"The room is a little small. I'll go in first to change. You absolutely must not come in!"
When they arrived at the apartment that Kirisu Mafuyu was renting, Nakano Yu was just about to enter when Kirisu Mafuyu stopped him.
Looking at Kirisu Mafuyu, who was peeking out from behind the door, looking serious but with her face red, Nakano Yu nodded and reassured her:
"Kirisu-sensei, don't worry, I still consider myself a gentleman."
"You'd better."
Kirisu Mafuyu muttered, and then closed the door.
Seeing this, Nakano Yu was helpless and could only lean against the railing, watching the sunset in the distance to pass the time.
Inside the room, Kirisu Mafuyu looked at the mess in the room, covering her face with her hands and freezing in place.
"Ah!!! Kirisu Mafuyu, how could you really bring a student home?!"
"The room is this messy. If a student sees this, what will he think? That the teacher who is usually clean and dignified is actually an unhygienic shut-in in private life?!"
"What should I do? Do I really have to put on the maid costume to clean the room?"
"But I don't even know how to clean a room at all!"
Looking at the trash and clothes scattered everywhere, the completely messy room, Kirisu Mafuyu fell into deep thought.
At this moment, she hesitated, wondering whether to break her word now.
But Nakano Yu was right outside the door. If she backed down, her credibility as a teacher would be seriously damaged!
After an inner struggle, Kirisu Mafuyu's gaze became firm.
She surveyed the room and encouraged herself:
"It's fine, Kirisu Mafuyu, it's just cleaning the room. It's nothing. You definitely, definitely won't get stuck on this!"
After encouraging herself, Kirisu Mafuyu looked at the bed beside her, one of the few relatively clean places in the room.
Next to the pillow was a package of clothes that had already been opened, it was precisely the maid costume that Kirisu Mafuyu had bought two days earlier!
"Gulp… it's just a piece of clothing, just clothing."
Pinching her red and hot cheeks, Kirisu Mafuyu stepped forward and began to change.
A moment later, Nakano Yu, who was waiting outside the door, suddenly heard the sound of the door opening behind him.
Turning around, he saw Kirisu Mafuyu open the door slightly and signal him to come in:
"Na, Nakano-kun, p-please, come in."
"Oh."
Hearing that, Nakano Yu turned around and was about to push the door when Kirisu Mafuyu suddenly stopped him.
"What is it, Kirisu-sensei?"
Stopped again, Nakano Yu asked in confusion.
"Uh… the room is a little messy, and also… you must not tell anyone what happened today!"
Looking away, Kirisu Mafuyu warned him first. She had never imagined that she would really bring a student home and even wear such embarrassing clothes in front of him. It was truly too awkward!
"Does Kirisu-sensei still not believe in my character?"
Nakano Yu pointed at himself, acting like an honest young man, and asked in return.
"Hm… hurry up and come in."
Looking at Nakano Yu for a while, Kirisu Mafuyu thought for a moment, then opened the door and pulled him inside.
It wasn't that she trusted Nakano Yu that much, but she felt that… Nakano Yu probably wouldn't spread this kind of thing around.
Entering Kirisu Mafuyu's apartment, the scene before Nakano Yu left him speechless.
There were several bags full of trash on the floor, empty instant noodle cups and soda cans on the table, and scattered plastic bags and pieces of clothing all over the floor.
This scene was almost no different from Ichika's room.
"P-please sit down, Ma-Master…"
Blushing, Kirisu Mafuyu put the maid headpiece on her head and gestured for Nakano Yu to come in.
Just looking at the room, Nakano Yu didn't know for a while where he could even sit.
Shaking his head, he didn't care about that. Nakano Yu looked at Kirisu Mafuyu, who was blushing beside him, and his eyes lit up.
Kirisu Mafuyu was very beautiful. No matter what she wore, her slender figure and refined face gave her a special temperament.
If Kirisu Mafuyu at school was an untouchable, strict teacher, an ice queen, then Kirisu Mafuyu in a maid costume now looked like a cat — the kind that would bristle at the slightest stimulus, completely different from the ice queen at school.
Moreover, looking at Kirisu Mafuyu, the maid dress paired with high stockings was perfect. Of course, Nakano Yu personally preferred white stockings with a maid costume, but high stockings were not bad either.
It was probably because Kirisu Mafuyu had changed in a hurry and hadn't taken off her high stockings.
"Th-the room is a little messy. Ma-Master, please sit on the bed. I- I will clean now…"
Seeing that Nakano Yu was staring at her without moving, Kirisu Mafuyu looked around and only then realized there was no place for him to sit. Feeling immense embarrassment, she told him to sit on her bed.
"Kirisu-sensei, where did you learn to call me 'Master'? I don't think I asked for that, did I?"
Sitting on Kirisu Mafuyu's bed without any restraint, Nakano Yu saw her blushing and frantically tidying up the room. A sudden desire to tease her arose in him.
He really hadn't expected Kirisu Mafuyu to be so thorough in her service, even in the form of address. He had only asked her to wear a maid costume; he hadn't had so many other thoughts.
Hearing this, Kirisu Mafuyu, who was struggling with whether to sweep the floor first or wipe the table, froze, and her face turned even redder.
When she learned that Nakano Yu would definitely be first in the class, she had searched the internet and read various explanations about the profession of a maid. Although she had been very unwilling, she had still lost the bet.
After realizing it, she had to mentally prepare herself before painstakingly saying the two words "Master" in front of her student.
But now Nakano Yu had actually told her that he hadn't even asked for that?
Didn't that mean that all of it had been her own mistaken assumption?
Thinking of this, Kirisu Mafuyu clenched her teeth and simply pretended she hadn't heard Nakano Yu, continuing to think about whether to sweep first or wipe the table.
Seeing that Kirisu Mafuyu ignored him, Nakano Yu chuckled softly and leaned back, wanting to see how Kirisu Mafuyu, who was said to be "completely incapable of housework," would clean the room.
After all, Nakano Yu truly didn't believe in such settings. Housework sounded difficult, but surely she could sweep the floor and wipe the table?
While thinking, Nakano Yu suddenly felt his hand touch something round, with some kind of pattern on it.
Turning his head to look, Nakano Yu realized that it was actually a piece of black fabric. Looking more closely, it turned out to be Kirisu Mafuyu's bubble tea cup mixed together with her clothes!
(bfdi) Seeing this, Nakano Yu was just about to withdraw his hand when Kirisu Mafuyu's voice suddenly sounded:
"Ma… cough! Nakano-kun, what are you doing?!"
At that moment, Kirisu Mafuyu was coldly staring at Nakano Yu. She had only gone to get detergent, and when she returned, she saw Nakano Yu rummaging through her bed, even touching her bubble tea cup!
She couldn't imagine that the seemingly cheerful and honest Nakano Yu was actually this kind of person. No wonder he had proposed such a strange condition as watching her do housework — it turned out he wanted to take the opportunity while she was cleaning to do something improper with her clothes!
At that moment, Kirisu Mafuyu's face was full of black lines. Fortunately, she had returned in time, otherwise she didn't know what outrageous things Nakano Yu would have done!
Hearing Kirisu Mafuyu's voice, Nakano Yu calmly pulled a piece of clothing out of the pile and began folding it while saying:
"Kirisu-sensei, you should know that I have five older sisters. At home, almost all the housework is shared between Nino and me. Seeing that Kirisu-sensei's bed was this messy, I couldn't help but tidy it up."
As he spoke, in just a short time, Nakano Yu had already folded several pieces of clothing and placed them aside.
His calm and completely unashamed attitude left Kirisu Mafuyu stunned.
"Could it be that I really misunderstood Nakano-kun?"
Looking at Nakano Yu, Kirisu Mafuyu muttered to herself. At that moment, she noticed Nakano Yu reaching for her bubble tea cup. She quickly took two steps forward, grabbed the cup and several personal pieces of clothing, and tightly clutched them in her hand.
"Na-Nakano-kun, I-I can handle this myself. Th-there's no need to trouble you!"
After saying that, Kirisu Mafuyu grabbed the clothes and quickly threw them into the laundry basket. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief and return to the living room.
Watching Kirisu Mafuyu's nervousness, Nakano Yu laughed inwardly.
Sometimes, it's really not me who panics, but others. But Kirisu-sensei looks quite cute like this.
Speaking of which, Kirisu Mafuyu looked only a few years older than him, in her twenties. It truly was an age when a girl's heart is restless and full of youthful energy.
"Hey, Kirisu-sensei, you're actually much cuter like this than at school."
Watching Kirisu Mafuyu standing diligently with detergent and a broom, Nakano Yu suddenly praised her.
Hearing that, Kirisu Mafuyu bit her lower lip. Being praised was, of course, nice, but… the other party was her student! She, she cannot, at least she shouldn't.
"You chatterbox. At school I have to be responsible to the students, so I must be serious."
Brushing her hair back, Kirisu Mafuyu said, pretending to be calm.
After that, Kirisu Mafuyu began squeezing detergent onto the floor in front of Nakano Yu.
Wait! Detergent?!
Realizing what she was doing, Nakano Yu looked at Kirisu Mafuyu and asked:
"Kirisu-sensei, what are you doing?! You don't pour detergent directly onto the floor!"
"Huh?"
Hearing the boy's words full of shock and helplessness, Kirisu Mafuyu turned her head, just about to explain how this way she could both sweep and wash the floor, when her gaze suddenly caught something.
That terrifying creature that filled Kirisu Mafuyu with horror and made her tremble a big cockroach!!!!
"Na-Nakano-kun… there, there's a cockroach!!!!"
Kirisu Mafuyu trembled, pointing toward the trash bag beside the table.
On the full trash bag, a big cockroach with a brown shell was moving its head, and its two thin antennae were swaying, enough to make Kirisu Mafuyu lose her breath just by looking at it.
"A cockroach? Let me see?"
Hearing that, Nakano Yu stood up, preparing to take a look, but the cockroach, frightened by Kirisu Mafuyu's scream, spread its transparent wings and flew, heading straight toward her.
"No, no!!!!"
Watching the cockroach get closer and closer, Kirisu Mafuyu's face was filled with terror. She wanted to run away, but forgot that she had just poured detergent on the floor and was only wearing stockings. Kirisu Mafuyu pushed off with her toes, her feet slipped, and she staggered toward Nakano Yu.
"Kirisu-sensei!"
Seeing this, Nakano Yu quickly stepped forward and caught Kirisu Mafuyu in his arms, but the cockroach was not deterred, turning in the air and flying toward her again.
"Na-Nakano-kun! The cockroach! There's a cockroach!!!!"
Seeing that the cockroach still wouldn't leave her alone, Kirisu Mafuyu was so frightened that her eyes were full of tears. She clung to Nakano Yu without any regard for her image, and her hand even unconsciously ended up in his mouth as she muttered in fear:
"The cockroach! There's a cockroach!!"