The Cheeky Junior Gal Becomes Too Cute When She Gets Attached to Me-Chapter 5Volume 1 .2 - Date with Junior Gal

Date with Junior Gal

『I’ve arrived』

I took out my smartphone and sent that message to Monaka.

Immediately, my ringtone sounded.

“Hello?”

『Ah! Senpai? Where are you?』

“Just past the ticket gate.”

『I’m really close too! Wait, I’ll look for you.』

I looked around while holding the phone to my ear.

Then I spotted a girl spinning around as she talked on the phone.

A little later, Monaka’s gaze turned towards me. Her face lit up like a blooming flower, and her voice was full of excitement.

『Found you!』

Even though she was close enough to hear me, she deliberately conveyed that through the phone.

Monaka waved her hands vigorously as if to make her presence known.

I also raised one hand lightly in response.

『Senpai, I just realized something amazing』

“…I guess I’ll listen.”

『Even though we’re close by, my voice is turning into radio waves, going through a server and then reaching you. Isn’t that a huge detour? It’s kind of romantic, don’t you think?』

“I don’t really get it, so I’m going to hang up.”

『Ehー』

After ending the call, I could still see Monaka’s pouting face from here.

I shrugged my shoulders and walked towards Monaka.

But before I could get far, Monaka came running up to me.

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“Senpai, hey!”

“Sorry, did I make you wait?”

“Mmm, about an hour?”

“Seriously? My bad… But wasn’t the meetup at one?”

“It’s okay! I just came early on my own! I had fun waiting too.”

Her words were pure and straightforward.

To someone who tends to think too cynically like me, they were almost blindingly bright.

“Thanks for coming! Senpai, I thought you might not show up.”

“You don’t trust me?”

“No, I trust you, but I was still anxious. I was so excited that it made me feel a bit insecure, you know?”

I can understand that feeling.

When things are going too smoothly, it seems like that’s when problems arise.

A sense of tension is important… although that might not be what this is about.

“…You’re really, how should I say, you’re really honest.”

“Honest?”

“Yeah. Being able to express feelings like happiness and excitement so openly is amazing to me.”

“Is that so? Maybe I’ve always been someone who says what’s on my mind right away.”

“That’s something I can’t do.”

Before I can voice my thoughts, I overthink.

Should I say this?

Do I need to expose my real thoughts?

I end up considering too many unnecessary things, and often what comes out isn’t what I truly feel.

I embellish, twist, and end up talking about things that don’t matter.

It’s emotionally easier not to reveal my true feelings.

Monaka easily leaps over the struggles that hold me back.

…It’s embarrassing to admit that I take her actions and words as signs of affection as if I were being arrogant.

But at least I don’t feel any lies in her words.

It seems rude to look away when she’s expressing herself so honestly to me.

Well, I think it’s different from romantic love. At most, she sees me as a good Senpai.

“Ah, there you go again, Senpai, overthinking things when you’re with me.”

“Sorry.”

“Okay, then! Chikapai, try to speak honestly too!”

Monaka twirled around, showing off her whole outfit.

“How do I look? Cute?”

She was wearing checkered wide-leg pants with a knit top and a leather mini bag over her shoulder.

Her makeup seemed different than usual too with beautiful colors around her eyes.

“You look cute.”

“Ehehe, it feels like I forced you to say that, but I’m happy.”

“If I don’t call you cute, who knows what might happen?”

“Ehh, that’s so mean.”

I genuinely thought she was cute, but I couldn’t help teasing her.

Still, Monaka broke into a happy smile.

“Shall we go then?”

“Yeah! Let’s go shopping!”

Monaka took my hand.

Her fingers were slender yet soft, almost pinching the tips of mine.

There was no strength in her grip, yet I couldn’t shake it off for some reason.

“Ah, I forgot to say, Senpai, you look cool too.”

“…Thanks.”

“I’m happy, thinking that you were a bit conscious of the date.”

Monaka smiled with her cheeks faintly blushing.

It was different from her usual teasing smile. It seems like a genuinely happy expression.

Embarrassed that she could see through my anxiety over choosing what to wear, I looked away.

“Hehe.”

Monaka laughed again after seeing how I was.

…Can’t be helped. It’s my first time going out with a girl, after all.

I hadn’t expected to be so self-conscious.

I’m not bad at talking to girls at school. As someone who can easily talk about anything, I thought I was rather good at it.

But with Monaka, my rhythm is thrown off.

I’m sure it’s because she’s the type of person I’ve never interacted with before.

A gal this close to me has never appeared in my life.

“Ah, I want to go in here.”

Monaka let go of my hand and entered a variety shop on the street.

Inside were closely packed kitchen gadgets, accessories, and interior decorations.

“Did you plan to come here?”

“Eh? No, I just found it and thought it looked interesting.”

“…So you don’t have a specific destination in mind?”

“That’s right.”

As if it were the most natural thing in the world, Monaka tilted her head.

“I just wanted to go on a date with you, Senpai. It doesn’t matter where.”

“Is that so?”

“That’s how it is.”

She’s so different from me. I wouldn’t go out without a destination in mind.

Maybe I should have come up with a date plan… But seeing Monaka smiling so happily next to me, it seemed unnecessary.

“Do you need to have a destination, Senpai?”

“Of course. I wouldn’t know where to walk to otherwise.”

“Eh, isn’t it quite fun to just wander around aimlessly?”

I wonder if that’s true. It was a sensation I couldn’t understand.

“Going straight to your destination is boring, isn’t it? Isn’t it more exciting to take detours in places you don’t know?”

Exciting… If anything, I’d say I feel more restless.

I inexplicably start to feel itchy if I wander around shops without purpose. Especially when it’s a cute little knick-knack shop that seems to have nothing to do with me.