He focused his gaze on Asamura who said this.

Arisu tilted his head to his right shoulder in confusion.

"Um...no, what's wrong?"

"Satou-chan, you helped me a lot today, didn't you? I want to thank you Satou-chan... and Hachiman-san, if you're not in a hurry to go home... could you stay at my house for a while? Well, it's okay if you refuse."

Arisu looked at the other person with a hint of confusion.

Although his eyes were filled with expectation, he still tried his best to express emotions like "it's okay even if you refuse". Now Asamura seems... a little too cautious.

I've already called her 'Sugar Sauce'...

only--

Nanami arrived home at around half past six.

There are still about two hours left.

If Nanami knew that she went to Asamura's house, she would probably be happy because she made friends, right?

If it was Nanami,

Maybe you will smile when you see the changes you have made?

Thinking of those aspects that made his heart beat faster, Arisu had already subconsciously come up with an irresistible idea.

"I see."

"Just stay at Asamura's house for a while, um...but only for an hour at most. I have to go back to prepare dinner for Nanami in an hour."

Chapter 48 Irrelevant People

Asamura's home is an apartment building that sells okonomiyaki on the first floor, and her home is on the second floor. She stopped in front of the doorplate with the words "Watanabe" and rang the doorbell with ease.

A 'ding-dong' sound was heard, and a soft female voice came from inside the door, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps on the floor.

"Coming."

After a soft female voice sounded.

The door was opened slightly.

The person who appeared behind the door was a woman with a facial mask on her face and wearing a loose T-shirt.

"Suzune-senpai, I brought a friend back."

It seemed that he was very familiar with the woman with the facial mask. The moment the door was opened, Asamura threw himself into the woman's arms.

"Sugar-chan, Hachiman-san, this is my senior who works part-time at the convenience store with me, and also my roommate."

The woman with the facial mask seemed surprised that Asamura brought his friend home.

His hands froze in the air, at a loss, until he suddenly reacted after staring at each other for a few seconds.

"Oh... it's Hanako's friend, please come in..."

Under the guidance of the woman with a facial mask, Arisu Sato began to look around the room she was in with curiosity.

Compared to where Nanami lives - this place is obviously much narrower.

The bedroom occupied by three people obviously felt crowded. Bedding was laid out behind them, and near the window was a light-colored wooden table.

There are not too many furniture in the room. Perhaps to save space, the wardrobe is designed to be hidden in the wall, and there is not even a basic bedside table in the room.

"Satou-chan... Hachiman... how are you feeling."

After a few minutes of silence, Asamura, feeling uneasy, asked this question cautiously.

"Hmm...it feels quite clean, much tidier than my room."

——After carefully looking around the room, Anna Yawata finally came to this conclusion.

Asamura's attention shifted to Arisu, who had remained silent.

As if he had predicted what Asamura was going to say, Arisu said calmly, "I don't feel anything wrong with it. It's not unpleasant as a place to sleep."

Rather than a spacious room, I actually prefer a more crowded room.

Be able to feel each other's breathing more clearly.

The space will also be compressed extremely tightly, and you can clearly feel the other person's body temperature, but this feeling will not make people feel disgusted.

——Of course, the premise is that I am with Nanami.

"Very good......"

After getting the final answer, Asamura showed a satisfied look.

Sugar-chan and Hachiman don't mind these aspects...

Just when I was feeling grateful for this.

The sliding door of the room, which was originally tightly closed, suddenly opened a crack.

"Oh, excuse me for interrupting you, Sato-san and Hachiman-san, um... would you like something to drink? We have everything."

"I'd like coffee if that's okay! Thanks!"

——This guy Hachiman... doesn't seem to treat this place as someone else's home.

Arisu suddenly had this feeling in his heart.

"Um...just give me orange juice, thank you."

Since Hachiman doesn't mind these aspects, maybe there's no need to be as cautious as when I first arrived at Nanami's house.

"By the way, does Arisu have a crush on a boy? Or...are you already secretly dating another boy?"

Realizing that the silence in the room was terrifying, Anna Hachiman tried to find a common topic.

"Secret love..."

Nanami's figure subconsciously appeared in my mind.

You care too much about the other person's every move, and want to know what the other person thinks when facing different things. You don't like being ignored, and start to care about the trivial things you encounter in your daily life.

The heartbeat rate, the pulse beat, the body temperature.

Everything related to Nanami started to become overly concerned——

Could this strange emotion placed on Nanami be what Hachiman called a 'secret love'?

I really don't understand.

"Well - but Arisu-san doesn't seem like the type to actively pursue a boy."

Hachiman gave an embarrassed smile.

"After all, Arisu-san is a very powerful mafia member. Ordinary boys might have already avoided him."

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After spending about an hour at Asamura's house, Arisu said goodbye to the two and took the bus to the nearest stop to the apartment where he lived.

[I went to Asamura's house with Hachiman]

——The reply letter I sent an hour ago still has not received a reply.

There is no 'read' indication.

What is Nanami doing?

The sky covered by cumulonimbus clouds and the gradually darkening horizon appeared in the distance. Arisu lowered his head, and the orange-yellow lights of the street lamps in the distance seemed to be filled with a layer of sadness.

Is Nanami still at work?

There was no contact on the phone and no response on LINE.

Obviously this has never happened before...

Obviously, Nanami would never sit idly by before...

Could it be——

Has Nanami already ignored me?

or--

It's just that I care about too many things.

Arisu walked towards the second floor of the apartment in frustration.

Turning the corner of the stairs, Arisu's pupils shrank slightly when a figure flashed past his sight.

Quickly hiding his body at the corner of the stairs, Arisu slightly poked his face out to watch the scene happening in the corridor.

——Nanaha standing in front of Yukiko's door with a smile on her face.

After a brief conversation, Nanami disappeared from sight.

The door was then gently closed.

......

What is Nanami doing?

Why would you be alone with a guy like that?

Arisu gradually walked towards the closed apartment door.

Wondering what happened.

Is Nanami hiding something?

Stopping in front of the doorplate with 'Yukiko' on it, Arisu slowly put his face towards the wooden door.

Nanami's voice rang out from inside the door.

"Ah... I'm really sorry to bother you, Yukiko-senpai. I hope you can keep this a secret. I don't want anyone to know..."

"Nothing... It's nothing worth paying special attention to anyway."

"By the way, it's a good thing Arisu-san isn't here. If she had seen what happened, I would have been too ashamed to hold my head up..."

"Haha, Nanami is really humorous. It's obviously okay even if Arisu-san knows..."

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