My Childhood Friend Who Was Doing Personal V-Tubing Got Ntr’d by a Singer (LOL), but I’ve Decided to Just Sit Back and Watch the Two of Them Roll Down the Hill of Life and Fall Into Ruin - Chapter 6: Shameless Childhood Friend

Chapter 6: Shameless Childhood Friend

Himeko was crying, but I didn’t care, so I left her alone and headed back to the classroom. On the way, in the shadow of the club building, there was a familiar face smoking a cigarette.

“Shūko-chan, are you smoking in a place like this?”

“I’m not Shūko-chan, call me Ms. Yaguruma.”

The woman with her black hair tied up in pants style was my homeroom teacher, Shūko Yaguruma. Since she was close in age, the students called her Shūko-chan, but she insisted on being called Ms. Yaguruma.
She was a beautiful woman with a great figure, but she had a somewhat jaded air, like someone who had been worn out by life’s setbacks, making her a regrettable beauty of a teacher.

“Yo, you look sleepy. You were absent yesterday, did something happen?”

“Don’t sit down next to someone with such smooth movements, Takumi Takao. …Yesterday, there was some family trouble, and I was dealing with society’s trash.”

As soon as I sat next to her, Shūko-chan immediately stubbed out her cigarette in her portable ashtray. Oops, I did something bad.

“Society’s trash, huh? As expected, Shūko-chan is cool! Good work!!”

It sounded like a joke, but Shūko-chan didn’t seem like the type to lie, so probably all sorts of things had happened.

“…Sigh. Takao, you’re a strange student. Don’t you trust people too easily?”

“I don’t see Shūko-chan as the kind of person who would lie.”

With that, Shūko-chan made a sort of awkward face and turned away with a huff. Did I make her angry? Did I say something wrong… Ah, is this that thing where I messed up again?

“By the way, is that injury okay? You haven’t gotten dragged into something weird, have you?”

“It’s an honorable wound from taking down society’s trash… just kidding. If I wrap it up tight, it’ll heal, so it’s lighter than it looks.”

With that, Shūko-chan made an extremely awkward face.

“Sigh… You’re a student, don’t do dangerous things. This school has had the student council president and a teacher arrested one after another lately, and even someone from the same first-year class got injured. Don’t do dangerous things, okay? …Oh, the warning bell is about to ring. You should head back to the classroom now.”

Come to think of it, the guy who came to this school from the same middle school as me had been up to all sorts of stuff recently, but he seemed fine, which was a relief.
I parted ways with Shūko-chan, who was worrying like a proper teacher, returned to the classroom, and attended classes, but from the bits I heard, Himeko had been taken by her female friends from where she was crying and rested in the nurse’s office for the afternoon classes. What the hell is that guy doing….

School ended like that, and when I got home, not only was Mom, who worked from home, there, but Dad had come home too. We exchanged greetings of “I’m home” and “Welcome back,” then I put my bag in my room and headed to the living room where both parents were, thinking since they’re both here, maybe we can have some family time.
Mom with her brightly dyed hair, looking young and beautiful, and Dad, who had a plump build and wore glasses, looking like a very plain uncle. I respected both my parents.

“Tak-kun. About what happened yesterday… As a parent, I have to say, you should cut ties with Himeko-chan.”

“I agree with that opinion! …Ahem, that’s what I was planning too. For my mental health, I don’t want to have anything to do with her. I told her today that we’re breaking up.”

“Good, it’s good that you made the decision quickly. …But, Tak-kun. Probably, Himeko-chan will come over to eat dinner at our house today too.”

…Huh?! No way, no way. Normally, common sense-wise, that can’t happen. Cheating, NTR, ignoring the injury, and on top of that, breaking up but acting like nothing changed is just too much, right…? …I made an unbelievable face.

“…No, she will come, definitely. That girl thinks she’s loved, and above all, since elementary school, on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays when her parents aren’t home, she has a fixed idea of coming to this house to eat. …Probably, even after breaking up, she thinks that’s that and this is this. Probably, as a major premise, she thinks yesterday’s matter is settled with an apology?”

I wanted to think she wasn’t that shameless, but since it’s Mom saying it….

“…If her parents show up, Dad will handle it properly. For today, leave it to Mom.”

With a click, Dad adjusted his glasses and said that, and Mom silently nodded in agreement.

“Got it. …If Himeko comes, I’ll leave it to you then.”

―――――――Ding-dong

Just as I said that, the chime rang. Is it a Zonama package? Today is the release date for the plastic model summon beast Pharaoh Dia & Explosive Water Effect. Speaking of Pharaoh Dia, I wanted to decorate it with both arms and legs raised in a banzai pose and the explosive water leak effect, so I fought hard in the reservation wars.

“Good evening—”

…That bubbly mood was instantly crushed. The voice from the entrance was the most unpleasant voice in the world right now that I didn’t want to hear, and thinking it was a joke, I opened the door to find Himeko looking apologetic.

“Even though we’re not boyfriend and girlfriend anymore, as childhood friends… please treat me well. I came to have dinner today too.”

I don’t want to be treated well by you at allllllllll!! Swallowing the thought of what kind of brain and nerves she had, calm down, count prime numbers, prime numbers are lonely digits so counting them calms the heart… While counting primes, I let Himeko into the house as Mom had instructed.

“Good evening, Himeko-chan.”

“Come on in.”

Mom and Dad said that and welcomed Himeko, but… as family, I could tell they were smiling but not really smiling. I don’t think Himeko noticed.

“Excuse me for intruding. …Wow, today it’s carrot hamburg steak, spaghetti, and even eggplant ohitashi! All my favorites! I’m so happy!”

With that, Himeko washed her hands and sat in her usual seat. Does this guy think that since she apologized at school and we broke up, that’s the end of it??? But since Mom said to leave it to her, I emptied my mind and just ate the meal. Himeko was overjoyed because it was all her favorite foods. And my parents, smiling but not smiling, and me counting primes. Probably, only Himeko didn’t realize she was standing on thin ice.

―――And after finishing the meal on the surface as always, Himeko opened her mouth.

“Thank you for the meal, Aunt! It was delicious today too.”

“Good. That’s great. …Himeko-chan, it was around elementary school when you started coming to this house to eat on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays like this. Are your mom and dad still both working?”

“Huh? Come to think of it, yeah, it’s been that long since I started coming. Dad and Mom are researchers and say they’re busy with work.”

“Yes. …So, Himeko-chan, no―――’Ms. Urakiri.’ I want you to stop coming to this house for dinner like this from now on.”

I see, so all Himeko’s favorite foods were because it was her last supper. Even death row inmates get to have their hoped-for meal at the end, right.

“Huh? W-why so suddenly?!”

Himeko was surprised by the change to calling her Ms. Urakiri and Mom’s sudden transformation into a noh mask-like expression as she stated it flatly. No, normally speaking, your actions right now are way too spoiled.

“Ms. Urakiri, just because you’re childhood friends who live nearby doesn’t mean people usually provide dinner three days a week. I heard about yesterday from Takao… Doing something like that and expecting to be treated the same way means you’re thinking too lightly of things, Ms. Urakiri.”

With that, Himeko, perhaps finally feeling guilty, couldn’t refute and faltered in her words.

“…No, but, that couldn’t be helped! Besides, I’ll be in trouble! What if I run out of food and starve to death?!”

“We won’t be troubled, and it has nothing to do with us.”

Himeko hesitated and couldn’t retort to Mom, who shut her down with a full-faced smile.

“And let me tell you, until now, we were preparing dinner purely out of kindness. Because it was someone our Takao cherished, we were considering his feelings. Of course, we never received meal money from your parents.
No matter how busy work is or whatever, it’s the parents’ duty to take care of their child’s meals. We have no such duty or obligation.”

Unable to withstand Mom’s pressure, Himeko looked at me as if seeking help, but I was busy pulling the limited gacha in my phone game right now, don’t look over here. Please, rainbow effect, rainbow effect come… Nuwaaahn, it slipped through again!!!!

“It’s matters between men and women, dating, breaking up, that’s a given thing.
That said, cheating isn’t something to be praised, so originally, you should have properly broken up with Takao and started dating that Hachiyama someone… um, Masao-san, right?
And above all, we won’t lower our threshold to let someone straddle who joins in mocking our child when he’s assaulted and leaves him injured without caring.
From now on, we’ll refrain from associating with your family too――――That’s what it means to see things through.”

While I was rejoicing and worrying over the gacha, Mom’s declaration of cutting ties continued, and Himeko’s mouth opened and closed like a fish. Like a carp suffering from oxygen deprivation, uorororo! …Oops, hold back on the crude laughter.

“…I, I understand. I won’t come anymore…”

Even seeing Himeko hanging her head, no emotions came up at all. More than that, I’m sadder that I rolled the gacha to the heavens and exchanged, all my saved gacha stones melted… That’s why swimsuit gachas are…!!
And to Himeko, who thought that was the end of the talk, Mom still had words for her.

“What are you misunderstanding? The important talk isn’t over yet?”

“Hyo?”

Himeko let out a dumb voice at Mom’s smiling words. The judgment drama at the dinner table seemed far from over.