Sorry, I had a power outage yesterday.
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Fujiwara living room.
In the eerie green light, everyone's eyes focused on Shirogane Miyuki.
"Shirogane, pick it up."
Sakurai: ( ｡ •̀ ᴖ •́ ｡)
Shirogane: (｡Ó﹏Ò｡)
"Sakurai, gulp, I'm a little scared." Shirogane Miyuki stared at the hotpot where thick liquid kept bursting with bubbles, having no desire to eat at all.
Moreover, until now, no one had managed to pick up the herring-in-brine at that had just been thrown in.
Had it completely dissolved?
Sakurai Saki's face was pale as he gritted his teeth and said, "Today soone's bound to end up in the hospital. Give up resisting!"
"That's not right!!! We're not playing a murder ga here, stop it, everyone! Please?" Shirogane Miyuki flailed his arms and legs, desperate to escape the current hell.
He'd rather jump into a pot of oil than keep eating this bizarre stuff.
"Actually it's not that bad, President Shirogane." Shinomiya Kaguya's face was full of madness as she wiped the corner of her mouth and retched lightly.
Kaguya: ( ´ཀ` )
Damn it, she had just bitten into the piece of chocolate she herself had thrown in. The feeling was as if a mochi ball was blocking her entire esophagus, the taste at once spicy, sweet, salty, and mixed with a fishy stench.
"Hey! Shinomiya! Your expression says otherwise!!" Shirogane Miyuki shouted in mockery.
That face looked like she was about to die—sothing was obviously wrong!
"It's fine. The Shinomiya family has a private hospital, the doctors there are excellent." Shinomiya Kaguya looked toward Shirogane Miyuki, her eyes carrying only one aning.
Tonight you must eat it all!
"Aniki, let's descend to hell together." Shirogane Kei covered her face with both hands and spoke in a strange tone: "I can already see the river Styx, the red spider lilies are so beautiful."
Kei: ꉂ(˵꩜ ᗜ ꩜˵)
"Kei-chan, you don't look well."
"Hehe, because just now Kei-chan ate chili along with mochi." Fujiwara Chika was currently the most stable survivor, having eaten only two pieces of tofu—odd tasting, but still edible.
"You guys are too weak." Fujiwara Chika covered her mouth, letting out a mocking laugh.
Chika: (๑˃́ꇴ˂̀๑)
"..." Fujiwara Moeha lay sprawled on the floor, eyes vacant.
Ignoring the chaos around him, Shirogane Miyuki stuck his chopsticks into the pot.
He stirred a few tis.
He lifted out a strange lump of unidentifiable food.
He secretly swallowed hard; his body scread a warning—don't eat it!!!
"Shirogane, as a man you have to follow the rules of the ga." Sakurai Saki looked awkward; he was next in line.
It was only the third round!
Dark hotpot, the longer it cooked the worse it got! Back in round one, the flavors hadn't blended yet, just ordinarily nasty.
But now, it had reached a lethal level!
This will kill us! If not death tonight, then crippling stomach pain tomorrow!
"I'll eat!!" Shirogane Miyuki shoved the thing on his chopsticks into his mouth.
He didn't even bother chewing, swallowing it straight.
A few seconds later!
"GAHHH!! Water!!! Give water!!"
Fujiwara Chika grinned wickedly and handed him a cup of water.
Shirogane Miyuki took a gulp, then collapsed on the floor, gasping.
He had just seen heaven for a mont—too dangerous.
"Why are we even playing dark hotpot on Christmas Eve anyway?"
Hayasaka Ai, who had been silent all along, finally spoke.
Everyone: ∘ ∘ ∘ (っ º - º ς) ?
Yeah, why indeed?
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"Dark hotpot is over!!! Next up is the event everyone's been waiting for—the gift exchange!!!" Fujiwara Chika entered from the living-room doorway.
In her hand she held lots-drawing sticks.
"Here are bamboo sticks with everyone's nas written on them. We'll draw in turn, no cheating~"
As soon as she finished, the entire room simultaneously turned to look at Fujiwara Chika.
Cheating? There was really only one person here likely to cheat, right?
"Why is everyone looking at like that?"
"Secretary-chan, don't cheat, okay?" Hayasaka Ai tilted her head at her.
"Aiyaya, Ai-chan, you really know how to joke." Fujiwara Chika placed the bamboo drawing tube on the table.
After so discussion, everyone finally drew their lots.
Indeed, Fujiwara Chika didn't cheat, yet she still drew Sakurai Saki's gift.
"A moai statue? Seriously, would anyone actually like a gift like this?" Shinomiya Kaguya's eyelid twitched. Fortunately she hadn't drawn Sakurai Saki's gift, or this perfect Christmas would have been ruined.
Wait a second, eating dark hotpot on Christmas Eve wasn't exactly normal either.
"I love it!!!" Fujiwara Chika hugged the moai statue tightly to her chest.
Chika: (∩˃ω˂∩)♡
Kaguya: "(ノ _
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