Accident

Chapter 5

Writer's POV

"We're here, Yuiga-kun." Under the warm sunset in the afternoon, Mafuyu told Nariyuki as she parked her car. However, as soon as she opens the car's door, Nariyuki quickly runs out and vomits to a nearby trash can.

"Yuiga-kun, you should have told me that you have car sick..." Mafuyu said while shaking her head, which made Nariyuki a little mad. 'This woman's sure didn't know what she was talking about...' He thought in his head.

After a few staircases, they finally reach Mafuyu's apartment. It doesn't change much after 4 years, or in the other word, from the last time Nariyuki saw it. That time he still studied at Ichinose Academy, but it was also his last day, because the next one was graduation ceremony. For studying in college, he was so busy that there were multiple times he had to stay there at night, couldn't go home and didn't have any time to visit anyone.

Looking at the usual door of the apartment, the balcony that someone can see a full sight of the neighborhood, even the city far away, with the view despite being blocked by high buildings... he has to admit that he misses these things a lot.

But that's not the only thing he thinks in his head. He has something more to be worried about.

'What the hell is awaiting me behind that door? Punishment? Something sweet, perhaps? Definitely the first one, isn't it?' Nariyuki thought while Mafuyu was opening the door. "The door is opened. Come in, Yuiga-kun." Mafuyu told Nariyuki.

With all of his courage, Nariyuki walks inside, awaiting something bad will happen to him. And as soon as Mafuyu switches on the light, he knows that he has been thinking is right, or maybe they're not the same, but he can consider this as a punishment. Since the day of Nariyuki going to college, Mafuyu's apartment has become a sight to feast, with floor made of books, ramen cups in every corners, paper balls rolling like tumbleweeds in desert. There are also sounds of animals that he can't even recognize.

'... What is this? World War II's aftermath?' The boy in glasses thought and put a smile of disbelief. When he is still in awe, Mafuyu hands him a mop with some empty garbage bag. "Let's start cleaning, Yuiga-kun." Mafuyu said with a serious face.

"... Considering your invitation of 'teaching me', is that just an excuse so I can be your personal janitor?" Nariyuki asked.

"Come on, Yuiga-kun. We don't have all day."

"So now you're good at kidnapping people in your car and forcing them to clean your place?"

"Start cleaning, Yuiga-kun!"

And so, Nariyuki Yuiga finally starts his chore, relives all the memories he's had before.

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It's been an hour and the apartment's atmosphere is still silent, with only sounds of broom sweeping, mop drying and the rustle of garbage bags wrapping can be heard. This might be the longest cleaning Nariyuki has ever done, because of so many things to be done, so many ramen cups to be collected, and he also saw some bugs that he thought they had been extinct for a long time.

"You know, sensei. I'm really impressed that you can live like this in 4 years." Nariyuki said and made Mafuyu blush.

"R-Rude! I just don't have time to clean this up, okay?" Mafuyu told Nariyuki. "And yet you still had time to build that Bowser castle over there." The trainee said and pointed at the pile of history books in the corner, which looked like a tower with a princess inside, waiting for a prince to save her. Mafuyu looks away from him, stares at the 'tower' for a while then coughs a bit, trying to get her cool.