Episode 21 Childhood Friend and Preparation for Training Camp ③
AN: This is the last preparation for the training camp.
Kotoha and I decided to form a group with the sports department guys.
“The group that we have formed will be doing various activities together at the camp! We will be doing orienteering, cooking dinner, and our school tradition of ballroom dancing!
That’s what the teacher said. Can you even work with these guys … I’m a little worried.
The two men are definitely targeting Kotoha. …I’m sure they’re going to make a lot of annoying approaches in various places. My heart is tinged with melancholy.
The next words out of the teacher’s mouth were,
“And please find a ‘ballroom dancing partner’ for this class! Of course, you must be in the same group!”
It instantly blew away the haze in my mind. Because ballroom dancing! I could dance with Kotoha in a stylish way! I know I’m being naive, but there’s not a person in the world who wouldn’t be happy about that.
I decided to invite Kotoha to join me, as a way of restraining the two men. With a slightly soft, playful attitude.
“Lady Kotoha, can you dance with me?”
I said jokingly, to which Kotoha replied.
“I’ll accept your invitation.”
I replied with a smile. The two of us laugh in unison.
A sweet and pleasant breeze blows between us again. I’m sure you’ll enjoy the atmosphere—
“Hey, hey, hey! Wait a minute!
“Don’t make decisions on your own!”
The two men, the nuisance, protested to me. …oh, and their names are ….Tamagawa and Teraoka, I believe.
“Hmm? What’s wrong?”
I tried to be nonchalant.
“What are you doing deciding on your own?”
“It’s a forest camp, so there should be interactions between students who don’t know each other!”
Maybe they didn’t like it, and the two of them got even more heated.
Kotoha had hidden his facial expression as well, but she was surely scared by their intensity. It’s time for you to shut up, so I’ll open my mouth.
“No. It’s true that it’s not correct in common sense, but did the teacher make such a rule? If she didn’t mention it, then this would be our freedom.”
I don’t know if I should say it was on target or not, but they fell silent. For a moment I thought I had succeeded.
But this time, they changed their target and went to—
“‘Hey, Shirayuki-san! Are you sure you want to do that!”
“Are you sure you’re not being threatened by Sasaki?”
He got Kotoha involved. I’m not sure if it’s the fact that she and I are dancing that’s so objectionable. When I started to open my mouth to stop them…
“No, I want to dance with Tsuzuri-kun. And no matter what, I don’t want to dance with people like you who despise Tsuzuri-kun.”A moment later, Kotoha cut him off again with a sharp tongue.
The two of them stood there in shock at the sheer coldness of the situation.
After a while—
“What the fuck is wrong with him? Damn it!
“I’m going back to class. I’m leaving now. …Damn it!
Each one of them spat out a discarded line and left the place as if they were running away.
“Fufu. …Those two idiots didn’t listen to a word I said. I should have intervened from the beginning.”
Kotoha laughs. Indeed, she’s right.
“Hmmm… I guess he got pissed off because I was talking. I wonder what I should do next time.”
When I was holding my head in my hands, Kotoha said confidently.
“If you say something cheeky, I’ll have a tongue lashing for you, Tsuzuri-kun.”
I couldn’t help but blow up at her comment. This is a relief. I might be able to enjoy the forest camp in a normal and peaceful way.
I felt like I had one such hope.
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