CH 199

Episode 199: Date in the name of keeping company Part 2

"The New Yokohama Expo Center?"

That's what it says on the place where I am taken.

"Yeah, there's a cafe in addition to the gift shop here, so it's just perfect."

"Oh, are you finally shopping here?"

In Amane's explanation, the word 'shop' came up, so I ask.

"I won't!!"

"Why!!"(TN:Nandedayo, if you don't know tsukkomi, look it up.)

"Fufufu."

However, the answer that comes back is that she won't do it. I unintentionally make a tsukkomi. Amane laughs without saying anything to me.

"Thank you for waiting ~."

"Huh?"

From what was said, Amane and I were going to have tea and coffee at the cafe. However, what is brought is juice in a large cup.

Just when did this happen ...

I thought she went to the bathroom right after ordering, so that's the reason!!

When I see Amane grinning, I understand her strategy.

"This is ... obviously a couple drink ..."

"Fufufu, surprise, big, suc・cess!!"

She was able to see my surprised face, and she looks very satisfied.

"Well, if we take turns drinking, there's no problem."

"It's obvious that you can't do that!! It's etiquette to drink this kind of thing together, you know?"

"Haa ... I understand ..."

When I try to avoid drinking together, Amane dismisses it. I give up and decide to follow along.

"Y, your face is really close."

"Y, yeah. As expected, it's embarrassing."

When we actually try to drink, the distance between us is almost zero. It's embarrassing to be conscious of each other at this close of a distance.

""...""

The two of us endure the embarrassment and drink the juice from the straw.

We become even more embarrassed and smile embarrassedly at each other. After resting for about 30 minutes, we decide to go to the next place.

"Are you shopping at this place?"

"Enjoyment from the moment we arrive!!"

I thought it was finally shopping time, but Amane evades the prospect. I'm not going to blame her, so I'll follow her quietly. After that, we walk around Chinatown's famous places and power spots for a while.

"Are we going shopping soon?"

"Fufufu, too bad!! It's fortune telling!!"

"That has nothing to do with shopping!!"

When I ask with high hopes, it is a place she had no intention of shopping at all, so I make another tsukkomi.

Amane is also a girl and seems to be interested in fortune telling.

Palm-reading at the place we came from, in addition to Tarot card reading, it seems that you can get various kinds of fortune telling.

"Fufufufuu. Let's do them all!!"

"Haah. Do whatever you like, okay?"

It's the same for me, but Amane doesn't have any trouble with money either, so she seems to be willing to do all of them. For some reason I went along too.

"Luck from all over the world is gathering for you."

"The lines of your palm show you will walk the path of supremacy."

"Fate bends before you."

"Wherever you go, luck will come."

I was generally told something like this.

It seems that I'm still very lucky.

I gained confidence by having my luck evaluated by others.

"I always thought you were strange, I understand the fortune telling ..."

After hearing the results, Amane acknowledges me as a strange person.

"Shimotsuki-sama, you are perfectly compatible with Satou-sama. You should never leave."

"~~ !?"

Regarding Amane, the results are mixed depending on the fortune teller, but even so, what they all say is the compatibility between me and Amane.

It seems to be perfect.

Amane's face is dyed bright red because she is told so many times.

As expected, I'm embarrassed too.

However, although I have a certain amount of trust in Amane, it's difficult to see her as such a target as I still don't know the purpose of her approaching us.

I don't think she's a bad person.

"Are you ready to go shopping?"

"Fufufu. How about there?"

After confirming it several times, Amane laughs meaningfully, once again grabs my arm and heads towards her destination.

We leave Chinatown and walk towards another place.

"Let's rest here."

While talking to each other about the scenery, shops, and buildings in the area, we arrive at a park with a view of the sea. We sit down on a bench.

"It's beautiful."

"That's right."

The sun is about to set below the horizon, and the surface of the sea is shining pure white and it is very beautiful.

Before I knew it, Amane's head is on my shoulder. I thought it was useless to worry about it, so I focus on looking at the sea without thinking.

After the two of us stare blankly at the sea, we start walking towards Chinatown again.

"Hey. It's getting late, but is your shopping okay?"

"Ah, that's right. Please wait a moment."

"Huh?"

If we don't go home soon, we'll be late, so when I ask her, as soon as I spoke she suddenly released my arm, then went into a shop like a general store with haste.

"Thanks for waiting."

She came back in a few minutes, and in her hand she is holding a key chain of a Chinatown-exclusive character.

"Eh, no way ..."

"Yeah, that's right. This is today's shopping ♪."

When I cautiously ask while quivering, Amane puffs out her chest and answers. Her two voluptuous Fruits shake with a 'burun'.

"That has nothing to do with cooking!!"

I unintentionally make a tsukkomi again!!

I didn't expect her to go out with me for something like this ...

Haa ... I don't think Amane wanted to go shopping at all, but if Amane has achieved her goal, then that's fine.

"Haa ... That's fine. Well then, let's go home."

"Yeah, thank you for hanging out with me today, Fuhito-kun."

"N, no, likewise."

When I mutter to myself, Amane tilts her head slightly and smiles happily as she thanks me when I say we should go home.

It's a secret that the smile that suddenly appeared was so charming that it made my heart flutter.