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

19th Meal

Asahi Mahiru and The Drunkard part 3

Following that day.
Mahiru and her friend Hiyori were walking to school in the morning when they noticed a tall woman fluttering and waving her hand in their direction.

“Hey~ Mahiru-chaan~!”

“Aoba-san! Are you heading to college?”

“I'm about to skip my lecture and go home to sleep because I got a hangover~”

“I-Is that so? Hahaha…”

As she was laughing at Aoi, who was saying something that would make Yuu kick her again if he heard it, Aoi noticed Hiyori standing next to Mahiru.

“Oh? Is that your friend? Hi there~”

“H-Hello…”

“Hiyori-chan, this person is Aoba Aoi-san.
She’s Onii-san’s friend.”

“Ah, Yamori-san, is it? This is surprising, I never thought you would know someone this handsome.”

“Ah.
sorry, but I’m a woman.”

“Ehh!? I-I’m sorry about that!”

“Don’t worry about that.
I'm often mistaken for a guy ‘cause I’m more good-looking than most guys here after all~”

She says so in a manner that might make “Most guys here” angry, but in fact, there are probably not many men who can match Aioi in terms of face and style.
The fact that she says it herself is what makes her so special.

“Do you also know Yuu, by any chance?”

“Well, We only had dinner with this girl before…”

“HoHo~~? Yuu is quite good, isn't he? I had no idea that he had seduced two pretty high school girls.”

“O-Onii-san is not like that!”

“Just kidding~ just kidding~”

“Oh by the way,” after laughing for a bit Aoi said so and clasped her hands together in front of Mahiru.

“I’m sorry about the other day, Mahiru-chan.
I got drunk and caused you some trouble.”

“N-No, it’s fine.
More importantly, was Aoba-san okay after that?”

“Hmm? Yeah, I’m all right.
I only had four or five beers at that time, you know?”

Mahiru, who was underage, did not know how drunk a normal person could get after four or five beers.
but apparently, that was just the beginning for Aoi.
She seemed to be quite drunk, but perhaps it was just her constitution to get intoxicated quickly?

“Now then.”

“…? Yes?”

“How are things with you and Yuu?”

“Wha–!?”

When suddenly asked this question, Mahiru’s face turns bright red.
Then Hiyori, who is next to her, has a “!?” plastered on her face as if she was surprised at what Aoi said.

“H-Hima…D-Don’t tell you and Yamori-san is—”

“No, we’re not!! I and Onii-san are not like that!”

“Eh~~ Still nothing yet~? I believe it’s time for you two to kiss or something…”

“A-Aoba-san, are you still drunk!?”

“AHAHA! I’m not drunk, really.
I’m just having a hangover, but I’m already sober up, I think?”

The college student, who says the same thing she did when she was drunk, is still laughing happily.
He seems to be very strict that way.

“U-Uhm…Does Yamori-san have a girlfriend at his University?”

“I’m sure he doesn’t.
It would be a bigger issue if he had a girlfriend and brought Mahiru-chan into his place.”

“I-I see, that’s true…”

“That’s why Mahiru-chan, if you push him down, he might eventually fall for yo—”

“I-I won’t do that! Aoba-san, please!”

“AHAHA, scary~ scary~ Well then, I'm going home, see you later~!”

The college girl runs away as if to escape.
Hiyori then mutters to herself as she looks off vaguely at the back of the girl.

“…You’re aiming for Yamori-san?”

“Y-You’re thinking about that too, Hiyori-chan!?”

“N-No, I’m sorry.
But you've been talking about him a lot lately…”

“I-It can’t be helped, the food that Onii-san makes is so delicious!”

“I guess you're more interested in food than being interested in men, huh…? but that's just like you.
Now let’s go to school, or else we’re going to be late.”

“Y-Yeah…!”

Mahiru pressed her hands against her hot cheeks as she walked past her best friend.

She thought that she wasn’t going to do that…But Mahiru’s in a dilemma right now because she feels weirdly nervous about meeting him next time.