Game Gyaru

Chapter 28: Changes

Surprisingly more things occurred for Hakuta than he expected upon his moving in with Shiuka. He didn't know what he expected by being forced to share a house with that girl, but it certainly wasn't the adventures they had during the past several weeks.

One of which still had itself burned into his memory. Always reminding him as his lips heated up. As if she had yet again kissed him.

"Stupid gals..." He muttered to himself as the boy did the dishes they left from dinner last night. Hakuta only felt more of why he disliked gyarus in the first place. They know exactly what they were doing, taking advantage of the feelings of boys like himself.

To think that he was genuinely excited to be living back here with her when they thought he would be leaving with his father to return to a normal life. Though all his grumblings didn't mean he changed his mind on that matter. Only that it was enough to get him to be muttering rather pettily on the matter.

"Heya!" Shiuka sneaked up behind him and gave the boy a bit of a hug, which caught him by surprise.

"Ahh!" He gave out a yelp, nearly dropping one of the bowls he had been cleaning. "Geez, don't scare me like that." Hakuta scolded her. "I could've broken something."

"Ah, it's just one bowl." It was easy for her to not care as much about something breaking and them having to throw it away. After all, her home certainly showed her family could afford to replace something that minor. "Besides, it's morning. Shouldn't you be more worried about getting ready for school?"

"It's always important to make sure we don't allow this place to fall into disarray." He responded. Hakuta sighed internally over his response. Here he was acting like some housekeeper or her mom on this matter. At this rate, they should be paying him for having to take care of this house while her dad was away on whatever it was his work needed him to do.

Still, she wasn't wrong on the matter of him needing to ready himself for school. It was morning after all and they needed to be there in less than an hour. So the boy quickly finished up cleaning their mess from the day before while she left early so they wouldn't appear to be walking to school together. All just to keep it a secret from the rest of their classmates about their living situation.

As he made the lonely walk there, Hakuta sighed. Even though he was fine with the living arrangements as they were. There was some part of him that wondered when he would be able to go back to living a normal life? Surely no one could say this was what most people would want out of their youth. Well, maybe most guys would be good with this because it meant living with someone as cute as Shiuka. But then again, he wasn't like most guys.

Huh, when that thought ran through his head. It made him sound more pompous than intended.

Still, he could live with life not changing for a while. After everything he had been through, it would be welcomes to maintain his current routine for just a little bit longer. Unfortunately it would not be the case at all as he walked into the classroom.

There was nothing out of the ordinary inside. Most students were just chatting along, minding their own business. Shiuka just sat around on her desk table, laughing rather loudly with her friends. Meanwhile, he had not other place to go other than to his desk, where his own friends were waiting for him.

"You look pretty tired." Yuusen said to greet him. "Let me guess, stayed up too late playing video games again?" He gave him a smug smile in what he assumed would be the obvious answer. This wasn't the case, as Hakuta had spent most of it helping Shiuka with her homework. Them having to stay at a hotel was not conductive to taking care of important work assigned to them by their teachers.