CH 26

Chapter 26: If I'm Going On A Date, I Want To Pick An Emotional Place Where The Girls Can Shine!

TL: Akabane

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It was just about noon when we left the aquarium. After crossing the bridge and entering Enoshima, the four of us ate the famous Shirasu-don, a bowl of rice topped with baby sardines. Then Milan and I took a leisurely walk to a cave on the back side of the island. As an architecture major, Enoshima is a very exciting place for me. Ayashiro has good taste in choosing this place. The conversation is lively!

"Enoshima is a special island connected to the land by a so-called shoal, and since it is connected or separated from the land depending on the tide, it has been considered special by people since ancient times."

"Wow, that's interesting."

"That's interesting, isn't it? Yes, that's why this place has become a sacred monument for religions! The naturally formed caves were seen as a mystery of the earth itself, or even as a gateway to the other world!

I see.

"This is truly an island where God dwells! And it seems to me that this is also reflected in the architecture! One of the similar islands is Mont-Saint-Michel in France, which is also a sacred place with churches, and its buildings are somewhat similar to this one..."

A whistle sounded just as I was getting to the very heart of my theory. Ayashiro stood in front of me and thrust a yellow card at me.

"Peeeeeeeeeee! Tokiwa player! Yellow card!"

"What! Why?! We were just having so much fun chatting!"

"You're not the only one who thinks so. Look at Milan's face."

I did as I was told and looked at Milan's face.

"Amazing, Tokiwaissoknowledgeable!"

Milan's eyes darted to a point and she responded in a somewhat distracted voice. This is buggy, isn't it? Yuzuriha at her side shook her head sadly.

"You are exhibiting the terminal symptoms of the boys' Ununhappy Addiction Syndrome. I'm sorry, but it's too late..."

Yuzuriha shook her head as if she were a doctor, looking up at the heavens with a sullen expression on her face.

"Is it my fault?!"

"Your fault. A man's knowledge makes a woman's heart sick. By being bombarded with a lot of mysterious narratives during the date, "Heh!" "Wow!" "You're so clueless!" Girls are looking out for guys. I can't say your story is boring."

"My stories are boring?"

"It's fun when there's alcohol in the air, but it's hard to be frank when you're not talking about yourself. But when you're barefaced, it's hard to be honest. The content is irrelevant. I'm afraid of the tone of her speech, in which she talks too fast and keeps on repeating a list of unintelligible words, and her face, which is so animated and useless, it's kind of creepy and scary. Milan was conflicted inside, and that's why she ended up like that."

"Huh?! Seriously? That's not true!"

This was a mistake brought on by my inexperience. How can I fix Milan?

"What do you want me to do? Professor Ayashiro! How can you heal Milan?!"

"Huh! It's no problem! Just do it this way! Gonyo gonyo!"

Ayashiro puts her hand on my shoulder and whispers with her lips close to my ear. This gesture itself makes me nervous, but I'm too frustrated to give her points, so I keep quiet. I then nod in slight confusion at the proposed method and decide to do it.

"Oh no, sorry Milan! Haha! I got too hot because I like architecture too much! Let's take a break! There's a coffee shop over there, let's have some tea!"

I grab Milan's hand and pull her gently along.

"Ah...hand...!"

Milan's cheeks turned a little red. I intertwined my fingers a little tighter.

"Is something wrong?"

"No! Nothing!"

Milan also squeezes my fingers tightly as we walk towards the coffee shop, hand in hand. I'm sure we look like a couple to everyone around us.

"Professor Ayashiro! Not only has Milan-san's condition recovered, but she's in a good mood and in a pounding state! This is! No way! Legendary!!!!"

"Emotions are overridden by stronger emotions... Yes! This is the lovers' bond! The hand is a very important place for human beings. The hand opened up civilization and the world. And at the same time it is there to feel the heat of others. Oh, it's wonderful. I'll give you two a million points for holding hands!"

Professor Ayashiro and Assistant Professor Momiji seem to be having a lot of fun. And then we came to a seat overlooking the ocean in a coffee shop perched on a cliff. Our joined hands are placed on the table.

"Hahaha...something...this is the first time...I can clearly see that there are feelings inside me that I don't know much about. Hmmm. I feel like the ocean somehow looks more beautiful than usual."

Milan's eyes are not their usual vivaciousness, they are somewhat moist and yet they seem to shine. Very pretty. How beautiful would the play be if this emotion was put on top of that performance?

"I see. I'm glad to hear that. I'm having a lot of fun here, too."

"Yeah, I'm having fun too...ugh..."

I felt as if our gazes were awkwardly intertwined. I felt a strange elation, as if my heart was wet inside, yet hot and surging.

"It's tactless to talk about it here. I'll give you 100 million points."

"That's lovely... it makes me squeal! Let's take a picture of this scene and play with it later!"

"Great! It'll be a great snack!"

I felt like the professors were kind of getting excited, but I decided to let it pass. And so we spent the rest of the day at the coffee shop.

**** (We're on a date!!!!) ****

Me, Milan, and the professor (lol), walking arm in arm, got tangled up with some cats on our way to the cave. They were so friendly and rubbed up against our legs.

"Kyaaa! They are so cute! I can't believe there are so many cats here, and this isn't even a cat cafe! Crikey, look at them!"

Milan squatted down and petted the cat's head. I was about to crouch down too, when I noticed. I could see inside Milan's short skirt. A shiny pinkish triangle could be seen at the back of her thighs. I quickly looked away and decided to play with the cat to avoid looking at my pants by slipping off to the side of Milan and squatting down.

"Gonyogonyogonyogonyogonyogonyo (Professor! That's that one, isn't it!!!)"

"Gonyogonyogonyogonyo (Yes, that was part of the gentleman's game. It was tactless to talk about whether or not I could see his pants. You've become a good man, Tokiwa! You can have your fill of it when you get home!)"

Something about the professors taking care of me. Well, frankly speaking, I was grateful, so I thanked them from the bottom of my heart. By the way, Yuzuriha was also enjoying playing with the cat, but since she was crouching down, I could see her skirt, and her pants were green. I thought I would give Yuzuriha a trillion points.

**** (We're on a date!) ****

We arrived at the tourist path along the cliff where the cave is located. The interesting part of this place was the cave, of course, but there was another thing that attracted Milan's attention very strongly.

"Amazing...! I didn't know such a thing existed! Haha! Can I go, right?

"Of course I don't mind."

We walked down the stairs and landed on a large, flat rock. There are puddles made by the waves in places, but the whole place is flat. It looks like a stage. Milan spread her hands on it in an outstretched pose.

"It's like being on stage in a play! If only we could do theater here! It would be amazing! Haha!"

Milan was playing with various poses. I was having fun just watching them. Ayashiro and Yuzuriha were taking video of Milan in such a high tension state with their phones. I'm sure they'll play with me later. But this is a date. If I'm going to be played with, I want to be played with together. I approached Milan, kneeled down, and extended my hand. Like a knight I've seen somewhere.

"Princess. Give me your hand if you like."

"Kkkkkkkkkyaaa. That's lovely! Yes, please, my knight! Please take my hand! Just kidding!"

I take Milan's hand and stand up. Then we both bow our heads to offer our thanks to an audience that is not there. With that, curtain call. We walked back from the rocks to the sightseeing aisle. Professor Ayashiro and Yuzuriha clapped for us. I thought this might have been a good performance. Me and Milan laughed and headed for the cave.