The Hashimoto Rena

New Neighbor

Yusuke orders pizza for dinner, and Rena eats it very happily. Rena looked carefully, forgetting the sadness she thought of.

"Yusuke-kun, you like pizza, huh?" 

"Hmm, I really like it" Yusuke replied.

Yusuke offers pizza to feed Rena. Rena smiled awkwardly as Yusuke was staring at her; Rena tried to stay calm, and took a few breaths.

"Why are you, how uncomfortable am I to see you?"

"T-no. I'm just a little bit unfamiliar, you know that sometimes feelings become erratic for a reason," Rena says, she's getting embarrassed.

Yusuke laughed lightly when he saw Rena eating pizza. 

"Well..." 

"Why are you laughing?" 

"Truly like a rabbit." 

"started. I'm not a rabbit."

Yusuke smiled in satisfaction as Rena went to the bathroom she changed into sky blue pajamas; with pictures of boxes and circles almost filling her pajamas.

"You really like light blue" Yusuke said.

"Yeah, because the color of the sky is so pretty."

Rena looked at Yusuke.

"You didn't change your clothes Yusuke-kun?"

"No. I usually go straight to sleep."

Rena went to sleep in only one bed and no other bed. Yusuke watches television.

Rena saw something on the floor, she focused in that direction because the object she saw as she saw while using the internet, there was an advertisement on a website.

'Th-that, that!'

"Ah, it fell ..."

"Yusuke-kun, why do you have something like that?"

"Do you know what this stuff is used for?"

"Of course, I know its usefulness for not ham—"

The mood becomes Awkward.

"Ham?"

"Fraight! Yes to not be bland in certain settings, you know it is for married people to not—! Stupid aah! I'm going to sleep."

Rena instantly fell asleep with her back to Yusuke.

'This mouth has a habit of talking nonsense, stupid, stupid. I can't be like this, why do I talk so much with that shit in my mouth!'

Yusuke turned off the television, and went to sleep. Rena was shocked because of what Yusuke did was to overlap; put his hands on her body.

"See this?"

Rena did not turn her head, her eyes moving following what Yusuke was holding.

Yusuke threw what he was holding. Rena turned around and looked at Yusuke.

"You don't have to worry, I've thrown it away."

"Why did you buy something like that, it's suspicious."

"I didn't buy it, someone gave it to me."

"What kind of person gives you something like that, you immoral person!"

'If I say it's his father, he'll be ashamed.'

Rena who was already very upset wanted to meet that person and scolded him. Yusuke looked at Rena who was busy with her own thoughts.

Rena looked at Yusuke suspiciously, Rena was sad for a few seconds, and refocused. 

"Have you ever used that thing?" 

"Yet. I don't need anything like that either. Let's go to bed early, you can't sleep too late. That's not good for kids."

"Eh, I'm not a child, you can see I'm an adult."

Yusuke frowned.

"Adult? You?"

Rena clenched her lips, she could see Yusuke's gaze starting to make fun of her.

Rena woke up from her sleep, she heard the noise of women and men in the middle of the night.

He tried to act normal, he saw Yusuke was sleeping very well.

'Their voice got here ...'

Rena covered her ears with bolsters she had trouble sleeping back.

"Are you awake?"

"Yes" answered Rena.

"I'll be gone for a while" Yusuke said.

***

⟨ Watanabe Chiya ⟩

Yusuke stared intently at a teenage girl named Chiya, who was scratching her blond hair violently.

"Can you calm down? You guys are so noisy, what's the need to scream like that, huh?"

"Yes-yes, I'm sorry if I disturbed your neighbor. I'll try—"

"What a shit, there wasn't a noisy neighbor like you before."

"Hey, why are you angry?"

"How can I not be angry? Some have trouble sleeping."

"Ooh, is this about the girl that was with that uncle? Who came to your room," said Chiya who asked in a familiar tone.

Yusuke became emotional, he stared more horribly than before.

"Ooh sorry. I'm not talking anymore, I'll try to tell him to—?"

Yusuke left without saying a word.

"Is there a problem? We've only had one round."

"We're done up here. I don't want to go any further, I'm not in the mood."

Yusuke's return is greeted by a worried Rena. Convincing smile. Yusuke explains that it all happened because of his new neighbor who always brought foreign men. 

"We better get some more sleep Rena-chan, don't think of someone like her." 

"Yes," replied Rena, nodding and going to bed. 

"Why you?" 

"I can't sleep." 

"Try to kiss me, you'll be able to sleep." 

"No way."

With a thud; Rena woke up and saw Yusuke fall from the bed. 

"Hahahaha, why did you fall, you son of a bitch." 

"Haha, I'm dreaming, you're asking for marriage." 

Rena blushed in shame.

“Ah, lie. You just said you were careless, haha.” 

“Looks like I should sleep closer to you Rena-chan.” 

"Closer, well.it's okay, than you fell." 

They slept close together; Rena closed her eyes, she was nervous about something thrilling and she thought it wouldn't be bad if it got closer to her. 

"Yusuke-kun is sleeping?" 

Rena looked to make sure, and Yusuke was already asleep and did not hear her call twice. 

"He's asleep, good night Yusuke-kun."

Rena closed her eyes.

In the morning they went on a date after the restaurant. Yusuke held onto Rena as they walked along together. The embarrassed Rena just fell silent while feeling the touch in her palm. This teenage girl hopes everything develops for the better with a relationship of feeling that continues to progress without any obstacles and ups and downs. 

"Because we study at night, we have to date, right?" 

"You're too relaxed. I've been told that we have to learn to go to class, and graduate." 

"I'll make sure we'll be one class later and also graduate." 

"Huh, is that possible? Can Yusuke-kun do it?" 

"Of course, if I can't, I won't promise you my beautiful boyfriend."

Their date is not much different from other couples, they go shopping, go to the park, watch movies and take pictures together. 

However, when it was night, the reality was that tomorrow everything would be normal as Rena went home and focused on her studies until the summer holidays ended. 

"We buy too many clothes, and it's expensive..." 

"You don't like it?" 

"I like it but, it makes me feel uncomfortable like I'm blackmailing you..." 

"It's normal for a man like this" Yusuke said as he lay on the floor and raised both his hands. 

Rena took a breath, and exhaled.

Yusuke got up and approached, he guided Rena to take a look.

Rena who was thinking a lot, she was surprised by the touch on her lips.

'He cheated, too suddenly...'

"Don't think too much." 

Rena looked down embarrassed while wetting her lips. 

"Alright Yusuke-kun. I'll do it."