Chapter 17: The Dry Man and Aragaki and the Vending Machine

Got it, got it......

The scorching sun, the endless chirping of cicadas, and the smell of the sea in the air.

Kazeta Takasaka stood on the seawall, and the sound of wheels colliding with the rails faded away.

The crisp and damp sea breeze blew through his light brown hair, and the dazzling sunlight shone through the clouds into the blue sea, and the boundless sea seemed to have reached the end of the world in sight.

The time is 12 o'clock, and the location is near the beach in Chiba City.

After eating the crepes, Futa left on the grounds that he had something to do and left first.

To be honest, it's not that I hate them.

Both of them are very polite girls, and they don't snub Feng Tai when chatting, whether unintentional or deliberate, they will ask Feng Tai a few questions in daily life from time to time.

After politely exchanging e-mail addresses with them, Kazeta, who had an appointment to go to the beach today, stepped on the train.

"It's hot. ”

Probably because it happened to be the hottest time at noon, the endless cicada chirping made people even more depressed and irritable.

There's nothing more annoying than going to school in the Big Bush.

Generally speaking, shouldn't summer vacation be spent lazily at home?

While thinking so, Kazeta entered Hideyoshi's mobile phone number on the key.

It doesn't matter if you take the blame for yourself, or if you do it yourself, you have no choice but to accept your fate.

"Hideyoshi, I'm here, where are you?"

“…… I'm sorry, Fengtai, the bus broke down because of my sister, ah, the bus broke down. ”

After Hideyoshi's depressed-sounding voice came from the other end of the phone, there was a crackling noise.

"Hey, is the wind too tame?"

Unexpectedly, Yuko's crisp and pleasant voice came from the other end of the phone.

After a moment of silence, Kazeta roughly understood what was going on.

"When you arrive, give me a call. ”

After Yuko said a soft "um", Futa heard Akihisa Yoshii's indignant voice through the receiver.

"Then I'll hang up. ”

"We'll call you when we arrive, keep an eye on your phone's battery and don't just play games. ”

In Yuko's nagging, she hung up the phone too much, and wiped the hot sweat on her forehead with the back of her hand because of the heat.

On this kind of hot day, just complaining won't help, so let's get a can of soda to relieve the heat.

With this in mind, Kazeta, who was on the straight road that stretched infinitely, walked towards the vending machine not far away.

“…… Huh?"

In front of the vending machine with a red shell, a girl with long black and shiny hair is already patronizing.

"It's a problem. ”

She made a beautiful, bitter voice, as if she was bothered about something.

"What should I do? ”

As if she hadn't thought about what to buy, she let the voice of distress pierce Fengtai's ears again.

Hurry up.

For me, being able to make a decision as soon as possible on this hot day will allow me to suffer less.

Thinking so, he waited behind her.

Somehow, she suddenly raised her arms very imposingly, and after saying 'hi', she hit the top of the vending machine hard.

"It hurts!"

"Sure enough, it doesn't work......"

…… Like this, what the hell is she doing?

Under the scorching sun, Fengtai stared blankly behind her like a fool.

"What should I do?"

The girl, who didn't notice the wind behind her at all, made a distressed voice again.

Wouldn't it be nice to just buy a bottle of carbonated drink?

Smoothing out the hot sweat on his forehead again, Feng Tai complained in his heart.

Fast......

Wait! That sounds familiar.

It won't be ......

You just met Aragaki yesterday, right?

He squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully, the height matched, and the hairstyle matched.

But there are so many similar people in the world, so let's ask.

After thinking about it, Feng Tai tried to say hello.

"Well, is it Aragaki?"

"Huh?"

The girl turned her head at Kazeta's voice, and when she noticed Kazeta's presence, she made an interesting look of surprise on her delicate face.

…… Sure enough, it's Aragaki.

Although I only met on the train yesterday, Aragaki Ayase left a good impression on Kazeta.

"Ahh Hey, this, that......"

It seems that it was affected by the wind, and Aragaki made a lovely sound.

"Brother, when were you here?"

"When? Probably you were here a while before you knocked on the vending machine. ”

After answering Ayase's question, Kazeta continued.

"Aragaki, why are you knocking on the vending machine?"

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

Probably thinking that Kazeta was angry because of this incident, Aragaki Ayase suddenly apologized to Kazeta.

"I'm never going to knock around again!"

"Ah, no, I don't care, I just want to ask why. ”

"Hey, is that so?"

Kazeta nodded, affirming Aragaki's words.

Aragaki exhaled and smiled reassuringly in the summer sun.

"The vending machine seemed to be broken, so I knocked on it. “

Speaking of this, a look of clarity appeared on Fengtai's face.

"Isn't the money going out?"

"Ah, well, I wanted to buy a can of juice. ”

Aragaki replied, a slight annoyance on his face.

"Although I sympathize with your plight, I can only donate it as a piggy bank for someone. ”

"Alas, but I always feel very unwilling. ”

With that, Aragaki Ayase raised her snowy lotus arm again and slapped it at the vending machine.

Smack!

The girl who was still gently beating showed an indignant expression, which was very cute in the eyes of Feng Tai.

However, this force will have little effect on the vending machines.

Takasaka Kaze was too lucky to have the strength in his hand, and then, walked to the vending machine.

Syllable!

"Wow!"

Because of his movements, Aragaki let out a sound of surprise.

"No! ”

"But if you don't, isn't it useless?"

Aragaki looked at Kazeta with worried eyes, and then said, "It's true that this is not bad, but won't it cause trouble to others?"

"No, it's bad, and if it's knocked out, then I've done a good thing. ”

With that, Futa raised his arms again, bent his forearms, and struck the vending machine.

"If that's the case, then I'll help too!

"Well, then please!"

At Aragaki's request, Fengtai couldn't help but agree.

Then, the two men raised their arms against the vending machine, and sweat flowed down their faces.

"Then brother, let's go!"

"Hmm!"

Preparation -

Syllable!

Bang Bang!

After the sound of slapping ended, the vending machine suddenly made a very crisp sound.

"It's really coming out!"

"Well, it actually came out. ”

Kazeta, who echoed Ayase Aragaki and glanced at the outlet of the vending machine.

It's not just juice, but even the coins that buy juice lie there quietly.

"Even the money has withdrawn, Aragaki. ”

"Huh?"

Feeling strange, Kazeta stretched out her hand with the coin in it to show her in front of Aragaki Ayase.

Two 100 yen coins.

"When I first put it in, it was exactly 200 yen!"

"Is this really just a glitch?"

Feng Tai originally thought it was just a stuck coin, but for some reason it became the current situation, which made people completely confused.

It can't be that no matter how much, as long as you knock the money, you will spit out, right?

……

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