Side Story 2 | Christmas | The Date Currently

Time flies, and Christmas Day arrived.

I had a strange feeling that I wanted Christmas to come soon, but I didn’t want it to come yet.

I was excited and looking forward to it, but I was also scared.

It would be impossible not to be nervous on a first date. I had been looking forward to this day, but I was still scared of the unknown date.

The appointment was scheduled for 13:00. The meeting place is the usual place inside the station.

I walk from my house to the station.

The walk usually feels long, but today it passes by in a blink of an eye. I am almost at the station.

I took a deep breath to suppress my racing heart.

I’ll be all right.

I realized that she was already right in front of me.

“Long time no see…”

Her voice rose slightly. I thought I’d messed up, but she didn’t seem to mind.

“It’s been a while. What plans do you have for today?”

“I’ve been thinking about it a lot, but I thought it would be better to decide together with Hayami.”

I unintentionally answered on reflex, but this was not the way to do it. In a dating plan, I saw yesterday that would never get me rejected, it said to first and foremost compliment her on her outfit. Okay, I have to compliment her…

“Well, let’s go to the city for now.”

“Uh-huh.”

We wait for the train to go to the city.

There was no conversation between us.

Hayami is too cute!

Everything is too good to be true, so what can I praise her for?

White tapered pants. White sweater.

She doesn’t look like a high school freshman with a beige coat on top of that. She is too mature and too cute.

But I can’t stay like this forever.

I don’t want to be thought of as a boyfriend who can’t even compliment her outfit.

Okay, I’ll say it.

I glance at her standing next to me, waiting for the train together.

I take a deep breath to calm myself down.

“”Umm, That…””

I did it. I was covered by it.

“I’m sorry. You can go first, Akamatsu-kun.”

“No, it’s just that…”

She stares at me. Her eyes are expectant as if she is anticipating something. I am so embarrassed that I end up touching my head.

“Today’s Hayami-san is so cute. Your clothes look good on you.”

Okay, I said it. I can’t look at my face in the mirror right now. It’s definitely super red. I don’t need to see it. My whole face, no, my whole body is on fire. I am really embarrassed. I shouldn’t have said anything. I thought so when I saw Ms. Hayami’s expression not moving even a twitch. I thought so, but…

If I had to make a sound effect, it would be pop. Her cheeks turned vermilion. It wasn’t just me, she was embarrassed too.

“Thank you. That…Akamatsu-kun is …… really cool too, you know?”

I found myself feeling my face getting hotter than ever.`

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TLN: This is the last chapter on kakuyomu. It seems like this i the last chapter, but I’ll keep checking for possible updates from the author.

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