"That was a really nice soak. Let's come back when we have time."
After getting out of the bath and drinking coffee milk that was on sale in the shop, senpai smiled at me. I had never had the opportunity to see senpai after a bath before, so I couldn't look directly at her, who had a sexiness about her that I don't normally see, and I was talking to her while looking away from her.
"Y-Yes. Please invite me again."
"Of course. By the way, Sanada-kun, you're a sinful man for liking my b*****s more. You're so cute, Sanada-kun."
"Ugh…"
Laughing and poking my cheek with her index finger, she dug up what happened earlier. I wonder why I answered honestly… I feel like I'm being treated like a child…
"I-It's time to go home! I-It's late!"
I was so embarrassed that I drank my coffee milk in one gulp and got ready to leave. I don't want to keep being treated like a child!
"Ehh, let's take it easy~"
Sitting on the sofa, senpai is flapping her legs and making a fuss… The sight of the mature senpai making childish gestures was so cute that it made my heart flutter. I couldn't help but want to see more of it, but ... I can't back down here!
"I-I have noisy parents."
"Huuu… If you say so, there's nothing I can do. Then next time we come back, you can ask us to return home later."
"O-Okay. Well then, I'll take you to the station where the bike park is."
"Okay. I'm happy to spend more time with Sanada-kun."
"D-Don't make fun of me… Let's go."
Then we left the bathhouse and walked to the station together. The area has completely transformed into a nightlife town, with pubs and drunken people walking the streets making a lot of noise.
"There are drunks everywhere… Do you drink alcohol, senpai?"
"Hmm? I drink quite a bit. I like Lemondo. Sanada-kun can't drink yet, so you probably don't understand, but alcohol tastes pretty good. It makes me feel high."
"I see. I guess that's why they all get so noisy."
"I guess so. But what's the matter, do you feel like drinking?"
"…I thought if I could drink alcohol, it would prove that I'm a grown-up. I want to grow up as soon as possible."
"Eh, why? It's not that good to be an adult."
"I want to quickly become a man of my own and…catch up with the person I admire."
"The person you admire? Is that—"
"Hey there, cute lady. We're out drinking right now, do you want to go to a nice place with us?"
While I was talking to Tsuchiya-senpai, a group of guys with hair coloured like pudding started to hit on her without reading the air at all. That's not surprising if they did, because senpai is a beautiful woman in everyone's eyes…
To be honest, I felt a kind of jealousy in my heart.
"Eh… No, thank you. I'm leaving now."
"Why don't you just come with us for a bit? We won't hurt you. Okay?"
"Yeah, that's right. We have really good taste in choosing restaurants. So let's go."
Without paying any attention to senpai who was obviously uncomfortable, the men persistently kept on talking to her. I guess these guys believe that I'm definitely not in that kind of relationship with senpai seeing they keep talking to senpai even though I'm here.
No, actually they do. Maybe it's because… I'm not attractive enough as a man. It's true that compared to these guys I'm not at all cool or fashionable. I'm a kid who can't even drink, and my experience with the opposite s*x is…zero.
…But…
"E-Excuse me!"
"Hmm? Ah, is this your little brother? He can go home by himself. Right?"
"…I'm not her little brother. She's…my girlfriend!"
This was a spur-of-the-moment lie I told to save senpai.
But it's also a dream of mine that I hope to realize one day.
"What? How can a kid like you be the boyfriend of such a beautiful woman!"
"N-No, I'm her boyfriend! …Come on, senpai. Let's leave these guys and run!"
"Oh, wait!"
Without any permission from senpai, I took her hand and ran away from the flirts. That time we ran together in the noisy street, with many people looking at us, was somehow strangely exhilarating. I really enjoyed that time.
"I think we're safe now…"
When we managed to get to the station, we stopped running. We looked behind us, but they didn't seem to be following us anymore, so it looks like we're safe now. Phew, that's good, that's good…
"I-I'm sorry, senpai! I-I suddenly started running and said you're my g-girlfriend… H-Hmm, s-senpai?"
I was sure I was going to be teased by senpai after this. I thought she would say things like
"Sanada-kun is so cool, lol" or "I'm your girlfriend? Wow, you came up with such a good line."
"... (I never imagined that Sanada-kun called me his girlfriend and that he would hold my hand. I can't help but want to hear the part where he says I'm his girlfriend one more time… I hope the pick-up boys come again and use me as a springboard to show them how cool Sanada-kun is… Sanada-kun is really cool. I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I want to marry you, I want to marry you, make me your wife!)
"S-senpai!? W-What's wrong with you, senpai!?"
I don't know why, but it took quite a while for senpai to go from stunned to back to normal… Well, I could kind of imagine…