13 SENTINELS: Aegis RIM: ANOTHER STORY - [PART I] (BOOK I)

8.6. Juro's Perspective [Flashback: Two Days Ago: Sunday Evening]

[The Same Evening on Sunday]
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Juro: "Huh?"
Juro: "Guess I fell asleep..."

Juro gets up and looks at the table set with food behind him.

Juro: "Mm..."
Juro: "Smells good."

Just about he was about to go inside the kitchen, Megumi walk out of there and greets him with a smile.

Megumi: "Ah, you're up?"
Megumi: "Dinner's almost ready."
Megumi: "Could you get the chopsticks?"

Juro grabs the chopsticks from the kitchen drawer.

Megumi: "Thanks."
Megumi: "Go ahead and place them at the table."
Megumi says as she makes more side dishes.

Juro: 'She probably didn't realize it, but...'
Juro: 'These are matching chopsticks."
Juro: 'Like... for a married couple.'
Juro: 'That only makes me feel even more awkward and uncomfortable.'

Despite so, Juro went ahead and placed them on the table, just like he was told to do.

Juro: "There we go."

He could hear his TV running in the background, totally forgetting that he left it on.

Juro: "I fell asleep with the TV on..."
He turns it off and settles down at the dining table.

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Juro: 'It's like we're newlyweds or something...'
Juro: 'Okay, no.'
Juro: 'I'm definitely not following that train of thought.'
Juro: 'I literally known this girl for a few hours.'
Juro:  'Yet she treats me as if we're lovers.'
Juro: 'I need to find a way to kick her out.'
Juro: 'And possibly... Y/n-san can have that room when she decides to move here.'
Juro: 'Maybe just then...'

Juro: "..."
Juro: "...?"
Juro: "...!"

Juro: 'Wait, since when was I obsessed with Y/n-san living with me?!'
Juro: 'Since when bringing up Y/n-san was a normal thing to me?!'
Juro: 'I...'
Juro: 'Have I...'
Juro: 'Have I really become that inseparable from her from a short amount of time...?!'

Megumi at the right time comes from the kitchen to put the last side dishes on the table, also taking him out of his train of thoughts.

Megumi: "Dinner's ready."
Megumi: "Shall we start?"
Megumi: "Oh?"
Megumi: "You have bags under your eyes."
Megumi: "It's because you stay up late watching movies every night, right?"
Megumi: "You need to sleep early."

Juro: "We're the same age."
Juro: "Don't act like you're my mom."
Juro: "Besides, I can't fall asleep even if I wanted to."

Megumi: "Oh, why not?"

Juro: "Well, because you're here."

Megumi: "Me...?"
Megumi: "Have I done something wrong?"

Juro: "Come on..."
Juro: "We're a boy and a girl..."
Juro: "All alone together..."
Juro: "Puberty exists!"
Juro: "Are you trying to torture me?"
He deeply whispers to himself.

Juro: 'Not only that, we've known each other since a few hours ago.'
Juro: 'Of course I would feel insecure about all this...'

Juro: "Hey, um..."
Juro: "We really shouldn't be living together like this."

Megumi: "Are you afraid someone finding out?"

Juro: "Well, of course that's part of it..."
Juro: 'Especially Y/n-san knowing I have a girl over..."
Juro: 'Wait. Wait. Wait!'
Juro: 'Why am I so worried that she will find out what's going on?!'