Chapter 12
Apart from her cuteness, Mieko Minegishi had another attractive side.
That is her "scent".
That day when Ryosaku approached her for the first time, he was not aware of it at the time, but he certainly felt a "good scent" that tickled the back of his nose.
It was not the smell of the clothes she was wearing.
It was...of course, her own "body odor".
An indescribable, sweet scent... The moment you smell it, it's a mysterious scent that makes you lose consciousness, yet it's a natural fragrance that doesn't make you feel artificial like perfume.
Perhaps it was the "pheromone" she released.
Moreover, the scent was completely different when playing in the schoolyard and reading a picture book in the library.
When she's chasing, she smells sweet, sour, and sour like cherries. And when she was in the library, she was wrapped in a bewitching scent like violet... violet.
Of course, Mieko, a first grader, did not put her mother's perfume on her skin. She was born with her charming body odor.
After getting to know her for a while, Ryosaku realized this.
And after they started going home from school together, they noticed that her "scent" when they left school was also different from the previous two.
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Mieko, a first-year student, and Ryosaku, a fifth-year student, have different classes, so naturally the time they leave school is also different.
However, Mieko didn't go home right away when it was time to leave school, but spent some time playing with the other girls in the schoolyard, waiting for Ryosaku to come out of the school building.
Then, after chasing and playing hide-and-seek for a while, the two sat side by side on the swing on the west side of the schoolyard.
"Ah, I'm tired."
When Ryosaku said it, Mieko repeated the same words.
After that, I silently give myself up to the swing of the swing for a while.
Mieko's "scent" pleasantly tickles Ryosaku's nose, just like a fragrance.
The sight of the two, illuminated by the setting sun, swaying side by side on a swing may have seemed like a "brother and sister".
However, Ryosaku never once thought of Mieko as his younger sister.
He clearly recognized her as "lover".
And young Mieko, who still didn't fully understand him at the time, recognized Ryosaku not as ''big brother's brother,'' but as ''boyfriend ''.
Mieko's scent, her cute gestures, and her "fragrance", which is too attractive for an elementary school student... For Ryosaku, not a day goes by when he doesn't think about her. and she too.
"Speaking of which, she has a cute voice too…!"
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When the time on the swing is over, they go home together...that has become a habit for them.
The distance from the elementary school to Mieko's house is about 500 meters, and during that time, at first they were playing around like a game of tag, but eventually they started walking side by side.
In the end, not from either side, before they knew it they were going home hand in hand.
And when Ryosaku starts singing the hit song of "Seiko Matsumoto", she sings too.
When Ryosaku forgot the lyrics, he would cover it up with a hum.
Then, Mieko sings the lyrics of that part.
On days when she felt uplifted, Ryosaku would even hold her small shoulders with his right arm from the left side.
Even in such a happy situation, Ryosaku always stands on Mieko's left side, on the side of the road, to protect her from accidents.
In this way, Ryosaku becomes more and more addicted to the many charms of Mieko Minegishi, his first lover.
