CH 6

Tranquil Mornings and Calm Partners

Translated by Valentin

Edited by Valentin

The sound of my alarm clock echoed inside my room, one hour earlier than usual.

“Yawn~ It’s still dark outside…”

It was early enough in the day that I could normally get up at least an hour later and still make it in time.

“…”

I pulled the futon over myself. And I fell asleep again.

Furthermore, the pre-set 10-minute interval snooze function was activated. I stop it, sleep for a few moments, and then the snooze button goes off again, and I stop it again.

Even those with low blood pressure may eventually wake up after repeating this process. This is a way I came up with after considering how to prevent being late because I’m a heavy sleeper.

And around 30 minutes after the first alarm. I was wide awake. Including the time it took me to wake up, plus or minus zero, I ended up getting up an hour earlier than usual.

Then I decided to call the person I detested for pushing me to wake up this early.

I could only hear the phone connecting, but no response came through. I’m going to kick her ass if it’s on silent mode or anything.

“Yeesss…”

“Hey, it’s morning. I woke you up, so you better get up and don’t be late.”

“Wake me up after 30 minutes…”

“You want me to take over the snooze function???”

“You don’t have to wake me up this early… I want my precious sleep back.”

Eh? Why am I being accused of waking up early to make a phone call? I, too, wanted to sleep more.

“You’re a girl, so you’ll need to do your hair and makeup. I woke you up early because I knew you had to be up early.”

“I didn’t need to spend that much time on it.”

“Just get out of bed already. If I fall asleep again, I won’t be able to call you, and you’ll be as late as you possibly can be.”

“Mm-hmm… you’re so mean…”

I don’t know how a girl’s voice can sound so erotic when she wakes up from sleep, but please don’t call me mean in a muffled voice.

“Come on, I’ll get you some snacks if you wake up, so get up!”

It took about 10 minutes to persuade her.

“It’s been so loud the whole time, it’s kind of waking me up…”

It’s quite unfortunate that you say this as if it was my fault. Isn’t she supposed to be thankful to me?

After confirming that she was awake, I hung up the phone and began to get ready for my own morning.

College students dress casually. I’m old enough to see that bad grooming and sleeping habits are bad for me. You don’t have to dress up; all you have to do is be careful with the least amount of tidying up.

After that, I shoved some breakfast into my mouth while watching the morning news. I don’t want to eat much, but I can’t help it, so I do my best.

And, as usual, I rushed out of the house to go to college.

“Ehehe, thanks for today.”

“You’ve been accusing me of making phone calls, I tell you.”

Nevertheless, she arrived next to me in a good mood and on time. If you looked attentively, you could tell that she was more groomed than normal and much more beautiful.

Judging on how this morning has gone, I’m betting she, like me, has low blood pressure in the mornings and has difficulty waking up and getting dressed.

Just seeing her look so much prettier than normal convinced me that it was worthwhile to get up in the morning and properly wake her up.

And as usual, I attended the lecture with her. We spent the morning as peaceful as usual.

So far so good.

“Fuu~~~”

This afternoon will be my toughest challenge. Today is the first day of practical training. I can’t stay with her as usual, I have to work with a girl I’ve never met before.

What kind of girl would she be? It will be easy if she’s a quiet girl, but what if she has a tough personality?

I arrived at my lab desk early and waited for the person who should be sitting next to me. By the way, she’s really relaxed. She must have been in a good mood after lunch as she rested against the desk and stretched out. It’s as though she’s unconcerned about creating a good first impression.

In a way, I envy her for her personality. I wish I had the mental toughness to be that bold.

“U-um… Are you Sasaki-san…?”

“! Y-yes. That’s right.”

A girl approached me as I was thinking about this. She’s pretty small and could not even be identified as a middle schooler. Her light brown hair stood out and was quite attractive.

“I’m K-kanzaki… I might be dragging my feet, but I look forward to working with you…”

“Same as here, I look forward to working with you.”

My first impression of her was that she was a fairly quiet girl.

In both speech and demeanor, she was calm and quiet.

Thank goodness she was the type of girl I could work with. Rather, I was quite aback to see that she was pretty beautiful.

She’s also quite beautiful, but not as much as she is. She’s so beautiful that even those who aren’t engaged would despise you if you upset her.

Eventually, a handsome man with great communication skills from a nearby group who shared the same experimental desk approached her, but she didn’t answer, as if she wasn’t good at such things.

“Now I’ll distribute the books outlining the first three weeks of training for this group. Fill up the blanks with your name and student ID number.”

After writing my name in the handout, I decided to open the book and check out the contents of the training that would be taking place this time.

What will I really have to do?

I looked at the face of my pair, Kanzaki-san.

Kanzaki-san’s face was pale as she read the text’s contents. This exercise apparently contained some pretty tough tasks.

Will it be announced to everyone? Or perhaps there are so many reports out there that it’s too much work.

“A-animal dissection… I can’t do that…”

Kanzaki-san said quietly in a trembling voice.

Apparently, the training we were going to undergo was supposed to be particularly tough on the girls.

I also opened the book and skimmed through it to confirm the exercise’s contents.