The Classmate Who Is Adored by Everyone Smiles Teasingly Only at Me-Chapter 3V1 .4 - Chocolate de Familia

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“I guess Sōma-san is a little different from everyone else.”

“What, you mean I’m a weirdo?”

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Taken aback, she quickly waved her hands in denial.

“No, not like that. It’s just that my parents and Miki-chan, when I fail, they comfort me with words like ‘Don’t worry’ or ‘It’s fine.’ But they never say things like, ‘Just try to succeed next time.’ It’s impressive that you can say such things.”

Receiving an almost adoring gaze, he felt awkward.

Scratching his cheek, he said,

“It’s not like I have some noble ideals or beliefs. Even that line from earlier, more than half of it was directed at myself. For example, let’s say I fail at baking a cake, and it turns completely black. It’d be such a waste.”

“That would be a huge waste indeed.”

Chika nodded innocently, like a child.

“And if I leave that failure as it is and bake another cake but still fail, then what? The waste would be twice as much.”

“…You’re right.”

Sōma scraped together the money for the ingredients for the sweets from his meager allowance.

Repeating failures would cause considerable damage to both his wallet and his mental state.

He’s self-taught and, in a sense, it’s inevitable to encounter failures.

However, he didn’t want to keep piling up failures. He wanted to keep moving forward, even if it was just a step.

“So, when I fail, I investigate why I failed and find solutions to avoid failing the next time. That way, I believe that even the cake that turned into a blackened mess can rest in peace.”

Hearing Sōma’s explanation, Chika chuckled and said,

“Cakes finding peace, huh? That’s such a Sōma-san expression. But I understand that feeling. It would indeed be a waste to leave failures as they are. I’ll do my best with your thoughts in my heart.”

‘I will turn my depressed mind upward and begin to think about what I should do from now on!’ she continued.

“Just out of curiosity, when you visit a friend’s house, what kind of things do you do?”

When asked, Sōma recalls his visit to Shōhei’s house.

“Let’s see… mahjong, games, watching videos, looking for things in the house, or maybe simply chatting, I guess?”

“Looking for things in the house?”

“I search for interesting stuff in the room.”

“Y-You can’t do that! That’s absolutely not allowed!”

Chika hurriedly stands in front of her wardrobe.

“Don’t worry. I won’t do that kind of thing.”

Of course, there’s no way he would rummage through a girl’s room.

“Other than looking for things in the house, everything else is… how should I put it, ordinary?”

“At home, you can’t really do much more than that.”

No matter which house you visit, there will be family members around, so making a big commotion is impossible.

“That’s true. But what should we do? We don’t have mahjong tiles or game consoles at my house. We do have subscriptions to streaming services, but it seems kind of wasteful to just watch videos when Sōma-san came all the way here…”

With her finger on her cheek, Chika ponders while wandering around the room.

Although he considered offering some advice, Sōma is here today as a practice guest, not an advisor.

He decides to observe silently.

After wandering around for a while, looking around the room, gazing at the ceiling, and then back at Sōma, she claps her hands together.

“Let’s play games on our smartphones. How does that sound?”

“Sure, why not.”

It’s a safe proposal, and he doesn’t object. He pulls his smartphone out of his pocket.

“Do you usually not play games?”

“I hardly play games. Occasionally, Miki-chan and the others invite me to play games where we build houses or mine for minerals.”

“I see.”

That is fun in its own way, but to be frank, it’s a time thief.

He can’t really get motivated to play something like that right now.

“How about playing an easy FPS game?”

“I don’t really know much about FPS, but okay.”

Facing each other across the table, they download a game app from the app store.

“By the way, should we have a one-sided match where you and I compete, and I beat you, or should we team up and play together?”

“Are you assuming I’m going to lose for sure!?”

“I play FPS quite a bit, so I consider myself skilled enough not to lose to a beginner.”

“Then, let’s play together as a team.”

“In this world, there’s a term called ‘courtesy play.’ Losing to me is one way to entertain your guest, you know.”

“I don’t want that! If I keep losing, I’ll cry!”

Teasing Chika while quickly going through the tutorial, they choose online multiplayer FPS.

“Well, basically, when you see someone other than me, you shoot them, right?”

“That’s right. It’s simple, isn’t it?”

“I’ve never done this before, so I’m nervous…”

As Chika holds her smartphone tightly in nervousness, the match starts with the players matched.

Sōma is also new to this game, but FPS games are generally the same. You move around while picking up weapons and ammunition and shoot enemies when you find them.

However, even though it’s very straightforward, FPS can be quite challenging for a gaming beginner like Chika.

“Sōma-san, Sōma-san, my screen turned completely red, and I can’t control it anymore. Is it an error?”

She comes over to show her smartphone screen.

“You’re dead on the screen.”

“Already!? When did I get shot?”

“Be careful in the next match.”

“Yeah.”

With a sigh, she returns to her original position.