Sweet Cohabitation Romcom With My Senior Girlfriend and Alcohol Starts At Twenty - Volume 1 Chapter 8.3

Reflections After a Night

“Can I open the pot?”

“Sure, but it’s a failure, you know?”

“That’s fine. I’m in the mood for Senpai’s cooking.”

“If that’s the case, I’ll start making a new one—oh no, I left the ingredients behind.”

“It’s okay to eat what’s in the pot.”

“But I’m not okay with it!!”

“But you devoured the French toast I made in no time at all. I even prepared enough for tomorrow, and now it’s all gone.”

“Well, it was delicious…”

“I want to eat Senpai’s delicious cooking too.”

“That’s what I’m saying, it’s not delicious because it failed.”

“I’ll still enjoy it.”

Why does Takashi-kun stubbornly want to eat it even though I say it’s a failure?

Even though a newly made one would taste better, he wants to eat the failed one.

Moreover, he’s insistent, almost as if saying, “Since you ate my cooking, you have to let me eat Senpai’s cooking too.”

Does he understand that I can’t refuse him now, and that’s why he’s doing this?

“I won’t compensate you anything if it’s bad.”

With that, I lift the lid of the pot to reveal its contents.

The completely cooled, less sweet and more salty than usual—buri daikon.

***

“Senpai, shall we have a drink together now?”

As soon as he saw the contents of the pot—’Senpai’s handmade buri daikon’—he suddenly said that.

No, perhaps it’s more accurate to say he couldn’t help but say it.

“Now? It’s still before noon, you know? Even if we don’t have school today, you’re getting a little too excited.”

“I can’t help it. The drinks yesterday weren’t fun at all.”

“Not fun… Ahh, I knew it! Some of my alcohol is missing!!”

“I’m sorry, I miss you and just went for it.”

“If you were that lonely, you should have just told me to come back earlier.”

“I would ruin Senpai’s fun if I did that. I don’t want that.”

“But you went ahead with a proposal?”

“Uhh…”

Kureha Senpai’s mood starts to return after I show my weak side. I could clearly see her spirits gradually lifting from her previously disheartened state.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t be checking the canned Chuhai in the fridge while scolding me.

And now, Senpai’s mouth starts to curl into a smirk—I’m certain of it.

And Senpai in that state is—relentless.

“Why did you start talking about marriage?”

“Because… you’re just so cute, Senpai… and I thought how nice it would be if this life could continue forever… and before I knew it, the words just came out…”

“Hmm…”

Ah, Senpai’s mood is rising again. The corners of her mouth are turning up even more.

And the teasing begins again—

“So, why do you want to drink now? Tell me, and maybe I’ll join you~?”

“You’re saying that, but you’re totally ready to drink together. And not just a little—you’ve even brought four cans with you.”

“Well, it’s a direct invitation from Takashi-kun. I have to drink a lot, right~?”

The Senpai who had been fretting over the failed cooking just moments ago was no longer there.

Instead, standing right before me, there was only the Senpai who adored alcohol.

My beloved Senpai, who never hides her love for the things she adores.

She teases me whenever there’s a chance, a lover who seems almost too good for someone like me.

“So, what’s it about? The reason part?”

My lover sits right beside me on the sofa, her sweet scent wafting through the air. But it’s not just that. There’s a faint smell of soy sauce as well.

Yet still, my heart is completely taken by Senpai’s presence.

Even through her shirt, there’s an alluring softness that draws me in. So much so that all the thoughts I had been pondering vanish completely.

I’m utterly smitten with every little movement Senpai makes.

At that point, I had nothing left to lose.

“…When I saw Senpai’s buri daikon, I just wanted to get all lovey-dovey with you.”

“Eh?”

“As I said, I just wanted to get all lovey-dovey with you, Senpai!”

Even after spilling my true feelings, I felt neither pain nor itch.

On the contrary, it felt as if a fog had lifted from my heart, leaving me feeling refreshed. But that moment was fleeting.

“So, you mean… you thought if you said you wanted to get lovey-dovey in your drunken state, you could blame it on the alcohol?”

“…Yes.”

Hearing Senpai’s words made me feel a bit embarrassed about my current situation.

Blaming it on alcohol, what kind of man does that?

Such thoughts crossed my mind.

However, reality was different. To Senpai, such things were trivial.

“Ahahaha! Takashi-kun, you’ve started thinking naughty things, huh? You don’t need to do that. Getting lovey-dovey with Takashi-kun is always welcome!”

Kureha Senpai laughs off the idea of blaming it on alcohol.

Moreover, she even goes as far as to say she’s been waiting to get lovey-dovey.

It seems Kureha Senpai has already made up her mind.

“After all, we’re going to get married eventually, aren’t we?”

I still have some embarassment about the words I said yesterday…

***

“Nnghh~! The alcohol tastes very nice when you drink in the afternoon!!”

“Even after all that, you’re still eagerly drinking. What was all that earlier exchange about?”

Completely opposite from when she returned to the room earlier, Senpai is now more carefree than ever.

She takes a can of Chuhai from the fridge and drinks it heartily, savoring it with a pleased hum.

Watching Senpai like this, I feel even more pathetic for fretting over the words I had spoken.

“Well, Takashi-kun, you never asked me to drink before, so I got a little worried~. I thought maybe something was up.”

“Despite that, you brought four cans. And you’re already on your second one.”

Senpai places the empty can on the table in front of us and starts guzzling down the newly opened drink.

There’s no sign of “worry” from the cheerful Senpai before me.
At least, not from the current carefree Senpai.

And it seems that’s how Senpai sees me too.