Chapter 50: Disliked Celebration [Side: Chika Obata]
I'm aware that I'm the type of woman who gets along well with others. My best friend Reina is kind to everyone and treats everyone equally. To put it negatively, she's too much of a people-pleaser.
I can't help but feel I need to support her because of both her kindness and her vulnerability. Even though Reina is a perfect girl with higher specs than .
The celebration at Kousuke-kun's house was fun.
The screening event had so embarrassing monts, but we all laughed like idiots, and ti flew by.
On the way ho, I muttered.
'I want to go ho while I'm still in this good mood.'
'Obata-chan, I'm sorry!'
There's another celebration after this.
The celebration at Kousuke's house is from 1 PM to 5 PM, but there's actually a class celebration hosted by Sotomachi-kun from 3 PM to 7 PM, and my best friend Reina was complaining that she has to go to that one too, so I said I'd go with her.
Originally, the class celebration in Sotomachi was the prior commitnt, but Reina insisted on going to Kousuke's celebration no matter what! She wouldn't listen when told she'd join the class celebration after. As far as I know, Reina used to hate celebrations.
It's because she has to be considerate, deal with all kinds of people, and there's no escape with everyone watching.
'Then why don't you just decline?'
'If I do that, they'll say they'll reschedule the date.'
'Then why not let them reschedule?'
'The girls who see as their enemy will see that and definitely attack ! So, participating midway is the best ti to save face for Sotomachi-kun and my classmates while conceding the good places to the rival girls.'
That's a lie.
Reina enjoyed the earlier celebration so much that, although she was supposed to leave a bit early to join the Sotomachi celebration, she stayed until the very end of Kousuke's celebration and only then got up.
Normally, it's the kind of celebration she'd reluctantly attend just to keep up appearances.
They said everyone would co to the class celebration! So she said she'd go, but it seems Tachibana-kun and others weren't even invited.
Well, it can't be helped.
I feel sorry for Reina going alone, so I'm tagging along.
At the reception of the karaoke place in front of the station, we asked and were imdiately shown in.
'You're late!'
'Kashii-san! Sit here!'
'You took your ti getting here!'
'Kashii-san's dress is cute!'
'Obata-san, you look cool!'
The outgoing crowd swarms around and Reina. The boys are friendly, while the girls have annoyed expressions.
Saying we took our ti getting here is such straightforward sarcasm, isn't it?
Sotomachi is checking out Reina's casual clothes from top to bottom with a satisfied look.
Reina apologized for being late, giving an excuse (a lie, saying she had a promise with underclassn from the tennis club)
as an explanation.
'Co over here, okay?'
Sotomachi-kun made space next to him and called Reina over.
Koishi, who's always noisy, is enviously comparing Reina and Sotomachi.
'We're going to greet the classmates in the other rooms!'
'Yeah, let's go.'
Reina and I went to greet the mbers in the other rooms in the sa way.
They had rented a total of three rooms.
(Feels like the Sotomachi group's big celebration, doesn't it?)
The boys and girls were neatly arranged according to caste.
Usually, boys and girls are quite separated in class.
Boys who only talk to girls or girls who only talk to boys tend to be criticized.
As a special case, there's one couple officially recognized by everyone, and they're treated like a married pair.
Also, groups like the Sotomachi group at the top of the class caste, Kashii (Reina)'s group, and the flashy girls' group (who have a rivalry with Reina) can talk across genders without much being said.
Oh! And recently, Narumi and Tachibana-kun are also recognized as a special pair.
I got off topic, but the Sotomachi group was arranged as if divided into first rank, second rank, and third ranks.
In the end, at everyone's suggestion, Reina and I were called back to the first rank room.
'Well, since Kashii-san and Obata-san have arrived, cheers!'
'Woo-hoo!'
(Do they really say woo-hoo like that?)
(It's my first ti hearing it too!)
We exchanged whispered conversations.
'Sing sothing, Kashii-san!'
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'Oh, it's my turn.'
'Woo-hoo! What are you going to sing, Obata-san? You might even sing sothing surprisingly cute!'
I seriously sang Amagi-Goe.
The serious version.
If I do say so myself, it was a good performance in terms of singing.
Kashii said, 'No matter how many tis I hear it, Obata-chan's Amagi-Goe resonates!'
The room beca silent.
How about it? Did you calm down a bit?
I cald down a bit, but the boys imdiately
'I want to go on a trip with Kashii-san once!'
'Kashii-san, your casual clothes are cute. Should I confess to you even if I have nothing to lose?'
sward around Reina, so I stayed by her side with a sour face the whole ti.
Reina, as expected, listened to everyone she talked to, praised them skillfully, and responded tactfully.
When I went to the restroom, Sotomachi-kun took my seat and spoke to Reina.
'Want to slip out for a bit and talk?'
'No, I want to talk to everyone in the class. It's a good opportunity to talk to everyone! Thank you for inviting .'
And shut him down.
It's funny.
Sotomachi-kun's face was twitching.
But it's boring, right? I'm bored too, but compared to Reina, who was smiling with a big smile next to Tachibana-kun at Kousuke's celebration earlier, her current smile is like a doll's.
Cute, but that's all. It's the first ti I saw Reina laugh with a smile like that or hold such a grudge and exert such pressure.
Even though it's the sa celebration, it's completely different, isn't it?
Look, the girl who dropped to the second rank because we ca is glaring at us.
I declared, 'I want to go ho already!' and left the money, then took Reina and went ho.
'I'm sorry, Obata-chan, I dragged you along and then forced an unpleasant role on you.'
'I really do want to go ho.'
'Ahahaha! It's really boring!'
'I won't forget today!'
'Ahahaha!!'
We both laughed, rembering the screening event.
On the way ho with Reina, the topic of Sotomachi's celebration from earlier didn't co up, and we talked about Kousuke-kun's celebration and the screening event the whole ti.
It was both the day Reina and I ca to like celebrations and the day we ca to dislike them.
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