Chapter 5
The next day, Mamoru went to the Crown Parlor and drank a glass of hot water, Unazuki comes near to his table and gave the menu.
"Mamoru san, Do you want to eat something?"
"What do you want for breakfast?"
"Just a sandwich is fine."
"We have a special apple pie combo with the sandwich, and it's free, would you like to try?"
"No thank you."
"You normally would try pies during these days, are you alright?"
"I'm not good these days."
"Maybe you should go back home right now."
"Actually, I've been eating pies almost a month."
"What pies?"
"Usako gave me a lot of pies to eat these days."
"Usagi suddenly became like this?"
"No, Unazuki. She recently learnt how to make pies, for repaying me on how I treated her for the last few years."
"That's nice of her, Mamoru san."
"But she's giving too many pies for me to eat, And now, I'm starting to puke when I saw pies."
"That's bad. I wish you could speak to her about this."
"Unazuki! The customers are waiting!"
"Coming!"
"Just help the customers, Unazuki. I can handle this by my own."
After finishing breakfast, he got back home as he saw Usagi and the gang inside.
"Usako, I'm back."
"Mamo-chan, you must be tired. Have a cup of tea."
"Thank you."
"Mamo-chan, have you tried the pie that I ate this morning?"
"I went for a walk."
"Went for a walk?"
"Just breathing some fresh air, that's all."
"Usagi chan, Walking can help people to relax, rather than staying home."
"Remember I tried to ask you to go out and you didn't, Usagi?" Rei asked.
"And I think Mamoru had kept the pie in somewhere else, then he decided to save it during snack time." Ami replied.
"Probably he wants to try something else besides pies, Usagi?" Makoto wondered.
Mamoru nodded slightly after hearing what Makoto said, as he felt relieved.
"Mamo-chan isn't the type of man that you think, Mako chan. Whether he likes to eat the food, he would continue to eat it."
Mamoru's moment of relief vanished after hearing what Usagi said.
"I see, Mamo-chan. You ate my pie after I got out, I assume?"
"Yes, You're right."
"I know you won't disappoint me, Mamo-chan, I love you!"
"You two are really sweet." Minako said.
After a few hours, Usagi's parents got back home.
"Usagi, Mamoru. You two are preparing dinner?"
"We just got back for a while, And I just finished washing rice."
"And for the food, we'll just cook it later."
"Take your time, Usagi. Don't forget to press the cooker button."
"Ok."
"By the way, Usagi. How's the pies going." Kenji asked.
"The pies are well-baked, Mamo-chan likes it."
"You can consider making a pie shop in the future, Sis." Shingo replied.
"A pie shop? How?"
"By gathering the ingredients, And find some people to help you on making pies." He continued.
"And also, this is a chance for you to communicate more with other people."
"If you become the owner of the pie shop, I would be very proud of you. My daughter finally have something capable to do." Ikuko smiled.
"I'm now working in a bookstore, Mom!"
"She was just suggesting, Usagi. Besides, I'm impressed by your baking skills, I can't wait to try your pie after dinner." Shinji added.
"Just wait until I prepare the ingredients."
A few hours later, Usagi baked an apple pie.
"So, Mamo-chan, everyone. I prepared apple pie, and it was cut to pieces."
"Smells good. Mamo-chan! Take a bite."
"Not again…."
Mamoru then took a small bite of the apple pie, and he tried not to make a disgusted face on eating pies.
"Sis, this pie is really good."
"Hard work pays off, Shingo. It wasn't easy for me in the first place, however, I did manage to make the pies, I'm now getting used to it." Usagi smiled.
"Consider one day if you could become an owner of the pie shop."
Mamoru's phone rung, It was a message notification.
"Hmm? Reika?"
"What did Reika say to you?"
"She said Motoki had an appointment, so he won't be able to join us for lunch tomorrow."
"Then you should stay at home and eat my pies!"
"Reika haven't met me for a long time, Usako. We'll not go out for too long."
The next day, Mamoru went to an Italian restaurant and waited for Reika to come.
"Reika!"
"Mamoru san!"
The two hugged slightly as they sat.
"So, How's your studies?"
"They were well, and I got straight A's."
"Very good, Mamoru."
"Remember I told you about pies before? Actually, I don't have time to bake, so I just simply bought from the store."
"What?"
"Here, a small lemon pie."
Mamoru then stopped Reika from giving the pie to him.
"Please put it back….." He said as he started to puke.
Usagi was standing outside the room and heard the conversation.
"What happened? Are you sick?"
"No, This month, I've been eating too many pies. And when I saw some pies, I will puke."
"Puke?" Usagi wondered.
"Did you see the doctor?"
"It's some minor issues, Reika. I have medicine."
"Why do you eat a lot of pies during this month?"
"When I was in America, I ate pies, but because of my studies, I haven't ate for a while, and my girlfriend knows I love pies, she decided to bake pies for me. And I said I would eat them every day.'
"Usagi knows you well. But can't you say it in front of her?"
"I don't want to hurt her heart, Reika. She paid a lot of effort on making these pies, if I say no, I will make her disappointed."
"You really love your girlfriend, and I appreciate how you treat her."
Usagi heard the conversation of the two, she realized Mamoru had already fed up eating pies. She accidentally pushed the door as she fell to the ground.
"Usako?"
"Sorry."
"Sorry, Reika. I have to chat with Usako for a while."
"No worries, I can wait."
The couple were out of the corridor.
"Mamo-chan, sorry for following you, and because you missed pies so much so I baked a lot."
"No worries, Usako. I know you wanted to help me. I don't mind."
"And I didn't know you are taking medicines at that time."
"I'm sorry for lying to you that I'm done eating pies, because if I said that, you would be sad."
"Of course not, Mamo-chan. I'm actually also fed up of making pies, I only ate sandwiches at that time."
"Starting from now, Let us stop making and eating pies. That would be better."
"I prefer cooking some nice food for the two of us like the past month."
"Me too."
The two smiled to each other afterwards, and ate a nice lunch along with Reika before they head back home.
"Finally, we can stop eating pies."
"And I can finally stop eating medicine."
When they opened the door, They noticed the family was gone. Usagi then saw a box with a label on
"What's this?"
The label wrote: 'Usagi, Mamoru, we were out watching an orchestra, and here are the pies that I made for you guys. Please eat those within tonight or else it would turn bad. Yours, Ikuko.'
"Oh, come on!" Usagi and Mamoru said, both stared at each other in disbelief, in which this pie chaos would never end, or it may end someday. They might not know, but of course, they hope this pie chaos will end earlier as soon as possible.
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