While I Was Giving Love Advice to My Best Friend, the School's Most Beautiful Girl Somehow Became the Closest Person to Me-Chapter 5Volume 1 .1 - A Night for Just the Two of Us

Chapter 5: A Night for Just the Two of Us

What is this situation?

The girl who had been dazzling and the center of everyone’s attention until this evening is now crying weakly in my arms.

Honestly, I hadn’t anticipated a situation like this. I reach out to touch Asahina-san’s trembling shoulder.

“We’ll get wet if we stay out here. Can I come inside?”

Asahina-san nods slightly. I never imagined I’d be visiting a girl’s house under these circumstances, and the pitch darkness inside startles me.

What could have happened?

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Asahina-san should have been at home, yet she’s soaked through… Surely she wasn’t attacked, right? But her clothes aren’t disheveled so it doesn’t seem like the worst has happened.

“Is it okay to turn on the lights?”

“…Yes.”

The darkness is oppressive.

I spot a light switch near the entrance and flick it on. The LED bulb on the ceiling illuminates the room.

I’m surprised by the size of the room, but that’s hardly my concern right now. Asahina-san stands frozen while looking dejected. Something definitely happened.

In times like these…

“Let’s have something warm to drink. Can I use the kitchen?”

“…Yes.”

“Asahina-san, you should take a shower. You’ll catch a cold in those wet clothes.”

“…Achoo!”

“Maybe it’s already too late for that.”

I keep talking to the frozen Asahina-san, trying to persuade her to do as I suggest.

Normally, she would be more cautious, but now she’s unguarded to an extreme.

I came here on impulse, but is this really okay?

For a guy who isn’t her boyfriend to barge into a girl’s house at night…

But I can’t just leave her be.

She called me with such a frightened voice that I couldn’t just ignore her. It’s an emergency, so I’ll have to excuse myself for using the fridge.

The cooking utensils are all high-end brands and well-maintained too. Come to think of it, Asahina-san mentioned she hired Otsuki-san for a housekeeping part-time job.

“…Let’s focus about Asahina-san for now.”

Thirty minutes pass, and Asahina-san emerges.

“Ah.”

Asahina-san came from the bath. I thought of her as a disappointing beauty today, but… her beauty still takes my breath away.

It’s not that she’s wearing anything revealing. Just a plain white undershirt and shorts. Probably her usual loungewear. But it looks incredibly charming on Asahina Alisa.

When she glances my way, her perfectly shaped face and emerald green eyes catch my sight.

She’s really beautiful. But I shouldn’t stay mesmerized right now. The house, to my envy, has an open kitchen. You can cook while watching TV or chatting.

Near the kitchen, there’s a table and chairs for face-to-face conversation.

“Have some of this. You probably haven’t eaten anything, right?”

I placed a cup of the special consomme soup I made while she was in the bath on the table.

Asahina-san sits down and takes the cup in her hands.

“It’s warm… delicious.”

“Hiyori likes it too. You warm the outside with a bath and the inside with soup. It helps settle your feelings.”

“…there’s even onion and corned beef in it.”

“It’s important to get something in your stomach.”

“…It feels like it’s giving me strength.”

I feel like I can see the light returning to Asahina-san’s eyes. If she’s coming back to her usual self, then my visit was worth it.

Asahina-san lifts her head, then quickly bows it again.

“I’m so sorry!”

“Yes?”

“For calling you out so late at night… I’m really stupid and pathetic…”

“Don’t worry about it.”

“But you should be with Hiyori-chan right now, Kogure-kun.”

“It’s okay, our parents are home tonight.”

A rumbling sound comes from Asahina-san’s stomach.

“Ah…”

Blushing suddenly, Asahina-san pressed her hand to her stomach with embarrassment. When you say Asahina-san, this is definitely what comes to mind.

She looks more like herself when she’s hungry than when she’s apologizing.

“I’ll make some food. There’s more soup, so you can take it easy while you wait.”

“…Thank you.”

Now, what to make?

I have most of the ingredients, so I can make anything. Something warm would be best. Potatoes, carrots, beef, onions, et cetera.

『I love the curry that Shizuku makes!』

There’s curry roux as well. Then there’s no choice but to make it.

The great thing about an open kitchen is that you can have a conversation while cooking. Not that you can’t do it with a closed kitchen… but being able to talk face-to-face felt better.

Just as I reached for the ingredients, a loud clap of thunder sounded. It was quite close.

At that moment, Asahina-san flinched. I looked for something to distract her and found a button labeled ‘Music’ in the kitchen. Pressing it, I heard the sound of a connection being made, and music began to play in the room.

Amazing… I wonder if it’s set up to connect to Bluetooth with just one button. Hopefully, it’ll drown out the sound of the thunder.

“Hey, Kogure-kun. Why did you come? Oh, sorry. I mean, I’m glad you really came…”

“Well, it’s for my own sake.”

“Eh? For your own sake?”

“I was really curious about the call from Asahina-san. Once I start worrying about something, I can’t stop. I was planning to spend time taking care of Hiyori afterward, but I couldn’t help but be concerned, and I thought it would be rude to touch an angel in such a state of mind, so I came here.”

“Oh…”

“So even if I had been turned away at the door, it would have been fine. Then I could take care of Hiyori without any worries.”

“But to come out in this rain… you’re quite something.”

Well, if it’s just this level of rain, wearing a raincoat makes it no problem to move around.

I’d sprint on my bike to the supermarket on sale days even in the rain, so I don’t really feel any fear.

Ahaha, after being threatened with a knife by a stalker woman in the past, I’ve become unflappable in any situation.