Chapter 289: Things that Changed, Things that Didn’t Change (1)
After that, Umi and I kinda got lost in our own world, leaving Nitta-san—who ordered a second cafe au lait while staring at us with a disgusted look. In any case, our talk concluded after an hour.
“Haa… Everything starts off pretty seriously, but to the usual suspects, it just ends up like literally every other day! Rep! Take responsibility! Pay for my drinks and my chocolate parfait!” (T/N: She actually sait ‘drink bar’ instead of ‘drink’. If you don’t know, drink bar is what the machine that you usually use for free refills in chain stores is called in Japan. So, basically she’s asking for whatever it was that she ordered from there. I just translated it this way so it flows better, and I figured that it achieves the same purpose anyway, but if you’re interested in the technicalities, there you go.)
“What’s the logic behind that, even…? Well, the drink is one thing, but pay for your parfait yourself.”
“Jeez, you’re so stingy~!”
Though she was puffing her cheeks, as if sulking, Nitta-san ended up paying for her drinks. She even paid ours too, actually.
“—Just think of it as an inconvenience fee.”
She said that with a giggle, but… Personally, I thought she should pay me back for all the drinks and food I paid for her all this time, but hey.
“Anyway, I think it’s about time I’d get home. You two are going to have a flirty party after this, right?”
““It’s a dinner party!””