Ch 169 – 14 June, First Meeting with Kirisu Mafuyu

After the conversation, Kouta and Chika spent a short time in the park before eventually going to the station and parting ways. He wasn't keen on just going home and was considering staying at Satomi's house again. He remembered to call Satomi first.

Unlike what Kouta had expected, although the phone was connected, it seemed Satomi did not pick up his call.

"Is she busy or something?" Kouta whispered and sighed in disappointment. He had no choice but to return home. However, not long after, he called Satomi. He received a call from someone.

Kouta could see Satomi's name on his smartphone screen only when he answered the call. The voice he heard was not that of Satomi. A voice that he was quite familiar with, but it was still vague in his memory. Before the person speaking on the call, he introduced himself as Satomi's coworker, Kirisu Mafuyu.

It seems that Satomi and some teachers were having dinner together at their favorite izakaya, and one of the waiters gave the wrong order and a glass of alcohol. This got Satomi drunk, and Mafuyu hoped that Kouta, who was called Satomi, could take her home because she thought Kouta could be close to Satomi.

Of course, Kouta is close to Satomi but still goes to meet Satomi, who gathers her coworkers, which also means teachers at the same school as Kouta. She didn't want to make people suspicious of the relationship between her and Satomi. In other words, it was actually better not to accept Mafuyu's request.

However, at the same time as listening to the words of Mafuyu, who explained the events that happened to Satomi, Kouta feels this kind of like an event. Yeah, It feels like an event not uncommon in manga, anime, and doujinshi, where delivering a drunk person to her house will trigger an event. It was a shame to miss. Plus, he had the chance to meet Kirisu Mafuyu, one of the characters he knew and liked. He found her to be the best heroine in her manga, and since then, he has been ending her with the MC. She made his urge to steal come out, too.

Kouta also thought that if he did the right thing, he could let the teachers know that Satomi was close to Kouta without creating suspicion among them. Once again, this is an additional reason that makes this a case not to be missed. Therefore, Kouta finally responded that he understood and would soon head to Satomi's izakaya restaurant.

After that, Kouta called a taxi and told the driver to go to the Izakaya restaurant. At the same time, the taxi drove to the restaurant, and Kouta called his uncle. Kouta understood that his uncle was basically a person who only cared about him minimally. It was very bad for Kouta before he got the memories of his past life. However, for him right now, his uncle was very useful basically as long as there was a reason that his uncle could accept. He always helped Kouta without asking too many questions.

This time, Kouta called his uncle and hoped to help him so Kouta could take the drunk Satomi to his house. When listening to Kouta's request, of course, his uncle didn't understand and was probably shocked because he replied with a loud - Huh -

Then Kouta explained what had happened, and it seemed that his uncle had begun to understand. Still, he asked a question that was very important to his uncle from the tone in which he spoke it.

"Why did it have to be you?"

Kouta didn't quite understand why his uncle was asking like this. However, he felt his uncle probably wanted to know what he wanted.

"As I told you before, I'm quite close to Tachibana-sensei. We had dinner together several times and breakfast, too. She also helped me with many things, including my activities."

"You two are pretty close?"

"Well, of course. It seems she took pity on me, and Tachibana-sensei's presence helped me so much that I wasn't so lonely."

Kouta did not hesitate to use the fact that he lived alone and said he was lonely to make his uncle feel sorry for him and help him.

"Hm, okay. I will try to help you. So I need to say that Tachibana-sensei had my permission to be your guardian, right?"

"Yes."

"Okay, then."

As usual, his uncle only spoke in short words, but it was clear that he would help Kouta. This made Kouta very happy and confident that his plans would be fine. As long as there is permission from his guardian, the teachers will understand why I am close to Satomi. Especially Kouta knew from his conversation with Satomi that the teachers knew about him living alone.

Kouta arrived at the Izakaya restaurant and talked to the waiter about what happened. The waiter seemed to understand immediately and went inside to inform Mafuyu that someone was picking Satomi up. It wasn't long before Kouta saw Satomi, who was being carried by two teachers he knew.

One was the teacher he had met, a fairly tall Japanese woman with long black hair, Hiratsuka Shizuka. The other is Mafuyu, a woman in her mid-20s with long pink hair that falls to her hips and green eyes that always seem to stare with a serious gaze. Unlike the other two teachers, Mafuyu looks younger, has a slender body, and is less sexy than Shizuka and Satomi. However, she can be considered as someone with a more beautiful appearance than Satomi and Shizuka, especially from her outerwear. She looks more attractive and befitting of a beautiful young lady like herself. She wore a suit with a mix of black and pink color, black stockings, and dark red high heels, which matched her pink hair, making her look even more leveled up than the other two teachers.

"Hm, so you picked Satomi up?" Shizuka asked Kouta, who nodded slowly.

"Wait, isn't he a student?" Mafuyu, who is always shown as a serious teacher in manga and anime, seems to realize who Kouta is immediately. She looked very surprised because the one who picked up Satomi was a student.

"Un, I came here to pick up Tachibana-sensei. Here, you can talk with my uncle." Kouta gave the smartphone to Shizuka because she looked more senior than Mafuyu, then took over Shizuka's position to carry Satomi.

"Hm, isn't this Kou-kun— Hehehe—" Satomi immediately reacted when she noticed Kouta approaching her side. She looked like she wanted to hug Kouta and perhaps snuggle up to him. However, Kouta immediately stopped her.

"Un, I'm here. Calm down, please—"

"Yes—"

Mafuyu looked at Kouta and Satomi, and it was easy for him to see that they looked quite close.

"You two look close?" Mafuyu asked.

"Well, yeah—"

"Yes— We're close."

It didn't take long for Shizuka to talk to Kouta's uncle. After the conversation was over, she returned the smartphone to Kouta and spoke to her.

"Okay, I think I understand. You can bring Satomi. Are you fine with Suzuki-san, Satomi?"

Shizuka also asked Satomi, who replied to the question. "It's fine! Hehehe, we're going home, Kou—kun—"

Shizuka also realized that Satomi was close to Kouta after reacting like this. But it seemed that Mafuyu was still worried about letting a student and teacher be alone at night under these circumstances.

"I will accompany the two of them."

"Really? That might be better. I'm very grateful."

"It's okay."

After putting Satomi in the taxi, Mafuyu went into the restaurant and returned after asking permission, saying goodbye to the other teachers and carrying her belongings that were still in the restaurant. Then, the three of them headed to Satomi's apartment. Kouta did not expect to be this lucky because he got the opportunity to spend time with Mafuyu.