Volume 7 Chapter 10 (1/2)
I went to the Rose Mansion the following day, and when everyone first saw me they were initially relieved, but then switched to a reproving expression
”Did you have breakfast?”
Sachiko-sama asked, as she put the roses back into a bucket after cutting off their stems
”I ate it all up”
”Tell h”
”Okay”
I actually wanted to reply with, ”I'm fine,” but that would probably be taken as false bravado, so I responded meekly
The roughly 200 roses that I was supposed to receive, and a sed in a bucket They'd be put in vases to decorate the stage, then at the conclusion of the cereiven to each of the third-years
The color of the roses was salmon pink A blend of red, white and yellow It was the color that everyone had decided upon
”Alright, we should get going soon”
At 8:00am, we stood up
The whole-school ”Third-years' Farewell Party” was going to take place during the
Yoshi+no-san took the roses from the bucket, wrapped a piece of newspaper around them, said, ”Here,” and handed them to me
”You know, because ofSo I kno you're feeling better than anyone, Yumi-san”
”Right, right Don't worry about it I'm used to Yoshi+no”
Rei-sama said, then she and Yoshi+no-san lifted one of the hibachi oven sized vases borrowed fro club
Sinboard was carried by Sachiko-saether perfor manual labor It was the sort of idyllic scene one would pray for
”Are you okay?”
”Just a little bit further”
They'd call out from time to time, as we headed towards the auditorium
I wanted to cry But they weren't the self-loathing tears of yesterday afternoon, they were tears of happiness brought about by ratitude to my friends
But shi+mako-san's cry caused those tears to quickly evaporate
”Oh no, Yumi-san”
”What? Gyaa!”
I wailed like a monstrous child Since the roses had only been simply wrapped in newspaper, the water that they had until recently been sitting in had tricked down the stems
”I'm so sorry”
Yoshi+no-san earnestly apologized, but that didn't achieve anything We were out of the school building, so there was nowhere convenient to set the other things so there was no-one I could get to help