My Boss, A Clear And Perfect Beauty Who's An Elite Police Bureaucrat, Turns Out To Be My Sweet And Doting Childhood Friend Who Loves Me Dearly At Home. - Chapter 63

Is this the end of the conversation?

Just when Shinichi felt a bit relieved, Section Chief Saginuma got to the main point.

“By the way, isn’t your girlfriend Inspector Akinaga by any chance?”

Shinichi tried to keep his expression unchanged, but he wasn’t sure if he managed to do that. Saying no would be lying, and saying yes would reveal that he was dating Maho.

However, Section Chief Saginuma immediately grinned mischievously.

“Just kidding. A romance with a childhood friend is a classic in shoujo manga, and it’s so dreamy that I let my imagination run wild.”

“Eh? Section Chief, do you read shoujo manga?”

“How mean. Don’t say it’s unbecoming for a tomboyish, single female detective in her thirties to read shoujo manga~”

“I didn’t say that! It’s just that it doesn’t fit with my image of you…”

Section Chief Saginuma was admired by many for her beauty, both by men and women, and had a strong and straightforward image. Probably the other officers would think the same. The Section Chief chuckled.

“I try not to forget that before being a detective, I’m a maiden with dreams. Oh, if you break up with your girlfriend, let me know? I’ll comfort you as your big sister. Well, I’m busy with the serial theft case, so see you later~”

With that, Saginuma Kotone waved her hand and left.

The storm had passed, and Shinichi breathed a sigh of relief.

(But still, if I break up with her…)

If things didn’t go well with Maho, they could naturally end up separating. That was something he wanted to avoid at all costs.

Their cohabitation was going smoothly so far, but their relationship hadn’t progressed. He wanted to change that.

(At least I want us to be able to kiss every day… Maybe when I get back home, I’ll try to be a bit more forceful…)

As he was thinking anxiously, Kana approached him. She seemed to be in a bad mood, puffing up her cheeks.

“Se-n-pa-i?”

“What’s the matter?”

“Nothing~. It’s not like I’m in a bad mood because my senior was fawning over a beautiful Section Chief!”

She actually looked upset, though. Shinichi thought so but of course didn’t say it out loud. Kana glared at him with a grim look.

“I guess my senior prefers mature women. Even though you have such a cute and pretty junior, you seem completely uninterested!”

“No, that’s not… true.”

“Then say I’m cute a hundred times a day.”

“Here?”

“When we’re alone.”

Kana whispered, her face turning red with embarrassment, and she handed him something that looked like a flyer.

“What’s this?”

“Th-these are discount tickets for the Skytree planetarium and aquarium. Would you go with me, senior?”

“Sorry. I remember I promised to go out with you, but then I got hospitalized and all sorts of things happened, and I had to cancel.”

“That’s right. And we even promised to go on a date, didn’t we?”

Kana spoke rapidly. This was something Shinichi should have brought up himself.

After all, the date had been postponed because he was injured while helping Maho, even though it was related to work.

But there was a reason he couldn’t bring it up.

In the meantime, Shinichi had started dating Maho, and he couldn’t go on a date with Kana.

He had been meaning to explain this to Kana, but he was too busy with work until yesterday.

And now, Kana had taken the initiative to ask Shinichi out.

He was happy about it, but he had to explain properly.

“You see… I have something I need to tell you…”

“Eh? Could it be a confession of love?”

Kana said teasingly, but her expression was quite flustered.

The atmosphere made it even more difficult for Shinichi to explain.

“The thing is… I’ve got a girlfriend now. So I can’t go out with you, Asuza-san, on our days off…”

When Shinichi said that, Kana froze like a statue of ice.

Then she compared Shinichi’s face with the flyer in her hand and suddenly placed her small index finger on Shinichi’s lips.

Shinichi was surprised, but eventually, Kana took her finger away and looked at him affectionately.

Then she looked up at Shinichi.

“Kana.”

“Huh?”

“You promised to call me by my name, didn’t you?”

“Oh, that’s right. Um, Kana-san.”

Kana chuckled.

“Thank you. But you also promised to go on a date… I won’t give up just because you have a girlfriend. Right, Shinichi-senpai?”

tln :

do you guys hear any breaking sound? 🙁 our mc really harsh with women.)