Chapter 55 – With the Giant in Front #2
An academy full of people.
Both current students and guests from outside are immersed in the lively atmosphere of the cultural festival.
Even though the sun was still shining, there was no time to set foot in the crowd, but it became quiet as I passed the main gate and headed toward the gym.
Whoa-!
I took my phone out of my pocket and pressed the call button.
“Uh.”
-Arrived?
“Just now. What can I do now?”
– Masako will be waiting for you. You just have to listen to the explanation and start checking the tickets on time.
“Where are you?”
-I’m dressing up in the dressing room right now. Well done.
“OK.”
After hanging up the phone, I admired the exterior of the gym that had turned into a haunted house.
Fake vines were placed here and there, and the door was painted dark and decorated with skulls on either side.
The assortment is well equipped.
It must have been thanks to Miyuki and the vice-captain, who were moving even busier after the sparring.
I was looking around the gym with my head hanging slowly,
“Um… Matsuda-kun.”
A very small voice came from behind.
I turned her head and smiled at Masako, who was holding a bag of bread in her hand.
“Hello, Bread Girl.”
“Oh, hello…!”
“Are you my partner?”
“That’s right… You can check the ticket with me… Dad, would you like some bread…?”
Carefully, she offers melon bread.
I burst out laughing and shook my head.
“No. Eat a lot of you But why are there no guests?”
“Ah… Well… It hasn’t even started operating yet… The haunted house starts around sunset… People start flocking…”
“Yes.”
“Yes…”
“Did you just think I was stupid?”
“Oh no…! Coke!”
“Does it look like you’re coughing?”
“Khehe! Coke! Oh, no… Cough!”
I smiled and helped Masako, who was still coughing with her upper body bent, into her chair.
Afterwards, when she calmed down, she handed out a bowl of white milk that was on the table.
“Oh, thank you..Hehe…!”
“Do you have any asthma?”
“Ah, no… I’m healthy… This is what happens when you panic…”
“What am I doing now? Shall we check the ticket now?”
“You can do it from 10 o’clock… If the dressed up kids need something… Just go inside and bring it to you…”
“To run errands?”
I narrowed my brows and calmed my voice, and Masako hurriedly shook her hand.
“Oh no…! I’ll do that, so you just check the ticket…”
“I can’t even joke. I’ll just do it.”
“Oh, yes… And the ticket looks like this…”
Masako handed me a ticket to the haunted house.
A cute admission ticket that turned a ghost into SD.
Judging by the style of drawing, it is clear that Miyuki drew it.
“I’m not afraid at all.”
“A deal aimed at that… I’ll be surprised if I come in after taking it lightly…”
“Did you go in too?”
“Yeah… I was very scared. The set is no joke… The kids worked really hard…”
I didn’t bother, I just idly…
My conscience doesn’t sting at all, but I’ll have to give it a snack next weekday.
**
Chewy.
After tearing off the perforated line and handing over the remaining tickets, the couple, whose faces were full of excitement, cautiously headed towards the entrance.
Awesome…
The door opens with a ghastly sound.
A cold wind blows from inside and touches your back.
Cool. People in makeup must be quite cold at this level.
Having received the first customer, I asked Masako next to me.
“Are those guests just going right in? Do you have any explanation for the situation?”
“Ah… There are two kids at the entrance explaining the concept. They will take care of everything.”
“It’s pretty meticulous.”
“Is not it? It’s all thanks to Miyuki.”
You have solid trust from the classmates.
A picture of a woman that other people admire, showing off her charms and fawning in front of me…
A piece of pornography popped out.
So I stood in front of the entrance with Masako and checked the ticket.
After noon, people slowly began to gather.
There were few family units, and the majority were couples and same-sex friends.
-Kyaaaaagh!
– Aaaaa!!
Hearing the faint screams of the customers coming from inside the gymnasium, the complexions of the women who were waiting for tickets to be cute go pale.
The facial expressions of the group of men who were pretending to be resolute are also hardening.
I was enjoying the reactions of the guests, and when the break time for the costumed actors approached, I asked for Masako’s understanding.
Then, I quickly ran to the skewer restaurant run by the Kendo Department.
“Goodbye! Uh? Junior Matsuda!”
Chinami, who was serving her customers with a smile on her face, waved her hand at me with a bright smile.
Lenka… Looks like she’s grilling the skewers with her signature calm face.
I see her eyes twitch when she finds me.
“Hello.”
“Five! Matsuda, are you here?”
The kendo club members treated me more comfortably after the Dalian.
It wasn’t because she showed off her talent in the match against Len Kawa, it was because she was doing funny poses and pranks before the match.
Up until now, the evaluation, which had been slowly rising because he had quietly worked as a manager and showed a polite appearance, burst from that day.
I went in front of Chinami while being warmly welcomed by the members who did not participate in the class battle.
“Just give me six leg meat.”
“Six leg meats? It’s too little for my junior to eat. Buy eight.”
“Are you selling hard?”
“Just joke. Is the haunted house going well?”
“Even though it’s early, there are quite a few customers.”
“That’s fortunate. Is it time for a break now?”
“Yes. But how much?”
“It’s 2400 yen.”
400 yen for one, it’s not even a professional yakitori restaurant, but it’s expensive.
It’s a national rule to go overboard at a festival like this.
After paying for the yakitori, I waited for the skewers while having a friendly conversation with Chinami.
Soon after, Lenka called me.
“Matsuda, it’s done. Take this.”
Lenka presents a pretty packaging box.
I asked after checking the number of skewers in it.
“Is it seven?”
“It’s a service.”
“Service?”
“When members order, they add one more as a service. I mean nothing else.”
“Okay? Then I’ll order five more, one leg meat. Ten, please.”
“…..”
“I was kidding. I will eat well thanks. When you have a short break, stop by the gym and enjoy yourself.”
I smiled and entered the ceremony briefly, then shook hands with Chinami before heading to the gym.
**
Ding-! Ding-! Ding ding ding…
A creepy stringed instrument sound.
[Oh oh oh oh…!]
And the eerie screams heard from the installed speakers.
After entering the haunted house, I was a bit nervous at the rather scary atmosphere.
Meticulous Miyuki sharpened his sword. The quality is very good for a student cultural festival.
As I walked along the maze-like path, trying hard to ignore the background noise,
“Gueek…”
When the youkai approached me, dripping saliva or something, gently shaking its long claws, I shuddered almost as if starting a game.
“Oops! Fuck!”
“Kyaaaaagh!”
And when I screamed, the monster also screamed in surprise.
Having calmed down at the high-pitched voice that didn’t match the appearance at all, I grabbed the box of yakitori that I almost dropped and said.
“What are you…?”
“M-Is that Matsuda-kun…? What’s up…?”
“I came to say it was lunchtime. It’s break time, so why are you acting?”
“No… That… I thought I was the last guest… Sorry.”
“Didn’t you get a call to eat in the waiting room?”
“Ah… I turned off my phone… Can I go now?”
“Uh.”
“Thank you.”
“Don’t say thank you for the makeup. Scarier.”
“Yes.”
A classmate giggling whether my reaction was funny.
I got goosebumps at that foreign appearance, so I quickly got out of there and told the remaining actors to go back to the waiting room.
After that, they stopped at the snow woman course where Miyuki was.
A place that is colder than other places.
Even the smoke generator is turned on, so it’s very bleak.
The set was well made as if it were in a snowy mountain.
Stepping into it, I saw Miyuki squatting, wearing a kimono embroidered with antique decorations.
In her smoke, she was wearing a white wig.
She was wearing makeup that was so white that you couldn’t believe it was a human skin color, and she even wore red contact lenses that she had gotten from, and they were so beautiful that she almost lost her mind at the moment.
This is why people who enjoyed the haunted house say that Snow Woman is very pretty.
“Matsuda-kun.”
Seeing Miyuki deliberately welcoming me with a cold voice, I turned off the smoke generator and blew away all the remaining smoke.
Then, after closing the door, he started blocking it with a nearby prop.
Embarrassed by my behavior, Miyuki moved her own bright red lips.
“What are you doing…? Why are you blocking the door…?”
“Stay.”
After roughly moving all my things, I checked to see if the door was closed and sat down in the corner.
“Sit down. Let’s eat yakitori.”
“Yakitori?”
“I bought the leg meat you like. Eat before it gets cold.”
I opened her box and handed it to Miyuki, who sat down next to me and picked up one of her skewers.
“When did you buy it?”
“Just now.”
“Only mine?”
“Uh.”
Were you happy that it was food just for you?
Miyuki, hesitant, took a bite of the yakitori.
She started eating such a late lunch, she said as she munched her mouth.
“Matsuda-kun. I heard everything you cursed at earlier.”
“Is it?”
“The voice was so loud, of course I couldn’t help but listen…”
“If you’re surprised, you can curse a bit.”
“It looked very cheap.”
It’s been a long time since I’ve heard the word cheap.
Miyuki, who scolded me, had yakitori sauce smeared on her lips.
Having a good idea, I pushed my face closer to Miyuki.
With her eyes wide open, I grabbed Miyuki by the scruff of her neck as she tried to pull her head out, and I stuck out her tongue and licked her mouth, wiping away the sauce.
“W-what are you doing…!”
She trembled, frightened by her sudden action.
I said, grinning.
“Due to the sauce.”
“Phew, why can’t I just wipe it with toilet paper…!”
“Aren’t you cold?”
When she changed the subject with a smirk, she bit her lower lip as her hand that held her skewer trembled.
“Little…”
Miyuki hugs the yakitori as if to hide her awkwardness.
I hugged her and put my hand inside her kimono.
Then Miyuki shook her shoulders and reacted violently.
“Ouch!”
Miyuki’s body was warmer than usual.
In a cold room, and a warm and soft body…
I think I would feel the same way if I hugged Miyuki to sleep in winter.
“Matsuda-kun…! You blocked the door for this…!?”
“Noisy, can Snow Woman allow her body to be so warm? Shouldn’t she freeze people to death? This is enough to save a person who is about to freeze to death.”
“… It’s okay because it looks cold on the outside…”
“Can’t you watch the cultural festival today?”
“The Haunted House… I have to stay up late… I’m sorry…”
By the time the haunted house was over, it was time for the band performance to enter the highlight.
At that time, it was standard to watch the band performance, the highlight of the cultural festival, but the current relationship between me and Miyuki is far from that standard.
There’s a big event waiting for you that can’t even compare to a band performance, but I can’t waste time watching it.
I said after lightly rubbing Miyuki’s waist.
“I’ll be there first when it’s over, so call me during the after party.”
“Yeah… But I’m yakitori…”
“Eat.”
“I have to let go…”
Even as I said that, Miyuki was holding me tight as if she would never let go of me.
Even the yakitori I ate was left in the box.
