Academy Heroine's Right Diagonal Back Seat

Chapter 130

A house with quite a spacious layout, featuring two rooms.

That was where Yoon Si-woo currently lived.

When he first rented the house, his young age and lack of worldly knowledge made him think that the bigger, the better. So, he chose this large house simply because it looked big at first glance.

However, just a few days later, he realized that having so much space and extra rooms was only a downside since he was living alone. He often found himself regretting that decision until now...

“...Hmm, it seems I need to buy some necessary furniture.”

“Yeah, I guess so? There’s nothing in that room since it was just used as a storage space.”@@@@

Thanks to living in such a large house, Yoon Si-woo was able to offer a room to Scarlet. He wanted to commend his past self for making that choice.

That said, he’d never really considered the situation of someone staying at his home, and now he faced the problem of not having a blanket for her to sleep with.

“...Well, I can sleep on the sofa if you want to take the bed in my room?”

“Wait, that’s not right. You’re the homeowner. Don’t worry, I just need a pillow and a blanket. I can just buy them later when I go out for other things.”

Surprised by Scarlet’s nonchalance about needing just a pillow and a blanket, he responded in disbelief.

“Are you seriously going to sleep on the floor? It’s not like you’re staying here for just a day or two. You should at least sleep on a bed. If this is because of money, I can chip in a bit...”

“No, it’s not that I’m particularly short on cash or anything... but yeah, I guess having a bed would be nice. I see what I need, so I’ll go out and get it.”

Scarlet, nodding, said that and made ready to head out for her shopping.

Yoon Si-woo intended to stay behind and see her off, but—

[...Haah, it’s a rare opportunity to be alone together. Why aren’t you following her out?]

Blushing from Lucy’s advice, Yoon Si-woo quickly put on his sunglasses and tilted his hat down, then slipped on his shoes to follow Scarlet.

Scarlet turned to him with a puzzled expression.

“...Are you wanting to come with me? Since it’s a break, wouldn’t it be better to rest at home?”

“Well, I’ll just end up getting bored at home all alone... plus, there’s bound to be a lot that we need, and it’d be nice to have an extra hand, right?”

“If you’re insisting on coming, then I can’t really decline... thank you.”

With a slight smile and a grateful response, Yoon Si-woo muttered sincerely toward Lucy.

“...No, nothing at all. Did you get everything?”

“Yeah, they said the furniture would be delivered, and I bought most of the essentials. We can head back now, and let’s stop by the market on our way back.”

“...Okay.”

Watching Scarlet approach and speak naturally, Yoon Si-woo felt his face crimson.

...Ah, hearing all those “newlywed couple” remarks from earlier has put strange thoughts in my head.

He shook his head vigorously, trying to erase images of Scarlet and himself holding hands and lying on a queen-sized bed.

He felt as though a bad demon had settled in his mind.

Even having such thoughts felt like a betrayal to Scarlet, who trusted him completely.

He vowed to suppress such thoughts as much as possible.

As he talked with her for a bit, their afternoon passed by, and after having dinner together, it was finally time to sleep.

While taking a cold shower, he incessantly muttered to himself to calm his mind.

The pleasant scent wafting through the house was due to a diffuser, not because of Scarlet.

I can control myself.

Thus, after brainwashing himself, he finished his shower and tried to meditate in the living room to calm his uneasy heart.

“Goodnight, Yoon Si-woo.”

After finishing her shower, as she walked past him into her room, telling him goodnight, he realized that his attempts to calm himself were utterly meaningless.

...The sight of a girl smelling like the same shampoo as him, mildly flushed from the shower, couldn’t be erased from his mind by normal means.

“...This is driving me insane.”

Sighing, Yoon Si-woo returned to his room and made a request to Lucy.

-...Please train me hard enough that I won’t have any strange thoughts.

[Don’t worry. I’ll train you well enough to erase those thoughts from your mind.]

Be it a misfortune or a blessing, Lucy had the capacity to fulfill that request beyond expectations.

He woke up the next morning completely exhausted.