Volume 5 - CH 3

It was around mid-May, one day during lunch break.

“Why do you have a part-time job, Yuzurun?”

It was Tachibana Ayaka, Yuzuru’s childhood friend, and female friend, who suddenly asked.

Being in the same class lately, there have been more opportunities to have lunch with her – and of course, with Arisa.

“…It’s a condition for living alone. I was told that I should at least earn my own pocket money.”

The distance from Yuzuru’s house to the school was not far at all.

It’s close enough that he can get there by train or car.

In fact, there were many students who took a certain amount of time to get to school.

Despite this, he still said he wanted to live alone…

It was hard to argue with them when they told him that they would let him live alone and that he should at least work to earn his allowance.

“I do wonder if your parents are too lenient or too strict, allowing you to live alone but requiring you to get a part-time job… The thoughts of the Takasegawa family are mysterious, isn’t it?”

Yuzuru frowned at the words of Chiharu, another classmate and childhood friend.

“…Though you say that, why are you living on your own and going to this school?”

Chiharu’s parents live in the Kansai region.

It’s no surprise that living alone is necessary to attend school here in the Kanto area… But there was no advantage for a high school girl to live alone and attend this school.

There must be plenty of good schools in the Kansai region.

“Ee~h, do you even need to ask?”

“…No, I’m sorry.”

In short, she wanted to go to the same school as Ayaka and Soichiro.　

There was no need to ask.　

And… there was another person in this group who lives alone to attend this school even though his parents live in the Kansai area…

“…no, you see. I just don’t like it when my classmates are believers.”

Tenka’s words were a little heavy.

The air grew a little heavy.

As Yuzuru was feeling a little uncomfortable, wondering if maybe it was his fault that the atmosphere was so bad…

“Speaking of which, what kind of part-time job do you have, Yuzuru-san?”

It was Yuzuru’s fiancée and girlfriend, Arisa, who gave him a helping hand.

Since Yuzuru had talked a little about his part-time job to her before, it was obvious that Arisa’s comment was to help Yuzuru.

“I work for a restaurant, a tutor, and a lawyer’s office.”

“Speaking of which, how much do you make an hour?”

“In order from first to last, 1,050 yen, 2,000 yen, 1,500 yen… The restaurant waiter job earns the most because the hours are the longest.”

Yuzuru replied to Soichiro’s question.

Hijiri, on the other hand, mumbled something like, “Hmm”.

“You must be working at a pretty good place.”

“…Well, it was an introduction from my parents.”

“That’s true too.”

Although Yuzuru’s parents seem to be laissez-faire, they are the type to keep him on a leash and collar.

This is partly for his safety, and partly so that they can quickly put out a fire if Yuzuru does something wrong.

“What kind of work is this chore at the lawyer’s place…? 1500 yen sounds pretty fruitful for a part-time job. Is it that difficult?”

Hijiri inquired, leaning forward slightly.

Apparently, he was a little interested.

“It’s not a big deal. I don’t do much. I just go around to government offices to get seals, clean, and carry stuff. In short, it’s something a high school or college student could do.”

If anything, a suit was required to be worn.

However, Yuzuru had several suits that he could wear depending on the TPO, so there was no problem with that.

“Hmm… is it busy?”

“Basically, I’m free. I spend most of my time reading books and newspapers.”

“…can I also do that?”

“…If you can keep the confidentiality. The rest is connections.”

“Connections… Hmm…”

Hijiri was not the industrious type, so rather than wanting to work, he probably wanted to have some spending money at his disposal.

Now, after Hijiri had gone into a bit of a long pondering, Ayaka and Chiharu opened their mouths.

“By the way, how many kids does a tutor take care of?”

“How many kids do you take care of?”

“One elementary school kid”

As Yuzuru replied, Ayaka and Chiharu shouted in unison.

“An elementary schooler!”

“You can’t do that, Yuzuru-san. You shouldn’t lay a hand on that kid!”

“My friend, Uenishi-san. What is your impression of him?”

“Oh no… I knew he would do it someday. What about you, my friend Tachibana-san?”

“I did say he’d do it someday.”

Ayaka and Chiharu begin a terrible charade.

When Yuzuru was about to open his mouth to say something back…

“…is it a girl?”

Arisa, who had been keeping quiet until now, suddenly asked Yuzuru.

For some reason, Yuzuru felt a shiver run down his spine.

“No, it’s a boy.”

“Is that so?”

Perhaps satisfied with Yuzuru’s answer, Arisa gave him a big smile.

Ayaka and Chiharu, on the other hand, felt a little bad and stopped their weird charade.

And so the time for lunch with their friends passed.

That night.

[Do you know the restaurant where Yuzuru-san works?]

Arisa sent a message to Ayaka.

The message was immediately read, and the message was returned.

[I know. Do you want to go there?]

[Yes. I am a little curious.]

It is not possible to visit a tutoring place or a lawyer’s office.

But a restaurant could be visited.

She wanted to see Yuzuru working as a waiter in a restaurant, as his fiancée and as his lover.

Above all, it was not very desirable for Arisa to know that there was something about the person she liked that she did not know.

She wanted to know about the person she liked, as much as she could.

[I think if you ask Yuzurun, he’ll just tell you… not like he needs to hide it.]

Of course, if she asked, Yuzuru would tell her.

Some people don’t like to have their part-time job known or don’t want to meet people they know, but Yuzuru was not that type of person.

So there was little need to sneak around and ask a mutual friend…

[I thought I would surprise him.]

One thing was to surprise Yuzuru.

The other was…

[So, would you like to go with me?]

[Yes. I’d be happy to.]

After inviting Chiharu and Tenka, they decided to have dinner at the restaurant where Yuzuru works.

Hence the plan was decided.

After putting down her cell phone, Arisa muttered to herself.

“It’s not like there are only guys there. Above all, Yuzuru-san is so cool…”

Thus, it was decided that a visit to the workplace of Arisa’s fiancé was to be made, involving her friends.