The Top Idol Next Door Can't Help But Crave My Guilty Pleasure Meals-Chapter 3Volume 2 . - Suzufumi no Bāka ①

ROUND 3 – Suzufumi no Bāka ① 3

The visitor was not my mother but a light-brown-haired gal.

Over her pure white blouse, a red-striped tie was arched in a wide arc.

“Hmm, what’s wrong? You’re holding your head. Were you that happy to see me?”

Rika peered up at me as I hung my head.

Her wavy hair hangs over her shoulders, revealing her emerald-colored earrings.

In her right hand, a plastic bag was stuffed to the brim with cleaning supplies and food as usual.

It seemed she had come to take care of things again today.

Kishibe Rika.

She was my childhood friend who lived in the house next door before I moved to the ‘Orikita Residence.’

Being a senior in high school close in age, Rika and I had been acquainted since childhood, and our families have been close ever since.

Come to think of it, I had given her a spare key the other day.

Eyes that looked strong-willed, a beauty mark under her right eye, false eyelashes that curled back like ski jumps, a beautifully shaped nose, and pink lips.

She may look like a picture-perfect gal, but she was a clumsy-energetic girl inside.

Moreover, she was the poster girl who worked the floor at ‘Aien Kien,’ an izakaya run by the Mamori family.

Rika self-proclaimed herself as “Suzu’s Onee-san,” always looking out for me in various ways.

Despite her motivation, her clumsiness was her only flaw.

“…No, I’d be happy to have Rika right now. Come on in quickly.”

“Eh~, Suzu, aren’t you being too proactive today~?”

Blushing, Rika scratched the back of her head as she took off her loafers.

“But I have a parent-teacher-student conference soon. Can you stay quiet on the sofa in the back for now?”

“Hey, don’t treat me like a little kid. I am older than Suzu!”

Pouting, Rika pushed against me with her shoulders.

Mikami-sensei was elegantly sipping tea on the cushion when I returned to the living room.

“Oh, it’s Kishibe-san from third year… right?”

Mikami-sensei smiled like a young lady resting at a lakeside villa.

As if she had donned the persona of about ten cats, her wild behavior from before was nowhere to be seen.

“Eh, why is Mikami-sensei here…?”

“That’s what I said, it’s a parent-teacher-student conference.”

Rika’s face froze.

“Kishibe-san, good afternoon.”

“Ah… uh…”

The energetic Rika from before was nowhere to be found.

Confronted with Mikami sensei, she suddenly lost her energy and quickly hid behind my back.

Rika had a period of truancy when she was younger. As a result, she was surprisingly shy despite her flashy appearance.

Even in high school, she hardly spoke to anyone outside a small circle of close friends.

“Come on, greet her properly.”

“Uhh… I’m Kishibe Rika from class 3-E…”

Rika mumbled her introduction from behind my shoulder, to which Mikamisensei responded with a smile.

“I’m Momose Mikami, Mamori-kun’s homeroom teacher. Nice to meet you, Kishibe-san.”

“Phew…”

With the arrival of an Orikita High School student, Mikami sensei’s berserker mode seemed to have subsided.

It would be more accurate to say she put on her teacher’s mask once again.

For the moment, I had escaped the predicament.

My gratitude towards Rika was short-lived, as Mikami-sensei looked back and forth between me and Rika before asking.

“Could it be… are you two dating?”

“No, we’re just childhood friends.” “Is that how it seems?”

There was a newfound firmness in Rika’s voice, which had been listless until just moments ago.

“Yes. Judging from your trust in Mamori-kun, it doesn’t seem like a superficial relationship.”

“Right?! Anyone can totally tell, right~~?”

Rika placed her hands on her cheeks and wiggled her body back and forth.

She reminded me of a dancing flower you might find in a general store.

“Well, we’ve been together for about ten years now, so it’s not so much dating as it is like siblings, or rather, we’ve gone beyond lovers and are more like a married couple~!”

“Ten years… that’s true love, isn’t it?”

I have the feeling that they’ve been having a subtle misunderstanding for a while.

I wondered from which point I should correct it.

“…Then it would be absolutely out of the question to bring another woman home, right?”

Mikami-sensei’s gaze sharpened once again.

The berserker within her had not yet breathed its last.

“Ah, I totally agree with that!”

Don’t play along with her. It only makes things more complicated.

“Look, Rika, you sit quietly on the sofa. Mikami-sensei and I have a meeting to attend to now.”

I took on the role of mediator and forcefully tried to steer things back on track.

However, Rika didn’t sit on the sofa behind us but directly opposite Mikami-sensei.

No, why do you sit there?

“I’ll join the three-way meeting in place of his mom♪”

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Rika energetically raised her hand like a student eager to answer a question.

“Because I’m Suzu’s Onee-san, right? It’s only natural for me to be present during my brother’s career consultation?”

Rika sat down on the cushion in a ladylike manner and began eating round crackers she took out of a plastic bag.

Crumbs fell and scattered over the fibers of her black knee-high socks. I wasn’t sure where to begin with my retort.

For the time being, I sat down to Rika’s right, leaned over, and began to pick up the crumbs from her knee-highs with a tissue.

“Well, I’m sure anyone would worry about their lover’s future. I don’t mind, really.”

“That’s great~! Then I won’t hold back!”

Please stop crunching while you talk.

It’s hard to pick them up when they fall on the rug.

“Besides, I was just messaging his mom a little while ago. She said she was stuck in a traffic jam. I don’t think she’ll be able to make it for a while.”

My gaze shifted to the wall clock, and I noticed that more than ten minutes had passed since the scheduled start time of the meeting.

Mikami-sensei was unpredictable, and Rika was already on a rampage. The gathering itself was becoming a mess.

I don’t know, the two of them seemed more interested in stories about my past rather than in the meeting.