CH 22

It has been about three days since Kaede started working part-time. Although it has only been three days, She was almost as good as me.

“You’re getting quite used to it.”

“Yes! This is the result of your careful and thorough instructions, Hayasaka-kun!”

“No, it’s because you worked hard, Kaede.”

“I-Is that so? It’s embarrassing when you say that…

As we were talking at the counter, the uncle sitting at the counter smiled and looked at us.

Noticing this, both of us turned red at once.

Thinking I had made a blunder….I was about to enter the break room when someone suddenly hugged me. At that moment, something soft hit my back.

“Kouhai! Good job!”

“Hina-senpai, you’re in the way, and they’re hitting me.”

“What do you mean “in the way”? Besides, I’m hitting you, right?”

The one spouting such lascivious lines was Hina-senpai, a senior at my part-time job.

She had big b*****s, and she knew they were big.

She had a beautiful face, but the impression of her b*****s was so strong that I have even seen women looking at them.

“Are~? Are you the newcomer here?”

“Nice to meet you! My name is Kaede.”

“Nice to meet you~”

“This senior is weird, so be careful when you get involved.” I warned Kaede,

“What do you mean by weird!”

Her big b*****s were pressed against me, and it was getting more and more annoying.

“Please get to work quickly.”

“Ah, that’s right!”

With that, she slammed on her feet and hurriedly went to work.

When I entered the break room, another senior worker was in the middle of taking a break.

“Huh? That girl is cute. Is she your girlfriend, Ren?”

“No, she’s not.”

This is Naruse-senpai, a good-looking guy, but everyone says he was a frivolous dude.

Although he may look carefree, he sometimes showed a serious and earnest side, so I still doubted if he was really frivolous or not.

“You don’t have to deny it so quickly….”

“What did you say, Kaede?.”

When I looked at Kaede, she looked disapproving, so I asked her why, and she said, “I won’t tell you,” and turned away with a pout.

“Well, don’t just stand there, sit down.”

“Alright.”

We went into the break room together to have a cup of coffee and rested a bit, when we heard a noisy thumping sound coming from the back of the room.

With a clank, Hina-senpai opened the door of the break room as vigorously as she could.

“Hey, someone help! There are so many people here!”

She said so, but when no one reacted because of the sudden situation, Hina-senpai closed the door with her eyes watering.

Then, Naruse-senpai stared at me.

“What is it?” I asked,

“No? Nothing?”

When I looked at Kaede, she just smiled bitterly, as if she was still tired, and I thought it couldn’t be helped, so I lifted my heavy shoulders.

“Senpai, please buy me something next time.” I told Naruse-senpai,

“Eh? Why …. are you leaving?”

I closed the door and headed to help Hina-senpai.

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(T/N: Here in Raw there was a sudden change to 3rd person)

“So, Kaede-chan, are you dating Ren?”

“Ehhhh!? No, we’re not dating.”

“So, do you like him?”

“Well,… that’s.”

Kaede nodded, and Naruse grinned at her.

“Actually, I’m looking for a girlfriend right now~ I know some really fun things to do, I think it’s a great deal, so how about it?”

“Umm… Naruse-san you have a better woman, or rather, someone you like, so please stop joking!”

Hearing this, Naruse’s mouth dropped open.

“You like Hina-senpai, don’t you? You kept glancing at her earlier.”

“No, I didn’t! I was just looking at her because she has big t**s!”

“Fufu, you’re cute, Senpai.”

Hearing this, Naruse, perhaps annoyed, approached Kaede and extended his arm to touch Kaede’s head.

“Naruse-senpai, what are you doing to your junior?” I asked,

“What~? I can’t tease her now?”

“So did Hina-senpai.”

When I made a retort, Hina-senpai was a little shocked, saying “Ehhh”.

“Hina, what’s your job?” Naruse-senpai asked,

“I came to call for you, Naru, because it seems that kouhai-kun just took a break…..? Please!”

“Can’t help it”

Naruse-senpai looked very happy as he said so and went to help Hina-senpai, a little embarrassed.

“Fufu, you really like Hina-senpai, don’t you?”

“What are you talking about?” I asked,

“I won’t tell you.”

Kaede was bewildered as she lowered her head. I wondered if she was still mad at me.

“Speaking of which, what were you talking about with Naruse-senpai?”

“Uhm….the person Senpai likes?”

“Hmmm, there are so many candidates for that one.”

“Is that so? To me, it looked like he was chasing after one woman.”

Kaede’s words had a mysterious persuasive power. Perhaps she had some confidence in her words, but I did not argue.

“Come to think of it, you get along well with Hina-senpai, don’t you, Hayasaka-kun?”

“Really? I’m like the junior who gets tossed around and teased, and it’s the manager who I think she really gets along with, you know?”

“The manager…is it?”

“Yeah, the other day.”

I talked about the time when the store manager caught Hina-senpai who was about to fall.

Hina-senpai, who was caught, does this and that to me.. But at that time, she was not smiling mischievously, but rather, she had an incredibly maidenly virginal expression.

And while she would press her b*****s against anyone other than the manager, I asked her once before if she would do it with the manager.

“How could I possibly do something so immodest!?”

The manager was the only one she had a different attitude toward.

When I told this to Kaede, she looked a little gloomy.

“What’s wrong?”

“Well, I just thought it was complicated.”

“What?”

“You don’t have to know, Ren-kun!”

(T/N: Yeah it’s in the raw too, ‘蓮君は知らなくていいですっ！’. She just changes the way she addresses him. Could be a typo by author)

“What is it”

Kaede pouted and turned away like a little child.