Chapter 174: Why romance?
Even if Shishio asked what they wanted to eat, they would answer him to leave it to him, so he didn't bother to ask again, and cooked the traditional Japanese breakfast with grilled salmon, rice, miso soup, vegetable pickle, and a bean sprout salad.
"Good morning," Chihiro said while yawning, entering the dining room, and sat in her usual seat, waiting for breakfast to be ready.
"....." Shishio.
"Right, Chihiro-nee, can I bring a motorcycle here?" Shishio suddenly asked.
"Huh?"
Not only Chihiro, who was surprised, but Ritsu, Misaki, and Shiro-san were surprised.
"You're going to bring a motorcycle here?" Chihiro looked at Shishio strangely and asked, "Do you have a driving license?"
"I have it." Shishio nodded.
"....." Chihiro was speechless and wondering where Shishio had gotten it. "When did you get it?"
"Before coming to Tokyo?" Shishio said some bullshit since there was no way Chihiro would check it to his parents.
"Can I see it?" Chihiro asked.
"Sure." Shishio took out his wallet and stopped for a moment when he saw his photo with Shiina there. He then took out his driving license and gave it to Chihiro.
Chihiro checked Shishio's driving license, and she was dumbfounded when she saw that he had both driving licenses for both motorcycle and car.
"Huh? Shishio-kun, how can you get a driver's license for a car? You're only 15 years old, right?" Misaki asked in doubt.
"I got help from my father's acquaintance, Senpai," Shishio said.
"...." For the first time, Misaki and Ritsu knew how this world worked. As long as someone had an acquaintance, that person could break one or two rules easily.
"Still, what kind of bike are you going to bring here?" Chihiro asked.
"Just a normal motorcycle." Shishio didn't turn his head, cooking the egg, and said, "It isn't that big, so it can be kept at the entrance of the dorm easily."
"Well, since you have said so, then you can bring it." Chihiro nodded and didn't think too much.
"Thanks." Shishio had expected this matter, so he didn't feel that surprised when Chihiro permitted him. He then looked at his coffee machine on the side and thought to test it later since there was still a time before the school started.
The cooking process was very fast. After all, Shishio had a "Cooking Mastery," Before long, all the foods were ready on the table.
"Itadakimasu!"
They said at the same time and started to eat together. They had to admit that the taste of his food was so delicious, and their bodies might not be satisfied by something that might not be cooked by Shishio, which made them wonder how long they could eat his food in the future since they knew that it was impossible to ask him to cook for them all the time.
"Shishio-kun, let's get married!" Misaki said without hesitation after she drank the miso soup that Shishio made.
"I refused," Shishio said as he continued to eat.
"Why?! I want to drink your miso soup every day!" Misaki said while crying.
"....." Ritsu, Chihiro, and Shiro-san looked at Misaki, and it didn't mean that they couldn't understand her since, if possible, they also wanted to marry Shishio and eat all the delicious foods every day.
Shishio ignored Misaki and looked at Shiro-san. "Right, Shiro-san, I have finished one-third of my novel. I'll show you later after school."
"Eh?!"
Everyone except for Roberta was startled at that moment.
Shiro-san was surprised and asked, "You have finished writing it?" They only talked to each other last night and knew that Shishio had trouble writing his story, but he didn't expect Shishio's story to be finished soon.
"No, only one-third, my story has three segments, and I have only written one segment." Shishio shook his head and said, "I stayed up last night."
"Well, I'm also curious about your story. Let me read it later." Shiro-san nodded and thought that Shishio really had worked hard last night.
"Wait! Wait!" Misaki quickly stopped their conversation.
"What's wrong?" Shishio looked at Misaki with doubt.
"Shishio-kun, did you write a novel?" Misaki asked with some confusion and thought that this guy might be an alien too. Not only cooking, drawing, singing, martial arts, then writing? She was wondering whether there was something that Shishio couldn't do in this world.
"Yes." Shishio nodded and said, "If I'm not wrong, you should be there when I have asked Shiro-san to teach me how to write, right?"
"But... but..." Misaki thought Shishio was joking, but more importantly, she was also curious about what he had written.
"Shishio, can I read the story too?" Shiina asked softly.
Shishio nodded without hesitation and said, "I don't mind, but for now, keep it a secret from everyone until I have finished it later, alright?"
"Un." Shiina nodded without hesitation.
Shishio smiled and patted Shiina's head.
"Hmm..." Shiina was like a cat that showed a comfortable expression when its owner petted it.
"....." Ritsu and Chihiro were wondering why they felt like the relationship between Shiina and Shishio were too close, right? But they didn't think too much, considering how Shiina was.
"Shishio-kun, Shishio-kun, what kind of story?" Misaki asked curiously.
"Romance," Shishio said simply.
"Romance?!" Chihiro, Ritsu, and Misaki were surprised.
Misaki's heart started to beat very fast, and she couldn't help but think about the romance anime that she wanted to create, but suddenly she recalled Mitaka. Her expression became dim before it recovered in a second. "Shishio-kun, Shishio-kun, can I read it too?"
"It's alright, just read it and don't blabber it to anyone, alright?" Shishio said while looking at Misaki.
"Aye! Aye! Sir!" Misaki quickly gave a salute to Shishio.
"Hey, why did you suddenly want to write a romance story?" Chihiro asked in doubt.
"Just because," Shishio answered Chihiro's question with perfunctory.
"Was that the way you talk to your aunt?!" Chihiro was mad and put Shishio's head on her armpit.
Shishio was stunned and could feel her soft breasts right on his face at that moment. His expression was complicated, and the burst of sexy smell instantly hit his nose, which made his lower body slightly hot. "Sorry, sorry, Chihiro-nee. Let go of me."
Chihiro snorted and let go of Shishio, then asked, "So why?"
Shishio sighed helplessly and said, "There's no reason. When you write, you just want to write. That's all." He didn't really want to tell his reason for writing his story since it related to his secret. "If you don't believe me, then you can ask Shiro-san. He's a professional writer, right?"
They only remembered that Shiro-san was a professional writer, and then all of them looked at Shiro-san, who was eating quietly.
Shiro-san was a bit surprised when he was being mentioned, but then he nodded and said, "Yeah, when you want to write something, then you just write, but sometimes, you want to write because you see or experience something, right?" He then looked at Shishio with a smile.
"...." Shishio.
'This damn pervert masochist!' Shishio's lips twitched uncontrollably, staring at Shiro-san, who smiled at him. He hoped Shiro-san would help him, but he didn't expect Shiro-san to give him another trouble.
Shiro-san wasn't sure who, but he felt that his body was trembling in excitement since his masochist radar detected someone was thinking rude of him now.
"So, what kind of experience made you want to write a romance story?" Chihiro asked curiously.
Chihiro, Ritsu, Shiina, Misaki, Roberta, and Shiro-san looked at Shishio curiously.
Shishio sighed and said, "If you want to know, then you need my story first. I won't spoil it for you."
"..."
Everyone was speechless and wondering why it felt like a promotion?
Shishio was a man with experience, and a little problem wouldn't stump him. He then looked at Misaki and changed the topic of conversation. "Right, Misaki-senpai, do you really want to create a romance story with a mecha?" He remembered that Misaki wanted to use his portrait for her anime, and if he remembered it well, she wanted to create a romance anime with a mecha, but when he thought of Mitaka's state before, he knew that the script wasn't ready yet.
"Un." Misaki nodded and said, "Don't worry, the script will be ready soon, and once it happens, give me the right to use your portrait, right?"
"...."
Hearing Misaki's words, Shishio had a feeling that the anime script wouldn't be ready so soon.
"How long is this anime?" Shishio asked.
"Hmm..." For a while, Misaki was in deep thought and answered, "It should be only one episode around 20 minutes or more."
"You're going to make an OVA, right?" Shishio asked.
"That's right!" Misaki nodded with a smile.
Original video animation, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made especially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA series may be broadcast for promotional purposes.
"Why did you want to make it? Do you want to sell it?" Shishio asked curiously. As a famous genius in the anime industry, he knew that Misaki didn't lack a channel to sell her anime, so he just asked casually, wondering whether she wanted more money.
"Well, I just want to make it, but if it sells well, that it is all good," Misaki said. After all, even though it might sound rude, money was the best way to describe the worth of something, whether it was art or other things. Still, she wanted to create a romance with a mecha theme because she wanted to challenge herself. As for the total sales of the anime, it was only number second or third or fourth or more for now.
Misaki didn't care much about the sales. Especially when she thought about Mitaka's writing skill, even though she didn't want to say it in front of Mitaka, she felt that his script was boring. Of course, she didn't want to make an anime from his script, but even so, there was a glimmer of hope on her heart that was hoping Mitaka might be able to give her a surprise, considering Mitaka's experience with a lot of girls, even though she hated it.
On the other hand, Shishio nodded and wasn't surprised by Misaki, who wanted to create an OVA anime, considering how hard it was to create an anime. When Misaki made an anime to welcome them to Sakurasou, it was only a few minutes of anime, so it shouldn't have been hard work for her, but this time, it was 20++ minutes of anime. Based on his calculation, as long as the script was ready, Misaki should finish the anime in 2 weeks or one month. Even if Misaki was a genius, drawing animation was still labor work, and because she was a genius, she might need more time since she wanted her anime to be more perfect.
But then what about the 12 episodes of anime? Unless Misaki had a system like him, Shishio didn't think that Misaki could make 12 episodes of anime by herself unless she spent several years.
"Well, I hope that you can succeed, Misaki-senpai," Shishio said sincerely, but in truth, he just didn't have confidence in Mitaka, considering how that guy spent his time on girls most of the time.
"Um." Misaki smiled and nodded. "Thanks."
"Right, Shishio, can you tell me what's that?" Chihiro suddenly asked while pointing her finger at the machine on the table counter.
In truth, the appearance of this machine caused everyone to feel curious, and without a doubt, they knew that it should be something that Shishio bought.
"It's a coffee machine," Shishio said simply.
"Coffee machine?!" They were surprised and looked at the silver-colored machine on the table counter.
"Well, there should be a time before school. Do you want a cup of coffee?" Shishio asked.