Chapter 46
Chapter 46
Finally, it was Yukari-san's turn to be weighed; I held my breath and kept staring at the scale's needle.
...!
"49.9kg!!!"
I shouted loudly for the first time in a while!
Yukari-san, overcome with emotion, stepped off the scale and hugged me!
Yukari: "Kousuke-kun!"
"Yukari-san!"
I firmly accepted Yukari-san as she hugged me tightly, and I embraced her.
She truly worked hard! Everyone here knows that.
The overly plump girl transformed into a beauty that everyone would turn to look at, after three months of hell.
My gaze and Yukari-san's gaze intensely met.
Yukari-san smiled faintly and closed her eyes...
Thump!
Everyone from the film club, overcome with emotion, came rushing to hug me!
"Tomonaga-san! That was so touching!"
"Tomonaga-san's hard work! We saw it!"
"Waaaaah!"
"Tomonaga-san, you've changed!"
We were all jostled together, laughing and hugging each other!
Apparently, someone groped Yukari-san's side breast in the confusion...
The culprit wasn't found, but... I, Tanaka-kun, am suspicious.
He won't meet my gaze, and he messed up once last year, didn't he?
*My story of falling in love with the Class Rep, Episode 101: At the Sports Festival's opening, I had a previous offense of touching Class Rep Obata-san's side breast and butt a lot during the three-legged race.
Yukari-san, who probably underwent an unreasonable weight loss at the end, was already exhausted.
When I handed her the sports drink she brought, she drank it, savoring it with small nods, holding it with both hands.
...She's so cute...
Tomorrow's final documentary shoot will finally be wrap-up, and the hellish editing work will begin.
I've already started editing some of the initial footage and interviews, so we'll be well in time for the cultural festival!
There are three things to do to prepare for tomorrow's final documentary shoot.
Buy clothes to wear for the shoot.
Go to the beauty salon.
Get an aesthetic treatment.
These three things are for her to look beautiful for tomorrow's shoot.
If it were a pro boxer's weigh-in, they would need to adjust their condition through eating, drinking, and rest before the match the next day.
The same goes for Yukari-san.
Perhaps because she pushed herself too hard at the end, her skin is a bit rough and her complexion isn't good.
She needs to adjust her condition a little and finish up for tomorrow.
Tomorrow at 5:30 PM is the final shoot.
After discussing with Yukari-san, we'll buy clothes today, have her eat something a bit nutritious, and have her rest early tonight.
Then, tomorrow after school, she'll get an aesthetic treatment (at a film club member's older sister's workplace), then her hair will be styled at a beauty salon (also a film club member's older sister's workplace), and she'll return to school for the final shoot. That's the flow.
We headed to a brand shop in a building in front of the terminal station.
I could feel glances flickering our way.
Those glances were directed at Yukari-san.
They looked at Yukari-san, then at me, as if wondering what kind of man was with such a cute girl.
Yukari: "Ehehe, do we look like a couple?"
"..."
I couldn't answer... but Yukari-san wouldn't allow that.
Yukari: "Kousuke-kun! Answer me?"
Yukari-san smiled and peered into my eyes.
Ugh, unavoidable.
"Don't we look like it? ...No, I want us to look like it."
Yukari-san's face lit up,
"We do, don't we? Definitely! You'll get used to it soon!"
Yukari-san passed the weigh-in and was in high spirits! She had been emotionally unstable for so long, so this must be the real Yukari Tomonaga.
We entered the store, and she chose a white dress.
A beautiful, ephemeral, pure white dress.
Yukari: "Somehow, this one caught my eye... I've always admired white dresses..."
But her expression was bitter.
Is she unsure if it will suit her?
"Try it on."
Yukari: "Okay!"
Yukari-san talked a bit with the sales assistant and then entered the fitting room.
While waiting, the assistant talked to me, even though she didn't need to...
Assistant: "Your girlfriend is beautiful, isn't she?"
"...Yes."
Assistant: "Hehe! She's cute, slender, and honest! You're a lucky boyfriend!"
(This assistant is annoying! It's embarrassing!)
I wished with all my heart for her to come out quickly! Yukari-san! I thought.
Swish!
What appeared when the curtain opened was, without flattery, a beautiful and lovely girl.
The white dress was, to put it mildly, the best.
Yukari: "Ehehe, what do you think? Kousuke-kun! ...Kousuke-kun?"
Assistant: "Your boyfriend is mesmerized! Honestly! You two are so in love, I'm getting jealous!"
Yukari-san turned bright red and looked down, and her blushing face was so cute, so cute, it had a strong pull that I couldn't tear my eyes away from.
My best friend Sho once said,
Sho: "Isn't a girl most adorable when she's blushing bright red and embarrassed?"
"Dōkan."
*Ōta Dōkan... A person who was so capable that his lord assassinated him in the bath. A famous general who first built Edo Castle.
Back then, I thought I understood.
A girl blushing and feeling shy like this has such destructive power...!
In the end, the assistant kept teasing us until we left the store.
Holding the dress, Yukari-san ate a crepe at the station for the first time in three months.
She was careful about food because it would definitely affect her weight!
But, but, it was because Yukari-san requested, "Just for today, just for today, I want to eat a crepe!"
Assistant: "Here you go! It's the chocolate banana crepe with whipped cream Marcy special!"
Yukari-san received it with trembling hands.
She looked at me with a tearful expression, seeking confirmation.
I nodded.
Nom.
Chew, chew.
Yukari: "Soooooo good!!!"
Yukari-san's eyes were wide open, and with a melting expression, she continued to eat bite after bite.
The real whipped cream, after three months, seemed sensual, and Yukari-san continued to eat with an expression of pure happiness.
Lick.
Her lips were glossy with whipped cream, and my gaze was irresistibly drawn to them.
The gesture of licking the whipped cream from her lips was incredibly sexy, and I couldn't take my eyes off Yukari-san's lips.
Assistant: "Here you go! For your boyfriend! Whip and custard strawberry rare cheesecake!"
Thanks, I received it and felt Yukari-san's gaze.
I gave a wry smile and said,
"Yukari-san, want a bite?"
Yukari: "I'll eat it!"
With her mouth covered in cream, Yukari-san wore a childlike smile, beaming brightly!
Regardless of the past, the future was unimaginable, but Yukari Tomonaga's [present] was happiness itself.