"You want to go to this place?"
"Um."
Nifuji had prepared many places they could visit, especially since he knew Sumi had a communication disorder. She could only speak in a small voice and often got shy, yet he realized he might have underestimated her, since, despite her flaws, she got herself together and was also polite. Moreover, instead of accepting that she was just like this, unable to talk properly to others, she tried to improve herself and changed into her better self.
Some might say it was fine for her not to change and stay as she was, as everyone was eager to be her knight, protecting her from anything, but it wasn't wrong to wish to change, right?
Nifuji also accepted, or rather, he supported her willingness, since frankly, this is how he treated his women, too. Instead of having them stay by his side all the time and for them to be unable to live without him, like a baby unable to live on its own, he wanted them to stand on their own feet. Instead of supporting them, it would be better if their existence were to complete each other instead.
Still, it didn't matter what he said; everyone had their own wishes, and cultures varied from country to country. But he wouldn't touch Sumi, nor did he plan to date her, probably.
If he were so honest, he would have known that Chizuru planned to make him get close to Sumi, but could he really taint this pure girl?
Girl.
This might be the best way to describe Sumi; despite being an adult, he felt she was young for her understanding of a man, especially when she entered his car without hesitation.
Yet this also meant he had earned her trust, and because of that, he shouldn't break it, right?
As for his car, let's just put that problem aside, since he now has so many cars and just picked the most comfortable one, which happened to be the Bentley Bentayga.
"...." Sumi.
"What's wrong?"
Sumi blinked, then shook her head before saying softly, "It's a good car."
"It is." Still, Nifuji didn't really think to talk more about his car, as he had too many of them, so he felt that they were all the same in his eyes, or rather, he wasn't even sure if talking about a car was interesting in Sumi. It also appears he was showing off when he talked about the car's price. So, instead of focusing on the materialistic things of the topic, he wanted to get to know Sumi better before they arrived at their dating spot, which was a place Sumi had always wanted to visit but didn't dare to. "Where did you plan to take your part-time job?"
"It's near my place, I just happened to be..."
Once the topic was decided, Nifuji just had to talk over this problem, especially since this date was nothing but a way for Sumi to do her work well.
In the original story, Sumi decided to work as a rental girlfriend with Chizuru, since Chizuru had recommended it and taught Sumi how to improve her communication skills.
Yet Nifuji had to say that Chizuru really wasn't good at advising others, since her way of life was just different. He could tell that Sumi came from a well-off, probably respectful, family. She told him she'd gone to an all-girl Catholic school from childhood through high school and had never had any experience with guys.
For someone like that to be advised to be part of the rental-girlfriend worker and go on dates with various guys whom Sumi had never known was like throwing someone who couldn't swim into Tokyo Bay.
Instead of learning to swim, Nifuji was afraid that Sumi would be contaminated, since the men who used the rental-girlfriend service were just... unique.
Still, Nifuji didn't know the original story, and even if he did, it was fine, since Sumi didn't experience the same thing; instead, she told him she would work at the laundry shop.
"Laundry shop?"
Sumi nodded. "The owner is so kind... and gentle... and she seems to be just a few years older than me..." Unlike before, this time, she tried to talk on her own instead of using her smartphone to write down what she wanted to say, which showed that she had gotten comfortable with him.
Or rather, as she didn't want to make him wait for her slow response on her smartphone, she wanted to use her own voice to talk to him, which was an improvement on its own.
Yet, without a doubt, while she was nervous at first, it felt more comfortable than she had imagined to be able to go on a fake date with Nifuji.
Was this how the real date was?
No, it should be because Nifuji was good that he could make her comfortable, Sumi thought.
So, did he have a lot of experience?
"....."
Sumi quickly shook her head as she talked about how she found her part-time job, but Nifuji felt strange when he heard the laundry shop.
'There are a lot of laundry shops, so it won't be that place, right?'
Yup, it was just a coincidence, as he knew well that in Tokyo, there were so many laundry shops, so it shouldn't be that place, the place where his lover opened her shop.
Still, without a doubt, Nifuji wondered why Sumi would go with him, who had a girlfriend instead of with another man, as he could see that she wasn't someone who would be in trouble with a man.
Gentle, warm, and soft.
Sumi had every quality that would attract any man; then again, all of his women were more or less the same, which made him realize that his charm seemed better than he had imagined.
Yup, Nifuji was handsome.
However, he wouldn't say it, as he knew if he said it, the people around him would roll their eyes and say that he was such a narcissist, yet his thoughts quickly stopped when they arrived at their date destination, Odaiba.
Their destination was Round One, the most popular place for various activities, and it was also cheap: after paying a flat price, they could play in many of the facilities inside, such as batting cages, bubble soccer, roller skating, archery, and "free-play" arcade cabinets.
It could be said this place was the best value spot for a date, but as they arrived, their eyes were quickly attracted to a strange place that somehow, strangely existed in this place.
Their eyes looked at this place strangely as they muttered the name, "Unko (Poop) Museum?" 2x
"...." 2x
"...do you want to visit?"
"W-What about you, Nifuji-kun?"
"Let's go."
"Okay."
Yup, the two of them were curious about this Unko Museum.