The case of me, a plain office worker, being approached by my beautiful boss and the company idol for some reason

“…You… Mito-kun…”

I can hear something… huh…?

Damn… Did I oversleep…?

And it’s so soft… Something is touching my head?

“Mi-Mito-kun… wake… wake up…”

“Huh?… Matsura Section Manager…?”

“Go-Good morning… You were sleeping well, weren’t you?”

“Eh… Eh!?!”

I jump up in surprise!

“Eek!?”

“I-I’m sorry! What’s going on?”

“We-well… When you didn’t come back to your desk after the break was over… the Section Manager told me you were sleeping here…”

“I-I’m sorry! I’ll get back to work right away! I wasn’t slacking off or anything…”

“I-I know. I know you’re not the type to slack off.”

“Oh, thank you. But why… Matsura Section Manager…? And… lap pillow?”

“N-no! It’s not like that! Um… firstly, the Section Manager asked me to wake you up… and when I sat next to you who were sleeping… you… you leaned against me…”

“I-I’m so sorry! This is all my fault!”

“Wait! You don’t need to prostrate yourself…”

“No! After oversleeping, getting woken up, and even getting a lap pillow… What am I doing at work!”

I can’t make excuses for this.

It’s a disgrace… I wouldn’t complain even if I got fired.

It’s already bad that I was sleeping in the boss’s room…

“Lift your face!”

That voice is different from before… a cold voice that I know well.

“Ye-Yes…”

“It’s indeed a disgrace. Sleeping in the Section Manager’s room, being woken up by me, even getting a lap pillow…”

“Yes! I’m so sorry!”

“…I forgive you. You work hard usually. And some of the responsibility lies with me.”

“No! That’s not…”

“Make up for it in your work later.”

…Matsura Section Manager is right.

If I have time to moan about it here, it’s better to get back to work right away.

“Yes! I’ll do my best!”

“Good answer. Let’s look forward to it.”

After that, I left the room…

But for some reason, I stopped halfway.

“Um…? What’s the matter?”

“…Mito-kun.”

“Ye-Yes…?”

“Di-Did my… lap pillow… feel hard?”

“Pardon?”

“N-nothing! Nevermind!”

“Matsura Section Manager!”

“Wh-What is it…?”

“It was wonderful. Thanks to that, I feel like I’ve gotten rid of my fatigue and sleepiness. Now I feel like I can work hard in the afternoon.”

“Is-Is that so… I’m glad…”

“Huh? Your tone changed again…”

“Cough! Come on, let’s go.”

“Ye-Yes.”

I arrived at my desk and got down to work.

“No data issues. Backed up, creating the report…”

“Mito-san, here’s your coffee~”

“Thank you, Morishima-san. You always save me.”

“Hehehe, I know, right? It’s because a cute girl like me is making coffee.”

“Haha… No comment, please.”

“Come on~ You’re so shy!”

“Morishima-san? You shouldn’t disturb Mito-kun’s work.”

“Hmph… Section Manager. Yes, I’m sorry.”

Phew… That was close.

I never know how to respond in those situations.

If I were as easygoing as Noboru, I could probably make a light-hearted comeback.

But I’m a boring guy, even at work…

…Even my first girlfriend said I was boring and broke up with me.

“Alright, let’s switch gears.”

After that, I worked diligently and managed to finish on time.

“What!? Yuma, why are you done!? You were an hour late…”

“Maybe it’s because I got some sleep… The rest is because I work hard every day.”

“Damn it! I wasted my time worrying! And we have a group date today…!”

“…You were worried?”

No wonder, he usually tries to bother me, but he didn’t do that this time.

“Well… it’s rare for you to make such a mistake. And for some reason, you’re in a good mood.”

“Is that so… Let’s see… Hmm, if it’s this… Can I take this?”

I take a stack of documents from the side of Noboru’s desk.

“Hey, what?”

“Come on, let’s get this done quickly. I’m going to buy a game today.”

“What’s gotten into you…?”

“If I made you worry, I’m partly responsible. And… you’re always helping me out. Even though I’m bad at socializing… I actually feel glad, even if it seems bothersome.”

Because of him, I don’t feel isolated.

And he even covers for me when I decline invitations to drinking parties.

“Yuma… Hehe, you saved me. Can’t help it, I’ll keep inviting you. Then, as a thank you, why don’t you come to the group date?”

“I won’t go. I might stop helping you…”

“Whoa! My bad! Here!”

“Jeez… Okay, enough with the chatter. Let’s get this over with.”

“Okay.”

…Well, it might be nice to have a day like this once in a while.

Or rather, that sensation was wonderful.

It seemed like I was in a good mood…

I’m not aware of it, but I might have been happy about the lap pillow.