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One Day Off

YomogiHmm-hmm-hmm~♪

ShizukuYomogi. There you are.

YomogiAh, Shizuku-san... Did you have to come looking for me!?

ShizukuI wanted to ask about lunch. My stomach has been growling nonstop.

YomogiAh! It's just you and me for lunch today, isn't it...?

YomogiS-Sorryyy~! I went ahead and ate without you! I'm such a thoughtless, hopeless fool...!

ShizukuIt's all right. I'll have this for lunch, then. The rest of what you brought to share... this should be it.

YomogiPlease, at least let me reheat it to make up for it, Shizuku-san...!

ShizukuI'm sorry, but please let me do it. I'm still learning the basics of "everyday life."

ShizukuI already learned that I can use the microwave to heat cold food.

YomogiI see... Then... good luck...!

ShizukuAll right. Put the food inside, then press this button—

YomogiAaaaaaaah, waitttt~!! You can't microwave it in the foil~!!

ShizukuFoil...?

YomogiTh-this silver paper! It'll explode in the microwave!!

ShizukuGoodness... I nearly blew up the whole house.

YomogiFirst, um... a plate! Let's move it to a plate first! Then we can use the microwave!

ShizukuUnderstood.

Yomogi(Th-That was terrifying~!)

Yomogi(Shizuku-san is getting better at so many things, but... I can't help feeling nervous...!)

Yomogi(No, I'm overthinking it... right...? Shizuku-san's so much more capable than I am, so surely—)

YomogiGyaaaaaaah!! Shizuku-san, don't touch the iron yet!

ShizukuWhat? I turned it off.

YomogiIt doesn't cool down right after you turn it off~...! Are... are your hands okay!?

ShizukuYes. You called out before I touched it. That saved me.

YomogiGyaaaaaaah!! Shizuku-san, your face is way too close to the stove~!!

ShizukuI'm sorry. I heard that turning this knob would light the flame, but I couldn't see any fire.

YomogiAt that distance, your face could catch fire...! Um, this stove is old, so there's a trick to turning it on...!

YomogiHaaaaaaah...

Yomogi(That was not okay at all...!)

Yomogi(Could the Nanny everyone's always talking about have done all of this, every day, for over a decade...!?)

YomogiShe's basically a superhuman... I could never...

ShizukuYomogi, I poured you a soda. Is this the same one you were drinking at lunch?

YomogiYes... But, Shizuku-san, you poured me a soda...!? Wh-wh-wh-what's the occasion...!?

ShizukuThis is a token of my gratitude for everything today. Please accept it.

YomogiGratitude? No, please, I don't deserve it...!

ShizukuThanks to you, Yomogi, I learned so many things I didn't know.

ShizukuThank you, Yomogi.

Yomogi(That earnest determination... it's dazzling~! I'm not tired at all anymore~!)

YomogiThank you for the soda, too...! I'll enjoy it...!