Chapter 282 – Confirm Kill
“Hello!”
As soon as she entered her cafe, Miyuki greeted her with a bright smile.
She came to me out of the blue and looked at her and me, Lenka and Chinami, with a bewildered but welcome look on their faces.
“Hanazawa…? Hi. To Matsuda, what’s going on here?”
“I’m here to study. Will I be a nuisance?”
“Study? Here?”
“Yes.”
“It’s fine as long as you don’t make noise, but…”
“I’ll be quiet in the corner. I try to order a drink once an hour.”
“There is absolutely no need to order while watching. But are you two alone?”
“No. Tetsuya-kun will come in a little while.”
“To Miura? Ah… You said you would teach Matsuda and Miura, but that seems to be the study?”
“That’s right.”
Lenka’s gaze slipped toward me.
Eyes as if why did you come here?
It doesn’t seem like there’s anything special about it, I guess I was just really curious.
Well, it came without warning, so it must be the case.
“Kouhai Hanazawa, have you been well?”
Miyuki replied with a smile on her face as Chinami wiped off the water from her hands.
“Sure. Has Nanase-senpai been well?”
“Four. Of course.”
Chinami’s face was slightly red.
As she hadn’t seen her in a long time, she seemed to remember something that happened at Christmas.
Miyuki’s cheeks, who were caught up in her reaction, also became more and more reddish.
“Huh…?”
Lenka’s puzzled exclamation at the sight of the two shy at the same time, like her twins.
Startled at that, Miyuki cleared her throat a few times before she looked at the menu.
“First of all… Matsuda-kun, what are you going to drink?”
I thought it was cute to see both of them embarrassed, so I said.
“Strawberry Banana Frappe.”
Then Lenka twitched her brow and she glared at me.
Strawberry Banana Frappe was the most troublesome drink I had ever tasted.
Sensing that I was trying to trick her, Lenka only munched her lips, as if Miyuki and Chinami were by her side, so she couldn’t curse openly.
Then, when I saw Miyuki, who seemed to have gone through her menu, I asked in a friendly voice, the opposite of her grunting attitude towards me.
“Hanazawa, what about you?”
It sounds like you’re telling me to listen, but does she know that the more you do that, the stricter education awaits you?
You know, maybe you’re doing it on purpose.
To ask for more punishment.
“Um… I’ll just make it caffe latte.”
“Warmly?”
“Yes, warmly please.”
“Okay.”
“I will count. How much is this?”
“I’ll buy it for you since you’ve come a long way.”
“Yes? You don’t have to…!”
“I’ll be very sad if you refuse.”
Lenka choked Miyuki with her sly answer.
I wasn’t such a shameless person, but I wonder if he learned from me.
“That’s… But…”
As Miyuki hesitated while opening the purse in her hand, Lenka calmed her down with her gentle voice.
“Don’t be too pressured. Because it’s really okay.”
Then, did he judge that refusing that favor was not polite?
Miyuki tucked away her wallet with an apologetic expression.
“Then… I’ll have a good drink. Thank you.”
“Huh. Bring the vibrating bell.”
“Yes…!”
Ummm… I can’t believe that friendship has already been shown.
It feels like the future is brightening, so I feel refreshed.
I was going to a corner seat with Miyuki holding the vibration bell, but Lenka called me.
“Hey, Matsuda.”
“Yes?”
“Where?”
“Let’s go to our seats.”
“You pay me.”
“You said you would buy it?”
“You are not.”
“Are you serious?”
“Uh.”
“Is it so? All right.”
Seeing that I was going to pay her bill without much resistance, her uneasiness had risen, and Lenka quickly changed her words.
“No, I’m kidding. Don’t pay.”
He seemed worried that I might retaliate.
“I’ll just pay.”
“Don’t pay…?”
“Are you paying?”
“Don’t pay…!”
I, who had laughed at Lenka, who even got angry and withheld payment, put up with a smile that spilled out and changed the menu.
“All right. No frappe, just a strawberry latte, please.”
“…Why don’t you eat frappe? Is it expensive?”
“No. I had no intention of eating it.”
“Okay…?”
Lenka looks at me with suspicious eyes.
It seemed like he was trying to figure out if it was because I really didn’t want to eat frappe, or if he was being considerate by changing it to an easy-to-make drink.
“Brother, younger brother. Shall I make you a strawberry latte?”
While Lenka was doing this, Chinami’s words intruded.
I answered with a smile.
“Yes. I hope you will.”
“Whoa… I’ll have to show you my perfectly polished skills in a few hours.”
Chinami said in her confident tone and took out her strawberry jam from her fridge.
All you have to do is pour milk over there and mix, and it’s done, but talking like an omakase master.
I like it because it’s cute though
Anyway, the atmosphere is so good, but Tetsuya is coming after a while… It’s deplorable.
I feel like my head has gotten a little bigger because I’ve been learning boxing lately… Won’t you ask me to spar?
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Miyuki’s face grew tired as she drank a cup of the warm cafe latte that Chinami had served.
Miyuki isn’t the type to enjoy coffee, but the weather is so cold today that the inside feels warmer.
“Is it delicious?”
“Huh. Do you want to try Matsuda-kun too?”
“No. I am done.”
“Why are you drinking cold drinks, Matsuda-kun? While complaining about being cold in the car.”
Did I? I do not remember.
“It must have been just a habit. Would you like a strawberry latte?”
“Huh. Just a bite.”
Miyuki takes the straw for bubble tea from the glass she held out to her mouth.
I am delighted to see him bite the end of the straw I put my mouth on without hesitation.
Did Lenka see this scene just now?
She might have seen, as she did her job, peeked at the seat where Miyuki and I were sitting.
“Hello, manager.”
While I was having a sweet time with the flubbing Miyuki, I snorted when I heard Tetsuya’s innocent voice from the cafe entrance.
The guy who sprinkles dung in the flower garden is here.
“Come on.”
Thinking that I must whip Renka, who greeted him with a kind expression, I looked at Tetsuya, who also greeted Chinami.
“Hello, Nanase-senpai. It looks like we haven’t seen each other in a long time.”
“Hello. Your juniors are waiting over there.”
Mum. Our Chinami sounds like she has no interest in Tetsuya or the like.
In fact, Chinami has almost no contact with Tetsuya, so it is natural for her to react like that, but it is still unique.
Unlike Lenka, I have to repay her with a hearty massage.
Looking in the direction Chinami pointed, Tetsuya saw that Miyuki and I were sitting side by side and waved her hand.
At first glance, it looked like a greeting to the two of us, but in fact, it was only to Miyuki.
Because his eyes were only directed at Miyuki.
As usual, the guy who did useless things with a stupid face, when Lenka offered to buy her coffee, she said thank you and ordered a coffee.
He doesn’t even refuse out of courtesy like a guy who doesn’t notice.
Of course, I also took it for granted, but I am also the owner of her lenka, and I was thinking of buying her a gift in return.
However, that guy with a confused expression on his face would just accept the favor out of the blue.
While thinking that maybe Lenka might be interested in him.
While I was developing my hatred for Tetsuya, he came over to the table and gave Miyuki an awkward smile.
“Did you come on time?”
“Yeah, good job. Please sit down.”
“Let’s start right away?”
“I will.”
“Can’t I just take a little break until I get coffee?”
“What… Procrastination is similar to Matsuda-kun?”
I can’t get past this easily.
Even if all the swear words in the world are put together, it’s hard to bear saying that I resemble Tetsuya.
I feel very, very bad.
As if she knew how I felt, Miyuki told Tetsuya to sit down and moved her seat between me and him.
Then, she very casually picked up the glass placed in front of me, and, as before, brought her mouth to the straw and took a sip of the strawberry latte.
‘Huh?’
I couldn’t help but open my eyes wide at that sudden action.
She knew that Miyuki had no intention of hiding her relationship with me any longer, but she had never thought that this would suddenly happen.
It must have been a natural thing for Miyuki to do.
However, Tetsuya’s feelings will be different.
To him, Miyuki’s actions were very suggestive.
Confirmation kill. Her doubts turned to certainty.
Sharing a straw was an act that even couples liked or disliked.
Of course, if we were very close, we could do this even though we were just friends.
But it was very rare, and Miyuki did not belong to that rare case.
Even though they were childhood friends with Tetsuya, they didn’t do anything that could be considered skinship, and of course they never did anything like sharing straws.
As if we were childhood friends, he treated me kindly and took care of me often, but that was the end.
In such a situation, did Tetsuya not hesitate to do something he had never shown himself to me?
No matter how deficient Tetsuya was, he wouldn’t have noticed Miyuki’s behavior even now.
“…”
As expected, his expression hardened sharply when he saw Miyuki munching on the chunk of strawberry that had been sucked into her mouth through a straw.
Do you want to burn your stomach? I thought I wanted to peek into his heart, but it was the first time I felt it as intensely as today.
“What are you doing, both of you?”
In response to Miyuki’s question, who looked at us who were dumbfounded for different reasons, I, who came to my senses before Tetsuya, said,
“I see you.”
“Why?”
“Just.”
At first glance, it seemed like a normal, nonsensical conversation with a bit of a joke mixed in, but looking at Miyuki and I’s expressions, it was different.
There was clearly a sweet air current flowing between us as we looked at each other and raised our eyebrows.
Today’s Miyuki is especially lovely. He wants to kiss you right now.
I think it’s okay to overlook the fact that Tetsuya and I look alike.
When I go home after studying today, I will do everything Miyuki asks me to do.
