At home, my fiance and I try to recreate the situation at school
“…Hm? Eh, it's already eleven?”
Rubbing my sleepy eyes, I crawled out from under the covers and found that I had overslept. I don't even remember my alarm ringing. It seems I’ve unconsciously turned off it.
When I turned my gaze to the side, I saw that Yuuka's futon was already folded.
“Even though it's a holiday, I slept too much...”
It must be because I'm mentally exhausted...
Dealing with a powerful impact sister-in-law, Isami. Verbally abused by my haughty little sister, Nayu.
Through all of that, there’s no way my mind wouldn't be tired.
But today, for the first time in a while, Isami and Nayu weren't home.
Isami went to Akibahara to have fun, so she wouldn't be home until evening. Nayu said she wants to go see a movie she's interested in, so she won't be home until evening too. She did ask me to pay for the movie, though.
That's why, if I go to the living room, Yuuka should be the only one there.
Well, since we've been busy with various things lately, I guess this is the first time in a while that we've been alone together.
While thinking so, slowly, I opened the door to the living room.
“Good morning, Yuuka.”
“...Good noon, I think at this hour that greeting would be more appropriate.”
Hearing unexpectedly cold words from Yuuka, I immediately froze.
On the other hand, after sipping her coffee at the dining table, Yuuka slowly looked up at me.
“Even though it's summer holiday, you've been sleeping too much.”
“Erm, I admit I sleep too much..., but can I ask for a moment to clear my head?”
When I woke up from sleep, my fiance become salty. In addition, her appearance was also different from usual. Her long black hair was tied into a ponytail, and she wore thin-framed glasses. Moreover, she was also wearing a school blazer.
“—Huh? It's totally school-mode Yuuka, right? We’re at home, but why did you on school mode?”
“I just want it.”
“No, no! Indeed, school-mode Yuuka would say something like that, but here I’m seriously asking?!”
“...Haah, can’t help...”
Letting out a small sigh, Yuuka took off her glasses.
Then, with her drooping eyes...,
“Yahoo, Yuu-kun!”
“Do you really have to take off your glasses to speak normally, Yuuka?”
“Don't bother with such details! Ehehe, it's been a while since we've been alone together like this!”
The way she smiled innocently did look like the usual Yuuka, but…, she was still wearing a blazer and have a ponytail like when she was at school. This made me feel like I was secretly meeting up with Yuuka who had a cold image at school. Seriously, the sense of immorality from this was awful.
“Yuu-kun, Yuu-kun, Yuu-kun, Yuuuu-kun!”
“If you want to be in your usual tension, why don't you just stop wearing the uniform, Yuuka?”
“...I can’t.”
Immediately, she put her glasses back on.
Then, with narrowed eyes, she looked at me with a blank expression.
“This is for training.”
“Training? What do you mean?”
“…On the first day of school yesterday, I treated Nihara-san coldly. But to be honest, when it comes to dealing with you Sakata-kun, I let my guard down. It's really dangerous.”
“Dangerous? What's dangerous?”
“…About five times, I almost called you [Yuu-kun]. I also almost said [I love you!] twice. Seriously, at that time I thought I was going to die.”
In that case, it's seriously dangerous.
After all, if that happened, it would immediately become a rumor in class, and gradually become whispering talk and endless ridicule. In short, it was a hell-like situation.
“That's why I want to train so I can regain the distance between us.”
“Okay. I see what you mean…, but what kind of training are you going to do?”
“Doing a simulation while we're at school.”
“So, I and Yuu—Watanae-san will act like we're at school?”
“Yep.”
Even after hearing such an explanation, I still feel that it has a strong immoral sense.
Well, for now, I'll try to sit in front of Yuuka——
“Wait, Sakata-kun.”
With a blank expression, Yuuka restrained me, and in an instant, she took off her glasses...,
“Good grief, that’s not a good way to training?! Since I'm wearing a school uniform, so you’ve to change into the school uniform too. To recreate the right situation, you must first adjust your appearance.”
“...That’s just cosplay, right? I mean, cosplay in the correct sense of the word.”
“No! It’s to recreate as much as possible the atmosphere of practicing at school.”
As she said that while shaking her head, her ponytail swayed from side to side.
Good grief, it feels like this exchange makes my eyes hurt...,
Well, since I had no other choice, so I tried to go back to my room to change into my school uniform.
“Oh, and one more thing, Yuu-kun… After you're done changing, I’ve one request…”
“Hmm? What request?”
When I turned back, Yuuka who took off her glasses in school-mode seems uneasy and looked at me while putting her index fingers together.
Then, with a blush on her cheeks...,
“Erm…, if you sit directly in front of me, [Kyaa! Yuu-kun so cool!], all I'll think about is how much I like you…, so I want you to sit diagonally in front of me.”
At this rate, would she be able to doschool simulation properly?
Well, I hope so, but... for some reason, I’ve a bad feeling about this.
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After I changed into my school uniform and came back to the living room, I sat diagonally in front of Yuuka.
“Hello, Watanae-san.”
“…Yeah, hello, Sakata-kun.”
After glancing at me briefly, Yuuka's gaze returned to the dining table.
On the table, there was a notebook…, but well, in reality it was definitely not a notebook.
I've seen that book before..., it's the book Yuuka used to write her cooking recipes, [Yuuka's Secret Recipe Book!]!
In the recipe book, Yuuka was writing something.
I was curious about what she wrote, so I glanced at [Yuka's Secret Recipe Book].
☆Yuuka-chan's specialty dishes ♡ Pork Shogayaki ~Seasoned with Love~☆
① Slice the cabbage into long strips!
② Sprinkle the pork with flour! Note: Make sure it’s not chestnut flour!
③ Mix grated ginger (1 tbsp), soy sauce (2 tbsp), cooking sake (1 tbsp), sugar (1 tbsp). It will become a sauce.
④ Fry the pork in a pan with sesame oil until browned, then add the sauce!
■Fry over medium heat until all the spices are evenly blended■
⑤ Serve on a plate, and Pork Shogayaki is done!
⑥ ~Add spice of love~
“How the hell this can be called school simulation?! Now’s not the time to add the spice of love, right?!”
“…Be quiet, Sakata-kun. Also…, looking at other people's notes without permission is the same as peeping.”
During the class (that's the setting), the person who wrote the recipe [Yuuka-chan's specialty dishes ♡ Pork Shogayaki ~Seasoned with Love~] said that.
This isn't a simulation anymore, this is a demonstration of Watanae Yuuka's scene that can't be laughed at...
“Why are you writhing, Sakata-kun?”
“It’s nothing..., Watanae-san.”
“Is that so? Then it’s fine.”
After saying that with a blank expression, Yuuka quickly took off her glasses.
She took a deep breath, and then...,
“Ring-ring-ring-ring-ring-ring, time for lunch break!”
After that, she quickly put her glasses back on again.
“…Oh, it’s already twelve. It's time for lunch, Sakata-kun.”
“Are you a comedian, Yuuka?”
“Can you please don't call me like that? Yuu…, Sakata-kun.”
She nearly slipped out, but she managed to hold it in.
Yuuka went to the kitchen, and then, she put on an apron over her uniform and prepared lunch, still maintaining her blank expression.
“Sakata-kun, did you forget to bring your lunch? ...Haah, can’t help. Since we’re in cooking class, I’ll make something for you. “
“Wait, what kind of story setting is this? Isn't the setting of the story too much?”
“I’m going to make Pork Shogayaki…, don't complain too much.”
“So for a plot like this there is a recipe book?!”
Good grief, the situation was so messy that it wasn't like a school situation anymore.
However, Yuuka who was in a ponytail and wearing glasses in her school uniform still continued to cook quietly.
Wearing an apron over the school uniform. Watanae Yuuka cooks for me in a house where it's just the two of us.
Except for her appearance, this is a familiar sight for me since we've been living together for four months.
For some reason, whether it's because of her appearance, I feel like I'm doing something wrong...
While I was thinking so, Yuuka put the pork shogayaki on the plate from the frying pan.
Then, as she closed her eyes—she held her left hand on the plate.
“.........”
Adding the spice of love...
The whole thing clearly seemed like a joke, but the one who did this straightforwardly was—my fiance.
“Here, Sakata-kun. You can eat it if you want?”
“Ah, yes. Thanks, Watanae-san... Itadakimasu.”
Once again, we sat diagonally from each other at the dining table and ate [Yuuka-chan's specialty dishes ♡ Pork Shogayaki ~Seasoned with Love~] while imagining a school lunch situation.
“......”
“…How do you think, Sakata-kun?”
“Hm? It tastes good. You’re very good at cooking, Watanae-san.”
“Not really.”
“......”
“...Is the meat too tough, Sakata-kun?”
“No, it's soft. Do you often make pork shogayaki at home, Watanae-san?”
“Not really.”
“......”
“...........Whoaa!”
Suddenly shouting, Yuuka took off her glasses and untied her ponytail. She was still wearing her school uniform, but from the neck up, she was the usual Yuuka.
For some reason, I feel I shouldn't see her appearance like this...
“End! The simulation is over!”
“Why did it suddenly end like this? …Well, even so I thought the setting was a mess from the start.”
“Uugh... now we're having lunch together, you know? It would be a shame if we couldn't have a normal conversation…”
Saying that, she swayed her long shiny black hair. And with her drooping eyes without glasses, she looked at me with flushed cheeks. Besides, with the appearance of wearing a school uniform for the summer, my heart was made to skip a beat at this bittersweet situation of youth——
“…What kind of play is this? Aren't you two getting too excited at this time of day?”
“Nayu-chan, this is one of the joys of cosplay. Cosplay is not always synonymous with something lewd as people think. By recreating a situation, both the performer and the audience can enjoy themselves—I think that theatrical side of it is one of the charms of cosplay.”
Before I knew it, I heard a calm comment from the direction of the open door—which made my heart beat twice as fast as before.
In the hallway, there is my little sister, Sakata Nayu, and Yuuka's little sister who looks like a boy, Watanae Isami.
Glancing at the clock, I saw that it was still not 3 pm. Didn't the two of them go home too early?
“Then, I’ve a question. Is a couple making out during the day in their school uniforms some kind of theatrical cosplay?”
“Aahaha..., honestly, I think this is just a play!”
“Ukyaaaa?!”
In response to Nayu and Isami's words, Yuuka shouted and went under the table.
Then, after the screams disappeared...,
“There is no Yuuka here. What you guys just saw was Yuuka's VR!”
“No, Yuuna-chan's VR might make a bit of sense, but Yuuka's VR...,”
“There's no need to hide like that. We're both leaving, so just keep on doing what you're doing until you have a baby.”
“As expected of you, Yuu-niisan, you’ve caught Yuuka's heart perfectly! Yuuka, Yuu-niisan will escort you properly, so make sure you don't act like a child——”
“Ugh~~~! I'm sorry, so please…, get out of here!!”
After that, it's dinner time.
As the four of us sat around the dining table, Yuuka put on the hat she previously used to disguise. Maybe she was wearing the hat to hide her bright red face.
By the way, today's dinner dish is leftover pork shogayaki from lunch.
Looks like they will be doing lots of cosplay in the future, be it on the kitchen or the bedroom...
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