Ranobe Mo Ore Mo Sukina Gyaru - Volume 1 Chapter 13.3

Gal and Breakfast 3

Around ten minutes had passed…

As I started to feel a bit full from the sandwiches and was biting into my egg sandwich, Tsumakawa, who was finishing up her BLT sandwich, asked me,

“Yoda, do you watch movies?”

“Movies? Well, I watch them sometimes… I guess I watch more than most high school students.”

“I see. I don’t watch movies much… But there was something written in a light novel that said, ‘In movies, a scene where a man and a woman share a meal is a metaphor for s*x.’ Did you know that, Yoda?”

“N-no.. Is that so…?”

“Yeah, apparently. So, here’s my question… What are we doing right now?”

As she said that, she picked up another tuna sandwich from the large plate.

I had just finished my egg sandwich that was within arm’s reach, and I was debating whether to eat the next one and the sandwiches on the large plate had significantly diminished, leaving only two.

As Tsumakawa and I continued our insignificant conversation, we managed to eat our abundant breakfast up to this point.

After confirming that, Tsumakawa-san asks, ‘What are we doing right now?’ with a somewhat ambiguous expression.

“…Eating sandwiches…”

“Hmm, be more precise. Not that, I mean… We’re eating breakfast together, aren’t we?”

” ….. “

“Eating meals together in the morning is pretty suggestive, isn’t it?”

” We’re just eating breakfast together, why does it have to be like that!? “

“Even having dinner together can be kinda suggestive, so doing it in the morning is just too much.”

“Calm down, Tsumakawa-san. ——Right now, we’re just eating sandwiches together! There’s absolutely nothing suggestive about it! “

As I retorted, Tsumakawa smiled satisfactorily.

Did Tsumakawa-san go through the trouble of making a large number of sandwiches just to convey this point? I wondered.

As I questioned this, she continued her words while bashfully avoiding my gaze.

Her cheeks, turned away somewhat shyly, were redder than ripe apples… and that’s why I couldn’t take my eyes off her profile.

“Is that so? Even though you talk about metaphors for s*x, in the end, we’re just having a meal together. But, Yoda… I wanted to… “

” ….. “

“I wanted to eat breakfast with you… That’s how I feel… “

” …………… “

While saying this, Tsumakawa took a bite of her tuna sandwich.

Even though she’s just having breakfast like before, in my eyes, it seemed like a seductive act——

She licks her lips with the tip of her tongue to remove the tuna that’s stuck there.

With her moistened lips, she takes another bite, munching softly as she takes a small bite from the large tuna sandwich.

A deliberate, savoring chew.

The sound of teeth gently clashing echoed. Then, after enjoying the tuna sandwich meticulously, she mischievously smiled and lightly traced her lips with her index finger.

Her glossy pink lips, captivating, stole my attention… In an instant, my heart began to race for an unidentifiable reason.

Even though we hadn’t done anything even remotely suggestive, how did Tsumakawa-san eating a sandwich suddenly look so provocative to me?

As I trembled in such thoughts, she suddenly held out the half-eaten tuna sandwich she had taken two bites from toward me.

“I’m full now. Would you like to finish it?”

She said. The sandwich, with Tsumakawa-san’s clear bite marks, was presented right in front of my eyes.

I was puzzled, but I somehow managed to respond weakly.

“N-No, Tsumakawa-san… that’s your half-eaten sandwich…”

“You don’t want to eat it? I see… Well then, I guess I’ll have to throw it away…”

” …… “

“I made this sandwich for you because I wanted to eat breakfast together with you, Yoda… But you’re refusing it. So, I guess there’s nothing else I can do but throw it away…ugh, there’s nothing else I can do but… to throw it away…”

“O-Okay! Enough, I’ll eat it! I’ll eat it…”

Facing Tsumakawa, who looked like she was about to burst into tears, I reflexively blurted out those words.

Then, with an innocent smile, she offered the half-eaten tuna sandwich to me.

… I folded the sandwich in half to hide the part with Tsumakawa-san’s bite marks on the inside, then folded it again.

After compacting it as much as I could, I pushed the compressed tuna sandwich into my mouth and chewed it hastily.

In an instant, the flavor of the tuna sandwich spread throughout my mouth, but I don’t care!

I did my best to swallow the sandwich, focusing on the fact that it was Tsumakawa-san’s half-eaten sandwich.

Then she looked at me with a feverish expression, smiling gently.

“Did you eat it?”

“Hey, what do you mean by that?”

“Well, it’s just that I’m happy you ate it… That’s all. …I’m just feeling happy on my own, so don’t worry about it.”

After saying this, Tsumakawa corrected her posture and looked at me.

Then, with her cheeks still slightly flushed, she couldn’t contain her smile and continued while taking a BLT sandwich from the large plate.

‘No, weren’t you full already?’

“Honestly, I didn’t expect it to turn out like this… I do like Nezumayo-kun, and that’s why I became interested in Yoda, but I didn’t expect it to turn out like this——I never thought that Ryosuke Yoda, a guy, could make me feel like this… “

“T-Tsumakawa-san…?”

“I didn’t really understand what this was all about before… Maybe I just wasn’t trying to see it. But… my feelings have solidified.”

” ….. “

“Hey, Yoda. Can I rephrase what I said?”

Upon hearing this, my body tensed up. Finally, I managed to meet her gaze again.

I didn’t exactly know what she was going to say, but I just wanted her to stop.

I had started to want her to acknowledge my presence, but if she says that now, I might want to distance myself from her again…

As I harbored these feelings, Tsumakawa-san started eating the BLT sandwich in her hand without a word.

After a while, she finished eating the sandwich with a resolute expression, took a breath, and turned toward me once more.

She opened and closed her mouth nervously, revealing her tension. She swallowed her saliva with a gulp and nervously hugged herself.

‘Why am I so nervous, me…’ she muttered to herself, and then she looked at me again.

And then, with sincerity in her eyes, her expression devoid of casualness and her voice trembling, she told me,

“Uh, um, Yoda… Yoda-kun! I, I… I want… want to be… to be——”

…However, no matter how much time passed, the next words didn’t come out.

When I looked back at her, our eyes met.

” ….. “

Tsumakawa, locking eyes with me, turned even redder, then covered her face with both hands and lowered her head in embarrassment.

“Uh… Uhh?”

Seeing this uncommonly speechless Tsumakawa, I was left dumbfounded. And so, a long silence fell between us.

Since she wasn’t saying anything, I couldn’t say anything either… Then, after a while, Tsumakawa slowly raised her head that had been bowed.

“Sniff… Uh… Y-Yoda… I-I…”

She was crying, tears streaming down from her eyes.

It was like she was crying because she didn’t know how to handle the emotions she was feeling, just like a child.

Seeing her like that, I instinctively reached for the last sandwich left on the large plate for some reason.

Then, in a hurry, I offered it to Tsumakawa, who was sitting next to me.

“H-Here you go…”

“Uuu… Th-thank you…”

When she took the egg sandwich from me, Tsumakawa began eating her self-made sandwich while still crying.

I didn’t really understand why I took such an action. But maybe I just wanted Tsumakawa to feel a bit better.

However, with so little I could do when I had nothing, all I could do was this ineffective gesture.

To give the last sandwich on the plate to a girl to stop her tears was such a virgin move… I felt ashamed of myself.

However, after Tsumakawa finished eating the egg sandwich and wiped her tears away with her hand, she let out a small laugh while rubbing her eyes, her makeup slightly smudged.

Her expression wasn’t lively, but her voice sounded more cheerful than I had anticipated.

“For now, I don’t need to rephrase it… I’ve realized my feelings for myself, so that’s enough. It’s not really like me…I’ve realized it’s not really like me, but that’s fine…”