I went out of my bed and started to do my usual daily routine. But this time, it started out with Miku.
Yuumi cooked breakfast for the three of us, Miku included, gave me my lunch box, and then went out with Miku.
"Where are we going?" Miku asked.
I was going on a different route than usual, and it was on the other side of the direction of our school.
"Just going to give Shimamura-san my lunch."
"Huh? I thought you only gave it to her at school?"
"I thought you only knew about me being friends with Senpai-san."
"Well, I forgot to ask about Ayase, so I just didn't include that part."
So she already knew the fact that I was giving Shimamura-san my lunch. Also, she's saying her first name so casually.
"Well, remember the time when we bumped into her house?"
It was two days ago.
I was walking Miku out of our house, and we were both messing around with each other. After a while, we rested on a random gate of some random house, and it just so happened to be the house of the girl that beat one of the Three Deadly Beauties, Ayase Shimamura.
Our school had what we called the Three Deadly Beauties. There was Nao Aoyama, the ace of our school's volleyball club and a second-year, Ayase Matsumoto, the president of the acting club and my senpai by two years and first female friend, and Youko Yamashita, the ace of the swimming club and a second year.
The girl that Ayase Shimamura beat was Nao Aoyama, or so heard from Kentarou.
Both me and Shimamura-san established a truce: For one lunch box, it's going to be one headpat. As for the reason why she wanted my lunch, well, it was mainly because it was omelette rice, which is her favorite.
The night we stumbled on her home, we suddenly got invited inside by her mother, and then stayed there for a couple of hours, before finally going home. However, we both made a deal that I bring her my lunch in front of her house, which was where we were now.
I explained the last part to her.
"I see. So you're basically giving your girlfriend a walk to school."
"How did giving lunch box upgrade to walking a girlfriend? She's not my girlfriend, and you know that."
"I honestly can't believe you, though."
"You think I'd sleep in the same bed that you were sleeping in if I had a girlfriend?"
"Perv."
"Shut it."
We started to see the house of Shimamura-san, and their front door opened. Unlike before, when she was skipping out of their house, she was now walking normally. I couldn't see it very well, but it looked like she was smiling.
And while that smile was very not visible, I could tell that it was indeed a cute one.
When Shimamura-san exited the door, Miku called out to her.
"Heeyy!! Ayase!!" she shouted, running over her direction.
When Shimamura-san noticed Miku, her smile converted to a surprised, and then a confused look. Miku started speaking rapidly at her, trying to form some girl talk, but Shimamura-san seemed like she didn't pick up on what she had just said.
I went over to them, and karate chopped Miku's head lightly.
"Hey, calm down. There might still be people asleep on this street."
"Okay, but I really want to know her favorite ice cream flavor!"
"That is not something you ask so early in the morning."
"U-Umm…," Shimamura-san spoke. "Why are you here, um, Miku-san?"
"I'm here because I—!"
Slept with Yujii! is what she was about to say, but…
"She slept over at my house," I immediately inturrupted her, sensing that she was about to say something stupid. "I wanted her to go to school, but she followed me."
"Yeah, what he said. Also, I'm glad you remembered my name, Ayase!"
"Anyways, here."
I unzipped my bag and grabbed the wrapped lunch box. I handed it over to Shimamura-san.
"Oh, thanks," she said when she grabbed it. After that, she walked closer to me. "Now, the headpat."
"Oh, right."
I placed my hand on her head and started stroking it. Afterwards, which was only about seven to ten seconds, I pulled it out her head. It didn't seem like much back when we first started it, and she's lately gotten the hang of it. If only that tint of red in her ears didn't show, it would've made a perfect emotionless headpat.
I heard Miku groaning, and when I went to look at her, she had a pouting face and was looking directly at me like I'm her best friend getting stolen by some other people.
She walked towards me, and started hitting me lightly on the chest. I tried imagining it in third-person, with the "bop-bop-bop" sound effects appearing everytime she hit me.
"Yuuji!" she said. "I. Want. A. Head. Pat. Too!!"
She suddenly hardened her hits, making the sound effects go "whack-whack-whack."
"Okay, okay, I'll give you one too."
I placed my hand on her head and started stroking it.
"Hehe~" she giggled, as if she was a cat, satisfied to have this kind of reward, which wasn't a reward in any way. She was more expressive than Shimamura-san, which I thought was cute.
After that, we all walked to school, but entered at five minute intervals so as to not raise the suspicion of our schoolmates.