Billiards - Chapter 3

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Location: 1st Floor Passageway

Madara: (Now then, it’s finally time for the long awaited lunch break! I’ve gotta use this time to find friends to invite to play billiards together!)

(If I’m searching for people, the garden terrace would be best, but around this time it’s so crowded there it’s hard to even move about… Guess I’ll look around here.)

Mitsuru: Ah, it’s Mike-chan-senpai!

Madara: Ooh, Mitsuru-san! Calling me “senpai” is so distant! We’re close, so call me Mama ♪

Mitsuru: I’m not doing that. You’re not my Mama, you know.

Anyway. Hey, hey! Last night, I saw Mike-chan-senpai and big sis Anzu together!

Madara: Eh, is that so? Where did you see us?

Mitsuru: Umm, near the park! I saw you while I was taking a walk in the park at night!

I wanted to call out to you, but dashing was so much fun I couldn’t stop myself~ ♪

Madara: Near the park… That must have been after the billiards.

Mitsuru: “Billiards”? You mean that game where you poke balls with a stick?

Madara: Yep. Yesterday, I worked on a PV shoot for a billiards parlor together with Anzu-san. It was probably on our way home from that when you saw us.

Mitsuru: There’s jobs related to billiards? I thought billiards was a game adults liked to play.

Madara: Hahaha! Anzu-san said something similar to that, actually. She was totally on guard at first.

At normal billiards parlors, even minors can enter, and they’re allowed to play, too. It’s an indoor game you can enjoy carefreely.

Mitsuru: Hm~m… Hey, hey, Mike-chan-senpai. I wanna try playing billiards, too!

Madara: Ooh, Mitsuru-san, you’re interested in billiards?

Mitsuru: I don’t know anything about billiards, but since it’s a game it must be fun! And if something’s fun, I wanna try it at least once~ ♪

Madara: I see. In that case, let’s meet at the school gates after school! Come with Mama and the others, we’ll play together...☆

Mitsuru: “The others”? Who else is coming?

Madara: Anzu-san and Kaoru-san… Er, Mitsuru-san, do you know who Kaoru-san is?

Mitsuru: Umm… You mean Hakaze-senpai from “UNDEAD”? We’re not friends or anything, but I know who he is.

Madara: Roger! In that case Mama will introduce you to Kaoru-san, like “This is my child~” ♪

Mitsuru: As I said, Mike-chan-senpai isn’t my Mama…

Madara: By the way, earlier you called billiards a “game for adults”. There actually are parlors that only adults are allowed in.

They’re called “pool bars”. They serve alcohol there, so minors can’t go in.

Mitsuru: Pool bar? You can go into a pool? That sounds fun, too ♪

Madara: No, you can’t. There’s various theories as to why, but billiards is sometimes called pool, so it’s a bar you can play billiards at, it seems.

Mitsuru: Eh~. It’s called a pool bar even though there’s no pool? I don’t get it at all.

Madara: Hahaha! Seeing is believing! Once you’re a little older, Mama will take you along to one ♪

In any case, now that Mitsuru-san joined us… I need to invite just one more person.

Mitsuru: One more person? Mike-chan-senpai, are you searching for people to invite for billiards?

Madara: Exactly! Billiards is just right to get to know someone, and close the distance! Because of that, I’d like to invite people I don’t usually play with.

Mitsuru: People I don’t usually play with… Hm~m… I can’t think of anyone.

Madara: It’s okay if you think of it as “people I’d like to become better friends with”. If you can’t think of anyone, let’s use our legs to search! Heeeeave-ho~!

Mitsuru: Uwah, Mike-chan-senpai, why are you carrying me on your shoulders!?

Madara: Hahaha, high up, isn’t it? I’d like Mitsuru-san to be my look-out, and tell me if anyone stands out to you!

Mitsuru: Stands out? I don’t really get it, but I’ve got it!

Madara: Good good, I’ll leave it to you. But you know, Mitsuru-san, you’re really light. Almost like a feather!

Are you eating properly? Next time, Mama will bring you some delicious food!

Mitsuru: Hmpf... Mike-chan-senpai is treating me like a child again.

Madara: Hahaha, sorry about that. Mitsuru-san is my kouhai, so I dote on him without really noticing.

Mitsuru: I’m not happy about being doted on that much. Mike-chan-senpai, you don’t understand what a “sense of distance” is.

Madara: That’s painfully true! I’ve been scolded by my kouhai!

Mitsuru: Ah, Mike-chan-senpai, there’s someone over there! That might be someone who “stands out”~!

Madara: It’s a good omen that you’ve found them so fast!

Alright, hold on tight, Mitsuru-san! I’m taking off, dash, dash~!