CH 43

When I left the student council room, the president was talking to Lida.

“What are you doing here, President?”

“Ah, Kamishiro-kun. I was just talking to her because she seemed a little bored. …… Ah, don’t worry about this matter. I understand it properly.”

The president smiles and walks into the student council room. In her hand was a lunch box. Oh, so it’s already lunch time.

“Thanks for waiting, Lida. It’s already noon.”

“I’m hungry. Let’s get something to eat.”

“…… By the way, what were you talking to the president about?”

“Well, that’s a …… secret.”

Apparently, it’s something she can’t talk about.

I’m a little curious, but I’m not going to pursue it. I am hungry now anyway.

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When we finished lunch at the cafeteria, our homeroom teacher, Umenaka, told us that we could go home because of today’s incident, which was very kind of him.

Lida and I had to leave early.

“I’m not in the mood for class. Let’s go home.”

When I went to put my shoes back in the shoe box at the entrance, I found a love letter in there. I was so surprised that I quickly stuffed it into my bag.

Who the hell wrote a love letter!?

A love letter nowadays is a …… joke, right?

“Hmm, what’s wrong?”

“No, …… nothing.”

I tried to keep my composure and cover it up so that Lida wouldn’t find out. It’s also possible that Lida planted it? Well, no way.

…We left the school without any change and went out the gate together. At the same time, Lida made a suggestion.

“It’s a nice afternoon, so why don’t we stop by somewhere?”

“It’s a good idea. We’ve got some time. …… Hmm, let’s stop by the Starbucks.”

“I like it! I like Starbucks. There’s also Tully’s Coffee, but I think Starbucks is the best!”

“I prefer the Komeda, though.”

“Komeda, well, if you like it, Oojirou, why don’t we go there?”

“Nah, let’s have Starbucks today. We’ll get Komeda another time.”

In the heat of summer, with the cicadas shrieking, we headed for Maisaka Station. From there, we took the bus to Shidoro, which took about fifteen minutes.

We quickly arrived at Maisaka Station and boarded the bus. As expected in this hot weather, the air-conditioning was on and it felt good.

“It’s so cool! Are we going by bus?”

“Starbucks is not within walking distance, you know. It’s in a shopping mall in Shidoro. I think it’s the biggest one around here. There are clothes, books, everything, and many restaurants. There’s also an arcade, so let’s drop by.”

“I see, that’s a good idea. Oojirou, by the way, this is a date, right?”

“Oh, yeah …… well, it’s going to be a date.”

Heading to the mall with a girl in our school uniforms. I guess you could call it a date.

I sit down on the narrow seat of the bus and Lida sits next to me. There was almost no distance between our shoulders. We always kiss and snuggle, but this was new and I was mysteriously nervous.

“Се́рдце коло́тится” (I’m so excited……)

{TLN: Well… the Russian is wrong… but im gonna keep the “translation” to what the author wanted to say}

Inadvertently or not, Lida mumbled in Russian. Well, We have never been so far away from home before. I’m getting a little nervous, too.

For the first time in my life, I’m going on a date with this Russian girl, Lida….I’m going to have all the fun I can ……!