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50th Meal
JK’s and Hamburger Part 2
“Eh? What? So we’re going to eat at that ‘Onii-sans’ room? I don't mind, but Mahiru was so against it.”
“Y-Yes, I mean…You could say that I was easily convinced to…”
“Ahaha~ Onii-san did a great job, you know~ It was like he knew how to handle Mahiru~”
“Well, she’s a simple girl, after all.”
—Voices of the girls, all of them are in adolescent age, echoed through Utatane Heights room 206, in other words, my room.
My neighbor, a high school girl who smiles like a sun, is Mahiru Asahi.
Kotsubaki Hiyori, who’s a firm and somewhat older sisterly girl.
Akabane Aki, who’s as bad as some idiot I know, despite her easy-going attitude.
Then Fuyushima Yukiho, a girl with glasses whom I have barely spoken to yet.
Somehow, Mahiru and her friends—the four of them collectively known as the JK’s—had gathered in our room and were having a chat.
(Tired: JK - Joshi Kousei - High school girls in Japanese.)
(...Huh. H-How did this happen…?)
This is weird. No, I did tell them I would make them hamburgers for dinner, and Akabane-san and Mahiru said yes to it, but…Why are the two girls, Kotsubaki-san and Fuyushima-san, here…?
I wonder if they are also interested in making hamburgers? But it was impossible to have five people in the cramped kitchen of this single person's apartment. Even if Mahiru and I were to use the kitchen, it would be too cramped.
“E-Err…you, girls?”
“Yes?”
As soon as I called out to them, the JKs turned their heads in unison. I usually have no contact with girls other than midday—That good-looking guy is not included—so this simultaneous irradiation of stares was too much for me. But I summoned up a certain amount of courage and continued to speak.
“T-That’s…I said I going to make you guys something to eat, but you don't plan to eat it here, do you?”
“Eh? That’s right…?”
(Why are you nodding like it’s already a given?)
“Kohon,” Clearing my throat, I inwardly frowned at Akabane-san, who affirmed it while tilting her head in a strange manner.
“T-There’s no space to eat here, right? I can prepare enough plates for the number of people, and when done, why don't you four take it to Mahiru’s room and eat it the—”
“Ehh–!? We can't do that! That means Onii-san has to eat alone!”
“That’s right~ If that’s the case, why don’t you eat with us too~?”
“I think it’s bad manners to just have someone cook for you and then eat the rest on your own. Right, Hiyori?”
“Un, well…That’s right.”
(What’s with that four consecutive replies?)
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I feel like I'm being attacked in waves because the four of them are talking too much while I utter a single word. If this were an RPG, the JK’s would be a one-turn, four-action type monster. They are very strong.
What's worse is that Mahiru has completely good intentions in saying so. She knows how lonely it is to eat alone, and she is not comfortable with me eating alone with the JK group. She's still a good girl…but, her concern is hurting me all the more now. A male college student eating hamburgers in a small room with a good group of friends of four JK’s would be a bit of hell. To be honest, I would rather eat alone than be in that situation.
“Yamori-san,” As I was thinking about this, Kotsubaki-san suddenly called out to me.
“I’m sure it’s fine, right? I mean, it's just another treat.”
“Another…? Ah, I see.”
That’s right, I had asked Kotsuki-san to try Mahiru’s curry once before, right? Thinking back, that was the first cooking class between me and Mahiru. I still remember how she didn't want to taste it, or rather, how she didn't want to be poisoned.
It has been about three months since then, and Mahiru has become a decent cook, although she still has a few dangerous moments about once every five times during the cooking process.
(...I guess it can’t be helped. This is also a good opportunity to let her friends try her food again.)
I want to see it. I want other someone other than me to say that her dish is delicious.
“Of course. I'll have to ask you to be the poison taster for the hamburger steak that Mahiru made this time too.”
“C-Can I still back out…?”
“What are you saying, Hiyori-chan!? Also don’t say ‘Posin taster,’ Onii-san!”
“Eh? What? Is Mahiru’s cooking really that bad? Will I get a stomach ache if I eat?”
“Geez~ I don’t care what it is, but just make it quickly~ I’m getting hungry~”
“Is that so? Then, let’s get started.”
In today’s Cooking Class Extravaganza, everyone made a hamburger, which is marked as a beginner's dish.
(Tired: Only one chapter for today cause our internet connection right now is really slow that I need to wait around 5-10mins just for a single website to load, sorry.)
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ReplyDelete"That’s right, I had asked Kotsuki-san to try Mahiru’s curry once before, right?"
ReplyDeleteKotsuki --> Kotsubaki