Aren’t You Too Sweet Salt-God Sato-San? - V2 chapter 1.5
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Because If I turned around now, she would see my face, which had turned red from embarrassment.
To say something unnecessary when i was finally able to forget it,
“I am sure I would be thought as creep absolutely”
She must have been taken back from the real life kabedon soon after they met, Self-conscious, narcissistic. Rinka-chan words revived in my ear and soon my face got even hotter.
Well of course there was a reason behind this as my legs were numb from sitting so long in the same position but it was indeed an untimely incident which they just talked about earlier.
Or rather why did I perform it on Rinka-chan! I will definitely not perform kabedon once again! Even if you ask me to, I won’t do it.
I don’t want to see the word kabedon anymore.
As my shoulder sliced through the night wind, I swore to myself that I would keep this series of events, which would undoubtedly rank in the top three of the most embarrassing things I’ve ever done in my life, locked away in the bottom of my memory forever.
Although this was the most embarrassing day of my life, there were also important gains.
“It’s better not to do something extra…..”
I repeated Rinka-chan words.
I have read the shoujo manga all day for the sake of learning a woman’s heart. I even forgot the time but in the end, I think her words are closer to the truth.
I almost forgot the fact that I’ve already failed so many times because I’ve tried so hard to avoid getting hurt or hated.
I’m not in love to avoid getting hurt, and I’m not in love to avoid being hated.
I’m in love with Sato koharu because I love her.
“I should convey my feelings more straightforwardly”
I had already found the answer.
In short, I should just tell her how I feel at the right time.
I’m glad I met Rinka-chan today just to realize that.
…….but,
“That said, let’s borrow manga from Rinka-chan next time again”
Shoujo manga also can’t be ridiculed either.
Aside from research purposes and all, honestly it was fun and I personally want to read more.
As I returned home while thinking that, the opportunity came knocking at my door earlier than I expected.
“Sota, let’s go to sea with Koharu-chan this time”
At the words of my father, Oshio Seizaemon, I froze with my chopsticks still stuck in my cold, soggy croquette.
My father, sitting across the table from me, was enjoying a pancake so thick it looked like something out of a dictionary.
The pancakes, drenched in honey and adorned with whipped topping, are quickly cut into pieces and disappear into my dad’s mouth, almost like a magic trick—–no, that doesn’t matter right now.
“……what do you mean?”
“Oh!”
My father swallowed the pancake in his mouth and took a sip of my Darjeeling tea.
After taking a long time to enjoy the lingering aroma entering his nostrils, he said,
“Do you remember Grandma Kanami? You see, a long time ago, when Sota was in nursery school, you used to go to the guest house Kanami to play”
“………..”
Grandma Kanami?
Midorikawa, guest house……
“Ah!”
It came to me.
It’s a vague memory, but I’m sure it’s there.
That’s right! That was a long time ago, when I was still in nursery school! Grandma Kanami of the guest house I used to visit to play often!
Older sister of maternal grandmother. That is, my great aunt in relation.
“Ah! I remembered I remembered! Grandma Kanami!”
I can’t help but raise my voice.
That’s right, that’s right, my memory is slowly becoming clearer.
Grandma Kanami, tanned dark skinned grandma I always found smiling
She would always treat us to sashimi of abalone, turban shells and boiled clams from the local sea. I was a little at the time and didn’t understand the value of things, so I just ate and ate.
Only after I was in junior high school did I finally learn how much of a luxury food they were…… that Grandma Kanami!?
“Man, that brings back memories…..! So? What’s about grandma Kanami?”
“Apparently the guest house of Grandma Kanami is closing this month”
“………what?”
For a moment, I felt a tightening sensation in my chest.
…………. However, thinking about it, that’s obvious.
It has been almost ten years since then and now grandma Kanami is probably already in her 70s.
There’s nothing that doesn’t change.
“I, I see….is it because she is now old?”
“No, that much is……I received a call this morning after a long time, that’s where I heard it for the first time”
“I see…..”
Even though I knew it in my head, I was still sad to lose the place that held my memories.
I keenly felt the Indescribable feeling of loneliness gushed out from my heart and father also stuffed his mouth with pancakes silently and continued.
“That’s why grandma Kanami want to see the face of Sota and Sota’s girlfriend before the closing of guest house and it’s going to be summer vacation soon”
“That’s of course all right with me but father isn’t going?”
“Father hates sea”
“Oh, if you say tha……wait, what did you say just now? Girlfriend?”
“Huh?”
“Huh?”
We both looked at each other’s faces.
Sweat started to gush out from my forehead.
“Well father, did you tell grandma Kanami about my girlfriend?”
“I did, while I was talking in the phone this morning, it slips out from my mouth in flow and so she said to introduce her this time”
“……so in other words, you are trying to say…..”
On the contrary to me, whose heartbeat was beating ferociously, father said as if it was nothing to be concerned about.
“Go with Koharu-chan, to the sea”
♥️
Koharu Sato, 17 years old.
Currently lost in love.
“Mom, can you give me advice on love…….?”
“Not a chance”
Immediate reply.
My mother, Sato kiyomi, who was sitting across the table from me, answered without even looking at me as she poked at her homemade kinpira gobo. (T/N : a dish made from burdock root)
I couldn’t help but raise my eyebrows at my own mother’s overly dry response.
“……..why…?”
“Because I don’t want to”
“Even a bit?”
“Nope”
She replied without looking at me and with an unchanging tone as she carried kinpira gobo to her mouth.
Left with no chance, I could only sulk around.
“Why are you being so stubborn and mean?”
“Your story is long and tedious, you should do that with your friends.”
She replied straight.
Certainly, it’s kind of a troublesome story but at least don’t say so straightforwardly.
I swell my cheeks further in protest.
“At first, I tried to talk with Rinka-chan…..”
“Isn’t it too miserable for my daughter to ask for love advice from a junior high school student?”
“………she seems to be in bad mood and sent me over 100 angry stickers”
“Rinka-chan is right there”
Bluntly. Munching.
By the way, the latter is the sound of chewing gobo.
As the sound of munching reverberates on the dining table, I, whose eyes gradually become hot, throws a tantrum.
“I don’t want thatttttttttttt! Give me love adviceeeee!!”
I unleash my secret Trump card.
Though saying that, my mother isn’t my mother for seventeen years just to show off.
My mother’s face became half-annoyed and half amazed, this was the most efficient way to deal high damage to my heart.
She made a facial expression in exasperation, “haaa” and sighed at this.
This instantly brought me back to my senses, even though I had been shuffling my feet and screaming like a child.
What the hell am I doing even after becoming a high school student?
“Ah, enough, shut up shut up, I get it, I will listen”
“Really?”
“But it’s going to be a long story, so keep it short and to the point.”
“What? Well, ……! I went out with a boy I liked, but! I don’t even know what dating is!”
“Aren’t you an idiot?”
She replied bluntly again.
Munch. Munch. Sniff.
The sound in the end is tears flowing out from my eyes.
I’ve been humiliated, I’ve had to use all my wisdom, and now I’m being treated like this.
I wonder what kind of response I would get if I really tried rolling around crying. ….. Just as I had those wicked thoughts.
My mother said While dipping the kinpira gobo in the can of chuhai, (T/N : chuhai, alcoholic drink)
“It doesn’t matter if you’re in a relationship or not, just do what you feel like doing at the time.”
“What?”
“Like I said”
My mother said with a somewhat distant look.
“if you’re talking about going out with someone or not, in my opinion, it’s just a way of confirming each other’s intentions and there’s nothing wrong with confessing and acting before or after.”