141 – His and My Parfait
Early in the morning, I went to school earlier than usual and opened the door to the rooftop.
I had planned to come first and wait, but unexpectedly I saw her back.
Han Seo-ah, who was standing at the end of the fence, looked back.
“You came early.”
She nodded her head wordlessly.
“Mr. Yanase. He came to our class yesterday. “It looks like the rumor has already spread throughout the grade.”
It was not a big deal to make an appointment to meet Han Seo-ah so early in the morning.
“So, how was Yuuki?”
I wanted to make small talk with her, but seeing her bluntness, I thought there would be no time, so I got straight to the point.
Only then did she open her mouth.
“It was no different from usual.”
What is everyday life like?
Han Seo-ah told it right away.
“When I got home, I played games, ate dinner, took a shower, read a comic book, and then went to sleep.”
“It is truly ordinary.”
It was so peaceful that it made me laugh.
“At least in my opinion, there was nothing special about Yuuki.”
Seo-ah said.
I see.
On the day she met Kotomi Yanase, she wondered if there might be something different about Yuuki, so she made an appointment to meet Seo-ah.
At this point, it seemed like there was no big harvest.
“Then can I just leave?”
She nodded her head in response to Seo-ah’s question.
I can’t help it.
Because it’s still the first day. I watched her pass me with her bitter smile.
“Ah.”
At that moment, I remembered something I had forgotten.
“Seoya.”
She stopped suddenly, holding the doorknob.
“Why?”
She approached her back.
“That’s the parfait I mentioned last time.”
She declined because she had other commitments that day, but she was still anxious.
“Did you remember?”
She looked back at me and gave me a suspicious look.
“That’s right. “After that, I looked into it and heard that there was a summer-only parfait at a cafe nearby.”
She asked Haruna and she knew right away. They say that all the high school girls around us lined up to eat it at least once.
Perhaps Seo-ah wanted to eat it too. Although it is limited to summer, the sale date is until today.
“You mean it will happen today?”
“Yes. “Until today.”
She almost forgot.
I searched her pocket and took out a coupon for that cafe.
“Now, here.”
Seoa’s eyes widened as she looked at it.
Are you that surprised? You probably never expected that I would have found this precious parfait exchange coupon.
“Go after school today. “There’s no need to stand in line.”
I was able to find it after some questioning. Specifically, with the help of her friend (Shiraishi).
Seo-ah’s hand, which received her coupon, was trembling slightly.
Oh my. Did I really want to eat parfait that much?
There is no need to be that impressed. However, if this increases your liking for me, it would be a good thing.
“Someone asked for this.”
“Huh?”
She crumpled her coupon and threw it with all her might.
“Are you ignoring me now!?”
“Ugh!”
The coupon I worked so hard to obtain flew off the roof.
“Hmph!”
The rooftop door slams shut.
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Seo-ah went down alone.
Why?
I think she was once a tsundere. I guessed that she was just a person who wasn’t good at showing affection, but it turned out that wasn’t the case at all.
Well, I don’t even want Dere.
It would be nice if we could get along as friends.
“…… “What was that day?”
Han Seo-ah.
Her old name that was only known to me.
After what happened at that time, she wondered if she had even a glimmer of interest in me, but she couldn’t figure out her true feelings at this point.
Standing at the edge of the fence in the direction where Seo-ah threw her coupon, I looked down and saw her close her eyes.
***
I don’t like parfaits.
If you ask me if I hate it, I don’t.
To me, it was just an ordinary dessert.
But why did I get angry the moment I saw that coupon? I couldn’t figure it out myself.
‘You mean it will happen today?’
‘Yes. ‘Until today.’
So the conversation was completely different.
Minsu Kim was referring to the date of the coupon.
The moment I realized that, I immediately became angry.
But there was no need to throw it. After committing an act that I regretted, I left the rooftop overcome with emotions that I didn’t know what to do.
“You idiot Kim Min-soo!”
What is that man?
Do you know that you are the insensitive male protagonist of some kind of romantic comedy?
How could you mistake my intentions like that?
If I compare myself in this way, I feel like a twin-tailed tsundere girl who likes the main character, but I am not at all.
As I pushed back his long hair, I kept mumbling the man’s curses. Since he went to school early anyway, there is no one in the hallway.
“You idiot. Idiot. “You idiot.”
While walking down the hallway, Palak discovered a white gown.
“Oh my.”
Kotomi Yanase, who was approaching from the opposite direction, ran into me and stopped.
“Hello. Good morning.”
“…… Hello.”
What is this woman doing early in the morning when the teachers have not yet gone to work?
“You went to school early.”
“Yes.”
I didn’t want to have a very long conversation.
That’s right, I decided to be on guard and monitor this woman with Kim Min-soo, but she had promised not to become deeply involved.
Even apart from that promise, I didn’t want to become friends with this woman.
“Okay then.”
I lowered my head and tried to pass by.
“There is still time until morning assembly. “How about a moment?”
At the same time, she threw her offer towards me.
“Yes? What?”
“A cup of tea in the counseling room. Do you want to drink and go?”
She smiled.
“There are also snacks.”
Two days ago, I told him to come visit me anytime if I had any concerns.
From the beginning, I knew that I couldn’t receive that consultation right away because it was fully booked.
If I had nodded her head at that time, would this woman really have accepted my consultation?
Why only me?
I felt something off, so I shook my head this time too.
“No. “I have other things to do.”
If you refuse, that’s it.
“I see. “I’m sorry, Miss Yuuki.”
I tried to go back, leaving her looking sad.
“It looks like you’re worried about something. “I was wondering if I could be of help.”
Her kind tone of voice subtly showed her consideration for me.
I was definitely angry as I was just walking down the hallway, and I was muttering to myself.
To put it bluntly, I have concerns about this frustrating feeling.
“But I think you probably have your own concerns that you can’t tell anyone. “I apologize if I meddled too much.”
I don’t know if he has some kind of agenda or if he is just full of motivation since he was newly appointed.
I should have listened to Minsu explain about this woman.
It was only then that I began to regret not understanding her character properly.
“Then I’ll just leave.”
Yanase said that and threw her last words at me.
“Miss Yuuki, fighting.”
I felt irritated and angry at the cheering, the meaning of which I could not understand.
Why?
I myself am angry about that support.
“Teacher.”
This time, I called her over.
“Huh?”
Good. This might also be an opportunity to get to know her.
“I want to drink tea.”
Hearing those words, she seemed genuinely happy and came hopping over to stand next to me.
“Yes, yes! Come with me!”
At the same time, Yanase held my hand.
“There are lots of delicious snacks~”
It’s okay, but I wish you would let go of my hand.
Humming her tune, she led my hand and headed toward her consulting room.
Unlike the dull teacher’s office, the place was neat and nicely decorated.
Pulling down the white curtain, she pointed to the chair in front of the round table.
“Sit here and wait. Tea is coffee? Black tea? “Which one do you prefer?”
“Water.”
“Yes. Good~”
Just as she said, the basket on the table contained all kinds of snacks, candies, and chocolate.
Furthermore, there was a nice scent in the consultation room.
As she took a calming breath, her mind gradually calmed down.
“Here, water.”
“Thank you.”
As I drank cold water, took a bite of a cookie, and chatted lightly, I felt like the emotional confusion I had just felt was slowly subsiding.
Yanase Kotomi was a slender, slightly clumsy woman who looked somewhat clumsy.
Should I say that it is the atmosphere of someone who has just graduated from college and is new to the workforce?
Her beauty and friendly personality, and the occasional glimpse of her scraggly shaved face.
Would you say she has all the qualities that make her popular with students?
“Miss Yuuki is the younger sister of second-year student Yuuki-kun, right?”
“Do you know?”
“Okay then. “Because Yuuki-kun’s friends are famous.”
She paused when the name ‘Yuuki-kun’ came up, but her perception was not much different from that of her other students.
“I’m going to visit a third-grade classroom today, so I’m looking forward to seeing the famous Takase.”
“I see.”
At least at this moment, there was no particular reason to be wary of Yanase.
A female teacher who is simply beautiful and popular with her male students.
“But you know that?”
While I was having a normal conversation with her, a question came out of nowhere.
“The summer-only fruit parfait is really delicious.”
I looked at her with my mouth closed.
“Sorry. “I heard you guys talking.”
She winked and stuck out her tongue slightly.
“But I wasn’t trying to eavesdrop on you either? “I went up to get some fresh air, but I overheard it because you two were there.”
So, did you ask me what I was worried about?
I felt something was strange.
“But why did you fight? “Didn’t you receive that coupon?”
Yanase said he heard us talking for a moment and then came down.
So, I didn’t hear everything.
I crumpled up the coupon and threw it away. I couldn’t bear to talk like that.
“Do you hate parfaits?”
“I don’t particularly like or dislike her.”
I just.
I don’t even know what I wanted.
“My boyfriend is amazing. “That coupon is really hard to get.”
“No!”
He slammed the table and shouted.
“Huh, huh? “Did you get it easily?”
“That’s not it! “Boyfriend!”
What on earth is this woman?
“Ah, I see.”
She said playfully, rubbing her hands together.
“I’m sorry. I did not know.”
“There is no way I would date such a boring man.”
Yanase smiled silently and looked at me.
“Really? But Minsu might have feelings for you.”
“What do you mean?”
In the first place, the man has a girlfriend.
At the same time, I received a confession from another woman.
I had no intention of becoming the one leg of such a two-legged man.
“There’s no way you would hand out such a hard-to-find limited parfait coupon to a girl you’re not interested in.”
Yanase spoke quietly, as if he was admonishing me.
Hearing those words made me look back at myself at that time.
I crumpled up and threw away what Minsu had saved for me.
Out on the roof.
“If you hate it so much, would you rather let me fly? “I like parfait.”
It was soon time for the morning assembly to begin.
I stood up, dragging the chair back.
“I’ll just go now.”
“Eh~ You really can give it to me.”
I quietly ignored her advances and left her consulting room.
***
No.
Looking at the direction, I was sure it would have fallen in this direction.
Flower beds near the main building in the morning. Around the playground at lunchtime.
After school, I walked around the back of the campus looking for things I had thrown away.
But the crumpled wad of paper was nowhere to be seen.
I patted my dirty hands as I searched the grass.
“Ha.”
What am I doing?
There was no way it would be easy to find what was thrown from the rooftop in the first place. It could have been blown by the wind and landed somewhere else. Or maybe someone has already picked it up.
If you can’t find it, you have no choice but to give up.
“aaah!”
While I was looking for something, a bug sticking out from between the flower beds stuck to my finger.
“Gyaak! “Huh!”
I ran away from the scene, shaking my hands with all my might.
He ran to the playground sink, washed his hands, and sighed.
“Fool. Really stupid. “You idiot.”
That was something I said to myself, not directed at anyone.
I had no choice but to pack my bag and leave school.
Summer limited parfait.
I heard the story from my friends, but I wasn’t really interested.
I trudged along and stopped in front of the entrance to the famous cafe.
And when I looked inside without thinking
“Huh?”
I saw Minsu Kim sitting alone in his seat.
I opened the door without realizing it and approached the spot.
He was troubled by the huge parfait in front of him.
“What are you doing here?”
“Ah. “Seoya.”
Well, it was you who recovered it.
“Minsu Kim.”
If that’s the case, that’s a relief.
Because you won’t lose it because of me.
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“In the end, are you eating alone?”
“Ahahahaha… Yes. “The date is until today.”
He smiled bitterly as he looked at the mountain-like parfait, as if it was difficult to deal with.
There was silence for a moment.
I hesitated with my head down and then looked at him.
“Can you eat that by yourself?”
“That’s impossible.”
I sighed and sat down across from him.
“I will help you.”
“Oh really?”
When I spoke while holding the spoon, he smiled and said to me.
“Thank you. “I can’t eat a lot of sweets.”
That’s the same for me too.
Then what is the coupon for?
I just wanted to spend time with him.
In conclusion, such an answer was found, but it cannot be acknowledged now.
“Now, eat quickly.”
“Yes. Thank you, Seo-ya.”
I finished the parfait with that foolish man.