CH 44
Supporting High School Student Takes Pictures
After getting off the bus, we walk toward the entrance gate. Suzuka already has the ticket so we don’t have to line up to buy it.
“Ticket please.”
“For 2 people please.”
“Yes, it’s a couple-ticket, correct? Please scan the barcode on this wristband at the gate and wrap it around your arm or other visible position.”
“O, okay.”
I don’t know what a couple-ticket signifies in an aquarium but this wristband probably has its purpose. Even if you buy a couple-ticket or buy one ticket each, the price is still the same so there must be something special about it.
The person who was in front of us got a yellow wristband while both of us got a red one. Maybe this is like those birthday privilege tickets in the amusement park?
Certainly, if she comes here with another guy instead of me then she will surely be misunderstood.
“Wait a minute, since you won this ticket, shouldn’t you invite the boy you are interested in, you know, the guy you told me about…….”
“Eh? Did you say something? Anyway, let’s go in! I want to take a lot of pictures while the place is still empty!”
“Okay, you don’t have to drag me!…..ah, I just remembered, should I call you Suzuka or Asuka here?”
I used to call her Suzuka since we usually only meet around people who know our real name. However, today we don’t know who might be listening.
Some people may not notice us but I think that it would be bad if we use our real names in case we were recognized.
“Whichever is fine right? I usually look like this and you look it up online then anyone can find out my real name too. Rather than me, I think Seiya should be more worried right.”
“That’s true…..hmm, then I guess Seiya is okay. But if it is around strangers can you switch to Kousei for me? I will call you Asuka too.”
“Okay! Let’s go in before it gets crowded!”
This time she pulls my hand and heads to the front of the aquarium. The first thing I saw was a huge fish tank. According to the aquarium pamphlet, this is the main one, it seems to simulate this country’s biggest and smallest ecosystem.
“So big…….Oh! Look, there’s a shark there!”
“Really! There’s a stingray swimming below it too! Ahahaha! Its face looks so funny!”
“Fufufu, Little Suzuka, do you know? The face on the belly is actually its nose, its eyes are on the back you know?”
“EH!? It looks totally like a face right! That’s eyes! That’s the mouth! Wait. where’s the mouth?”
Since Suzuka is so curious about it, I started explaining it to her. I did a little research on fishes before so I can give her some small trivia. I never thought that such pointless knowledge can be used here.
“If it’s the mouth it’s that mouth-like thing there. The cut stripes underneath are its gills.”
“HEEE! It’s swimming so close so let’s take a picture with it!”
“Sure. Oh, a school of fish is coming! I’m taking the picture! I don’t know what will swim by next so just keep smiling, Suzuka!”
“Yeah! Sure! Take it!”
I snapped a lot of pictures. Since the scene behind her is constantly changing, I never get tired of it. When I continued to take her picture, Suzuka walked over.
“I will take pictures for you too! Alright, go over there okay!”
“Hmm, Ah! Can you take mine with the shark!”
“Ok! I’m taking it! I’m snapping this so keep smiling!”
When we took turns taking each other’s pictures while making funny expressions or our eyes closed, a staff who was standing nearby spoke to us.
“Dear customers, if you’d like I can take a picture for you. You two are a couple, correct?”
“Th, Thank you! C, c, couple!?”
“Is that not the case? I thought that the red color wristband is one for a couple though……..”
Suzuka began to panic. I should throw her a lifeboat now.
“She won the couple-ticket. I only came here with her so that people won’t misunderstand. We did enter with a couple-ticket but we are actually just friends.”
“Ah, it is like that?”
The staff seems to doubt my reply but for now, it seems that Suzuka is able to calm down.
“That’s right. Yes. of course, obviously, we are not a couple!”
“Ara Ara…….but since it would be a waste, shall I take a picture for you together?”
“Hmm, I don’t really mind, do you want to?”
“It would be a waste so……shall we?”
“Ok. then, staff-san, please do.”
“Yes. please leave it to me.”
We line up in front of the fish tank. We are used to taking photos together so the distance between us is quite close.
“I will take it now! Humans are—!?”
“ “ …….? “ “
“That’s where you say [Mammals] you know!”
How do we suppose to know that! That retort came to mind but I swallowed it down.
“Ok, let’s do over! Humans are–!?”
“ “ M, Mammals! “ “
“And Seals–?”
“ “ Mammals!? “ “
“Now what about whales–?”
“ “ MAMMALS! “ “
“Very good! But what about Dolphins!?”
“ “ Mammals! “ “
“Alright, the final one! Penguins are–!?
“ “ Mammals! “ “
“Penguin is a bird–!”
Hmm, even though they can’t fly, penguins are still birds huh……
“Wait, don’t just include birds in! The answer was all mammals right! Stick to that until the end!”
“HoHou, so Kousei-san is actually a funny person huh.”
“Right. When you get to know him, he’s surprisingly funn–……..you recognize him?”
When Suzuka asked, the staff replied like it was a matter of course. I am a little surprised myself.
“Naturally! We were from the same prefecture after all! Ah, of course, I recognize Asakura Asuka-san too!”
“Asuka is well known on SNS after all. But I’m surprised that you recognized me.”
“What are you saying. You just registered on SNS earlier right.”
“You made an account!? I will go follow it now! With the Aquarium official account!”
“No, just use your personal one!”
The staff is saying that I’m funny and keeps laughing but it’s me who wants to give her a retort.
Rather, it seems like I have become a straight man a lot recently.
“Ah, this is not the time to linger around! The dolphin show will start soon! You can learn a lot about dolphins there so please take a look at it by all means!”
“It’s starting? Alright, let’s go.”
“Right. Staff-san, thank you very much!”
When I tried to say thanks to the staff as well, the staff left a parting word.
“If you sit in front then the staff there might choose you to participate in the show so please make sure to sit in the front okay! Ah, you might get splashed a lot so please be careful!”
After getting off the bus, we walk toward the entrance gate. Suzuka already has the ticket so we don’t have to line up to buy it.
“Ticket please.”
“For 2 people please.”
“Yes, it’s a couple-ticket, correct? Please scan the barcode on this wristband at the gate and wrap it around your arm or other visible position.”
“O, okay.”
I don’t know what a couple-ticket signifies in an aquarium but this wristband probably has its purpose. Even if you buy a couple-ticket or buy one ticket each, the price is still the same so there must be something special about it.
The person who was in front of us got a yellow wristband while both of us got a red one. Maybe this is like those birthday privilege tickets in the amusement park?
Certainly, if she comes here with another guy instead of me then she will surely be misunderstood.
“Wait a minute, since you won this ticket, shouldn’t you invite the boy you are interested in, you know, the guy you told me about…….”
“Eh? Did you say something? Anyway, let’s go in! I want to take a lot of pictures while the place is still empty!”
“Okay, you don’t have to drag me!…..ah, I just remembered, should I call you Suzuka or Asuka here?”
I used to call her Suzuka since we usually only meet around people who know our real name. However, today we don’t know who might be listening.
Some people may not notice us but I think that it would be bad if we use our real names in case we were recognized.
“Whichever is fine right? I usually look like this and you look it up online then anyone can find out my real name too. Rather than me, I think Seiya should be more worried right.”
“That’s true…..hmm, then I guess Seiya is okay. But if it is around strangers can you switch to Kousei for me? I will call you Asuka too.”
“Okay! Let’s go in before it gets crowded!”
This time she pulls my hand and heads to the front of the aquarium. The first thing I saw was a huge fish tank. According to the aquarium pamphlet, this is the main one, it seems to simulate this country’s biggest and smallest ecosystem.
“So big…….Oh! Look, there’s a shark there!”
“Really! There’s a stingray swimming below it too! Ahahaha! Its face looks so funny!”
“Fufufu, Little Suzuka, do you know? The face on the belly is actually its nose, its eyes are on the back you know?”
“EH!? It looks totally like a face right! That’s eyes! That’s the mouth! Wait. where’s the mouth?”
Since Suzuka is so curious about it, I started explaining it to her. I did a little research on fishes before so I can give her some small trivia. I never thought that such pointless knowledge can be used here.
“If it’s the mouth it’s that mouth-like thing there. The cut stripes underneath are its gills.”
“HEEE! It’s swimming so close so let’s take a picture with it!”
“Sure. Oh, a school of fish is coming! I’m taking the picture! I don’t know what will swim by next so just keep smiling, Suzuka!”
“Yeah! Sure! Take it!”
I snapped a lot of pictures. Since the scene behind her is constantly changing, I never get tired of it. When I continued to take her picture, Suzuka walked over.
“I will take pictures for you too! Alright, go over there okay!”
“Hmm, Ah! Can you take mine with the shark!”
“Ok! I’m taking it! I’m snapping this so keep smiling!”
When we took turns taking each other’s pictures while making funny expressions or our eyes closed, a staff who was standing nearby spoke to us.
“Dear customers, if you’d like I can take a picture for you. You two are a couple, correct?”
“Th, Thank you! C, c, couple!?”
“Is that not the case? I thought that the red color wristband is one for a couple though……..”
Suzuka began to panic. I should throw her a lifeboat now.
“She won the couple-ticket. I only came here with her so that people won’t misunderstand. We did enter with a couple-ticket but we are actually just friends.”
“Ah, it is like that?”
The staff seems to doubt my reply but for now, it seems that Suzuka is able to calm down.
“That’s right. Yes. of course, obviously, we are not a couple!”
“Ara Ara…….but since it would be a waste, shall I take a picture for you together?”
“Hmm, I don’t really mind, do you want to?”
“It would be a waste so……shall we?”
“Ok. then, staff-san, please do.”
“Yes. please leave it to me.”
We line up in front of the fish tank. We are used to taking photos together so the distance between us is quite close.
“I will take it now! Humans are—!?”
“ “ …….? “ “
“That’s where you say [Mammals] you know!”
How do we suppose to know that! That retort came to mind but I swallowed it down.
“Ok, let’s do over! Humans are–!?”
“ “ M, Mammals! “ “
“And Seals–?”
“ “ Mammals!? “ “
“Now what about whales–?”
“ “ MAMMALS! “ “
“Very good! But what about Dolphins!?”
“ “ Mammals! “ “
“Alright, the final one! Penguins are–!?
“ “ Mammals! “ “
“Penguin is a bird–!”
Hmm, even though they can’t fly, penguins are still birds huh……
“Wait, don’t just include birds in! The answer was all mammals right! Stick to that until the end!”
“HoHou, so Kousei-san is actually a funny person huh.”
“Right. When you get to know him, he’s surprisingly funn–……..you recognize him?”
When Suzuka asked, the staff replied like it was a matter of course. I am a little surprised myself.
“Naturally! We were from the same prefecture after all! Ah, of course, I recognize Asakura Asuka-san too!”
“Asuka is well known on SNS after all. But I’m surprised that you recognized me.”
“What are you saying. You just registered on SNS earlier right.”
“You made an account!? I will go follow it now! With the Aquarium official account!”
“No, just use your personal one!”
The staff is saying that I’m funny and keeps laughing but it’s me who wants to give her a retort.
Rather, it seems like I have become a straight man a lot recently.
“Ah, this is not the time to linger around! The dolphin show will start soon! You can learn a lot about dolphins there so please take a look at it by all means!”
“It’s starting? Alright, let’s go.”
“Right. Staff-san, thank you very much!”
When I tried to say thanks to the staff as well, the staff left a parting word.
“If you sit in front then the staff there might choose you to participate in the show so please make sure to sit in the front okay! Ah, you might get splashed a lot so please be careful!”
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