The Goddess Needs A Break!

Chapter 63 - Valentine's Day (2)

For some reason, Akari had been avoiding the topic of Valentine's Day with Takei the entire day.

During lunch, they only made idle chatter that wasn't even remotely related to the current day.

Whenever Takei would bring up Valentine's Day as a topic, Akari would smoothly divert the conversation away.

At this point, Takei was feeling increasingly depressed about the situation.

Akari had left school in a hurry and told him to take his time coming home because she had to prepare something for him.

With no other choice, Takei visited the arcade to waste some time.

It had been quite a while since he had last visited the arcade.

Nothing much was changed, but it was still nostalgic to think that he used to visit this arcade very often before he became an apostle of the goddess.

I still don't get paid for this job...

Chuckling to himself, Takei decided to put those thoughts aside.

Takei felt like getting Akari a present, so he decided to go to the claw machines today.

Heading over to his usual spot, Takei eyed a stuffed animal that Akari most likely would adore.

The claw machine wasn't particularly hard to handle, but the stuffed animal was in a hard-to-reach spot.

That meant that Takei would have to put in more effort than usual.

Sighing, Takei focused on the prize and switched to his game face.

"Let's get to work..."

***

An hour at the arcade passed and Takei finally made it back home with his earnings.

"I'm home."

He stated indifferently as he entered through the front door.

"Welcome back?"

Akari was there to greet him, but she was confused about the big bag that he was holding.

"What is that?" She asked.

Seeing her confused state, a satisfied grin appeared on Takei's face.

"Let's eat dinner first."

For some reason, Takei's whole family was not home on this day.

They decided to suddenly announce that they would be gone all day and would not return home until late that night.

Takei concluded that they were being simply considerate of him and Akari, so he mentally thanked them in his head.

Placing the bag down at the corner of his seat at the dinner table, Takei went into the bathroom in order to wash his hands.

He came back shortly after and helped plate the food with Akari.

Then, both of them sat down and began to eat the food after giving their thanks.

As they were eating, a delicate topic was brought up by the goddess.

"By the way, who gave you chocolates today?"

She asked for something that could be perceived as a simple question, yet was actually a minefield for Takei.

Takei wanted to lie about who he had received chocolates from, but he had a sinking feeling that she would be able to see through his lies.

Deciding that the only choice was to tell the truth, Takei braced himself for the consequences.

"Helena and Rikka..."