Tokyo Girlfriend Illustrated Book

【No. 19, Kamikebukuro-3-chome, Toshima-ku】

At the intersection, Kato Megumi repeatedly assured his friend that if there was any news about his dearest "Hojo-sensei", he would report it as soon as possible. Only then did he finally wrest control of his hand from his friend.

"You must tell me as soon as possible! Otherwise Megumi, you will definitely gain three pounds because of the bowl of ramen tonight!" Ohashi Rinko is still worried, she knows this friend best.

"It's not that exaggerated to say I gained three pounds~ Besides, even if I gain weight, it's because you are much fatter than me, Lunzi."

Megumi Kato muttered with some dissatisfaction. She had forgotten about eating ramen on the way home, but now she remembered it again as soon as she was reminded. How could she play with her mobile phone with peace of mind when she got home later?

"I'll be fat as long as I'm fat. Anyway, no handsome guy will help me with tutoring after school. It doesn't matter even if I'm fat as a ball~~"

Regarding Megumi's counterattack, as a generous woman who could order the thickest soup base and add noodles once without hesitation, Ohashi Renzi didn't take it at all, but warned again:

"Hehe, anyway, it's up to you whether I can be in the limelight again, at least tell me some private information before the news!"

"It's really troublesome~~ I told you that I can help introduce Kyousuke-kun to Rinzi. If you want to know something, why don't you just ask?"

Hui said with some disgust. She naturally knew what her friend meant. Renzi had used the rare peripherals that Kyousuke-kun gave her to show off in the community. The community here naturally refers to Hojo Kyosuke’s fan gathering place, that is, a support group and the like.

The people inside are all not very good guys. In order to chase stars, they even discussed how to join the Rampage Angels, and they agreed to take the motorcycle driver's license test together. Megumi Kato quit within a day after joining. What they said Kyousuke-kun seems to be different from the one I know. He is obviously a gentle academic who will tutor him carefully after school and comfort the girls who are tired of studying. How come he turns into a violent person who can knock down dozens of people at night in their eyes?

Hmm, luckily I have Kyosuke-kun’s contact information, so I can see him without joining the community~~

"Ah! Hui speaks so arrogantly!"

Ohashi Rinko yelled, then stepped forward, hugged his friend in his arms and shook him:

"You're talking about introducing me to me, as if you are a couple! If you ever go to meet Mr. Hojo and invite me, maybe I will pretend to be deceived by you."

"That~~"

Kato Megumi's eyes wandered for a moment when she heard this, but it was not obvious in the dim night, and she recovered quickly:

"That's to Kyousuke-kun's house~ How could I take you with me without asking for his permission in advance?"

"It starts again! It starts again! This is showing off, Megumi, you are definitely showing off!"

Ohashi Renko's eyes widened and she looked at her friend in disbelief. It was hard to imagine how such a pure and lovely high school girl could say such hurtful words with such a calm face.

"Hey~~? Is this showing off...? It's just a normal thing to be a guest at home, right? Don't you often come to my house to play, Renzi..."

"That's completely different, okay! That's Hojo-sensei's home! And even if you don't mention your identity, Megumi's house is just a house with ordinary neon signs that can be seen everywhere, while Hojo-sensei's house occupies an area of ​​more than 400 square meters. It’s a high-end residence with cherry blossom trees that are rare in Tokyo. It’s fun just to visit it, let alone to play. If everyone in the community hears this, they will go crazy with jealousy!”

Ohashi Renko interrupted and started talking.

As the birthplace of the idol industry, Neon's fan base is very scary. It is not surprising to know Hojo Kyosuke's home address. After all, he is not the kind of person who has no contact with the general public. On the contrary, he is a high school student by profession. , there shouldn’t be too many places where you can find his home address. If the decoration company he was looking for hadn't been so famous, even the renovation drawings would have been published, and he would have known what kind of room his dear teacher Hojo slept in and what kind of restaurant he ate in every day. horrible.

"...I'm sorry that our house is an ordinary one-family house, but I didn't just go there to play~~ I also ate the hot pot made by Kyosuke-kun himself, not a neon hot pot but a Chinese style. Now that I think about it, I think the spiciness of the red soup is really amazing~~”

Megumi Kato was not angry at all because of his friend's words, but generously shared details that he had not mentioned before. After all, if you say this kind of thing normally, it would be suspected of showing off, but it is just right to say it at this time. However, the girl still restrained herself from telling anyone about Kyousuke-kun's special sea bream rice bowl. As expected, it was better to reflect on that kind of thing alone.

The delicate meat foam that melts close to the spine, the refreshing and pungent green onion rings...the wonderful taste will bloom on the tip of the tongue just by thinking about it for a moment, and even the greasiness left by the tonkotsu ramen will be instantly diluted. …

The most important thing is that just like when you first met, you recognized yourself in the crowd. Even if you were sitting next to outstanding women like Eiri and Kasumigaoka-senpai, you would still not ignore yourself and look at you seriously. Asking what kind of food you want to eat...

That kind of being taken seriously... No, that's not being taken seriously anymore, it's being treated uniquely. The feeling of being treated uniquely cannot be shared. As long as you say it, the happiness will be taken away.

"Ahhh! Hui! Evil-minded! Evil-minded! You actually used this method to take revenge on me!"

Rinko Ohashi roared madly. Although her friend still looked calm, she was 100% sure that this must be revenge, but...

"And there's more, you must have gone there more than once! What else did you do? Mr. Hojo covered you with his own hands? Or did Mr. Hojo help you take off your clothes with his own hands? Or helped you take a bath with his own hands? Did he dry you with his own hands? Moisture? I will carry you to bed with my own hands?"

Ohashi Rinko was so excited that she was incoherent. Of course the girlfriend I recommended was hateful, but if the girlfriend I recommended was my good friend, that would be a different story. Just discussing it would make me feel more involved and exciting!

"Lunzi!"

Megumi frowned slightly, made an angry expression and shouted in a loud voice.

But Renko Ohashi over there didn't take it seriously at all. She knew how good-tempered her friend was, but it was absolutely impossible to be angry at this level. Rather than being angry, it's more like using anger to cover up other emotions, such as shyness.

"Speak quickly, tell me quickly, if you don't tell me clearly, I will stay at your house tonight!"

Ohashi Rinko's eyes were dazzled and she was almost drooling. This is much happier than knocking idols' CP!

The reason why they wanted to stay overnight was because the two people who were supposed to part at the intersection had unknowingly walked into the residential area while talking and walked towards Kato's house. Many familiar figures could be seen on the road, some of whom had just returned from get off work. Some of the family animals are the grandmothers and grandfathers who have already finished their meals and gone out for a walk.

Ohashi Renzi guessed right. In such an environment, Kato Megumi was indeed extremely shy by what her friends said. If it weren't for the magical skill of calmness that she had practiced since she was a child, and if she hadn't known that the neighbors would never notice her, she would have definitely escaped.

"I wouldn't do that kind of thing~~ Although it is normal for high school girls to like to fantasize, but it is still very difficult to get along with someone who can fantasize to such an extent..."

Kato Megumi said calmly, but in fact he was not that calm at all. If he was still calm after hearing such words, that would be abnormal!

She held the backpack strap on her shoulder with one hand and dragged her friend forward with the other. Although he has full confidence in his stealth ability, if Renzi is too conspicuous, his stealth may be broken. Megumi discovered this when he went out with Hojo Kyousuke.

If you go out to eat with an ordinary person like Renzi who has no sense of existence, sometimes Renzi will be dragged into the realm of non-existence by himself and be ignored by the waiter. Needless to say, his meal will be sent to other tables. Well, if I hadn’t ordered a menu, I might not have been able to eat until the restaurant closed.

It doesn't matter if you are hungry, but it would be rude to occupy the boss's table for nothing! ! It's really rude! !

But when you go out with Kyousuke-kun, for example when you were tutoring at a family restaurant, the waitress would pay attention to you even after taking your order. Although it was a bit uncomfortable and embarrassing to be stared at all the time, it was still a proof that my invisibility ability had disappeared.

Thinking of this, Megumi discovered that Kyosuke-kun is really unexpectedly slow sometimes~~ He said it was to improve his grades and increase his sense of presence, but in fact, just studying with him to improve his grades was conspicuous enough... ...As long as you are with him, it's like Noah's Ark. It's a small animal with no sense of existence, but it is remembered because it survived with Noah.

"They didn't cover me up. I slept with Glass-san, and they didn't help me dry the water on my body. Even a couple would do this by themselves~" she said as she walked.

"No! Couples will definitely help each other wipe each other's bodies. This is an excellent way to enhance their relationship and increase their mood! Think about it, Hui, after entering the love hotel, the two of you will be somewhat uncomfortable. At this time, they hug each other and walk in together bathroom……"

"I told you~! There is no such thing! We just finished our meal in a normal way, sat in the living room and played Hyakumonogatari (telling ghost stories) in a normal way, and then went to sleep in a normal way."

"This is not ordinary at all, okay! If others hear what you say, you will definitely be beaten!"

"Huh? You have to say something special later..." Even Hui felt a little uncomfortable when he said this.

"Huh?? Something's wrong! What happened next?!" Ohashi Renko's eyes widened, realizing the emergency.

"Then I went to Kyousuke-kun's house one time, and I met Kyousuke-kun's mother..."

"!!!"

Ohashi Rinko stopped and jumped in front of Kato Megumi, her eyes lit up and she screamed:

"Have you reached the stage of meeting your parents yet? Megumi! As expected of you, you are the only one who can do this clever way of escaping without leaving any trace!"

"...If you think, Renzi, that staying with Kyousuke-kun's mother with close to double-digit girls of the same age can be called meeting the parents..."

Kato Megumi said calmly with an expressionless face.

"Well……"

Ohashi Renko's smile was frozen, and she was choked by her friend's words and couldn't speak, but she still racked her brains to defend her idol:

"Hojo, Hojo, maybe he was really a noble in the past. This kind of thing is very common in noble families. Megumi, you should have been mentally prepared!"

"Yes Yes Yes……"

Kato Megumi casually said that she had a similar feeling at the time. There are pure white tables and chairs on the green grass, the bright sunshine shines on the beautiful and delicious biscuits, the laughter of girls, and the easy-to-get-together elders, just like the British aristocrats in the TV series.

Hmm... It is not excluded that the person who competed with the little girl and the puppy on the lawn was a real British aristocrat, which is why she had such an idea.

"After all, I have met the parents! How is it? Is Mr. Hojo's mother easy to get along with? She seems to have a younger sister? She must be a very good-looking person!" Ohashi Rinko asked enthusiastically.

Yes, after all, she has met the parents, and she still came to the door on her own initiative, so Megumi could convince herself that she was shy so she asked Kyousuke-kun to go to the family restaurant to be alone.

"Aunt Hojo is very young. She feels like a high school student. You are much cuter than Renzi."

Kato Megumi complained lightly. Although he was showing off happily, he would be seen if he didn't fight back!

"Kashiko-chan is a brother-in-law, very cute~~"

"That's great. If I had an older brother like Mr. Hojo, of course I would become an older brother!"

Speaking of this, Ohashi Renko rolled his eyes:

"I'll forget it, but Megumi, you have a good chance! If you act like a younger sister when you don't speak, ah! I can't help it anymore, as soon as the picture of you and Mr. Hojo standing together pops up in my head, I think it matches well!”

"I'm sorry that I can't speak~ But although there are many girls of the same age, Auntie Mijiko gave everyone a gift when we went to the mall."

Kato Megumi couldn't help but smile when she said this. She really deserves to be Kyousuke-kun's mother, so many times better than her own mother who would knock on her door frantically because of Keiichi's phone calls.

The girl wrinkled her little nose, but then her mouth tightened.

Yesterday, she also called to invite her to go shopping to buy kimonos, but she was really embarrassed to go. Besides, in that case, her mother would definitely ask questions about asking for leave.

The two chatted all the way, and before they knew it, they came to the two-story building where the Kato family's letters were hung. (End of chapter)