The Cheeky Junior Gal Becomes Too Cute When She Gets Attached to Me-Chapter 5Volume 1 .4 - Date with Junior Gal
Date with Junior Gal
“Hehehe.”
As I tried to move on and leave her be, Monaka couldn’t contain herself and burst out laughing.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing~? I was just happy~”
“Happy?”
Monaka giggled and lightly clung to my arm. Really lightly.
A sweet scent wafted around us. Sweeter than that, Monaka whispered,
“I was anxious too. I kept wondering if Senpai was having fun~, so… realizing that you felt the same way by thinking the other person made me happy.”
“Is that so…”
“Yeah!”
I couldn’t come up with anything clever to say to Monaka, who was nodding with a grin.
Monaka let go of me and stretched with her hands reaching high above her head.
“But, you know, I got bored too.”
“Hey.”
“Because someone said I can’t leave it in the Student Council room. So there’s nothing for me to buy!”
“So the interior of the Student Council room was your goal…”
The atmosphere would likely turn fancy if I left it up to Monaka. She’s been glancing at strange ornaments since a while ago.
The Student Council room is best when it’s plain to the point of being stark.
You want to go home sooner that way.
“Did you have lunch?”
“No. I just had something light around ten.”
“Me too! I’m hungry, let’s eat something.”
Monaka rubbed her stomach and headed towards the store’s exit.
As the automatic doors saw us off, we stepped outside.
“What do you want to eat? What? Cake? Can’t be helped, huh?”
“Who are you talking to?”
“Because Senpai absolutely wants to eat cake, I’m reluctantly keeping Senpai company.”
“Okay, if Monaka wants to eat it, that’s fine by me.”
“It’s not me. It’s Senpai who wants to eat it.”
She says that, but Monaka’s feet are confidently heading somewhere without hesitation.
She doesn’t seem to want to say that she’s the one who wants to eat cake… I don’t quite get it.
Walking side by side like this, I start to feel a strange sense of feeling.
We were completely unrelated to each other until just the other day.
Just a junior whose face I knew.
As for Monaka, she probably didn’t even know who I was.
And yet, as we walk together looking friendly, I wonder if we appear to be lovers to those who see us.
“Oh, Senpai has spotted a shop that looks good!”
“Indeed, it does seem like Monaka’s type of place.”
“What’s that? You’ll die if you don’t eat the cake here right now? Geez, you’re too cute.”
“The most annoying ever…”
Monaka put her hand to her ear while making an extremely irritated face.
Remaining in that posture, she looked at me with eyes that seemed to expect something.
If she were a dog, she’d probably be wagging her tail vigorously right now.
“…Want to eat cake?”
“See, you do want to eat it. Just be honest about it.”
“I guess Monaka just wants coffee.”
“Yeah, yeah! I want some too!”
Since she seemed reluctant to enter on her own, I went into the shop first.
It was the kind of cake shop where you could also eat on the place.
As soon as we entered, a showcase filled with colorful cakes greeted us.
Each one was relatively small, making them easy to eat even for one person.
There were a few customers lined up at the cash register, but a quick glance showed that there were seats available, and the wait didn’t seem too long.
“Wow~”
Monaka dashed towards the showcase with such force it looked like she might crash into it, then pressed her face close to the glass.
She stared at the cakes so intently that I wondered if she even needed to eat them at all.
“Which one should I choose~”
“I’ll go with this raspberry one.”
“That was quick.”
I pointed decisively at something called a framboise mousse.
Monaka turned around in surprise.
“Won’t you regret it…?”
Monaka’s voice trembled as if it were something impossible.
“I know what I like, so there’s no need to hesitate. If I always choose the same thing, it saves time, and I will never pick a dud.”
“You could just say you like raspberries instead of being so indirect.”
“To put it simply, I really like them.”
Also, I’m not too fond of whipped cream, so I naturally gravitate towards fruit-based options.
Among them, berry varieties are almost always a safe bet, so I make a quick decision if they’re available. I prefer them not too sweet.
“Hey, will I like it too?”
“Choose quickly.”
“Eh~, I can’t decide~. Which is better, Mont Blanc or cheesecake?”
“Why not have both?”
“That’s like something the Grim Reaper would suggest.”
“That makes no sense.”
“It’s like an upgrade from a demon! Wow, this roll cake is also hard to pass up…”
Monaka pondered seriously with a thoughtful “hmm.”
I had already made up my mind a while ago, but watching Monaka agonize over her choice turned out to be a surprisingly fun time.
“Well, I guess you can always try the others next time we come?”
As more customers started to arrive, I suggested this to Monaka.
Monaka looked up at me with a blank expression.
She then stared with wide eyes for a while but eventually broke into a wide smile and stepped away from the display case.
“…I’ve decided. Let’s go to the register.”
“That was a sudden decision.”
“Well, you’ll come with me again, won’t you, Senpai?”
“…If there’s a chance, sure.”
“Stay with me until we’ve tried them all~”
It was soon our turn at the cashier, and Monaka briskly placed her order.
I paid for it, and we received our tray with cakes and tea.
On Monaka’s tray was a fruit tart.
“Not the Mont Blanc? Are you sure that’s okay?”
As we sat down facing each other at a round table, I asked her about something that had been on my mind.
“Yeah! This looked delicious too, and…”
“And?”
“I wanted to eat it with you.”
Monaka took a picture with her smartphone before taking a bite of her cake.
She hummed in delight, holding her cheek.
“It’s delicious. Do you like fruit tarts?”
“…Yeah. I quite like them.”
“That’s great~. Here, have a bite.”
Monaka pushed her plate slightly toward me.
I reached out with my fork in hand.
It tasted somehow sweeter than usual.
“That’s really good.”
“Right? Now, I’ll take a bite too.”
As if she had been waiting for this moment, Monaka cut a piece from my cake.
“Hey, you’re taking about half of it!”
“I didn’t want to take so much… but the cake told me it wanted to be eaten by me more than by you…”
“You planned this from the start, didn’t you…?”
“Ehehe. It looked so delicious after all.”
Monaka giggled mischievously, transferring about half of the mousse onto her own plate.
Seriously, she’s relentless and leaves no room for error. And since I already accepted a bite from her, it’s hard to complain.
Caught in her little scheme, I started to eat the remaining mousse.
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“Mmm, that was super delicious~”
Monaka stretched with a beaming smile as we left the shop.
A beauty like her loudly expressing her thoughts would undoubtedly have an incredible promotional effect on the store.
“Senpai, thank you for the meal!”
“Yeah.”
Monaka bowed her head lightly and cheerfully said,
“I’m full now.”
“Well, you did eat about one and a half cakes.”
“The cake was tempting me…”
It seems she had long forgotten the pretense that she was eating it reluctantly because the cake wanted to.
Monaka looked thoroughly satisfied after indulging in the cake.
“Where should we go next?”
“You mentioned earlier that you wanted to buy something, right?”
“Huh? A souvenir of our date?”
I’m the type who thinks it’s better not to have unnecessary things, so I usually only buy perishables as souvenirs.
But I can understand the desire to keep something as a memory.
That’s why I felt bad for bluntly refusing her earlier.
“It doesn’t have to be something for the Student Council. If it’s something personal, I’m okay with buying it.”
I told Monaka, who was looking at me expectantly.
“Really?”
“As long as it’s cheap.”
“Then-then, how about accessories?”
“I won’t wear them, but if it’s for Monaka…”
“Yay! I want Senpai to choose for me!”
She beamed a smile at me, her voice bubbling with excitement as she snuggled up close to me.
Even though it was already evening, Monaka’s spirits were the highest they’d been all day.
As if she thought I’d change my mind if we didn’t hurry, she tugged at the hem of my clothes, urging me to move faster.
She darted through the crowd in a light jog, even though I had no intention of running away.
“Hey, Senpai?”
“Hmm?”
Monaka suddenly turned around and looked at me.
Her lips, shiny with gloss, seemed about to say something but then quickly pressed together.
She gave a mischievous smile to cover up, then opened her lips again.
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“This date is fun.”
“…I guess so.”
“You’re going to fall for me, aren’t you?”
“That’s not going to happen.”
“Ehh~”
Is it really okay to have this much fun? I wondered.
By the time I finished selecting accessories and boarded the train home, the sky had completely darkened.
