Chapter 2 – Unexpectedly, tension and silence came quietly.
After enjoying a refreshment, brainstorming for the purpose of deciding the outline of the class meeting started again.
In short, what is designed now is to gather for a meal. After deciding what to do, various were details are confirmed.
To be honest, this kind of work is enough time to make a fool of it.
Just do whatever you want before the deadline. If you have any problems, just apologize
Yes, I have always come here before. However, this time is a little different.
The most fundamental reason is that this incident also includes the nature of newcomer training.
The is first job for new Club, and furthermore, she is going to become the new president • Hikigaya Komachi’s OJT.
OJT is the abbreviation of On-the-Job Training, that is, let her do the work
A somewhat crude way of education while learning the content of work. If her mentor or consultant is there, it’s fine, but if you’re unlucky, it’s said that there will be some bastard seniors who do not understand the correct meaning of OTJ, pretending to have old-school craftsman temperament, saying "I Don't teach...just watch and learn..." and neglect to guide. According to the explanation, I don’t teach much, but say "I only teach once, don't you actually take notes?" "You also have to read the notes when you arrive at the scene. "If you don’t understand, just ask." This kind of unrelated words, the newcomer’s expression is like Makihara, who was hit by a legendary triple-strike by Buss, Gobo, and Okada.
(Annotation: On April 17, 1985, the Hanshin Tigers ranked three consecutively in the Japanese professional baseball game between the Hanshin Tigers and the Yomiuri Giants. The hitters-Randy Buss, Kabuya and Akira Okada hit home runs. Hiroki Makihara was the shot of the Yomiuri Giants at the time. Since 1985 was the only time the Hanshin Tigers won the Japanese vocational championship in the history of the Hanshin Tigers, these three combos are also known as the legendary three combos)
It is very unfortunate that new employees are not able to choose their seniors to mentor them. At least I want to be a good senior..... I turned to the direction of the my junior.
"...Although the general direction has been decided."
I took the pose of serious Gendo and stared at Komachi.
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"Then, Komachi. Here comes the question, what should we decide next?"
Hum! I added sound effects to my question in my heart, and Komachi watched in surprise. No, not only Komachi, but everyone in the room expressed the expression "What is this person saying?"
Isshiki said, "Say it directly."
There was only one person, and Yukino immediately raised her hand slightly, waiting for me to let her answer.
(T/N: She has competitive complex if there is something like that.)
No, this is my question to Komachi... Really, knowing that you will not admit defeat.......Don't be so fidgety, bear with it, ah.
In the awkward sight of everyone, I tried my best to put Yukino, who was raising her hand to draw my attention. No matter what, I just kept watching Komachi.
Finally, Komachi also realized that this was something similar to learning. Sighed helplessly
She breathed, raised her arms and started thinking. Bang, bang, bang, bang, ding──. At the end of thinking, she spoke quietly.
"Restaurant and time? Also, the number and cost..."
Hey, considering the cost, this is pretty good. As expected of doing housework on weekdays, organic
Komachi who will get in touch with the household income and expenditure situation. The awareness of this cost is very important. Although, I used to feel that the Service Club didn’t care much about money, but now that there are a lot of outsourced work, teaching raising money awareness will certainly not suffer.
"Yes. So, which one should you start with?"
"The restaurant...If you don't decide other matters, you can't make a reservation, so I put it behind...You need to know the number of people, so that the cost can be calculated, well, I don't know. "
Komachi shook her head from side to side with an annoyed look, and finally became impatient. She"What should I do?" with her sight.
Seeing this, I nodded vigorously.
"Yes. In other words, nothing can be decided now."
I continued to say this in Gendo's pose, Komachi looked disgusted.
"……what"
"What a rubbish question..."
"Hikki education methods are so bad..."
I half-opened my eyes in disappointment and sighed deeply. Yuigahama froze there, whispering.
"No, not at all. I'm just giving her a good education on the harshness of society. Because the commission presented to Service Club is basically a bad pit commission. I want her to get used to this kind of unreasonable things now. "
"Ultimate authority bullying."
Yukinoshita tapped her chin with her fingertips and shrugged.
I've been told off hard ...... However, now that nothing has been clarified, there's nothing that can be done about it. The work of deciding the deadline for payment is very troublesome, but working with a high degree of freedom is also a headache.
The situation we are confused seems to be communicated.
"Sorry, I haven't decided anything yet..."
Tomioka apologized dejectedly. It’s like saying "I am feeling ashamed"
As visualized, she shrank her shoulders and looked like she was about to disappear.
"Ah, no no! It's totally okay! Let's consider this part together, Right!? "
Komachi hurriedly spoke to comfort her, but her eyes were also erratic, and she had to decide what to do first. Well... It seems that she’s still thinking about the answer to this question. She looked at Yuigahama and glanced at Isshiki pretended not to see me, and finally stopped her eyes on Yukinoshita.
When Yukinoshita saw this, she smiled reassuringly.
" For the specific date, let's propose a few options and choose the day when the highest number of participants can attend. It is more realistic to choose the day with the most number of people. "
Maybe it’s because I’ve been holding back and couldn’t say it, and Yukinoshita’s voice seemed extraordinarily audible. Yes, the answer is correct. The answer is correct. The winner of the question just now is Yukino Yukinoshita. Give eighty thousand points (only for Hachiman). Well, although I want Komachi to answer as much as possible, but at least the purpose of prompting her to think was achieved. The question session ends here, and reopen with more brainstorming.
"Well, yes. Anyway, let's think about it with a temporary plan first."
"That's right... no matter what time it is, someone will be late anyway. There may be someone who is suddenly available and can come.''
It seems that Isshiki said so deeply, Yuigahama also said "Well, it is..." and laughed it out. Really, the guy who says "Go if you can" is really bad! Although it is me I stopped thinking about myself for a moment and looked at Tomioka.
"About what time do you want to do it before?"
"There will be an outing next week, so I think before that..."
"Oh, outing"
"I thought it would be better if we could get to know each other well before going there."
Although I haven’t decided anything yet, it seems that Tomioka has already thought about this. When asked, she answered immediately. Well, it makes sense. Since there are such activities as outings, it must be deepened in advance. Until then, we will talk to each other for the first time, and if we test each other, it’s impossible to do a good job or enjoy the activity.
I nodded while thinking so, and suddenly froze.
Outing?
"...Is there still such an imaginary activity?"
It's a senior year in high school and a field trip ....... Could it be that there is a picnic? I was completely confused. I quietly looked at Yukinoshita and Yuigahama.
"Eh, why don't you know?"
Yuigahama was taken aback, and Yukinoshita nodded with a smile as if giving up something.
" After all, field trips are only available to third graders......"
"Hello? Don't let me repeat the grade without persmission? I got promoted anyway?"
I said this towards Yukinoshita, who was looking into the distance, but she was reluctant.
"Have you really promoted? How about math? Only 9 points, right?"
You can remember the previous conversations so clearly... Although my math is often not as good as others, but there is no reason to repeat the grade. I snorted through my nose and said to her.
"No problem. I easily cleared my second exam."
"It's just a make-up exam and you really have the nerve to show off ......."
Yukinoshita dropped her shoulders weakly and shook her head. But immediately noticed something, her eyebrows wrinkled.
"...What happened? did you failed the make-up exam?"
Hahaha, I just promted. But let's not talk about things that rely on make-up exams.
Hahaha. I wanted to fool around with a smile, but Yukinoshita kept staring at me, as if asking.
In order to avoid her gaze, I turned my head and met Tomioka-san.
Tomioka-san said "Ah", as if thinking of something, she flipped through the bag trying to find something.
"If you will, here take this."
She said so and handed me a piece of paper. Ah, thank you, sorry... I stretched out respectfully took it with both hands, and looked around. It seems to be a precaution for an outing. I saw it for the first time, but Yukinoshita and Yuigahama pouted as if saying, "Look, didn't you post it?" I thought it was good before.
It seems to have been posted. I'm just searching my memory...
I looked at it line by line, and Komachi moved her head over.
"Hey──I'm going to Destiny land~"
Hey, you are getting in the way. I walked away from Komachi's head and continued reading. It is stipulated that you should go together when you go, but it seems that you can go back anytime. I used the bus for the return journey, but you can take it or not. Oh…………. It's so efficient
Great. It means that those who have not played enough can stay and continue to play, and those who have played enough can go home immediately. Then the first amusement facility was decided to be the Keiyo Line! I set my plan on my own, and heard the sound of someone moving the chair over. Looking past I found out that Yukinoshita moved the chair next to me. She looked down over my shoulder and stretched her slender finger pointed at the corner of the paper.
"The only stipulated time is the time to go and return. Basically, you are free to go anywhere." "Oh, oh..."
Although I answered like this, I didn't get into the brain at all. Pale red round fingers were dancing happily before my eyes, reflecting the light of the fluorescent lamp, I squinted and stared them.
Maybe she was little surprised at my slow reaction, Yukinoshita leaned forward and continued to peek and asked me "Are you listening?" Ah, listening... I nodded
In response, she leaed back.
However, a fragrance of flowers came from that direction, and my body froze. To the side with a glance, Yuigahama tilted her neck and stared at the piece of paper. Our elbows touched, but she didn't seem to notice, she was still saying, "Let me see it too--" she stretched her hand over. The sound of rubbing the clothes and the touch through the school uniform made me afraid to make any movements, and it was also spread close behind me.
Here comes the sound of footsteps.
"Eh~ it's so good──"
With this slow voice, something fell on my shoulders. I twisted my head slightly, Isshiki looked over my shoulder at the piece of paper. Isshiki shook my shoulder and grumbled saying "I want to go too" I can smell the sweet perfume on her body.
I was surrounded tightly by three people, unable to move. I handed the paper forward.
"Thank you for this."
After saying this as if out of breath, I returned the piece of paper to Tomioka-san. See you next time... It’s too close... and I don’t think I can be here. I can’t hold up in the air of perfume smell.
After returning the paper to Tomioka, the three of them left at once and talked about the outing.
I secretly sighed softly and took out my phone.
"Well, now that the time limit is set, we can decide on the alternative date..."
I opened the calendar and confirmed the date of the outing. Then record a few that can be used as alternative date for the party. She waved her hand to Komachi,
"Well, probably these few days..."
As she pointed it out to her, Komachi also gestured OK to show her understanding.
"Then, the date is probably taken care of. Next is the restaurant."
As I said this, I sat back on my seat and continued the restaurant selection. The first speaker was Tomioka. She stretched her eyebrows into a horoscope and raised it tremblingly
"I don't know exactly much about restaurants...which one would be better?"
"Ahahaha, do I look like who would know stuff like that?"
I tried my best to pretend to be lively and cheerful, and answered jokingly, but Tomioka-san looked away awkwardly.
"……I am sorry"
She lowered her eyelashes apologetically, seeming to apologize sincerely.
"Ah no, no,...I'm just going to say sorry? Just listen to what I said. Oh? " " No, it's not!"
As we said this, we nodded and apologized to each other. Then Komachi intervened:
"No, Sorry, my brother said something strange."
She also began to nod, and the atmosphere became very strange. Maybe I couldn't stand it anymore, Yukinoshita and Yuigahama also began to agree.
“Tomioka-san, is it really okay to just listen? You don't have to listen to it."
"Well, it's just a self-deprecation of Hikki? And, it's just that."
However, what the two people said had completely opposite meanings. In this way, rather than not intending to help at all I spoke all the same, and I didn't know if I spoke more tactfully.
Originally, I said it casually, just listen to it, but Tomioka-san seems take it seriously. Pay attention next time……I thought I'd say something serious and straightened my coat.
I said very seriously.
"Well, for a restaurant, Sutami Nataro will do..."
(Translation and Annotation: "すたみ Nataro" is a Japanese restaurant chain that focuses on grilled meat and sushi.)
After all, it is a class gathering for high school students. It can be said that a cheap big bowl is justice. Go for Sutami Nataro, if you don’t want to eat meat, you can eat sushi, pudding, and ice cream.
It is a theme park for food. Although I advocate this, everyone's response was dull.
"Eh? You don’t think it’s good?"
When I asked, Yuigahama responded with a troubled smile.
"It's not impossible..."
"Some people can't eat so much."
Yukinoshita said, Otomi nodded too. Well, you can really see the appetite of these two people
It's not big... Although it is a self-service barbecue, some girls may not be able to eat it.
"Moreover, it would be harder to go if there are boys..."
"If they are all girls, I would like to go~"
Komachi and Isshiki put forward their opinions from different angles.
Well, that's how it is... This problem can also arise if men and women have different preferences. what……. This can be a bit troublesome. If there are only boys then you can push regardless of other "Sutami Nataro", depending on the situation, you may need to consider a healthier like "Shabu Kanō” Hot pot restaurant. Ah, it makes no difference.
(Translation and Annotation: "Shabu Kanō " is a Japanese restaurant chain mainly focusing on hot pot and barbecue)
"If you want to choose a shop that girls can accept, I don't know at all."
I raised my hands to express my surrender, and everyone accepted it with a natural expression. Although I appreciate that you all understand so quickly, but wouldn't it be okay to echo me a little more. Don't let go! Don't give up!
I don't know if I prayed sincerely like Maya Miki. Yuigahama stretched out a rescuing hand.
(Annotation: Maya Miki is an actor, once wrote a book titled " If you pray, you can achieve”)
"Um, our class party was held here."
While she was talking, she quickly operated her mobile phone, showing that it was an Italian style restaurant page. Taking a look at the photos in the store, the walls are decorated with stained glass, the interior of the store is decorated with modern style with a touch of the Showa period. The location is not far from Chiba Station, and there are packages for parties. It seems that scones are particularly popular and a fashionable shop. This shop that is famous for its scones instead of pancakes in the era is especially popular.
"Yeah, this is a good place.”
Isshiki commented on Yuigahama’s choice. “Oh-” Tomioka-san exclaimed, she was not looking at the phone instead her eyes were focused on Yuigahama.
"So fashionable... Yui-san is a fashionable person..."
She talked so much, and looked at Yuigahama with respect in her eyes. Ah no, you say fashionable person... No problem, Tomioka-san. The more serious a child is, the more likely it is to be abducted by a scumbag, I feel a little worried... well, but the people I know are basically quite worrying. Among them, Yukinoshita, who is among the best, seems to have different ideas from Otomi.
"If you have more than 20 people, you can rent the whole room, and there are microphones and screens. Audio equipment is also complete, which is very suitable for script activities. "
Judging from the basic equipment, it really has the style of Yukinoshita. ...But her gaze fell down towards the menu and she whispered, "Eh, there are scones......”
Yuigahama, Isshiki, Otomi, and Yukinoshita moved their chairs in a circle and started exchanging opinions about this store. However, only Komachi was holding her arms and thinking quietly.
"It looks like girls will like this place...but what about boys?"
It is precisely because Komachi has an older brother, so she has some understanding of boys' food preferences. After a glance at the menu, she seems to have noticed its shortcomings. Generally speaking, the amount of food for the party set meal should be just right. If it's an adult you add wine, it's basically enough. However, boys in middle school and high school like to eat a lot. Just like a foreign car in a previous era, it’s very gas-consuming, and you can eat as much as possible there will not be enough food, even the rice cooker will be eaten whole. And there will be students from sports clubs. It is still a bit difficult to determine if they can satisfy their appetite.
──However, it is not something that needs to be cared about now.
"Well, just leave it alone."
"Eh... I suddenly feel so emotional... My brother sometimes does this too..."
I completely gave up my position as a boy, and Komachi was a bit stunned.
"That’s not the case. It’s impossible to meet everyone’s requirements at once. It is necessary to make a distinction at such times"
"Distinction, oh, how?"
"Phases. Those who are willing to have a second meeting will have a choice to do so. But you need make this statement such that they will think that it is there responsibility, so let them go to ramen shop by themselves. Anyways, boys are like uncle, thinking about the methods that apply to uncles just apply them to boys.”
"Oh, oh oh~ it's sophistic in my brother's style, and it scores very high Komachi book..."
"Don't say sophistry!"
Even if you applaud me, I'm not too happy. Well, although it is sophistry. However, if you prepare these two parts, you should be able to satisfy and not let the girl and boys are dissatisfied. Boys like ramen, so no problem, no problem.
"Then it's smoothly induced, or if it's incited, it's okay. There are ramen shops on the route of the station..."
"Narutake, right!"
(Annotation: A chain ramen shop in Chiba. That is the place where in Volume 10.5 Hachiman took Iroha for ramen)
Isshiki interrupted my speech suddenly.
"Ah no, that Chiba store is closed..."
The correct way to say it should be its moved to Makuhari, well, despite the fact that it’s closed
It will not change. When I said this, Isshiki dropped her head.
"That's it. I was thinking of going out to eat together again."
"Well, it's hard to get in if a girl is alone."
I understand~ Let’s say that Irohasu has said this before! I nodded to express my understanding, but Isshiki did not respond. Not only that, I was also affected by her disappointing eyes. I thought I sighed speechlessly and shrugged, but she peeked with Yukinoshita and the others, they approached a half-step distance with an imperceptible movement.
"Let's go somewhere together next time"
She covered her mouth with her hand and leaned in quietly to say. Before her sweet breath disappeared, I have returned to where I was just now, and started playing on my mobile phone casually.
"Haha, yes, everyone... Ramen and so on."
I can only talk nonsense that no one can hear. Um, yeah, occasionally everyone will eat together Let's have a meal, not bad, huh. I was talking to myself quietly by myself, but I noticed it all at once.
──Only my voice was in the room.
It’s so quiet that it makes people tremble. I look around and my vision is like First-person perspective in a horror movie. What came into the camera was Komachi, who said, " Oh no," covering her forehead. Then I was humming and playing on the phone. Next to her was my wide-eyed classmate Tomioka who looked at us intently. Also, Yuigahama sighed, squinting her eyes.
Then, holding her cheek gracefully with her hands, the corners of her mouth opened, and Yukino's head tilted slightly. The moment I saw those bright eyes, my stomach suddenly began to cry and my throat became dry.
"Ah, going to work..."
Even though she spoke, it turned out to be nothing more than misty in the air.
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