169 – Her and the Medicine
I hoped it was real, but I didn’t know it was real.
I hit her butt behind her and looked at her in confusion.
Yanase screamed as if she had encountered a stranger who had sneaked into her house, and Yanase was also crouched in her closet, sweating coldly.
“Huh, how did you come in?”
I asked, calming her pounding heart.
“Do, open the door lock.”
Yes, it must have been opened. That wasn’t what I was asking though.
If it weren’t for Yanase, I would have immediately come out of the house and reported it to the police.
However, as I frequented her consulting room and got used to her unique scent, I began to think of her immediately after entering her house.
So, with a feeling of hopelessness, I opened a space where one person could hide.
Yanase was inside looking at me with a frightened expression.
No, it is I who should be scared.
“Please come out first.”
I barely spoke as I stepped back.
Yanase came out of her closet and stood up shaking.
Her hair is scattered and her clothes are wrinkled.
For some reason, the white gown I often saw had a huge tear at the end.
“Please sit there.”
What if I take out a knife from within my arms?
I said quietly, thinking of one possibility.
Luckily, Yanase followed my instructions and sat down. On her knees.
I sat down near the front door so I could run away if I had to.
Doing so made it look like I was scolding Yanase, who was kneeling, but this was not at that level.
Home invasion. This is a crime that should have been reported a long time ago.
“Whoa…” .”
Her group looked at her with a sigh.
Yanase’s forehead was soaked with sweat.
After clearing my throat, I took out some barley tea from the refrigerator and poured it into a glass.
“Now, here.”
“Uh, yeah… thank you.”
As I handed the glass to him like that, I suddenly felt worried about what would happen if the glass flew towards my head.
As she downed her water and set down her glass, I took it back.
“I’ll listen to your story for now.”
Because she is no one else.
In fact, what Yanase did was already far beyond the normal level.
“I will not report it for now.”
“Huh? Ah… “Oh, oh!”
Yanase, startled by the word ‘report’, stuck out her head and shouted.
“No, there is no such thing as entering someone else’s house without permission.”
It was something that could not be understood by any excuse.
“Well, I was actually waiting outside the house… ! “I’m cold, I’m hungry, and you’re not coming!”
“So you came home?”
“Well, I just tried it once! The door lock really opened! Even I did not know!”
How on earth did you know?
Well, the door lock number is not something that you can’t guess if you know anything about me.
However, it is not a simple number that can be opened by ‘just pressing it once’.
Although Yanase was embarrassed, she continued her explanation.
When I returned home, Elena came first.
Immediately after my conversation with her, she got angry at me and came to my house.
After waiting all morning, I couldn’t stand it anymore, so I pressed the lock on her door, and it opened.
I was so sleepy when I got home that I lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
And then, when I came in, he woke up and hid in the closet.
“…… “Are you young?”
“You’re an adult! “He’s a decent adult!”
When she asked with a sigh, Yanase shouted back and answered her question.
In that sense, her actions were so full of problems that she was at a loss as to what to point out first.
“Have you ever thought about calling me when I’m not home?”
“Huh? Ah….”
Yanase put her hand in the pocket of her gown.
“…… “I left my cell phone behind.”
“……… ….”
What on earth is this woman?
“Besides, when you came home, you lay down on the bed and slept?”
“I’m so sleepy….”
She blinked her eyes and said as if she were embarrassed.
This is not the behavior of an adult at all.
It would be cute if the kid went to visit the grandmother next door and suddenly fell asleep when no one was there.
Kotomi Yanase, sniffling, rubbing her wrist, and blinking her eyes, was the female teacher at our school.
And now he is even yawning.
“Teacher.”
“Yes.”
“Let’s go back for now.”
Then she didn’t even go to school today?
“I came all the way here because I have something to tell you.”
“What is that?”
Yanase looked at me calmly.
“I forgot.”
Is this the Yanase I know?
As I looked at her with slanted eyes, she made up her excuses.
“There’s nothing we can do! I sit in front of the door and keep waiting, but I’m cold and hungry! You’re not coming! “I took a nap and woke up and realized I’d forgotten!”
She desperately claimed her innocence as if she had done nothing wrong, and Yanase grabbed my shoulder.
Her cries stopped as her expression frowned at the pain she felt at that moment.
“Ah… ….”
“Okay, please let me go.”
She pulled her body back away from her and rubbed her injured arm.
“Trigram… Are you okay?”
“I was discharged right away because I was okay. Anyway, I understand.”
Yanase seemed to be out of his mind right now.
“Please go back for now. “We’ll talk later.”
“But… My business is still….”
“You said you forgot?”
Yanase looked at me with dissatisfied eyes.
“Wait. “It will come to mind in a little while.”
“Yes?”
When I looked at her with bewildered eyes, she closed her eyes tightly and frowned as if concentrating all her strength.
She didn’t move as it was.
What should I do about this?
It is impossible to force him out, because this broken arm is a huge handicap. When times were tough, I couldn’t stop her.
But you can’t report it to the police….
“I understand. “Then I’ll wash up and come out, so please think about it until then.”
“Yes. Okay.”
I lifted her up and gathered her clothes to change into.
When she glanced behind her, she saw Yanase with her arms crossed and her eyes closed. She must not be sleeping.
Go into the shower and close the door.
I took off my clothes with difficulty and put a waterproof cover on my injured arm. She was told not to get wet for a while, but she couldn’t avoid washing anyway.
When she turned on the shower with her left hand, cold water poured out.
The moment I stepped back from her in surprise, I remembered the conversation I had with Elena last night.
***
“I’m sorry I couldn’t save you.”
“No. “Because it happened suddenly.”
Elena said as she led me to the room I would be staying in for the day and walked out the door.
“Not suddenly.”
“Yes?”
Turning to me, she looked down at her arm in a cast.
“Actually, I was expecting it. “I never thought something would happen in some way.”
“Ah….”
“I didn’t know that the target would be a boy….”
Then he looked away and muttered.
“You were expecting it?”
“Yes. “She is now in no condition to lead her normal life.”
Elena told me in detail about her medication.
It paralyzes her mind as much as it suppresses her intense anxiety, nervousness, and suicidal desire.
It silences her brain so that she cannot think negatively. Keeping her awake all day gives her an intense need to sleep.
“She will probably be drowsy and dazed all day. She can’t think at all like she normally does. “She will become drowsy regardless of her will.”
I feel drowsy.
At that time, I thought of Yanase, who was sleeping peacefully in my arms with her eyes closed.
Those who were watching thought he had fainted. I could see that she had fallen down the stairs while holding her.
I was looking at Yanase asleep in her arms, feeling a strong shock.
“But from this, I knew the boy’s determination.”
Elena said, bending down to meet her and me at eye level.
“I never thought I would sacrifice my body for her.”
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Reaching out his hand and stroking my head.
“…… I told you. “I don’t want to see Yanase die.”
Elena smiled slightly.
“I was doubting its authenticity.”
“hahahaha….”
I guess that makes sense.
No one usually has a goal like me.
“I even heard that joke.”
“Yes?”
Did I make a joke back then?
“What joke?”
“…… Harem.”
Elena said, still stroking my head.
“I was also shocked, but I think I responded appropriately at the time.”
“……… ….”
So, Elena thought my goal was a joke, and she responded with a joke that matched it.
“That’s not a joke.”
When she spat it out with a straight face, her faint smile disappeared.
And for a very long time she looked at me.
Enough that the friction heat from stroking the hair caused a fire.
“Then…” .”
Is Elena truly disappointed in me this time?
To a man who sincerely states his goal of creating a harem, not as a joke.
“Can you join me too?”
I smiled bitterly.
“Elena, the joke is…” .”
“I’m serious.”
Her hand, which had been stroking her hair, came down and caressed her cheek.
“Although there is an age difference, and I am full of marriage, I think I have a lot of money saved and the ability to support a man.”
“Well, I don’t doubt Elena’s abilities….”
When this happened, I was the one who made her blush.
She had once heard stories from maids that Elena had seen her many times, but she had never been able to connect with anyone.
So is she in a hurry?
But no matter how urgent it is….
“No matter what, if you do that to a student like me who has nothing….”
She thought she was overdoing it in her haste.
“Boy.”
Her hand that was touching her cheek grabbed my chin.
“I like younger, cute boys.”
Looking at Elena’s very serious expression, I realized that she was extremely sincere.
“Then…” .”
***
Then.
What did I answer?
The story I heard about Yanase was covered with even more shocking stories that followed, so I forgot about medicine for a while.
While I was lost in thought, steam began to rise through the water stream from the shower.
When white smoke filled the narrow space and it became impossible to see.
“Excuse me?”
Yanase’s voice rang out as if I was hallucinating.
“Isn’t it hard to wash with those arms? I will help you.”
And I was naked.
This time my scream rang out.
I should have reported it to the police a long time ago, but it was too late.