Vol 3 Chapter 1 (2/2)
— 'What are you doing? It was really hard for e this'
— 'Y-You’re justin other people’s business!'
— 'Again with that hard front? I wonder as crying and begging on the phone last night?'
— '[]'
— 'Well, go on then And this time don’t be stubborn'
— 'N-N-No, I can’t! No! I’m not mentally ready yet!'
— 'Then, ill it be all right?'
— 'T-Toive it my best!'
— 'That’s no good! You do understand that the clock's ticking?!'
It seeument was quite intense
What is 'that’s no good' supposed to mean?
Give it your best to?
If that's the case, keeping thiswould definitely be bad Exactly like Kaoru said, time moves forward In the first part of 'JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures', there was a sier Poco was reprimanded by his sister: 'To- Tomorrow I’ll do-… I’ll do it!', 'Which to about?'[5]
”S-Sorry to keep you waiting, Eita”
”[]”
Fuyuued by Kaoru, and finally taken in front of me
She was blushi+ng, o
”Yo, Fuyuumi”
”[] []”
Fuyuumi’s kept silent with a stern face and avoided my eyes
”A-A-chan? What about a greeting now?”
”[] [] BAKA, BAKA!”
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”That doesn't qualify as a greeting, no? No? That's not it, no?!”
”O-Okay, Kaoru! Calm down”
I grabbed Kaoru’s shoulders to calive a tsuntsun aura as she sat next to Kaoru
”Well”
Feeling greatly unsettled, I looked back and forth between those two
So, what should I speak about with Fuyuumi?
Normally, Kaoru would help find some kind of subject to talk about, but today was definitely different from normal
In the end, it’ll be 'LET’S TALK'
”Fuyuumi, you went to the same elementary school as Kaoru?”
”Yes, is there a problem with that?”
”[] It's all right, you know, it's all right[6]”
What's with this girl? Why does she seeht?
I couldn't even get to , 'me' is 'ore'[7]
By then, Kaoru finally returned to his usual self after having cleared his throat with a 'ehem'
”My friendshi+p with A-chan started in elementary school ere in the sarade”
”He, that's quite the relation”
Incidentally, I only had been in the sarade
”During the first serade, A-chan’s family moved to another district, so ent to different schools in ”
”I see”
If she didn’t move, she possibly could have attended the same middle school like Chiwa and me
”So to summarize, Fuyuumi and Kaoru are childhood friends”
At this time, Fuyuumi’s bowed head suddenly stiffened
She raised her head and stared at me with a terrible look
”W-What is it?”
”Nothing At All”
”What’s wrong with being childhood friends?”
”There's! Absolutely! Nothing! Wrong! At! All!”
”[]”
No …
Is 'childhood friend' a bad word for this girl?
So it'd be better to just change the subject
”Ah, right, Fuyuumi”
”What?”
”I heard you have a boyfriend in college, right? His name's Michel?”
The sound of several things falling to the ground could be heard, along with soave an astonished sound and slid off of his chair again
This time it was even worse than before and caused everyone in the noisy cafeteria to suddenly beco to knoas going on Only Fuyuu her head
”A-Are you okay, Kaoru?”
Kaoru smiled stiffly and said: ”Ahahahahaha, I’m fine, I’m fine—” while he stood up
”Heh, what? A-chan's boyfriend? What's up with that? Where did you hear that? Where did you hear that—?!”
”I heard Chiwa mention it”
Of course I couldn’t say that I overheard it while I was hiding out in the infirmary, so I phrased it like this
”A-chan, can you come with me to the hallway for a second?”
Kaoru said this with a broad, sparkling smile on his face and an devilish aura
H-How scary
Even though we knew each other ever since the start of our third year inKaoru
”Eita, can you wait for us for ato say to Fuyuumi, alone”
Kaoru dragged the crestfallen Fuyuumi into the hallway Maybe I aher than last time
Kaoru didn’t know his childhood friend had a boyfriend…
But maybe this is how it always is childhood friends of the other gender Chiwa and I are a special case, but generally it'd be very e to talk about romantic stuff
The sounds of two people could faintly be heard froet about me as they talked, and the voluh They probably didn’t notice
— 'Hey-hey, what boyfriend? What’s with that?'
— 'There’s nothing I can do about it! It just turned out that way!'
— 'What were you thinking? You on your own set up a trap for yourself Don't you have any determination at all?'
— 'O-Of course I do!'
— 'There's little tiht?'
— 'True, that's why I []'
Then Fuyuumi’s voice became soft and I couldn’t hear it
The promised day?
What does that
If it was Hime, she would probably say 'the final shon between the Evil Dragon ClanWyvern and the Holy Dragon ClanDragon has finally conarok—!', that kind of complex chuunibyou lines
Fuyuumi couldn’t also be one of those chuunibyou people whose brains were filled with delusions, right?
No, that's just impossible For someone who's known as the disciplinary co such an irrational person is impossible
— 'I said it yesterday Only this once I'll pay for the favor'
— 'I know'
— 'I can only be your ally during this summer'
— 'I do know'
— 'I’ll make opportunities for you to speak, for what comes after this - you have to earn it yourself'
It see
When Kaoru returned to his seat, his expression see he wanted Even Fuyuu to look into my eyes
Fuyuu Inside were an oiri, andwas smaller-sized than normal and completely different from the amount of food in Chiwa’s bento People would hardly be able to believe these were both bentos belonging to girls
While I ondering if the ah, Fuyuumi placed the bento box in front of me without hesitation 'zui', and said:
”K-K-Kidou-kun!”
”Y-Yeas?”
Because her facial expression was too serious, the sound of my response was distorted
”Please feel free to pick anything!”
”Eh?”
”Please feel free to pick anythiiiiing———!”
”[]”
Even though I couldn’t quite grasp the situation, it seemed like she meant to say 'eat my bento box'!
”Is that all right? With such s be left for you?”
When Kaoru heard this, he responded with the same serious face as Fuyuumi:
”Just eat, Eita! I’ll let A-chan have soht!”
”You'rethe means for the end”
Anyways, this wasn’t the kind of atmosphere where I could just refuse
I took a piece of omelette wrapped in basil leaves from the bento box
”Then I’ll swap this with you”
I took a piece of fried food from my own bento and stuffed it in the empty space where the omelette came from
Fuyuumi looked dumbstruck as she stared at my face
”Is that all right?”
”Okay, we’ll consider it a food exchange”
I placed the omlette into my mouth The amount of salt was just perfect, accompanied with the wonderful aroma of basil leaves in the mouth
”Hood”
”REALLY?”
”Did youyou”
I wasn't one of those people who liked sweet eggs, but these weren’t bad at all
Fuyuu convulsions She immediately picked up my fried food and put it in her mouth
She didn’t even properly chew before she sed it, and then she stood up
”I’ to run outside”
”Huh?”
”I'M GOING TO RUN OUTSIIIIIIDE——!”
Fuyuumi leaped and jumped as she left the cafeteria, and it see
”W-What is she doing…?”
”Ah, what could it be? Isn't she just extremely happy?”
Kaoru suppressed sohter in his throat while he spoke
”Happy about what?”
”But isn't it obviously because Eita praised a dish she made?”
”?”
Why?
I a Group[8], the considered enemy of the disciplinary committee What was there to be happy about, after she received my praise?
Could it be that she thought: 'If I can receive the praise of even ood'!?
”Hey, Eita”
Kaoru’s face suddenly became serious:
”Even though A-chan can be stubborn, she definitely isn’t a bad person”
”That's what it seems like”
If she can spring up and down so happily in front of others, I don’t think she can be a bad person
”If she has a tsuntsun attitude, there’s definitely a reason for that I hope you can think about this reason really carefully”
”What reason?”
Kaoru grinned with a 'can't you think about it' smile
When he spoke in just whispers, I felt like recently: Kaoru had been involved in many secrets
”Well, it's fine”
Just understanding that Fuyuuh And this is a rare su crahting If I can become friends with Fuyuumi, we may be able to help each other out with school work
Huhuhu[9]
I didn’t iood without club activities
This is it
The summer I've always dreamed of, it's like this!
♦
However, just as I was speaking of those pleasant winds, I was immediately knocked back into hell
At the start of afternoon classes, I received a text e
This faround music 'you have equipped a cursed weapon'[10], was the ringtone I set that girl’s text es to As soon as I heard that music, my clear-blue-sky mood suddenly turned into a downpour
[From] [email protected]/ /
[Subject] ド ド ド ド ド ド ・・・[11]
[Text] Over there, is there anyone?[12]
Right
I forgot
After thinking about it, of course I should have expected it
I realized that before me was a harsh truth
——Even if there weren’t any club activities, irlfriend wouldn’t just disappear
Let ain
Even if there weren’t any club activities, irlfriend wouln’t just disappear—!
Translator notes and references
Ju: Her usual cat-talk
Jump up↑ Naisu Bode: Her attempt on ”Nice Body”, miss-pronounced
Jump up↑ First Class River: japan apparently utilizes a classification system to determine the conservation/importance status of rivers
Juan” (邪眼) naturally A famous concept on popular culture
Ju away from responsibilities His older sister slapped so kidnapped by vampires and zombies
Ju childish
Jump up↑ He used a childlike tone (boku), normally he speaks in an ore-tone
Ju Group: Ai used ”Jien Shuudan” (自演集団) to label their club
Juh
Juu wo soubi shi+te no toki” (呪われた武具を装備しての時) In pretty on quest you can equip cursed itees There are memes associated with this
Ju atmosphere
Jump up↑ Over there, is there anyone?: jap internet meme