Chapter 8

Tsumugi: Phew... Let’s take a quick break.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kanata: well, excuse me, Bluebird-san.

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

Tsumugi: 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.

Guh. 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...

Tetora: Yahooooo~ ♪

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

Tsumugi: 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.

Tetora: Phew~ Let’s take a breather.

Midori: I’m exhausted... sigh... and super hot...

Tetora: 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.

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

Tetora: 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 practice ♪

Should I ask Captain about it tomorrow?

Midori: ...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...

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

Midori: 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...

Tetora: Ahaha, you said that all in one breath.

......

Midori-kun.

Midori: Yeah? What’s up...?

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

Midori: Huh? What’s with that all of a sudden...?

Tetora: 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.

Midori: ...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...?

Tetora: Midori-kun, a--are you for real?!

Midori: 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...?

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

Midori: Huh---?! T--Tetora-kun, were you listening to me...?

Tetora: 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!

Midori: 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...

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