CH 121

──────Te… !

────Uu… ───Come──on… !

「… Nyu… ?」

「Aya wake up… it’s so soft…」

「Nyuuuuu…」

I feel a slight pain in my cheek. My cheeks are being squished without my permission. Deja vu…

「Oh! You’re up! Good morning, Aya!」

「…… Good mowning…」

「You’re still a little out of it… Still, you’re cute」

「Hmm! Uuuu……. !!」

I get up and stretch my upper body.

「Fuu…… Morning, Suzu」

With Suzu dressed up somewhat, I took off my pajamas and pulled out some random clothes from my closet.

「W-Wait! Why are you changing your clothes when I’m here!?」

「Hmm? I mean, it’s the same with PE, right?」

「Haaaaaa……This is why Aya is cu…cute」

「Haa?」

Suzu’s face is turning red. Cute.

After I finished getting dressed, Suzu took me to the dresser.

「What are you doing?」

「It’s okay, it’s okay. You don’t usually wear makeup, do you, Aya?」

「Yes」

「That’s why I’m doing your makeup today! You’ll look…No, you’re definitely going to be cuter! Because you’re already cute!!」

「R- Yeah?」

「Yes! Come on, hold still!」

A few moments later…

「Ohhh!!! Amazing! Cute!」

「Yeah, yeah… Happy Aya is also cute…」

The reflection of me in the mirror was like a different person from the one I usually am. It’s as if I’ve grown up… I was excited beyond my years. I wonder if my mother was like this? My father said that my mother and I were very much alike…

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「What kind of place is this?」

「Hmm~? This is a shopping mall. There are a lot of things here~」

「I guess…」

I scampered around, amazed at the large store I had never seen before. Everyone seems to know me, but my range of activity is from home to school, the local supermarket, and the grocery store. I also go to Suzu’s house once in a while. I’ve been helping my father in my spare time, so I’ve never been interested in these places.

「I’ve always been in expensive places, but now that I think about it, I’ve never been in places like this either」

「I agree」

「…… Let’s go to the pool for summer vacation!」

「I agree」

I was so distracted by the things around me that I was ministering to the right people, which led us to a trip to the pool.

Now I’m going to play with Suzu twice during the summer vacation. I’m happy for her, but I wish she would have asked me out normally instead of this way… But in that case, I would have refused to go to the pool… It’s not that I don’t like to go to the pool, but I don’t like it when people look at me…

────Well, I’m still being watched enough…

「If there’s anything you want, I’ll buy it for you, okay?」

「Eh? Are you sure?」

「Yes. I’ll do anything Aya asks!!」

「Y- Yeah. Thank you… ?」

I felt the weight of the words. She really seems to be willing to do anything…