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Chapter 42: The day I went to the pool (Preparation.)
August 10th.
We parents except Yui-chan’s mama, and also other third year kids at the nursery school ride the designated bus that’ll take us to the pool.
I was surprised that we got treated as if we’re VIPs in that bus, but from what I’ve heard it seems like the nursery school’s principal and pool’s manager are close friend. Thanks to that, including leftover budget from April, and also June, not only we can cover bus’s costs but also ticket fees with that as well. Having connections is sure amazing.
After swaying back and forth in the bus for forty minutes, we’ve arrived at the pool’s entrance. If I were to tell you what I remembered along the way, I’d say that it was very noisy, and Yui-chan was wearing her swimsuit under the cloth all this time, and also in the latter half of the journey Yui-chan became quiet, and also that Misaki’s eyes are shining a little bit. One more thing, I felt like Misaki and Yui-chan are talking to each other all smiley faces, but after I’ve to tend to Yui-chan who splendidly got motion sickness I already forgot their conversations by the time I finished that.
,
I entrust Yui-chan who’ve recovered enough to be able to walk on her own and Misaki to the woman’s group, and so me and other male parents along with their little mischievous brats all of us headed to the male changing room. Although those brats are so god damn noisy, but these guys around me are also loud as well.
This pool, it’s located inside an amusement park named something-land, and with just this pool alone its area is about ten times larger than nursery school’s entire area. Because of this wide area I didn’t feel like it’s cramped or anything at all, but still the number of people here is clearly more than at the festival.
When these smarter-than-I-thought-kids finished changing their clothes, we met up with the woman’s group.
There are these young women that has body shape that you wouldn’t think that they’ve already given birth more than two times, there are also elderly that has body shape that suggests they should exercise for a bit, either of them are poison to the eyes in double meanings. That’s why I immediately divert my eyes from the adults, to the kids instead.
The first one to enter my eyesight is Yui-chan.
“Here I am, I’m already back!!”
Aside from her speaking something incomprehensible, she has swimming goggles around her neck, and she also has sunflower-patterned float ring around her stomach. Her swimsuit is a one-piece type, white and pink striped pattern. She has both of her hands on the float, and it seems like big shiny-eyes Yui-chan is energetic today as well.
And then――
CAMERAAAAAA! BRING ME THE CAMERA! CAMERACAMERACAMERA!!
Goddammit that clerk sure has great sense after all isn’t it!? This is the best!
“……Un?”
Misaki noticed my fiery gaze and tilts her head.
Misaki is also wearing a one-piece type swimsuit, it’s a blue swimsuit with white polka dots pattern on it. Although it’s just a swimsuit you can find anywhere, but when Misaki wears it her radiance is amplified by a million fold.
……I’m so glad to be alive. Right now, I really do think that.
And so we’re heading toward the pool full of sense of liberation, except no, we’re actually heading toward the indoor children pool.
After passing under the pretty fancily drawn animals sign, the first thing I noticed was a donut-shaped pool. And in there are kids with floats playing around. And at the hole of the donut are few of the employees, they’re keeping track of the kids.
And if you look further inside, there are these small slides―― water slide, and also a pretty big pool filled with colored balls floating inside.
“Well then, you’re free to do anything you want until four o’clock. Parents and guardians, please be careful to keep an eye out for your own child.”
Said Sato who immediately take her eyes off of the kids and head straight toward adult’s pool. And of course her two followers went along with her as well. There are only me and other young parents left, and so we look at each other and laugh bitterly. Getting used to this is quite frightening in itself. As for Sato and her friend’s children, today they have their papa-san who normally doesn’t attend this kind of event here at the pool so I suppose there won’t be any problem with that. And of course I’ll keep my attention on my duty here.
That aside, we’re free to do whatever we want here. We parents come together to discuss about the fun festival as usual, but in the end it’s just Sato who planned all of it. So there’s no clear rules here. And before I noticed it each of them start doing whatever they want now.
So there’s just me left, and so I look at Misaki’s eyes wondering what I should do.
Misaki’s looking at somewhere else, following her sight leads to Yui-chan who’s doing warm-up exercise cheerfully.
“Misaki you wanna do warm-up exercise as well?”
“Warm-up?”
“Yep. It’s the same thing we do before we start exercising.”
“……Un.”
Misaki nods, then starts stretching her back. Since we did this everyday already so I don’t have anything in particular to say to her. And so I start doing my warm-up exercise following Misaki, while also saying nothing.
“As of today, I’ll swim!”
After finishing warm-up exercises, Yui-chan points to the pool and declared that loudly. After that, her shoulder starts shaking with fu fu fu noise.
“I’m not giving up yet. Today’s me, is a little different from before……”
I really don’t understand her but, she probably can’t swim. I’ve never taught anyone either, surely Misaki can’t swim too, well then let’s just teach both of them at the same time. Maybe it’s because I’m feeling really motivated right now that I’m taking extra care of them today.
“Ryo-kun! Please teach me how to swim!”
Aren’t you the one who said you’re different today and you’re going to leave it to others like this!? Well I already planned to teach you anyway though!!
“Oh, leave it to me.”
At the time when I met Yui-chan’s mama at the swimsuit store, she ask me to take care of her daughter. Even without those words I’ll still take care of Yui-chan anyway but…… Nah, let’s stop thinking about unnecessary stuff for now.
“Alllllright! We’re going to have lots of fun today!” (Ryo-kun)
“We’re not playing! Be serious! I’m going to be able to swim today!” (Yui)
And when I finally changed my mind and shout it out I got scolded.
……I can’t accept this.
This chapter is sponsored by: WhiteValyrian
Thank you very much for your support!
Chapter 42: The day I went to the pool (Preparation.)
August 10th.
We parents except Yui-chan’s mama, and also other third year kids at the nursery school ride the designated bus that’ll take us to the pool.
I was surprised that we got treated as if we’re VIPs in that bus, but from what I’ve heard it seems like the nursery school’s principal and pool’s manager are close friend. Thanks to that, including leftover budget from April, and also June, not only we can cover bus’s costs but also ticket fees with that as well. Having connections is sure amazing.
After swaying back and forth in the bus for forty minutes, we’ve arrived at the pool’s entrance. If I were to tell you what I remembered along the way, I’d say that it was very noisy, and Yui-chan was wearing her swimsuit under the cloth all this time, and also in the latter half of the journey Yui-chan became quiet, and also that Misaki’s eyes are shining a little bit. One more thing, I felt like Misaki and Yui-chan are talking to each other all smiley faces, but after I’ve to tend to Yui-chan who splendidly got motion sickness I already forgot their conversations by the time I finished that.
,
I entrust Yui-chan who’ve recovered enough to be able to walk on her own and Misaki to the woman’s group, and so me and other male parents along with their little mischievous brats all of us headed to the male changing room. Although those brats are so god damn noisy, but these guys around me are also loud as well.
This pool, it’s located inside an amusement park named something-land, and with just this pool alone its area is about ten times larger than nursery school’s entire area. Because of this wide area I didn’t feel like it’s cramped or anything at all, but still the number of people here is clearly more than at the festival.
When these smarter-than-I-thought-kids finished changing their clothes, we met up with the woman’s group.
There are these young women that has body shape that you wouldn’t think that they’ve already given birth more than two times, there are also elderly that has body shape that suggests they should exercise for a bit, either of them are poison to the eyes in double meanings. That’s why I immediately divert my eyes from the adults, to the kids instead.
The first one to enter my eyesight is Yui-chan.
“Here I am, I’m already back!!”
Aside from her speaking something incomprehensible, she has swimming goggles around her neck, and she also has sunflower-patterned float ring around her stomach. Her swimsuit is a one-piece type, white and pink striped pattern. She has both of her hands on the float, and it seems like big shiny-eyes Yui-chan is energetic today as well.
And then――
CAMERAAAAAA! BRING ME THE CAMERA! CAMERACAMERACAMERA!!
Goddammit that clerk sure has great sense after all isn’t it!? This is the best!
“……Un?”
Misaki noticed my fiery gaze and tilts her head.
Misaki is also wearing a one-piece type swimsuit, it’s a blue swimsuit with white polka dots pattern on it. Although it’s just a swimsuit you can find anywhere, but when Misaki wears it her radiance is amplified by a million fold.
……I’m so glad to be alive. Right now, I really do think that.
And so we’re heading toward the pool full of sense of liberation, except no, we’re actually heading toward the indoor children pool.
After passing under the pretty fancily drawn animals sign, the first thing I noticed was a donut-shaped pool. And in there are kids with floats playing around. And at the hole of the donut are few of the employees, they’re keeping track of the kids.
And if you look further inside, there are these small slides―― water slide, and also a pretty big pool filled with colored balls floating inside.
“Well then, you’re free to do anything you want until four o’clock. Parents and guardians, please be careful to keep an eye out for your own child.”
Said Sato who immediately take her eyes off of the kids and head straight toward adult’s pool. And of course her two followers went along with her as well. There are only me and other young parents left, and so we look at each other and laugh bitterly. Getting used to this is quite frightening in itself. As for Sato and her friend’s children, today they have their papa-san who normally doesn’t attend this kind of event here at the pool so I suppose there won’t be any problem with that. And of course I’ll keep my attention on my duty here.
That aside, we’re free to do whatever we want here. We parents come together to discuss about the fun festival as usual, but in the end it’s just Sato who planned all of it. So there’s no clear rules here. And before I noticed it each of them start doing whatever they want now.
So there’s just me left, and so I look at Misaki’s eyes wondering what I should do.
Misaki’s looking at somewhere else, following her sight leads to Yui-chan who’s doing warm-up exercise cheerfully.
“Misaki you wanna do warm-up exercise as well?”
“Warm-up?”
“Yep. It’s the same thing we do before we start exercising.”
“……Un.”
Misaki nods, then starts stretching her back. Since we did this everyday already so I don’t have anything in particular to say to her. And so I start doing my warm-up exercise following Misaki, while also saying nothing.
“As of today, I’ll swim!”
After finishing warm-up exercises, Yui-chan points to the pool and declared that loudly. After that, her shoulder starts shaking with fu fu fu noise.
“I’m not giving up yet. Today’s me, is a little different from before……”
I really don’t understand her but, she probably can’t swim. I’ve never taught anyone either, surely Misaki can’t swim too, well then let’s just teach both of them at the same time. Maybe it’s because I’m feeling really motivated right now that I’m taking extra care of them today.
“Ryo-kun! Please teach me how to swim!”
Aren’t you the one who said you’re different today and you’re going to leave it to others like this!? Well I already planned to teach you anyway though!!
“Oh, leave it to me.”
At the time when I met Yui-chan’s mama at the swimsuit store, she ask me to take care of her daughter. Even without those words I’ll still take care of Yui-chan anyway but…… Nah, let’s stop thinking about unnecessary stuff for now.
“Alllllright! We’re going to have lots of fun today!” (Ryo-kun)
“We’re not playing! Be serious! I’m going to be able to swim today!” (Yui)
And when I finally changed my mind and shout it out I got scolded.
……I can’t accept this.
