She, Whom I Married in-Game - 3

She, Whom I Married in-Game is The Idol in My School. ~She Seems to be an Ice Idol, but in The Game, She's My Wife~

Netoge de Kekkonshita Aite ga Gakkou no Idol dattandaga. ~Koori no Idol-rashiiga, Game no Nakade wa Ore no Yome~

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3 - Make sure your first greeting with your offline meeting partner is a safe one

Then came Sunday. Shouta, who had logged out of the game early the day before and gone to bed, was up earlier than on his weekdays, even though it was a holiday.

All the preparations were done the day before. He had his luggage ready and the clothes he was going to wear were out on hangers.

"Finally, it's today......."

Having heard from the other side that she wanted to meet him, the fear that Shouta had that she might be a catfish person disappeared. If he had asked to meet her and she turned out to be one, Shouta would never be able to trust anyone again for the rest of his life.

But what kind of person would the real Rein be like? On the day of the appointment, Shouta was a little anxious, wondering what he would do if he met someone different from what he imagined.

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[Good morning. I'm looking forward to today.]

Shouta left home early, and while walking to the station, he kept in touch with Rein and reviewed his plans for the day.

But, as a high school student, Shouta was limited in what he could do, so it was not like he was doing anything special.

But in his own way, Shouta had made plans to make Rein pleased.

[I'm looking forward too! I'm so excited that I woke up early!]

[Me too.]

[I can't wait to see you. What about you, Shou?]

[I can't wait to see you, too. Let's have a good day.]

[Yup!]

"I arrived. Is the meeting place that clock tower?"

An hour before the appointed time, Shouta arrived at the station where the meeting was to take place. He was too early, but the thought of meeting Rein made it impossible for him to sit still at home.

"What? There's no way I can find her."

At the clock tower, where the meeting was to take place, many men and women seemed to be waiting for each other, and it would be impossible for him to find someone he had never met before among them.

[Let me tell you what I'm wearing first. I'm wearing a black shirt and a gray hoodie. Also black chino pants. They're inconspicuous, so you might have a hard time finding me.]

[I'm wearing a white blouse and a brown skirt. I have long black hair.]

The reply came back quickly, as if they had already decided what to wear or were already on the move.

[Okkaay~. Then let me know when you get here.]

[I'm already there. There are a lot of people near the clock tower, so I'm at the convenience store next to it.]

"Wha...... seriously?"

Shouta had an hour before the appointment time. He was planning to enjoy the leisurely wait, but finding out that Rein arrived before him, Shouta was happy to see that Rein was looking forward to it as well.

[Got it. I'm already here too, so I'll get to you now.]

Shouta's heartbeat had become so loud that it drowned out the ambient noise around him. Finally, he'd meet Rein. He'd never seen her face or even heard her voice, but she was the person he was married to in the game.

[I'm standing in front of the convenience store sign so that it's easy to find~.]

After confirming Rein's call, Shouta headed for the convenience store. In front of the convenience store sign, there was indeed a woman with long black hair looking at the advertisement on it.

Although he could not see her face because she was facing the sign, she was probably a little shorter than Shouta.

And no one else was in front of the sign.

The moment he figured out that was Rein. His heartbeat, which was already loud, became so loud that it seemed as if it might explode.

(Damn. What should I do with the greeting......)

A few words of his greeting. It would be embarrassing if he made a mistake and bit his tongue after he tried to look good. Even if he wanted to greet her normally, it was their first meeting, and he didn't know how to greet a married partner.

Shouta was only a few steps away from Rein's place. By then, he must think of the words of his greeting.

"Y-yo Rein...... nice to meet you......."

In the end, it was a faltering, ordinary greeting.

At Shouta's greeting, Rein turned around vigorously.

"Nice to meet you, Shou!............ Eh?"

"Re-Rein...... Aren't you......?"

Shouta froze when he saw Rein's face as she turned around. It was a familiar face, because it was someone he thought he would never have to deal with.

"Sakura Reika, right......? We're in the same class."

"As I recall....... Ono...... Shouta-kun, right? You're a member of the cleaning committee."

Shouta's online friend and wife in the game, Rein, turned out to be Sakura Reika, who was known as the ice idol from the same school.

"A-a-a-a-anyway, since we're here, why don't we move somewhere?"

Unexpectedly, Shouta couldn't remember in his mind the plan he had made for the day. And it seemed to be the same for Rein...... for Reika.

"Y-you're right, we need to calm down a little. Shall we go into a family restaurant there?"

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"......By the way, Sakura-san. It's fine that we're at a family restaurant, but why are you sitting next to me? Aren't we supposed to sit across from each other or, if it's a four-seater table, on diagonal sides?"

The two entered a nearby family restaurant together and were told to sit at any table they liked, and they sat down at the four-seater table. But when Shouta sat down first, Reika sat next to him as if it was natural.

Ordinarily, people would sit across from each other. Even married couples or couples would only sit next to each other if they were very passionate.

"We are married. Isn't this normal, even if we're meeting for the first time?"

"No, no, no. Eeh............"

He still hadn't even swallowed the fact that Rein was Reika, but she sat beside him as if it was a matter of course on their first meeting. Because of his confused head, Shouta had already forgotten everything he had thought about beforehand.

"A-anyway, why don't you sit across from me? I'll be nervous if that Sakura Reika is sitting next to me."

"...... That so. I understand."

Reika moved on, looking a little regretful. Then she sat down across from Shouta and opened the menu list on the table.

"Are you really Rein...... That Sakura Reika is?"

"Yes. I'm Shou's wife, Rein. What a coincidence, isn't it? I can't believe my Shou is in the same class as me."

"What do you mean by my Shou......? But you really are Rein....... It's different from how I pictured in the game."

It was hard to believe that the fluffy, laid-back, cheerful, and fun character in the game and the cool, even ice idol Reika in real life were the same person.

"Shou is not much different than in the game. Also, you can call me Reika. It would be strange to call each other by that name in real life, wouldn't it?"

"I agree with you. Then you can call me Shouta too."

"I understand............. Shouta-kun."

"!......"

Just by being called his name, Shouta's heart was filled with an inexpressible feeling of happiness.

That Rein was real, and she had called his name. Shouta was so happy that he could not describe how happy he was to hear it.

"Please take care of me from now on. Reika."

"!......! Y, yes. Please take good care of me."

After saying that, Reika turned her head down with a blush on her cheeks.

And Shouta was also embarrassed by what he had said, and an awkward silence fell between them.

"W-Well, now that we're in here, let's get something to eat. As I recall, you like sweets, don't you?"

"Yes......, but how did you know that?"

"I thought I heard you mention something about them when we were chatting a long time ago. I'm glad I got it right."

"......I-is so. Thank you."

The two ordered different parfaits and engaged in awkward conversation while waiting for their parfaits to arrive. However, perhaps because they had only just met each other, the only topics that came up were related to games.

"Come to think of it, Reika's house is......."

Shouta remembered Reika coming out of the next room the other day.

At that time, he didn't pay that much attention to her because she was just a classmate, but it was a different matter if she was Rein.

"It's right next to Shouta's room. I can't believe I've never noticed it before......."

"That's true. We've been playing games together every day, and the time we leave the house in the morning and come back is probably only a few minutes apart, right? That's why we didn't notice it......."

They didn't know they lived next door to each other until just the other day.

And yet, the time they left their homes and the time they arrived was almost the same. The reason why they didn't notice this might be because they didn't show much interest in each other. But still, the probability was too unnatural.

"I know. Since when have you been there, Shouta-kun?"

"Since a year ago. When I entered high school."

"It was about the same time as me. It really feels like we've been together for a long time."

"It's like fate, really. It's like we're destined to be here."

"If we're living next to each other anyway, we may as well live together, since we're married."

"WHA!?...... cough cough."

Suddenly the word "living together" came out of Reika's mouth, and Shouta unintentionally spat out the parfait he was in the middle of eating.

"Fufu~. I'm kidding. We're not ready for that yet."

"Not yet, eh......"

Does she intend to do it someday? Certainly, they had been married in the game, but that would be too soon to cohabitate, wouldn't it?

"But if we're living next door to each other, that means we're going to owe each other a lot of things, aren't we?"

"What do you mean by "a lot of things"? I'm sorry, but I'm not very good at housework."

"Maybe we can go to school together first? We're married and living next door to each other, it would be unnatural if we didn't go together."

"We-well. That may be so.......?"

Shouta was getting used to Reika using the word "married" as if it were a matter of course.

"And then...... of course, we'll have dinner together."

"Yeah......What? Wait. What do you mean just now?"

"We're married. Isn't it obvious?"

"What......? No......."

Shouta even thought for a moment that he was crazy because Reika said it as if it were common sense in the world. But he quickly regained his senses.

"No, no, no. Sure, we're married in the game and we've been friends for a long time, but here we've only known each other for a few days. That's still......."

"You think so? But, I think it's only natural for me to do that with someone I've spent hours and hours with every day for three years. However, it's still a bit embarrassing to sleep together."

After talking with Reika up to this point, a small sense of discomfort had developed within Shouta. He felt as if there was some gap in values between him and Reika, as if something crucial was different.

"We-well, but... If it's at least dinner....... Is that okay? I can only cut and bake, though."

"Don't worry."

"Can you cook, Reika?"

"Naturally. I have practiced hard for Shouta-kun."

She told him that she had practiced for him, and in Shouta's mind, he was just barely more scared than happy.

It was only recently that she got married in the game, and until today she had never even heard his voice. How could she practice cooking for such a partner? And the expression on Reika's face as she said it was too pure, with no hint of falsehood in her eyes.

"I-is that so,....... That's something to look forward to."

"Yes. I'll make it tomorrow, yes."

"S-so...... Thank you."

Thanks to the conversation over a slow meal, Shouta's mind was much calmer and he was able to swallow the current situation, though not completely.

"Shall we leave now?"

"You're right. We stayed longer than I expected."

Being at the family restaurant for almost an hour completely disrupted the plan that Shouta had in mind.

"What are we going to do now? I was thinking of doing some sightseeing, but we live next to each other, and if it sounds boring, I'll do something else."

"No way....... you've thought of where to go for me?"

"I've, that's....... I didn't want Rein to be disappointed. Besides, h-hahaha, it's like...... a first date."

Shouta said shyly and immediately drank all the water that was left to cool his hot body.

"............Uu......."

"W-what happened!?"

Reika, who had stood up to leave the restaurant, suddenly sat down in her seat and began to wipe away her streaming tears with a handkerchief she was holding. Shouta had no idea what was going on and could only be bewildered by Reika's sudden burst of tears, completely clueless as to what was going on.

"I-I'm sorry....... I just, got so emotional......."

"I-I see. Let me know when you calm down. I'm a bit thirsty, too."

In the end, it was 30 minutes later that they were able to leave the restaurant.

~"(This is a Translation Content of pemudatunawisata[dot]my[dot]id. so, read only on there, kay~)"~

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