The Love of My Childhood Friend, Who Has Overcome a Terminally Ill Diagnosis, Is Overwhelming
After handing Kanade my pajamas, I changed into my regular clothes and stepped out into the hallway. Then I went down the stairs to the living room.
“Sniff, sniff.”
Kanade was cooking in a frying pan while sniffing my pajamas.
“Ah, A-kun.”
Noticing me, Kanade smiled at me.
“Kanade, why do you have my pajamas?”
“Huh?”
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“Hehe. Akkun, you just start saying weird things out of the blue.”
“Huh?”
Huh?
Is it normal to be sniffing the scent of someone else’s pajamas at someone else’s house?
From my perspective, what Kanade was doing felt a bit off, so I asked her about it…
“Sorry, sorry. Ahaha, what’s gotten into me?”
Well, Kanade wouldn’t say anything weird, so I must have been wrong.
Ahaha.
“Thanks for making breakfast every morning.”
“No, no. Don’t worry about it. It’s just my way of saying thanks for everything.”
“Thanks? …Aren’t I the one who should be thanking?”
“Really?”
“Huh?”
Kanade, you’re really jumping on that, aren’t you?
“You’re going to thank me, right?”
“W-well…”
“Hehehe.”
Kanade smiled.
“Hehehehe. Well then, I think I’ll have you thank me a lot today, Akkun.”
“Y-yeah, I guess so…”
…Well, actually, Kanade has taken such good care of me all this time, so I really should thank her!
“Akkun. Breakfast is ready.”
“Thanks.”
“Here you go, enjoy.”
“Okay. Let’s eat.”
Kanade, sitting next to me, watched with a smile as I ate the breakfast she’d prepared for me.
…It suddenly occurred to me.
“Kanade.”
“What?”
“Do you always eat breakfast at home before coming here?”
“Huh? Oh, yeah. That’s right.”
“Well then, starting tomorrow, why don’t you eat at my place?”
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“…………Huh?”
“Starting tomorrow, come eat breakfast at my place.”
“Huh? Oh. No… it’s not like I didn’t hear you, okay?”
“Starting tomorrow, come eat breakfast at my place.”
“I-I heard you. A-Akkun……”
For some reason, Kanade’s face was bright red.
“Ah, Akkun. What’s gotten into you all of a sudden?”
“Well, you know. Lately, I’ve been thinking about how you’ve been making breakfast for me every morning, right?”
“Oh, you’ve been thinking about that?”
“And, when I really thought about it, if you’re always making breakfast for me, wouldn’t it make sense for you to eat at my place too?”
“Oh, you’ve been thinking about that……”
“What do you think?”
“……Ah, Akkun.”
Kanade looked down.
“Do you get it?”
“What?”
“What it means to eat breakfast together… every morning?”
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“Huh?”
Hmm.
Is there really any special meaning to eating breakfast together every morning?
After all, it’s basically just a normal thing for a family to eat breakfast together.
“……You haven’t noticed.”
For some reason, Kanade was glaring at me.
“……Well, but since we’re at it, I guess I’ll go ahead and do that starting tomorrow.”
“Yeah, yeah. That’s a good idea.”
“……T-then, A-kun. I’m looking forward to it starting tomorrow.”
“Yeah, me too. Kanade.”
I smiled.
“Starting tomorrow, let’s have miso soup together every day, okay?”
Kanade’s face turned even redder than before.
Maiasa