CH 140

I was thinking that Shi-chan’s bento today was the best ever, and I was filled with happiness as I worked hard at my part-time job today as well.

I had already gotten used to working at the convenience store, and now I could do most of the work by myself.

It was a good thing, too, because it had been almost a year since I had started this part-time job.

At first, I started this job to enrich my student life, but then for some reason, my classmate Shi-chan, a former national idol, started coming to shop with me, and then we started talking when we sat next to each other at school… I suddenly felt nostalgic for the old days and remembered Shi-chan’s suspicious behavior.

Every time she came to the convenience store in a suspicious style, I thought she started reading a magazine standing up, but I couldn’t tell whether she was reading it or not, or she made some kind of unbalanced shopping choice. It was fun to observe her.

She was a celebrity, and to the rest of us ordinary people, she was a flower of high honor, but in fact, she was a natural, or at least she was acting suspiciously, and it was really cute to see the gap between her and the rest of the world.

Now that Shi-chan is my girlfriend, we no longer have the same distance, and I feel a little sad that I can no longer see her the way she used to behave.

However, I thought that it was a happy trouble because I had such a wonderful partner as my girlfriend.

As I was working part-time with such thoughts in my mind, it was almost time to go home.

I was thinking that I would go home and go to sleep, and then I would see Shi-chan again the next day.

Piroroirorin!

I heard the melody of the door of the convenience store being opened.

I responded to the sound, and as usual, I greeted the customer with a welcome and checked to see if he or she was there.

There was Shi-chan, wearing a duffle coat and the scarf I had given her.

“Eh? Shi-chan?”

“Ya-hoo, Takkun! I’m here!”

I was surprised by the sudden appearance of the person I had just been thinking about, but Shi-chan was smiling at me, waving her hands happily.

“I am surprised!”

“Hehehe, it’s a surprise!”

Shi-chan must have been happy too, because she looked into my face with a big smile on her face.

The fact that she came to see me during my part-time job, combined with the fact that I was so happy, made my heart soar.

–I’m really glad that Shi-chan is my girlfriend!

It’s no wonder that I even have a strong possessive desire for such an angelic girl who is my girlfriend.

That’s how irreplaceable she has already become to me, and she occupies a large part of my heart.

“Well, I’m off to do some shopping!”

With that, Shi-chan picked up her basket and started shopping in the store.

Then, as I was looking around the store, I noticed that Shi-chan had stopped at the salad section.

Fortunately, there were no other customers in the store, so I wondered what was going on and approached Shi-chan.

Shi-chan was staring at the salad section with her hand on her chin, as if she was in distress.

“Uhm, what’s wrong? Expiration dates and stuff like that are supposed to be checked properl……”

“Oh, Takkun. No, this is not it.”

Shi-chan pointed to an ordinary salad chicken.

“This is salad chicken, right?”

“Eh yes, it is.”

“Then, what about this?”

The next thing Shi-chan pointed at was a salad in a plastic container.

“—Uhmm, chicken salad, I guess.”

“Right?”

No, I don’t know what you mean by “right”.

But Shi-chan’s expression was still a bit puzzled.

No, even if you say “right,”—

But Shi-chan’s expression was still a bit puzzled.

“If I just do it the other way around, the salad will come with it.”

“Yes, well, you’re right.”

“Oh, I’m sorry, Takkun, for doing this in the middle of your work.”

“No, it’s fine. So, are you going to buy a salad today?”

“Yes, I was thinking of skipping work today,—- I also wanted to see Takkun.”

With that said, Shi-chan smiled shyly and picked up that chicken salad —- but not the egg salad next to it and put it in her basket.

–No, I’m happy, but it’s not chicken salad!

I couldn’t help but snicker in my mind.

Shi-chan and I went to the cash register with the egg salad and tea in the basket, and I went straight to the checkout counter to tally up the items.

“Well, that’ll be 422 yen.”

“Okay, I’ll take it then.”

Shi-chan took out a thousand yen bill from her purse and handed it to me.

I finished paying the bill, thinking, as I thought, she uses 1,000-yen bills in front of me.

And when I handed her the change, Shi-chan wrapped her hands gently around mine.

Shi-chan received my change with both hands as before and looked me up and down while squeezing my hands with both of hers.

“Ehehe, thank you.”

“No, thank you too—-I was so happy to see you.”

And Shi-chan, smiling so happily, is the best angel I’ve ever seen.

So, I honestly told her how happy I was to see her during my part-time job.

I looked at my watch and saw that it was just time for me to get off work.

So I smiled back at her and called out to her.

“This is the end of my part-time job, so I’ll walk you home at night. Will you wait for me?”

“Is that okay? Yeey!”

Shi-chan was so happy that she was jumping up and down with joy.

After I finished my part-time job, I took Shi-chan home.

On the way home, Shi-chan seemed to be in a good mood and was walking happily waving her hands in the air.

“Aah, it would be nice if we lived together”

“Haha, it’s too early for that, but…well, it would be nice.”

“I know, right? I have an extra room at my place.”

“I’ll come visit you again.”

“Yeah! You can stay here if you want.”

“Sure.”

We arrived at Shi-chan’s apartment in the blink of an eye.

“Okay, see you tomorrow.”

“Yeah, thanks for walking with me!”

After exchanging parting words, I was about to go home, but Shi-chan squeezed my hand again.

“Ah, wait, Takkun!”

“Hmm? What’s wrong?”

And before I could finish, Shi-chan gently put her lips on mine as she stretched out her back.

“—-Ehehehe, it’s a goodnight kiss.”

“—-I see, thank you. I’m going to have a good night’s sleep today.”

“I’m glad to hear that. Good night, Takkun.”

“Good night, Shi-chan.”

Thus, I parted from Shi-chan and headed home.

The last kiss I exchanged with Shi-chan for the umpteenth time filled me with so much happiness and warmth just by remembering it—-