A Man Who Cooks For Himself And A High School Girl (WN)

nds for the competition participants.

As the athletes around them glanced at the two who were ranked first and second in terms of male popularity in the first-year class, Mahiru repeated a grueling stretching motion.

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“You’re really into it, Mahiru~?”

“Un! That’s because Onii-san’s watching me! I don't want him to come all the way here and not be able to show him my good side!”

“Ahahaha~! Then I can’t slack off either~!”

Since the competition was a team competition between classes, victory would not be achieved even if Mahiru did her best alone.
Therefore, if she wanted to show the college student that she was good, Aki, who was also a class representative and the first batter, had a big responsibility.

“Ah…S-Sorry! I didn’t mean to tell you to work hard for me…!”

“I know~ Don't worry, I'm not going to cut corners from the start because I'm going to be representing the team~”

Aki turned her attention to her “Onii-san,” who was standing a little behind the general spectator seats.

“…I thought that Mahiru had a bad taste~”

“W-W-Why are you suddenly bad-mouthing me!?”

“That’s because~YouI've known a good-looking guy like Aoba-san~ but it's just weird that you'd rather be with that older guy~”

But then her friend, the girl, returns her gaze to Mahiru, smiles softly, and continues,

“But~ I think I might have figured it out a little bit.
I think I understand why Mahiru is so attracted to him.”

—The salt is too much.

—But it was delicious.
It was better than any other food I've had until today.

“…I like people who don't lie and tell the truth~ It's nice to have someone who doesn't lie down and talks straight to you~”

“E-Ehehe…I-Is that so?”

“Un~” Aki nodded with a smile at Mahiru, who beamed happily at Yuu's compliment.

“So if Mahiru is going to keep on dawdling…I might get one of these days…you know, an Onii-san?”

“…!? A-Aki-chan!? Y-Y-You’re kidding right!?”

“Maybe~ But it's nice, isn't it, being a college student is like being an adult in its own right~”

“E-Ehhh!? A-Are you serious or not!? Which one is it Aki-chan!?”

“Who knows~”

“Don’t be mean to me, Aki-chan!”

Mahiru, whose eyes were half teary-eyed, shook her shoulders, but the girl who was her friend just laughed with an easy-going expression that couldn’t be read if she was telling the truth or not.

In the end, Aki did not speak up until the end, and Mahiru was left with an indescribable sense of anxiety and frustration while going into the relay.