I Refuse To Become Scumbag In Tokyo
175: Latte Art And Bento Box

When Shishio thought about the instant coffee he had always been drinking in the past week, he always missed his original coffee.

That was also the reason why he asked Roberta to help him buy a coffee machine.

He had money, especially after he won a lot of money when he bet on himself in the previous Kengan Games.

Shishio checks the coffee machine directly, removing some coffee beans, and milk from the refrigerator.

Then, he put some coffee beans into the coffee grinder and turned it on.

"!!!"

The loud sound of the grinder caused everyone to wake up.

After all, the scene where Shishio was inspecting the coffee machine was too shocking for them.

It was not that they had never seen a coffee machine, but the way he used the coffee machine was too shocking, and it was as if he had used the machine thousands of times, he said, made them feel as if they had seen a Barista master.

Japan is a country with a very popular coffee culture.

It may not be related, but Japan imports 80% of Blue Mountain coffee (the best coffee globally).

Coffee is not only popular among adults and the elderly, but even young people also like to drink coffee because by drinking black coffee (espresso), some children think that they can become adults, that is why coffee is so popular even among children.

If Shishio is not mistaken, even Shishio Oga had previously always drank sugarless black coffee because it would make him cool, showing how popular coffee was even among Chuunibyou.

"Espresso or art last, which one do you want?" Shishio asked, looking at everyone in the dining room.

"Latte art?" Everyone knows about espresso because most of them drink it often, but they are not sure about the art of latte.

Shishio was not surprised by their reaction because latte art was not so popular in 2005, and only then became popular in the future.

"Simply put, I'm going to draw something in a coffee cup. Do you want to try it?"

"Iwatching?!" They're dumbfounded.

"Picturing on coffee?" Shiina was very interested in this matter because she had never seen it, so she looked at Shishio's coffee cup curiously.

"Do you want to, Mashiro?" Shishio asked.

Shiina thought for a moment before asking, "...Is sweet?" He remembered that the taste of his coffee was very bitter, and he did not like it very much.

"It's not sweet, but it's not too bitter" Shishio said, telling Shiina the truth.

"......" Shiina.

"I want it! I want it, Shishio!" Misaki raised her hand without hesitation.

Shishio nodded and said, "Wait a moment, I'll prepare one for you." So without hesitation, he took the coffee machine portafilter and put the coffee on it before he pressed it with his arm, creating a 90-degree angle.

The process was like art, and everyone was fascinated by its abilities.

Shishio then connects the portafilter to the coffee machine, putting the cup underneath.

Next, he started making espresso through a machine.

When espresso is made, the aroma of coffee permeates the entire room, which somehow relaxes them.

The smell of coffee is always pleasant, and everyone can't help but lift their nose to smell this smell better.

While waiting for the espresso to be ready, Shishio pours milk into a pot of milk before he puts a steam stick in the coffee machine to make micro foam.

Microfoam is a fine-textured milk used to make espresso-based coffee drinks, especially those with latte art.

It is usually made with a steam stick from an espresso machine, which pumps steam into a pitcher of milk.

It is shiny, slightly thickened, and should have uniform microscopic bubbles.

It is not viscous or "foaming" like macrofoam, and is better described as "sticky" and resembles melted marshmallows or wet paint.

Looking at Shishio, they felt curious and stood up, watching from a close distance.

When the microfoam and espresso were ready, Shishio looked at Misaki and asked, "Misaki-senpai, what do you want to make a picture of in your coffee?"

"Eh?" Misaki was surprised, then she thought for a moment before she said with a smile, "Be careful! I want to form a heart!"

"....." Ritsu, Chihiro, Shiina, and Shiro-san.

Shishio looked at Misaki for a bit and nodded.

"Good."

"..."

They wanted to hold something back but stopped when they saw how smooth the movement was when Shishio poured microfoam into the espresso.

The movement is like art itself, pouring microfoam gently, creating a heart shape on the surface of the coffee.

He then presented the latter art in front of everyone and said, "Done."

"...."

Misaki was stunned and somehow blushed lightly, but when she was about to take her coffee, suddenly...

"I'm late! I'm late!" Mayumi quickly entered the dining room and asked, "Shishio, do you have any bread?"

"...." - ".Shishio looks at Mayumi speechlessly, wondering if this woman wants to recreate the plot of the shoujo cliche manga when a cute girl bumps into a handsome transfer student with bread in her mouth.

"I don't have bread, but I have onigiri."

"Good!" Mayumi nodded and felt relieved.

He felt a little thirsty, then took the heart-shaped coffee from the table straight away, then was stunned for a bit.

He looked at Shishio with a smile and said, "Hey, did you confess to me with this coffee?" He then sipped a sip of coffee with a mouthful, then felt his eyes open wide.

"Damn, this is so good!"

"...."

"It looks like you haven't woken up from your dream, Mayumi-san," Shishio said calmly as he made an onigiri for Mayumi.

Looking at Mayumi, who was drinking her coffee, even though Misaki had an excellent temperament, she could not control her emotions at the moment.

"Mayumi-san!!!!"

Hearing Misaki's loud voice, Shishio must admit that Sakurasou is very peaceful today.

The morning was quite peaceful, and after the coffee incident, Shishio, as usual, walked to school with Shiina and Ritsu.

"Oga-kun, when did you learn to make coffee?" Ritsu asked curiously.

"Well, I learned it by chance from a random coffee shop in Kyoto," Shishio said briefly.

"Did you learn the art of coffee from that random coffee shop as well?" ask Ritsu.

"No." Shishio shook his head and explained. "For latte art, I once learned it by chance when I was browsing on the internet. It felt interesting, so I learned it myself. The result is good, right?"

"Um, that's really amazing..." Ritsu had to admit that a genius was completely different, but she did not feel too surprised when she thought of Shishio's painting skills.

"Shishio, can you teach me?" Shiina asked because she felt drawing on the coffee was interesting.

"certain." Shishio nodded, but then he saw someone he knew as he was about to pass by a convenience store near the school.

Of course, this was not the one-stop shop where he met Rui, but rather a different one-stop shop, but he had to admit that the number of convenience stores in the country was overwhelming, by the way, so much so that he might find two or three convenience stores.

Seeing the brown ponytail swaying in front of the convenience store, Shishio noticed something was wrong and said, "Mashiro, Kawai-senpai, I'll leave you two for a while."

"Huh?" Ritsu was confused, and Shiina was dazed, but then, their eyes opened wide when they saw Shishio catch a foreign girl they had never seen before.

In the morning, when Nanami had just woken up, the manager of the shop she worked at suddenly called her and asked her to help in the morning.

He was very tired because he had just worked part-time last night, and he was also training until late, but then suddenly, in the morning, he was asked to work.

Nanami wanted to refuse because she was so tired.

Still, there was no way for him to resist, considering the convenience store where he worked was quite close to his school, which he was in, so he didn't want to change his job just because the convenience store manager was giving him a bad impression.if it was difficult, he gritted his teeth and started working.

Nanami works for a few hours, and her job is about to end as she is about to go to school.

So the only thing he needs to do is throw the trash outside, but when he is about to pick up the garbage bag, he feels his head is dizzy and he loses his balance, but when he is about to fall, he is about to fall, his shoulder was grabbed by someone.

"Aoyama-san, are you okay?"

Nanami was shocked when she heard this voice.

He quickly looked over and did not expect to see her here.

"O - Oga-kun?!"

"Are you okay?" Shishio asked with concern.

"I'mI'm fine! You don't have to worry!" Nanami quickly stood up with a flushed face and showed that she was fine, but then...

*Snarling!*

"....."

Nanami blushed and lowered her head in embarrassment.

Now, he understood why he was a little dizzy, and that was because he had not eaten anything yet!

Shishio looked at Nanami and felt that this girl was working too hard, right?

"Shishio's."

Shishio turned around and looked at Ritsu and Shiina, who were walking towards him.

"Mashiro, Kawai-senpai."

Nanami also looked towards Ritsu and Shiina, and she was surprised at how beautiful the two were.

In fact, she had seen the two of them in the classroom ever since the two of them asked where Shishio was, but she never knew their identities, and at the same time, she had, she wondered how they could go to school together?

Shishio looked at Nanami's expression and said, "We are the same tenant of Sakurasou, Aoyama-san." He then looked at Shiina and Ritsu, then introduced Nanami. "Mashiro, Senpai. This is Aoyama Nanami. He's my classmate."

"Ah, N - Nice to meet you!" Nanami lowered her head slightly, introducing herself to the two of them.

"It's nice to meet you, Aoyama-san. I'm Ritsu Kawai," Kawai introduced himself.

"Shiina Mashiro," Shiina said.

Shishio then looked at Nanami and asked, "Do you need my help, Aoyama-san?"

"No, no, I can't ask for your help, this is my job, if you help me, then the manager will probably say something to me," Nanami quickly refused when Shishio offered her help, but even if he refused, he felt warm inside.

"..." - ".Shishio looked at Nanami and took out the bento box he had brought before.

Inside, there was only an ordinary roasted onigiri that he had by chance ever since he made it for Mayumi before, so he made some for himself at school, but he gave it to Nanami.

"Aoyama-san, even if you refuse my help, you can accept this."

"This...?" Nanami was shocked when she saw Shishio take out a bento box.

"There's onigiri there. You can eat it in the break room inside the department store." Shishio grabbed Nanami's hand and placed the bento box in his hand.

"No, no, how can I-" Nanami was about to say something, but the manager called her.

"Aoyama-san, have you thrown away the trash?"

"Ah, yes, wait a minute!" Nanami quickly replied, but then she saw Shishio leaving with Shiina and Ritsu.

"Gig-kun!" He quickly called out his name.

"Eat it!" Shishio turned around, looked at Nanami, and said, "We have PE later. If you pass out, will you miss the hospital again?" He knew how stubborn this girl was.

If she wasn't stubborn, then she wouldn't have run from Osaka to Tokyo alone, so rather than forcing herself to help, it was better to support her slowly until she got used to her support, so instead of forcing herself to help, it was better to support her slowly until she got used to it, but seeing how he tormented her. body so that she could achieve her dream, she simply could not bear it and might as well take it in the future.

Seeing her teasing smile, Nanami somehow remembered the time they were together in the hospital and couldn't help but blush.

He looked at the bento box again, and after a moment of hesitation, he decided to accept it because he had to do his job as soon as possible.

After Shishio left, Ritsu asked, "Oga-kun, that girl...?" He wondered what was going on with Nanami.

Shiina also looked at Shishio curiously, wondering about Nanami.

"Well, he just worked hard to achieve his dream. The rest, I can't say much," Shishio said with a faint smile as he knew it wasn't good to talk about someone behind their back.

However, he felt that he should keep what he had talked to Nanami before unless Nanami allowed him the initiative to speak.

Ritsu and Shiina stared at Shishio for a bit, then nodded.

They don't know much about Nanami, and they know that it's a bit rude to talk to someone behind their back.

"His dream?" Shiina asked.

"It's Seiyuu." Shishio looked at Shiina and said, "If your manga were made into an anime, then Aoyama-san would probably be the voice of one of the characters."

"Will my manga be made into anime?" Shiina asked curiously.

"You don't want your manga to be anime?" Shishio asked curiously.

Shiina thought for a moment and was unsure how to answer him because she had never thought of this possibility before.

"Well, you don't have to think too much. All you need to think about is how your manga will be received by your editor and serialized for now" Shishio said.

"Ms." Shiina nodded.

Nanami, who had changed into her uniform in the break room, opened the bento box that Shishio had given her.

He looked at the onigiri inside and could not help but be surprised when he saw how delicious it tasted.

'Did Oga-kun succeed?' Somehow, she felt that her femininity was hit hard when she thought Shishio might cook better than her.

Nanami looked at the onigiri for a while before she gulped because she knew that she was starving back then.

Then, he hesitated again for a while before eating it as he could not help his hunger.

"......"

"...It's salty" Nanami said in a low voice, but her mouth didn't stop, and she continued to eat.

However, he did not realize that his tears were dripping from his eyes at the moment, feeling the warmth he was longing for, which made him even more crave for onigiri.

He picked up another onigiri, and before long, he saw the bento box was empty.

Looking at the bento box for a while, he quickly wiped away the tears in his eyes, feeling very complex because he knew that although sometimes, it was impossible, and it might not pay off, it was impossible, but he couldn't help it.

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