Motokano Sensei (Ex-girlfriend Teachers Want to Nurture Love by Making Slightly Naughty Visits to Your Home) - Volume 1 Chapter 4 Part 1

Translated by White Fanatic

Edited by Idlemousse

The next day.

Under clear skies, Shirasawa-san and I arrived at the front entrance gate of Cosmoland.

We stood in line to buy our tickets. Since the tickets included free fast-passes along with it, its base cost was quite expensive.

The purpose of coming here was to check up on Kohaku, however…

“Why don’t we go have some fun as well since we’re already here?”

“Nijino-kun, do you want to have some fun here?”

“Rather than the notion of wanting to have fun here, if we don’t have fun here, it’d be a complete waste of money. Of course, I know very well that the surveillance of Shirasawa-sensei happens to be the main priority.”

Many participants had been playing and having fun at the themed park since 10:00 a.m.

According to Shirasawa-san, at noon there would be a 30-minute lunch break and afterward, the students were supposed to meet near the stage.

After that, students would be free to do whatever they wanted. Students who wanted to go home could also be on their way.

At that time, even the teachers were allowed to disband their respective duties and have some free time to themselves.

No matter when Kohaku was planning to leave, she would have to spend at least an hour in the park.

Well, if we didn’t wait near the stage after finishing lunch, it would be difficult to find out who her sister’s boyfriend was —Or so Shirasawa-san was probably thinking right now.

Actually, if I contacted her, she would definitely tell me where she was.

But I remembered telling Kohaku in advance to make sure she put up a show that she was having plenty of fun to clear any of her sister’s doubts of anything whatsoever.

Kohaku should also be able to pull the wool over her sister’s suspicions for the time being if she acted in a way that made it seem like she really didn’t need to have a man in her life and therefore, didn’t have one in her life.

At any rate, since there were still thirty minutes left until noon, we could still enjoy ourselves lightly and then head to the stage. We could definitely make it in time…

“So what do you think? Want to enjoy ourselves?”

“Yeap, let’s do that. The thing is, I also thought I might as well enjoy myself at this place since I’m already here.”

As she had brought me here for the sole purpose of keeping an eye on her sister, she must’ve found it difficult to enjoy herself until now.

“What kind of rides do you like, Nijino-kun?”

“I guess the ones that make you want to scream. Ah, but you can go ahead and choose the one you like Shirasawa-san. I’m basically the type of person who can enjoy basically anything.”

She must be bad with the scream-o types of rides. Looking at her face going cloudy after I stated my preferences, I decided to add this tidbit at the end, “I like the planetarium.”

“Planetarium? Was there even such a thing here?”

Shirasawa-san made a surprised face.

“Eh? You don’t know? If you come to Cosmoland and don’t get the chance to see the planetarium, you’re already missing out on most of the experience.”

“Is it really all that great?”

“It’s really amazing. Cosmoland puts a lot of effort into its planetarium just because it’s a space-themed park. Take it from me, it’s a real beauty. When I came for the welcome excursion, it was to the degree that I forgot to go to the stage at that time.”

“Is it that beautiful? If that’s so, then I’m really looking forward to it.”

“Yes, you’ll be sure to love it!”

Perhaps because she found stars fascinating, Shirasawa-san had such an excited face while passing through the entrance gate with me, so much so that she was skipping as we were heading in the direction of the planetarium. 

Perhaps because it was a Sunday, the park was quite busy. Couples that were university students and families with small children were all over the place, however, there were no groups with school uniforms among them. Were they heading for the stage already?

“What should we do? Should we wait near the stage first?”

“Why don’t we have our lunch before that?”

“Good idea. Let’s eat before the store gets crowded.”

“No… Actually, I made a bento. Of course, if Nijino-kun wants to eat at the shop, I won’t argue…”

“Bento is good. Thank you for taking the trouble to make it.”

Knowing that the bento box she had made for today wouldn’t be going to waste, Shirasawa-san made a rather relaxed expression after that.

“You’re welcome. Ah, but I can’t guarantee the taste. Unlike my sister, I’m not such a good cook.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t compare you with Shirasawa-sensei. I soo want to eat Shirasawa-san’s home cooking as soon as possible.”

“Really, please don’t get your hopes up, okay?”

Heading to the lawn square with Shirasawa-san, we sat down among the other children and couples also enjoying their lunch.

“Please do tell me if your stomach starts hurting. I’ve brought stomach medicine with me as well just in case.”

I could tell she didn’t have much confidence in her cooking skills when she prefaced with that and then took out a lunch box from her bag.

The first tier was packed with rice balls, and the second tier was packed with wiener sausages and grilled eggs.

By all appearances, it was a normal bento.

If I were to put it bluntly, I was just a little worried about the sloppy arrangement and the fact that there were only two side dishes.

“I’m sorry. I could only make this much properly.” Probably reading up what was going through my mind right then, Shirasawa-san started apologizing.

“No, no, wieners and grilled eggs are the king of side dishes, right? With these two items here, it’s more than enough! Can I dig in already?”

“Eh, yeah, sure, go ahead…”

While Shirasawa-san looked at me anxiously, I bit into my first rice ball.

In my head, I was thinking that maybe she could’ve mistaken sugar for salt, but it was just a regular rice ball.

By the way, one of the ingredients was mentaiko. It was my favorite. With that being said, I didn’t think that the combination of salty rice balls and salty mentaiko was too salty, but the tamagoyaki was super sweet. At the same time, I thought it was well-balanced.