner too, I don't even remember meeting someone from my world there

next, I checked her titles

[reincarnator]

unlike me who got transferred with my body, she got reincarnated in this world from zero

that makes more sense, if I saw someone I'm familiar with even the seal won't be able to stop me from recognizing them, so she's someone I know from the other world but her looks aren't the same, and also the personality should change considering it's been 17 years since she got reincarnated

"system, can you identify her previous self?"

[Yes]

[But you have to unseal your memories]

[Yes/No]

I pressed No quickly and jumped into the bed, I know that it's useless to think a about it but...

"I should just sleep"

I told the rest that I'm going to sleep early so I should just do that

"..."

damn, I can't sleep at all.

I stood up and walked to the kitchen I can hear Chi-senpai and Makoto talking in the living room so I moved quietly so they won't notice me

"oh, you didn't sleep"

I tried to escape from Chi-senpai and Makoto but I forgot about Hoshino-san

"yeah, I couldn't sleep so I thought I'd eat something"

"we only had dinner an hour ago..."

"it's not about being hungry, it's about just eating because I'm bored"

she chuckled as she answered

"yeah I understand now, it's the same as opening the fridge even though you know it's empty"

"exactly"

I walked to the fridge to search for anything and asked Hoshino-san who was playing with her phone

"why are you here though?"

"ah...I hust thought that I'm a third wheel when they're talking so I left them alone"

"first time?"

"it's surely tough for you huh? Tsukasa-kun looks popular with girls even though he's average in everything"

"he's a lucky bastard, didn't you fall for him yet?"

"I won't, I'm just a background character the most I can do is help the main characters"

"Chi-senpai is popular too, don't you feel jealous?"

"she really is popular, but she isn't into boys"

"?"

I turned to her quickly with a surprised face, that's definitely a new information

"she said something like (my body want a boy, but I find the idea disgusting mentally)"

that's a weird way to put it and I don't understand it at all

"it's gonna be hard for Makoto.."

I didn't find any quick food so I just got my self some juice

"want some?"

"thanks" she said while nodding

I unconsciously took a seat close to her as I asked her

"what are you playing?"

"oh it's a Moba, you should try it too if you have time it doesn't take long to finish a match"

we continued talking as I watched her play for some time, I even downloaded the game to play with her

I guess everyone had fun today, so it was a good experience