Fuu/Mebuki birthday 2019 - 5

The best moment - 5

[Sanshuu Middle - Home Ec room]

Aya: We're almost done with the udon, so it's time to finally begin making the cake!

Kar: Huh? Where'd Suzume go? She even said she'd be preparing the cake.

Suz: I borrowed a photo album of the Marugame castle from the library! This book says the Marugame castle's main feature is...

Meb: The Marugame Castle's main feature is, without any doubt, its tall stone walls. They were built very sturdy using the sangizumi method... [1]

Yum: I see. You truly are an expert on construction-related matters, Mebuki-san... EH!?

Suz: Mebu, why are you here!?

Meb: What do you mean, why? Because I saw you at the library. I was wondering why you'd suddenly borrow a book on castles.

Meb: What exactly did you all gather here for?

Yum: T-That is uh, well... For that. Right, Suzume-san!?

Suz: Could you have done that a little more smoothly!? Well, anyway , this doesn't have to do anything with you, Mebu.

Meb: Suspicious... Shizuku, what were you doing here?

Shi: Nothing... special. Kusunoki, you should get back to training already.

Meb: I'm already done. Aya-chan, at least you should tell the truth. What happened here?

Aya: Uh, that's... I'm sorry! I can't tell you, Mebuki-senpai!

Meb: Even Aya-chan is keeping it a secret...

Kar: Mebuki, don't make them feel bad by sulking.

Meb: Karin. You were with them too? Jeez, I don't understand anything...

Kar: Wait, wait! Why is everyone so gloomy!? Now that it's come to this, I'm just going to say it.

Kar: Actually, for your sake, they all did this and that...

Meb: Birthday celebration!? I'm sorry. I acted rude without even knowing.

Suz: Well, not that we can do anything now that it's out of the bag. Not like you could've acted in a sensible manner here.

Meb: Eh?

Suz: Nothing!

Shi: We couldn't make it a surprise...

Yum: This, too, is my mistake as the leader...

Meb: Wait. The surprise isn't over yet.

Suz: Eh?

Meb: I can celebrate Inubouzaki-san's birthday with you, despite being born in May too. Wouldn't that be a surpise too?

Aya: I see! Great idea, Mebuki-senpai!

Kar: You're right, that'd be a new one.

Meb: I'm as thankful to Inubouzaki-san as you all are. So let me help you, please.

Yum: If you insist that much, Mebuki-san, we have no reason to decline.

Suz: Yeah. In the first place, we came up with the idea of making a Marugame castle cake because you love making plastic models, Mebu.

Meb: Marugame castle cake?

Aya: Yeah. Since we're making a cake, we all decided to make it shaped like the Marugame castle.

Meb: What did you say!? Leave it to me!

Meb: I want to make the wall a little more realistic. Suzume, Miroku-san, prepare more chocolate.

Meb: And Aya-chan, whip the cream for the plaster as firm as you can.

Meb: Alright, time to put the roof on. Shizuku, hold it down so it doesn't tilt.

Kar: Things are going incomparably smoothly now.

Suz: Maybe we should've just asked Mebu to join us from the start.

Notes:
1 - Sangizumi is a japanese style of castle wall building where corners are made out of long rectangular pieces assembled in a zipper-like pattern.