Himegi-san a Bride from the Future Begs Me to Confess My Love to Her Again - Volume 1 Chapter 2.4

Date 4

“Hehehe, you’re quite cooperative. Now, go ahead and call me that.”

“…Touka-san.”

Just saying her name makes me feel a bit embarrassed.

“…Not bad. Yes, it has a nice ring to it.”

Seems like I hit her heartstrings there.

Though I can’t shake the feeling that Touka-san is subtly manipulating me, let’s not dwell on that for now.

“By the way, Ha-kun, what are your plans for now?”

“I’m going shopping. I’ll get whatever you need.”

I remember clearly that Touka-san asked me yesterday to buy essential items.

“That’s honest of you. For now, we need to gather the essential items for our immediate living needs.”

“Well, that’s true.”

“I also need underwear. And I want to change my pillow. Oh, and shampoo and stuff too.”

Touka-san unties her bundled hair and touches it with a dissatisfied expression on her face.

“My bad. Sorry for making you use our cheap shampoo …”

I feel genuinely sorry for having made her beautiful silky hair touch a shampoo that costs less than a thousand yen.

“By the way, you cut your hair, didn’t you?”

I didn’t notice earlier because she had it styled, but Touka-san’s hair is slightly shorter than the high school student Himegi-san.

“Hm? Did I cut my hair? …Ah, yeah, that’s right. When I was in high school, my hair was a little longer than it is now. But more importantly, there are two big problems.”

“Two big problems?”

“Yes, I’m really troubled by this. If possible, I’d like to ask for Ha-kun’s wisdom on this.”

With a troubled expression, she takes out her smartphone and a long wallet from her power band and places them on the table.

“Huh? Is there a problem with these two?”

At a glance, I can’t really tell where the problem is.

“Yes, big problems. First, take a look at this device. The thing is, it’s been acting up since this morning.”

“Acting up? Specifically, how?”

“Just take a look. You’re a gadget geek, I’m sure you’ll quickly figure out the cause.”

“Being a gadget geek doesn’t mean I’m into smartphones; I just like computers… Anyway, I’ll check it for now.”

I pick up the red smartphone and proceed to examine it.

“The four-digit passcode is 1117.”

“…1, 1, 1, 7… Wait, isn’t that my birthday?”

“What’s the problem?”

“No, no problem.”

Well, it’s somewhat more secure than using her own birthday as a password.

After inputting the four-digit code, the smartphone’s screen unlocks.

“I have to say, the screen is really clear. The movement is smooth too. What’s the refresh rate of this?”

“Ri, rifuresshurēto???” (Re-refresh rate???)

“But honestly, the design is super lame. If I were the company’s president selling this smartphone, I’d stomp this design in front of the developers.”

“…Ha-kun recommended this smartphone to me, saying it’s good.”

“Wha-what!? I recommended this smartphone to you? That’s impossible! There’s no way I did that!”

“Hey!”

“Because I’m someone who prefers smaller smartphones! Carrying around a heavy phone with such a big screen all day would give me tendonitis.”

Wait, hold on.

Future Me converted to the big-screen smartphone camp?

“By the way, how much does it cost?”

“Well, it’s… three hundred thousand yen.”

“Wow! That’s expensive! Future smartphones are costly, huh? It’s an astonishing price…With three hundred thousand yen, I could build a high-spec gaming PC!”

” …. “

“——How good are its benchmark scores? How’s the heat? But seriously, it’s not just that it’s big, it feels terrible too! The only thing praiseworthy is the screen’s beauty, huh? Even so, if it claims to be a smartphone of the future, I’d expect features like holograms emerging, the body of the smartphone being transparent, or at least some kind of transformation into a robot.
It seems that smartphone technology has hit a plateau at this stage, huh?”

Well, even so, YouTubers who specialize in gadget reviews would probably want this device badly.

“…Hey, gadget geek!”

“What’s up? What is it?”

“If you diss my phone any further——I won’t hesitate to use force.”

With a subtle smile, Touka-san raises a clenched fist.

It’s a nice smile, but her eyes aren’t smiling. Is she actually angry?

“Sorry… I got carried away. I’ll check it properly, so please forgive me.”

“Why don’t you quickly figure out why it’s acting up?”

“Okay.”

I gaze at the smartphone’s screen. There are a few apps I’m not familiar with.

Perhaps these were created during these six years.

“The screen isn’t frozen, and it moves smoothly. Charging works fine?”

“Charging is fine.”

“Then, how about restarting and shutting down?”

“They work fine too.”

“Huh? Then what’s wrong with it?”

“For starters, none of the apps work.”

“The apps, huh…”

So that’s the issue. I touch some of the apps on the screen.

“…Indeed, they’re not responding. Did you drop the phone or anything?”

“I didn’t drop it. Also, I can’t make calls.”

“Calls too?”

“Yes, I tried calling Ha-kun’s number, but there’s no response.”

“Can I call my smartphone…?”

“Sure. Go ahead and try.”

With Touka-san’s permission, I touch the calling app.

“This app responds, huh? Oh, I see. My number is already registered.”

My phone number was displayed on the screen.

Considering we’re a couple in the future, it’s quite natural for my number to be registered.

That’s fine, but I’d like you not to name it ‘My beloved Ha-kun.’

I’ll edit the name later…

For now, let’s try calling my phone.