I’m looking at the lunchbox Koyomi prepared at the courtyard.
It looks nice, and it also smells nice. It really looks like it would be delicious if eaten.
“Then, can I start eating now?”
“U, Un!”
“Thanks for the foodー”
“Feel free…….”
Among them, there are three partitions some of them which are onigiri, egg soup, and a miniature hamburger steak with fried burdock, spinach and sausage.
I start with the standard egg first.
The egg has the taste of the dashi(soup stock) flavored in it, and the taste spreads across my mouth.
The next is the Hamburger steak.
The hamburger has gotten cold but the taste of the meat soup firmly spreads across it, gradually warming my mouth with its taste. By the time I swallowed it, my mouth was completely covered with the hamburger steak. I have a desire for rice now.
“Un! This is amazing, it’s delicious!”
“Really!?”
“This really tastes good! It’s filling my mouth with delight! Even though my heart was already filled, now even my stomach is desiring more…….!”
“Th, thank goodness………….”
When I glanced at her, Koyomi looked a little insecure, and she controlled her relieved expression with both of her hands, tears were almost flowing out.
“Eh, Ko, Koyomi……?”
“I don’t have the confidence that I could do well…………..”
“That”s not true. This takes time right? Thank you for going through all that trouble, okay?”
“But………..Kouyou was pretty strict on food……..I would like it to be as delicious as possible………”
“Un! It’s the best!”
“Ehehe……..Thank you…………”
“Me too.”
“By, by the way!”
“Nn?”
“Can………can you teach me how to cook?”
“But you are good enough………”
“But not yet! It’s not number one for Kouyou right?”
“We, well…………”
There’s no choice if it’s like this. She practiced that much just for my sake, I only have to teach her to adjust it a little bit.
“That’s why………..certainly, one day I’ll be your best……..that’s why…….won’t you teach me?”
“Nnー………………..if Koyomi becomes the best, then I won’t want to separate from you, you know? If that’s fine with you……..”
“Of course! Everything will go well! Then, how did you make this egg?”
“Nnー, I saved the broth from the previous night? If you’re going to make a soup-based dish the night before, get some of the well taken ones…………Then you can just practice until it became tender and soft, did you put something in the middle of it?”
“Something?”
“Just like a Ryotei(Traditional Japanese Restaurants). Don’t they use the walleye pollack roe usually?”
“Aahー, I see………..”
As I was talking to Koyomi, my chopsticks wasn’t stopping.
I was putting the food to my mouth in succession one by one, and by the end of it I finished all of it.
And so, we chatted a bit after that, and it was about time to look around.
“Then I’ll wash it…..”
“No, it’s fine. Can you just return it like that?”
“Eh, but…”
“I was the one who cooked on my own accord, so I can’t let you do that.”
“U, Un…………Then, I’ll take that kindness.”
I lost to Koyomi’s vigor and handed over the box to Koyomi.
“Well then, I’ll return to the classroom now, please wait here.”
“I got it…………Ah, Koyomi!”
“Nn?”
I quickly called out to Koyomi who was about to return to the classroom.
“Umm, the lunchbox, thank you.”
“Un!”
“In the end, the food that I make on my own is more delicious but……..Today, Koyomi’s lunchbox is the best! The one I liked the most!”
“Eh……………………Thank you…………”
Koyomi’s face became red and she quickly ran away.
The best, huh…………..
It’s hard to separate it simply…..
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“Then, where should we go first?”
“Nnー, for the time being I’m done with foods I guess? I’m just going to hang out in the school building.”
“Un, let’s do that!”
As I came back with Koyomi and entered indoors, I was looking around the area that I haven’t seen before.
Haunted houseーーー
“Kyaahhh!”
“Ahaha, you look so frightened Koyomi.”
“A, after all………”
Koyomi was holding on to my arm without letting go.
“It’s just something a group of high school students made……”
“Ah, Kouyou-chan!”
“Eh, Nene-san………why are you dressing as a monster?”