Vol 4 Chapter 1 (1/1)

Monday, February 29, 2016

Adolescent Adam 4: Chapter 1 - The Usual Scene“Ange?”“!”Ange see for once, so she opened her drowsy eyes“It’s lunchti to eat?”Mutsuki sirl’s sleepy look and handed her today’s lunchboxOnly then did she realize their lunch break had startedIt was midsummer and they only had two days until summer break Her -side seat was not exactly co directly on it, but it was cool enough even without the air conditioning because a typhoon was approachingWith the sound of the rain and the chilly wind reaching her through the opened , it was hardly surprising she had dozed off“You have some sleep in your eye”Mutsuki chuckled and pulled out a handkerchiefWithout taking the handkerchief, Ange sullenly wiped her eye with the back of her hand and turned aith a lopsided frown on her faceThis was the usual for her, so he returned to his seat“Okay, tirowth that has to support our futures, so this is another way to enjoy our school life to its fullest”His childhood friend Sakae walked over with a ton of bread in his arms“Let’s push our desks together~ Outta the way, Sakae Mutsuki-kun, over here, over here♪”“Sure”“Deh heh heh heh heh Ange-chaaan Let’s eat together”“Th-that’s fine”Lucia e’s desk“…”As usual, Machina re seat On her own, she pulled a water bottle and a single apple froMutsuki and Ange ate together, Lucia, Sakae, and Saya wanted to eat with them, and Machina sat nearbyRecently, the six of theether like thisThey all pulled out their lunchesSaya’s was quite girly, Sakae lined up the bread he had bought at the school store, Lucia had a lot of portable foods like dried le appleMutsuki and Ange’s lunches were the saether“Once again, it at least looks norh”Ange sighed when she opened the lunchbox she had been givenIt contained sakura denbu on rice, pickled cucumbers, rolled omelets, bacon soaked in chili oil, and spinach salad The sThe sakura denbu was shaped like the Lazy Bear character the girl liked and the pork dus were star-shaped, so it had a real focus on presentation It did indeed look like a delicious lunch“Okay, let’s get started”Mutsuki clapped his hands togetherOn that signal, they all started eating Machina was not even looking in their direction, but he had a feeling she brought the apple to her mouth after he clappedWith six of theirlsMutsuki, Sakae, and Lucia fore and Saya formed another Machina did not speak with anyoneThe three boys discussed class, which girl (or boy) the enerally wandered from topic to topicAs for the two girls…“Ange-chan, Ange-chan I have some fried chicken today too”“Again?”“Say ‘ah’”“Saya, are you bringing this everyday just to feed it to me?”“Of course not It’s just a coincidence Or do you not want it?”“I didn’t say that”“Say ‘ahhh♡’”Ange hesitated but gave in because she liked meatThis classe had attacked her before afterher for an enemy, so she had been worried about how to treat her afterwards However, Saya did not seee really was In the end, they were still just classmatesExcept that the girl was giving her a lot of heated looks that seemed to surpass the level of classmate“A-ahhh”“Here you go Heh heh heh~ You’re so cute with your e-chan”“Am I?”“Yeah Oh, I just can’t stand it!”For sorinnedAnge was a little worried the girl had indeed realized she was an angel, but there was nothing she could do if the girl did not bring it up first“Here This one’s ankake-style Say ‘ahhh’”“Ahhh”“Deh heh heh heh heh♡”As a result, she could only do as the girl askedWhile the fried chicken flavor lingered in her ulped down the spinach salad she did not like She disguised the aftertaste with the rice and pickled vegetables before starting on the pork dus“…” (Munch munch)She had a bad feeling about theh of relief, she washed them doith a sip of tea and ate the spicy bacon she liked with some riceFinally, she took a bite of the rolled omelets“Gwoh!!”She spat it back outThe other five and everyone else in the class turned her way“Ahhh~ So it was these, not the dus~ Saya! Tea, tea, tea!”“Here you go”She chugged down the 500 mL bottle of teaThe o sweet and yet bitter insideAfter clenching her teeth, she glared at the boy with tears in her eyes“Mutsuki!”“U-um, to arlic chives, grated ginger, garlic, and cacao beans that are full of polyphenols You like cocoa, don’t you?”“Why would you put that in an omelet!?”She shouted in angerOf the class lukewarm looks and the other half had already cooled as if to say, “Oh, it’s this again”“But it’s highly nutritious”“It ood for you physically, but it’s bad for you h to stop my heart! Oh, honestly! How inal dishes!?”“S-sorry And sorry to you too, Ibekusa-san”“Not a problem”The boy apologized to Ange whose anger was like a blazing fire and to Machina as sitting in front of Ange and thus was hit in the back of the head when the angel girl spat out the food“Honestly”Once she was done yelling, the girl returned to her seatAnd…“How spoiled do you have to be to complain when someone makes food for you?”“…What?”She wrinkled her brow again when Lucia spoke up next to herThe demon boy looked cute, but he could be truly e was his natural enemy“Beggars can’t be choosers Who does she think she is? Right, Mutsuki-kun?”“I-I do the cooking because I like it”Mutsuki quickly intervened when he saw the frightening look on the already short-teirl’s faceLucia generally never did anything that would cause hie did not bite at the obvious provocation, so nothing came of it They both returned to their lunches“Speaking of that, Mutsuki”Noticing the tense ated the subject“You’ve always loved cooking, haven’t you?”“Yeah I’ve been doing it since before ele” Mutsuki narrowed his eyes as he easily ate the highly nutritious oht co”The girl shoved the oulped down the rest of the pork duhed happily when he saw it“I do like e”“Ha ha You’re a total house-husband”His best friend Sakae laughed too, but Lucia gave a sullen look next to himThe three boys naturally turned toward AngeWhen their eyes gathered on her, the girl blushed in surprise and faced the ith her usual lopsided frownMutsuki, Lucia, and Sakae had all realized that was just how she hid her eAnge ignored them and turned her back on them“…”And that hy none of them noticed the hint of loneliness on her face“That was delicious!”A woether and set down her chopsticksMutsuki made a total of three lunches every day: one for hie, and one for their other roommate MichaEven though she lay around the apart all day, she had a lunch prepared neatly inside a lunchbox instead of stuffed inside some tupperware She had already eaten it, but the sakura denbu on the rice had spelled out “No Alcohol”She laughed as she walked to the fridgeShe winked and said “sorry” to the sticky note that said “Only two beers a day!” in Mutsuki’s handwriting and pulled two cans out Incidentally, there were already four e aloneShe opened one with a nice “ksh” sound“…”But before drinking any, she set them down on the table“What?”She looked out the ard the balconyThis was the top floor of the apart rain thanks to the typhoonHowever, the sound of the rain had suddenly died downFour figures were visible out theThree were girls and one was a young man They all had an otherworldly beauty as they smiled softly at herThe falling raindrops veered unnaturally away fro there“The preparations for the guiding chant are complete The location of FeTUS headquarters has been confirment”“I see”“Noe must only wait for Metatron”Micha’s expression stiffened when the young man – Rapha – said thatShe instantly forgot all about the intoxication brought on by the four beers“Please hurry this up, Micha The higher ups see the humans look better than us”“I am well aware”Her voice was rough The young man quietly closed his eyes, said “please” once irls followed suitMicha sighed quietly as she watched them leaveHer eyes stopped on the lunchbox she had just finished eating fromThat lunch had been filled with Fujita Mutsuki’s love“I wonder if this will be the least time he makes one of those for me,” she quietly ponderedShe reached for a nearby shelf instead of the beers she had set down It contained a few drinks with higher alcohol content, like whisky and brandyIt also contained a photo of Mutsuki, Ange, and Micha that they had taken a while backShe closed her eyes when she saw the srabbed a bottle of whisky and began drinking it straight from the bottle