Leveling Murderer - Chapter 15

 Episode 15: Chocolate

 

The next morning, when I arrived at work as usual, the atmosphere in the office was different from usual.

Everyone seemed to be in a mood, or strangely nervous, or just somewhat awkward.

 

The reason for this became clear to me during my lunch break.

 

“Onizuka-kun, take this.”

When the lunchtime chime rang, Hosoya-san, sitting in front of me, took something out of her desk and held it out to me.

 

“What's this?”

It's a Valentine's Day present.

“............ Oh, I see!”

By the way, today was the 14th of February.

 

“Onizuka-kun, did you forget? Valentine's Day?”

“Yes, I did. I completely forgot about it.”

So many things have been happening around me lately that I completely forgot about Valentine's Day.

 

“That's not fair. I was so nervous about when I was going to give it out.”

I wondered what was so unfair.

 

“Here, I'll give you this anyway.”

“Ah, thank you very much. I appreciate it.”

I took it with both hands, which was wrapped in beautiful wrapping paper, and I bowed twice.

 

“I was going to make homemade ones at first, but the ones on sale tasted better, so I bought them.”

Hosoya-san is always so cute when she says things like that with a smile on her face.

 

If I had wanted to, I would have been happier with a homemade one, but no matter, I'll eat this one carefully, little by little.

 

“Here you go, Okajima-kun.”

“Thanks. I'll take it.”

Okajima moves his head forward, trying to look like he's bowing.

 

“Then, I'll give it to everyone.”

“Ah, yes. Thank you.”

“Alright”

 

Hosoya-san got up from her seat and began to go around the desk, handing out chocolates to each person in turn.

The middle-aged male employees grinned as they received their chocolates.

 

I see, that's why everyone was strangely nervous.

 

Aside from the managing director, Hosoya-san is the only female employee in our company.

 

The male employees must have been waiting anxiously to see when Hosoya-san was going to give them chocolates.

 

Come on, this isn't a high school….

 

Well, if I had known that it was Valentine's Day, I might have been a bit nervous myself.

 

“Good for you, Yamato.”

As I was doing my business in the bathroom, Saeki called out to me from behind.

 

“Huh? What's that?”

“A chocolate from Hosoya-senpai.”

“You're talking too loud.”

“Don't worry, we're the only ones here. Look.”

Saeki shows me the toilet stalls.

 

“Still, don't talk about such things at work.”

It was still a mistake to tell Saeki that I had a crush on Hosoya-san.

 

“Besides, it's just an act of kindness anyway, so why should I be happy about receiving a chocolate?”

 

I'm going to try to act calmly despite my feelings.

I'm not going to let Saeki take any more advantage of me.

 

However, Saeki immediately said something that shook me to my core.

“Not necessarily an act of kindness. Did you look closely? The chocolates Hosoya-senpai was handing out, only the one she gave you had a different wrapping paper.”

 

“... Eh, really?”

“I'm not sure. She said she bought them for us, but maybe only your chocolates were handmade by Hosoya-senpai?”

“U-Uh-Hm, no way.”

Yet, I was getting a bit more excited about it than I should have been.


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