It’s time for the class trip again, or the ‘learning excursion’ as it’s officially called.147Please respect copyright.PENANAitvNHJ3M5d
The middle school trip goes to Los Angeles in America. I tried my very best to cut down on the luggage, but I ended up needing both a suitcase and a carry on bag.147Please respect copyright.PENANArv5xKwIaer
But I had to pack enough blouses for a few days, as well as spare uniform jackets and skirts. I needed clothes other than my school uniform too, and I’m bringing a few shoes too, so in the end my suitcase was full in an instant.147Please respect copyright.PENANAi6mrYRivwU
Then again, vacations with your family would have even more luggage, so I think I did pretty well this time.147Please respect copyright.PENANAyNViJRP6Dn
I sure am looking forward to it~147Please respect copyright.PENANAuco1AC6LTv
The trip is technically for ‘learning’, but we’re just sightseeing and aren’t learning a thing.147Please respect copyright.PENANARimfyu7wQu
For example we went to visit places like the Chinese Theatre and Beverly Hills, and then did some shopping at Rodeo Drive.147Please respect copyright.PENANA2rWrOzWBQM
There, we went to that famous jeweller known for its blue box, and my close friends and I bought matching necklaces to commemorate the occasion.147Please respect copyright.PENANAGKJkbQPqlB
We discussed the motifs like the heart, keys, leaves etc. and in the end we chose a cross.147Please respect copyright.PENANArXvmdIJMXc
Everyone put theirs on right after purchase. The blouse of my uniform covered it up, but it was new and matching, so just wearing it lifted my spirits. It’s so friend-like to have matching stuff! I kind of want to shop even more now.147Please respect copyright.PENANA4LefuCMo78
Everything was listed in dollars, and since I’m paying for things by card, my money sense was a bit messed up. Before I knew it, my two hands were filled with spoils of war. It’s scary how I bought all this stuff I don’t even need. I’m not going to look at any windows anymore.147Please respect copyright.PENANAYOSOmJIoxQ
The hotel we’re staying at is a first class hotel fit for Zui’ran. Dinner was mostly hearty meat dishes. As expected of America. There was a lot.147Please respect copyright.PENANAGIVHMY0M9f
I felt bad leaving stuff on the plate, so I decided to clean up every meal. It was delicious, so it was no problem.147Please respect copyright.PENANAP3VhhIOfGr
Or so I thought, but it didn’t take long for my stomach to feel weird. I guess eating so much meat every day might be a bit much for me. And it wasn’t just dinner, it was lunch too. Does this country have nothing but meat!147Please respect copyright.PENANA7fdUE05uJu
Anyway, there was just a lot of it, so I desperately needed bread to go with it. Actually, just the bread enough would have been fine. I love carbohydrates, so eating meat, meat, meat is really tough on me. I want to eat tofu. My stomach feels oddly heavy…147Please respect copyright.PENANApHUQGqOmo7
Serika-chan, who was staying in the same room as me, said,
“It’s a bit hard eating all this before bed, isn’t it.”
But Serika-chan, you left some meat on your plate, didn’t you?147Please respect copyright.PENANAvFecDkY98m
I get the feeling that everyone’s faces have gotten rounder during this trip…147Please respect copyright.PENANAWg1xgZzhN1
I brought some snacks as emergency rations in case I didn’t like the food here, but my stomach feels so bad I don’t even want to touch them.147Please respect copyright.PENANAMY22rjYkq4
At night I did some exercises with Serika-chan, said to help with digestion, but it didn’t feel like it worked at all.147Please respect copyright.PENANAKhR6ApJSvU
After that we went on a field trip to a protestant school.147Please respect copyright.PENANAvm3TsTcAJP
It’s not even a sister school, so why are we here? I thought, but just going around eating, buying, and playing at amusement parks wouldn’t constitute much learning, so I guess they added this to the itinerary for show.147Please respect copyright.PENANAS47FdM2RNT
In front of real Christians, I suddenly felt guilty about the cross I was wearing under my uniform. I noticed the other girls were looking around at each other’s blouses too.
“Perhaps we really should have gone with flowers or a heart.”
“Yes…”
But it was a lovely school with a nice sense of freedom. When I saw all these American schoolgirls lying about on the wide garden, I was like It’s just like a foreign drama! and got all excited. It kind of made me want to study abroad.
We ended up having lunch at that school as well.147Please respect copyright.PENANA8u0MjxdO5N
I’ve actually been secretly looking forward to it. The school is vegetarian so there won’t be meat! My stomach can finally have a break!147Please respect copyright.PENANATbQgUkULTy
Now then, I wonder what we’ll have? Or so I wondered with sparkling eyes, but they carried out something completely brown.147Please respect copyright.PENANAifdIv4Vbj3
I timidly had a taste…147Please respect copyright.PENANA3nzKctcuCk
…This is bad. What is this strange flavour.147Please respect copyright.PENANAiWffLqwRuD
I don’t know what this is, but it might be worse than hospital food. I don’t think even I can eat this. What’s ‘gluten’?147Please respect copyright.PENANAAWkKcE2nRa
Thanks to the rapid meat attack I’ve been forced to endure, I’d be fine skipping a meal but…147Please respect copyright.PENANAv9x9PVAhME
Looking around, I found that nobody else was really eating either. I guess they’re the same as me. Why couldn’t they have just given us salad. Why did they give us this weird-tasting weird-textured stuff.147Please respect copyright.PENANAF5bawrvRYn
Incidentally, Kaburagi was eating indifferently.147Please respect copyright.PENANACoi5b8CEMz
It’s a little surprising.147Please respect copyright.PENANAV4WKFlnAS1
I was sure that Kaburagi was the type to leave behind anything he didn’t like.147Please respect copyright.PENANANNlKeeJNUm
This food is definitely untasty, but Kaburagi hadn’t let out a peep about it.147Please respect copyright.PENANACRGX0xeU6v
…Yeah. This school prepared us with this food, so it would be rude to leave stuff behind. I’m reflecting.147Please respect copyright.PENANA37h6qxM4Xb
I began learning from Kaburagi and forced myself to eat. But, uu… It tastes so bad. How on earth is he keeping his poker face, eating this stuff!?147Please respect copyright.PENANARRVVVvWtky
In the end, we were offered a choice between carrot cake and mint cake, and when I chose the latter out of curiosity, this bright blue cake was brought out to me. This is impossible…147Please respect copyright.PENANAQUfw75xLED
I met eyes with Kaburagi. He looked at me, and then at my cake, and then had this expression like I was some pitiful weirdo. What the heck!147Please respect copyright.PENANARv75qutdnl
After that, we just went to amusement parks every day.147Please respect copyright.PENANAvkV61jE3DJ
Thinking about it, this is my first time going with my Zui’ran friends. That kind of makes me happy!147Please respect copyright.PENANAqVe5fQDeRk
In my excitement, I rode one ride after another, and then ended up motion sick…147Please respect copyright.PENANAudGdwaAaWe
America’s D*sneyland is a lot more exciting, and also a lot scarier than Japan’s. And aren’t these rides a lot longer too?147Please respect copyright.PENANAPe3Bs0bAFr
Maybe it’s the curse of the meat dishes, but I’m feeling terrible.147Please respect copyright.PENANA28qKjzl6hy
I guess I’ll need to rest for a bit.
“Are you all right, Reika-sama?”
“Yes. I think I will be fine after a little rest. Please pay me no mind and continue enjoying the rides.”
Worried about me, Serika-chan and the girls suggested staying with me, but I had them enjoy themselves instead. They said they would come back to check on me after the first ride, but I told them not to worry and just have fun. Plus, some other girls seemed to want a rest too.
While I was sitting on a bench and spacing out, I saw Kaburagi and Enjou walk past. Kaburagi seemed to be enjoying himself, unlike his usual poker face. So he actually liked amusement parks?147Please respect copyright.PENANAfAN64HesFL
Together with his guy friends, Kaburagi was briskly walking from ride to ride. And behind him followed Tsuruhana-san’s group. They’ve all got so much energy.147Please respect copyright.PENANAdXO0L4LnqD
Everyone is in casual clothing today, so it was hard to tell Zui’ran students from the other tourists. Well, it’s a big place. I wonder if there’s anyone else I know~147Please respect copyright.PENANAGO8yLhZQ0q
Wha-, ah!147Please respect copyright.PENANAP7dwtBgA4S
It’s Maiden Class Rep walking together with Miharu-chan!147Please respect copyright.PENANAfPJaoJyr9K
There were other kids with them too, but Class Rep and Miharu-chan are going to the attractions together!147Please respect copyright.PENANAYO6TFVfA8d
Damniittt! An amusement park date? I’m so jealouss!
A while later when my friends came back, a bunch of male students were with them. Apparently they met each other in the lines, so they rode the rides together. They’re kinda looking at each other and smiling.
Eh-, why did everyone go on pseudo-dates while I wasn’t around!?147Please respect copyright.PENANAoFKfvTkjaC
And why did the boys leave once the girls reached my side? Aren’t we supposed to go on more rides together?147Please respect copyright.PENANArH606T2MVb
Could it be… No, it’s your imagination. It’s okay, Reika. Don’t think about it.147Please respect copyright.PENANAszMwYcuGym
At night we went to the haunted house. It was night, so somehow the atmosphere was just better.
“Speaking of which, apparently a ghost appeared at last year’s summer camp.”
“Right, right. A girl from Class 5 saw it. A dripping wet yuurei woman!”
“I heard that she was gnawing a corpse.”
Everyone started talking about how scary it was.147Please respect copyright.PENANAAzmJCQrw1Y
I’m the one who’s scared, okay. The rumours just keep spreading…
“Reika-sama, didn’t you participate in last year’s summer camp as well?”
“Yes. But I don’t know anything about it at all.”
I’m definitely not going again this year.147Please respect copyright.PENANApAsYxhSUfl
After coming back from my meat galore trip, I gained three kilos. What do I do!147Please respect copyright.PENANAphDjKouLCE
And it feels like all the girls except me are closer to the boys now! Why!?