Ch 177 – 15 June, Michiru 02

Although Kouta loved to make dinner for the girls who gathered at his house, making dinner for seven people was too much. Therefore, he had ordered pizza for dinner and only prepared salad and soup to make the meal more balanced.

"Oh, this salad is quite good. I wonder if it's because of this sauce. Where did you buy it? Umu— Especially this sauce that feels a bit hot." Michiru spoke while munching on the salad available at the table, which was filled with other food and drinks as well.

"Ah, too bad it's my homemade sauce, so that you won't get it anywhere else."

"Eehh— That's too bad."

"But don't worry, the sauce is easy to make. It's just a mixture of yogurt, mayo, several herbs, fresh garlic, lemon juice—" Kouta told Michiru how to make the sauce she was asking about.

Michiru herself seemed quite enthusiastic listening to Kouta's explanation because it was different from what she had expected. Kouta's answer was easy to listen to and quite enjoyable. Is this because of Kouta's appearance, which has a cute face that sometimes looks like a girl, so that his explanation becomes more appealing to her? It may be like that—

"I didn't think you could cook like this?"

"Of course, I can cook. I live alone, after all. It's just that it would be too hectic to make dinner for many people. Unless someone helps out." Kouta answered honestly.

"Well, if that's the case, I can help." Eriri raised her hand.

"I'm happy to hear that, but I want you to focus on your task."

"If that's the case, I can help." Megumi surprisingly volunteered herself. "I don't think I can cook that well, but if I just help a little, I think I'm fine."

Megumi herself volunteered because all she had done so far was play visual novels. The visual novel Kouta gave her was pretty interesting, and she also observed and studied the voice acting of the visual novel. However, she wasn't sure if she would be able to do voice acting like that.

In addition, it seems that Kouta also told her that Megumi could earn income if this project were successful. In other words, Megumi, who originally came to help Kouta, suddenly became a part-time worker. Therefore, she felt even worse if she only played visual novels and felt that helping with small things like cooking was no big deal.

"I can do it too—"

"Me too—"

Nanami and Miho also surprisingly volunteered themselves. When they listened to Kouta's explanation of making sauce, they were a little interested. Basically, they both have good basic cooking skills. Plus, they have a dream person in their hearts, so if they get additional cooking knowledge from Kouta, it might be helpful in the future.

"Uh, is it alright?"

"It's fine because our work for now is not as busy as yours," Nanami spoke while looking at Miho, who was also looking down in agreement.

"That's it! I'm happy with this."

"Hm— You know. It feels like you can be such a good bride." Michiru could not resist making such a comment when she saw their conversation like this.

"Good bride— Huh, you just didn't know. But I'm pretty much such a beast, you know—"

Kouta responded to Michiru's words while imitating a lion's roar, which somehow, because of his appearance, made it look like a joke to some of the women in the room, who laughed when they saw his gestures. Well, except for the two people who knew what Kouta looked like on the other side. They couldn't help but laugh about it and even looked a little embarrassed that it might remind them of what happened with Kouta.

In the end, after dinner was done, Nanami and Miho left Kouta's house and went back to their respective places, unlike Tomoya, who begged Megumi to stay overnight and continue playing visual novels at his house. Kouta told Megumi to continue at her own house, and he was even willing to lend her his game console. He said to her that he would take her home because he was also going out.

Megumi accepted Kouta's offer, but she was still a little curious and asked questions.

"Are you going somewhere?"

"It's Friday. I usually go to the boxing gym to exercise for a bit."

"Eh, you're going to the boxing gym!?" Michiru was surprised by Kouta's words since she thought that people like him who make a game wouldn't do something sporty like this. Well, at least his cousin rarely does stuff like that. Michiru was basically a very active girl, and before her passion moved to music and her indie band. She was a girl who joined many clubs, including sports as well.

"Well, it's just a simple exercise and learning a martial art for a bit. Since it may help with my knowledge when making games. Are you perhaps interested?"

Kouta asked Michiru, who was getting ready to go home.

"Um—" Michiru seemed to think for a moment that she had been so busy making music these past few days that she thought it would be a good idea to exercise a little. She is also a little interested in boxing, which she has never done before.

"Okay then, I'm joining!"

After that, Kouta dropped Megumi off at the station before heading to the Glory Boxing Gym. When they arrived there, Michiru could see various people practicing boxing, and one of their trainers was a girl like Kouta had told her along the way.

"Oh, Kouta-kun, you're here. Hm, are you with someone else?"

"Yes, Coach Nana. She's Hyodo Michiru. She says she is a bit interested to see."

"Excuse me, and regards."

"Un— I'm happy that you brought a girl to this gym, but isn't she different from the last girl?"

"Well, this time is different. My friend is interested and not just watching, you know."

"Oh— it's good then. Ayaka! Can you take care of these two!"

"Yes, Of course."

Kouta could hear Ayaka's sound, and she came out with her usual revealing outfit: a short blue tank top and shorts. Since she is an athletic girl and also wears such clothes, it is not strange that she has beautiful tan skin.

"Sorry, but can you take care, my friend? I will change."

"Okay. Ah, hello my name is Uehara Ayaka. Nice to meet you— You can change to this place—" Ayaka introduced herself to Michiru as she led Michiru to the girls' locker room.

“My name is Hyodo Michiru.”

Michiru herself finally changed into a short purple t-shirt with black shorts and headed out of the changing room, following the girl named Ayaka, who informed her that they would be doing a light warm-up first. She was pretty excited, but there was something that surprised her as she was doing warm-up together with Kouta, too.

Kouta, who has always been seen as a cute-faced boy, does not intimidate her because of Michiru's imagination. Kouta is not much different from Tomoya, who likes anime and the like and is a geek who makes visual novels and games.

However, when the two warmed up, Ayaka instructed them to do so. Michiru could see underneath Kouta's clothes a muscular body that was far different from what she imagined Kouta to be. It wasn't that massive like a bodybuilder. However, it's still muscular and has a more diverse body than her cousin will ever have.

Once again, Michiru found out that Kouta is an interesting guy.