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https://ncode.syosetu.com/n9531ga/62/\n\nEpisode 62: Instant Tea Party
âI shouldâve heated up the tea longerăŒ. My bad~â
âColdâŠ..teaâŠ.. Not bad.â
âItâs okay. The cake is chilled too, so isnât cold tea better anyway?â
âI just bought it from the school store like thatââ
Yuzuriha and I gave a little follow up after hearing Honokaâs remorse. Honoka put both hands on her hips and leaned back in her chair like she needed a break.Â
Ranko offered a small grunt while looking at the empty plate left in front of her after she wolfed down her cake in a single breath.Â
âPaper plates, forks, spoonsâŠ..did you get sugar for the tea too? The preparations are perfect then.â
âAn instant tea party~ Thank you Hono-chan~!â
Sakihime nodded admiringly as well before voicing her gratitude.Â
âHohoâ Please, praise me more.â
âGood grief. Give her an inch, and she takes a mile.â
Honoka really did outdo herself throwing this tea party together so quickly, so she deserves to strike her puffed out washboard chest in pride hereâŠ..although sheâs the type of person to act like this all the time anyway.Â
By the way, Honoka says she bought this stuff from the school store, but that place is a school store in name only. Itâs really a convenience store that has already almost reached the level of a small supermarket. It sounds like the dormitory students are especially pleased with the product lineup. I guess I should say, as expected of a school for young ladiesâŠâŠ?
But then Honoka glanced over at all our places with a slightly calm look on her face.
âBut the store only had cheap sets for saleâ I wouldâve gotten a real tea set if I had the timeâ That way everyone can use it!â
âThat, would certainly have been going all out for Sakiâs partyâŠ.â
Iâm kind of amazed at how enthusiastic she is about all of this. But that kind of casual exuberance in her personality is also part of her charm.Â
âIâm okay with it~? I like brewing tea and preparing sweets~, so I would like it if we could have a tea party every day.â
 âReally truly!? Letâs do it!â
âSaki, are you sure about that?â
âI have some extra plates at home I can bring here~â
âYosh! Weâre going to have an elegant tea time like right now every single day!â
âI wouldnât necessarily call this tea party âelegantââŠâŠâ
This tea talk is making me a bit anxiousâŠ..this is a school for young ladies right? Well, rather than strictly upper class, Iâm sure there are a lot of students here who would consider themselves middle class kids who grew up in a good environment.Â
âWe canât just spend all our time âelegantlyâ though? Weâre still a photography club, so we are going to have to go out once in a while.â
âHmâ, wellâ. That sounds like itâd be fun sometimes tooââ
âShooting photosâŠ..sounds funâŠ..â
âOf course. We can shoot some photos and then take the time to experiment and get used to things as we go.â
I pulled the camera off the shelf and switched it on.
âLook here everyone. You press here, andâŠ.â
After showing everyone the operation screen, I turn the lens toward them and hold the camera up.Â
âHuh? Are we taking one now?â
Honoka bounced up and down in her seat. She bent her body low and turned it to face the lens, and
âSa · ki~ one more time! Pretend to blow out the candle again!â
âE-Eh~â
she started badgering Saki. Honoka continued to pebble her with âQuickly, Quicklyâies while she was befuddled, so Saki hurriedly faced the cake.Â
*Fuu~* and then she took a long breath out like she was blowing out her candle. I rushed to snap the picture in time. When I looked at the screen, a very cute princess with puckered lips like a peach fruit was looking back at me. Iâll have to transfer the data to my cell phone laterâŠ.
âI-I would like to take one tooâŠâŠâ
âDo you know how to work the camera?â
âMmâ
Yuzuriha gave me a simple nod, so I slip the shoulder strap over her head and passed over the camera.Â
âOh? A second one? Hoo-yeah!â
âHoo~yeah!â
Saki rode on Honokaâs high and joined in on the chorus.
âCâmon! You too Rantan!â
âH-Hoo-yeahâŠâŠ?â
Even Ranko was getting in on Honokaâs unreasonable request. I was thinking she was in a bad mood before we ate, but sheâs never been a very talkative child. Maybe she wasnât any different from normal.Â
There was a *snap* as Yuzuriha took the photo. Her hand messed with the screen after that because she wasnât sure how to work it, so I had to show everyone how to look up the photos you have taken.Â
âItâs a good shot.â
âMe me, Iâm nextâ!â
âYeah yeahâ
The camera was passed over to Honoka next. Itâs just a simple single-lens reflex camera, but it is still fun to watch. So as soon as we start shooting, they gather around like excitable children.Â
âSaki-chanâs birthday commemorationâ!â
âWouldnât your phone work well enough here?â
âBut itâs a special photo because weâre using this special guyâ!â
âThis is an amazing cameraâŠ..!â
âYou said it Yuzurin! Itâs an awesome camera right!?â
âAwesome cameraâŠâŠâ
Their shining eyes remind me of what amusing girls they are. Would you call them the little sister type or the child-like type? Theyâre fun girls either way.Â
Well, while I was watching the two of them chat up the camera, Honoka suddenly spun around on her heelâŠ..?
âMy chance!â
âKyaa!â
The flash of Honokaâs surprise photograph caused Saki to flinch.
âWhat are you doing~?â
Honoka circled around the table while checking the image she just snapped. Saki quickly chased after, trying to get her hands on her.Â
âWow, a close-up of Sakiâs bad skinââ
âEeh! Really!?â
A deep blue color creeped into Sakiâs expression as she forgot to keep chasing Honoka and started feeling up her face with her hands. I would think getting the camera to delete the photo would be her first priority.Â
ââŠâŠI liedââ
âGrr! Hono-chan~!â
It was a fun and boisterous club activity even as the sun continued to fall further westward. When making a yuri harem, itâs important to have everyone get along.Â
And as for the picture of our teacher I secretly found on the camera before, I already secretly transferred it to my computer. Iâll talk to her about it sometime in the future, but does it have something to do with the club being abolished? Letâs keep that matter away from the girls for now.