Chapter 175 - A Date Gone Wrong (I) (1/2)
Those voices in the inner room of the izakaya are both familiar voices.
”Are those two here, pops?”
”Yes, they arrived not too long ago and ordered the ”usual”. They are also in the usual spot too. You can go there with her since it is a big room anyway.”
”Thanks pops, oh, and also, bring us two of the usual and two servings of the specialty too. Please double the usual servings for my food while keep the second plate the normal serving since it is for her. Add some of the tops on the specialty too.”
”No green peppers right? Got it, please wait for a bit.”
After ordering the food for both of us, I push Pandora's wheelchair and went through the tables, and went into the closed rooms. Although it is not really closed, there are walls that separate you from the other customers of the izakaya and it is useful if you want to have it if you are drinking with your friends. I remembered Pops remodeled the Izakaya to be much bigger and easier to move around due to the booming business. It has the feels of the same izakaya but it is much easier to move around compared to the time Pops did not renovate the place. So if you compare it to the normal izakaya, this place would look like a small eatery instead.
As expected, the usual spot where we usually eat is occupied by two individuals I already know much.
”Yo! I tried to contact you but somehow but the kids in your house said that you are out. Who would have thought you would be with a girl? That is kind of unexpected especially since it is you, Manato!” Janus said while grinning from ear to ear.
”Damn, you scored a pretty girl like me, boy! Good job! As your first female friend who watched you grow from a snotty boy to a full-blown man, I am proud of you!” Riko grinned and raises a mug of pineapple juice up in the air while giving a thumbs up.
”PROUD MY *SS! I am not dating Pandora, Riko, we are just friends and her brother entrusted me to take care of her for the time being.”
”Eh, so she is Pandora? Hey there, Pandora! I am Riko and this guy here is Janus. We are Manato's friends ever since we are kids. Is this guy here treating you right? He can be an *sshole sometimes so please bear with him please.”
”Yep, the name's Janus! You can call me Janus! Yep, that is also my nickname! Very unique right?!” Janus grinned but Riko throws a water bottle to Janus' head, causing him to fall from his chair and slump into the floor. Not only that, the water bottle sticks for a few seconds on his face before it fell to the floor and leaving the red face of Janus with the shape of the water bottle imprinted on his face.
[”Hello! My name is Pandora. Manato is nice to me and he treats me nice. You guys don't need to worry.”]
When Pandora raise her sketchbook after writing, Riko didn't expect to know her situation while Janus managed to recover from the attack Riko made and returned.
”Don't be surprised guys. She is mute and she had some sickness that I have no idea what since her brother won't tell me. So if you guys want to communicate with her, be gentle with your voices, even though she is not deaf but we should be considerate to her and stop being so loud once in a while especially you, Janus.”
”Hey! Why me? Riko is also a-” Janus did not finish his sentence when he spotted Riko smile and the rib bone she was holding was snapped into two. I can only shake my head on Janus to stop what he was saying because it will only cost him half of his life if he continues.
”Well, who cares if she is a mute? She is still fine and can still communicate to us and that is a good way! Don't worry about this boys, girl. With me here, these boys will receive a bonk if they misbehave.”
We stayed silent as we don't want to suffer from the hands of Riko. We still wanted to live.
”E-ehem...Alright, Manato and Pandora should join us for lunch, we just started eating so you guys can still join us, the more, the merrier!” Janus said to change the topic.
”That's the plan. Besides, Pandora still hasn't eaten the food made by Pops. It would be great if she also eat some good food made by him. We just ordered back there and I bet it is almost done.”