1. I've only ever been called that by the girls I knew in elementary school.
2. ""Shima"..."
3. "Hmm..."
4. "Tarumi?"
5. Could it be...
6. "Ah!"
7. "..."
8. "That's me!"
9. "Yeah!"
10. "I'm glad that you still remember me."
11. She looks nothing like she did in elementary school.
12. Is it really tarumi?
लोड हो रहा है…लोड हो रहा है…
1. Still, I never expected that we'd meet again in a place like this.
2. Tarumi was my best friend back in elementary school.
3. "Are we too old for that nickname?"
4. "No, wait..."
5. "Shima!"
6. "..."
7. According to the rumours I've heard, she apparently grew up to be a real delinquent. However...
8. "..."
9. Hmm... But, Shima's Shima. That's who she is.
10. "Sure..."
11. "Okay."
12. "Well..."
13. "Shima's fine, I think."
14. That's not at all the impression I get from the tarumi in front of me, struggling to decide whether she should call me by a childish nickname.
1. Now... More importantly...
2. "It kinda feels like you have grown into quite the beauty, shima."
3. "Your order is ready, miss."
4. "Sorry for the wait."
5. "Umm... Thanks, I guess."
6. "Come again."
7. "Thank you very much."
1. "See you later."
2. "..."
3. "Well then ..."
4. "Yep. Later."
5. Later ...
6. Huh?
7. "..."
1. "Shima!"
2. "Your number."
3. "Give me your phone number!"
4. "Hm?"
5. "What is it, tarumi?"
6. "In that case..."
7. "I would, but, my phone's home."
8. "Sure, got it."
9. "Here's mine."
10. "Call me once you're home."
11. "Well then, later."
1. "Here is your order as well."
2. Nagafuji witnessed it.
3. "Nagafuji!? Huh? You're not wearing glasses?"
4. "Ah!"
5. "Thank yo-"
6. "U!?"
7. "Tarumi... I mean, the girl from earlier, does she come by regularly?"
8. "..."
9. She witnessed it all more silently than a maid.
10. "Sure."
11. "Please come again."
12. "Oh, I see."
13. "Well then, I better get home before the food gets cold."
14. "Dunno. I don't take care of the store all that often."
1. But I'm still kinda nervous.
2. Hmm... I know that we used to be friends...
3. "Yep, it's me, shima."
4. "Hello. Shima?"
5. "Say, shima."
6. "No, it's fine."
7. "Sorry for randomly asking your phone number like that."
8. "Next time, wanna go out somewhere?"
1. "Ok."
2. "One of these days."
3. One of these days.
4. "S-"
5. "Sure..."
6. There she goes again, randomly asking stuff.
7. "That's good."
8. "Hm?"
9. "What?"
10. "Oh, and..."
11. "There's something that I forgot to say earlier."
1. "I was happy to see you again after all this time."
2. "... That's all."
3. "Huh!?"
4. "Taru- mi!?"
5. "..."
6. Sees me as a "Past" friend or not.
7. I'm not sure if tarumi...
8. Happy, huh?
9. Didn't see that com- ing...
10. It isn't a bad thing, being told by someone that they enjoyed meeting you.
11. Not bad at all.
12. "Dinner's ready, Sis!"
13. "Okay, I'm coming."
14. Still ...
1. "..."
2. The horoscope yesterday was...
3. "Try charming your special someone with a new hairstyle"...
4. And so I did just that.
5. Still, I have to say... It's a little embarrassing.
1. I wonder, is shima-mura going to notice?
2. I'd like to see her with a new hairstyle.
3. Rather than myself...
4. Just kidding.
5. "Ah!"
6. "Right."
7. I need to look up online what kind of milk chocolate I want to give her.
1. Hmm...
2. What sort of stuff does she like, I wonder?
3. "Oh, but this one looks good too..."
4. "This one, maybe?"
5. "Uuhh..."
6. "Your hair keeps wobbling, huh?"
1. "N-"
2. "Naga-fuji?"
3. She scared me.
4. "Huh?"
5. What does she want...!?
6. "Not as far as I know."
7. ""Wobbling" isn't really a word you use for hair, huh?"
8. "?"
9. "Hm?"
10. "Asleep."
11. "Um..."
12. "Whe-re is hino?"
13. "Hino's not with her today?"
14. When I met her in front of the cafeteria, it was Nagafuji who was missing, but now it's the other way around.
1. I guess even she practices sleeping at school.
2. What is shimamura doing right now?
3. "..."
4. Still, I highly doubt it's pictures of chocolate that she's looking up.
5. She's staring at her phone...
1. Spare any thought for valentine's day?
2. I wonder, does shimamura...
3. "Here you go, Adachi. I bought it on my way to school."
4. "Here"
5. "Thanks..."
6. Knowing her, I can't rule out the possibility of her buying something on the very same day, handing it over to me, and then being done with it.
7. "..."
8. Will for- ever be limited to that one christ- mas.
9. It might be that her going out of her way to pick out a present for me...
1. What is she cheering me on for !?
2. "Good luck."
3. Could it...
4. Could it be, she knows about our plans?
5. No, I doubt that. It's nagafuji, after all.
6. This is pretty cute.
7. Regardless, I am definitely going to need luck.
8. Lose my focus for a single second, and the next thing I'll know, it'll already be valentine's.
1. "!?"
2. "Shima-mura!!"
3. "Huh?"
4. "Your hair-style looks kinda cute today."
5. "Not that I don't like your regular hairstyle too."
1. "Eh!"
2. "Adachi? Is every- thing alright?"
3. "Ah!"
4. "Adachi, wait!"
5. "Huh!?"
6. I feel like this isn't the first time that this has happened.
7. "Class is just about to start, you know that?"
1. "It's pretty cute."
2. I looked up the instructions during the break.
3. "Alright! It's time to make chocolate now."
4. "Other than getting water, this is my first time doing anything in the kitchen ..."
5. "..."
6. "Oh crap. I feel so anxious."
1. "Then, you melt it."
2. "First, you crush it."
3. And, I should send these pictures to shi-mamura and ask her what she thinks!
4. "Ah!"
5. Also, before they harden fully, let me just take a quick picture. It's the first time I've ever made food (?), after all.
6. I hope that they'll turn out well.
7. Has she seen my mes-sage?
1. 30 min later
2. She didn't reply, but that's understandable.
3. I wouldn't know how to reply either if someone sent me random images of chocolate.
4. "Let's go take a look at them."
5. "How did they turn out?"
6. "Wait... Huh!?"
7. "This isn't special, it's just chocolate that's been melted down and then re-hardened!"
8. "To add to that, it tasted better beforehand."
1. I barely have any time off from work this month.
2. As such, it probably would have been better if I used this day to go shopping with her.
3. What is shimamura going to do about the chocolate?
4. "Hmm..."
5. "..."
6. I really wanted to make it for her by hand...
7. My valentine's day doesn't look like it's going to turn out that way.
8. Though chocolate is sweet...
1. Adachi's desk is covered in chocolate...
2. Is this my fault?