Convenient Semi-friend ch31

I'm home~
Welcome back.

I've got the soy sauce~
Thanks. Did you make sure to get the reduced salt one?
I did.

I'm home, Dad...
Wah! Welcome back, Suuna. Came home together, I see.

Pardon the intrusion...
Eh? Who?

Stopped by Suuna's mother and brought to her house! The greeting arc begins?

Tada~ You surprised?
I picked her up along the way.
You picked her up!?

I'm Hamanasu Ruka...
Suuna-san's roommate who has been in her care...
A-Ah!

So you're "Ruka-san"!
Wah~ I feel kinda moved now.
Right!? It's the "Ruka-san"~

Just what position do I have in the Kuruma household, I wonder...
Hahaha...

Do you like salmon, Ruka-san?
Heh? Y-Yeah... more or less.
Have you had dinner yet?

!? N-No, please don't mind me.
I had no plans on stopping by to...
R-Ruka-san...!

Dad's cooking is really delicious!

Please give it a try!
A-Alright, I'll take you up on that...
This is the most pressure I've felt from her since we met.

Thank you for the food.

Got changed

Why am I doing this...?

THIS IS SOOOOO GOOD!
Right!?
It is, isn't it!?
Th-Thank you...

The salmon's really tender and soaks up the flavor well. It's really good...
Did you do anything special to it?

Not really... Ah.
I guess it's good because I steamed it in aluminum foil...?
I see...
I'm glad you like it.

Is cooking with fish your specialty?
Do you have any other skills?
E-Erm, one question at a...

Wait, why are you two acting so proud?
Ehehe.
Well, y'know~

Suuna~ Ruka-san~
The bath's ready so go hop in~
O-Okay.
Kay.
...

Come again??

You're sleeping over, right?
Hm?? Eh?? No, that wasn't the plan...

But it's this late already.
It's 3 minutes until dorm curfew!?

I was planning on just returning normally today, so I didn't file any requests to stay out...
Wh-What do I do? The dorm leader's gonna be pissed.
Ruka-san...
Oh, I see...

How about I give the dorm a call?
This was all my wife's fault, after all...
Hanya?

A-Are you sure?
You're Suuna's roommate, after all.
If I tell them we'll take responsibility for looking after you, I'm sure it'll be fine.

F-Father...

Okay, I'll go call them.
Thank you very much.
That's my Riku~

You make sure to reflect on your actions, Sora.
Okay~...

...Now then.
While Riku's making that call,
let's have a little girl chat!

Go on. Take a seat.
She's not gonna reflect at all, is she...?
Well then, Ruka-san.

Is it true that you and Suuna
are sefure?

...Heh?

I was surprised when Suuna told me
that she and "Ruka-san" were sefure.
A-Ah...

Erm... Well, y'see...
I guess you could say it's something of a faulty expression...

When Suuna-san says sefure, she means semi-fr-...
What's gotten into you, Mom?

Ruka-san is my sefure...!
Could you just wait? You're making things complicated!

Faulty expression~?
Does that mean you've been deceiving my sweet and innocent Suuna?
No!

Mom! Ruka-san isn't like that!
Suuna...

Sure, she pokes fun at me sometimes,
a-and says and does some somewhat embarrassing things,
Doesn't really feel like she's backing me up here...

but she's precious to me.

...Sora-san.
I'm sorry for worrying you.

That stuff about me and Suuna-san being, um... "sefure" is technically true.
But
it's different from what "that" usually means.

I'm serious when I say
I like Suuna-san.

So sooner or later, I'll be sure to...
Um... Erm...

...Huh...? What did I say just now...?
Pfft.

Ahahahahaha! You really are a hoot, Ruka-san~
I see, I see, I see!

Making a public confession like that. Ah, to be young~
~

Good for you too, Suuna~
No, that was...
Sorry for the wait, Ruka-san!

I got permission from your dorm leader,
so you can rest easy and spend the night here.
Eh?

The mother of the girl I love who knows all about sefure.
Good for you~
The girl I said something resembling a confession to.

A man who likely doesn't know anything.

Thank you very much.
This is gonna be Hell!!

Giving her all just to smile and say thank you. A sleepover event with the chaotic family has arrived!

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