Tokyo: I took in a homeless girl

"Good morning, Mine Shiori-san."

Sawayama Haruno responded without hesitation, and at the same time slowed down his pace.

The voice was so recognizable that I could tell it without turning around to confirm. It must be Mine Shiori, a classmate in the same subject.

The other person's voice is the type that you will never forget after hearing it a few times. The tone is flat and there is no ups and downs.

"Zeshan-san, are you free this afternoon?"

Mine Shiori quickly walked to Sawayama Haruno's side and whispered, "If you have time, I'd like to invite you to sit in a nearby cafe."

"Hmm? Cafe?"

Sawayama Haruno glanced at her in surprise.

She looked the same as always, with fair skin that couldn't be tanned by the sun, eyes that were slightly squinted as if she was a little sleepy, and a mouth that looked quite cold. Although she wasn't wearing glasses, she gave the impression of being the kind of girl from the literature department who would stay in the library all day.

So the question is, why would this literary girl, who always looks sleepy, invite herself to have coffee out of the blue?

"The necklace you found a few days ago was actually mine"

As if she was not used to being stared at like that, Mine Shiori's eyes drifted away.

She lowered her head and explained softly, "Because it's very important to me, I feel the need to buy you a drink to express my gratitude."

"Oh, that necklace." Sawayama Haruno suddenly realized.

He did pick up a necklace at school a few days ago. After waiting for a long time and seeing no owner coming to look for it, he put it in the school's lost and found office.

But I didn't expect that the owner was actually a classmate of mine. If I had known earlier, I should have taken a photo and posted a message on the social platform. In this way, maybe someone who knew both me and Mine Shiori would be able to tell the other person where the necklace is quickly.

"It's just a small matter, no need to thank me." Sawayama Haruno didn't think much about it and said casually, "Just don't lose it next time."

“No, because it’s something very important to me, that’s why.”

Mine Shiori's eyes became increasingly vague, and her tone gradually became weaker.

"Is that so?"

Seeing her expression suddenly becoming somewhat gloomy for some reason, Sawayama Haruno hesitated and said, "But I may not be free this afternoon."

He really had trouble talking in the afternoon, mainly because Maki was still at his house.

"That"

Listening to Sawayama Haruno's explanation, Mine Shiori suddenly took a deep breath and said as if she had made up her mind: "Are you free at noon? Even if it's just in the school cafeteria."

"That's not a problem."

In the end, Sawayama Haruno agreed, although he didn't quite understand why the other party was so obsessed with expressing his gratitude to him.

Chapter 7 Four Factors That Make Her Popular

The class time was almost up, and Sawayama Haruno and Mine Shiori entered the classroom almost on time.

Perhaps because this place is called the University of Tokyo, most students sit in the middle or front rows, and only a small number are willing to sit in the back.

But for Sawayama Haruno, it doesn't matter where he sits. He can still catch some fish by sitting at the back of the classroom. This class is not that important anyway.

If the attendance wasn't so strict, he wouldn't even want to come.

Unexpectedly, Mine Shiori also followed him to the back of the classroom, and the two finally sat one seat apart from each other.

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Sawayama Haruno couldn't help but glance in her direction a little more, but she wasn't looking at him. Instead, she was sorting out the books she would need later.

From this angle, Mine Shiori is actually quite pretty, not inferior to the Miyazawa sisters, although her pretty style is a bit childish.

Loli, half-closed eyes with a bad temper, cold attitude, flat tone without any ups and downs

She possesses all these elements, and in some ways, she may be unexpectedly popular.

"Sawayama-san, could you please stop staring at me like that?"

Mine Shiori suddenly spoke somewhat embarrassedly.

"Sorry, I just got distracted."

Seeing that his sneak peek was discovered by the other party, Sawayama Haruno suddenly looked embarrassed.

He was too fascinated by the sight. After all, this was a completely different feeling from the Miyazawa sisters. He had not yet developed a good resistance to this kind of looks and would easily fall into it if he was not careful.

"I'm fine, but you..." Mine Shiori hesitated for a moment and added softly, "I just noticed now that you don't look well. Didn't you get enough rest last night?"

"Yes, a little bit. I had a quarrel with my sister last night."

Zeshan Haruno coughed twice and pretended to be calm, "She ran away from home and went to live with a friend. I'm thinking about what to do to get her back."

"It's my sister."

Mine Shiori's tone was still flat and without any ups and downs, but this time if you listened carefully you could tell that she seemed a little worried.

"Since the quarrel has reached the point where you ran away from home, I think it's better for us to keep some distance and let each other cool down."

"What do you mean?"

Zeshan Haruno suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Literally, generally speaking, siblings rarely quarrel to the point of running away from home, right?"

She paused, then added, "Although I don't know what happened between you, since it has come to this, it's best to let you and her calm down and think carefully, and then go over to apologize and take her back later."

Yeah. A very standard answer.

This was the "correct" answer that Sawayama Haruno had expected to get from Mine Shiori.

"No, actually I'm a little worried that she might cause trouble staying at her friend's house, so I want to bring her back as soon as possible."

Zeshan Haruno asked tentatively: "What do you think will happen if I go directly to her house and take her away?"

"They're definitely going to fight again, right?" Mine Shiori answered without hesitation. "You just had a fight last night. If you rush over to take her away now, she might feel embarrassed in front of her friends and will definitely have another big fight with you."

“That’s true.”

The corner of Sawayama Haruno's eye twitched slightly.

There was no doubt that Maki would have a huge argument with Mana if she showed up at her doorstep.

Even though Maki secretly admitted last night that she didn't hate her sister, knowing it in her heart doesn't mean she can actually do it.

What's more, this problem was caused by long-standing resentment. How could it be solved with just a few words?

"Sawayama-san, you have a very good relationship with your sister, right?"

While Sawayama Haruno was still pondering, Mine Shiori spoke again: "I have a feeling that you are anxious to bring her back because you are worried."

"Uh"

Sawayama Haruno gave an awkward smile.

I'm sorry, Shiori, I'm afraid I have let you down. I just felt that it would be troublesome for Maki to stay at my house. It's not a brother-sister relationship at all.

If I have to say, at most it can be counted as a little bit of my old relationship with Mana.

Well. It's just a little bit of old feelings, and it's also because of the man's unwarranted possessiveness. After all, Maki looks like Mana.

In this regard, I probably still remain as immature as before.

"I am a little worried, but I also roughly understand what you mean."

Sawayama Haruno pursed his lips and said in a helpless tone: "Let her and I calm down first."

"Um"

Mine Shiori gave a faint smile.

The killing power was so great that Sawayama Haruno's heartbeat accelerated by two beats.

He thought to himself that she was indeed a beautiful girl who possessed all four elements. Although her eyes looked a little sleepy when she smiled, it was this feeling that made people want her even more.

"Sawayama-san, look at me."

".Feel sorry."

Got caught again.

Sawayama Haruno's expression became more and more embarrassed, but fortunately this time Mine Shiori didn't say much.

After a tactful reminder, the petite girl quickly turned her attention back to the book in her hands.

But Sawayama Haruno didn't have much energy to listen to the class patiently. After calming down, he thought about Miyazawa Maki and the golden finger that appeared last night.

“The truth that has been deliberately ignored.”

Sawayama Haruno murmured to himself.

Could it be referring to the reason why Mana broke up with me?

However, when the two of them broke up, Miyazawa Maki had not yet started to fall into depravity, so I don't think it has much to do with this matter.

The main reason for his breakup with Mana was that they were facing the final sprint period of the college entrance examination. Both of them did not have much time to maintain the relationship, so they drifted apart without realizing it.

When they all came to their senses, they realized that they had lost their original feelings for each other a long time ago. Even though they were now in the same university, they had no intention of getting back together with each other.

So, this truth could be the reason why Miyazawa Maki was so cold to me at that time? Wasn't she cold to me because of Mana?

Could it be that before I started dating Mana, I accidentally offended her, and since then, Maki has always hated me, and even hated her sister?

Sawayama Haruno felt quite a headache. He couldn't figure out the relationship between the two. After all, it wasn't really necessary to take the 100,000 yen.

The mission is stuck here, with no hint given at all. I was still hoping to get a way from the system to get Maki to go home obediently.

I don't know if that guy is awake now.

Chapter 8 Good morning

It was not long after Sawayama Haruno started the class.

The girl at home who was sleeping between the quilt and the bed sheet finally woke up slowly.

Unlike Sawayama Haruno, who could clearly identify today's tasks as soon as he woke up and make complaints in his heart, Miyazawa Maki took more than ten minutes to relax after waking up before he had the energy to think about the current situation.

Then, she quickly remembered why she was in this extremely strange room and what she had done last night.

——I really want to do it again.

This was the first thought that came to Miyazawa Maki's mind.

The pleasure of being treated as a sister last night is still lingering in my mind. Although it is just a fantasy, I get even more excited when I think that the fantasy character is only a wall away from me.

Although she knew that such thoughts were morbid, Miyazawa Maki didn't know why she couldn't refuse.

"Well"

The girl bit her lips again, and her eyes became as hazy as when she just woke up.

This lasted until twenty minutes later when it finally came to an end.

This time, Miyazawa Maki finally woke up.

".I don't feel anything at all."

Miyazawa Maki sat up, straightened her messy clothes, and muttered expressionlessly, "I don't feel anything at all. It's not good to be mistaken for Mana."

Yeah, not good at all.

She threw off the sheet covering her body and walked out barefoot on the floor.

The empty living room seemed exceptionally quiet, and there didn't seem to be any smell of cooking fumes in the air.

Maki Miyazawa came to the door of Sawayama Haruno and tried to turn the handle, but as expected, she was unable to enter. However, according to her guess, the other party might have gone to class.

——In other words, I am the only one in this family now.

Miyazawa Maki thought about it and decided not to worry about it anymore. She went straight to the kitchen and started looking for food.

Yesterday she saw where Sawayama Haruno took out the instant noodles and potato chips, so it was very easy for her to find them now. In a short while, she found all the snacks that Sawayama Haruno had stored at home.

After finding it, Miyazawa Maki didn't bother to be polite with the other party. She sat on the sofa with her legs crossed and opened it to eat, while starting to think about what she would do today.

"One hundred thousand yen, that's enough to play video games for a long time." Maki Miyazawa absentmindedly threw potato chips into her mouth.

When I was staying at home before, I numbed myself by playing video games and reading online novels.