Saturday morning.
Ren left the house in a somewhat complicated mood and arrived at Mafuyu's doorstep.
What was clear was that yesterday afternoon he was still guiding Fumino and the others, but today it was his turn to be guided.
*Knock Knock Knock*
Ren knocked on the door gently.
"Please come in."
It didn't take long for Mafuyu to open the door, seeing that it was Ren, she made room for him to enter.
"Um."
Ren enters.
Seeing that Mafuyu's room was still a mess, he hesitantly asked, "Do you need my help to clean it?"
"No, I called the cleaners, and someone will come to clean it later."
Mafuyu firmly refused, which she should have agreed to before.
"Housekeeping?" Ren asked.
This was his first time hearing of this kind of profession.
"That's right," Mafuyu nodded.
As a teacher, it is normal for the room to be messy so it is impossible to bother students to always clean it.
Therefore, she made a special appointment with the housekeeping service to help her clean.
What she initially thought was that after the maid service finished cleaning, Ren came and proved to her that room wouldn't be messy all the time even if she didn't depend on him.
What she didn't expect was that the other party would come so early, which caused her idea of proving herself to be ruined.
"Oh."
Ren didn't really care about this.
"Sit down first, I'll get you a glass of water."
After saying something casually, Mafuyu walked towards the kitchen.
After putting away school bag and clearing an area that wasn't big enough to sit on, Ren sat down.
He didn't have to wait long before Mafuyu returned and placed a glass of water in front of him.
"Thank You."
Taking the water glass, Ren took a sip and thanked her.
"You're welcome, speaking of..."
*Knock Knock Knock&
Just as Mafuyu was about to say something, there was a sudden knock on the door.
"Housekeeping should be here, I'll open the door."
Mafuyu came to the door and opened it.
Then she saw a petite purple-haired girl wearing a maid outfit standing in front of her door.
"Eh? Isn't this Kirisu Sensei?"
When Asumi saw that it was Mafuyu who opened the door, she was stunned for a moment, but she quickly reacted and greeted her warmly.
"Kominami-san... Why are you here? And what's with the clothes you're wearing?"
Mafuyu looked at the maid uniform on her body and asked.
She naturally knew Asumi. After all, she was her student when she was still a freshman. It was only because of the reclassification and acceptance of new students that she did not continue to teach her.
"Of course I'm here to help you with your housework," Asumi took out the customer list, confirmed that the customer's last name was indeed [Kirisu], and said with a smile.
"Regarding the clothes I'm wearing, we'll talk about that later. Let me help you finish your homework first." After saying that, Asumi grabbed the door handle and tried to open the door. "Without further delay, let us begin now."
But after she tried, she found that the door didn't move at all, being held tightly by Mafuyu inside.
"Sensei, if you don't open the door, I won't be able to work."
Seeing Mafuyu's expression of not wanting to open the door at all, Asumi reminded her.
"Kominami-san..."
Mafuyu took out her wallet, took out ten thousand yen and handed it to her.
"What's this?"
Unknowingly taking the money, Asumi asked doubtfully.
"Fees…Don't ask anything, just take the money and come back quickly," Mafuyu explained.
"Don't underestimate people!! The dignity of a professional does not allow me to just collect money and leave without doing the work!!"
Clenching her fists, Asumi shouted righteously.
"Let me in quickly!"
"Go, hurry-"
Mafuyu will not give up on this.
If her former student saw the mess in her room, wouldn't her pride as a teacher be lost?
"Wait… Three, thirty minutes, give me thirty minutes."
At this moment, Mafuyu suddenly thought of something and closed the door forcefully.
"Uh—"
Looking at the closed door and the money in her hand, Asumi was a little confused.
After Mafuyu closed the door, she immediately came to Ren and said in a very urgent voice: "Kamikawa-san, help me clean the room in thirty minutes. What do you want afterward? It will be fine."
"Is there no housekeeping service outside?" Ren asked doubtfully.
"Yes, it's housekeeping, but I can't let him clean," Mafuyu explained hastily, "So I can only ask you, and don't tell me about the room later."
"...Okay."
Even though he couldn't understand Mafuyu's logic, Ren agreed.
"Thank you very much!"
Soon, thirty minutes passed.
"I kept you waiting for a long time, Kominami-san, so I'll leave the room to you."
During these thirty minutes, Mafuyu changed out of the Shuchi'in Academy sportswear that she usually wore at home into a teacher's uniform, and also tidied herself up.
"Oh okay." Asumi agreed.
Even though she didn't understand what Mafuyu had been doing in the last thirty minutes, it would be nice to be able to come in and clean up.
Just entering and seeing the clean, tidy, and even sparkling room, Asumi was silent.
"Sensei, are you kidding me? Why do you need to call maid service when it's already perfectly clean? I don't have anything to do!?"
After observing the room, Asumi said very dissatisfied.
"I'm sorry... I was born to be clean, I couldn't help it..." Mafuyu said with a red face.
"Eh? Wait, Kouhai-kun, why are you here?"
Suddenly, Asumi saw Ren sitting at the table, drinking water slowly.
"I'm here to ask Kirisu Sensei to help with tutoring."
Putting down the cup, Ren explained casually.
"So that's how it is... Not true at all. Your grades still need Kirisu Sensei's help?"
Thinking of Ren's learning ability, he could even give her tutoring, Asumi couldn't help but complain.
Only fools would believe such stupid reasons.
Turning to look at Mafuyu, Asumi: "Sensei, can you explain why Kouhai-kun appeared at your house?"