We entered the restaurant and talked for a bit. Akari-chan is sitting on my left while Takuya is sitting in front of me. Children’s lunch with flags depicting the characters of this amusement park were served.
Our sitting arrangement this time was Mei on my right and Akari-chan on my left. Takuya was seated in front and their mother and Iori-chan were seated beside him. As they started eating while we were watching over them, their mother called out to me.
「Amane-kun, how was your morning? Did you have fun?」
「Thanks to you, I had a great time.」
「Is that so? I’m glad to hear that.」
Suddenly, my left hand was being pulled. Akari-chan, whose cheeks are puffed, looked dissatisfied.
「I’m sorry. Because of the height limit, Akari can go to a lot of attractions. Takuya, on the other hand, doesn't want to go to those attractions where she can go. She said she wanted to go with oniichan instead.」
「Oh, I see. Then, this afternoon, I’ll go around with Akari-chan.」
「If you’ll go with her, you won’t be able to do a lot of things, is that okay?」
「I feel like I’ve already ridden all the coasters so I wanted to spend the afternoon relaxing. I wouldn’t mind taking care of her. What do you want to ride, Akari-chan?」
「Ehto, the, merry go round.」
Akari-chan chewed the food in her mouth well before swallowing it and showed a slight sign of trouble before saying so.
Is this part of the Hirose family education? She would not talk when she had something on her mouth. Shinozaki and Yuna talk without minding whether they have something in their mouth or not. I’ll tell Akari-chan to never imitate them.
「Then, the first thing we’ll do after eating is go to the merry go round.」
「Okay!」
Akari-chan stopped eating and stuck to my arm.
「I already noticed it when Amane-kun came to our house but, she really like you.」
「Hahaha」
「We can’t just leave her to Souta so I’ll go with them.」
Mei grabbed the sleeve of my right arm as she barged into my conversation with her mother and Akari-chan.
「That’s fine but, are you sure you don’t want to go on a coaster ride or something?」
「I can’t ride anymore. I’ve probably ridden enough coasters for a year.」
If that’s for a year, it’s less than I thought. I thought she’s someone who loves to ride coasters a lot. Since she said so, I guess it will be the three of us who’ll go around.
「Eh? Oneechan and Amane-san would no longer ride?」
「Ara, Iori didn’t have enough fun yet?」
「Yeah.」
「Then, this afternoon, the three of us will ride roller coasters.」
Thus, it was decided that we will split up and go around this afternoon according to our seating arrangement. Everyone seemed to be satisfied aside from Takuya-kun because he couldn’t go with us. Maa, he’s still eating silently.
I guess I should make up with Takuya-kun and play with him next time.
「Thank you for waiting.」
When our schedule for the afternoon was decided, our food arrived.
Mother and Mei had meat sauce while Iori and I had carbonara. The reason why everyone had pasta was because the rest of the menu was too subtle. Well, it’s not a full fledged restaurant. It’s an amusement park so it can’t be helped.
After I clasped my hands together, I started eating.
「Compared to the place Souta took me last Golden Week, the food in this amusement park is normal.」
I was surprised by Mei’s comment. I’m comparing the pasta here to that coffee shop too but I didn’t expect Mei to be doing the same.
「Yeah, cooking it the usual way won’t make it taste like the pasta of that coffee shop. I’ve been trying to cook it the way they do but I still can’t figure out how to do so.」
「Well, pasta is that store’s specialty so it’s normal for it to be hard to copy.」
「Oh, are you two talking about your date?」
「Hey, mother.」
Mother seemed to be enjoying looking at Mei’s blushing face.
「What? I only want to hear about my daughter’s love life.」
「Iori said that she’s worried that the person she likes asked her to go to the summer festival.」
「W-wha, oneechan」
Iori-chan suddenly stopped eating after her elder sister publicized what she had just consulted.
「Ara ara, is that so? Maybe we can talk about that later. Iori is different from Mei so you hardly talk to me about things like that.」
「Mother….」
The conversation bounced from us to Iori-chan. Their conversation started to heat up but Takuya-kun, who’s between the two of them, looked confused.
I mean, Takuya-kun seems to be having a hard time. If you grow up and became aware conscious of the opposite sex, you’ll likely encounter what’s happening now.
While I was thinking about that, Mei, Iori-chan, and mother continued talking. I took care of Akari-chan which made Takuya-kun look envious. I’m sorry Takuya-kun, I don’t have the courage to intervene in the conversation of those three.