Rainbow - Roundabout 10

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Season: Spring of ES! timeline

Location: Garden Terrace

Characters: Hokuto, Tori, Yuzuru, Anzu

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Hokuto: …

 

Tori: Wh, what’s that face for…? Do you have a problem or something? Even if you glare at me like that it’s useless! I’m not scared of you at all, grrr!

 

Hokuto: No, it’s just… Fushimi has been standing behind you silently for a while now, so I got distracted.

 

Tori: Eh, Yuzuru?

 

Haha~n, you’re scheming to scare me, aren’t you!

 

I worked really hard to shake him off before coming here, so there’s no way Yuzuru is standing behind me right now!

 

Yuzuru: …

 

Tori: Gyo!? Hiii, I feel an ominous presence coming from behind me! Eeh, does that mean Yuzuru is actually here? Behind me? Say it’s not true!

 

Yuzuru: Honestly now… Just when I thought the young master had begun to aspire to be more independent, so I hardened my heart and let him swim freely, but then…

 

To think you’d disgrace yourself by hurling vulgar insults at someone the second you meet with them.

 

…Yuzuru is disappointed, young master.

 

Tori: E, eek? Eeeeeek! Yuzuru is actually there!?

 

Yuzuru: Fufu. What’s wrong, young master? You almost sound like you’re in pain… how disgraceful. Aah, I take it you must be hungry?

 

If that is the case, I have prepared your favorite bento, filled with carrots and bell peppers for you to enjoy…

 

Please, chew carefully and enjoy your meal ♪

 

Tori: N, no! I hate bell peppers! I hate their color and their taste and their smell and everything about them!

 

Yuzuru: Sometimes one must do things one hates in order to live. This goes both for eating your bento and for interacting with others.

 

Fufu. Since I finally found a note to tie both conversations together on… I must apologize, Hidaka-sama. My young master has bothered you. 

 

Hokuto: No… I don’t really understand, but please don’t bully Himemiya too harshly.

 

My grandmother taught me to treat young children with kindness.

 

Yuzuru: I’m not bullying him, not at all. Yuzuru always cares for the young master deeply.

 

Tori: You liar! You aren’t smiling with your eyes! You’re planning to give me some horrible punishment later in the name of discipline!

 

You’ve been too bold lately! Even though you used to do whatever I told you to in the past!

 

Waaaaah! Someone save me, there’s a slave revolt~!

 

Yuzuru: I am not a slave. …Well then, Hidaka-sama, we will meet again ♪

 

Hokuto: Ah, yeah… Later, Fushimi.

 

Yuzuru: Indeed. If possible, let’s meet again on the battlefield ♪

 

Hokuto: …

 

…They walked away. Wh, what did I just witness?

 

Himemiya just enrolled here, and Fushimi transferred here this year… Even now, I’m still not sure what kind of people they are.

 

…Oh, did you come over to check on me, transfer student? It’s okay. I’m not sure what just happened, but Fushimi settled the situation before any trouble could go down.

 

Fufu. So you could hear Himemiya’s screams as well. 

 

…I tend not to show my emotions on my face, so I might have appeared to be calm just now. But the truth is my patience was nearing its limit.

 

A traitor, huh. He’s right. It’s a valid judgement, I have no objections to raise.

 

I betrayed Trickstar, and then went on to betray fine as well.

 

I was being opportunistic, moving back and forth trying to stay where the scenery was the nicest… All the while telling myself I was making the correct choice.

 

Truthfully, it pains me to see how hurt I've hurt Himemiya. I can’t excuse my own behavior…

 

I don’t think this uneasiness will go away anytime soon.

 

If only I had the talent of the club president, who can fool not only those around him, but himself as well.

 

…Or maybe even that person had worries he kept to himself.

 

Well, whatever. Let’s turn to the problem at hand. I’d like to hold a strategy meeting once we’ve had a bite to eat, would that be okay?

 

…N? What’s that, some candy? Are you giving this to me, transfer student?

 

Fufu. Sweets are the best for stress, huh… I’ll accept it gratefully. Your kindness is my salvation.

 

Munch… It’s been so long since I had this candy. I don’t think I’ve had it since I was a small child. 

 

I’ve never been the type to buy and eat snacks on my own, you see.

 

Do you always carry these around with you, transfer student? I’ve heard that girls like sweets, but… that’s not it?

 

Someone gave it to you a while ago, and you found it in your bag now?

 

Hm. So you got it from Kagehira in class B when you did school part-time work together.

 

Kagehira… of Valkyrie, huh. I feel like I haven’t heard that name in a while. 

 

That guy, Oogami, Sakasaki…

 

The people who went through the same as I did last year… or at least had similar experiences. I wonder how they feel about the revolution we accomplished. 

 

Do they think we did a good job? Are they happy we took revenge on the student council for them? 

 

Was… what we did really worthwhile?

 

When you are in between goal posts like we are right now, it really makes you overthink, huh…

 

I’m confident we can overcome any hardships as long as the five of us are together.

 

But the way ahead is still not clear, I feel like if I relax for even a second I’ll be unable to move on forward.



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