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Kokoa, dressed in her school uniform with a shopping bag under her arm, was standing in the doorway.
“I came because I heard from Hinata san.”
“I see that you exchanged contact information.”
“Yes, and she has been a great source of information for us here.”
“A source of information?”
Kokoa’s treating Mei like a spy, huh?
“Hi, Kokoa chan.”
“Good evening, Hinata san.”
“Kokoa chan, hi. By the way, you haven’t given me your contact information.”
“Why should I give you my number?”
“She’s cute and cool.”
“She’s a tough cookie.”
“She’s a queen.”
“Stop it.”
You must really hate it when people call you queen.
“Well, I’ll let you know my number in case something happens to Nii san.”
“Really? I’ll do it.”
“If you message me for nothing, I’ll put you on the blacklist.”
“I know, but a little bit is fine.”
“….It can’t be helped, just a bit.”
“Yay”
Is Hoshizawa really that happy?
“Nii san, I’ll cook dinner tonight.”
“Well, I could have guessed that when I saw your luggage, but thanks for your help, Kokoa.”
“Tsukasa- un, you have a very gentle manner with your sister.”
“It’s a little annoying, and I don’t blame you, Kokoa chan’s so cute.”
“That’s right.”
Kokoa is cute, you know.
“I wouldn’t mind serving dinner to those cats if you’ll let me.”
“What about you guys?”
“C-cats….well, I’d like to try it.
“Kokoa chan’s home cooking !? How much is it ! !”
“2,000 yen, not including tax.”
“It’s cheap. We’ll just have to eat it.”
“Hey, hey, junior high school students shouldn’t imitate a businessman.”
“Here, Nii san! I don’t need the money, so please use it carefully.”
“What’s the point of this?”
“Do you want me to help you?”
“No, I’m fine.”
Is that so? It sounds like a lot of work.
“Well, I’ll help you then. It would be bad to do nothing.”
“No, if you help her, I won’t be able to eat it.”
“Nii san, it’s fine it it’s Hinata san.”
“You sure?”
“Yes.”
…This is the first time that Kokoa allows someone other than me to stand next to her in the kitchen.
Well, if my cute little sister says so, I can relax too.
“Well, me, too.”
“No.”
“I’m in shock.”
“I’m not gonna eat something you made.”
“Ha? So annoying.”
“So what?”
“Wanna give it a go?”
“Well, I’m gonna help you.”
“Can you peel the carrots for me, please?”
“Yeah, sure !”
Mei seems to be good at peeling carrots.
“Mei looks so cute in her apron.”
“That’s my apron, though.”
“….Tch, don’t give me any more information.”
“Ah?”
“Haa, Kokoa chan is cute, too. I hope I’ll marry both of them.”
“I don’t care about Mei, but I’m not giving you my sister.”
“I’m just kidding. I really just want to be friends with Kokoa chan.”
“I hope that’s the case.”
I’m worried.
“Now that I think about it, your mother abandoned her children, didn’t she?”
“That’s right.”
“How did you learn to cook?”
“I had a friend who taught me. He was my best friend in elementary school.”
“You had a best friend?”
“Shut up. But I miss him…and I wonder how he’s doing.”
“He doesn’t live around here?”
“I haven’t seen him since he moved away in the sixth grade.”
More than three years ago, huh?
I’ve been through a lot since then, so I haven’t had much time to think about him.
“Hmmm, but he cooks, so was he a girl?”
“No, it was a boy with a cool name, Hyuga. He was taller than me, good-looking, and smart.”
“And if he could cook since he was a kid, wouldn’t he have been popular with the girls?”
“I guess so, but we were in different school districts, so I didn’t know about that.”
It was a long time ago. I remembered a lot of things when I talked to him.
“We met in the third grade when we were playing alone in the park.”
“You’re very much alike.”
“Yes, Hyuga’s family was poor, so he didn’t have much to eat. He was wearing his cousin’s second hand and other shabby clothes, so he was out of place in class.”
“Is that why you felt sympathy for him?”
“Yeah, and I had the ingredients and the money, but his mother didn’t cook.”
“So he taught you how to cook.”
“We’d go to each other’s houses, and I’d use my groceries and some money I had left over for supper, and we’d cook and eat together.”
“Hmm…eh, wait? Hyuga? Poor?”
“What about it?”
“N-nothing. Go on.”
What is it? She’s weird.
“We went out to eat together with Kokoa and he taught us how to cook, so he was our cooking mentor. You could even say he was our benefactor.”
“H-hmmm, that’s a nice story.”
“Oh, you know it. He was a real nice guy. I’d like to see him again.”
“I-I see….eh, for real…..?”
“What?”
“N-nothing.”
Maybe she was just a little too happy to be able to eat Kokoa’s cooking and went crazy?
Well, it’s Kokoa’s cooking, so it’s not surprising.
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