Yamada and Kase-san ch8: Ginger Ale and Kase-san

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>>murmur
>...
>...

>Kase-san...!
>Eh?
>Why is she here...!?

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>Appearing before Yamada, who is full of worry during her first "city party", is...!?

p3
>Excuse me, your seat...
>What's wrong?
>This is where the girls are supposed to sit, isn't it?

>A girl.
>A girl.
>Of course she's a girl...
>Phew

>No, I mean, we're having friends sit seperately from each other.
>We're not friends.

>We're complete strangers.

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>Right?
>>Right?

>Erm...
>>Name: Yamada-chan
>>Hanazoni U 1st Year

>"Yamada-san",
>is it?
>>smile
>Nice to meet you~

>You can call me "Tomoka"!
>>Name: Tomoka
>>Tokyo
>Can you say it?
>"Tomoka!"

>...

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>Tomoka...
>Tomoka
>right?
>Tomoka...
>huh...

>Ah, here's the menu.

>I think I'll order something.

>Hey, you girls want anything?
>Eh?
>I'll order for all of us! Go ahead and decide!!

>Eh? What shall I have?
>Ah, I'll have a Lemon Sour.
>Tomoka-san, could you tell me your LINE?<3
>>Kya kya kya

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>Ah.
>Kase-san's pissed...

>I can somehow tell.
>>Chill
>Hey, hey.

>Are you in any circles, Yamada-san?
>Hanazoni U's that women's college, right?
>Eh?

>>BAM!

>Ah.
>Excuse me, this table would like to order.

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>Would you like orange juice, Yamada?
>S-
>Sure...

>K-Kase-san, do you come to places like this?
>Sometimes. Like when our club has wrap-up parties.

>Is that so!!?

>Amazing!!
>Kase-san is such an adult~!!!
>I had no idea~

>>sullen
>...

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>She's in a really foul mood...!
>Of course she is.
>Eeek~
>...

>What should I do? I need to apologise about that phone call the other day...
>Can I take your order?

>Ah.
>Kase-san's used to this.
>I've never been in a place like this before.

>I
>don't know a thing about Kase-san.
>Hah

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>And I'll have a ginger ale.
>Eh!!?

>Ginger ale...?
>Y-You drink alcohol, Kase-san!?

>Seriously!?
>You're so cute, Yamada-chan!!!
>Eh!?
>Ahaha
>Ginger ale is non-alcoholic~~!
>Tell me your LINE

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>Ginger ales for everyone at this table!
>You guys are all underage too, right!?

>What's with you!?
>We're having beer!

>Let's go, Yamada.

>Eh?

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>It's fine, isn't it!?
>Let's go home, Yamada!

>Eh!? Kase-san!?
>It's "Tomoka"!
>Scuse me. Coming through.
>Wait a minute, Ka-...

>Wait!!
>"Tomoka"-chan!!

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>>Tomoka Tomoka Tomoka-chan Tomoka-chan... Tomoka-chan

>I...
>I can't just leave Hana-chan here, so...
>Um...

>It's
>It's cramped.

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>Is Tokyo fun...?
>Yamada.
>Eh?

>Did you come to Tokyo to do stuff like this, Yamada?
>Is it fun forcing yourself to come here?
>Do you really want friends that badly?

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>...

>She's right.
>What am I doing?

>For even Kase-san to come to a place like this...
>I must've worried her...

>Ah.

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>Kase-san's scent.

>It's the same as back in high school...
>Lemongrass.
>It smells like a blue sky...

>Kase-san hasn't changed at all...
>I'm sorry, Kase-san.
>For just hanging up on you.

>I was jealous
>of your roommate.

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>Huh!!?
>You seemed to get along so well...

>No way.
>Eh!?
>What the heck?

>My roommate!!?
>Ah.
>I was just thinking it was nice being with you all the time...
>Sorry.
>Um.
>That's all it was.

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>No way...
>You should've
>said so sooner...
>This pack week I've been really...!
>Sorry.

>Hah~

>Ah.
>That's not all, though.
>You don't really tell me about your plans, Kase-san.
>Um.

>Wah?

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>Yui...
>I love you...
>Eh?

>Right here?

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>Yui-chan!!
>Are you in the bathroom, Yui-chan!!?
>Ah
>Hana-chan!

>Ah, sorry, Hana-chan. I...
>was about
>to go home...
>Listen to this, Yui-chan!

>All the participants here are still underage, and yet some of them are drinking alcohol!
>Unbelievable!!

>I really can't stand stuff like that!
>Let's go home, Yui-chan!
>S-
>Sure.
>I'll never forgive them!!!


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>Huh?
>Who's this person, Yui-chan?

>Eh?
>O-
>Oh yeah...
>Erm...

>Ah. I got to the same college as Yui-chan.
>She's a really good girl!

>Ah! If I leave now, I can make it back to the dorms before dinner!
>Sorry, I'm going home!!

>Thanks, Yui-chan!
>Nice to see you found someone so quickly~!!
>Do your best!!
>See you later~!

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>...

>I'm sorry, Kase-san...
>Gotta hurry, gotta hurry, food, food
>She can't see very well today...
>No.. I'm fine...

>But you were right.
>Hana-chan really is a good girl.

>As expected of a friend of Yamada's!

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>Right!?

>You're pretty similar. (Like you're related or something.)
>?

>Wow~
>This is my first time around these parts, but the roads are so wide~
>The view at night is nice, but I want to come here during the day too!!

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>Hey, Kase-san.

>Thanks for coming.

>From now on, if I don't like something, I'll say it.
>I'm sure being able to say those things is what it means to be an adult.

>I'm always concerned about how others will react.
>I want to become strong like you, Kase-san.

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>Me? I'm not strong at all.
>You are strong!
>You're really strong, Kase-san!
>That's not true.

>Not at all!
>I mean, I couldn't keep calm this past week.
>I kept thinking that you dumped me.

>Eh!?
>Dump...
>You've got it backwards!

>Even though you're mine, Yamada, just from thinking that you didn't accept me
>it felt like you were gonna escape somewhere.
>It was really scary.
>You're like a butterfly, Yamada.

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>A butterfly...?
>>harmful bugs

>It's rare to see you wear a suit, Kase-san.
>Oh this?
>I was in a rush so I only had the one from the entrance ceremony.

>I didn't like the idea of you being hit on by those mixer guys, after all!

>It's all creased since I just kinda crammed it in my bag so I could make it here by 5pm!
>Ah, Kase-san?!
>Excuse me!
>Man, I sure ran my butt off!
>I changed in the station toilets!
>Sounds rough...

>?

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>You're not wearing your lipstick, I see.
>Eh?
>I thought you'd wear it!
>The one Mikawa gave you the other day.

>Oh this?

>You brought it with you!?
>Yeah. Y'see...

>I'm giving it to you!
>It suits you way better, Kase-san!

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>I
>don't wear this kind of stuff, though?
>It's cute!
>It'll definitely suit you!
>Put it on!

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>How do I look?

>Kase-san's birthday is next month.
>Maybe I should get her something
>besides the lipstick...