Maria-sama ga Miteru:Volume27 Chapter6 2

Amendment, Overwriting and an Old Photograph. Part 2

Yoshino thought that Chisato-san might be out for revenge.

A year ago, when she unexpectedly won the date with her 'beloved Rei-sama,' she'd been flying high, only to have Rei-chan's failure deal irreparable damage to her.

(So much so that she came to me with her troubles.)

At that time, even if it had been a mistake, Yoshino felt compassion for Chisato-san, and they both cried together. Even just thinking about it made Yoshino tear up a little.

But calling it revenge might not be the best idea. Removing the aggressive connotations of revenge and calling it overwriting might be better. Taking the places from those unpleasant memories and repainting them with pleasant memories. That was incredibly good. Yoshino found herself instinctively wanting to raise her hand in approval.

And so, she immediately made a proposal.

"Hey, hey, hey, can we go to the zoo too?"

"What?"

That's not in the plan, Chisato-san scowled. However, Yoshino was not deterred.

"It's unfair that we're only going to the places you remember."

"Unfair?"

"On that day one year ago, I went and looked at the elephant, and the deer, and the rabbits all by myself."

" … I see."

Chisato-san said admiringly, apparently understanding Yoshino's intentions. However, as they approached the zoo entrance her face grew dark.

"The entrance fee's 400 yen."

"We should have that much left. We were going to get coffee somewhere, right?"

In this case, they could drop the coffee. They still had some tea remaining in their thermos.

"We have 1000 yen, so we can go in. But if we do, there's not enough for your bus fare home, Yoshino-san."

"Huh?"

"The plan was originally to go to a cafe, but we had to change that to 300 yen coffees from a basic coffee shop so there'd be enough for your bus fare."

"No way."

Yoshino opened her left palm and traced out some figures with her finger as she calculated. People who used an abacus would probably flip imaginary beads in the air at times like this, but that would be overdoing it. The movie ticket and the zoo entrance fee, times two, take that from 4000 yen, and if there's enough left over for the bus fare …

"Ah. Ahhh."

10 yen short.

"Well it's a good thing I rode my bike here then."

"Ooooh."

It was too late to cry about it now. Besides, there was one thing she didn't want to tell Chisato-san. She left home late because she'd been making her lunch.

"What are you going to do?"

Are you coming in, or not, Yoshino asked.

"Let's go."

It's too late to turn back now. They had to push on, one way or the other.

"A true Tokyoite spends all their money the day they earn it."

"You know, I think you're using that phrase incorrectly."

Chisato-san laughed as she handed over the 1000 yen note to pay for the entrance fee.