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Five minutes later, I also reached the bakery.
"Welcome!"
The bartender's voice greeted me. I rarely go to coffee so being greeted like that makes me feel embarrassed.
I walked in and glanced around and saw the silhouette of a blonde girl wearing a costume that looked very personal. It's Yumi, she's wearing a pink wide-sleeve shirt with a mini skirt. I walked over and sat down.
"You came too late. This name."
I shook my head and smiled shyly.
"Sorry, I just melted."
I'm sitting across from her, it's been a long time since we've sat alone like that. Sitting so close, I found her very cute.
"Hey, don't you notice anything else on me after that?"
Suddenly Yumi asked me the question I was the worst at. Even though I knew there was something else, I didn't know how to describe it. I had to say big.
"Your hair is beautiful today."
After hearing that, she pursed her lips and grimaced.
"Leave it, I don't mind at all."
I don't know if I said anything wrong but she seemed angry. I was so hungry that I ordered a snack, while waiting for me to get to the point.
"You didn't call me out here just to ask if you had anything else, right?"
She started to shy and stammered.
"You... with Mitsuko noona... is something wrong?"
I'm still bewildered. I can't imagine what she wants to ask.
"What do you mean by this?"
She took a deep breath to gather her courage as if she was about to say something important.
"That lover... are you and Mitsuko noona lovers?"
The look on her face when she finished speaking seemed to have lifted all the burdens from her heart. I was a bit surprised by that question but still very straightforward to answer.
"No, we're not what you think."
This kind of question isn't the first time I've encountered it. Come to think of it, when I was in high school, the girls were also quite interested in me. However, because Mitsuko and I kept getting together at school all day and leaving together, some girls thought that Mitsuko and I were a couple, so they gave up. Only my close friends know because they asked before. She's the school's beauty queen, so quite a few guys are jealous of me for being with Mitsuko. That makes me feel really lucky. Honestly, at first I didn't pay much attention but people kept talking about it, so I realized.
"Okay, if you say so, then I believe you."
She is really strange. Yumi will only go to high school next year so she must have only heard rumors and thought badly of her. I don't know if she really believes me anymore.
"Here is your cake!" The voice of a beautiful waitress, her body smells so good.
"Hey, where are you looking?"
Damn, I accidentally looked and made that amused face so she noticed. I hope she doesn't think I'm a pervert or something.
"Ah... this... you can eat."
I had to distract her by eating this super delicious honey toast. I ate while thinking about the past. My past with Yumi, when I was four years old, Yumi's mother took her along to adopt me. She shyly hid behind her mother's feet and looked at me. At that time, I was very happy because I was about to receive love from my family
I raised my hand and smiled brightly to greet her.
"You're so lucky Ahito, you'll be living with your parents soon."
The babysitter's voice encouraged me not to be afraid. But at that time, I was really happy. I was very happy to be adopted by Yumi's mother, because I was abandoned since childhood, but also a little sad because I had to say goodbye to my friends here to move to a new place.
"Ahito, Ahito, what nonsense are you thinking again?"
Thinking about the past, I forgot that Yumi called me just now.
"It's not... it's not... it's just that I'm so happy to be living with you."
After hearing my words, her face turned red, her eyes did not dare to look at my face. The two hands are held together.
"Wha... how can you say such things, so cheesy."
She said it in a shy and timid tone. Do I really say cheesy? I think why say that.
"By the way, Ahito, are you telling the truth? Is it true that living with you is very happy?"
A question that I find too easy to answer.
"Of course! He tells the truth."
I remember, I was going to ask her about this but didn't have the courage.
"Why have you been avoiding me lately?"
She was a bit surprised and replied in a defiant manner towards me.
"You don't need to know. Leave me alone"
After all, what is she thinking? The mentality of a girl is so hard to understand, I still can't figure out why she changes her attitude so quickly.
Yumi and I sat there talking for two hours.
"Yumi-ah, be careful when you return home. I have to go to Watanabe-sensei's class too."
"Okay, you don't have to worry about me."
I said goodbye to her and took the car to Watanabe's house. It's still early so I'm sure she'll be fine.
I've arrived, but I still haven't seen Mitsuko. I take advantage of the dressing room first, usually in manga and anime I'm about to see the nude fairies.
I opened the door to the dressing room and only a few boys were inside. I forgot I was using the men's locker room.
"Okay guys, let's get started."
Today, he taught some basic lessons for newbies, but I've been practicing for a long time, then he left the corner. Teacher told me and Mitsuko to practice with wood people, and some senior brothers and teachers from other dojos came. Later, the teacher will let you fight.
After listening to it, I was overjoyed, it's been a long time since I've been able to fight. This time, it's really exciting to be a parent again.
"Ahito, that senior looks awful. Can you hit it?"
I looked around and finally saw him, that brother sitting in a corner with the other dojo brothers watching us practice. He must be twice my size, about twenty centimeters taller than me. Even though I'm 1m75 already.
That body is really big. But certainly not my opponent.
"No problem. I think I can win."
Finally, when the time came, my whole class moved to the sides and sat in a rectangle to watch me and him compete. Interesting, I hope he's a strong man.
"Okay, ask Ahito and Sato to come to the center."
I stood in the middle and waited for him. Then Sato also slowly stepped out. Judging from his serious expression, he seemed to really want to beat me. The teacher told the two of us to greet each other.
Everyone around was eagerly waiting for this showdown. The space began to quiet down from the moment he and I bowed to each other.
"Hey kid, you seem strong but I'll take you down in one hit."
I smirked scornfully at him. Let's see what you can do with such a big mouth.
I was still waiting to see how he would attack, and as soon as he thought about it, he lunged forward and kicked me on the left side of my face. His foot exerted a force that was weak and slow, and I gently lifted my hand to support it without moving. Chances are he's right-footed like me.