Chapter 7
Okayyyy~ Let’s go! It’s snowboarding time~!
…Uh but, how do you do it?
Huh? Don’t ask me… It’s my first time doing it too…?
It’s probably like, you wanna set the board so it’s straight and parallel to the slope…? That’s what they were all doing in the magazine article at least…
Set the board so it’s straight, and… Here goes!
U–uwah—?! Waaaaaaah!
…?! T–Tetora-kun, you sure are going at it… Oh, he fell down.
Tetora-kun~ you okay~? Did you get hurt~?
I’m okie-dokie~! Man, that scared me. It went so dang fast. And controlling it’s pretty hard…
But there’s no way I’m giving up this easily~ Once a man decides on something, he’s gotta follow through! I’ll rein this board in!
I’m glad that somehow just made you more motivated.
But now I’m too scared to try after watching you go down the hill, Tetora-kun… That’s how fast it goes…? Ehh~ Nobody told me that…
What do I do…? But if I don’t, then Snow-Beau will never become a real snowboard…
I have to do my best, for Snow-Beau’s sake. Okay, ge~ntly… Just inch forward but by bit. C’mon, c’mon.
Okay. …Eep—Gyaaaaaah?! How do you stop this thinggggggggg?! Pffbh!
……
Midori-kun?! You totally wiped out, you okay!?
At least I stopped… What the heck, that was so scary…
I know, right? You were flying~ Good thing the snow was fresh.
Yeah, it was all soft and fluffy, so it didn’t really hurt… But going that fast is terrifying…
Wait, Shinkai-senpai, how are you doing this so easily?! Teach us your secrets!
it is Easy~ because the water’s Surface is large, you will not fall.
you just have to gli~de across the Water like a water Skipper. it is easy, it is easy. puka, puka… ♪
He went off again while saying puka puka… He’s kinda puzzling.
I don’t understand that trick at all, Shinkai-senpai… Why are you calling the snow water…?
Gyaaaaaaah! Takamine-kun, Nagumo-kun, please get out of the wayyyyyy!
Wah—?! Aoba-senpai’s gonna crash into us?!
Outta the way, Midori-kun!
Gwaaah?!
I dodged it as quick as I could… Y–you okay? You just faceplanted…
Heyy~ Aoba-senpai~…? Are you all right~? Are you alive~?
…Pweh! I saw my life flash before my eyes… Snowboarding is pretty scary.
Oh, anego’s going down the hill using the board like a sled. I never even thought about that, but it’s pretty smart! It’s safer that way ♪
Ah~ I should have done that, too… But I’ve already got it on my feet, so it’d be annoying to take it off…
What’re you saying, Midori-kun! You gonna just let this board win? That’s gotta be frustrating. We’re gonna figure out how to do this and win!
Ehh~… Why is this a competition…? I’m fine with losing… And running away is a victory, too ♪
“Midori-kun, hang in there, for my sake! Hip hip hoorah~ ♪”
…! You’re right, I have to do my best so Snow-Beau can become a real snowboard. I’ll keep trying… ☆
Whoa?! You really can get hyped up just like that. It’s so weird to see Midori-kun all enthusiastic like that, it kinda startled me.
By the way, Tetora-kun. When we’re done here, can you draw me a new Snow-Beau in a notebook for me?
Huh? Sure, I don’t mind at all. I’ll draw you a whole bunch of them ☆
Uwaah ♪ Are you serious?!
Then I’ll get you a brand new notebook, and you can use all the pages to make a huge masterpiece ♪
W–wait a sec, Midori-kun?! That’s like, way too excessive…!