'An appetizing taste of soup, hey! What am I thinking!' Kirisu calmed herself down.
Hiroto had been looking at the flustered Kirisu when he noticed that the laundry machine started working by itself as something rolled on his feet, Viola, it was a screw.
"It might have been clogged by something...look it's working again.." Hiroto felt glad as he sighed, Kirisu saw the laundry machine working as she got back to her indifferent expression.
Hiroto thought Kirisu on how to use the machine while she listened attentively. After trying out a few times, she was able to make some clean soaked clothes that only needed to be dried outside. Meanwhile after staying here for 10 minutes, he reached his limit point and said with enthusiasm.
"Sensei, can we clean up this house?, I feel if you left it again from before then it would be a homeground of critters." Hiroto said as to scare her and at the moment the word 'critter' appeared from his voice, her goosebumps appeared.
"Th-then, let's clean, thanks for asking Hiroto-kun." Kirisu said while feeling a bit grateful and there was a bit of warmth in her heart. She knows that Hiroto was a caring boy who always meddled in something he wasn't involved with at first but got involved at the end. Such people with this personality were so few in the current society nowadays, people don't want to bother with someone they don't know. Maybe, Hiroto was like that too, but only to his friends, acquaintances and relatives.
"It's normal to help each other and we still have time before school." Hiroto got to work as Kirisu followed through. While the clothes that were littered around were handled by herself, every other thing like garbage, object misplacement and cleaning was handled by him. He didn't make her work for so much. After an hour of tiring himself out with cleaning, they were done.
"Your help was much appreciated, thank you again H-hiroto-kun." Kirisu hasn't forgotten what just happened so she was stuttering when she spoke to him. Meanwhile, her poker face would warp out of her personality and go back to an indifferent one.
He couldn't help but get amused by her antics as he rubbed the back of his head. He was constantly reminded of what happened earlier as well so he could only waved his head to erase the thought.
As she closed her door she crouched intentionally while covering her face with her knees and putting her hands on her head.
'I just kissed my student, what should I do and how should I face him. Every time I see him, I remember that feeling!.' Kirisu's cheeks get redder.
'He saved me from falling but it was his fault to begin with, but.he's just my student what am I considering, dumb thoughts!' Kirisu waved her head while she banged her head at the door one time.
'I should calm myself and put a sign to clean the house.'
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Before he went out of the house, Hiroto remembered what the Aerona Skill had shown him. It was Mamako's Iodine deficiency and her Acute Sleep Deprivation. The two ailments were easy to alleviate and the Skill gave what treatment a person needs. The year means that it was the person untreated time before the symptoms appeared and in most cases would spawn a severe situation when the actual disease appeared.
He understood that the skill was not only used to view diseases but it can also help to cure diseases!. It was a totally game breaking situation if real life was just a game. Moreover, there were things he hasn't looked into like the few curing/healing techniques for different types of ailments and some others. Of course it was not a technique that was so fantastical, it was after all just a skill that borders the line of ordinary and the mystical.
"Mom, can you make a seafood dinner later.." Hiroto asked her mother.
"Eh?. I could but I don't really like to eat one..." Mamako gave a slight distaste expression but it was only for a moment.
"Why don't you try? Not eating seafood can be bad for your health since it has nutrients different from the land products.." Hiroto said with a slight tone of reprimanding.
"You should try pleading at Oka-san and I will make some?" Mamako joked but he actually did so.
"Please?" Hiroto put both of his hands in a prayer symbol while looking at her with puppy eyes.
"O-okay!, I'll try making some seafood dishes, since my son begged me." Mamako couldn't but let out a smile, albeit a helpless one, but in the end she might as well try to eat a few since he was worried about her wellbeing.
"Here's you're bento as well, since we made so much I want you to show them you're cooking he~he." Mamako gave a hearty laugh as she brought a big size bento box that was heavier than his own school bag.
'Isn't this too much, I tried my cooking skill this morning so it's my fault that I got so overboard...' Hiroto had some sweat in his head, after he ate, he tried the skill to create food with different types of technique.
"Then, I will go now.." Before Hiroto left, she fixed his uniform again and rubbed his sweaty head.
"Good luck for today, Mom would be waiting here for you.." Mamako patted Hiroto who was now at the same height as her.
"Yes, Mom!" Hiroto nodded.
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After saying goodbye to his mother, he had gone off to school.
In the morning, there were times when he headed towards school, he would see Kirisu at a certain corner of his sight. Then, he will approach her so that they could go to school together and multiple occasions she didn't mind it as she allowed his company.
This time he saw Kirisu wearing her usual mature outfit while bringing a book with her and her handbag. He wanted to accompany Kirisu again this time but when he called out to her, she walked faster?.
"....Sensei!?" Hiroto got dumbfounded at her reactions.
Kirisu walked aa she nearly stumbled at the male shout from the back. She knows who that was so she didn't turn but hastened her steps albeit she couldn't run since she was wearing high heels. He didn't run to her since she might fall over due to his presence.
"Ayah, I'm already being hated, why was that…" Hiroto rubbed his head feeling a bit puzzled at her reaction
"Maybe it was that kiss?, no way, that cold sensei? oh well..." Hiroto didn't believe it was the case.
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Hiroto had gone to Maki's classroom and invited her to have lunch together.
"What's the matter?" Hiroto looked at the shy Maki.
"C-can Hanayo-chan and Rin-chan join us?" She was twirling her hair.
"Sure, I have a surprise too, let's eat at the rooftop, it's windy there so it's the perfect place to eat at this time." He agreed since it was better to bond with her friends. They would be his friends at the end of the day and they might join the group as well.
"O-ok, I'll call them now.." Maki nodded as she approached Rin and Hanayo who were talking at their seats. After a moment they walked to the door where Hiroto was waiting.
"Let's go!?.." Hiroto asked them.
"Good Morning H-hiroto-kun." Hanayo said shyly.
"Good Morning Hiroto nyah." Rin with her usual greetings but this time she tried to hug him unconsciously. It was a quirk of hers that she does with her friends and keeps doing it till now and now that she warmed up to him and it was cute greeting a cat would do albeit she was not a cat but was fond of doing it.
Meanwhile, she failed because Maki and Hanayo blocked her.
"Don't do that suddenly Rin-chan, he's a boy you know?" Hanayo felt embarrassed due to her gestures but she laughed at Hanayo.
"Do you want me to hug you? here…" Rin hugged Hanayo and that made her squeal though she had a pouting face.
Hiroto and Maki gave a smile but then Rin also hugged Maki as to not leave her alone.
"Remove me from your hug already!" Maki shouted at her. Hiroto looked at them and smiled gently. Maki said it, even though there was a dangling Rin at her body.
After Rin got her fill of 'hug energy', she got satisfied with a happy face. Hiroto smiled at their antics.
"Why are you looking at us like that?." Maki said with slight suspicions.
"I just thought that you're not being alone anymore.." Hiroto gave her a gentle smile.
"D-don't say it like that, I have been alone in the past because I don't want to be disturbed!.. Mou! what happened from the past isn't related to the present.." Maki pouted as she cutely said with an angry tone.
"But what happened in the past made your decision of the present isn't that so? But that doesn't matter since you're happy now." Hiroto looked at her jokingly and smiled. Maki heard, she approached him and pinched his waist. Meanwhile, she felt flustered and embarrassed but she saw the big lunch box with him, she already noticed it but she asked him.
"What are you doing!" Hiroto got surprised as he felt the pain again.
"Because you always tease me and make me embarrassed in front of my f-friends." Maki tilted her head to the side.
"Yes! yes, you're teasing Maki and she doesn't like it..nehhh!" Rin quickly walked to Maki and hugged her.
"Ekk!, what are you doing!, don't surprise me like that." Maki got surprised.
"Guys, can we go to the rooftop and eat now?" Hanayo said with a low voice but everyone saw her shy countenance and everyone laughed.
"Let's go.." Hiroto marched onwards.
"Un" Hanayo, Maki and Rin nodded.
At the rooftop, he made preparations as he brought out a thin cloth used to cover the ground.
"You've come prepared Hiroto-nyah, it must be because you have something to impress us, I'll say this but it's not easy to impress me.." Rin showed a cat like slit on her eyes as she looked at the big package he brought. Hiroto rolled his eyes before.
"Did you girls bring your lunch with you?" Hiroto asked and they nodded. All of them unpacked their lunchbox. They have their own variety of meals. Meanwhile, Hanayo opened hers and they saw a strange sight of a line up rice balls, she didn't have any other food but only rice balls.
"Rice balls?" Hiroto looked surprised while Rin laughed at his expression.
"Hanayo loves rice so much that she could eat it anytime!" Rin exclaimed.
"Yes!, I love them very much!" Hanayo proudly said with her cute voice.
"That's awesome.." Hiroto nodded plainly as he can't fathom how he would eat bland rice everyday.
"Do you mean any type of rice made food as long as its rice?"
"Un!" Hanayo smiled.
"Ok that's good, then what about rice balls, do you like them with different flavors?" Hiroto curiously.
"Y-yes, there are so many flavors like my favorites which are pineapple, ah! egg omelet flavor..blah blah." Hanayo iterated every flavor she knew while she had a dreamy face accompanying every iteration she had said.
Hiroto put his large lunch box in his front and uncover the cloth revealing its full glory.
"What's that a bento box?, isn't that a bit too big?" Maki got curious.
"That's amazing!" Rin got amazed.
He opened the box, the smell wafted a pleasant and rich fragrance through their noses. Hanayo was dumbfounded while she instantly locked at the rice balls on his bento.
"What the...isn't this too much?" Maki looked at the box and Hiroto wanted some answers.
"Well, my Mom got home yesterday and we made so much food in the morning so I brought some with me." Hiroto said the truth and Maki nodded.
The bento had so many different varieties of food because of his and his mother's cooking. He wanted to try the cooking skills he got and this what happened. After trying out the techniques of making food. He didn't realize how many he had made.
For example, the rice balls, takoyaki, fried yakiniku and many others. The resulting scene made the eyes amazed, while Maki had a good variety in her box, it can't be compared with the size and the quantity of his. He approached Maki's ears and whispered to her.
"My mother really wants you to visit her. She said she'll play one on one with you of her best performances if you come." Hiroto said like a reaper selling the soul. Maki was surprised and started to feel elated but after a while her thoughts began to zone,
'I'm Hiroto's girlfriend so I'm visiting their house, does that mean I'm going there because kyahh!!….I think it's a little to early but..', she began to blush really hard but she calmed herself down and replied.
"I-i will but don't expect too much." Maki looked at him with shyness on her face, she tried to deny but her words seemed to be wrong.
"...."
"Hey, what are you two talking about.." Rin felt curious, Hanayo saw their closeness and felt something was going with the two but she didn't ask since she wasn't sure and she was shy.
"Nothing!, let's eat now, thanks for the food!." Maki put food on her mouth.
"R-really...then let's start eating.." Rin laughed it off and used her chopsticks to pick up her egg roll.
"Thanks for the meal!"
"Hey girls, I'll share some with you, I can't finish this all..so pick what you want." Hiroto smiled at them, Hanayo was looking at the few rice balls in his box.
"That rice ball is stuffed with mashed pork with some vegetables in it, I tried to make some, so give it a try." Hiroto suggested.
"Th-thank you… I haven't heard of this recipe.. is it a new one?!" Hanayo eyes had lit up like there was a constellation. She quickly picked up one after his go sign and put it in her mouth.
"Mhhffpp. so delicious!" Hanayo made some weird sound that made him flinch.
"Eh?! is there a problem with the onigiri, I thought it was as good as I tasted it first before I put it here.." Hiroto rubbed his chin.
"I-it's r-really really good..how did you make this…" Hanayo was amazed and infatuated with the taste of the rice ball.
"Here, this is a rice ball with cheese and ha...." Hiroto pointed his chopsticks and saw the onigiri disappear in an instant and was already at one someone's mouth.
"Mppffffhhhhuuuhhhh!" Hanayo showed another foodgasm.
"Ahh, Kayochin, you didn't let me try that!." Rin pouted as she saw her reactions.
"Don't worry there's other food to try." he laughed and suggested.
"Is this you're cooking Hiroto?." Maki said while looking at him a bit amazed and slightly dazed.
"I just tried and my Mom helped me as well." Hiroto plainly said.
"Why don't you try one as well, here.." Hiroto picked up a sushi which he made with rice, some tuna, ham, grated cheese with mayo.
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