Thanks to my big lying mouth I now had a sword above my head.
And I put it there!
When are you going to learn your lesson already, Reika!?
Do you have the brain of a goldfish or sothing!?
I imdiately sent Akimi-san an SOS.
I obviously couldnt bring homade nimono to his party.
To begin with I couldnt cook nimono!
And to think that just a few days after picking ho cooking over party foods Id need to know how to cook party foods.
Haah, Im so beat~
Enjou spoke to first thing next morning.
Yukino tells that apparently youre going to be coming to his birthday party. And with your own cooking no less.
Uuu
Yukino-kun, have you already told your whole family?
My escape was looking less and less likely.
Yes But bringing poor food on such an important day feels like an insult instead of a gift, so I was thinking of declining this ti
Yukino was ecstatic, you know. Apparently hes already looking forward to it.
I
Yukino-kuuuun
I felt like I was going to lose my eyebrows over the pressure again.
Its not that big of a party since we have to take care of his condition too. Itll just be a few of his friends from primary, so dont worry so much. Well, I wont force you though, he said as he glanced at my fingers.
Dont tell he could tell my skill?
I didnt want to disappoint Yukino-kun by refusing.
But I didnt want to disappoint him with my actual cooking either.
Akimi-san, save .
Youre my only hope, Akimi-san!
Ill practice cutting vegetables every day!
Ill even morise all the recipes so please, lend your strength!
Still
Please at least tell him not to expect too much
Food-Poisoning at the Enjou Residence!
Id do my best not to make that headline a reality.
After school, Cla.s.s Rep and I were headed for the staff room to submit the reports our cla.s.smates did.
Apparently Cla.s.s Rep had gone with the other three for their New Years shrine visit.
We all got our fortunes and wrote our wishes on ema, he bashfully told .
Going on your New Years shrine visit with your crush
What the h.e.l.l, that sounded super fun.
Why wasnt I invited?
In-vi-t-e .
Arent I the one who introduced you all to begin with~?
And I prayed that Honda-san and I would grow closer this year.
Hmm~
And Honda-san and Nonose-san are making their Valentines chocolates together, and they said theyd give so give Iwamuro-kun and I Ah, as friends of course! I already knew that. Mn.
Hmmm~
But I hope one day Ill be able to get a real one from her.
Hmmmm~
Valentines huh.
I didnt even have sobody to give romantic chocolates to this year.
I was running out of ti
I only had one year left in high school.
I wanted to have a dreamy Valentines too.
Maybe I could just bite the bullet and give it to Naru-kun.
But then how would a real guy feel about being given chocolates by complete stranger?
It was how they did things in shoujo manga though.
Plus, I didnt know what I wanted to make this year.
Kisshouin-san? Still listening?
Oops, he realised I was just nodding along.
Why dont you take those feelings and make her chocolates instead? I joked.
His eyes sparkled.
Eh? Really?
After we handed over the reports we said goodbye and headed to our respective clubs.
I was already done with the belly warr so I needed to make sothing else this year.
Kisshouin-san, ca a voice from behind.
It turned out to be Wakaba-chan.
Is sothing the matter, Takamichi-san?
She looked around to check we were alone before walking over to .
Say, are you free to co over?
Eh!?
Wakaba-chan was inviting over!?
Why so suddenly!?
She lowered her voice further before speaking again.
Dont you rember? You gave your uniform the other day. Thats why I wanted to thank you.
I, you really should not worry about that. To begin with I was never going to wear those again.
Yeah, but still I got sothing so expensive for free. Ive been wondering how I could make up for you all this ti, you know. Not that just a cake could really pay you back this ti
You really need not worry about that. I an it. Still, I am very happy that you have invited over.
Really? Then is there anything you want, or that youd like to do? There isnt much I can help you with though.
Just being able to ear your familys cakes are more than enough.
And Ive been saying that that isnt enough.
We were going down the stairs together when I suddenly rembered the manga.
There was a scene when Kisshouin Reika had shoved Wakaba-chan down stairs just like these.
I quickly put so distance between us.
Whats wrong?
Ah, nothing to worry about.
Not that Id ever do that now, but I stayed away just in case.
Wakaba-chan seed perplexed about it.
Ah, by the way. Takamichi-san, could you teach how to make Valentines chocolates?
Valentines? she asked.
Yes.
What a great idea.
Wakaba-chan loved making desserts.
If I made it together with her then Im sure sothing delicious would co of it.
Not that there was anybody to receive it but my family though!
You could have asked for that whenever, she objected.
It seems that I shall be in your care then, I smiled broadly.
After I bought the claw grip protector I stopped cutting myself.
The cut from the first day was almost healed too.
I was putting a new bandage on it when Oniisama ca ho with Imari-sama as well.
Imari-sama, long ti no see!
Belated Happy New Year, Reika-chan.
Happy New Year, Imari-sama.
Youre sparkling as usual, Imari-sama. You look wonderful in that suit.
Ive actually got sothing to give you, Reika-chan.
What is it?
He reached into his bag and brought out a ribboned box.
Here. A souvenir from Nagasaki.
Wahh, thank you very much. Your parents live there, no?
Yep. I showed up for New Years. My younger brother had just co back from Arica so we went there together.
I see.
Imari-samas younger brother was staying in Arica as an exchange student at the mont.
Apparently he liked it better than stuffy old j.a.pan.
I unsealed my present.
In the past Imari-sama had gifted cute marbles from Nagasaki, or castella sponge cakes.
I still loved those marbles.
Imari-sama had a good sense of what girls liked.
Wah! Pearls!?
I opened the velvet case to find a necklace, with a pearl embedded in a silver heart like a teardrop.
How lovely!
Nagasaki is famous for its pearls, after all. I think they suit you. Shall I put it on for you?
Dont touch peoples little sisters whenever you want, Imari, Oniisama said with a chilling glare.
Reika-chan, your oniisan is so scary. You know, people say that pearls are the tears of rmaids and fairies, but if thats true Id rather that girls cry tears of joy than sadness.
Oniisama brought down an iron fist onto the smiling Casanova Village Chiefs head.
Owowowow!
Die. Kill yourself! Drown at sea and beco the core of so pearl!
He began strangling Imari-sama with force.
How rare for sobody as kind and peaceful as Oniisama.
They sure got along.
Thank you for the wonderful present, Imari-sama. Oh, I know! I shall make a pearl chocolate for you for Valentines!
Ehh? Chocolate from Reika-chan? That sounds great, he smiled happily, even as he was being beaten across the head.
Having soone outside of your family to give chocolates to really got your motivation up, after all!
Reika, that
You can look forward to it too, Oniisama!
Hmmm, and I also need to get started on Yukino-kuns birthday food, and
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