Rokudenashi Blues 67

Chapter 67: Lunch Time Boogie - A Very Playful Afternoon

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Katsuji: Ok, round 3!

Yoneji: A...are you still eating!? // *full*

Katsuji: Heh...heheh...you can quit if you want to. // I won, so that's 5000 yen!

Yoneji: Shit... // I hate you, dumbass! Always challenging me to these crazy-ass games!

Katsuji: Oh, you wanna go!? // Another ramen!

Person: Please wait.

Yoneji: Ugh...

SFX: *tap*

Person: Yes, that's 5000 yen.

Katsuji: Wahaha, taste it, bitch!

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Yoneji: *full*

Katsuji: Ohh...I feel like I'm gonna explode, I think I ate too much.

Yoneji: Where's Maeda-san, anyway?

Katsuji: ACK! // Oh, yeah...I forgot Maeda-san...

Yoneji: Huh!?

Katsuji: The okonomiyaki at the station's south exit is half-off today, so Maeda promised he'd take me there when third period ended... // Aw...I really blew him off back there.

Yoneji: But he hasn't come to school yet today.

Katsuji: He said he wouldn't till third period... // Wh..what do I do? I think I'm gonna throw up my breakfast too...

Yoneji: He does love okonomiyaki...

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Voice: Whew...

Voice 2: He still hasn't shown up...

Kazumi: Hey, Katsuji-kun, where were you last period?

Katsuji: Uh...wait...hold on...

Kazumi: Eheheh...

Katsuji: What is it? Don't act all weird...

Kazumi: Hehe... // What day is it today?

Katsuji: What!?

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Katsuji: What day is it?

Yoneji: Today the okonomiyaki place...

Kazumi: Come on! // Today it's almost-not-quite the anniversary of when Katsuji-kun and I started going out. // Hmph.

Katsuji: Oh...oh, yeah...

Kazumi: Even though you were gonna be just like whatever... // Here!

Katsuji: What is it?

Kazumi: It's Kazumi-chan's specially made and planned out 1 year and a week anniversary bentou!

Katsuji: Blegh...

Kazumi: What's wrong?

Katsuji: Nah..uh...it's...nothing...haha...

Kazumi: Well, um, if you're embarassed just eat it by yourself...

Katsuji: Oh...kay...

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Maeda: Goddamnit, fucking Katsuji... // Where the hell did he go!? // I'm starving... // Uhhh....it's like I'm gonna die... // Okonomiyaki... // !! // Oh...yeah...the other day... // YES! // I knew I'd definitely left something in there... // Lucky me! // Ahh... // This anpan's so sweet... // *nom* *nom*

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Maeda: Mm...

Katsuji: Yo!

Maeda: G-G-GOD-F-F-D-DAMMIT, KATSUJI! WH-WH-WHERE TH-WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU!? // You...you forgot it, DIDN'T YA!?

Katsuji: No...No, I didn't!

Maeda: WHATDAYA MEAN "NO"!?

Katsuji: I...I was just... // ma... // making this for you // so you could eat... // since you've always looked out for me...

Maeda: What...what the...

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Maeda: For me?

Katsuji: Y...yeah! // YES! I'm a genius! // I got through this without even wasting the bentou!

Maeda: Yes...I understand, Katsuji... // I'll treasure every mouthful...

Katsuji: Uh...it's ok...you don't have to cry...

Maeda: You haven't eaten yet, right?

Katsuji: I...I'm already full...

Maeda: Huh?

Katsuji: NO! No... // I meant I'm so full of gratitude...I don't need to eat right now.

Maeda: Oh...ok..

Katsuji: Ok, I got some shit to do, bye!

Maeda: OK! // ....

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Maeda: *snap*

[Text on bentou: I LOVE YOU!]

Chiaki: Wait, you wrote that on his bentou!?

Kazumi: Mm-hm! And he's eating it all up...

Chiaki: Hey!

One of them: It's Maeda-kun.

Other one: Why's he eating his bentou all alone out here?

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Kazumi: Hey... // That's my bag... // (Oh...Katsuji-kun gave it to him... // How could he?)

Chiaki: Hey, Kazumi! // ...

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Kazumi: You bastard! // I can't BELIEVE you how could you do this to me!?

Katsuji: (Sh...she found out...)

Kazumi: I worked so hard and I put so much love into it and you STILL gave it

away! // You suck! // *slap*

Chiaki: Kazumi!

Katsuji: Gah! Quit it! That's not what happened! // Maeda-san was half out of his mind with hunger... // And he was all like "Gimme some food!" and he took it from
me!

Kazumi: You're lying!

Katsuji: No, I'm not!

Kazumi: And you just let him do that to you!?

Katsuji: No..it's not...

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Kazumi: SAY SOMETHING TO HIM! // YOU IDIOT!

Katsuji: Ok! // (What am I supposed to say... // Oh, god...she's freaking watching me! // I'm in deep shit... // whatever I do, I can't tell him the truth... // But it'd be weird to just start yelling at Maeda-san randomly... // If I have to...)

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Maeda: Katsuji, you fff...if this is a joke, it's not funny! // What did he mean full of gratitude anyway? // He just said some bullshit about not being able to eat... // That freaking weirdo... // Nah, it didn't even taste that good... // And I still ate the whole damn thing. // Those eggs were definitely... // OW!

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Katsuji: Forgive me...Maeda-san...

Kazumi: Wow...he really did something!

Maeda: Shit...I got a damn headache... // Who the hell was that coward who attacked me from behind!? // And another thing... // Why did I get sick from eating that!? // Ugh...someone put me out of my misery...

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Maeda: Ugh... // *groan* // AH!

Katsuji: GAH!

Both: .....

Katsuji: (No way... no way he knows who hit him...) // *thump* *thump*

Maeda: (Maybe he might have...no way...done this on purpose...)

Katsuji: I just have to stay away...

Maeda: Katsuji, you asshole!

Katsuji: Eh... // *thump*

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Maeda: You made me eat that fucking thing and now my stomach's all screwed up, didn't you? // Huh?

Katsuji: Didn't see that one coming...

Maeda: The eggs were too sweet! // The pilaf was all covered in mincemeat! That makes it taste strange, stupid! // And quit putting sweets in the middle of your bentou! // What the hell were you thinking when made it!?

Katsuji: ....

Maeda: That shit's not even human food!

Katsuji: .....! // Do...do you think you might have said too much!? Even a little bit? // I got no reason to take that shit from you, dammit!

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Katsuji: You musta eaten something else that fucked up your stomach, you... // ! // Oh, yeah, before you ate the bentou... // You had that anpan, that's gotta be
it!

Maeda: Huh?

Katsuji: Oh...there it is. // Best eaten by August 10th... // You ate it when it
was practically ancient! // It's September now, dammit!

Maeda: What...no way...

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Katsuji: That was your problem! // Don't talk shit about other people's bentous!
// Even if it was overdone I should have eaten it myself! // Your tongue's fucking rotted away!

Maeda: I'm just gonna let you forget about this cause I got your back... // So
don't give me that shit!

Katsuji: What do you mean let me forget? Don't bullshit me!

Maeda: You want a fight, you little bitch!?

Kazumi: Oh! // Stop it, you two!

Katsuji: Shut up! Let me go!

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Kazumi: It's your fault, Maeda-kun! / Of course Katsuji-kun's going to do that if you take the bentou I worked so hard to make for him!

Maeda: That...!?

Katsuji: Oh...crap!

Kazumi: Aren't you mad that Katsuji-kun snuck up behind you and hit you?

Maeda: Uh... // ....

Katsuji: Haha...

Maeda: .... // YOU LITTLE PUSSY! // Fuck you!

Katsuji: I'm...I'm SORRY!

(T/N: Yes, bentous are that important. They're not like regular lunchboxes, otherwise I just would have called it a lunchbox. A bentou is a lot more
elaborate and contains a lot more food, typically arranged in special patterns or
shapes, sometimes even to look like anime or video game characters. Most
people have their parents make a bentou for them, but in high school, it's fairly
common for girls to make bentous for the boys they like. At least in anime.
Consider this your Rokudenashi Blues-delivered cultural lesson of the day. Also,
next chapter we get to more exciting stuff, so stay tuned for more crazy
delinquents and shit! And yes, that was designed for maximum groanage)