The Delinquent Shimizu-san Sitting Next to Me Has Dyed Her Hair Black-Chapter 3Volume 2 .1 - Shimizu-san and Anime
Shimizu-san and Anime 1
“Let’s talk about love, Hondo-kun.”
“Suddenly?”
One day after school, when I arrived at the club room, Seto-san and Shimizu-san were already there.
Shimizu-san was lying face down on the desk, probably because she had missed her afternoon nap due to being called on frequently during class.
Without paying much attention to Shimizu-san, Seto-san’s first suggestion was to talk about love.
“There’s nothing sudden about discussing love. Start whenever you want to start——that’s what Ai Senpai used to say.”
“I think it’s best not to take Ai-san’s words too seriously.”
Ai-san is a good person, but sometimes she talks based on her feelings.
” …I’ll keep that in mind. So, will you talk about love with me, Hondo-kun?”
“Sure, but Shimizu-san might hear us if she wakes up, you know?”
Seto-san probably doesn’t want anyone to know that she’s interested in Toshiya.
“It’s fine. I’ll talk in a way that won’t be a problem even if we are heard.”
“Alright. I’ll do the same, then. So what should we talk about this time?”
“Today’s topic is, ‘Where would you like to go with the person you like?’ “
“You mean a date?”
“It’s more like a place you’d be happy to go to together.”
“I see. By the way, Seto-san, do you have a place in mind where you’d like to go?”
Since I can’t think of any specific locations, I’ll use Seto-san’s opinion for reference.
“Me? I’d like to go…”
Where would Seto-san want to go with Toshiya?
Since Seto-san is a library committee member, maybe a bookstore or library?
“To a Japanese confectionery shop.”
“What?”
“I want to go to a Japanese confectionery shop.”
That was entirely outside my expectations. I don’t think many people would have been able to predict that.
“Why would you want to go to a Japanese confectionery shop?”
“Because my favorite food is dorayaki. Eating dorayaki with the person I like would probably be special.”
So Seto-san likes dorayaki that much. It seems to me that her eyes are shining a bit more than usual.
I briefly consider telling Toshiya about this later, but I have a feeling that Toshiya, who has known Seto-san for over a year, already knows this information.
“Then, where would you want to go with the person you like, Hondo-kun?”
A place I’d want to go with the person I like, huh?
It seems better to think from the perspective of what I’d want to do with them.
I’d be happy if I could cook with the person I like. So, the place I’d want to go is…
“Probably the supermarket.”
“The reason?”
“I’d like to cook with the person I like. And for that, we’d need to go shopping first, I guess?”
“That makes sense—so the supermarket it is.”
“Is that weird?”
I suddenly felt anxious that my answer might not be what she expected.
“I don’t know if it’s common, but I don’t think it’s weird.”
“Then that’s good.”
“That was an interesting answer though. Let’s make the next topic about what you’d like to do with the person you like, like you mentioned earlier.”
It seems the conversation has moved on to the next topic while I was feeling relieved.
“I’d be happy if they made me a homemade bento, but what about you, Seto-san? What would you like them to do?”
“…Is anything alright?”
“As long as it’s within the bounds of common sense, I think it’s fine.”
I wonder what Seto-san wants him to do to her.
After about ten seconds of silence, filled with apparent internal conflict, Seto-san speaks again.
“…I’d like to have my head gently stroked.”
Seto-san says this in a voice that sounds as if she’s mustering all her courage.
I wonder if it was my imagination that Seto-san’s ears seemed to be a little redder than before
“Is that strange?”
“No, it’s not strange at all.”
So Seto-san wants Toshiya to stroke her head?
It seems that Seto-san trusts Toshiya more than I thought.
As someone who’s rooting for Toshiya’s love life, this genuinely makes me happy.
“I see.”
If Seto-san were to ask, Toshiya would probably stroke his head.
But it seems Seto-san can’t say it directly and so she mentioned it as something she’d like to have done.
The whole situation gives me a sense of frustration.
“Do you have anything else you’d want to do with the person you like, Hondo-kun? Like sharing a hobby, for example.”
“A hobby….”
“To begin with, what is your hobby?”
“Um, I guess watching anime.”
“What kind of anime do you watch?”
Seto-san seems more interested than I thought she’d be.
“I often watch anime that my little sister wants to see.”
“You have a little sister? And you watch anime together? Sounds like you two are close.”
“Is that so?”
I don’t know much about other people’s siblings, so I can’t tell if we’re especially close.
“I think so. Anyway, what kind of anime do you watch with your sister?”
“We recently watched an anime movie together called ’21 Gram of Difference.’ “
” ’21 Gram of Difference’? What’s that about?”
“It’s a romance anime. To give you a quick synopsis…”
The main character is a boy who has a childhood friend.
He falls in love with her, but she dies due to an illness when they’re in middle school. Thus, her death leaves him leading a listless life.
Then one day, the younger sister of the girl he loved shows up, claiming to be her deceased sister.
“What does that mean? Did the older sister’s spirit transfer into her younger sister’s body?”
“That’s what she said, yes.”
“I see, and then what happens?”
“If I say any more, it’ll be a major spoiler. Is that okay? I mean, it’s fine if you don’t plan on watching it.”
Seto-san covers her mouth with her hand, apparently pondering whether to watch the anime or not.
“…I’m curious, so I’d like to watch it.”
“In that case, I won’t say any more about it.”
“Thank you…I think we’re going off-topic.”
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“The original topic was what we’d like to do with someone we’re interested in, right?”
“That’s correct. Hondo-kun, don’t you want to watch anime with someone you’re interested in?”
I’d never thought about that before.
I try to picture the scenario in my head.
“…It does sound fun to watch the same anime with someone I’m interested in and share our thoughts.”
“I guess so… I think I’d also enjoy discussing my favorite books with someone I’m interested in.”
I wish Seto-san would tell that directly to Toshiya.
If she did that, Toshiya would probably read even the thickest book in a single day.
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TN: Idk if it’s a real anime movie, but 21 grams probably refers to the human soul. Someone attempted to measure the weight of the human soul and claimed an average weight loss of 21 grams at the moment of death.
