Volume 1 - CH 2.1

Cooking Class with Shimizu-san 1

“Let’s start talking about love again today.”

As soon as I took my seat in the morning, Toshiya approached me and said to me.

“Toshiya, don’t you have morning practice with the soccer team?”

“It’s already done.”

“Are we going to talk about love again? “

“I still have a lot to ask you.”

“It’s fine, but do you really still have a lot of things to ask me? “

“Of course. I’ll tell you about me too, please.”

Toshiya puts his hands together in front of his face. Toshiya already told me who he likes, so I don’t have any more questions for him. I do my usual habit of checking our surroundings. It seems that no one is listening to us. I am a little concerned that Shimizu-san is already sitting next to me, but I don’t think she is listening since she is wearing earphones and fiddling with her phone.

“Well, whatever. So what do you want to ask me today? “

“I already know that the type of girl Daiki likes is a neat girl. This time I want to ask you what you want her to do.”

“What do I want her to do? “

“Yes, that’s right. A healthy boy would want a girl he likes to do one or two things for him, wouldn’t he? “

“Is that so?”

To be honest, it doesn’t really ring a bell. 

“That’s how it is. Today we’re going to let Daiki’s desires be exposed.”

Toshiya’s face is covered with a smile that could best be described as a grin.

“How to say this, I don’t know what kind of answer you’re trying to get.”

“Don’t make that face. Well, I guess we’re going nowhere, so I’ll talk first. What I want her to do for me is to cheer for me at soccer games! Isn’t it a dream for guys in the sports club to have their favorite girl cheer for them? “

“I can understand that a little bit.”

I can certainly understand the feeling of wanting to be cheered on by a girl you like when you’re working hard, even though I’m not in the sports club.

“I’m glad you understand. I want you to think about what you want the girl you like to do for you like this.”

“Okay. Give me a moment to think about it.”

“Okay. There’s still time for homeroom, so take your time.”

My crush is doing something for me… I’m trying to think, but I can’t think of anything.

“Hmm. I can’t think of anything.”

“Selfless? Don’t you have anything you’d like her to do for you? “

It’s not that I don’t have any particular desires, but I can’t think of anything that would make me go out of my way and ask someone I like to do it for me.

“I have something I’d like Teruno to do for me, though.”

“There’s no point in saying what you want your little sister to do. Gee, you’re still the same as ever with Teruno-chan.”

“I want her to help me with my chores, even if it’s just a little.”

“You sound more like a mom rather than a brother…”

I have a younger sister named Teruno who is in the third grade of junior high school. Since both of our parents work and don’t come home until late, I do all the housework such as cooking dinner on weekdays, and Teruno is not very willing to help me. We get along well as siblings since we always play games and watch anime together, so I think it’s just because she’s too lazy to do the housework.

“Ah!”

Thinking about such a lazy sister, I thought of the answer to the question I was asked earlier.

“What’s wrong? “

“I have something I want her to do.”

“Oh?! What’s that? “

“一一I want her to cook together with me.”

As soon as I said that, out of the corner of my eye, I saw Shimizu-san’s finger on her phone stopped for some reason.

“Isn’t that what you want Teruno-chan to do for you? “

Toshiya looked at me with a puzzled look on his face.

“True, I do want Teruno to help me cook because I usually cook dinner by myself, but I also thought it’d be nice to cook with someone I liked.”

Since I cook dinner by myself on weekdays and my parents only cook for us on weekends, I rarely have a chance to cook with someone. So, sometimes I wanted to cook with someone.

“I see. I remember that in our previous love talk, you said that you wanted to do something together with the girl you like. So, from Daiki’s point of view, you like a girl who can cook.”

“I guess so.”

Even if she’s not very good at cooking, I’d be happy if she simply cooks with me.

“Is there something you want to cook together?”

“I haven’t really thought that far ahead, but if I were to cook with her, it would probably be a regular home-cooked meal.”

If I have someone to help me, I’d like to have fun cooking, so I think I’d rather cook something I’m used to.

“Something like curry or hamburger steak?”

“Yeah, something like that. “

“Mm-hmm. That’s good. The fantasy is getting more concrete.”

For some reason, Toshiya seems to be happy to hear what I say. I look over at Shimizu-san, who is suddenly tapping her phone quickly. I wonder if she is playing some kind of rhythm music game?