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

45th Meal

High School Girls’ Sleepover Part 1

“Mahiru~ Can I stay at your place today~”

“Eh?”

Mahiru' blinked as she was abruptly asked such a question during a conversation.
Akabane Aki, a popular girl with an easygoing appearance, was leaning her elbows on the desk with a muffled expression in front of her.

“My parents aren’t home for today~ So can I over~?”

“…don't you usually invite people to your house in that kind of situation, Aki?”

“There’s no fun in coming to my place~”

“Hey~ Mahiru~ Please~,” Aki said sweetly as she hugged Mahiru tightly after responding to Yukiho Fuyushima's, the girl with glasses, question with her usual pause.
“Hold on…” Hiyori Kotsubaki, their group's older sister or “Mom,” says so, taking her mouth away from her pack of strawberry milk juice.

“I'm sure Hima would be annoyed if you suddenly asked her to do something like that.　Since it’s Monday, why don't you do it on the weekend at least?”

“Why though~? Staying over and going to school together after that is more fun.
Right~ Mahiru~?”

“Hmm…It sounds fun, but…”

Aki rubs her cheek like a spoiled child against Mahiru, who made a gesture as if she’s troubled while saying affirmative words.

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“Ple~ase~! Hiyori often stays over, so it’s fine right~?”

“That’s because I’m cleaning up her room.
You'll be surprised if you stay there too.
It's a real mess.”

“H-Hiyori-chan!”

“It’s true, isn’t it?” She protested to her friend as if to silence her but backfired instead.
In fact, Mahiru's room was so messy that it looked as if it was cursed, so Hiyori came over once a month or so to clean it up…Even then, the Mahiru makes a mess right away, and because of it, she would get a sermon from the girl who’s her “Mom” every time she did it.

“Hee~?” But upon hearing so, Aki muttered with sparkling eyes.

“Is it really that dirty~? I’d like to see it~ How about you, Yukiho~? Want to see it too~?”

“It’s not that dirty!”

“I've only stayed over with Hiyori once before…and I was like, ‘I’ve had enough.’”

“Yukiho-chan! I-Is my place really that boring?”

“No it’s not, what I meant was, it was just really dirty.”

Yukiho looks around the classroom during recess with a distant expression on her face, possibly remembering the disastrous state of Mahiru's room at the time.
She then looks at one of the two boys who often hangs out with them.

“…I felt sorry for the boy who had illusions about you at that time…”

“What do you mean by that!? No, I mean, my room is really clean now!”

“Ahaha, is that so?”

“What's with that dry laugh!? You don't believe me, do you!? I’m telling the truth, I really just cleaned up yesterday!”

“Hima…Lying’s not good, you know?”

“Why are you saying that with a serious face, Hiyori-chan!? Is it so unbelievable that I'm cleaning!?”

Hiyori and Yukijo look at each other in bewilderment as Mahiru finally becomes teary-eyed because of the lack of trust.

“Ehh…No way…Are you serious?”

“That’s impossible…Hima voluntarily cleaned up her room…? I’d rather believe it if she said the world would end tomorrow.”

“W-Why won't you believe me!? I’ve had enough! You guys are so mean!”

“There~ There~ Those two are terrible, aren’t they~?” Aki gently stroked Mahiru’s hair as if she were soothing a baby.

“…Why are you two like this~? You should trust her a little bit, you know~?”

“S-Sorry…I knew this girl for quite a long time now, but this never happened before, so…”

“M-My bad, Mahiru.
I’ll buy you some juice later, so forgive me, okay…?”

When Aki, who was in a fair (flat) position for not knowing what was going on, gave them a reproachful look, the girls hurriedly shifted their attention to putting Mahiru in a good mood, when they made her sulk.

As a result, the three girls went to Mahiru's place together that day.