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- GJ-Bu
- Volume 01
- Chapter 01
- Necktie
- "Hey, your necktie."
- The same round table as always. Sitting beside Kyouya, Mao poked him with her elbow.
- "Hm... Right."
- He noticed what she was telling him. His necktie had become loose. He recalled that it had been a little hot during the fifth period.
- "Let's see..."
- Unfastening the necktie in one movement, he started to tie it back.
- "Huh?"
- He couldn't tie it properly. The length wasn't right at all. Once more he tried from the start.
- "Huh??"
- Another blunder. The knot's shape was not supposed to look artistic like that. He couldn't understand it. Discarding it, he went back to the start yet again.
- "..."
- Kyouya could tell, and it was plain to see, that Mao was starting to feel irritated. It was a dangerous sign.
- Since entering High School, from the first time he had to do a tie, he had never gotten used to it.
- Now, in late May, his success rate was about one out of every three tries. Having messed up two times, the third time became a challenge. As Shion might have put it, it couldn't be denied that the probability of success was quite high now.
- "Oh..."
- A blunder again. This time the knot was too tight. Being so tense, he ended up putting too much streght into it. All because Mao wouldn't stop looking.
- "Hey, Megu. Give it a go!"
- Mao signaled to Megumi with her chin. After turning off the stove's fire, the girl approached them.
- "Okay, Shinomiya-kun. Excuse me, please don't move for a bit."
- As she extended her pale hands, Kyouya stood still at attention. Megumi's hands moved swiftly and skillfully.
- "Alright. It's done."
- "Thank Y..."
- Kyouya's words were cut short. With his hands he could feel his necktie had been done in the form of a sideways butterfly.
- "This isn't a girl's ribbon!"
- "I wouldn't know how to do a man's tie. I'm just a girl after all."
- Mao prostrated herself on the table, silently laughing. She looked as if she'd pass out from the amusement. After taking half a minute to catch her breath, she faced Kyouya while wiping a tear away.
- "Give it to me. Let me do it."
- "President, are you sure you can do it?"
- "Who do you think I am? I'm your President, you know? Whatever, just stay still. Don't move!"
- While facing Mao, who now stood up on a chair she'd climbed, Kyouya stood motionless.
- He became mindful of the feeling of Mao's small hands around his neck. Then, suddenly...
- "Ack!"
- "Like this, right? And this goes here..."
- Mao was tightly fastening the knot, causing Kyouya to choke.
- "Pre-ck... President! I can't brea..."
- "Stop, Mao! He'll die. You're not paying attention to him are you? I'll do it."
- "Can... Can you do it, Shion-san?"
- After the past attempts, Kyouya had grown cautious enough to question the third challenger.
- "I've never actually tied up a Necktie, but I'm well acquainted with knots. Topologically, they have a very simple structure. Once you understand it, of course it's possible to reproduce it."
- Kyouya stood like a pole, entrusting himself to the older girl's fingers.
- Shion's thin fingers moved around his neck. Kyoro felt a light surprise at how different each of the girls' hands felt.
- "Huh?"
- Shion let out an ominous voice.
- "This is strange. I should have been able to perfectly reproduce it, but..."
- The knot had been tied perfectly, but the length of the front and back parts of the tie were absolutely wrong.
- It was hopeless. He'd completely forgotten that although Shion was a genius at games and puzzles, when it came to day to day activities she was a disappointment.
- "Enough already! I'll do it myself! I can get it right once in three tries."
- As soon as Kyouya shouted that, from the other side of the room a girl suddenly showed up. He had entirely forgotten about Kirara.
- "I do it?"
- Kirara asked. Kyouya slightly nodded.
- Bitting down on the meat she held to free her hands, Kirara reached for Kyouya's neck.
- The warmth of her fingertips that he felt on his neck lasted for a mere one or two seconds.
- "You're done?"
- He checked with his hands. It was perfect.
- "T-thanks... Thank you."
- "Hm."
- While Kyouya stood surprised and thanked her, Kirara narrowed her eyes in the shape of semicircles.
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