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The next morning.
Now that I’m awake, I can’t go back to sleep because I have something I need to do.
After waking up, I immediately take action.
Of course, what I need to do is check inside my panties.
I open up my pajama pants and panties to look inside.
“Hmm?”
Peering inside nervously, I don’t see anything.
When I get out of bed, I pull down both my pajama pants and panties.
Although…
“Nope, nothing is there.”
My panties are the same pure white as they were yesterday. No change at all.
I heave a sigh and fall back onto the bed anticlimactically. I then pull up my panties and pajama pants.
Ugh, it feels stiff and unpleasant with the napkin on, but it’s not as if I can get used to this in a day or two.
Well, I suppose you could say I am more used to it than I was yesterday after I took my bath.
Although, I still feel just as bad as I did yesterday.
I’m not all that optimistic that the heavy feeling in my stomach isn’t my menstruation.
I don’t really feel like going back to sleep again just because I didn’t find anything, so I guess I will just stay up.
I glance at the clock, it’s around eight o"clock. If this was a school day, I would have left already, but thankfully, it’s Sat.u.r.day, so there is no problem.
That being said, Kaori and I are supposed to go shopping today. Knowing her, she will probably come by early this morning.
The door chime would wake me up if I was asleep, and I could expect her to complain that I took too long to answer.
Under those circ.u.mstances, I have no choice except to stay up.
I changed into a cute one-piece dress that is easy to move around in with a cardigan on top and headed to the kitchen on the first floor.
The house intercom chimed immediately after I had fixed breakfast and said ‘Thank you for the food.’
“What horrible timing.”
[Tsk]
I clicked my tongue as I went to answer the door intercom. I checked to make sure that it was Kaori in the monitor of the intercom and pressed the b.u.t.ton to unlock the front door.
“It’s open!” (Kei)
I yell out without meeting her at the door as I head back to the kitchen to eat breakfast.
Otherwise, the cup soup that I took great pains to make will cool off.
After I had sat down to eat, I heard the sound of the front door opening as Kaori came in.
“Hey, I took the time to come by to pick you up! You could have at least met me at the door!” (Kaori)
“Why? You"re the one that came by this early.” (Kei)
“…I don"t know!” (Kaori)
“My soup"s going to cool off.” (Kei)
"Oh, the soup is more important than me?!” (Kaori)
Kaori seems to be shocked and angry because she is making a fist and shaking.
She shouldn’t have come to my house until breakfast is over, so I turn back to concentrate on eating for the time being.
“…Well, it’s fine.” (Kaori)
She seems to be used to the usual treatment. She sits down at the dining table, puts her elbow on the table, and her chin in her hand.
“Well, how was it?” (Kaori)
She asks while looking at me with a disappointed expression, as I drain the remaining broth from the soup cup.
“Nothing happened.” (Kei)
“…Oh, is that so?” (Kaori)
When I finished eating and cleaned up, I leave the disappointed sounding Kaori there and went to my room.
We’re going shopping, so I have to finish getting ready to go.
I brush my hair and put it up twin-tail style.
Although I think I have it right, I still need to check it in the mirror.
This hairstyle is difficult to get the left and right sides properly balanced, but I think I’m getting the hang of it.
“Looks good.” (Kei)
I pick up my shoulder bag with an integrated wallet and head down to the living room where Kaori is waiting.
This shoulder bag is rather convenient, since it’s made so that the wallet can be removed. That is what I usually carry in my school bag, but I usually use this bag when I go out.
“Sorry, I’ve kept you waiting.” (Kei)
I apologize to Kaori for making her wait when I walk into the room.
“Wow.” (Kaori)
She murmurs appreciatively for some reason as she walks toward me.
As a matter of course, she touches my twin-tails; then looks at it from different angles to check the result.
“You have become such a pretty girl.” (Kaori)
I don’t really get what you think you see, but being told that by Kaori or even by girls like Shizuka or Chiaki, doesn"t really make me happy.
“Well, I guess I am.” (Kei)
“… I guess I should have added, ‘when you don’t speak’ to that.” (Kaori)
“Hush.” (Kei)
I’m simply trying to dress, speak, and behave in a way that doesn"t embarra.s.s me. Well, it’s also true that there are times when I don’t speak properly.
“Well, let"s go.” (Kaori)
With that said, the two of us head to the mall.
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“There are this many kinds?” (Kei)
There are many different ones for daytime and nighttime use, which I already knew that much from TV commercials. Although, there are several other kinds as well, such as wingless and slim.
“This is the best one to use at first?” (Kei)
I was carefully looking them over, but this is just making my head spin. I’m still inexperienced, so I have no idea which to use or what will fit.
“Well, yes. It"s okay if you have this.” (Kaori)
Kaori handed me a package with several kinds in it.
Next is the sanitary underwear.
It seems the sanitary underwear is also sold here at the pharmacy, which makes it easy since we don’t have to go to another shop.
“Standard, boxer types and so on. There are styles of up to about three-quarter length for bedtime use.” (Kaori)
“Hmm... Well, what"s the difference?” (Kei)
I wonder what the difference is between sanitary and regular types.
I take a look at a sample, but I can"t see any difference at a glance. I wonder if I can tell the difference when I wear it.
“Oh.” (Kei)
I thought it had a double layer.
“The wings hold it in place.” (Kaori)
“I see… So it’s safe to go without panties.” (Kei)
“I don’t think so.” (Kaori)
Kaori said looking at me suspiciously with an expression that seemed to ask ‘are you an idiot?’
I just shrug my shoulders because I thought it have might been possible.
Since I wouldn’t understand without trying to wear them, I decided to buy a few.