Chapter 82 – Tailing (10)

“I’m sorry… Does this look like my seat?”
“Huh? Hey, did the secret come?”
“Just push it away.”
“No, I think I’m in the right place… Mr. Grape?”
“Ah! Ugh, hmmm… Hey, guests… ? Excuse me, did I mention I have a party? It looks like you’re here, can you please go?”

Grape heard my voice and immediately raised his head, put his hand to his mouth and cleared his throat.
It’s hard to see because it’s covered by the muscle mass, but she’s got her posture right and her chest slightly sticking out to emphasize her figure.

“Oh, really… I can’t stand it.”
“Can’t you stand it and step out of the way? Is your party here?”
“Oh no, let’s just have a drink… Huh? Party, can we have a drink together? Or will you come to our table too?”

I don’t think it will get out of the way even if I say it well.
Well, Grape is a woman that makes you want to do this just by looking at her.
Aside from that, it’s quite annoying and annoying to keep clinging to someone who asks you to get out of the way.

Even though Grape keeps telling her to get out of the way, and she says no, she clenches her fists on top of her table, perhaps annoyed when the men cling to her.
If there was a cocktail glass in that hand, it would break and become powder, and if the table was held, it would have made a crackling sound right now.
Then a man noticed a brown sheep doll in my seat and reached for his envelope.

“Oh, you’re really picky, huh? What is this? Did you try to give me this as a gift?”
“Kick-kick… The real appearance is corrupt and the gift given is like a girl, sister? A woman like you should meet a real man, that kind of thing doesn’t suit her. How about pretending to be deceived? Let’s have a drink together.”
“What is a doll? Hey, give it, give it.”
“What? Give it to me.”
“Do it in moderation!”

When the men treated the doll as a toy and tried to take it away, Grape eventually got angry and grabbed my doll and hugged it.
Even so, the man’s hand gradually approaches Grape and touches the plastic bag with his fingers.
The moment I saw that scene, blood rushed to my head.

“… Don’t touch mine and go?”
“What?”

I can tolerate being bothered, but I can’t stand touching my stuff.
What would you do if the plastic bag was torn even a little and the scent flew away?
I put my flimsy hand on the muscular man’s arm and glared at him with sullen eyes.

“Leave your hand and go.”

Looking closer, I see eyes that have a taste somewhere.
All of the men are just like me, and even more so than me, their eyes are out of focus.
How much alcohol have you been drinking? It is a hazy look as if something flew away.

“No… Did you hear what he said? My deal~”
“Look at your arms, your three arms must be put together to become mine. Do you think this is something I can do now?”
“Ah, cringe… Giggle, hey, mine? When you have the strength to protect mine… Whoops!”

The men who were looking down at me and approaching me suddenly lowered their heads with a slight wind noise and began to vomit.
Gradually escaping from Grape and seeing the muscle masses surrounding me, I hesitated for a moment, but I wondered if I had told them not to do it for no reason. I wondered if I was really drunk.

“Wow… Dirty…”
“Wow! Keck! Khehe!”
“Oops! Whoops… !”

Tears and mucus run down, clutching at the stomach and collapsing, continuing to pour out vomit.
Seeing the three men soiling their faces and floors with vomit, all the people around them stand up and walk away in fright.
Even when I was drunk, I slipped past the really bad drunk men and took a seat next to Grape.

“Anger, Mr. Anger, hmmmm… These people must be very drunk.”
“I think it’s a bit excessive…”
“Is it too much? It’s self-employed. Shall we go out soon… ? Hey, the atmosphere here is a bit bad~”

Said Grape, picking up my bag and envelope.
I was also thinking that I should go home soon, so I immediately nodded at Grape’s words.
Grape and I got up, paid the bill, and went out of the store.

When I came out, the cold air suddenly filled my lungs, awakening my mind that I hadn’t even known was hazy.
In the atmosphere of the store, the feeling changes as if the drunken body was hit by a cold wind and returned to reality from a dream.
While I was enjoying my meal, I suddenly felt bad because of the strange people, so I took the doll that Grape gave me as a gift and walked away.

“Sorry, the meal got weird at the end.”
“Why is Mr. Grape apologizing for that? Those people are strange.”

Grape, who was smiling strangely unlike me, apologized with a smile.
To the suddenly apologetic Grape, I couldn’t understand why Grape was apologizing.

“Excuse me… Mr Anger? Just don’t go there… How about some more drinks?”
“… Would you like more?”
“No, a little… Sorry, isn’t it?

It’s a pity to drink that much… Amazing.
Grape said he could still drink more, but I was already full and tired and wanted to go home.
When I take out my vision phone and check the time, it seems that it is time to go home.

“I have to go to work tomorrow, so drink it next time.”
“Oh, um, yes… Go to work, ok…”

When he refused, bringing up the obvious, Grape backed off with a bitter expression on his face, like someone who only then realized that he had to go to work tomorrow.
I ate everything and drank enough to enjoy.
I’ve finished all my work… It also came out appropriately in the dining room, although the end got a bit odd.
It’s true that we have to part soon because we have to go to work tomorrow… Even so, such a bitter and regretful expression.

“I didn’t know you liked cocktails this much… Shall we drink again next time? I don’t have to worry about getting drunk if I drink non-alcohol.”
“No, ugh… No, another one…”
“Is there anything else you like?”
“… I’ll tell you when I remember.”

To say you have to think about something you like is a strange word.
Thinking that Grape was also a little drunk, I walked slowly and arrived in front of the taxi.
Grape seemed to be in a good mood, but he was still lost in thought, and then he belatedly came to his senses when he saw me arriving in front of the taxi and waved.

“Ah, then… He, be careful, go in…”
“Yes, Mr. Grape too… Oh… “

I nodded at Grape’s greeting, remembered what I forgot to get into the taxi, and faced Grape.
He holds the doll in his hand, shows Grape the face of the brown sheep doll, shakes it, and Grape comes out and looks at the sheep doll alternately.

“Thank you for this, I will use it well.”
“Ah! Uh, uh… Yes well… Use it? Mr. Anger must be a little drunk. You use a doll.”

Grape said with a small smile, as if he thought my words were strange.

“Hmm… Anyway, I had a good meal today… Mr. Grape enters carefully…”

I feel weird when I try to say hello.
It seems to be a side effect of hypnosis, but for now, Grape definitely wants to be friends with me.
That in itself is very awkward.
Having sex and getting to know each other after getting their secrets out is embarrassing, even if it’s thanks to a hypnosis app.

“… So, if it’s just the two of us from now on, are we friends?”
“That, yes… Joe? First?”
“It feels very strange, with the team leader… You are friends with Grape.”

Magical Girl Grape, Team Leader Grape… No matter which way you look at it, the world you live in is different from mine, and you have nothing to get close to personally.
She felt guilty about the rape and being caught having sex rather hid the fact that she had sex, and made her feel trustworthy in her usual appearance without threatening, making her want to be close… I think.
She was confused and relieved her guilt so that she wouldn’t do anything strange, so now all that’s left is trust in me and wanting to be close… Is this right?

The reason I hypnotized Grape in the first place was so that my hypnotization of Esther would not be discovered.
Now, without harming her daily life, she uses hypnosis apps for high-ranking magical girls and carefully hypnotizes them to gain experience and information.
If you become close, there will be more moments where you can hypnotize, and you will definitely get better at hypnotizing other people so that you don’t feel uncomfortable.
I’m embarrassed that the relationship is changing a little differently than I expected… It is changing in a good direction.

“Is there anything you want to eat?”
“Yes?”
“What I want to eat… That’s why even the team leader is just getting eaten.”

After roughly organizing my thoughts, I said without rejecting the flow of getting closer to Grape.
High-ranking magical girl, team leader… Beauty, the person you want to have sex with over and over again, practicing hypnosis…
No matter how you think about it, it is beneficial to be friendly.

“I also want to get close to the team leader, so let’s eat something delicious together later.”
“Oh, uh! Then! Are you two seeing each other again?”
“… It should be, right? Secretly from the company… ?”

I got into the taxi and rolled down the window to say hello to Grape, who was wide-eyed.

“Then, see you at work.”
“Yes! Be careful!”

As soon as we finished our greetings, the taxi departed, and Grape, who was delighted, moved further and further away.
By the time I took a taxi and arrived home, an emoticon came along with a message from Grape asking me to contact you when I arrive.
This is the first time an emoticon has come from Grape.
I guess that means we’ve gotten a little closer.

Rapid’s hair, Rapid’s embracing sheep doll, Rapid’s hobbies, Rapid’s favorite things… The reason why Grape has had a lot of emotional ups and downs these days, getting close to Grape…
The situation that was a little unstable is becoming stable.
Although we met by chance, I am satisfied with the day that started with rapids and ended with grapes.

After talking today, I can understand why Grape has been so moody lately.
Guilt, shared secrets, trust, wanting to be close but a bit reluctant, but feeling close… Like the person who confessed, the person who was caught throwing away presents, the other men who had sex but hated it, I didn’t stick too much into it… And the caring me who says everything is okay and keeps the secret…
I think I know Grape’s heart for sure.
I got out of the taxi and replied with the same emoticon to Grape.