Dinner.
Naoki sat in front of the TV, picked up his cell phone, and sent a message to Nanako.
"You are free tomorrow night?"
A moment later.
Nanako replied to the message: "What are you doing?"
Naoki: "I have a job I would like to recommend to you."
Nanako: "What job?"
"Special household maid..."
"Pah!"
Nanako quickly sent an emoji with a 40 meter long knife, "Don't ask me to be your maid!"
"That's not me, it's the mangaka."
"What?"
"I know a mangaka who is always making a living, and she has to wait until the deadline comes before she wants to rush into drafts." Naoki introduced, "Aren't you good at drawing, would you be interested in being a mangaka's assistant for a day?"
Nanako seemed to be hesitating, and after a while, she sent a message.
"I've never been an assistant mangaka before, that person must be very strict. If I don't draw well, I'll cause trouble, so forget about it…"
Naoki raised his eyebrows slightly: "Because the work is very hard, the fee for one night is 50,000 yen, because you don't want to..."
Nanako: "Why didn't you tell me earlier, I promise!"
"Just being an assistant for a day. Is the pay very much?"
Nanako was a little suspicious.
"Because someone else gets more."
"Makes sense…" Nanako nodded lightly and asked again, "Then why don't you draw a picture yourself?"
"The wound on the hand has not healed yet." Naoki calmly changed the subject, "The requirements for mangaka are very strict, you'd better consider what to do if you can't draw well."
"Huh, I won second place in an art award, and I even painted it myself…cough."
"Draw what?"
"Forget the conversation earlier."
Naoki: "Tomorrow the assistant's work will be very hard. It is estimated that you will not be able to rest all night, you should rest earlier at night."
Nanako: "Understood."
"Then say so."
Naoki was about to put down his phone.
"You wait."
"Um?"
"It's still less than 8 pm, even if I want to rest, I can't fall asleep..." Nanako messaged, "Go online quickly, play together for a while and go on a trip together."
...
The next day.
After school in the afternoon.
Naoki teaches Yuika to learn English on the roof, and sees Nanako who has been waiting for a long time at the school gate.
Seeing Yuika waving her hand, Nanako snorted softly, and said in a slightly sour tone, "Pedophile."
Naoki turned his head: "Who do you call a pedophile?"
Nanako raised her chin without showing weakness: "It's you."
"According to the once a month turnover frequency, you will be an elementary school student again, right?" Naoki put his right hand in his pocket, and his tone was meaningful, "I'll tell you what a pedophile is when the time comes."
"Pah!"
Nanako blushed. "Don't think that I won't hit you on the street, and kick you away!"
"Come on, quickly." Naoki turned around and said, "The distance is a bit long, so head to the train station and take the train first."
Nanako carried her school bag, walked after her, and whispered, "What mangaka character did you mention?"
"You will know when you see her."
"Quickly say." Nanako was dissatisfied, "I hate other people's tastes the most."
"Don't talk, just play."
"What?"
Nanako squeezed her fingers with a smile, "As expected, I better beat him first, then ask questions."
...
After half an hour.
Naoki and Nanako came to the apartment door, pressed the doorbell, and waited in silence.
Nanako was a little nervous.
With 50,000 yen a night, she must be a very strict person, right?
The door opened quickly.
Immediately followed by a surprised voice: "You are finally here, I will die."
Nanako looked curiously and found that the speaker was a very young looking woman, maybe only in her twenties.
She was wearing a plain white shirt, black-rimmed glasses, her hair was tied in a ponytail, and her feet were wearing a pair of sandals, her stockings even had holes, and her toes were exposed...
"Is this a home girl?"
Nanako immediately determines the identity of the female mangaka.
"Isn't Asumi-chan here?"
Mami was a little disappointed because she didn't see Asumi's figure.
Naoki replied, "Senpai is preparing for the national exams, she even quit her job at the maid cafe. She should be attending a boring extra school now."
"National exams are indeed very important, spirit Asumi-chan." Mami pushed the glasses on the bridge of her nose, "Come in quickly."
"Excuse me."
Walking to the entrance, Naoki raised his right hand and said:
"My hand is injured, please let Nanako take over today's work."
Nanako bowed and bowed: "First time meeting, please give me more advice."
"Please advise… Yes, but my requirements are very strict." Mami tried her best to straighten her face, showing a serious expression, and looked at Nanako, "If you can't meet my requirements."
"If I can't meet the requirements, I'll go by myself." Nanako didn't remain stubborn, "Please let me try it first."
Mami looked at Naoki, saw Naoki nodding at her, then turned and said, "Let's start now?"
"No problem."
After serving as an assistant mangaka, Nanako was a little jerky at first, but she quickly became proficient, and she grasped all kinds of professional knowledge and requirements.
Nanako is thought to have drawn manga secretly before, it's not embarrassing. Many people have drawn manga in their school days, but most of them are just a fad, and very few people can stick it out.
Naoki stood behind and watched her for a bit, and after confirming that everything was okay, he ordered takeout with his cell phone.
Asumi didn't come, of course Naoki wouldn't clean the room. After all, it was a girls room, and there were always many uncomfortable places.
After dinner, they would continue to rush the script.
Naoki is in charge of serving tea and coffee, and when the two girls have sore shoulders, he also provides free massages.
The cooperation between Mami and Nanako is becoming more and more proficient, and the two even feel that it is a little late to meet each other.
In the busy atmosphere of rushing for drafts, the time unknowingly came to one o'clock in the morning.
"Finally finished."
Mami lay on the table with a thump, her face down, her arms stretched out, as if she had accidentally landed on the beach, exhausted, and handed over the struggling fish, "I'm so tired, my head is so dizzy, I feel like I'm going to die soon. "
Naoki sighed: "If you don't usually fish and complete small goals every day, it should be easy at the end of the month."
"Sorry, I can't do that." Mami was still lying on the table, "I understand the truth, but racing to a dead end is romance mangaka."
There is only one truth, because you are in the final stages of procrastination!
Nanako stood up, lightly moved her stiff shoulders and neck, and looked at Naoki, her voice still full of energy: "What time is it?"
The so-called youth are creatures that stay up all night to play games and still manage to go to class the next morning. When they find that they can't stay up late, they are not young anymore.
"It's almost half past one in the morning," replied Naoki.
"It's getting very late." Nanako was surprised, she didn't feel the passage of time when she went to work, "Senpai, Asakawa and I came home..."
"The subway doesn't run so late, how can I let you go back, I am not a black-hearted capitalist." Mami reluctantly stood on the table, "Upstairs is the living room on the left, the bathroom is on the first floor, you want to wash yourself.. No way, I will sleep first, and if I don't sleep, I will die from too much work."
Mami lowered her hands and shook her body, like the zombies in Plants vs Zombies. She walked to the entrance of the corridor and suddenly slapped his forehead:
"Ah, I almost forgot, I'll give you the assistant gift first..."
Nanako quickly said: "Senpai, take a rest first, and talk about tomorrow."
Naoki said from the side "You don't think she will wake up before noon tomorrow, do you?"
A new day starts at noon, just enough to save breakfast, this is the way of a home girl's life.
Handing a few pieces of Fukuzawa Yukichi to Nanako, Mami raised her hand to cover her mouth, yawned, and staggered upstairs: "I'm going to sleep first."
Nanako took the money and looked at Naoki: "...What should I do now?"
"I have class tomorrow, and of course I'm going to bed now."
Naoki prepares to go upstairs.
Just two steps away, Nanako grabbed his right hand: "Go take a bath before going to bed."
Naoki paused: "It's so late, is it okay not to take a shower?"
"Of course not." Nanako me though. "That's not in your own house, what if you don't wash in someone else's house, and what should I do if you get dirty in someone else's room."
"I am clean."
"Don't think I don't know your class has gym class today."
Naoki was surprised: "Did you peek at me in class?"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Nanako clenched her fists in embarrassment, "Hurry up and take a shower!"
Naoki reluctantly walked into the bathroom.
After a while.
"Have you taken off your clothes yet?" Nanako walked to the bathroom door.
Naoki was surprised: "You want to go in and take a bath together?"
"You think too much." Nanako spat softly, "I saw the dryer... Give me the underwear, I'll wash it, and when you take a shower, you can almost wear it."
Naoki said firmly, "Actually I'm a devil fruit eater, so it doesn't matter if I don't wear clothes."
"Die once!"
...
Naoki had finished showering, and his underwear had barely dried. A slender hand handed over the underwear, and the voice was disgusted: "Take it quickly."
"Thanks very much."
Naoki got dressed and headed out.
Nanako glanced at him and quickly looked away: "There is a cup of tea on the table, you can go upstairs after drinking it."
"Ok."
"I'm going to take a shower."
Nanako took the tracksuit found in her school bag and got ready to go to the bathroom.
Naoki finished drinking tea and walked out the bathroom door: "Open the door and give me your panties..."
"Go." Nanako said embarrassedly, "I'll wash it myself."
How can I ask you to help wash underwear, I don't want to lose face!
"To be human is to help one another."
"Pah!"
...
Nanako came out of the bathroom and saw Naoki still sitting on the couch, and not going upstairs.
"Why haven't you gone to sleep yet?"
"I slept on the couch." Naoki raised the hairdryer in his hand, "Come here and dry your hair."
Nanako came over and sat down, frowning slightly: "This is a single sofa, how do you sleep?"
"Lay down and sleep." Naoki said casually "It will be dawn in a few hours, so nothing too special."
Nanako gently bit her lower lip: "Go upstairs and sleep together."
"Not going." Naoki was right, "Men and women can't sleep together."
"It's not like we haven't slept together before, so let's not beat around the bush." Nanako's face flushed slightly, and she turned her head and looked at him, "If you want to sleep, just sleep. "
"Yes." Naoki ruffled Nanako's hair, "How about a school trip?"
Nanako turned her head away and snorted, "Yesterday I told Kirisu Sensei that I would not be participating. If I change my mind now, where will I save face?"
Naoki whispered: "So face is more important than everyone?"
"I..." Nanako opened her mouth and put her hands on her knees, her voice weakened, "I will talk about tomorrow's business tomorrow, depending on my mood..."
There is no rejection, it is a promise.
It seemed that 50,000 yen would be enough for the event, and any other plans would be useless.
"How's your expression?" Nanako looked up and was suspicious.
"What a sleepy expression." Naoki's expression remained unchanged, "It's almost time for bed."
"Sleep first." Nanako stood up, "Put the hairdryer away...I'll wash it stockings."
Washing stockings is fake, washing other things is real!
Naoki couldn't help but look down, and landed on Nanako's feet.
Nanako wasn't carrying pajamas, and was wearing a short-sleeved shirt from gym class that was up to her thighs.
This means that nothing is worn under the shirt ...
"What do you see!"
Nanako quickly covered her chest.
You are wrong!
When Nanako covered it, the shirt that was originally very short suddenly became shorter, and the thighs couldn't be covered!
Nanako was stunned for a moment, then finally reacted, grabbing the hem of his shirt and pulling it down, her face turning bright red.
"I didn't see anything." Naoki closed his eyes.
"You just closed your eyes now, it's too late!"
...
After Naoki rushed upstairs, Nanako washed her underwear and dried them in the dryer. After putting it on, she yawned and walked upstairs.
"That room looks like…"
Nanako quickly saw the half-closed door, from which a warm light shone. He took two steps. When hse got closer, Naoki was indeed in it.
"Let you sleep early, what should I do?"
Nanako snorted softly, entered the room and closed the door, her eyes fell on the bed, and she quickly opened her eyes.
"Single bed?"