Sonokos'/Renge's birthday 2020 - 2

A game of hide-and-hug - 2

[Sanshuu Middle - Hallway]

Suz: Uuugh, it's hot... Turn the temperature on the AC down, would you?

Meb: Get it together, Suzume. If you just cleanse your mind...

Sek: No amount of mind cleansing is gonna make it cooler! I hate the cold, I hate the heat, I hate them both!

Kar: You ask for too much! We didn't even have an AC in the clubroom back in our original world!

Tou: Oh yeah, you're right. I wonder if Shinju-sama set it up for us since there's a lot more of us now?

Its: Not the Taisha or the school?

Aya: Shinju-sama... We are ever grateful to your generosity.

Fuu: Who gives a damn about that!? What are we gonna do!? About the Sonokos' birthday?

Shi: The Hero Club's president pretended not to care, grumpy from the heat as she was...

Uta: It's hard to come up with a present for the Sonokos, isn't it?

Sum: It really is... They have everything, and can buy anything...

Gin: Always makes your ideas veer off, doesn't it?

Aka: Hey, wait a minute. It's not just the Sonokos that have their birthday this month. Renchi too!

Kir: That's right. Give Rokku a big ol' celebration too, alright?

Yum: Certainly! It is only natural to have a banquet of unprecedented scale for my great ancestor's birthday!

Tam: Large-scale banquet means a Manchu Han Imperial Feast! We've gotta do it at least once already!

Mit: That is so massively out of our budget...

Yum: But if we are to have a celebration for a progenitor of the Mirokus, it must be appropriately grandiose!

Wak: I understand how you feel, but we are merely middle-schoolers. Let us stay within our means.

Hin: I think so as well. The feelings you put in are the most important part of gifts and celebrations.

Tak: An-chan, you're close with them, do you have any bright ideas?

Anz: I certainly do! All of us will act as characters from novels Sonoko-sensei wrote and enact a passionate love co-...

Meb/Wak/Nat: Denied!

Anz: Don't say that, please listen to the end! I'm talking varied scenes and roles here, a truly romantic and passionate love co-...

Chi/Uta/Sum: Denied!

Gin: Whoa. All of the Handsome Six shut her down unanimously...

Yuu: Hey, remember how Sono-chan and Sonoko-chan said they didn't really do what kids their age usually did when they were young?

Yuu: So how about we invite them to play common, nostalgic games from our childhoods?

Tou: I assume there are no objections to Yuuna-chan's suggestion? Then it's decided. Great job, Yuuna-chan.

Its: And it passed immediately... B-But I think that's a good idea. It sounds fun.

Aka: It does, but I wonder if it'll make Renchi happy too...

Kir: Aye, sounds good to me. I'm totally on board. This is gonna be fun... Smirk.

Fuu: T-That "smirk" is a little suspicious, but let's try to work in that direction.

Kar: Sounds good. Better than getting scolded by the Taisha for a Manchu Han Imperial Feast or getting involved in make-believe from hell.

Yum: M-Make-believe from hell? The phrase sounds nothing if not worrying...

Kir: Make-believe is for kids. Nah, nah. We need something that goes harder. Smirk, smirk.

Its: Um, uh... Shizuka-san, you were the one who agreed with playing games for children... Haah... I'm scared.