Idols Around the World 279

Chapter 279 – #42. End of Year (7)

While Lanna is suffering.
I was receiving unbearable attention from her friends.
Unexpectedly, it seems that Lanna-san has talked about me to her friends quite a bit.
First of all, my friends admired my face.

“Wow~ Seeing it up close really takes my breath away. You are so handsome.”
“Did he think about meeting a man like this when his liver is big? I don’t think I can stand it for even a second.”
“Hey, calm down. What are you doing in front of people?”
“Oh!”
“Did we behave a little rudely? Sorry. The boss was so handsome that I couldn’t get my head around it.”
“Sorry!”
“Are you okay. I’m not that difficult. Please feel free to speak.”

Friends who came to their senses belatedly apologized to me.
It was certainly rude to look at people’s faces in front of them.

“How about coffee?”
“It is delicious!”
“It seems to be getting more and more delicious here.”
“It is the result of Lanna-san jumping with her own feet. When I was running it, it was very old-fashioned.”

The taste of coffee changed drastically when I took things from a decent place.
All the success of the store so far is because of my face.
Let’s express our sincere consolation to the women who did well to buy tasteless coffee to see my face.

“Looks like Lanna is very helpful.”
“Yes. It would be impossible without Lanna-san. It’s really reassuring.”

As we chatted, I could understand why my friends came to visit me.
I needed to confirm what kind of person I was, even if it was a bit rude.

‘The three of them went crazy trying to dig me out somehow.’

Even if I think about it, I think someone like me would be suspicious.
The cafe owner pops out of nowhere.
He doesn’t even tell you exactly what he’s doing, and he pops up from time to time out of the room.

‘It’s unusual that Lanna-san doesn’t dig deep.’

Instead of Mr. Lanna, who doesn’t ask questions, her friends seemed to want to dig me up.
Still, as if she meant to do it politely, she kept a cautious attitude even as she made a fuss.

“You have no idea how surprised she was when she suddenly found out she had a boyfriend.”
“Moreover, she didn’t believe it at first because her lover was the famous boss. She misunderstood that he was joking.”
“But it was real. What was the shock…”

Ms. Lanna knew what her friends were worried about, and it seemed that she was worried that they would be rude and inquisitive about me.
But, surprisingly, instead of asking her friends for personal information about me, she raved about what a good person Mr. Lanna was.

“That friend has never dated a man, so he must be lacking a lot. Still, he’s a genuine friend. I have a very strong sense of responsibility. Maybe that’s why he treats people who fall within the line really well.”

I know.
So she’s struggling to get within the good.
Her friends trembled, worrying about the parts they didn’t have to do.

“Ranna is a bit like that now, but she would be pretty in her own way if she put a little care into decorating. We will take responsibility and make it pretty.”
“At least I’ll make it to a level where you won’t be embarrassed when you go out together! Just trust us.”

I think I need to think about whether I should call this a compliment.
It was certain that she said it because she was worried about Mr. Lanna anyway, so she said with a calm smile.

“Lanna-san is pretty enough as she is right now. No complaints.”
“Whoa! Oh my god!”
“Chicken meat!”
“Is this a couple! It’s heartwarming.”
“I can see that the boss likes Lanna.”

Making her pretty doesn’t make you love her more, and not making her pretty doesn’t make you hate her.

“President! In fact, she already had a crush on me even before she hired me as her part-timer, right?”
“!!”
“Aww! I was very curious about this.”
“That’s right.”

I swallowed my saliva at the words of a friend who stabbed me in the middle of the moment.
I pretended not to know what I was talking about.

“Yes? I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“If you said you were looking for a part-time job at a cafe, there was no way that rumors wouldn’t spread. But nobody knew. I’ve never heard of such a thing.”
“So we thought about it. Why did she tell Lanna that she had no intention of working part-time?”
“When she heard that they became lovers, she seemed to know then. Did you fall in love with her at first sight? The moment I saw Lanna!”

Quack cack!

My friends couldn’t even imagine that I had deliberately approached Lanna-san.
Well, it’s even weirder for an ordinary person to imagine such a thing.
Isn’t there something special about Lanna?

“Uh… That sounds a little bit right. Because when she first saw Lanna, she was in a good mood.”
“Ohhh!”
“After being hired as her part-time job, she was convinced of that feeling. Lanna did a really good job with her.”
“Kyaaaaa~ It’s so romantic!”
“A reckless man, that’s totally my style!”
“Then, did the boss approach you first?”
“Yes, I thought it would be difficult for Ms. Lanna to express her feelings to me, so I approached her first.”

As we talked, I felt warm eyes from around me.
That gaze was getting warmer as time passed.

Jjiriririt-!!!
‘People’s eyes are no joke.’

These are the customers who came to the cafe after hearing the news that I appeared.
The boss, who was so embarrassed just by looking at him that he did not dare to approach him, is having a friendly conversation with unfamiliar women, so his stomach is twisted and he becomes jealous.
I couldn’t ignore this atmosphere and continue the conversation.
Lanna-san was making a drink by herself, sweating profusely.

“Oh, your face looks a little stingy. Do you feel only me?”
“To be honest, my back was very sore from a while ago. I wanted something, so I turned my head, but I got cold.”
“I think it’s because I talked to the boss. People stare at us. Aren’t you stoned along the way?”

Friends who are slowly starting to worry about their safety.
I couldn’t just sit here all the time.
Maybe because I was sitting at the table, and the customers kept coming in.

“Haha, I hope so. Still, I’d rather just sit here. A lot of customers are coming, so I think I have to help Lanna-san.”
“Ah! Yes yes. Please.”
“Sorry it was so short. Do you have any free time? I wish we could meet comfortably and have a deep conversation…”
“Hey, you should do it in moderation. That’s over the line Ignore him! We will go now!”

Fortunately, my friends didn’t bother me more and moved away neatly.
Thanks to the friends who had suddenly disappeared, as if they had come unexpectedly, the stinging gazes that had been pouring on them had also decreased a little.

“My friends are back.”
“They’re a little immature… Did you act rudely to the boss?”
“Did you just praise Lanna-san for being a good person?”
“Cheet, there is no reason… If they say anything weird, just let it go.”
“Don’t worry, I came here only to talk about good things.”

After the friends left, they cut off the crowd of customers and closed the cafe early as planned.
Despite the decision to close the cafe early due to the large number of customers, sales were great.

“So… Are we going on a date now?”

Lanna, who hadn’t shown any signs of nervousness before, seemed nervous ahead of her date.

“Why are you so nervous?”
“Iknow, right. Why am I nervous?”

She doesn’t seem to know why she’s nervous herself.

“It’s a simple course to watch a movie together and have dinner in a fancy place, but since Lanna-san is nervous, I’m worried that she should have prepared something bigger.”
“No! I love watching that movie! Hey, if it’s a nice place, will we eat our steak?”
“If Lanna-san says it’s not bad.”
“Great. Song! Go see a movie!”

She headed to a nearby movie theater with Mr. Lanna, who showed a prickly figure.
What surprised her at the cinema was that Lanna, who said she liked watching movies, was very unfamiliar with the cinema.
Apparently she didn’t mean it when she said that she enjoys watching movies.
I didn’t pretend to know her clumsiness.
However, she confessed as if she knew that she herself showed her sad side.

“Actually, I don’t go to the cinema often. It’s all I’ve been to when I was very young.”
“Ah, did you? It’s been a long time since I’ve been to the cinema. In the meantime, I was busy with work, so I didn’t have time to come to the cinema.”
“And the boss too?”
“Because I tend to start early.”

I think the movie theater date that I and Lanna did for the first time was not bad.
She went to the restaurant to cut her steak just as she had hoped, and the atmosphere there was great too.
Lanna-san, who had a little wine at the restaurant, looked drunk and excited.

“I don’t think it would have been this much fun if I had come to see a movie with my friends or alone.”
“Me too.”
“I wish something like this would go on for a long time. I don’t think life has ever been as happy as it is today. I never thought that I would be able to get married. But these days, I keep imagining the future with the boss. She gives birth to a pretty child who resembles the boss… Ha, am I too shy?”

Not at all.
It was really rewarding to hear such positive words come out of her mouth.
How much did you struggle to be with Lanna and her future!
The fact that she imagines a future with me was a very positive sign for me.

“Am I good? Marry Lanna-san, have a child… Just imagining it makes me happy.”
“Does your boss think so too? Doesn’t that sound like the boss is just too nice to match me to my beat?”
“Sure. I’m really excited to find out that Lanna-san was thinking the same as I was. It’s been a while since we met, but regardless of time, I want to picture Lanna-san and her future.”

The reason I didn’t impregnate Ranna was because I thought it was the best timing for her when she pictured the future with me.
If she gets her pregnant before then, the ending will come when Mr. Lanna leaves.
There is a 90% chance of a future where you take care of your child alone.
The moment Lanna became pregnant was when she first began to picture her future with me.

‘Effort is worthwhile. If I keep going like this, I’ll get pregnant in no time.’

The cafe is stable enough.
These days, I’m looking for a part-time job to teach, but if I hold out for a few weeks, the cafe will be stable.
After hearing the good news that Mr. Lanna was drawing a future with me, she needed to make her thoughts more certain.

“But on the one hand, I don’t think I’m thinking too presumptuously.”
“Are you off topic? Why do you think that way?”
“I am so lacking. I am an ordinary female college student, and the boss is the owner of the building and even her face is perfect. Why the hell are you hanging out with someone like me?”

This reaction was expected, so I wasn’t surprised.
It was obvious that Ms. Ranna would feel burdened with me, so she even thought of changing her normal face to meet me.
The reason I didn’t make her face normal was that even if I did, Lanna-san’s attitude wouldn’t change.

“Why am I perfect? All I have is a face, right?”
“Puha! Even the boss knows that you are good-looking.”
“I’m afraid you don’t know. How many times have I been comfortable thanks to this face? Anyway, I’m not that great. It’s because Lanna wrote a lot of comments about me. He likes me so much that he only shows the good side of me.”

Over time, you will see the bad things about me.
She was hiding her worst secret that she approached her for a different purpose, as well as the fact that she couldn’t show her face often because she was so busy with work.

“Don’t be too hasty, think slowly. It’s not like we’re meant to see each other for 1-2 years. By that time, Lanna-san will thank me for meeting someone like you! I might say.”
Hehe, will such a day really come? In my eyes, the boss is the perfect prince…”

We still have a lot to learn about each other.
He said he had imagined a future with me, but he wasn’t sure yet.
It took time for her to solidify her confidence in me.

“I want to be with Lanna today. How about Lanna?”

As I met her eyes and told her honestly about my desire, Mr. Lanna shyly nodded her head as her face blushed.

“Me too.”

The night for the two of us will be hot.
And I think those nights will come together to create a future with her.
I felt very good because I felt like I was confirmed that what I was doing was not wrong.