OreShura: Volume 3 Chapter 6

Chapter 6 I Thought it was a Romantic Opportunity, but it ended up as a Mayhem

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The seventh day of summer cram school.

When the three of us were eating lunch as usual at the cram school cafeteria, Kaoru took out an A4 size flyer.

"It’s nearly this time of year."

The flyer displayed bright colorful pictures of fireworks.

This was the Hane River fireworks festival that was held on August 1st of every year.

"This flyer is pretty well made."

"I always wished they didn’t give it so much publicity. Like this, there’ll be a lot of people outside of the city there, and it’ll be hard to get a good seat."

I sipped the tea from my own thermos, and said:

"Even though the fireworks are beautiful, the crowd is really troublesome, and the station near the riverbank will be unusually packed."

"R--right! It would be perfect to have a secret place to watch the fireworks from-?"

I wonder why that Fuuyumi's voice trembled when Fuyuumi she said that sentence.

A secret...?

When I was little, the idea of finding this ｢secret place｣ was like being inside a dream, but by now I have pretty much forgotten about it.

Then, Fuyuumi timidly said:

"Kidou-kun, after all you are going there with Natsukawa Masuzu?"

"It was mentioned, but I refused."

"Then, Harusaki Chiwa?"

"It was mentioned, but I refused."

"......It couldn’t be, with Akishino Himeka?"

"If she mentions it, I’ll refuse."

At this moment, something unexpected occurred.

With a ｢clatter!｣ a chair hit the ground, simultaneously Fuyuumi stood up. She repeatedly waved her fist, which still clutched chopsticks, as she said:

"Yaamoon~ ♪ That magic spell was a HUGE · SUCC · ESSっ! Chance chance~ now it’s a romance opportunity! Ai-chan epic win—♪"

I looked up at Fuyuumi in a blank daze.

The reaction from everyone around was just about the same. Everyone stared at Fuyuumi completely dumbstruck. The rice balls that some people were eating fell to the ground, while other people with water cups sprayed overflowing fountains. Similar reactions kept occurring. From behind Fuyuumi, Yamamoto-kun from the soccer club had noodles spurt out of his nose. That being said, I didn’t noticed he was here until now.

Among everyone, only Kaoru nodded his head as if saying ｢It's all right, it's all right｣.

Fuyuumi gave an ｢Ah?｣, when she realized what was going on, and then nonchalantly sat down on her chair. She cleared her throat and said:

"If Kidou-kun is really that happy about the fireworks festival, he’s really unexpectedly childish!"

"......Uh......"

"That’s not good. You need to mature a little more, we’re already high school students!"

"......"

It doesn't matter. I'll let her say that I'm childish.

"So then? With whom are you going to the see fireworks festival? Eh? Will Y-Y-Y-Y-You please say it loud and clear?"

I didn’t know why, but Fuyuumi took out a small hand mirror and began to fix her bangs as she asked this.

My answered honestly:

"Nah, this year I'm don't plan on going."

The mirror slipped from Fuyuumi’s hands, and it fell to the ground with a clatter.

"W-why? It’s a rare fireworks festival! Then what other plans do you have?"

"I intend to stay at the cram school and study in a self-study room."

"That's not having other plans! Why don't you go!"

"N— well, I guess you could say I don't feel like going this year……"

I don’t want to go because I hate getting caught in episodes of mayhem. That kind of reason was just too embarrassing.

"That being said, isn’t Fuyuumi going with her boyfriend this year?"

"Eh? Boyfriend? What’s that?"

Fuyuumi tilted her head, not understanding.

"'What', well, it's about Michel. The boyfriend you said was from Tokyo. Didn’t you say in the family restaurant that he would return by August?"

"...........Ah, t-that! That Michel!"

Fuyuumi clapped her hands as if she just remember it.

"Are there any other Michels?"

"So annoying! Everyone forgets a little once in a while."

"Forgetting a boyfriend's name is a pretty big forget."

This capricious girlfriend reminded me of a certain Masuzu-san.

"I-I definitely scheduled a date with Michel! But unluckily he’ll still be on Tokyo by August 1st! So on the day of the fireworks festival, I’m free!"

"Free, is it?"

"Not just free! I’m super free!"

"......"

What kind of conversation was this?

Whatever, I it's kinda fun.

"Well, I’m also really looking forward to the fireworks festival."

Kaoru probably realized this conversation was not going to go anywhere, so he was helping rescue it.

"Tomorrow is a day off, do you two have some time?"

"Huh? There’s no summer cram school tomorrow?"

I was quite shocked, as it was still clearly a weekday.

"It seems like they’re inspecting the facilities, so we have the day off. I remember that it was written on the schedule."

"Really."

I didn’t even notice it myself.

"Well because it’s like that, I got these!"

Kaoru took out three movie tickets for an action movie that was just released some days ago. Not long ago, I heard Chiwa say that film had pretty good ratings.

"How about? Want to go together tomorrow afternoon?"

"Well......"

Resting for half a day sounds pretty nice.

And if I paid attention to the subtitles along with the lines, it might be helpful in learning English.

"Okay? A-chan is going too?"

"Ah, um, of course I’ll go, but......"

Fuyuumi glanced at me from the side.

She must have been considering what her boyfriend would think. After all, if his girlfriend went to the movies with some other guy, he probably wouldn’t feel good.

But apart from me, Kaoru and Fuyuumi where childhood friends, so it probably wasn’t a big deal.

"Okay, let's go the three of us together."

"Ah, Yeah! I’ll go! Let’s go together ♪"

Fuyuumi’s expression had a pretty smile.

If she always had this vibe, it could be fun to hang around more with her.

♦

—Afterwards I told what happened today at cram school to the three girls, and their reaction was as follows:

"Three people are going to the ｢movies｣? Hmph! So frivolous."

"Ei-kun is just too undisciplined!"

"......A Dragonic Disgrace......"

"It's just going to see a movie. Why are you complaining so much?"

The time was eight o’clock at night.

We were all called by Masuzu for an emergency meeting, so ｢Jien-Otsu｣ once again met in the same open air café as last time. It seemed like Masuzu had come up with a ｢plan to recover the shut-down club｣; in either case it wouldn’t be a good thing.... but if I didn’t go, the consequences would be terrible.

Masuzu took a sip of black coffee and said:

"However, this might actually turn out to be a good thing."

"What’s a good thing?"

"In this case, we must take advantage of every opportunity that presents itself."

We didn’t know what Masuzu was talking about, but she spread out a half sheet of paper that she prepared at home and brought.

It read:

"Capture the Disciplinary Committee Member’s Weakness! Heartbeat? Heartbeat! Date battle!" 

"What is this? It sounds just like a name from a boring TV show."

In the end it's your ways the ones I consider So frivolous.

"What? What do you mean? Date? Whose date?"

Chiwa’s eyes excitedly began to glow, as Masuzu began to explain.

"So far, we’ve pursued to investigate Fuyuumi Ai’s weakness, but we couldn't get any satisfactory results. Although this blunder was primarily due to Eita-kun’s lack of competence, lack of aggression and lack of enthusiasm. However I -as club president- am also at fault for not coming up with concrete plans, so I'm at fault on for about a one percent of the responsibility."

"You dare say......!"

As my fist shook, Masuzu continued to give her speech in front of me.

"It is there where I carefully thought about it. The demon disciplinary committee member’s, her lovestruck mentality can be completely exposed, and the best opportunity to exploit it— Isn't it a ｢date｣!?"

Chiwa and Hime applauded with ｢Whoo｣, these two have points where they can agree; however I certainly could not understand what was to admire about.

"In other words it comes to that? We stalk Fuyuumi and Michel’s date, and try to find any weaknesses?"

"Fufufufu, your thought process is too shallow, Eita-kun."

Masuzu tut-tutted with her tongue.

"The person on the date, will be you."

"Huh?"

I was not the only one who let out such a surprised voice, Hime and Chiwa did so at the same time.

"Why? Why would Ei-kun, with that kind of person!?"

"Requesting clarification."

Masuzu coaxed the two, ｢okay-okay｣ and said:

"Eita-kun and Fuyuumi Ai. Those two, together are going on a date, and the girl will ｢fall in love｣. It’ll be the male version of our "super popular" exploits, an episode of ｢Society for Bringing Out Your Gentlemanly Self｣."

"I see......"

The abbreviation would be, ｢Jien-Dono｣

......This abbreviation makes me want to cry. ｢Jien-Otsu｣ feels much better.

"If Fuyuumi Ai has a boyfriend, this would be ｢infidelity｣. Thus, the debility we would take a hold of would be a great one".

"What if she doesn’t have a boyfriend?"

"At that time......"

Masuzu gave a fearless smile and said:

"At that time, the Fuyuumi Ai who has been simply captivated by Eita-kun, and will become our very own meat doll that will obey our will......!"

"Meat doll!"

Chiwa repeated the line like a parrot, with her eyes wide open.

Such an amazing battle plan.

That being said, however one axes it, it's just must be impossible……....

That Fuyumi ｢captivated with me｣? Didn't you misheard ｢beating me down completely｣?

"But Kaoru is also going tomorrow? There is no room for "those two, together"."

"Don’t worry. Asoi-kun will be Harusaki-san’s responsibility."

"Eh, me?"

When the topic was suddenly mentioned, Chiwa gave a strange cry.

"Harusaki-san, please go with Eita-kun to the meeting place for the date, and propose to make it a double date."

"I see! It’ll be a date with me with Ei-kun and Fuyuumi Ai with Kaoru-kun!"

Chiwa even stood up and began to pant intensely, ｢Fuui—Baaaa—!｣, but—

"No-No-No. Didn’t you hear what I just said? It will be Harusaki-san with Asoi-kun, Eita-kun with Fuyuumi Ai."

After being immediately denied by Masuzu, Chiwa ｢dejectedly｣ sat down. The fever is gone

"Akishino-san and I will secretly follow you four. When Fuyuumi Ai exposes a decisive vulnerability— I’ll use this to take a picture."

Thus, Masuzu said as she took out her cellphone in camera mode.

"Understood? Akishino-san?"

But Hime still shook her head with a poker face and said:

"An unusual complexity."

"Are, why would that be?"

"Fuyuumi Ai is my Love Master . And Eita is my ex-boyfriend, so it’s a dilemma."

"Indeed it is."

I sympathized with Hime, as it was a very difficult dilemma—and this was someone speaking from experience (the present experience).

"If those two are going on a date...... then I—"

"Then I?"

"Will destroy everything."

"What do you intend to do at the movie theatre—?!"

I tsukkomi’d with all my strength. This girl’s talk had gradually become too extreme for me.

Hime looked apologetic at me and said:

"Eita, I’m joking."

"Then you should say it more like a joke!"

In any event, why did it feel what she totally meant what she said!

"Be as it may, I won’t participate."

"Well, I’m not cold-hearted enough to force you to betray your Master."

Masuzu very graciously agreed. So cunning. If it had been me, she would mercilessly force me to do it regardless of who I had to face.

"But Masuzu, you say Fuyuumi will fall in love with me, but how specifically will we do that?"

"Such a thing, How could I possibly know about it?"

What in the hell is this paramecium saying? Masuzu's eyes conveyed such message as answer."

"Eita-kun is the advisor for our ｢Jien-Otsu｣, so you should occasionally reveal your skills in front of us."

"That’s ridiculous!"

I was originally going to rest for half a day, but now the situation became a big problem……

"Sigh, well- it might be too much if we don’t provide you with a little support, so I’ll give you this."

Masuzu handed me a small wireless headset, the type that could fit in the ear.

"By using this, you can safely use your phone to talk to me completely unnoticed. I will give you some good advice."

"......Your "advice" in the end......"

It seems like the movie was going to become very unsettling.

♦

Later—

We separated as Masuzu and Hime go in completely different directions, thus I walked home with Chiwa on the nighttime road.

"Excuse me, Ei-kun?"

"What is it?"

I replied absently, wondering how I would survive the day tomorrow.

Masuzu made this incident very tiresome. Kaoru was the kind of person who would smile and agree, but Fuyuumi wasn’t that flexible. Furthermore she and Chiwa don't really get along, so there is the possibility that a fight erupts before we see the movie?

"If you’re serious, I won’t forgive you."

"Yeah yeah."

With regards to how Masuzu ordered me to try to make Fuyuumi fall in love with me, I could only agree superficially and pretend to obey. That being said, it was too difficult anyways. What amount of pheromones did one need to emit as to captivate a girl after watching just a single movie?

"If you, are, serious, I won’t, forgive you."

"Why have you been so persistent about that!?"

I was dragged back to reality from my thoughts, and I finally looked at Chiwa in the face.

"If you’re serious, I won’t forgive you ♪"

Chiwa smiled.

But within that smile, there it was ｢something｣.

To make an analogy, it was a smile like a giant hammer wrapped in a soft blanket.

Even though the surface was very soft, the underlying shape was clearly a weapon!

"W-W-W-What are you talking about, Chiwa? I-It’s impossible for me to be serious?"

"That’s true— ♪"

Chiwa hummed ｢Fum—Fum ♪｣ as she practiced sword exercises with a stick she picked up from the roadside.

Maybe it was because the nearby rice paddy was so close, but the sound of insects was quite loud and it was quite difficult to hear voices clearly.

But in this environment, the sounds of Chiwa’s sword exercises were very clear.

Bumっ!

Bumっっ!

Bumッッッ!

"E, Um— Chihuahua-san?"

"Hei! What is it? Yah! Ei-kun? Taaa!"

I wanted to ask her why she was practicing her sword so energetically, but it was impossible for me to ask.

Then, the sound of that cursed music came from my pocket. It was Masuzu’s text message.

I opened the phone to see—

[Subject] ゴ ゴゴ ゴ ゴゴ ゴ ゴゴ ゴ ゴゴ.....

[Text] If you’re serious, You won't be forgiven. 

"Masuzu, even you......"

Really! They are all the same!!Childhood friend and Girlfriend

Aren't there any decent girls around me!?

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