Too Many Losing Heroines! - Volume 2 - Chapter 1.1

Chapter 1 – Anna Yanami Is Trying to Give Me Hints

“I’m back…”

I opened the door worriedly. The usual scenery of my house came into view.

The size of the living room is 18 tatamis. It’s joined with the dining room. The TV is replaying travel shows. [TL: 1 tatami = 1.65 square meters.]

Nothing unusual, aside from that girl holding a spoon next to the table with her mouth open.

“Hey, Nukumizu-kun, it’s been a while. Sorry for the intrusion.”

With that, the girl sent a spoon full of curry into her mouth.

“What the-!? Why are you here!?”

This girl, whose cheeks are stuffed up with curry, is Anna Yanami.

She became a staple losing heroine just a while ago when a heavenly transfer student took her childhood friend away.

Yanami swallowed the curry as she gave me a cheerful smile. There are still rice grains on her face.

“This curry tastes very good. I think it’s, uh, leftover curry?”

“Oh, right, yeah. So, why are Yanami-san eating curry in my house?”

“Uh, ugh, nom nom nom.”

Don’t talk while eating.

She must be the guest Kaju is talking about, right? I sighed and sat at the opposite end of the table.

…Right, she finally finished her food.

“Yanami-san, you should give me a heads-up when you come to my house, right?”

Yanami answered my reasonable demand with displeased eyes.

“Nukumizu-kun didn’t check your Line, right? I texted you a few times that I was coming.”

Wait, really? I opened my phone. There’s indeed a dot on the Line icon.

“Sorry, I didn’t notice it. I thought it was mail or something.”

“No, no, no, these have notifications, right?”

“Notifications…? Oh, this one?”

I didn’t know this function wasn’t telling me my HP in the mobile game had already recovered.

I looked away and prepared to find excuses.

“I know Yanami-san is here now. So, what’s wrong?”

We became friends during the closing ceremony of the first term.

Even so, we’re not close enough to hang out in each other’s homes. Yet, she’s eating curry -because this is how this girl is.

Yanami had almost finished the curry. She skillfully put the rice grains and curry sauce in one place with her spoon.

She reluctantly sent this last bite between her lips and clapped her hands.

“Thanks for the food. Well, I’m giving my friends somen right now.” [TL: Thin noodles.]

“Somen?”

Upon a closer look, there’s a huge paper bag on the table.

Are these the so-called Ghost Festival gifts? I can just return her with a pack of salad oil, right? Yanami looks like she loves oil.

I peeked inside the paper bag. It’s filled with somen with a “cheap and tasty” slogan.

“This entire bag doesn’t look like a gift for the Ghost Festival. Why did you bring so much?”

“Do you want to know? You really want to know, right?”

“Uh, not really.”

Yanami wiped her lips with paper towels. She ignored me and continued.

“Actually, this is my dad’s salary for this month.”

“Salary…? What?”

“I’m saying that his salary for July is paid with all of these somen because of reasons. Somen only.”

For some reason, even the cicadas cooperated with Yanami and stopped screaming when she said that.

“That’s a lot for a month’s salary.”

“My house has 300 thousand yen worth of somen lying around.”

“This is just a question, but somen isn’t some kind of criminal slang, right? This should be legal, right?”

“Of course. What do you think my family is?”

Yanami looked outside the window sadly. I followed her.

“I ate, …I ate a whole life’s worth of somen…”

The blue sky of August still feels just as hot. However, the shape of the clouds is indeed telling us summer is about to be over.

“So, you mean you’re handing out somen? Why don’t you just give them to neighbors if you have so much?”

“I am, but they always pretend they aren’t home now.”

It’s because somen has caused strife among neighbors.

“I see…”

“Yeah, that’s all…”

Both of us acknowledged the silence.

“Now Nukumizu-kun understands why I’m eating curry in your house right now?”

“Yeah, I don’t really understand, but I get it. You want another plate?”

“This is already my second plate. No thanks.”

She already had her second plate?

Even though I freaked out initially, this is just a friend giving me somen when I think about this calmly.

“Nukumizu-kun, don’t tell me you didn’t read the Line message this morning as well? The one about the Literature Club is having a sudden conference meeting.”

“Eh, there’s a message like that?”

I didn’t notice it at all. I hastily took out my phone and checked. There’s a text from Prez in the Literature Club’s Line group. He hopes everyone can meet in the club room tomorrow afternoon.

I checked the records. Yanami seems to be going as well.

I answered with a simple “got it”.

“Let’s put that aside first. Aren’t Yanami-san busy now? Are you sure you can just chill here?”

“Uh, do you mean you want me to leave?”

Yanami’s lips curled down sulkily.

“A bit. Don’t you have to give somen to your other friends?”

“Yeah, there’s still one more house- wait, what did you say in the beginning?”

“Nothing at all. Look, the weather report says it’s getting hot during the afternoon. You should finish your business quickly.”

“…We can talk after having pears.”

Yanami’s eyes brightened up.

“Pears?”

I turned around. Kaju is standing there in her uniform with a plate. She’s smiling.

“Yanami-senpai. Kaju just cut some pears. Do you want to try them?”

“Yes, yes! Thank you, Kaju-chan!”

Right, I forgot about Kaju. Also, why do these two look like they are getting close?

Kaju sat next to me with a puppy’s bright eyes.

“This pear is delicious.”

“This is a Kojima pear from our relatives. Anyway, Yanami-senpai, can I ask you some questions?”

Kaju said that as she took out papers and a recording pen.

…This girl, she’s really planning for an interview.

“Ask me anything. Are you asking for homework or something else?”

“Hmm, close! Well, I’ll be asking about your date of birth, blood type, family members, interests, hobbies, and specialties. Also, how did you fall in love with onii-sama…?”

Shit, Kaju is entering into a weird mode. I immediately chose to intervene.

“Kaju. Look, Yanami-san is busy. Let’s ask her next time, alright?”

“B-But! Kaju still has to listen to what interesting things did onii-sama see in school!”

You’re asking your brother too much.

“Go back to the room if you understand. C’mon, stand up-“

“Ugh-“

I finally managed to get Kaju to leave. Yanami mumbled to herself quietly.

“…Nukumizu-kun, you tell your little sister to call you onii-sama?”

“I didn’t make her. This is very important.”

“Also, your little sister is adorable. Her face is petite, and her hair is silky.”

“Yeah, people often used to say we look like each other.”

“Who said that? Let me meet that person too.”