Christmas (Part 2)

"Delicious!"

"Hm? What's wrong?" Pudding-senpai noticed everyone staring and suddenly looked up.

"Did you... eat all of it?" Senior Tanba stared wordlessly at the empty plates in front of him.

"That was obviously way too much!!" Senior Kuramochi said with a mournful expression.

"No cake for you later!" Ryosuke said with a smile.

"Uga?" Sure enough, Ryosuke had hit the nail on the head, and Pudding-senpai immediately panicked.

"My sushi roll... I was really looking forward to it!!" Kawakami was on the verge of collapse.

"Hahahaha! Don't be so depressed, Aken!" Miyuki laughed loudly.

"I can only endure it with fried chicken!" Kawakami said dejectedly.

"Alright! It's about time to start exchanging presents, kura!!" Isashiki-senpai said.

"Everyone! No matter whose present you receive, take the gifts you prepared and sit down!" Senior Chris said gently.

"Oh!!!

The excitement is rising!!!" Sawamura shouted.

"I just hope I don't get one from Eijun-kun..." Haruichi said.

"Once the music starts, we just pass the presents to the person beside us, right?" Senior Tanba was unusually nervous and excited.

"Keep passing them around until it stops!!" Ryosuke said with a smile.

"Hey, first-years!!!

Sing! Kura!!" Isashiki-senpai said fiercely.

"Huh? We're singing?" Sawamura asked loudly.

"Seriously?!" Kanemaru Mama chimed in.

"Why?" Tojo was equally incredulous. He had always thought they would play music, but this kind of "playing" was far too strange.

"Hey! Sendou-kun!

The few of us should pass our presents among ourselves later!" Senior Takako suddenly said to Sendou beside her.

While Isashiki-senpai and the others were making the first-years sing, Senior Takako spoke in a low voice.

Sendou looked up and saw the female managers sitting beside him all nod at once.

Seeing their serious expressions, he cautiously nodded too.

"Alright! Music, start!!" On the other side, Ryosuke spoke decisively in the