Chapter 148 - No Good or Bad (1/2)

No Good or Bad

TL: Daemon

ED: PuffyPyjamas

It was lunch break, with only a few days left till winter break. I was in the home economics room eating my lunch. The members included were Sana, Kanata, and Hiiragi-chan.

“How was everyone’s finals? Did you guys do okay?”

Hiiragi-chan brought out a very teacher-like topic. As always, I didn’t really struggle that much with them. You can’t say that my scores are amazing, but they are at least going to be considered average within the school.

“Well, it was so so.”

“… Same here, no issues.”

“I see, I see. What about Sana-chan?”

Sana, who had been eating her lunch with an expression that said she didn’t want to be involved, stopped all of a sudden.

“S-Sana did great, it was completely fine.”

Really? Can you say that again without averting your eyes?

“The tests will come back soon, I guess we’ll see what you meant by ‘completely fine’ then.”

“Ugh…”

During testing season, she would always head straight to playing games after returning home. I can’t say that’s great. Ah, that’s right.

“Kanata said that I should care for her a bit more.”

“…What are you talking about?”

No, it’s nothing, I said as I shook my head. Even if I’m told to care about Sana more, I’m really clueless on exactly what I should do.

“I can help you with your studies, you know?”

“Why are you talking so condescendingly?”

“It’s because I’m ahead of you both in smarts and school year.”

See, even if I give her extra consideration, it always turns out like this.

“It’s fine. I’m not going to get failing grades anyways.”

Hmph, Sana looked the other way… That would be good if that’s the case.

Now that I think about it, I do remember our mother hugging her head while looking at Sana’s grades, asking her what she was doing at school.

“Y-yesterday, there was that thing on TV.”

Sana changed the subject, as if trying to run away.

“The thing about fetishes?”

That’s some topic to bring up right now.

“You’re really going to bring this up when I’m here?”

This is super awkward! It’s even hard for me to talk about it.

“B-be quiet. Just happened to remember it, so it can’t be helped!”

Hiiragi-chan chuckled to herself after watching our exchange.

“Does Sana-chan have one?”

Towards her Hiiragi-chan’s question,

“S-Sana, doesn’t especially have something like that…”

While curling her hair with her finger, Sana covered her eyes. Even after bringing it up yourself, you don’t have anything?

“You say that, but what is it really?”

Hiiragi-chan once again asked with a teasing expression. When she makes this sort of face, she’s almost like Natsumi-chan.

Sana spoke in a quiet voice while blushing.

“I-I’ll tell you later.”

“So you do have one. Then, let’s hear it from you later.”

Ufufu, Hiiragi-chan gave her goddess smile.

During that, Kanata raised her hand all of a sudden.

“Yes, Kanata.”

I took on the role of an MC, and gave Kanata the right to speak.

“…This fetish might be a little bit particular, but is that okay?”

I-it does seem like it would be pretty particular! She seems like she would have some super maniacal and specific point of interest.

“G-go ahead.”

“… Voices. I like voices.”

That’s quite a good one! It’s not annoying at all! Sana and Hiiragi-chan were both quietly listening with great interest.

“Just as an example, what type of voice do you like?”

“Maybe, a low voice? But it can’t be too low, and it needs to be clear. I really like a low voice that makes you feel at ease.”

It’s actually super particular! We’ve gotten into quite a lot of detail!

“That is, something Sana might understand a bit of as well. A good voice is nice.”

I’m sure it is, after all it’s a good voice. Seemingly in agreement, Hiirag-chan nodded.

“Hey, Kanata, what about my voice?”

“…Seiji-kun’s voice? I wonder, I can’t tell. Can you say… mentaiko by my ear.” [1]

What a bizarre word choice! So, I guess she doesn’t like it.

“Then, if you’ll excuse me…”

I stood up from my seat, and approached Kanata’s ear with my mouth.

“… Mentaiko.”

Is this okay? After trembling a bit, Kanata raised her thumb.

“You passed.”

What did I pass in the first place?