Episode 5: Misaki and physical education.
I wonder just when did the spring sunlight starts to feel this hot. Okamoto suddenly thought while looking at the children standing side by side in a row. She remembered that when she was still a child she thinks that the adults who said things like “Just stay cool inside.” or “Don’t go, it’s hot outside.” are super annoying, but now that she’s an adult herself her thought process is kind of reversed now.
Third period, physical education.
Just why do I have to be outside at the hottest hour of the day I wonder, well about that you see, it’s because you’re an elementary school teacher after all.
“Everyone, please raise your arm up, make a distance between youself and your friends enough so that you won’t bump into each other pleaseー!”
＼Yeーs!／
Unlike the woman around her thirtyーor should I say Okamotoー who felt gloomy from the heat of the sun, the children are full of energy.
At first the first graders this year are so obedient and adult-like so much so that she was worried about them, but after the in-school exploration and the welcome party held by the sixth graders, all-school assembly that is held once a week and the excursion. After a week full of events, the children seemed to have completely relaxed and started to show their childlike behaviour.
Right now, the children are lined up in mixed gender height order. Since at this age there are almost no physical differences between male and female at all, so there’s no point in separating them. But, if we really have to set a standard so that we can divide them, then it’d be their birthdays. Children’s growth is very remarkable, for example if we compare a child born in April and a child born in March, even if they’re in the same grade there’ll still be a big different to be seen.
As if to embody this, Misaki Tosaki who was born in February is standing on the right end of the row. She was born quite early thus her short stature, probably her birthday is one of the many reasons behind it. On the contrary, standing on the left end of the row is Tosaki Yui-chan who was born in April. It’s rare for sisters to have such a big difference like this, but then again are they really sisters? I think they don’t look quite alike……
“Then we’ll begin our warm-up exercises! Everyone, please imitate me alrightー!”
She said in a loud voice to shake off her wicked thoughts.
Teachers these days often feel ashamed of their thoughts or conduct very easily, to dig deep into it is dangerous.
“First is the stretching exercise! Let’s stretch our body together with an uーnn!”
Oneー, twoー, Okamoto counts out loudly in a cheerful voice.
Although she was feeling down because it’s hot outside just a moment ago, but letting her voice out loud sure feels great.
Alright! Let’s put even more energy into it everyone!
“Teacherー!”
Suddenly a child called her.
“What’s the matterー? ――wait, Yui-chan are you okay!?”
When she looked toward where the voice came from, there she saw Yui-chan on the ground, shaking and trembling. Okamoto hurriedly ran to her, while also trying to keep calm as much as she could. If the only adult here gets restless, then the children would feel anxious as well.
＼What’s wrongー?／
＼Are you okayー?／
The other children began to gather around Yui one after another.
While all of her classmates are watching her, Yui weakly opens her mouth.
“……W-, when I-, stretch my back…… My foot, tingles, it hurts……”
So a foot cramp huhー, Okamoto smiled bitterly. It’s her first time she’ve ever seen a child got foot cramp just from doing warm-up exercise, but she’s also glad that it’s not a big injury.
＼Ehー!?／
＼Tinglesー!?／
However the children’s reactions are the exact opposite from Okamoto’s. Which is not very surprising, considering the fact that they’re just six or seven years old, they probably don’t understand what a cramp is.
“This-, is this the organization’s scheme!?”
＼Schemeー?／
＼What does that meanー?／
Please don’t make the situation even more complicated Souma-kun!
But Okamoto’s pray was in vain, as the children would not calm down
“E-, everyoneー, she’s fine so please calm downー”
＼Yui-chan is okayー!?／
＼It’s just a schemeー!／
＼Waー waー waー!／
……I’m troubled, what do I do now.
Okamoto is about to get a headache.
Suddenly, someone sit down at Yui-chan’s feet.
As for who that someone is, it’s Misaki-chan.
“……Ohhhh?”
“……Un.”
After the sisters’ conversation, Misaki puts her tiny hands on Yui’s legs and pulled them to straighten them up.
“It hurts-, sto-, stoppu-. stop Misaki stop.”
“Here?”
She puts her hand over Yui’s hand that’s holding onto an area of her leg and asked her, in which Yui nodded with watery eyes.
＼What’s wrongー?／
＼What are you doingー?／
Although the children don’t know what’s going on, but Okamoto knew very well that Misaki’s trying to give her first aid. After a slight hesitation, Okamoto decided to watch quietly.
Misaki climbs on top of Yui’s leg and put her hands around Yui’s knee and ankle. And then, thud, she bend it.
“Oohaahh, gi-, gib, gib Misaki gibmieeeー!”
Looking at Yui who’s saying incomprehensible things as she’s in pain, Okamoto couldn’t stop herself from giggling. And at the same time, she’s also interested in Misaki who knew the correct treatment. Well, that’s because Misaki exercises with Ryuusei everyday, and once every three days she’d pretended getting cramp, ahem, and thus she received this muscle relaxation treatment.
“Kishaaaー!”
Eventually Yui couldn’t stand it anymore, pulled her leg out from Misaki and jumped up.
“What are you doingー!?”
Yui’s face is bright red, expressing her anger clearly with her whole body. Misaki on the other hand, nodded in satisfaction.
＼She stands upー!”
“Heh?”
As she heard someone saying that, Yui blinked repeatedly.
Next she slowly look downward, raised the leg that was hurting just now, lightly swing it back and forth.
In just a few seconds.
“I’m standingー!”
＼It’s trueー!／
＼Amazingー!／
＼Yui-chan stood up!／
＼Stood upー!／
＼Toss her in the airー!／
＼Toss herー?／
＼What does that meanー?／
＼Of course we’ll toss her!／
＼Sounds funー!／
“Eh, what? Stop, it tickles, wa-, wah, wahh, AAAHHHHHH――――!”
＼Heaveー hoー!／
＼Heaveー hoー!／
＼Heaveー hoー!／
A screaming girl is being tossed up in the air by her laughing and smiling friends.
Okamoto watched with dumbfounded expression, her mind went blank for a while.
……Ah, I have to stop them.
“Heyー, everyone, it’s dangerous so stop pleaseー”
When I thought that a girl might be getting a cramp, her sister immediately gave her first aid, and the next thing I know is that girl who got a cramp is now being tossed in the air by her friends. She’d like to believe that the reason she doesn’t understand the sequences of this event at all is not because she’s getting older.
＼Heaveー hoー!／
“NOOooooOoooOoOOo――――!”
＼Heaveー hoー!／
“AAAAHH――! Aaaaa……. Eh?”
＼Heaveー hoー!／
“Ah, ahaha, heaveー hoー! This is funー!”
It’s dangerous to let them continue it like this, but to force them to stop is even more dangerous. Okamoto who couldn’t do anything but watch with dejected expression let out a big sigh. And, there her eyes met with one of the children’s.
Misaki who’s the only one not participating in tossing Yui, is staring hard at Okamoto, and after a while, nodded. Okamoto couldn’t quite understand what she’s trying to say, so she decided to wave at her for now.
Misaki imitated Okamoto and waved back at her, and then sent a look at the children who’s tossing Yui in the air.
＼Heaveー ho!／
＼Heaveー ho!／
＼Heaveー ho!／
Her first ever physical education.
Misaki stands beside her teacher, staring at her big sister that’s being tossed up in the air along with the heave ho rhythm.
Episode 5: Misaki and physical education.
I wonder just when did the spring sunlight starts to feel this hot. Okamoto suddenly thought while looking at the children standing side by side in a row. She remembered that when she was still a child she thinks that the adults who said things like “Just stay cool inside.” or “Don’t go, it’s hot outside.” are super annoying, but now that she’s an adult herself her thought process is kind of reversed now.
Third period, physical education.
Just why do I have to be outside at the hottest hour of the day I wonder, well about that you see, it’s because you’re an elementary school teacher after all.
“Everyone, please raise your arm up, make a distance between youself and your friends enough so that you won’t bump into each other pleaseー!”
＼Yeーs!／
Unlike the woman around her thirtyーor should I say Okamotoー who felt gloomy from the heat of the sun, the children are full of energy.
At first the first graders this year are so obedient and adult-like so much so that she was worried about them, but after the in-school exploration and the welcome party held by the sixth graders, all-school assembly that is held once a week and the excursion. After a week full of events, the children seemed to have completely relaxed and started to show their childlike behaviour.
Right now, the children are lined up in mixed gender height order. Since at this age there are almost no physical differences between male and female at all, so there’s no point in separating them. But, if we really have to set a standard so that we can divide them, then it’d be their birthdays. Children’s growth is very remarkable, for example if we compare a child born in April and a child born in March, even if they’re in the same grade there’ll still be a big different to be seen.
As if to embody this, Misaki Tosaki who was born in February is standing on the right end of the row. She was born quite early thus her short stature, probably her birthday is one of the many reasons behind it. On the contrary, standing on the left end of the row is Tosaki Yui-chan who was born in April. It’s rare for sisters to have such a big difference like this, but then again are they really sisters? I think they don’t look quite alike……
“Then we’ll begin our warm-up exercises! Everyone, please imitate me alrightー!”
She said in a loud voice to shake off her wicked thoughts.
Teachers these days often feel ashamed of their thoughts or conduct very easily, to dig deep into it is dangerous.
“First is the stretching exercise! Let’s stretch our body together with an uーnn!”
Oneー, twoー, Okamoto counts out loudly in a cheerful voice.
Although she was feeling down because it’s hot outside just a moment ago, but letting her voice out loud sure feels great.
Alright! Let’s put even more energy into it everyone!
“Teacherー!”
Suddenly a child called her.
“What’s the matterー? ――wait, Yui-chan are you okay!?”
When she looked toward where the voice came from, there she saw Yui-chan on the ground, shaking and trembling. Okamoto hurriedly ran to her, while also trying to keep calm as much as she could. If the only adult here gets restless, then the children would feel anxious as well.
＼What’s wrongー?／
＼Are you okayー?／
The other children began to gather around Yui one after another.
While all of her classmates are watching her, Yui weakly opens her mouth.
“……W-, when I-, stretch my back…… My foot, tingles, it hurts……”
So a foot cramp huhー, Okamoto smiled bitterly. It’s her first time she’ve ever seen a child got foot cramp just from doing warm-up exercise, but she’s also glad that it’s not a big injury.
＼Ehー!?／
＼Tinglesー!?／
However the children’s reactions are the exact opposite from Okamoto’s. Which is not very surprising, considering the fact that they’re just six or seven years old, they probably don’t understand what a cramp is.
“This-, is this the organization’s scheme!?”
＼Schemeー?／
＼What does that meanー?／
Please don’t make the situation even more complicated Souma-kun!
But Okamoto’s pray was in vain, as the children would not calm down
“E-, everyoneー, she’s fine so please calm downー”
＼Yui-chan is okayー!?／
＼It’s just a schemeー!／
＼Waー waー waー!／
……I’m troubled, what do I do now.
Okamoto is about to get a headache.
Suddenly, someone sit down at Yui-chan’s feet.
As for who that someone is, it’s Misaki-chan.
“……Ohhhh?”
“……Un.”
After the sisters’ conversation, Misaki puts her tiny hands on Yui’s legs and pulled them to straighten them up.
“It hurts-, sto-, stoppu-. stop Misaki stop.”
“Here?”
She puts her hand over Yui’s hand that’s holding onto an area of her leg and asked her, in which Yui nodded with watery eyes.
＼What’s wrongー?／
＼What are you doingー?／
Although the children don’t know what’s going on, but Okamoto knew very well that Misaki’s trying to give her first aid. After a slight hesitation, Okamoto decided to watch quietly.
Misaki climbs on top of Yui’s leg and put her hands around Yui’s knee and ankle. And then, thud, she bend it.
“Oohaahh, gi-, gib, gib Misaki gibmieeeー!”
Looking at Yui who’s saying incomprehensible things as she’s in pain, Okamoto couldn’t stop herself from giggling. And at the same time, she’s also interested in Misaki who knew the correct treatment. Well, that’s because Misaki exercises with Ryuusei everyday, and once every three days she’d pretended getting cramp, ahem, and thus she received this muscle relaxation treatment.
“Kishaaaー!”
Eventually Yui couldn’t stand it anymore, pulled her leg out from Misaki and jumped up.
“What are you doingー!?”
Yui’s face is bright red, expressing her anger clearly with her whole body. Misaki on the other hand, nodded in satisfaction.
＼She stands upー!”
“Heh?”
As she heard someone saying that, Yui blinked repeatedly.
Next she slowly look downward, raised the leg that was hurting just now, lightly swing it back and forth.
In just a few seconds.
“I’m standingー!”
＼It’s trueー!／
＼Amazingー!／
＼Yui-chan stood up!／
＼Stood upー!／
＼Toss her in the airー!／
＼Toss herー?／
＼What does that meanー?／
＼Of course we’ll toss her!／
＼Sounds funー!／
“Eh, what? Stop, it tickles, wa-, wah, wahh, AAAHHHHHH――――!”
＼Heaveー hoー!／
＼Heaveー hoー!／
＼Heaveー hoー!／
A screaming girl is being tossed up in the air by her laughing and smiling friends.
Okamoto watched with dumbfounded expression, her mind went blank for a while.
……Ah, I have to stop them.
“Heyー, everyone, it’s dangerous so stop pleaseー”
When I thought that a girl might be getting a cramp, her sister immediately gave her first aid, and the next thing I know is that girl who got a cramp is now being tossed in the air by her friends. She’d like to believe that the reason she doesn’t understand the sequences of this event at all is not because she’s getting older.
＼Heaveー hoー!／
“NOOooooOoooOoOOo――――!”
＼Heaveー hoー!／
“AAAAHH――! Aaaaa……. Eh?”
＼Heaveー hoー!／
“Ah, ahaha, heaveー hoー! This is funー!”
It’s dangerous to let them continue it like this, but to force them to stop is even more dangerous. Okamoto who couldn’t do anything but watch with dejected expression let out a big sigh. And, there her eyes met with one of the children’s.
Misaki who’s the only one not participating in tossing Yui, is staring hard at Okamoto, and after a while, nodded. Okamoto couldn’t quite understand what she’s trying to say, so she decided to wave at her for now.
Misaki imitated Okamoto and waved back at her, and then sent a look at the children who’s tossing Yui in the air.
＼Heaveー ho!／
＼Heaveー ho!／
＼Heaveー ho!／
Her first ever physical education.
Misaki stands beside her teacher, staring at her big sister that’s being tossed up in the air along with the heave ho rhythm.
