62 – Please listen to me.
While hanging out with Ayako, she received a message from Tsubasa, whom she had made a promise to.
Sorry for the delay. It was the same thing as where it was in the city now.
‘Hmm.’
I’m sorry to interrupt her while she was playing, but it was Tsubasa’s side who had a prior agreement.
“Me, Hozuki.”
“Yes? What’s going on?”
Ayako asked me back with a tone full of dignity.
“I-I’m sorry. I think she should go first.”
“Ah…… ?”
“Because the person who was promised has come.”
“Student President…… Are you?”
Ayako expressed a little regret.
“Yeah, that’s it.”
“Then I should end here for today.”
Ayako seems to be good at grasping the situation, even though she is regretful.
“Can you wait a minute? It would be appreciated if you put your luggage on the bench in front.”
It was definitely a bit heavy.
Ayako took out her smart phone and called somewhere. She probably has the feeling that she is a servant in the house.
“Inuzuka, can you come over here right away? Yes, the place where you first dropped me off.”
After saying that, Ayako hung up her phone.
“You don’t have to mind me, because someone will come soon to lift the load.”
“Really?”
It doesn’t matter if you say it’s okay…….
Something’s going on.
Should I send a message to Tsubasa and ask her to wait for a while?
As soon as I put on a worried face, Ayako said as if it were an admonition.
“It’s certainly nice to wait for me, but I think it’s right for a man to keep his promise.”
“Yeah, promises are important, but leaving them alone is a bit like that. That…… I will stay by your side until Inuzuka arrives.”
“Are you okay?”
“It won’t take long.”
“But, if you are late because of me…… “
Ayako’s voice was full of apologetics, but after all, Tsubasa was late first, so shouldn’t I be a little late too? She was thinking the same thing.
“Because Hoshizora-senpai was late first.”
She left a message for Tsubasa, saying that I will be a little late, so please wait at the cafe in moderation.
“Um, sorry I couldn’t be with you.”
“Does Kim need to apologize to me there?”
“No, but…… Something like that. It’s because it’s become like they’ve promised to hang out and then leave.”
“I’m fine. You promised to see me next week anyway, right?”
“Um.”
If that’s the way you judged it, then I can’t say anything more.
As I was having a conversation with Ayako, a man who looked filthy and ferocious was approaching me with great strides.
Ayako waved her hand in that direction and opened her mouth.
“Ah, Inuzuka~ Here, here!”
A man in a black suit and sunglasses approached and bowed his head.
“I’m here to meet you, lady. Are you done with the outing?”
“It looks like it’s over.”
“Hmm, by the way, who’s next to you?”
The man looked at me and asked Ayako.
“Oh, my name is Kim, who is in the same grade.”
“Nice to meet you. My name is Hyunjin Kim.”
I could feel the gaze of this male dubbed Nouz Kara even through her sunglasses.
The unpleasant sensation of scanning my body once.
As if the other side had noticed, he nodded and opened his mouth.
“You must be your classmate.”
“You can see that, yes.”
“Thank you for hanging out. Come on, let’s go back. Miss.”
The man called Nouzkara bowed down to me, packed her things, and went back with Ayako.
Looks like Ayako was putting on a sad expression.
It must be because of your mood, right?
***
After sending Ayako back, Hyunjin immediately picked up her smartphone and contacted Tsubasa.
“Ah, senior. How are you?”
[It’s a cafe.]
“I’ll be there soon. I am so sorry that I am late.”
[Well, I was late first, so you don’t have to apologize. Then I’ll wait for you, so let’s come soon.]
With that said, Tsubasa hung up her phone.
Hyunjin thought she had to go quickly, so she headed to the cafe.
It wasn’t long before she arrived at the cafe, where Tsubasa was waiting for her with an Americano.
“Ah, senior. Sorry for being late.”
“So…… What are you late for?”
“What about that senior?”
Hyunjin skillfully ordered a cup of Americano and sat down in front of Tsubasa.
“I see. It’s been a while since I had some work, so I overslept. It’s not polite to be late for an appointment, but it took a while to get ready, so that’s what happened.”
“Really.”
Well, it can’t be helped if you say you’re late while preparing.
Judging that, Hyunjin nodded his head.
“What about Jin-kun?”
“Hey, what…… I met someone from the same grade.”
“Can I ask who you are?”
Tsubasa’s expression became serious.
Hyunjin thought nothing of it and opened his mouth.
“I met a child named Hozuki among her classmates, but… ….”
“Ah, Miss Hozuki?”
“Do you know?”
“Sure. Along with Miss Iori, she is well-known as a first-year adoptee’s maid, but how could she not know that?”
“Whoa.”
“Above all…… The family members know each other well.”
Hyunjin nodded her head at Tsubasa’s explanation.
That’s definitely true, Hoshizora, Iori, and Hozuki. All three are famous families.
‘Maybe it was Kosanke?’
Gosanke.
This is a setting that comes mainly from subcultures, and it refers to three families classified as either a wealthy family or a famous family depending on the work.
In the worldview of Two Love X Lady, which Hyunjin possesses, there were families with excellent ripple power throughout Japan. These were the three families mentioned above.
“What do you mean, the family knows you well?”
Hyunjin deliberately pretended not to know in order to continue the conversation leisurely.
“Ha, I will. It’s a good family, so it’s just annoying.”
“I don’t know…… “
“I’ll explain that later. First of all, let’s go to the game center with me today.”
“Is it stress relief?”
“Sure.”
Tsubasa smiled softly.
‘There must have been something unpleasant.’
The reason for being late, in fact, probably isn’t because I overslept.
Tsubasa isn’t one to make excuses like having a lot of work.
To put it around like that means that there are things that are difficult to explain.
‘For now, let’s listen to the other side’s request.’
Today, I relaxed a bit and played around.
Originally, matching the other person’s mood is to start with small things that are not obvious.
Hyunjin thought so.
……
…………
Game Center.
It has been a long time since this place became a fierce battleground.
“Try more!”
“Sooooo!”
Two gamers were frantically messing around with sticks and buttons.
It was close to a rare scene that could be called a spectacle.
‘I’ve been told to keep my hands in moderation, but it’s difficult to keep them unobtrusive!’
Hyunjin muttered to himself.
Last time I was able to win lightly like twisting my fingers, but now it feels different.
As if he had trained hard to beat himself, Tsubasa had become a difficult opponent.
After nearly dozens of matches, Hyunjin and Tsubasa got up and headed to a bench outside the game center.
Hyunjin saw Tsubasa sitting on the bench and bought two drinks from the vending machine next to her.
“Sleep, Hoshizora-senpai.”
Hyunjin handed Tsubasa a can of cola.
“Did I tell you that my drink taste is carbonated? Gin.”
“No?”
At Tsubasa’s question, Hyunjin skillfully pretended not to know, but he knew what heroines like.
She was taken aback when she suggested a musical to Ayako the other day, because she didn’t think that people around her would be doing classical plays such as Kabuki and Noh.
“If you look closely, you have always been like that. The way you calmly do something that the people around you would like.”
“Is that so? I think it’s normal.”
“That kind of thing is not usually called normal, Jin. Is it quick-witted, or is it just an innate nature…….”
Tsubasa muttered quietly.
“Let’s call it nature, then.”
Hyunjin did not ask if he had heard well this time, as if he was deaf.
He pondered while drinking his share of canned coffee.
‘Why did Tsubasa call me?’
I know things like taste, but I can’t hit the inside. A person is not a mind reader.
If it was simply called to play games, it wouldn’t have to be a game center.
So, Hyunjin asked Tsubasa, who was sitting next to him drinking a soda.
“Hoshizora-senpai, is something wrong?”
“No, nothing special.”
“Then why me…… “
When Hyunjin asked cautiously, Tsubasa opened her mouth with a much lighter expression.
“There is such a thing. I want to do the things I usually do with someone. Jin, you are one of the few people who knows my secret.”
Come to think of it, Hyunjin pondered for a moment as to why the student council president hadn’t been caught until now.
‘How was it before then?’
The first time we met at the game center.
She was wearing her glasses.
What next?
She was wearing her glasses.
And…… Now? She
Was wearing her glasses.
‘It’s a comfortable world inside.’
If you can’t be identified just because you’re wearing glasses, does that mean you have some kind of facial recognition disorder?
It reminded me of a phantom thief cartoon I had seen in the past. His face was the same and only his clothes were changed, but the boy who didn’t notice was ridiculous.
Hyunjin grasped the situation while thinking about that.
If you went to a game center by yourself, it would be rare to deal with high-level users, and that’s when your existence was revealed.
Thinking that Tsubasa would have had no choice but to be happy, Hyunjin felt somewhat salty.
“Well, actually, there are things I wanted to talk to you about.”
Tsubasa opened her mouth.
Something to come has come, but this.
Thought so, Hyunjin decided to listen to Tsubasa’s words.
“My parents want to meet you” is on my bingo card