CH 39

“Senpai~ I’m already so full… so please eat my share as well.”

My kouhai, Mitoma Suzune, clung onto my waist in a half-crying, teary-eyed state.

While I was out buying apple candy, she went around almost all the food stalls, eating everything from yakisoba, ice cream, and frankfurters to chicken skewers. She insisted that she wanted to eat everything, but now she can’t even hold the apple candy that I bought for her when she received it.

In other words, she wants me to eat her share as well.

Seriously, are you kidding me?

I let out a sigh and directed a cold look towards her, but when I saw her weak and tamed expression I couldn’t help but sigh at her antics.

“Please eat it Senpai~”

“Are you serious? Don’t you think it’s too rude no matter how you look at it?”

“But, but… I didn’t think I would end up buying food from other stalls too!”

“You should have noticed it even from a distance. And why did you buy things you can’t eat in the first place?”

“But… I really wanted to taste them.”

“Sigh… alright, I’ll eat it for you.”

However, I’m also weak after seeing her cute expressions.

We spent about ten minutes wandering around the stalls on the university grounds while eating the apple candy. We finished with about an hour left until the end of the festival.

After throwing away the apple candy stick in the trash can, Suzune, who had been walking next to me, stopped in her tracks.

“Huh…? What’s wrong?”

“Um, Senpai. Since it’s almost over, can you take me to your recommended place?”

“My recommended place… there are a lot of them, but considering the time you’ll have to wait in line, we can only go to one or two places, you know?”

“It’s okay! And tomorrow is my day off, so we can go anywhere!”

“That’s true…”

I remembered that our university festival lasts for five days. The performances and events are renewed for the first half and the second half. The reason why there’s a night festival and a fireworks show tomorrow is because it’s a national holiday. Of course, the community and faculty events, as well as the last-day clean-up, will still take place.

“Also, since we’re finally wearing yukatas tomorrow, I want to go to the festival or something. How about going to a place where we can move our bodies today?”

“Sure. Hmm, a place where we can move our bodies… I guess we could go to a shooting game, kick target, or darts. Which one sounds good?”

“I’ll leave it up to you!”

“In that case, let’s start with the kick target.”

“Okay! Let’s go!”

It wouldn’t be bad to play soccer after a long time.

Plus, I have to show off some cool moves occasionally. The kick target gives out prizes too, so I’ll do my best here.

“I’ll show you my dignity as a senpai.”

“Oh really? Then I am looking forward to when that happens~”

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…Despite saying all those words confidentiality.

“…Senpai, cheer up.”

“It’s embarrassing… no, it’s frustrating. Damn it.”

Although I was once on the soccer team and even won the city championship in junior high, the result was a disastrous failure.

I was only able to hit two of the nine targets and Suzune managed to hit four of them.

Thanks to that, the only prize we got was a small teddy bear keychain.

“I’ll give this to you… though it’s just really pathetic to keep it.”

“Really? Thank you!”

“Ah… I was planning to give it to you from the start.”

“Thank you so much! I’ll treasure it.”

“O-Okay.”

It’s just a small keychain. It’s a little complicated to be so happy about it, but if she’s happy, then it’s okay.

“Senpai, we still have some time left, so how about going to the shooting game next?”

“Shooting game?”

Although I’ve been into war movies lately, such as sniping…

No, not sniping, but if we’re talking about a shooting game, then there might be one.

“Alright, let’s do the shooting game!”

“Oh, you seem to be fired up.”

“Well, I can’t just end on such a pathetic result!”

Despite his determination, the shooting game was also a devastating failure.

Even in this university’s shooting game, which didn’t use a completely powerless gun like those at a local festival, the only thing I managed to hit was a single can which dropped when the ball from the gun bounced back from the wall behind the can.

I offered the prize I won to my kouhai who was laughing bitterly and consoling me as she watched me in a depressed state.

“I’ll give this to you too…”

“Thank you! Senpai!”

As I watched Suzune’s face, she was indeed happy as even small gestures made her large b*****s shake every time. I felt miserable at the end results.

So, even though we were able to make it on time for the next game, we were not able to score good results in the darts we played afterwards — I could only give Ryōne three things in the end; Pocket tissues, A mysterious box, and a bear keychain.

After returning to our circle’s stall, we took a short break and started working. As the vice president of the circle, we were able to sell more than what our circle managed last year.

And at the end of the day.

As she was wearing a tight apron, the boys in our circle were occasionally gazing at her. I grabbed Suzune’s shoulder as she tried to slip into my arms while I was trying to clean up the chairs.

“Hey, we still have some cleaning up to do.”

“No, I wanted to keep my promise…”

“Promise?”

Then, Suzune cleared her throat and looked straight into my eyes.

“—Tomorrow, I’ll be wearing a yukata, right?”

“Well, yeah… and we’ll be watching fireworks too.”

“Do you have anything to wear, senpai?”

“Me?”

“Yes.”

“Well, I don’t really have anything special. Maybe this hoodie.”

“Then that’s good. Senpai, your birthday is coming up soon, isn’t it?”

“Well, yeah?”

But why is she suddenly bringing up my birthday?

As I wondered about that question, I listened carefully to Suzune’s next words.

“Um, would you come to my house today?”

“Huh, why?”

“Well, I have something I want to give you.”

“Something to give me…?”

“Yes, is that okay?”

“Well, it’s not a big deal, but…”

I was a little surprised by the sudden invitation, but if it was a present, I would be happy. However, I hesitated if my tired body could handle it, as I often visited Suzune’s house but I felt like I could fall asleep immediately today.

“Okay, then please come!”

“Ah, yeah…”