Can I brag about my very devoted wife to you?

The right way for high school couples to spend their time (weekends) ⑥

“… You know… if it’s okay with Riko…can you give me a second chance for our first date!?”

“Eh?”

“Riko said you had fun today, but I wanted to take you to a more proper place… Because a first date is something you only get to experience once.”

I want to do my best to entertain Riko next time. With that in mind, I said, “Please!” Riko’s eyes widened and she stopped moving.

It’s no wonder she’s surprised. It’s something I’ve never done before.

To be honest, I was so embarrassed that I wanted to run away from this place. But in order for Riko to like me, I have to try my best to be a man with courage like this.

“A second chance of the first date…. So this time we can have a real first date, not just my own idea…?”

“Y-yes.”

When Riko heard my reply, she gasped and squeezed my hand, which was still in her grip. It was a mysterious behavior of hers, but it was still bottomlessly cute.

“Minato-kun, I would love to have new try for our first date…!”

“…! Are you sure?”

“Of course!”

My knees trembled with relief and joy.

“When do you want to set the date? I have next Sunday off from my part-time job, but when are you available, Riko?”

“I’m fine with that day too! I’ll put this schedule in my calendar app.”

Riko smilingly took out her phone and gently tapped the screen to add a heart stamp in the Sunday frame.

I casually looked at the screen and noticed the same heart stamped on today’s date.

“That heart…”

“Ah! This is, uh…”

Riko rubbed her fingertips together shyly.

“It’s the first date I’ve ever been on in my life… so I got carried away…”

“…! You’ve never been on a date before, Riko?”

Riko looked at me strangely and answered, “Of course not.”

… Wow. I see. I didn’t know that…

To be frank, I was extremely happy. But if it’s our first date, we can’t just go to an electronics store. I’m really glad I asked for revenge for our first date.

… I guess the fact that you put a heart mark on your date with me means that Riko is looking forward to it a little too?

If that was the case… I had to make Sunday’s date a success no matter what, to avoid betraying Riko’s feelings.

As I was making up my mind in my mind, Riko suddenly squeezed my fingertips.

“Actually, I’ve been wanting to ask Minato-kun out for a date for a while now.”

“Eh?”

I opened my eyes.

“W-why?”

“We’ve decided that we’re pretending to date, haven’t we? So I thought that we can go out together without worrying about being seen…”

Riko’s cheeks grew redder by the second.

“Thanks to the shift list that Minato-kun gave me, I knew you had time this and next weekend, so I thought I’d be brave enough to try, but I was so cowardly…”

As she looked at the calendar app where she had added my shift schedule, she thought that today would be the day to ask me out, but she hadn’t been able to say anything. That was the reason why Riko was always starting up the calendar app.

“Riko, why did you want to date me so badly?”

Riko’s gaze wandered around for a few seconds as if she was struggling with something, then she smiled slightly and said.

“…Because I’ve been longing for a date.”

Riko had often expressed her feelings about marriage and love, so I understood. The fact that Riko’s smile was different from her usual one, and she seemed somewhat sad, made me feel a little uncomfortable, but the idea that she wanted to date me because she liked me didn’t cross my mind in the slightest.

Anyway, the important thing was that Riko wanted to go on a date with me for whatever reason. I’d like to catch that miraculous opportunity and earn Riko’s favor points somehow. Sunday’s first date would be a battle I couldn’t afford to lose.

I was so distracted by our next date on Sunday that I was completely unaware that there was an event that would pass soon.

July 7 -, the Tanabata festival.

That was the day when two people who had been separated from each other would be reunited.

I soon came to know that Riko and I were having a special reunion.

Translator & Editor: Riciel