Volume 3 Chapter 0.1 - Prologue
Prologue
At least I want words
“I’m home. Yuunagi-kun, you’re still awake, right?”
It was Friday night, and for the first time in a while, I had finished dinner alone. After doing the dishes and getting out of the bath, I lay on my bed, watching a movie that was playing on TV.
I was in a state where I could fall asleep at any time, but I was soaking in the sense of freedom that comes with the weekend, idly passing the time with my smartphone in hand.
When the movie was more than halfway through, the chime of my room rang.
There was only one person who would come looking for me at this hour.
“Tenjō-san, welcome back. The drinking party ended earlier than expected, huh?”
I had been informed in advance that Sensei had a drinking party at work tonight, so there would be no dinner.
As I opened the door, the cool outside air tickled my cheeks.
It had been two seasons since Sensei turned out to be my neighbor and we started our current relationship.
The overly long summer had finally passed, and the brief autumn had arrived.