The days of juggling executive committee duties and club activities were finally coming to an end. With only two days left until the school festival, everyone in the class stayed after school to help finish up the props and costumes. The final drafts of the flyers for the class event had at last been printed. Hayato carried over a box and took out the finished products to show everyone.
"These are really nice, especially this little ghost. It's so cute."
"The lettering for the haunted house looks great too."
"Of course it does. The Calligraphy Club wrote it, after all~"
The girls in the class discussed the flyers jointly designed by members of the Art Club and Calligraphy Club, while Hayato turned to help paint the wooden props needed for the haunted house.
"Yo, Hayato. Good work."
Since all club activities had been suspended for the past few days because of the school festival, Tanaka was helping out as well. When he saw Hayato coming over, he handed him a bottle of oolong tea.
Hayato accepted the ordinary oolong tea, which could not be set on fire, and drank half the bottle in one go without hesitation. The final preparations were still fairly busy today, so he casually set the tea on the ground, picked up a brush from the paint bucket, and started coloring the props.
"Seriously, if you ever suggest that I become an executive committee member again, I'm going to fall out with you."
"My friend, allow me to once again offer you my most solemn apologies for that."
They worked until nightfall, leaving the last little bit of cleanup for tomorrow. Everyone in the class said their goodbyes and headed home.
Under the streetlight at the school gate, Kiyoko, who had finished earlier, waited with her