Aren’t You Too Sweet Salt-God Sato-San? - V2 chapter 1.7
一一一Part 7一一一
It’s just as Oshio-kun said. End of term exams are over and the summer heat is finally getting into full swing in late July.
Sakuraba High School will start the summer vacation next week….
[So, this weekend, Sato-san, do you want to go to the sea?]
“———-Sea!”
I was so shocked that my voice turned upside down.
But wait, this is a reaction that has nothing to do with my poor communication skills.
I have a special longing for the sea.
Because I don’t have many friends, and in the first place the only person who invites me to go to the sea is ……. Ah, This has everything to do with my poor communication skills.
I’m sorry, it’s indeed because of my poor communication skills.
Anyway,
“S, I want to go to sea!”
It can’t be helped that my voice becomes more lively.
I’m happy to have been invited to such a cool event like a sea bathing etc but more importantly, I’m happy to have been invited by none other than Oshio-kun!
Beach houses, yakisoba, watermelon splitting, and, um… sandcastles?
The last time my parents took me to a beach party was when I was a little girl, so I have a vague image of it, but I’m looking forward to it anyway!
[I’m glad, the place is Midorikawa. I’m thinking of heading there by train. I’ll let you know when we’ll meet in detail.”
“Yes, yes! I understand! Yay! I’m really looking forward to it!”
The nervousness from a while back just now seems like a lie.
I’m as excited as a child would.
[Ah I’ve already rented a room over there, so you don’t have to worry about where to put your luggage]
“…..what?”
Cardiopulmonary arrest. (T/N : person not showing any sign of life or in short something like heart attack)
Although It was a bit of an exaggeration, it definitely stopped me from thinking.
I have rented a room.
Inside of my head which turns blank, this line keeps echoing in vain.
——“how about you push him down?”
——-“Both I and Oshio-kun aren’t going to the hotel soon…..”
Then I noticed that my hand clasping the smartphone was shivering.
“Um………”
[Yes?]
“It will be my first for that……….”
I said in an almost fading voice.
There was a strange silence that felt like an eternity.
After that, as if Oshio-kun realised something, “ah” and raised his voice,
[It’s all right! It’s also first time for mayo-san in a long time]
“Mamamama, mayo-san!!”
It’s probably the loudest I have ever shouted in my whole life.
What…… wait wait wait wait, my mind hasn’t catched up.
[You surprised me…]
“What? What? Mayo-san is joining too!”
[Ah, I see. I still haven’t told you about the members. You, me, Ren, Rinka-chan and then then Mayo-san and shizuku-san are also joining]
“Six people!!?”
I mean, Ren-kun too!?
My little mind is on the verge of bursting.
“I, I I I, I really am the first time…….”
[…….? Rinka-chan seems to be a experienced person so I think it would be to better learn from her]
“Rinka-chan is experienced!!?”
It’s the first time I heard about this. Unexpectedly, junior highschool students have advanced to this point!
As my mind was reaching more and more to the breaking point, at that time,
[Well it’s just swimming, so even if you can’t swim, you can enjoy it all you want.]
“What?”
[What?]
Both of our voices overlapped in confusion. Even if you can’t swim…..?
[What? I thought it was because it was your first time on the beach and you weren’t confident in your swimming ability. Perhaps I was wrong?]
“…….huh? A, ahh, what do you mean by renting a room?”
[Oh, Perhaps you were worried about the room? Don’t worry, it’s a guest house owned by my relative’s grandmother, I heard they have rooms available on the day.]
“Ah, if that’s the case then I’m glad”
The heat drained from my body with a sigh.
[Thank you, to make you troubled so far, ah, although it’s a one day trip but I think it should be better to confirm once with parents]
“Oh, ok…”
“Then with this, let’s meet each other again, good night”
“Good night”
The call was cut off with a buzzing sound.
When I looked at my hand in a daze, the screen showed a call time of 2:26.
Watching this, I ,I ,
“——aaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!”
This is the birth of a high school girl who rolled around on a wooden floor, screaming strangely and bizarrely.
I! I! I am!!
Oshio-kun just invited me to the sea to hang out with everyone and yet why did I think of such unpleasant things!!
I want to die! I want to die!
It’s because of an earlier conversation with my mother about talking about weird things that I ended up thinking about!!!!!
Gyaaaaaaaaaaaa……..
In the end, I kept rolling around screaming until my mother came back into the living room, and she later commented that “I almost thought you were possessed by a demon.”
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“Sota really is amazing”
I heard my father’s voice from above my head.
The reason why it’s coming from above my head is simple—–I’m lying on the table with my phone clenched in my hand.
My breath is ragged and my heart is pounding.
In short……..
“I was too nervous……….”
“……….you can talk so normally even in such condition”
Murmur of neither dismay nor admiration.
It’s easy for you to say, but it’s a very hard thing to do on the phone!
“Because You don’t usually get the chance to hear the voice of the girl you like that close to your ear.”
I was really trying my best to keep my composure.
Hearing her breathing so suddenly is like a lethal weapon.
If the conversation had gone on for another 20 seconds, my heart would have been blown to pieces
As I was thinking about these…….
“Father wished for Sota to grow up hurriedly but he was also worried as you are only in your second year of high school. Though, Why didn’t you invite her alone to the beach with you despite having such a great opportunity?”
“You’re right……..”
I took a breath at the sound argument from a human who eat pancakes all the time of day.
Of course, I’m self aware of this. It’s really awful, looking like a ragged cloth just by talking with the person you like to call even after being a second year highschool student. And then there’s the situation last time because of which we both couldn’t make it to the date.
………. But I still remember the phone call.
About the phone call that night when I confessed to Sato-San.
“Guh………..why? Even though I should be calmer with Shizuku-san and Mayo-san joining……..”
“It’s because Sota likes Koharu-chan too much”
“I know that so please don’t say it loud again”
“Are you sure you will be fine going in that condition……”
“………….what are you talking about?
I looked up.
Father drank the tea I brewed and gave me a look that said, “Oh, I knew it, you hadn’t thought that far ahead……..”
“You’re going to wear a swimsuit…..”
“…….? isn’t that obvious?”
Why are you talking about this now?
Of course it’s not like I will enter the beach nude. You’re supposed to wear a swimsuit after all.
Both Me, Ren and then everyone………
………..Everyone?
“Ahhh!…”
A strange voice came out once again.
It’s a perfectly commonplace thing if you think about it but I really hadn’t thought that far ahead.
Since it’s a beach, of course you will wear a swimsuit.
Me, Ren, Rinka-chan, Shizuku-san, Mayo-san and then
“Sato-San, swimsuit……?”
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“Swimsuit……”
I parroted back as if it’s the first time I heard about that word.
Swimsuit, swimsuit, swim…….suit……..? (T/N : first two were written katakana, kanji respectively and third in partial state)
“That’s right”
My father sitting on the sofa answered while looking at the news app on his smartphone.
“You can do whatever you want about swimming, Koharu is already 17.”
“Since your papa doesn’t have any problem, I don’t mind either~”
This prolonged voice belonged to Mom, who was leaning on Dad’s shoulder and drinking a can of chuhai.
By the way, my mother is weak to alcohol and so with just drinking half of the can of low alcohol chuhai called “yoi no kuchi”, her eyes become intoxicated. (T/N : I’m assuming yoi no kuchi is kind of brand or type of alcohol something like chuhai)
“Papa, what is Midorikawa famous for?”
“Sea and excursion boats”
“And what about the food?”