After My First Love Who is My Classmate Became My Family, My Childhood Friend Became Really Sweet to Me - Chapter 1

Yuto and Hinata’s Breakfast/Good Luck/First—

The next morning, Hinata cooks for our breakfast as usual.

I have three morning routines.

The first is pray to my mother who is no longer with me. The second is to wake Tsukino up so she won’t be late for school, and the last is to put my hands together and say ‘Itadakimasu’ before eating the breakfast that my sister had made for me.

“Oh, it looks incredibly delicious as usual.”

“I’ve come to know what you like Yuto. You like your fried eggs thicker, don’t you?”

With that said, my sister—Asahina Hinata also put her hands together and say ‘Itadakimasu’ before we began to eat our breakfast.

Well, she is my sister, but we have only been living together for less than two months and we have just become a family.

Above all, before we start living together, Hinata was my classmate and my first love.

In the beginning I was nervous about living with someone I had a crush on, but a week ago I had my first and last date with Hinata as classmates, and since then I think we’re starting to properly face each other as a true family.

Now we are living together normally as a true family.

“Ah~~”

As I reached out to take the soy sauce, I accidentally touched Hinata’s hand.

At that moment, all I could feel was the softness of Hinata’s hand on my fingertips.

“~~!!”

Then I looked at Hinata who gasped nervously.

Hinata waved her hands in the air.

“I-I’m sorry. If you want to use the soy sauce, you can use it, Yuto. I’ll eat it with umm… salt or something!”

“Eh… Y-Yeah.”

I just accidentally touched her hand, but why was she so fidgety?

Well, we were classmates until two months ago, maybe Hinata was still getting used to live with me as a family.

…yeah, I had to tell Hinata something.

“Oh yeah, I’m going out for a bit this Sunday. So, you don’t have to prepare my lunch.”

She looked dumbfounded when I told her so.

…I had to say it.

“…I’m going on a date with Tsukino.”

At that moment, Hinata suddenly stopped eating.

“…with Tsukino?”

“W-Well, Hinata knows that Tsukino confessed her feelings to me, right? So, I thought we should at least go out somewhere.”

I asked Tsukino to go out with me yesterday.

To begin with, I had promised Tsukino that we would go out somewhere together next time. So, we decided to go out somewhere together this Sunday.

Not as childhood friends, but as a boy who was confessed and as a girl who had confessed her feelings.

I’m sure it’s safe to call it a date.

Hinata looked at me intently—then she smiled and said.

“Yeah, okay. Then I’ll cook whatever I want for lunch on Sunday.”

“Umm… That doesn’t surprise you?”

“I always thought that Yuto and Tsukino will date someday. Yuto and Tsukino are very close after all, right?”

I always feel embarrassed when someone says I’m going on a date.

“I know that Tsukino refused to go out with Yuto because she was worried about me. If what she said is true, Yuto and Tsukino would have been together by now.

Indeed, Hinata was right.

I had responded to Tsukino’s feelings by asking her to go out with me, but she refused. It was because she didn’t want to ruin my family relationship with Hinata.

It’s true that if Tsukino becomes my girlfriend, I will spend less time with Hinata and it would be bad for me and Hinata who just became a family.

That is how concerned Tsukino was about my bond with Hinata.

“I’m happy to see progress in your relationship with Tsukino, you know? I don’t want to be the third wheel in Yuto’s relationship with Tsukino.

Then Hinata smiled, she smiled gently like a goddess.

“Good luck on your date Yuto. You’ve never been on a date with anyone else but me before, have you?”

“…yeah. I’ve never dated anyone else but you before.”

“I can ask my friend for some advice if you want. Yuto seems nervous about his first date with Tsukino.”

“Okay now forget everything I said and leave me alone.”

Hinata laughed happily at my words.

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I’ve gone out alone with Tsukino a lot of times before.

I often accompany Tsukino to bookstores for her hobbies, and I even often ask her to accompany me to the theatres when there’s a movie I want to watch. We’ve known each other since childhood, so there’s no need for me to hold back then.

But I’ve never been that nervous just to go out with Tsukino.

It was 10.00 AM, just as we promised to meet each other. When I pressed the intercom at Tsukino’s apartment, my childhood friend showed up to open the door shortly after.

“Hey, good morning. You didn’t oversleep even though today is holiday, great job.”

“Of course, today is an important day, Yuto can wake me up next week.”

“In the end I still need to wake you up as your caretaker.”

“Hey let’s go now, do you think we need to hold hands or something?”

“…we’re not lovers yet, I think it’s a little early for that.”

“Yeah, okay then.”

Then I left Tsukino’s apartment with Tsukino who acts pretty much the same as usual.

I stared at Tsukino’s clothes as she walks by my side.

Long-sleeved blouse, and a stole wrapped around her neck. The flared skirt was somewhat elegant and it was perfect for November where the autumn wind blows.

She was dressed so nicely that even I who know very little about fashion could tell.

Then Tsukino glanced up at me as if she was asking for some feedback about her clothes.

…I knew it, she must’ve worked really hard to choose those clothes.

“I’ve never seen Tsukino in this outfit before… It looks really good on you.”

“Really? Thanks… I was a little worried that Yuto wouldn’t notice it.”

Then Tsukino looked down as if she was embarrassed.

Come to think of it, I rarely tell Tsukino what I think of her clothes… I think because we’ve known each other since childhood, both Tsukino and I just aren’t concerned about what we wear in front of each other.

“Of course that’s something I would notice. Tsukino who has almost no sense of fashion, tried so hard to choose that outfit. When she was in middle school, she would go anywhere wearing her school uniform.”

“…? I think they are enough to cover my underwear.”

Her sense of fashion is way too low.

“To be honest, I’m kind of surprised Tsukino put this much effort to her outfit today.”

“My sister bought it for me when I entered high school. She said that now I’m a high school student, I need to be a little more fashionable.”

“Your sister bought it for you when you entered high school? That’s a long time ago, but I’ve never seen you in those clothes before.”

“…I didn’t want to wear it in front of Yuto, I didn’t want Yuto to see my girly side.”

As I tilted my head Tsukino said.

“I knew that Yuto liked Hinata-san. Even if I wear it in front of Yuto, he wouldn’t be attracted to me.”

“Uhh… I’m sorry about that.”

“Don’t worry about it, it’s not Yuto’s fault. To think about it, it’s my fault that I didn’t believe in myself.”

Tsukino said it in her usual expressionless face, she didn’t seem bothered by it.

“Yuto was clearly in love with Hinata-san, do you know what everyone in student council said about you? They said that Yuto is madly in love with the student council president.”

“What…!? No, no, no. I wasn’t madly in love with Hinata. I didn’t even care if I got rejected by her…”

“That’s a lie. Yuto had always been nervous when he talks to Hinata-san, and Yuto has had a crush on Hinata-san for over a year right? I think yuto is really single minded about his love, don’t you?”

“Uhhhh…”

That’s why childhood friends are so troublesome, they can clearly see through you.

“But Yuto had put his first love to an end, right? That’s why I can go on a date with Yuto like this.”

Tsukino giggled and smiled.

“I’ve always wanted to do something like this with you.”

“I see… That’s good then.”

When I was in love with Hinata, all I could think about was Hinata and I didn’t care about anything else. I really miss going out together with Tsukino like this.

I honestly thought that I really want to make it a day for me and Tsukino to remember.