Vol 3 Chapter 1 (1/2)
1: It's Summer Cram School Class but Mayhem nonetheless
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If you didn’t have close friends to frequently hang out with, but only nodding acquaintances a classe in the e after dus happened very often
Having said that—
”Waan——♪ These pork ribs! So tasty”
But to the Chihuahua who directly gobbled it straight froht?
So like this I was still having dinner with Chiwa today The fact that it was summer didn’t e into pasta or bamboo wheat noodles It was consistentlypartner, I couldn’t escape fro with animal proteins
”Hey, Ei-kun”
”You already finished all of today's etables”
”Pfuu— I’ about that—”
Even though Chiwa said that, her eyes kept being locked on theon my plate
”What I wanted to say was: This year’s summer seems pretty relaxed—”
”Mhm, because there aren’t any club activities”
Chiwa squeezed her chopsticks and only approached in the direction of etables!
”It was supposed to be a passionate hot su[1]!”
”Don’t worry, you won’t become popular whether you have club activities or not”
”That's low! You don’t understand this type of things If I just grow up and get a 'naisu bode[2]' then I’ll be fine!”
Chiwa’s shi+ning eyes were fixated on ive etables!
”Ah— If only I had signed up for summer cram school”
”Why bring that up?”
Chiwa smiled and said:
”Then I’d be with Ei-kun every day!”
”[] Well, that's as far as that discussion goes Just eat soetables”
”Eh? Ei-kun? Why are you blushi+ng?!”
Chiwa seized the opportunity and leaned forward
And then she took advantage of my vulnerability, snatched the piece of rib and threw it into her mouth
”Nn! Be ~ witch ~ ing”
”YOU, let that go! Quick, spit it out!”
Chiwa stuck her tongue out
”I ate it already! Just by thinking it was Ei-kun’s ree of deliciousness increased three times!”
”Th-This little”
Ever since that 'Jien-Otsu' had started, I felt like Chiwa became harder to deal with than before This must've been Masuzu’s influence and all of that practice in causingwas more troublesome than this
While I reluctantly grilled sorill, I said:
”Now that you say suirl is also there”
”That girl?”
”Fuyuumi Ai”
As soon as she heard that na face due to the ribs suddenly became more and more severe
”Hey, so she’s not h she has a boyfriend, how does she have ti!”
Chiwa’s voice was unusually sarcastic
”Hey, have you always had a bad relationshi+p with Fuyuumi?”
”How could it be good?”
Chiwa hit the table with a bang, and said:
”Do you remember the time when I was called to the staff office around the end of May?”
”Of course”
That was before 'Jien-Otsu' had been established
It hen Chiwa recklessly believed everything fro up with the eyes is popucute!' As a result, she went around glaring all boys with sharp eyes and stirred up trouble
”The root of that ht with Fuyuuster eyes to threaten everybody around, disrupts the discipline'!”
”I see”
It surely sounds like so she would say
”It see especially strict towards me, as if she was in front of her nemesis”
”Have you done anything to make her dislike you?”
”I can’t think of anything—”
Chiwa suddenly sighed and said:
”And will our maiden’s club be shut down just like that?”
”The keys to the club roo we can do about it”
”What's with that? Isn't Ei-kun frustrated as well?”
”Not at all”
In fact, I found that not being wrapped up in all of these strange club activities by the hands of these guys was quitethis summer
”But that so about her boyfriend like that! How could we, having the goal of 'beco the school’s most popular', accept it just like that?!”
”Maybe But it doesn’t et you into college”
Chiwa hung her shoulders and said:
”Why is Ei-kun being so indifferent about these kinds of things? Have you never thought about 'beco more popular'?”
”Never thought about that, never thought about it”
Just watching you all is enough for me
Chiwa stared at ely:
”Actually, I wanted to ask you this before Has Ei-kun ever been popular or been confessed to before Natsukawa?”
”How could that be possible?”
But after I said that—
”Actually, there was one”
Chiwa suddenly left her seat, flustered, and said:
”You’re kidding Really? W-W-W-Who was it? Is it someone I know?”
”No, it was soarten”
Chiwa relaxed as soon as she heard that, sat down again and said:
”Whut, so it was like that? That's past history already”
”What's with that 'Whut'? To me it was a beautiful memory”
This was so this tiarten in Class Star
Even though I already forgot the girl’s naentle and lovely girl Well, ood parts
After we finished eating, we began to clean up
We split the chores 'in the usual formation': I washed the dishes at the sink while Chiiped them dry and placed them on the shelves
”Hey, Ei-kun, what are you doing on August 1st?”
”August 1st? Hm, I wonder what?”
”Forgotten it already? It’s the annual Hane River fireworks festival!”
”Ah, so it’s already that time of the year?”
Hane River was a first class river[3] that flowed through the center of Hane city The fireworks festival on the riverbank was the largest summer activity in the city, known as the 'Hane Fire Festival' The festival had ht erly look forward to that day all the time
”Since I couldn’t go last year, can we go together this year?”
”With me?”
Chiwa’s father used to always take the two of us in elementary school, but ever since middle school we each went alone with our own friends
”T-This isn’t weird, right? Didn’t we use to go together all the time ere little?”
Chiwa shi+fted shyly and blushed
Well, it doesn't matter anyway It's just some fireworks
”So it's like that, Well, le—”
I was about to say 'well, let’s go together' when I suddenly realized:
—Isn’t this a surefire 'flag' for mayhem?
I don’t knohy my mind noticed this potential development just now
First, I’ll agree to go to the fireworks festival with Chiwa
Second, Masuzu will invitewith Chiwa' and Masuzu will get angry at me
Third, Hi with Chiwa' and Hime will curse me
Fourth, on the day of the festival, they’ll both coet in the way and it’ll be mayhem!
—Bad, this is very bad
Chiwa looked as if she was in a daze and said:
”What is it, Ei-kun? You don’t look so good”
”Nothing, my Evil Eye[4] has predicted a terrible future”
”?”
My Chuunibyou unconsciously relapsed, but we’ll put that aside for now
Thiswas seriously bad, I couldn't let it raise
Saeko-san had once said: 'Whether it is in reality or gas!'
”Sorry, Chiwa, I'll pass for this year”
”Eeeh—! Then who are you going with? Natsukawa? Or maybe Himecchi?”
I simply shook my head and said:
”I’ to be in a study roo”
”But this is a once in a year event! As for studying, you can study another day?”
”But su an expensive fee, I want to ful”
”You really are way too damn serious, Ei-kun”
”'damn' is unnecessary there!”
Chiwa gave a big sigh and said: ”Well there really is no way—”
'If anyone had enough ti the utensils
Sorry, Chiwa
I've had enough mayhem
This suh school life!
♦
The second day of summer cram school Formal lessons finally started
Even though the registered capacity of the class was fifty people, the classrooe rooood, so were the soundproof walls It was the environ
Fuyuu her uniform like the day before Once, she was picked out by the teacher during math class and could finish the difficult problem after two or three moments by which she earned the teacher’s praise From Kaoru’s report I heard that Fuyuurade She was a formidable opponent, and if I didn’t pay attention, my place as number one could possibly be taken away
Thanks to this I becamethe difficult classstuff was the s spent to attend these lectures
After two 90-minutes periods ended, it was lunchtime I ate lunch with Kaoru at the cram school cafeteria
Kaoru sucked with a straw on an aluminum bad strawberry milk as he said:
”A-chan was really awesome back there”
I bit into the saliri which I had made myself and answered:
”Yeah, using that kind of approach to solve a quadratic equation, you can tell she's a big shot”
When Kaoru heard that, he seemed to become very anxious and said:
”I wasn’t talking about studying~~!”
”Huh?”
”Look, during break time, wasn't she surrounded by all sorts of boys from other schools?”
”Aah, so it's like that”
Out of all of theirls, Fuyuumi’s silhouette stood out distinctly Her appearance was delicate and particularly striking Beside her were boys pretending to ask Fuyuumi questions about schoolwork, but in reality they were flirting with her Every once in a while, the classrooo away'!
Kaoru happily chuckled and said:
”A-chan is cute, smart, and clearly popular And even if she doesn't look like it, she's also great at cooking”
What?
Is Kaoru really praising Fuyuumi?
Even me, a slowpoke in that area, can see it A clear case of 'someone praises the one he likes', isn't it?
In other words, could it be—
”Kaoru”
”Yes? What?”
”'That's i, but do you happen to like Fuyuumi?”
I struck a bell
Kaoru fell off the cafeteria chair, while crying loud
”Are you okay, Kaoru?”
”It's not okay! Meanie!”
Kaoru found his seat again and exclaimed loudly:
”Why would you say so to me at all?”
”It's because I was listening that I thought that”
Kaoru angrily tore off a piece of sweet bread, and said:
”Then, let me ask you this, Eita!”
”O-Okay”
”What do you think when A-chan gets that popular with those other guys?”
”You’re asking what I think of that?”
I took a bite off ht out-loud
”It's kind of related to that”
”Ye, ye! And 'that' is?”
”Those lovestruck-minded people who only believe in love This kind of people are really hopeless”
Kaoru’s eyes, which were originally immensely interested, rapidly dimmed down
”To pull off nu suh they paid a lot ofit If you want a roo somewhere else”
”[] [] I understand, I guess that is true”
Kaoru gave up and crossed his legs while he continued sipping strawberry milk
Apparently this ansasn't the best
Ehh
What kind of ansas Kaoru hoping for? I didn’t knohat the correct answer should've been like
At this tionally past my back
When I looked behind ure rapidly duck behind the cafeteria vending machine
Near the coin chute, I saw a vaguely fa skirt
It was the skirt of the Hane High School uniform
And, considering the circumstances, there was only one person who could meet this criteria here
”Ah-haha— Eita, could you wait just a second?”
Kaoru stood up with a stiff s machine
The sound of two people quarreling mixed into the noise of the cafeteria, I could somewhat hear the contents of it