Volume 6 Chapter 2 (2/2)
Minako-sama nodded to herself as she reached her conclusion
”Jealousy, you say -”
Yoshi+no clenched her fist Earlier she had realized this herself, but she didn't want it pointed out by someone else oncefacial expression? That Minako-sa people
But she couldn't let herself be provoked here If she cried out or acted out even a little, an exaggerated version would undoubtedly be printed in the 'Lillian Kawaraban'
”Scoop! Yellow Rose Revolution Part Two Rosa Foetida en Bouton's petit soeur lashes out due to jealousy” - just picturing the title made her sick
”You've misunderstood, Minako-sama”
She started off with a smile
”I don't knohere, or how,today Well, you say she's here?”
”Oh please, Yoshi+no-san, your joke's not funny”
”No, it's true”
The fox and the racoon's enchant for your opponent's true motive
”Then why did you coo to a bookstore, there's one nearer your house, right?”
”Th that's”
damn it ”I came to buy a book” had been her trump card, but Minako-sama had anticipated this and she couldn't use it now
”I was invited by Yumi-san”
The confusing explanation had flown out of her mouth and couldn't be taken back
”Yumi-san?”
”Yeah Yu, saying if I was free, why don't I join them”
”Yumi-san and Sachiko-sama!?”
The color of Minako-saed
”Ahh!”
Once again, 'da verbal slip She went to cover her mouth, but it was too late
Like a dog that had heard his master's voice, Minako-sa up
Yumi-san and Sachiko-saanized by the newspaper club, so Minako-saht wind of it
”So, where are the two of them now?”
”Ehh, ahh”
It's just one thing after another
”They wandered off for a bit I'm sure they're around here somewhere”
It was a pretty poor excuse However, Minako-sama didn't doubt it
”Yumi-san and Sachiko-sama”
Sheit She had completely shi+fted her focus to this new information When you tell a lie, it's best to mix it with a bit of the truth Somebody on TV said this, so it must be true
(Forgive me, Yumi-san)
She implored in her ivable while acting coy
What's done is done
The words she had spoken could not be returned to hersaid that, she couldn't leave the topic of Yumi-san and Sachiko-sama as it stood now
”By the hat business did you have here today, Minako-sama?”
Lacking anything else to try, Yoshi+no started by changing the topic of conversation
”Prior to our conversation, you came here to spy on … or, rather … spectate on shi+ht?”
It was difficult to choose the right words Because she was acting just like a peeping tom
”Well, yeah”
Minako-sauely It seeue
”And so? Which of them were you able to see?”
”It's unfortunate, but so far neither”
”I wonder if they even cain with”
”On that matter, I have self-confidence”
Ohh, you're very trusting in your intuition - Yoshi+no thought to herself Even though her intuition was correct in this case, it would still be a Herculean task to find those two groups of girls unaided in thispeople
”I pray for your success However, unlike searching for the cards in your treasure hunt it will be much harder for you because they move around”
On the verge of leaving, Yoshi+no put all the sarcasm she could muster into her line
”Yoshi+no-san too You'll be lucky to meet up with the stray Yumi-san and Sachiko-sama”
Whether or not Minako-sama intended it when she made her reply, a thorn that was stuck deep within Yoshi+no's chest seemed to loosen
Now that Valentine's Day had passed the shops had already changed to match the mood of the next event, the Doll's Festival
”Err, is this route really okay?”
As she looked at her note, Yumi asked for confirreed upon course for their date
”Of course?”
Sachiko-sahtly doubtful
”You said you so, didn't you Yumi? I don't really know this area, so I want to see some of the places that you usually visit”
So
First offshopping
This activity was a h ita stroll through the Ginza shopping district Although that phrase seerandfather's time
”Is there anything you would like to change?”
”Let's see I'd prefer not to go to the department store”
So, with that, they left the station building, and entered into the fashi+on building that rose up in front of their eyes
”Ah, onee-saraduallyShui book that that as better”
” You have such strange concerns”
Sachiko-sarumbled, but let Yue concern However, having no real preference either way, it was better to follohat she had heard woulda sweater in today's lucky color so that she could happen upon so in lavender so it was pink, which was close
They had to wait about aon the elevator It was Sunday after all, so the crowding was to be expected
”Which floor would you like?”
Situated closest to the control buttons, Sachiko-sama asked the shoppers ere crowded inside and pressed the buttons for the to do, but Yumi watched her onee-sa with her first pushy salesman, but she handled it very set on her high horse but in spite of this Sachiko-sa she does
(Hey, guy near the buttons on the other side with the facial piercings, follow Sachiko-sa to clear your nose without a handkerchief)
Because of the overcrowding, she was pressed into Sachiko-saood fortune didn't last long
At the first floor the elevator stopped at Yuot out so that those further in the elevator could also leave But since this was the ladies fashi+on floor Yu the elevator to the top
”We're not going higher up?”
Sachiko-sama inquired
”Above here is men's fashi+on”
”Is that so?”
Although the idea ofshopping was that you didn't buy anything, there was no need for toht? Unless Sachiko-sa to look for presents for so similar For some reason, she looked a bit let down
Who, I wonder, who? - Soon enough, a face she didn't want to remember popped into her ether, but before that she stopped thinking about it
”What's wrong?”
”Nothing If you want to have a look at it, shall we go to the highest level?”
Yumi sounded her out, indirectly So I'ht
”Ahh, no, I was just thinking about my father's birthday present But the stores in this building arepeople, so some other opportunity will come up”
”Ah, Sachiko-sama's father”
With that said, Yurabbed her wrist
”You can't If you do that, all the effort you went to with the Feng Shui will - ”
” Ehh?”
”Huh?”
Perhaps as a result of entrusting her with the lead, Sachiko-sama had been co
”Hmmm”
Folding her ar to herself in front of the movie theater was Takeshi+ma Tsutako
”They have to get by with only 3000 yen for the date, and they're using it to see a movie?”
That the pair which had entered the inable It had been about three minutes since Hasekura Rei-sama and her half-day partner for today, Miss Tanuht tickets at the counter and disappeared inside the antuan session listing confir to see a sickly-sweet adolescent love story
”Buying two tickets with a student discount won't leave thee”
There's no way they'd go without lunch, right? As she thought that, her own sto tiet so theht be able to find shi+ot lucky
”Haers are safe, but ”
For some reason, she wasn't in the mood for one
”I want to eat rice”
And not so like curry, or a pilaf either, it tasted best when eaten in soiri rice balls, or norimaki rice rolls
This was because she had eaten a western breakfast of aNo matter what, she wanted a japanese lunch A western lunch would be wrong
”I guess I could buy a boxed lunch on the first floor, and eat it at a park”
Entering a japanese restaurant and dining alone probably has too high a degree-of-difficulty for a girl in her first year of high school Reluctantly Tsutako came to this decision, simply because her bank balance was lonely, and bid farewell
The food stores were all crowded together in a narrow alley, so she forced her way through the crowd to arrive in front of her goal, the boxed lunch store She ordered two different types of onigiri rice balls, kelp and plum She planned to acquire some side dishes at a different store that specialized in that Sautéed thistle root, or boiled fish and vegetables, or perhaps sliced and dried radish strips would be good
While waiting to pay at the register, her gaze was idly drifting around the various stores when it passed across a face at a shop no more than 10 metres in front of her
”shi+mako-san!?”
Tsutako handed over a 1000 yen note and received her change then hurried off in pursuit, but shi+ht There were soher again would be quite difficult
But now she ondering if that actually had been shi+ to doubt herself because, when she saw her, she didn't have Kanina shi+zuka-sama by her side
”Oh well I guess I'll finish ”
Following her plan, Tsutako ordered 100 grams of sautéed thistle root and, because it looked so tasty, 100 graht it was a bit tooa cath so she should be fine
This tiain saw a face she recognized out of the corner of her eye
”shi+zuka-sama!?”
Tsutako saw her standing in front of a shop diagonally opposite the one she was currently in So the distance wasn't a problem, but if she didn't turn around she wouldn't pass by Tsutako's current location
It was like deja vu A bad preht, when she finally made it out of the store, shi+zuka-sama had disappeared
But there was no doubting that it had been shi+zuka-sama That they had both been on this floor was the final proof
”But ere they both on the sa independently?”
The store that shi+zuka-sah class hotel had set up in the station building
”I' an ambush Do you have any objections?”
Tsutako was looking straight at Minako-sama, who spat out her words somewhat sullenly
”I object”
”But you're not going to elaborate further?”
”Ahh, yeah Although I appreciate all the effort you've gone to so far”
Despite the cold, they were underneath the enorn at the station's north exit In other words they were standing outside the station, shi+vering
A uardian, looking to causeto cause unsupervised mayhem - but her parter was Minako-sama so she should exercise some discretion
”Gokigenyou”
- And so, toning down her behavior, first ca Actually, this was the first time today she had met Minako-sama
”Yes, gokigenyou”
But, despite the words, Minako-sa around in the cold for so long while watching the people passing by would put her in a bad mood too
”Earlier I ran into shi+”
”Yoshi+no-san? What did she say?”
”It'll be difficult because I' that moves around, she said”
”Hah”
”So if I don't move, sooner or later I'll see Rei-san or shi+o past here”
For arguets did coht it would only happen when the date was almost over It was the front of the station
There were certainly a lot of people around, but they were all heading towards the station, or the station building, or the building next door You'd have a higher chance finding thein, she thought
Firstly, even if they used this station, there were exits open in all four directions so if they didn't come this way it was all over
It's a long shot - In her h
What's the matter with you, Minako-saet to see Rei-sama or shi+mako-san
”Umm, why don't we take a break somewhere”
She offered, hoisting her plastic shopping bag
”If you'd like, I've brought sos we could eat”
Somebody had to make a move, otherwise she'd be here forever
”A break?”
Minako-sama abruptly asked, with an 'in a situation like this?' look on her face
”If you're not free to take a break, so to speak, I don't ”
”Strategy ?”
This time it was a suspicious look that seemed to say 'what's youraround first years
”You'll treat me to a nice, warm, canned tea, Minako-sama And then we'll call it even Come, come”
Pulling her by the hand, they entered the station building As long as they were out of the wind, anywhere was fine She was only this frozen because she'd met up with Minako-sama
”Wait, Tsutako-san I'm still - ”
Tsutako whispered into Minako-sa
”It's okay I have a better idea”
If they had