Chapter 27: How to Spend Christmas (2/2)

Amane waved his hand, insisting that he could not do it, but for some reason, Chitose stared at him.

“What?”

“It’s like, you can’t cook, but how are you so healthy?”

“Don’t sweat the little details.”

“Well Chii, Amane has his own issues too.”

“Ehh, you know something too, Ikkun?”

“He said he’ll tell me later.”

“I didn’t say that.”

Don’t make promises like that. He glared at Itsuki, but the latter merely laughed out loud.

A good thing about Itsuki was that he would not press matters, a bad thing is that he could come up with the most outlandish things like an instant inspiration.

“Goodness…well, we can order a take out for lunch, though we need to book in advance.”

Amane ignored the probing look as he came up with a realistic proposal.

Of course, it was without saying that Amane could not bake a cake, and could not cook, so he could only suggest food that was already cooked.

“Ah, then I want pizza! Let’s go to my usual place to order cake. Should be able to order in advance!”

“We’re not eating chicken?”

“But you prefer pizza, Ikkun.”

“Well of course, you understand me after all, Chii.”

“Eheheー”

They said on their own that they wanted to order pizza, but Amane himself did not dislike that idea, and he too found it fitting for a party.

At this rate, it was likely they would be ordering pizza from the shop Amane and Itsuki usually ordered from.

But once he heard of pizza, he suddenly thought of Mahiru.

The sight of her munching it down like a little animal was truly adorable, for it was because he usually saw her eating elegantly.

He recalled the moment when he tried to feed cake to her days ago, and felt his cheeks searing somewhat.

I’m never doing that again.

It would be impossible to do such a shameless act of feeding each other again. They were not the lovey-dovey couple like Itsuki and Chitose, and probably would not have the chance to do so again.

“…Amane, what’s wrong?”

“Ah, nothing, nothing at all. I’ll leave the cake preorder to you.”

For a moment, Amane was lost in his own thoughts, and a surprised Chitose leaned over at him worriedly. He hurriedly purged that notion from his mind, and reverted back to his usual expression.

“Yay~! Let’s order pizza too~!!”

Chitose let out an excited squeal, and hearing that, Amane decided to ask Mahiru for her Christmas plans.