Episode 24: Dinner
When I came home to my
apartment after work, Misa-chan was standing in front of my room in her school
uniform against the door.
“I'm home, Misa-chan.
What, what's wrong?”
“Onizuka-san ...... Ah,
um, I'm sorry about this morning.”
Misa-chan lowered her
head.
“This morning?”
“Yes, I acted like I
left the pot and ran away. ...... Also, it seems I was rude to Onizuka-san's
girlfriend.......”
Oh, I remember
something like that happened this morning.
“I don't mind that at
all, were waiting here just to say that?”
“Ah, yes. I'm sorry.”
I wondered about the
fact that she hadn't changed out of her uniform meant that she had been waiting
for me since she came home from school.
“I'm sorry about that.
The woman I was with is not my girlfriend or anything, she's just a senior at
work. She got drunk in my room and didn't wake up, so I just stayed with her
until morning.”
I'll also clear up any
misunderstandings.
“Oh, she’s not your......
girlfriend?”
“That's right. There's
no way a beautiful woman like that would be my girlfriend.”
If you look at her
looks alone, aside from her personality, Hosoya-san is at the top of the list
and I'm in the middle of the list at best. It's hard to keep a balance.
“It's not like that.
Onizuka-san is very nice and cool.”
Misa blushed, but
looked up at me and desperately pleaded.
“A-Ah, thank you.”
Misa-chan is really a
sweet girl to put up with my embarrassing behavior and still keep up with me.
I'm flattered, though.
“Is Shimizu-san......
your mother not back yet?”
“Yes, she is still
working. But I'm sure she'll be home soon.”
Misa opened her bag and
reached inside to get the key to the front door.
“I see. Well, don't
catch a cold, okay?”
“Okay. Thank you very
much.”
“Thanks for the oden.
See you later.”
“Okay.”
I waved lightly at Misa
and opened the door before she could unlock it and went inside--
“What? Hmm...”
--I was about to go in,
but Misa's confused voice made me stop.
I held the door open.
“Misa-chan, what's
wrong?”
I called out to her.
“Oh, no, I can't find
my keys.......”
“Did you accidentally
drop it?”"
“I don't know. I think
I might have. ...... What should I do?”
Misa looked troubled.
But there's nothing I
can do about it.
It was already dark,
and if she had dropped the key, it would be difficult to find it.
The only thing I can do
is to ask .......
“Do you want to wait at
my place until Shimizu-san comes back?”
That's all I can do.
“Eh ... is that
okay? I don't want to bother you....?”
“Not at all”
As long as Misa-chan
and Shimizu-san share my secret, they are already like my family.
“Come on”
I decided to let Misa
stay in my house for a while.
“I know you haven't had
dinner yet. Do you want to eat something?”
But all I have is the
oden I got this morning and the rice balls I just bought on my way home from
work.
“Ah, it's okay. I'll
eat with my mother when she comes home. Onizuka-san, please don't hesitate to
eat without me.”
“All right, excuse me.”
I took out four rice
balls from the plastic bag in front of her, and put them on the table.
I also put the oden
that Misa-chan gave me this morning on the table.
I quickly munched on a
rice ball with tuna mayo.
“Want to watch some TV?”
I manipulated the
remote control and started zapping.
But I couldn't find any
interesting programs, so I stopped at a news program.
“How are things going
with your exams? Are
you doing well?”
“Yes. I got an A on the
national mock exam the other day.”
“Wow, that's great.”
“Thank you very much.
And you know......”
I spent a relaxing
dinner time with Misa, who was happy to share with me how her grades had
improved.
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