## Chapter 274 – Episode 274: Date (1)
It’s been a few days since I gave Yuka’s mom a good scolding. And now, I am…
“Ughhh… I don’t want to go to school…”
Complaining about not wanting to go to school.
I couldn’t help it.
I just really didn’t want to go to school.
After the trip, Takuya had been suffering from a case of “I don’t want to go to school” disease for several days.
It was only natural.
I hadn’t been going to school, and now I had to go back. It was driving me crazy.
I’d rather be in a car than at my desk…
If I had my way, I’d drop out of school right now.
Well, what can you do?
“Takuya~ Wake up, quick~”
“That’s right. Yuka’s mom even made a special lunch box for you today.”
These beautiful girls are waking me up and going to school with me, so I have to go.
Oh, by the way, Mina already took the bus to kindergarten.
‘Ugh. This second life isn’t easy.’
After getting ready, Souuta, Momiji, and I took our usual train.
Hmm? Do we take the train to school?
It’s close enough to walk, but taking the train significantly reduces travel time, so we use it often.
Well, it’s not like I’m short on cash. My card and the kids’ cards are always charged with 100,000 yen.
Anyway, in the crowded train.
Momiji and Souuta and I were quite far apart before I knew it.
I don’t know why this happens.
We were definitely close together at first, but now we were quite far apart.
Well, we all get off at the same place. I got off lightly near where Momiji and Souuta were.
“Phew! That was crowded.”
“Yeah.”
“Let’s just walk next time.”
Chatting like this as we walked, we soon arrived at school.
Ugh, I really don’t want to go.
Did Souuta notice my “I really don’t want to go” expression? He struck a pose that looked like it came straight out of a manga (hands on his hips, back arched) and said to me.
“Really, Takuya! You have to attend school diligently!”
“My grades are already top-notch, and my future career is set. Do I really need to?”
At my words, Souuta puffed out his cheeks and made a pouty face.
I gently squeezed his cheeks.
“That’s not fair, Takuya!”
Anyway, after arriving at class, I was alone again.
This was actually a big reason why I didn’t want to come to school.
Even for me, it’s a little depressing to be alone in this desolate classroom.
Anyway, I was looking at my smartphone, waiting for HR to start.
—Ding.
I heard a text message notification from my smartphone.
I wondered what it was and checked.
[Ms. Miharu: Is the 27th okay for you, Takuya?]
It was Miharu’s date invitation text.
Takuya, of course, replied that it was okay.
[Of course. I’ll drive to pick you up on time.]
[Ms. Miharu: You have a car, Takuya?! No, do you have a driver’s license?!]
[I have everything. Don’t worry.]
[Ms. Miharu: Ah, I see…]
Leaving Miharu’s worries behind, HR started, and I looked at the homeroom teacher standing on the platform again.
***
A few days later.
The day of my date with Miharu.
I drove the car that I had bought in advance and left at a nearby warehouse to the place where I was supposed to meet Miharu.
For reference, the car was a relatively expensive compact car model.
What I saw when I arrived there was…
‘Wow, she hasn’t aged at all.’
A woman who looked even younger than before, Miharu.
Maybe it’s because she’s wearing makeup today, but Miharu from her teens seemed to be visible on her face.
I was impressed by her appearance, and while I was losing my mind like this, Miharu approached the car I was in.
“Takuya, you really have a car?!”
She said with a truly surprised expression.
“Everything is legal. Don’t worry.”
“Hehe. I see~”
For reference, the reason why I became so comfortable with Haruka’s mother, Miharu, is because after meeting her a few times, she started to like me too much.
I honestly don’t know why.
Is it because I introduced her daughter to a job, gave her a goal, and gave her money?
I hoped that it was more because of personal favorability than these things.
Anyway, Miharu skillfully got into the car and smiled at me.
“It’s been a while, Takuya.”
Miharu said that as she leaned slightly to touch my hair and carefully swept it back.
‘No…’
Looking at her, I wondered how a married woman with a child could have such a pure feeling.
I thought to myself and smiled, making small talk with Miharu and starting the car.
“Then, let’s get going.”
“Yeah!”
She said with a very excited face, and at her words, I stepped on the accelerator of the car.
Now the date had really begun.
***
The first place we headed to was a Western-style restaurant in the center of Tokyo that people in the know were aware of.
The menu included pasta, spaghetti, and pizza.
We ordered the most popular pasta there, sat down, and started catching up.
“How have you been, Takuya?”
“I went to the United States and quietly toured Korea. Oh, I have some pictures I took. Would you like to see them?”
“Show me, show me!”
After chatting like this for a while, the food came out.
The taste was also excellent.
After a satisfying meal, Miharu and I went to see a movie, the next course.
For reference, the movie was a Korean movie, a masterpiece at that.
Unlike with Haruka, we really just watched the movie and came out quietly.
“That was fun!”
After the movie ended, Miharu linked arms with me and said that innocently. Seeing that, Takuya made the questionable assessment that “Moms and daughters are really different.” Then we headed to the shopping mall.
Why the shopping mall?
“Ehh, I don’t think something like this suits me…”
It was to help Miharu look at clothes.
According to information I heard from Haruka, all of Miharu’s clothes were old.
‘It’s not like I don’t have money, so I should buy her some.’
Thinking that, I came to look at clothes and soon bought a lot of clothes that suited Miharu.
“Ta, Takuya, this is too much. Even so, I…”
“Shhh. Be quiet.”
I shouted “Shut up!!!” to Miharu and finished the calculation.
Seeing my appearance, Miharu had an expression that was both apologetic and grateful.
Hmm, her pure appearance was nice to see.
But while that pure appearance was good, I also wanted to see her slightly embarrassed appearance.
So, with my hands full of shopping bags, I said to Miharu.
“Shall we go here too?”
“He, here is a place that sells underwear…?!”
“So what? It’s not my underwear.”
“That’s the problem!”
Miharu retorted at my words, and at those words, I smiled and whispered in her ear.
“Let’s go pick out the underwear you’ll wear tonight.”
At my words, Miharu’s face turned bright red, and she nodded in agreement.
It seemed like she really wanted to be properly loved by me.
So, after entering the store, I asked the employees.
“Please recommend the sexiest underwear and some underwear to wear in everyday life.”
At my words, the employee was immediately flustered, rolled her eyes, and looked at Miharu next to me.
It was as if she was asking, “Should I really recommend it as he said?”
At that gaze, Miharu…
—Nod nod.
She quietly nodded, bowing her head shyly.
In the end, at Miharu’s reaction, the employee also smiled kindly again and recommended the underwear that she was most confident in.
Ah. Of course.
‘Why did this happen?’
I was kicked out.
Why?
The employee sent me outside, saying that it would be best to show off this underwear at night.
‘Showing this kind of underwear at night is the best.’
She wasn’t wrong.
Certainly, maybe it was because she was an underwear store employee, but something was different.
The problem was that being alone like this was a problem because people kept looking and whispering.
I quietly waited for Miharu to come for a while.
“I, I’m out…”
Miharu, whose face was somehow very red, approached with a shopping bag.
Hmm, why is her face so red?
Takuya looked at Miharu with a questioning gaze, but Miharu just quietly bowed her head.
No. Seriously, what is it?
***
After Takuya was kicked out.
The underwear store clerk approached Miharu and asked.
“I’ll show you as your boyfriend requested~”
“Ah, yes, yes.”
Miharu bowed her head at the word “boyfriend.”
Could it really be that Takuya and she looked like lovers?
That would make me happy.
Miharu smiled at the thought.
The employee who saw Miharu’s smile thought, “I guess he really is her boyfriend,” and took out the requested underwear.
“Th, this is really underwear?! It, it doesn’t function properly…?!”
“Men like this kind of thing.”
The underwear that the employee recommended was very, very suggestive underwear that could be said to have almost no fabric.
At the same time-
‘Ta, Takuya likes this kind of thing…♥’
It was also clothes that suited Takuya’s taste.
Thanks to that, Haruka pretended to be awkward but still paid for this underwear.
For reference, she received a few more recommendations besides this, and thanks to hearing detailed usage instructions(?), her face was red when she left the store.
