Vol 1 Chapter 1 (1/2)
OreShura: Volume 1 Chapter 1
Harusaki Chiwa
Freshman Childhood friend of Eita
Silly girl[1] Was in the kendo club
Favorite line is: 'Feel free to eat as much as you wish'
1: High School Life begins in Mayhem
Even though it isn't quite suitable to say this myself, but I'm ”anti-romance”
I' that for show
Ro but an illusion It's a disease If you don't believeevery now and then in front of everyone It's annoying to whoever sees the for them to leave As for their reason to flirt in public? That's because this is the real ro e them lose their shame and all My attitude towards those people? I always put up with it because I don't care But when it coether For me, even if it wasn't in public, I would never do such shameless stuff
Of course, if I had told anyone about these thoughts, they would probably have laughed at it and replied:
'There's no need to pretend being strong'
'Isn't this just an excuse of someone unpopular?'
Huh?
Me, unpopular?
That wasn't the case
I had a history of recieving confessions Nostalgic, those tilories? Who cares?
But really: If other people had given me a response like that, I would've fully understood it It sounded just as bad as college dropouts saying 'studying schedules have no bearing' - total lack of persuasive power Since I haven't had a single bit of ros casually like that would've sounded like nothing but the sour grapes of jealousy
Which pretty much sums up why I didn't tell anyone about it, but that truly is how I felt
And the people who had taught me to think like that had been my parents
The story of how ether: They ot married Just like every other love drahoutabout the ups and downs of their love story Then by hts One day as I was about to go into high school, they both left to seek the 'real one' for the only a letter entrusting me to relatives and a power of attorney to their house as funds for unsettled expenses
You! Are! All! Garbage!
Me and my hatred for'Hakata Salt's' advertising techniques[2]
Of course, ic told me that not all parents were like etting ic is sound, however, so like 'fall in love blissfully just to show you!' or any other kind of sies are a different matter entirely After all, without roo on Wouldn'tpointless stuff Besides, I didn't have such time, either
I have et into National University's medical faculty and become a doctor
However, getting into the medical faculty would've meant a considerable aive any uardian Saeko-san
Kiryuu Saeko-san was er sister; in other words, uardian who took care of ht of selling this tattered house to raise s of attachment to this house into account, she eventually ether If it wasn't for Saeko-san, I'd have been o Therefore, I had decided that one day I'd surely repay this debt to Saeko-san - definitely
My high school was called Hanenoyah') In this school we had one policy that went like this: 'The school will award talented students with good conduct a National University place' (scholarshi+p included) And that hat I was ai for
After having entered high school for the first semester I had already been ranked first in my year To a person whose results had been in the fairly low district for the entirefeat I had no intent of slowing down, and would continue working hard to keep rades up
Which is why, I had no spare time for romance
Therefore, this Kidou Eita had sworn hi laws:
1 Studying comes first!
2 No roerous!
3 But don't let others believe I'ay because see second
As long as I followed these laws, h school life would be perfect!
—Yet
There was someone
Even a person like et away from A so-called childhood friend, a pitiable fate
Well, why don't I begin the story about her, then?
♦
It was the end of May, an incident that had happened soe into summer uniforms Because of work, Saeko-san was often away from home That was one reason of why I had to do all the housework onclothes to dry; all part of ht've looked very extraneous True But only at beginning But now, chores had even beco dinner, not only would it directly reflect your results, it was also a useful life skill
It was almost dusk, half past five I threw all the washed clothes into the dryer, about to step outside for ingredients for dinner Before that, I had prepared rice and started pouring it into the cooker, when suddenly, short energetic cries of [Yaa!] and [Tah] came from next door
Just what is she doing?
After finishi+ng the last touches and bringing the rice cooker into position, I walked down the hallway into the courtyard Not very big, around the size of the area of three hanging racks, less than ten or hbor's fence Across the short fence separating both houses, I could see a person dressed in sportswear and skirts, waving her bareeted: ”Hey— Chiwa—!”
After having stopped her exercise and turning around, Harusaki Chiwa's sas sparkling in the sunlight of the re sun
”Hi— Ei-kun! What's for dinner?”
Heh, thinking about food from dawn till dusk
”Why are you doing exercises with your shi+nai?”
”I guess because there was a shi+nai lying around?”
”[]”
According to my calculations, this person will beco activities in the near future
”That's why, I thought you gave up on Kendo already?”
”The club hat I gave up on Despite all the persuasion from my seniors, I've finally severed my ties with them”
”Did you give up on it because of your condition? Now you're practicing again, won't it”
Harusaki Chiwa smiled
”No problem I had a body check last week and , then I'd be fine~”
”Really?”
”Really~Geez, Ei-kun loves to worry~”
Chiwa had been practicing kendo from elementary school up till the second year of middle school Rather than ”practice”, one could say she buried her head in kendo She even was fourth in the province-wide teales coth didn't havefor the nationwide competition next summer
But then, in the third summer of middle school
Just as the date for the co, Chiwa had been involved in a traffic accident
While the kendo club was jogging for training, a cargo fro Chiwa below it
Her whole body suffered serious injuries, the dae to her waist was quite severe
After a large surgery, Chiwa spent her last summer of middle school in hospital
Although after these events, Chiorked really hard for a rehabilitation While now the after effects do not interfere with her daily life, strenuous activities like kendo are out of the question
Chiwa never said anything
Someone like me who has never joined any club can't possible knohat it feels like for Chiwa
But from my point of view, Chias definitely deprived of an important part of her life
”Don't push yourself too much The waist, like how it's written, is the most important part of the body”[3]
”H
”Ei-kun seems especially kind today? Don't tell me it's because you want to see my panties?”
—?!
”Wh-Whooo wants to see y-your p-p-p—”
Such a failure Stu so trivial
”Ara, ara[4] Ei-kun e where he is interested in these things Is the word 'panties' too stiled happily
Chiwa took a twirl like a ballerina The short white skirt was lifted by air, revealing her long, slender, healthy legs Of course, the panties stayed out of sight But still, I couldn't help but get slightly excited Such a failure
”Wh-Who would want to see your childish underwear?!”
”Huh, you don't have to insist, you know~”
Curse her! Such a fun-loving little kid A e with her!
”Forget it I'redients for dinner”
”Oh, wait! I' with you!”
”Don't Every ti, additional expenses are added”
”I won't nag for snacks this time! I promise!”
Clearly lies
Every tiu cart
Whatever Even if I refuse, this kid will tag along
”You have 3 minutes Hurry up!”
”Yeah, yeah, yeah!”
Really How can such a sy come from?
♦
Fro market was an approximately ten minutes trip
Chiore a jeans skirt and a sleeveless shi+rt
It's only May yet already sleeveless I don't knohether to call her out-going, or seasonal-sense-lacking
”Ne, ne, Ei-kun, what are you having tonight?”
”Hmm? Um”
Through the intelligence received fro, the recipe was all set
”japanese-styled taro with fish assum salad”
Chiwa made an expression as if the end of the world had come
”Wh-what about meat?!”
”Don't you know? Beans are called the 'vegetarian's meat'”
”Lately Ei-kun and my mama sound alike”
Chiwa's parents orkaholics, plus their workload was heavy, usually they didn't coht Since my aunt Saeko-san also came home seldom, dinner was almost always eaten between Chiwa and me
Entering the shop, we quickly grabbed all the special-priced products A sudden scent of curry ca to sell a new instant curry
”Oh, siblings shopping together? If you don'tan apron, the saleswoman showed a professional smile
Since ere sh Chiwa only exceeded rade, I had always been taken as the younger brother in our pseudo-sibling relationshi+p Between you and me, I had always taken this as the shaht had also stopped growing since grade school[5]
”Itadakimasu~”
Well, no thanks for me Chiwa, of course, couldn't care less about h her arth when reaching for food
”Here you go There's two tastes here to try out, heavy and light!”
I guess there is no choice but for me to taste it as well
Well, that isn't so bad
Saeko-san's ”instant food” storage was close to being gone Why not?, I thought Tould be too h
”May I ask which flavor is more popular?”
”Huh?”
”Which curry sells better? I'll have one of that”
With a slightly aard expression, the saleslady pointed to the light curry, whereas Chiwa placed a heavy tasted curry intocart
”Oi, Chiwa”
”It's for Saeko-san, right? This one will taste better~!”
The saleslady h
Huh? Who made you my mother
On the way ho, I couldn't help but say:
”Chiwa, please don't interfere with ical decisions”
”Lo~gi~cal?”[6]
”Coue, I'd rather trust the choice of democracy”
”That has nothing to do with it at all It's just that my taste is the same as Saeko-san's”
”You have no previously gathered data to back up such a claim”
Chiwa shrugged exaggeratedly
”Ei-kun has surely changed a lot in thatsense”
”Well, that's norh school students after all”
”Ehh, but I did like the clumsier Ei-kun better —you were hilarious”
”Nnn”
I' back
”You never change, still at the stage of a rade school child”
”Wh-What? I've grown a lot!”
Chiwa puffed out her chest
Umm, that? Nope Not really far, at least
”'The late growth of breasts due to immaturity' —If I became a doctor, I would definitely invite you as a test subject for my thesis ”
”P-Pretending to be so smart! I'm still your three months and ten days older Onee-san!”
”It only further proves your immaturity if you even think that that matters”
”S-Such arrogance! When you are just Ei-kun! When you are just Ei-kun!”
Haha, a co Chiwa isn't exactly so about
And so we returned ho dinner swiftly Fish itself was sold in slices, so roasting it wouldn't be too hard More important was the japanese styled taro It needed to be shaken constantly to not get burnt
As for Chiwa, she pouted on the sofa hugging her knees, calling out 'Ei-kun is an idiot', 'Stupid', 'muffled pervert' and all sorts of names
I can't believe such a sporty girl can take these things so personally Looks like there's only one thing to do
”Hey, Chiwa”
”Hmph I hate Ei-kun the most”
”There's soe, do you want me to fry it in soya-sauce?”
”Yay! Ei-kun I love you!”[7]
”[]”
Love bought with 100 grams of bacon
If treated as special bargain, it'd only cost ¥590
Ibowl and placed it on the table Although it looked less attractive, we seldole dishes, but instead we ate it directly fro bowl Soon it had become a habit Plus, I had less plates to clean this way
The two of us ate, going through all sorts of unimportant subjects
”That reminds me—”
”Reminds you of what?”
”In as or in TV dramas, the female childhood friend tends to cook”
”That's right”