Chapter 204: Chabashira-sensei, Stay the Night!
After saying goodbye to Kei, Yuto returned to the detached apartment.
However, nobody was there.
Neither Airi nor Chabashira-sensei was inside.
The five document bags containing the exam papers were sitting on the living-room table, which meant the two of them had already returned to the apartment at some point.
Just as Yuto was about to contact Airi through Line, he heard the front door open.
He poked his head out from the living room and saw Airi and Chabashira-sensei entering.
Both were carrying plastic bags filled with all kinds of fresh ingredients.
"You already went shopping for everything? I was planning to buy the ingredients after I got back," Yuto said with a smile.
"By the time you got back, it would've been too late."
Chabashira rolled her eyes at him.
"Sakura and I bought the ingredients, but you're still the one cooking tonight."
"Of course. We already agreed on that. You and Airi can just wait. I'll handle dinner tonight."
"All right. Sakura claims you're good at cooking, so I'll see whether that's actually true."
Airi smiled sweetly.
"Yuto, I'll help you prepare the ingredients~"
"Sure."
"I'll head back to the faculty dormitory and change first," Chabashira said.
Because Chabashira had come directly to the detached apartment with Airi, her body was still dressed in a fitted women's suit and alluring black stockings, not having changed into loose casual wear.
She then handed the plastic bags of ingredients she was carrying to Airi, while she herself headed to the living room and picked up the five document bags of exam papers placed on the table.
"Sae-chan, what are you taking those for?" Yuto asked.
"To bring the exam papers back with me. How else am I supposed to finish grading them?"
"Leave them here. I'll help you grade them tomorrow. You're coming over tomorrow to help us with meals anyway, right?"
"Hmm. That's true."
Chabashira was persuaded and left the bags behind before returning to the faculty dormitory.
Once she was gone, Yuto and Airi began preparing ingredients together in the kitchen.
...
About half an hour later, the doorbell rang.
Yuto was wearing an apron and cutting vegetables when he glanced toward Airi, who was happily taking pictures of him with her digital camera.
"Airi, that's probably Chabashira-sensei. Go open the door."
"Okay~"
Airi finally stopped taking pictures, looking thoroughly satisfied, and hurried toward the entrance with the camera still in her hands.
Through the video intercom, she saw Chabashira-sensei waiting outside and immediately opened the door.
Chabashira Sae had changed into casual clothes before returning.
Without her usual suit, she looked less stern and authoritative, instead giving off a softer and more relaxed impression.
"Chabashira-sensei, come in quickly. Yuto's about to start cooking."
"Is he?"
Chabashira-sensei raised an eyebrow and followed Airi inside toward the kitchen.
Chabashira Sae saw Yuto busy in the kitchen. As the saying goes, a focused person has a unique charm, and when that focused person is also handsome, the charm of that focus rises rapidly.
Looking at Yuto, who was wearing an apron and focused on stir-frying dishes, Chabashira subtly felt a sense of him being a stay-at-home husband, and her heart felt a little itchy.
Airi's reaction was even more direct. With her eyes sparkling, she picked up her digital camera again and continued taking pictures of Yuto.
...
More than half an hour passed before Yuto finished preparing dinner.
He looked toward Airi, who was standing near the kitchen entrance.
"Airi, where's Chabashira-sensei?"
"I don't know. Maybe she's in the living room?"
"You set out the bowls and chopsticks. I'll go call her."
"Okay~"
Airi got to work while Yuto removed his apron and headed into the living room.
Chabashira wasn't there.
Even the document bags that had originally been sitting on the table were gone.
"What?"
Confused, Yuto checked the entrance and saw that Chabashira's shoes were still there.
So she hadn't left the apartment.
"Chabashira-sensei, where are you?"
He called out through the apartment.
Her voice came from the guest room.
"I'm here."
Following her voice, Yuto entered the room and found Chabashira sitting at the desk, grading exam papers.
Even though Chabashira Sae had changed into slightly loose casual clothes, because her body was too curvaceous and maturely alluring, her sitting on the chair still outlined an extremely attractive female curve.
Yuto admired Chabashira Sae's casual clothes and said, "Why are you grading the papers?"
"I had nothing else to do, so I found a room and started working."
"There's no need to rush. We have all day tomorrow too. Come on, dinner's ready."
"Mm."
Chabashira Sae set down the red pen and left the room with him.
When she entered the dining room and saw the four dishes arranged on the table, surprise appeared on her face.
"You made all of these yourself, Shimizu?"
"Yeah."
Yuto smiled.
"If you're this good at cooking, why do you keep making me handle your meals?"
"Because cooking is troublesome."
"..."
That explanation was so straightforward that Chabashira Sae couldn't even argue with it.
The three sat down and enjoyed the plentiful, delicious dinner together.
Once again, Chabashira's impression of Yuto changed.
The troublesome brat wasn't merely outstanding academically.
His cooking was excellent too.
After dinner, Chabashira and Airi handled the dishes.
"Sakura, I thought you might have been exaggerating earlier. I didn't expect Shimizu to actually be that good at cooking."
"Mm-hmm! Yuto is good at everything. He's the most amazing person I've ever met."
Airi looked genuinely proud of him.
Chabashira smiled.
She didn't really think Airi was exaggerating.
Among all the people Chabashira had met, Yuto was certainly one of the most unusually capable.
While the two women washed the dishes, Yuto went to take a shower.
Cooking had left the smell of food clinging to him.
That was actually one of the reasons he disliked cooking for himself.
While Yuto was showering, Airi suddenly made a suggestion.
"Chabashira-sensei, why don't you stay here tonight?"
"Stay here?"
Chabashira looked surprised.
"Yeah. You're going to grade the papers with Yuto tomorrow anyway, so you might as well stay tonight. The guest room is always empty, and we have unused bedding, towels, and toothbrushes."
For someone as shy and introverted as Airi to personally invite Chabashira to stay overnight showed just how close she'd become to her.
Chabashira was briefly tempted.
But the idea of spending the entire night under the same roof as Yuto made her feel strangely awkward.
Chabashira Sae was somewhat tempted by what Airi said, but when she thought about 'cohabiting' with Yuto, a strange, unnatural feeling inexplicably welled up in her heart.
Was it shyness or embarrassment?
Chabashira Sae wasn't sure, but she knew she really couldn't stay here overnight, otherwise she would let her imagination run wild all night!
"Better not. I don't have any spare clothes with me, so I still need to return to the faculty dormitory."
"That's true..."
Airi glanced at Chabashira Sae's proudly standing chest, and blinking her eyes, she said, "But Chabashira-sensei, our figures seem to be about the same, right? You could wear my pajamas."
Chabashira Sae looked at Airi's chest.
'Hiss... kids these days develop too well, hers is even bigger than Chie's by a few degrees.'
"You can provide pajamas, but what about underwear? Are you planning to let me wear your underwear too?" Chabashira Sae said with a laugh.
"Ah... you're right."
Airi blushed slightly, realizing she hadn't thought the idea through.
"So I appreciate the offer, but I'll go back to the faculty dormitory tonight."
"Mm..."
Airi nodded.
...
A freshly showered Yuto eventually walked out of the bathroom.
Passing through the living room, he noticed Airi and Chabashira sitting unusually close together on the sofa.
Were these two always this close?
Yuto knew their relationship had become good, but this was the first time he'd seen them sitting together like actual sisters.
Chabashira Sae looked toward Yuto.
Sitting and watching TV with Airi, the beautiful teacher looked at Yuto who came out of the bathroom.
Having changed into pajamas and covered in moisture, his handsome face added a soft and fresh temperament, as if seeing the little brother next door, friendly and natural.
Not only that, Chabashira Sae also felt an indescribable ascetic and ethereal aura from Yuto at this moment.
With her heart inexplicably itching, Chabashira Sae moved her gaze away from Yuto, no longer looking at this bad boy.
Sometimes Chabashira Sae really envied Sakura Airi. She met the boy she liked and loved the most at the youngest and most beautiful age. Unlike her, who was almost thirty years old and had never been attracted to any man.
Despite nearing thirty, Chabashira still looked remarkably young, enough that someone unfamiliar with her could easily mistake her for being in her early twenties.
Drying his hair with a towel, Yuto walked over and sat beside Airi.
The moment he did, Airi stopped leaning toward Chabashira and shifted closer to him instead, resting her shoulder against his.
Chabashira glanced at the two of them and tactfully stood.
"It's getting late. I should head back. I'll come over tomorrow morning and continue grading the papers."
"Okay. I'll walk you out, Sae-chan."
"I'll come too," Airi added.
"No need."
Chabashira waved them off and left the living room by herself, then walked out of the warm, peaceful apartment.
...
Once Airi heard the front door close, she knew Chabashira was gone.
After hearing the door close, Airi knew that Chabashira Sae had left the apartment.
Becoming bolder, she no longer leaned against Yuto, but straddled his legs with her long, slender legs in a very girlish W-sitting posture.
Yuto felt the round and soft touch coming from his legs, and he pinched Airi's smooth and tender face that was close at hand. "What's wrong?"
"Just acting spoiled with you, is that not okay?" Airi, showing a charming and naive look, wrapped her hands around Yuto's neck.
"Of course it's okay. Come, help me dry my hair."
"Mm~" Airi, showing a sweet smile, like a little wife, gently used a towel to wipe away the remaining water traces from Yuto's hair.
After Yuto and Airi spent more than half an hour together sweetly, he picked up the flushed Airi and walked towards the room.
"Yuto, I haven't taken a shower yet..."
"It's fine, we'll have to take a shower after coming out of the room anyway," Yuto said with a smile.
Although Airi also knew that she would need to wash her body after coming out of the room, she probably wouldn't have the strength by then...
...
Saturday night passed, and morning soon arrived.
Chabashira came to the detached apartment carrying two breakfasts and called Airi from outside.
Since it was the weekend and there were no classes, she only needed to bring breakfast for Yuto and Airi.
For lunch and dinner, she planned to buy ingredients with Airi and cook together so the three of them could eat at the apartment.
The call connected.
"Sakura, I'm here. Come open the door."
"Okay, Chabashira-sensei. Give me a moment, I'll come down right away."
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