Slow Start x Ama Soba

p1
>Come on.
>Get in, Tokura.

>"Tokura".

>Huuh?
>Aren't we in private right now?
>Treating me like a student when it suits you...

>...Come on in
>"Eiko".
>Pardon the intrusion.
>Kiyose-san<3

p2
>So.

>What did you call me here for?

>Well, y'see.

>The head-of-year gave me a USB memory stick containing data for past exam questions.
>You got it?
>You're forbidden from taking this off of school grounds.
>Kay.

>I accidentally brought it home and fiddled around with it.

>Ah.

>And sent it flying somewhere.
>I have no idea where it landed...
>Oh dear.

>If you lost it in your house, there's little danger of it leaking.
>Why don't you just be honest and ask Ishikawa-sensei for the data again?
>Are you stupid?

p3
>Stupid, she says.
>If I speak honestly, I'll definitely get yelled at.

>Well, it was your fault, so give up and take your lecture.
>Don't wanna.

>Don't wanna, she says.
>Once you give her a reason to lecture you
>it'll just get more derivative from there.

>She'll go on and on about my lifestyle and my clothes and she just won't stop...
>That bad, huh?
>That bad.

>So you called me to help you look for it.
>Yeah.

>I've looked high and low in this room and haven't found anything.
>I thought I'd have a better chance if I got a third party's perspective.
>I see~

>So why did you select me?
>Ah, what a cute hair whorl.
>Ah...

>I don't really like outsiders coming inside my house.
>Oh?
>So I'm not an outsider?

p4
>No, you're a total outsider.
>Should you be speaking that way to a student?

>You've already intruded once before, so you're allowed.
>What's with this awareness of your turf like a wild animal...?

>But still...

>Was I really the only option?
>The only ones who've set foot in this room are you, my parents, and salesmen.

>What about Nishimura-san?
>>Nishimura-san
>Only as far as the entrance.

>Eh~
>I told you.
>I don't like outsiders coming into my room.

>...Hmm

>...What are you smirking for?
>I'm not smirking at all~
>Ah, geez~

p5
>You're so hopeless, Kiyose-san~
>You're totally smirking...
>Aha

>Now then.
>Where should we start looking?
>For now, we may as well just search in the usual places.

>Hmmm
>How about under the bed?
>Already checked there.

>No.
>It's on occassions like this that you find things the second time you look.
>Is that so?

>Of course it is.
>Like...
>the inside...

>and the
>crevi-
>ces

>Mm
>Mmm
>Ah

>Ah, I think
>I've found something...?
>Hey.

p6
>Your panties are showing.
>Be more careful.
>Uuh

>S-Sorry.
>It just happens in this stance no matter  what...
>Mmm

>Look, you're doing it again.
>No.
>You don't have to point it out every time. Please just look somewhere else, Kiyose-san.

>Kay.
>After I'm done eating this.
>Why are you eating ice-cream!?
>And a whole pint's worth!!

>Well, this was just in my hands without me realizing it.
>You totally realized it!!!
>A pint is better value.

>Or rather, please don't eat ice-cream while staring at someone's panties!!!
>Don't get mad.

>Even though I called you so the head-of-year wouldn't yell at me, it ends up being pointless if you end up yelling at me instead.
>Honestly...
>Aah...

>I think I understand why Ishikawa-sensei yells at you all the time, Kiyose-san.
>shut it.

p7
>Ah.

>I got it!
>Eh? Seriously?
>Yeah, I think this is it...
>Here we go

>Tada~

>This is undoubtedly a USB memory stick.
>Ooh.
>Amazing.
>You're like a dog.
>Again, work on the phrasing...

>Ah~
>You dropped this down here too.
>A bracelet?
>A small one at that.
>No.
>That's a barrette I had ages ago.

>I thought I had dropped it somewhere.
>So this is where it was.
>That's so sloppy.
>Well, I couldn't use it again, after all.

>I keep the things I use a lot safe.
>Yeah yeah.
>And where do you keep them?
>The stuff you use a lot.

>In that box over there.
>Okay~
>This one?

p8
>Kiyose-san.
>I've made sure to shut it in there~
>Yeah, thanks.

>...
>It's shut in there real tight, huh?
>?

>Well, at any rate, you really saved me.
>I'll have to pay you back again some time.
>You don't have to.

>I won't accept that.
>Is there anything you want?
>No, no.
>I'm really okay.
>You're so serious.

p9
>If you turn me down any further, I'll send you a New Year's card.
>Please don't!!

>Ah, I know.
>If you're so insistent...

>That barrette you don't use anymore.
>Can I have that?
>I don't mind.
>But it's a real cheap thing.

>You really sure you want this?
>Yes.

>Well, whatever.
>Here.
>Yay~
>Thank you.

>ehehehe
>This is so cool~
>Do you know how to put it on?

>Erm
>You open this part, right?
>Huh?
>Erm?
>Give it here.

>Come on. I'll teach you how to put it on.
>Eh?

p10
>Look, you feed all your hair through it just like a hairband.
>R-Right.

>...

>Hm?
>Did that hurt?
>Ah, no.
>I'm fine.
>Then
>did it tickle?

>Mmm
>A little bit...
>I see.

>Around here?
>Hyeh!?

>Wh-
>Why are you tickling me on purpose? I'll get mad!
>It' the spirit
>or inquiry.
>Geez...

>There.
>All done.

>Wow~

p11
>Looks like shit.
>Like, real shit.
>Shut up.
>I've never handled someone else's hair before.

>Ehehe
>Thank you.

>How is it? Does it suit me?
>Do I look cool?

>I thought this before, but that thing really looks like
>handcuffs.
>Eh?

>It really suits you.
>Even if you compliment me, the whole handcuffs thing ruins it.
>Don't worry about it.

>Ah.

>Um
>I have one more request.
>Oh.
>That girl who was selfless up until now has gone back to being impudent again in a flash.
>Aha.

p12
>Erm
>I'd like to come to your place again sometime.

>...
>>[Called in private]
>>[made to help out]

>[If it's as a thanks]
>[she'll boast about it]

>...
>...Once in a while...
>I guess.
>Wow.
>You came to an acknowledgement with such a mortified face.

>You can come once every five years.
>Five years, she says.

>So I guess I'll only be able to make 20 visits from now on.
>How long are you planning on living?

>You need to stay alive too to hold up your end of the bargain, Kiyose-san.
>How long are you planning on keeping me alive?

>At least make it once every three days.
>At least once every three days?
>How badly do you wanna visit me?

p13
>Then let's meet in the middle and do once a week.
>That's not the middle at all. It's clearly in your favor.

>Geez~
>You fuss too much.
>Ah~ And I worked so hard too
>You did say you would thank me.

>Fine.
>If you really wanna come, you can come whenever you want.
>But don't expect a warm welcome.

>Yay, alright!
>I go through all that and you just go "yay"...
>You're so malicious

>Ehehe~
>Oh, right. Is it okay if I sleep over sometimes?
>Huh?

>Do you have any idea how much your impudence is skyrocketing?
>aha

>Besides, why do you want to go to your teacher's house so badly to go through all of this?

p14
>Eh~?
>You still don't get it?
>You've got a long way to go.
>Why are you looking down on me?
>What even are you, anyway?

>...Fufu
>I'm just me, not Kiyose-san.

>...I'll never understand you.
>Eh~?
>Do you really not understand me?

>...I wouldn't know.

>Hey.
>That barrette looks cool, Eiko-chan.

>Ehehe~
>It's cool like handcuffs, right?
>H-Handcuffs!?

p15
>Ah
>Sensei~
>Hey.

>Look, how is it?
>Here.
>Cute, right?
>That ain't cute.
>Yeah.
>It's fine.
>Also

>You dropped this the other day, right?
>This hairpin.
>Ah
>I knew I dropped it at your place, Sensei.
>Thank you.

>Huh?
>What's wrong?

>Um, this things.
>Wasn't there a charm attached to it?
>A small thing like this...
>No.
>It was like that when I found it.

>Ah...
>Maybe it came off when I dropped it...
>I liked this one...
>...

>...
>Leave next weekend free.
>eh?

p16
>You're good at
>searching, right?

>...Did you do it on purpose?
>Huh?
>Oh course not, moron.

>Since it's the weekend, does that mean a sleepover might be on the cards?
>Take that
>Ah, why you~
>Moron.
>Find it quickly and leave quickly.

>And when you come...
>I'll go.
>For a sleepover.
>I didn't even ask yet...

>Ehehe
>I'm looking forward to it.
>Just to warn you, the next time won't be until after five years.
>Eh~?

>Hey, does that mean
>I can come over to play even after five or ten years pass?
>Yeah.
>I might be an empty shell after five years, though.

>Don't worry.
>Searching is my speciality!