“Oh, uh, um, um..! Oh, yes, my name is David Kryner, and I, er-err… umm… *inhale* *exhale* I LIKE YOU!!!!”
The usual, again. That’s what I thought when I heard the words, and I sighed. 1
Someone falling in love at first sight of me often happened in my daily life. To be honest, it was annoying. Every single one of them judged me by my face and then fell in love with me on their own accord. What a nuisance! Occasionally, there were those who fell in love with my abilities but compared to those, these people were much more a pain in the arse. If you fall in love with someone just because of their face, what exactly do you know about them? I looked at this guy who just directly confessed to me as soon as we met…
Uh!
At first glance, I…
I felt nothing in particular.
It felt as if I had just received a jolt, but apparently, it was just my imagination.
Haa… In the end, it was the same as always… To be honest, I kind of despise someone who would fall in love at first sight like this.
I didn’t want to be disturbed, especially not at this precise moment. So, I shook off the hand that grabbed me.
As soon as I did that, the guy who confessed to me—was he Debby, or David? well, he left no impression on me but his name was something like that—opened his eyes wide.
“H-Hn…?”
“I’m sorry, but I can’t accept your feelings. Unfortunately, I’m already with someone else,” I said and turned to Urschel, who seemed to be in a state of shock for some reason.
Ah… Right, Urschel had never seen me being confessed like this before…
Tch, I showed him something unpleasant…
“Let’s go.”
“Huh?”
I took the still stunned Urschel’s hand and headed to the shop’s exit.
Then the guy who had confessed to me came up to us and tried to hold us back, “U-um, your name, just your name is okay! Tell me your name, and I’m fine from being friends!”
Oh, this guy is the type who would never give up as easily. This type was always troublesome… If I didn’t make it clear, they would persist to no end.
“You’re so obstinate! I have no name to tell to someone I have no interest in.”
“Wha?!”
“Can you please get out of the way?”
“Th-then, even just for a moment! Let’s go somewhere together…!”
“I won’t. I will never go with you. Don’t you see? I’ve got company.”
He looked at Urschel as if glaring at him. Urschel was startled and unconsciously grabbed my arm.
Haaaa… What a pain in the arse. Any further and he could even pose harm to Urschel.
“I’m done talking. Please…don’t make me any angrier than I am now.”
“…!”
The guy looked down in frustration, but immediately after, his head was raised; he dolefully looked up at me with tears welling up his eyes as if he was trying to plead with me. Alas, I had no reason to be nice to someone who easily got hooked by appearances alone.
…On top of that, rather than this guy I knew nothing about, the most important thing at this moment was Urschel.
I ignored him and left the shop with Urschel. I paid no heed to that guy who was stumped there over the fact that he was ignored just like that. I didn’t even look back and we stepped out of the shop quickly.
…Fortunately, he didn’t follow us. We walked for a while to get away from the shop.
When we got a long way off I apologised to Urschel, “Sorry, we got disturbed.”
“…No, it’s okay…” Urschel blinked and asked me nervously, “That, um… I know this is a weird question, but…”
“What is it?”
“The guy just now, didn’t you feel anything towards him?”
What did he mean by that? No, no way… Urschel couldn’t actually think that I was attracted to that thing? Absolutely not. There’s no way I could be attracted to that.
Sure, I didn’t know why I felt a momentary jolt, but it was just my imagination and that was it. Moreover… Was there even a chance that I—this I—could have my heart fluttered by anyone other than Urschel?!
“I have you, how can I ever feel anything for him.”
“M-me?!”
“I don’t know what misunderstanding you have, but I won’t ever fall for someone who confesses just by looking at my appearance. He’s different from you, and just why would I feel something for him rather than you?”
Geez, just what kind of misunderstanding did Urschel have of me? But well, I was also at fault for causing this misunderstanding.
Haaaa… Because of that bugger, I was tired already… Things were going so well today, and then he just had to mess things up.
When I looked at Urschel, I saw that he was slightly red. “Urschel? Something wrong? Your face is red.”
“Oh, no, um. It’s okay… I was just a little… Just that, I am glad that Theodore chose me.” He said and broke into a smile as if he was relieved.
Ah… This guy… Could he be…
But, no, how can something too good to be true really happen…
Somehow… Although I was not fully sure yet… but is Urschel…?
“Urschel… Do you—” I was about to say something, but Urschel interrupted me.
Then, he obviously tried to change the subject, “Oh yes! What’s that thing you’re bringing home? Can’t you just tell me already?”
“…Yeah.” I was interrupted, but I didn’t mind. I was indeed curious to know whether my guess was correct or not, but I could wait until later to confirm it.
Anyway, what was important now was Urschel.
I handed Urschel the box and said, “…I actually wanted to give this to you in style, but…”
“It’s okay.”
Urschel’s hand carefully opened the box. When he saw what was inside, his eyes lit up.
“It’s custard pudding!” Urschel rejoiced as he held the box. “Yay! It’s not easy to find custard pudding in Natcheil. Even when they do, it’s only imported custard pudding that’s tasty but not very sweet. I’m extremely happy! And because I haven’t had any recently, I’m super excited!!! Yay-yay!!”
Urschel was so over the moon that he was jumping up and down with the box. Thank goodness. He had recovered from his earlier melancholic mood.
“Thank you, Theodore!” Urschel hugged me. His face was all smiling.
“Yeah.” I thoughtlessly averted my eyes.
…Apparently, I had a weakness for Urschel’s smile…
“Theodore, let’s have this for dessert for dinner. Isn’t it nice?”
“…Yeah.”
Holding the box with care in his hands, Urschel walked away. The box was supposed to be cold because of the cooling magic on it, but he was so overwhelmed with joy that he didn’t care.
“Hey, we’ve still got time before dinner, so let’s take a long way around and walk back to the carriage,” Urschel suggested.
“I agree. It’s not always that we come to Natcheil.”
There was a bit of a wet blanket back then, but today was a success in the end. The best thing was that Urschel was smiling.
“‘Theodore, let’s go to the main street. There are shops there.”
“Yeah, I’d like to buy something for the occasion too.”
The two of us together went from the street lined with merchants’ shops to the bustling main street.
…And both of us had already forgotten all about the guy from earlier.
chocolala: A way to please Urschel and let him forget anything else, give him custard pudding.