NOVEL WEB Chapter 23: Meeting up
I’ve arrived at the meeting place at last.
We were supposed to meetup at a cafe near the amusement park.
It was only half past nine.
I have almost an hour left until the appointed time to arrive.
It’s not that I arrived too early though. This is rather normal in my opinion.
“Fuuu..”
I take a deep breath to calm myself down.
From now on, I’m going on an amusement park date all alone with Sei-chan…
I’m starting to wonder if any of this is real, now that I think about it.
Seriously, am I really going to go on a date with a heroine of that “Ojojama” manga? With my favorite characte Sei Shimada of all people?
If you think about it calmly, it’s such an unbelievable situation.
I’ve been in this world for less than a week, and I never thought I’d somehow end up going on a date with Sei-chan.
When I was in my previous world, I never really dreamed of such a scenario ever happening.
But the purpose of the date today is a little different.
Sei-chan and I are only working together to prevent Tojoin from interfering with Yuuichi and Fujise’s date. Our goal is to essentially ensure that their date is a success.
But in effect, this also means that this is going to be an amusement park date with Sei-chan.
What’s more, did you all see my RINE? I can’t show it to anyone if I’m honest.
I don’t even need to look at it anymore to remember that it said, ‘Well, it’s been a while since I’ve been to an amusement park, so I’m looking forward to it.’
Sei-chan is also looking forward to her date with me at the amusement park.
Really, I can barely stop my heart from thumping anymore.
Well, of course my heart doesn’t really stop.
If it were really a world of manga , it could actually really stop.
In gag comics, there are depictions of hearts stopping and then immediately coming back to life. But if that happened in real life, you would have to give the person a heart massage for their safety.
Please, my heart, just hang in there for today.
But while on an amusement park date, what kind of things can I do to entertain Sei-chan?
I don’t think I’ve been to an amusement park at all ever since elementary school.
I’m looking forward to going there, but I’m worried about whether I can escort Sei-chan properly or not.
Well, it’s an amusement park, so I guess I should just ride the attractions like a normal person.
But can Sei-chan and I even ride the attractions…?
While we go and enjoy the attractions, Yuuichi and Fujise’s date might get interrupted by Tojoin-san.
If that happens, It will be the end of us…
Well in my mind, I’m hoping that Tojoin-san will come and interfere with them.
Because if those two were to get together here, the story would end super early.
If that happens, Tojoin-san won’t be able to be saved anymore.
Well, probably no matter how hard Sei-chan and I try, we’ll never be able to stop Tojoin-san if she really decides to interfere with them.
She could probably get the park to shut down for all we know.
If she does that, there’s nothing we can do about it.
I don’t think she’d go that far, but frankly, she’s the kind of person who could actually do it.
I don’t think there’s anything we can do to stop it if that’s the case.
Well, if I can’t stop her, then I can’t. That’s that.
But since Sei-chan definitely wants to stop her, I’ll make sure to do my best while cooperating with Sei-chan.
I was a little concerned about the time, so I looked at my watch and saw that it was about ten o’clock.
It’s only 30 minutes till the meeting time. No, considering Sei-chan’s personality she’ll come in a little more than 20 minutes. She’ll arrive early since that’s the person she is.
Uwah, I’m getting really nervous all of a sudden.
Oh, right. I just realized that I’m going to be able to see Sei-chan in her casual clothes for the first time ever. Live!
I can’t wait to see her in her casual clothes.
Well, I’ve already seen quite a bit of Sei-chan in her casual clothes whilst reading the manga.
I often saw her going out with Fujise or something like that, so she would probably come dressed like that.
Absolutely adorable, how could it not be adorable?
I’m seriously looking forward to…
“Hi-Hisamura…”
“Eh…?”
Suddenly, I heard someone call my name from behind me, and my body jolted, startled from hearing my name all of a sudden.
Did I hear Sei-chan’s voice just now?
No but there’s still 30 minutes before the meeting time, why would she be here already. But there’s also no way that I would mistake Sei-chan’s voice for someone else now.
With that in mind, I turned around and caught sight of Sei-chan looking at me.
“…”
The moment I saw her, I forgot to breathe.
The first thing I noticed was her jacket. A black blouse with a slightly short hem that reached just above the waist. She was wearing it loosely which looked really good.
Underneath it were her light-colored denim shorts. Which looked beautiful and showed off the charm of Sei-chan’s long, beautiful legs as much as possible.
She was wearing a red shoulder bag on her shoulder, which was also very stylish. [TLN: I might have messed something up spynine, I’m clueless on fashion] [ED: Lad, how are you expecting me to be 10/10 in fashion either.]
And… the thing that draws my attention the most is the sweater that’s inside the black blouse.
A white colored sweater with a larger knitted pattern and a little loose, I wouldn’t have been that surprised if that was all.
The length of the sweater is unusually short… and you can see Sei-chan’s belly button and her beautiful neckline up close.
“W-Well, it’s only thirty minutes before the appointed time to be here… When did you get here, Hisamura?”
Sei-chan is saying something to me, but I can’t hear her.
I hadn’t expected her to come in such casual clothes, and my brain still hadn’t processed what I was seeing.
Wait a minute, it’s really so…
“Do-Don’t stare too hard.”
Sei-chan suddenly said, and then used her hands to cover the exposed part of her stomach.
The embarrassment of what I was doing just now came to my head.
“So-Sorry I was just admiring your look.”
“…”
When I said that honestly, Sei-chan’s cheeks reddened even more and she turned her head away.
I mean, I was admiring, which sounds like I was speaking in past tense, but I’m actually still admiring her.
“Sei-chan, you’re just so, so pretty. You scared me.”
“I-Is that so. Thank you.”
“No, I’ve always thought you were cute, but you look really badass today.”
“Tha-That’s enough, You don’t have to praise me anymore.”
Sei-chan said this angrily, her face turning even redder. But for me it was still not enough praise for her.
I’d like to continue on for at least ten more minutes.
Well, I actually want to praise her all the time. But I think I’ll only be able to say “Oh man, she looks so precious.” because I’d lose my vocabulary in front of her beauty.
“The-There’s still some time before Shiho and Shigemoto arrive! Let’s wait in the cafe for the time-being!”
Sei-chan said this with a hint of embarrassment and walked towards the cafe.
“A-Ahh. Got it.”
I followed Sei-chan, still a little stunned at her appearance.
Her back is too beautiful to be put into words.
I’m so glad to be alive…