Ishitsumugi no Shou 6-4N

Path of the Best Friend - 4

[Food court]

Hin: Wakaba-chan doesn't realise it herself at all, so let me explain...

Hin: In the morning I determine her physical condition based on her reaction when I give her water to drink and supply her the necessary nutriments through breakfast.

Hin: If her morning exercise is more intense than normally, I add more salt to her lunch, and while she's sitting down to take a break...

Hin: I make her change her socks, put a cold towel to her neck and give her sweets if she's in a bad mood.

Hin: If she's taking a bath, I prepare her a change of clothes and wash her back. During the evening massage I check if she's wounded anywhere.

Hin: Then I clean her ears, sing her a lullaby and put her in her bed.

Chi/Mit/Tou: ...

Hin: I've been doing this since kindergarten.

Chi: Y-You're joking, right...!? There's no way a kindergartener could do all that to another kindergartener!

Tou: But it's true... Not even the most fervent supporter could pull something like this off...

Mit: Yeah... No way. No matter how many fans there were... Nobody could ever do this.

Hin: Why, I'm sure you could pull it off. As long as it's for your precious best friend, right?

Mit: L-Let's leave the can or can't aside for a moment, is there even a need to go that far!?

Chi: So perfect, it's terrifying...

Hin: When I think about how my support is what's building that cool Wakaba-chan, her popularity feels delightful.

Tou: Ah... I see. So that's the conclusion you get to.

Chi: But, what if... You're just making yourself accept it by thinking that way?

Mit: Ah, I see... So it's kind of like self-deception? So you're trying to say that it all depends on how you take it.

Hin: No? Taking care of Wakaba-chan is my hobby, just a part of a long-term plan of mine.

Tou: Long-term... plan?

Hin: You see, Wakaba-chan has absolutely no grasp on where her clothes and things are, so I manage them.

Mit: Eh!? But... Hinata-san, what if something happened to you? What'd happen then?

Hin: See? To make sure that nothing happens to me, Wakaba-chan holds me dear and protects me... Subconsciously...

Tou: Wha!?

Hin: Without me, Wakaba-chan would lose her livelihood, she wouldn't be able to survive... And so!

Hin: No matter how much people pamper her outside, she will always come back to me no matter what! Aaaaah! That, ladies, is the epitome of bliss!

Chi: T-There's a demon right in front of me...

Tou: I have never... been this afraid of a person in my entire life... Brr, I can't stop trembling.

Hin: Heeheeheehee! Oh come on, everyone. You fell for it, hook, line and sinker!

Chi/Mit/Tou: Eh!?

Hin: Of course I'm lying!

Hin: You all looked so serious and worried, so I just played a little prank on you.

Tou: Haah... Really? And here I ended up completely buying your story.

Mit: What, so it was all a joke! Aah, that was a real shocker...

Chi: I guess we were too depressed... Uesato-san, sorry for making you worry.

Hin: No, no. So don't worry that much and just trust your best friends.

Chi :Yeah, we'll do that... So, in the end... How much of that story was fake?

Hin: Eh? How much... Well.. Uh, let's see...

Mit: Wait a second! Are you saying that some part of it was true!? It was scary from the beginning!

Hin: Eh? I-I respect Wakaba-chan's autonomy, you know? I really do. Heeheehee.

Tou: Wakaba-san...

Chi/Mit/Tou: RUN!