Chapter 41: Special Chapter – How We Spent Our New Years Eve

Special Chapter - How we spent our new years eve

*This occurred a few days after Fumiko moved in.

It was a normal day; we had just finished eating and washing the dishes. And currently, we’re watching the last episode of a slice of life show.

Shown in the television are three girls celebrating their new years together.

“Hmm... New years huh, it’s quite close now, isn’t it?” Sakurai muttered in a small voice.

“Yeah, I wonder what I’ll do this year...”

“You’re not going to visit your family?”

“That’s a possibility, I guess... How about you, Fumiko-san? What will you do for new years?”

“Well, I’ll probably spend it the same as last years.”

“What did you do for last years?”

“It was nothing special. I just went out with my family during new year’s eve. We only eat out on special occasions, so I really enjoyed my time with mom and dad back then.”

Fumiko then begins her flashback scene.

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We’re no rich family, that’s why we thought of eating out as a luxury.

My father made a reservation at a fairly well-known restaurant. Of course, my mom was worried since it must’ve taken a fair bit of money.

“Dear, are you sure we should be eating here? I think this place is a bit too fancy for us...” my mom said, intimidated by the people staring at us.

We did look out of place compared to the other people here, so there were a lot of stares directed at us.

But my father didn’t care about that. He ignored the stares and reassured us.

“Don’t worry about it. I saved up for this over the past few months! Don’t you dare ruin this by worrying about those annoying people’s stares!”

My mother chucked to dad’s response, and the atmosphere between us gradually became lighter. The stares of others could no longer be felt as we went into our own world.

“Ha\~, Okay, we get it. Let’s enjoy our dinner, shall we?”

“Yes!” I said happily.

Seeing my response made my parents smile a bit too... ‘I feel like a child right now, but acting like this once in a while isn’t too bad...’ I thought to myself.

A few minutes pass, and our food arrives.

It looked very delicious...

“Let’s eat now, shall we?” my mom declared.

“””Itadakimasu.”””

The three of us said at the same time.

We finished our meal at 10 pm, right after that, we went and looked around some shops until we ended our night by going to a shrine and waiting for the new year to arrive there.

It was a very fun day for us.

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“Heh... after hearing your new years for last year, I feel really pathetic now...

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“Hm? Why? How did you spend your new year’s eve last year, Haruki-kun?” Fumiko asked with sparkles in her eyes...

‘I don’t really want to tell this to anyone, but I guess if it’s just Fumiko...’

“Well... My family was supposed to arrive here right before it hit the new years, but because of some incident, they couldn’t come until January 2...”

“Oh...”

“And what’s worse is that I prepared tons of dishes for us to eat. And now that they’re coming much later than I expected, the food’s quality will be much worse, essentially making them a waste.”

“Couldn’t you have... invited any friends?”

“Actually, I did try contacting Kento about it.”

“And?”

“... he responded with ‘Sorry! I’m busy right now\~ Ah! If you want I can come for lunch though! I wouldn’t want to miss tasting Inoue’s tasty dishes for free!’ to which I immediately hanged up on him.”

“...you’re imitation of him was quite impressive, Haruki-kun.”

“You don’t have to be nice. I know it was a pathethic new years, spending it alone with no friends. Watching anime as I ate food meant for 4 people.”

“Well... it certainly sounds like something that would happen to Haruki-kun, huh? As expected of a loner!” she enthusiastically said so, acting as if it was something impressive.

Naturally, I got a bit irritated by Fumiko’s response.

“Oi.”

“Ahahaha, I apologise...”

“Nah, don’t worry. So, your plans for new years are already set?”

“I think so, it’s either they will come here or I will come to them.”

“Isn’t the first choice a bad idea considering our circumstances?”

“That’s true... I still haven’t told them of anything, but they’re the ones paying for my apartment. They’ll probably start bothering me when they notice that there’s no more rent being spent on in their bank account.”

“Heh\~ I suppose we should tell them as soon as possible then...”

“Yes...”

“Meeting them face to face and telling them head on would be the best option here I think.”

“Eh?”

“We still have a few days, for now let’s take it slow and relax... Hm? Are you okay, Fumiko-san?”

I noticed Fumiko in a frozen in place, sweating a bit.

“Well... My father... he might beat you up...”

“You’re making me scared now!”