My Good - Looking Neighbor

Ch 12: Grandchild and Grandpa Chat

"So, I had a date last Saturday."

"Thuk!!!"

Naoki who was sitting and eating quietly on the hospital bed was startled and almost choked. Ryuuji panicked and stopped peeling the apples that were meant for his grandfather. He immediately stood up from his seat and checked if his grandfather was okay.

"Oi oi oi, watch out old man!!"

Naoki casually reached out his right hand towards Ryuuji to hint not to worry, and his left hand held a glass to drink.

Seeing the relaxed and calm handling of the surprise from his grandfather, Ryuuji understood and sat down in his chair again. He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fyuh, next time be careful grandpa! You surprised me."

Ryuuji stroked his chest and continued peeling the apple. Naoki finished by drinking water and putting down his glass.

"Fuckin' shit. It was you who surprised me."

Naoki continued to eat his food. Ryuuji just looked at his grandfather and shrugged his shoulders.

"Who?"

"Who's what?"

"Of course my son-in-law's grandson-in-law."

At that moment, Naoki felt an uneasy feeling.

*Heaven

Reflexively, Naoki quickly distanced his body from Ryuuji. The knife used to peel the apple suddenly buzzed. Luckily Ryuuji's finger did not become his victim.

"Whoi!!!! Knife knife!!!"

Ryuuji regained his senses and saw his grandfather move away. He checked his fingers to see if they were still properly attached to his hand. As soon as he finished making sure his ten fingers were intact without any injuries, Ryuuji sighed and placed the knife along with the apple he peeled on the table. Seeing this, Naoki returned to his original position and looked at his grandson intensely.

"I asked again. Who how? Who do you mean, grandpa?"

"Ahem, my son-in-law's future granddaughter. Your date's partner."

Ryuuji simply fell silent and sighed while relaxing his body.

"This is the girl I told you about last time. Chizuru Ichinose."

"Wohhh!! You're finally advancing aggressively, son."

"Yes. But neither do. Actually I just wanted to go out with him to apologize. But..."

Ryuuji paused for a moment.

"What?? Don't stop in the middle of the story, damn it."

Naoki's rough mouth was indeed difficult to manage.

"But I got carried away and forgot to apologize."

"And? The date's not good?"

"Well, how do I say it? Instead it was so fluent that it made me forget to apologize."

"So? Hows it?? Finish first!!!"

"Finally when we got home, he apologized first."

"Fuiyooo, so you guys make up now?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Good, I can immediately see my beautiful granddaughter-in-law. Hehe. Ah, and also a great-grandson."

Seeing his grandfather's positive response and how he expected a granddaughter-in-law to be, Ryuuji was pleased in his heart, but also sighed at it.

"Don't expect too much, old man."

Ryuuji's sentence shattered Naoki's pleasure in the blink of an eye. He turned to his grandson and narrowed his eyes. But then slowly his lips curved upwards. Ryuuji's feelings are not good with his grandfather's behavior. Naoki's expression change was also visible, a mocking expression. Naoki's hand quickly covered his own mouth and acted as if holding back his laughter.

"Pfftttt, what's going on? You got rejected on the first date after his apology? Ahahs. Ahahaha!!"

Yes, after that, Naoki laughed out loud. An annoyed expression appeared on Ryuuji's face. This is often done by Ryuuji. The nature of his grandfather was always this, very random. Luckily, he was used to his grandfather's randomness. So he could easily calm himself down. Honestly, his grandfather's nature reminded him of Keiji.

"Stop the old man. I'm not rejected. Dating's good. And I didn't express my feelings on that date. Anyway it's just a date for a friend, maybe. And also, we don't know each other enough."

"Sad."

Naoki instantly stopped laughing and acted as if he was no longer pleasant and lost interest. Ryuuji silently thought, 'This old man is indeed the most annoying.'

"At least hide that annoying expression, old man."

"Oh! Ahem-ahem." ahem."

Naoki improved his posture and tidied up his clothes.

"So how's this Ichinose Chizuru? Explain to me!"

"Why are you so curious? Stop it, it's disgusting."

"Currently, what's wrong with being curious about someone my granddaughter likes? Why have you been so mean lately?"

Once again, Ryuuji was amused by his grandfather's behavior. Right now she was posing cutely with a sad looking face. Of course it's just made up.

"Enough enough!! I'll explain! So please stop acting like that!"

Naoki instantly stopped and looked at Ryuuji with anticipation.

"Ahem, nice. So what about his nature?"

"Hmmm, he's kind and considerate. Funny too. Can be joked. He was also quite outspoken and to the point."

"Well, how old is he?"

"He's my level brother. So maybe 18 or maybe 19, the same age as Keiji and Yoshio."

"OKAY. What college major did he take?"

"He majored in Literature."

"Work?"

When Ryuuji was asked with Chizuru's job question, he was silent for a moment. Rental boyfriend. But he couldn't just say it because it was a Chizuru secret that maybe only the closest people knew. Or maybe no one knows. That was what Ryuuji had in mind now.

"Hmmm, yeah, he does part-time work. I don't know the details."

Naoki was quite suspicious of the pause Ryuuji had given him to answer his question. But he just ignored it. And come to the last question.

"Is she pretty?"

"Have we not discussed it? Yeah, she's pretty. In fact, not only men who think it beautiful, but women will also say so. And also, typical grown-up girl."

"After you say that, I get curious. You got a picture of him, son?"

Ryuuji just sighed helplessly. Ryuuji takes the phone out of his pocket and opens the Diamond app. Heading to his profile, he downloaded photos of Chizuru. Because it was impossible for him to show his photos through the app. Anyway it's a secret.

After downloading, it exits Diamond and hides its application. Well, don't let your guard down. And so, Ryuuji handed his phone to his grandfather.

"It!"

Naoki took it and looked at the photos. He blinked his eyes a few times and turned towards Ryuuji.

After being satisfied with seeing the photos of Chizuru, Naoki returns Ryuuji's phone. Naoki simply fell silent and took a glass to drink water. Ryuuji was just waiting for his grandfather's response.

"Oi boy. If you can get it, you're a very lucky man. Is he good at taking care of the house?"

Ryuuji tilted his head.

"Well, he lives alone. So I assume she's good at taking care of the house. I also ate his sandwich. Tastes good. And it feels like there's a homemade spice. The food looks nice and neat too. So yeah, you can conclude."

Naoki only chuckled at how his granddaughter answered his question. Naoki thought and felt that Ryuuji answered while showing the nice side of Ichinose Chizuru.

"Slow down, boy. But still I can't wait to see this Ichinose Chizuru in person. And to be honest I've heard his name somewhere."

"You said it when I visited last time."

"Hmmmm who is it? Ichinose, Ichinose."

"Just give up grandpa. It might just be your shadow. Or maybe you forgot because you're almost senile."

"Heh, am I senile?? I can even very clearly remember you crying when you lost a fight when you were kindergarten."

"Sad. Well so tell me who do you mean this to be?"

"Please son, I'm still trying to find him in my brain file."

Naoki rubbed his majestic beards while remembering someone. As her grandfather is seen trying to unlock the memory in her memory, Ryuuji suddenly recalls his conversation with Chizuru at the cafe during a fake date.

"Looks like your memory wasn't wrong, cake. The girl's name is Ichinose Chizuru, and her grandmother is being cared for here."

Naoki remained silent and still with his 'remembering' pose. After a while, Ryuuji could see an imaginary exclamation mark coming out of his grandfather's head.

"Ohhhhh. Ichinose. Ichinose Sayuri from the next room."

Well, surprising fact. Even Ryuuji was surprised by this. Another crazy coincidence.

"Are you sure, old man?"

"Yes, I'm pretty sure because yesterday she was driving around with another old lady patient to every room. Uh..."

Naoki suddenly put on a sad face that looked very disdainful. He turned his head towards Ryuuji and covered his mouth with one of his hands. Again a hunch of Ryuuji shouting unpleasant things will come out of his mouth.

"What's with your face, cake?"

"Bad news, son. They say that his granddaughter is a couple."

Ryuuji's bad premonition actually happened. And this time it was something that was very unexpected. Ryuuji just froze.

'Oh shit.'