LIGHTNOVELONLINE Ch 84 – 30 May, Satomi and Takao 01
Takao Perspective
Takao followed an androgynous-looking boy with such long braided pink hair that almost reached to his waist. He had such a cute and beautiful face that if he didn’t wear a school uniform for boys. People would easily mistake him for a girl. Well, when he wore that girl's school uniform, people immediately thought he was a girl. Since he is actually looking very good in those uniforms.
Wait, this is not the problem for her. Takao never expected that one day, she would follow the guy she likes to meet his girlfriend. Yeah, this is something that people wouldn’t do, right? But she is actually doing it.
Takao felt like she was really carried away by Kouta's pace, and she couldn’t fight it at all. He was weirdly sincere in his words and actions. He always told her that he was in a relationship with another girl but continued to pursue her.He's trying his best to seduce her, and he might be successful with that.
Because even though Takao knew he had a relationship with another girl. She still couldn’t hold her feelings back and love him. She is just really into him. Well, her feelings for him grew when she didn’t know he was such a womanizer.
Kouta was a first-year student who joined the club, because he wanted to make a game while at the same time learning to make games. At the time, the club was about to be disbanded, because of a lack of members. Kouta makes a plan and successfully, not only makes the club safe, as he actually makes her make up with her old friend, Roka.
One reason, Takao’s feelings for him grow. Of course, that's not the only reason since Kouta is actually quite a hard working boy. He never once protested about anything and learned to make games at such a fast pace, that she felt something was guaranteed to happen with the amount of his work.
And she knew that Kouta was working on not only one project but multiple projects at once. When you see someone working that hard, you can't help but cheer for him, right? Also, even though he didn’t have massive knowledge like Takao. Kouta had the same interest as her.
And without saying, he had such a nice face too. She would be lying if Kouta's appearance did not help. Even though his appearance was not something she fancy at first, but well, it wasn’t like her hearth can pick. If someone helped her, even though he had a delinquent- look, she would still love him.
"Are you fine with this kind of dinner, Takao-senpai?" Kouta asked Takao after they finished buying groceries.
"Eh, I’m fine with anything…"
"Well, that’s good."
Takao and Kouta walked out of the supermarket near the station in one of Kouta's girl neighborhoods.
"Are you often making her dinner?"
"No, this is maybe the first time I made a dish for her. Usually she’s the one who prepares my meal. Either she makes a simple dish or orders food. But since we suddenly disturbed her, I didn't want to bother her too much. Especially since she had just returned home from work."
"Eh, is that so?" Takao was surprised with how adult-like this girl was, not only was she always making a dish for Kouta, but she was also already working a part-time job. She was a different kind of girl with Takao. "Wait, what about her parents?" She continued to ask Kouta’s question.
Kouta just gave her a teasing smile, before answering that she was living alone. That surprised Takao more as she found how mature the girl was. It made her feel a bit nervous to meet such a girl.
They entered the apartment, and Takao could see Kouta messaging someone. Seeing how used Kouta was, it made Takao know that he came here quite often. Not only that, Kouta actually didn't ask the girl to open the door or anything since he had her spare key. This also did quite a bit of damage to Takao, as she knew how close they were, since she actually trusted Kouta and gave him a spare key.
But when Takao followed, Kouta entered the apartment room…
"Satomi… I came." Kouta shouts a kind of familiar name for Takao. She didn’t really look at the name in front of the door since Kouta entered the apartment quite fast.
Takao always thought the girl who had a relationship with Kouta would be around her or his age. That’s why she always thought the girl was a mature girl who had a part-time job, could cook, and lived alone. In her imagination, the girl would never be such an adult.
Well, do you think it will be expected that your crush has a relationship with an adult? Of course… no, right?
That’s why Takao couldn’t believe it when he followed Kouta inside the apartment and she would be see a familiar figure. Since the girl was… not a girl… a woman… an adult.
Yeah, one of Kouta's girlfriends was actually an adult that Takao knew, since she was her world-history teacher, Tachibana Satomi.
"Tachibana-sensei…?" Takao gave a surprised speech, as she couldn’t believe it.
"Eh!? Takao-san… Wait, Kouta. I know that you will bring a girl here, but you never told me the girl's name is Takao-san." Satomi threw the question at Kouta, who gave a grin and went toward the kitchen area.
"Ah~~ I forgot about that. I’m borrowing your kitchen, Satomi…"
"No… No… You must be thinking this may be amusing. Ugh… this is horrible." Satomi and Kouta had such a couple-like conversation. And hearing Satomi’s tone when she interacts with Kouta. Takao could feel how different Satomi in here than in school.
"Ah… Takao… you can sit there… I will make you some tea. You must be confused, but can I explain it?"
"Yes…" Just like Satomi said, Takao was surprised that she felt like her brain had burned out and that there would be smoke coming off her head. She followed what Satomi said and sat in the chair, which Satomi had pointed out to her before.
"Here…" Satomi gave Takao a warm cup of green tea. Takao drank it slowly, and she could feel the warmth spreading in her body, which calmed her mind….
"TACHIBANA-SENSEI!! WHAT HAPPENING HERE!!!" Takao asked in a very calm manner, well, at least in her mind. But she was so astonished, dumbfounded, and aghast at the revelation that her teacher was Kouta’s girlfriend and her rival in love.
"Hahaha… Relax… Takao. I will explain to you." Satomi said while her hand made a gesture to calm Takao down.
"Un… Well, you know… Actually, this happened… when I see him eating Ramen alone in the night. Since I knew about his circumstances, I called him out. And well after that… You know… I became worried about him, so we met more often. Before, you knew it… We became really close." With a shy face, Satomi answered the question. Right now, she looked like a student who made a mistake and got scolded by the teacher.
"Even so… to be dating a student… and much younger…" Takao was dumbstruck to find out her teacher was doing something illegal like this. Especially, an adult like her… dating someone that can halt her age.
"Ahaha… That really hurt… Takao. It sounds like an excuse, but… it’s just that sometimes he makes me wo… no… Mother instinct wakes me up… I guess. Sometimes he acted like a lost kid after all. I feel like I can’t leave him alone, but before I realized it… It became deeper and deeper." Satomi put her hand on her head and replied in such a weak voice.
"That’s…" Takao was a bit lost, and her mind calmed down a bit. She felt a bit sorry after hearing Satomi's reason. Even so, this was wrong. "Even so… I never expected someone like you to be one of his girlfriends."
"Eh, girlfriend?"
"Yes… Of course, Kouta said that I would meet with one of his girlfriends."
"Is that so? So… he said that… I’m his girlfriend… Huh…"
"Well, of course, he does…"
"Hehehe… But I never expected he would say that… I mean. I’m older after all… I always thought our relationship was more like… How do I say it… a running place for him? I guess. But he says that I’m his girlfriend. Hehe…"
At that moment, Takao saw how happy Satomi was… Her face blushed and didn’t have such a graceful attitude when she was teaching, but it was the face of a girl falling in love. That face made Takao realize that her teacher had already hopelessly fallen in love with Kouta, and she was happy and blessed to be with him. Even though he was such a womanizer.
In this moment, it was such a red flag that it might have been good to run away. But in Takao’s mind, she had a different opinion. No, the thing that flew in her mind at that moment, when she saw Satomi's face was…
‘Ah… I wonder if I make a kinda face too…’
Takao was carried away, influenced, or slowly corrupted by such an absurd situation.