The Classmate Who Is Adored by Everyone Smiles Teasingly Only at Me-Chapter 2Volume 3 .5 - Autumn Festival and Baby Castella
Autumn Festival and Baby Castella 5
“Well, shall we go then?”
With that, the now four friends began to slowly walk through the crowded pedestrian paradise.
“Sōma, I know we’re here for baby castella, but it’s okay to look at other stalls too, right?”
“Of course. I want to have fun too. I’m pretty good at the ball scooping game.”
After nodding at Shōhei, Sōma turned to Chika.
“Chika, want to compete to see who can scoop more? I’ll definitely win, though.”
“Eh? Um, yes, sure.”
Chika, still not quite over her surprise, gives a vague response, and Miki looks at her with concern.
“Chika, what’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell, or maybe you’re dizzy from the crowd? Don’t push yourself. There are plenty of festivals, and if you’re not feeling well, it’s better to go home right away.”
Chika quickly folded her arms and made a muscle-flexing pose in response.
“No! I’m really energetic!”
“Just make sure you’re not overdoing it, okay?”
Miki and Chika naturally hold hands and walk together, looking like close sisters to anyone who doesn’t know them.
“Separating these two…? Impossible.”
Watching them from behind, he couldn’t help but mutter that to himself.
“Ah, look Chika, there’s cotton candy! I’ll buy you some!”
Miki excitedly pulls her arm and leads Chika to the cotton candy stall.
“Let’s go with this cat character one. You used to love it when you were little, right?”
“Miki-chan, you remember well.”
“Well of course, it’s about you, Chika.”
After buying Chika a pink cotton candy in a cat character bag, Miki immediately takes out her smartphone.
“Chika, start eating it right away.”
“I can’t eat all this by myself. Miki-chan, let’s eat it together.”
“After taking a picture of Chika eating cotton candy.”
“Whaaat, then let’s take a picture together!”
“There’s no value in taking a picture of someone like me. Instead, we should focus on taking photos of you.”
As Chika looked bewildered, Miki stuffed the fluffy cotton candy into her mouth and started snapping photos rapidly.
“Perfect! You’re so cute! It’s like you’re holding a cloud and you look even more angelic than usual! Chika, hold an even bigger cotton candy!”
The rapid shutter sounds echoed from Miki’s smartphone.
“Um, Miki-chan, don’t tell me the whole purpose of coming to the festival today was this?”
“Of course. Lately, some sweets idiot has been monopolizing you too much, Chika. Today, I’m planning to snuggle with you to my heart’s content. Ah, it’s so healing to take cute pictures of cute Chika. I’ll keep shooting until my memory is full!”
“I-is that so…”
Chika let out a dry laugh.
“Ah, there’s candy apples over there. Chika, let me take a picture of you biting into one!”
“Um, having sweets one after another is a bit too much for me.”
“That’s true. How about a kebab then? Chika trying her best to eat a kebab sandwiched in bread with her small, cute mouth is also super adorable and animal-like.”
With cotton candy still in hand, Chika was dragged by Miki to a kebab stall across the street.
On the way, she glanced over at Sōma.
Chika’s eyes pleaded, “It’s impossible to get Kikuchi-san and Miki-chan alone!”
“Cute! Chika with her cheeks stuffed with meat is also great! Keep going! Keep eating! Ah, if only you were wearing a yukata, it would be perfect.”
“Miki-chan, it’s November. If you walk around in a yukata at this time, you’ll catch a cold.”
While watching Miki, who was glued to Chika as she chewed, it truly seemed impossible to separate the two.
At least, Sōma couldn’t think of a way to pull them apart.
“…”
Silently, he turned to look at the boy standing next to him.
Shōhei was smiling as he watched Miki and Chika.
His face showed nothing but the emotion of “fun.”
“…Can’t be helped, huh?”
He muttered quietly to himself.
It might be rude to Shōhei, but Sōma’s primary goal was not to leave Shōhei and Miki alone but to sample baby castella.
“Hey Chika, once you’re done with that, let’s go get some baby castella.”
“Oh right, that’s true. Ugh, I’m going to eat so much today, I might get fat again… Sōma-san, if that happens, you’re responsible for accompanying me on a run or to the pool, okay?”
As Chika let out an almost tearful voice, Miki suddenly realized,
“I totally forgot! Ichinose, what kind of swimsuit was Chika wearing at the pool you went to before? I’m so curious, but she won’t show me!”
“Sōma and Satomi-san even went on a pool date? I seriously don’t understand why you guys aren’t dating…”
“It wasn’t a date.”
“That’s right. It was a grueling training session.”
The four of them walked through the bustling festival crowd, searching for baby castella.
The autumn festival was more crowded than imagined.
If they got swept up in the flow, they would quickly scatter, and it didn’t seem possible to conveniently split into two pairs.
“Ah, there’s a baby castella stall over there!”
Just as he was thinking it would be difficult to comply with Shōhei’s request, Chika spotted a stall with a yellow banner that had “Baby Castella” written in big red letters.
“Excuse me, could I get a dozen, please?”
“That’ll be three hundred yen.”
After exchanging three hundred-yen coins with the stall owner, Chika received a warm paper bag and looked a bit smug.
“Yeah, yeah, good job. Now let’s eat quickly.”
He praised her half-heartedly, and Chika pouted, looking dissatisfied.
“Sōma-san, you are supposed to be my guardian, so I think you could praise me a bit more.”
“At this point, buying stuff like this is a piece of cake for you, Chika. I’d know since I’ve been watching you grow up close. Here, open your mouth.”
Taking the paper bag from Chika, he picked up a baby castella and fed it to her.
“…um, well, I guess it’s something like this.”
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After taking a bite, Chika gave her opinion with a slightly troubled look.
“What’s with that unhelpful opinion? Put some effort into your tasting role.”
“I can’t help it. It’s just very ordinary. You’ll understand if you try it, Sōma-san. Here, ahh—”
He slowly chewed the round pastry that Chika fed him.
“…It’s ordinary.”
It was just as she said.
It lacked any distinctive features.
