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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 4 Extra Story 1.2.2.4

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“TRANSLATOR:Foxsunes/EDITOR TheNix”

  …… However, nothing really happened.

  Then he just put the chiffon cake in his mouth and laughed. 

「The cake is so good too!」

  Everyone was at a bit of a loss as to what to think of it. How would this turn out? There was no sign that anything was going to happen though. Everyone around him reacted in a different way to this. Ibara-senpai let out a dissatisfied cry and turned away. Tensai also seemed to find it boring, 「So it was just a gossip article after all?」. 

  She then took a sip of her espresso, 「So bitter!」and wholeheartedly made a frowning face. 

  Even Yumeji-san, who had magnificently made Juugo-kun drink the winning coffee, pretended to be cheerful saying 「I.. I know, right?」, but then she let a deep sigh slip out.

  Then, in my mind a very fundamental question popped up. Now that I think of it… how is the significant other for the effect to work on even determined? For people who come here as a couple it was easy to understand. You’d be sitting at the same table and drinking coffee together. However, when there are numerous people at the table the options for the person who will receive the drinker’s affection are not limited.

  No. Actually, how does it even work for couples when there are with just the two of them? Why would the other person fall in love with you, just from drinking coffee out of that mug? How should you get that person to notice you?

  Then I had a realization.

  What was written in『NanNan』had been just another article meant to stir things up and advertise this place, with no foundation to the story. What in the world, I had been fooled. It would have been so easy to see it if I had just thought it over more calmly. I had been a bit blinded by my greed and let myself be tricked with open eyes.

  I was so disappointed that I accidentally let out a sigh. I stared blankly at Juugo-kun. Somehow, I wasn’t able to look at anything besides Juugo-kun. And it was not just that. I somehow felt my heart pounding. This is weird. Yes, it was clearly very strange. What was going on here?

  I cast a quick look at Tensai who was sitting next to me. For some reason, Tensai was also looking at Juugo-kun. Her pupils seemed to be a bit dilated. I feared the impossible and looked to my sides. It was not just Tensai who was looking at Juugo-kun with a somewhat absent expression.

  I suddenly realized what was going on.

  Could it be that this mug didn’t make the other person like you if they drank the coffee, but instead the coffee makes it so that the people who are at the same table as the drinker would fall in love with them?

  Well the article had not been very precise when it came to that. When I had taken a look at the comments I had come to the conclusion that it would work that way, but after all they were only comments in a magazine….

  My thoughts trailed off as I became less and less capable of thinking. When I realized it, I wasn’t able to see anything but Juugo-kun anymore.

  *　*　*

  This was strange, what was going on?

  Let’s check the situation.

  Today, under the pretense of it being to thank me for helping her with her exam preparation, Yumeji-san invited me on a date (there is no mistaking it, it surely is a date. It must be!) to this place. This is the coffee shop that Yumeji-san suggested. Tensai and D’arc were already there and we ended up sitting at the same table as them. As if that weren’t enough already, club president Yuiga and Ibara-senpai also ended up coming here. Give me back the solo date and time that I had been looking forward to, I cursed at them inside my head.

  Then, as I was drinking coffee and having some delicious cake, something changed about the situation. Suddenly I got the feeling that the group of girls sitting at the table (plus the pervert and the club president) were giving me passionate looks.

  Think. Put your brain to work, Yama Juugo. What the heck is going on here?

  As I was taking another sip of my coffee, a possibility dawned on me.

  Could this be my love life starting to bloom?

  For now, I’ll just have another sip of coffee to calm down.

  Even though it was bitter, I had the feeling that this smell coming through my nostrils was different from regular canned coffee. I see now, this is what real coffee is like. A man who can tell the difference: Yama Juugo. I couldn’t help but grin about it.

  …. Okay, it’s fine. I am calm.I cannot let myself be disturbed by this when a sudden big chance  presents itself to me.

  If I’m thinking calmly about this situation, the chance of this being a period when my love life is blooming, is pretty high probably. Yes. This season of popularity was the big chance that occurs to everyone a few times in their life, be they good or bad guys. A moment in which a spotlight is cast on an Average joe who isn’t handsome at all. If this was super Mario, it’s the moment when you pick up a star and become all sparkly.

  That is the season of romantic popularity.

  I became flustered from thinking this and I shook my head.

  Hey, hey, wait a second and calm down, Yama Juugo. Don’t rush to conclusions like that. Could this maybe be one big misunderstanding?

  It was certainly true that I was receiving passionate stares from the girls (plus the pervert and the club president) who were sitting at the same table as me. It was too soon to judge that this was the case though, wasn’t it?

  Look, it’s similar to the kind of situation where a cute girl in your class has some errands to take care of and then asks you for help for practical reasons, and you get all delusional:「Oh? Could it be that this girl likes me?」Could it be that sort of thing? There is a chance it’s that sort of situation.

  From the viewpoint of the guy involved, it could seem like the start of love blooming between him and that girl. From an outsider’s perspective though the guy only looks like a massive clown.

  That would be so shameful. Oh, so shameful. But wait? That is why I am now calmly assessing the situation, to prevent this situation from turning out that way. My mind is so clear, I do not oversee a single speck of dust twirling around in the air. So clear that even the faint sound of insect wings do not escape my ears.

  Calm down. Yes, let’s have another sip of coffee to help me calm down.

  Gulp

  Yep, it really is bitter. I can really smell the strong aroma of the coffee. Also, is it just my imagination? I get the idea that everyone’s stare has just become even hotter. Ehh, for real? Is this for real?

  No, that’s why I have to calm down. Everything is still uncertain, and this is a situation where I have to respond as delicately as possible.

「Yumeji-san, do you think I look cool?」

  Uh, wait, what am I saying? What kind of question just came out of my mouth? I’m being way too selfish right now! There are limits to how awkward you can start off a conversation. I have not even mentally prepared myself for anything yet either. Why would I say such a thing? It was also super blunt and way too direct! This makes me into a total idiot!

  While I was childishly suffering over how I had made the immature mistake to sexually harass her, Yumeji-san’s face became redder and redder.

「W..well, I …. I do think you look cool.」

「Huh?」

  This was so unbelievable that I didn’t ever understand what had just happened for a moment. However, as soon as I did understand…..

  IT’S A GOOOOAAAAAL!!

  I actually yelled, I did. I shouted until my voice dried up. I couldn’t help but cry out to show my euphoria. Of course, this was all inside my head.

「Th..thanks. I appreciate it, even if it’s just a courtesy.」

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