Interlude
After seeing off Senpai and Yukinoshita-san, rice girl slowly closed the door.
Because of that, the club room plunged into an eerie silence.
And so, Yui-senpai put down her hand, and an audible sigh reached my ears.
I peered over my phone look at her, and I could see that she had a smidge of a smile. Her face looked the same as usual, but perhaps because of the light shining in from dusk, she looked a bit lonely.
I pretended not to have noticed Yui-senpai’s lonely smile and sigh, and directed my gaze towards rice girl.
For some reason, rice girl also sighed.
“... Is Onii-chan going to be fine?”
“There’s no need to worry so much.”
Yui-senpai comforted the pouting rice girl.
“No, it sounds like Haruno-san will also be there.”
Hearing that, I also sighed.
Haruno-senpai looks pretty, has a good figure, and a big chest, she’s like an ideal woman, but I couldn’t quite understand her stubbornness towards Yukino-senpai. Between the two of them, there was surely some complicated and hidden matters, but what made matters worse was the existence of Senpai. Ignoring Yukino-senpai, I think if Senpai was involved in the equation anyhow, it would surely turn into a mess.
“Ah—some conflict is definitely going to happen. I bet one perica[11] that those two will argue on the way.”
Hearing me say that, Komachi enthusiastically replied:
“Ah then Komachi bets 1000 points that Onii-chan will hole himself up in a toilet and never come out for the rest of his life, what does Yui-san want to bet?”
“No, I’m not betting anything ...”
Our betting seemed to have frightened Yui-senpai, but I think I can understand how she was feeling. Anyways, Senpai’s defeat was already a fact, so this round of betting wouldn’t even establish, and most importantly, rice girl was still worried a while ago, but now she’s fooling around with me, so scary. What is up with this kid ...?
It was because our motives met that we were able to create the service club we have now, as for what thoughts resided deep in her heart, I still didn’t understand to this day.
She really is Senpai’s sister ... as I was deep in thought, Yui-senpai tilted her head, as if thinking about something.
“But, a big fight ... I don’t think that will be the case.”
“Eh? Why is that so? Aren’t the two of them always arguing?”
Ever since I began hanging around the service club, that had been the case for them.
Yui-senpai showed a shocked expression, then laughed out loud, as if she had heard some kind of joke. “Ah, that’s funny ...” she pressed the corners of her eyes, then smiled as if nothing had happened and said:
“That’s not the case at all, you’re being too dramatic, that can’t even count as a fight. It’ll probably be just two weeks of ignoring each other?”
“Isn’t that even worse ...?”
“Woah, now everyone surrounding them have walk on egg shells.”
Both me and rice girl were shocked.
How could this person say such heavy things with a calm expression ...?
Anyways, Yui-senpai doesn’t even consider that as a fight, that’s really something ... she really is experienced after dealing with them for a whole year ...
Just as I thought of that, I looked towards the seats that both of them were sitting in just now.
“Those two, they really are troublesome ...”
My catchphrase is “All girls are trouble”, but just as rice girl has said, Senpai is pretty troublesome too as a boy. So Senpai’s saying that “All human beings are trouble” really is true ...
Anyways, the two of them together means trouble ... but that’s not something that I hate about the two of them.
But that’s another matter.
Thinking about the trouble that may come tomorrow made me feel as if the club room’s atmosphere has become murky.
“It’ll be fine! Completely fine!”
Yui-senpai must have felt the atmosphere sink, as she exclaimed in an optimistic tone.
“Is that so ...?”
Rice girl shot her a doubting gaze, and in return, Yui-senpai clenched her fists in front of her chest and made a victory pose.
“Yeah, you’ll get used to it in no time! It’s not like it hasn’t happened before! It’s quite the common occurrence!”
Woah, what an awful response. Could it be that you’re the mythical optimistic monster? That’s what I thought, but I found what she was saying to be quite negative. If this person were to start working, she would definitely be taken advantage of like crazy ...
Of course, I wasn’t the only one shocked, as it looked like rice girl also had quite the fright.
She shifted her gaze away from Yui-senpai and whispered towards me:
“Um, Iroha-senpai, where do I submit the form to leave this club?”
“Not sure, I’m not even a club member, I think it should be submitted to the club president?"
"But you’re the club president.”
Saying that, I couldn’t resist my laughter anymore. Hum, during these troubling times, I guess it would be best to not come here anymore.
“Ah, I need to head back to the student council.”
Just as I said that and prepared to excuse myself—
“Wait! Don’t leave me here alone!”
Komachi tightly hugged my waist.
“Hey, what is up with you? Let go of me! I suddenly remembered that I have two weeks’ worth of work that I need to finish ...”
Depending on the situation it could also be three weeks, but if things cooled down faster, I could be back within two days, so don’t come to find me!
I pushed her hands away, trying to get out of her grip.
But Komachi tightly held me and refused to release me.
“Wait! Komachi was also in the student council in middle school! I could definitely be of help! Take me along!”
Ah for real, she is annoying. There’s nothing else I can do I guess, I’ll just let her stay with the student council for now—just as I thought that:
“Ah, but I think it won’t be a problem.”
Me and rice girl looked at each other, communicating with a “What do you think?” and “Nonono, that’s not possible” gaze. Considering her wrong optimism just now, it didn’t feel believable at all.
“Eh? Are you really saying the truth?”
Me and rice girl said at the same time, even matching in our doubting demeanor.
But this time, Yui-senpai revealed a warm and calm smile to us.
“Yeah, for real. Because Hikki probably wouldn’t get angry, at the most he’d just be tired for two or three days and look half dead, probably?”
“Ah ...”
So that’s it ...? Me and rice girl nodded our heads in a somewhat cheerful manner.
Hearing what she said, I couldn’t actually imagine the look of Senpai being angry.
Although we always hear him complain, no one had actually seen him overtly unhappy, at least not to the point that you wouldn’t want to approach him.
Should I say that he would take care of his matters himself? He is pretty mature in things like that. Although, he doesn’t give others that impression at all.
And also, Senpai looks half dead all the time, it wouldn’t make a difference to see it for two or more days longer, hmm.
Seeing me nod, Yui-senpai also smiled and nodded back.
But then her movements suddenly stopped, and her face darkened. Following that, Yui-senpai turned her head around like a rusty robot, towards the corner of the club room.
Why do I feel something ominous is about to come ...? I shivered in my corner, just then, Yui-san said something despairing in a broken voice.
“But on the other hand, Yukinon, she might, take offense, and become very depressed ...”
“Ah ...”
So that’s how it’ll be ...? Me and rice girl drooped our heads down, and sighed in a slightly gloomy manner.
I could relate very well, as the image of that happening immediately came to my mind.
Yukino-senpai may be dexterous, but she’s also a cool beauty that’s quick to reach conclusions. If it had anything to do with Senpai, she would also be just like a maiden, even her mentality
would become very fragile.
But that’s something I like about her.
Giving off a girly impression, I liked that very much.
Yui-senpai probably also thought the same. If she didn’t like that, how could she have dealt with them for so long?
They really are troublesome, but I like it that way, so there’s nothing I can do about that.
Whew ... I lightly sighed, just then, rice girl suddenly leaned over, and whispered to me:
“Say, without Yui-san, the service club wouldn’t be this peaceful, right?”
“Ah ... so you have noticed ...”
Seeing me nod with a wry smile, rice girl also showed a difficult smile and said, “Yeah, that’s right.”
You really are impressive, Yui-senpai.
So, I like her.
I like girls in love and girls that never give up. I like myself, so I like others that are just like me.
I gazed at Yui-senpai with a look filled with respect and gratefulness, while she peered outside with a look of unease.
“... Yukinon, she’ll be alright, right?”
What she said sounded like it came out unwittingly, and along with it, a feeling of gentleness way surpassing that of a mom.
No, instead of saying she’s impressive, I’d say she’s impressive to the point of being quite scary, Yui-senpai ...
I continued to gaze at Yui-senpai, albeit with an extra bit of fear compared to earlier. The sunset
shining in from the windows enveloped Yui-senpai like a halo, making her gleam so much that I
couldn’t help but squint my eyes.
“Is this person an angel ...?”
“This should be the level of a goddess ...”
At least we couldn’t count her as a normal person anymore ... me and rice girl expressed the same opinion, albeit a bit fearfully. The two of use clasped our hands, and prayed towards Yui-senpai.
Thank you for protecting this place that we love so much ... after this, let’s go to a café and hold a conference to bad-mouth Senpai ...
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