Bonus Short Stories
Elemental ☆ Red Riding Hood!
In Japan on a Friday, not long after the start of the school term...
Endou Suzune was a little girl in sixth grade of elementary school. It was springtime.
Ding dong, ding dong.
As the bell for the end of the school day chimed in the background, Suzune’s pleated skirt fluttered as she ran through the school building, panting excitedly.
“Bye!” Her destination: the bus stop beside the school gate.
“All right, I made it in time... Hopefully!”
There was over five minutes until the next bus. Bus schedules were always unreliable, but she should be safe.
Suzune normally stayed back in the classroom to chat with her friends after school, but there was a reason why she was in a hurry today. She had made a promise with her older friends to meet on the bus today.
“I’m at the bus stop now...and send,” she murmured, writing a message to the group chat on her phone. The message was immediately marked as read, and a reply arrived: “We’re almost at your school now.”
Less than a minute later, the bus arrived.
“Hi, Haruto, Miharu! And you must be Sara. Hello, it’s nice to meet you. I’m Endou Suzune!”
There were three passengers sitting together on the bus. Amakawa Haruto and Ayase Miharu were friends of Suzune’s, but she was meeting Sara for the first time today. These three were the people she had promised to meet up with.
“Hello, Suzune. How do you do?” Sara bowed politely, lowering her head.
“Wow... Your silver hair is so pretty...” Suzune muttered unthinkingly, enchanted by Sara’s appearance.
Sara smiled shyly, unsure how to respond. “Umm... Thank you very much.”
“Miharu mentioned it already, but your Japanese is really good,” Suzune commented.
As her words suggested, Sara wasn’t Japanese. She had transferred to Haruto and Miharu’s high school a few days ago.
“Thank goodness. That means I’ll be able to participate in the play without issue.”
“Oh! You’re going to be in the play too, Sara?” Suzune asked happily.
There was a preschool affiliated with Haruto and Miharu’s high school, which the drama club had once put on a play for. The children had loved it so much, they requested that they put on another show. Haruto and Miharu were participating as members of the student council, and this time, Suzune had a part as well.
“Yes. I heard you were playing Little Red Riding Hood. I’m going to be playing the wolf, so let’s both do our best together.”
On top of that, Sara had been given a role as well. The chosen play was Little Red Riding Hood. Satsuki, the student council president, had decided an elementary school student would be better suited for the role than a high school student, so Suzune was asked to take it on.
“Yup! But if you’re going to be the wolf, I’d rather be friends than enemies.”
“I’d also like to be friends, but that won’t be good for the play. I’m pretty confident in playing wolves, so make sure you act scared,” Sara said, puffing up her chest proudly.
What does she mean by “confident in playing wolves”? Haruto wondered to himself.
“Yes! I’ll do my best!” Suzune nodded enthusiastically, unbothered by Sara’s words.
“You can try on the Red Riding Hood costume once it’s done,” Miharu said to Suzune with a smile.
“Yay! I can’t wait!”
In the end, the Little Red Riding Hood play was well received by the preschool. Suzune was a big hit with the children for being so cute, and Sara was a little disappointed that no one found her scary as the wolf role, but that’s a story for another day.
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