Chapter 27 - School Trip – Part 2 (1/2)

School Trip – Part 2

The accommodations that we had in the mountains was a fairly luxurious inn.

After becoming a working person and asking about various school trips, I realized that comparing it to trips overseas or to famous amusement parks, ours was pretty fun.

Well, for an innocent high school student, the style of the inn doesn’t really matter too much. Because I’m a middle aged man on the inside and I’m at the age where these types of subtle beauties can be understood, I can understand how great this inn is.

Once I placed my stuff inside the six-person room, I once again moved to the campgrounds.

“Everyone, we’re making curry together! Let’s give it your all!”

Yeah! The class that Hiiragi-chan was in charge of all cheered and faced forward. Of course, other classes besides us would also do the same thing. As Hiiragi-chan was explaining, Fujimoto turned to me and whispered.

“Hiiragi-chan in an apron. So cute.”

“Yeah. Right?”

“Eh, why such a smug face.”

It’s because I see it every week. However, the previous time when I made curry I ended up being a little clumsy and cut my hand. I’ll try not to touch the knife this time… Or so I thought, but since I ended up losing in rock paper scissors, I got stuck with cutting up the onions, carrots, and such.

“I guess I was bound by fate…”

“Why are you saying something that’s so Chuuni? Let’s hurry up and do it.”

Fujimoto, who was also roped into doing the same thing, began the work. Just like the last time with the soccer, I will probably end up cutting myself again which will end in some sad memories…

“Sowa sowa, sowa sowa… Ah, your hand, ah, ah…!”

From the shadows of a pillar, Hiiragi-chan was concerned with my hand and began to panic. I wonder if this is really dangerous. I have, for better or worse, experienced cooking as I was living alone as a middle-aged man after all. It’s different from the time with soccer which I had no improvement in at all.

“Sanada-kun. Be careful with your hands. The knife is dangerous.”

“Sensei. I’m not that much of a child.”

“Cat’s paw, a cat’s paw, okay!?” [1]

Nyah, Hiiragi-chan made her hand into that shape while hiding in the shadows of the pillar.

…. So cute.

“Nyah~”

She said it out loud!?

“Hiiragi-chan, what is she doing? Is she pretending to be a cat?”

“Yeah. She seem to be in to that kind of stuff.”

“Really. It’s too cute.”

I gave him a random response to which Fujimoto accepted it.

“T-there’s no need to put so much strength in it okay!? Let’s do it softly, alright?”

“Sensei, the two of us are alright, so you should go check up on the other people in the class.”

“Uuuu~”

“Sensei, you’re a little bit too overprotective.”

“That’s not true~”

Puku, Hiiragi-chan inflates her cheeks. She made a face that said, “I’m super worried about Seiji-kun.” Looking around, the other people in the class seem to be progressing smoothly and there was no need for Hiiragi-chan to be worried anyone else.

“Adhesives, disinfectants, and bandages are all prepared!”

“Aaaaaaah!? M-my haaaaaaand, my golden left haaaaaaaaaand.”

Fujimoto seemed to have cut his fingertips with the knife. Even if there was blood coming out, it was still only at the level of slight bleeding.

“Hiiragi-chan-senseeeeeeei, first aaaaaiiidddd!”

“Yeah. There’s a first aid kit over there, you know?”

The difference in attitude! Such a huge difference in treatment from me!

“Meeedddiiicccc!”

“There’s no one like that here. Rather, aren’t you the one in charge of health-related problems?”

“Ah, that’s right…”

Fujimoto then left from the front lines. As I started to do Fujimoto’s work in place of him, Hiiragi-chan pulling up her sleeves.

“Mou, Hiiragi Haruka can’t just stand by and watch anymore.”

Hiiragi-chan came in as a pinch-hitter, in place of Fujimoto. Fun. She snorted and then… sutotototototototototo, and began cutting the onions.

“““Ooooooohhh~”””

The surrounding students were all amazed after seeing how Hiiragi-chan was working.

“Sanada-kun, you can just sit there and watch, okay?”

“I feel like the majority of the enjoyment I’m supposed to get from making curry was stolen…”

“Eeeeeh? Isn’t eating delicious curry most of the enjoyment?”

“Well, I guess, but…”

As we continued our exchange her working speed didn’t even drop. As expected, Hiiragi-chan is amazing.Somehow, this is as if a major league showed up to a place where kids were just having fun playing baseball.

“Looking at it once again, you almost seem like a mother with your hands. You do everything so quickly and precisely.”

“I’m not a mother, I’m just a teacher.”

Also, my girlfriend. Maybe we were thinking of the same thing, but Hiiragi-chan ended up going, mufufu and then grinning.

“Alright, it’s all done!”