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lumidescence(I'm still learning jp so please take this tl with a grain of salt!! also, sorry for the images not fitting on mobile phones,,, i still don't know how to fix that...)
Chief & Muneuji: —Sei!!! Hah!!!
Chief: Ah, your face is red right now?
Muneuji: …Chief? Did they do something to you?
Chief: You quickly arrived and saved me so they haven't done anything to me! I was just… thinking about something.
Location: HAMA House—2nd Floor Corridor
—A few days later.
Chief: I feel like I've been feeling more progressive about things outside of work recently. I guess it's thanks to training.
Muneuji: …I see. I thought that it's just a part of metabolism, but it seems like sweating can have benefits for both the body and mind.
Chief: Activities that can make you sweat! So, what kind of sweating activities should we do today?
Muneuji: Well, how about—
Location: HAMA House—Entrance
Nanaki: What are you doing?
Ushio: …Muu-chan has been going out a lot recently. Don't know why though.
Nanaki: …In that case, it seems like he's often hanging out with the Chief.
Ushio: Ha? Why is a fully grown adult taking a high school student from one place to another at night?
Nanaki: If you're that concerned, open the door and go see it for yourself outside.
Ushio: … *opens the door and goes outside*
Chief & Muneuji: —Sei!!! Hah!!!
Ushio: …………
Chief & Muneuji: Hiyah!!! Sei!!!
Ushio: …… *closes the door and goes back in*
Chief: *Pant*... *Pant*... Turns out that dancing can also be an aerobic exercise.
Muneuji: It was a new attempt, however it wasn't bad. Let's go take a bath before our bodies get cold…
Ah, I've run out of neutral bicarbonate balt salts.
Chief: What, that's bad news! Even though it's a necessity for our sweating activity… How about we go buy it together then? And since I'm getting hungry, why don't we go eat some ramen?
Muneuji: That's a great idea.
Location: Ramen Shop
Chief: Mmm! This extremely spicy ramen is extremely good! I'm glad that you're able to eat spicy food, Muneuji-kun.
Muneuji: In order to become an astronaut, I try to not be picky with anything.
Chief: I really can't stop respecting that part of you~
Chief: Ah, your face is red right now?
Muneuji: You're wrong. This is just my sympathetic nervous system being dominant because I ate something spicy… Isn't your face the one that's red, Chief?
Ramen shop owner: (Damn! Youth sure is nice…!)
Muneuji: Thank you for accompanying me today.
Chief: Thank you as well. We were able to eat ramen and buy bath salts… Speaking of which, what scent did you choose for your bath salts, Muneuji-kun?
Muneuji: I bought the dynamic cosmos scent… Ah. It seems like I left the bath salts on my seat at the ramen shop. Could you wait here for a little while?
Chief: Sure, be careful.
(Cosmos, huh… Muneuji-kun's future dream… is being an astronaut after all. I have a dream that I want to accomplish as a member of HAMA Tours, but Muneuji-kun's dream is wonderful as well.)
(Come to think of it, Muneuji-kun said that he's training in order to become an astronaut. But the purpose of his current training… is it really for Muneuji-kun’s?)
Thug A: Hey you~ You should come with us~
Chief: Ah… I'm good, thanks.
Thug B: Don't say that~
Muneuji: Apologies for making you wait.
Chief: Muneuji-kun! That was quick.
Muneuji: Phew…
Thug A & B: !?
Thug B: Woah… That's one extremely beautiful girl…
Thug A: Wanna come play with us~?
Chief: (Is… this development going to be alright!?)
Muneuji: …It would be best for your own good if you quietly leave.
Thug B: Oh, you have the nerve to come fight us equally?
Muneuji: It seems like you're prepared. Then, come.
Thug A: …Tsk, don't get too cocky!
*Whoosh sfx*
Chief: (...They got defeated instantly.)
Muneuji: I sure worked up quite a lot of sweat today.
Chief: I was sweating because of something else though…
Muneuji: Have I made you break out in a cold sweat? Apologies.
Chief: …
Option 1: They haven't done anything to me
Chief: You quickly arrived and saved me so they haven't done anything to me! I was just… thinking about something.
Muneuji: Thinking about something…?
Chief: Yeah. Well, you see…
Option 2: …
Chief: …
Muneuji: If they did do something to you…
Chief: …Sorry, my bad, I just remembered something that was sorta bothering me.
Muneuji: ?
Chief: The training that we're currently doing is mainly activities that make us sweat, but I think that it may not be the training that fits what we're both aiming for…
Muneuji: …
…Chief, did you know? That in the past, the stars served as guideposts for people who lost their way?
Chief: The stars as guideposts…?
Muneuji: Yes… I have times where if I were to push forward, things would go in a strange direction. At times like that, I am grateful to have someone act like a star that stays with me and shows me the direction of where I should go.
Chief: All I did was making you wander with me, though…
Muneuji: …To be honest, I already noticed it halfway through. However, I had so much fun doing the sweating activities with you that I wasn't able to say anything.
Chief: Eh…!
Muneuji: I didn't want to lose you, as you were one and only sweating activity companion that I had…
Chief: (So Muneuji-kun also noticed it… But, I'm glad he said that he enjoyed the time we spent working up a sweat together.)
Muneuji: I would be glad if you continue to join me do sweat activities like this from time to time.
Chief: Muneuji-kun… Of course! Let's continue to train together as fellow sweat activity companions!
Muneuji: Of course. Let's continue to do so.
Speaking of which, I found a video of a simple full-length marathon at home…
