"Hirotaka-san?"
"I am sorry. I am a bit distracted by something."
Nifuji quickly woke up, trying to put away his strange thought as he looked at the gentle woman, who had helped him with all of his dirty clothes, except for his underwear.
"Are you busy with your work?"
"Yup, thank you for keeping all my clothes. Here, you can have some, Kinme-san. I just bought them earlier."
Nifuji wasn't so dull as to ignore the hidden message behind Kinme Wakana's words, the owner of Kinme Cleaning, the laundry store where he often went to clean and iron all of his suits and clothes. After all, he hadn't come to this place for a while, especially when he often went to visit this place after work, but lately, he hadn't come, yet what could he do?
His women kept him busy, and he had been staying at Mayuri's place for a while.
Yesterday, he even stayed in the hotel with Chizuru.
When he thought of this, he understood why it had been a high school student, who had a harem life, since unlike an adult like him, who had to work, those high school harem story protagonists had a lot of free time on their arsenal, especially when all of them didn't focus on study, or simply a genius.
Unlike them, Nifuji was just a normal salaryman, who had to bow his head to his superiors and accompany his clients till late at night.
At such a moment, how could he even think to get a woman, right?
Fortunately, he had a system, so everything moved in the right direction. A beautiful future was waiting for him, but when he thought of the work that awaited him on weekdays, it made him helpless.
"Ah, no, no! It's fine. I am not blaming you, Hirotaka-san. I am just wondering why you haven't been coming."
Nifuji smiled, but it was impossible to tell the truth as he had been with many women lately. "I am sorry. I have been swamped with work lately. Did I cause you any trouble?"
"No, no! It's fine! But, I just wonder what you have been up to lately."
Wakana quickly tried to clear up the misunderstanding between them, telling him that he hadn't caused her any trouble and she was just curious.
However, the way she discussed the problem made him think that she might have feelings for him, so he just tried to test her by showing a disappointed expression. "I see... that's a shame..."
"...what do you mean?"
"I thought that I had a chance when you told me how you worried about me."
"...a chance?"
"I mean to ask you for a date."
"Ah, oh, eh...?!"
Wakana's face was so red that she wasn't even sure how to give a proper response.
Despite being an adult and how beautiful she was, it seemed she was a virgin like Eri, Mayuri, and Chizuru.
Still, Nifuji didn't feel surprised since most men were less aggressive at their current age, and instead of women, they loved their waifus and tengas more.
In an age where masturbation tools felt better than a real vagina, sometimes men wondered why they even needed a woman.
Yet, Nifuji thought differently since, while sometimes a real vagina wasn't as good as masturbation, and many women didn't have such a pleasant body, like those in the hentai or porn, and even had a fungal infection, or other problem on their bodies, but that's how a human was, right?
They weren't perfect, but men and women came in pairs so they could perfect each other, and frankly, the warmth that came from the vagina and the connection of feelings that came from the relationship was far better than a masturbation tool or hand.
"..."
Regardless, let's stop to mention this problem, as he needed to calm Wakana first. "Sorry, I was just joking, Kinme-san."
"G-Geez..." Wakana, who had recovered, puffed her cheeks, feeling a bit aggrieved by being teased by him. "D-Don't tease me like that, Nifuji-san!"
"But, I am not joking about the bread. You can take some since I bought too much."
"...is it really, okay?"
The scent of the warm bread was just too delicious to ignore, yet inwardly, Wakana felt disappointed when she heard that he was just joking, as his invitation broke her away from a simple and boring routine, bringing her an interesting future that she looked forward to.
"Yup, you can have them. I need to thank you for keeping my clothes clean and comfortable."
Unlike the other laundries that focused on making money, Nifuji knew that Wakana really loved to clean up anything, and frankly, if possible, he wanted to hire her to clean up his place, too, as he was sure that everything would be cleaned up.
When he thought of this, he felt a bit jealous of her future husband, who would have warm, comfortable clothes that were perfectly ironed daily with a good scent.
With good food, people would be happy, and it also worked with clothes, too, since with clean, good clothes, people's mood would be better, and they would feel even better, and they would feel confident.
Yes, the service was a bit expensive, but the result was more satisfactory, he thought.
When he thought all of this over, he somehow had an urge to hire Wakana as the cleaning service at his home.
"Then..."
As it wasn't his first time to share some food, as he often bought sweets in the nearby area for dessert and ate them with her, as he often bought too much, Wakana hesitated for a moment before she took the bread from the second paper bag, but stopped as her nose twitched for a while before she looked at him in a daze.
"What's wrong?" Nifuji also noticed the strangeness of Wakana's actions, but—
"E-Excuse me, Hirotaka-san!"
"Huh?"
Nifuji wondered what had happened to Wakana, but all of a sudden, she got so close to him and stuck her nose deep into his body.
"...." Nifuji.
As if this wasn't enough, and wished to smell his scent directly, Wakana even tiptoed to put her nose into his neck, but as he was too tall, she couldn't reach him.
However, before she could reach him further, his palms grabbed her shoulders and stopped her, as his body felt weird when her young body twitched violently and eagerly against him. "Calm down, Kinme-san. What are you doing?"
While he felt helpless, he couldn't get angry since, as a man, how could he feel unhappy with the advances of a beautiful woman, right?
"I-I am sorry!" Wakana, who had woken up, also realized what she had done, and her face blushed crimson, but... but... she needed to do this again!
"I-I am sorry, but bear with me for a moment... I-I just need to sniff you for a moment!"
"..." Nifuji.
Like that guy, who used a chance being alone with a woman to attack her, Wakana also used this chance to put her nose against Nifuji's neck, trying to seek what she wanted, but she forgot to put a closed sign on her store, and because of that—
Ding!
"....."
"Kinme-san! Kinme-san! Someone is here!"
As Nifuji tried to remind Wakana, the woman who had entered the store quickly left upon reading the mood. "Sorry for bothering you two..."
"Wait a moment!"