My Childhood Friend Attacked Me When I Declared That Her Birthday Present Was 'Me' - Chapter 8

A Single Breakthrough

“For now, I’m going home!”

“Go home? Where?”

“Where? My house!”

“Isn’t my house the same as your house?”

“I’m talking about my real house! Stop messing around!”

“But since we’re already officially recognized by our Family and Classmates, my house is also Kouta-kun’s house. So there’s no need to go home, right? In fact, You’re already home right now!”

“What are you even saying?”

I tried to think calmly and listen carefully; what was she trying to say?

“I’m going home! If I stay here, you’re only talking about snakes here. It’s just a bunch of snake oil!”

(TN: 蛇足, literally means snake’s foot (figuratively means vain/unnecessary/useless). I changed it to snake oil.)

“That’s harsh, calling it snake oil.”

“That’s right, that’s right.”

“That’s right, that’s right.”

“That’s right, that’s right.”

“Shut up, you four idiots.”

My mom, Kaori, and Kaori’s mom included, all four of them are idiots. There’s no other way to put it.

Hmm? Come to think of it…

“I’m going home… but can I ask one thing?”

“Hmm? You’re leaving?”

“Just wait a moment. I’ll make red rice, so wait a little longer if you’re going home. Ah, would it be better if I bought it?”

“Stop it. I can cook red rice at home! You don’t have to go to such lengths.”

“If you’re going home, will tonight’s dinner be red rice and tonkatsu? We won the bet, no, we won the challenge! Right, A-chan?”

“That’s not it. That’s not what I want. I don’t need red rice. I don’t need tonkatsu either.”

“What are you saying? If you don’t eat it today, when will you?”

“Today, right?”

“Today, right?”

“Today, right?”

“Shut up, you three crows.”

(TN: crows mimic words and sound they hear and repeat them.)

Stop listing the same words. Don’t sidetrack the conversation.

“No, that’s not what I meant! I wanted to ask if it’s okay that you didn’t tell Kaori’s father!”

“Ah.”

“Ah.”

“Ah.”

“Ah.”

Ah, alright. Maybe I’ve found a single breakthrough.

I don’t know if I can call it a breakthrough, though…

“Kaori’s father is extremely fond of Kaori, isn’t he?”

That’s right. Kaori’s father, Daigorou-san, is a father who still can’t let go of his daughter.

Suddenly, the four of them fall silent.

“He is a father who is not ready to let go of his daughter! The theory of I’m going to marry you because I f*cked you doesn’t work!”

Well, you know what I mean, right? You should understand.

Did you forget? Kaori’s father, Daigorou, and his imposing presence.

That giant figure is standing close to two meters tall.

“See? Just sleeping together won’t solve everything…”

“Wait a moment.”

With my mother’s intervention, the four foolish crows quickly gathered.

“Mumble, mumble.” (ゴニョゴニョ)

“Mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble.” (ゴニョゴニョゴニョゴニョ)

“Mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble.”

“Mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble.”

Amazing…

When they whisper to each other, it sounds like mumbling.

Ah, it’s over. The discussion is over. Surprisingly quick…

“We’re going to buy suits.”

“Huh?”

“We’re going to buy suits right now. If we go now, we’ll just make it in time before Daigorou-kun comes back.”

“Huh? Yes? What?”

“Let’s hurry up and buy a suit. And today, you’ll be staying at Kaori-chan’s house.”

“Yes? Why?”

“Don’t worry. The red rice is still red rice.”

“I’m not worried about that!”

“I’ll also prepare tonkatsu, okay?”

“I’m not worried about that either, Auntie…”

The conversation is getting tangled up on its own. It’s going in an unnecessary direction…

“Kaori… for now, let’s coordinate our clothes in all white…”

“White? Ah, I think I have a white dress.”

“Ah, then let’s go with that…”

“Wait, wait! Just wait a minute!”

The conversation is progressing at an absurd pace…

“What are you trying to do now? Seriously?”

” ” ” “Isn’t it obvious?” ” ” “

The four of them speak in unison…

” ” ” “Give me your daughter!” ” ” “

“Huh?”

Once again…

Huhhh?