My Fiancée is a Cool-Headed, Peerless Angel - Chapter 24
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Chapter 24: Advice From The Angel Of Affection And Elegance
TL: lime
ED: Spynine01
It was after school, and I was changing my shoes at the entrance, thinking that I should go and look for a birthday present for Shiori in front of the station, when I heard a cheerful voice from behind saying, “Isshiki-kun.”
When I turned around, I saw the Angel Of Affection And Elegance rushing towards me with a smile so bright that it was hard to believe she looked like the dark fallen angel from earlier.
“Ah, it’s the one who was trying to have a barbecue in the flower garden a while ago.”
“A-AHAHAー! I’m already back to normal now.”
She makes a peace sign while saying that. She seems to be a girl who changes her mind quickly.
“Shijo has no club activities today?”
“Un. I’ve got a part-time job today instead.”
“Hee~ a part-time job. What kind of work do you do?”
“At a cafe. It’s at Starbucks.”
She said to me, “Welcome―.――Like that?”. She lightly sticks out her tongue and says in a playful manner.
If such a cute girl would serve you at the cafe, I’m sure it’ll get a lot more customers.
“Don’t you have a part-time job too, Isshiki-kun?
We started chatting as we both walked towards the school gate.
“I’m looking for a job right now, but I can’t find any good ones…”
“I see.――I think Isshiki-kun can… be a tutor.”
“A tutor… But they don’t hire high school students to be tutors, do they?”
When I asked, Shijo brought her index finger to her chin and looked up to the sky.
“Ah―…I’ve heard that there are a lot of college students that do that.”
“Well, a lot of part-time jobs around here don’t readily hire high school students…”
I said as my shoulders slumped, “Areh?” She threw a questioning look at me.
“Isshiki-kun is in the same junior high school as Touma-kun, right?
“That’s right.”
“Then you don’t have to look around here right, why don’t you look for one that’s near your home? I’m sure it’s only a few train stops away from our school, right? If so, I think it would be a hassle to come here for a job on holidays. ”
“Ah― …”
Certainly as Shijo said. It’s a good idea to look for a place near your home rather than forcing yourself to look for a place near your school. ――This is if I didn’t live alone, though.
The only people who know that I’m living alone are the school and Touma, since I don’t need to really tell anyone that I’m living alone. But it’s not like I’m keeping it a secret either.
I guess it’s fine to tell her about it since we’ve come this far already…
“I’m living alone around here for family reasons.”
For a moment, I thought of Shiori when I said I was living alone, but I don’t think Shijo will ever come to my house, so there’s no problem in telling her about it.
“Eh―! That’s amazing!”
Shijo’s eyes rounded and said in surprise.
“No way―. A classmate of mine lives all alone ――that’s amazing …”
“Please don’t. I’m living off my parents’ money. Shijo, who earns her money from working at a cafe, is even more impressive than me.”
“No, no, no, no. I’m pretty sure I’d be late every day unless my mom wakes me up!”
With a big heart, she proudly says things she’s not proud of without hesitation…
“You’ll be fine when you’re on your own.”
“No, I’m sure Isshiki-kun is more impressive than me.”
“No, no.”
“No, no, no, no.”
As we leave the school gate, I head in the opposite direction of my house――right towards the train station with Shijo still next to me.
“Hmm? Is Shijo going this way too?”
“Un. It’s the Hoshino Starbucks in front of the station.”
“So it’s not the one on the national highway then.”
“They don’t hire over there.―― Is Isshiki-kun’s house in the direction of the station?”
“No, it’s actually the other way around, but today I’m going to the front of the station――that’s right!”
I clapped my hands and came up with an idea.
“Shijo, what kind of gift would you like to receive?”
She is also in the same category of beautiful girls, although she is in a different vector than Shiori.
Shijo’s opinion may be helpful.
“Eh? A present?”
“Yes, yes.”
She smiles at me.
“Could it be―― a girlfriend?
I burst out laughing when she said that.
“Do you think I have a girlfriend? AHAHA―”
“Yeah. I think so.”
I was a little confused by the unexpected answer.
“Eh? You’re lying, right…?”
“Nope. You don’t have one?”
“I don’t. I’ve never had one.”.
“Hee~. That’s surprising. You seem pretty popular, you know.”
“I’ve never heard anything like that before.”
I don’t feel bad when a cute girl like her says I look popular―― in fact it feels really good.
“Then who――is it Nanasegawa-san, by any chance?
I felt nervous when I heard the name of the person I was going to give it to, but I tried to stay calm.
“Why her?”
“No, just… some reason? You came to the club together with her the other day too.”
“A-Ah―. Well, you’re one of the most talkative classmates, aren’t you? Ahaha. ――The person I’m actually giving it to is an acquaintance’s older sister.”
I’ll just say that I’ll give it to a random, imaginary person.
“I see.” Shijo said, bringing her index finger to her chin and thinking.
“Present.. .U―n…. The best thing you can do is to give the person what she wants…”
Things that she wants… She said something like glasses or a Landolt ring, but it didn’t seem like I could give any of that on her birthday, so I said “Well, I don’t know about that.”
“That’s right.――Isn’t it good to give something that the person always uses? For example, a mechanical pencil. An exquisitely expensive mechanical pencil that I won’t buy myself. Isn’t that a good idea?”
“Ah―. I understand. Like mechanical pencils, there are also expensive ballpoint pens that I wonder who actually uses! There’s that too.”
“Yes, yes. I think it’s just right for the price to give that as a gift.””
“Oh. That was really helpful. Thank you so much!”
When I thanked her, she smiled adorably and said, “You’re welcome.”
With Shijo’s advice in mind, I went to a general store in front of the station.