Chapter 4

Tetora: Alllll righty, we’re done clearing the snow! Ahh, that was some good exercise!

Midori: Huff... Wheeze... We’re finally done... I never want to do that again...

Tetora: But I bet you’re all warmed up now, Midori-kun. You’re sweating like crazy.

Midori: Well yeah, I’m definitely warmer but... But I never wanted it to be like this... Why am I sweating so much in the middle of winter... I wanna die...

Tetora: You should dry off. If you keep sweating like that you’re gonna catch a cold.

Midori: Blegh. T–Tetora-kun, cut it out, I can wipe myself off... Ah—owowow, do you really not know your own strength?!

Tetora: Ahh, sorry Midori-kun. I was scrubbing too hard. Taishou’s always getting onto me about never drying off, so I just went at it without thinking.

Tsumugi: Thanks for helping me, everyone. Because of you, we were able to finish quickly, so I really appreciate it ♪

Kanata: there was a whole lot of Snow~ it is all gathered up like a hill now ♪

Midori: Uh, Shinkai-senpai, don’t get yourself buried again... I won’t save you next time, okay...?

Kanata: mmm. i will not do it again~ i made a promise with you midori.

hm? is there something wrong with the snow, tetora?

Tetora: ...You think we could arrange this snow pile into something like a ski slope if we tried?

Midori: Huh, why are you talking about ski slopes all of a sudden...?

Tetora: Well there was that feature on winter sports in your magazine, right?

I was thinking I kinda wanted to try it out, and that hill looks juuust right for a snowboard.

Midori: Huhhh... I’m pretty sure you can’t do that...?

What would you even do about equipment, like a board and boots...? You don’t have anything like that, right Tetora-kun...?

Tetora: Uumyu... Well I feel like cardboard would work for that, y’know?

I could cut it into the right shape and tie a string to my shoes~ Cardboard does slide pretty well.

If you’re skiing, you’d need ski poles, but you only need a board to go snowboarding, right?

So I’m thinking it’d be easier to do that.

Tsumugi: Hm, you should be able to use cardboard to go sledding. I don’t think it’s impossible.

Kanata: tetora has an interesting idea~ it sounds like it will be fun ♪

Tetora: Hehe ♪ I was thinking about it the whole time we were shoveling snow~

Midori: Huh? Normally this kind of thing should be impossible... Why is everyone so on board with it...

Tsumugi: Ummm. There is a saying: “boys, be ambitious!” I think it’s good to challenge yourself to do the things you want to do.^[1]

I believe most inventions in our world are born from doing just that.

Kanata: he is correct midori. childhood is the time to have a lot of different Experiences.

by making a lot of mistakes over and over again, you will learn how to not get hurt.

Midori: What are you even talking about...? If we do this we’re going to get hurt for real, not just as a metaphor...

How’d I get dragged into such a carefree group? It’s not even Ryuseitai this time... This is the worst...

Tetora: Ahaha. You’re such a worrywart, Midori-kun~ I doubt we’d get hurt on this little baby hill!

Midori: Ugh, but if you’re not careful, you could still get hurt...?

Even if you manage to make your own board, there’s not enough snow to even call this a ski slope.

Tetora: Is it really not enough? But it’s not like we can just make more snow. I can’t figure out how to make this work...

Midori: Guess we have to give up ♪ Let’s head on home, Tetora-kun.

Tetora: Ughhh, that big smile of yours is so annoying. But there really is no point stressing over what we can’t do. Guess I’ll head home.

The next day

Tsumugi: Wow~ It’s cold today, too~ The temperature plummeted last night.

If the snow is just going to pile up this much overnight, there really is no point in shoveling it~

Still, it was pretty careless of me to forget my towel.

I wasn’t even thinking after we finished working. Let’s see... which tree did I hang it on?

Oh, here it is~ Thank goodness it didn’t fly away.

...! Wait a second...

Tetora: Wait, really?! We can really go snowboarding on the running grounds?!

Tsumugi: Yes. It snowed so much that the little hill we piled up has gotten much higher. I think it should be enough.

So I don’t see why we can’t go snowboarding, like you were talking about yesterday.

Midori: You didn’t have to come all the way here just to tell us, Aoba-senpai... Ugh, seriously... what a pain...

Tsumugi: Ahaha. Sorry, Takamine-kun. We’ve had quite an unexpected amount of snowfall this year, so I thought this would be a rare opportunity to go snowboarding.

Midori: Urgh, this is the worst... I wanna die...

Tsumugi: Since you both helped me shovel snow yesterday, I want to pay you back by helping you make snowboards.

Tetora: Ossu! Much appreciated!

All right then. If we’re good on our ski slope, next we just gotta get a board.

Where can we get our hands on some cardboard? You think if we went to the garden terrace we’d find some?

Midori: Ugh, I really am getting dragged into this no matter what... I didn’t even have club activities or unit practice today either, so it was supposed to be the best day ever...

Tetora: Don’t knock it before you try it, Midori-kun! Aoba-senpai said it himself: opportunities like this don’t come along too often!

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