Character Stories/Shinya Shibasaki/Chapter 6

Shinya Shibasaki: Character Story Translation: MDR
Chapter 6
Shigure Hakka	Are you injured? Your hands... Suddenly doing something like karate, even though you have precious, life saving hands--
	He moved to touch me, and I reflexively pulled away.
Shigure Hakka	--!
Shinya Shibasaki	Ah-... Ah-- I'm fine! Look!
	I showed him my hands, moving them open and closed. Smiling with all my might. As if the me who ran from Shigure's touch, from Shigure's attempts to break through to me, didn't exist.
Shigure Hakka	... If you're alright, then, I'm glad.
Shinya Shibasaki	Mm hm! Sorry for all the ruckus. Let's go back to the dorms!
Shigure Hakka	I still have some student council work to take care of, so...
Shinya Shibasaki	Ah-- right! Then, I'll head back by myself, so.
Shigure Hakka	........
Shinya Shibasaki	Ow...!
	Returning to the room, I hit my little toe at full strength on the way to hit my face with water. Rolling around in intense pain, I collapsed onto the sofa.
Shinya Shibasaki	Sigh.... I'm exhausted...
	As soon as I mumbled the words, Doro-chan, who'd been floating around me, lightly landed on my chest.
Drone	A brain perpetually in motion does not get tired.
	It was "Her" voice. Of course she'd listen in on me during her inspection.
Shinya Shibasaki	... I know that. That was in the book you told me to read.
Drone	Today's results have been documented. Tomorrow the mission will be officially announced to the fine arts clubs, so finish meeting the conditions. After that, next week's operation--
	A voice heard through a drone. Though I knew it was supposed to be a human's voice coming through the machine, I could only hear it as something inhuman.
Shinya Shibasaki	(... I'm gonna fall asleep.)
	What was that drone still going on about? Something about recovery from fatigue, something about lactic acid, something.
Shinya Shibasaki	(Ah... My socks, I left them out. If I don't pick those up..... Shigure... will...... get..... up...set....)
	Over the next week, using the zone state unreservedly, I challenged all of Shinonome's extracurricular activities. As for the results, I managed to remain undefeated. Throughout it all, Shigure never asked me a single question. .... That he didn't try to touch it, I was incredibly relieved.
Location Change: Timeskip
	--The day of the weekly exam score announcements.
Masachika Inoh	Now, I will announce the rankings in order. First is--
Shinya Shibasaki	--
Masachika Inoh	-- Shibasaki-kun
Shinya and Chizuru	!
Masachika Inoh	and Maki-kun, both got full marks on all subjects.
Chizuru Maki	A tie for first place....
Shinya Shibasaki	I'm so glad....
Shigure Hakka	....
Masachika Inoh	Second place goes to Hakka-kun, then Mikekado-kun and Hanabusa-kun got the same score, then Asagiri-kun, followed by Shibutani-kun... and the bottom score was Ushiwaka-kun. This time, I believe Shibasaki-kun's rise in the rankings was a result of wonderful effort. Shibasaki-kun, it looks like withdrawal is canceled.
	As soon as he said that, Doro-chan, who had been listening with us from overhead, landed on my desk. Her power supply had been cut off.
Shinya Shibasaki	Doro-chan...?
Shion Mikekado	Did she die?
Shinya Shibasaki	She's not dead, her power was just.... Yeah, she won't turn on again.
Shion Mikekado	....
Mikage Asagiri	Don't worry, Mike-chan. It's not like you've been secretly doing things like petting or talking to that drone there.
Shinya Shibasaki	Eh!? Was he!?
Shion Mikekado	I wasn't. Because it's not cute.
Yanagi Hanabusa	Since the drone meant to monitor you has been turned off, we can assume that means you're not going to get withdrawn, right? Congratulations, Shinya.
Chizuru Maki	To match my grades, I sincerely praise you!
Minato Ushiwaka	Shin-chan, congrats. We get to stay classmates, huh?
Kasuka Shibutani	You should do a prayer to ward troublesome happenings. If you use blood as the casting liquid, I guarantee the effectiveness.
Shinya Shibasaki	Everyone--- thank you! I'm so happy!
Shigure Hakka	Shinya, I think you've been working incredibly hard the last few days. That's why... Well, to celebrate, I made this.
Shinya Shibasaki	Whoa-- a giant bento!? It looks so good!
Shion Mikekado	So much...
Yanagi Hanabusa	Looks like you've been busy.
Chizuru Maki	Laughably so?
Mikage Asagiri	Teach, with such magnificence in front of us, we can't possibly wait till lunch, right?
Masachika Inoh	Today is special. We didn't lose any of our classmates today, I'm glad.
Shinya Shibasaki	Yep! Shigure's home-cooked meals are the best!
Shigure Hakka	Well, there's plenty left. Please eat your fill and recover from the fatigue of the last few days.
Shinya Shibasaki	Thank you, Shigure.
	With that, my ordinary high school days had returned-- or so I thought.
Location Change: Shigure & Shinya's Room
Shinya Shibasaki	Mmmmm, yawn... It's been a long time since I slept 8 hours straight.
	On the opposite bed, Shigure was sleeping with a creased brow. It was about time for his alarm to go off, so he'd probably hit snooze three times before waking up.
Shinya Shibasaki	(......... Huh? !!!!!! I slept without once falling off the bed!? This is the first time! ... Could it be-- am I still in the zone?)
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