King of Highschool Vol 1

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

"Huuuuuuuh?! Biyake wants to pitch in his own ideas for our store?!"

"It's Hayake-kun, dad!"

"Haaaah?! Kimiyoke wants to pitch in his own ideas for our store?!"

"...Yes. That's what he told me today."

She gave up.

"Hmm. Is that true?"

The dad was glancing at me from the other side of the table. Ah. I should probably give some context. I was brought here by Okasawa ten minutes after we closed. At first, I was excited to be in Okasawa's home since I've never been in this part of the store before, but I then remembered that the dad was going to be here too. When he came in, he ran straight at me with a golf club raised over his head. Luckily, Okasawa was able to calm him down before it came down, but I could tell from just his aura alone that he was still angry. Now, we were sitting down around the table. Waiting for him to decide whether or not to kill me or slightly injure me.

"Did you hear what I said?"

"Huh?"

"Hmph. I'll say it one more time, Moriyake. Hurry up and tell me what you told Okasawa before I hit you with my club."

"...! Y-Yes. That's what I told her."

"Huh... Why the sudden change, Kayake? I thought this was a job you didn't like. Considering you took a sudden day off and all."

"...I... didn't take the day off that day because I hated the job, sir. It was because of school I couldn't come."

"School?"

"Y-Yes. I was asked to come in after school to do some make-up laps."

"...Hm."

*Clink!*

"If that was the case, you should've just said that from the start. But that's neither here nor there. Now, tell me why exactly... you want to pitch in your own ideas, Sabake."

"..."

I met Okasawa's eyes and nodded. There was one reason. Only one reason. So here it is...

"Truth is, sir."

"...?"

*Slam!*

"I believe that some of the donuts you created with your daughter are just plain weird!"

"Eh?!"

"W-What the-?! You dare look down upon the creations both Okasawa and I worked so hard on?! You've got some nerve!"

"Then, sir! Can you confidently say that every creation you make is an absolute delicacy?!"

"Of course I can! I love each and every single one of my creations! Just what creations are you calling weird, Suiyake?!"

"T-This one!"

I took out the oyster donut from my bag and held it out to him.

"Hah?! The oyster one?! Oysters are a delicacy in most of the world!"

"But that's only by themselves! Nobody wants it in a donut!"

"That's cause none of them got the balls to try! I bet if they just tried it, the donuts would be flying off the shelves!"

"...Then... can you eat it, sir?"

"..."

*Grab!*

Huh?!

*Grarf! Snarf!*

"..."

He... ate it. Oyster and all.