Ch 132 – 09 June, Another Meeting in Ramen Shop

Edited by The Darkest Knight#4796

The photo session finally ended when dinner time came. Kouta was busy having fun with Marin and Satomi, so he didn't prepare dinner. After all, there were times when he didn't feel like cooking, especially after relaxing and having fun all day. He was also not in the mood to go shopping and cook dinner. However, when he looked at the two people near him, Marin and Satomi, somehow, he couldn't trust these two people. Kouta remembered that Marin in the manga only cooked fried food. As for Satomi, well, he didn't know if she could cook or if her cooking was good enough.

"How about we go eat some ramen for dinner?" Kouta finally invited them to eat out, which got two different reactions. Marin, who nodded her head, agreed to Kouta's suggestion. As for Satomi, although her face did not give many expressions, Kouta could guess what she was thinking. Well, she must be thinking, 'Really, Kouta? Eating out while I'm still wearing a wig and the like.'

"Looks like you all agree with me. Alright, let's get going! Of course, after we tidy ourselves up."

It took a while for them to get ready and presentable before leaving Kouta's house for the ramen place not too far from his house. Even so, Satomi used the car to take them to the ramen shop because she also thought of taking Marin home. Because Satomi was basically a teacher, even though Marin didn't know about it, Satomi couldn't let her student go home alone in front of her.

They arrived at the ramen shop and enjoyed the ramen they ordered. Kouta ordered spicy chicken ramen. Since remembering his past life Kouta had changed a little. It seemed that today's dinner would be quite leisurely for him, although he could make probably better ramen than the one he bought. It's just that he wasn't really interested in making it. But maybe once in a while, he could try to create one.

But it would be different for Satomi when they were all enjoying ramen. A customer who was not on Kouta's radar at first walked in until he heard the customer's voice. It was a voice that was once quite familiar to Kouta and also apparently to Satomi as her body shook slightly, causing the ramen soup to spill out of her bowl.

Satomi took the time to see who the customer was before trying not to be seen by the new customer.

As for Kouta, he also turned to look at the customer with a voice he recognized, and the customer was someone he recognized because the customer was one of the characters from the anime he watched in his past life. She was a woman of a similar age to Satomi, a fairly tall woman with long black hair and black eyes.

Of course, she was not wearing the lab coat that Kouta usually saw in anime and was only wearing formal clothes like an ordinary woman. That woman was none other than Hiratsuka Shizuka, who conveniently was also a teacher at Kouta's school. When Kouta remembered what Shizuka looked like, he didn't find it strange that she could be in a ramen shop like this. Because as far as Kouta remembered, this one character really liked ramen.

Then, it seemed that she was sitting at the bar a little distance away from where Kouta, Marin, and Satomi were seated. It seemed that although she was still wearing a wig, she was not wearing make-up and had put on regular clothes, so Satomi still felt afraid that Shizuka would realize her existence. Even so, she was at least a little relieved that Shizuka wasn't sitting near her.

However, because of Shizuka's presence, Satomi tried her best not to make much noise. Meanwhile, Marin, who was sitting next to her, seemed to be enjoying her ramen and was basically a cheerful girl. In the end, her attitude made the conversation between the three of them more cheerful than usual.

Therefore, it seemed to make Shizuka glance over at them several times. But somehow, it felt like she was paying more attention to Kouta. Somehow, this made Kouta feel a little deja vu with this incident. Well, it felt like he had experienced something like this. Not long after, Kouta finished eating.

Shizuka finished eating ramen, and for the last time, she glanced at them before she got up from her chair. She walked towards the three of them, so Satomi, who always seemed to be watching Shizuka, was trying to make herself smaller than she should be. Ah, she also tried hard not to show her face to Shizuka.

However, Shizuka was more interested in Kouta and asked him.

"You’re Suzuki Kouta, right? A student from class 1-G, right? You're also from year one, right? I don't want to intrude, especially now that it's Friday night and tomorrow is a holiday. However, don't come home late at night, and most importantly, be careful. Okay?"

"Ah, yes, Hiratsuka-sensei!" Marin replied to Shizuka's warning, seemingly happy that the teachers at her school knew her, while for Kouta, it was like when he first met Satomi. The teachers seemed to know him because he was an orphan, and his uncle always came and talked to the school about his nephew.

"Hm, it seems that you two are with someone. Sorry, but as their teacher. Could you please introduce yourself and tell me your relationship with my student?" Shizuka asked Satomi in a rather sharp tone. In the end, Shizuka in this world was the same as Shizuka in the anime that Kouta watched in his past life. She was a good teacher, and when she saw her student, who was supposed to be an orphan, having dinner with an adult made her wary.

Kouta could see Satomi's face sweating slightly and she gulped before turning to Shizuka and giving her a big smile.

“My name is Yuria Riko. Nice to meet you… Sensei." Satomi introduced herself by using a wide smile to make her face a little different and a little strange. She also used a voice that was different from her usual voice by making her tone a little heavier. Which, of course, made her voice a little strange.

"Huh?" It seemed that what Satomi did had taken Shizuka by surprise.

"Ah, sorry. My ramen seemed too spicy, which made my voice a little strange. I understand that you’re worried about Kouta and Marin. I will take them home after this dinner is over." Satomi answered still with the same face and voice; the thing that made Kouta want to laugh, and Marin looked confused.

Meanwhile, Shizuka was increasingly looking at Satomi sharply, like she was trying to find something. Although Kouta found this incident interesting, he still had to help Satomi immediately.

“Ano, Hiratsuka-sensei. She's fine. Although she looks suspicious, she is actually a model and knows about photography. Therefore, I asked her to teach me things, and Marin agreed to help me as a model. She also said he would drop Marin and me off after dinner."

"Is that so? That's good…" Shizuka seemed to believe the reason Kouta gave. She nodded her head, but her eyes were still fixed on Satomi. She seemed more interested in something before she decided to stop. "Fine, I'm trusting you." She added.

When she left, Kouta could hear Shizuka's quiet whispering voice.

"Well… she looks like someone I know. However, there's no way she would do such a ridiculous and embarrassing thing."

It seemed that Shizuka might have realized something. Still, she couldn't trust Satomi's behavior which kept her from getting caught by Shizuka. Kouta felt a little sorry for Satomi. He wondered if Satomi would get paranoid in her heart listening to Shizuka's words.