My Parents Gave Me a House So I Decided to Start a Marriage and My Childhood Friend Ran for It, so We Got Married and I Won in Life!
“Haa… that’s it ……”
“Good work! This is the end of our business!”
We had just finished our last business meeting and were walking towards the inn.
“Muramatsu-san~! Please take me to dinner~”
“Hey, hey, why are you doing that?”
“We’ve come all the way here, I want to eat something delicious♪.”
“I’m married and I don’t want to do that though……”
What fun would it be to cross a dangerous bridge to get there?
I would give up all my relationships for Miyu! I’m not saying that, but I don’t want to have dinner alone with the opposite gender in a place like this where Miyu doesn’t even know.
“Mouu… so uptight ……”
“Not that I’m constrained, but I absolutely hate the idea of breaking up with her”
“You really do love her~”
“Leave it alone.”
Takanashi laughs happily.
She didn’t seem to particularly care.
“I’ll buy you lunch sometime when we come back instead. If we take Keita and the others with us, it won’t be like cheating or anything.”
It’s not unusual for several employees to eat lunch together.
It’s not that I don’t like having dinner with Takanashi just because it’s just the two of us.
“Yay! Now, please take me to the new Italian restaurant that opened in front of the station!”
“Wasn’t it rumoured to be quite expensive there?!
You don’t hesitate ……”
“That’s the kind thing about you, isn’t it, Muramatsu-san, not saying no?”
“Well, I declined today due to my circumstances. I don’t want to admit it, but that’s fine right.”
It’s really annoying though ……
If it wasn’t delicious, I would never accept it.
“Let’s go then!”
“Ha? Where?”
“Of course …… it’s the souvenir shop!”
Takanashi declared in mysterious English with a mysterious determined look on her face.
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“Wow, …… they have so many different things!”
We came to the biggest souvenir shop around here, which had good reviews.
Apparently she’ll help me choose a souvenir for Miyu since I’m going to treat her to lunch.
I was curious that she was surprisingly loyal, but when she said, “I also wanted to buy a souvenir, so it was perfect♪” and I felt a little less grateful.
“What should I buy you?”
“Well, since we’re here, I’d like to buy something famous”
“The famous ones are …… Uiro, Kishimen, Miso Nikomi Udon and Shiruko Sando, right?”
“Yeah.”
The lineup I looked into was like that, so I guess they’re famous.
Food is good because having things is just a nuisance.
Originally, Miyu and I didn’t own many of those kinds of goods.
Even if we do, we have common mementos, and we’re both the type of people who don’t personally buy things and look at them again.
“What kind of things does your wife like?”
“Dorayaki ……, or rather Japanese sweets. She has a sweet tooth, but she doesn’t really like western sweets.”
According to Miyu, she doesn’t like whipped cream or anything too heavy, although she doesn’t dislike it.
She likes the gentle sweetness of Japanese sweets.
Well, when I sometimes buy dorayaki after work, her eyes light up.
It’s easy to understand.
“Then you can’t miss Uiro, can you!”
“Yeah. I was originally going to buy Uiro, so I did some research.”
For the other souvenirs, I was planning to look for good ones locally, but I’m sure Miyu would be happy with the uiro, so I looked into some good ones beforehand.
Without hesitation, I found the one I was looking for from among the many types and put it in my basket.
“Fufu. I have one more thing for you. Please wait for a moment.”
Takanashi said that and went to look for something.
After a minute of waiting, Takanashi returned with something that looked like a can.
“What is it?”
“Jan! It’s Ogura-an!”
When I looked at the package that Takanashi handed me, I saw a delicious picture of anko (sweet bean paste).
I see, I certainly hadn’t thought of this.
“You can put it on toast! Or you can make it into a zenzai! Oh …… I want to eat shiratama zenzai ……”
“This is good. I’m sure my wife will be pleased, so I’ll buy more.”
I asked Takanashi to lead me to the place where Ogura An was kept and put three in the basket.
I thought it might be a bit much, but I knew that Miyu would eat it up in no time, so I decided to buy it.
After that, since the neighboring prefecture is a famous tea producing region, they also sold matcha, so I decided to buy that as well.
“Thank you. I think this will make my wife very happy.”
“I got a good deal too, so no problem there! When Muramatsu-san told me about your wife, I was even more excited to meet her on the company trip.”
“Well, I’ll introduce you properly.”
“Yes!”
All that’s left now is to go home.
I want to meet Miyu soon.
I went to sleep tonight imagining how happy she is when I give this souvenir.