Chapter 8

Phew… Let’s take a quick break.

Oh? Anzu-chan, Shinkai-kun, what are you two doing?

we are making a snow Bunny while we take a break~ anzu-san is very good at it ♪

Ooh, a snow bunny. It’s very charming~ ♪

Actually, is that a snow bunny too, Shinkai-kun? I think it has a few too many feet…?

this little guy is a Giant isopod~ there, now he is Complete. let us put them with the Children we have already made ♪

Eep?! There’s a whole bunch of giant isopods over here?! They’re making my skin crawl!

well, excuse me, Bluebird-san.

we are making a kingdom of Rabbits and Giant isopods~ ♪

I feel like whoever finds these tomorrow is going to drop senseless… I’m a bit worried…

Well, it could snow again tonight, and that’ll bury the kingdom right up.

Anzu-chan, do you mind if I make a snow bunny with you?

Thanks, I appreciate it. I was thinking of taking a little break.

Hrrgk. Snowboarding really takes it out of you, huh?

The muscles we’re using are different from when we’re dancing, so we’ll probably be aching pretty bad tomorrow~

Huh? Ahaha. Yeah, we should take a warm bath and massage the muscles when we get home.

How are Tetora-kun and Midori-kun doing? They were so excited to learn how to snowboard…

Yahooooo~ ♪

Wait, Tetora-kun~ …Waaaah?! Watch out, you’re gonna lose your balance if you’re not careful…

Ooh, they’ve both gotten really good at it~ ♪

Hn? What’s wrong, Anzu-chan?

Ahh, you’re right. Since they normally practice a lot of action stunts, they’d be able to pick this up without a hitch.

Phew~ Let’s take a breather.

I’m exhausted… Sigh… And super hot…

I’ve been sweating for a while now, too.

I thought it was as simple as getting on the board and sliding around, but it’s got a lot of theory to it. And finding your balance is hard.

You’ve gotta go about it in a really weird way… My muscles are gonna hurt like hell tomorrow… This is the worst…

I think Sengoku-kun would be really good at this kind of thing. It’s great for a full-body workout, so we could get Ryuseitai in on this by, like, incorporating it into our lessons ♪

Should I ask Taichou about it tomorrow?

…Hang on. Give me a break, Tetora-kun, seriously… If you tell Morisawa-senpai I’ll hold that against you for the rest of my life…

Ohh… You said that with some bloodcurdling force there. I was just kidding. I’m not gonna say anything, so calm down, okay?

It’s just that I already have no energy… If it got any worse I’d hate it so much it’d be so annoying and depressing…

Ahaha, you said that all in one breath.

……

Midori-kun.

Yeah? What’s up…?

I was pretty pushy about getting you in on this yesterday and today… Did I bother you?

Huh? What’s with that all of a sudden…?

Uh, no I mean, I guess it’s just been on my mind? You’re always complaining about stuff, but you end up going along with it, so?

But I’ve been thinking a whole lot about it, and you’re probably really annoyed, aren’t you~…

‘Cause like, once I get my mind set on something, I just go at it.

…There are times when it’s super depressing to get caught up in things.

But there are some things I can’t do unless there are people like you or Ryuseitai around me… So I guess it’s fine, once in a while.

Like this time. If you hadn’t pushed me so hard, I would’ve never gone snowboarding in my whole life, probably…?

And exercise does warm you up… So it’s fine, isn’t it…?

Midori-kun, a–are you for real?!

Why would I lie…

But we’re only doing this for a little bit, right…? Stop dragging me into things, okay? I hate doing annoying things, so…?

I’m so glad you feel that way, Midori-kun!

Huh—?! T–Tetora-kun, were you listening to me…?

Don’t worry, Midori-kun! I’ll make sure you get a whole lot more cool experiences~!

To start, let’s get Ryuseitai together and go on a snowboarding trip over winter break!

No, can you listen to me?!

Ah, dammit. I shouldn’t have said anything weird…

Tetora-kun’s just as annoying as Morisawa-senpai when he gets excited… This is the worst, I wanna die…