The Case of My Childhood Friend Who Became a Very Popular Model and Came Back to Fulfill a Promise We Made When We Were Children
At a convenience store on the way home.
I was wandering around the store in response to Akane’s request, who was hungry.
“It’s been quite a while since I’ve been to a convenience store.”
“Is that so?”
“Yeah. I didn’t have any business at the convenience store, and if there is something I want, the manager usually prepares it for me.”
“Hinokuchi-san is too versatile. ……”
“And there was also a lot of online stuff.”
I guess she was busy with her work since she is a very popular model.
The world of Akane shines even in the convenience store, which is nothing to me
Akane walked in front of me with light steps.
I watched her from the perspective of a protective boyfriend.
“It’s cold after all, maybe ice cream.”
“You have a unique sensibility, don’t you, ……?”
“Thanks a lot.”
I’m not really praising her, but she looks happy so it’s okay.
I thought I might buy some ice cream that I saw randomly, but Akane quickly pulled out an ice cream.
She put it in front of me as if it were a genius invention.
“Pehico! Wanna play half a pepico with me?”
“…..Commercials?”
I don’t think it would have been at all out of place if they had cut out the current scene and made it into a commercial.
I never thought the day would come when I would be told that line. ……Thanks to Pepico.
“But still, that brings back memories.”
“Right? I used to eat this when we had to buy ice cream.”
“I guess so. Akane was very picky about what she ate, so this is what she ate when I was the only one buying it.”
I’ve been on Akane’s tail for a long time, I think.
I’m fine with that.
“But for some reason, she said something like, “I only need one, so I’ll give you the other.” Ayumu is too cute.”
“Isn’t that so? I’m actually cute, right?”
“……not cute.”
“You cooled off too fast!”
When I told her so, Akane laughed like a child.
I’ve made someone smile again, I thought with a smug look on my face.
“But Ayumu has always been Ayumu, hasn’t he?”
“Of course. I’m confident that I’ll still be this way twenty years from now.”
“It’s going to be a fun marriage, isn’t it?”
“I guess so.”
Akane’s words were naturally nodding in agreement.
I am sure that my marriage with Akane, which had not seemed realistic before, is now a certainty.
“Then, I’ll go buy this for you.”
“Eh? I want to eat it, so I’ll buy it myself.”
“It’s okay. I can only act cool in a place like this.”
In fact, to Akane, Pehiko may not be a big deal, but these things are a matter of feelings.
And my ego that I just want to pretend to be a boyfriend-like
“…… Ayumu, I love you!”
“Hey, hey, you……, we’re in the store!”
“Hehe, I don’t know~”
”Really……”
How cute is she?
I headed towards the cash register while pretending to be dismayed.
“Here you go.”
“Thank you.”
Akane took the Pehiko from me and put it in her mouth.
I thought to myself, “If I send this picture to Google, I’m sure they’ll ask me to do a commercial for them.”
“Yummmm!~”
“It tastes so nostalgic.”
“Fufu. I guess so.”
Old memories come back to me.
I remember when I was a little kid, I used to buy Pehiko at this convenience store, and we used to eat it together while walking home.
I thought I was going to slip back in time and go back to those days.
But I–
“I wish our days could go on like this forever.”
“Don’t do that. That would be a flag, wouldn’t it?”
“Don’t worry. I know that this kind of days won’t last. That’s why…”
Akane took a step forward and turned to me with her long hair fluttering in my direction.
Then, with her signature big smile, she said
“Make our days happier from now on, okay?”
I don’t need to tell you how I responded to those words.