Epilogue
We’d left the park and briefly stopped at a café on a busy street. Now, we were heading to Ueno Station on our way back from our date.
“Ryuto, you don’t have something like a small bandage on you by any chance, do you?”
“Huh? Is something wrong?” I asked, turning to look at her.
“My foot hurts...” Shirakawa-san said awkwardly. “I think I popped a blister on my heel.”
“What?! Are you okay? Did you get it from your shoes?”
“Yeah... It’s my first time wearing these.”
While the thought of her wearing new shoes for our date made me happy, I was worried about her getting blisters.
“I’ll go look for something at that convenience store. Wait here for a bit,” I said, heading to a store we just happened to be passing by.
“Now, where do they have those here...?”
I didn’t really remember ever buying them before, so I searched for the section of the store where they might be.
“There they are,” I said upon finding the familiar packaging in a section with first aid and personal care items on display.
As I was about to reach out for what I wanted, I suddenly noticed a row of other boxes beside it that were roughly the same size but with more stylish designs. Figuring those matched Shirakawa-san better, I reached out for one of them instead.
I suddenly froze. Upon closer inspection, I realized those were boxes of contraceptives for men... Condoms. Seeing how much the writing on the boxes stressed the thinness of their contents, it was crystal clear that was what they were.
“Did you find anything?”
I heard Shirakawa-san’s voice from right beside me at that point, causing me to vigorously jump aside.
“Eh, huh?! Wh-Why didn’t you just wait? Your foot hurts, right?” I asked.
“It’s fine; it’s not like I can’t walk at all.”
Upon replying, Shirakawa-san looked at the shelf I’d just reached out for. Next, she smirked at me.
“Ah, is this what you were looking at?” she asked, pointing at the box of condoms I’d been about to take. “Did you think these were bandages?”
“N-No! Not at all!”
“Weren’t you gonna grab one, though?”
She saw me!
“So what did you think they were if you were gonna get one?” asked Shirakawa-san.
“W-Well...”
I’d briefly mistaken them for something else, but it was too embarrassing to explain that to Shirakawa-san. I’d be exposing myself as an utterly unpopular guy who’d never needed those things.
Seeing me look all confused, she burst out laughing. “Ryuto, you’re so cute! Your face is red like a tomato.”
“Ugh...”
I really was no match for Shirakawa-san.
No Comments Yet
Post a new comment
Register or Login