I am that male friend in the harem story-Chapter 235: It’s a coincidence

The sound of the clear stream, rustling leaves, and chirping of the tourists that walked nearby.

Many voices could be heard from the entrance of the pudding store where they stayed.

Sitting on the bench nearby where they could see the Miyagawa River and the scenery of the surroundings, all of them had their puddings, which were jiggling, colorful, and tempting them to devour them right away.

Oreki looked at the surface of the pudding, scooped some chocolate pudding, and then ate it.

'Hmm... It's exquisite.'

Closing his eyes, Oreki felt a peace that he had never felt before. The pudding was delicious, and its sweetness made him able to appreciate the beauty of his city even further. Unlike his sister, who moved away from the city and went on a trip to India, he planned to stay in this city, working till his death and enjoying this pudding.

"...why I didn't know such a delicious pudding before?"

"Because you never try due to your energy-saving nature."

If Oreki didn't have to do anything, he wouldn't do it, so how could he think about trying a good pudding in the city?

"I can't argue with that."

Oreki glanced at Satoshi, who sat by his side, watching the Miyagawa river in a daze as he ate his Ramune pudding. Yet, even so, Satoshi's words echoed within his heart since his energy saving made him only not to do something that he didn't have to do, and when he had to do something, he would do it as soon as possible, so searching for a good pudding shop was necessary for him.

Previously, that wasn't the case, but now, Oreki wanted to know more.

"How is the ramune pudding? Frankly, your choice of pudding is weird."

"I like to try things that I have never tried before. Unlike you, my motto is instead of regretting not doing it, it is better to feel regret after doing it."

"...that's kind of deep." Oreki was in a daze and asked, "Whose quote is that?"

"My original."

"....." Oreki.

"Still, unlike before, all four of them have become closer now."

Oreki glanced behind and looked at Chitanda, Irisu, Ibara, and Kaho, who ate a pudding together as they shared with each other.

"Eru, how is the matcha pudding?"

"It's good, Kaho-san. How is your strawberry pudding?"

"Senpai, can you share your coffee pudding with me?"

"Oh, let me try your caramel one."

Unlike before when the four of them seemed to be on the verge of war, at this moment, when they sat next on the bench as they tasted the smooth puddings, sharing them, they were like... a good friend, Oreki thought, which made him wonder whether a sweet had such a mysterious effect on the woman.

Or did Satoshi already expect that they would make up when they ate a sweet?

If so, Oreki had to say that Satoshi was frightening!

Yet, was the problem cleared up as Oreki thought it to be?

Or was it just the calm before the storm?

"So, what are you planning to do?"

"Nothing."

"Nothing?"

"What do you want me to do?" Satoshi was speechless. "I have a girlfriend. Do you want me to date the four of them at the same time?"

"...it's amazing that you have such an idea in your mind." Oreki was also speechless. "If you dare to do that, then I am afraid that you might be thrown out to the river now."

"Yeah, I can imagine that. Fortunately, the summer is approaching, so the river won't be too cold."

"....." Oreki.

"I was just kidding." Satoshi smiled and said, "I thought that you would ask me about a manga or something."

"Now that you mention it, how is your manga? While you get a good reward from the competition, it doesn't mean that you can treat us like this all the time, right?"

"Well, I will go to Tokyo later."

"Tokyo?!"

This time, Oreki wasn't the only one who was surprised, as Chitanda, Ibara, and Irisu also reacted in a similar way.

In this country, it was quite similar everywhere, as everyone, especially those who came from a place other than Tokyo, would think Tokyo was the best city in the country, and they had a certain awe and worship toward it.

So, when they heard that Satoshi would go to Tokyo, they couldn't help but be surprised and also slightly astonished.

"What are you doing there?" Ibara was a bit panicked. "You are not moving, right?"

"....."

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When that question fell, everyone fell into a daze, but as he was successful with his manga, moving to Tokyo would definitely be better for his development, right?

Yet—

"He won't be moving." Kaho was speechless by their reaction, and at the same time, she thought that her boyfriend was really loved by the people around him. "He just went to go to the publishing company in Tokyo to sign a contract, right, Satoshi?"

"Yes." Satoshi nodded. "I will just stay for a day or two there. Don't worry. I will buy souvenirs later."

"I am not looking for souvenirs, but thank you. Just be careful there, Fukube-san."

"Have you been there, Chitanda?"

Nodding, Chitanda said, "It's been a while, though. I am going with my father on a business trip."

"How was it?"

"There are a lot of people, and they are more... distant."

"Distant?"

"This is just the impression that I got when I saw there since everyone didn't seem to care about others and lived on their own."

"Isn't that good?" Irisu looked at Chitanda and said, "There is no need to worry about a meaningless conversation between people, right?"

"I think that even if you move to Tokyo, you will have to do a meaningless conversation as you are the heiress of the hospital, Senpai."

"..."

Irisu was about to say something, but as Satoshi had said, as the heiress of the hospital of her family, even if she didn't want to, she had to have a meaningless conversation with people as a connection was necessary to maintain everything.

"W-Wait a moment, what is this a contract for? Y-You don't mean that your manga is going to become a series, right?"

Ibara knew well what it meant for a mangaka to sign a contract, and it was natural for her to be surprised when she heard that Satoshi would sign a contract since it meant that she would become an official mangaka!

Not that braggart, who was all talk, showing how amazing they were with their drawing skill, but a real mangaka that would publish their manga in the magazine!

"Yes."

"...."

With how simple his answer was, Ibara wanted to smack this guy's head somehow as he didn't seem to understand how amazing he was.

"You are really..."

This is probably how a genius was, Ibara thought.

Still, even so, this made her understand that if she really wanted him alone, it would be hard, but fortunately, he wasn't so loyal, and she was also fine for being his lover.

"Then, again, be careful when you go there."

"Yes, you don't have to worry."

Yet, Satoshi had to say, he would be lying if he didn't anticipate his trip to Tokyo, yet when he was ready to go to Tokyo, he never expected that he would meet someone that he never expected on the train.

"Yo." Irisu smiled as she saw his expressive reaction. "It's a coincidence."

Coincidence, my ass!

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