34 - After eating something sweet (Patreon)

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“Hmm...”
“What's wrong, Hiuri?”

After finishing our choco bananas, we are walking around randomly, Hiuri looks at the food stall and hums. There is a yakisoba stall in the direction of her gaze.
Could it be, she wants to eat it?

“When I'm with Kazuki-kun, I just can't control myself. I feel like eating right now is okay.”
“Do your best with your self-control.”

This phenomenon is probably due to the fact that she eats whatever she likes without any limits in the dream.
However, if she eats and drinks as much as she likes in real life just like she does in the dream, it will clearly be bad for both her health and her body figure. I know that Hiuri is careful about maintaining her body figure, so I want her to properly work her reason.

“But you know, after eating something sweet, don't you want to eat something salty?” (Hiuri)
“That one, that saying is probably ‘you want something sweet after eating something salty’. If you say that, you'll end up eating forever.”
“But I want to eat it, so it can’t be helped!”

Hiuri said that a little louder. In response to that voice, the gazes of the surroundings focus on us.

Unfortunately, in real life, I cannot acknowledge that desire. She’ll definitely regret it later, and I can't let Hiuri make herself into a gluttonous character.
In this situation where all eyes are on us, it’s difficult for Hiuri to eat a lot.

When I think about it like that, I actually feel that we properly experience dream-like things in the dream.

“And look, isn't it lunchtime now? Frankfurter alone isn't going to be enough for lunch.” (Hiuri)
“That’s true, but...”

In that case, I wanted to eat yakisoba before eating the choco banana.
I'm the type of person who has misgivings about eating something sweet during a normal meal. I want to eat my meal and dessert separately.

“Here, I'll go buy some.” (Hiuri)
“Eeh...”

Hiuri's self-control, defeated. It wasn't even a match.

...

“Yup, this is just about right.”

Hiuri, who had eaten yakisoba and even ate another choco, said that as she took a breath.
I couldn't stop Hiuri from buying more choco bananas. What’s more, since she came back to buy the choco banana quite quickly, the person at the choco banana shop was also surprised.

I don't want to make Hiuri into too much of a weird character, but... I can't stop Hiuri because her actions come from herself.

“Umm, are you satisfied?”
“Yes. As expected, we have to eat at times like this.”

It's fine as long as Hiuri is having fun... just don't regret it when you come to your senses later. I more or less made an effort to stop you.

“Okay, now let's go around looking at the exhibits as well.”

I only went around for food, so I didn’t look at projects like exhibitions at all.
If someone needs me for something, they will come and call me, so it should still be okay. Hiuri will probably be needed as a publicity ambassador in the afternoon as well, but they didn't specifically mention the time, so I think it's still okay.

At this cultural festival, the places that aren't doing food shops are generally doing projects.
There is more or less a space to put up posters they made in class, but they are in a very unpopular area. As expected, it's probably more fun to watch a project like a play.
The game room of Hiuri's class can also be categorized as a project.

“Kazuki-kun, you haven’t even come to our class, right?”
“Yeah. Because I didn't have time.”

I thought of going, but Tadashi detained me.
It was nice to see Hiuri in maid uniform, but I wanted to go see her class project first.

“Then let’s go from there first.”

Hiuri's class project is fully done in the classroom, so it is held in the classroom from the start.

“Are, Hiu, welcome back~”

At the entrance to the classroom, Hayashi-san was standing.
After noticing Hiuri, her gaze immediately shifted to me.

“Ooh—! Boyfriend-kun, yahoo~”
“Hello, Hayashi-san.”
“Thanks to Hiu, we’re booming~”

Inside, aside from children, there are also many male students.
It's probably because the word ‘game room’ struck a chord with the male students, but I’m sure the effect of Hiuri's publicity is also great.

“Hiu will be on break all day today~”
“Eh, as expected, that's bad isn’t it. I can't stay with him all the time anyway.”
“It's fine, it's fine~ don’t you need some time alone?”

Hayashi is trying to convince Hiuri while laughing.
As for me, I have to go back in the middle of the afternoon, so I can't stay with Hiuri all the time... but like Hayashi-san said, I think Hiuri also needs some alone time to a certain extent.

“Boyfriend-kun, make sure to escort Hiu okay.”
“Umm, ok.”

I laugh while being tapped on the shoulder.
Hayashi-san is really a friendly person... this kind of excitement toward me means that she treats other people in her class in the same way.

“Now, come in, come in!”

The arrival of Hiuri turns the gaze of the people who are playing to her.
In particular, the male students who come here, perhaps because of Hiuri's influence, many of them turn their gaze toward her. They also turn their harsh gaze to me, who is next to her, but that can't be helped.
For the time being, I’ll call out Hiuri’s name in a small voice while here.

“There are common ones like ring toss and target shooting, and there's one called the balloon shuttle.”

Other common games include games like the one where you throw a ball into a hole.
There are a lot of kids gathered there, so maybe we should do that balloon shuttle thing.

“Boyfriend-kun, are you interested in the balloon shuttle—?”
“Because the kids are doing it...”
“That's true, too. Balloon shuttle, is it—?. The participation fee is 100 ye—n. Hiu, you should pay the fee too, okay?”

All games have a participation fee of 100 yen. Although you can get a prize in every game if you get a good score, from the looks of it, no one has gotten a score high enough to win a prize.

“Is it about the prize? Actually, we made it too difficult, you see...”

According to Hayashi-san and Hiuri, the number of people who have won prizes so far can be counted on two hands. Thanks to that, they seem to be able to make money by using the small profits and quick returns method, but since making money was not their goal, they seem to have mixed feelings about it.

“Um... Yeah, well, boyfriend-kun doesn't need to worry about it! Okay, balloon shuttle is a game played by two or more people, it's a game where you just keep hitting the balloon so it stays in the air. Of course, holding it is prohibited!”

Furthermore, it seems that a fan will start up as an obstruction midway through.
The number of times the balloon needed to be hit to win a prize is the number of participants times 30. It's just me and Hiuri, so the goal is 60 times.

“Then~ start!”

The rally starts with Hiuri's pass.
At the beginning, we only need to steadily pile up the number of times without panicking.

“Oh—, you're breathing perfectly after all! Well, it's a bit early, but electric fan, go!”
“Eh, isn’t that unfair!?”
“Don’t mind it, don’t mind it.”

Although it's an electric fan, it is a typical type of electric fan that swings its head. And the wind isn't that strong either.
However, balloons are things that can be blown even with just that. The wind causes them to fly off in unexpected directions, which quickly increases the difficulty level at once.

“This! It looks so tough!”
“You didn’t test it?!”
“I’m not in charge of that!”

Still, I desperately try to pile up the number of times.
And then... I get to the point where there is only 10 times left.

“Ooh! By the way, there is no one who has won a prize on the balloon shuttle.”
“You say that now!?”
“Come on, boyfriend-kun, pick it up properly!”

Honestly, for someone like me who doesn't exercise much, this is even harder work than the sports festival.
In addition to moving around, you also need concentration, so it's more tiring than it looks.

“Ah.”

When I tried to hit the balloon upward, the wind moved it just before my hand hit it, so I failed to hit it properly.
As a result, the balloon flies almost directly to the side.

“Kazuki-kun, here!”
“Uh”

Hiuri was barely able to touch the balloon, but the return toss is also almost directly to the side. I couldn't pick it up and our game was cut short just a few attempts away from success.

“Hmm, what a shame! Please try again~”

Balloon shuttles take up a lot of space, so we’re asked to leave the area immediately after it’s finished.
We left the classroom while glancing at the smiling Hayashi-san.

“Sorry Hiuri... it's my fault.”
“It's not Kazuki-kun's fault. The wind is just bad.”

Hiuri does a gentle follow-up.

That being said, I'm still feeling apologetic. If I had a little more stamina, I might have been able to win the prize...

“Well, the prize isn’t that big, so don’t worry about it, okay?”
“By the way, what was that?”
“Sweets. The kind they sell around here.”

Isn't the difficulty level too high for that? That game.

I left Hiuri's class with an indescribable feeling.

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A/N:
Hiuri: “No one will probably get the prize.”
Kazuki: “Isn’t the effort and reward out of proportion?”

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