Chapter 212 – Otaku Spotted #2
“Uh… Do you know where the Boys Monday corporate booth is?”
“Ah! I just got out of there. The Saturday Company booth is over there… Go inside the B building, go to the E-2 corner, and you’ll see it right away.”
“Building B… Oh, I can see it. Thank you!”
“No. Have fun!”
Lenka gives directions to strangers.
The tone of her voice is slightly higher than that of Lenka, but the tension seems very high.
Judging from the shopping bag she’s holding, it looks like she’s bought all her goods…
If you happen to go to another booth, I can’t follow you because I don’t have a ticket, so let’s grab it before that.
I followed Lenka with her distance, and when she passed in front of a noisy building where an event was taking place, she thought that now was the right time.
I’m sure you’ll be surprised when I call, but that loud sound will mask Lenka’s screams.
Thinking so, I widened her stride and quickly approached Lenka.
After that, he called her in a tone full of questions.
“Director?”
“…”
I guess I didn’t hear it.
Let’s make our voices a little louder.
“Director!”
As I approached closer and raised my voice, Lenka stood tall.
Her head, which was motionless at first, creaked before long, like a heroine encountering her ghost in a horror movie.
And he made eye contact with me.
“…”
Are you really, genuinely perplexed, or are you not thinking at all?
Standing blankly, staring only at me for a short time, she
“Haaaaagh!?”
It made a huge noise without warning.
Mmmm… It’s the most intense thing I’ve seen of Lenka so far.
It would have been even better if I hadn’t worn a mask.
She was so surprised that she even stirred her arms so much that one of the shopping bags Lenka was holding flew into the air.
Receiving it quickly, I gently shook her hand in front of her eyes, which had completely stopped with her eyes wide open.
“Are you okay?”
Then, Lenka, who was startled by her whole body, returned to focus.
“Huh…?”
But as if she still couldn’t come to her senses, she let out a strange exclamation and sobbed.
A defenseless look. Trying to get a laugh out of nowhere.
“Ah…!”
Lenka’s eyes drooped as she shook her head, perhaps recognizing the ugliness she had just shown.
“What are you…?”
“What is it? Me?”
“You… Why are you here?”
“I came to enjoy Comiket. Get this first.”
When Lenka held out her shopping bag, which she almost dropped, she reflexively reached out to pick it up.
Grape-colored eyes rolling around.
I think I hear her head rolling as fast as snow. Am I mistaken?
“That… Well…”
I can’t seem to think of anything to say.
Let’s dig a little bit and help out.
“Are those in the shopping bag goods?”
“Ah, yes… Goods…”
“Did you come here to buy goods?”
“Yeah, that’s right… My nephew… Um… Lives in the countryside… Asked me to buy one…”
Does our Lenka have any excuse other than his nephew?
Usually, if you’re cheating, don’t you think of at least one plausible alibi if you’re caught by an acquaintance?
I wonder if she mentioned her nephew as a reflex in embarrassment at the unexpected encounter.
Anyway, seeing Lenka’s eyes shaking as if there was an earthquake made me laugh and drive myself crazy.
I barely suppressed my big and small words that were about to explode, and I said with a bitter sound.
“She looks a bit like an otaku for someone buying a present for her nephew? She even let out a strange laugh… I thought you thought saliva was coming out of her mouth.”
“Muh, what are you saying… Am I mistaken myself…?”
“And it feels like she’s always making excuses for her nephew…”
“Joe, it’s because he takes care of his nieces and nephews a lot…!”
“No, you can do that, but… You are so embarrassed?”
“Because you misunderstand useless things…! I’m not interested in things like this…!”
“Her face went red. Is this also because of a useless misunderstanding?”
“Yes…!”
Wasn’t it about time to honestly confess?
I looked at her Lenka, with her one foot back, her posture as if she was about to run away at any moment.
It looks like a mouse in front of a cat.
Even so, there was an angry momentum. It feels like she doesn’t like to back down a bit.
It looked like he was trying to overcome the situation by bragging.
Thinking that I wanted to see her expression behind Lenka’s mask, I stared into her eyes and gently scratched her lower chin with her index finger.
“Hmm.”
“Muh, what is that Chineseami-like exclamation?”
“Director.”
“What…! Why!”
“Was this the thing you had to do before the part-time job? You want to buy a gift for your nephew?”
“Okay…! That’s right…!”
“Then you can honestly say that you will buy a gift, but when I asked why did you just say you had a job? It’s not like I don’t know that the manager cares for her nephew.”
“That… That… I didn’t feel the need to tell you… That, that’s right…! We’re not even that close… Right?”
Lenka’s ability to depressurize is very low.
Well, that’s why you’re just being swayed by me.
I continued with a meaningful smile.
“I heard you can barely get tickets here if you book them long in advance…”
“… That’s right. Hehe, I worked hard.”
“Director, honestly, do you like this kind of subculture?”
“I said no, but you’re a human…”
“Do you like it?”
“Because it’s not…? If you’re going to talk nonsense, go…! Go away…!”
“Is this called breath? Or was it Ilko?”
“I have no idea what the hell you’re talking about…? Breath? Ilko? You’re using weird words…”
“Looking at it earlier, someone told me to have fun… Isn’t ‘jou deok’ an abbreviation for a fun virtue? If you know those words, this is enough…”
“… Are you delusional? And do you have bad ears by any chance? I don’t remember ever saying that?”
“The tone is very even. His way of speaking has changed… Do you read Korean books?”
“…”
Lenka kept her mouth shut like a dumb who had eaten honey.
I wanted to keep teasing her, but now her breathing was as rough as if she were hyperventilating.
The mask is full of air and then you can see it coming out.
It was evidence of an extremely sensitive state.
Even if she’s only here, when Lenka goes back to her house, she’ll kick up the covers.
She’s pretending, but she’ll think she’s revealed her true self.
So let’s stop teasing for now. She pushed too much.
“Well sir.”
“What, what…? What do you know?”
“I just knew. Now, water here.”
“Water…?”
“I think you will need it.”
When she held out her small bottle of mineral water in her hand, she snatched it as if hesitant Lenka snatched it away, then took off her mask and began to sigh.
She quickly grabbed her little mineral water bottle and let out her refreshing sigh, she asked.
“You… Why are you here?”
“I tried to go to the company booth because there was an animation I was interested in, but I couldn’t go in because I didn’t have a ticket for that day. There is no on-site purchase, they say it is an unconditional reservation.”
“… Did you step in vain? So check it out… I would have just come if my nephew hadn’t told me in advance.”
“That’s right. Are you finished with this business?”
“The dragon…? I bought everything my nephew asked me to buy… So you can say it’s over.”
It’s cute how she keeps mentioning her nephew and trying to show that she’s not interested in it.
It feels like a last resort.
Suddenly, she wants to install a camera in Lenka’s house.
She wants to see how she reacts when she goes back.
“Is it so? Then let’s go back It’s fate that we met like this, so I’ll give you a ride.”
“What’s the relationship… Ha… It’s annoying… Why are you always with him…”
It was a very, very small mumble, but I can hear it.
A voice full of frustration and distress.
When other people speak like that, I worry first, but why is it so good when Lenka speaks?
“I beg your pardon?”
“Oh, nothing… I’ll go alone.”
“Are you going to take it all with you?”
“I just need to put it in my bag…”
“Why do you feel like avoiding me?”
“… Hey…! Hey! Go! You can take your car…! It’s just fine…! I wanted to clear up the misunderstanding…!”
Why does Lenka look so pretty today?
If someone saw us, they would think we were a couple fighting for trivial reasons.
I held out her hand as she grinned at her as she let out a deep sigh in her desperation.
“Shall we go? Give me the bag I will listen.”
“No…”
“Then follow me.”
“… Okay.”
Saggy shoulders, eyes staring at the floor.
Seeing Lenka silently following me like her criminal, I ate her and headed to her parking lot with her.
**
Lenka, who wanted to clear up a misunderstanding I had, didn’t say a word the whole way home.
She seemed at a loss as to how to organize her thoughts.
It will be complicated. She caught her virtue, which she had kept secret for a long time.
So, you should have hidden yourself more thoroughly, what if you act so laxly?
Even if it’s not me, sooner or later others will notice your truth.
“It’s all here. Im here.”
After I stopped Lenka’s car a short distance from her house, she looked out the window, her face reddened.
Was she relieved to see her own cozy nest right in front of her?
Lenka, whose expression had calmed down somewhat, took her bag and shopping bag.
“I’ll go…”
“Greeting.”
“What greetings? Ah… Thank you… Thank you to the point of tears. I really, truly thank you, I don’t know what to do…!”
Her voice rises with her gradation.
I bit my lower lip and turned my head.
I was afraid that if I didn’t do this, I would burst into laughter.
After calming her mind and body for a moment, I looked at Lenka again.
“Did you find a job?”
“I saved you.”
“Like what?”
“Hall serving. It’s a gyudon shop.”
“Isn’t there a seat there?”
“Seat?”
“I want to work part-time too, but it would be nice to have someone to work with.”
“Are you doing a part-time job?”
Why? Is it strange that I, who don’t look like I’m in need of money, do a part-time job?
Everything likes you I might like you isn’t it?
Originally, I was going to work part-time at Lenka’s store, pretending to have met by chance, like fate.
But since I ran into Lenka so many times, using this ‘coincidence’ as an excuse, she might think I was stalking her if I continued.
So, confidently, ask for Lenka’s consent and start working part-time.
Because of today’s incident, it’s half compulsory, though.
“Yes. I plan on doing it during vacation.”
“Then what… Look elsewhere.”
“I want to work with the manager. I think it will be fun.”
“Do part-time jobs for fun…? They are trying to make money.”
“It meant that it was relatively more fun than doing it alone. Isn’t it?”
“I think working part-time with you will be like hell.”
“It is severe. Was it like that at your uncle’s store?”
“Not then. Because I made a wish.”
“Is it? Anyway, ask the boss there if he is looking for more part-timers.”
“No.”
“Is it so? Hmm.”
When I burst out that exclamation, Lenka flinched and widened her eyes.
“What…? What was that?”
“What?”
“You just did… Hmm…!”
“Yes. Why?”
“Ah, because I did something I didn’t want to do…”
“I did it without thinking. But won’t you come down?”
“…”
Lenka, who was trying to say something of her, opened the passenger side door, thinking that she would only lose herself if she continued the conversation.
She then looked sideways at me over her shoulder as she carefully held her bag and shopping bag as though she were treating a sacred jar.
“Joe, be careful going in…”
Even in the midst of this, I say thank you. Although he has a lot of tsundere temperament, he is unique.
I waved her hand at her red-faced Lenka, watched her helplessly move her feet, and then went back to her house.
