A Childhood Friend, Reunited After 10 Years Acts Deredere With Me

“One takoyaki, please.”

“Oh, you’re so cute, Ojou-chan. A takoyaki is a free gift for a pretty girl!”

“Really? Yay!”

With our feet tired from the ocean, we headed to a festival at a nearby shrine.

I wanted to see Alice in her yukata, but there was no time to prepare it, so I gave up gracefully.

“Look, look, Sora! I got a bonus!”

“Oh…what’s this? Isn’t this a tower now!”

A tower of takoyaki had been formed. Alice is a beautiful woman with a frightening good looks.

Alice and I are going to be going around to different places, once we separate from Shunya and the others. We brought a lot of money with us, so we were able to have a lot of fun.

“Sora, don’t you think it’s inefficient for both of us to take out our wallets to buy drinks?”

“What are you trying to say?”

“Rock, paper, scissors, winners get a free glass of juice!”

“Whoa!”

Unintentionally, I pulled out a scissor. Then Alice pulled out a paper.

“Fugo… Goo… gogogo… kuu…”

“Thank you for the food, Alice-san.”

“Damn iiiiit! Sora has to hug me in return then! Ok!?”

She points at me and says something that I don’t think is a reasonable thing to say. But, well, this is Alice’s normal behavior.

“Ok…”

“What…for real?”

“I’m serious. I’ve never heard of no hugging in a relationship.”

“I-I see… then, when we leave…”

“Yeah.”

As we were walking hand in hand, chewing the air, we spotted a certain acquaintance at a food stall.

“Eh?”

I walk up to the yakisoba noodle shop and see someone I’m sure is the same guy.

“What are you doing here, Akira?”

“Ah? I mean…Sora, you’re out of the hospital.”

Akira is making yakisoba at a food stall, and he has a bad look in his eyes. Why are you making yakisoba here? Is it a part-time job?

“Yeah. Yesterday. What are you doing? Oh, just one yakisoba.”

I order one, and he immediately makes it for me. In between, we talk.

“I’ve got some new spikes I want, but I’m short on money… part-time.”

“I see.”

I was surprised that Akira, a soccer fool, would take a part-time job, but I could understand why.

“Also, Alice used to have a crush on you, but now you’re dating?”

It’s typical of Akira to ask such a genuine question.

“…Mufufufufu, yes I am! Finally Sora found me attractive too, and now we are a couple!”

“Well, that’s about it…embarrassing, though.”

“Well… you should eat this. It’s a release present and a souvenir.”

He puts three yakisoba noodles in a bag and hands them to me. I take them.

“Thanks.”

I thought I’d seen the best in him.

“Fifteen hundred yen.”

“You’re taking my money!?”

Terrible! He’s a diabolical devil! This is what gangsters do!

“Shut up and pay up!”

The look in his eyes is beyond that of a yakuza. He’s beyond that, he’s a demon.

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“Uppu..I ate too much food…”

I eat a lot of takoyaki, okonomiyaki, ikayaki, etc. before Akira makes me eat three yakisoba noodles. I feel sick from too much food.

“Are you okay, Sora? Do you want me to get you something?”

“I-I’m fine. Where are Shunya and the others?”

What does it mean that the meeting place was set near the shrine and he himself didn’t show up? Well, if Shiina didn’t show up, there must be some reason.

The fireworks are about to start…”

At the time when I was getting a little impatient, I heard a voice from the forest saying, “Oooii! I hear a voice from the forest.

“This way, this way! Come here!”

Shunya and the others were in a place where there were almost no crowds, and Alice and I were running toward them.

“Hey, what’s this place?”

Saying this, Shunya leads us on a short run. After passing through the bushes, we came to a place where we could see the whole night sky.

“Amazing…”

The stars were shining brightly and it was unbelievably beautiful.

“I can see the fireworks from here. It’s my secret place.”

“You sure you want to… bring us here?”

“It’s fine. If it’s my best friend, my best friend’s girlfriend, and my girlfriend…”

Shunya turns his attention to Shiina, who blushes and plays with her hair. He looks at the sight, smiling.