Napping was a common instance.
She was in a warm room with heating on, and just had lunch. These two conditions were prime for her to fall asleep.
Does she usually sleep in a boy's room?For a moment, he had such a thought, but since she had deemed him as a harmless person, Mahiru might have accidentally fallen asleep.
She could not be blamed for this though. It was boring to wait foolishly without making a sound, and some things just happened.
The reason why he had his head cupped was because his mom Shihoko barged into his room at this moment, and witnessed her in this state.
Truly, there was a misunderstanding.
If he was in someone else's shoes, Amane too would have misunderstood, thinking that they were on such good terms, she could be sufficiently careless to sleep in his room.
His face twitched as he glanced aside at his mom, and found her eyes dazzling as she stared at Mahiru. "Oh my oh my." so her heart started to blurt out, or perhaps he was just over imagining things.
"Oh dear Amane, you found such a cute girlfriend! You really can't be underestimated!"
Kyaa, she squealed with a voice unfitting of her age, and his head started to ache.
She had completely misunderstood, and was completely excited.
Typically, no parent would bethatexcited to see her son bring a girlfriend home.
But she was being so excited, and one reason was definitely because she loved cute things.
Well, it was true Mahiru had the appearance of a really pretty girl.
She was completely defenseless as she slept, her usual facade shed, and most importantly, her expression and actions clear to see.
The speckless face was in a relaxed, peaceful state.
He was used to it, but every time he saw Mahiru, he found her pretty face exquisite, extremely adorable.
The innocent sleeping face was so defenseless, so adorable that he had the urge to pat it.
The way she hugged Amane's cushion strongly whetted the kind of desire Amane really did not want to openly talk about.
The girl was so pretty that Amane, who was on familiar terms with, had to admit so, and Shihoko assumed she was the son's girlfriend (for the moment).
It was likely this was the reason for her excitement.
"So you didn't want mom to enter because your girlfriend is inside? Goodness, you're becoming a man before I know it!"
"Not at all! Absolutely not! She's not my girlfriend, not anything!"
"Ahh, you don't have to find excuses now, you know? Mom's not going to object to anyone you choose, Amane."
"Eh no that's not the problem here! We're not dating! Not at all!"
"You say you're not, but she's in your room, you know?"
"That's because you suddenly popped by! You would have misunderstood even if she's in the living room!"
"Well, the main issue is that if you never intended to, you wouldn't have invited a girl into your house. If the girl doesn't like you, she wouldn't be in your house, right?"
Upon being pointed out, he tried to retort, but could not think of any.
Though she might not have noticed that the important Mahiru was looking troubled.
"E-erm, mother."
"Oh! So you're recognizing me as mom?"
"Fujimiya-san!"
"Fujimiya may refer to Amane and me. Hey, Amane."
"Mom, you're troubling Shiina."
"Amane, you can't be calling your girlfriend by anything other than her name, you know?"
Amane frowned, for Shihoko really was not listening to him, but Shihoko did not appear to mind as she continued to grin away. She was either a bold one, or thick skinned at least.
"E-erm, Shihoko-san."
"Wha~t?"
"Actually, Fujimiya and I-I,"
"Which one are you referring to~?"
"...I-I do not have that kind of relationship with A-Amane-kun."
Mahiru was clearly flustered by Shihoko's taunting words, but she did her best to deny it.
With Shihoko prompting, Mahiru said his name after much trepidation, shooting a few looks at him. Shihoko in turn beamed away now that she got Mahiru to call Amane's name.
"Oh, will this be how the relationship goes in the future?"
"Eh, e-erm, that is not."
"Oh dear, am I being a third wheel over here?"
"E-erm, please let me explain! I do not have this kind of relationship with Amane, kun. Just eating together. Amane-kun cannot cook after all."
"You make a good bride, Mahiru-chan. Our Amane here has to live alone without knowing how to do housework. If this is so, please continue to support him."
"Ah, that."
He felt Mahiru was doing her best.
But it was impossible to fend off against Shihoko's momentum and explain what was going on.
Shihoko's eyes were glittering more than ever once she knew Mahiru had been dropping by regularly, cooking for him, eating together with him.
At this point, Amane could not stop Shihoko. The only one who could would be his father Shuuto.
"...Give it up, Shiina. My mom's not going to listen once she gets all excited."
"That..."
Amane was at the point of enlightenment, and could only give up and explain, staring slightly at his mom who was out of control.
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