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“Mumumumu !”
“……Maybe it’s time to stop……”
“We’ve come this far and we can’t stop ! I’ll definitely get it !”
I stopped by an arcade for a movie ticket stub reward, but in no time the free minutes were over and I had spent the money as usual.
A little bit is totally fine, but Reina had already spent almost 2,000 yen.
There was an adorable stuffed cat on the challenge table, staring at us.
“Poor thing in a place like this, I promise I’ll save you !”
Saying this, she put in another 100 yen and challenged it again.
But the stuffed cat cruelly falls off the arm one step before the pit.
“Hau !”
With tears in her eyes, Reina checks her purse one more time, but she has run out of change there.
She looks at me with moist eyes.
“……I’m not that good either, so don’t get your hopes up.’
I put some money in and give it a shot.
I’m not particularly good at it, and there was no way I could get it right away, and after spending about 1,500 yen, I finally got it down.
The total cost for the two of us was nearly 3,500 yen.
It was clear that I had no talent.
“Here.”
“Thank you ! Cute~!”
Reina looks happy from the bottom of her heart and hugs the stuffed cat tightly.
(Cute….)
After that we continued to enjoy the arcade.
Reina, who was playing racing games and zombie games for the first time, seemed to be having a lot of fun.
After leaving the arcade, we did the usual shopping, looking at clothes and shoes, and by the time we left the mall, it was dark outside.
“It’s nighttime.”
“You’re right.”
“What do you wanna do for dinner?”
“I have a place I wanna go !”
Her eyes lit up as if to say that she had been waiting, so we decided to have dinner at the restaurant that Reina wanted to go to.
“So this is it……”
I followed Reina’s lead and arrived at the restaurant, which was an okonomiyaki restaurant.
The exterior of the restaurant is stylish and clean, as if it had just been remodeled.
“Yes ! I’ve always wanted to eat outside !”
On our first date, we had cake for lunch and okonomiyaki for dinner.
It would be out of the ordinary.
However, Reina seems to be enjoying herself because it was a restaurant she wanted to come to.
(Well, good for her.)
We went straight into the restaurant, partly because we were just getting hungry.
About 15 minutes after we entered the restaurant, the number of customers suddenly increased and the restaurant became full in no time.
Apparently, we had arrived at just the right time.
The interior was so beautiful that it did not look like an okonomiyaki restaurant at first glance.
I was looking around the restaurant, while Reina was engrossed in the dried bonito flakes shaking in front of her.
(Come to think of it, it happened before.)
I remember going to eat okonomiyaki with my family a long time ago.
That was before I knew Reina, so it was just my mom and dad.
I wonder when that was.
(……I can’t remember at all.)
I still can’t picture my own mother’s face.
I don’t know if I just don’t remember, or if I don’t want to remember.
“Kenshiro, let’s eat quickly !”
“Hmm? Ah, sure.”
The question that had come to my mind by the time I left the restaurant had disappeared as Reina spoke to me.
“…It was quite a large amount.”
“……I guess so. I don’t wanna see okonomiyaki for a while.”
The amount and size of the food was more than we expected, and our bellies were so bloated that we couldn’t fit anything in them.
As we walked along, rubbing our stomachs, our eyes fell on a grocery store near the station.
“It’s totally in the Halloween mood, isn’t it?”
“It’s only September.”
The general store is lined with costume goods and toys for Halloween.
“After Halloween is over, it’s time for the school festival.”
“Our school festival is held late in the year, isn’t it?”
“That’s for sure.”
Compared to other schools, Koshin’s cultural festival is held later, in November, after Halloween.
The reason for this is unknown.
“…I think we should spend both Halloween and the school festival together.”
“……Agree.”
Reina says with a smile, and I smile back as well.
When I tried to walk away again, Reina tugged on my sleeve.
“What’s wrong?”
When I asked her, she kept her head down and fell silent.
Did I say something unpleasant?
“…..hold.”
“Hmm?”
I hear a whisper and listen.
“…I wanna hold hands.”
Reina’s face was bright red.
“I-I see. It’s getting cold.”
In reality, it’s not that cold, in fact, it’s hot, but I’m a little embarrassed and come up with a strange reason.
“Then, well…..here.
“E-excuse me.”
Reina takes my hand in a reserved manner.
(This is more embarrassing than I thought.)
I can feel Reina’s body heat directly from my hand, and I start to sweat strangely.
(I wonder if I’ll be okay, sweaty hands and all…)
“……Warm.”
My worries were no longer important because of that one word from Reina.
I feel my heart become warmer too.
I still don’t know if this feeling is love or not.
But for now, I will cherish this special feeling.
That’s what I truly thought.
The two of us headed home, still holding hands.
Feeling something warm.
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