Fortunately, Minami did not turn down my request.
It seems that he was out of Shibuya to do some personal shopping.
She decided to go straight from Shibuya to Akihabara by subway.
And after about 30 minutes, she arrived at the all-you-can-eat meat restaurant, and found me sitting alone at the corner table and widened her eyes.
“…really Kim Yoo-sung?”
“right.”
As I said that and nodded, Minami sat down with a bewildered expression on her face.
“What the hell happened in a week I haven’t seen you?”
“It’s a bit long to explain, but let’s talk about meat first.”
After sitting still for 30 minutes and smelling the roasting meat, I’m hungry.
I called a passerby and ordered the most expensive menu.
For only 4,380 yen, you can eat all 120 menu items, so it was a reasonable price in its own way.
“Have you eaten lunch?”
“Not yet. I’ve come to eat at the same time.”
Saying that, Minami took off the cardigan she was wearing and put it in the empty space in the chair.
Eventually, when the meat I ordered came out one after another, I grabbed the tongs to show off my skills in earnest.
Seeing this, Minami suddenly spoke up.
“Wait, give me the tongs.”
“why?”
“Because you’re holding the tongs, it’s like I’m pampering a child.”
“Don’t worry about other people’s eyes. It’s a corner seat anyway, so you can’t see it very well. And I’m the son of a meat restaurant. Do you cook better meat than me?”
“It’s not… it’s not.”
“Then sit quietly and eat meat.”
When I said that and made a bang, Minami didn’t say that she would cook any more.
Having taken the initiative on the fire, I started grilling meat with craftsmanship.
***
“tasty!”
At first, obviously I was reluctant to grill meat, but after taking a bite, my words changed.
Seeing that scene, he smiled happily and was grilling meat, Minami, who was constantly inhaling meat and losing face, asked with an apologetic expression.
“Kim Yoo-seong, aren’t you going to eat?”
“You have to eat. Just bake this.”
I replied, and placed the freshly baked insoles on her plate.
Then Minami picked up the insole with her chopsticks and, agonizing over it, quietly put it in her mouth.
I’m sorry, but I feel like I can’t stop because the meat is so delicious.
“So, when are you going to tell the story you told me before?”
“Oh, it was.”
I had forgotten that I had grilled the meat so hard.
I put a piece of freshly roasted sirloin in my mouth and began to explain what had happened.
Since I was in Fuuma-senpai’s hometown, I have been repeating the same repertoire with everyone I meet, so now I think I can memorize it.
And Minami, who heard my explanation, spoke as if it were ridiculous.
“It’s not a cartoon, is it possible in real life?”
This is a very normal reaction.
And that was the reaction I wanted.
“Honestly, it’s absurd. The side effects of drugs make you look younger.”
But how do you do things that exist when the result is mochi?
“Anyway, for that reason, for the remaining three days, I’m going to eat mainly nourishing food.”
“So you came here to eat beef all of a sudden.”
“That’s right. Protein is important.”
I nodded and started to roast garlic and kimchi on the fire.
Seeing this, Minami was astonished.
“Bake kimchi?!”
“All Koreans eat like this.”
Japanese people usually only eat kimchi raw, so it must have been a culture shock.
I responded calmly and pressed the bell to place an additional order.
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Minami also seemed to be full, so now it was my turn to eat in earnest.
I put three kinds of beef at once on the grill.
And then inhale as soon as it ripens.
Unlike pork, which takes a long time to cook, beef is good to eat in large quantities because it can be eaten even if it is only bleeding.
Seeing me start eating meat with a terrifying force, Minami looks at me with a tired expression.
I haven’t even started yet, so it’s difficult if I’m already like this.
Although the body was small, the amount of food was the same, so meat was constantly added.
It literally feels like bones and flesh.
After eating about 2kg of beef by myself, I got out of the store with the boss’s eyes on me.
‘It’s completely plucked.’
It would have been a disaster for the store, though.
***
“How the hell did you eat that much?”
As I rubbed my bulging belly, Minami, who was standing next to me, asked me curiously.
“I put it in, so it went in.”
“……”
Hearing my words, her expression changes as if it’s ridiculous.
But what about the real thing?
Standing side by side at the crosswalk in front of the subway station, I asked Minami.
“So what are you going to do now?”
“I’m done shopping and I’ve eaten, so I’m going home now.”
As expected, it is quite a sunken car.
We had known her for a long time as a member of the student council, but we didn’t know much about each other.
Even so, the president was all there was to say that the intersection between us was.
It was the first time since joining the student council that the two of them were alone.
Usually, the president or vice-president was in the middle.
The relationship that is difficult to describe was between me and Minami.
I hesitated and spoke first.
“We met like this before, would you like to play outside for a bit?”
“What?”
“Still, we’re members of the same student council, but I wondered if we could get to know each other soon. We’re the same age.”
“……”
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Minami did not immediately respond to my suggestion.
He seemed to be conflicting inside.
Well, if a friend I wasn’t close with suddenly asked me to get to know him, I thought it would be embarrassing even for me.
Because he has a pretty blunt personality. this guy
After a while, Minami opened her mouth.
“Okay. Then what are you going to play with?”
“uh?”
“Why are you looking surprised?”
“No, of course I knew you would refuse.”
“…going home?”
“No, no, wait a minute.”
I pulled Minami’s hand as she was about to quickly cross the lighted crosswalk.
It was reflexive, but obviously, it would be normal if I couldn’t stop her with my current physical abilities.
But surprisingly, Minami’s feet stopped.
“What power…”
I realized then.
I only ate beef, but the fact that my depleted yang energy was significantly restored.
***
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Me and Minami came to a nearby arcade.
Perhaps it was the influence of the vice-chairman, who is a serious gambler, or Minami, who secretly liked the game.
We enjoyed various games at the Sega arcade in Akihabara.
Starting with UFO capture, the main events such as Puyo Puyo, Tetris, and Mole Catching were centered on arcade games.
In particular, Minami was a hidden master of Tetris, and continued to take first place in online battles.
I feel like I have confirmed a new side of her.
After playing like that in the arcade, I decided to take a picture of a sticker.
If I had come alone, I wouldn’t have filmed this, but Minami strongly insisted on filming it, so I had no choice but to fit in.
[Come on, cheese!]
click!
Photos printed right on the spot, with machine-recorded voices.
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Minami’s face was photographed side by side, with a dull expression similar to mine, who had a subtle expression with various special effects applied.
It looks like they were forced to take pictures with people they don’t know.
However, Minami unexpectedly liked the sticker photo, so she cut it in half and put it in her wallet.
“Come on. The rest.”
And then he handed me half of it.
It was meant to be used on your own.
I asked, putting the sticker photo in my pants pocket.
“What do you want to do now? Do you want to break up at this point?”
Then Minami looked at me intently, then turned her head and said:
“I’ll hang out with you a little longer. Because there’s nothing to do at home anyway.”
“Then thank you. I have to eat dinner with this image.”
As we left the arcade side by side, we were talking about what to eat for dinner.
“There is a restaurant where the lady often goes to grilled eel. Would you like to go there?”
“Eel? Isn’t it expensive?”
I don’t know if it’s a general place, but if it’s a high-end restaurant that suits the taste of the president, it’s a little bit.
Seeing my hesitation, Minami said coolly.
“If it’s about money, don’t worry. I got meat and ate it earlier, so I’ll buy it this time.”
“What? You don’t have to.”
As I tried to give up waving my hand, Minami pulled something out of her wallet.
It was a credit card.
“After all, I’m a paid woman.”
ah! So cool!
For a moment, she felt as if a halo was shining behind her back.
***
The place that Minami took me to buy dinner was a gourmet eel restaurant in Shinjuku.
Literally, there is no common sense of a shop.
It’s probably going to be really, really expensive.
As we sat down, a neatly-dressed waitress handed out two menus.
When I opened the menu board, menus with familiar names were lined up, and there was one more zero attached to the price I knew.
… Don’t even dream of placing an additional order.
After ordering the eel rice bowl from the waiter, I quietly covered the menu and pushed it to one side of the table.