Slow Start ch39

p17
>Hana-chan...
>Summer vacation...
>passed by in the blink of an eye...
>Eh?

>It feels like the first semester's closing ceremony was just

yesterday...
>Eh?

>Aah...
>There is only despair...
>It was the day before yesterday! Don't worry! There's still some

summer vacation left!

p18
>Shortly after entering summer vacation,
>the hope-filled students have to spend one night at a training

camp on school grounds.

>They can ask teachers for advice on summer homework or special

subjects that they can't understand through regular studying.
>There's also guidance counselling.
>That is the Study Intensifying Training Camp.

>What a cruel name.
>Study Intensifying Training Camp.
>Y-
>You think so.

>I do think so. It sounds like some kind of torture camp.
>Torture camp...
>Pyaaa

>Hana-chan?

>B-But it ends today.
>Thanks to that, your homework is half-done, right? You can play

more, right?
>Yeah.
>It was a strict camp...

>Kamu-chan could probably sense danger so she hid away overseas.
>Eiko-chan fought bravely against the enemy but had to withdraw

after becoming infected with a mysterious virus.

>Erm, so Kamuri-chan isn't participating because she's on holiday

abroad
>and Eiko-chan just left early because she caught a cold...?
>Hana-chan's uncertain retorts are so cute.

p19
>Kamuri-chan at that time.
>Airport

>Beach

>Sightseeing
>Ah~

>Hotel

>>Shower room
>The night before

>Oh.

>Hey.
>It's way past lights out.
>Well,
>I just woke up and was really sweaty.

p20
>I'll head back after I take a show so please over look it.
>...
>Why are you stripping so quickly?

>...Get me some ice-cream or something on the way back.
>Ehehe, okay.

> Hey, that...

>I remember those.
>When I flipped your skirt the other day.
>Oh my, you have such good memory.
>Please don't remember every little thing.

>...It's not like this is the only thing I brought, okay?
>It never crossed my mind.

>...And I didn't bring dozens of the same thing either, okay?
>I did not consider that probability either.

>Ah.

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>Wow, Sensei, look at those abs.
>So cool.
>I know, right?
>Heh

>Ooh.
>They're hard.
>Hey, don't just go touching them.
>Ever heard of this thing called personal space?

>This must've been the result
>of straightforward exercise.
>Well, I do work out.

>Your belly's looking pretty pathetic.
>Eh?
>You think so?
>Pathetic, you say.

>It's thin and pale.
>Hya
>Pretty unreliable and...

>Oh?

>...You've got a fever.
>Eh?

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>That must be why you've been sweating.
>Ah.
>Now that you mention it, I have been feeling kinda spaced out.

>I'll wake up the nurse.
>The shower is cancelled. Let's go.
>Eh?

>Take some medicine and make sure to sleep until morning.
>Tch
>Hokay~

>...Hey.
>Put your clothes on.
>Whoops.

>Did you take the medicine?

>Yeah.
>Sorry for bothering you so much.
>Stop it.
>Your admirable attitude is grossing me out.
>Woah, how mean.

>Is this the room the staff are lodging in?
>Yeah.
>Since you've got a cold, it might spread to the others if you go

back to your room.
>It's quarantine.

>Ah.
>Here I can infect Sensei to my heart's content.
>Stop it.
>Aha.

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>...Well, you can sleep here to your heart's content.
>Yay.
>Okay~

>sigh

>...
>Sensei.
>What is it?
>Do you ever feel uncomfortable trying to sleep with a fever?
>Yeah
>I guess.

>Uuh~
>This feels gross~
>Hey.
>Don't struggle.

>Come on.
>Gya.

>Behave yourself on top of the bed.

>That was a bit naughty just now...
>...I guess...
>What am I supposed to say?


p24
>...Tokura.
>I'm heading out for a bit.
>If you feel bad...
>Hm.

>...Looks like the medicine is working.
>Well, she should be fine if she gets some sleep.

>Mm...

>...ng
>Nng

p25
>Uha~
>I'm sweaty...
>Oh.
>You're awake.
>You did well there.
>Has your fever gone down?

>Nng
>Ah.
>It's better than it was yesterday.

>But you better go home for today.
>Are your parents okay to pick you up?
>Ah.
>They should be around this morning.
>Hm.
>Alright, give them a call.

>Ah, they occasionally contacted me.

>...Sensei.
>Where you here all night?
>You wouldn't let go of my shirttails so I had no choice.

>Eh?
>A-Ah...
>I'm sorry...

>No
>That's not true.

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>It's true that you were grabbing onto my shirt
>but your fingers were holding on pretty lightly.
>I could have
>easily taken them off.
>Eh?
>Eiko-chan! How you holding up!?

p27
>...Tama.
>Your hair's stuck.

>It's okay.
>You can open it.

>Tokura Mom

>Are you okay, Eiko-chan?
>Yeah. I slept a lot last night.
>I'm just going home so I don't infect anyone.

>I'm sorry for not noticing you weren't feeling well...
>It's okay.
>Thanks, Hana.

>Sorry for not noticing that things were heating up...
>Tehe
>Yeah.
>Thanks, Tamate-chan.

p28
>Flashback over.

>Tama-chan.
>We have a pop quiz at 2pm.
>We can leave once we've solved all the answers.
>Eek!

>Wh-What the heck? Geez!
>The independent study was gruelling enough!
>Geez geez geeeez!

>But it doesn't look like it'll affect our grades...
>Even if it doesn't, I hate it! Geez!
>Geez geez geez geeeeeez!

>B-Bear with it!
>Come on! Let's go, okay?
>Geez, okay~

>Our Study Intensifying Training Camp
>has only just begun.
>Stop it~
>No! It's over today!!!