Yamada to Kase-san ch45: Smiles and Kase-san

I'm really sorry about the other day. I'll be sure to come to your next race. I'll give the part-time thing some thought.
Are you doing well, Kase-san? How's the training camp?

...
She's really upset.

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Did things end well? I'm doing fine here too.
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Have you had dinner? What kind of menu did you-
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The weather report says it'll be raining over there next week

What emotion is oozing from those smiley emojis...!?

Yamada-san, thank you so much
for taking over my shift!
That's right!
You were a lifesaver~!!

Plese eat this with your friend!
Eh?

I'm sorry for forcing this on you, Yamada-san~!
I'll put in a word with the manager to get you a raise!

They were so grateful
that I didn't get to bring up work at all...

thump...

pop

Wah! There's so many!

What do I do...?

I'm all alone right now...
Kase-san hasn't come back since the day of her race.

I heard she wouldn't be coming back since she had a training camp right after the race, but...

slam

I'm home...

silence...

It's bigger than my last room,
so it really feels big now that I'm by myself.

I was thinking of putting a bed here.
A big double bed.

whoosh

We don't need to buy a bed.
Cut down on your work, Yamada.

There were the rings too,
but I wanted to buy a bed no matter what.
Kase-san.
What bed should we go with?

Itori

Wah! They've got lots on display!

I don't care what bed we go with.
No, no! Let's choose one properly!
We gotta test them in person!

Yep, gotta go with a double!

Betco- Lifestyle

A big one would be nice, but would it fit in our room?

A double?
A single's enough, isn't it?
No, no! You're tall, Kase-san, so the bigger the better!
...Ah.

Should we go with two single beds?
Huh!?
Absolutely not!!
No way!

We could go with a bunk bed too!
A bunk bed!? Nuh-uh! I just got out of the dorms!
No way!!

Hah...
I'm exhausted.
Aren't we better off without a bed?

flomp

The better the bedding, the better our sleep will be!
Ah, it's so big and fluffy!

Bigger is better, Kase-san!
It's surprisingly pricey, but I'll save up to buy it.

fwip

Lemme see.

flomp

Ooh, you're right. It is big.

It feels really good.
Oh man, I think I might fall asleep.

I wanted a big bed.
Even if we didn't need one, I wanted one.

I wanted
to make Kase-san smile...

Morning, Yamada.
Did you sleep well?

What do I do?

What if Kase-san never comes back...?

click click
clack

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BAM!
MIKAWACCHI!!! Want some cake!?
Uwaah! You scared me!

Huh!?
I thought it was just a bed,
but pair rings!?
You were thinking of buying those too!?

sniff sniff

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You're still as maidenly as ever, Yamada~
Ahahaha
Don't laugh! I'm serious!
I can't believe you were gonna buy something so pricey~
The mystery is solved~

I thought it was strange that you were in such a trance over your part-time job.
It's not in your character, is it, Yamada?

Still no word from Kase-san?
Uuh...
W-Well...

She does reply to my LINEs, but...

How long are you gonna be upset for?
Any plans after the training camp?

So she replies, huh?

No matter what I say, she just responds with smiley emojis~
She's definitely upset~
That means she's upset?
I don't get it...

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I think I wanted to show Kase-san my cool side.
...But all I did was upset her.
I don't know what to do...

I see.
But you do stuff like that a lot, Yamada.

When you have a goal in mind, you immediately put everything into it
to the point where you can't see anything else, right?
Eh?
Really?

Really.
For example, when you were one the greenification committee back in high school,
you'd be so focused on pulling weeds that you wouldn't respond at all whenever anyone called to you.

pluck pluck
silently

Eh? Really!?

You don't know your own limits, Yamada.
Everyone was pretty freaked out by it.
No way. I freaked people out?

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But well,
that's
what we love about you, Yamada.
It's funny, right?
Ahaha.

Mikawacchi...

But this time, it wasn't simply pulling weeds.

Ever since you made buying a present your goal,
without even realising it,
you prioritised "getting a present for Kase-san" over Kase-san "herself".

Eh?

badum...

Th-That's not true.
It is.

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I mean,
that's what you're doing, isn't it?
"Putting the cart before the horse."

You moved here so you could enjoy living with Kase-san, right?
But you're barely around cos of your part-time job.

Can't you take a little time off from work?
We don't need to buy a bed
and you don't need to make dinner every day.
Ah...

Don't worry.
I've been putting the cart before the horse myself.

Like with my job hunting.

Ideal~
Creative
IT
Major Manufacturer
Games
Media

Even though it started with looking for a job that would suit me,

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nobody was hiring me at all, so my goal became "somewhere that'll hire me"!
Ahahaha
So I'm not really one to talk!

These things happen!
Just make up already!
I don't want my two best friends to be fighting next door!

vrr vrr
beep beep

Ah.
What now?

Sorry, gotta step out for a bit.
A call from her job hunting, I guess?
Must be rough.

...

clank

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Putting the cart before the horse.
She's right.
Instead of thinking of Kase-san,
I've only been thinking about myself.

Kase-san's so dear to me,
and yet
I haven't been treasuring my time with her at all.
Check my abs~
Wow, amazing! Just 100 more<3<3

Even so...
I mustn't overestimate myself too much.
I thought I could handle college,
part-time work and housework all at once...

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Sorry about that.
What were we talking about again?

It was nothing.
Let's just have this cake!

There's still three left!
Eeh? We have to eat all this in one day?
Seriously? It's already nighttime~

Thanks, Mikawacchi.

I'm glad you're my neighbor.
Huh~?

Try putting yourself in my shoes the next time you fight.
Honestly.

I mean it.
Thank you for everything, Mikawacchi.

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Good morning, Kase-san. Do your best with training camp today!

I'll do my best too!

ping

Gardening Club

Gardening Club

Ahem. Okay, everyone.

I've put up the blueprints everyone submitted for the contest.
Today,
we'll hold a ballot to decide which one to go with!

yay yay

Hey hey, Yui-chan.

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I think yours is the best, Yui-chan.

whisper

I can't say that out loud, though.

I think so too!

Confident

I don't know about that~

But
the president's one is good too.
Hanaoka Saki

Yamada-san's is cute. It has such pretty colors.
Yeah! I love it too!

twitch

What's this?
Yamada-san's sure is great.

Your blueprint is very nice, President.
It feels so big.
Ahaha. You think so?
I worked hard on it~

When you handed in yours, Yamada-san,
I thought it was really nice~

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I thought that if we went with this, we might be able to win the prize~

Yamada Yui

I got really excited.
As expected of Densuke-sensei's favorite.
You did great~<3

I'm glad you joined this club, Yamada-san~
Let's give this contest our all<3

The president...
is so nice!!

zukyaaan

Well then, time to count the votes.

Ballot Box

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Yokoi-san, 1 vote.

Yokoi Mio

Miyake-san, 2 votes.

Miyake Hotaru

Yamada-san, 7 votes.

Miyake - 2
Yamada - 7
Hanaoka - 8

Hanaoka, 8 votes.

The results of the ballot,
Hanaoka.
...
Eh?
...It's me.

Hanaoke - 8

Eh?

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Saki~ I voted for you~
Me too~
Ahahaha
I don't know much about blueprints,
but we're friends, after all.
Besties!
Peace peace!
...

glance

Shock

I wasn't picked...!!

DOOM

I thought yours was way better, Yui-chan.

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That's enough, Hana-chan.
The president's was very good too.

meep meep meep

But but~
She only won because she's popular, not because of her blueprint, right?

The president may be a good person,
but that doesn't mean I can accept this.

...

Luck's not been on my side lately.
Phew.

I wanna see you, Kase-san...
Gah
It's hot...

crank crank crank

tighten

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Yui-chan! The hose is caught on a flowerpot!
Be careful, Yui-chan!
The hose! The hose!

Eh?

topple

Eh!?

YUI-CHAN!

clang

Warning