Chapter 121 – Taunt
The next morning.
As usual, I got up early and went to Miyuki’s house. As soon as I stopped the car, I unfastened my seat belt.
It was because Midori was by Miyuki’s side.
I quickly got out of the car and bowed my head.
“Hello, ma’am.”
“Hello, Matsuda-kun. Long time no see?”
Midori was clinging to her body halfway, wearing a solid color dress and cardigan.
A fit that reveals the curvature of her body to some extent, though not as it is.
Even though her large breasts, narrow waist, and pelvis stand out, I answered, resisting the desire to discipline her for her poor attire.
“Yes. It’s been a while. How you doing?”
“We are doing well. By the way, you haven’t come home lately… Are you feeling a bit sad?”
“Sorry.”
“It’s a joke. Let’s eat together when we have time. And take this.”
Midori held out the two vertically long bundles she was holding in her hands.
Accepting it involuntarily, I tilted my head at her.
“What is this?”
“My dad bought a lot of trimmed eels yesterday and made them into her seasoned grills. Eating with Miyuki for lunch today. The pink is yours, and the blue is Tetsuya’s.”
What if you make something like this?
Don’t go to bed tonight, come out around one or two in the morning and wait.
I’m going to fold the back seat.
“Is it grilled eel? I’ve been wanting to eat lately… But I’ll eat well thanks.”
“Nope. It must be annoying, but thank you for continuing to take Miyuki with you.”
“No. It is not difficult.”
“Are you more grateful for saying that? Take good care of our Miyuki.”
In response to the words that felt somewhat ambiguous, Miyuki, who had a troubled expression on her face, poked Midori’s waist with her elbow.
“Mom…!”
“What are you doing now?”
“No…! It’s because it sounds strange…”
“Where does this sound strange? Hurry up and go to school.”
“Yes…”
Hearing her mother’s bruises, Miyuki, who had limp on her body, approached her with a sprinting stride.
After Midori and I said goodbye to her, I got into her car, opened the passenger door, and Miyuki climbed in and closed the door.
“I didn’t ask you to make it.”
I was referring to the grilled eel lunch box.
Since Midori’s food is synonymous with energy-boosting food, he seemed worried that I might think something strange.
Carefully loading the packed lunch into the back seat, I shrugged.
“Who said what?”
“…. Annoying.”
“Did you curse?”
“I didn’t curse…!”
It’s cute how he slightly raises the tone at the end of his words and shows off his angst.
Laughing, I started the car very slowly and said in passing.
“I think my aunt noticed our relationship too, but now she just says she sleeps over at my house.”
“What… Mom doesn’t know yet?”
“That’s your idea. Did you ask yourself?”
“I don’t know… Go quickly…”
Miyuki, sober from morning… Not bad.
By the way, has Kana gone already?
She would be embarrassed to see me after the last incident, but I want to see her completely changed attitude as she always played pranks on me.
I want to stop by Miyuki’s house on the weekend and have a meal.
**
“Hey, bread girl.”
“Coke! Yes…?”
“What kind of bread is it today?”
“This, this… It’s a tomato pasta croquette…”
“Don’t you feel like eating fried food in the morning?”
“It’s okay… Cough! It’s okay…”
Miyuki hit me on the back while I was still having a conversation with the timid baker.
“Ah! What?”
When I tried to glar at Miyuki, she scolded me with a stern look.
“What if I interrupt you while I am eating? Masako is having a hard time.”
“Are you just talking?”
“Matsuda-kun’s face is so stern, I shouldn’t even be able to talk to him.”
“Forcing it again.”
“It’s not a joke, it’s the truth. Stop doing this and review what you learned yesterday before class starts.”
“What kind of review is this… It’s not even an exam period.”
“You have to constantly review and put it in your head to do well in the final exam. You’ve been conceited that you did well on the midterm exams these days, but then you end up in last place like before?”
“You’re talking nonsense…”
The baker and the vice-captain who were sitting in the front seat laughed, covering their mouths, as if it was interesting to see myself grumbling but listening to what I was saying.
If you get stuck with me later, you’ll be groaning, so split it up a lot.
“Miyuki, I was confused about the solution you taught me over the video call yesterday, so… Can you tell me something?”
Maybe he didn’t like the friendly atmosphere on our side?
Tetsuya, holding a math book in one hand, dragged a chair and sat right behind Miyuki.
In response, Miyuki gave her kind smile and nodded her head.
“Of course. What are you curious about?”
“This.”
“Ah… There? It was very difficult yesterday. At first…”
Miyuki begins to provide meticulous tutoring.
It feels like Tetsuya’s attitude toward Miyuki has strangely changed aggressively… It just doesn’t seem like a cockroach-like being like that.
“I understand?”
In response to Miyuki’s question, which had finished explaining in detail, Tetsuya scratched his head.
Dandruff is going to fall, fuck you.
“I think I understand roughly.”
“Then try solving it yourself here, and ask again if you don’t understand.”
“Okay.”
“Aren’t you curious about anything else?”
“Um… I only have this for now. Thank you.”
Tetsuya got up from his seat and smiled, then glanced at me and went back to his seat.
It was obvious that he was just trying to give Miyuki a cool smile…
Why are you doing something so out of place?
Did you ever talk about your ideal type during class via video call yesterday?
Is Miyuki acting that way just because she likes a guy with a nice smile?
Whatever it is, it should only be once or twice that he continues to be conscious of me.
I feel like I’ll feel refreshed if I grind a bamboo tube, but don’t you have a chance?
**
“Ah… So, at times like this, you’re kicking it down.”
“Yes. Isn’t it easy to get back into position?”
“Yes. Good teaching today, thank you.”
“Nope. You have a good attitude, so you have a taste for teaching. Let’s work hard in the future.”
“Of course, manager.”
Lenka and Tetsuya exchange heartwarming words of thanks.
I looked at the two of them while carrying her bottled water bottle, and when Lenka looked at me, I nodded.
“Hello, manager.”
Her body trembled as if she remembered what had happened yesterday.
From here, looking at Lenka and me with a puzzled expression, she might have had a strange delusion, and even Tetsuya turned slightly serious…
It’s a scene I really like.
“…. Hi.”
I smiled at Lenka who reluctantly accepted her greeting, and I finished my work and opened the door to the storage room where Chinami was.
OK,
“Mea? Are you mistaken?”
Chinami, who was mumbling her mouth eagerly, greeted me.
Looking at the swollen cheeks, it looks like something big was inserted…
Narrowing her eyebrows, I approached her and asked.
“What were you eating alone?”
“Ugh.”
“I beg your pardon?”
“Ugh.”
“Rice cake?”
A very strong peach scent emanated from Chinami, who nodded and moved her head up and down.
I only ate rice cake, so why are my cheeks puffy?
Is it a bit large?
“I’m strong.”
“It’s hard?”
“Yes…”
It looks like it.
I pulled out two tissues from the storage room, placed them on top of my palms, and overlapped them.
Afterwards, she put her hand to Chinami’s mouth.
“Spit it out.”
I shake my head, but it seems to be a pity.
“If I don’t spit it out, my jaw will turn into a square?”
“Nyeeh…?”
Shocked by her jokey words, Chinami snatched her tissue and took it, then turned her body.
Then, with all her might, she began to spit out the rice cakes that had filled her mouth.
“Mueek…”
After making a strange sound, Chinami wrapped her mochi in a tissue and threw it into the trash can.
“Whoa…! It was a tough fight… Although of course I did it myself.”
“What kind of rice cake did you eat that you couldn’t even chew properly?”
“This is it.”
Chinami pulled out something from a black plastic bag in the corner of the storage room and held it out to me.
It was a very large apricot-colored rice cake.
The first kind I’ve ever seen. When I touched it, it even hardened.
While examining the mochi with curious eyes, Chinami, who moved her jaw around, explained what it was.
“This is a rice cake my nephew in elementary school made at school. They said it was made in peach flavor for me.”
“…. Okay? Then you can eat it bit by bit, why did you put it in all at once?”
“My nephew said he wanted to see me eating rice cake in one bite… I put it in my mouth, took a picture, and tried to spit it out again, but it didn’t come out. I tried to chew it off, but it was too hard.”
My nephew is a prankster.
Well, all elementary school students are like that.
“I say it every time, but our master is naive and therefore unmasked.”
“Are you going to get sick? That’s a big deal. I will try to be vicious from now on.”
Even if you do evil things, you will look cute?
It feels like a villain who plots but fails every time, so I think it would suit him better.
“I will cheer you on. Is it possible the day after tomorrow?”
“It’s fine if you give me a kongdak kongdak massage.”
“I plan to do that next time.”
“I see… What are you planning to do tomorrow?”
“I was thinking of eating ice cream together with Miyuki.”
“With Hanazawa kouhai-sama? I am very good!”
I can’t hide my excitement by clapping my hands, but it seems like meeting a new relationship itself is good.
“You promised?”
“Yes! Tomorrow, we should have an in-depth conversation about Hanazawa juniors and mothers.”
“Why is your mother?”
“Of course, it was to attract junior Hanazawa to become a member of Momodan. Mmmm… That’s very desirable.”
To corrupt Miyuki, her aspirations are great.
I won’t let that happen.
“I will support you. Then the day after tomorrow, when club activities are over, come back with me.”
“I know.”
**
“Matsuda.”
Tetsuya called for me as I was waiting for Miyuki in the parking lot.
His voice was quiet, as if he was trying to say something.
“Why.”
“What happened with the manager?”
Something comes
I have a strong feeling that Tetsuya will kick his butthole, that his inferiority complex will explode.
I, who was leaning against the car and spending time on my phone, stood up straight and looked at him.
“What are you doing?”
“When you greeted me earlier, the manager’s eyes weren’t serious… The manager said there was nothing wrong, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.”
“Is that so? Do you think you can read people’s minds just by looking at their eyes?”
“Can that be? It’s just a feeling.”
“Nothing happened. They do all the trivial things.”
“Good luck then. The grilled eel I had for lunch…Wasn’t it delicious?”
“Uh. It was delicious.”
“Grilled eel is not something that Miyuki and her mother cook well, but today I was lucky.”
She subtly says that she is a person who often eats food prepared by Miyuki’s mother.
I nodded my head sullenly.
“I guess so.”
“Anyway, it’s surprising.”
“I didn’t know you would be so friendly with Miyuki. She, Miyuki, has such a strong like and dislike that she won’t even look at a person she once disliked…”
Are you sure you like it?
If you knew how indecisive Miyuki is when you do things like that with me, you wouldn’t be able to say that?
“I guess you didn’t hate me to death.”
“Ah… That’s not it.”
Tetsuya waved his hand as if he was saying something nonsense.
I’m scratching my nerves, but it’s interesting.
I burst into a light laugh and tapped him on the shoulder.
“Is there anything you want to say?”
“No, what… Over there, Miyuki is coming. Let’s talk later.”
Tetsuya’s words looking over my shoulder.
Looking back, I saw that Miyuki was approaching at a brisk pace, just as he said.
I thought if I did a little more, I would have a justification for slapping him on the cheek… But it’s a waste.
Relieved, I opened the driver’s door.
