Chapter 16 I'm Relieved, Because It's Strange That My Daughter Is So Cute and Doesn't Get Hit On!
#Papa to Kekkon SuruI’m Relieved, Because It’s Strange That My Daughter Is So Cute and Doesn’t Get Hit On!
My plan was to go to the mall in front of the station by car.
“Eh? There’s no way we’re going on a date by car~? Dad, do you know what a date is? At least you have to hold hands and walk together. So why are we getting into a car?”
Satsuki told me that, so we decided to walk.
Well, it’s about a 20-minute walk. It’s not a big deal, but I wonder if it’s really normal to walk hand in hand with a high school sophomore girl. Well, I’m just wondering, but I’m holding her hand.
“Let’s look at Satsuki’s clothes first and then some furniture… I want a new sofa.”
I want a sofa big enough for Satsuki and me to sit side by side.
The current one is a bit small, so maybe that’s why Satsuki always sits on my lap. I’ve been thinking about that possibility for a while.
“Yeah, that’s right~! The current sofa is too spacious; I’d like a smaller one. I’d like to be attached to my dad…”
“…eh? It would be even smaller…?”
Well, you’re right. I knew that.
Space doesn’t really matter here. It is just Satsuki’s natural instinct to occupy my lap. It’s similar to the phenomenon where house cats tend to sit on the keyboard all the time.
“Anyway, let’s go.”
And so we looked around the mall.
I was able to buy Satsuki some clothes that I thought she would like.
… No, she chose them based on my preference rather than hers.
I was wondering. Aren’t we buying clothes with the intention of being seen by the majority?
“That’s enough for me… If my dad thinks I’m cute.”
That seems to be the case.
People other than me may be nothing to Satsuki.
As a parent, I wish she had a broader perspective… Well, if she had a broader perspective, she wouldn’t like her dad.
“Maybe another time for the sofa.”
I went to furniture stores, but nothing seemed to fit.
Or rather, Satsuki said no to everything, so I couldn’t buy anything.
“Why do they only have sofas that big? I want one big enough for one person to sit on.”
“A one-person sofa would be too small for your fat dad….”
Sorry for being fat.
Satsuki is so thin, it’s unbelievable to me. We eat the same food… I wonder where all the energy that Satsuki eats goes.
“What about dinner? Should we go out for dinner sometime?”
There are a lot of restaurants in the mall. There were many delicious-looking restaurants near the food court we just saw.
But Satsuki just shrugged.
She was stunned as if to say that I had made an impossible statement.
“Don’t you know what my favorite food in the world is, Dad?”
“Curry, right? You always eat it deliciously.”
“Yes, but not that! I like the rice you make best! I like curry, but it tastes better when you cook it.”
… I’m not really a good cook.
Satsuki generally tends to look at things I do through colored glasses. She seems to love me so much that anything I cook for her will be delicious.
I find that really sweet.
Preparing meals is hard work, so just having her smile and say, “It’s delicious!” makes my hard work worthwhile.
“So I want to eat the curry that Dad made today…”
“… Really? Then let’s go home.”
The shopping is over. I was free to enjoy my vacation with my daughter.
I had nothing left to think about, so I was about to go home, but I stopped when I suddenly saw a restroom.
“Satsuki, can you wait for me? I want to go to the bathroom.”
“…can I go with you?”
“Of course not. Just wait quietly… You’re a high school student, so it’s probably okay, right?”
“Ugh… okay. Come back soon, okay?”
It’s a big deal because I need her permission just to go to the bathroom.
I finished my business as fast as I could. Of course, I washed my hands. I live with a teenage girl, so I’m always careful about cleanliness.
And when I got out of the bathroom….
“Hey, hey, cute girl.”
“Are you alone now? Let’s play a little.”
“You know, I know a fun place.”
Satsuki was resting on a bench near the restroom when she was surrounded by three men. They were young adult men who looked flirtatious.
They were probably college students. Or they could be part-time workers, but I couldn’t tell from their appearance.
This… maybe it’s something called “picking up girls”!
(Yeah, after all, Satsuki is cute, so it is natural for her to be picked up….)
Satsuki is so cute that no man in the world would leave her alone.
However, since I don’t hear much about her getting picked up, I was actually curious.
(Yokatta. My daughter is so cute that she can afford to be picked up easily… but I don’t have time to think like that.)
I scold myself for thinking something strange.
Satsuki looks extremely annoyed. So I have to get her away from them as soon as possible!