Volume 27 Chapter 6 (1/2)
The electric kettle had brought the water to boil
”Do you want black tea? Coffee? japanese tea?”
shi+irl look depressed
”Uh”
That was such a non-answer, it was as though the girl hadn't noticed the question Reluctantly, shi+mako spoke
”Right, right, we're having onigiri for lunch We should have japanese tea, after all”
She poured some of the hot water into the teacups to warm them Then she added tea leaves to the small teapot and poured in the hot water
Lined up on the table on the second floor of the Rose Mansion was the food they'd bought in the basement of the department store, all except for the cake
As she prepared the tea, she looked over theraetables … all the portions seee
Surely there was no particular significance to this However, there was often quite an inificant actions In other words, she shouldn't overlook these signs
”Uh”
Once reed with the decision to have japanese tea
She hadn't been particularly courteous fro it to a whole new level After the fight (although shi+ht to call it that) with her classmate outside the toilet block, the wind seemed to have been knocked out of her sails
”Hey,”
After pouring the tea, shi+mako asked
”That girl froht? When was it … right, the first tiroup classrooht you to me, wasn't she?”
”That's probably right”
”It is right Otherwise, there wouldn't have been consistency”
”Huh?”
The eyes of Ami-san sith surprise Then she looked towards shi+mako-san's hands, pointed, and said, ”Ah”
”There's three teacups”
”Yes”
shi+mako nodded
”Invite your friend, and the three of us will have lunch together”
When shi+hly pleased with the hitherto unseen look of pleasant surprise that floated across the girl's face So she could make that sort of expression too, huh
”I wonder if you could ask her to come here”
”Me?”
”Yes This tiawa Ami-san to me”
shi+mako smiled
That's right You don't have to keep this charade up
It wasn't yet too late Things could still be properly amended
Yoshi+no thought that Chisato-san e
A year ago, when she unexpectedly won the date with her 'beloved Rei-sah, only to have Rei-chan's failure deal irreparable dae to her
(So much so that she came to me with her troubles)
At that time, even if it had been a mistake, Yoshi+no felt coether Even just thinking about it made Yoshi+no tear up a little
But calling it revenge ressive connotations of revenge and calling it overwritingthe places fro theood Yoshi+no found herself instinctively wanting to raise her hand in approval
And so, she immediately made a proposal
”Hey, hey, hey, can we go to the zoo too?”
”What?”
That's not in the plan, Chisato-san scowled However, Yoshi+no was not deterred
”It's unfair that we're only going to the places you remember”
”Unfair?”
”On that day one year ago, I went and looked at the elephant, and the deer, and the rabbits all by myself”
” … I see”
Chisato-san said ad Yoshi+no's intentions However, as they approached the zoo entrance her face grew dark
”The entrance fee's 400 yen”
”We should have that ht?”
In this case, they could drop the coffee They still had so in their thermos
”We have 1000 yen, so we can go in But if we do, there's not enough for your bus fare home, Yoshi+no-san”
”Huh?”
”The plan was originally to go to a cafe, but we had to change that to 300 yen coffees froh for your bus fare”
”No way”
Yoshi+no opened her left paler as she calculated People who used an abacus would probably flip iinary beads in the air at ti it The movie ticket and the zoo entrance fee, tih left over for the bus fare …
”Ah Ahhh”
10 yen short