Chapter 55 - Cooking Skill (1/2)

Cooking Skill

◆Hiiragi Haruka◆

For the holiday, Seiji-kun decided to make dinner for me. It was for all the times that I made him meals and bentous.

As he continued calmly with his cooking, I could tell that his skill was pretty good. In the end, he served a salad, soup, and pasta. It seemed like a combination that would be commonly served as a café lunch set. I was quite happy, but at the same time, not happy.

I picked up some pasta with a fork and took a bite.

“How is it? I have a good amount of confidence in it.”

I-it’s good…! For a moment there, I thought I had actually gone to a café.

“Yeah. It’s good.”

Seiji-kun smiled in relief and then began to eat.

I had no complaints in good cooking, but personally, I was unhappy that Seiji-kun was good at cooking… The soup as well, wasn’t something that was store bought, but something that he had made from scratch.

Mumumumu…

Generally speaking, I would say that I’m better, but Seiji-kun would have enough skill to be called as having a normal level.

A male who knows how to cook is popular—

That’s what I would think. Having someone that can make food for you is something that is quite nice, and at the same time, it makes it kind of hard to let go of them. I’m super worried about Seiji-kun attracting another woman because of this.

“Seiji-kun, this flashy cooking, where did you learn it? From your mother?”

“Umm… that…”

He was stuck, as if he had a hard time saying something.

I can’t imagine Seiji-kun’s mom making such flashy dishes like this. The bentou that I see him eat for lunch in the home economics room always had a homemade feel.

“My mother, has been quite into Italian recently… so…”

Pikiin, my woman’s intuition was activated.

It’s wrong. It’s definitely not his mother.

Then, who is it? Sana-chan is terrible at cooking… If that’s the case, then another woman———!? That would be the only explanation for such flashy dishes.

“Seiji-kun, are you hiding something from me?”

“Ueeh!? W-why!? Why would you think that…”

His panic is quite suspicious…

“I can somehow feel it. Just a little.”

“The soup is pretty good as well, right?”

“Ah, yeah. It’s really tasty!”

“That’s good.”

This relieved smile that Seiji-kun had, it was a smile that I unbearably liked… His salad is good too. It was to the point where it might make me say that I actually wanted to eat vegetables!!

In truth, I really didn’t know much about Seiji-kun. I believe that I wouldn’t lose to anyone in knowing things about Seiji-kun after he became a second-year high schooler, but if it’s about last year or about his middle school days, I haven’t heard much. Without a doubt, he had mastered this cooking skill before he started dating me.

“You made this meal today to thank me, right?”

“Eh? Ahh, yeah.”

“Do you do cooking at home?”

“My mother is at home, so if I just use ingredients in the fridge, she gets mad at me. She would scold me by saying that she was going to be using that meat or those vegetables tomorrow, and stuff like that.”

“Ah. I get that. It’s because most of the things in the refrigerator are probably planned out. If things are used all of a sudden, the menu for the week ends up getting messed up a bit.”

“So it seems. She said the same thing to me.”

He doesn’t cook at home, yet he’s so good…?

Ah, I got it!

“An ex-girlfriend!? It’s that, right!? You were dating a beautiful, fashionable, and slightly older Onee-san!?”

“Haaah!? What are you talking about? Rather, isn’t that more like the current situation?”

That’s right. There isn’t any proof that I’m Seiji-kun’s first girlfriend.

“I don’t have an ex-girlfriend. Haruka-san is my first.”

He immediately refuted my thoughts.

Hmmm? Rather, isn’t it more like the current situation…?

“A beautiful, fashionable, and slightly older Onee-san?”

I said, while pointing at myself.

“T-that’s right…”