romantic comedy - ( dilemma of love, chapter 6 )

[mandytl]

Location: Grounds

<A Few Minutes Later>

 

Nazuna: He~y, everybody! Sorry for being so late!

 

Nazuna: New Year's Eve is right around the corner, so every supplier seems pretty busy. It's gonna take time to setup an appointment when the phone lines are so backed up~.

 

Tomoya: Hnnghhh! Nnhghh, nnnnhhh~!

 

Nazuna: ..... o-ohwah?! The heck'sth that?! Uhh, that voice... is that Tomo-chin?

 

Tomoya: Hmm? Nii-chan? Sorry about that. I can't see anything ahead of me since I'm carrying this mat over my shoulder.

 

Nazuna: Why a mat... ? If you keep dragging that mat around it's just going to get dirty what with the ground being a slushy mess thanks to all the leftover snow.

 

Nazuna: They'll get mad at you after, you know~? The teachers, I mean.

 

Nazuna: Anyway, carrying that alone must be difficult. I don't know all the details, but let me give you a hand ♪

 

Tomoya: Th-thank you! You're a big help, Nii-chan!

 

Tomoya: The mat was way heavier than I thought it'd be~. Another miscalculation. I'm always making mistakes like that, huh?

Nazuna: That's not true. .... but why're you carrying this mat in the first place?

 

Nazuna: Did you guys get into something weird again the minute I turned the other way?

 

Tomoya: No, not exactly. Mitsuru's just going completely off the rai....

 

Tomoya: Oh, yeah! Mitsuru's in trouble! I'll explain more later, but right now we've got to hurry!

 

Nazuna: O-Okay. But where're we in a hurry to?

 

Tomoya: To that tree we decorated the other day!

 

Tomoya: He didn't want the snow to ruin our hard work, so Mitsuru brought a vinyl sheet out of nowhere to try and cover it all up~.

 

Nazuna: I see... Mitsuru-chin worked harder than anyone else when it came to the decorating.

 

Nazuna: It'd be a shame if it were ruined after all that, huh. No one wants all their effort to come to nothing.

 

Nazuna: But he didn't have to go to all the trouble.

 

Nazuna: When I finally get in touch with the supplier they'll understand how we feel. They said if for some reason the decorations ended up breaking, they'd replace everything free of charge.

 

Tomoya: Whoa. That's really generous.

 

Nazuna: Yeah. Well, as for Mitsuru-chin, he just wants us to have our glistening decorations kept up "as they were".

 

Nazuna: ( Besides. There was an extensive replacement of the suppliers going in and out of the school the other day thanks to Tenshouin... )

 

Nazuna: ( The new suppliers won't want to get cut off so easily. They're sure to provide extra services in an attempt to promote themselves. )

 

Nazuna: ( Good faith alone doesn't make the world turn. )

 

Nazuna: ( Not that I can say that to Tomo-chin when he's so innocently overjoyed. But I won't stop being grateful for this chance, even if it makes me a hypocrite. )

 

Tomoya: .... what's wrong, Nii-chan? Stop thinking and let's hurry! Mitsuru might fall before we get there!

 

Nazuna: Hm. .....did he seriously scale that tree?

 

Tomoya: Yes! Ugh. He's like a wild monkey sometimes.

 

Nazuna: But we're rabbits, not monkeys. ....do you think a rabbit can climb a tree too?

 

Tomoya: Eh? I have no idea. Really trivial stuff tends to preoccupy you and stop you in your tracks sometimes, Nii-chan.

 

Tomoya: That's a little rabbit-like~ ♪

 

Mitsuru: He~y! Nii-chan, Tomo-chan, over here! ☆

 

Tomoya: Oh? What the. I went through all that trouble to drag this mat here... and you're already down from the tree?

 

Tomoya: Are you okay? Did you fall? Are you hurt?

 

Mitsuru: 'course I'm okay! As you can see, I'm in tiptop shape. Eheh! ♪

Nazuna: Hey... cut it out with the risky stuff, Mitsuru-chin. You're an idol, you know? If you get hurt it'll just make your fans sad.

 

Nazuna: No.. you'd end up making everyone worry like that, usually.

 

Mitsuru: Y-Yeah. I'm real sorry, Nii-chan.

 

Nazuna: As long as you understand.

Nazuna: .... hm? Huh? Kaoru-chin's here!

 

Kaoru: ...............

 

Hajime: ..............

 

Nazuna: .... what're they doing? Just the two of them, all sneaky under the shade of the tree like that?

 

Mitsuru: Who knows? But they've been talking for a while now with those super serious looks on their face.

 

Mitsuru: Being left out was super lonely! Tomo-cha~n ☆

 

Tomoya: Wah?! Don't jump at me like that. I'll slip on the piled up snow.... I'mgonnafall~!

 

Mitsuru: Wah hah hah! You'll be okay if you fall, now that we've got this this! Ah hah. So that's why you went to get the mat, Tomo-chan? Nice thinking ♪

Nazuna: You two are such good friends... which is fine. Just watching you two puts a smile on my face.

 

Nazuna: ( What's the big secret over there, though? )

 

Nazuna: ( I'm concerned, but the atmosphere's so serious... is it okay for me to step in the middle of it? )