Wonder Game - outbreak 6

[bakemonoremy]

Location: Library

Nagisa: ………..

Tsumugi: Aah, Nagisa-kun! You walked off in the middle of our conversation again!

And if you try to read in a dark spot like that, your eyes will get worse~. How about you come here and take a seat where you can read in a well-lit area?

Nagisa: …...How strange, that you say “your eyes will get worse” when someone has near-sightedness, even though it’s not like their eyeballs are hurt in any way.

…...Even though it’s merely adaptation. How interesting, words are. Fufufu.

Tsumugi: Right… That aside, Nagisa-kun, I know we kind of ended up having fun chatting, but…

That’s not why I came here. There’s something we need to do, so could you come with me?

Nagisa: …...Don’t wanna.

Tsumugi: Eeh? Please don’t say that! I’m begging you, please!

Nagisa: …...But I want to keep reading. Well, I guess I can read, while I’m walking.

Tsumugi: You shouldn’t do that~! That’s a breach of etiquette, or rather, it’ll be the cause of an accident!

Nagisa: …...Is that so. When I talk to Tsumugi-kun, I learn lots of new stuff. Things.

…...You’re like the table of contents to the human world.

Tsumugi: What? Umm, are you praising me? Thank you very much~♪

Nagisa: …...What’s important is, the content of a book, though. The table of contents by itself, is not very interesting.

Tsumugi: ………?

Location: Hallway

Tsumugi: Heave-ho, heave-ho.

Nagisa: …...Are you, okay?

…...I-, I am sorry. For making you carry, half of the books I borrowed.

Tsumugi: Don’t worry about it. Carrying them by yourself would be difficult, since you borrowed nothing but heavy volumes, Nagisa-kun… And on top of that, you borrowed all 20 books the library limit will allow you to borrow at a time.

Carrying them all by yourself would be impossible.

Nagisa: …...I’d be fine. I’ve got a lot of brute strength. Physical strength.

Tsumugi: Fufu. But if we can finish the upcoming briefing session without delays, I’d like to have a practice lesson afterwards while we’re at it.

So it’s for the best if we both don’t tire our arms out too much.

Nagisa: …...Yeah. That’s logical.

…...But, hmm? That’s wrong, because, I’m making Tsumugi-kun carry half of the burden that should be mine alone.

…...I am, causing Tsumugi-kun a disadvantage. No, you incurred a disadvantage of your own will, it’s illogical.

Tsumugi: Not at all. We are companions from the same “unit” now. That means, if you look at the big picture and balance the accounts, I make a profit by lending you a hand, too.

Nagisa: …...Hmmm. You and I are separate people, but you still calculate it like that?

……”Unit”. My comprehension of that, is still somewhat lacking.

……Oops.

Tsumugi: Wawawah!?

Natsume: HeY! Aren’t you watching where you’re goiNG!? I’m gonna curse yOU! Aah geEZ, you made me drop my precious chemicals all over the floOR!

Tsumugi: Wawah, this is bad!

Wh-... Oh, it’s you, Natsume-kun! Hello~♪

Natsume: GeH, it’s that jeRK… Shoo shOO, don’t come near mE, I find you unpleasaNT!

Tsumugi: Eh~? Please don’t say such saddening things, aren’t we so close that we even take baths together~!?

Natsume: Excuse mE? When did that happEN?

It’s a bother when you bring up stories from a time when I wasn’t even at the age of discretion yET, can you quit acting so over-familiar with mE?

I am a transcendent beiNG, the likes of which a commoner could never fathOM, a magician and diviner--

Tsumugi: Wow, Natsume-kun! Did you develop a case of chuunibyou when you got into high school?

Natsume: I͓̲̪̩'̰̀m̨̠̯͔̦̼ ̵g͚̙̯̤̪̰o͉̫̯̻͖ṇ̡̩̹n̝̦̞̣̪̮͜a̸̭͇̺ ͓̰͚̞͙̯͎k͖͇͈̰̘̯͜i̦̩̬̠͕͙̳l͘l͏̻̥̜̫̼ ̯̟͢y͖͔̠͢ọ̩͕u̞͉̲͕̯̪̟!̀

Nagisa: ……Tsumugi, -kun, do you know him?

Tsumugi: Yes! I used to be friends with him, his name is Sakasaki Natsume-kun! By complete chance, we met again here at Yumenosaki~♪ As if it was predestined!

Nagisa: ……Destiny. I see, then he must be an important guy, I mean person, to you.

Tsumugi: Yes! I want to become close to him again, like we used to be~. He’s like a little sister to me!

Natsume: Can you at least say “little brother” insteAD?

WeLL, whatevER. If I keep talking to this idiOT, it’ll just cause my own IQ to go doWN… Stop trying to get involved with mE, just go disappear somewheRE, for reAL.

Tsumugi: No way. We caused you trouble through our carelessness, so let me at least help you clean up around here.

……Nagisa-kun, can you go ahead to the student council room without me?

Nagisa: ……Yeah. I’ve got it, bye-bye.

…………

……No. I was the one who bumped into him, so it is my duty to make up for the damage I’ve caused.

……I feel like, I should help with the clean-up, too. Using the accounts you talked about as a reference, this would mean that the accounts are balanced again, right?

Tsumugi: Yes! How admirable that you realized that all by yourself, Nagisa-kun! And if we all clean up together, it’ll be done much faster~♪

Natsume: ……Don’t advance the conversation without mE. Good griEF, what troublesome seniors I have heRE.

If you react in such an admirable wAY, I can’t even let my anger out on yOU ...What am I supposed to do with my raised fist nOW?