We Save Our World (私たちの世界を救います) [Completed]

Part.18 Lace!

"What's that?"
Haruki points at something.
I look to where he's pointing.

Oh, god!

"Oh, sorry Setsuna. I did some laundry..."
Izuna says.
My underwear has been put out to dry.

"Is that lace?"
Haruki asks.
"Haruki. Just... Just look the other way."
I frown.
"That's kind of hard."
He says.
I feel heat as my face flushed.
"Ugh!"
I shout.
I rush to grab all the pairs of underwear.
I open a drawer and shove them all in.
"I'm sorry..."
Izuna says.
"No, it's fine."
I reply.
She picks up her bags and heads to the door.
"I was about to head out anyway. Bye!"
She leaves.

Izuna...

I look at Haruki, who is still trying to avoid looking at all the other underwear hanging up.
I sigh.
"For frick sake! It doesn't matter! Ugh! I give up!"
I shout.
I melt onto the floor.
"Setsuna! Setsuna, get up!"
Haruki says tugging on my arm.
"I don't wanna!"
I yell at him.
"Hmm, what if I grab this?"
He says reaching for a hanger.
"Nooo!"
I yell, standing up and grabbing the hanger from him.

"See, I got you up."
Haruki says chuckling.
"Ah! You did that on purpose!"
I shout at him.
I glare at the imbecile furiously.

Why would he do that?
Does he enjoy tormenting me?
He was never like that before.
Well, I suppose it could be a lot worse.
It's comical.

"What about this one?"
Haruki says grabbing a other hanger.
I snatched it away from him giggling.

"Cut it out, would you?"
I say.
"See? You're laughing. Guess I did something right."
He says.
I toss it aside with the other one.
Flopping onto the bed I sigh.
"Ugh! I have a headache now."
I say into my pillow.
"You look comfy."
He says, coming to sit down on the bed.
I yawn and stretch out on the bed.
I find myself slowly drifting off to sleep.

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I wake up and sniff the air.

That smells good.
Really good!

I open my eyes and look out the window.
Stars light up the dark blue sky.
I roll over and get up.
I turn the corner and see Haruki cooking in the kitchen.

Woah!
He can cook?

He tosses food in a pan with great skill.
After tossing the vegetable mix a few more times, he turns the burner off. Taking out another pan, he begins to cook some beef.

Wow!
He knows what he's doing.

He finishes.
He notices me out of the corner of his eye and turns his body to face me.

Oh, god!
He's wearing my apron!

"Pft... buahahaha!"
I can't help but laugh.
I collapse onto the floor.
He walks in front of me.
"Something wrong?"
"You're... Wearing my apron! Hahaha!"
I say but then continue to laugh.
"Oh, right. I am aren't I?"
He says nonchalantly.
Looking down, his cheeks grow slightly pink.
Then he quickly takes it off.
I clear my throat and wipe the tears from my eyes.
"So, what did you make?"
I ask trying to make amends.
He sits me down.
"Just taste it."
He says.

Huh?
What is that supposed to mean?

He picks up a few things with the chopsticks and before I know it he shoves them in my mouth.
"Wow, das rearry goo!"
I chew.

He can cook!
This is amazing!

We both sit down and eat together.
"I didn't know you could cook Haruki."
I say.
"Well, I learned."
He replies.

Cool!

My phone rings.
"Oh, it's Kou."
I answer.
He begins.
"So, how are things going?"
"We're all good here."
I answer.
"I was thinking I could bring food over."
He says.
I look up then down and begins to speak.
"Well, you see Haruki already made food so... Yeah."
I mutter, looking over at Haruki who smiles at me.
"Oh, I see. Well, uh, bye I guess."
Kou says. And with a click, he's gone.
I sigh.
"I'm tired, I'm going to go to bed."
I say to Haruki.
He grabs my wrist.
"Wait, where will I sleep?"
He asks.
"That's right, there's only one bed... THERE'S ONLY ONE BED!"