NOVEL WEB Chapter 20: Date Day
…Sunday has come.
No, if I say that it’s come, it sounds like I didn’t actually want it to come.
I’m actually very happy since my date with Sei-chan is finally here.
Yuuichi and I slept together in my room and woke up perfectly fine.
Of course, I slept on the bed while Yuichi slept on the floor with a mattress… Well, I say that I slept on the bed, but I actually couldn’t sleep at all. While the guy on the mattress was sleeping very soundly.
No, not being able to sleep is normal in this situation…
I’m going on an amusement park date with Sei-chan, a character I’ve loved and admired ever since I read the manga.
On the other hand, if someone can sleep soundly through this, that person probably doesn’t really like that character that much.
Or maybe they’re someone like Yuichi, who has a lot of nerve sleeping soundly throughout all this.
He’s going to be confessing to Fujise today, right?
Then, why is it that he can sleep so soundly the night before he confesses?
It’s not that he’s thick-skinned, it’s just that his nerves are dead, man.
“Hah… I slept well today. Okay, I’m going to work hard today!”
“You’re really good at sleeping, you know that?”
“Hmm? Oh, you’re up early too.”
“I didn’t tell you this, but Shimada and I are talking about meeting up earlier than you guys so that we don’t meet each other by accident.”
“Oh, yeah! Seriously, thanks for doing this for us!”
“…Ah- well, never mind.”
I was going to say something resentful to Yuichi, who got a solid eight hours of sleep while I barely got any sleep. But I lost interest in saying anything when he showed me his sunny smile.
It’s really not fair for someone to have such a good looking face.
I woke up before Yuuichi so I was already ready to leave.
“Hey, there’s nothing wrong with my clothes right?”
“Hmm? I don’t think so. You look normal, so It looks good on you.”
“I can’t be normal, I’ll be next to Sei-cha-…Shimada. I’m going to be on a date with her so I can’t look bad.”
“What’s wrong with you? Don’t worry, Tsukasa is usually pretty cool too.”
“That’s exactly why I can’t just be normal!”
“You’re such a pain in the ass!”
I’ve become the Tsukasa Hisamura of this world, but my face and body are the me of my previous world.
I can’t explain what that means exactly, but compared to being in this world, I can’t help but be worried.
My face is… ordinary.
It’s not ugly, I think? In terms of my face’s attractiveness, I’d like to think I’m about average, maybe a slight bit higher than average.
It’s just that the characters in this manga world are already too good looking.
Starting with the main character Yuuichi Shigemoto, the heroines Tojoin Kaori, Shiho Fujise, and Sei-chan.
All of them have such good faces that I seriously wonder why they haven’t become idols or models already.
Sei-chan is just an angel, if you ask me.
However, I can’t fit in as an idol or a model if I compare myself to them.
Anyways, there was nothing I could do about my face, so I at least wanted to look good enough to be able to stand next to Sei-chan without shame.
“I mean, aren’t you getting ready pretty early? What time did both of you decide on?”
Yuuichi asks me this as he changes from his pajamas to his casual clothes.
Damn, this guy’s wearing such a simple outfit, but he’s got a great face and style, so it looks disgustingly good on him!
“You guys decided on eleven o’clock, so we’re meeting at ten-thirty.”
“It’s nine o’clock currently.”
“I’m meeting Shimada, remember? So it’s common sense to arrive an hour earlier than her.”
“Where’s the common sense in that?”
I can’t make Sei-chan wait even a single second for me.
Sei-chan is surprisingly ditzy, so maybe she’ll leave the house early and be at the meeting place already.
But I absolutely, ABSOLUTELY, must reach there first.
Moreover, if Sei-chan waited alone for me, she might encounter a pick-up scenario.[TLN: I have no idea how to phrase this.]
If I see a scene like that, I don’t know what I would do to the guy trying to pick her up.
“You can’t keep Fujise waiting either, can you?”
“Well, as a man, I’m supposed to wait for her, but, It would only be fifteen minute at most, right?
“Nope. Looks like you’ll never be as good as me.”
“I don’t want to be like you.”
Since I’m going to make Sei-chan absolutely happy, this is basically light work compared to anything else I had to do. I’ll have to make light work of it.
I mean, this much is not hard at all.
In fact, it’s almost a reward to be able to wait for Sei-chan for an hour.
“What time is Yuuichi planning to leave?”
“I was hoping to get there fifteen minutes before eleven, but I guess I should take a page from you and get there thirty minutes earlier?”
“Huh… do you think that’s enough to catch up with me?”
“It’s okay, I’m not trying to catch up with you.”
Hmph, you softy.
“How can I stay in this house when Tsukasa is leaving first?”
“It’s okay, it’s Yuichi so there’s no worries. Just don’t hurt my sister, Rinke, or I’ll kill you with all my might.”
“You’re freaking me out! Your pupils are fully dilated!”
I’m trying to protect my sweet, sweet sister. Of course my pupils would dilate a bit then.
“You’ve been scaring me a lot lately, haven’t you?”
“This is normal. Well, I’ll tell Rinke about you waiting here, so just keep quiet until you leave and you’ll be fine.”
“Oh, okay. Thanks.”
But the truth is, there’s not much point in this guy going from my house to my date’s place anymore.
The reason was that Tojoin-san already knew that Yuuichi would be leaving from here.
Well, it looks like Yuuichi is going to have a hard time going back to his own house, so I guess it doesn’t matter.
“Well, I’m leaving now.”
“Seriously, you’re actually going to the meeting place an hour early?”
“Of course. Just relax in my room or something in the meanwhile.”
“Ahh, I’ll do that.”
“Ah, I forgot to mention that after you went to bed last night, but Cockroach-kun came out from somewhere and I couldn’t get rid of him, so I think he’s still staying in my room.”
“I can’t relax at this rate!”
When I was so nervous about my date with Sei-chan that I couldn’t sleep, that black demon suddenly came out of nowhere.
I confronted him with a roll of the appropriate paper, but I missed badly.
While me and Cockroach-kun were fighting, Yuuichi was sleeping soundly. This guy’s really just…
“Take care of it if you can.”
“Seriously…?”
Yuichi looked around at the walls and floor, but of course he wouldn’t stay in any obvious place.