Toradora!:Spin-Off 2 Fall Fattened Tiger Chapter 3
Fall-Fattened Tiger
Chapter 3
It was no big deal.
That one was just bitten by a dog.
Putting an end to the situation, they went to try out the quiet exercise machines, and next thing you know it was one o’clock. With lunchtime approaching, they exercised with all their might, pushing the hardware to its limit for ten minutes, finishing up in this area. Ryuuji, Taiga and Ami separated and headed for the locker rooms.
Ryuuji took a quick shower, dried his hair and got dressed, but the two girls were not ready yet. While the girls took their time getting changed, Ryuuji sat on a bench, quietly waiting. He was discovered again by the cats-eye lady, who was drifting by. "Hey!", she waved, "Hi!", he replied somewhat uneasily.
Aerobics had made him forget the yoga class. Yoga suited him. He quietly breathed the way he had learned while constantly checking his e-mail with his cellphone. Even so it was slow, and his bored face looked fearsome whenever he looked over his shoulder towards the girl’s locker room.
Yiiipppesss...
An echoing shriek, "What’s this? What’s this?", made everybody turn and look. The cat’s eye lady turned, too. Staff rushed over to the locker room, then,
"Oh...!?"
Ryuuji held his breath.
Accompanied by staff, Ami "H, heavy...!", appeared burdened. It was Taiga. Her face was pale, already at death’s door. Ryuuji, in haste and confusion, rushed over and asked,
"What’s happened!? Are you anemic!?"
Taiga couldn’t say anything, so Ami answered.
"...It was the crazy body-fat meter in the locker room. After all the exercise, what do you think it would show? Once it settled down... Taiga was ‘chubby’..."
"Ch...chubby...!"
"After that 'You have lost weight but are still overweight. This is normal.', it seems it was a bit much for her, to be impartially declared a little fat. Looks like she collapsed from the shock."
Taiga, lifted up on her old enemy Ami’s back, couldn’t even lift her head. For the moment Ami carried Taiga piggyback --- why? Her short body felt super, super heavy. Indeed, wasn’t she a little chubby?
"Ta, Taiga, you’re doing OK... right? Coming here again would be OK... wouldn’t it? Yes, you might as well buy a membership. I can’t take care of the financial arrangements, though."
"That’s true. I would be able to come here every week. Seriously, let’s do the machines."
"...Sounds good... good enough..."
"I’ll do my best to do as you say, OK? We’ll refrain from snacking, and we’ll watch our meals."
"...If you say so… I’ve tried hard at this, I’m not all that good... not at all..."
"Sounds like this isn’t your first try at this."
"...No it isn’t... rather... Please forget about my problems... Thank you for what you’ve done so far..."
Startled, Ami’s and Taiga’s eyes met. Taiga was a bit depressed, from what could be seen.
Ami chewed on the earpiece of her sunglasses, looking a bit worried. "Yes. So it is.", she said, raising her eyebrows.
"You are rather down, aren’t you? ... Well, we’ve been given an unusual sight: Ami-chan pitching in and helping out."
"It’s OK, don’t bother… I’m not a flasher..."
"So nice a mouth, you’ll pay for that. 'Thank you very much Ami! I got so thin thanks to you, Ami!', you should always try to say."
--- What on earth was she thinking? In the end, Ami had a good laugh.
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