I'll Take This Love Home With Me ch4

Necessary documents for today's meeting.
Desk with not a speck of dust.
Notebooks with client addresses and appointment times.

A perfect approach...
Good morning~

Just emptying the trash.
...Mashiro.

Wanna do some work with me?

Mashiro gets an unexpected invitation...?

Eh...?
Well, I say work, but it's mainly support.
If you've got some time spare from your office work, that is.

I have
some spare time...
That's good.

...Is she expecting something?

But
I know.
It hurts just looking at her.

Ah~
Mashiro, right?
Yeah.
She's way too desperate to keep up with us.
Is there any point in us being together?
The recoil when those expectations aren't met.

I know the animosity
all too well.
...I'm not all too confident.

A novice like me doing sales work...
Oh?

Weren't you going to be more useful so I'd praise you?
I'm saying I value your skill, Mashiro.

Well?

...

Alright.

If you'll think I'll be of any use...

Then it's settled.
I'll be counting on you.

Don't worry. I have no intention of hogging all the glory to myself.
I'll let the higher ups know too.
I'm heading out.
Good work today.

...She values my ability, huh.
She's just saying that because we're at work.

No matter what she says,

she'll be no different from my other ex-girlfriends until now.
Try to look good all she wants,
she's just looking down on me.

It'd be a problem for me if she isn't.

Chiaki-senpai needs to be like that
or else there's no point in getting her to look my way.

...And yet,
Hearing her say something like that
I guess I'll put in a little effort.
really throws me out of whack...

Good work.
I'm back.

...Guess nobody would still be around at this hour.

Hah~...
I feel alive again...
Self-love slippers

Stopping by the office is good and all,
but going home's a pain...

...Guess I'll check the supermarket for some discount side dishes.

Care for
a bite?

That thing sure was tasty...
What was it again...? That kinpira with yam and something else...

It was carrot<3

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Hey...!?
Kya~<3

Oh, it's you, Mashiro...
Don't scare me like that.
Fufu.
Sorry.

Haven't gone home yet?
I finished organising those documents you gave me, Senpai.
I haven't had dinner yet, so...

I was thinking of making dashi chazuke with discount chicken meat~<3

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I noticed you right when I left the supermarket,
so I followed after you<3
Kya<3
...

Chicken dashi chazuke...

Fufu...

Senpai.
Wanna have dinner at my place?

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Pardon the intrusion.
Sorry for the mess.

A little mess is no big deal.
Maybe not for you, but it is for me.
Wanna take a bath?
Gladly.

Go ahead, Chiaki-senpai~
Shampoo's on your left.
I've left you some new towels.

Now
then...

...You're to blame too, Chiaki-senpai.

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For coming to my place so nonchalantly like that.

That gullible side is cute, though...

Fu

Once I find an onpening, I'll eat her from top to bottom.

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Smells good.
!

I've finished my bath.
Anything I can help with?

Senpai really looks the same even without makeup on...
Erm.
In that case...
how about putting out some drinks?

I'll check the fridge.
Is tea okay with you?
There's some beer chilling in there too.

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...

...Well,
it is Friday, after all.

It's ready~
Chicken dashi chazuke with lots of condiments
Please dig in.

Thanks for the food.

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This is pretty good...
Glad to hear it.

It's pretty simple to make.
You can chill the dashi during the summer.
It's tasty when topped with corn tempura too.
I'd like to have your recipe.

I can feed it to you if you come again during the summer<3
Just for you, Chiaki-senpai<3
...It's so obvious you're trying to win me over with food.
At least try to hide your ulterior motives...

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Oh right. Regarding the thing you supported me with.
Looks like it'll be wrapped up safely.
Aah.
So it went well?

Glad to hear it~

Once it's finished, things should calm down for a while.
We'll be able to take it easy then.

I suppose...
Although a lack of competition is a problem.

I can't believe them!

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Acting all clingy and naggy and careless...
I wish they wouldn't so obviously change their attitude
just because a woman has come to a drinking establishment on business.

I thought...
you were pretty amazing when you argued with those guys in the drinking seats.

...It was their fault for complaining.

It's not like I was trying to argue with them.

Lately I've come to understand a little.
About what?
About that nature of yours, Senpai.
...Like you're one to talk.
Also, you're a bit close.

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I always try to wash off the bothersome stuff with a smile...
so the way you tackle things head on
is pretty cool in my opinion.
...You sure know how to flatter someone.

Do you always woo people like that?

Just you, Chiaki-senpai.

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...I know I complained a lot, but

when I first met you at the bar,
I was evaluating you too, Mashiro.

I labelled you with a "type I don't get along with" sticker.

...I'm no different from those clients.

Sorry.

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Don't be.

It's fine.
It's always been like this.

I'm used to it.

Used to it?
Yes.

And you're okay with that?

...If I had to say,
I'm partly doing it on purpose.
That's just my way of life...

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Showing that you're convenient
makes it easier to make others let their guard down.

Being slow is my own fault, though.

...There's no need
to hurt yourself.

I don't hate how stubborn you are.

Wha-...
What's with the hand...!?
?

Th-...
That's how I got my way into your bosom, Chiaki-senpai.
Could you not phrase it like I'm gullible?

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So please don't worry about me.

I'll go do the washing up.

...That attitude of yours
makes things easier for me too.

Did you say something?

Not really.
Just thanking you for the meal.

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Even the stuff at the hotel

...didn't feel uncomfortable for me.

Today's plan has begin.
Taking a leisurely walk with our guest.

The classmate who was supposed to be there is...
Kya~

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What's this next video?
It seems to be a vlog about solo camping.
Ah, sounds good.
I'm pretty interesting in glamping.

...Um,
Chiaki-senpai.
Yes?

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Aren't you being a little too defenseless?

...Huh?

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Honestly, Chiaki-senpai...
Hey...

You shouldn't let your guard down
just because I'm a woman<3

Or maybe...

you feel like remembering with your body?
What happened between us...
at that hotel that night.

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About where you feel good
Ng...
and where your weak spots are...

...
Eating dinner, taking a bath and lounging around together of all things.

We're not friends,
the two of us.
Get what I'm saying?

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...What is it?

Are you upset?

!

...Fufu.
You bit me...
I'm not upset.
Why do you ask?

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...No reason.
Just thought you were being kinda rude.

I mean,
you did say you like me, after all.

Hmm?
Then...

would you be willing to go out with me?

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...

...That
might be nice?
Eeh?

Geez.
You sure hate to lose...
Even though you said you wouldn't fall in love with me.
...

That
was then.

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I'm saying I'll go out with you,
just like you wanted.

Eh...?
Huh?
You're not drunk, are you?

Um.
You get it, right, Chiaki-senpai?

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You're really...
gonna be my lover, right...!?

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...
That's what I'm saying.
Pft...
You're so uneasy.

Are you really sure?
We'll be doing things that you don't remember, y'know!?

I said it's fine.

...Ng
After all,
compared to everyone else until now, a love with Mashiro

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doesn't sound bothersome in the slightest.

To think Chiaki-senpai would be the one to say it.
She really is gullible...<3
I'm an adult, after all.
We can always break up if it doesn't work out.

The love between two women who don't mesh begins!

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