Chop chop, cut cut.
Saturday’s afternoon.
Misaki and Ryuusei are cutting and taping the cardboard boxes they collected from the supermarket to make a storage box.
It’s almost done now.
All of this started with just a single word from Ryuusei.
Ever since Misaki came to live here the number of belongings inside this room has increased. Cloths, toiletries, books and stationeries. It’s not that many type of items but the number of them kept increasing as time passes. And naturally those belongings are eating more and more of this small room’s space.
Of course they’re all kept in one corner, but Ryuusei doesn’t like that. Also Misaki seemed to be so happy talking about paper rabbit she had made in her arts and crafts class.
Which is why he had no choice but to make a storage box here and now.
The word ‘Purchase’ doesn’t exist in Ryuusei’s dictionary.
“You’re doing good Misaki. Keep it up.”
“Un.”
Just as Ryuusei has hoped for, right now Misaki seems to be really happy taping the cardboard with duct tape.
As many people know, adding duct tape to cardboard increases its durability, and if you taped the entire thing it’ll even float in water. Of course this is a phenomenon that can be explained by physics, and actually you only need to applied duct tapes at some certain spots to make that happen, but just taping all over the place works just fine too.
What Ryuusei is trying to make right now is a double-layered on all four sides storage box, designed to last for a long time. So for that a lot of parts are needed, and Ryuusei with a thirty centimeters ruler in his hand, is working hard using a cutter to cuts the parts. And then the cardboards that are already cut are given to Misaki so that she could tape it together.
“Alright, this is the last one. Misaki, do you want me to help you taping the pieces?”
Misaki shakes her head.
This part is my job, or so that is what Ryuusei thought she’s trying to say.
After a few minutes of watching Misaki noisily taping the pieces, every parts are now all covered in duct tapes. Then all the parts are assembled immediately, and the storage box is successfully completed.
A box made from cardboards that won’t break that easily. A square-shaped box about ninety centimeters in length and height, or rather one Misaki centimeter. There’s a piece of paper with the word ‘Clothes’ written on it attached onto the box.
“Alright Misaki, let’s fold all the cloths and put it in the box. Whoever put in the most wins!”
“Slowly.”
Misaki calmly stopped Ryuusei who was about to make this into a competition.
And so personal boxes and one for daily necessities were added, and in the corner of the room is now four boxes lined up. Of course a lot of time passed while they’re making the boxes, when they started the sun was smiling at them from up above, but now it’s yawning from the side.
“Thanks for the hard work. How’s it Misaki, our room after tidying up.”
“Wide.”
Ryuusei stretched his body and spread his arms wide.
Misaki’s a little restless looking around the room.
Of course it’s not that the room is actually getting wider or anything, it’s just that the things that are normally put away in the corner of the room are now all in the boxes, but still it feels like the room really is wider now.
“It smells a bit dusty I think. Maybe a vacuum cleaner, no, an air purifier…… But well we don’t even have electricity here aren’t we.”
“Electricity?”
Usual utilities are not available in this room, such as eletricity gas and water service. The electric piano gets its electricity from the portable power supply, which of course needed to be recharge from a proper electric outlet, which is why currently he’s mostly stealing the electricity from Aniki’s shop. If it’s only for an electric piano then not a big problem, but if the number of electronic appliance increases the the more electricity it drains, and also it makes the room smaller.
“……I think Kohinata-san have a vacuum cleaner if I remember correctly. Maybe I should borrow her.”
“Vrooomー?”
Misaki said an onomatopoeia she had heard in the school in response to the word vacuum cleaner. Ryuusei can’t help but smile while giggling a little. Seeing that, Misaki thought “Ryo-kun’s happy.” and is happy as well.
“Vrooom.”
Once again.
“……Fufu.”
A slight pause, but Ryuusei quietly giggles again.
“Vroooooーm.”
Since it’ll make him happy so one more time.
“Misaki, what’s wrong. You like vacuum cleaners that much?”
“……Un.”
Misaki nodded after a moment of thinking.
Misaki didn’t know at all that this is what made Ryuusei seriously considered buying a vacuum cleaner.
“Well, speaking of Kohinata-san, it’s about time to go to the bath isn’t it. Wanna go now?”
“Uーn…… Hungry.”
“I see, we’ll eat first then.”
“Un, let’s eat.”
Recently the number of words Misaki spoke is increasing more and more.
This made Ryuusei so happy that he wants to talk to Misaki even more.
“What do you want to eat today?”
“Gyudon.”
“Hahaha, your favorite thing as always huh. But we’ve been eating Gyudon three days in a row right? I think it’s about time we eat something with veggies in it, don’t you think so?”
“Salad bar?”
“Yep, salad bar.”
“Uーn…… School?”
“Is that so, so there’re veggies in the school lunch huh……”
“Un, a lot.”
During the school lunch time.
There are green peppers and carrots on Misaki’s plate.
It’s not that the other kids forcefully give those to her or anything, it’s just that the kids that don’t like them that much are given veggies in small amount, so Misaki gladly receive all the leftovers. Since Misaki doesn’t have anything she dislike or prefer so she can eat pretty much anything, and when she asks for a refill there are only leftovers left, so naturally a lot of green peppers and carrots ended up in her plate.
Ryuusei is unaware of this.
Which is why he doubts if there’s really no problem with the food at school, or is it even enough for her in the first place. And also no matter how much of a healthy food she ate in one meal, but her breakfast is still a bento from the convenience store nonetheless, and at night is Gyudon. It makes him feel really anxious when he thinks about the health problems that may occur in the future.
“Yeah let’s go with the salad bar. No that’s not it, I want to eat there so please come with me.”
“……Un.”
Misaki obediently nods.
If Ryo-kun said so then that can’t be helped.
“Thank you. Misaki you’re such a good girl.”
“……Hihi.”
Misaki’s honestly happy that she’s praised.
“Ryo-kun.”
“What’s up?”
“…………”
She’s trying to say something, but in the end can’t say it out, so Misaki pouted and turns her face away.
“Misaki? Did I do something wrong just now?”
Ryuusei’s in so much panic that it’s funny to watch.
Misaki hurriedly shakes her head and runs to the door.
She then stretchs a little and turns the door knob.
Misaki walks outside and urges Ryuusei to come.
Ryuusei goes “What was that……?” while his shoulders dropped, then followed behind Misaki.
It’s still about half a year until Ryo-kun’s birthday.
Misaki’s feelings only grow as time passes.
On the other hand, Misaki didn’t know what Ryuusei was doing.
And of course Ryuusei didn’t know what Misaki was doing either.
But their daily life continues without any big changes, as the day of surprise is getting closer and closer.
Chop chop, cut cut.
Saturday’s afternoon.
Misaki and Ryuusei are cutting and taping the cardboard boxes they collected from the supermarket to make a storage box.
It’s almost done now.
All of this started with just a single word from Ryuusei.
Ever since Misaki came to live here the number of belongings inside this room has increased. Cloths, toiletries, books and stationeries. It’s not that many type of items but the number of them kept increasing as time passes. And naturally those belongings are eating more and more of this small room’s space.
Of course they’re all kept in one corner, but Ryuusei doesn’t like that. Also Misaki seemed to be so happy talking about paper rabbit she had made in her arts and crafts class.
Which is why he had no choice but to make a storage box here and now.
The word ‘Purchase’ doesn’t exist in Ryuusei’s dictionary.
“You’re doing good Misaki. Keep it up.”
“Un.”
Just as Ryuusei has hoped for, right now Misaki seems to be really happy taping the cardboard with duct tape.
As many people know, adding duct tape to cardboard increases its durability, and if you taped the entire thing it’ll even float in water. Of course this is a phenomenon that can be explained by physics, and actually you only need to applied duct tapes at some certain spots to make that happen, but just taping all over the place works just fine too.
What Ryuusei is trying to make right now is a double-layered on all four sides storage box, designed to last for a long time. So for that a lot of parts are needed, and Ryuusei with a thirty centimeters ruler in his hand, is working hard using a cutter to cuts the parts. And then the cardboards that are already cut are given to Misaki so that she could tape it together.
“Alright, this is the last one. Misaki, do you want me to help you taping the pieces?”
Misaki shakes her head.
This part is my job, or so that is what Ryuusei thought she’s trying to say.
After a few minutes of watching Misaki noisily taping the pieces, every parts are now all covered in duct tapes. Then all the parts are assembled immediately, and the storage box is successfully completed.
A box made from cardboards that won’t break that easily. A square-shaped box about ninety centimeters in length and height, or rather one Misaki centimeter. There’s a piece of paper with the word ‘Clothes’ written on it attached onto the box.
“Alright Misaki, let’s fold all the cloths and put it in the box. Whoever put in the most wins!”
“Slowly.”
Misaki calmly stopped Ryuusei who was about to make this into a competition.
And so personal boxes and one for daily necessities were added, and in the corner of the room is now four boxes lined up. Of course a lot of time passed while they’re making the boxes, when they started the sun was smiling at them from up above, but now it’s yawning from the side.
“Thanks for the hard work. How’s it Misaki, our room after tidying up.”
“Wide.”
Ryuusei stretched his body and spread his arms wide.
Misaki’s a little restless looking around the room.
Of course it’s not that the room is actually getting wider or anything, it’s just that the things that are normally put away in the corner of the room are now all in the boxes, but still it feels like the room really is wider now.
“It smells a bit dusty I think. Maybe a vacuum cleaner, no, an air purifier…… But well we don’t even have electricity here aren’t we.”
“Electricity?”
Usual utilities are not available in this room, such as eletricity gas and water service. The electric piano gets its electricity from the portable power supply, which of course needed to be recharge from a proper electric outlet, which is why currently he’s mostly stealing the electricity from Aniki’s shop. If it’s only for an electric piano then not a big problem, but if the number of electronic appliance increases the the more electricity it drains, and also it makes the room smaller.
“……I think Kohinata-san have a vacuum cleaner if I remember correctly. Maybe I should borrow her.”
“Vrooomー?”
Misaki said an onomatopoeia she had heard in the school in response to the word vacuum cleaner. Ryuusei can’t help but smile while giggling a little. Seeing that, Misaki thought “Ryo-kun’s happy.” and is happy as well.
“Vrooom.”
Once again.
“……Fufu.”
A slight pause, but Ryuusei quietly giggles again.
“Vroooooーm.”
Since it’ll make him happy so one more time.
“Misaki, what’s wrong. You like vacuum cleaners that much?”
“……Un.”
Misaki nodded after a moment of thinking.
Misaki didn’t know at all that this is what made Ryuusei seriously considered buying a vacuum cleaner.
“Well, speaking of Kohinata-san, it’s about time to go to the bath isn’t it. Wanna go now?”
“Uーn…… Hungry.”
“I see, we’ll eat first then.”
“Un, let’s eat.”
Recently the number of words Misaki spoke is increasing more and more.
This made Ryuusei so happy that he wants to talk to Misaki even more.
“What do you want to eat today?”
“Gyudon.”
“Hahaha, your favorite thing as always huh. But we’ve been eating Gyudon three days in a row right? I think it’s about time we eat something with veggies in it, don’t you think so?”
“Salad bar?”
“Yep, salad bar.”
“Uーn…… School?”
“Is that so, so there’re veggies in the school lunch huh……”
“Un, a lot.”
During the school lunch time.
There are green peppers and carrots on Misaki’s plate.
It’s not that the other kids forcefully give those to her or anything, it’s just that the kids that don’t like them that much are given veggies in small amount, so Misaki gladly receive all the leftovers. Since Misaki doesn’t have anything she dislike or prefer so she can eat pretty much anything, and when she asks for a refill there are only leftovers left, so naturally a lot of green peppers and carrots ended up in her plate.
Ryuusei is unaware of this.
Which is why he doubts if there’s really no problem with the food at school, or is it even enough for her in the first place. And also no matter how much of a healthy food she ate in one meal, but her breakfast is still a bento from the convenience store nonetheless, and at night is Gyudon. It makes him feel really anxious when he thinks about the health problems that may occur in the future.
“Yeah let’s go with the salad bar. No that’s not it, I want to eat there so please come with me.”
“……Un.”
Misaki obediently nods.
If Ryo-kun said so then that can’t be helped.
“Thank you. Misaki you’re such a good girl.”
“……Hihi.”
Misaki’s honestly happy that she’s praised.
“Ryo-kun.”
“What’s up?”
“…………”
She’s trying to say something, but in the end can’t say it out, so Misaki pouted and turns her face away.
“Misaki? Did I do something wrong just now?”
Ryuusei’s in so much panic that it’s funny to watch.
Misaki hurriedly shakes her head and runs to the door.
She then stretchs a little and turns the door knob.
Misaki walks outside and urges Ryuusei to come.
Ryuusei goes “What was that……?” while his shoulders dropped, then followed behind Misaki.
It’s still about half a year until Ryo-kun’s birthday.
Misaki’s feelings only grow as time passes.
On the other hand, Misaki didn’t know what Ryuusei was doing.
And of course Ryuusei didn’t know what Misaki was doing either.
But their daily life continues without any big changes, as the day of surprise is getting closer and closer.
