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Saori: I’m about to arrive, so come pick me up.
Ichi: I’m at a Donkey store near the station. Do you want to come here?
Saori: Okay, I’m going there. Wait for me.
Ichi: Okay, Roger that. I’ll be waiting for you.
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After that exchange, I decided to wait and look at the products in the store.
But it’s too open here.
Since I’m here, I’ll check out the body soap and other products.
There might be some products that can control smell.
With that in mind, I headed for the body soap section.
This time, I had a clear idea of what I was looking for, so I didn’t get lost.
There was the product I was looking for, but the price was too expensive.
Also, I felt a sense of resistance when I saw that it was labeled “anti-aging odor”
The word “anti-aging odor”……I’m not that old yet…..
As expected, I can’t buy this one.
As I was killing time by looking at random products.
I heard a voice from behind.
“Ikkun ! Sorry to keep you waiting ! Did you wait?”
“I did. You said so yourself.”
“Ah. Right.”
She seemed to be in high spirits.
Come to think of it, we live close to each other.
Until now, we either left from one of our houses or went directly from school. That’s right.
We had never done something like meeting up outside like this. Maybe.
“By the way, is everything okay at the committee meeting? Are you going to be late from now on?”
“Yeah. I’m going to be late for sometime.”
“I see, I’ll be waiting for you then. I’m worried about you.”
“Thanks.”
“However, the problem is how to kill time. Today I was killing time by shopping, but.”
“Hmm. But it doesn’t always seem to be the same time…..”
“Right.”
“So what were you looking for?”
“I already bought my stuff, and I was looking for a present.”
“Hmm? For whom? Don’t tell me it’s for Rina chan?”
“It’s for you. Did you forget your own birthday?”
“Ah-… It’s about time. What are you going to give me this year? Until now, you’ve been hiding it from me until the day of my birthday.”
Up until now, my parents and Saori’s parents made arrangements for a birthday party.
But…since my parents went abroad, from this year, we won’t be doing it together.
“So, is there anything you want?”
“But Ikkun. You don’t have a part-time job or anything. Are you sure you have enough money?”
It’s hard after hearing you say that, After all, it’s my parents’ money….
“That’s, I can skip meals or something…”
“Do you think that makes me happy?”
She got angry…but I can’t do nothing….
What should I do? I thought.
“I’m fine with just the two of us on my birthday. I’ll prepare something at home.”
“Got it.”
I’m not satisfied with that.
I wonder if there’s something good for her…
“Well, if you don’t have anything to buy, why don’t we go home? Speaking of which, have you eaten yet?”
“No, I haven’t eaten. I’m a little hungry.”
“Then, let’s go to McDonald’s.”
“Eh-. I’m not in the mood yet.”
“When are you going to be in the mood?”
“Next week, I guess.”
“How about MOS?”
(TL/N: Japanese burger chain store.)
“If it MOS, I’ll go.”
“Jeez. They’re both the same.”
“It changes mainly because of my mood.”
We decided to go to MOS as Saori said.
I wished this relationship could last forever.
But we are already in high school. It might be difficult.
[Do friendships really exist between high school boys and girls?]
I don’t think that kind of thing exists anymore.
Today, I was convinced when I was aware of the feelings I had for Rina, who was expressing her affection for me.
It’s hard not to like someone who keeps throwing affection.
If this continues, I’m sure I’ll fall in love with Rina.
With such thoughts in my mind, I tried to look at Saori again.
Saori has become really pretty and cute now. It may be different from love, but I want to be with her forever.
Saori ordered a vegan burger called “Soy Patty” and she is eating a burger that makes her feel…less guilty?
She is trying her best to put it in her mouth, which is cute.
“Hey, shouldn’t you cut it and take it easy?”
“I don’t like eating burgers like that. Besides, I can’t cut it well.”
“Well, that’s true.”
I picked up the hamburger sandwich and started eating it.
However, the sauce spilled out, probably because I was eating it while thinking about something else.
This is too much sauce than I thought…
“Ah.”
“Jeez. What are you doing? Put the burger down !”
While saying that, she took out a wet tissue from her bag.
Saori wiped up the sauce that had spilled.
“Do you carry that with you all the time?”
“Well, it’s handy. Rather, you don’t have any.”
“No, I have tissues.”
“You just put the ones they give out for free in your bag, don’t you?”
How do you know that?
“Well, it’s fine alright, I’ve got them.”
As I said that, Saori sighed at me.
“Well, fine. But that’s…….”
“Eh?”
“It’s nothing. I just hope that you can take care of me. Always.”
“Well, always is kind of….”
“What? You don’t like it?”
I’m having a hard time deciding what to say.
Saori, who’s in front of me, is smiling with a good expression on her face.
It was the most joyful smile I had seen since Saori became a high school student.
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