Volume 1 - CH 52

“Is, is it weird?”

“Un, it looks delicious.”

I’m looking at the lunchbox Koyomi prepared at the courtyard.

It looks nice, and it also smells nice. It really looks like it would be delicious if eaten.

“Then, can I start eating now?”

“U, Un!”

“Thanks for the foodー”

“Feel free…….”

Among them, there are three partitions some of them which are onigiri, egg soup, and a miniature hamburger steak with fried burdock, spinach and sausage.

I start with the standard egg first.

The egg has the taste of the dashi(soup stock) flavored in it, and the taste spreads across my mouth.

The next is the Hamburger steak.

The hamburger has gotten cold but the taste of the meat soup firmly spreads across it,  gradually warming my mouth with its taste. By the time I swallowed it, my mouth was completely covered with the hamburger steak. I have a desire for rice now.

“Un! This is amazing, it’s delicious!”

“Really!?”

“This really tastes good! It’s filling my mouth with delight! Even though my heart was already filled, now even my stomach is desiring more…….!”

“Th, thank goodness………….”

When I glanced at her, Koyomi looked a little insecure, and she controlled her relieved expression with both of her hands, tears were almost flowing out.

“Eh, Ko, Koyomi……?”

“I don’t have the confidence that I could do well…………..”

“That”s not true. This takes time right? Thank you for going through all that trouble, okay?”

“But………..Kouyou was pretty strict on food……..I would like it to be as delicious as possible………”

“Un! It’s the best!”

“Ehehe……..Thank you…………”

“Me too.”

“By, by the way!”

“Nn?”

“Can………can you teach me how to cook?”

“But you are good enough………”

“But not yet! It’s not number one for Kouyou right?”

“We, well…………”

There’s no choice if it’s like this.  She practiced that much just for my sake, I only have to teach her to adjust it a little bit.

“That’s why………..certainly, one day I’ll be your best……..that’s why…….won’t you teach me?”

“Nnー………………..if Koyomi becomes the best, then I won’t want to separate from you, you know? If that’s fine with you……..”

“Of course! Everything will go well! Then, how did you make this egg?”

“Nnー, I saved the broth from the previous night? If you’re going to make a soup-based dish the night before, get some of the well taken ones…………Then you can just practice until it became tender and soft, did you put something in the middle of it?”

“Something?”

“Just like a Ryotei(Traditional Japanese Restaurants). Don’t they use the walleye pollack roe usually?”

“Aahー, I see………..”

As I was talking to Koyomi, my chopsticks wasn’t stopping.

I was putting the food to my mouth in succession one by one, and by the end of it I finished all of it.

And so, we chatted a bit after that, and it was about time to look around.

“Then I’ll wash it…..”

“No, it’s fine. Can you just return it like that?”

“Eh, but…”

“I was the one who cooked on my own accord, so I can’t let you do that.”

“U, Un…………Then, I’ll take that kindness.”

I lost to Koyomi’s vigor and handed over the box to Koyomi.

“Well then, I’ll return to the classroom now, please wait here.”

“I got it…………Ah, Koyomi!”

“Nn?”

I quickly called out to Koyomi who was about to return to the classroom.

“Umm, the lunchbox, thank you.”

“Un!”

“In the end, the food that I make on my own is more delicious but……..Today, Koyomi’s lunchbox is the best! The one I liked the most!”

“Eh……………………Thank you…………”

Koyomi’s face became red and she quickly ran away.

The best, huh…………..

It’s hard to separate it simply…..

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“Then, where should we go first?”

“Nnー, for the time being I’m done with foods I guess? I’m just going to hang out in the school building.”

“Un, let’s do that!”

As I came back with Koyomi and entered indoors, I was looking around the area that I haven’t seen before.

Haunted houseーーー

“Kyaahhh!”

“Ahaha, you look so frightened Koyomi.”

“A, after all………”

Koyomi was holding on to my arm without letting go.

“It’s just something a group of high school students made……”

“Ah, Kouyou-chan!”

“Eh, Nene-san………why are you dressing as a monster?”

“Kouyou-chan……..you are such a good men.”

……Gulp

“It made me feel like eating youuuuu!”

“Ky, Kyaaaaaaa!”

“Eh, wait, Kouyou! Don’t leave me alone!”

“……….Gulp”

“Kyaaaaaaa!”

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“Mouー! That’s cruel! Leaving me alone like that!”

“So, sorry………”

Why is Nene-san……….

Or rather, his eyes were different from usual. It was a serious expression.  It’s no longer a haunted house but a monster house……

…….Burr!

A chill ran through my body.

If I hadn’t run, would he have attacked me for real………

In the planetariumーーー

“Kouyou! It’s a handmade planetarium!”

“Are you interested in that? Then should we try going in?”

“Un!”

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“Uwahh………! Prettyー! Hey, isn’t this amazing, Kouyou!”

“………………..”

“………….Kouyou?”

“Zzz…………….”

“!?”

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“Mou! It’s cruel of you to suddenly sleep!”

“I’m sorry, sorry. I’m not interested in stars…………”

“You should have said so first!”

“Because Koyomi looked like she really wanted to go………”

“Then you should have stayed awake!”

“It’s just as you say……..”

Dramaーーー

“It’s Romeo and Juliet with a happy ending!”

“Heeー, it looks interestingー. Do you want to go watch it?”

“……..Don’t sleep this time alright?”

“I understand…………”

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“Thank you very muchー!”

“It was interesting right! Kouyou!”

“…………..”

“……….Kouyou?”

“Gusu…….Higu………….Uu……….I was moved……..Gusu…………Uu…………”

“!!?”

Target Shootingーーー

“Marksmanshipー! Kouyou, let’s go!”

“Un.”

◇

BanBanBan!

“Nnー, I got it in the first try………How about you, Kouyou?”

“………………”

“Kouyou?”

Ban!

“First rank~! Congratulations!”

“I can’t tell you that my dad taught me how to shoot at the shooting range over there at the beach house in Hawaii right.”

“!!!?”

And like that, the time passes and the end of the school festival is about to come……….

“Heyーheyー! Where should we go next!?”

“Ahー, Koyomi……….I want to go our class at the end, is that okay?”

“Aah, the conclusion is about to come! It’s okay, let’s go!”

“Un.”

I walked together with Koyomi and we started to talk about our memories of the festival.

When the sun begins to set and the sky turns orange………

When I looked at Koyomi’s smiling face as it was illuminated by the sunset,

A lot of things happened, but above anything else it’s great that she’s happy……

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Author’s Note:

It was not connected to the topic this time but I suddenly thought of something.

It’s weird when I called it myself, but what is RINE?

How do I pronounce it? In my image, I feel like I have to roll my tongue.

I think he’s saying “RINE”. RINE.

“Do you do RINE? Let’s exchange contacts!

“RINE? Okay!”

Or,

“I’ll RINE you when I get back home.”

“Oke, RINE me as fast as possible okayー”

Thereupon,

“Do you have Line?”

“What is Line? RINE?”

Or is it the pronunciation of the word “mount”?

But we also call smart phones smart phones, not smart phones. ………

Maybe it’s a romanized reading of the name.

Like Rine or Line.

I modified it so as not to infringe on copyrights, but I wonder what the world over there would look like in other applications.

For example

Pardon & Donaiya

Padu dona for short.

I’ve heard it back, donaiyanen. It’s so destructive!

Mont Blanc Straight

Monstrous for short.

This one’s out if you abbreviate it.

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