Infinite Possibilities of Ice Cream 6
Prompting Chika, they began their journey back to high school.
Finally, she spoke her thoughts that were more like her.
“Well, buying the meal ticket was a new experience and fun, but the meal itself was a bit unsettling and not very entertaining…”
“How can you judge a restaurant meal as entertaining or not?”
Since the beef bowl restaurant isn’t exactly aiming to be an entertainment venue, Chika’s dissatisfaction seemed a bit unjustified.
“It was a good experience, but next time, I’d prefer a more calming place.”
“Next time, huh? Are you planning to sneak out again?”
“If Sōma-san is willing to come with me.”
The beef bowl restaurant may not have been satisfying, but escaping from school seems to be enjoyable for her.
“Even if you want a calming place…”
The places Sōma frequents are often cheap and fast-paced.
“Oh, how about a private room then?”
As they contemplated, Chika wore a mischievous smile and whispered.
“…Did you hear the conversation of that upperclassman couple from earlier?”
As Sōma’s ears pricked up and he made a serious expression, Chika laughed even more mischievously.
“I don’t want to be alone in a private room with you. I’m afraid something shady might happen.”
“I wouldn’t do anything like that.”
“The other day, I feel like I was pushed down and sexually harassed in your room. Am I mistaken?”
“Ah, that, my excitement got the best of me…”
“Chika, when you get carried away, you’re capable of doing dangerous things.”
“Don’t label me as a dangerous person!”
“Not ‘as,’ but I genuinely think you are a dangerous person.”
“Sōma-san! That’s too harsh! Don’t you know my nickname is ‘Angel of peace’!”
“Angel? Sometimes, you look more like a malevolent demon to me.”
“Malevolent demon!? At least call me a little devil or a fallen angel!”
“Oh, come on. You’re not cute like that.”
“Sōma-san!”
As they were talking nonsense, they arrived at their high school.
After confirming that no one was nearby, they climbed over the back gate and returned to the school grounds.
As they were contemplating whether to go to the restroom before returning to the classroom, Chika’s pitiful voice came from behind.
“Sōma-saan.”
When Sōma turned around, Chika hadn’t managed to climb over the back gate yet.
“Hurry up. We’ll be late for the fifth period.”
“Well, you see, I can’t climb over.”
As she tried to climb over the gate while speaking, she could only bounce up and down in the same spot without making any progress.
“You easily climbed over it earlier. Did you become too heavy from eating?”
“No, it’s not like that!”
“Then, why—”
As he started to speak, he realized the reason.
The front and back of the gate have different shapes.
On the school side of the gate, there are handrails and locks for passing through, providing many places to grip hands and feet.
Thanks to that, climbing over is easy.
However, on the roadside, there are no places to grip hands and feet.
Of course, if it were easy to climb over from the outside, it wouldn’t serve its security purpose.
“I wonder what to do…”
To climb over from the outside, one would need to grab the upper part of the gate with both hands and lift their body using only their arms, like doing pull-ups.
Doing such strength training would be quite challenging for a non-athlete girl with slender arms.
Since Sōma had never struggled to climb over before, he hadn’t noticed this.
He glanced at his phone and realized there were only five minutes left until the bell rang.
There was no time to waste pondering. He hurriedly returned to the back gate.
Then, he hooked his foot on the gate and lifted his upper body over the gate, extending his right hand towards Chika.
“Grab onto me. I’ll pull you up.”
“Huh? Um, but…”
She looked at Sōma’s offered hand with a hesitant expression.
“We’ll be late. Hurry up.”
“Y-yes.”
He urged her, and she timidly reached out and gently gripped his hand.
“I’m going to lift you up.”
As he tightly held her hand, she blushed and nodded slightly, looking a bit embarrassed.
“Ready, go!”
In sync with Chika’s jump, he lifted her body.
Managing to get her upper body above the gate, he wrapped his left arm around her waist and pulled her towards the school side as if carrying her.
“Whoops.”
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He then jumped down to the ground while still holding her.
His knees let out a small groan as he absorbed the weight of both of them, but he managed to successfully get Chika inside the school.
“Um, thank you.”
Chika expressed her gratitude in a small, almost inaudible voice.
“We should practice climbing over the back gate before going outside next time.”
As he said that, he tried to release her.
However, Chika didn’t separate from him and kept their bodies close.
“Hey…?”
Instead, their noses were almost touching as she gazed at him intently.
“Just a little longer, like this.”
The way she spoke wasn’t typical of her.
But it wasn’t the teasing manner of an adult either.
She simply looked at him with a curious and somewhat mysterious expression as if peering into his soul.
“I’ve never been hugged tightly like this or felt this close to someone before.”
Each time she spoke, her warm breath brushed against Sōma’s cheek.
“Aren’t you always being hugged like a stuffed toy by Saito and the others?”
“For girls, it’s like that. For guys, excluding my father, this is the first time I’ve experienced it…”
In this case, Sōma was also having a first-time experience holding a girl in his arms.