Buying a Weeping Girl Under the Wintry Sky, and Making Her Too Happy. - Chapter 24: Omen.

Omen.

“Mmm! So sweet!”

“…How can you eat something like that?

I’m currently fulfilling a promise to buy Akikaze crepe at a crepe shop in front of the station.

Last night, Akikaze sent me a line saying that she was free tomorrow after school and wanted to go out for crepes. I didn’t even have a part-time shift today: …Rather, Akikaze must have sent me the line after confirming that I had no shift. So I had no reason to refuse, and since a promise is a promise, I agreed and here we are.mise is a promise, I agreed and here we are.

“It’s sweet and delicious, okay?”

“I’ll cry if you tell me it’s not good for 1200 yen.”

“Hahaha. It’s delicious, so don’t cry, okay? Would you like to try a bite?” That’s what Akikaze said, and she offered me a crepe. 
This person… Is this on purpose? There’s no way you can offer me that part of the crepe that you ate…

“No, thank you.”

“Ehhh, but It’s so good. Are you thinking of it as indirect kissing or something?” 

This girl ….She’s showing me her smug face. …I knew it was on purpose: …But I’m a mature person. I’m not going to take advantage of such a cheap provocation. So I’m going to do the mature thing and tell her-

“Well, I’m going home now that I’ve fulfilled my promise.”

“Wait, wait, wait! I’m just kidding!”

Phew, that’s what I call being mature. I mean, I just want to go home. I haven’t told Miyu that I’m going out today, so I’m afraid that if I don’t go home soon, I’ll make her worry  again.

By the way, Miyu’s day off from her part-time job coincides with my day off from my part-time job, so I’m sure she’s already home since she doesn’t have a part-time job today.

“Can’t you just go home like a normal person who has received the gift?”

“Isn’t that too much to ask? Kuroshima-kun, are you too uninterested in me?”

“It’s not that I don’t like you or anything.”

“T-thank yo… NOPE! You can hang out with me a little more!”

“Well, as much as I’d like to but…”

“Do you have something to do?”

I don’t have anything in particular to do, but I can’t honestly say that Miyu is waiting for me at home and is going to worry if I don’t come home soon. …If I have to tell Akikaze about this in a straightforward way without mentioning Miyu:….

“Like, it’s like, I can’t wait to get home soon?”

“I’m going to cry soon!”

“Hmmm… …That’s a rough tone. ….Ahh, I have relatives over at my house and I didn’t tell them I was going out, so they might get worried? Something like that?”

“Why don’t you just drop them a message then?”

“Oh, I see.”

“I can’t help but wonder why you didn’t think of that!”

Well, I should just do LINE. I forgot because I don’t usually use LINE. I basically don’t get any messages on LINE, so I just check it in the morning and at night. Well, most of the time I don’t get any messages at all….

So I sent Miyu a message saying I’d be home late, and she immediately read it and replied, “Okay. I’ll be waiting for you at dinner.”  Yeah, I know, she doesn’t have to tell me that. No need to tell me that we’re totally interacting like newlyweds, okay? Because we’re not like that!

“I’ll return home when it’ll be time for dinner, okay?”

“That’s fine, because I’m the same way. I mean, you really forgot about the LINE? ….Are you sure you are in high school?”

“Shut up. It’s none of your business.”

“I’d like to ask you something, Kuroshima-kun.”

“What is it?”

“Do-Do you have a girlfriend now, Kuroshima-kun?”

“No?”

“That was a quick answer….”

I don’t have an answer to that question, so I have to say I don’t have a girlfriend, and there’s no reason to hesitate, right? Why is she assuming that I have a girlfriend? I’ve never had a girlfriend….

“What’s going on?”

“The manager told me the other day that Kuroshima-kun had brought a girl with him when he dropped by the store the day he was discharged from the hospital.”

Oh, I see. It is true that I was walking home from the hospital with Miyu that day, and I asked her to wait outside the store while I talked to the manager, but it would not be surprising if the manager saw me leaving the store and going home with her.

“She also said that you were holding hands, too. Isn’t that a thing you do with a girlfriend?”

Hmmm… I don’t know how to explain it ….I just randomly said something about a relative or something, so will that work?

“I live by myself, right? So the day I got out of the hospital, a relative who lived nearby came to pick me up. So I went home with her.”

“You live alone!? I’ve never heard of that! You’ve been living alone, Kuroshima-kun?”

“I didn’t tell you?”

“No, you didn’t! Also, I understand that your relatives came to pick you up, but why are you holding hands as you leave?”

Now I live together with Miyu now, but there’s no way I can tell her that, so I won’t. Also, even if they are relatives, it’s still weird to hold hands with them….

Well, Miyu is neither a relative nor a roommate, but just a roommate. I mean, I held her hand and went home together… wasn’t that a bold thing to do now that I think of it? …Okay, I’ll stop thinking about it! For now, let’s just push Miyu as a relative of mine!

“Isn’t that normal?”

“Well, is that a normal thing to do in the Kuroshima family?”

“Well, let’s just leave it at that.”

“I don’t know, I feel like I’m being ignored. …Well, whatever. I’ll forgive you because of the special strawberry custard crepe today!”

Thank you, Special Strawberry Custard Crepe. I’m sorry I said the other day that this crepe looks like a cheap thing at its price! I mean, what was I allowed to do?　

After that, Akikaze and I talked for about an hour, and then we split up.

“Well then, Kuroshima-kun! Thank you for today!”

“Yeah.”

“See you at work!”

After saying that, Akikaze left, and I turned my back to her as I walked home. When I arrived in front of my apartment, I could smell a good smell in the air. That smell must be curry! Curry prepared by Miyu is very tasty, so I walk into the room with vigor, looking forward to it.

“I’m home.”

“Welcome back, Kazuya-kun. What have you been up to?”

“Hmm? I just went to buy a crepe and I texted you.”

“…..”

What? Miyu’s mood seems to have suddenly changed? I don’t know what it is, but it’s scary…. Why? Did she want to eat crepes that badly?

“….You were with a girl, right?”

“Yeah?”

“Kazuya-kun. Let’s have a little talk.”

“What?”