Rocket Start ~set theory~ Chapter 7

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Makoto: ...Eeek!?

Mao: W-what's up? Don't just cling to me out of the blue! Did some pervert come out or something!?

Makoto: No, I'm sorry... I just saw some human's shape around that sakura tree over there. I just thought, c-could it be a ghost~? And I got gripped with fear!

Mao: Human shape...?

Subaru: ...

Hokuto: ...

Mao: Who, them? Those two who're standing stock still over there...?

Makoto: Wait, is that Akehoshi-kun! He~y♪

Subaru: Nn? Oh, Yuuki-kun, we've been seeing each other a lot! You going home now~?

Makoto: Yup. What're you doing around here, Akehoshi-kun? Are you still taking doggie-chan on a walk?

Subaru: That's right~. This is the walking course here.

Mao: You know him, Yuuki? Umm, Akehoshi and Hidaka from the A Class... right? What're you guys doing here?

Hokuto: No, it's not as if we were really doing anything in particular. We just met up by chance on the road home, and somehow we got to talking.

I'm going home soon. To prepare for tomorrow, I'd like to properly have a good enough meal and sleep well.

Subaru: Eh~, let's talk some more! See, see, the stars we see are so beautiful!

While we're doing this star gazing, anything's fine to talk about "without an end"! It feels like youth, isn't it♪

See, look here! Even though the sakura aren't blooming anymore, these stars of all different colors are sparkling in their place~☆

Something I heard from my dad was that, in this park, there's a legend about the sakura here...

If you bury something important to you in the roots of this tree and make a wish, it could come true, or something like that?

Hokuto: Ah, I've heard tell of that from my father as well. However, that's an absurd legend that has no grounds, isn't it?

If you have time such that you could pour it into some empty daydream, you'd better train your body. A dream isn't something that just comes true; rather, it's something that is fulfilled.

Well, bye, Akehoshi. ...Let's meet tomorrow in the classroom.

Subaru: Ahhh, wait, wait! Let's get even closer and talk some more, Prince~♪

Hokuto: Don't call me a prince.

Mao: Haha. I don't really get it, but you're pretty lively, aren't you~... Weird company to be in♪

Makoto: ...

Mao: Nn? What's up, Yuuki?

Makoto: Nothing, really. It must've been my imagination, but it seems as if the sakura buds bloomed just now.

As we keep talking with each other, one by one... as if the stars are twinkling.

Could it be a coincidence, or just an illusion~. After all, we're "ourselves who are still nothing."

Making the sakura bloom or something... It's kinda impossible for us to do things like magic, isn't it?

But somehow, I'd think if that were to happen, it would be wonderful♪

Mao: Let's make a withered tree bloom with flowers~, or something. If so, should we dig up the roots of the sakura tree to find tons of gold or silver treasure?

Subaru: Eh, seriously? Dig it up, dig it up, Daikichi! Yayyy, I'm gonna get rich...☆

Hokuto: Oi, stop that, Akehoshi. You'll violate the public safety if you're to dig up the park's soil.

Moreover, your uniform will be dirtied. If you get it muddied, just the cleaning fee will make you lose money.

Don't be led astray by such an unbelievable story, otherwise you'd be just a small child.

Look at reality. Grow up already.

Subaru: Ehh~? Even if I'm dreaming, it's fine because we're still kids, you know!

If we're always staring reality in the face, we'll get tired of it and find it boring really soon. That's why we have dreams when we're fast asleep every day, right?

In our dreams, even we can be the protagonists! We can make any miracle happen~, isn't that right? Ahahahahaha☆