Volume 31 Chapter 6 (1/2)
It was the beginning of Septe about going on vacation during the midterm break
”A vacation? That sounds nice - ”
I interrupted my friend's speech, as I continued to eat my jelly in the cafeteria
”Then why don't you come with me?”
”I'll go, I'll go”
Anywhere, anytime
”Satou-san At least ask the destination before replying”
I'd been far too glib, and Katou-san temporarily suspended her topic of conversation to chastise me
”Ah, right So where are we going?”
I asked, but the destination didn't really matter to me A short break, sounds nice I hadn't really cut loose during the summer vacation, and I'd saved up a bit of money from my part-time job
” … To Italy”
Katou-san said softly
”Italy!?”
”See, that got you interested”
”Ah, is that it? An overseas trip And not just to Asia, but to Europe That's great, Italy”
Apparently, Katou-san's parents (her father and new mother) had been there for a honeyiven her so cooing, but he ell enough to travel
According to Katou-san
”I think they'd feel aard if it was just the two of them that had fun”
Katou-san had delayed starting university by a year when her father collapsed, so this was probably ratitude So, to please her father, Katou-san had decided to spend the money
”It's not a tour, so there'll be some costs I can cover the hotel roos like transportation and meals, what do you say?”
Katou-san took out her calculator and started totting up about how much money I'd need for the trip, then showed me the result and said, ”About this much” Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of yen … Between s and the pay froave her the thumbs up
”Oh, right, Satou-san, do you have a passport?”
”I do I used it two years ago, for my school trip”
Katou-san was taken aback by my reply
”OhJust what you'd expect from the students of Lillian's Girls Academy Truly, they are classy ladies Your school trip was overseas!? Where did you go?”
”Rome, Florence, Venice”
It goes without saying, these are all Italian cities
” … It looks like I'll have to invite someone else”
I grabbed Katou-san's ar the spoon I was using to eat the jelly back in its cup, obviously
”I said I'll go I'll go, I'll go”
”But you just went there two years ago It's even the sa For the saypt or Morocco with someone else”
”Ah, Egypt would be nice I'd like to go to Morocco too”
”See”
”But this ti to Italy with Kei-san”
Right, right When I talked to her, sometimes I'd call her Katou-san, and sometimes I'd call her Kei-san Similarly, sometimes she'd call me Satou-san and sometimes she'd call me Sei-san
”Don't force yourself Back in high school, I went to the toilet bybreaks”
”Ah, me too”
But what did that have to do with the vacation?
”I' for a dirty weekend”
So that was it I concurred But that didn't , farewell
”Well, let's see Despite what I may have said, I'm not the type of person to accept an invitation unless I'm interested”
”So you're interested then?”
”Yep”
”Why?”
Katou-san had a curious look on her face as she once again sat down facing me
”My memories, my recollections of that trip are all kind of hazy”
”What, did you get a fever on the trip or so?”
”Before I left the country, actually”
Back then, regardless of what I was doing, thoughts of shi+ori filled my head shi+ori was a student at Lillian's Girls Academy, one year below me I'm still not sure what to call my relationshi+p with her - ere part kindred spirits, part best friends and part lovers
In truth, I hadn't wanted to go on the school trip, but to get out of it I would have had to tell my parents and teachers the reason why Reluctantly, I boarded the plane So I wasn't lying when I said that I'd come doith a fever
”Anye're getting off track That's why I want to redo that vacation”
”Hmmm”
The onlysoht that it would be more enjoyable for the person I am now
That's when I had a flash of inspiration
”We'll have to search for Florentine senbei”
The first I learned that our vacation was scheduled for the same dates as the Lillian Girl's Academy school trip was on the day we left the country
”Oooh, that's not good”
When I arrived at Narita Airport, the place was crawling with that fa of this if I ithin the school grounds, but seeing soin a public place leftWell, I'd been a part of that a few years ago
”It's the second years that go on the trip, so this would be Yurade”
Whichthem
I'd been hiding roup of dark unifor shi+mako's face I zipped my coat fully closed and left the area