After a Heartbreak, My Bitter Childhood Friend is now Sweet Like Sugar

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Chapter 01 part 10

TN: It was a huge mistake to use “Breakup”.

I’m sorry. From now on I’ll use “Heartbreak”.

It’s fun to see her making dinner, it gives me this feeling of joy.

The sound of chopping was so relaxing that I found myself dozing off. As I was feeling sleepy… I got up and walked over to Kokoa and asked if there was anything I could do to help.

“If so, could you place rice and miso soup? And chopsticks too, it’ll be done soon.”,Kokoa replied.

She was wearing a cute apron over the school uniform.

After serving the rice and miso soup as requested, she brought plates of grilled salmon, salad, fried eggs, and other dishes that I could never make myself.

We sat down to dinner in the living room and said “Itadakimasu”.

“I bought it since it was on sale. You like salmon, don’t you?”

“You remembered… It’s been a long time since I’ve had salmon this tasty.”

“It’s quite easy, you know. You can just buy it and cook it yourself. You just have to bake it.”

“It’s the most difficult part. I don’t know how to adjust the heat. I don’t even know the basics, even if I read them off the manual. I wanted to scream when they explained. What’s a teaspoon? What’s the right amount?”

“You sound like an old man who has been exposed to modern technologies. You have a smartphone phone don’t you. So why don’t you look in more detail?”

“I still won’t get it.”

“Oh, well, I can’t help it. Next time, I’ll teach you how to cook. It would be more convenient if you could make miso soup by yourself.”

That would be a great help. I’ve always wanted to be able to make my own miso soup.

“How about the day after tomorrow or Saturday. Do you have something to do?”

“Oh, I think I can make it in the evening, because… I have something to do in the afternoon.”

I looked towards my room.

I couldn’t see it from here, but I turned my gaze towards the memento she left on my desk.

“I’m sorry…”

Kokoa apologized as if she knew what I was planning to do.

“It’s not your fault. There’s no need to apologize and look, I’m completely fine.”

“That’s true… but…”

“If I act pathetic, then you can scold me later. That’s all I need. So… I’ll pass on Saturday. There is a possibility that we might end up talking too much. Senpai’s mother feels better when there’s someone to talk to.”

“I see. Okay, so would Sunday work out for you?”

“Yes please.”

Perhaps Kokoa thought that she stepped on a landmine. She wanted to help me, but mentioned Senpai at the wrong time.

I could sense that she was avoiding the topic.

“It’s okay, really. I’m getting back on track thanks to you. That’s why we’re eating together like this, right?”

“Ah…”

I could see the light return to her face.

“Thank you, Kokoa. You’ve saved my life.”

“It’s nice of you, but please don’t exaggerate it so much. It feels embarrassing.”

“But I’m only saying the truth.”

“Please, stop it. I don’t wanna talk. It’s bad manners to speak while eating.”

After dinner, we watched TV and laughed for a while before she said it was time to take a bath and went back to her house.