Editing Maria-sama ga Miteru:Volume30 Chapter4 3 (section)

===<noinclude>Star Up Teacup. </noinclude>Part 3.===

Yuuki pondered what he should do.

"Umm, Yoshino-san?"

She had been spinning the wheel like a woman possessed while the teacups were in motion. They had been spinning so fast that he had to grab on to the sides of the teacup, although it's not like they would have been flung out.

And then this. The moment the teacups stopped spinning, Yoshino-san went limp, like a toy that had run down its batteries. Still gripping the wheel, she lowered her head onto her hands and remained there. Like she'd stopped dead.

His only guidepost was that she'd muttered, "I feel woozy," just before she shut down. Yuuki had heard that Yoshino-san used to have a weak heart and it would be no laughing matter if the rapidly spinning teacup had brought on a heart-attack.

Anyway.

"What should I do?"

Frankly, he had no experience with this kind of situation. If he was with a guy, he'd just say, "Pull yourself together," and then drag the other guy out of there. But this time he was with a girl. If he touched her in the wrong place then he would probably be branded a molester.

Just as Yuuki remembered that the ride attendant was also a woman, he was tapped on the shoulder from behind.

"Sorry, I'll take it from here."

It was Rei-san.

"Rei-san..."

Even though she had been treated so poorly, Rei-san was still the first one to rush to Yoshino-san's aid when she was in a bind. She was truly a big-hearted person.

Yuuki had heard that Rei-san was talented enough at kendo to embarrass most men, but he hadn't seen anything manly (in a good way) about Rei-san until now. She looked so dashing that he started mentally singing an improvised supporter's song.

(Go! Go! Rei-san. Etc.)

"Yoshino. Can you walk?"

Rei-san called out, having entered the teacup. Yoshino-san responded with something that sounded like gibberish, but Rei-san seemed to understand her.

"Alright, let's get you up."

Clinging to Rei-san, Yoshino-san got out of the teacup. Yuuki felt a bit superfluous, since he could only watch on.

"Rei-san, is there anything I can do?"

He called out, in case there was any way he could help.

"Well, you can take Yoshino's bag."

At the same time she said this, Rei-san threw the bag to him with a basketball pass, which he gladly received.

"I'll look after it."

He'd do whatever the dependable older-brother (sorry) Rei-san asked of him.

"Anything else?"

That was when the limp Yoshino-san lifted her head, turned towards him and said, "A message."

"Huh?"

Yuuki asked.

"A message for Yumi-san. Tell her that I won't be going on the roller-coaster today, so she should go ahead without me."

Leaving him with those words, Yoshino-san was led off somewhere by Rei-san.