Izumi Shouya's Q&A Corner (2)

"Sh-Shouya-sa… Shouya-kun… are you okay? … with someone like me…?"

"Not at all… I'm the one asking you… it's because it's me…"

"Hyau… ♡ Um… not right by my ear… ♡"

I'm being carried piggyback between classes, but it's not Arisa carrying me this time. It's Honami-san. Arisa suddenly said, "Let Honami do it next!" and this is how it ended up. On top of that, Kaede had told us we should both drop the polite speech with each other, so we're practicing that right now.

"Come on, Shouya～, snuggle up to Honami more～. Like that, I'm sure it's hard for Honami to carry you～."

I'd been holding myself up with my arms, trying not to lean on Honami-san. But Arisa is right; I'm wobbling a bit, and it's scary. Honami-san is so much taller than me that being on her back puts my line of sight way higher than usual, and that's terrifying.

"R-right! It's… dangerous, so… okay?"

"If Honami-san says so…"

Doing what Arisa and Honami-san told me, I pressed my upper body flush against hers. Her tied-back hair was right in front of my face, and it smelled really nice.

"How is it, Honami? How does Shouya's body feel?"

"It's warm and… I mean, no! It's, it's super stable and easy to carry!"

I had the feeling Honami-san's real feelings had just slipped out, but I'll pretend not to have heard.

When Honami-san's piggyback delivered me to the classroom, I got my own bag back from Arisa. Although when I say "bag," I hadn't been taking regular classes, so it wasn't textbooks, just the printout for the Boys-and-Girls Exchange reflection and my pencil case.

"Thank you, both of you."

"It's nothing～. Rely on me anytime!"

"Y-yes… I'd be happy if you relied on me too…"

"Mm-hm! Shouya should lean on the people around him more!"

Kaede nodded, satisfied with what the two of them had said. Come to think of it, if I were a guy giving a petite girl a piggyback, I probably wouldn't feel bad about it either. It's probably the same as how I'm happy when Kaede or Arisa rely on me. I'll just have to trust that Honami-san is happy about it.

"Ah, Shouya-kun! Are you done writing?"

Yuika-san came over to collect the printout. Since I couldn't walk, she went out of her way to come pick it up.

"Yeah, I wrote it during last period… here, please. I answered a few of the questions too."

"Yeah, thanks! Everyone was so happy! They were like, 'He's already answering?!'"

I'm glad everyone was happy. Whenever I have free time from now on, I'll keep answering them.

"Hey! Yuika-chan! Want to have lunch with us too?"

Kaede invited Yuika-san to lunch. Lately the usual three of us, plus Honami-san who sits close and gets along well, have been eating together at the boys' table in the cafeteria as a group of four, but Yuika-san and I have gotten close recently too, so I think it's fine. I nodded back at Kaede's glance.

"Shouya says it's okay too! How about it?"

"Th-then… if you don't mind me…"

Yuika-san hurried off to grab her bento and came rushing back, so the five of us headed for the cafeteria together. My ride was an Arisa piggyback, of course.

Honami-san, as usual, grabbed the priority pass for the boys'-table seating and went straight off to order her food. Arisa, Kaede, Yuika-san, and I had bentos, so we waited at the table first. Kaede and Arisa had already sat down across from me, and Yuika-san was hesitating over whether to sit next to me or with Kaede and the others.

"Yuika-chan, don't come over here, go sit next to Shouya!"

"B-but…"

"That's right! Yuika-chan! I'm sure Shouya would be happy if you came over too～."

Arisa was giving me a look like she was expecting something, so I said, 'Yuika-san… um… let's eat over here together,' and invited her to sit beside me.

"O-okay!"

Yuika-san replied in a bright voice and sat down next to me with an 'Excuse me…' When Honami-san came back, she started agonizing again over whether to sit beside me or with Kaede and the others, so I invited her over myself, and she happily took the seat next to me.

"Waah! Yuika-chan's bento looks delicious!"

"Th-thanks… I make it myself…"

"Eh?! Amazing?!"

Arisa was genuinely shocked by what Yuika-san said. Her bento had all kinds of side dishes packed in, and you could really tell she puts in the effort.

"My mom is busy, so I make her portion too…"

"That's amazing, Yuika-chan… I'm completely reliant on the school cafeteria…"

"I, I like cooking, so…"

Yuika-san was turning red from all the compliments, but I think she should hold her head up higher. She works this hard at school and takes care of housework. It's way too impressive.

"Shouya, you compliment her too!"

"Um, that's amazing… I've never even cooked…"

When Kaede prompted me, all I could blurt out was 'amazing.' I do watch cooking videos and gourmet videos online, but I've never actually tried it… Maybe next time I'll ask one of the maids, or Masami-onee-chan, to teach me…

"Th-thank you…"

Yuika-san looked happy even with my clumsy compliment.

"Okay, let's eat! Itadakimasu!"

At Kaede's signal, we each started on our food.

"U-um… Shouya-kun… if you don't mind, would you eat my tamagoyaki…?"

"I-is it okay?"

"Yeah… I'd been hoping you might one day…"

As I reached out with my chopsticks to take the tamagoyaki from the bento box Yuika-san was offering, Kaede shouted "Stooop!" and made me hold off.

"Wh-what is it, Kaede…?"

"Honestly! Shouya, Yuika-chan, you two are so frustrating! This is where you go 'open wide～,' right?! I mean, sure, it's so like you two, but still!"

Arisa was nodding vigorously in agreement. Watching the two of them, Yuika-san turned toward me with a look like she'd made up her mind, her eyes glinting behind her glasses.

"Th-then, open wide～…"

I let the tamagoyaki Yuika-san held out into my mouth. The sweet, fluffy egg melted apart on my tongue. I'm the type who'll say anything is delicious, but this was on a pretty high level, wasn't it?

"It's delicious, Yuika-san."

I looked Yuika-san straight in the eyes as I declared it delicious. Her face went red and she looked away.

"Th-thank you…"

"Fufu ♡ I'm so glad you got to feed Shouya ♡ Yuika-chan ♡"

"Kaede-chan… thank you… I never could have done 'open wide～' on my own."

"Uuh… I wish I could cook too…"

Honami-san looked lonely, like she was the only one left out.

"It's okay, Honami! I've only ever had Shouya do 'open wide～' for me from his own bento!"

Arisa's comment, which made me want to ask what exactly was okay about that, kind of sounded like she was bragging at Honami-san, depending on how you heard it.

"Hey! Then how about we make sweets at home next time? And let Shouya eat them! We could watch a movie or something!"

Kaede had a fun idea. If we did that, Arisa and Honami-san could probably do 'open wide～' with me too.

"Sounds great, Kaede! I'm in!"

""Th-that's… at Shouya-kun's house, we couldn't…""

Arisa was on board, but the other two were intimidated. Asking them to suddenly come over to a boy's house probably was a tall order.

"What about you, Shouya? Do you want to eat sweets that we made?"

Honestly, of course I want to eat sweets made by cute girls like these.

"I-I'd like to eat them… I guess…"

"See! Honami-chan, Yuika-chan! This is your chance to get closer to Shouya!"

""Uuugh… we'll go.""

I guess suddenly going over to a boy's house really is too much… In past-life terms, it'd be like suddenly heading up to a girl's place… and on a day when her dad's home, at that…

"Y-you really don't… have to force yourselves…"

""We're not forcing ourselves!!!""

Honami-san and Yuika-san denied it in unison at my words. I hope they aren't just forcing themselves to come… well, I guess that's fine…

"Then it's decided!"

We spent the rest of lunch talking about all sorts of things: what kind of sweets we should make, which days of the week the volleyball team was off, what movie to watch, and so on.

 

*

 

"See you, Shouya! Be careful on the way home!"

"See you…"

Arisa and Honami-san had carried me out to Mei-san's car before their club activities started. For the record, the last one to give me a piggyback was Honami-san.

"Thank you both for today…"

"Shouya, don't you think words alone aren't enough? They worked so hard for you today, you know?"

Kaede was giving me a look like she wanted something, but what exactly was she about to ask me to do?

"How about a kiss on the cheek?"

"I'm in～! Come on, Shouya, kissy ♡"

Arisa hopped on board with Kaede's suggestion and offered her cheek in front of my face. I hesitated for a moment, but I remembered Kaede's words about being 'proactive' and pressed my lips to Arisa's cheek.

"Kyah… ♡ Fufu ♡ Now I can give my all in club! Honami's turn next!"

Arisa pushed Honami-san out in front of me and stared at me as if hurrying me along.

"Come on, Honami-chan! If you don't lean down, Shouya can't reach, you know? ♡"

"O-okay…"

Honami-san brought her face close to mine just as Kaede told her to. We don't usually get our faces this close, so it was a little embarrassing, but I gritted through it and kissed her cheek.

"Um, good luck at practice…"

"Y-yes!"

When I cheered her on right by her ear, she gave me a delighted laugh in reply. Honami-san is the quiet type, so getting to see her smile makes me happy.

When I got home, Satsuki-san came out to meet me at the car and gave me a princess carry. Honestly, I could walk by now, but everyone was still worrying about me. And this morning I promised Kaede I'd lean on people as much as I could, so it was hard to refuse.

"Fufu ♪ Shouya-sama is leaning on us so honestly, Satchan looks so happy ♪"

"Shouya and I made a promise this morning! That as long as his legs hurt, he'd lean on people as much as possible!"

"My! How lovely! Shouya-sama hardly ever lets us spoil him, after all!"

Kaede was proudly telling Mei-san about what had happened this morning. I guess I really am bad at relying on people… But letting them spoil me a bit is probably better than making them worry.

"Welcome home, Shouya-sama! Here, let me get your change of clothes!"

When we got inside, Yui-san was waiting with a change of clothes ready. Lately she won't let me change on my own. She won't even let me put my own underwear on, so I'd ended up letting all the maids see my member.

Of the three of them, Yui-san seems to enjoy helping me change the most; she especially seems to love taking my necktie off and putting it back on.

After Yui-san dressed me in my house clothes, Satsuki-san carried me to the bed in my room. Then she laid down with me too.

At first she used to just dump me on the bed and leave, but once I asked her to stay, she started napping next to me until dinnertime. Mei-san, on the other hand, says "Goron～ ♡" and flops down beside me right from the start.

"Shouya-sama, what are you typing on your phone?"

Satsuki-san asked me while lying down beside me, so I told her about today's class.

"I see… Shouya-sama, you're so kind. To use your own time to reply to their questions…"

Satsuki-san was impressed by what I was doing and complimented me. Being complimented made me bashful, so I horsed around with her a little. Ever since that incident the other day when I worked out with Satsuki-san and Mei-san and my legs gave out, the distance between the three of us has felt like it's closed up. They had bathed with me and even helped me cum, after all.

I decided to spend the little bit of time left before dinner napping in Satsuki-san's breasts.