The Summer Day When I Met You - Zetro Translation

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Chapter 7 – The Day We Went to the Festival

I was waiting for someone that day.

But I don’t even know who that someone is…

I only have a few days left in this place.

I will not let this miracle go to waste, and I will enjoy this day.

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After a series of sunny days, today, it’s been raining since this morning.

I didn’t feel like going outside, so I decided to do my summer assignment.

“Phew~ I’ve been at it for a bit over two hours. I should take a break.”

I left my desk and went to the living room where my mother was.

“Mom, do we have some barley tea?”

“Yes. I made it earlier.”

I went to the kitchen, prepared a cup and filled it with barley tea.

“Hey Hinata. You’ve been hanging out a lot lately, have you made any more friends?” Mom asked me as she folded the laundry.

“No, not really… Ah, but I became friends with a girl called Kokoa.”

“Not Rino-chan, Karin-chan, or Sayo-chan?”

“Yeah. She’s kind of a strange girl.”

“Heh~ Why don’t you bring her home sometime? I’d like to meet her too.”

Why does Mom want to see her?

It’s not an arranged marriage.

“Well, I’ll ask her.”

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I went back to my room, looked at my phone screen and saw a message from Rino.

The message said, “Are you free tomorrow? If you are, why don’t you, Kokoa, and I go to a local festival? I invited the other members, but they all have other things to do, so I’m looking for someone who can go. Shinba already said yes…”

Festival, huh…?

There’s only a few days of summer holiday left, so maybe it’s a good idea.

“Okay. Let’s meet up there.” I sent a message to Rino.

“Yes!”

Just as I was looking at the message…

I was surprised when it was immediately marked as read.

“Now, let’s resume my studies.”

I switched off my phone and went to my desk.

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12.30 noon.

I met Kokoa by chance in front of the station and we decided to go to the festival together.

“Isn’t it amazing? I didn’t get lost in front of the station.”

Kokoa made a smug face as she said so.

“Yes, yes. You did great,” I said as if treating her like a child.

“Muu~ Stupid Hinata.”

“I’m sorry. Let’s just say that Kokoa has grown up.”

“Grown up… Yeah right! I may have grown up.”

She smiled happily when she said that.

Watching her smile from the side, I couldn’t take my eyes off her for a while.

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When we arrived at the festival site, Rino, who had arrived earlier, was looking at me and waving.

“You’re early, even though it’s not the meeting time yet,” I told Rino.

“Because I was looking forward to it.”

“I was looking forward to it too.”

When Kokoa said this, Rino hugged her.

“By the way, you look cute in your clothes today too~”

“T-Thank you. Rino is cute too.”

“Really? Thanks~”

I smiled when I saw Kokoa and Rino like that.

“You’re so close.”

“Eh? Could it be that Hinata is jealous? Hmm~?” Rino stared at my face as she said that.

“No! Of course not!”

“Wow~ You’re so bad at hiding it.”

“Shut up, come on, let’s go round the stalls.”

“Yes, yes, let’s go, Kokoa.”

“Yes!”

The three of us thus enjoyed the local festival. We had a lot of fun playing goldfish scooping, ring toss, and shooting games to see which of the three was the best, and eating yakisoba and candy apples.

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“Mmm, that was fun!” Rino said as she stretched herself.

“I had fun too. Rino, thank you for inviting me today.”

“No, not at all~ Thanks for hanging out with me. Let’s hang out again!”

“Yeah! Ah, I have to go now… See you both later.”

Kokoa said that and split up with me and Rino.

“Alright, let’s go home too.”

“Yeah.”

Rino and I started walking side by side toward the station.

“Hey Hinata… I’ve always wondered, where does Kokoa go to school?”

“Eh… Well, I don’t know either.”

“Hinata too? I thought you’d know…”