[DROP] Horimiya: Izuna Miyamura
30. Yaegashi Dojo and Manga Ecchi?

Shizuku is currently training at her family's dojo, while other students are seen doing their own exercises.

Shizuku's training is quite special, and although it is said to be a special exercise, what Shizuku does is actually not much different from the students at the dojo. Only, he did it all himself considering he was the son of the owner of this dojo.

"Shizuku, shouldn't you rest?" The soft voice coming from the woman walking towards him made Shizuku stop the movement of her hand.

He turned around and looked at the woman and shook his head, "Maybe in a moment, Mother?"

Yaegashi Kirino, she is Shizuku's mother. A gentle and calm figure like Yamato Nadeshiko, but a dangerous atmosphere could be felt from him. Which makes anyone think "That must be Shizuku's mother", given that the two of them look almost identical overall.

"No, you've been practicing for the last few hours, and this is quite an exaggeration for you! After all, there is Kaori-chan waiting for you in the living room" Kirino said as she lectured Shizuku about her overdoing her training.

It is true, Shizuku has been practicing shinai swinging for several tens of minutes, and that too with many other additional exercises, which if calculated she has been practicing for approximately the past two hours.

"alright. By the way, why is Kaori looking for me?" Shizuku asked confusedly while looking at her mother who was still acting calm.

"So, maybe he wants to take you somewhere? I didn't ask him either." Kirino said calmly, she then turned around and walked away, but before she walked too far, she said to Shizuku, "don't make them wait. I'll prepare tea for you."

"Well, Mother" said Shizuku, bowing her body.

Moments after his mother left, Shizuku sighed and thought it was time to end her practice today.

"Everyone, I'm going first." Before leaving, Shizuku must say goodbye to other students in their dojo.

Shizuku remembered all the teachings and philosophies of her grandfather and parents, such as treating all the students of Yaegashi Dojo as a foster family, never leaving them no matter who many problems they caused.

Shizuku begins diligently practicing the martial arts and swordsmanship of Yaegashi-ryu solely out of family love and does not want to disappoint her family's expectations. But he had no regrets after all because he could get to know many people in this dojo.

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"Kaori, are you looking for me?"

After a few minutes, Shizuku approached Kaori who was waiting for her in the living room. And since she had not had time to change her clothes, she still wore her right.

"Yuh, Shizuku-chan! I've been waiting for you!" kaori said with her cheerful tone. He immediately got up and threw his body towards Shizuku, and dropped himself in her arms.

"Hey hey, I just finished practicing, and my body is still filled with the smell of sweat." Shizuku is helpless to see the behavior of her best friend this one, but that does not mean she hates him, because she is like Kaori's innocent nature like this.

"Hehe, I don't mind because the smell of your sweat that just practiced is fragrant" Kaori said with a teasing grin on her face.

"Huh, well enough Kaori." Shizuku sighed helplessly and chose to give up on Kaori at this moment.

"Hehe, your face is red, Shizuku-chan. Do you like being hugged by me?" kaori said as she blinked her eyes a few times and looked at Shizuku with her sparkling eyes.

"Yes yes, I like being hugged by Kaori."

"Haha, I guess that is! In that case, I will give you many hugs in the future!" Kaori laughed and released her embrace from Shizuku.

"So, what are you looking for me for, Kaori?"

After the two sat down, Shizuku immediately asked Kaori who seemed to be acting strangely since earlier.

Kaori suddenly changed her expression, lowered her head, she said sadly.

"It's about Nagumo-kun .." Kaori said in a soft tone.

"What happened to Nagumo?" Shizuku asked in surprise, but looking at the behavior of her best friend, this might not be good news.

"Can we talk in your room? I don't want anyone to hear our conversation" Kaori said with a melancholy expression on her face.

That's how they finally arrived at the room

Shizuku's. Inside were many luxurious dolls

placed so as to make the room

narrower. There is a calendar of animals and cats

beautiful, pink curtains, and a rabbit-shaped pillow face. The entire room was enveloped in a gentle atmosphere with a faint sweet fragrance drifting. It was really a slippery feminine space.

Shizuku put a moody raccoon pillow on

front of a small round table made of glass,

When Kaori sat on the pillow and herself sat on the other side of the table.

"So, can you tell me from the beginning? What the hell is going on?" Shizuku asked seriously. Honestly speaking, he had a pretty good impression of Hajime, even though he was an Otaku, but he was unlike any other man who chased after Kaori or himself.

"So this is ..."

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Flashbacks.

A few hours before Kaori went to Shizuku's house, she was walking in a bookstore to buy a new volume of manga that she had never bought before.

While Kaori was looking through the latest manga, who would have thought that she would see Hajime in the store.

Of course, he went straight up to her and greeted her with a cheerful smile, "Nagumo-kun! Are you here too?"

Hajime, who felt familiar with the voice of the person calling his name immediately turned his face, and at that moment the cheerful Waja Shizuku was seen by him. In his mind, Hajime was breathing tiredly when he met Kaori.

'Why should I visit Shirasaki-san at a time like this?!' Hajime shouted in his mind.

Previously, he had thought about buying some of the latest manga that he might like, but who would have thought that he would meet Kaori here?

"A-b ... Shirasaki-san, what a coincidence that we met here .." said Hajime with a forced smile. If he had the courage, he would say out loud 'Why are you here?!' or something. But, since he did not have that much courage, he simply kept silent and harbored it within him.

"Yes, I want to buy a manga that you like forging days, but since I don't have enough time, I can only buy it today" Kaori said with a plain smile, smiling, he brought himself closer to Hajime while showing him the rocked volume of the manga.

"By the way, are you going to buy something again? Can I know what it is?!" kaori said with sparkling eyes. Of course, he would not miss the chance to be alone with Hajime just like that, and he would make the most of this opportunity!

"Y-Yeah ... There's something I want to buy, but maybe you won't like this too much .." Hajime said in a low tone. As much as possible, he did not want Kaori to be near him, but what happened was the opposite.

Although Hajime was as much as possible to stay away and keep his distance from Kaori, Kaori on the other hand always tried to approach him no matter what. He's like a cockroach that's hard to get rid of, certainly in a different sense.

"really? If you know, can you show me?" kaori said expectantly.

"All right ..." Haijme let out a tired sigh, he extended his hand which held a copy of the manga volume he had just bought.

"Hmm? What'sthis?" Kaori asked curiously.

"Manga Echhi." Hajime answered briefly.

"Sorry ...? Did I not hear wrong ...?" Kaori fell silent as she looked at the copy of the first volume of the manga in her hands.