23 Chapter 19
(A/N Notes: And here's this week's scheduled chapter... But just 2 since I was being lazy this week... And maybe next since I bought Tiranny, and still have to play it... ... ... Happy holidays Y'all!)
"..." *Blushing*
"..." *Grinning*
"..." *Grinning*
Yuriko, Aki, and Ayano were still sharing the cafe table, with the latter two having two big grins on their faces as they kept looking at Yuriko who acting all shy and embarrassed. As for Takeru, he left Yuriko's lap before anything bad happened and sat down on another table away from them so that he wouldn't hear them talking
"It's good to see that our cute Yu-chan is still cute as always"
"Yup, yup. And it's even better that she fell in love with a decent guy"
"..." *Blushing intensifying*
Yuriko who hasn't yet recovered from earlier could only remain silent and more embarrassed as her two childhood friends praised her, then
"So? How did you fell in love with him?"
Aki who was curious about how Takeru was able to make someone like Yuriko fall for him sent a straight ball towards Yuriko
"... W, we... Just h, happened t, to... get along... A, and... S, some things ha, happened... ... ..."
Yuriko manage to muster some strength to talk, but as she stuttered her words out of her mouth, she went back to being shy as she remembered the events that happened between her and Takeru
"..."
"..."
The two who kept looking at Yuriko being way cuter than she usually was, couldn't help but...
"There, there. You did good managing it so far" *Pat pat*
"Yup, yup. We're really proud of our cute handsome female friend" *Pat pat*
Sandwich Yuriko in a hug as they patted her
*Pat pat*
"Woof!"
"... *Patting Tama with a line of coffee leaving his mouth with a serene face*" <Why did I order coffee when I don't even like to drink?>
The answer to that was because he didn't pay attention to the menu as he ordered, since he was reflecting on faking his sleep so that he could be very close to Yuriko
Some time later
After having their breakfast at the café, Takeru exchanged contacts with Aki and Ayano, and the four walked together and played with Suki for a few hours in the park until Takeru and the three girls decided to go back home
"Well, I'll be going home now"
"Yeah! See ya another time"
"Yup! See you some other day"
"..."
Yuriko was the only one who didn't send her farewells to Takeru while still cutely pouting to him with her cheeks being slightly red as she looks away
"... *Troubled smile* Well... See you all another time, Aki-senpai, Ayano-senpai... Yuriko-san *looks away with a troubled face*"
And with that Takeru made his way back home, with Aki and Ayano move their gazes to Yuriko, who was pouting and blushing even more, but now it was from anger and regret of not giving her farewells to Takeru
"... I think we need to start working on making you a little less of a dork when it comes to him, huh"
"But if we do that we'll forever lose this kind of cute Yu-chan"
"Yeah... That's a really troubling problem"
"Yup, it's a very troubling one"
Aki and Ayano began pondering how to make Yuriko more honest about her feelings, while Yuriko was now holding her cheeks and blushing as she tried and failed to forget Takeru's cute sleeping face, so she wasn't paying any attention to her two friends
"How 'bout we make get drunk and hope she turns into one of those drunk anime characters in romcoms?"
"Nah, we're still minors, so we can't do that"
"Oh yeah, that's true, hmmm..."
"How about we make her get a cold, you know how Yu-chan would get very clingy and honest whenever she caught a cold when we were kids"
"That's a good idea, but I never saw Yu-chan get a cold after we started going to high school"
"Oh! That's true..."
"How about we make them go to the amusement park?"
"I think that would be better for after they start going out because I'm pretty sure Yu-chan said 'I can't go out with you, because my heart isn't ready yet' or something like that"
"That sounds like something Yu-chan would say"
" "Hmmm..." "
The two could come with better ideas, but they found those better ideas as too boring for their own amusement so they scrapped those ideas basically in the same instant they came up, then an idea came to Ayano
"How we make them do the beach episode? *Serious 80's manga face*"
"The beach episode!? *Surprised 80's manga face*"
"Yes, the beach episode. You know how those episodes are just blatant fan-service to male audiences, but we must not forget that they're also a fan-service to the male characters"
"No! This can't be!"
"Yes! It can be! First, we'll have to make Yu-chan wear her two-piece swimsuit we three bought last year, then we'll need to make sure Takeru-kun will come with us, and then for last, we'll need to make sure that all those things that happen in a beach episode happen between them, and only between them! *Serious german general face*"
"I see... But we can do more than that, we could also book two rooms at an inn that has a hot spring, I'm sure there was one of those when went to that beach last year, You and I stay in one room, while Yu-chan and Takeru-kun stay on the other *Serious german general face*"
"Hoh? Tell me more about this *Jojo face*"
"Of course, as you know the hot spring inn episode is also another fan-service episode, so if possible we need to have them go into the same hot spring, and when they find out they'll be sharing the same room after seeing each other at the hot spring, they'll turn very embarrassed and become unable to sleep, then without being able to hold back their feelings anymore, they'll end up making out until late and agree to go out with one another"
"..."
"..."
"So we have our plans ready"
"Now we need to put them into action!"
With their course of actions set, they called for Yuriko who was still on cloud nine
"Yu-chan! Do you want to go to the beach?"
"Huh?... Sure, why not"
"Then let's go back to your house and see if your swimsuit still fits you"
"Hm? I'm pretty sure, it still fits me"
It didn't fit her anymore, she could wear it, but it would end being rather tight for her, so she decided to ask the two to go shopping with her tomorrow. As for Aki and Ayano who accepted going shopping with Yuriko
"We got a shopping episode!"
"So let's call Takeru-kun to come with us!"
One of them called his number and waited for him to attend
"Hello?"
"Takeru-kun? It's me, Aki! Do you want to come shopping with me, Ayano and Yuriko tomorrow?"
"Ah! I already planned something else with someone else, so I'll have to refuse"
"Eh?..."
"... Hello? Are you still there?... ... ..."
And Takeru hang up after Aki went silent
"What's wrong, Aki?"
"Change of plans, we'll be tailing Takeru tomorrow"
"Huh? Why?"
Because he said he'll be shopping with someone tomorrow, and with my anime knowledge, I know very well that someone else is definitely a girl!"
"Couldn't it be his sister?"
"And it could also be his childhood friend who happens to be a girl and likes him"
"But doesn't he likes Yu-chan?"
"He could also be aiming to have a harem!"
"... ... ...You just want to tail someone while you wear your 19th-century style detective clothes, don't you?"
"Let's tail Takeru-kun tomorrow!"
Aki just happened to find a dumb reason for her to use her detective clothes she had bought some time ago, while she investigated (followed) someone, and she wasn't going to let that chance to slip away
(A/N Notes: ... ... ... I'm thinking of making a chunni rom-com novel and a mage who reincarnates himself novel, with both of those stories going either in the opposite direction of most or done it in a different way)
