Chapter 15: Lovely Couple

After winning the dolphin plush, Shido took Mayuri to a restaurant for lunch.

Shido actually reserved the place last night online. As soon as the young lovers entered the door, a waiter brought the couple to a table for two.

It was located on the second floor of the restaurant by the window, and they could see the scenery of the amusement park through the window. The location was indeed a very good one.

"What are we gonna eat today?"

Sitting across from Shido, Mayuri shook the unopened chopsticks in her hand and asked.

"It's a surprise."

Shido smiled.

"In this case, I hope it's the most expensive cuisine here~" Mayuri giggled, putting a strand of her blonde hair behind her delicate ears. "Hope your Mr. Wallet can hold on."

Looking at Mayuri's amused expression, how could Shido not know that Mayuri was teasing him? So, he cooperated with a wry smile and said, "Have mercy on me, Miss Mayuri. I don't have that much money."

"Eh? Is that so..." Mayuri covered her mouth and held back her giggles. "I'm very picky about food. If I'm not satisfied, I'll be mad at Shido later."

"I promise to satisfy Miss Mayuri."

Shido pumped his fist in determination.

Mayuri finally broke out laughing, and the same went for Shido.

The two didn't wait long, and soon the waiter brought the dishes to their table one after another.

There were many dishes, but considering that there were only two guests here, the portions were relatively small, which were contained in several small plates.

Mayuri glanced at them, kinda surprised that they were all dishes that fit her taste, but they were far from a surprise.

Seeing Mayuri's somewhat disappointed eyes, Shido smiled, still full of confidence in himself.

Immediately afterwards, another waiter came to the table with a plate and handed two omurices to them.

Strangely though, there was no sauce on the omelette.

At this moment, Shido stood up from his chair and walked to Mayuri's side.

"I can't give you nice things right now, all I have is a promise."

Saying that, Shido brought ketchup from the waiter, and wrote a line on Mayuri's omurice—

【Shido ❤ Mayuri】

Mayuri smiled as she watched Shido write the words, and then looked up at him.

"I love this!"

"Tsk…"

The waiter on the side looked at this scene while gritting his teeth.

Although he knew that he would inevitably witness a lovey-dovey scene, this was way too much of an overkill for him.

"Don't you need me to do anything?"

Seeing that Shido was smiling in response, Mayuri couldn't help but poked him in the waist and asked.

"Huh?"

Shido tilted his head.

"Your omurice is still blank."

"Oh…"

Shido scratched his cheek in embarrassment after Mayuri reminded him.

"I'll give you this."

Having said that, Mayuri took the ketchup from Shido's hand and wrote a sentence in beautiful cursive English on his omelette—

【Belong Together】

This time, the waiter ran back to the back kitchen quickly, avoiding further sourness.

After writing the words, the two returned to their seats, and when Shido was about to enjoy his meal—

"Say ah…"

Mayuri raised a spoon full of rice and presented it to Shido.

This is... a feeding play!?

Shido was shocked.

Seeing that Shido had not responded for a while, Mayuri couldn't help but let out a dissatisfied voice.

"...Shido!?"

"Ah!" Shido immediately came to his senses, opened his mouth, and ate the rice from Mayuri's spoon.

"It's my turn now!"

Mayuri smiled, opening her mouth, and closing her eyes at the same time.

"...It can't be helped."

Shaking his head dotingly, Shido also gave Mayuri a feeding play.

"Thank you for the hospitality~"

Mayuri said with a smile, then raised the spoon again.

"My my…"

The lovely couple fed each other until they finished the meal. They felt the food became tastier thanks to the words written on them.

After they were done with lunch, they took a little walk down the street. At the same time, he looked around for something that would give them more memories together. Then, on the edge of the playground not far away, he saw something.

"Mayuri, how about taking a photo?"

"Eh? Purikura!?"

(In Japan, purikura (プリクラ) refers to a photo sticker booth or the product of such a photo booth. The name is a shortened form of the registered Atlus/Sega trademark Print Club (プリント倶楽部, Purinto Kurabu), the first purikura machine, introduced to arcades in 1995.)

Mayuri was really attracted by this thing. After all, in all kinds of love novels, taking a picture together was an indispensable part of dating.

"Interested? Then let's get going." Shido patted Mayuri's satin hair comfortingly, before taking her hand.

After paying the money and choosing the frame of the photo with the owner, the two came to the camera.

"Camera camera... ah, Mayuri, you can take pictures with your face here!"

Shido said as he brought Mayuri and pointed his face to the camera.

Because the camera was so small, the faces of the two lovers must be pressed closely together.

This was also the essence of purikura.

On the front screen, Shido and Mayuri's rosy cheeks were displayed as they were close to each other.

Although the two were already a couple before that, thinking about it carefully, the two had not done something like this before.

"Okay, the pose is ready, so how should we take the picture?"

"That...is this the button for taking pictures?"

"This?"

"Dunno."

Hearing Shido's sloppy words, Mayuri didn't know how to react.

"I thought you came here a lot."

"Sorry, this is a new machine, so I don't know."

Hearing Mayuri's words, Shido tentatively pressed the green button on the machine, and the expressions of the two were frozen on the screen.

"I see... What about the red button?"

Shido pressed down according to the words, and immediately after that, Mayuri and Shido, who were motionless on the screen, regained their agility again.

"This should be the button to confirm the next one." Shido guessed.

And Mayuri, looking at the two people's cheeks on the screen, bit her lip suddenly.

"Um... Shido, let me take the next picture, please?"

"Sure."

Without any hesitation, Shido handed the two buttons to Mayuri.

"Shido, can you turn your face towards me?"

Mayuri said to Shido while placing her hand on the green button.

"Okay...but we won't get a full picture this way... What are you going to do?"

"It's a secret, listen to me."

"Okay."

Seeing that Mayuri didn't want to answer, Shido didn't ask any further questions, but turned his face halfway in her direction at her request.

"Is this okay?"

Shido asked.

At this moment, Mayuri's free hand suddenly touched Shido's face, and then—

Chirp!

Mayuri suddenly pressed her pink lips against Shido's.

The soft touch of Mayuri's lips and the faint scent of bellflowers on Mayuri's body stimulated Shido in every aspect!

At the same time, Mayuri pressed the green button.

Clip!

The moment on the screen stayed forever.