CH 6

It's been a week and a few days since I started my mysterious life together with the top idol, Otosaki Rei.

One thing that made me feel a little relieved was that Rei did not stay over every day.

Sometimes her manager would pick her up for work, and on those days, she would come the day before for her lunchbox.

Every time she did this, she gave me a look of dissatisfaction, but she didn't complain because she understood the difference between work and private life.

"Rintaro. I've got a brilliant idea." (Rei)

Rei suddenly called out to me as I was washing the dishes I had soaked in water after dinner.

One thing I've learned in the short time we've known each other was that what she referred a "good idea" is a problem for me.

I put down the dishes and sat down next to her, even though I had a bad feeling about it.

"If you start talking nonsense, I'll mix your dislikes into tomorrow's menu." (Rintaro)

"Unfortunately, I don't have any dislikes. I'm proud of that." (Rei)

"Tsk, I see――So, what did you come up with?" (Rintaro)

"I'll have to come here to eat, which means more trouble. That's why we should just rent a new house and share a room together. A very brilliant idea, right." (Rei)

"You've come up with a crazy idea, really." (Rintaro)

"Why? It's very efficient, though." (Rei)

...... Sure, it's efficient. But efficiency is not the only thing that can be said about this case.

In the first place, I had been running out of my private time, but if we start living in the same house, I'll have none at all.

"You live with your parents, right? As long as you can't say you're going to live with me, then it looks like you can start living alone........ But, will the people around you allow you to do that?" (Rintaro)

"I'm a little――unsure about that." (Rei)

"So we'll put this on hold. If there are any inconveniences, let's think about it." (Rintaro)

"...... I understand. I will." (Rei)

"Okay, that's great." (Rintaro)

Although it was a bit of disrespect to treat my employer like this, but Rei had ordered me to treat her as a friend.

"It's time to go to bed. Tomorrow I have PE in the first period." (Rintaro)

"Mm, understood." (Rei)

Rei stood up lazily and disappeared towards the bedroom.

I folded down the back of the sofa in the living room and transformed it into a bed.

The sofa was originally in the bedroom, but now I forced her to use the bed. At first, Rei tried to make me use the bed, but I refused. There was no way I was going to let her use the sofa. So we had a long argument. We finally came to a compromise: Rei would use the bed, and I would use the sofa bed she bought.

In short, this sofa was not in my house from the beginning.

I'm still amazed at the wealth of a successful idol.

This sofa is also a very high class and quality item, not something that an average high school student can just say "I'll buy it" and buy it easily.

(But I don't envy her at all.)

I looked at the bedroom where she was probably sleeping and thought about such things.

The overcrowded schedule, the environment that doesn't allow for failure, and the mindless slander on social media.

It was still moderate because MilleSta hadn't caused any problems, but even so, I'd seen people who didn't like them verbally abuse them several times.

Hopefully my cooking the food would ease Rei's stress a little――.

Six o'clock in the morning.

I woke up refreshed thanks to the good quality of the sofa bed, and started to make breakfast as usual. Although I said I was going to make it, I wasn't going to cook anything that elaborate. I made sure that I had some leftover white rice from yesterday, and cooked a fried egg and bacon with a little extra seasoning so that I could eat it with it. I put a salad next to it, mainly lettuce, which I bought thanks to the fact that I didn't have to worry about food expenses, and brewed coffee. Of course, I used plenty of sugar and milk for her.

"Hey, Rei. Breakfast is ready....... Rei?" (Rintaro)

Haa, not again.

She's very weak in the morning. She rarely woke up by herself, and I usually had to call out to her to wake her up.

And when it didn't wake her up, I had no choice but to enter the room and woke her up directly.

"Can't be helped then, I come in." (Rintaro)

I gave notice, and opened the bedroom door.

As expected, Rei was sleeping comfortably on the bed.

But her appearance was a problem.

Perhaps because the weather had been a little warmer lately in June, the blanket had been pulled off. That wasn't the only problem, the t-shirt she was wearing as her nightgown, which read "I don't want to work," had been pulled up. This T-shirt is mine, tho――.

Because the t-shirt was pulled up, the lower part of her chest was visible, it was quite poisonous for eyes.

(Huge...... Not it. Is she, sleeping without underwear on?)

An evil thought almost came to mind, but I suppressed it with reason.

It's very difficult to suppress the man's instincts, no matter how strong I insisted that it was a job.

I calmed myself down and turned to Rei again.

"Hey, wake up. Get up and eat." (Rintaro)

"Mm......" (Rei)

Rei wriggled.

As she did so, her T-shirt, which had originally been pulled up, almost pulled up further, I hurriedly pulled the blanket back up.

"Hmm, Rintaro, ......?" (Rei)

"Are you awake. Hurry go wash your face." (Rintaro)

"...... Okay." (Rei)

Rei sluggishly got up and left the bedroom, heading for the bathroom. Her appearance was so disheveled that it made me wonder if she really is a top idol.

――Well, I guess it would be too much to ask her to stay in shape all the time.

Maybe she'd woken up a little, when she came back, her expression returned to her usual self. She sat down on the sofa with me, and after saying "Let's dig in", she started to eat her breakfast.

"Hmm, the yolk is half-boiled......." (Rei)

"You said you liked it that way. The coffee also has more sugar and milk in it. As for the salad, use whatever dressing you like." (Rintaro)

"It's always nice to have something made for you." (Rei)

"I'm glad I know what you like. So I can adjust it right away." (Rintaro)

Thanks to her honest opinions, I don't feel stressed when I cook. In fact, the fact that she seemed to enjoy it so much made it more worthwhile than ever before.

"Have you packed the lunchbox yet?" (Rintaro)

"Yup. No problem." (Rei)

"I'm going to lock the door, so leave first." (Rintaro)

"Okay. I'll see you at school." (Rei)

Rei changed into her uniform and walked out the door.

Of course, she and I don't go to school together.

Usually, five minutes after Rei left, I left and headed for the station. When I arrived at the station, I would sometimes go with her, sometimes not, so as not to look unnatural. It would have been unnatural for us to be classmates if we were standing next to each other and not talking.

(I've gotten so used to this life. ......)

I locked the door and walked the usual way to the station.

I walked through the station gates to the platform and casually looked for Rei.

Just then, I saw her being asked for an autograph by a group of boys and girls who seemed to be middle school students.

Although most of her face was hidden by her glasses and mask, it seemed that if she was seen every day, the number of people who approached her would increase.

As soon as they left, a female classmate stood next to Rei.

As I recall, she was a member of the track and field club, so when she had morning practice, she took the train earlier.

Today, it seemed she didn't have practice sessions, so she and Rei could go to school together.

It's a bit of a relief that I don't have to go with her on these occasions.