Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard-Chapter 947 - 553: Yuuki’s Childhood Friend (3)

Although Hanamaru Yuuki really wanted to fall in love, when it came to Oogami Wataru in front of her... she always felt that something was missing.

Indeed, it must be because they had only just met again and were not very familiar yet.

Hanamaru Yuuki smiled brightly: "After we finish the coffee, how about we go for a walk together?"

"Huh?" Oogami Wataru obviously didn’t expect Hanamaru Yuuki to make such a suggestion to him, "Well... where should we go then?"

Hanamaru Yuuki thought for a while: "Hmm, the area around Shirokane Takanawa is full of famous shopping streets, we can just wander around anywhere, take some photos, have some food, whatever works!"

Honestly, what Oogami Wataru hoped for the most while staying home was that one day, a bright and beautiful girl would take his hand and invite him on a shopping trip, on a date.

Although the current scene didn’t involve holding hands, it couldn’t really be called a date either.

Yet even so, Oogami Wataru faced Hanamaru Yuuki’s sudden invitation.

His demeanor was still one of confusion and difficulty accepting.

Firstly, it was because she was too bright and beautiful, secondly, because he had deceived her...

He wasn’t someone who loved sports, nor had he ever been admitted to Ocean University...

Just an ordinary homebody, getting by with some odd jobs.

Even if... if only, there’s an if.

If Hanamaru Yuuki suddenly confessed to him, he would be very happy... but, he would find it completely unacceptable.

Unacceptable from an identity and intellectual standpoint.

"Hmm? Are we going for a walk later?"

——Even though he thought this in his heart, it was pretty unrealistic to refuse when a beautiful girl was sitting across from you, smiling and extending an invitation.

"Then, you decide."

"Okay, then after we finish the coffee, let’s go," Hanamaru Yuuki said with a smile.

...

On the other side, Hanamaru Hanabi and Uesugi Sakura, who were secretly observing, were chatting with their heads down.

"What should we do, Sakura-kun, Yuuki seems like she’s going to go shopping with that classmate."

"Hmm? Going shopping just after meeting?"

Hey, Yuuki, you’re being more and more outrageous.

The guy in front of us obviously doesn’t match the good looks in the photo from before.

Uesugi Sakura thought annoyingly, turned back, and looked at Hanamaru Hanabi in front of him, who was tilting her head with a ribbon in her hair.

In her vivid purple eyes, there was a glint of doubt.

"Sakura-kun, why are you always looking at Hanabi?"

"I’m wondering if Hanabi is as silly as Yuuki."

Hanamaru Hanabi got angry: "Sakura-kun is the silly one!"

Uesugi Sakura laughed: "Hanabi is the silly one, the kind of girl who can be easily led away."

"Then Sakura-kun is saying he’s a trafficker?"

"Hmm~ sort of. Forget about us, what do you think, how about that childhood friend of Yuuki?"

Hanamaru Hanabi listened to Uesugi Sakura, then purposely glanced at the table next to her.

She then turned back and said, "He’s pretty good. Not exactly handsome, but decent."

"..." Uesugi Sakura paused and asked, "You really feel that way?"

"Hmm, what’s the problem?"

"Do you think he’s like me, enjoys running, and is bright and handsome?"

Hanamaru Hanabi laughed with a hand over her mouth at this: "Sakura-kun... since when do you boast about yourself?"

Though Hanamaru Hanabi’s smile is cute, we’re discussing serious matters now.

"Don’t talk about me. What do you think about that guy?"

"Hmm, Hanabi still has the same opinion as before."

"Very ordinary but decent?"

"Right." Hanamaru Hanabi nodded.

Uesugi Sakura noticed that Hanamaru Yuuki seemed to be having a lively chat with the guy.

He was speechless.

Damn, you beautiful girls, what kind of eyes do you have?

Can’t you tell something is off with the guy?

Just because he wears a little facade, you’ve all been fooled?

Uesugi Sakura looked solemnly at his wife sitting opposite.

"What’s wrong, Sakura-kun?"

I’m looking at my silly wife—of course, I shouldn’t say this, Hanabi would get mad.

Uesugi Sakura smiled and said, "Hanabi-chan looks really cute today, with a scarf wrapped around your neck, half of your flushed face buried in it."

"Sakura-kun... why mention this suddenly?"

"Ah, just felt like saying it out of the blue."

——Actually, to cover up the fact that I think she’s a little silly.

Uesugi Sakura turned back and glanced at the two chatting across them.

Most of the time, it was Hanamaru Yuuki who initiated the conversation.

How could such a person be an outgoing and sunny guy who loves to jog all day long?

That won’t do, can’t let Yuuki be tricked.

"Ah, Sakura-kun, looks like they’re about to leave."

"Oh, really?" Uesugi Sakura put down his coffee, turned around, saw it was true, and quickly called a waiter to settle the bill.

...

In the busy street district.

Uesugi Sakura looked afar at the two standing not so closely together.

Not that he wanted to thwart a couple, but the two were hardly an item yet, and the guy named Oogami Wataru, from his current perspective, didn’t match a girl like Hanamaru Yuuki at all.

As a brother-in-law, he felt it necessary to help Yuuki, and his sister-in-law, evaluate this so-called "childhood friend."

"Sakura-kun... why are you holding Hanabi all the time, so many people outside..."

"Silly, it’s because there are so many people that I need to hold onto you, worrying you’ll wander off."

"Ah... Hanabi is not a child anymore! There was a chance to get lost before, but absolutely not now!"

"Well, as my wife, it’s not too much to hold your hand, is it?"

"That has to be agreed on by Hanabi."

"Do you agree?"

"Reluctantly, reluctantly agree!"

Uesugi Sakura laughed quietly and turned his focus back, quickly changing his expression.

"Oh no."

"What’s wrong?" Hanamaru Hanabi asked beside him, tilting her head up.

"We lost them."

...

Hanamaru Yuuki was well aware that her brother-in-law and sister were trailing her.

But for her, it didn’t matter whether they came or not.

Hanamaru Yuuki felt that Oogami Wataru next to her was somewhat reserved, so when they walked to a game shop, she smiled and said:

"Would you like to go inside for a gacha?"

"Huh? Hanamaru-san, you... also like gachas?"

"Hmm, not so much liking," Hanamaru Yuuki raised a finger to her cheek, with a pretty smile, "but I find it very interesting. If I happen to get a favorite anime character, it becomes even more interesting!"

Oogami Wataru’s excitement grew inside.

Yes, exactly, that’s the feeling!

Seems like, seems like there’s still some common topics between Yuuki and him.

"Ahem, even though I don’t come here often, I still know some gacha tricks."

"Eh~~" Hanamaru Yuuki clapped her hands, supporting him, "Oogami-kun, you’re quite knowledgeable about gacha."

"Well, to be honest..." Oogami Wataru noticed many guys around looking at him repeatedly because there was an adorably cute girl in front of him.

This mysterious vanity, this vanity of attending to a beautiful girl in front of him.

Made Oogami Wataru greatly enjoy himself, feeling very happy.

"What is it?" Hanamaru Yuuki cutely asked.

Oogami Wataru intentionally cleared his throat, straightened his back, and said: "I think gachas represent a form of unbeatable happiness, also a high-yield low-risk investment. With 200 yen, you can create one of life’s few small certainties, always making life feel worth continuing. I think no matter what unhappy things happen, that 200 yen spinning of the gacha machine, can always heal your heart through the complete circle process."

"Oogami-kun, that’s awesome~~" Hanamaru Yuuki widened her eyes, surprised with her mouth agape, "Can’t believe you can express such philosophical thoughts."

"No, not at all... hahaha."

While Hanamaru Yuuki smiling, applauding, complimenting him, the other guys around him looked at him with much more dislike.

——Clearly, he was still just like them, an otaku before.

But this feeling of mutiny really felt so good, so happy.

"Let’s try a few spins, I brought change, if we get something good, it’ll be a gift for you, Hanamaru-san, as a reunion gift after over ten years."

"Thank you~~!"

Hanamaru Yuuki smiled, thinking that this "childhood friend" in front of her wasn’t too bad at all.