CH 16

…I can’t go on like this. I’m going to become a useless person. I’ve been letting Hatsune do all the cooking and laundry, and I’ve been doing nothing but reading novels, playing games and occasionally studying.

Today is the last Sunday of the holiday, a day when students feel the fear of Monday coming. But right now, I’m more afraid of becoming a useless person than I am of Monday’s arrival! At least I can do the cooking!

With that in mind, I decided to ask Hatsune in the kitchen to help me.

“Hey, Hatsune, do you mind if I try to cook to…day?”

I was a little scared, so my voice trailed off for a moment at the end, because Hatsune was cooking right now, and she was holding a knife. If she said something strange… I was horrified just thinking about it.

“Eh? What’s wrong all of a sudden?”

Unaware of my thoughts, Hatsune asks me back. And then I said…

“No, because if I leave everything to Hatsune, I’ll become a useless person.”

“Oh, that’s what you mean? Don’t worry about it, even if you can’t do anything anymore, I’ll take care of you for the rest of your life.”

I don’t want that to happen, so I want to do something on my own, but…

“No, but then…”

“What? Are you saying that you have another woman and you want to practice cooking for her?”

“Eh……”

Hatsune is making the face of someone who should never be allowed to hold a knife.

“No, it’s not like that, but…”

“Then leave all the housework to me and be quiet.”

“B, but…”

“Ah, then let’s get those limbs cut—-“

“I’m going back to my room!”

I immediately knew that Hatsune was going to say something scary, so I decided to meekly return to my room. But then, from a distance, Hatsune speaks to me in a loud voice.

“Oh! But I’d be happy if you could do the laundry!!!!”

I could hear her quite loudly from the kitchen. I can do the laundry? Then let’s at least do that!

Then I walked over to the washing machine and put the items from the laundry basket into the machine one by one. My hand stopped the moment I picked up one of the items.

“This is…”

Yes, I was holding Hatsune’s underwear in my hands right now.

“W, whoa!”

I was so surprised that I dropped Hatsune’s underwear. Then I hear her voice from behind me.

“Fufu, I’m glad you caught on♪ How do you like my underwear, fresh off the rack?”

“I don’t want it! Damn… You were trying to get me to do laundry just to…”

I realized that I was playing in Hatsune’s hands, so I decided to stay in my room and wait for her to cook for me.

“Fufu, now you won’t try to do anything else, will you♪?”

10 minutes later.

“Yees, So-kun, it’s ready!”

With that, she opened the door to my room and brought me curry and rice.

“Thank you, Hatsune.”

“No, please eat a lot!”

We ate the curry and rice that Hatsune had made together.

“…….”

Speaking of which, there’s something that’s been bothering me.

“Hey, Hatsune.”

“Hmm? What’s up?”

“What’s your room like?”

“What, you want to know about it that badly? You pervert♥ but it’s a secret.”

“No, I didn’t mean it like that, though….”

Yes. Hatsune may come to my room, but I never go to her room, so I don’t know what it’s like. Well, I think it’s probably just a normal girl’s room…. Maybe with a lot of stuffed animals?

“Speaking of which, So-kun…”

“Hmm?”

I was a little surprised to hear Hatsune’s voice suddenly becoming serious.

“I have a suggestion, why don’t you just join the student council?”

“The student council…?”

“Yes.”

Speaking of which, Nanami-sensei told me that Hatsune is the vice president of the student council. Well, I guess there’s no point in trying to recruit me into the student council.

“But I can’t be a student council member…”

“Yes, you can! I think it would be fun to work together, but… No?”

“Uu…..”

When you look at me like that…. No, but wait…

“But to get in the student council a majority vote is required, right? I’m a new student. I’m not even popular.”

“Aah, don’t worry, it’s my slave—I’m the vice president of the student council, and I have a high approval rating, so if I nominate you, you’ll definitely get in!”

Didn’t you just say “slave”? Was it my imagination?

“By the way, if I were to join the student council, what would my position be?”

“Vice president’s healer.”

“……Ha?”

Isn’t that exactly the occupation of a useless person…? I laughed and faked my way through the situation.

You’re kidding, right?