After finishing the black tea at the Service Club, Mochizuki Yo got up and went home, leaving quite early today. When he returned home, Shiina hadn't arrived yet. It seemed he was too early. Mochizuki surveyed the room. Because Shiina had helped him tidy up the items on the floor a while ago, the living room now had a path to walk through. But in reality, there were still various Sundries that hadn't been organized, such as his clothes, and express deliveries. Although the room looked quite large, it felt a bit crowded because the items weren't properly planned out. And after living there for the past few days, many areas had been messed up by him again. There was a shoe rack that had fallen over, a fan with dusty blades, a single remaining slipper, and some items scattered on the floor. Mochizuki thought for a moment; since he moved in, the room had hardly been cleaned. Shiina was coming to help cook next, so he couldn't let her stay in such an environment! After all, her room was spotless! Therefore, Mochizuki felt it was necessary to clean up. First, he threw some of his clothes into the washing machine, as they had been on the sofa for a long time. Mochizuki didn't know if they were clean or not, so he decided to wash them anyway. Using the washing machine wasn't a problem. Then, he opened some unopened express delivery boxes, took out the items, and placed them on the table. Mochizuki Yo felt a bit uncomfortable; why did he buy so many useless items? It was all on a whim, and now it was troublesome, and he didn't seem to need them either. He supposed many people were like this. Beside the sofa were the books and manga Shiina had helped him stack last time... After some tidying, it looked a little better, but it still wasn't enough. Moreover, Mochizuki felt a bit hot and sweaty, even though the air conditioning was on. Just then, the doorbell rang. As expected, it was Shiina. Mochizuki got up from the floor and opened the door.
"Excuse me for disturbing."
"Shiina, you're here."
Shiina, carrying many ingredients, walked into the room and saw many things piled up on the floor, and also noticed the sweat on Mochizuki's cheeks.
"Mochizuki-kun is cleaning?" Shiina asked with a slightly surprised tone.
"Yeah, but it seems to have gotten messier..."
"Hmm, is it true that boys aren't good at these things?"
"Maybe it's just that I'm not good at it..." Mochizuki gave an awkward smile.
"You can't just put garbage together casually, you need to sort it."
Ah, garbage sorting is really strict in this world, Mochizuki couldn't tell what kind of garbage was what.
"Tomorrow I'll help you tidy up together."
"Mochizuki-kun, go sit down for a bit, I'll go cook."
Mochizuki actually wanted to ask Shiina how to clean, but he was too embarrassed to speak. He didn't expect Shiina to offer to help in an unquestionable tone, so he could only accept. Although he felt a bit cheeky like this, he could only remember Shiina's kindness.
Mochizuki smiled wryly, "Okay then, thank you for the trouble."
"Mhm."
Shiina was very satisfied, showing a smile like praising a child.
"Next time I'll go with you?"
"What?" Shiina tilted her head, a bit confused.
Mochizuki pointed at the bags in Shiina's hands, "I mean I'll go help you carry the bags."
"Okay."
Next, Shiina went to cook. Mochizuki wanted to help, but Shiina refused, giving the reason that Mochizuki was currently sweaty and had a lot of dust on him from organizing the clutter, so he should take a shower and wait to eat. After taking a shower, Mochizuki picked up a light novel nearby and started reading. Although he had the system's boost and could make progress as long as he kept writing, reading others' works could also give him insights, which was also a learning process.
"You can eat now."
Shiina's kind voice reached Mochizuki's ears, Mochizuki put down the novel and helped get the bowls and chopsticks. The two sat facing each other.
"Oh! It's so abundant."
There was meat, vegetables, and soup, looking nutritionally balanced. Beef stew with potatoes, the hamburger steak they had last time, green vegetable salad, and fish soup.
"I hope it suits your taste."
"Thank you, Shiina, everything you make is delicious, I can already smell the aroma."
"Then you can't waste it, you have to try hard to finish it!"
"Mhm, definitely!"
Mochizuki ate while praising Shiina.
"Mochizuki-kun likes light novels very much?"
"I see a lot of light novels on your floor, and manga too."
Mochizuki wasn't surprised by Shiina's question.
"Yeah, they're okay, and, mainly, I'm studying?"
"Studying?" Shiina was a bit doubtful and confused, although when she tidied up last time, she did see textbooks mixed in with the light novels. But she didn't think Mochizuki was studying, just being lazy and piling everything together!
Mochizuki began to explain, "Actually, I'm trying to write light novels!"
Mochizuki was a bit embarrassed, Shiina was the first person he had told, and he hadn't published anything yet.
"Oh, so that's it, can I take a look?" Shiina was quite surprised, light novels and manga were still very popular in this world. But she didn't expect Mochizuki to be writing light novels, he didn't look like the type.
"I haven't published it yet, I'll definitely tell you when I do."
"Oh, then I'll look forward to it."