(Un) Fortunately the Yandere is Not After Me

Heart Racing

Well, if there's one thing that Arata could assume about dating. It would have to be that he should at least dress rather well. Not too formal, but definitely better than what he would usually wear in public. That's why he was busy comparing what he would look like in different shirts in the mirror at the moment.

At home by himself, he wasn't too concerned with looking stupid while doing all this preparation. Too bad he wasn't actually by himself right now.

"Ooh, looks like you're getting ready for something." A voice playfully teased him, grabbing him by the shoulders.

"Ahh!" He screamed in fear. It was his dad that sneaked behind him, which was exactly why this spooked him. "Dad!?"

"So what are you doing?" His father was laughing at giving his son a fright. He had never seen Arata do anything like this before. "And don't just say you're going to just hang out with friends."

"I was, um." even though he was fine with telling them if he knew they were here. Now confronted with his father, he started to get a little conscious of telling him. "About to go... On a date."

"I knew it!" His dad gave him a death hug, tightly grabbing around his neck.

"Ah, dad... I can't breath!" Arata struggled to get the words out.

"I'm sorry." Not that it stopped this embrace. "I'm just so happy to hear about this. To think that you've opened up so much these past few months." Arata was finally able to get free from his father. Taking a moment to catch his breath, he was able to respond properly.

"Y-yeah, I guess so." While it might be a picture of joy for his dad. There was the bit of guilt within Arata, given the reason of his escape of the loner life. Even if it was no longer the case anymore.

His dad's advice was appreciated, but he wasn't sure how exactly it was going to help. Arata should've realized that his dad had never been on a date before he even got married.

"Thanks dad." He said, taking the time to look over his outfit. It was an odd feeling, getting himself ready to impress a girl. Which technically didn't need to happen since she's the one that confessed to him. "I hope she likes it."

"Hey, us Kashimura's always look good. No matter what we wear." His dad bragged, giving off a deep laugh from that statement.

"Hehe." Arata just weakly laughed along. He never felt that statement applied to either him or his father.

Ding dong, the bell rung. Obviously the girl he's been waiting for. He walked up to the door and took a deep breath. Calming himself for what was to come.

"Hello..." He greeted her, but Misei's outfit left him awestruck. She was wearing a sun dress, which surprised him since he had never seen her wear a dress outside of school.

"Hello..." She responded to him in a meek voice. Even if she steeled herself for him, she wasn't expecting Arata to be dressed as nicely as he was. It was clear to her that he was taking this seriously. "Are you ready?"

"Oh, I didn't realize that it was Misei you were going with." His dad gave him a jolt. Walking to see who he was going with.

"I thought you were going to make yourself scarce." He told his father. "But, uh, yeah. She's the girl I'm going with." Misei averted her gaze from them. Feeling a bit self-conscious with his dad's presence.

"That's wonderful." Mr. Kashimura said with a smile. "So, before you go. How's your parents?" He asked Misei. "I hope that your mother isn't giving you too much trouble." He laughed, but neither of the kids understood what he was getting at.