My Good - Looking Neighbor

Ch 18: Shinjo Family and 'He'?

The next day on Sunday.

Today is still quite early. The waves and particles of sunlight still feel warm. So is the mood of our beloved happy young man, Ryuuji. Yesterday's chat had such an effect. The mood is now under control. Especially this morning Ryuuji and Chizuru did sports with her routine smoothly. And now, Ryuuji is waiting for Chizuru to get off her apartment unit below, sitting on a motorcycle.

Besides, today is his day. The day Ryuuji will visit the hospital along with Chizuru. Somehow he felt there was a big spike in his love steps. And the truth is that. Just with the capital chatting yesterday, now he will get acquainted with the Chizuru family. So did Chizuru. Ryuuji will introduce her to his grandfather.

An introductory session is usually a session where a couple is in the phase of getting married. Of course Ryuuji will think this is a big jump. But whatever, Ryuuji was quite happy with this arrangement.

Although Ryuuji was happy, he made sure that the feeling would remain in his heart. Because that's what Ryuuji is. It is very rare to get out of his emotions by expressing them. So on his face now was a normal expression like nothing had happened. But for a reminder, Ryuuji is not a cold person.

"Senpai, I'm sorry for being a little late." Chizuru shouted softly while opening the door.

"Just calm down, we're not late." Ryuuji answered with a soft cry.

Ryuuji won't protest if Chizuru gets a little late. Considering the existence of makeup and choosing suitable clothes, Ryuuji would of course understand. As she sees now, Chizuru looks beautiful with her date look. Unlike her usual rental boyfriend who often wears skirts, Chizuru now wears brown pegged pants with a light white blouse top and wears white shoes on her feet. After all it is summer now so, light clothing will be more suitable.

And also Chizuru adjusts to the situation. Because if he goes out with Ryuuji, he will definitely ride a motorcycle, so Chizuru will definitely wear pants.

By the way, it's not fair to just reveal Chizuru fashion. At least Ryuuji's fashion should also be revealed. So he now wears a light brown oversize polo shirt top and black cargo pants with black and white sneaker shoes. He had not forgotten to wear a watch on his left hand.

Ryuuji looked at Chizuru who was in a hurry to lock the door. To be honest, Chizuru looks cute. As soon as Chizuru gets in front of Ryuuji, Ryuuji thrusts his full face helmet.

"Ready?" Ask Ryuuji.

"Ready!" Chizuru replied and took the helmet.

...

After a few minutes of driving, Ryuuji and Chizuru arrived at the hospital. As soon as he entered the hospital, many eyes looked towards them. Well, they are quite inviting attention with their appearance. But forget about it.

They soon separated after entering the hospital and headed for their grandparents' room. Before parting ways, they agree to meet again in the cafeteria.

Now in the canteen,

"The food here is pretty good." Ryuuji said as he sipped his ramen.

"agree. Honestly, I've never been to a hospital canteen before." Chizuru answered while eating her rice bowl.

After they finished eating, they finally chatted more easily and casually.

"So did you meet her grandmother or Kinoshita's family earlier?" Ask Ryuuji.

"Fortunately no. So I can explain the situation properly to my grandmother later. But.." Chizuru stopped in the middle of the sentence.

Ryuuji could see Chizuru's somewhat distorted facial features. Ryuuji slightly understood what he was thinking.

"Given your grandmother's illness, are you worried that you might surprise her?" Ask Ryuuji gently.

Chizuru looked at Ryuuji and smiled faintly.

"As usual, you're very sharp senpai." Chizuru let out a breath. Ryuuji waited for Chizuru to continue.

"Honestly, I'm worried about that. Is being honest about my job a good choice? I'm worried." Chizuru lowered her head and smiled helplessly.

Ryuuji just sighed and smiled. But he also feels guilty. Ryuuji encourages Chizuru to talk honestly about her work to her grandmother.

"Because you're so worried how about putting it off?" Ryuuji's Advice.

Chizuru paused for a moment and thought.

"No. I want to be honest early. It seems like it sounds better than being caught lying and hiding something at the end." Chizuru replied with determination in her eyes.

Ryuuji nodded, gave his flat face and gave his thumbs up. It looked funny to Chizuru, so she chuckled.

"Ahems. So I'll accompany you when you talk to your grandmother?" Ask Ryuuji.

"of course. Ah but it looks like we went to your grandfather first, Senpai. I want to prepare my mind first." Answer Chizuru.

"Is that so? Okay. Then we're going there now?" Ryuuji.

"Okay, please lead the way, Senpai!" Answer Chizuru.

Ryuuji and Chizuru walk with Ryuuji who leads the way to Ryuuji's grandfather's room, Naoki.

And after a while, they finally reached Naoki's room. Ryuuji looked towards Chizuru and smiled faintly. Chizuru nodded in response with a serious expression plastered on her face. That's cute, Ryuuji thought.

When opening the door and the door finally opened completely, Ryuuji's face was a bit stiff. Not only Naoki is in his room, but also his grandmother, Nozomi, and his mother, Ayaka. They were sitting around Naoki. Ryuuji was a bit surprised because before he went to the cafeteria, they were not there.

"Oohhh, my mischievous grandson is back!" Naoki said excitedly.

"And so, hmm hmmm. You brought someone." Add her grandmother, Nozomi with a curious face.

"I don't think I saw it wrong, Mother. My son brought a girl." Ryuuji's mother, Ayaka smiled seductively while drinking her tea.

Ryuuji covered his face with his right hand and just stood still.

'I was expecting them to come on Sunday, but not this early.' Thought Ryuuji.

Then Ryuuji glanced at Chizuru. Yep, Chizuru looks surprised. Chizuru glanced back at Ryuuji as if asking for confirmation. Ryuuji simply shook his head as a code, this was beyond his estimation. And Chizuru seemed to understand the code.

"I didn't expect you guys to come this early." Ryuuji said as he walked towards Naoki's bed.

Chizuru closes the door and follows Ryuuji.

"And yes, I did bring someone I wanted to introduce to grandfather, yes that was my plan beforehand. But now I want to introduce him to you." Ryuuji.

"Ahems. This is Ichinose Chizuru. My close friend and neighbor. Ichinose, this is my grandfather, Shinjo Naoki, my grandmother, Shinjo Nozomi, and my mother Shinjo Ayaka." Ryuuji introduces Chizuru to his family and vice versa.

As if disappointed, the Shinjo family looked at Ryuuji with a cynical look and sighed and then smiled again. That compactness, sucks for Ryuuji. But once again Ryuuji got used to it.

"Previous to apologize if it might bother you, introduce me, I'm Ichinose Chizuru. I am Shinjo-Senpai's younger brother, his friend and neighbor. It's nice to meet you guys!" A beautiful bowing manner coupled with a heart-relieving smile. Like a dream daughter-in-law, Chizuru's attitude is perfect.

Ryuuji was somewhat surprised and fascinated by Chizuru's attitude which even made her expression change. Not only Ryuuji, his family who had the same frequency was also fascinated.

Ryuuji's grandmother, Nozomi, was the first to come to her senses.

"Yuuji! What are you doing just being quiet? Get a chair for her to sit on!" Nozomi snapped lightly.

Ryuuji finally woke up.

"Eh? Aye!" Ryuuji blinked a few times and immediately took the seat that just so happened to fit the remaining two for Chizuru and himself.

After the two of them sat down, Nozomi opened the conversation first.

"As Ryuuji introduced, I am Ryuuji's grandmother, Nozomi. You can call me Grandma, Nozomi-san or Nozomi-chan!" Well Nozomi, young spirit is a good thing.

"This is my second daughter and Ryuuji's mother, Ayaka." Nozomi introduces Ayaka.

"Aloha! You can call me Aya-chan or ahem, mother! Hoh! Nice to meet you Chizuru-chan!" Ayaka said cheerfully while making peace sign with the finger of her right hand.

Chizuru gasped and her face turned red after hearing that she could call Ayaka, Mother. Ryuuji just stared at his mother sharply. Ayaka was conscious with her son's gaze and just stuck out a little bit of his tongue.

"And this is my husband and Ryuuji's grandfather, Naoki!" Nozomi.

"Yes you heard it, son. You can call me, Naoki-san, or grandfather. And I've heard about you from Ryuuji. I also told him that your last name is very familiar. You're Ichinose Sayuri's granddaughter from across the room?" Ask Naoki.

"Ah, yes. My granddaughter. You know him, Naoki-san?" Chizuru was a bit nervous but her appearance and attitude were still perfect.

"Hmmm, yeah. I-i know him. We are sometimes on the same schedule for rehab. Also, Naoki-san sounds weird, just call me grandpa!" Naoki.

"Good, grandpa!" Answer Chizuru.

"So you're Sayuri-san's granddaughter huh? How's he doing?" Nozomi asked again as confirmation.

"Thank God, my grandmother has been better lately." Chizuru replied with a smile.

"Thank God then. The last time I met him, his health was a bit off." Nozomi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you for worrying about my grandmother." Chizuru is a bit bowed.

"By the way, how did you meet Ryuuji?" Ask Ayaka curiously.

Starting from there is the talk of women. Chizuru, Nozomi and Ayaka talk at length how to meet Ryuuji, gossip Ryuuji, praise how beautiful Chizuru is and much more. The conversation lasted long enough. Even they did not involve Naoki and Ryuuji here.

"They're familiar fast." Naoki.

"Yes. That's a relief." Answer Ryuuji.

"So this is how you. Introducing it starts with a friend." Naoki glanced at Ryuuji and smirked.

"That's how." Ryuuji answered while shrugging his shoulders.

"Where is Miyuki?" Ask Ryuuji to his grandfather.

Miyuki is Ryuuji's younger sister who is now still a 2nd grade Junior High.

"Oh, your mother said she was out with her friends. There are also group tasks. Therefore, he did not come today." Answer Naoki.

"So that's it." Ryuuji.

After knowing the answer from his grandfather, Ryuuji looked at the 3 women who were chatting idly in front of him.

'It's nice that they can get along quickly.' Thought Ryuuji.

Ryuuji could only smile after seeing the female chat scene.

Naoki would naturally not miss his grandson's rare expression. He just grinned. Then the grin disappeared as Ryuuji suddenly changed his happy expression with a flat look.

'Thinking about him?' Think Naoki.

...

The chat in Naoki's room passed for about 30 minutes. Chizuru certainly could not linger anymore because she had to go to her grandmother's room.

Ryuuji took the initiative to stand up first.

"It seems like enough. Ichinose has to go to her grandmother's room." Ryuuji.

Chizuru looked towards Ryuuji who was standing.

"Ah right too. We're getting too carried away." Ayaka.

"Pardon us Chizuru-chan, for holding you back long enough." Added Nozomi.

"It's okay, Aya-chan, grandma. I'm also happy to talk to you guys." Chizuru said as she waved her right hand.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Chizuru stood up and walked towards the door followed by Ryuuji behind her. As Chizuru was about to open the door, Ryuuji looked back.

"Where is he?" Ryuuji asked flatly.