泣かないって思ったけど
やっぱ無理だったー😭
I didn't want to cry but
It was impossible as expected😭
「支え」を歌って泣かずにはいられないですね。。胸にジーンときたよ。。
I couldn't help but crying as I sang "Sasae".. I was overcome with emotion..
梅が最近やっと私に照れずに話したりしてくれたから、すごく寂しい。
Lately Ume has been able to talk with me without getting embarrassed, so I feel so lonesome.
とても頑張り屋さんの梅。
負けず嫌いな梅。
照れ屋の梅。
優しい梅。
かっこいい梅。
ギター弾く梅。カメラを持つ梅。
The very hardworker Ume.
The competitive Ume.
The shy Ume.
The kind Ume.
The cool Ume.
The guitar playing Ume. The camera carrying Ume.
全部大好きだよーーー
I love all of theeeem
梅と同じチームになれてよかった✨
I'm glad I could be in the same team as Ume✨
夢に向かって歩き出す姿は
やっぱりキラキラしてたなぁ😌
Her figure that walks toward her dream
Was absolutely glittering😌
これからもずっと応援するよ！！
幸せになるんだぞ！！
I will always support you after this too!!
You shall be blessed!!
卒業おめでとう💓
Congrats for your graduation💓
そして今日は今年最後の公演でもあったね！
And then it was the last show within the year, wasn't it!
1年間劇場に足を運んでくださった皆さん
応援してくださった皆さん
本当にありがとうございました。
To everyone who came visiting the theater within 1 year period
Everyone who supported us
Thank you very much.
来年も梅の応援と
HKT48の応援をよろしくお願いします✨
Please keep supporting Ume
And HKT48 next year as well✨
The inspiring photo taken by Umemoto Izumi (also a request from an anon)
Umemoto Izumi had not expected that she would have been in the same group as the ponkotsu captain, Anai Chihiro, when they decided to group split at the recreation park. Even worse, the camera-holding girl did not prepare herself to ride the duck boat attraction with just the two of them. She held her camera tight as she stared at the captain, who was looking around to see the other boats floating far from the one they were riding as if to let them enjoy their own time.
Capt is so pretty, she thought. Her photographer side overwhelmed her shyness as she picked her camera up, pointing the lens at the captain to catch her candidly. She managed to take a few photos before her captain noticed what she was doing.
"Ume! You should have told me that you were taking my photos!" said Chihiro as she pouted. The sight made Izumi blushed and grinned sheepishly as she gave her reasoning.
"I like taking candid photos because it makes people look more natural."
Her answer seemed to satisfy the captain as she let out a smile, and then added a "peace" hand-sign as if signalling Izumi to take a photo of her at that time, which the short-haired girl immediately did. She chuckled when she noticed that Chihiro changed her pose and took few more photos, as if they were a model and a photographer.
For a short while, it made her forgot that there were only the two of them on the boat. That the whole situation seemed a lot like a date. She only came to realize that once again when the captain giggled as Izumi was checking the photos taken earlier.
"You know, this feels like a date, doesn't it. Riding this duck boat with just the two of us."
Izumi could feel the heat rising to her cheeks and she did not dare to say a word to Chihiro. Instead, she looked down at the little screen of her camera, pretending that she was checking the photos as she heard the captain giggling and felt her heartbeat sped up. She bit her lower lips as she took a glance at her captain giving her a cheeky smile, before she realized that their time for the ride was over. She let go a sigh of relief, as well as a little disappointment.
They moved out of the ride and walked away from the attraction to join the other girls in their group. But before that, Izumi felt her wrist grabbed as the captain leaned closer to whisper on her ear, "We definitely should do this again. Next time, with just the two of us," as she giggled before she walked away leaving Izumi stood frozen with her face turned flushing red and her eyes opened wide.
The Monologue of the Strawberry Cheese (Ume/Chihiro/Meru)
Umemoto Izumi sat down in front of her PC as she browsed the photos she took during the handshake event. The short haired girl unconsciously let out a grin when she saw the photos of a certain person.
Anai Chihiro. The Ponkotsu Captain.
When Izumi noticed that she was grinning while looking at the team H captain's photos, she shook her head hastily to calm her head. She let go a sigh before continuing with sorting for the photos she would upload to her Google+. When she was done with the sorting, she decided to call it a day and turned off her PC. But not before she transferred some of the photos to her phone.
Photos of Anai Chihiro.
Izumi stretched her back as she waited for the photo transfers to finish and rested her back on the chair. She let her mind wandered and thought of how the ponkotsu captain's existence grew inside her gradually.
Izumi got to know more about Chihiro, whom she still referred to as Anai-san, when she was promoted to team H, where the ponkotsu girl was her captain. At first, she felt lonely in the team. She was not someone who easily opened herself to the others and she did not know what she should do to mingle. She felt relieved when her close friend since the trainee days, Ui Mashiro, was promoted to the same team later. Both of them supported each other day by day and gradually they managed to get along with more members. It did not take a long time until Izumi started to feel like she finally had found her place in the team. And her captain played a part in it.
Izumi knew how kind her ponkotsu captain was, seeing how she always handed out befitting gifts to everyone on their birthday. Izumi, too, got her present from her captain. When she opened her gift in front of the other members, they all held their laughter from escaping as they saw the cute, frilly camisole sleepwear on her hand and how bad the boyish shorty blushed when she looked at her captain to thank her--and stuttered at her attempt to do so. She did dress in girlish attires most of the time after all and she admired how the captain did her observation well even though she did not seem as such. She could see how thoughtful her captain was despite of looking like an airhead. She admired that side of her ponkotsu captain.
Izumi always observed her ponkotsu captain out of curiosity of how far her ponkotsu-ness could go. Her observation gave her a good idea of her captain so she decided to pick her at that time they had the MC theme of planning a date when she drafted the plan. When she had the chance to explain it on stage, she saw how delighted her captain was with her plan as she jumped in excitement. She even asked Izumi to execute her plan immediately and the boyish girl could only grin sheepishly as she side-glanced to her captain.
It was a while before Izumi picked Chihiro as her HKT oshimen. She did not mean to reveal it on stage, but when she heard the others talked about how their family members were Capt-oshi, she felt a sudden jealousy and the urge to come out arose. She ended up blurted it out, before she ran away from the stage while blushing, embarrassed by her own action and the other members, especially by her fellow shorty Okamoto "Naopon" Naoko, teased her hard behind the stage later after her confession. She could feel her captain grinning at her happily.
But that confession left Izumi another problem. Tashima Meru. The young ace admitted so often that the boyish girl was her first love that she got jealous when Izumi blurted out the fact that she picked the captain as her oshimen. She felt a little relieved when Meru retorted that she liked the captain as well. To the point that she wanted to kiss her. And that shocked Izumi to the core.
Izumi never thought of herself swinging that way. She only thought that girls were cute, nothing more than that. After all, she was also a girl! Hearing such blunt declaration from Meru shocked her. Seeing the other girls kissing was something common in the dressing room, but it was not something the boyish girl would ever want to do.
Before Izumi knew it, she started the develop more feelings for her own oshimen. She knew it was the last thing she should have done but she could not help it. It got even worse when she noticed how the captain started giving her more attention than she was used to. She did not want to give too many thoughts on it, knowing how kind Chihiro was, but she realized it built a little hope on her. All the attentions that her captain given to her grew her confidence little by little.
When Chihiro posted a photo of her getting shorter bangs on Google+, Izumi thought of how cute she looked so she left the "kawaii" comment on her captain's photo. The captain saw her comment and replied to her before she messaged her privately on LINE and talked with her about various things. It made her heart fluttered and she composed a mail to send to her HKT mobile mail service, telling how the ponkotsu captain's new appearance hit her soft spot and that she liked her. She did not know that her captain subscribed to her mobile mail, and when a captain sent her a "Thank you for what you sent to the mobile mail" message on LINE chat, she dropped her phone along with her jaws. She was panicked and she did not know how she should face her beloved captain on the next day.
Izumi let go a sigh as she remembered that little incident. It did not help that even Meru, whom she thought had a crush on her, teased her about it on the next day when they had performance at the theater. Meru, who suddenly turned teary when they filmed the danso episode for Hyakkaten. Girls are so confusing, Izumi thought. Even though she was also a girl herself.
Izumi shoved the thoughts aside as she looked at her monitor screen and noticed that the photo transfer was completed. She unplugged her phone from her PC and rose from her seat to move to her bed, preparing to leave for the dream world. She laid her back on the comfortable bed as she opened the gallery on her phone to view the photos she just transferred and once again, she stopped at her captain's photo. She let out a sigh as she gazed at the photo and muttered to herself,
"I wonder what I mean to you, Anai-san."
Izumi closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she was finally calm, she opened her eyes and smiled as thought to herself, that whatever her existence meant to Chihiro, she would always admire and adore the captain and all of her flaws.
Once again Izumi gazed at the photo of Chihiro, before she let out a yawn and realized how late the night had become. She put her phone on the end table beside her bed after she left a message on her beloved captain's LINE chat.
I decided to cut this part out and subbed it (my first ever subbing woohoo) because LOL Ume suddenly coming out after the other members saying how their family members are Capt-oshi.
I was shocked when I heard those words came out from the lips of Anai-san, my senpai whom I've admired for a long time. I realized that I poked fun of her more than I said the good things in front of her but I never thought she would think that I hated her because of that.
I took a deep breath before I threw the ball to the basket but even before it reached the goal I already knew that the ball wouldn't get into it. I let go a sigh. I never thought it would affect me this much, seriously. I decided to take a rest from my private basketball practice and laid on the floor. I stared at the ceiling as I let my mind wandered back to the scene where she uttered those words to me.
"You know, is it just me who thinks that we happen to have a lot of activities together lately?"
Anai-san turned to look at me before she continued stretching. It took a short while before she replied with a little smile on her face.
"I think so but... What's the matter? Are you happy that you get to spend a lot of time with me?"
I took a side-glance at her and when I saw her smiling face, I could feel that my heartbeat became faster and it was as if all of the blood in my body was being pumped to my face at that moment. I immediately looked away before she could notice that I was blushing.
"Not really. I'm just bored of seeing you so often."
I could hear her heaved a sigh when she heard my reply so I turned to see her as she stood up and looked down at me as she muttered,
"Do you hate me, Umemoto Izumi?"
There was something that looked like disappointment in her eyes and the corner of her lips pointed downward. She didn't wait for my answer and turned her back before she walked away to join the other senpai. All of my words left my brain when I saw her like that and I could only stare at her back furthering away. I closed me eyes and took a deep breath to calm myself. I continued with the stretching when I felt a hand gently tapped my shoulder so I took a side glance at her.
"Rikopii..."
Rikopii just gave me a worried look as she let out a sigh. She always took care of the younger one, including me.
"Ume, you should've at least said something better, you know."
I stared at her before I looked away and my eyes caught Anai-san laughing with her friends at the other side. I felt a thud in my heart but I wasn't sure what I should do. I have always admired her and I wanted to tell her so but every time I tried to, my lips decided differently from what I was thinking inside my mind.
I heaved a sigh. "If only it was that easy, Rikopii..."
I kept my eyes on Anai-san when she suddenly glanced at the direction I was sitting at and our eyes met. I quickly looked away before she realized that I had been staring at her and I took a quick glance afterward to make sure if she had stopped looking at me but she hadn't so I looked away again. The second time I glanced there, she finally went on chatting with her friends.
"I know you don't wanna do it but it doesn't hurt if you tell her what you've been thinking about her all this time."
I glanced over my shoulder to see Mashiro joining Rikopii behind me. She pouted as she shook her head while I was looking at the direction of Anai-san, who had finished with the stretching and started her dance exercise.
"She's so beautiful..."
I uttered those words unconsciously as I watched Anai-san dance. She always danced so gracefully in contrary to me and my boyish style.
"You really should tell that to her directly, Izumi."
Mashiro's voice brought me back from my enthralled state and I turned my back to see her let go a sigh. I knew she was worried about me so I gave her an apologetic smile as I told her that I would be fine.
As I was finished with the stretching, I stood up and started practicing the steps we were taught in the previous day. Mashiro joined me with the practice and Rikopi left to check the younger girls. I was so focused in the practice that I didn't realize that Matsuoka-san was staring at me from the mirror as she stood against the wall behind me. She was one of the senpai who was with Anai-san until a moment ago. I could feel the intense stare when I was finished with the routine as she took off from the wall and approached me.
"Ume, we need to talk."
She crossed her arms in front of her chest when she was in front of me and for the first time I felt how intimidating her taller build was as I looked up to see her face scowled.
"Matsuoka-san, is there anything you need with me?"
I cautiously spoke to her as she stared at me while sneaking a glance at Anai-san. Everyone knew how protective she was toward Anai-san and I knew I just did something that might have pissed her off. I gulped as I felt her stare getting more intense.
"Do you realize what you're doing?"
I was surprised that Matsuoka-san spoke with a low tone instead of the usual loud intensity she often used when she was angry. She closed her eyes and looked up before she let go a sigh and faced me again. I glanced at Mashiro who was watching the scene worriedly. I knew she wanted to aid me but I wanted to try solving this on my own so I shook my head at her before I gave a response to Matsuoka-san.
"I do."
The glare she gave me was softened as a smile slowly crept into her face. She patted my shoulder while smiling crookedly.
"You should speak up more, Ume. For your own good."
I still remembered Matsuoka-san saying that to me with a little chuckle as she glanced at Anai-san before she left to continue her practice routine. I heaved a sigh from the memories and stared blankly for a while before I decided to close my eyes. It was a while until I opened my eyes again, and when I did, I found someone staring down at me while I was lying on the floor. I couldn't tell who it was due to the back-light until the person spoke up.
"Are you awake, Ume?"
When I heard the voice, I realized it was Anai-san and I quickly stood up.
"H-hi, Anai-san."
I wasn't sure how I should speak to her after the scene. I was surprised because it was so unusual for her to visit the basketball court. I could see from the way she dressed that she didn't come with the intention to play basketball--with the white blouse and knee-length navy blue skirts accompanying her maroon wedges.
"So you were practicing basketball, weren't you..."
I wonder why she was asking the obvious as she observed my clothing that consisted of a black printed T-shirt and red basketball shorts. I nodded to reply before I went to pick up the ball I threw earlier. I clutched the ball as I thought of how to start the conversation with her. We just looked at each other in an awkward silence before I could gather my courage at last.
"D-do you wanna join me practicing?"
She raised her eyebrows from my stupid invitation and then looked down as if to check her outfit.
"Maybe next time," said Anai-san as she looked up and smile appeared on her face. "I think I will be spectator for today. May I?"
"S-sure."
I could feel my body trembled from nervousness. Sure I've been playing basketball for nine years but I've never had anyone seeing me during my self training session--even worse that it was Anai-san!
I took a deep breath as I tried to refocus my mind and pretended that I was alone. I started dribbling the ball and practiced a few tricks I had under my hand before I ran for a clean lay-up shoot. I did this few more times until I got a hang of myself and practiced jump shot afterward. I started to do well until I took a glance at the side and realized that Anai-san was watching me closely. I stopped running and I was probably blushing as my heart raced so fast when I realized how amazed she was at what she saw--which is me. When she realized that I hadn't been moving from my spot and my gaze was fully at her, she tilted her head to the side as she called out to me.
"Ume, is there anything wrong?"
Her feminine voice brought me back to the earth and I shook my head vigorously.
"I-I-I'm totally okay!"
I took another deep breath and tried to gain focus once again. I immediately threw the ball in a jump shoot and obviously the ball didn't made it to the basket so I quickly ran to pick up the ball.
When I ran back to the free-throw line, Anai-san took off from the wall and walked to my direction, making me froze at my spot immediately. I gulped and clutched the ball tightly as I couldn't take my eyes off her. She stopped outside the three-point line and gazed at me as she said,
"Please score this time and then tell me what you think of me, Umemoto Izumi."
I was so shocked from the sudden request that I dropped the ball from my clutch. The ball bounced and drifted to Anai-san's direction, prompting her to take it on her arms. I shook my head to clear my mind.
"What if I fail to score?"
My question brought a smile to her as she passed the ball back to me.
"You will score this one. I'm sure of it."
When I caught the ball, I was suddenly filled with courage and confidence. I had no idea how she even did that to me. I dribbled the ball few times before throwing the ball and scored. Just as she said. I pumped my fist to the air in happiness before I heard her steps coming closer so I turned my back and faced her. She was wearing a smile on her face.
"Now, tell me, what do you think of me?"
As she asked that question, Anai-san leaned in until there was only few inches left between our faces that I could feel her breathing. It made my heart beat faster and I could feel my face getting all the heat. She giggled as she noticed my condition and touched my blazing cheek with her fingers while holding my hand with her other hand.
"So cute."
The words surely made my face turned into heated tomato as I shook my head. I tried to let go off her hand but she held them tight. The fingers that were on my cheek were moving to my chin, lifting it up and forcing my eyes to met hers.
"I'll let you off if you tell me what you think of me. I promise."
I could feel myself trembling as she gazed at me. I gathered my courage and took a deep breath.
"You are a beautiful girl, Anai-san."
"Just that?"
Anai-san didn't seem to be satisfied with my answer as she tilted her head and brought my face even closer. I don't think I could handle the closeness between us anymore so I pushed her away with all my might. It made her fall to the back and she rubbed her butt as she flinched a little.
"Mou, Umechan, you don't have to be so rough."
I could still feel my heartbeat went over the roof but the guilt of pushing Anai-san made me quickly lent her a hand to help her stand.
"I-I-I'm sorry, Anai-san."
My stuttered response made her giggled as a smile appeared on her previously frowning face. She stood up and tidied her skirt before she gazed at me.
"What am I to you, Ume?"
I looked away from her eyes since it made me nervous. She kept her stare at me and waited. I took a deep breath to calm myself and formed the words in my mind to answer her question
"I have always respected Anai-san since the first time I entered the school. Your movement when you dance is so graceful and I admire that."
I gazed at her to prove the seriousness of my words but I couldn't hold it long as I became embarrassed and looked away when she let out a giggle.
"This is embarrassing, isn't it, Ume."
I nodded silently to her statement before I took a glance at her face and for the first time I noticed that she was actually blushing! Her cheeks were pink and she looked down but she kept on stealing a glance on me. Here I thought I was the only one who was nervous.
"I'm not used to this kind of situation, you know. Being the aggressive one..."
As she said that, her blushing started to spread to her ears--which I happened to notice when she tugged her hair behind one of them. Her words gradually faded out and I could barely hear the last words. It made me a little bit more relaxed and let out a smile.
"It's usually Matsuoka-san who does all the gobsmack talk, isn't it."
She nodded and smiled while still keeping her eyes down. Seeing her in such state, I murmured "cute", causing her to look up at my face once again while raising her eyebrows.
"Nee, Ume..."
"Hmm?"
She tilted her head as she narrowed her eyes into a line. "Did you just say 'cute'?"
I wanted to fake it so I shook my head but my blushing face seems to have give it away as I could hear Anai-san chuckled and turned her back against me.
"You know, Ume, you're cute, too," said Anai-san as she looked over her shoulder. Her compliment made me shook my head vigorously as I never thought of myself as cute.
"N-no, I'm not."
My reaction made her chuckled again and turned back to face me. She crossed her hands to the back as she grinned and leaned forward. I stepped backward out of reflex due to embarrassment but I stumbled and fell on my butt. I flinched from the little pain and rubbed the source gently. I looked up and noticed that Anai-san was crouching as she came closer. The grin was still on her face.
"Your face is fully pink now. So cute."
She extended her hands and poked my cheeks. I wanted to slap her hand away but I couldn't bring myself to, seeing her smiling happily as she played with my cheeks. I let go a sigh.
"I love it when I see your face turning red from the embarrassment," said Anai-san as she suddenly closed the gap between us and landed a chaste kiss on my cheek. It happened so fast I couldn't even evade it. She stood up and ran away as I was left speechless. I saw a glimpse on how red her face had become from the act and I thought that mine couldn't have been worse as I touched the cheek she just kissed and my mind swirled from the realization. Oh my God.
I stood up hastily to chase Anai-san and with my speed, I reached her before she could even touch the door handle and grabbed her wrist before she could escape.
"Wait, Anai-san!"
When she turned to face me, I could see her flushing red face and how she avoided my gaze when our eyes met. My heart was racing fast but I didn't let her hand off. She took a glance at me and bit her lower lips.
"Ume, do you like me?"
I gulped when she finally looked at me as I saw her eyes filled with hopeful gaze. I slowly nodded and looked down. I let go off her hand and covered my cheeks with my palm. I didn't want to think of how flushed I had become from this unprepared confession. I tried to refocus my mind and concentrated so I almost missed her muttering quietly.
"I like you, too."
When I heard those words, I was so surprised and my heartbeat skyrocketed to the point that it was possibly dangerous. I looked up and saw her glanced at me as she kept her stare to the side. When she saw my expression, she realized that I might have heard what she quietly said and she covered her face from embarrassment. She peeked from between her fingers.
"D-did you hear what I said just now?"
I let go a sigh before I smiled sheepishly and nodded. The air between us was filled with awkward silence as we kept our shy gaze with each other before both of us finally could no longer handle the pressure and burst into laughter. When we were finally done laughing, I felt Anai-san patting my head as she giggled.
"From now on, please be honest with me."
I nodded. "I will."
Right after I promised Anai-san, I felt that I was going to regret my decision to be honest with her about my feelings and immediately did when I saw a cheeky glint on her eyes before she opened her mouth to speak again while grinning.
"So... Mind repeating what you have said about me?"
My heart still raced fast but the teasing made me sighed before I got an idea and gave her a deadpan expression. Two can play games.
"No."
The grin on Anai-san's face quickly turned into a pout as she poked my arms with her index finger.
"But I wanna hear it again!"
I held her hand gently to stop her arm-poking and let out a smile.
"I like you. Do you like me?"
When she heard my words, the pout on her lips changed back into a wide smile as she giggled and nodded as she murmured "me too."
"Hmm, I didn't hear what you said?"
"Mou..." She puffed her blushing red cheeks from my tease and looked down before she took a glance and said,
"I like you, too."
She pulled me into a tight embrace after she said that and looked straight at me with a wide grin on her blushing face as she caught me frozen trying to process what was happening.
"Let's get along REALLY well from now on."
***
"Ume~~"
The familiar voice calling for me that belongs to a certain senpai approached me from behind and Mashiro, who sat beside me during the practice break, looked over her shoulder to see Anai-san skipping her way to our direction. The questioning look that Mashiro had on her face when she glanced at me made me let go a sigh as I whispered to her that I would tell her about it later.
"Ume, how about going on a date today?"
Her sudden request on what I promised that day made me spat the mineral water I was drinking. I hastily wiped my mouth with my hands before I turned to face her--my cheeks felt warm from the sudden rush of blood.
"A-a-anai-san, you promised not to say it out loud."
She stopped skipping and put her fingers to cover her mouth, pretending to be sorry but I could see mischievous glint on her eyes on me before she let out an "Oops."
I sighed before I smiled at her. "After the practice, is it okay?"
Hearing my answer, Anai-san let out a grin and turned back to leave but not before I saw her formed a frown on her eyebrows and pouted.
"Ume, I told you to drop all the honorifics and call me Chihiro!"
Damn, I gotta fix my habit. I can't help it, really.
"Yes, Ana- I mean Chihiro-san."
She let her palm met her face and shook her head as she let go a sigh before she stared at me.
"I'm sorry."
Again, she shook her head--this time, a smile appeared.
"Old habits die hard, I know."
She bid me a "see you later" as she walked away and I let go a sigh before I felt Mashiro pinched my cheeks and saw her eyes formed a thin line.
"Since when are you two dating?"
She let go off my cheeks and crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"Spill all the beans to me, Izumi!"
I told her what happened between me and An- I mean Chihiro-san at the basketball court during my self-practice session. I told her that we had cleared up the misunderstanding and we were not dating although we got along a lot better after that. Mashiro nodded as she listened to my explanation before she threw another question.
"Then, the date she just said?"
I knew she would have asked about it so I told her that I promised Chihiro-san to accompany her on her shopping day.
"I see..."
A smirk was formed on Mashiro's lips. I have a bad feeling about it when her arm was rounded around my shoulders and she whispered to my ear,
"Good luck with your date. I know that you have a little crush on her."
Her revelation almost made my eyes bulged out of their sockets and she ran away with a tongue in cheek before I could smack her arm. I could feel the heat rose to my cheeks as I took a glance at Chihiro-san's direction and saw her talking with Matsuoka-san. When she turned her head, she noticed me watching her and waved her hand to me. I was waving back awkwardly when I saw Matsuoka-san's smirk as she said something to Chihiro-san which made her giggled. I let go a sigh, not wanting to know whatever they were talking about, and went on with the practice.
It was soon time to go home and everyone was prepared to leave. I was waiting at the door as Chihiro-san bid goodbye to other senpai before she came to me with Matsuoka-san tagging along, who then tapped my shoulders and flashed me her cheeky grin.
"Ume, please take care of Chiichan well."
I quietly nodded and tried not to think much about the way she phrased her words. Chihiro-san, on the other side, seemed flushed as she smacked Matsuoka-san's arm playfully. I sighed as I turned to Chihiro-san.
"Jyaa, let's go."
Chihiro-san smiled as she nodded and grabbed my hand, making me blushed as I stared at her.
