Slow Start ch57
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>Welcome~
>Hana-chan!

>Sup!
>Short time no see!
>Eh? Tama-chan?
>Woah, everyone's here!
>Fufu
>We have arrived!

>Ah, Eiko-chan.
>Hey there, Shion-san.
>G-Good afternoon...

>Oh my, Kamuri-chan too.
>Would you like a banana skewer?
>Yeah.
>Th-Thank you...
>Ufufu. Would you like a daifuku skewer too?
>I-I'll eat it...

>Want an apple pie skewer?
>I'll eat it...

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>Ki~yo~se
>san!
>Uwah!
>Tokura!?

>Ah! Enami's pupil!
>Thanks for the other day.
>Ehehe.
>Good evening.

>Are you going on a pub crawl by yourself?
>I'm not that brave, y'know.

>I came here for dinner
>with everyone.
>Hey!
>Huh?
>It's Sensei-san!

>Ah, the usual members.
>Yep.

>I'm on the brink of a hopeless feeling where I'll feel bad if I don't make sure you get home safely.
>Ah.
>Sounds like a plan. Feels like a date.

>Alright.
>Let's try this Slighly Tipsy Set.
>It's good value.
>I'm gonna hit you.

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>Oh my.
>You so scary, Kiyose-san.
>Hey.
>Stop calling me Kiyose-san.

>Eh? But it's summer vacation right now and we're taking time off from being teacher and student, so I can call you Kiyose-san instead of Sensei, can't I?
>Don't go deciding that by yourself.

>It's fine, isn't it?
>Ehehe. Kiyose-san.
>Why are you so hyped up?
>You're not actually drunk, are you?

>...
>Eiko.

>Eh?
>What's the problem?
>We're taking time off, so first names should be fine.
>Right, Eiko?

>Y-Y-
>You're not drunk either, are you, Sensei?
>I'm not drunk.
>And weren't you calling me "Kiyose-san", Eiko?

>Uh..
>K-Kiyose-san...
>Hm?
>What is it, Eiko?
>I-
>It's nothing...

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>Eiko.
>Go back to your group and eat your meal.
>Got it?
>Ah. Eh.
>Yes, ma'am...
>The heck is this?

>Okay. Good girl.
>Hya!

>S-
>Sensei, you really are drunk after all!
>I'm not drunk.
>Geez.
>You totally are.
>Come on, get going.

>It seems even a kitten can scare off its prey...

>What kind of play was that?
>It wasn't a play.
>Enami, are you always like that with your students?
>Only with her.

>...Hey, Enami.
>You haven't gotten drunk at all today.
>I said I wasn't drunk.
>I've been saying that for a while now.

>...
>...

>Aargh~~~
>Adults are so filthy~~~
>No No~
>I was just stating the truth.
>It's falling off.
>Wig!!

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>I'm back...

>And you hobble right back after being teased again, I see.
>Pfft snicker
>Uuh.
>Shut up, you.

>Huh, come to think of it, Eiko-chan.
>Hm? What is it?

>How did you know Sensei-san was at this shop?
>Eh? Well...
>she was at the tip of the photo Shion-san sent us earlier.

>Ah.

>This is Sensei-san?
>I'm surprised you could tell, Eiko-chan.
>Eh?
>You can't tell?

>Of course I'd have no idea.
>That's normal.
>Eh? Really?

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>Tama~
>Have you decided what you want?
>Indeed.
>What do you think I should get, Hana-chan?
>Well, this is
>the "For Now, Here's Our Reccomendation Set".
>>Boiled Egg
>>Lotus Root

>Ah, that sounds good.
>I wanna eat lotus root.
>You request all kinds of things, too.
>Ah.
>That sounds good too.

>Have you decided, Kamu?
>Yep
>The "For Now, Here's 30 Piece Set".
>That's a lot.
>It'll get cold so maybe limit it to 10 pieces.

>I think I'll have the "For Now, A Big Portion of Meat Set".

>Then I'll have the "For Now, Root Crops Set".
>This menu sure has a lot of "For Now", huh.

>Aha. Seriously.
>Excuse me.
>We'd like to order.

>It's our "We Have Total Faith In You Order"!
>And yet it's "for now"?

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>Delicious.
>Mm, yeah, it's really good.
>We found a great restaurant right at the end of summer vacation.

>This has turned out to be a great summer event!
>Ah.
>An Event Still?
>An Event Still indeed!

>But summer is almost at an end.
>Indeed.
>It'll be over in a short while.

>That feels kinda sad...
>No no no
>What are you saying, Hana-chan?

>There's still a lot of fun to be had in the second semester!
>Like off-campus studying and the culture festival!
>Erm, and what else...

>The sports fesitval!

>Sports festival.
>Sports.
>Exercise.
>Athletics.
>Exercise.
>Sports.
>Aah.
>I directly touched the wound on Hana-chan's heart!

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>Thank you for coming~
>Phew~

>That was delicious. So crispy....
>Yeah.
>It was delicious...

>I told you, didn't I?
>You sure did.
>I wasn't expecting such a wide variety.
>Yep.
>Yep.

>I have to come back sometime.
>Indeed.
>Let's all come here together next time.

>My.

>Then, why don't we meet up at 4am tomorrow morning
>and have breakfast here?
>That's way too soon!
>Who has breakfast at 4am!?

>Gladly.
>Eeh?

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>Did you have any stuff you were bad at eating when you were a kid?

>Hmm
>Raw leeks, perhaps?
>I can just about manage them these days.
>Mustard.
>I still hate it.
>Hmm hmm

>I hated liver.
>Even though I knew it was good for my body, I just couldn't eat it no matter what...
>Tamate-chan as a kid.

>Indeed, that was truly a case of "Liver Give Up..."
>Tamate-chan, you just wanted to say that, didn't you.
>What a terrible pun...

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>Tears and Waves on an Uninhabited Island

>Uninhabited Island.

>Uuh...
>How did this happen...
>How indeed.
>Ah, nice weather today.

>I won a luxury cruise in a lottery and the four of us set forth on a lovely passenger boat. We then encountered a terrible storm and through some strange karma only we were chucked into the sea and washed up on this island with our lives somehow intact.
>That's a lot of exposition.

>Uuuh. Now our friendship is gonna be strained as we start to run out of food and water, we'll get attacked by dangerous animals, we might catch deadly diseases, and our hearts will become broken before anyone even finds us...
>Eeh~
>That's a lot of negative delusions.

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>Uuuh. We're done for.
>This is the end...
>Aah, Hana-chan's heart is peeling away.

>There must be some kind of topic we can talk about at times like these!
>C'mon, Eiko-chan!
>Erm, let's see.

>Ah, if you could bring one thing to an uninhabited island, what would you bring?

>Waaaaaah!
>It's too late to be asking that!

>This spot
>has a phone signal.

>Farewell.
>Farewell, uninhabited island...
>The End

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>Thank goodneeeeeess