Chapter 175 – Lenka’s Assistant’s Diary 1 #3
Lenka’s appearance today was quite cute.
It’s not that her face is cute, it’s that her behavior is.
She is staring straight ahead with a disposable shopping bag full of purchased goods in her arms, and anyone who sees it will think like me.
At the signal, I stepped on her brakes and looked at the still motionless Lenka.
Then she asked in a rather subdued voice.
“I’m tired?”
“… Not really?”
“Then why don’t we go get some coffee?”
“Coffee?”
“Yes. Coffee.”
“I… Um…”
Thinking what to do, Lenka glanced at me and said,
“I think a cup or so would be fine. I have work today, so I’ll buy the coffee.”
She agreed without any hesitation.
Compared to when she said earlier that she would go alone, her answer now was surprising.
Do you want to erase the debt for the goods you purchased additionally?
Whatever it was, it was good for me, so I drove to a nearby coffee chain.
And Lenka, as soon as she entered the cafe, greeted her staff and skillfully customized her menu.
“In the Green Tea Cream Frappuccino, change the syrup to White Mocha, add caramel sauce and extra powder.”
While I was dumbfounded by that unexpected appearance, she finished her order and looked back at me and asked.
“You?”
“Um… I’ll just drink it as an iced americano.”
“Will you? Okay.”
After paying for the coffee, Lenka received a vibrating bell and sat down with me at a table in the corner.
A look that doesn’t seem to have anything to say. However, the awkward atmosphere itself seemed to be uncomfortable.
I read her thoughts and asked.
“Do you often order like that?”
“What? Ah… Yes. That’s what I always order when I come to this chain store.”
“You seem to come with Master a lot?”
“Chinami doesn’t come here often. Let’s go, I still hate it.”
“Why? Is there something peach-related?”
“That’s right. Chinami wants to add some of her peach flesh, but we don’t have that here. So when I go to Chinami and her cafe, I tend to go somewhere else.”
It is also Chinami. You don’t disappoint her expectations.
“Then who are you coming with?”
“Sometimes I come alone, sometimes I come with other friends…”
“Who else is your friend?”
“… Someone you don’t know.”
She glared at me with her face asking why did she even ask such a thing.
Giggling, I pointed to the vibrating bell I had placed on the table when it rang.
“The bell is ringing.”
“I’ll go?”
Then, shall I, the owner, go?
Goyan Ggo…
“Do you want to go with me?”
Perhaps feeling uneasy about my smirk, Lenka trembled and picked up the vibrating bell.
“No… I’ll bring it.”
After that, he let out a deep sigh, as if to ask me to listen, and brought the rough tray and carefully set it down on the table.
“I’ll have a good drink.”
“Huh.”
“Can I take a bite of the manager’s?”
“Of course not.”
“Just one bite.”
“No. Drink yours.”
After announcing her firm refusal, Lenka turned her halfway around, holding her green tea and her frappuccino in her hand.
Like a child who doesn’t want her things taken away from her. You’ve gotten used to me a little bit, so you’re acting like that, right?
It’s new and dark… I like it.
Having eaten away, I passed the time by chatting sparsely with Lenka while quietly sipping on my Americano.
**
The next day, lunchtime.
While Miyuki left first, saying she had to stop by the teachers’ office, I split with Tetsuya and headed for the club room.
It was to do a little bit of work for today.
It’s better to do this than to spend fruitless time with Tetsuya.
This way, you will have more time to chat with Chinami.
When I arrived at the room and tried to open the door with the key,
“Matsuda?”
A familiar voice came from behind.
Looking back, I saw Lenka standing with her brow wrinkled.
Seeing her plain clothes yesterday, she looks very fresh in her uniform.
Isn’t it normal that it should be the opposite? The human mind is puzzling.
I asked, tilting my head at the sudden appearance of Lenka.
“What is it?”
“What are you really doing?”
“I asked you first.”
“Do you want to come out childish? Then I’m the manager.”
“Are you going to suppress it by force?”
“That’s it. What are you doing here anyway?”
“I have nothing to do, so I’m going to work in my free time. Why did the manager come?”
“Me? I’m also… I’m here to work… But also to pay for goods…”
Ummm… I’m sure there’s a Eun-Won relationship.
Voluntary service of slaves… Admirable.
“Wasn’t the price of goods overpriced with coffee?”
“I think that’s a bit lacking… I don’t know if you’ll pick up some weird quibbles…”
“What strange quibbles?”
“I don’t know…”
You can just say that you’re grateful and that you’re thinking of helping, but you can’t just come up with a useless reason.
I burst into laughter at the typical tsundere look and said.
“Did you give your nephew a good gift?”
“… How can you give it to me in one day? We don’t even live together.”
“So when are you going to give it to me?”
“I’ll have to give it to you over the weekend…”
“Then will you come down for the weekend?”
“Tae, you can send it by courier…”
“What if it breaks?”
Was it a bit burdensome for me to pry on skewers?
Lenka, who slightly rolled her eyes to the side and averted her gaze, replied.
“I don’t have to worry about breaking the key holder, and the stand is well wrapped with bubble wrap… No, why do I even have to explain how to do this…?”
“Because I have a share too.”
“That’s true… But why do you keep…”
“Are you mixing plain fish?”
“… I know… Be polite…?”
“Isn’t this enough?”
“I’m not okay at all…”
“Are you still feeling a bit awkward?”
“Who, who said this yet…? I never said anything like that…!”
Why is it fun just to talk to Lenka?
Is it because you feel hit? It’s a different feeling from Miyuki and Chinami.
I want to keep teasing you like a chimney, but I shouldn’t cross the line anymore.
“All right. Sorry.”
“It’s enough to know… What can I do?”
“Do I order it?”
“If I had come alone, I would have done it myself, but since you came, I have to do what I was told to do… I’m clumsy, but I’m still the manager…”
“Are you clumsy? Really? Master said he was happy that he had become a full-fledged manager…”
“… It’s still a long way from my point of view.”
Lenka probably also recognizes me as her manager in her heart.
Even so, when she said that she was clumsy, you could say that she used it as an excuse to break in when she was alone with Chinami.
“Is that so?”
“That’s it. What am I doing Or do you know?”
“No. Wipe the porridge with me.”
“With you…?”
“Yes. Why? Are you afraid of doing something strange?”
“It’s not like that… But there are many other things, so why do we do it together…”
“It’s more fun to do it together. Time will pass.”
Having said that, I opened the storage room door and gestured to Lenka as if calling her puppy.
Then Lenka, who had been hesitant, scratched her head and moved on.
It’s not bad for Lenka, who has become quite docile. Although she prefers to fight and obey.
**
Jjaeok-!
The heavy impact sound unique to the bamboo sword that can be heard from the opponent’s face.
Having successfully hit the head, I was convinced that this was an unconditional bout, but I stayed alert and waited for the referee’s decision.
“One round! To position!”
Therefore, shouting with a booming voice and raising a red flag.
After scoring properly and ending the sparring, I exchanged greetings with my opponent, then approached Chinami, who was clapping her seals, and smiled broadly.
“How was it?”
“It was great. The momentum is good, the posture is not perfect, but it was great. I can say that I have very good qualities as a vanguard. But never be careless. The competition is full of very talented people.”
“I will keep that in mind.”
“Great. Now sit down. I’ll release the hymn.”
As I bent my knees in front of Chinami, she began to loosen the straps of her cotton with her careful hands.
Wanting to bully her like that, I shook her head back and forth wildly at her.
Then Chinami put her hand on her waist and glared at me,
Bean-!
He hit her face very lightly.
“Stay still…! What are you doing?”
“A master who stabs his pupil… He’s trying to get a little sad.”
“Uh huh…! I’m sorry if you think it’s a hand-made sword. It is discipline with love.”
“I will take that. But Master.”
“Please speak.”
“Can I give you a massage tomorrow?”
“Neet…?”
An exclamation leaked out of Chinami’s mouth as she stopped untangling her string.
She hurriedly looked around her and whispered in a very, very small voice.
“A massage…? Are you talking about oil massage…?”
“Yes.”
“Hmmmm… I don’t know… I’m embarrassed because it’s a sudden proposal…”
“Is it so?”
“I wish I could have told you in advance… Hmm… I’ll go home today and think it over and give you an answer…”
“All right.”
“Yes…”
Chinami’s face, twisting her body, turned red as if it were about to explode.
I didn’t even say I did anything besides massage, but I’m already revealing.
“Should I loosen the strap now?”
“Ah… Yes… Stay still… I’ll scold you if you move…”
“I wasn’t moving.”
“Yes. I know…”
The embarrassing feelings emanating from her, her gibberish.
Looking at the reaction, I think I’ll hear a positive answer, but this is enough… Can I give it a try?
It’s okay to just try. Right? Chinami?
