Chapter 5: Bread
The class meeting ended quickly, and I was placed in the last seat by the window.
It's not bad, after all, this seat can see the activities on the playground at any time, which is conducive to desertion in class.
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It's finally noon, and for this morning, I can use words like "fed up" and "exhausted" to describe my current mood.
During the class, because I was a new student who had transferred from another school, the teachers seemed to want to know me, and almost every class would call me by name to answer questions, and whenever I stood up, I would receive the sympathetic eyes of my classmates and the gloating smile of the class leader, which was really infuriating; And when it came to recess, I originally planned to go to the next class to say hello to Okazaki and Haruhara, but the classmates would swarm around me as if they had made an appointment, and they would swarm around me to ask me questions.
As a result, my understanding of this violent and enthusiastic girl has also turned from negative to positive.
"Izumi, what's your lunch?"
The squad leader walked up to my desk with her lunch box and asked me.
"Lunch?" I clutched my chin and began to think, "I didn't have a bento, just eat something." β
"Really? So are you going to eat or do you want to eat bread? It seemed that Fujibayashi was thinking for me very seriously, "If it's for dinner, I'll take you to the cafeteria, but if it's bread, just go to the commissary and buy it." β
"Well, then I'll go to the commissary and buy bread." I got up from my chair and said, "Just do it quickly." β
"Can the squad leader tell me the route to the commissary?"
"Well, a quick fix?"
"Of course, most people go to the cafeteria to eat at noon, so there should be very few people at the commissary, so you can buy them right away. And," I pointed to the lunch box in her hand, "you should have made an appointment with someone at noon, and it doesn't seem good to keep them waiting so long, although the reason is because of me." β
"Eh~, I didn't expect you to look like this, but your head is still quite good." Fujibayashi looked at me with a surprised expression, "Well, although the reasoning is very good, but unfortunately, I advise you not to underestimate our school's commissary." β
Fujibayashi turned around and walked towards the door.
"I'll show you the way, do you think I'll be relieved to let a missing guy with a map go to find his way by himself?"
On purpose, you absolutely do it on purpose!!
Although there is a lot of dissatisfaction in my heart, it is true, and I can only endure the dissatisfaction in my stomach.
"Oh, I'm sorry for you, Fujilin."
"Ahh By the way, I'm going to talk to the starlings. Fujibayashi ran to the door of the classroom, as if he had thought of something, and stopped and said to me, "Just call me apricot, it's easy to confuse if you call Fujibayashi." β
Well, what does that mean?
Looking at the vine forest that ran out of the "Da Da Da", I touched my head in confusion.
But after a while, she ran back, and not by herself.
"Alright, let's go!"
"Ha~ What's good?! Did you just go to be a kidnapper? How can you just force someone else over! β
"Are you an idiot?" Fujilin looked at me with an idiot expression, "Don't tell me, you've forgotten who this kid is after only one day?!" β
"Huh?"
Although I was very concerned about Fujibayashi's expression just now, I still honestly obeyed her words and looked at the girl who had been hiding behind after she had pulled her over, and was now forcibly dragged to the front.
"Ahh You are!!! β
"Y-Hello."
I looked at the girl in front of me in amazement, the "hamster" sister with short purple hair!
"So you still have an impression." Fujibayashi nodded happily, "This kid is my twin sister starling, Fujibayashi starling." He is also the class leader of the class next door. β
"Oh."
What's that ostentatious look on your face? Are you her parent? β¦ Well, it seems that my sister can also be counted.
It turns out that the "hamster" is the squad leader of the class next door~ I am a little envious of Okazaki and them, after all, the squad leader of our class is like this.
"What, what's the matter with your regretful expression? Want to be beaten until you cry?! β
"This is the only one that asks you to raise your noble hand."
For Fujibayashi's violent speech, I am grateful for the insensitivity.
"That, Fuji Forest..."
"Yes."
"Yes."
Ah, I see. This is what confusion means, and there are two of them, so it's easier to distinguish them by name.
"I'm sorry, I said that... Xing," I still felt quite shy when I called a girl's name for the first time, although it didn't have any special meaning, "can you take me to the commissary?" β
"That's right! And this one! β
Hey, you won't forget, right?
"Follow me. Starlings are all right, too. β
"Yes. It's okay, sister. β
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
A dictionary was stuck at my feet.
"What rude are you thinking about there? Hurry up and keep up with me! β
Apricot stood in the doorway looking at me with a very impatient expression, while Starling stood behind her and looked at me.
"Yes, yes, I'll follow."
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"Ah, I'm tired. I never want to buy bread here again. β
I sat down in a chair around the commissary.
Damn, I didn't expect Xing to really say it, the popularity of this school's commissary is not ordinary.
Just buying a loaf of bread is like showing 200% of your potential like aunties who are snapping up discounted goods in the supermarket.
"Well, I've heard that bread at the commissary is very popular, but I didn't expect it to be to this extent."
Xing also looked at the commissary that was still crowded with people with a surprised expression. I'm afraid it's completely beyond her imagination.
"That, although the situation is different from what I imagined, I still bought it." I stood up and waved the bread in my hand at her, "And, I know it too." Although Xing you usually behave very violently, you are actually a very gentle person, at least, you are willing to help me who has just transferred to another school. β
"You~You~You... You bastardβwhy are you suddenly saying this, this kind of shameful remark! β
"Well, are you feeling unwell? The face is very red. "Looking at the apricot who suddenly became irritable, I felt very puzzled." Starling Is your sister uncomfortable? β
"Eh, that, that," Starling unconsciously shrank back like a suddenly frightened rabbit, "Sister shouldn't be uncomfortable, it's just... That..."
Looking at Starling's expression, I felt more and more question marks on my head.
"Just?"
"Bump"!
"I'm very annoying to you, how can there be such a person who likes to break the casserole and ask to the end!" Xing blushed and yelled at me, and with that, she took Starling's hand and turned away. "Let's go, starling. Leave this idiot alone. β
"But that, Quan-kun seems to be in pain, is it okay?"
"It's going to be fine, don't you often say that stupid people don't get sick."
Looking at the Fujilin sisters who were far away, I stood up against the chair with my stomach clutched.
Hmm~ I didn't expect that Apricot not only threw the dictionary well, but also didn't cover his fists.
"Yo~Izumi, what are you doing here?"
When I turned around, I saw Haruhara and Okazaki walking towards me.
"Buy lunch to eat. But why are you here? Don't you go to the cafeteria to eat? β
"Just like you, just buy bread. The cafeteria is too crowded. β
Okazaki shrugged his shoulders at me and said helplessly.
"Xing's face was very red when she walked by us just now, did anything happen to you?"
"Huh? No, I just said thank you to Xing, maybe she's a little uncomfortable, right? β
I looked a little puzzled in the direction where the apricots left, did the starling just say "just" have any special meaning?
"Hmph, I understand." Haruhara stood aside and stroked his chin and said to us with an insightful expression, "Xing must have been because he felt that he had helped you so much, but you didn't say anything, but he was embarrassed to say it, so he sulked alone." βββ¦β
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Okazaki and I exchanged helpless looks, and now we can only shake our heads and sigh.
"Don't assume that everyone is on the same level as your IQ."
"Huh?!"
"It's not funny at all, really."
Looking at Haruhara's surprised expression, Okazaki and I sang and harmonized very tacitly.
"Mama, I'm just kidding." Haruhara waved his hand absently, "If it was useful to bribe that apricot, we wouldn't have to suffer so much last year." β
"That's just because you're stupid."
"Please! You have a share in it!! β
Looking at the noon theater between Haruhara, and Okazaki, I only have to shrug like Okazaki.
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After returning to the classroom, Apricot changed back to her original appearance, as if the one at noon was just a hallucination.
After school, I packed up my textbooks and planned to take advantage of my free time after school to check the terrain around the school.
Follow the ramp of the school and turn right at the intersection to the residential area, and you will reach the shopping street if you follow it.
After a few turns in the street with my instincts, I was completely lost...
Crying and asking why the same thing happened a second time~
Looking at the somewhat dark sky, I decided to try to ask the people around me, but unfortunately, because it was off-hours, there were no pedestrians passing by, and only a few shops were open.
Forget it, it's okay for anyone now, it's a big deal I'll just buy something in the store.
Looking at the shop in front of me called "Furukawa Bakery", I resolutely walked in.
"What do you want?"
I was greeted by a beautiful young lady, probably a clerk in the store, right?
"Ah, well, I'm here to buy bread."
"Really? Then I recommend the new work that has just been released by our store. "The clerk was enthusiastic about selling me the only bread left on the shelf." It's leftover, so you can try it first. β
"Is that so? Then I'll try one. β
As I spoke, I picked up a loaf of bread from the shelf and put it in my mouth.
The moment I put it in my mouth, I felt an inexplicable chill on my back, as if someone was staring at me.
"This is a new work that I just made, and it's called 'Creative.'"
"Whoa, whoa..."
"What do you think of the taste?"
"Well, what did you say? It feels very distinctive. Blah, bw, bw... At least that's what I think, although it looks like ordinary bread on the outside, it has a personal flavor in essence, and I think it's called "creativity", a unique texture. Moreover, it reminds me of the taste of my mother. β
The moment I said these words, the chill on my back suddenly dissipated.
"Wooββ, I didn't expect anyone to understand my bread, I'm so happy!"
The clerk in front of her suddenly brushed her hands and burst into tears.
"Hahaha, you're a good talker. For the sake of being so sensible, if you buy all of these, I'll give you a 50% discount. Of course, I can show you a photo of my child, but don't get me wrong, no matter what, my family's favorite will always be "I like dad the most, I like dad the most", haha It's really annoying~"
Shut up, bad uncle. I'm just here to ask the customers who stop by to buy things, why do you want to listen to you sell yourself and boast about your daughter here? Moreover, depending on your age, my daughter is only a junior high school student at most, and I am not Loli, how can it be.
"Dad, don't say that, it's so shy."
A girl's voice came from the doorway.
"Cut, it's cheap, you kid."
Uncle cut off very unpleasantly, then put his hand on my shoulder and said.
"Haha, Nagisa is back! I'm just doing sales. β
"But uncle, aren't you forcing guests to buy things?"
I pushed my uncle's hand away and stepped back to the side in protest.
"What kind of kid are you talking about, Sanae's bread wouldn't have been sold at all if it weren't for this."
"So, that uncle, are you talking about "Sanae"?"
"Dad, that, mom is behind."
"Suffer, bastard!!"
When we looked at the person who hadn't spoken in the store, Miss Sae, no, it should have been Sanae-sama who was already looking at us with tears in her eyes.
"I, my bread..."
"Wait, it's not like this, you listen to me!"
The uncle was also very rarely panicked.
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With that, Sanae-sama covered her face and rushed out of the store.
"Wait a minute, your bread, I'm the most happy, happyββββ"
The uncle followed closely behind, grabbed the bread on the shelf and stuffed it into his mouth and chased him out.
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Looking at what was happening in front of me, I could only wonder if I was dreaming.
"Well, I'm sorry."
A girl with short millet hair came up to me and apologized.
"Ah, it doesn't matter. I also have a certain responsibility. I hurriedly came back to my senses, "But the one just now, is it okay?" β
"Well, it should be fine."
Hey, you just used "should", right?
"Ah, we're a school!" I noticed that the girl's school uniform was the same style as the school's women's uniform. "I'm a spring scarlet leaf of the three-year E class that I just transferred to this year, please give me a lot of advice."
"Well, hello, I'm Nagisa Furukawa from Class B in the third year."
"I'm sorry about that, but I can ask, how do I get back to school from here?"
"Are you lost?"
Furukawa seems to be a little nervous, but that's okay because I've seen a guy who is even more surprised and laughs maniacally, so it's nothing!
"So what to do? Shall I take you back to school? β
"It's not necessary, it's too much trouble for you."
Just kidding, it's getting a little dark now, so if Furukawa encounters something on the way back for a while, how embarrassing would I be!
"But..."
"So be it! Can you draw a map of where you will go? Just mark the route. β
Looking at Furukawa's distressed expression, I rushed to come up with a good way to get the best of both worlds.
"Well, there's paper on the counter, I'll draw it for you right away."
As he spoke, he ran to the counter and took out a pen and paper and began to draw.
Looking at Furukawa's serious expression, I couldn't help but be a little moved.
Obviously, I'm just a stranger I just met, but they can help me do this, just just say no and send me away?
"Here, Izumi-san. I've drawn the map. β
After receiving the map handed over by Furukawa, I felt like I was going back to have a show.
The map is very carefully drawn, and although the drawing is not very good, it shows where to go and what markers can be used to identify them.
"Thank you, Furukawa-san."
"It's okay, it's great to help you."
I laughed as I looked at the smile on Furukawa's face who sent me outside the store, and at the bread that was still on the shelf.
"Can you pack the bread on the rack for me?" I'm going to buy them all. β
"Huh?!" Furukawa seemed to be frightened by my words, "But that was done by my mother..."
Speaking of the back, I can't even hear the voice.
"Anyway, there are only three or four loaves left, just enough for supper and breakfast." I smiled at Furukawa, "Besides, I think the bread your mother makes is delicious, and it's definitely true!" β
Looking at Furukawa's surprised expression, I hurriedly added the last sentence, afraid that she wouldn't believe it.
"Yes, I see. Mom will be happy when she returns. β
"Then please."