After I Saved Kirigiri San, a Cool, Sharp-tongued Gyaru, From a Pick-up, She Started Coming Into My House the Next Day
As we were walking around talking about the recent game situation, we arrived at the area in front of the station.
“Hey, let’s grab a bite to eat somewhere.”
Haga suggested.
Even though we had eaten stir-fried vegetables at home, high school boys are always hungry. I could feel my stomach reacting to Haga’s suggestion.
“I guess so. Where do you want to go?”
“Hmm.”
Haga looked around.
Come to think of it, this is not far from where Kirigiri and I went to buy the mattress.
Suddenly, the crepe shop run by that frowning owner popped into my head. It was a delicate time to eat something hearty, and I thought it might be a good place to fill my stomach.
“There’s a crepe shop not far from here. It’s got an interesting owner, and it’s open.”
It may have been a successful strategy, as I was able to recall it immediately thanks to the strong impact of the crepe store’s owner.
“Seriously? That sounds really interesting ! Let’s go there ! I just wanted something sweet !”
Haga seemed to be on board with the idea.
We decided to go to a crepe shop.
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A few minutes’ walk from the station. We found the crepe stall in front of us.
Surprisingly, there was a long line of customers, far more than the previous time we had been here. There were about 30 people in the line. Unusually, they were all men.
“Hey, hey, hey, isn’t this a long line? I thought you said it was empty…….”
“No…..it can’t be.”
When I went there before, there should not have been a single customer in line. But now it was overflowing with young male customers.
Their ages are the same as ours or a little older.
I admit that the food tasted good, but it was hard to believe that the stern-looking old man wearing sunglasses could attract young male customers.
“She was really cute, wasn’t she?”
“Right ! I wanna work with such a cutie !”
“Which one do you prefer, by the way?”
“The cool one ! She tickles my submissive side !”
“Really? I’m the one with brown hair !”
Male customers who finished buying crepes muttered the word “cute” in unison.
I was the only one with a question mark on my face.
You don’t think that the owner with the sunglasses is cute, do you? Could it be that now is the time when a tough-looking guy like that is popular? No, he didn’t have hair, so there was no way he could be cute.
“Well, whatever. I’m used to waiting in line, so let’s just go for now.”
“I think the banana chocolate crepes are delicious, Kiri…”
I was about to say that, but quickly covered my mouth.
I’ve done it……
“Kiri? What’s that?”
“Ah, no……it’s nothing. I heard that banana chocolate crepe is delicious…….haha.”
“I’ll have that one then.”
I managed to fool him somehow and breathed a sigh of relief.
Watch out, watch out.
“Thank you very much～! Please come again～♪”
“Next customer～”
I heard two women’s voices coming from inside the kitchen car.
When Kirigiri and I were here, I think there was only one strong-looking owner, but maybe he hired a part-timer.
But even though he hired female staff, this long line is strange….. Moreover, it sounds like a familiar voice.
After waiting in line for a few minutes, it was our turn to order.
“Excuse me, banana–ah.”
“Ah……”
I stared at the familiar female staff with my mouth wide open.
(I’m not seeing things wrong…that’s right, there’s no way she’s here…)
I wiped my eyes once more with my fingers and then looked at the female staff in front of me.
She was wearing a hat and sunglasses, so it was hard to tell, but she had beautiful dark hair and a cool look. There was no doubt. It was Kirigiri.
What on earth is she doing here, or rather, what’s with those sunglasses?
There were so many things to comment on that I didn’t know where to begin.
“Hm ! Ren chan and Yuu kun !?”
And next to her, Chinatsu was serving customers with a smile on her face. Chinatsu is also wearing sunglasses.
“C-Chinatsu !? Why are you here?”
“I was gonna keep it a secret, but I didn’t expect you to find out…….”
The unexpected event left me speechless. Haga was also surprised, as he had never expected to meet Chinatsu.
“I’ve been working here part-time since today !”
“I see….but I never thought you’d be working part-time at a crepe shop…by the way, what are those sunglasses?”
Haga calmly commented on the oddly dressed Chinatsu and Kirigiri.
“Oh, this? Apparently it’s the owner’s hobby ! Does it lookgood on me?”
Chinatsu puts her finger on her sunglasses and smiles smugly.
I was convinced by the unusually large number of male customers.
It seems that everyone was lining up to catch a glimpse of the beautiful girls, Chinatsu and Kirigiri.
I was surprised to see them become poster girls on their first day as part-timers.
“Is that girl your friend?”
Haga looked at Kirigiri and tilted his head.
It seems that he doesn’t recognize Kirigiri because she is wearing sunglasses.
“It’s Kirigiri san. Look, she’s in the same class as Ren chan and Yuu kun.”
“Seriously ! So you two knew each other, Chinatsu? I had no idea…”
“Actually, we’ve known each other since childhood.”
Kirigiri gave a small bow and said, [Hello] while making the crepes.
As expected, she was a little cold towards Haga, who she was meeting for the first time.
Well, it doesn’t bother me that Kirigiri and Chinatsu’s relationship gets discovered, so I just watched over them.
“N-nice to meet you.”
I greeted her awkwardly.
I couldn’t see Kirigiri’s expression clearly because she was wearing sunglasses, but she was probably just as surprised as I was.
Chinatsu seemed to have guessed what I was thinking and nodded slightly.
“Hey, there’s a line of customers lined up, so let’s order quickly and eat somewhere else.”
I immediately decided to leave the place.
“R-right. I’ll have the banana chocolate crepe !”
“Then I’ll have the same one !”
I didn’t have time to even look at the menu, so I decided to order the same thing as Haga.
Then Kirigiri and Chinatsu started to make crepes.
“Oh ! A lot of customers ! Minamisawa chan, Kirigiri chan. How are ya doin’?”
Then, the crepe store owner, an old man, appears from behind the kitchen car.
He was still wearing sunglasses.
“Oh, Mr. Owner. Good work today !”
Chinatsu greets him cheerfully.
“Thanks to you two, we’ve achieved our highest sales ! Gahaha~!”
The old man was in a very good mood.
“Is that the owner you talked about?”
“Yeah……..”
“It sure doesn’t look like a crepe shop owner……”
Haga was also surprised by the owner’s power, which was more than he had expected.
“The two of us are having fun ! Right ! Misuzu !”
“Y-Yeah ! It’s surprisingly fun…….”
Kirigiri nodded awkwardly, perhaps not yet accustomed to the owner’s vigor.
“You both have a good streak on the first day, so it helps~!”
[ [Thank you very much !] ]
Kirigiri bowed to the owner with a straight face and Chinatsu with a smile.
“Well then, I look forward to working with you again. Um, you’re form the other day…”
The owner saw my face and looked at me through his sunglasses.
“You’re I think…..you were with Kirigiri chan, weren’t you? You came again ! Thanks !”
I had been careless. I never expected that the owner would actually come out to me.
This is bad……there’s no excuse for it.
I peeked at Kirigiri from the side, but she was staring impatiently at the interaction between me and the old man.
Should I pretend I don’t know about this? If I do that, the old man might dig up the incident from when me and Kirigiri went to buy crepes.
What on earth should I do?
“I’m sorry to keep you waiting~! Here, Ren chan, here’s a crepe I made with love♡”
“Oh ! Thank you, Chinatsu !”
Chinatsu quickly follows up.
Haga receives the crepe made by Chinatsu with a beaming expression.
The two of them are an idiot couple.
“H-here…..”
“T-thank you….very much.”
Blushing, Kirigiri handed me the crepe. Since it was my first time speaking, I responded awkwardly as well.
“Please…enjoy your meal.”
Kirigiri, still not used to it, wears her hat pulled down low on her head and mutters shyly, her cheeks red.
The sunglasses look really good on her, so I’ll compliment her when she gets home.
[ [Please come again〜] ]
We saw that there were other customers waiting behind us, so we turned to the side and looked at the two serving the customers.
“But anyway, what on earth was that owner doing…he sounded like he knew you.”
“W-well, maybe it’s just your imagination……he’s seen a lot of customers, so I’m sure he’s mistaken……haha.”
Somehow, Chinatsu’s fine play managed to cover it up.
“Oh well……nom…..yum !”
Haga is amazed at how delicious the crepes Chinatsu made are.
I was tempted and took a bite as well.
“S-so good…..”
My honest thoughts spilled out.
The crepes Kirigiri made were just as delicious, if not more so, than the ones the owner had previously made.
The banana chocolate crepe was not only sweet, but also had an elegant cinnamon flavor that spread in the mouth.
We finished our crepes in an instant, too light for a high schoolers’ stomachs, and then headed to the arcade to have some fun before we split up.
In the end, the crepe shop, with its unusual staff wearing sunglasses and its poster girls, Chinatsu and Kirigiri, was well received on the Internet and continued to be very prosperous after that.
It is said that even the highschool boys and girls began to visit the shop.
Incidentally, on the way back from the first day, I said to Kirigiri
“Your sunglasses looked good on you.”
I said with a smile and she glared at me for the first time in a while.
Maigetsu