When I Saved a Lost Plushie, I Got Close to a Young Lady From a Yakuza Family
Lunch break the next day.
After the mobile classroom was over, I was walking down the hallway to get back to class when two boys spoke to me.
“Sagara?”
“I have a question.”
Who were these two guys? I think I’ve seen their faces before, but I don’t remember their names because we had just changed classes.
“What’s up?”
I decide to continue the conversation for the time being.
I’m always happy to be talked to by people in my class.
But I’m not a very good speaker, and I’m what you might call a bad communicator, so it makes me wonder if I’m going to be able to answer their questions properly.
“You were okay during lunch yesterday, weren’t you?”
“Uruwashi san took you away, and everyone was worried about you.”
Yeah, that’s what you’re talking about.
Uruwashi-san is the daughter of a family of yakuza and is feared by everyone.
She’s really a kind person who loves stuffed animals. I’ll have to clear up the misunderstanding.
“It’s all right. She just took me to the back of the gym and thanked me.”
Behind the gym?! They were surprised.
“thank you?!”
I got a bento lunch there and it tasted amazing.
I have to convey that the cooking is excellent and it has a homey feel.
“What happened there? perhaps she hit you……”
“It was so good, I was in heaven.”
“Ha!?”
Yeah, it was heavenly.
“I can’t wait to try it again.”
“You’re an M!”
I am an M?!
Why would you say that?
“I mean, How did Uruwashi san get to call you in the first place?”
Well, the stuffed animal thing is a secret, so I’ll blur it out.
“I found one of Uruwashi san’s relatives lying on the side of the road.”
“Ha!? A gang member?!”
The stuffed animal is her family
“And what’s worse, her arm was almost removed.”
“arm?!”
The two boys looked pale and trembling.
When I found it, I was shocked too.
“So I fixed it up”
“Whaa!?”
I remember that I didn’t just sew up her arm that time.
“That’s when the cotton came out.”
“Even the guts?!”
“I had some on me, so I stuffed it in and sewed it up for her”
“You can do that?!”
Oh, I don’t tell anyone about the stuffed animal, so I should have told them I do handicrafts too. ……
“I mean, do you even carry a cotton ball around with you on a regular basis?!”
“What? I don’t usually carry it with me.”
“I-I see”
I do carry a sewing kit, but that was cotton by accident.
“I was on my way home from the store.”
“Where?! You bought it from a dealer!!?”
He’s very surprised, and he’s pretty into the story.
Maybe I’m a good storyteller?
“It’s not private. There’s a store that specializes in that kind of thing.”
“A specialty store?!”
I see. So you don’t know much about handicraft shops?
“Men don’t know about them and usually don’t go there.”
“Even women don’t go there!”
I see, not all women do handicrafts.
I felt a little sorry for myself.
“Anyway, that’s why he was so conspicuous, huh? Sagara, you seem to be a pretty badass guy, even if you don’t look like much.”
“Everyone admires her beauty, but because she is the daughter of a family of yakuza, she can only be admired from a distance. …… I thought I might be able to get close to her, but I don’t think we can do that. ”
“I heard that the son of a politician once confessed his love to Uruwashi, but it was crushed. I heard that he clung to her pathetically in the end, even if it was just as a friend.”
“What a daredevil! I know how you feel, but even with all that power, you can’t get close to her. ……”
“I envy you, Sagara-san, for being able to see the face of the great and powerful up close and personal.”
“Sagara-san, that’s great, but this story is too dangerous, so I’ll pretend I didn’t hear it.”
“Oh, no.”
I thought I was having a great time talking with him.
but I guess that’s the pattern
“Sagara kun, let’s go to the back of the gym.”
“Uruwashi san?”
I was startled.
I felt a chill run down my spine as she called out to me over my shoulder.
“Who are these people?”
Uruwashi-san took one look at the two boys who were talking to me.
I’m sure she wasn’t glaring at them, but her slanted eyes and well-developed face put pressure on them.
“We are nobody!”
“That’s right, that’s right. Never mind!”
They left as if they were running away, leaving me to enjoy the rest of the evening.
It seemed that my talking skills were not going to be enough to dispel the black rumors about Uruwashi.
At the end, they seemed to be frightened, but I wondered why.
Uruwashi-san seemed to pay no attention to them as they ran away.
“I’ve made more.”
I was sure that since she said she had made it, it must have been filled with lunch boxes.
While I was talking, she must have gone back to the classroom to get her things. But I already thanked her yesterday.
“Why?”
“Because you gave me a bath.”
Apparently, she’s going to thank me again.
I gave her a bath in return for her lunch, but I don’t know what I should do if she gives it back to me again.
We then moved to the back of the gym.
She opened the lunch box she had made for me and we sat down to enjoy it.
“It’s very delicious.”
“Thank you.”
This is it!
I’ve never been to a Japanese restaurant before, but this refined, concentrated flavor was heavenly.
“Thank you so much for making this. I could eat it every day.”
“That’s …….”
“Sorry! It was so delicious that I blurted it out. It’s a lot of work to make it every day.”
“No no.”
Uruwashi suddenly turned her face away and curled her shiny silver hair with her fingers.
It seems like I’m causing trouble after all. No matter how delicious it is, I have to restrain myself.
This time it was as a thank you for giving the stuffed animal a bath yesterday.
After I finished eating, Uruwashi patted me on the head.
“Eh, What’s wrong?!”
“You had a sleeping hair, so I thought I’d fix it.”
I was in a hurry this morning, so I didn’t have time to look at my sleeping habits.
That said, I am embarrassed to be patted on the head.
Uruwashi continues to stroke silently.
What is this situation ……?
“Wait a minute.”
Uruwashi-san pulled out a comb from her breast pocket, as if my sleeping hair wasn’t easily fixed.
I thought it was typical of high school girls, but it wasn’t made of plastic, but of wood.
“It’s a boxwood comb, soaked in camellia oil, so I think it will take away your sleeping hair”
She quickly ran it through my hair.
It was the first time for me to have someone comb my hair, and it was a strange sensation that felt both uncomfortable and pleasant.
This is what Uruwashi always uses, isn’t it? I wonder if it’s okay for me to use it?!
“It reminds me of what Sagara-kun did to Banira-chan yesterday.”
“Yes, that’s true.”
Just as I brushed her hair to make it look better, Uruwashi is now doing the same for me.
I was excited, but it was a very peaceful and good time.
“I couldn’t give Sagara a bath, but I’m glad I was able to brush his hair.”
“You were seriously talking about a bath ……?!”
In response to my retort, she smiled and said, “Fufu.”
Apparently, I was being teased again.
“No more sleeping hair. Now we can do stuffed animal activity”
Uruwashi-san put away her comb and said with satisfaction.
Yes, I was supposed to play with Uruwashi-san after school today for the activity.
I was getting nervous thinking again about playing with a girl after school.
I don’t think I’ll be able to concentrate on my afternoon classes.