Chapter 28: What If I Was Honest?
“What do you think? Don’t you think I got a good shot?”
“It’s perfect. Akiho, please send me that picture later. I’ll process it and put it into good use.”
We had sukiyaki (Footnote: Hot pot with meat (mostly thinly sliced beef), vegetables and other ingredients.) for dinner this evening. It was supposed to be hamburger steak, but after all, if there’s one thing to eat together on a cold day, it has to be hot pot! ‘Then, after the club activities, let’s get the two of them to eat some delicious meat! ‘So, Kaede suggested having sukiyaki.
The vegetables were bought along with the ingredients used for making chocolates, but only the meat was brought by Miyamoto-san (Footnote: For those who have forgotten, it was the driver in earlier chapters.). The Wagyu beef, which was something you could never find in supermarkets, looked very expensive (Footnote: Very expensive, high-quality Japanese beef with a high quantity of fat marbled into the meat). It was beautifully marbled, and when you ate it, the meat felt firm, yet tasted meltingly sweet, with a non-sticky aftertaste that made it easy to eat as much as one wanted.
“Do you want a picture of you both hugging, Yuya? I took one too. Should I send it to you later?”
“Do me a favor and delete it right now.”
“Why? Yuya and Hitotsuba-san looked so happy at this moment.”
No, no, no, no! I know, I know! I know! It’s true that when I was hugging Kaede, I was the happiest I’ve ever been! But now that I’ve regained my senses and am in a calm state of mind, I feel so embarrassed by that act that I want to end myself. In addition, the dialogue must have felt so cringy in so many ways.
“So when Yuya-kun said to me ‘You wanted me to pick you, right? Then I’ll have you… just as you wish, Kaede’, I wanted to scream. It was the first time he called me ‘Kaede’ with his voice a little lower than usual, but it was also very cool!”
“Whoa! The fact that he openly said such things to you, is very amazing… As expected of Shin-kun’s best friend. Yoshi is truly a very dangerous person because he can do it so naturally…”
“That’s right! After that, I asked him to hug me and he hugged me very gently but also quite strongly… Haa… I was so happy!”
People say that three women together make adulterous conversations, but it seems like two women were enough to be this intimate. My heart was already groggy from the ongoing fuss over what I had done. Can’t you both just let it go?
“I guess we’ll just have to put up with it until the two of them feel better. Come on, let’s eat meat! It’s not every day we get to eat meat like this!”
Oh, Shinji. I’m so glad you’re here. If you hadn’t been there, it would have been a situation too horrible to even imagine. I would have been crying in my bedroom under the covers, disregarding the fine Wagyu beef.
“Ahahaha. You’re exaggerating. There’s nothing wrong with feeling happy when you hug the girl you love.”
Shinji remarked as he chewed on the meat. I know that, too. It’s just that this situation was too much of a storm for me to keep up with. It’s definitely a situation that all men would enjoy, but there was one fact that I couldn’t forget. It has taken up residence in my mind. The fact that it was more like I was the one who wanted to scream at her to not let go.
“It was up to Yuya to decide what to do, so I can’t say anything. But if I had to say something, I would say that Hitotsuba-san would be fine with that.”
“Shinji… you…”
“Yuya, you’re my partner on the pitch. I can kind of understand what you’re thinking. So, Yuya. I think you should be brave and jump in.”
‘Delicious!’ Shinji exclaimed, gobbling up more and more meat while I wondered where he was stuffing it into his tiny body. I smiled bitterly and sighed deeply. Oh dear, my best friend can see right through me.
“Okay, fine! I’ll eat too! Kaede, add more meat and vegetables! Otsuki-san! You can send the pictures, but only to Kaede! If you spread it around, I won’t accept it!”
For now, I’ll eat meat! It was common sense to eat good food to regain your wits and prepare yourself for battle. It was a battle where I had to be a little more honest about my feelings. If Kaede was always coming on to me and making me look embarrassed, I’m going to try as hard to do the same thing to her and make her look embarrassed.
“Huh. It’s okay to eat a lot of food, but there’s dessert waiting for you afterwards, so please do so in moderation, okay? It’s a little early for Valentine’s Day!”
Kaede said, smiling like a goddess. Yes, there was that too. I’ve been preoccupied with the sukiyaki, but today’s main dish was not the meat, but the Valentine’s Day chocolates that the two of them made. Shinji, do you even have enough space to eat that?
“I’m fine. I have a separate stomach for sweets. Besides, if it’s something that Akiho has worked hard to make, I can eat it no matter how full I am.”
‘That’s the way it is, isn’t it?’ Don’t ask me something like this as if it’s natural. Otsuki-san was grinning, and Kaede-san was looking at me expectantly. Oh my god!
“Of course. How could I leave out the food Kaede made for me? Besides, Shinji. Kaede’s home cooking is the best in Japan. I’m not going to let you eat it.”
“Yes, yes. Enjoy your meal. I won’t even give a bite of Akiho’s chocolate to Yuya, so keep that in mind!”
The two girls laughed in embarrassment at the sudden start of their man’s vain competition.
Chapter 28: What If I Was Honest?
“What do you think? Don’t you think I got a good shot?”
“It’s perfect. Akiho, please send me that picture later. I’ll process it and put it into good use.”
We had sukiyaki (Footnote: Hot pot with meat (mostly thinly sliced beef), vegetables and other ingredients.) for dinner this evening. It was supposed to be hamburger steak, but after all, if there’s one thing to eat together on a cold day, it has to be hot pot! ‘Then, after the club activities, let’s get the two of them to eat some delicious meat! ‘So, Kaede suggested having sukiyaki.
The vegetables were bought along with the ingredients used for making chocolates, but only the meat was brought by Miyamoto-san (Footnote: For those who have forgotten, it was the driver in earlier chapters.). The Wagyu beef, which was something you could never find in supermarkets, looked very expensive (Footnote: Very expensive, high-quality Japanese beef with a high quantity of fat marbled into the meat). It was beautifully marbled, and when you ate it, the meat felt firm, yet tasted meltingly sweet, with a non-sticky aftertaste that made it easy to eat as much as one wanted.
“Do you want a picture of you both hugging, Yuya? I took one too. Should I send it to you later?”
“Do me a favor and delete it right now.”
“Why? Yuya and Hitotsuba-san looked so happy at this moment.”
No, no, no, no! I know, I know! I know! It’s true that when I was hugging Kaede, I was the happiest I’ve ever been! But now that I’ve regained my senses and am in a calm state of mind, I feel so embarrassed by that act that I want to end myself. In addition, the dialogue must have felt so cringy in so many ways.
“So when Yuya-kun said to me ‘You wanted me to pick you, right? Then I’ll have you… just as you wish, Kaede’, I wanted to scream. It was the first time he called me ‘Kaede’ with his voice a little lower than usual, but it was also very cool!”
“Whoa! The fact that he openly said such things to you, is very amazing… As expected of Shin-kun’s best friend. Yoshi is truly a very dangerous person because he can do it so naturally…”
“That’s right! After that, I asked him to hug me and he hugged me very gently but also quite strongly… Haa… I was so happy!”
People say that three women together make adulterous conversations, but it seems like two women were enough to be this intimate. My heart was already groggy from the ongoing fuss over what I had done. Can’t you both just let it go?
“I guess we’ll just have to put up with it until the two of them feel better. Come on, let’s eat meat! It’s not every day we get to eat meat like this!”
Oh, Shinji. I’m so glad you’re here. If you hadn’t been there, it would have been a situation too horrible to even imagine. I would have been crying in my bedroom under the covers, disregarding the fine Wagyu beef.
“Ahahaha. You’re exaggerating. There’s nothing wrong with feeling happy when you hug the girl you love.”
Shinji remarked as he chewed on the meat. I know that, too. It’s just that this situation was too much of a storm for me to keep up with. It’s definitely a situation that all men would enjoy, but there was one fact that I couldn’t forget. It has taken up residence in my mind. The fact that it was more like I was the one who wanted to scream at her to not let go.
“It was up to Yuya to decide what to do, so I can’t say anything. But if I had to say something, I would say that Hitotsuba-san would be fine with that.”
“Shinji… you…”
“Yuya, you’re my partner on the pitch. I can kind of understand what you’re thinking. So, Yuya. I think you should be brave and jump in.”
‘Delicious!’ Shinji exclaimed, gobbling up more and more meat while I wondered where he was stuffing it into his tiny body. I smiled bitterly and sighed deeply. Oh dear, my best friend can see right through me.
“Okay, fine! I’ll eat too! Kaede, add more meat and vegetables! Otsuki-san! You can send the pictures, but only to Kaede! If you spread it around, I won’t accept it!”
For now, I’ll eat meat! It was common sense to eat good food to regain your wits and prepare yourself for battle. It was a battle where I had to be a little more honest about my feelings. If Kaede was always coming on to me and making me look embarrassed, I’m going to try as hard to do the same thing to her and make her look embarrassed.
“Huh. It’s okay to eat a lot of food, but there’s dessert waiting for you afterwards, so please do so in moderation, okay? It’s a little early for Valentine’s Day!”
Kaede said, smiling like a goddess. Yes, there was that too. I’ve been preoccupied with the sukiyaki, but today’s main dish was not the meat, but the Valentine’s Day chocolates that the two of them made. Shinji, do you even have enough space to eat that?
“I’m fine. I have a separate stomach for sweets. Besides, if it’s something that Akiho has worked hard to make, I can eat it no matter how full I am.”
‘That’s the way it is, isn’t it?’ Don’t ask me something like this as if it’s natural. Otsuki-san was grinning, and Kaede-san was looking at me expectantly. Oh my god!
“Of course. How could I leave out the food Kaede made for me? Besides, Shinji. Kaede’s home cooking is the best in Japan. I’m not going to let you eat it.”
“Yes, yes. Enjoy your meal. I won’t even give a bite of Akiho’s chocolate to Yuya, so keep that in mind!”
The two girls laughed in embarrassment at the sudden start of their man’s vain competition.
