Chapter 3

Ossu! Ready to go, Aoba-senpai!

Well, I’m going home now… Bye…

Aah, wait, Midori-kun! Why’re you leaving all of a sudden? We’re supposed to start shoveling snow now.

Didn’t you say you’d be forced to help out your family if you go home?

I didn’t expect to be forced to do the exact same thing by staying at school, though…

But whatever, I don’t care anymore… I would’ve run away if I could, but I pretty much accepted my fate when we were getting ready. I’ll stay.

All right. Then I’d like if you could start clearing the snow in this area of the grounds. You can make a pile of the snow over there.

Will do!

Sigh…

Heave, ho…

Uu… my fingers are so cold they’ve gone numb… They’re gonna fall off…

Sigh~ Even if I blow on them, they’re still cold… I’m so depressed…

If there were just more people to help out… Then it’d be so much easier…

It’s only at times like this when Morisawa-senpai’s nowhere to be found… He’s always, like, zoned in on me even when I try avoiding him…

If he were here, he’d probably run around and shovel everyone else’s share of snow, too… And then I could just take it easy ♪

Sigh… There is a lot less snow now… I did pretty good, I guess… Oh yeah, what about Tetora-kun…?

Ah. He’s over there just shoveling his little heart out… He has so much energy… How does he even manage that…?

It’d be nice if he could melt all this snow with that kind of excitement…

Hm…? What’s this…? There’s a blue string buried in the snow… Will it come out if I pull on it…? Tug, tug…

uu~? don’t pull on it, it hurts~

Hyah?! The string talked?! Wait actually, that voice just now sounded like Shinkai-senpai?

Does that mean this string is Shinkai-senpai’s ahoge?!

Uwaaaaaah! I—I’m gonna get you out of there Shinkai-senpai~!

…… ♪

Haah, haah… I managed to dig you out…

midori~ thank you very much.

uuu… it is a little Cold, don’t you think? i am shivering.

Well, yeah! What the heck were you doing in the snow, Shinkai-senpai? You’ll freeze to death like that, y’know?!

chiaki gets mad at me when i Bathe during the winter~ but if i don’t, i’ll dry up, you see.

so i thought i would moisten myself if i were buried in the Snow. since it is just frozen Water.

What kinda stupid— …Please don’t do that again, it’s bad for my heart.

midori, did i Worry you? i’m sorry.

i will not do it again. i do not Like the cold, and the Snow did not moisten me very much… what a shame.

Why are so many of the third years buried here on the running grounds…

Wait…! Don’t tell me Morisawa-senpai’s buried here too…? If he is, I’m gonna step on him.

hmm~ i do not think chiaki is buried here.

he saw a troubling comment in the Suggestion Box and went off to fix it.

He’s still doing that stupid thing…? It’s one thing to say it on social media, but I’m surprised they’d leave a comment in the suggestion box.

fufufu. it is not often, but they do come around.

also, if you call it stupid, chiaki will get mad at you.

chiaki is always telling us that an ally of Justice will always hear an sos, no Matter how small it is.

Sigh… If that’s the case then he should try and hear my own SOS…

is something bothering you, midori?

i am also an ally of Justice, so i will try to help you~ ☆ what is the matter?

Ah, it’s not really that something’s bothering me. I just want some help…

Midori-kun, what’s up? You’ve stopped working~

…Huh? Shinkai-senpai’s here? Wassup~ ☆ Whatcha doing here?

hello, tetora. i was buried in the snow, so midori saved me~

Huh—?! You too, Shinkai-senpai? What is up with you and Aoba-senpai getting buried?

aoba… do you mean the Bluebird-san?

Yes, that’s me, Shinkai-kun.

I made a bit of a misstep while I was working, and I ended up buried in the snow. Nagumo-kun and Takamine-kun both rescued me.

And one thing led to another, and now they’re helping me shovel snow.

mmm. to be lumped together with him is a Crime. i buried myself, so we are not the same.

i also do not approve of you deceiving my children. they are good children, so i will scold you if you keep using them like this, you know~?

You’re coming down on me pretty hard?! But I’m not trying to deceive them~?

And anyway, I’m just taking them up on their offer. I never intended to use them at all?

fufufu~♪ it was a joke. i just wanted to Bully you a little, Bluebird-san.

Awawah, Sh–Shinkai-senpai. I’m the one who wanted to help out so, Aoba-senpai didn’t do anything wrong!

aah, have i made you Worry?

it is all right. we are not having a serious Fight. i am just being a little Playful and joking around.

I–is that really what it was…? Please don’t fight with anyone… It makes the atmosphere all strained and I get depressed…

it is all right~

now, i understand what was bothering you, midori. you want someone to help you shovel snow, correct?

Hnn? Well yeah, I guess I mentioned something like that at first… I was thinking it’s a little hard to cover all this ground~…

then i will help you shovel the snow. i am a pretty strong person, so please let me handle it~ ♪