Kobato-san Can't Win Against Tsuruda-san! ch2: Tsuruda-san and Books

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>I've decided that the next time I see Tsuruda-san
>I would get her LINE details!!

>We'll exchange LINE contacts, say good morning and good night to each other every day, becomes friends,
>Good morning, Mio-chan~ Doing well??
>Thank you for the kind wake up call everyday. Let me take you on a date as thanks.
>Eh~ Oh geez~ Let's go<3
>You're making a weird expression, Riina-chan.
>and gradually attack enough to maybe get her to go on a date with me!?
>No guy up until now has been able to resist my charms! Okay! Let's go!
>Hey, Tsuruda-san. You must be lonely since you only just got here yesterday, right?
>Let's exchange LINE contacts! Okay?

>...LINE?
>Aah...

>I only use that for familiy emergencies... Sorry.

>Shiit!! I guess gloomy glasses girls don't falter so easily!
>But she did technically say she uses LINE, didn't she? There must be another way to get her details...

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>Hah! There is another way!

>>Beneath the Wheel - Hermann Hesse

>BOOK!!

>Nyooooooah~~~ I'm such a genius!! If I read the same books as her, we can talk about our opinions and become friends!
>Hey!
>A-ko! C-ho!
>Let's go to the library during lunch break.
>I wanna borrow a book.
>A book? Seriously?
>Eh~
>Heh~ That's an unusual phrase coming from you, Riina-chan.
>Shut up.
>...
>I've never been to the library even once, but I'm sure it'll work out...

>>Recommendations
>>Library

>Hello! I'm here to borrow a book!
>I wanna borrow that book the new transfer student has! That difficult looking one!

>What's the title and author?
>Ah.

>Eeh~ Erm.
>What was it?
>You don't know the name of the book!?

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>Erm... What was it called again?
>Be... Be... Be something.

>Ah!! "Beehive the Whoosh"! [tn: In Japanese, she misremembers "Sharin no Shita" (Beneath the Wheel) as "Jarinko no Shita" (The Struggling Student's Tongue)]
>Tehe~
>Is there even a book like that!?

>I'm not lying! It was definitely something along those lines!
>Erm... I don't remember the kanji, though.
>I can't search for the book if I don't know the title...

>Eh!? I can't remember every little title!
>Geez!

>It's not like I even like books or...

>~~~

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>It's over...
>Don't feel down, Riina-chan! We can come again next time.
>Did she want to read it that badly?
>What kind of book were you looking for anyway...?
>Okay?

>Aaaah!! She saw meee!!
>Aaaaah
>All I remember is how much Tsuruda-san's pained expression stood out~~...
>Tch
>*Moena's memory

>*End of lunch break
>Wah! You look terrible, Riina!!
>I was so shocked I forgot to eat lunch...

>*Fifth period (Japanese)

>*End of fifth period
>Moena-chan~ You can copy my math homework.
>Ahahaha... Thanks... I don't think I'll need it today.

>*Sixth period (Math)
>Hah... How do I form a connection with Tsuruda-san...

>Should I just go and ask her what that book's title is? No, that would be embarrassing...
>This is the first time I've wanted to speak with someone so much... I'm usually the one being chased after rather than the one doing the chasing.

>Hah...
>Tsuruda-san...

>...

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>I'm gonna head to the bathroom before class starts! Wanna come with?
>Sure~

>...Kobata-san.
>You were in the library earlier, right?

>You should've told me you sooner if you were interested in the written word.

>Here, take it.
>I can lend this to you if you'd like?
>I just finished reading "Beneath the Wheel".

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>Ah, and there's a present inside.

>I normally only used it for emergencies,
>but I can't miss an opportunity to hear some opinions on my favorite book.
>I'm hoping to see a long essay on your thoughts on "Beneath the Wheel".

>Kobata-san<3

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>Oh geez! The teacher's coming!
>Just made it! Safe~

>Okay everyone, class is in session.
>Please turn to page 57 in your textbooks.

>Continuing from yesterday...

>>Beehive the Whoosh
>>Math (2)

>Shh(star)

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>Ts-Ts-Ts-Tsuruda-san?!
>Be quiet, Kobata! Sit down at once.
>But... Tsuruda-san is...
>She's acting all cool!!
>Do you want detention?