A Sweet Romance That Starts With One Bottle of Juice, Between a Heiress Who Must Marry Her First Kiss and a Lonesome Guy With a Menacing Look - Chapter 14 - The Young Lady and Cooking - Part 1

Chapter 14 – The Young Lady and Cooking – Part 1

When the time said 6:30 PM, the music signaling the end of club activities played.

At this high school, clubs that have not applied for evening activities are forcibly told to go home at this time. (According to Matsubara-san, they risk suspension if they continue practicing into the night without permission.)

I didn’t know this because I wasn’t in a club, but it’s a very strict school rule.

We each changed out of our gym clothes and into our school uniforms, and returned to the front of the gym where Matsubara-san was waiting for us.

“Yasuda-kun, Yuuka-chan. Thanks for today.”

“It was a lot of fun, too. Can we use the gym tomorrow?”

“Yeah… It’s okay, I think!”

The lack of certainty was typical of this basketball club.

Pushing back the ballet and badminton clubs is going to be quite a challenge.

“Yuuka-chan, after you go home, please teach Yasuda-kun about basketball. Traveling and the three-second rule, and all the basics.”

“…Understood. See you tomorrow.”

This is how the first day of club activities ended.

I didn’t get to do any vital basketball practice at all, but I hope I’ll be okay for the weekend game…

“Tadakuni. What would you like to eat for dinner tonight?”

“Dinner…? Oh, that reminds me, we’ve started living together.”

I was so preoccupied with basketball that I forgot all about it.

“I’m still only able to make perfect tamagoyaki, but if Tadakuni wishes, I’ll make anything, whether it’s gazpacho or asado!”

“What are those choices…”

“So, what would you like?”

To ask me what to do, young lady, is a problem even if you leave the choice to my poor taste buds. 

After thinking it over, I decided to make a suggestion.

“Then, how about curry? I can help make it too.”

“You will help me make it, Tadakuni!?”

“Yeah, I want to do something for Yasunomihara-san… I want to reduce her burden even a little.”

“…Fufu, thank you very much. I’m really glad that Tadakuni is a kind man.”

After saying this, Yasunomihara-san grabbed my arm and we started to walk.

“Now it’s time for our first joint work. Let’s go to the supermarket.”

“Y-Yeah.”

I doubt that curry would have been a good idea, but if Yasunomihara-san seems happy, it’s fine.

Afterwards, we went to the supermarket to buy some ingredients for curry, and when we got home, there was a lot of noise in the garden.

“No way… There’s a thief on our first day of moving in!?”

“This house is under 24-hour surveillance by security personnel, so it’s safe. As a matter of fact—”

Yasunomihara-san took me by the hand and we moved into the garden, and there—

“I bought a basketball hoop so that I can play basketball with Tadakuni. I also got a rubber ground, so now we can play basketball at home.”

…I came home to find a basketball half-court in the garden.

I can’t believe they transformed the garden in such a short time.

If anything, the empty garden was more serene…

“You can practice at home with this…”

“Look, I’m a provisional member, I’m not really serious about basketball.”

“But I’m really looking forward to it! If Tadakuni gets better, he can aim for selection!”

Yasunomihara-san is more motivated than I am.

However, I’m really grateful for this because I’ve got a game in a few days.

Well I guess this is the power of the Yasunomihara family.

“Alright, let’s leave this to the contractors here and prepare dinner, shall we?”