After a 15 minute walk from school, we arrived at Yuuji's place, located in a corner of the residence district.
"""Please excuse us."""
After taking off our shoes at the corridor, we entered the house one by one.
Unlike my house, Yuuji's house is a 2-storyed bungalow and looks wider than mine. It should be easier to study here.
"Yuuji, isn't anyone else at home?"
I walked forward and asked Yuuji who was about to lead us to his room.
"Ahh, my dad's still working at this time, and my mom went off on a hot springs trip with her high school friends, so please don't feel restrained and make yourself at home."
"I see. The last time I came here, it seemed that your relatives weren't at home, Yuuji."
"Yeah. But it'll be better if they're not at home in more than one way."
Yuuji smiled cheerily and opened the door leading to the living room, and then,
"......(Guchi guchi guchi guchi)!"
There's a woman focusing on squeezing a bubble bag.
"..."
-BATAN!
Yuuji wordlessly closed the door.
"Yu, Yuuji? That person who's squeezing the bubble bags that's piled up like a hill is-"
"...Someone I don't know."
"Is, is that Sakamoto's mother...? Why is she squeezing so many bubble bags..."
"Ye, yeah. Aren't there too many of them? If she wants to squeeze so many of them, it will take about 1, 2 hours."
"...Such amazing concentration."
"Is Sakamoto-kun's mother's line of work squeezing bubble bags?"
All sorts of ideas appeared in everyone's mind. What was that just now...
"Must be some patient with a psychiatric disorder. Don't know how she got into my house, because my mom should be off on the hot springs trip."
It's really rare for Yuuji to make such a lie that anyone can see through. This Yuuji can cheat other people's hearts like a professional con-man and I thought that such an evil Yuuji was no different from the devil, so I'm rather surprised by his response now.
Yuuji closed the door leading to the living room, and we could only stay in the corridor. At this moment, the voice of that so-called stranger could be heard.
"Oh my? I didn't think it would be that late now. I remember Yuuji just went to school."
Looks like the person inside the room has been squeezing bubble bags for almost 8 hours.
"I'll finish the rest after I have lunch."
And it looks like she wants to continue.
"DAMN MOM! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?"
Seemingly unable to stand this any further, Yuuji finally stepped into the living room. Really? That person's really Yuuji's mother...
"Oh my, Yuuji. You're back."
"TO HELL I AM! WHY THE HECK ARE YOU AT HOME!? DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING OUT ON A HOT SPRINGS TRIP AND STAYING OUTSIDE!?"
"About this, it seemed that okaa-san here mistook the time. July and October look really easy to mix up on first glance. How troublesome."
