After Being Cheated on & Abandoned by My ChildhoodFriend, I Ended Dating an Idol

Arc-2 Chapter-7: What is a Special Broadcast?

    As I was watching TV in the living room, the door of the house opened violently. It was Yukiho, rushing home.

    "Has it started yet?"

    "No, not yet."

    I got up from the couch. I picked up her jacket and bag that she had taken off to put them away.

    Yukiho washed her hands and gargled at breakneck speed and made her way to the living room. She dived onto the couch where I was sitting a moment ago. She then reached for the vegetable sticks on the table in front of her.

    "It's starting! Daikichi-kun! Hurry up!"

    "I know."

    With a wry smile, I sat down next to Yukiho. I put my arm around Yukiho's shoulders as we watched TV side by side.

    [It's been a long time. I'm Mikio Doi! I expected to make a regular appearance, but it's only for the first time, Takamine-san!]

    The special episode of the desert island program has begun.

    [I stabbed a lot of fish for you, Kaho, so you can look forward to it! Although we ate all the fish ourselves!]

    "This one's a little more low-key, just fetching water."

    "Hey! This is a three-hour special and all you do is fetch water! What are you doing? Come on, be conscious, rating figures, rating figures!"

    "It can't be helped, I didn't think it would rain. Besides, that fetching of water saved me from dying."

    "That's one thing, but come on!"

    As it was the end of the workday, Yukiho's tension was high. By the time Doi disappeared, the vegetable sticks had also disappeared from the table.

    "Look! Did you see that? See that! Perfect harpooning! Not even Daikichi-kun can beat it!"

    "Don't be silly, I'm better than you."

    "Then, let's compete in the next recording. I'm not going to lose!"

    "All right, if you lose, you're gonna be punished."

    "You're punishing me!?"

    "Oh? Are you scared, Yukiho?"

    "It's not like that! I'm fine!"

    "Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid."

    "Muh!"

    While we were having a good time talking, the program went on. An hour into the broadcast, a torrential downpour began.

    "It's already raining. Is everything going to be okay for it to be this early?"

    "Mmm-hmm."

    "Oh? You know something?"

    "Well, what do you think?"

    "You know something."

    "Mmm-hmm."

    The rain was getting worse. The president and I started talking on the phone. This scene seems to be a showpiece, and it's almost uncut. The screen was split in two, showing me and the president. Both of our expressions were serious and full of tension. In the midst of all this, I occasionally see Yukiho's face. She was crying like a baby. She wasn't acting, she was crying for real. It seemed that she was very anxious.

    [Which do you think is better, Yoshikawa-kun?]

    [I think...]

    Do we head for the ship or stay in the cave? Decide one or the other - that's where the commercial came in.