Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway, Vol. 1 by Shimesaba

Author:Shimesaba [Shimesaba]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Light Novel
Publisher: Yen Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10 Airi Gotou

“Huh? Dinner with Ms. Gotou?”

“Yeah…”

I nodded, and Mishima dropped the piece of grilled salmon from between her chopsticks back onto her plate.

“Oh.”

The sound of the salmon hitting the plate seemed to return her to her senses. She reached down with her chopsticks and picked it up.

She had ordered the salmon lunch set from the work cafeteria, saying it was her favorite. With grilled fish, steamed vegetables, soup, a side dish of pickles, and a scoop of steamed rice, this meal was simple but had a bit of everything you could want.

In stark contrast, I was tucking into my bowl of Chinese noodles. The noodles were already soggy by the time I’d taken my first bite. They didn’t taste outstanding, either.

“Uh, um, so, er, you invited her out, Mr. Yoshida?” Mishima asked, waving her chopsticks.

“No. Ms. Gotou invited me.”

“Huh… I just don’t get it!”

She took a bite of her fish.

“I just don’t get it!” she repeated.

I shook my head with a snort.

“Yeah, I don’t get it, either.”

“You don’t get it, but you’re still going?!”

“Who can say no to their boss when they get invited out to dinner?”

“I would!”

I slurped down another mouthful of noodles.

“You’re you, so you can get away with it.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

Mishima puckered her lips in a pout, but I refused to respond and went in for some more noodles.

There was no point in telling her that the bosses favored her for her good looks, and that was why they let her get away with it.

Mishima frowned at me as she put the last bit of her fish into her mouth.

“Ih ha’ t’ he a hwap.”

“Seriously, you have to stop talking while you eat.”

Did all young girls act like this?

When we were drinking together a few days ago, it had occurred to me that nobody had ever warned her not to talk with her mouth full. Wasn’t that typically something parents taught their children? Even excluding them, Mishima’s close friends and other people in her life should have said something to her by now.

Maybe young people these days just didn’t care about that sort of thing. Who was I to know?

She swallowed her mouthful of food, then continued speaking.

“It has to be a trap.”

“What do you mean, a trap?”

“She’s tricking you, Mr. Yoshida. You’d better not go.”

“And why would she trick me?”

Mishima simply responded with an “errr,” her eyes roaming the cafeteria as if she was looking for a better answer.

I wished she’d think a little more before she spoke.

“W-well, anyway…”

She thrust her chopsticks in my direction and repeated herself.

“I’m telling you, you shouldn’t go.”

“Don’t point chopsticks at people.”

This woman really had no table manners whatsoever.

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