Aren’t You Too Sweet Salt-God Sato-San?

[Yeah, because that means]

Her voice trembled, and cheeks flushed

I don’t know what she meant by that response, but I answered.

[Yeah, it’s what Sato-San needed to become a minstagrammar after all. Of course I’ll cooperate.]

[Huh?]

[What? Didn’t you want the tapioca milk tea for Minsta, Sato-san?]

……..”What?” Sato-san tilted her head like a squirrel.

[I mean, you want to use the photo of the currently famous tapioca milk tea to launch your Minsta account, it’s that Kind of strategy, isn’t it?]

[Ahh…]

What’s with that “I just remembered” reaction.

At least, that’s what I thought when I came here.

But as soon as she heard my words, her whole body, which had been so tense, in the end hangs down her head in dejection .

[You are right…]

Sato-san affirmed it in the quietest voice ever.

…………?

What’s with that haggard expression?

Well, there are some things that bother me, but if she says so, then I guess she is.

I’m glad. I almost made the pleasant misunderstanding of thinking that [Sato-san had genuinely invited me to an after-school date].

To the bitter end, This is just one part of “Sato-san Minstagramming Project”.

Don’t get carried away. Don’t get carried away.

[Well let’s line up, Sato-san]

[Lining up,huh]

Sato-san,what happened to all the energy you had just now……?

I don’t know why she felt so deflated, Sato-san and I lined up at the end of the line but…..

[It’s Hot]

[Yeah, it’s Hot]

Even though it was after school time, It’s early summer.

The sun, still high in the sky, was reflecting off the asphalt and burning the queue.

I felt that it was a bit of an anticlimax to be exposed to the heat while waiting in line to buy a nice drink.

Of course, there was no way I was going to leave, but there was one problem.

Let me confirm it for you again, Tapioca milk tea is a sweet drink that is popular among high school girls.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the one of the most talked drink right now, as it is mentioned on TV and SNS every day. (T/N : SNS – social networking sites)

The line for tapioca milk tea is almost 90% made up of high school girls, so what I am trying to say is,

[Yeah, it’s really hot.]

[Hey, look at this one, it’s soaked.]

[Haha, that’s funny, it’s like a waterfall.]

The three high school girls in line in front of Sato-san and me were laughing and flapping their skirts as if they were fans. Their sweaty chest peeking out from under their shirt collars.

I guess it’s what’s called a ‘high school girls only drinking party’.

That’s what’s happening right in front of my eyes.

[Oshio-kun.]

When I was at a loss for where to look, Sato-san suddenly called out my name.

[What’s wrong?]

When I turned around, Sato-san was looking up at me with her glaring eyes……

[I just feel like calling you.]

[Is it not just a face, what’s wrong?]

[Nothing, ah that’s right. Let’s play staring down at each other game]

[Seriously, what’s wrong?]

I thought she was just a girl who got misunderstood often for a long time but I seriously don’t understand the meaning this time.

And I’ve never seen anyone propose a stare down game with a frowning face before.

[I’m very good at staring]

[It’s first time seeing a high school girl giving a frowning look at me]

[L-E-T-S P-L-A-Y]

[Ah……well, afufufu]

I had no choice but to helplessly make a funny face.

In response to this, Sato-san’s answer is…….

I don’t know what she’s trying to do, but she keeps staring up at me with her brow furrowed. It’s like saying [I’m not going to miss a single move you make].

…….What’s this? Maybe a different game beside staring at each other has started without me knowing?

It was when I began to feel a certain shame alone.

Suddenly, one of the three high school girls in front of me …..

[Ahaha….I can see through Miko’s bra.]

——a man is a deplorable creature.

Even if you’ve never met the person before, even if the person next to you is your first love, it’s imprinted in your instincts.

Almost reflexively, I tried to look sideways at the three high school girls, and——-

[It’s no good.]

[Ouch!]

*Pashiiiiiiiiiiiiiin*

With a shout of anger, Sato-san’s right hand, like a bolt of lightning, swung out and struck the base of my nose. It hurts, it hurts so badly.

[Oh………it hurts. Why, Sato-san?]

When I asked with teary eyes, Sato-san shook her shoulder and quivered,

[It’s not good]

I don’t know what’s not good, but she seemed to be very upset…..

Just like that, we waited for half an hour while burning by the sun.

I was a little troubled with Sato-san eccentricity, but Sato-san and I finally got it.

[Thank you for waiting. Here is your Assam Milk Tea Black Tapioca & Milk Foam Topping]

The saleswoman recited the incantation-like order with a perfect salesperson-like smile and handed one to me and one to Sato-san.

Milk tea is filled in a transparent cup, a cloud-like milk foam on top of it.

And the black pearls that contrast with the beige milk tea with a slight transparency at the bottom of the cup are the protagonists of this drink and sweet.

…….In other words tapioca.

When Sato-san received this, her eyes, which were black and round like tapioca, became even rounder.

Then she exhaled slightly.

[Oshio-kun, this is tapioca milk tea.]

[I know.]

I couldn’t help but smile at her childish gesture.

I’m sure the rest of the class doesn’t know.

Sato-san, who has always had a serious face in the classroom, is so happy to see a cup of tapioca milk tea.

I feel a little superior when I think about it.

[Oh, Oshio, this, this! How can I take a good picture of this?]

Sato-san looked so excited that if I wait a bit more , she would jump up and down on the spot for sure.

I would like to see that, I thought but I don’t want to bully her so I started to teach her about how to take a good tapioca milk tea picture.

Well, it’s not as difficult as a class lecture though,

[I think the safest way is to take a picture with a signboard in the background.]

[With a sign in the background?]

[Yeah, look at it.]

I urge Sato-San to look at her surroundings.

As she looked around, she saw the highschool girls who had bought milk tea earlier we’re all looking up at the “Tea pearl” sign, holding their cups high in one hand and phone in another.

In the middle of that, I even saw a group of middle-aged men giving them warnings for obstructing the sidewalk from the opposite side.

“See, that’s how you have to put the store sign and the cup in same frame, because tapioca milk tea position itself is more important than tapioca milk itself”

“As expected of minstagram Oshio-kun”

Sato-san looked at me with sparkling respect.

Well I only have one account I use to advertise the cafe so it’s not like I have ever uploaded a photo of tapioca tea itself but still, that’s the kind of experience that comes naturally when you use minsta on a regular basis.

“It’s particularly difficult to take one and it’s also suitable for beginners. Just be careful not to absorbed in taking photo too much and bump into otthers”

“Yes! I understand! I will take it!”

Sato-San snorted and ran to a place where she could take a picture of the sign. I put the straw on my mouth as I watched her small animal-like gesture.

[Oh, it’s delicious.]

This is what high school girls who are picky with their taste are crazy about.

The tapioca was not too hard or too soft, but it had a pleasant elasticity to the teeth.The milk tea is not as sweet as I thought it would be.

This level of fragrance must have been made using good tea leaves.

I’ll try to make it myself next time. …….. If it turns out well, I can ask my dad to add it to the menu.

While I was thinking about this, Sato-san came running towards me like a penguin.

[I got it! Look, Oshio-kun!]

[………You are quite fast.]

I’m already a little nervous at this point.

But Sato-san confidently puffs out her chest and holds out her phone to me.

I wondered how it was going to work, and sure enough…

[Hmm…….]

It was purely a bad shot.

Because of poor positioning, the setting sun almost turned her Tapioca Milk Tea into a light. In addition to that, the tapioca milk tea was not in focus.

Instead of that, her white, thin, and tense arms are in focus.The arm holding up a cup of tapioca milk tea high in the sky, almost as if it were light.

[…………..western style poster?]

[No, I will be embarrassed if you praised me like that, Oshio-kun]

I’m not praising at all though…….

[No………well, I don’t think it looks that good.]

[What!?]

I thought I told you to do the opposite…..

Then just as I was troubled over how to explain it…..

[————Oh, Miko is amazing. As expected of big boobs!]

[Hurry up and record it! Take a video! It’s pretty hard since it’s making my boobs cold.]

[Hahaha……it’s seriously good!]

In a corner a little farther away from Tea Pearl, there is a group of people who are getting excited about something.