A la Carte Valentine

Hinano Chapter Part 1

Hinano: If I was 20cm taller, I wonder if he would admire me?

Hinano: Fuffuffu...

Hinano: It's done... it's finished!!

Hinano: A science experiment that earned me esteem among the children as well...

Hinano: "Eh? You can use baking soda in sweets?!"

Hinano: "A recipe for putting air in chocolate!"

Hinano: ...was their reaction...

Hinano: The ultimate Valentine's honmei chocolate...

Hinano: And its name is Saint Science #14 (temporary)!!

Hinano: And now it's finally Wednesday!

Hinano: And I, too, will finally become the riajuu I've always wanted to be...

Hinano: ......

[flashback]

Boy: So basically the conclusion of what I'm saying is "I'm sorry!"

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Hinano: I ran headfirst into my past love, and it was cruelly smashed...

Hinano: I thought throwing it straight at him would be the best way to appeal to his heart, but...

Hinano: (I'm not going to make the same type of mistake twice...)

Hinano: (But if I can't hand it over to him directly, then...)

Hinano: This is trouble...

Hinano: How do I give this to him... this chocolate...

Emiri: Like, if it was me, I'd just deliver it all quick-like.

Emiri: Maybe maybe if you go in hard with it like last time, it'll work maybe maybe?

Hinano: Sigh... how nice, to be like you...

Hinano: If I had such a simplistic brain like that...

Hinano: I'd certainly be happy.

Emiri: But like, if you just go "hmmmm" and think about it so much, you'll get absolutely totally nothing done at all?

Hinano: I'm worrying about it because...

Hinano: I don't want to repeat the result of failing because of doing something.

Emiri: Hmm, but it'll just work out, won't it! No problemo!

Emiri: Because Myaako-senpai, you're a legal loli and you look like a cute little animal!

Emiri: Aren't your specs like totally crazy?

Emiri: Like just by being kept in someone's house, they'd be all happy or something?

Hinano: Grrrrr...

Hinano: Kwaaah!

Hinano: Don't talk about me like I'm a cat or a hamster, idiot!

Emiri: Kyaan!

Emiri: Angry Myaako-senpai is also kyoooooot!

Hinano: Ahhh... this has gotten idiotic...

Hinano: If it's come to this, then forget it!

Hinano: I'll throw away these theories! All I can do is go straight at it once more!

Emiri: Ah, oh yeah, tomorrow, I'm...

Hinano: You're completely ignoring my determination, huh...

Emiri: I'm gonna meet with Akiracchi and them and exchange chocolates.

Emiri: You should come too, Myaako-senpai!

Hinano: No, I won't be going...

Emiri: Whaaat, don't be so cold...

Hinano: My chocolate is a honmei one-shot!

Hinano: If I participate in this, you could say that it's a failure...

Hinano: So that's why I'm not going!

Hinano: My confession will definitely be successful, and I'll be busy celebrating the day I walked down the road of riajuu!

Hinano: (Tomorrow is Valentine's Day itself, huh...)

Hinano: (And in the end, I still don't have a plan.)

sfx: heart thumping

Hinano: (Don't worry... I'm not worried...)

Hinano: Uooooohh! I'm gonna crush it! Miyako Hinano!

[witch presence]

Hinano: A witch...

[screen flashes]

Hinano: No... was it my imagination...?

Part 2:

Emiri: Akiracchi's chocolate are delish!

Akira: Really?!

Akira: I'm glad... I was worried about it...

Akira: This is the first time I've done something like this...

Meiyui: And an unexpected amount of strength you used, too.

Akira: T-that's since it was my first time.

Akira: I couldn't have you guys eat something that didn't taste good, right?

Akira: I only ever end up getting chocolate from others on Valentine's Day.

Akira: So this year I thought I'd participate as well...

Meiyui: As you'd expect, Akira-sama's worries are in a completely different dimension.

sfx: bang!

Akira: Uwah!

Meiyui: What was that?!

Hinano: .......

Emiri: Wow, it's Myaako-senpai!

Emiri: I can't believe you showed up! Total respect! You're the bestest...

Emiri: Ah... ahhh?!

Emiri: Could it be... an honorably-defeated-type girl?!

Emiri: Notification of the end of HINANO'S VALENTINE DAY?!

Hinano: Don't end it for me! I'm a NOT-over-type girl!

Hinano: But really, it's more like... it hasn't even started, either...

Emiri: Whaddya mean...?

Hinano: .......

Hinano: The truth is...

Hinano: Guh... AaaaAAOOooo!

Hinano: How the heck am I supposed to give it to him...

Hinano: Casually? Nonchalantly? Indirectly? Passively?

Hinano: But I've almost never had a direct conversation with him.

Hinano: I might not even be on his radar...

Hinano: ...oh?

[green boy appears]

Hinano: He's alone in the classroom...

Hinano: (If I give him the chocolate here, our molecular bonds will strengthen...)

Hinano: (This is an unparalleled chance to strike and prove my theory true!)

Hinano: Let's go, Hinano...

Hinano: The God of Science hasn't abandoned me...!

Blue boy: Sup.

Green boy: You're late.

Hinano: Wha-!

Hinano: (Goddamn!)

Hinano: (While I was worrying, an impurity was mixed in?!)

Blue boy: Woah, man.

Blue boy: You got a shitload of chocolates again this year, huh.

Green boy: I was trying to figure out what to do about them.

Blue boy: Don't you have a girlfriend?

Green boy: I don't.

Blue boy: So you were looking through trying to pick out which one you wanted?

Green boy: No, I wasn't.

Blue boy: Huh? Could it be that you still like that senpai?

Green boy: It's not like that...

Blue boy: I see, I see.

Blue boy: Even if tons and tons of chocolates from girls in your own grade pile up...

Blue boy: You want someone like that senpai.

Blue boy: A dependable, sexy, older girl type, eh?

Green boy: Shut up!

Green boy: I just happen to admire that type of girl that you mentioned, it's not like...

Blue boy: So you admit that you admire her?

sfx: goooooong...

Hinano: A person he... admires.

Hinano: Furthermore, a s-... s-s-s-... sexy type?!

[flashback]

Emiri: Because Myaako-senpai, you're a legal loli and you look like a cute little animal!

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Hinano: ......ugh.

Hinano: So because of that, you can have this chocolate...

Hinano: It's Saint Science #14 (temporary).

Emiri: Huh, huh, huh, Myaako-senpai!

Hinano: Stay away!

Hinano: I can't show such a shameful sight in front of every... every...

Hinano: Uu... uu...

Hinano: Uuoooooooooh!!

[Hinano runs away]

Hinano: Ugu... sniffle... I really am no good...

Hinano: I'm tiny, and a lifetime non-riajuu...

[witch presence]

Hinano: ---?!

Hinano: This is...

[Hinano transforms]

Hinano: Urya!

Hinano: It really is...

[flashback]

[witch presence]

Hinano: A witch...

[screen flashes]

Hinano: No... was it my imagination...?

[/]

Hinano: So it wasn't my imagination...

Hinano: My confession was sunk before it could even float...

Hinano: And just when I thought I was going to get melancholic, a witch has sprung forth.

Hinano: Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!

Hinano: This really...

Hinano: ...is an unbelievable day!

Part 3:

Hinano: Oh no! There's a person inside the barrier...

Hinano: Hey, you! Let's get out of here together!

[green boy appears]

Hinano: Wh- woooooooooo?!?!

Green boy: M-Miyako-san?!

Hinano: W-... w-w-w-... what's this?! Did someone set this up as a prank?!

Hinano: (No no no... of course not!)

Green boy: Did you get lost, too?

Green boy: I was on my way home, too, when my surroundings turned into this labyrinth-like thing...

Green boy: I'm at a loss on which way I should go now...

Green boy: Uu...

[Green boy disappears]

Hinano: (Sorry... but please just sleep for a little bit.)

Witch: *noises*

Hinano: Perfect timing... you saved me time having to look for you!

Witch: *noises*

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Hinano: Riajuu? So what! Valentine's? So what!

Hinano: In the end, it's got nothing to do with me!

Hinano: But...

Hinano: I'm not going to forgive you for messing up this day.

Hinano: I've been holding myself back on a lot of things!!

Hinano: Ethanol isn't enough for this...

Hinano: You're gonna explode with nitroglycerin!!

Witch: *noises*

Hinano: Hmph! That's what you ge-...

Witch: *noises*

Hinano: Wha-?! It's gonna suicide bomb me?! This is bad!!!!

[screen flashes]

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Hinano: Huh... what... is this?

Green boy: Hey, are you one of the people in my class?

Green boy: Ahh, you really are! I felt like I've seen you somewhere before.

Green boy: You do a lot of performances doing experiments right? My little sister takes great joy in them...

Hinano: Ahh, I see. These are those visions you see before you die, huh...

Hinano: This is interesting... incredibly interesting...

Green boy: What are you saying? This is amazing, isn't it?

Green boy: I had to quit my club because of an injury...

Green boy: To be honest, I'm envious of you...

Hinano: That's right.. he...

Hinano: Was I able to help him...? Was he saved?

Hinano: Ahh... I shouldn't have joked about things blowing up and all that.

Hinano: I never thought I would actually explode...

Emiri: Myaaaakoooo-seeeeenpaaaaaaaai

Hinano: Emiri... I'm sorry...

[Emiri dashes past]

Myaakoo-seenpaai?

[Emiri dashes past]

Myaakoo-seenpaai?

Hinano: Emi-...

Emiri: Myaako-paisen? Hellloooo?

Emiri #2: Hellloooo?

Emiri #3: Hello hello?

Emiri #2: Hello hello-ho?

Emiri #1: Myaako-senpaaaai? Are you listening?

Emiri #3: Senpaipaaai?

Emiri #2: Myaako-seeenpaaai?

Emiri #3: Sensenpaaai?

Emiri #1: Myaa! Ko! Sen! Pai!!

Emiri #2: Myamyamyako-senpai!

Emiri #3: Heeey, heeey!

Emiri #1: Hey, I said!

Hinano: ...uu.

Hinano: Shut upppppppppppp!!

Hinano: Why is it so damn noisy all the way to my life flashing before my eyes...

Hinano: Huh? I'm... alive?

[Green boy appears]

Hinano: Oh?

Hinano: (He's still breathing. It looks like he's just sleeping...)

[Hinano transforms back]

Hinano: Haaaahhh... it's been a while since I thought I was gonna die.

Part 4:

Hinano: (......)

Hinano: (Really though... what's this turned into.)

Emiri: Myaako-senpai!!

Hinano: E-... E-E-E-E-Emiri?!

Emiri: Are you hurt anywhere?! Did you get any shorter?!

Hinano: Uwawawawa! You're wrong!

Hinano: This isn't what you think?! It's not like that!

Hinano: T-t-t-there's a really good reason for this, okay?

Meiyui: Miyako is acting weirder than normal, hm? Are you okay? This...

Akira: Could it be that she's been confused by the witch's curse...?

Emiri: This feeling like she's really blown a fuse...

Emiri: Could it be that the dude rolling on the ground over there...

Emiri: ...is the dependable, older-girl-liking type boy that Myaako-senpai's in love with?!

Akira: There's no way it could be that convenient...

Hinano: Awawawawawawawawawawawawawawawa!!

Meiyui: Seems like it is, hm.

Akira: It's so easy to understand, but what is with that reaction?!

Emiri: Surely this is, like, a miraculous miracle?

Emiri: Yeah! You've gotta do it!

Emiri: Myaako-senpai! This is your chance, confess!

Hinano: N-... nowaynowaynoway!

Hinano: I told you, he already admires a sexy older girl type...

Hinano: Someone like me isn't in that category...

Hinano: Just so you know, I'm not gonna force it or anything...

Emiri: A person you admire, they're only like "oh, they're great," you know?

Emiri: It's not like they're dating, right?

Emiri: Right now, Myaako-senpai...

Emiri: You've got like, a total, super-reliable older girl vibe.

Emiri: If you do it now, you could just come out of nowhere and totally bullseye his tastes!

Hinano: That's...

Hinano: That's not possible!

Hinano: I told you it's pointless! I've given up, that's enough!

Emiri: No way!

Emiri: See, I...

Emiri: ...don't want you to have any regrets or anything, Myaako-senpai!

Emiri: Please! For real, do it? Okay?

Hinano: ...nuh uh. I don't have the chocolate anymore, anyway.

Emiri: Myaako-senpai!!

Hinano: ???

Hinano: Calm down. Why are you so...

Meiyui: Miyako, Emiri is right.

Meiyui: Out of the magical girls you know, who's had the most longevity?

Hinano: What?

Hinano: If you mean more than me, then that would basically be Nanami Yachiyo...

Hinano: ---?!

Emiri: You see, I trust you, Myaako-senpai.

Emiri: I know you'll be tottttally fine.

Emiri: But you know, Valentine's only comes around once a year, right?

Emiri: If it's a failure this year, it'll be next year when you can hand it over again.

Emiri: If it's still a failure, then you have to wait another year to hand it over...

Emiri: But, like... but like! Uuuuuuuuuuuu!!

Hinano: ......

Hinano: You're right.

Hinano: As a magical girl, I can't believe I'm being admonished by you about my attitude.

Hinano: I was wrong.

[cutscene]

Emiri: Byaaaaaago-Benpaaaaai!!

Hinano: Ow!!

Hinano: What did you hit me with...

Hinano: ...huh, my... chocolate...?

Akira: Yeah.

Akira: "We can't eat something that's packed with these feelings."

Akira: Is what she said.

Meiyui: That's how it is.

Green boy: U...uuu...nnn...

Akira: Ah! That guy is waking up! Hurry, hurry!

Green boy: Owowowow... ah, Miyako-san?

Green boy: What was I...?

Hinano: Ahh... ah... er, y-y-... your safety is the most important.

Green boy: Ugggh... my memory is...

Green boy: But it feels like...

Green boy: I was saved from a really dangerous situation...

Hinano: W-... well, that's what it is.

Hinano: ......soso.

Hinano: Now that you're safe... there's something I want to tell you...

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Hinano: There's something I want to tell you...

Hinano: Please... take this chocolate...!

Green boy: Huh?

Hinano: And also... a-... aaa... ata... atatata...

Akira: (It's like it's turned into that legendary martial art...!)

Emiri: Myaako-senpai! Relax!

Hinano: Urk...

Hinano: Um, basically, please go out with me!!

*gulp...*

Green boy: ---?!

Emiri: *stare...*

Meiyui: ......

Akira: *doki doki*

Green boy: ...umm...

Green boy: First, thank you very much for helping me, and...

Emiri: And?

Akira: (And?)

Meiyui: ......

Green boy: What do I say...

Emiri: Say?

Akira: *gulp*

Meiyui: ......

Hinano: ......

Hinano: ...sigh.

Hinano: Well, it's like that.

Hinano: I liked you.

Hinano: And I wanted to give you chocolate like this.

Hinano: The dating part and such I'd like you to forget about, okay?

Hinano: This is enough.

Hinano: I'm sorry for saying all this so suddenly.

Green boy: T-that's okay!

Green boy: Thank you, I'm happy. I'll eat this with care.

Hinano: ...I see.

Part 5:

Emiri: Jeeeez! Why, why?

Emiri: Myaako-senpai! All he needed was one more push?!

Emiri: Why did you stop?

Hinano: After suddenly being saved from an inconceivable situation...

Hinano: Then being surrounded by a bunch of people and being told something like that...

Hinano: It'd be hard to turn anyone down, wouldn't it? What was that, a flash mob?

Akira: (...That's certainly true.)

Emiri: But it didn't feel like he was gonna suddenly reject you at all!

Emiri: And if he didn't...!

Hinano: He was just bothered trying to be careful with my feelings.

Hinano: The fact is that I was his savior who literally helped him just moments before.

Hinano: If I had waited any longer than that, he would have just become more and more bothered, right?

Emiri: You don't know that at all!

Emiri: He coulda just been frozen by being so madly in love, too!

Hinano: I'm the one who fell in love with him. He's definitely that type of guy.

Emiri: But... but!

Emiri: I don't understand! Don't give up!

Hinano: Thank you, Emiri.

Hinano: I'm completely satisfied like this.

Hinano: Maybe you'll understand one day if you fall in love with someone, too.

Hinano: Now, it feels like I kinda missed out on handing chocolate out...

Emiri: Huh...?

Hinano: Handing out chocolate to you.

Emiri: You said you didn't make any friend chocolate...

Hinano: Call it a thank you for being my helper at events and stuff.

Hinano: And, well...

Hinano: A chocolate hand-me-down that was meant for him isn't exactly the greatest, huh.

Emiri: W-... w-w-w-... way too cool...?!

Emiri: Myaako-senpai, I love you! I'm gonna adopt you and spend a lifetime with you!

Akira: Heh heh heh.

Hinano: All riiight!

Hinano: I'm different from the me from yesterday!

Hinano: With today's experience, now begins my third growth spurt!

Hinano: Watch me, Emiri!

Hinano: I'm gonna grow so fast it'll knock you silly!

Emiri: Yeah, yeah! Your brand new youth will totally upsize you!

Meiyui: ---?!

Meiyui: I didn't know that.

Meiyui: When humans are rejected, they grow taller?

Hinano: ......

Hinano: Uuoooooooooooon!!

Akira: Meiyui, that was only a metaphor just now...

Hinano: Bobeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Hinano: I hate expressionsssss!

Hinano: Everybody can juhst ekplooooode!!

[Hinano runs away]

Emiri: Waaaagh! Myaako-senpai went back to her wild self!

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Emiri: Myaako-senpai!

Emiri: How about you cry out all the things you can think of that you liked about him!

Emiri: That way we can get it all out of your system!

Emiri: And you'll grow bigger for all that you cry out of yourself, Myaako-senpai!

Akira: Huh... what the heck is that supposed to be?

Hinano: UuuUuuuuuuuu... firbst, his hair was loohohhhhngggg!!

Akira: (She actually started crying it out?!)

Hinano: His fingers were shooo prebbbyyyyy!!!

Emiri: Good, good!

Hinano: The way he sthood was so whonderfuhllllllll!!!!

Emiri: All right, keep it coming!

Hinano: The way he sat was shooo coooooohhhll!!!!!

Emiri: We're not done yet!

Hinano: The way he walhked wash the beeeeeeeebbbst!!!!!!

Akira: ......

Meiyui: ......

Akira: (...it's nothing but characteristics of his appearance.)

Emiri: Ah, that's right!

Emiri: I've got chocolate for you, too! It's special just for you, Myaako-senpai!

Hinano: Now?!

Hinano: Youh shhhoulda done it norhmally earliber and we coulhda exchanbed them...

Hinano: Uuuu... *sniffle sniffle*

Hinano: ......

Hinano: ...It's huge?! What is this, a tennis ball?!

Hinano: Is this, ramune mixed in with the chocolate or something?

Emiri: It's not!

Emiri: For a girl aiming to be tall, I fortified it with calcium supplements!

Emiri: It's my deluxe crunch chocolate!

Hinano: Heeeey!!

Hinano: The weight of this shows that you completely ignored the recommended dosage of the supplements!

Hinano: ...sigh

Hinano: Still, thank you. I like it.

Hinano: I'll crush it up and drink it every day.

Emiri: Myaako-senpai!

Emiri: I can't wait for next year's Valentine's Day!