Volume 7 - CH 3

Akechi Hideyori’s phone doesn’t stop ringing

“Uuuu, Risa-chan huh……, well, if it’s Risa-chan then……”

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Emi is muttering something while holding her head.

What’s wrong I wonder?

Is she that worried about her love life?

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“Why does Hideyori-kun have this never-say-no personality though!?”

“Ah, sorry! Sakuya just RINE-ed me.”

“Eh?”

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On the RINE app, Sakuya’s messages were [Oi, Hideyori!] and [Let’s go buy Takeru a present.]

[I’m about to head out, wanna go now?], [Meet me at noon.], [In front of the station],  when I replied so, she got back to me with a cute sticker of a bear holding a coffee cup saying [SURE!].

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“Sakuya said she’s coming too.”

“Coming? This is weird……it’s strange, why is there always something getting in my way…….I got my plan going first right………”

“Ah, a message from Madoka.”

“Eh!?”

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She sent two blunt messages. [Nodoka said she wants to buy Juumonji-kun a birthday present.], [If you are free then the three of us can go together.] 

In return, I curtly replied with [I’m leaving for the station right now. Come with an empty stomach.] The reply I got was [OK], a simple two-character reply.

Her personality really bleeds out here.

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“Tsugaru sisters are coming too.”

“Wh, Wh, Wha…….?”

“That said, it seems everyone is free today huh.”

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Now I somehow get the feeling that Eien-chan would invite me out too.

Well, I guess that would be too much of a coincidence huh?

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Still, that Galge protagonist sure is just too popular.

I have never seen them interact much but even Sakuya and Madoka are giving him a birthday present huh…….

EEEEK……, is this the prelude to a carnage!?.

I will have to take my distance and watch it from the shadows then.

Takeru playing a real-life Galge huh. Hehe, I’m looking forward to seeing him capture a heroine outside the monitor.

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“Hideyori-kun! You should at least create a participant limit you know! Like three people top for example…..”

“Ah, Eien-chan’s calling.”

“……..”

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My phone started vibrating.

Everyone is using this thing huh?

I’m already an old man on the inside so I think it’s kind of difficult to use though. Everyone around me is so young.

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“Hello? Eien-chan?”

[Good afternoon, Hideyori-san. Actually, I was thinking of buying a present for Juumonji-san, are you free today?]

“Nice timing. I’m heading to the station at noon. I’m planning to eat there so don’t eat anything yet and meet me in front okay.”

[Of course! Fufu, to think of the same thing at the same time, we’re quite like-minded aren’t we.]

“Yeah, see you later.”

[Yes.]

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Eien-chan sounded happy.

Even a coincidence with practically zero chance of happening can happen huh.

Ah, when I hung up, Madoka sent me another message.

[From Nodoka], [Seiko-chan is coming too], [That’s it].

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“Eien-chan and Seiko will be there too. Our group ended up a little bigger than I expected huh?”

“It’s not just a little right!? This is too weird! Just how many people want to buy a present for Juumonji-kun today!?”

“Everyone must be free today. They probably want to let out some steam after all the studying for the entrance exam right.”

“You’re so carefree about this…….”

“Ah, it’s Yamamoto this time huh.”

“Ha? Why would Yamamoto-kun—……?”

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There’s no way Yamamoto’s group is planning to buy Takeru a present too right?

Nah, that’s unlikely.

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“Hello? Yamamoto? What’s up?”

[Oi, Hideyori! It’s urgent, dude!]

“What?”

[I was hanging out with Nishiyama and the other and now we’re having an argument right now, yellow or black, which color do you think StarChild’s panty is?]

“Black.”

[Right! See, you guys are the weird ones that think she would wear yellow! Now it’s 2v2.]

“Can I hang up now?”

[Thanks, my man.]

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It was a call that had completely nothing to do with Takeru’s birthday.

Also, I’d like them to get all excited about the color of my sister’s panties too.

Besides, limiting the color of StarCha’s underwear to just black and yellow because of her blonde and black mesh hair is very narrow-minded.

I believe pink, white, pale blue, and striped ones should be considered too.

I don’t really want to dedicate my brain cells to thinking about what color the underwear my sister is wearing is though.

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“Did Yamamoto-kun need something?”

“He asked me what StarCha’s panty color is.”

“Hideyori-kun, so you think that your sister is wearing black huh? Hmmm.”

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Emi’s looking at me with cold dead-fish-like eyes.

I know that she would notice it immediately if I lied so I just tell her the truth but what else am I supposed to do if she’s going to look at me like that anyway?

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“Anyway, let’s head off shall we?”

“Haa……, and after I went out of my way to make a date plan too……..”

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Emi let out a sigh.

Perhaps she’s fed up with the fact that I just imagined the color of my sister’s underwear, Emi looked very exasperated.

TLN: Progress……….