Eri Aimi (Winter Clothes)

Aimi
Here's my room, come in come in!

Kokoro
Sorry for the bother.
Well then... Let's get started, right now!

Aimi
Yeah! Kokoro-sensei, thank you for the help!

Aimi
[Speaking of classic winter presents... a hand-knit scarf!]
[I want to deliver a scarf and my feelings to Hayato-kun!]
[...Or so I say. I've always wanted to try knitting, but I don't really understand it.]
[However...]

-Flashback at school-

Kokoro
A hand-knit scarf? I could teach you if you like?

-End flashback-

Aimi
[I'm going to be taught by Kokoro!]

Kokoro
So first, why don't you try knitting for yourself?

Aimi
Yeah! Though I don't think I'll be able to do well the first time...

Kokoro

That's fine... "Do it perfectly the first time!" isn't something I could just tell you...
Then, first off... let's start with how to hold a needle.

Aimi
Okay!

-Time skip-

Aimi
H-how's this?

Kokoro
.....
Yeah! So far so good.
The rest is, basically, just repetition.

Aimi
Hurray! I'll keep at it with this rhythm!

Kokoro
If you have any questions, just ask me anytime, okay?

Aimi
.....
[Even after Kokoro left, I just kept knitting like crazy...]

-A Few Days Later...-

Aimi
The length's good...and it seems to be in an okay pattern.
After that, I just need to get Kokoro to teach me how to bind it off, and my first scarf is complete!
And then, next will be... the scarf I'll give to Hayato-kun...

-Daydream at school-

Aimi
Here... Your Christmas present! Go ahead and open it!

Hayato
For me? Thank you, Aimi.

[*Rustle...*]

Hayato
This is... a hand-knit scarf?

Aimi
I made it just for Hayato-kun...

Hayato
Aimi made it just for me... Amazing... I'm falling in love.

-Daydream ends-

Aimi
Eh? Falling in love...?
Ah... Damn it...! I reflexively said that out loud...
Sorry. I'll tell you properly.
I am... Only Aimi's...
Kyaaaaa!! Like that! Like that!
Nnhuhu, I have to do my best for Hayato-kun!

-Time skip-

Aimi
L-like this...?

Kokoro
Right right... And then, we weave in the ends...

Aimi
Th...then, it's finished! All thanks to Kokoro.

Kokoro
Not at all, it's because Aimi worked so hard.
...You know, actually... Because there was so much extra thread of the same color,
I tried knitting a hat. I don't need it, if you'd like to have it?

Aimi
Wow! It's cute! I can have this?

Kokoro
Yeah, I like knitting, but I'm always wondering what to do with them...

Aimi
...Then, I'll gladly take it! Thank you for the cute hat!

Kokoro
Then I'm happy you like it.

Aimi
Ah! Wait a minute, maybe this matches the clothes I bought before!

-Time skip-

Aimi
Tadaa! How's it look?

Kokoro
Wow! A Perfect match! It's really cute.

Aimi
Ehehe.
If I wear this when I give my present to Hayato-kun...
...Huhu...huhuhu...

Kokoro
---!?
A-Aimi! Stop! Come back...!

Aimi
Haa...! S-sorry...
A-anyway! Next, I will knit the one for Hayato-kun!

Kokoro
Right!

Aimi
[Afterwards... I also knitted a scarf to give to Hayato-kun...]

-Outside-

Aimi
I, Isesaki-kun...

Hayato
Huh, Eri-san? Coincidence meeting you in a place like this.

Aimi
Y-yeah... You see... Um...

Hayato
...?

Aimi
T-today sure is cold, isn't it!

Aimi
[Saying this over and over, I failed to hand it to him and stayed in my room until spring...]