Chapter 34 - The Second Time (1/2)

The Second Time

Bibibibibi, the alarm is so noisy…

It seems like it was already morning. After rubbing my eyes and waking up, what I saw was an unfamiliar room.

“Hmmmm?”

It wasn’t my room at my parent’s house. As I went to stop the alarm, my smartphone went off. Hmm… smartphone? Looking at the screen, the date was marked as ten years later. I-I once again returned to the present day…!?

Kacha, the door opened.

“Ah, Seiji-kun, it’s unusual for you to be awake.”

The face that came peeking in was Hiiragi-chan in an apron. As usual, an apron still suited her very well. She looked to be more mature than the person that I had known.

“Ah, good morning… Haruka-san.”

“Yeah, good morning.”

I see… after ten years, she was bound to be more mature…

“Eh. Rather, why is Sensei here? More importantly, where is this?”

“It’s your house though?”

“It isn’t my home though…”

Looking around, the furniture, the pillows and blankets, and even the bed, none of it were things that I recognized.

Ah.

Moreover, before I had time leaped, Hiiragi-chan and I weren’t even dating. If last time I was living with Sana, then this time…?

“Are you still half asleep?”

Kusu kusu, Hiiragi-chan chuckled a little bit, came over and sat on the bed.

“I came here to make breakfast for you, right?”

Do you get it? She said as she treated me like a child and playfully poked my cheeks.

“I see. That means, we’ve been dating for ten years since then.”

Last time, we had broken up, but this time, we were able to stay in our relationship together. Knowing that last time when I returned to this time, we had broken up, it seems the breaking up flag had been avoided this time around. Looking at her left ring finger, there was no ring. Of course, neither did I have one. If we were married, we would be living together, so I guess we haven’t married yet.

“If you don’t eat soon, you’ll be late, you know? There’s a meeting today, so you need to be there earlier.”

“That seems rough for you.”

Hiiragi-chan tilted her head.

“What are you saying? It’s the same for you too.”

“Fuaah?”

Hmmm? Is it that? What Hiiragi-chan had mentioned that she wanted during the school trip? I also became a teacher, and we were now coworkers together…? Which means….

“I became a teacher?”

Hiiragi-chan chuckled again.

“It isn’t that you became one, but you are one. You’re also a high school teacher now with me. Sanada-sensei, please pull yourself together.”

I actually became a high school teacher…!? Hmm? If that’s the case, something’s weird. Working together happily at the same workplace and getting married, that should be Hiiragi-chan’s ideal.

Despite that, we still weren’t married… What happened? Did I simply just not make a proposal? If that’s the case, then what am I doing?

“Cheer up, Seiji-kun! Being all gloomy in the morning is not allowed! I’ll do my best to convince my father as well, okay!?”

“Your father?”

“Eh? You’re coming to stay over at my parent’s home this weekend, remember? Isn’t that why you’re down?”

“What!?”

“Mou. Did you forget already? You were sad because my father had told you that it definitely would not be allowed without a minimum annual income of 10 million!”

Greeting the family… it seemed that this time, we had progressed pretty far together. I guess I’m doing my best. Wait, annual income of 10 million!? That’s asking for way to much, Hiiragi-chan’s Papa. A twenty-seven-year-old with an income of 10 million? Where would he get that? This isn’t Perika? [1]

At some point, I had asked Hiiragi-chan about her salary and found out that it was surprisingly low. If that’s the case, the current me would probably have around the same income. In the end, the work of a teacher is basically quite similar to that of a civil servant. Over the years, income would grow, but, as long as you’re career doesn’t build up on itself, it isn’t that much. As I was doing the calculations within my head, HIiragi-chan gave me a hug.

“It’s okay. It’s okay. It’s just that I had never brought my boyfriend to meet with my father before, and he was just surprised. No matter how you think of it, that type of income is unreasonable, right? It’s way too blown out of proportion. Don’t worry about, okay?”