Slow Start Anthology ch7: The Christmas Where Something Might Have Happened

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>>Christmas Bargain Sale

>Ah.

>Oh, it's you, Tokura. I thought it was some weirdo carrying a gun.
>>Suddenly
>That's the first thing you say to one of your students~?
>Ahaha~

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>..A hotpot party?
>That's right. Tama said we should do Yaminabe for Christmas. [TN: Yaminabe: Where people add ingredients to a hot pot in a dark room so noone knows who's eating what]
>Yaminabe, really?

>We promised that we'd each bring an ingredient but
>what kind of thing would you pick, Sensei?

>...Mont Blanc?
>Kiyose-san, you do know what kind of cuisine hotpot is, right?
>You sure said it.

>What would you add then?
>Me?

>Cherry Pie?
>I've already bought it.
>That's pretty much the same thing.

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>What are you here for, Sensei?
>Buying some booze.

>It's Christmas, but you're drinking alone, huh...
>You came to a department store just to buy alcohol?
>The quality's better.
>Shut up.

>Being by yourself on Christmas sounds lonely~
>Ah, why don't you do yaminabe with us, Sensei?
>No way.

>I don't need any sympathy from children.
>Adults have nothing but work so we don't have any time for such feelings as loneliness.
>Just for example...

>...I see.

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>!!
>Well, if you ever feel lonely, let me know, okay?

>I'll
>be right there.

>...Don't get full of yourself.
>How mean, Kiyose-san.

>I told you not to call me by my first name...
>Oh.

>Sensei.
>Do you still have some time?

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>Here.
>Say Ah~

>Huh?
>Couldn't you make a slightly different expression?
>Like embarrassment or something.

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>Man, I just wanted to give my lonely teacher some special Christmas cake...
>Nobody asked you.

>It's fine, isn't it? Think of it as a Christmas present.
>For who...?

>...Geez.
>Whatever. It is Christmas, after all...

>Why you!
>Ahahaha, Sorry~ Force of habit~

>This girl...

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>is seriously cute...
>Ahahaha
>Forgive me~

>Woah, it's cold...!
>It's snowing, too.

>I should've brought a scarf.
>Honestly.
>!!

>You should at least protect yourself from the cold
>lest you end up catching one.

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>It's a Christmas present from me so you don't have to return it.
>...

>Another... upset victory...
>It smells nice...

>Phew...

>Tama saw everything!!