Short Program 17

Short Program, Volume 2, Chapter 17 (pp. 117~120)


<117>
[5x4P]
Chapter 5: Departing Bird, Buys Time With Tea

=Tokushima Prefecture's Editor Academy has a huge 10-0 lead!

=Gunma Prefecture's Author High still remains hitless!//Things really aren't looking up for them!
WA—

=Either way, this is the final inning of the tournament!


<118>
=Pizza Toast and Ice Tea please—

=Jun-chan, store's closed tomorrow—You got any plans?
=No,//Not really.

=Oh,//Really.
=You're free then.
[bubble]Hmm—

RRRR...

=Hello, 5x4P speaking.

=Another hit!//There's run number 11!
WA—

GACHUK
[sign]Employees Only

=Ah,//owner.


<119>
=Jun-chan, I just happened to come across 2 tickets for the dinner theater at the Hotel Great Luxury,//Wanna come with me?

=AHH—//Awesome!
=I've always wanted to try out French food at the Great Luxury!

=But are you sure—?//It's expensive, right?
=Oh no no.

=Then let's meet around 2:00,//Maybe hang out, watch a movie beforehand...
[bubble]HEE
=Okay!

=I'll keep this on so that strangers won't try and ask me out.//The "Storeowner's Lover" name-tag (See Chapter 1)

=HEE

=What's this, Jun-chan?


<120>
=Oh, that's right.//You've got a phone call from your wife.

=Haven't we,//Done this joke before?
=See Chapter 2.

=AHHH—//12-run deficit, with 2 outs and nobody on base, Oshima is being walked yet again!
WA—

=What is Author High thinking!?
=Look, I told you! This author is totally clueless!

With the end of the Koshien//Comes the arrival, of an Autumn-colored wind...
=What the heck is he talking about, Mr. Kawai!?//How should I know!

[5x4P] (END)