Chapter 27: A Situation Straight Out of a Lewd Manga, with Lines Straight Out of a Lewd Manga

"I'm home!"

I left the family restaurant and, once I got back home, greeted Kana-chan, who’d arrived earlier. A delicious smell drifted through the living room—she must’ve been preparing dinner.

"Welcome back. Dinner’s almost—"

The moment our eyes met in the kitchen, Kana-chan froze.

"What’s wrong?"

I asked while taking off my coat and scarf.

"Um, where did you go, Senpai?"

"Just hanging out at the family restaurant with my friends, same as usual."

I’d already told Kana-chan that I met up with my friends there every Sunday.

"I see… dressed like that? Why the sailor uniform?"

Saying it was to check what kind of cosplay everyone liked… yeah, that’d be bad.

"We got into a debate the other day about whether it still ‘worked,’ so I wore it out to test it. Walked around the city, and nobody gave me weird looks."

"I-I see… well, Senpai, it suits you, so I think it still works…"

"Right? Kana-chan, you’d totally pull it off too. Let’s go out together next time!"

A uniform date!

"I’ll pass, thanks."

Huh?

A clean rejection.
Well, even if people wouldn’t stare, maybe it’s better if I’m the only one who gets to see her in uniform.

"Is dinner ready?"

"Ah, almost! Just a few more minutes."

"Okay, I’ll go change then."

Saying that, I headed to my room and took off the uniform.

Ah, forgot to put on panties out of habit.
Oh well.

I changed into my loungewear and went back to the living room to eat dinner with Kana-chan.
After that, the holiday came to a peaceful end. Then, as always, work started up again the next day, and I found myself counting down the days until the weekend.

One evening, after work and dinner, Kana-chan and I were relaxing on the couch when my phone rang.

"Mm… ah, a call."

"Who is it?"

When I picked up my phone, the screen showed 【Shachou】.

"It’s Shachou… you know, the one from last time."

"You can answer."

"Eh… but…"

"Go ahead, answer it."

Okay…

I tapped the call button and held the phone to my ear.

"Hello?"

"Eromi? You free right now?"

No, I’m not.

"Y-yeah… what’s up?"

"Actually, I’ve got a friend who runs a hot spring inn."

"Wow… Shachou, your friends sure are— ngh!"

"What’s wrong?"

Shachou sounded suspicious.

"Ah, I, uh, went to karaoke earlier. My throat’s a little… ngh-h!"

"Getting lively even on a weekday, huh?"

"Sorry, sorry. You’ve got tons of connections, huh, Shachou?"

"Well, I get around. Anyway, that friend invited me to stay at their inn, but going alone sounds boring, so I figured I’d call you girls."

"That sounds nice… ngh, I’d love to go…"

I really would.
In more ways than one.

"I see… I was thinking this weekend. Any days that don’t work for you?"

"No, not really… ngh-h! cough, cough!"

"That fake cough’s killing me… Alright, you sound busy, so I’ll check with Tama and Chihiro and get back to you."

"Sure thing. Yeah— ngh! That’s perfect, hehe… huh? Maybe I’m coming down with something…?"

Weird…

"Yeah… sorry for making you say lines straight out of a lewd manga in a situation straight out of a lewd manga. I know I’m not your boyfriend or your husband, but still…"

"What are you talking about? Anyway, thanks for calling."

"Yeah… alright then. I can hear a faint buzzing sound, so I’ll hang up now."

He’s right!
Kana-chan’s smiling like crazy!

"Ah, yeah… goodnight!! N-not there…!"

"Shachou, sorry about the other day."

I poked my head out from the back seat of the Benz and apologized to Shachou, who was driving.

"Don’t worry about it. Just thought you two seemed like a fun couple, that’s all."

"Did you, uh, imagine my indecent side after that?"

"Nothing to imagine—I’ve got nothing to ‘relieve’ myself with."

Well, fair enough.

“What happened, nya?”

“What’s wrong?”

Nyako and Chihirochi both asked.

“You two probably got a call from Shachou too about the trip, right? Well, when she called me, I was sitting on the couch with Kana-chan. Then Kana-chan suddenly started coming on to me.”

“Ahh, I’ve seen that in a lewd manga before, nya.”

“That’s totally an NTR setup.”

Looks like they were thinking the same thing as Shachou.
Well, I thought so too.

“You were making some excuse about having a sore throat or something…”

“Exactly that, nya.”

“So basically, if you call Eromi-neesan at the wrong time, you might get dragged into her… playtime, huh?”

Honestly?
I got a little turned on.
Hehe.

“And at the end, whether it was a vibrator or a rotor, something was definitely buzzing. Did you really go that far?”

Shachou sounded exasperated.

“Ahh, that’s because I was, um, playing with Kana-chan’s boobs the whole time.”

That definitely set her off completely.

“You were doing it too, huh…”

I mean, we were all lovey-dovey, and just when things were about to really start—bam, the phone rings.

“By the way, what did Kana-chan say about the trip, nya?”
“She said it sounded nice. We even talked about going together, just the two of us, sometime.”

Hopefully, by then, I’ll be back to being a guy again.

“Hmm… as I thought, there’s definitely some kind of reality distortion going on, nya.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, think about it. If you two were actually a hardcore lesbian couple, hearing that your girlfriend’s going on an overnight hot spring trip with other girls would cause at least a little jealousy, nya. But Kana-chan just took it as you going on a normal trip with friends.”

Huh, I see…

“What would she say if it were a guy instead?”

“Not sure, nya. Wanna test it?”

“No thanks. That sounds terrifying.”

“Good call, nya. Honestly, in this whole twisted shift of reality, the scariest one of all is Kana-chan. Your relationship with her—it’s the most warped, and the most dangerous, nya.”

Yeah…
I think so too…