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“Bubble tea challenge…?”

Mahiru tilted her head in confusion, and Amane, knowing that he should not have mentioned it, pursed his lips in regret.

They were headed home when Amane spotted a mobile bubble tea shop. “It’s trending nowadays.” he said it as a joke, but Mahiru did not seem to know. There was a strong feeling of naivete on her face, as she showed no understanding of what was going on.

It appeared she was shocked by his reaction however, and started to panic a little.

“Erm, I-I do know of bubble tea though. It is made from tapioca powder. High school girls do drink it often.”

“…You never drank it before, Mahiru?”

“Embarrassingly, no.”

“That’s surprising. You don’t drink it with Chitose?”

“Chitose-san said, 『I prefer crepes to bubble tea』…”

“Ahhh…”

That big eater of a high school girl would surely say such things. Another reason might be that both of them often ate the crepes from the shop at the station, which were really good.

“But, erm, sorry for not hearing about this, but I do not know what this bubble tea challenge is…though I heard there is a condition to be met while drinking bubble tea or something…”

“Ahh yeah that’s about it…you don’t have to mind.”

It was great that she quickly wrapped her mind around it, but challenging that was pretty much a lost cause.

If she failed, Mahiru would be troubled, but if she succeeded, Amane would be troubled over where his eyes should go.

“Ehh, I am a little curious now that you say so.”

“You don’t have to be.”

“Mmm…but that aside, since girls do like to drink bubble tea, I shall buy one.”

“O-oh.”

Since her curiosity was piqued, she informed Amane of her intentions, and joined the waiting queue of high school girls.

It appeared this would take a short while, so he had a look at his smartphone.

About five minutes passed as Amane watched Mahiru and waited for her to queue, before she finally returned.

She was holding a drink, apparently milk tea, with some black beads inside it. He saw one first glance that it was bubble milk tea, and was a little impressed.

“Sorry to keep you waiting.”

“Ah, it’s fine.”

“This is the first time I am drinking it. It seems the bubble tea challenge is to put the drink cup on the chest and drink it.”

“Pfft.”

“It is convenient to search things on the web. Almost all answers can be found there.”

It appeared the wise Mahiru had turned to the instrument of technology without hesitation. Amane usually felt it was a good thing for her to adapt so quickly, but this time, he was left vexed.

“Shall I challenge it?”

“N-no, erm.”

“Amane-kun, you have been looking here for quite some time.”

“Sorry about that. No, erm…I-I’m a little curious, and it looks like you’ll succeed…”