[Seigenso SS – The Grey Color of Amakawa-kun?]
文庫７巻大ヒット御礼短編 天川くんの灰色？ 高校生活
Author : Kitayama Yui
作者：北山結莉
TL : Cnine
ED/PF :Shance
Part 1
The place is in Japan. One year after the disappearance of Miharu’s group, the season changed to spring again. This was a story that happened when the sakura petals were fluttering around.
Amakawa Haruto became a sophomore starting from this spring. Amongst the new life everywhere, even the high school which Haruto attended was holding an opening ceremony to welcome the freshman.
After the entrance ceremony ended, after school――、
「Hey girls please pay attention, do you all want to go to karaoke after this？」
And then, one of the girls―― Chizuru, made a suggestion. Chizuru is a lively girl who likes to help others and has become the center of the class. She also has a wide range of connections regardless of gender. Maybe because they were in the same class during their first year, there were many students who greeted Haruto.
「YES！ I want to come！ 」
「Me too, Chizuru-chan！」
「Me, me too, take me too！」
When it comes to the event after a class change, it was known as the best chance to widen ones network. All girls assertively announced their participation one after another.
「OOOKEYー！ Hey, will you go too, Mafuyu？ 」
Chizuru asked the girl called Mafuyu―― Her best friend who sat next to her. Despite being a cute girl, she had a meek face.
「Ah, yes. Maybe I should go too」
Mafuyu nodded timidly while looking at the corner of the classroom. On that place was Haruto who was steadily making his preparations to go home with an uninterested expression.
「Haha~n」
Chizuru showed an expression suddenly realizing something.
「W-What？」
Mafuyu tilted her head with an awkward smile on her face. Thereupon――、
「Ehem, aside from that we should go to hanami[i] with all members of the class right？」
A cheerful boy who is a member of the sport club made that proposal. Close to half the male students belonging to the class were waiting on his back.
「E~h, what should we do？」
Chizuru looked to the other girls for their opinion.
「Picking the place is troublesome」
「It also takes quite bit of time to preparation right?」
「Won’t that make us tired instead？」
Etc etc, it seems the girls weren’t that interested.
「That’s right」
Chizuru looked at the male students and then shrugged her shoulder a bit.
「GUH, in that case shall we go to karaoke too」
So the male students tried to wiggle their way to their plan.
「E~h, are the male students going too？」
「Isn’t it okay if we use different rooms?」
Though the girls became noisy, it seems they had mostly agreed, they finally gave an OKEY. Even during such an exchange, Haruto was about to silently leave the classroom with an expression as if this had nothing to do with him. Thereupon――、
「I-I’m going to leave for a while with Mafuyu. Leave this place to me！ I think I’ll come too！ I’ll be back soon！ 」
After saying that, Chizuru hurriedly took Mafuyu’s hand and then rushed after Haruto.
「EH? WHA, CHI-CHAN！ ？ 」
Part 2
Mafuyu, whose hand was suddenly pulled by Chizuru, was bewildered at being dragged from the classroom just like that ――
「Amakawa-kun！」
Chizuru called to Haruto who was currently walking in the corridor.
「EH? 」
Haruto stopped and turned around.
「Wai, please wait a minute, there’s something I want to talk about！」
「Wha, Chi-chan！ Why did you take me too！ ？ 」
Mafuyu protested with a beef red face to Chizuru who was tightly clamping her hand.
「…….. What’s the matter？」
Haruto’s tilted his head and asked as if unable to understand the situation.
「Everyone, and maybe including the male students are going to karaoke after this, do you want to go too, Amakawa-kun？ There should be male students who’re close to you amongst them, right？ 」
Chizuru asked him bluntly.
「Indeed, but. My apologize. I’ve a part time job after this………..」
Haruto scratched his head and then answered with an apologetic voice.
「E~h, part time？ Part time again. Aren’t you always going to part time, Amakawa-kun. It’s fine to stop working after the opening ceremony*」 [TL* : Courtesy to Isekai Shousetsu from NUF]
Chizuru exclaimed with a half-shocked expression.
「I’m really sorry. Please enjoy the karaoke with everyone」
Haruto answered so with a wry smile on his face.
「……….. Hey, I wonder, why are you working？」
Chizuru asked with a wondering expression.
「The reason, since I have to earn enough to live alone and have nothing else to do」
Haruto honestly told her why he did part time jobs.
「Eh, Amakawa-kun is living alone？」
Maybe because this is the first time she heard about this matter, Chizuru looked at him in wonder. Mafuyu who stood by her side also looked at him with a really interested expression.
「That’s right」
Haruto nodded and then――
「He~…………… Ah, then, if it’s that, is it a girlfriend. Don’t you have one？ Could it be that you’re gathering money for that 」
Chizuru probed even further and asked about another possible reason for him to work. Though the truth is that she vaguely noticed the reason for him to live alone, since it’s probably due to the complex situation of his family, she held back for now.
「Girlfriend？ As if. I have no girlfriend you know」
Haruto eyes blinked for a moment and then replied with a bittersweet smile.
「EH? Is that, true？ Why？ 」
「Eh, even if you ask for the reason………………….」
After Chizuru asked that question Haruto scratched his head with a troubled face.
「It’s nothing, since Amakawa-kun seems like the popular type. Rather, you’re actually popular. AH, then, could it be that you actually don’t like girls[ii]？ 」
「Eh？ No…………………. It’s not because of that」
Haruto slowly shook his head in denial even while being bewildered from such an absurd accusation. Though Miharu’s figure flashed in his mind during that moment, he kept his smile as if to deceive them.
「He~~, I see, so that’s how it is. That’s quite a surprise, right Mafuyu？ 」
Part 3
Chizuru gave her consent with a wide grin on her face and then suddenly turned the direction of the conversation towards Mafuyu.
「HE！ ？ A-Yeah, Uhm, that’s right！ That’s unexpected！ Yeah, it’s unexpected」
Maybe because she was in a bewildered state, she gave several exaggerated nods.
「Ah, this girl’s name is Mafuyu, have you become her acquaintance, Amakawa-kun？」
Chizuru nodded as if satisfied and then asked whether Haruto knew about Mafuyu.
「Uhm, I don’t know her, maybe？ 」
Haruto shook his head while trying to recall about her in his memory. The truth is they spoke once a year ago but, there was no memory of that conversation in Haruto’s memories anymore. Therefore, Mafuyu showed a slightly sad expression. But――、
「A~h, I see, you don’t know her huh. Since the two of you’ll be in the same class after this, make sure to get along as people that have season in their name[iii]！」
「Ah, no, uhm………………… P-Please take care of me」
When being introduced by Chizuru, Mafuyu bowed her head with a blushing face.
「Yeah, we’re in the same class. Understood, please take care of me too. ……….. Well then, I should go soon」
Haruto returned her greeting and prepared to leave.
「Yeah. Sorry for asking something strange. Do your best with your part time job！ Hey」
Chizuru saw Haruto off with a lively voice and then hit Mafuyu’s shoulder.
「S-See you again, Amakawa-kun！」
Mafuyu saw Haruto off with a high-pitched voice.
[i] Flower viewing[sakura]
[ii] [TL* : no need to explain actually but, just in case. A homo]
[iii] [TL: Haruto name have kanji “spring/Haru” in his name, while Mafuyu have kanji “winter/Fuyu” name in her name]
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