Book 3: Chapter 3: 24th of August (Monday)
When I woke up early in the morning, nobody was in the living room. I knew that my old man and Akiko-san wouldn’t be there. My old man is off to work, and Akiko-san has yet to come home from work. She contacted us saying that she’d be home late (or I guess early in the morning in this case?).
However, not even Ayase-san, who would normally be awake at this point, was around. Maybe she’s in her room? It’s not like there’s any reason to do so, since the living room was a perfectly comfortable temperature… Wait, a comfortable temperature? Only then did I realize that the A/C in the living room was blowing out cool air. It’s fixed, huh? Since I got home so late, and pretty much stayed in my room without eating dinner, I didn’t even notice. I guess my old man got a hold of someone who could repair it. Maybe he prioritized that over their shopping trip.
Since it was running, he probably knew that I’d wake up not long after he left. I looked over at the dining table and saw breakfast prepared for me. I suddenly got a hunch and checked my messages, and I found a LINE from Ayase-san.
‘I prepared breakfast, so you can eat it whenever. I already finished mine.’
I guess Ayase-san is awake already after all. Maybe she’s sitting in her room, studying or cleaning or something. I sent her a thank-you message over LINE and sat down at the dining table.
“Today it’s Japanese style, huh?”
On the pale blue plate was grilled salmon, along with radish cut up into a small mountain in the corner, and small Japanese plums. On the plate next to it was a cluster of seasoned seaweed, and salad on another large plate. It was like a breakfast you’d see at an inn. It looked like there was a lot of effort put into this.
After confirming the food I was dealing with, I picked up my empty rice bowl and miso soup bowl and stood up. While warming up the miso soup, I put some rice into my bowl, and after filling it up with miso soup, I returned to my seat.
“Time to dig in.” After putting my hands together in thankfulness for the food, I started eating the precious breakfast Ayase-san prepared for me.