328 - Valentine's Day Extra Chapter ~~ Vier & Neun ~~

In the kitchen of a house adjacent to the examination room in the corner of Symphonias royal capital, the homeowner, Vier, had a troubled look on her face.

[Whats wrong, Vier? Your expression doesnt look good at all]

[No, isnt it weird? This is my home, right? Why are you feeling at home here, cooking with an ap.r.o.n on your body?]

[No, this isnt an ap.r.o.n, this is a kappougi.] (T/N: A j.a.panese full-body ap.r.o.n.)

[Heehhh Wait, that isnt the problem here!]

(T/N: Kannougi.)

Neun, dressed in a kappougi, is cooking for tomorrows Valentines Day, and Vier, who had to lend her kitchen to her for some reason, lets out a sigh.

[You could have just made it in your own home.]

[B- But thats embarra.s.sing]

Neun lives in Kuromueinas home, sharing the house with many family members, and apparently feels embarra.s.sed to make Valentines Day sweets there, and thus, shes cooking at Viers home.

Vier has already reconciled with Kuromueina, but she continues to work as a doctor in the Symphonia Kingdom and lives apart from her family.

For her best friend Neun, it was an easily accessible place, and its unknown whether Neun herself knows that or not, but she didnt complain to her that much.

[So, what is Hikari making? That doesnt look like chocolate, right?]

[Eh? Yes, I dont really know chocolates western confectioneries that much, so Im making ohagi.]

(T/N: Ohagi)

[Ohagi? Is that different from manjuu?]

[Yes, theyre a little different.]

Since Neun prefers eating j.a.panese sweets, she doesnt know much about western sweets and doesnt have the confidence to make something delicious.

Thats why shes making something shes familiar with, j.a.panese sweets ohagi for Valentines Day.

On the contrary, Vier only knows a bit about j.a.panese sweets from hearing about them from Neun, so she watched the process of making ohagi with interest.

After watching the process for a while, Vier also picked up some of the ingredients and began to cook.

[What are you making, Vier?]

[Unnn? Im making herb cookies.]

[Youre not going to make chocolates?]

[Ahh~~ No. Because you see, Im sure Miyama-kun will get a lot of chocolate, and with his kind personality, I think he would try to eat all of it. Thats why Im thinking of making herb cookies that are mildly sweet and easy on the stomach.]

While deftly moving with her food preparations No, while occasionally nearly dropping the container just like the clutz she is, Vier makes the herb cookies shes going to give to Kaito.

Seeing her carefully select the sweets shes giving Kaito, knowing that hes going to receive lots of chocolates, and how shes carefully making it, Neun serenely smiled.

[Youve been thinking a lot about Kaito-san, arent you?]

[But of course. Were talking about my beloved person here, so I would obviously think about him that much.]

[Y- Youre just saying beloved that easily]

[Unnn? Did I say anything strange?]

Hearing Vier mention how she loved Kaito as if it was obvious, Neun shyly muttered, and Vier curiously asked her while tilting her head.

[N- No, I mean, saying such things that boldly Are you not embarra.s.sed?]

[Why? I like Miyama-kun after all. I love him, you know? I dont think theres anything I should be embarra.s.sed for feeling that way.]

[T- That might be the case but]

[Hmmm. Its just that Hikari is shy If you stay like this, Im going to monopolize Miyama-kun, you know?]

[Eh? Y- You cant do that!]

[Fufufu.]

[Ahh No, that is]

Neun, who fl.u.s.teredly reacted to Viers joke, immediately turns her face down, as if shes embarra.s.sed by her earlier statement.

Gazing at her with a smile, Vier put the cookies in the oven and began baking them.

[Well, each person has different ways of expressing their affections. Im the type that thinks that since I love Miyama-kun, I want to convey these feelings a lot So, I dont feel embarra.s.sed about saying that I love Miyama-kun.]

[I- I see Vier is kinda, ummm, amazing.]

[R- Really? I think Im just being simple-minded though.]

[Ahh, that might be true.]

[I- Id like it if you deny it there though W- Well, Hikari can just keep going what youve always done and tell Miyama-kun how much you like him.]

Each person has their own way of expressing their love for each other. Whether its Vier, who doesnt hesitate to express her love, or Neun, who feels embarra.s.sed to say it too much, their feelings for Kaito are still the same.

Because they both know that, they can mutually talk about their feelings like this.

[Youre right. I guess Ill just keep going as I was before.]

[Unnn, unnn.]

[Somehow, Vier is cooler than usual today.]

[R- Really? If you say it like that, Id get embarra.s.sed Come on, until the cookies are baked, lets have some tea Fugyaaahhh!?]

When Neun told her she was cool, Vier scratched her cheek, a little embarra.s.sed, and was about to make a cup of tea but as per usual, her foot got caught on the table and she flas.h.i.+ly fell down on the floor.

[Auuuu It hurts]

[That klutziness of yours I guess that part is still the same huh.]

[Uuuuu, its not like Im fond of being a klutz, you know]

[Well, your klutziness is just like you, isnt it!?]

[Eh? Does klutziness describe what I am? I kinda dont want that]

[Dont suddenly trip and throw your cookies at Kaito-sans face, okay?]

[I- It should be alright I- Im going to make them float with magic, so even if I trip, the cookies wont fall]

[Theres nothing you can do about it in the first place if youre already planning for when youre going to trip.]

Seeing Vier with tears in her eyes after hitting her face on the floor, Neun smiles and giggles.

[Hikari, youre definitely making fun of me, arent you?]

[No~~ Im relieved to see that youre still out of it like always.]

[Muuuuuuuu F- Fine! If youre going to say it like that, I also have an idea!]

[An idea?]

[This letter previously written and discarded by Hikari to Miyama-kun]

[Whaa!? Why do you have that with you!? Thats an invasion of privacy!!!]

[I have it because a certain someone treated my home as a love consultation center, before leaving without cleaning up, you know?]

[Ugghhh F- For that matter Im very sorry]

At Viers words, Neun averted her gaze, as if she was. .h.i.t in a sore spot.

As best friends, they can casually talk to each other like this. Even though they are opposites in the way they express their love, they still seem to be similar in some ways Conversing in such a manner until the end of the day, both of them made confectioneries for the same person.

Dr. Vier is straightforward in expressing her love.

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