Yamada to Kase-san ch44: Mint and Kase-san.

I want to deliver to the summer-colored Kase-san
a cheer of love from Yamada<3

A call for help from her workplace!!! Will Yamada make it to see Kase-san's tournament...!?

Do your best~
Wah~ Wah~

Kase, quit looking at your phone and hayaku up.
The 100m dash is about to start!

Where are you right now, Yamada?

Kase-senpai~?

Lovely day for a race, huh?
Let's enjoy it!

Hrm.

Do you remember me, Kase-senpai?
From the interhigh preliminaries two years ago.

We ran in the same block together.
I spoke to you back then.
...Do you remember?

Huh?
The interhigh two years ago?
Was there a Doi back then?

You don't remember?
Huh!!?
I-I was there!
Doi: Kase-san's junior in the track team. Strongly idiosyncratic.

So you don't remember what I said to you?
Eh? You said something to me??

tremble tremble

I'm definitely gonna win today!!!
I'll beat you, Kase-senpai!!!

What was that about?

dingaling
vrr

Sorry, Kase-san. Some work suddenly came in so I might be late!
Sorry

Kase~! What are you doing? Hayaku up and get going!

toss

Eh!?

flutter

Eh? Kase!?

?
What's gotten into her?
Her switch got flipped all of a sudden.

...

Flower Factory

step step step

step step step

...

tick tick tick

step step

BAM!!

I'm sorry, Yamada-san!!
I've finished with the deliveries!!
OKAAAAY!

Thanks for watching the store! You're a lifesaver.

hawa hawa

But thank goodness. There were a lot of customers.

Sorry for calling you on your day off, Yamada-san!
It's fine! See you tomorrow!!
Wawawa

Oh crap, oh crap~

The race hasn't started yet, has it?

The train...
if I go now, it'll be past noon.
Erm...

For now, I'll contact her!

Amazing, Kase!
Wah
That's a new PB!!

BAM

Piece of cake.

Let's keep this up for the finals!
You did great too, Fukami!
I suppose.

What's wrong, Doi? Not on top form today?
Doi's times are pretty uneven.
Shut up! I'm just nervous is all!

p10

pat

Don't worry about it.
There's always next time.

dingaling
vrr vrr

Sorry, Kase-san! I'm heading your way right now!

p11

briing briing
vrr vrr

Wah!

Kase-san!?
Hello!?

Yamada?
What happened today?
I thought today was your day off.

Kase-san

Ah.

Someone suddenly called in sick.
I'm sorry. I'll heading there right now.
...Don't bother.

Eh?
You don't need to come, Yamada.

p12

The sun is blazing and there's no shade, so it's really hot.
Eh!? I'm still going!
I'm not worried about that!

I'll make it there for the finals.
I said don't bother.
I'll be fine. I got a PB, after all.
Eh?

That's amazing!
Congrats!
Whaddaya know!
I guess me not being there didn't matter at all!

twitch

I might've gotten a better time if you were there, Yamada.
Huh?

p13

...Yamada.
Is your part-time job really that important?

You said you had today off work, didn't you?
Why'd you go to work instead of my tournament?
I wanted you to come and cheer me on.

I'm sorry. I couldn't get out of it...
Eh? Did I say that already?
That's why I'm heading there right...
Don't bother.

shudder

Kase-san, are you upset!?
I am not upset.

I'm worried about your body, Yamada.
Why don't you get it?
Just last night, you fell asleep in the middle of dinner.

p14

Cut down on your work, Yamada!
Take better care of yourself!
I won't come back to the apartment until you do!

Eh!?
Also, it's really hot here, so you'd better not come!
Eeh!?

boop
Call ended

Eh?

p15

Eh...?
No way...

clack
shut

Erm...

plonk

p16

pomf

Eh?
Why was Kase-san so upset?
She got that mad over me not going to cheer for her one time?

I was doing my best at work
for Kase-san's sake too...
This wasn't meant to happen.

Phew...

p17

Ah.
The breakfast Kase-san made.

I was in such a rush that I forgot to eat it.
What is wrong with me...?

clatter

p18

The mint that I had finally grown...
is wilting...

...I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, Kase-san.