Why Not Make Both Twins 'Girlfriends'?-Chapter 12Volume 2 .1 - Archimedes Tears...?

Archimedes’ Tears…? 

As lunch break arrived, the members of the Newspaper Club gathered in the small conference room to wait for the broadcast to start.

“Ugh… now I’m starting to feel nervous〜”

“Ayaka-senpai, fighting! … I’m nervous too〜”

The staff, or more accurately, the members of the Broadcasting Club, were busily checking and preparing the equipment for the live stream.

One of the girls approached Ayaka.

“The broadcast starts in ten minutes. Are you okay?”

“Y-yes…!”

Ayaka seemed quite tense, while Wakana was concerned for her timid senpai and tried to ease her nerves.

“Ayaka-senpai, you don’t need to be so nervous. Just think of it as casual conversation.” (「彩花先輩、そんなに緊張しなくても大丈夫ですよ?　雑談する感じで」 )

“I-I get tipsy really easily…” (「わ、私、けっこうおチョコにチョイで......」 )

“…You mean you like drinking in the evening?”

(TN: I don’t get this joke. Maybe she’s saying she’s not nervous but drunk?)

Ayaka was so flustered that Wakana didn’t even understand what she was saying.

Wakana was worried whether Ayaka would really be okay, but Hikari was there today.

The reassurance of Hikari’s presence helped to alleviate Wakana’s anxiety.

“With Hikari here, everything will be fine, right? Fighting!”

“Fi… fighting…!”

Watching this, Chikage had something on her mind that had been bothering her for a while.

(Hii-chan, Sakuto-kun… they’re late…)

It was ten minutes before the broadcast, and the two of them still hadn’t arrived.

Chikage had sent a LIME message, but it remained unread. Unable to wait any longer, Chikage spoke to Wakana.

“Higashino-san, what happened to Hii-chan?”

“Ah? I think Hikari will be here soon…”

“Weren’t you together after gym class?”

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“Yeah. She was putting away the hurdles, so maybe she’s just running late?”

Chikage was vaguely anxious.

(Could it be those two…)

Chikage pictured the situation of the two in her mind—

『 We’ve got a broadcast coming up, and I’m so nervous…』

『Hey hey, Honey, you’re ruining your cute face with that expression.』

『Sakuto, can you hold me tight…?』

『Honey, come here. I’ll ease your nerves, I’ll give you──』

“──Naaahhh───!?”

Chikage suddenly screamed, causing Wakana and Ayaka to jump in surprise.

“W-What’s wrong all of a sudden…?”

“Chikage-chan, what happened…?”

As the two of them asked nervously, Chikage cleared her throat with a cough.

“… It’s nothing. Just a sort of attack from a chronic condition…”

Just then, Matori approached them.

“By the way, isn’t Hikari and Takayashiki late? I don’t really mind about Takayashiki, but I’m worried about Hikari not being here yet…”

Chikage agreed.

“Do you think so too, Matori-senpai?”

“Yeah… how should I put it, I have a bad premonition?”

“Let’s go look for them! My intuition also tells me serious has happened!”

“O-oh… you’re pretty confident about that, huh…?”

Matori’s bad feeling and Chikage’s intuition were similar yet different things.

However, when their intuitions connected, their sense that “something serious has happened” was frighteningly accurate──

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Meanwhile, Sakuto and Hikari, who were locked in a shuttered warehouse, were…

“Haa… Haahhh… Sakutoo〜…”

“Hikari, just a little more… almost there…”

“That” all you’ve been saying… I… I can’t take it anymore〜”

──the two were working together.

They put all their strength into trying to lift the shutter.

But the shutter wouldn’t budge.

“Hahh… No use, it seems like it won’t open after all…”

Despite their persistence, the shutter remained closed.

Time was running out as their broadcast was approaching.

“Hmm… I guess all we can do is wait and hope someone comes for gym class fifth period…”

With that, Hikari plopped down onto the large green mat used for high jump.

“Hikari… are you giving up on making it to the broadcast?”

“…Looks like there’s no way out, so we don’t have much choice…”

Hikari said with a resigned smile.

***

──Back to the small conference room.

The anxiety was growing as Hikari still hadn’t appeared.

“Even if we say we’re going to look for Hikari, the place is so big… where should we start?”

Wakana interjected,

“Well, we had physical education on the field during the fourth period, so maybe they’re still there cleaning up.”

Matori crossed her arms and pondered.

“The field, huh… Then, could they be at the girls’ locker room now?”

“There’s no way Sakuto-kun would be in the girls’ locker room!”

Chikage exclaimed, her eyes wide with anger.

“Right…? If he were there, that would be a huge problem, wouldn’t it… We’re talking about Hikari here…”

As Matori looked exasperated, Chikage had a sudden realization and opened her tablet.

On the map of the premises was a heart mapping──Chikage’s identified “Lovey-Dovey Spots.”

It was likely that Sakuto and Hikari were together. If that was the case, they must be doing something unbelievable before the broadcast.

Chikage’s instinct had stumbled upon a not-so-far-off possibility.

(If the two of them are together──)

From the field to the girls’ changing room and then to the small conference room, she instantly connected the dots while adding elements of variability and potentially perverse elements and arrived at one possibility──

“──I’ve got it! It’s the shutter warehouse!”

Chikage declared with certainty.

“Huh? How did you figure that out?”

“That place is a love spot… no, I mean, the first-year girls have hurdle races in physical education. If the hurdles were put away in the shutter warehouse, there’s no other place they would likely stop by.”

“Something must have happened while they were putting things away…Alright! I’ll go check it out!”

“I’m coming too!”

“Good! Dogs of the student guidance department, let’s go!”

“Woof woof!”

The two of them dashed off.

“Ah, but aren’t you here for an audit? Isn’t it bad to leave your post? So, stay!”

“…woof…”

Chikage, who suddenly received the command to stay, howled sadly.

“Don’t worry, I will definitely bring Hikari back! Takayashiki, not so sure. See ya──”

As Matori sprinted off, Wakana and Ayaka watched──

“Will Hikari make it in time…?”

“I-I don’t know…”

“What if she doesn’t come…”

“W-Wakana-chan, let’s, let’s, let’s at least prepare the manuscript──”

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