"I should better wake that sloth up before he oversleeps again. His track record isn't that impressive already, so let's not make it even worse," I said and knocked again his door. As noted before, out of common courtesy, since…
"Coming! Just get me a minute to put my clothes on!"
… This guy never wakes up early. Yet, for a reason unknown, he wasn't just awake, but quite energetic, too. How peculiar. Maybe, I hoped, he took the first step towards the light after realizing how unmanly his usual lifestyle was.
"Fine," I said with a content smile, not unlike that of a proud parent, "I'll make some breakfast, then. Fried eggs sound nice?"
"Y-Yes!"
Geez. Even if my culinary skills were so good, there was no reason for him to shout like that. Honestly, this guy.
You need too think from a cliche anime point of view, that sounds more like a guy that wake up finding a girl on his bed and he doesn't have any idea of why and is trying to keep things undercontrol by trying to gain time with excuses.
"The pleasure is all mine," I said nonchalantly, even if my mind couldn't process the information it was receiving. "I hope the food is to your liking," I added, diverting my attention towards a less risqué topic that an almost naked girl in my room. Technically, she came from my friend's room, but those were mostly the formalities.
I offered her a cup of steaming coffee, which she received with a cheerful smile on her face, but not before asking for some milk and sugar first. I saw her carefully cool the drink by blowing on it – an act so delicate, it made my heart skip a beat just from watching. My own breakfast remained untouched, however.
Finally, I asked her the question that was driving me insane this whole time. "If you don't mind telling me, how do you know Haru?" Maybe I was too straightforward, but such a sudden appearance of a beautiful girl was something extraordinary. The circumstances, especially.
"Mitsurugi-kun?" the girl replied and, after seeing me nod, added. "I met him yesterday, to be honest." Outrageous! To think that my friend was such a frivolous person. I never thought. "While I was patrolling across the campus." Patrolling? Is she a part of the disciplinary committee? Her morals are quite lax, then. "I was attacked, you see." What? Attacked? "Not sure whether that was an ambush or not, but that person was strong. Incredibly so."
"An ambush?" I asked, unsure what to think anymore. It seems, there was a complete misunderstanding here, making me feel ashamed about thinking such unmanly thoughts about my friend.
"Indeed," the girl said. "Although, I don't think they targeted my specifically. If anything, it was a stroke of luck that I was the first student to spot the trespasser. Since disciplinary committee members have to take their weapons everywhere they go, I was better prepared than any other student."
"So, what did happen?"
"It is as I said, I was attacked by an unknown trespasser. It was quite dark and they were wearing black clothes and a mask, so I couldn't ascertain their features. Through our battle, they showed some advanced skills. Equal to my own, I daresay."
"I don't understand how Haru got involved," I pointed.
"It happened after the battle. I managed to drive the trespasser away, but got a few hits myself. The enemy weapon was coated in some kind of a poison. Hopefully, I had an immunity to the majority of those. The damage, however, was enough to leave me barely conscious. This is when your friend intervened."
"I couldn't let someone bleed out on the ground, you know," came the voice behind me. I got so engrossed into the girl's story, I didn't notice how my friend sneak behind me. "I found her and took her to my room."
"He even properly took care of my wounds," the girl pointed, revealing a part of her arm covered by bandages. "You have my gratitude for this."
"Yeah," he accepted the praise with a shy smile, but then added. "Why were you naked, though? I don't remember undressing you?"
… What? Yeah, thinking about this, why was she naked, then?
"Don't all people sleep naked?" she innocently asked.
"No," I said with a wry smile. "No, they don't."
"Strange," she said. "I can't sleep without taking all my clothes off. It is good for your body to let it breathe."
"In conclusion," I hastily said before things got too personal. Choices done in the bed aren't something people share with each other. "You got attacked and, after the battle was over, unable to move. Haru found you and treated your wounds in his room. I can understand this much, but…" I pointed at my friend. "What were you doing outside so late? It must've happened long after I was asleep."
"Umm," he said, scratching his neck in embarrassment. "Training."
"Training?" I asked.
"Yeah," he muttered. "Yesterday, when we were fighting that teacher, I realized how useless I really am. So, I decided to train a bit, so I won't be a burden to my friends!" he shouted passionately. "I didn't want to you know that, though," he admitted with his face red.
[X] "You aren't a bother, MY FRIEND!!!."
-[X] "Were you training by yourself?"
--[X] "Whatever the case, I will gladly help you train to be a BETTER MAN!"
[X] "You aren't a bother, MY FRIEND!!!."
-[X] "Were you training by yourself?"
--[X] "Whatever the case, I will gladly help you train to be a BETTER MAN!"
[X] "You aren't a bother, MY FRIEND!!!."
-[X] "Were you training by yourself?"
--[X] "Whatever the case, I will gladly help you train to be a BETTER MAN!"
