The arrogant young lady in the class works as a maid in my house

"Ah..." After hanging up the phone, Jinai sighed deeply. Her face was filled with melancholy.

"Oh, damn! I was so careless that I forgot to check if it was someone I knew. And it happened to be a classmate's house, what are the odds... This is terrible."

Jinai couldn't help but feel very angry. She had heard that most of the customers were elderly.

"There's nothing I can do. So, for today only, I'll be here doing the housework. I have no choice, understand?"

Jinai took off her coat with a dissatisfied tone.

The clothes that suddenly appeared from under the coat caught Shinnosuke's attention.

That was a cute maid outfit in black and white.

Then Himeno took out a white hair accessory (incidentally, it seemed to be called a white lace headband) from her bag and put it on her hair.

“Puha!”

Shinnosuke couldn't help but burst out laughing at the shocking sight. Now, no matter how you looked at her, she was still a maid.

The maid before him was an extraordinary beauty, slender and well-proportioned. Furthermore, her parents were members of Congress, making her a true daughter. The contrast was devastating.

"No, that... uh... Nishikawa-san?"

"how?"

Shinnosuke felt a chill down his spine when he was glared at by her cold eyes.

However, although her expression was fierce, her appearance was... completely different from her usual ladylike attire, and she had a cute serving style.

Her black miniskirt was tightly gathered at the waist, and her long, snow-white legs stretched out from it. The white fabric on her chest further emphasized her bust. She also wore a white lace headband on her head, which added to her maid-like charm.

Shinnosuke had a rather cold impression of Nishikawa Himeno, so he wasn't sure how to get along with her. However, when he saw her in a maid outfit, he felt dizzy as if he had been hit on the head.

(Wow, this is so cute! What’s with this contrast?!)

"what……"

Himeno noticed that Shinnosuke was staring at her outfit intently, so she hugged her coat to her chest with both hands.

"Why are you staring at me?"

"No, um, why are you wearing a maid outfit?"

"That's the selling point of the Maid Style Company. We provide housework services while wearing maid outfits."

"I see. I was quite surprised to see that Nishikawa-san gave off a different impression than usual."

She was an outstanding girl at school, proficient in both study and sports, and she was also the proud daughter of a wealthy family. In other words, she should not serve others, but be the one being served.

This kind of dress has nothing to do with the impression Jinai gives people.

"You're making fun of me because I'm dressed as a maid, right?"

Himeno said this in anger. For a proud young lady, being seen in a maid outfit by her classmates seemed quite humiliating. But Shinnosuke didn't give her a perfunctory response and honestly expressed his feelings.

"No, I didn't mean to tease you about your clothes. No matter what you wear, you're still Nishikawa-san underneath."

Jinai, who had been frowning and looking unhappy, seemed at a loss because of the sudden answer.

“Is…I see?”

But she seemed to think about it again, and once again used a firm tone to discipline Shinnosuke's behavior.

"Anyway, you are forbidden to stare at me!"

Then she glared at Shinnosuke with a piercing look.

"As you command!"

So Shinnosuke nodded quickly.

(Illustration 008)

(Uwaaa, this is still scary! I accidentally thought she was cute, but I can’t think like that. I need to be more careful.)

Himeno crouched down at the entrance and took off her shoes. Although she was embarrassed to be seen in a maid outfit by her classmates, she remained serious, as if she was going to do housework in this outfit.

Shinnosuke placed the slippers for the guests at her feet.

"Excuse me."

"Ah, Nishikawa-san. If you're embarrassed, you can take off that maid outfit."

"I didn't bring any change of clothes. Do you want me to do housework naked?"

"I didn't say that!"

The unattainable Himeno suddenly appeared in front of him. Shinnosuke had been cautious and tried to treat her as politely as possible, but he couldn't help but retort her strange rebuttal.

"I don't believe you."

(As expected, Nishikawa is the arrogant and self-righteous type. Just as I thought, I don't like girls with this kind of personality.)

After Shinnosuke realized this, he stopped being cautious with Himeno.

"What? You actually doubt me? If you're so reluctant, you can go back."

"You heard what I said on the phone just now, didn't you? No one else can come to relieve me, so today I have no choice but to do it. I will be responsible for finishing the housework."

"Are you serious?"

Himeno isn't just arrogant. Although she's embarrassed to be seen in a maid outfit by her classmates, Shinnosuke deeply admires her strong sense of responsibility to complete her work.

"I'm serious. Unlike you."

"What? What makes you think I'm not serious?"

"Because you always sleep in class, don't you?"

It turned out that she had discovered it a long time ago. Shinnosuke couldn't refute this.

"Anyway, please let me finish my work and go home quickly."

"Okay, that's it."

"I need to prepare lunch first. Is your kitchen this way?"

"Ah, no..."

Without waiting for Shinnosuke's answer, Himeno walked from the entrance to the back of the corridor. Shinnosuke's mind flashed back to the miserable scene in the living room.

(Oh no! She’ll see this mess!)

Although cleaning a messy room is the job of a housekeeper, it is really embarrassing to be seen by female classmates in such a shameful scene.

"Wait a minute!"

Shinnosuke's shout was too late. Himeno opened the door at the front of the corridor. What appeared before her was paradise... no, a garbage room.

“What’s going on…?”

Seeing Himeno clearly frightened, Shinnosuke felt a chill run down his spine. He mentally prepared himself for the possibility of being laughed at.

"Sigh..." But Himeno just sighed deeply and said, "I have to clean before cooking." Then she looked at Shinnosuke coldly.

(Her calmness makes her seem even scarier. No, is it because she has excellent professional awareness?)

Before Shinnosuke could figure out what Himeno was thinking, she suddenly said some cute words that made people doubt whether they had heard it wrongly.

"Is this okay... Master, Master, Master."

(How is this going?)

"Did you just... call me Master?"

The cold and beautiful young lady actually called herself "Master" while wearing a maid outfit.

Shinnosuke felt at a loss, but at the same time, he almost started to laugh because he thought it was so cute.

"That's the rule! According to the rules of Maid Style Company, we have to call the client "Master"!"

Jinai glanced away with her blushing face, and then muttered softly:

"Hmm...calling a classmate "master" is really embarrassing."

Seeing Himeno's unwilling expression, Shinnosuke calmed down.

"Ah, Nishikawa. It's okay, you don't have to force it. Just call me by my name normally."

"That's company policy."

"Are you serious?"

"Didn't I already tell you that? I'm serious."

Despite blushing, Jinai persisted. It seemed she truly had a strong sense of responsibility.

"Ah, okay. I know you're serious. But if you're so embarrassed, why do you still want to work as a maid?"

"I just answered that. This has nothing to do with you."

She coldly refused to answer.

"Oh, really?"

Shinnosuke was a little angry, so he couldn't help but respond to her with a bit of provocation.

"Come to think of it, as a rich young lady, can you do housework?"

"What...? Of course I'll do it. Do you look down on me?"

Rich families have servants who do everything, so young ladies don't do housework. Shinnosuke had this preconceived notion, which led him to ask such a simple question. However, according to Himeno, the truth seemed to be different.

"Oh, I see. Sorry. Let's clean up first, then."

"As commanded."

Jino began to clean the kitchen, putting away the dishes and cooking utensils that were scattered on the countertop.

However, her hand slipped and the aluminum pot dropped, making a loud clanging sound.

"Oh, it seems you still can't clean properly!"

"Don't spit at me with that Kansai accent! I just happened to slip!"

Being seen doing something wrong by the boys in the class, Jino showed a painful expression of frustration.

"real or fake?"

"Oh my god, you're so long-winded! It's distracting me. Go over there."

“Alright…”

Shinnosuke moved to the living room and looked out at the open kitchen. Standing in the kitchen, cleaning, was the most unattainable girl in the school.

The Himeno I'd seen at school, even when called on in class, would calmly answer questions, and in P.E., she'd unleash her athletic prowess. I only saw her charming side. And now, a girl like that was actually at home, doing housework in a black and white maid outfit. The scene was so unreal it didn't seem real.

(So, what should I do while she cleans?)

Shinnosuke was the client, after all, so perhaps he could just sit back and relax on the sofa and wait. But knowing his female classmate was in his own home, and being in the same space where she was doing her housework, made him feel uneasy.

Instead of sitting around doing nothing, he decided to tidy up his messy living room.

*

Soon after Shinnosuke began sorting through the flyers and mail that were cluttered on the living room table.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhh!”

Suddenly, Jino's scream was heard from the other side of the kitchen.

"What's wrong?"

The scream startled him. Could it be a murderer? He thought so.

So Shinnosuke hurried to the kitchen, only to see Himeno sitting on the ground with her legs weak.

The sight of a girl in a maid outfit slumped in her kitchen was truly surreal.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?"

“Uh, um… over there!”

Her face was pale, and she pointed tremblingly at the kitchen sink. Shinnosuke looked over and saw a shiny black bug at the bottom of the sink.

"Is it a cockroach?"

"Yeah, that's right!"