Kissing My Student, It's Over if We're Caught-Chapter 5Volume 1 .7 - Painful thing: Love

After that, I waited for the café to open before moving to my stakeout position.

That’s when another problem arose.

I was just too sleepy. Excessively sleepy.

With classes now in full swing, my exhaustion was at its peak. Since last night—Friday—I had been completely worn out.

Today was even worse. A mud-like drowsiness clung to my head and wouldn’t peel off. It seemed there was no other remedy but to sleep.

The kind café owner even came over to express his concern.

Trying to distract myself, I sent messages to Kirihara and my ex, but neither replied. Especially since my ex, after being told I couldn’t talk at the moment, has unusually cut off all contact. Could our long, odd relationship of just exchanging messages finally be at its end? And why did it have to end now of all times?

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Despite the dire situation, falling asleep was not an option.

If I fell asleep here and now, what was the point of all this—.

…As I struggled desperately to fight the drowsiness, my phone vibrated softly.

It was a message from Kirihara.

“Are you staking out again today?”

Relieved, I typed back.

“Sorry, I know you might be busy, but can you keep sending me chats to keep me from falling asleep?”

“Are you that sleepy?”

“Today’s bad. I could fall asleep in five seconds.”

“That’s really bad. Where are you?”

“At the café with a view of Kurei-san’s house.”

“Why don’t you stop for today? It’s not worth breaking your body over.”

“I’m fine. It’s just sleepiness.”

Even as we exchanged messages, I didn’t neglect to check outside the window. It was busy in its own way, but far better than merely fighting off drowsiness.

“Sensei, you’re too stubborn.”

Though she seemed to be exasperated, Kirihara kept up with the chat.

Without touching the dummy workbook spread out on the table, and sipping wakefulness-inducing coffee, I continued to message Kirihara. There was no movement from Kurei-san’s place.

…I managed to get through about two hours like that, but after gobbling down a lunch sandwich, the drowsiness returned with a vengeance.

It was the ultimate level of sleepiness. If this drowsiness were a final boss in a shonen manga, the protagonist would despair before even fighting.

“Hey, are you awake?”

Even the few seconds waiting for a message from Kirihara felt perilous.

Just when I thought I had reached my limit, I felt a tap on my shoulder.

Startled, I turned to see a familiar figure.

It was Kirihara, done up in heavy makeup and wearing a chestnut-brown wig, a gal version of Kirihara.

“Eh,” I let out involuntarily, and Kirihara put her finger to her lips in a “shh” gesture.

After sitting down, she typed a message on her phone.

“You shouldn’t be loud in the café. There aren’t many customers, but still.”

Kirihara ordered tea from the owner, glancing outside while sending me another message.

“The apartment in front is Kurei-sensei’s place, right? The furthest back on the second floor?”

“How do you know that?”

“I asked during our chat earlier. Did you forget?”

I vaguely remembered answering.

“The staircase leading down from the second floor is also attached only to the exterior of the building, huh. I see, this place is indeed easy to stake out from.”

Kirihara didn’t wait for my reply, continuing to send messages rapidly.

“Take a break. I’ll watch for you. If Kurei-sensei comes out from the back door, I’ll wake you, right?”

Kirihara waited for my reply while looking out the window.

I felt a bit pathetic but her proposal was incredibly appealing.

If Kirihara hadn’t been here, I would’ve refused, but she was already here. It would be rude to refuse now.

“I’ll sleep for a bit.”

“Do that.”

“Thank you.”

“No need for that.”

I leaned back and closed my eyes for a bit. It felt like I had only blinked, but when I woke up, two hours had passed. I had completely fallen asleep.

“Good morning,”

I was rubbing my eyes when a message from Kirihara came.

“Sorry, I overslept.”

“You didn’t oversleep. You’re just really earnest, huh?”

I immediately called the owner over to order more drinks, apologizing for taking up the seat for so long. He said he didn’t mind.

“Study too hard isn’t good either. Take care,” he said.

Considering the owner’s personality, this café deserves more popularity… Maybe I should leave a high rating online.

“You slept well. No snoring, so I didn’t have to wake you. Feel a bit better?”

“Much better. How about Kurei-san?”

“No sign of her moving at all.”

The owner brought our coffee and tea.

The two orders were because I had ordered for Kirihara as well.

“You didn’t have to do that.”

“I had to.”

“You’re really serious, huh? Thanks.”

We sat side by side, quietly sipping our tea. After a moment, Kirihara sent another message.

“What are we even doing?”

“We agreed not to talk about that.”

Unless there’s a result, it all ends in vain.

But if we’re going to stake out, we have to keep at it, even if it’s tough. If we can’t directly get Kurei-san’s schedule, creating a gap would make the stakeout meaningless.

“If only we knew the timing. Or had incredible luck. Like, just by chance, Kurei-san leaves the moment Gin arrives.”

I agreed, then the messages stopped for a while…

Afterward, Kirihara picked up her phone, typed something, hesitated, and then put it down again.

She repeated this several times before finally sending it.

“…Hey, should we stop this?”

I looked up at Kirihara after reading the message. She looked incredibly downcast.

“Trying this for just over two hours showed me how tough it is. Just waiting around like this… it’s a waste of so many things. If we keep this up, we won’t last.”

She paused briefly before continuing.

“New teachers don’t earn much, right? Staying at a hotel every week will be tough, won’t it? Even just for a month… You could spend that money on so many other things.”

Kirihara’s words were reasonable.