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Iroha Tamaki's Story: Episode 2

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Part 1

I'm baaaaaack!
Welcome home.
Yes, welcome back!
Oh! There you are! How was the Decagon Ball event?
Awesome! It was Unreal!
Whoooa! You must've been going crazy!
I wasn't just going crazy!
They had this HUGE Decagon Ball made totally out of crystal...!
Whoooa!!!
Here ya go! A souvenir...
I couldn't get you the real deal, it bein' made of crystal and all...
But, here. It's a Decagon Ball keychain.
Wow! Are you for real?
Heh♪ Open it up and see.

Whoooaah!!! You are for real! It's got ten points and everything!
(What's so exciting about that?)
Here, take these too! This one's yours, Yachiyo! Iroha!
Oh... Th-thanks…
Thank you...
(Not sure how to react to this...)
(It's nice she got us something, but...)
Well... All that excitement made me hungry!!
Oh! Of course! I'll make you something right away.
You serious?! Iroha's cookin' tonight?!
W-well, yes...
...!
Yes! I'm going to give it everything I've got!
Today I was thinking maybe a tofu Hamb—
Seriously... Iroha?! What... A... Waste...!
W-waste...?
My poor stomach is sooo, sooooooooooooooo empty...
It'd be mean to put Iroha's bland cooking into it...!
Hey. Complaining about something someone does for you is the peak of bad manners.
If you're going to whine, cook yourself.
...Bland...cooking...
Ah...
Iroha's food just...tastes just like what she puts into it! Kinda simple!
Wait, she hasn't started cookin', right? Can we go out to eat today?
What? Isn't that a bit selfish...again.
Huh?! I'm not selfish!
We NEVER go out to eat!
I know we're not loaded, but everyone else goes out sometimes!
I think she might be onto something...
You're taking her side, Tsuruno?
Huh?! N-no way...
I...agree with her too, though...
You do, Iroha?
Um... It's not that I don't feel like cooking anymore, but...!
It's just...now that she's mentioned it...I realized...
We hardly go out to eat together. So maybe...
In that case... I suppose we can go somewhere for dinner.
...! AwRIGHT!
However.
—?!
From now on, you must promise not to complain about anyone's cooking.
Do you understand?
Yeah, yeah. I won't!
A meal out, huh! So, what's on the menu? Is there anything you want to eat, Felicia?
Somethin' with 'WOAH' and 'BABANG'!
I don't know what that means...
'WOAH' and 'BABANG', right? Gotcha! Leave it to me!
Did you really understand her?!

Part 2

TA-DAH!!
Here we are! Chinese Restaurant Banbanzai!!
This...is your house, Tsuruno.
...So this is what she meant... when she said, 'Leave it to me.'
What's wrong, you two? Don't like it?
No, it's...it's not that...
It's just not really the kind of place anyone would jump out of their seats over...
Most people would give their food a C...
Oh no...! All the painful memories are rushing back!
Oh, d-don't drag up her old memories...!
C? Are you kiddin'? For Banbanzai's food?
I love the food here.
Even if you take away my bias... It at least deserves a B.
Felicia... You're such a good girl!
B...?!
...Is that because she's given staff meals? It's terrifying what humans can get used to.
Yachiyo...
Anyway...
Chinese food is totally both 'WOAH' and 'BABANG'!
That's for sure!
*Giggle* If Chinese food is...'woah' and 'babang'...
What does that make Japanese food?
Japanese? Hmmm... Good question.
Maybe like...Swiiiiiish...SWOOSH!
Ffft... *Giggle* What was that?!
*Giggle* Yeah, what was that?
Sorry to keep you waiting! Here's the chili shrimp you ordered!
Ah, thank you.
All right! Eat as MUCH as you like!
Don't mind if I do!
...Homph! *Munch* *Munch*
How is it?
....MmmMM! I give it an A!
Seriously?! A whole point more! I'm so happy!♪
It's exactly the same... C.
...Yeah...
So?! How is it?! C'mon, you two!
Let's see. Mm... C—
U-uh! Um! Actually! We give it an A, too!
YES!!
Playing it safe, I see.
I guess...
Mmm... Oh boy... This stuff is perfect for my empty belly...
*Giggle* ♪
*Chomp* *Munch* Tsuruno's house rocks...
Really?! Do you mean it?!
Mmhmm... Awesome... *Munch* *Chew*
YEAH! Yeah, you're right!
Even though it's not really known nowadays...
My family is actually a big deal!
Did you know? Back in the day, we were quite the distinguished family.
Our family tree has famous politicians in it and all!
*Munch* *Gulp* Politicians?
Yeah! They funded the army and all that...
Pffft! Pfffhahaha!
Huh?
That's! Hilarious! Are you kiddin' me?!
Hilarious...?
Yeah! Don't you get it?
Workin' with politicians, the army, and stuff? Your family?
And you end up runnin' a Chinese restaurant!
Pffft! Aaaaahahaha!
Amazin'! You can't make that up!
Hey, Felicia!
Felicia!
Sorry... I kinda...lost my appetite.
...Huh?
Ah...! Tsuruno...!
Tsuruno...!

Part 3

What? Somethin' I said?
Most definitely...
Tsuruno...
This restaurant is really dear to her...
If you mock it like that... Of course she'll get upset...
Huh...
When she gets mad, she usually just yells at me like a little kid...
I figured she just got a stomachache.
......!! Feli...
How could you say stuff like that?
Don't you see that she left because she's too shocked?
(Iroha...)
Seriously? So I'm the bad guy?
Yes. You're bad. You shouldn't say things that hurt people!
It's not like I was tryin' to hurt Tsuruno!
I was just sayin' what I thought!
So as long as you think something, it's okay to just blurt it out?!
Iroha...!
What the heck...
So you're sayin' I should've lied?!
That I should just say stuff I don't really mean?!
I'm not telling you to lie!
There's a difference between lying... and thinking about people's feelings...
They're two totally different things.
If you just say whatever, without thinking how people will take it...
You're not being genuine at all...!
...*Pant*...*Pant*...
......!! I...!
(Why...? Why do they...)
(So it really was my fault that Tsuruno got hurt...)
(...I didn't mean to insult her! I would never...)
(...So why do they think I would...)
(Why would she say that I'm bad...?!)
What… What the heck is goin' on?!
...Hey...! Felicia...!!
...!
Sorry...
Now even Felicia left...
You shouldn't apologize. I agreed with everything you said.
That's exactly why I didn't say anything. You did well.
Yachiyo...
(Is she sayin' that even if I think somethin' to myself, I should hide it...?)
(I was just...tryin' to be honest...)
(I wanna be honest because I wanna be with those guys...)
(Is that...so wrong... To want to be with them...?)
What's 'consider feelings' even mean?
Like with Tsuruno... What should I have said...
It's my fault... I hurt Tsuruno...
What should have I considered... Tsuruno...
......!! ...Here.
Okay! Let's go eat in that park I like!
Nice idea!
(I was just thinkin' about Tsuruno, and...here I am in this park now...)
Wait...! That's Tsuruno...!!

Part 4

......!! Felicia...!
I should...
Sorry!!
What...?
You didn't like how I laughed at what you said, right? It hurt you, didn't it?
Sorry... For making you feel bad...
Felicia...
But...!
?
...I really wasn't tryin' to diss you...
And, um... When I said it was hilarious...
That your relatives went from being politicians to restaurant staff...
That's like, a big change...
...Right.
S-So...! Um... The hilarious thing about that, is...
You'd never see that happenin'... I'm not laughin' AT your family!
More like, wow, what a change! Amazin', how they switched gears!
Get it...?
Oh...
Yeah! Because... They went from POLITICS to CHINESE FOOD!
'Burnin' Hot! Chinese Restaurant Banbanzai!' It's...cool...
It's like, um, somethin' out of a comic book!
A comic like that would be so popular!
It'd be... Fun! Awesome!
...!
Did I...make you feel bad again?
Why am I...
(Why can't I...get things out like I want?!)
Pft...! Ahaha! Aaahahahahaha!
H-huh...?!
*Giggle* My stomach hurts...!
What...?!
What? You started talking about a comic book out of nowhere!
You even made up a title for it!
S-sorry...
No, no...! It's not bad...!
I love the way you see the world, Felicia!
And you know what? I love you, too!
...!
(I was wrong... She understood... Tsuruno figured out what I meant...)
I lo—
There they are!
Feli— Tsuruno, too!
Oh...!
Sorry I just dashed out like that...
No, no, not at all...
Felicia... I'm sorry, too...for what I said...
I...! (*Rumble*...*Grr*...)
...!
Aw, that's right...I didn't get to eat any of that pork yet...
hahahaha...!
Ahahahaha...! Nooo... What was that noise just then...?
Pfft! Aha! Hahaha! For real! It was SO loud!
You guuuuuuys...!
All right, all right. We went to all this trouble to eat out.
Since we barely ever do it, let's eat a lot of pork and fried rice and get home, okay?
PERFECT!
Yeah! Sounds like a plan!
*Giggle* Sounds good!
I can't believe I gave her such a lecture... Even I didn't know I had that in me!
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