After school & hot springs PART - 1

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<Author’s notes>

I decided to post a short story before entering the next chapter of the main story.

I would appreciate it if you could read it after taking a break.

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Not limited to high school, the main events in student life often occur at school.

The reason for this is none other than the fact that, as the title “professional student” implies, most of the day is spent at school.

Early morning greetings, lunchtime chats, after-school entertainment, and sometimes stealing teachers’ eyes during class to make conversations.

The same should be the case for me, without exception.

But… most of the time while I am at school something irregular happens.

Even today, an unexpected remark was made from the neighbor.

“I want to go to the…… hot springs.”

“……hot springs. I don’t go to hot springs anymore, but I used to like them.”

I don’t hate hot springs.

They not only remove dirt from my body, but also relieve fatigue and stress, and most importantly, I can enjoy my time alone.

There is no need for conversation.

It’s just nice to take a bath in the tub and rest your body without thinking about your daily worries.

In the town where we live, there are only small public bathhouses and no large-scale hot spring facilities, but it’s not too far to go if you have a car.

Moreover, if you’re with Kirazaka, you can easily go there with a driver.

Considering the location and time, Hakone would be a safe bet.

In my brain search, Hakone was the only place I could think of for a day trip to a hot spring.

As I was pondering over her comment, she raised her voice slightly.

“Well, that’s good to know. Let’s go after school today, shall we?”

“No!”

The opposite word was uttered unconsciously, like a spinal reflex.

What the hell is this woman talking about?

Kirasaka, who had taken out her smartphone even during class, had already displayed several hot spring facilities on the screen.

Perhaps she had the same idea because Hakone was entered the search field.

Even though I don’t mind hot springs, I’m not as active as going around after school.

Besides, I have things to do after school too.

As a member of the homecoming club, which competes to be the first to go home, I have a mission to get home quickly.

It’s no exaggeration to say that this school event is more important than classes.

Moreover, if I had to add, I’d rather take a bath, sweat it out, and lie down on the living room couch while waiting for Kaede to cook dinner.

I immediately rejected Kirazaka’s suggestion and turned my gaze to the blackboard.

There, I saw Shizuku answering the questions posed by the teacher with ease.

She was able to solve a problem that many of the students had not answered.

While most of the boys in the class were staring at Shizuku with a look of admiration, she turned around to go back to her seat after solving the problem and her gaze met mine.

“……”

“……”

A sharp line of sight like a carnivore that eyes at it’s prey.

This is… the line of sight of a beast, hunting.

Have you heard the conversation between me and Kirasaka?

I don’t think it can be heard from here or it can’t be human hearing anymore.

There is a word called ‘hell’s ears’, but that may be more true than I thought.

As I felt a chill running down my spine, Kirazaka didn’t give up and made her next proposal.

“It can’t be helped, I’ll make some compromise today. …In the neighborhood today, how about here?”

“Why are you assuming that we’re going ……?”

Why is she acting as if she is compromising with me?

I don’t remember agreeing to it in the first place.

I averted my gaze outward until I saw that Shizuku had taken a seat, and was able to avoid the remarks of my neighbor by responding properly.

“Then, the next problem is…”

The students listened as the teacher finished explaining the problem and moved on to the next one.

I wondered if they were really listening or if they were just letting it flow out the other ear.

Normally, I would just copy the questions and answers in my notebook and ignore most of the lessons, but today I made an exception and listened to the teacher.

Otherwise, the after-school hot spring presentation from the girl next to me would be too noisy.

After school, I promptly left my seat when I heard the bell ringing to signal the end of the day in the school.

I got off to a good start, and I was sure I was in the hallway before anyone else.

The next thing I knew, my vision had flipped.

That’s right, I ‘flipped’.

I felt a strong shock and pain in my back and a choking sensation in my chest.

“Ugh!”

A stupid voice came out from the sudden shock.

Then, Kirasaka’s voice reached my ears from above my head.

“I’m sure you’re aware of it. You can’t have a student council member breaking the school rules.”

I’m not sure if she anticipated that I would run away in advance, but when I got up, she put her body on my back and restrained me.

I’m not sure if it’s because I’m not a big fan of the idea of being caught or not, but I’m sure I’ve moved faster than anyone else in the classroom, and now I’m standing in front of the door I started from.

If it were a shounen manga, my pride would be hurt a bit by the fact that I was preceded by an amazing physical ability in real life.

Well, I don’t have a great deal of pride that needs to be hurt.

Kirasaka and I, who created a completely different situation in the classroom, gathered the eyes of their classmates, even if we didn’t like.

Naturally, Yuuto was also looking at us.

I’ll never forget the way he raised his eyebrows, lowered his shoulders as if he was sighing, and looked at me.

I’m sure I’ll get back at you for that.

Next, I turned my gaze to the side where Shizuku was sitting, but she wasn’t there.

Instead, I heard voices from above.

“It’s a good idea to keep your hands off of Minato-kun and refrain from making a scene in the classroom.”

“I’m sorry to hear that. I’ll be more careful in the future …you should also be careful not to get too close.”

I’m scared …I’m scared of women’s conflicts.

They are both talking completely above my head in an angry voice.

The words whispered at the end of the sentences would only be heard by these two.

Their smiles, which I caught out of the corner of my eye, made me even more afraid.

Why are women able to smile and talk with their natural enemies?

“If you’re going to take Minato-kun out, you’ll have to get my approval first.”

“Why do I have to tell you everything? What I do with him is my business, isn’t it?”

“No …you have to ask me first before you can proceed.”

The premise is wrong.

I tried to utter a few words to them about what they said as if their own property, but they couldn’t seem to hear me.

The girls’ conversation continued to heat up, with me completely in the background.

As if to stop it, Yuuto intervened.

“It’s not the kind of thing you want to talk about in a place like this, right?”

I wonder why.

I’m not sure why, but Yuuto seems very reliable.

I can see a strong light shining behind him, like an angel.

…is what I thought, but it was the sunlight coming in through the window behind him.

Yuuto Ogiwara, who transforms natural light into his own power …a terrifying child.

Such thoughts come to my mind in a space that has become entirely blank.

　I can’t wait for them to release the restraints.

It is at the limit, and if they’re not careful, I’ll even bend the other way..

“Then, we will decide the game with table tennis after the hot spring.”

“No problem! There’s no way I’m going to lose.”

“I don’t see how I can lose - No choice, let’s go with that idea.”

…which idea are we going to go with?

A plan that had nothing to do with my opinions was heard.

I don’t know how it happened, and I don’t understand why the decision was made to play a sport.

However, the three were strangely convinced, and I knew from experience that I couldn’t deny it.

“Well, we have a car waiting, shall we go?”

“No, I’m not going …let me go!”

Kirasaka started walking by undoing the joint technique and grabbed the neck of my uniform.

Shizuku and Yuuto follow me as I’m dragged like a cat.

Shizuku smiles to relieve me with a smile, but it’s just the opposite effect for me now.

I wonder what they’re going to do with me.

If there’s one thing I understand, it’s that we’re definitely going to a hot spring.

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As the main story continued to take a serious turn, I decided to make the small story a little more relaxed.

The next is also a side story.

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Archived Comments

pillxpill (on 2021-09-11 10:58:35):

thanks for picking this up:)

jasad (on 2021-09-11 05:34:03):

thx for the new chapter

DarkWolf908 (on 2021-09-11 22:18:56):

Thanks

Jonathan Chow (on 2022-04-03 12:39:37):

Hello nice to meet you I come here after the sad news about the previous translator Mr.Vodka is dropping this series Thanks for the chapter