CH 27

Mitoma-san went crazy upon seeing me in the butler outfit.

Her voice was so loud that it echoed throughout the store, causing the store employees to rush over in a panic. I felt embarrassed and apologized to them for causing such a commotion.

“Are you really okay?” I asked.

I had been aware of her unstable personality and unpredictable comments for a while now, but I hadn’t really expressed my concerns before. Although we had met during that incident four years ago, we only recently started to talk and there are still many things I don’t know about her.

Maybe I don’t need to worry too much, but I shouldn’t jump to conclusions either.

While I was lost in thought, Mitoma-san returned.

I heard a light tapping sound and when I turned around, I saw something unbelievable.

She was bewitchingly beautiful as ever. From her beautiful black hair, two fluffy black cat ears popped out. She had three little whisker lines on each cheek that looked like they had been drawn on with the help of makeup. Her upper body was a little exposed but not to a dangerous degree, with a heart-shaped opening in the front of her outfit that emphasized her ample cleavage, and her frilly skirt revealed her long and slender legs.

“Wh-what the… Mitoma-san?!”

“How is it~ Senpai? It’s so s*xy, isn’t it? Don’t you want to make out with me now?” she said, embracing me while sitting on my lap.

I was overwhelmed by her alluring scent and the temptation of her exposed cleavage as it almost made my mind go blank.

But after a while, the store employee interrupted us from behind.

“Um… Dear customer, we don’t allow that kind of behavior in here. So please refrain from doing that.”

“R-right! Come on, get off me and take your seat!” I said, joining in and trying to run away from her advances.

[“Ugh, shut up! I’ll kill you!”] Mitoma-san muttered under her breath.

Reluctantly, she got off my lap, but I thought I heard her say something dangerous along the way.

“Did you say something?”

“No, I didn’t say anything.”

“Is that so?”

Her face was beaming with a beautiful smile.

I am certain she was mumbling something dangerous, but since digging deeper into something I couldn’t understand would be pointless, I decided to leave it for now and just let it go.

Anyway, I seated her in front of me and handed her the menu I received from the waiter. It was already getting late, and if we spent longer here than we originally planned to, it would affect tomorrow’s lectures and the preparation for the university festival, so I wanted to finish it quickly.

Well, that’s just a facade, the truth is I just didn’t want to be seen with my kouhai dressed so conspicuously, I just wanted to go back home.

“Come on, you’re supposed to choose from the menu after you sit down.”

“Gosh, Senpai, you’re so boring~”

“It’s not about being boring, we came here to eat.”

“Well, isn’t this also part of the service?”

“It’s a treat, not a service…”

“Ugh… Senpai, you’re stingy.”

“Shut up. So, what do you want?”

“Hmm, Senpai, what do you recommend?”

“Me…?”

Finally, Mitoma-san returned to her senses, and I felt a little relieved. I lowered my gaze to the menu.

This was my first time coming to a cafe like this, but the menu was nothing special. There were various kinds of pancakes, such as souffle pancakes, cheese pancakes, and even matcha pancakes, which seemed to be popular. In addition, there were sets of regular hotcakes and sandwiches and crepes for those who didn’t like sweet things. It was a menu that anyone could come up with.

Well, I don’t feel like this cosplay element as it was ruining everything, but for now, I pointed to the matcha pancake that caught my eye.

“Matcha Pancake? Senpai, do you like matcha?”

“Well, my mother is a tea ceremony teacher…”

“What?! I didn’t know that!!”

“I didn’t say it, so it’s okay, right?”

“It’s not okay!! (She’s going to be my future mother-in-law…)”

“Huh?”

“Well, but… I want to know everything about you, Senpai, so please tell me…”

“From now on, I surely will.”

With a lonely expression, she murmured and I couldn’t help but nod in agreement lightly. I decided to order Matcha Pancake and coffee.

“I’ll go for matcha and coffee… Is it safe?”

“Mm, yeah, that’s safe.”

“Yes! Simple is best, you know.”

“…you’ve never been here before, have you?”

“…Senpai?”

“Yes, sorry… never mind.”

Suddenly, I turned away as I received a cold stare.

“Well then, that’s all. Thank you.”

“Sure!.”

And with a slightly bitter smile, the clerk standing next to me wearing a maid outfit walked towards the counter. Of course, she has witnessed everything that’s been happening so far. In her eyes our conversation definitely looks like a lover’s quarrel between a problematic couple. Although we’re just a pair of senpai and kouhai.

“Senpai?”

“Hmm, what happened?”

“Why have you been looking at the clerk?”

“Oh, it’s nothing…”

“Lying is not good, you know? Should I just kill her?”

“Don’t say threatening things with a smile…”

“But, despite having me around, you’re staring at other girls…”

“Sorry, it’s just that I felt like we were being watched.”

“Ugh… will you look at me too when we get home?”

“When we get home?”

“Yes?”

“Well, I mean… are we going to sleep together tonight too?”

“But we have some preparations to do tomorrow morning too, right? Wouldn’t it be easier if we spent the night together and prepared early for the meeting?”

“Well, I guess so.”

Indeed, if we talk about Mitoma-san who is good at management, we can proceed with many things smoothly. However, I can’t help but feel anxious about ending up with the same fate as before, sleeping in the same bed again with her while embracing each other.

Though I really don’t dislike it, I still have to maintain my sanity.

“Senpai?”

“Oh, yeah… I guess we’ll do that for now.”

“Yes! Let’s think about the preparation together!”

In the end, I gave in to the atmosphere of the moment and agreed.

She is really good with her words, I can’t believe she persuaded me with such a normal reason.