Arriving in Akihabara

At the train station, Akira looked around and finally found a chubby short man with green curly hair.

Then he approached him while raising his hand.

"Yo, Tomohiro. This is our first meeting since summer break. You look taller."

Nagatsuka Tomohiro complained after hearing that. "Don't make fun of my height, I'm still growing."

"That's a compliment, you know." Akira spoke lightly.

The two entered the train station, stood on the platform, and waited for the train to come.

"Unexpectedly, you like idols." Tomohiro started the conversation.

Three days before, Akira had invited him to go to the JIF (Japan Idol Festival). Tomohiro has free time, so he agrees.

"My interest in idols is not very high."

"Then why do you want to watch JIF?"

"Of course support our school's students who debuted as idols."

"Ehhhh..!!! Really?"

Tomohiro exclaimed in surprise. Realizing his screams had attracted people's attention, he bowed apologetically.

"You are overreacting, Tomohiro."

"It's not my fault. You never said any of our school's students had become idols!"

"That's weird... Haven't I told you yet?"

"You never said!"

He looked at Akira with a look of blame. Then Tomohiro asked curiously. "By the way, who is it?"

"Who what?"

"That debut student."

"Oh, she is..."

Tomohiro waited for Akira's answer with anticipation. Unfortunately, the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment that will get.

"Secret~. You will find out later." Akira smiled playfully.

"Tsk, you are annoying." Tomohiro clicked his tongue. But he couldn't contain his curiosity. "Come on, Akira. You make me very curious."

"Stop that, don't act coquettish like a lady, it's disgusting." Akira took a few steps back and kept his distance.

"You are cheap." Tomohiro stopped asking. He felt ashamed to act just now. He could feel strange gazes fixed on him.

Akira knew his words were a bit too much. Patting Tomohiro's shoulder, he spoke: "As compensation, I'll give you two pointers. She is in the same class as me and is also my childhood friend."

"Ugh, what's the point of saying this? You just don't say who it is." Tomohiro said helplessly.

The relationship between the two of them is quite close, and they can be considered close friends. Of course he knew Akira had dozens of childhood friends, which made him jealous and envious.

He cursed the world for being unfair because handsome men were surrounded by beautiful girls, while ordinary men seemed to struggle to flatter a girl.

"Stop daydreaming, the train is coming."

Tomohiro came back to his senses. Then he and Akira got into the carriage with other people.

...

10 minutes later, the two of them left the train station.

"Woah, so this is the Holy Land of Otaku around the world, Akihabara."

Tomohiro was amazed to see that the buildings and people in Akihabara had a different feel from Tokyo.

On the side of the road, he saw several beautiful girls wearing maid costumes and handing out flyers to passersby.

Among the leg sales, it wouldn't be strange to find people wearing cosplay walking around.

Most conspicuously, there was a man carrying a large box filled with sex dolls, and his expression was blank. People would give him a pass, and he ignored the scornful looks around him.

"Is that a normal thing in Akihabara?" Tomohiro pointed at the man and asked.

The corners of Akira's eyes twitched. He didn't expect that any man would dare to blatantly buy a sex doll.

Doesn't that guy know how to shop online through apps?

"Ahem. You're in luck, Tomohiro. It's a super rare occurrence that's hard to find." Akira patted Tomohiro's shoulder and smiled.

"Akihabara is amazing... There are all kinds of people here."

It was his first time in Akihabara, and Tomohiro looked around curiously.

"There is still one hour before JIF starts. While we're here, want to visit the maid cafe?"

"Uh, can I?"

"Sure, why not?"

Akira took Tomohiro to a random maid cafe, opened the door, and the two were greeted by a cute girl.

"Welcome, Goshujin-sama." The maid made a cute pose.

"Ah, uh, oh..."

Because he was too nervous, Tomohiro was nervous and awkward.

"Sorry, this is my friend's first time going to the maid cafe." Akira explained.

"Ara ara~, Goshujin-sama is so cute. Aiko-chan is happy to be the first maid to serve you."

The maid named Aiko showed an alluring smile that was too fatal for a virgin like Tomohiro.

As a result, Tomohiro's face was as red as an apple.

(Haaa... How mentally weak is he when facing women.) Akira was slandering in his heart.

Aiko escorted the two customers to the table, then handed over the menu book.

"Goshujin-sama what would you like to order?"

When Tomohiro looked at the prices on the menu, he was amazed that every food and drink was more expensive than in a normal restaurant.

He regretted his decision to come to the maid cafe.

Akira saw his friend's pensive expression. He guessed the difficulty and said casually: "Since I brought you here, I paid. Order whatever you want, whatever the price."

"How could that be, I will pay for my own meal." Tomohiro refuses.

"Don't refuse. Recently, my investments in the stock market have made a lot of profit. Treating you to a meal doesn't cost much money."

"But..."

"Tsk, stop whining like a woman. Just pick and order!"

"Okay."

Tomohiro is grateful to have a friend like Akira. Not only helped him from school bullying, but also treated him very well.

"So this is friendship between men. Aiko-chan is touched~."

The maid, Aiko stared at the two of them with sparkling eyes. She felt as if she were watching a Shounen anime.

Akira listed his orders one by one: "I ordered the Kawaii Omurice Special, Sweetie Pie Dorayaki, Kira-Kira Rainbow Parfait, and Moe Moe Strawberry Shake."

"Isn't that too much, Goshujin-sama? Can you spend it all? It is not good to waste food when there are many hungry people around the world." Aiko reminded kindly.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely eat it all. I'm still growing, I need a lot of nutrition." Akira closed the book and said it with a smile.

Then Aiko turned her attention to Tomohiro. "Goshujin-sama has made his choice?"

"I ordered Magical Mochi Medley and Sweet Melody Milk Tea."

Tomohiro ordered food and drink at the lowest price. He is somewhat reluctant to spend other people's money.

"Add Cuddle Bear Cupcake Delight and Lovely Sakura Sushi Roll for him."

Guessing his thoughts, Akira ordered another meal.

"Ready, Goshujin-sama. The food will be served soon, please wait."

Aiko pulled up the hem of her skirt and behaved elegantly. With a brilliant smile, she went to inform the kitchen staff.

Not long after, she returned with cards and accompanied Akira and Tomohiro to play while waiting for the dishes to arrive.

At first, Tomohiro is nervous and groggy. He had never been this alone with a grown girl. After all, they were both junior high school students, whereas Aiko was at least a high school student, or even a female college student.

Luckily, Aiko had good interpersonal skills. She didn't look down on Tomohiro based on her physical appearance.

She is often flirtatious with him. While Akira was in the third person, he didn't really care and just kept playing.

After a few minutes of playing, their dishes came. After performing the embarrassing ritual of a maid cafe, the two of them ate.