My Fiancée is a Cool-Headed, Peerless Angel - Chapter 32
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Chapter 32: Christmas Eve with my Fiancée (1)
TL: lime
ED: Spynine01
Just before noon.
I came home early just as promised, but it seemed like Shiori hadn’t come home yet.
I left my bag in the bedroom as usual, washed my hands, turned on the heater in the living room, sat down on the sofa in my uniform and turned on the TV.
Winter vacation begins today.
The first day starts on Christmas Eve, so the daytime information program on the screen is showing a Christmas special in the city.
The only people on TV are couples, and there are not many single people on the screen right now. There will probably be a program featuring single people on TV at midnight today.
So I guess they want to show as many couples as possible during the daytime to create a refreshing picture that says “Christmas Eve is fun.”
“I guess everyone wants to spend time with the opposite sex at this time…”
If that’s the case, the guys at our school want to spend time with the cool-headed and peerless angel because they want to spend time with a beautiful girl… You can find a lot of people who are interested in this sort of thing. It’s not easy for her either though. She was called out for that exact reason after all…
When the heater turns on and the room gets warm, you can’t help but sigh and say, “Fua~a…”.
It’s not like I stayed up late or woke up early, but I’m feeling strangely sleepy right now.
“I still have some time before Shiori comes home… Let me rest just a little bit… just a little…”
I closed my eyes and laid down on the couch as my mind sailed away――.
――Suddenly, I feel a soft touch on my head.
And I think it smells good for some reason.
I opened my eyes slowly, feeling as if someone was touching my hair――or rather, stroking my head.
“――Ah…”
What came into my blurry vision was――.
“Shiori…?”
I saw Shiori’s face.
When I called out her name, she pushed me away.
Thud!
My body fell to the floor, and I reflexively shout, “Ouch!”.
The impact of the fall woke me up and I sat up.
“Are you okay?”
For some reason, Tenshi-sama asked me that question as if it were someone else’s problem.
“No, you obviously just pushed me down, didn’t you?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Hey, look at me.”
I said to Shiori, who looked away and got up to go to the table.
“That’s not important. Dinner’s ready.”
“――Dinner?”
I looked outside the room, not understanding what Shiori was talking about.
“Uwa… It’s pitch black…”
Before I knew it, the sun had set and the moon was peeking out from the sky.
I wondered how many hours I had slept for. It’s not like I was snoozing or anything.
Maybe it was because I had slept on the couch for so long, but my head felt really fuzzy.
No, it was probably due to the fact that Shiori had pushed me down…
How violent of her. If she wanted to sit down on the couch, she should have just woken me up.
I scratched my head a little unhappily and went to the table――.
“Uwaa~ It’s like it’s Christmas all of a sudden.”
The chicken from a famous chain restaurant and the small cake laid out on the table made me realize that today was actually Christmas Eve, and my negative feelings instantly disappeared.
“Kojiro. I’m sorry… I told you to come home early, but I was the one late in the end.”
“No… Well, it’s been hard on you too, Shiori.”
When I said a few words of encouragement, She asked me, “Did you see that?” I immediately understand that it’s about the confession and answer, “Yeah.”
“I feel sorry slashing them all off.”(TL: For some reason it’s said as ‘slashed’ instead of ‘rejected’.) [ED: she just thinks of her rejection very violently… which is strange…]
“All of them?… How many people have confessed to you today?”
“Five.”
“That’s amazing.”
I’ve never heard of a girl being confessed to by five people in a single day.
When I heard that, I went from admiration to dismay. It’s not Shiori who’s dumbfounded, of course, but the boys who confessed to her.
“――But if you’ve had that many confessions, couldn’t you find any good guys out there?”
“None.”
“You cut to the chase quickly huh.”
“――They were all unclear about their reasoning.”
“Unclear about what?
“When I asked them, “What do you like about me?” they’d just shut down instantly. They’ll think for an answer for a while and say, “Love at first sight.” But I can’t be in a relationship with someone who only looks at appearances like that.”
Ah… You’re right… It may be a trigger, but it’s hard to develop a relationship with just that as the premise.
“After that, all I get are vague answers like ‘you seem nice’ or ‘the atmosphere you have is pleasant’.”
“Well, you’re not cheap enough to go out with someone you’ve never talked to before.”
“Exactly. My value is beyond the reach of even what a millionaire could afford.”
I was given an answer that was difficult to respond to.
“――Just kidding.”
Looking at my face, Shiori said to me with a blank expression, but it’s this guy after all. Maybe she’s not really joking about it….
“Anyway, I’m sorry I’m late…”
“No, no. Thank you for preparing such a feast. You went to a lot of trouble to buy it.”
“It was my idea to invite you, so it was only natural.”
“Still, thank you.”
I thanked her honestly and sat down. Seeing this, Shiori also took a seat.
“――Well, let’s eat then.”
“Yes.”
Shiori nodded, sounding somewhat happy, and reached for the chicken.
We both ate the chicken and finished the cake.
It was smaller than the cake we had for Shiori’s birthday the other day, but it tasted just as good, if not better.
“――Hey? Kojiro.”
She called out to me in a voice that sounded like she was in a good mood.
“Hmm?”
“Let’s play a video game together.”
“Video game?”
I heard a rare line coming from Shiori’s mouth.
Shiori had seen me playing video games several times ever since she arrived here, but she had never asked me to play with her before.
“No?”
She asked, tilting her head at my reaction.
“No, no. I’m totally fine with it… I just thought it was unusual coming from you.”
“Yeah, I guess so. I don’t really play games after all.”
“That’s true. I’ve never seen you play anything.”
“But I want to play some today. So let’s do it.”
“Yeah. Sure.”
We moved from the dining room table to the sofa and started preparing for the video game.