My Good - Looking Neighbor

Ch 19: Talks and Requests

'He?' Ask Chizuru inwardly.

As Ryuuji asked that, the atmosphere in the room became rather heavy. Everyone in the room was silent for a moment. Since no one had answered yet, Ryuuji guessed their answer.

"Did he work or didn't he dare to see me?" Ryuuji asked flatly.

Ryuuji's mother, Ayaka is the one who reacts. His face is a bit sinking. Ryuuji just glanced at her without saying anything. After a moment of silence, Ayaka raised her face and looked at Ryuuji.

"He's working out of town from yesterday." Ayaka answered with a forced smile.

Ryuuji took a deep breath. Indeed he had expected this but, this incident had already happened several times. As if he was avoiding it.

'Work on Sundays, huh?' Thought Ryuuji.

"Well, at least he fulfilled his obligation as the head of the family. But I also want him to at least get together with his new family, even if it's for a while." Ryuuji said flatly.

Ayaka just silently heard it from Ryuuji. Ayaka somewhat did not accept what her son said, but that was a fact. Since remarrying her current husband, her husband rarely gathers with the family.

And Ryuuji doesn't like that. His mother remarried after 4 years of Ryuuji's biological father's death. Right after Ryuuji entered the university. And Ryuuji has worked and produced enough for himself or for the needs of his mother and sister.

Ryuuji understands the need for a partner in life, but he hopes that after making a commitment, at least take time for a new family.

"Yes already. I don't want to ruin the atmosphere any further. I was just curious, and I asked." Ryuuji said after sighing and scratching the back of his head, feeling guilty.

Ryuuji does not wait for his family's answer and soon comes out with Chizuru.

Chizuru who had been listening in silence felt like she shouldn't be involved in their conversation. Chizuru knew the outline of what Ryuuji said. But since the conversation was a private realm, Chizuru remained silent or waited for Ryuuji to speak.

Chizuru looked at Ryuuji's back. Somehow he felt his neighbor's back was wider than usual. Chizuru immediately caught up with Ryuuji and patted him on the back. Ryuuji responded by looking at Chizuru and smiling, as if nothing had happened.

"Well, thank you." Ryuuji.

"I didn't do anything." Chizuru just kept looking ahead with a small smile.

"So where's your grandmother's room?" Ask Ryuuji.

"On the other side of your grandfather's room. Across the street." Answer Chizuru.

After a few minutes of walking, they finally arrived in front of Chizuru's grandmother's room.

Ryuuji adjusted himself first. Although it looks cool from the outside, he is also nervous to face the Chizuru family.

The door was opened and Chizuru's grandmother was lying down while holding the phone horizontally. Ryuuji hears the familiar voice of the game from Chizuru's grandmother's phone.

As they fully entered, Chizuru's grandmother looked towards the two of them. Grandma Chizuru immediately let out her game and greeted Chizuru.

"You're a bit old Chizuru!" Said Chizuru's grandmother.

"Too in the chat earlier." Answer Chizuru.

Grandma Chizuru nodded. Then Chizuru's grandmother changed the direction of the view to Ryuuji and confirmed the position of her glasses.

"And this young man?" Ask grandma Chizuru.

At that moment Ryuuji approached.

"Grandmother, this is my senior friend and senior, Shinjo Ryuuji-senpai. And senpai, this is my grandmother Ichinose Sayuri." Chizuru introduced him in turn.

"It's great to meet and meet your grandmother! And sorry if I borrowed Chizuru-san for too long!" Ryuuji bowed introducing himself while apologizing.

Chizuru certainly heard what Ryuuji said clearly. The sudden summoning of his first name made Chizuru faintly gasp.

"Ohoho. No problem at all. By the way, Shinjo? You're Shinjo Nozomi-san's relative and Shinjo Naoki-san?" Ask Chizuru's grandmother, Sayuri.

Ryuuji is well.

"Yes, I happen to be his grandson. Grandpa and grandma called you." Answer Ryuuji.

"Oh that? I sometimes meet them both in the hospital." Sayuri.

"Well, how do I call you? Shinjo boy? Ryuuji?" Ask Sayuri.

Before Ryuuji answered, Sayuri continued.

"Chizuru, seats! The chair!" Sayuri.

"A, uh,..." Chizuru.

Chizuru immediately took a seat for two people. When the chair was placed, Chizuru sat down and was followed by Ryuuji.

"It's your pleasure to call me." Answer Ryuuji.

"Then, Ryuuji's son." Sayuri.

Chizuru who heard the current conversation felt very familiar. Yes, after all he had just experienced it with the Shinjo family with the same context of dialogue. Chizuru thought that the dialogue during the introduction was mostly like this.

"Chizuru often tucks into stories about her new neighbors every time she comes here. He was very quiet about your name. He rarely calls it. Maybe it's just 'senpai' or 'my neighbor' to describe you, son Ryuuji." Sayuri added with the intention of teasing her grandson.

"Grandma!!" Chizuru glared at her grandmother and then glanced at Ryuuji in embarrassment.

Ryuuji surprised. He did not think that Chizuru would tell him about herself. She was a little embarrassed even though she was not seen on her face.

But it wasn't just Ryuuji who was embarrassed at the moment. As soon as Ryuuji saw Chizuru's embarrassed face, Ryuuji smiled meaningfully and then responded to Sayuri.

"Come really? I would be happy if I could hear one of Chizuru-san's stories about me!" Ryuuji.

"Senpai!!!!" Snapped Chizuru gently.

"Of course, I'll tell you. Chizuru said that you-"

Sayuri just smiled and looked towards Ryuuji.

"That's what he said, son Ryuuji. I can't tell you." Sayuri shrugged her shoulders.

"Very unfortunate!" Ryuuji seemed resigned to his answer.

Chizuru saw both of them. He could feel that he was being teased by Ryuuji and his own grandmother.

"Yes! That's enough. And grandma, I want to talk about something." Chizuru.

"Oh what is that?" Ask Sayuri.

"Well, this is about my job. Besides introducing senpai to grandma, I brought senpai here to bear witness." Chizuru.

Ryuuji could feel the atmosphere slowly turning serious.

Sayuri who had caught Chizuru's talk saw Ryuuji. His eyes asked for confirmation. Ryuuji nodded in response.

Once Sayuri had confirmed it, Chizuru started telling stories.

"So, about the job I told you about. I actually work as a hired girlfriend." Cetus Chizuru looked at her grandmother seriously.

"What?" Sayuri was a bit shocked, yet still calm.

...

After telling a long story with various questions and reasons, Sayuri finally accepted Chizuru's job with a spacious chest.

As a side listener, Ryuuji also learned some new things from Chizuru's conversation with Sayuri about her boyfriend's rental job.

First, Chizuru works as a hired girlfriend as her method of acting practice. She aspires to be an actress.

Second, Chizuru lives only with her grandparents. Her parents separated when Chizuru was a child. And Chizuru lived with her mother until her mother died when Chizuru was 4 years old.

Third, his grandmother, Sayuri, is a person who has an open mind so that the conversation becomes smoother. And also Sayuri is the reason why Chizuru wants to become an actress. In more detail, Chizuru wants to become an actress after seeing her grandmother's DVD in which her grandmother has a role.

Ryuuji who already knew all this actually felt a bit bad because he was just an outsider. Even so, he was also happy to see the relief of Chizuru.

"That's it?" Ask Chizuru to Sayuri.

"Yes. I accept it and bless your work." Sayuri replied casually.

"Why does this feel easier than I thought." Chizuru.

"Hmmm yes I do feel a little worried about your safety. And it seems to be troublesome too if it turns out that there will be someone who falls in love with you when renting your services. After that your hirer will introduce you to his family. So you'll be caught in a round of guilt." Answer Sayuri.

Welp! The parents instincts are quite accurate. Chizuru. What his grandmother said sounded very familiar to the situation he had.

Chizuru slowly looked at Ryuuji, and Ryuuji also glanced at Chizuru. Seeing the suspicious interaction of the two, Sayuri guessed something.

"Don't tell me it's already happened?" Ask Sayuri.

Chizuru just stood still and rolled her eyeballs.

"The situation is a bit different however, yes. It's already happened." Answer Chizuru slowly.

"Geez!" Sayuri replied and sighed.

Sayuri covered her face with her right palm and peeked out from between the fingers.

"Doubt to tell it?" Sayuri.

Chizuru took a breath.

"Well, does grandma know the Kinoshita family? Which room is on the other end?" Ask Chizuru.

Sayuri raised her eyebrows.

"Yes, I know and I know him." Answer Sayuri.

"This actually involves the granddaughter of Kinoshita. Long story short I got carried away with a real scenario where the grandson introduced me as his girlfriend to his grandmother. I could only follow because the atmosphere in the room felt like the atmosphere of wishing the grandson had a girlfriend. Especially when a lot of his family came." Chizuru.

"For how I can be taken to her grandmother's room is, her grandmother is in emergency care and the grandchild has to come. It just so happened that his tenure was not over yet. So I had to come." Chizuru.

"But that doesn't mean the grandchildren of the Kinoshita family are bad intentions. It seems like he's just following the mood." Chizuru again.

Ryuuji nodded with a brief explanation of Chizuru. And Ryuuji also appreciates Chizuru for not demonizing Kinoshita Kazuya. Ryuuji then saw how Sayuri would respond.

Sayuri just sighed.

"I should have heard that her grandson had a girlfriend. It was you." Sayuri leaned back and shook her head.

"Hurry to resolve the misunderstanding. You don't want everything to end up not good, do you?" Sayuri.

"of course. I want to get the problem straightened out quickly." Answer Chizuru.

Sayuri nodded and drew a conclusion.

"Then, this problem can be said to be clear. And for safety...."

Sayuri was silent for a moment and glanced at Ryuuji gently.

"It seems, I have to ask for help even though it can't be every time. If you don't mind maybe?" Sayuri.

"Tu-wait...." Chizuru understands only her grandmother's body language.

Sayuri wanted to ask Ryuuji for help.