Chapter 147: Should I Choose My Girlfriend or the Little Kid?
(**Akihito’s POV**)
『Onii-chan, ramen, want…!』
The sun was beginning to set.
As I was about to go shopping at the supermarket with Charlotte-san and Arisa-san, Emma-chan pulled on my clothes and appealed to me.
She seemed to like the ramen we had for lunch.
『No, Emma, you had it for lunch, didn’t you?』
But Charlotte-san would have none of it.
She is very concerned about her nutrition, so I guess she doesn’t like the idea of an unbalanced diet.
And Emma-chan knows that if she told Charlotte-san, she would be rejected, that’s why she came up to me instead.
Thanks to that, Emma-chan gave me a clingy look.
『Charlotte-san, it’s okay sometimes, isn’t it? She hasn’t eaten ramen before, and there are so many different flavors of ramen now, I want Emma-chan to try other flavors.』
If Emma-chan starts crying to me, there’s no way I can resist.
So I take Emma-chan’s side and try to persuade Charlotte-san.
But―.
『I wanted Akihito-kun to eat my home-cooked food…』
Charlotte-san said something cute, too, and I was caught between a rock and a hard place.
Arisa-san took a few steps backward and looked at me to see how I was going to go about it.
Kanon-san, who was present but not speaking, stared at me without saying a word.
I guess she was telling me to make the decision.
―Yeah, looks like I’m left to decide all by myself here…
『Emma-chan, can’t we have ramen tomorrow…?』
I ask Emma-chan, taking her health into consideration.
But―
『…………』
―She was silent and gave me a tearful look.
『…Charlotte-san, I’m sorry. I’ll ask Charlotte-san for tomorrow, so could you please let Emma-chan eat ramen just for today…?』
In the end, Emma-chan’s crying face got the better of me, and I had no choice but to ask Charlotte-san to do so.
