The case of me, a plain office worker, being approached by my beautiful boss and the company idol for some reason

Chapter 25 - Dining with Morishima-san



While waiting for our order, I was chatting with Ms. Morishima and…

“Do you… have little interest in women, Mito-senpai?”

“Hm? What do you mean?”

“Well… it might sound strange to say this about myself… but I think I’m pretty cute.”

“…Well, you probably are.”

When she says it that clearly, it’s rather refreshing…

“People often ask for my contact information or invite me out to dinner at work.”

“What are they doing at work…”

Well… I’m not in a position to comment strongly on that now.

I have been enjoying… seeing Ms. Reina…

“You’re right… but you’ve never asked me, have you, Mito-senpai?”

“Well… I never went to work with that kind of intention.”

“You’re serious, aren’t you? So… it’s not that you’re not interested in women?”

“Well, I guess I have an average amount of interest. Not that much though.”

“Hmm… I see…”

Just then… our order arrives.

“Shall we start eating then?”

“Yeah, let’s.”

“Let’s.”

As we progressed through the meal… I realized something.

She eats quietly… that’s surprising… but in a good way.

I wouldn’t mind if it was in private, like at home, or if we had the place to ourselves…

I don’t really like it when it’s noisy when eating in a public place.

In the end, we finished our meal without much conversation.

“It was delicious, thank you.”

“Thank you.”

“You eat very neatly, don’t you, Mito-senpai?”

“Do I? I think you eat neatly too, Ms. Morishima.”

Every grain of rice, which is said to house a god, and even the kernels of corn in the vegetables are gone.

“People say that gods live in them.”

“Heh…”

“You laughed…”

“Sorry, I was just thinking the same thing.”

“Is that so… Well, that’s not bad.”

“Hm? Is something wrong?”

“No, shall we head home?”

“Yeah, we have work tomorrow.”

I thought she would talk more after this…

No, this is it.

She must think I’m boring.

That way, I won’t be invited out anymore.

Probably, it bothered her because I wasn’t flirting with her.

But now… there’s no reason for such a cute girl to invite me out anymore.

At the cash register, I was surprised again.

Actually, I was the one being rude.

I shouldn’t judge by appearance or behavior…

“Is something wrong?”

“No… nothing.”

“Oh–you thought I was going to treat you?”

“To be honest… I did.”

I was surprised when she took out her wallet.

Not just for show…

“I wouldn’t do that. I was the one who invited you. So, I should pay, right?”

“No, that’s fine. I had a good time too.”

That was true. It was more fun than I thought.

It didn’t take much time, and I was able to have dinner at a reasonable price.

“So… that’s how it is… impressive…”

“Hm?”

I wonder why she’s twirling her hair with her fingers…

“No…”

Afterwards, we paid separately and left the restaurant.

“It’s dry outside. My throat is a bit dry. Maybe I should have ordered the drink bar? But staying too long would be bad…”

“Indeed… I might have wanted to drink something other than just water, like a soda.”

“Right! I think I’ll buy something on the way home.”

Hmm… I guess that’s not a problem.

There was a vending machine…

“Huh? Mito-senpai?”

“Wait a moment.”

I stood in front of the vending machine and paid with my IC card.

And then, I quickly returned to Ms. Morishima.

“Here, which one do you prefer?”

For now, I bought cola and cider.

“Eh…? F-for me…?”

Is it because she’s short? She looks up at me.

Hmm… she does have a cute face… No wonder she’s popular.

Well, it doesn’t concern me…

“Yes, that’s right. I’m your senior after all. I was ready to treat you today.”

“I see… T-thank you… I’ll have the cider.”

“Here you go.”

“Mmm… I see, you’ve got me there.”

“I don’t quite get it… but you’re taking the train home, right?”

“Yes, I am.”

“Then, shall we go?”

“Huh? You’re going in the opposite direction from work since you have a moped, aren’t you?”

“I’ll walk you to the station at least. It’s been dangerous lately.”

“…Ah… you’re quite the natural, aren’t you…”

“Huh?”

“No, if you say so, I’ll gladly accept your offer.”

We walked to the station and said goodbye at the ticket gate.

“Thank you very much.”

“No, it’s only two or three minutes. Don’t worry about it.”

“Hmm… it’s too soon to ask… well, excuse me.”

“Take care.”

I watched Ms. Morishima leave, and on my way back to the company…

“That was surprising… in many ways… I guess you don’t know until you interact with someone.”

I guess I was seen the same way…

People thought I was scary or hard to approach…

“I’ve been here for five years… and I’ve been thinking about dealing with these gloomy feelings…”

Maybe I should stop being bound by my father’s words…

Even someone like me is accepted by others…

Ms. Reina said so too…

Well… let’s do our best again from tomorrow.


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