Ugh, it's been an hour and he didn't show up yet. I thought that he would be more eager to meet me in real life. I didn't think that he was another two-faced man who wanted to date me and not come to meet me. Note to me, don't forget that all the men are two-faced and annoying at some point even if not all of them are not as idiot as him. About 5 minutes later I heard the annoying sound of a crow.

"Noriko!" he screamed.

Oh, my the product of my misfortune has come!

"You came! I thought you won't come" I said.

"Not to come? It would be absurd to lose my first date chance right?" he said.

"Yeah, but it is still absurd to make me wait for 1 hour right?" I said.

"I came here about 2 hours ago and I started to travel around to buy something for you but you know, I was lost because I came here, Kyoto first time in my life," he said.

I wish you to stay in the place where you came but it is too late to be whining.

"I don't care," I said.

"Sorry to make you wait but I bought this for you," he said

He handed me a charm. A charm? I already didn't expect him to buy me a gorgeous present but he could at least buy a flower for me even if it's very cliché for the first date.

"A charm? You gave 1 hour to buy this nonsense?" I said.

"Y-yeah, why not?" he said.

"Normally, men would buy flowers, chocolate, or some kind of silly teddybears but you bought a cheap and ugly charm that has a dragon head, interesting," I said.

He could have bought a charm with a cute thing like a cat, at least.

"Yeah, because I'm very different from the men you knew!" he said.

"You're right, you're way idiot and tasteless than all of the men I knew," I said.

"Noriko, trust me! This is the charm of luck, it would bring you luck!"

"Sorry but I don't believe in nonsense superstitions," I said.

"Oh, okay..." he said.

He has no taste! Plus I see no potential for him to improve himself. What kind of situation am I in? I think this is the scenario called the disaster scenario. I hope I can finish my job with him quickly.

"What are you doing!" I said.

"I'm putting on the charm," he said.

"I said, I don't want that nonsense!" I said.

"It would bring you luck and it would protect you-"

"I SAID I DON'T BELIEVE IN SUPERSTITIONS!" I shouted.

"Okay, okay sorry. I just want to give a present"

"I think you only give me nerves. From now on follow my instruction." I said.

"Okay! Captain Noriko" he said.

How blunt he is! Ugh, I feel a huge antipathy towards him. He is like a leaking faucet that gives me nerves continuously.

"Now we're heading to that house," I said.

"Whose house was it?" he asked.

"It is my mom's," I said.

"Oh, does she a tyrant like you?" he asked.

"Hey! What did you say!"

Oh Mamoru, you see me as a tyrant when I'm not very angry, what would you call me when I'm super angry? I'm curious.

"Sorry sorry," he said.

"Please behave like a gentleman next to my mom, ok?"

"Okay, ma'am!" he said.

What a bunt man!

"And call me Kaneko instead of Noriko or Captain for the sign of formality," I said.

"Okay, Noriko-chan~"

"You!"

"You were like a bubbling teapot when you're angry and it makes you super cuuuuute! You become red but your voice was like a squirrel, so cute!" he said.

"You idiot! I don't sound like a squirrel!" I said.

Right?

"No, no I said to praise you not to insult you," he said.

"I don't need your praises," I said.

*The door of Noriko's house opens*

"Mum?" I said.

"Noriko?" my mum said.

"Noriko's mum?" he said.

"What are you doing here in Kyoto?" my mum asked.

"I'm here to introduce you, my new boyfriend," I said.

"Who is that young man?" my mum asked.

"I'm Mamoru! Mamoru Hyousuke!" said idiot.

"Mamoru, what a fascinating name," my mum said.

"Mum!!!" I said.

I'm having a hard time with that idiot and I think my mum shouldn't make it worse, right?

*My mum laughs, how annoying*

"I want to know more about this gentleman," she said.

Gentleman? Hah, I bet she would give up on him after talking with him for 5 minutes.

"Me?" he said.

"Yeah, I thought it would be better to have a little chit chat, right?" she said.

"Yeah!" he said.

"Right, Noriko?" she said.

"Yeah, mum" I grumbled because I don't want to spend 1 more minute with that pea-brained.

"Then what are we waiting for? I've made enough Obanzai for all of us," my mum said.

"Obanzai? What is it?" he asked.

"Oh my dear, it's a very delicious and refreshing meal for dinner," she said.

"REALLY!"

"Yes, want to try?" she asked.

"Yes!" he said.

"Then follow me," she said.

"Roger!!!"

"You too Noriko," she said.

"Yes," I said.

We got into my mum's traditional and plain home.

"Woah! Your house is very..."

"Minimalistic and neat, right?"

"Yeah! I love it," he said.

We sat down at the Kotatsu in the left corner of her home.

"Mamoru, what do you think about my daughter?" said my mum.

Don't you need to ask that question to me?

"She is like the little dogs who barks all the time but sooo cute in general," he said.

"Shut it," I said.

He doesn't need to annoy me in all places we've been, right?

"You two match just perfectly together," my mum said.

"Mum!!!" I said.

"I think so Miss Kaneko," he said.

"Right? And Mamoru can you do me a favor?"

"Of course! What can I do for you ma'am?" he asked.

"Can you tell me how you and my daughter met?" she asked.

"Mum!!" I said.

"What, I'm asking him because I knew that you won't tell me," she said.

"Why would I not tell you?"

"Because you are a stubborn girl, and you become more stubborn when it comes to talking about love" she said.

"Mum! I'm not stubborn!"

"Yes, you are," she said giggling.

She is very annoying, she was like the female version of that pea-brained. What did I do to be in a situation like this?

"You're right Miss Kaneko," he said.

"MAMORU!!!!"

*His stomach growled*

"I think you're really hungry, right Mamoru?"

"I don't eat something before coming here because everything happened so fast. Plus I've known your daughter since toda-"

"Ah, Mum I think it would be better if you bring the dishes, right?" I said.

"You're right, my princess" she said.

"Mum!!!"

"Alright, alright I'm coming in 5 minutes," she said.

*She left the living room and headed to the kitchen*

"Mamoru, are you dumb?" I asked even if I knew the answer.

"Why?" he asked.

"You were about to say the truth about us," I said.

"Is saying the truth a wrong thing?"

"Look Mamoru, my father should believe that I'm dating with a soldier men and that soldier would be you-"

"Will we date someday?" he asked.

"No, you dumb, listen to me, and don't interrupt me. We would pretend to date each other, do you understand?" I asked.

"Yes, but-"

"We're here to introduce you, my mom and then, after a few months later-"

"Noriko"

"What, didn't I say you to not interrupt me?" I asked.

"Noriko..."

"What!" I shouted.

"What are you two planning to do a few months later, Noriko?" my mum said.

Now, I understand what he was trying to say.

"Erm... Actually-"

"It's a secret!" he said.

"A secret?" she asked.

"I mean, a surprise!" he said.

"A surprise?" she asked.

"Yes, a surprise for you" he said.

"Oh, mercy me but can't you tell me that surprise because I like surprises, especially the ones which are about my daughter," she said.

"Sorry, it's a surprise so I can't tell you, right Noriko?" he asked.

"Yeah, you're right Mamoru," I said.

I'm applauding him for taking a logical step.

*My mom served the dishes*

"It looks delicious!" he said.

"Right? If you want to eat that delicious meal then, you should tell me how you met with my daughter," she said.

"Roger!" he said.

I hope he won't ruin this fake couple scenario, I hope.

"Our meeting was very different from the other couples," he said.

"Oh. You're making me more eager to know about it," she said.

"Then listen carefully, because our meeting is like a story you can only find in romance novels or series," he said.

"Then what are you waiting for it? Don't leave me with my huge curiosity," she said.

"Everything started with a hotdog"

"A hotdog?" my mum asked

"Yeah!" he said.

I hope it would be a logical thing but I don't have a belief in him.

"It was June, I guess. I was eating a hotdog when I was watching the sun that was setting at the beach. Everyone was laughing at me because I was eating the hotdog like a kid you know the mustard and the ketchup were all over my face but you know I didn't care about those people. However, Noriko came near to me and sit next to me when she was laughing at my childish behaviors-"

"Did she laugh?" my mum asked.

"Yeah, why?" he asked.

"Because seeing her when she was laughing is a very rare thing. She won't laugh or even smile easily."

"Oh, y-you're right," he said.

"Nevermind, what I was saying? Aha, I remembered. She was laughing at my childish behaviors and then she said that she found my behaviors cute and this makes me super happy-"

"Awwww, how romantic," she said.

"Mum!" I said.

"Then, we talked talked talked and talked. That day was the day that I've fell in love with Noriko becuase she was very unique from all the women I saw before. Normally she would have been laughed for insulting me but she laughed because she loved my childish behaviours, so this makes her so unique for me-"

"What a cute story!" my mum said.

"I didn't finish," he said.

"Then continue please!" she said.

"About three or four weeks after that day, I visited her workplace because I wanted to make a surprise to my queen-"

"I'm not your queen you pea-brained," I said.

"Pea-brained? That doesn't sound like a love word to me, Noriko." my mum said.

"Ugh, mu-"

"Don't you love him?" she asked.

"Yeah, but-"

"We have a unique way of communication, Miss Kaneko," he said.

"Oh, okay," she said.

"Anyway, I visited her workplace and I saw that her boss was teasing my queen while they were talking, so I become very angry and interrupted their talk by entering the room. I stood in front of Noriko and said her boss that he can't behave her like trash! We argued, argued, argued, and argued with that moron. After that argument, Noriko thanked me and said that she'd fallen in love with me since our first meeting. So we can call this, love at first sight because I've also fallen in love with her at first sight too. That was the end of the story," he said.

"Such a cute story," my mum said.

"Yeah, yeah that was so cute," I said.

It was very annoying of him to define me as such a girl who fell in love with every man who behaves well. So annoying.

*We eat the Obanzai that my mum made and talked a bit more*

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"Mamoru, I'm preparing the guest room for you!" my mum said.

"No, no you don't need to do it, Miss Kaneko," he said.

"Why-"

"I won't stay, I need to go," he said.

"Oh, but the weather is not very good. That dark clouds are the sign of the rain, you know," she said.

"Yeah I know but I need to go," he said.

"Okay, it was nice to meet you, young man"

"Thank you, Miss Kaneko," he said.

"Then goodbye!" she said.

"Goodbye and goodbye to you too Noriko!" he said.

"Goodbye!" I said.

I guess that charm with dragon head bring me luck, he didn't stay for the night.