>>5196321>“What do you want to do?”“Something simple,” she replies almost immediately. Yet again, you’re sure there’s a reason for that, but you ruthlessly squash that little bit of curiosity.
“How about dinner and a movie?” You offer. “Then you can come back to mine and I can give you your present? That sounds pretty simple to me.”
“Yes, yes it does,” Yuzu decides. “Let’s do it.”
You offer her your arm which she takes and the two of you make your way back into town. It is both early evenings, and a Wednesday, so the town isn’t very busy, but there’s still activity, and occasionally you bump into a person you know.
After a short walk, you reach a restaurant that you know is good.
“I brought you here first,” Yuzu observes as the two of you head in.
“And I’m bringing you here now,” you say. “Plus, that’s how I know it’s good quality.”
The two of you take seats at the counter, where the man behind it recognises Yuzu and happily engages her in conversation before taking your orders. You order the tank katsu curry, and Yuzu orders a bowl of ramen.
“So, how’d it go with your family?” You ask as you wait.
“Well,” she replies with a smile. “It was a bit of a revolving door with all my siblings coming and going but I have no complaints.”
“Well, you skipped school for it, so I’d hope so,” you snicker.
“Exams are done,” she says with a dramatic huff. “Besides I’ve earnt it.”
You don’t challenge that, laughing instead which earns you another dramatic huff. Your food arrives, and the two of you dig in. As usual, Yuzu steals part of your dish, then can’t finish her own, leaving you to clean up the rest of it. When you’re done eating, you head out to go find a movie to watch. Thankfully, the small cinema has several movies running soon.
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