Chapter 67
Home Economics Club Activities – Second Part
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“……Ah, made a mistake . Have to redo this part again…”
After school the next day, Kanata and I were both in the home economics room absorbed in working on making misangas . If we were on a radio broadcast, then incident must have occurred, since there was no conversation between us .
Every once in a while, she would take a glance at me, then return her eyes back to her hands . Kanata might not mind it, but it felt slightly awkward…
“KKanata, have you decided on what you want to do in the future?”
She shook her head slightly to indicate a no .
“I see . ”
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Ku, this atmosphere is heavy… Even if I wanted to summon Sana, she had already gone straight home .
“Do you have an interest in… game companies?”
“Games?”
Oh . I finally got a reaction .
“Yeah, that’s right . Since you like games, have you ever thought of making one before…?”
“… Liking something and working is different . ”
She said something so reasonable!? Isn’t this the person who’s supposed to be Sana’s senior at a game company in the future?
Sana probably went home to work on her misanga, and Hiiragi-chan was probably going home after work to work on it as well .
“I will definitely win!!”
Yesterday, Hiiragi-chan was so enthusiastic when she called at night . She’s twenty-four years old, and is completely serious in competing with high school students .
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“Sensei will properly teach them the severity of such a competition . I’ll teach them how real this is!”
Hiiragi-chan didn’t even hold a fragment of maturity .
“… Seiji-kun… can I get your arm for a bit?”
“Arm?”
Kanata grabbed onto my left arm and started touching it .
“What is it?”
“Size… You’re the same as Sana, pale… and thin . ”
Well I don’t really do any sports or anything . It isn’t white enough to call pale, but I don’t really go outside and I don’t really do any exercise, so my arms stay untanned and thin all year round .
Funi funi, Kanata was absorbed in touching my arm .
“Are you done?”
“… Can you make a fist?”
“Eh? Like this?”
As I gripped my palms, Kanata began tracing the muscle lines that formed on my arm .
“… It isn’t strong, but it’s pretty… And a little obscene . ”
“What are you imagining when all I’m doing is this?”
I would like you to stop looking at my arm as if it was something obscene .
After that, Kanata repeatedly touched my arm .
“… I got it . ”
What did you get?
As usual, the model student Kanata still had a lot of mysterious parts to her . When I asked Sana about what type of person Kanata was, I was given the reply of, “Kanchan is a normal girl?” Rather, it seemed like Sana was making me out to be the weird person for asking such a question .
With me being me, producing the misanga took me about two days before I finally finished .
And then, three days later . After school, we gathered at the home economics club and presented the misangas that we made .
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“Nii-san, in order for you to not know who made which one, turn and face the other way . ”
“Okay, okay . ”
I turned around and faced my back towards Hiiragi-chan, Sana, and Kanata .
Well, I did see Sana while she was making it, so I can probably easily tell which one is her’s . The same for Kanata . Which means, by process of elimination I can also figure out which one is Hiiragi-chan’s . Is there really a meaning in turning around?
“Sana’s is this! It’s perfect!”
“Sanchan, you worked hard . ”
“Hehen . That’s right, Sana worked really hard—Wait, Sensei, you were just making fun of me right weren’t you!?”
“…I don’t think she was making fun of you, just treating you like a child . ”
“Kanchan . Please don’t analyze the disrespect directed at Sana . Rather, how did Sensei’s turn out anyways?”
“Hiiragi-sensei’s is this one!”
“Eh!? This, it’s cheating!”
“I didn’t cheat . Please don’t say bad things about other people . ”
Cheating? What did you do, Hiiragi-chan”?
“Then, is it fine now?”
As I was given the okay, I turned around to face the three of them .
On the left, was Sana’s red, white, and blue French misanga . [1] Even if it looked a little bit awkward, it was well made . As I picked it up, Sana began to fidget, her eyes were swimming left and right . She’s easy to understand… The one in the middle was Kanata’s . It was made carefully with the blue, white, and black colors that I had picked .
And, finally…
… No matter how I think of it, it’s Hiiragi-chan’s…
While fidgeting, Hiiragi-chan was looking at my reaction .
“Sowa sowa . Sowa sowa…” [2]
She’s saying that out loud!?
“Sanadkun . Pick one out of the three that you like the most, and then we’ll exchange, okay?”
With a composed expression, Hiiragi-chan spoke . Essentially, Hiiragi-chan’s misanaga was well, one, two, three… twenty in total . How much did you want my misanga?! If you make twenty, then of course there would be one or two that I would like!?
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She’s not mature at all . She was planning on dominating the battlefield with overwhelming numbers…
“Look, even Nii-san is drawing back . Making so much is cheating . ”
“It’s not cheating . No one said you could only make one . ”
Are you a child?
However, since numbers were not brought up, there was reasonable logic behind it .
Hiiragi-chan’s face had her pride written all over her face .
“… You said, there was only three days for making them…?”
“Mufufu, did you notice? This was Sensei’s plan for complete victory ♪”
“Somehow, it’s so serious that it’s a little bit disgusting…”
“… Yeah, a little bit disgusting . ”
“Sensei, how about you pick on as a representative?”
“Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!?”
“Ah . That sounds good . ”
“… Yeah, that’s reasonable . ”
Reluctantly, Hiiragi-chan picked her favorite one out of them as a representative .
“Nii-san, pick . No matter which you pick no complaints… complaints might be brought up but we will do our best . ”
As Sana said that, Hiiragi-chan and Kanata nodded .
“Then…”
I picked up Sana’s misanga .
“Eh? Ssana’s? You’re fine with that one!?”
“Yeah . Exchange with me . ”
I handed her Sana’s misanga from within my pocket .
“I-I’m happy… Wait . Nii-san, you can actually make it pretty well . ”
Sana was carefully looking at the misanga held in the palms of both her hands .
Even at a time like this, she doesn’t forget to say rude words .
It was made mainly out of orange in order to match Sana’s image .
This time, I grabbed Kanata’s .
“… Didn’t you exchange with Sanchan…?”
“Isn’t it fine to make multiple?”
I handed Kanata one that was made mainly out of green .
“… Th-thank you… I’ll treasure it . ”
“Eh, eh? Then that means…!?”
The eyes of the dispirited Hiiragi-chan began to shine .
“I also have one for Sensei . Here . ”
“Thank you… Sensei will also treasure it…”
While being thrilled, Hiiragi-chan stared closely at the misanga in her hand .
“Everyone seemed to want one, so I thought it would be nice to make three . And so…”
Everyone was busy trying to put it on their arms and adjusting the length . None of them were listening at all . But, since they look happy, I’m glad that I worked hard to make them .
“Nii-san, by the way, who is first place…?”
“Eh? First place? … Sensei for enthusiasm . Sana for effort . Kanata for degree of perfection… so a draw . ”
“““Well, it’s fine I guess…”””
Seeming like they gave up on a decision, the three of them looked at the misanga on their arms in satisfaction .
TN:
Just for clarification… the colors represent the French flag . Normally I would say blue, white, and red, but since it’s Japanese we go right to left This is the sound effect for fidgeting . I normally translate it fully since it’s used interchangeably as the sound effect and the verb but I thought it would be better to leave this one as is .