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A little while later, after finishing dinner with the pizza that had been delivered late, it was already 8 PM.
Usually, it would be about time for Aki to say her goodbyes and go home, but for some reason today, she had followed me all the way up to the second floor where my room was.
‘…..What, isn’t she going home?’
Usually, after dinner, I would take Aki home, so I was about to get ready to do so.
I was curious about the reason, but first, I opened the door and let Aki sit on the bed, then dragged the chair from in front of my desk.
Screech
“It’s 8 o’clock now, aren’t you going home?”
I glanced out of the darkened window and asked, and Aki immediately nodded.
“Yeah, I’m not going.”
“Huh? Why?”
“Mama and Papa said that they’ll be late because they’re on a date, so they told me to sleep over at Woo-ju~chan’s house today.”
“I didn’t hear anything about that…”
“Watashi(I) also received a text a little while ago. Do you want to see it too, Woo-ju~chan?”
Aki took out her phone from her skirt pocket, displayed something, and showed it to me.
I was curious, so I looked at it closely, and it was a text that Aki’s mother had sent to Aki. To briefly summarize the content, it was something like, [We’re going to be late today, so stay over at Woo-ju’s house~]
“See, it’s true, right?”
“Yeah….”
Aki’s parents were as close as my mom and dad.
“Okay. Wait a minute, I’m going to call my parents right now.”
It would be fine if Mom and Dad were at home, but they weren’t right now. Even if she was my childhood friend, I thought that I shouldn’t just let a girl sleep over carelessly, so I was going to let them know the situation and get their permission.
At that moment, Aki grabbed my sleeve slightly.
“There’s no need to call, Woo-ju~chan. I already got their permission.”
“……Huh?”
“Here.”
Aki slid the screen to show me the contents of another text.
[Mother, I’m sorry for texting you so late at night. If it’s not a bother, would it be okay if I stayed the night at your house tonight?]
[Yeah, of course, it’s fine. You can stay over anytime, our Aki~]
[Thank you, Mother! Have a cozy time with Father~!]
[Okay, our Aki, you also have a cozy time with Woo-ju~ (Puppy winking one eye emoji)]
“……”
I was dumbfounded after looking at the conversation between Aki and her mother.
No, I’m the one who’s going to be sleeping with Aki, but why didn’t they ask for my consent, which was the most important part?
I was dumbfounded by the fact that my opinion was ignored, and I was even more dumbfounded that she had used an emoji, something she would never use to me, when she was talking to Aki.
It’s absolutely not that I’m sulking about this at my age, but how should I put it. It felt like I was being left out? Actually, that was clear just by the fact that they only told Aki that they would be going out.
I don’t think they were like this when I was little, but strangely, these days, it feels like they care more about Aki than me…
“……Why do they contact other people more?”
“Other people? Woo-ju~chan! Are we other people?!”
“Huh? No, that’s not what I mean…”
I closed my mouth, as I was about to try and explain. It seemed like my head would only get more complicated if I added unnecessary details.
“Where are you going, Woo-ju~chan?”
“I’m going to brush my teeth. I have to get ready for bed.”
“Ah ha, I see. When do you usually go to sleep, Woo-ju~chan?”
“I usually go to sleep around 10, 11 at the latest. What about you, Aki?”
“Watashi(I) usually sleep at 9:30, and definitely before 10 at the latest.”
We had been messaging each other good night every day at around 9, but I didn’t know what time she specifically went to bed until now.
I often see my friends not going to sleep until 11, or even 1 AM, so I thought that Aki went to sleep rather early.
“Aki goes to sleep really early. Are you sleepy when it’s that time?”
“Yeah, I got used to it, so I’m sleepy after 9. But I also sometimes force myself to sleep, even if I’m not sleepy.”
“Really? Why do you force yourself to sleep?”
I picked up the tumbler that was on my desk and asked while taking a sip of water.
Aki put her right hand over her chest.
“Our Mama told me that if girls go to sleep early and sleep a lot, their breasts will grow bigger.”
I almost spit out the water.
‘I thought I heard it wrong…………….’
I quickly put down the tumbler and wiped my mouth with the back of my hand.
Aki, whether she knew that I was panicking or not, continued to speak while putting her right hand over her chest.
“Starting from 10, the growth hormones start to come out, so you can become taller and bigger like Mama. So, Aki has always been going to bed before 10 since I was little.”
“R, really…?”
“Yeah, yeah, so Woo-ju~chan should also sleep as soon as possible!”
“Okay, I understand….”
It was uncomfortable to continue talking about this topic.
I answered appropriately and entered the bathroom on the second floor.
-Squeak.
Screech, swish.
I let water flow into the sink, put toothpaste on my toothbrush, and thought while brushing my teeth.
‘……Breasts, huh.’
I had heard the saying that sleeping early would make you taller, but it was the first time I heard that it would make your breasts bigger.
I thought that growth hormones only affected height, but do female growth hormones also affect that area?
I was curious, so should I look it up later?
I had such a carefree thought while rinsing my mouth with water from my toothbrushing cup, and then I spit it out.
And, to look a bit cleaner, I washed my face with soap, and I started imagining these things in my head.
Aki, who is still young at 14 years old right now.
If she grows up to be a beauty that’s similar to her mother because she goes to sleep early every day like today.
‘No, actually she’s cute even now…’
Anyway, if she grows up nicely looking like her mother,
What would she look like in the future?
“……”
Even if I didn’t know, she would surely be very pretty.
Aki often receives confessions from boys in other classes even now, so it seemed that she would grow into a beautiful girl that everyone would fall for in a few years.
There was no evidence, but I somehow had that conviction.
“Hmm…”
She shouldn’t become too pretty.
If she becomes more popular, she might forget about the times we played together later.
Woo-ju~chan, are you still not done~~?
“Ah, sorry. I’ll be out soon!”
I snapped back to reality after hearing Aki’s voice while I was spacing out.
I hurriedly washed off the soap, dried my face with a towel, and checked my face in the mirror just in case before returning to my room.
“I’m out, Aki.”
“Yeah, come here and sit down. Woo-ju~chan.”
As I went closer as she had told me, Aki’s outfit caught my eye.
She was still wearing her school uniform when I left, but somehow, Aki was now wearing pink pajamas that were the same color as her hair.
“Huh? Aki, when did you change your clothes?”
“While Woo-juchan was showering, Watashi also went to the 1st floor to wash up and change. But Woo-juchan. Did you perhaps fall while you were washing up?”
“Huh? No, why?”
“Woo-ju~chan took almost 20 minutes to wash up, so I thought something had happened. Well, it’s nothing!”
“……”
It took me 20 minutes just to brush my teeth and wash my face. Was I spacing out for that long?
“Sorry, I didn’t realize time was passing while I was washing up thoroughly.”
“Hee, really……?”
However, Aki suddenly started to look at me subtly.
I was bothered by that gaze, so I asked awkwardly.
“Why, Aki?”
“Just, since Woo-ju~chan was washing up thoroughly…. I was just curious.”
“You’re curious about whether I actually washed up thoroughly?”
“No, I’m curious about why you were washing up so thoroughly~?”
Aki, who was drawing out her words, tilted her upper body slightly towards me.
“Maybe… you were nervous because you were sleeping in the same bed as me..?”
“……What are you talking about. I’m going to sleep on the floor with a blanket.”
“Ah, what…?!”
As I spoke abruptly while stepping back a little, Aki’s eyes widened in shock.
I got up from my seat and took a blanket from the closet and answered in a tone that implied why would you ask such an obvious thing.
“We’re fourteen years old now, so we have to sleep separately. We’re not kindergarteners, so we can’t keep sleeping together forever.”
‘……Actually, it’s because I’ve become too conscious of Aki.’
When I was innocent, I could share a bed with Aki without any ulterior motives, but after getting older and entering puberty, I also know enough and I can’t treat Aki with just a pure heart anymore.
Simply put, I was saying that I would get too conscious if I slept together with Aki.
Aki’s body, which was starting to gain curves these days. I felt like I would start to have weird thoughts if I slept on the same bed with that Aki.
No, actually I already have half those thoughts…
“Anyway, the bed is also small, so let’s sleep separately from today on.”
“…But, it’s more than enough for Woo-ju~chan and Watashi to sleep together!”
“Enough my foot? It’s a super single, so we’ll have to sleep practically glued together. It’ll be very uncomfortable if we sleep together.”
“Is it uncomfortable for Woo-ju~chan to sleep with me? Huh? Is that it?”
“Aki, why are you acting like a child?”
“Yeah, I’m young. I’m still a kid at fourteen years old, okay?”
“Back in the old days, you’d already be at the age to get married. If you’re fourteen years old, then you’re already
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