Chapter 2
Tetora-kun, wait up~… Uwah—So cold! I really shouldn’t have followed him…
Hey Tetora-kun, can’t we hurry up and go back to the classroom…? I’m gonna freeze to death at this rate…
Whatcha think, Midori-kun?
What do I think… There’s a giant mountain of snow in front of us. A pure white field of snow. And it’s damn cold.
Hm, yeah~ But isn’t it weird? I coulda sworn I heard something coming from the running grounds. But no one’s here.
Hey, aren’t you kind of ignoring what I said about it being cold…?
If you keep thinking about how cold it is then you’re obviously gonna feel cold, Midori-kun. At times like these I just say my introduction!
“The burning fighting spirit, stained with the soil of the earth!” As long as there’s a flame burning in my heart, the cold can’t bother me!
Uu… I have no idea what you mean… I’d rather have a normal fire than one in my heart…
Also Tetora-kun, can you stop getting more and more like Morisawa-senpai…?
I told you before to just stay how you are…
There’ve been times lately when Sengoku-kun has been really passionate, too… It feels like the amount of Morisawa-senpais around me is multiplying… It’s so depressing…
I’m dyingggggg~
Midori-kun, I know you’re always going “I wanna die,” but today you’re all “I’m dying” like it’s some absolute?!
Just calm down a sec! Do you hate the idea of being surrounded by Taichous that much?!
Uh no, I mean, wouldn’t anyone hate that…? But regardless, that “I’m dying” didn’t come from me…?
Huh? Then, who was it…?
Somebody~ Please help me~
Hey, Tetora-kun… I could be hearing wrong but, do you think that voice is coming from that mountain of snow…?
…… Could it be that like… someone’s buried in the snow?!
I–I’ll try to dig ‘im out!
Hrrgk…
Oh—There really was someone buried there…
Pweh. You guys really saved me. The snow was so heavy I couldn’t move at all. I was this close to turning into an ice sculpture!
Huh? All I can see is white? Did I actually cross over to the other side?
Aoba-senpai, you’re still at the running grounds at school… It’s just because your glasses are covered with snow that you’re seeing white… Please wipe it off…
Ahh, I can see it now! Fwish, fwish—There.
Ooh, I can see now.
You okay?
Oh, you’re the children from Ryuseitai. Thank you both for saving me.
No thanks necessary. So why were you buried under all that snow, Aoba-senpai?
I was shoveling snow for an in-school job, but I dropped my lucky money pouch…
When I rushed to pick it up, I hit my head on a tree, and that impact made all the snow on the tree fall off~!
It was that time with the bookshelves in the library… right? Maybe I’m just destined to be buried under things. Uuu, this is terrible~!
Ahh… And now since all of the snow on the tree fell, I have to start shoveling all over again.
Sigh… Well, I can’t just abandon the job halfway through it, so I’ll give it another shot.
Umm, do you need a hand at all?
Huh? No, no, I could never. I’m already sorry enough you had to save me back there.
But there’s no way you’ll get this all done today. I can’t just turn a blind eye to it.
And I’ve been itching to move around, so this is perfect. We’ll help you out!
Hey. Did you just include me in that? Did you really just do that?
I don’t wanna do this though…? I don’t wanna wear myself out, and I don’t wanna freeze to death, either…
Now, now. The good you do for others is good you do for yourself, Midori-kun. If you do good things, you’ll be paid back in kind!
And anyway, shoveling snow will warm you right up so you won’t freeze to death. You’ll be fine!
I’d rather warm myself up in a nice, cozy room…
Ah, dammit. You never give in when you’re like this… So in the end I always get stuck going along with it… I wanna die…
There you have it, Aoba-senpai. We’ll help you shovel the snow! We’ll finish it off all in one go!
Ahaha, you’re such good kids~ Thank you. Then I’ll let you help me out.
Then, how about you two go get ready?