Chapter 7: Request

Both of them ate breakfast together.

"I will clean the dish, you should go to meet your editor now," Sora said.

Haruka was quite surprised to see her quite kind today, "Thank you, I go home as soon as possible, you can ask me a question that you don't understand later." He said and went to his room.

"Hmm, thank you," Sora muttered slowly while looking at his back.

"Hmm, did you say something?" Haruka asked.

"N - no, it is just your imagination!!" Sora said.

"Okay, I will go back early and don't eat too many snacks, okay?" Haruka said to her.

"I'm not a child, okay?" Sora said with annoyance.

"Alright, alright, I will go now," Haruka said and went outside.

Sora sighed, didn't want him to go, but she knew that it was because of him that both of them didn't need to sell this apartment that their parents had left for them.

Haruka had arrived in the 'Undead Library Works' the publishing company where he published his novel. He needed to wait for Machida since she was talking with someone. He looked at the window and saw a group of a beautiful young mom who was going together while bringing their children.

"Your taste has changed into an older woman?"

Haruka turned his head and saw someone familiar there, "Kasumigaoka?"

"Oh, really, it seems, I have to be careful around you now," Machida said while looking at him.

Haruka ignored her, "Why is Kasumigaoka here?"

"Hmm, you don't welcome me here?" Kasumigaoka said.

"Of course not, I'm happy to see you here," Haruka said.

Kasumigaoka Utaha was his classmate before he had dropped out. Kasumigaoka is a tall and beautiful girl with a slim figure. She has mid-back dark hair and wears a white hairband. Her eye color was scarlet red. She wears beautiful white dresses that show her beautiful milky white skin and black stocking that make her legs become more enchanting.

Haruka tried to look away from her legs and it only made her smile.

"What is your relationship?" Machida asked.

"She was my classmate before," Haruka said.

Kasumigaoka had a complex emotion about this boy since both of them had become classmates before. She had always been the ranking one in the school only became ranking two when she met him. She had tried to defeat him only being defeated again. Both of them had become friends with each other and she also knew that he was a novelist. She thought that both of them meant to be fated to each other but suddenly he dropped out of school.

Kasumigaoka looked at him again and thought that he didn't change that much. She was worried that he would change after he had dropped out. She had heard that he had lost both of his parents but she didn't have his numbers and she couldn't contact him.

"She is our new novelist, you know, you should have heard it from me before," Machida told him.

Sonoko is a young woman with dark blue chin-length hair. She has light blue eyes and fair skin. She is usually seen wearing a black work blazer, a white button-up shirt, and a black knee length pencil skirt.

"Really? Maybe I was quite sleepy when you told me before," Haruka said.

"Sigh, you should take care of yourself better, you know? Look, your collars are a bit messy," Machida said and helped to fix his collars.

"Probably because of the tram earlier, there were a lot of people there," Haruka told her.

Both of them started to talk to each other since they had known each other for a long time. He thought of her as some dependable older sister in his eyes that helped him in his novel. He still remembered that he was very depressed at that time since he had just lost his parents. She was the one who comforted him before and that made their relationship very close to each other.

Kasumigaoka, who was by their side, twitched her lips, looking at how close they were, "Ehem."

"That's right, I have something to do and I need to finish it now, both of you can talk to each other," Machida said and waved her hand.

"You're very close to her," Kasumigaoka said.

"She is my editor, we have known each other for quite a long time," Haruka said and added, "Anyway, what's wrong? I have heard that you want to meet me? Also, you should say that you're my friend, not my ex."

Kasumigaoka answered, "Is it wrong? You have messed up my body before." She said with a very tempting voice.

"Don't say something that will cause a misunderstanding," Haruka sighed at her.

Kasumigaoka smiled, "Anyway, how are you? Are you planning to go to school?"

Haruka nodded, "Yes, next year, I will be going to your school."

Kasumigaoka smiled widely, "Good, then you should call me the older sister, you know."

Haruka twitched his lips, "Our age is the same!!"

"But I will be your senior next year, I can't wait for that," Kasumigaoka said.

Haruka shook his head and asked, "I know it is a bit late, but congratulations that you have published your novel, I will recommend your novel through my twitter."

"Thank you," Kasumigaoka felt warm since he decided to help her. She knew it would be hard since she was only a new author and the company wouldn't give her a lot of support for the promotion of her book.

"That's right, can I ask you a request?" Kasumigaoka asked.