Mail Delivery - Chapter 5

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Location: Hallway

Mitsuru: Sniff, sniff… I can smell it. It’s probably somewhere around here!

Subaru: Oooh, so your strategy is to sniff out where it is? Does that mean your lost item is food, dash-dash kid?

Mitsuru: Nope. My lost item is a letter!

Subaru: Huh, it’s a letter? Is that really something you can sniff out~?

Well, whatever. If I find anything that resembles a letter, I’ll let you know.

...Oh?

Mitsuru: Suba-chan-senpai? Did you find it already?

Subaru: Nah, but I feel like I’ve seen that guy over there somewhere before~.

Mitsuru: Hmm? Isn’t that the guy Tomo-chan always goes on about… Mister Masked Pervert?

Wataru: Amazing! Allow me to respond to your summons!

Spreading love and wonder to the world one day at a time, I am your Hibiki Wataru...☆

Subaru: Umm, Hibiki-senpai? Hello~!

Wataru: Yes, hello there~! You must be Hokuto-kun’s friend, Akehoshi Subaru. I’ve heard looots about you from Hokuto-kun.

Subaru: Huh? What, pray tell, did he tell you about me?

Wataru: Fufufu. There’s no need to speak so politely.

Subaru: Thank god. I’m so bad at it~! So, Hibiki-senpai, whatcha doing here?

Wataru: Nothing in particular. I was in the middle of my club activities, but I tasked my juniors with an assignment, and now I have more free time than I know what to do with.

If you two have some time to spare, won’t you keep me company?

Subaru: Oh, great timing! I’m helping the dash-dash kid find a lost item, maybe you want to join forces with us, Senpai?

Mitsuru: Mister Masked Pervert. You didn’t happen to see a letter lying around here somewhere?

Wataru: If it’s a letter you want, I’ve got hundreds~.. Which one of these letters did you drop?*

If you’d like, you can have all of them!

Subaru: Uwah, a whole ton of letters appeared somehow! Wait, aren’t there way too many?

Mitsuru: Ahaha, amazing! Is this a magic trick? How is he doing this~?

Wataru: Fufufu. If you get so visibly excited, I’ll get carried away, you know?

Mitsuru: Ah, it’s this one! That’s Hajime-chan’s letter!

Wataru: It appears you’ve found the letter you’ve been seeking. How wonderful...☆

Mitsuru: Mister Masked Pervert, where did you find this?

Wataru: I picked it up just a moment ago, on the staircase over there. But when I went to deliver it to the owner’s classroom, I found that it was locked, so I intended to deliver it tomorrow.

Mitsuru: I’m so glad you found it~! Thank you, Mister Masked Pervert!

Hajime: …-kun. Mitsuru-ku~n…?

Mitsuru: Hm? Ah, it’s Hajime-chan! He~y, Hajime-cha~n!

Hajime: Mitsuru-kun! What a relief~. So this is where you went.

I got worried because you didn’t come back no matter how long I waited, so I went looking for you~…

Mugyuh!?

Subaru: Yaaay, it’s Shinonon! You’re as cute as ever today!

Hajime: Huh, Akehoshi-senpai!? I-I’m glad to see you too, but I don’t really know how to react to this~!

Subaru: Hugging Shinonon gives me life, it’s so soothing~, nuzzle nuzzle ♪

Hajime: P-please don’t rub your cheek against mine~! I don’t dislike it or anything, but there are people watching! It’s embarrassing~!

Mitsuru: That’s no fair! I’ll snuggle Hajime-chan, too~!

Hajime: Wawah, not you too, Mitsuru-kun… I’m gonna get crushed between you both~.

Wataru: My, what a lively atmosphere...☆ There’s no room for me to slide in, so I’m feeling kind of lonely!

Hajime: Huuh? Isn’t that… Hibiki-senpai? I-I’m so sorry. With all this fuss, I didn’t notice you were there!

Wataru: I don’t mind, please do go ahead and keep up that hilarious commotion! I shall be enjoying the view with a refreshing drink in hand!

Mitsuru: Hmm? Somehow I feel like I’m forgetting something important.

Ah, right! I need to apologize to Hajime-chan.

Hajime-chan, I’m really, really sorry!

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* Wataru is referencing The Honest Woodcutter. The wikipedia link has a good summary of it.