CH 52

Supporting High School Student Selecting Clothes

“Hey, Reika. I want to buy short-sleeve clothes but which color should I go with?”

“Let’s see…….Akira-chan has a bright personality so I think that going with a subdued color like brown would be nice you know.”

“I see! I remember the summer fashion magazine said that tamed color ones are nice too!”

Ichinose-san is picking out some clothes as she asks Eihashi-san for advice. 90 percent of my clothes are from the shootings so I think that it is kinda amazing to be able to pick your own clothes like this.

By the way, if I recall correctly, the model featured in the last summer fashion issue was Suzuka. I still remember because she sent me a picture asking for my opinion.

After that, she sent me a bunch of pictures to help her choose which one she should post on her social media and we ended up settling with a long white skirt.

“Ah, if it’s brown then the clothes might turn darker when you get sweaty so let’s buy a jacket too. It should help with the sunburn and you might want to wear it in an air-conditioned room too.”

“Yeah! I run for the track and field club so I get sweaty a lot. Maybe I’ve been seen with the stains before? Ok, which one should I pick……”

Ichinose-san belongs to the track and field club so she probably sweats a lot. Even without that, our country can turn really hot and humid in summer so you can get sweaty if you go from a cool to a hot place.

If she wants to hide those sweat stains then……

“Wearing a vest on top of a blouse should do the trick right? It goes well with skirts and trousers too so you really don’t have to worry about the sweat.”

“Umm……..”

When I said that, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at me for some reason. This silence is real uncomfortable though……

“Hey, Seiya, aren’t you quite familiar with this?”

“Eh? With what?”

“Well, I mean……blouse and vest, these fancy words, I only know about jeans and hoodies you know…….”

“Is that right?”

To be so unfamiliar with the type of clothes, Masato is probably the type that lets the clerk help picking clothes out for him or he just simply buys what’s on the display immediately.

Masato doesn’t look bad, his height and body shape are pretty standard so I guess he’s the type that looks good on whatever the store has on display after all.

Well, since we models have our images taken to make it seem like anyone can look like us, in a sense, this might be something that he can even be proud of though.

“I guess I am a little surprised too? Ah, it’s not that I’m surprised that you know the type of clothes you see! It’s just surprising because the clothes you wore to the library last time were so mismatch and what you wear today are very safe so I didn’t think that you would be so familiar with fashion……”

“For me, I was only surprised because you know so much about women’s fashion. After all, I thought that cute style and cool style are completely different things………”

I thought that the clothes I wore to the library last time were strange too but since Masato was the only one who commented on that, I didn’t know that they think of me that way………….

Today I thought that I would just go with whatever suits my mood so it wouldn’t be wrong to describe it as a safe choice. Also, there’s a reason I am familiar with women’s fashion.

“Back in my hometown, my little sister often asked me to help her pick her clothes, you see. If anyone had to repeat that so many times, it’s natural that they would get familiar with it…….Well, she usually went with the one I didn’t pick though……..”

“…….I’ve never been invited to go shopping with my sister before you know. You were on pretty good terms with your sister huh.”

“I guess so……….at least I don’t think that I am disliked I guess?”

I think that the relationship I have with my sister is pretty good actually. She always came over to ask me to help with her homework and she never treated me badly too.

“Then I will try on Reika’s and Hiura-kun’s suggestions now okay! Ah, that’s right! Why don’t Reika ask Hiura-kun for some suggestions too? You told me that you always picked your own clothes so it’s a nice change of pace right?”

“F. for me?” Th, that would trouble Hiura-kun so……”

“Nn? Just picking some outfits out is nothing at all you know? Well, I can’t guarantee that you would like it so you don’t have to buy the ones I pick okay.”

It might be fun to pick something out for Eihashi-san. I’m clueless when it comes to my own clothes but I think that I am good at choosing them for others.

“See, Hiura-kun already agreed so let him pick something out for you! I can’t do it well so using this chance to have a friend pick something for you is nice right?”

“Having a friend choosing something for me…….Y, yes. But, uhh…….I don’t mind about the price so can you please pick out a set for me……?”

“Alright, wait a minute.”

I walk into the women’s clothing corner. Thanks to the fact that both men and women share the same department in this store, I don’t have to enter the lingerie section.

What Eihashi-san has that stood out from others is her pretty image and long hair. I feel that the clothes she is wearing today are leaning more to the cute side so I will find some combination that would give her a more mature look.

“Alright, I’m done.”

“OHH! That was fast, Hiura-kun!”

“I already have an image in mind after all. So, how about yours Ichinose-san?”

It was Ichinose-san who raised her voice first when I came back but she should have time to try out the thing she picked earlier.

“I like them both so I bought them all! See! …….by the way, what kind of image did you have in mind?”

“Is it alright to buy them so casually like that……….. never mind, ahh, image huh. Eihashi-san’s clothes today are very cute right? She also wore something cute at the study session at the library too, so I think that she looks good in cute clothes but I think that something a little more mature would look good on her too…….eh, Eihashi-san?”

“Ah, eh, YES! Pl, please continue!”

Eihashi-san started spacing out for some reason when I described her image. The other two are looking at me strangely too but I thought nothing of it and continued.

“Well, Eihashi-san usually has a cute image but this time I picked out something that feels a little more mature. There’s a tank-top with subdued color and a blouse to wear over it. Also, I chose denim pants instead of a skirt for the set. What do you think?”

“…….I will take them.”

“Ha? Eh, don’t you want to try them on first?”

“It, it’s fine! It suits me so I will buy it!”

“Wait, let’s calm down a little bit here! I know that the offense earlier was too strong, you are already shaking too……..Ok, for now, let’s try it on first alright, you can decide to buy it later!”

Ichinose-san is talking about offense and shaking so I’m clueless over here but maybe Eihashi-san is particular about cute clothes?

Is she confused because I want her to try more mature clothes?

After a while, Ichinose-san forced her to take a deep breath and it seems that she managed to settle down.

“I, I will go try it on now…….!”

“Yeah.”

“Hey, Ichinose-san. This guy is real bad news right……”

“I’ve never seen anyone who can say that so naturally…….also, Reika got super flustered too…..”

Ichinose-san and Masato started whispering something to each other.

“What are you guys talking about?”

“Ahh, just something about a super-dense guy I guess?”

“In light novels? Come to think of it, I have to check for new issues soon……..”

“I think that you got the wrong idea but let’s leave it at that.”