Chapter 58

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Continuation of the date.

Title: My girlfriend is Satou-san (1).

“Yamaguchi-kun, I’d like to buy some clothes but I was wondering if you’d like to join me?”(S)

In the middle of a long summer vacation, Satou-san called me up with such an invitation. I’m in the middle of my summer vacation, but unlike me as a student, she doesn’t have a summer vacation as a working adult. I’ve heard that she only has three or four days off during the summer vacation. Thanks to this, I was already beginning to feel overwhelmed with this summer in August. I’ve been asked to join her, and I’m not afraid to agree.

We met up in front of the station on Sunday and walked side by side under the hot summer sun. On the way to the store, I asked,

“What kind of clothes are you buying, Satou-san?”(Y)

Then Satou-san laughed as if in trouble.

“I didn’t know what I wanted. I was wondering if you could help me choose it, Yamaguchi-kun.”(S)

She squirmed and said so.

“Okay, but,”(Y)

I respond with a sidelong glance at her, who looks embarrassed. I thought it would be unfriendly to say ‘but,’ so I rephrased it after.

“Though with my taste, it might not be Satou-san’s cup of tea.”(Y)

“No, that’s okay. Because I’m not really a very fancy person…”(S)

Ms. Satou-san looked down at the clothes she’d worn today, increasingly ashamed. Her taste in clothes is not so much bad as it is bad. It’s just a little unrefined, but it’s rather safe. It’s already simple and safe, like a model of safety. However, even though her clothes were fine when she was in high school, they look a bit childish now. By the way, today’s outfit is a dark blue English-printed T-shirt and a light-colored denim skirt. It’s not much different from a man’s sneakers with a rugged design. In addition, she wore her hair in a single knot as usual. It’s too unrefined a fashion for a 19-year-old girl to wear. Well, it’s still better to be aware of it. I managed to choke back a giggle before I said,

“I’m going to choose one for you. I’ll choose something really cute.”(Y)

“Thank you.”(S)

Relieved, Satou-san patted her chest.

“I was wondering if you could help me find some clothes for me once. Yamaguchi-kun always wears such nice clothes.”(S)

“I doubt it…”(Y)

I secretly breathe, feeling odd. I wish you could say ‘because you’re always cool’ or something like that. Satou-san is still not very good at complimenting people.

“I read and study magazines and did my research. It’s impossible to pick out clothes without any background information.”(Y)

When I regained my composure, I cowered my shoulders and she laughed carefree.

“Heh, I see! I guess fashion is a study too. Maybe I should study it too.”(S)

Words that might sound sarcastic if said by another person who says them, but when said by Satou-san, they sound straightforward. she’s always bad at praising people, but I like that there’s no need to doubt or misunderstand what Satou-san is saying. Maybe that’s what I love about her.

“So you’ll be my fashion teacher today, won’t you?”(S)

“I’m the teacher. That’s a big responsibility.”(Y)

“Yeah. It’s a pleasure to meet you, teacher.”(S)

I do think Satou-san, who jokes around, is cute, even if her clothes are plain. I was even thinking about giving her some clothes for a date when I saved up my part-time job money. But it would be difficult to ask her permission without being rude, no matter how many times Sato-san was with me, so this invitation was a godsend. If you’re going to be picking in any case, I’ll pick out something for you that will make you look different.

That’s when we approached the clothing store we were looking for. Suddenly, Satou-san stopped as if she had found something. When I looked at her face, I saw her eyes widen in surprise and then she smiled.

“Ah, Hina-chan!”(S)

The name Satou-san had called out sounded familiar from somewhere. And the person who had been called was just in the front of the clothing store, looking at a mannequin in a swimsuit displayed in the show window. As soon as she was called out, she turned around and smiled, her eyes crinkled behind her silver-framed glasses.

“Miyuki-chan? Wow, long time no see.”(Karasawa)

I knew that voice and that face very well. It was Karasawa-san, who was with us in Class C when I was at East High School. Karasawa Hinako, that’s why she was called ‘Hina’ by her good friends. By the way, there weren’t many people who called Satou-san by her first name. Even I haven’t called her by her first name for a long time. I knew that her name was Satou Miyuki because we were classmates for a long time. It’s not that I didn’t want to call her by her name, but I couldn’t call her by her name for some reason or another. However, for a long time most people hadn’t called me by my name, but just before I graduated from high school, I suddenly found myself being called by many people – all the girls in Class C – by Satou-san. I don’t know exactly what happened, but it seems that at one point right before graduation, the girls of Class C had an event that brought them all together. That’s how they became friends, and it seems that people started calling us by our names without any hesitation. I’ve never even called her that before.

“I’ve never even called her by her name. You guys are as close as ever.”(Y)

Karasawa-san looked at me and smiled coldly. I hadn’t seen Karasawa-san since graduation day, but she’d grown up a lot. When I was in high school, she was the kind of girl who wore her hair in two buns and wore her school uniform without a care in the world, and always seemed like a literary girl in the library, reading a paperback book. But now, with her long hair down and make-up on, she looks like a college girl you’d find at my university. She was dressed in a white blouse with lace sleeves and a beautiful green thin pleated skirt, which added to her mature look. They say that girls change after you haven’t seen them for a while, but it was something I just realized. Well, some girls don’t change much whether they graduate from high school or turn nineteen years old, but – it seems that Satou-san misunderstood something I was looking at her for. With cheeks a little red, she turned to Karasawa-san and asked,

“We came here to do some shopping. How is Hina-chan? Are you alone?”(S)

“No, I am meeting someone. We’re going to do some shopping here too.”(Karasawa)

Karasawa-san, who waved her head, then suddenly let her gaze wander far away and waved across the street the next moment.

“Ah, senpai! This way!”(Karasawa)

I couldn’t help but follow Karasawa-san’s gaze at that call, but I immediately regretted it. A tall man dressed in a black shirt and chinos, wearing a colourless outfit, walked down the street in front of the station, which was shimmering with the heat of the fire. The man was backlit, but I recognized his appearance. He was two years our senior, a skinny man with a very good posture and very sharp eyesight.

“Is that guy your senior, Narumi?”(S)

Satou-san mentioned the senior’s name. Probably there were not many people of our age who attended Higashi High School who didn’t know Narumi-senpai. He had an appearance that didn’t let people get close to him, and he had a disturbing reputation that didn’t match his appearance. In the past, he made Murakami-sensei cry after getting into a war of words with her, and a close friend of his, Tonosaki and Sasaki of Class C, when they ran into each other at the city library, he lectured them to the max and ran for his life. He’ s the kind of person who clashes with all kinds of people and then argues with them in a logical manner. That’s the kind of reputation Narumi-senpai has. I haven’t had any direct contact with him, so I thought he must be someone with a bad reputation. However, for some reason, that person with a bad reputation is actually Karasawa-san’s boyfriend.

“That’s right. Let me introduce you.”(Karasawa)

Then our senior came closer to us as we were standing in front of the store, chatting. I’m sure he thought there was an unseen extra beside Karasawa-san, but he looked at me and looked vaguely suspicious.

“Hinako, are they your friends?”(Narumi)

Narumi-senpai seems to call Karasawa-san by her first name. When he asks in a quiet, low voice, Karasawa-san smiles modestly.

“That’s right. We’re classmates from high school.”(Karasawa)

Then Narumi turned his attention to Satou-san and I. His eyes were not very warm, but they caught ours. That’s when I was about to bow to hime, thinking that I should at least bow to him, when he looked at me with his eyes, but not very warmly

“I’m Miyuki Satou, nice to meet you!”(S)

Suddenly, Satou-san began to introduce herself to her senior. She smiled and was friendly, but in a tone that was clearly not reading the air.

“I owe a lot to Hina-chan when I was in high school. I’ve heard stories about your senior year.”(S)

Narumi-senpai seemed to be blatantly amused when she continued in a cheerful tone. He frowned in confusion. That’s right, even if the person you just met said that to me for the first time, I’d have to go into it and ask, ‘What kind of a story was that you were asking about?’ And Narumi-senpai doesn’t seem to say anything like that. Satou-san’s inability to read the atmosphere is not half bad. So I tried to restrain her by saying that we are both on a date and it’s time to…. But Satou-san, who can’t read the atmosphere, turned around at the right moment and looked back at me.

“And this is Yamaguchi-kun, Atsushi Yamaguchi. I’m looking forward to talking to you!”(S)

I don’t know why I’ve been introduced to him, and I was like, really? Me too? I don’t really want to get involved, but do we really have to say hello? I had no choice but to greet him, fumbling around.

“Um, nice to meet you……… I’m Yamaguchi.”(Y)

“Nice to meet you.”(Narumi)

Narumi-senpai slowly pulled his chin back. Although he didn’t have a grin on his face, I thought at the time that he was surprisingly calm in his speech. Of course, that single sentence is not enough to judge, and secretly he may be trying to deal with us while being a bother.

After that, the conversation didn’t last long, and after waving to us, Karasawa-san waved to us to see her again, she and senpai walked into the store first. When the tall figure of Narumi-senpai was separated by the closing automatic door, I involuntarily breathed deeply.

“Huh….. It’s the first time I’ve spoken to him,”(Y)

“Yeah, me too! Hina’s senior, I had never seen him.”(S)

Satou-san is innocently excited like a child. It’s not like Satos-san doesn’t know about that senior’s bad reputation, is it? No, I’m talking about Satou-san. It’s also possible that you don’t hear your classmates’ whispered gossip from right to left.

“It’s just that he seems so mature. He’ s two years older than me, you know.”(S)

Moreover, Satou-san seemed to have a very favorable impression of Narumi-senpai. I was a little bored by this, so I took Satou-san’s hand and pulled her to the entrance of the store.

“Come on, let’s go look at some clothes. It’s a waste of time.”(Y)

“Oh, yeah. Yeah.”(S)

Satou-san silently followed me into the air-conditioned shop as she was taken by the hand.

Notes:

Introduction to important characters later maybe?

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