The following Monday, no sooner had I reached the entrance to the school building did Kaburagi approach .
Dont forget our promise to et after school, he said, sounding a little more excited than usual.
Okay, okay.
Kaburagi had gone on a library date with Wakabchan yesterday.
In the evening I received a ssage from him that read,
I went to the library today. Ill tell you the rest in person, so lets et after school in the usual room.
I suppose it must have gone a lot better than last ti.
What an open book
Youre late, Kisshouin!
Incapable of hiding his good cheer, that was the first thing he said to when I arrived at the conference room.
Knowing him, he wanted to talk about it so badly that he couldnt help himself.
I was still taking a seat when he began recounting his Sunday with great gusto.
Learning from my previous mistake, this ti I suggested going to a local library. That way we wouldnt et Mizusaki by accident.
My~
So the two of us managed to study together without any interlopers. Unlike the previous library though, this one didnt have a caf, so after a while we ended up going outside for a break.
Ohh~
The problem was that there werent any good cafs outside. What the placedidhave was a fast food chain.
My~
So that was when I said it: How about here? Takamichi was shocked. But as a man whos already pa.s.sed the fast food test, I walked in without hesitation.
Obviously I upgraded my order to a al. This ti I went with a limited ti offer.
Did you know, Kisshouin? Fast food chains do this thing where they bring in special al sets for a limited ti.
Yes, I do know.
Didnt we see the ads last ti?
Naturally I asked for tomato sauce. And guess what? Takamichi forgot to ask for tomato sauce with her fries. That was when I suggested that we share mine.
By now, Kaburagi had beco unable to suppress his
smile.
After all, Im generous, not a hogger like you. Takamichi thanked and said Since theres only one, lets use it carefully. Then I said Yeah and the two of us ate it little by little
Wow, youre smirking real bad, Kaburagi.
Since I got the tomato sauce even though you had to ask for it, Takamichi thinks that Im familiar with fast food. I had no idea people like you ca to these places too, she said. So I said, Yeah, sotis.
It was actually only my second ti though. I have to say I handled myself pretty well. We talked a lot more than usual after that. Since we werent allowed to talk much at the library we talked all the more about what questions we found hard, or how we were doing at school. It was great.
Before I knew it, wed been in that store for over an hour. When it was ti to head back to the library, Takamichi laughed and said We talked too much.
Then she gave a mint. It was so sweet
Ohh~
I guess it was extra sweet because he got it off the girl he liked.
This kid already had one foot in the world of maidens.
Oi, Kisshouin! Are you even listening? Whats up with your responses!?
I most certainly am.
You were just talking about how your library date with Wakabchan was a huge success, right?
Good for you~
I think going to that fast food place was the right move. Takamichi laughed a lot too.
Perhaps she was more relaxed than usual because it was an environnt she was used to. I imagine she also felt closer to you after finding out that you supposedly frequented the place.
Yeah, I think so too. Kaburagi gave a large nod.
Well what good news that turned out to be for you. Please keep at it. Well then, was that all you needed for?
Maybe after showing my face at the Salon for a bit Id
Id head to the clubroom.
I needed to co up with a plan to mingle with our new mbers as the club president.
What are you talking about? I was just about to get into the main agenda.
Eh?
The reason I closed the distance between us this ti was because I matched myself to her lifestyle. Thats why Im planning on learning more and more about the life of a commoner. Next is the family restaurant.
Guh. I was getting a bad feeling about this
Kaburagi shot vigorously out of his chair.
Lets go, Kisshouin! To a family restaurant!
Iknewit!
I tried in vain to tell him that I had plans, and was dragged away to a faraway family restaurant.
A family restaurant is the sa as a regular restaurant, so you did not have to do this
Co on, dont be like that. Arent you my strategist?
I have no recollection of accepting such a shady position
Strategist? Are you kidding ?
Our relationship is one of master and disciple, okay!
As youd expect of him, Kaburagi paid no heed at all and instead examined the nu with great interest.
Listen to , already.
I ended up ordering a doria.
A doria is a rice-based gratin dish, effectively endemic to j.a.pan.
Kaburagi asked for the steak al set. Like a kid who learnt a new word and was bursting for a chance to use it.
There was a mont of shock when he found out that drinks were self-serve at family restaurants, which led to a lot of curiosity about the drinks dispenser.
Wh, are you a kid or sothing? Youre only ant to take one drink at a ti!
There was a short wait when we returned to our table before the food arrived.
Doria was amazing.
You had to eat it little by little if you didnt want to get burnt though.
It thought this last ti too, with the hamburger, but this at is different from what Im familiar with, Kaburagi muttered after a bite of his steak.
No kidding.
The
steak.
No kidding.
The at youre familiar with probably cos from the winning cow at an agricultural fair, with a pedigree that goes back a hundred generations or sothing.
There are all sorts of at in this world.
I see
That was all he had to say, and he continued his al in silence.
By the way, apparently Takamichi studies every day on the train. Arent trains packed, though? So instead of trying to study in that cramped environnt, Im thinking about suggesting to her that I start driving her between ho and school from now on.
That is an absolutely horrible idea.
Not another one of his stupid suggestions
Why? This is for her sake.
What do you an her sake?
Its obviously that you just want to spend more ti with her outside of school.
Takamichi-san has her own routine and her own way of living. It may be that she even studies better on the train. There are many people in this world who study better during transit. Your suggestion might actually bother her.
Cant you be in transit in a car instead?
So even though you go out of your way to pick her up from her house and Can you really see her happily studying without a care as you sit in silence right next to her, after having gone out of your way to pick her up right from her ho? I know you have driven her to school a few tis. Do you ever recall her pulling out a textbook and start reading?
No
You see? Most people would be unable to. If Takamichi-san herself said that she was struggling it would be one thing, but if not then stop ddling with her life. You understand?
Alright
He gave a reluctant nod.
Was there any need to look so depressed?
This guy never ca up with anything good, did he.
Well, onto the next topic then. I wanna go with her to sowhere besides a library. Wheres a good place?
Hmmm, well it certainly depends on thedepends on the preferences of the girl in question. Being brought to sowhere you have no interest in would simply be a study in boredom, after all.
That makes sense.
What if you brought up our cla.s.s trips, subtly probe her interests, and begin looking for places based on that? It would also make for a conversation that is not about studying.
Thats agreatidea! Ill try it right away!
Whether you are ssaging them, or giving them a call, please take a mont first to consider other partys circ.u.mstances first.
Thats all you ever say. I told you already, Ive got it.
If you got it then who was it that dragged to a family restaurant just now!?
Anyway, since the Emperor had successfully cleared the Family Restaurant dungeon, it was now ti for us to leave.
Besides being made for commoners, these family restaurants arent all that different from regular restaurants.
I told you that at the start!
But well, since we were already here, I took the opportunity to show off a technique that Kaburagi had definitely never seen before.
We brought our receipts to the register.
I would like to pay separately.
Splitting the cost is a thing that people do, okay? Dont forget it.
The 23rd of April was the La Diada de Sant Jordi.
n gave won roses, and won gave n a book.
Truly a holiday that slt of a secret cabal of bookstores and florists.
Naturally, I wouldnt let this chance escape .
Kaburagi-sama, please take this.
Whats going on?
Today is the La Diada de Sant Jordi. It is customary to give books to your friends, family, lovers, or benefactors.
Along with so book that I picked out at random, I returned the unlucky poem anthology that had been sealed in my storehouse.
I did it!
What the h.e.l.l!? If you knew about it then why didnt you tell earlier!? Aaah! I completely forgot! I missed such a good chance!
Dashing out of the salon, Kaburagi sprinted off to a florist.
Dont forget to think about thenumberof flowers~
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