Looking at the menu Junior Tanaka handed over, Fujiwara Chika showed great disdain.
"Is Junior Tanaka treating me like a child? He thinks this will make me forgive him? No way."
"Mmm, it's so delicious."
Fujiwara Chika ate the small cake, a satisfied smile appearing on her face.
Apparently, the delicious small cake had completely won her over.
Kasumigaoka Utaha took a small sip of coffee, a hint of disdain flashing across her lips as she watched Fujiwara Chika.
"Heh, she's so simple-minded, easy to deal with like a child. But some snacks can't buy me off. It seems I'm going to win this battle of charm."
Just as Kasumigaoka Utaha was feeling pleased, Tanaka Masao handed over a book and said,
"Here, Senior Kasumigaoka, see what you think of the book I wrote."
Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at "i want to eat your pancreas" placed in front of her, and reached out to take it.
"I have nothing to do while eating, so let me see what this book is like."
A few minutes later, Kasumigaoka Utaha was engrossed in the novel.
"So the female protagonist has a pancreas disease, no wonder the novel is named this.
The male protagonist wants to eat the female protagonist's broken pancreas to cure her disease, right?"
However, based on her experience, Kasumigaoka Utaha felt that the female protagonist's illness in this book would likely not be cured.
She would only appear briefly in the male protagonist's life, like a firework, blooming with a momentary beautiful brilliance before disappearing.
Because only then would it match Tanaka Masao's promotional slogan.
Although she had a rough guess of the ending, Kasumigaoka Utaha still intended to continue reading.
Because even though such love is short-lived, isn't it romantic for the female protagonist to find her true love in the last stretch of her life?
And so, Kasumigaoka Utaha gradually immersed herself in the beautiful story of the novel.
Watching Kasumigaoka Utaha immersed in the world of the novel, Tanaka Masao's lips curled into a disdainful smile.
"Heh, she's really simple-minded, completely won over by a novel. If the system gave me a few more novels, wouldn't I be able to make Kasumigaoka Utaha obey my every command?"
Tanaka Masao leisurely took a sip of coffee, thinking how impressive he was to handle two women at once.
With nothing else to do, he opened "love metronome," which he had just bought, intending to read Kasumigaoka Utaha's magnum opus.
It was a straightforward romance novel, with nothing but sweetness.
While such novels have their audience, they are clearly not what the general public enjoys. People like to read colors.
Including the red of contention, the popular yellow, the green of myocardial infarction, and the black of crying in despair.
Although it wasn't much to Tanaka Masao's taste, he could still read it.
Because this book could be considered an alternative guide to conquering Kasumigaoka Utaha; following the male protagonist's actions in it would surely work for her.
The few of them sat in the coffee shop, quietly eating and reading, the scene appearing warm and beautiful.
If only it could continue like this forever.
Tanaka Masao couldn't help but think to himself that they were going to be a family, so they should get along harmoniously.
However, this beauty clearly could not continue as he wished.
Fujiwara Chika and Kasumigaoka Utaha both had strong literary foundations, so they read very quickly.
Soon, they were immersed in the innocent and beautiful love story.
When they saw the male and female protagonists go through various events, their feelings rapidly warming, and at night they even watched fireworks together by the Sea, embracing and baring their hearts.
After that, the female protagonist's condition also improved, allowing her to be discharged from the hospital to go on a date with the male protagonist, and the male protagonist also became cheerful, making them incredibly excited.
This kind of mutual redemption story was truly wonderful, and it made them eagerly anticipate the sweet details of their upcoming dates, their lips even curving into an aunt-like smile.
Everything seemed to be moving in a good direction.
Although they knew the female protagonist would eventually leave, having a beautiful and fulfilling memory before her death was also good.
However, what the two did not notice was that the novel was nearing its end.
When they saw Shiga Haruki send a message to Yamauchi Sakura at the coffee shop, which was the title of the book, but received no reply, and he waited all day at the coffee shop but Yamauchi Sakura never showed up.
Fujiwara Chika and Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't help but frown, feeling a little flustered, sensing that something bad was about to happen.
This made them instinctively speed up their page-turning.
"Female student sacrifices herself in an act of bravery…"
The sudden news of death not only made Shiga Haruki's heart stop in the story.
Even Fujiwara Chika and Kasumigaoka Utaha, who were reading the book, felt a pang of heartache, finding it hard to breathe.
Huh? Shouldn't the female protagonist have died from illness?
Shouldn't she have been lying weakly in a hospital bed, then said to the male protagonist,
"I am happy to have spent the last moments of my life with you."
After saying that, she would close her eyes, and the male protagonist would hold her hand in agony, while readers would shed tears of emotion at this moment.
That would be a beautiful tragic ending!
Now you pull this stunt on me, not even giving them a chance to say their last words.
Like the male protagonist in the story, they numbly flipped through the remaining content.
When they saw the notebook Yamauchi Sakura left for the male protagonist.
The beautiful and sweet stories from before flashed through their minds one by one, and tears rolled down their cheeks as if they were free.
At the end of the story.
A year later, the male protagonist visited the female protagonist's grave, a gentle breeze blew, and a cherry blossom petal drifted down, brushing his cheek, making him instinctively look back.
The scene froze, and the story ended.
The male protagonist in the novel might have found peace, but the two who finished the novel were enveloped by a deep sense of regret, unable to recover for a long time.
Fujiwara Chika was a more emotional person, and she was crying profusely at this moment.
Kasumigaoka Utaha, though somewhat restrained, couldn't stop wiping away tears, her emotions filled with sorrow.
Tanaka Masao looked at Fujiwara Chika, who was crying so hard she was almost blowing snot bubbles. Although it was a bit inappropriate, he felt like laughing.
However, if he were to laugh out loud at this moment, he would surely meet a terrible end.
In fact, even if he didn't laugh out loud, he would still meet a terrible end.
Because the two, feeling suppressed, naturally needed an outlet.
And Tanaka Masao, as the author, was naturally the best target for their venting.
Feeling those two murderous gazes, Tanaka Masao felt a chill down his spine.
"Um, I'm going to the restroom."
"Wait a moment, Junior Tanaka, we have something to say to you."
Fujiwara Chika and Kasumigaoka Utaha simultaneously grabbed Tanaka Masao's hands, not letting him leave.
Having his hands held by two beautiful women at the same time should have been a very happy thing.
But at this moment, Tanaka Masao felt no happiness or warmth.
All he felt were hateful gazes.