Yokodera Yoto Theater
Master and I
July Second: Sunny and later cloudy.
To get my facade back, I job-changed into Azuki Azusa's dog.
Today, I waited at the school gates again.
"Such devotion. What is he? Hachiko?" people ask.
8:20 AM: Azuki Azusa arrived at school.
She got away yet again.
Break time:
I wandered around the school in search of Azuki Azusa.
I found her on the roof.
She was sleeping in the shadow of the water tower.
To show that she was in danger of catching a chill,
I drew on her belly.
I took a commemorative photo of the ponpoko tanuki and sent it in a text.
Lunch time: Azuki Azusa offered to take me for a walk.
She was super happy.
I was happy, too.
Everyone was happy!
You perverted dog!
She strangled me.
The photo was deleted.
After school: I apologized to Azuki Azusa.
I will never mess with your belly button again.
Did he say belly button?
So that's their relationship?
Everyone was in an uproar.
How creepy...
What the heck are you doing, you creepy pup?!
I was able to be friends with Master all day again.
I'll do my best tomorrow, too.
You're making it sound like we're...
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So you're having fun being a pet? I see.
There is no salvation for your pervertedness.
Your words seem rather sharp...
I can't change my facial expression, so it just seems that way.
So what are you going to do about Azuki-san from now on?
That's why I'm riding with you to
the next town over, so we can discuss that.
Do you have any ideas?
How about giving up on Azuki-san?
I can't just flee in the face of the enemy!
I won't be satisfied knowing that she has my facade!
I hope that's all it is.
Fairy-san Doesn't Get Angry
This is the place.
I found it specifically so I could come here with you.
Animal Woof Café?
Animal Café
Woof Fluff
It's a little far, but it'll be perfect for coming up with a plan.
We'll come up with something while being comforted by puppies and kitties.
You wanted to come here with me?
Just the two of us? I see.
Hard to read as ever.
Hey! Wait up!
Welcome home, Master.
So the maids were what you were after.
Of course! I was going to get you in a good mood
with the fluffiness of little animals.
Meanwhile, the maids and I...
You're definitely a Hentai-san who's beyond help, Senpai.
But the outfits are cute, and I wouldn't mind trying them on at least once.
And I'd love to see you in cosplay at least once.
As long as it wouldn't go any further than looking.
It'll definitely go further than looking.
Then I definitely won't wear it.
Azuki Azusa?!
Did you know?
Of course not! It's a total coincidence!
If it's a coincidence, why'd you come all the way to the next town over?
Is it because you're a pervert? It's because you're a pervert, isn't it?!
Hey, Azuki-chan! Welcome the guests!
H-Hello, Master... Please give your pet your order... woof.
Then, I'll have the Japanese-style cutlets with the "say 'ahh'" animal maid service.
What?!
What? Is there a problem?
The customer is always the master here, you know.
U-Understood, woof...
I'll do my best for you, Master, woof!
Woof, woof, woof, woof!
Man... animals sure are comforting.
Ow!
But we didn't even eat anything yet...
But to think that Azuki Azusa is working at a place like that.
The rich girl playing with fire, revealed!
Maybe I'll scatter pictures of her in her animal maid outfit from the roof.
That'd go beyond trying to get your facade back
and just make you a Hentai-san doing something mean.
Hey, Tsutsukakushi, where are we going?
Right here is perfect.
A Moment of Love . . .
Rest
4000yen and up
Stay
7000yen and up
This is definitely one of those...
Love hotels?!
Wild
Hey, Tsutsukakushi...
Please be quiet.
B-But we can't! We're still only in high school!
We have to have love for that!
But even while I say that, since I'm inexperienced and lacking my facade,
my true feelings are trying to take one giant leap into becoming an adult...
What are you talking about, Hentai-san?
Huh?
We're just getting out of the rain.
I think we should wait here until Azuki-san is done with work,
so we can talk to her directly.
We can see the entrance and be out of the rain.
Oh, so that's all that was.
I totally thought we were going to take a break at the hotel
and had all these weird expectations.
You had expectations?
I see.
Did I make her mad?
I have no idea what she's thinking...
Senpai... Senpai!
Senpai, look.
All right, let's go after—
Hold it!
What the hell are you doing?
Can't you see it says no brats allowed?!
Are you trying to show off since I'm alone and have to work on Sundays, too?
U-Um... uh...
I'm gonna cry, damn it!
Hey! I'm gonna bawl my eyes out!
She's shaking...
Let's go!
Y-You're running away?!
Screw you! Screw you guys! Damn it!
That guy was a little scary, wasn't he?
Do we look like a couple?
I don't know... What do you think?
I'm not sure.
My parents died when I was very young,
and I don't have any brothers.
I was embarrassed to talk to boys, so I always ran away.
But you're okay with me?
Thankfully, it wouldn't appear on my face even if I were embarrassed.
It's just like hiding in the dark.
It's the one reason I'm grateful to the Stony Cat.
What is it?
You sort of remind me of a cat.
A borrowed cat in a stranger's house.
You're troubled, but you don't ever show what you're feeling.
That's not what that means.
And I don't really know.
I see.
We ended up losing Azuki-san.
Oh well. I'll talk to her at school tomorrow.
Okay...
Senpai.
Huh? What?
Look.
Wha?
Azuki Azusa!
So the princess is working multiple part-time jobs...
Azuki Azusa News
Azuki Azusa KK
(Self-proclaimed) Princess's Daily Life
Azuki Azusa's mornings start early.
She feels the tiny joys of life, playing with a dog
at one of the houses she delivers papers to.
She lives on the fourth floor of an average apartment that doesn't allow pets.
She works part-time in the next town over.
After her shift at the café, she works at a construction site.
Even at school, Azuki Azusa can't rid herself of her sleepiness.
But living with her days and nights reversed doesn't get her down.
My boobs may be as flat as a board,
but my dreams are as big as a hot air balloon!
One day, I'll be super rich!
So you were stalking me?
Of course not!
To minimize our emotional distance with each other,
I was just getting closer to you physically and one-sidedly.
That's what they call a stalker, you delusional pervert!
But I'm not wrong, right? Flat as a board.
Don't call me flat as a board, pervert! And all of it was wrong!
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I'm not working to become super rich.
So I'm not wrong about you living in
a normal house and working multiple jobs, right?
Is it so fun using your hard-earned money
to keep up your front as a princess
and then reject all of the people who
ask you out, and look down upon everyone around you?
You want to lecture me?
Then why don't you just blab to everyone?
The actions of a flea don't concern me.
If it'll trouble you, just say so.
Wh-Who said I'd be troubled?!
I don't plan on blabbing to anyone.
I want to know more about you.
What I said in front of everyone
is how I really feel.
What?
You still hold what is precious to me.
Seeing you smiling innocently makes my heart pound,
and I don't know what to do.
How can you say things like that so boldly?
That's because I can only say how I really feel.
That's enough! So what is it you want to say?
Would you go out on a date with me this Saturday?
A-A date?!
You work too hard.
Not being able to be next to my master is hard for me.
Y-You're vewy bwunt for a perbert...
Is that not okay?
W-Well, it's the myaster's job to give pwesents to her pet.
All right!
S-See you Sattyday, then!
What do you intend to do?
W-Well, Azuki Azusa is tied down by the facade of being a princess.
By dating me, she'll see that commoners aren't so bad
and then say that she doesn't need her facade...
So you wanted to go on a date with Azuki-san.
Is that right?
Er, were you listening to what I said?
I'll go on this date, as well.
Huh?
But...
I'm definitely going.
Sorry!
Were you waiting long, Azuki Azusa?
O-Of course not!
I'm not some baby sparrow waiting to be fed.
Well, shall we go, then?
S-Sure, whatever.
Munch, munch, munch, munch...
Here, say "ahh."
Ahh...
So, where are we going?
Today, I wanted to show you what makes us commoners happy.
I think you'll really enjoy it.
All right, let's go in.
It'll be air-conditioned, too.
I want you to know the happiness
the commoners have of being able to get married whenever they want.
Wh-What was that all of a sudden?!
Like I said, I wanted us to seriously contemplate the marriage of commoners...
It's too soon for that! Way too soon!
We're nowhere near that level!
And I'm not saying we should strive for that level...
Oh, that's a good point, about moving things forward.
And the level after marriage, of course, is...
Gynecology
Come on! Let's go in!
I'm a man! I know how to take responsibility!
I'll stay until you fully understand the happiness of childbearing...
What's gotten into you all of a sudden?!
Pervert! Pervert! Pervert! You stupid pervert!
You're hornier than a buck in rut!
When? When?! When did you do it?! While I was sleeping?!
It was my first time! It was my first time, damn it!
What are you going to do about it?! What are you going to do about it?!
Goodness. He really is a terrible, dirty, whorish Hentai-san...
But...
Senpai wouldn't do that. Especially with you.
Tsutsukakushi!
Huh?
Ow.
Who are you?
My name is Tsutsukakushi. I'm a freshman.
I insisted on coming with Senpai.
There's no helping Hentai-san when he's off his leash.
Thanks for your concern,
but I already know the pervert is a pervert, so it's unnecessary.
I do believe that you do not know the real Hentai-san.
Is that so?
Then, do you know about the pervert sniffing at the necks
of girls sleeping in the nurse's office?
How about the Hentai-san who personally gave me the
school-issued swimsuit of his dreams?
What about the fact that he actually brought it to
the school to have it made a school-issue?
He really is an unbelievable Hentai-san.
His actions make no sense.
Hey... Could you two not fight over me...
We're not fighting over you!
We're not fighting over you.
You two seem to get along rather well...
Why do I have to come here with you, pervert?
Now, now. It's hot outside...
and I thought it'd be good for you to enjoy the entertainment of commoners.
Entertainment of commoners, huh?
Oh?
Why can't I gwab it?!
Twenty failed tries in a row...
This is my first time coming to a place like this!
I can't halp it!
Here you go.
What? Really?
Thank you!
No! Don't! Stop being mean!
Ack! Stop!
You're gonna tear off something importa—
How was your first experience at an arcade?
W-Well...
It wasn't not fun.
And I got a plushie...
Right?! The entertainment of commoners is wonderful!
The lifestyle of commoners is exciting!
Everything in the life of commoners is super fun!
What are you going on about?
Do you want one?
Say "ahh."
Munch. Munch, munch, munch...
Want some more? You can have all of them.
Thank you very much.
Munch. Munch, munch, munch...
Here you go, one more.
Fank you vewy mush...
It's nice that girls can become friends or like sisters so quickly.
And one more!
Here!
Who said we're friends?
It's true that we're currently hanging out,
but that's only because I let you trick me.
Friendships are troublesome and just get in the way of life.
Even though we had so much fun?
Wouldn't this make us friends?
I... I'm going to the bathroom.
She really did lose something precious because of the facade...
You mustn't corner Azuki-san.
It's hard for anyone to describe relationships with others effectively.
Even I think that if someone like Azuki-san were my older sister...
Tsutsukakushi?
What are you doing?
Captain?! What are you doing here?!
I am kindly taking care of
the members who are spending their precious day off
playing rather than training.
"Kindly"?
More importantly, Yokodera,
you're supposed to be recovering from your perversion illness.
Why are you with Tsukiko?
We're on a date.
What's the meaning of this? I wasn't informed!
Well, you didn't ask.
Um, how do you know each other?
The captain of the track team, Tsutsukakushi Tsukushi.
Huh?
She's my older sister.
What?!
Why did you pick my little sister for this tryst?
Y-You've got it all wrong, Captain!
It's a date and all, but there's another girl...
Oh? So you're two-timing...
Please, tell me all about it.
It has nothing to do with you, Nee-san.
Has nothing to do...
...with me?
You've got some nerve...
Run for it!
You blockhead!
Tsutsukakushi!
Ah, Senpai...
Hold it!
Now! Run!
Hold it!
Sorry I took...
so long...
Well, if it totally isn't Little Bean...
It totally is Little Bean.
How've you been?
Looks like you've totally been doing well.
Please wait, Senpai.
No, I can't wait!
We can keep running together forever into th—
Munch.
That hurts, Tsutsukakushi!
You wouldn't stop if it didn't hurt.
There's no reason to run from my sister.
But her intensity is insane...
What about Azuki-san?
Azuki Azus—
I totally wanna know if she made any friends at her new school.
She's by herself at an arcade, so like, it's obvious.
You didn't transfer because of us, did you?
You should totally come back.
For sure! We'll be, like, waiting!
See you later, Little Bean.
Let's, like, hang out again or some junk.
Um...
See? I told you.
We aren't friends.
It's not like I was expecting anything, anyway.
Y-You're wrong!
It was wrong of us to leave you behind,
but we had a reason...
I'm sure.
Everyone has reasons.
I'm sure you had a different reason for our date today, too.
That's not true!
Well, it's not entirely true...
That's not true.
There was another reason...
But there's an explanation for that...
I already know.
That's why you lied and called it a date.
That's why you invited Tsutsukakushi-san, too.
That's also why you had me
let my guard down before seeing people from my old school.
You plotted it all out like a scheming snake.
That was your reason, right?
I already knew I was being mocked.
Calling me your friend, trying to gain my trust.
I'm an idiot.
That's not true. That wasn't what...
Whatever. I don't care.
Everyone is a liar.
Why do you like tricking people?
Don't talk to me anymore!
The three of us are all incomplete.
We can't show how we feel, rely on a facade,
or don't even have a facade.
None of us can be happy.
Speak Before Getting Sad
Next time: "Speak Before Getting Sad."