The GW and the Part-time Job and the Ojou-sama (3)
âIsnât this kawaii?â
Yesterday, I received 12,000 yen for my 10 days of working part-time.
Currently, along with Subaru, Iâm shopping for cute clothing to give to Mitsuki as a present. I donât know much about fashion, plus I also had tons of things to ask Subaru. By that, I meant the matter with Madoka and Ikuto.
âIsnât that too sexy? Mitsuki canât wear something like that.â
Subaru held a pink frilly bare-back one-piece in her hands.
If Mitsukiâs back is bared like this, strange bugs will gather around her. Mitsukiâs skin is tender, white and glossy. Itâll definitely become dangerous if itâs showed to those wild animals. Rejected.
âChotto~, Mako, arenât you over-protective?â
âThis isnât being over-protective. Mitsuki is really cute.â
âYouâve completely become siscon, huh.â
Iâm siscon. Yes, Iâm a siscon. Is it bad to be siscon?
Because Mitsuki has a short stature and is delicate, wonât a somewhat loose summer knit and short pants suit her? A feminine one-piece might work too.
I grabbed a brightly-coloured checkered one-piece. The orange checkered pattern looks nice but occasionally a more serene blue would be good too.
Because Mitsuki is so remarkably cute and looks good in whatever she wears, I was unable to make a decision.
With a âkyah kyahâ and  âufufuâ, Mitsuki did a fashion show in my head.
Clad in the orange checkered one-piece, with her large, watery eyes, Mitsuki looked at me with upturned eyes. Even the way her cheeks are flushed with embarrassment is kawaii.
âMako-chan, does this look good?â
Good. Itâs terrifically good.
With my palm, I restrained my mouth that involuntarily broke into a smile.
âOi, oi, earth to Mako. Ah, this girlâs no good. I must quickly do something about this.â
Subaruâs exasperated voice brought me back to reality.
âIâve decided. Itâll be this orange one-piece.â
âIsnât that fine? It seems like itâll suit Mitsuki.â
The checkered one-piece is about 6000 yen, so I have about enough to buy something else. Maybe I could get shoes or something?
I never liked choosing clothes for myself even from the time when I was female. But choosing clothes for Mitsuki is enjoyable to death.
For now Iâll just purchase the clothing. While acting pleased with my choice, I returned to Subaruâs side. I donât know how happy a face I had on but Subaru gave me a look that seemed like it said, âthereâs no cure for this girlâ.
For the time being, since I bought what I wanted to buy, I decided to have lunch.
And it was naturally at the usual family restaurant. Iâm already acquainted with the shop assistant here and we get along well enough to exchange a nod now.
âSo? You met Madoka and Ikuto, rightăź. How did it go?â
Pushed by the momentum of Subaru who delved right into the main subject right after sitting down, I expressed the uneasiness Iâve been feeling all along.
âYou know how Mitsuki joined the Swimming Club? Iâm worried that Madoka will bully her.â
It seems that Mitsuki had endeavored in Swimming Club activities throughout the entire Golden Week.
Onii-chan is also happy as Mitsuki seems to be enjoying herself a lot in the Swimming Club. However. Itâs a different matter if joining the Swimming Club makes her a target of Madokaâs bullying.
âThe flag shouldnât be raised just by joining the Swimming Club, but, since even Ikuto appeared, that means something is going on~. Ma, technically thereâs still other rival characters so be careful.â
âYou mean thereâs more?â
âI donât know whether theyâll appear or not though. Ma, Madokaâs from Yasuchikaâs routeăź. There are different rivals for Soutarouâs, Kanameâs, the Princeâs and senseiâs routes.â
Having decided her order, Subaru called the shop assistant over.
I asked for a tonkatsu while Subaru ordered a shrimp au gratin.
âMa, my character is technically the rival character for Yurino Tamakiâs route.â
âWhy did you create something like rival charactersâŚâŚâ
âItâs only when thereâs rivals that thereâs moeâŚâŚ that thereâs moe! Besides, Madoka is actually a good child, you know. That girl is carrying various burdens on her shoulders.â
I listened to Subaru while sipping cocoa.
Sure, Madoka being Madoka, she might be carrying various burdens, but all the same I wonât forgive her if she intends to harm Mitsuki.
While it wasnât that she had done something yet, but I faintly felt some anxiousness when I think that itâs the calm before the storm now.
âAre? Isnât it Mako-chan! Suba-chanâs here tooăźâ
At the same time when the shop assistant brought us the tonkatsu and shrimp au gratin, I heard a familiar voice.
This voice and energy, it must be Kaname. And naturally Soutarou was beside him.
Surprised, Soutarouâs face became dyed with red and while exuding flowers and mysterious sparkles, he looked at me.
âOh, Kaname, Soutarou. Back from club activities?â
Kaname sat besides Subaru while Soutarou sat beside me.
Soutarou was wearing the white Izumino Gakuen Basketball Club jersey with blue lines. Kaname wore the unfashionable russet jersey and had a bag which contained a shinai[1] sleeve and protectors swung over his shoulder. Did he help out the Kendo Club this time?
To be able to do even kendo, Kaname, arenât you too high-specâŚâŚ
âYup. I went for the Basketball Clubâs practice match and Kana was helping out the Kendo Club.â
âSo Kaname knows even kendo. Thatâs amazing.â
âWell, about there. For martial arts-types I can do kendo and archery[2], and a bit of karate.â
Kendo, archery, karate and the Basketball Club, the other day he also helped out the Boysâ Lacrosse Club.
What a frightening guy, Fujisaki Kaname. Undoubtedly Kaname is the most high-specs character from Renai Kakumei Revolution, huh.
âAre Makoto and Yurino-san hanging out?â
âIs it a date~?â
With a broad grin, Kaname poked fun at us.
Even though I already said before that I donât have such a relationship with Subaru, this guy completely didnât understand, huh.
âThatâs right~. Ne, Makoto-kun.â
Subaruâs evil side surfaced, she looked at me with an inclined head and spoke in a high-pitched voice.
Geez, what âMakoto-kunâ. Sheâs never called my name that way before.
âThatâs not it. We went shopping for clothes. I wanted to get a present for Mitsuki.â
âSo thatâs it. I thought you betrayed the Singles Alliance~â
âSingles Alliance?â
Soutarou who opened the menu and was in the midst of deciding what to eat raised his head.
âThe Singles Alliance that Mako-chan, Souta and I are in!â
With a devious wink, he raised his voice and loudly declared.
What a disturbing alliance.
But it doesnât really matter since Iâve no intention of having a girlfriend or boyfriend in this world.
âWhat are you having, Soutarou?â
I quickly ignored the noisy Kaname and asked Soutarou.
Kaname was kicking up a fuss, saying âhow mean, how meanâ just a while ago but in the blink of an eye he begun chatting happily with Subaru, I guess itâs okay to ignore him.
âA, un. The tonkatsu Makoâs eating looks yummy but I feel like eating hamburger too, so Iâm at a loss.â
âJa, you can have half of my tonkatsu. I want to have desserts later anyway.â
If I remember correctly, thereâs a Spring-limited strawberry fair going on now.
As I was planning to have strawberry parfait and strawberry gelato, itâd be just nice if Soutarou would eat half of my tonkatsu.
âJa, Iâll have half then.â
âAh, please do so. Â Then, I can order the strawberry parfait and strawberry gelato. Soutarou, please eat half of this.â
âOkay. Makoto sure likes sweet things.â
Feeling a hot gaze on me, I lifted my head only to find Subaru looking in my direction while giving a thumbs-up.
Itâs the face Subaru makes when sheâs reading BL doujinshi. Itâs the face she makes when thereâs âkyun kyunâ moments in BL games.
I gave her a glare full of admonition. However, she wonât stop blushing. For some unknown reason, Kaname who was sitting beside her was also grinning. Did he also become rotten? Maybe heâs the same species as Subaru. Or is this some kind of joke?
Itâs no good, I donât understand. I donât understand the high school boys nowadays.
Gloomily, I stuffed my cheeks with tonkatsu. The batter is crispy and itâs delicious.
At this point, Soutarouâs fingertip brushed against the side of my lips. Looking at Soutarou, he was smiling and gazing at me with the warmth of a onii-chan.
âMou, Mako, thereâs sauce on you.â
âA, ah, there isâŚâŚâ
Just as I was about to thank him, my eyes met with Subaruâs and a fidgety feeling rose within me.
Waăź, what a pretty smile. Her head is probably filled with repulsive delusions though.
But when Soutarou turned to look at Subaru, her face quickly changed into that of a perfect beautyâs so Soutarou was completely unaware of what happened.
Soutarou called the shop assistant over and made his orders.
âHeyăź, come to think of ităź, is Mako-chan and Suba-chan free tomorrow?â
âMy schedule is open but is there something going on tomorrow?â
âAh, tomorrow, thereâs a basketball practice match at Touka University. Ma, itâs just for fun, but Kana and I will be playing tomorrowâŚâŚâ
Soutarou tried to explain to us with utmost effort. But I only had one possible answer.
âSorry, I canât.â
âEh?â
âI have plans tomorrow.â
Soutarou gave me a blank look.
But I canât go near Touka University. That Madoka is a student of Touka University. Madokaâs hospitalised so she wonât be at Touka University but I donât want to take any chances.
âEh~! Just a moment ago you said you were free!â
âSomething urgent came up. I canât go to Touka.â
âI seeâŚâŚ I thought Mako would come to support usâŚâŚâ
I could hear the âkyuu~â lonely cry of a dog beside me.
I definitely canât look at him. If I see the cunning upturned eyes of the lonely Soutarou, Iâll definitely end up going to the practice match at Touka University to support them.
âNe, Makoto, you really canât come no matter what?â
With a âgyuuâ, he grasped the hem of my clothes.
The atmosphere had become one where I must look at him, so when I timidly looked over, as expected, or should I say, as I thought, there was a sly dog. With his dog ears and tail, his eyebrows in a ă shape, he fixedly looked at me with upturned eyes.
Am I the only one who can hear these âku~un, ku~unâ cries?
âUuâŚâŚ.â
I really shouldnât have looked.
Is this sly face and behaviour really not done intentionally?
Isnât he making this face because he knows I canât reject him if he does it?
âMako?â
The next moment, words spilled from my mouth before I could stop them.
âIâll go.â
âReally? Iâm happy, Mako. Thank you.â
Soutarouâs dog ears stood up with a âpinttoâ and his tail waved so much as though it could fall 1000 men.