I meets Little Debiru~! - Chapter 1

PART 4:

“Yes, let’s get along well, thank you.”

Greeted by Jiiro frankly, Yoimachi-san stopped and thanked him responsibly. As always, she is a very straightforward and polite person. Since there are no seniors here who generally involve themselves with any strict hierarchical relationships, she could have just taken everything with a slightly easier attitude.

“Yoimachi san is a student staying in the dorms right~? It’s quite unusual to see someone living in the dormitories from middle school.”

I muttered to Suzune-san walking beside me, whilst looking at that little girl who was walking and talking alongside Jiiro.

“Recently, there are even fewer students from high-school and above joining the dorms though. Well, a long time ago, there were no busses nor were there any trains to actually commute to here. Thus, there had been many students who had to enroll in the dormitories in order to go to school. It’s no longer the same case in the present day though.”

“As expected of the young daughter of the founder of this academy. You know quite a lot of things about this academy, heh. I somehow want to talk to you even more now. Ah, if only Suzune-san could enter and stay in the dormitories alongside me~.”

“You say that even though my home is within walking distance of the school? Also, even if I did enroll in the dormitories, I would be at the girl’s dormitories, while you over there, are at the boy’s. There would be no increase in any opportunities to be with me, you know.”

“I kind of like that coherent reasoning of yours. Please go out with me.”

“I refuse. Also, please limit your confessions towards me to about once a day at max~.”

Continuing to dodge these conversations as usual, we continued walking leisurely along the brick-paved school road together. We had already traversed quite some distance away from the school building, however, the school gate itself was still quite a distance away. This academy has a middle and high school division and also had a university built upon on the same campus. In short, the academy campus was HUGE.

It’s location was in the suburbs of the prefecture in the third local city. It was probably since the land was cheaper to get here. This pentagonal site of ours is uselessly large. I feel like there are just way too many facilities present over here. Also, a school having three separate grounds and four gymnasiums is something that’s unlikely to be found anywhere in the entire world. Moreover, the road connecting all these buildings is incredibly complex too, and all of their  facilities too, no matter how you try to justify it, are just located too far apart from the main building.

That’s why this academy has a really bad reputation.

Thus, in order to rectify that situation, they allocated a mysterious space of land and secured it for the extra-curricular activities.

‘It’s a decent level preparatory school, which focuses not only on academics, but also on having thriving curricular activities as well!”

Or so was supposed to be their new selling point, as it would seem. Well, it seems that this uselessly big campus is not all that bad too, I guess. And thus, I conclude the story I’d heard from Ms. Suzune.

“Well, more than that, the wider the academy is, the more time I could enjoy walking home together with Suzune-san. I have no complaints whatsoever about how long it takes to get back. Rather, I would want it to be even wider than this……! Maybe like 10 kilometers away from the school building to the school gate. NO! 100 KILOMETRES, there’d be some dangerous dungeons on the pathway back home and then— 

[‘Please save me, oh Traveler-san. I got bit by a scorpion on my chest.’ 

‘I can’t let a beautiful woman like you die, I will immediately suck the poison out of you.’ 

‘Ehh, but that would mean that…’ 

‘IS THIS REALLY A TIME TO BE SHY AT THAT!’ 

‘A~H UN AH~N!’]”

“Oh, it’s started again, huh.”

“Wow… it’s just that… there are no words other than ‘wow’ to describe this situation.”

“I am really sorry for him being such a Sempai, Yoimachi-san. Takuma, it’s dangerous if you don’t look forward while walking.”

“Damn it. This jacket of yours is a hindrance. If that’s the case, then I have to break this off and—– Ah yes-yes. I understand, I understand.” 

While looking towards me with his ice-cold eyes, I looked straight back at Jiiro’s face with a ‘Don’t disturb me when I was just about to enter the love scene, YOU!’ face. When I was just about to return this sentence back to him, from the other side of the road, a scream of ‘UWAA!’ could be heard. When looking up, from where it came from, you could see that the cheer-girls club members wearing really flashy costumes were the ones that made the noise pointing towards this direction. The moment I saw that uniform of theirs, having their bare skin (highly) exposed, it goes without saying that I felt extremely happy and satisfied (I was also highly excited too).

“Ah! If it isn’t the girls from the cheering-club! Miyama-Buchou~, as always, your legs are just sooo beautiful~.”

“YOU CAME OUT AT LAST DIDN’T YOU! D-I-C-K-H-E-A-D!” [TL note: Erect Penus? XD] [would di-ck-he-ad even be better?]

My (sexually) excited call was enclosed by the voice of that twintail cheer girl. Iyaa, I’m not a ‘di-ck-he-ad’ but Shimotsuke, you know? Only the first character of that word matches mine…

(TLN: The first kanji of Kahanshin and Shimotsuke are the only ones that match)

I became silent without a single thought, as they began to bombard me with words that signify that I’m some sort of infection that should get away from them. The worst part is that I’m still right in front of them… yet they keep bombarding me with insults one after another.

“Uwaa, you can see such an immorally-lewd face coming from him!”

“It seems that he only thinks about lewd things all the time…” 

“I know, I know.” 

“This person, he’s definitely dangerous… He must be taking some sneaky immoral pictures too, definitely!” 

“I know, I know.”

 ”Did you hear the rumours of him peeping into the girl’s changing room too?” 

“Yes-Yes, even I’ve heard of them.” 

“Uwaa, our eyes just met!”

 “Don’t cry, don’t cry.” 

 ‘Don’t Cry~’

[TL note: I’ll be keeping further English Words in single quotes or otherwise ‘ ’. Also a whole conversation between the girls, just imagine~]

There were ‘endless’ screams, swearing and what-not going on between the cheer-club members. And somehow, for some extraordinary reason, my heart began to ache.

*zakuzaku (heart breaking noises?)

Moreover, I’M YET TO PUT MY HANDS ON ANY SUCH CRIMINAL ACTS THOUGH!

“…… Certainly, I sincerely admit that I have stared at your practice session for an hour and maybe more, BUT, I HAVE NOT taken any sort of sneaky pictures, nor have I even done any sort of peeping activities EITHER!”

“What are you even talking about DI-CK HE-AD! ARE YOU SAYING THAT I’M LYING TO EVERYONE!?”

“Oh no~ I wasn’t saying that? missus! BEAUTIES ARE ALWAYS RIGHT~!”

It was I, who was tricked into accepting the charges made by the club leader against me. When I had actually realized what happened, it was too late to rectify the situation. The whole cheer-club started saying,

“He admitted those charges…” 

“Yes, he did admit every allegation said…”

 “GUILTY! HE IS GUILTY!”

 “I wish he would just die.” 

‘He must die.’

[TL note: cheer club members~] 

And so, they started giving me a cold look, whilst continuing to say even harsh things about me.

Ugh… I feel like crying…

“…Uuu… I sure am hated aren’t I…”

“Don’t be so depressed, Shimotsuke-kun.”

As I began to mutter and let my shoulders droop down, a gentle calm voice permeated my ears. With a sullen face, I turned to look over to the origin of that voice. What I could see was the President frowning with her beautiful face.

“Cheer-club members, your accusations are going too far.”

“Yes, it is unfair to not provide a fair opportunity to a counterargument.”

“As you’ve correctly pointed out Yoima-kun. —- and that is a very typical way of Shimotsuke-kun being the usual Shimotsuke-kun now. Isn’t agreeing to what she said just now sound like you were just confessing your actions to begin with. You, even with your terrible delusions, and even though that power is your imagination is somewhat commendable, you AREN’T a person who would actually take sneaky pictures or peep into their changing rooms RIGHT?” 

From the previous look on her face where she had a compassionate look plastered on it, instead had an extremely stern look directed towards me. It was as if her very voice was stabbing me in the depths of my heart. I started moving my head vertically as if I were saying ‘Yes’ to that question of her’s. Suzume-san nodded in satisfaction, and then continued again in her stern tone.

“Then, why didn’t you clearly deny their remarks just now. If you don’t open your mouth even when you clearly know the truth, unreasonable people will just become even more arrogant about their accusations.”

Suzume san continues scolding me with her severe yet compassionate look.

Her stature was so cool that my chin unknowingly loosened up a bit, but, leaving that aside, I was not even able to respond to her with a ‘HAI! (YES!)’. Her argument is indeed very true, or so when I was thinking with my head turned down, looking at the tea in my hands, when Jiiro suddenly said~

“President, that is impossible. Takuma is weak against women.”