Hisoka Mikage/Happy☆Decoration

THE ICE CREAM CAKE MYSTERY

Backstage Stories

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Passerby A	Oh, there’s a new store!
Passerby B	Hmm, a candy store?
Hisoka	…
	(…Will they have marshmallows?)
	…Ah.
	(There’s an ice cream cushion in front of the store…)
	…!
	(Wow, it’s so fluffy. It feels like a marshmallow.)
	(I want to sleep with it… I need this cushion.)
	-He enters the store-
Employee	Welcome to our ice cream specialty store!
Hisoka	…So they didn’t have marshmallows.
Employee	Huh? Marshmallows?
Hisoka	It’s nothing. …I want the cushion placed outside.
Employee	Ah, that’s our stamp card exchange prize. It will be yours after collecting ten stamps!
Hisoka	Stamps… How do I get them?
Employee	You need to buy an entire cake to get a stamp!
Hisoka	Then… I want this ice cream cake here.
Employee	Of course, thanks for your purchase!
Hisoka	(Nine left to get the fluffy cushion… I’ll do my best.)
	Zzz…
Taichi	Sakkun, whose birthday is today?
Sakuya	No one’s, I think. Why are you asking?
Taichi	There’s an ice cream cake in the freezer! Not a slice, a whole cake!
Sakuya	A whole cake?
	Maybe I forgot it, and today is someone’s birthday…?
Tsumugi	Is there something wrong, you two?
Taichi	Ah, Tsumugi-san! Is someone’s birthday today!?
Tsumugi	Huh? I’m pretty sure none of us has their birthday today.
Sakuya	I wasn’t wrong, after all.
Taichi	Then, what about the ice cream cake?
Hisoka	…I bought it.
Tsumugi	Ah, you were sleeping here, Hisoka-san.
Taichi	So Hisoka-san brought it?
Hisoka	Yes. …I’m going to eat a bit. Do you want a slice too?
Sakuya	Can we take one?
Hisoka	Mhm. I might not be able to eat alone. It’s an entire cake, after all.
Taichi	I see. Then I’ll gladly take a bite.
Tsumugi	Since an ice cream cake is lighter, you might finish it with four people.
Sakuya	Thanks! Now I take a bite. …Ah, it’s pretty good!
Hisoka	It’s sweet and tasty.
Taichi	It’s mostly ice cream. So I can eat more and more of it!
Tsumugi	Fufu. There won’t be more before we notice it.
Taichi	Thanks for giving us a bit of this delicious cake, Hisoka-san!
Hisoka	My pleasure.
Employee	Welcome… Oh, I remember you from yesterday!
Hisoka	I want an ice cream cake.
Employee	Which one would you like today?
Hisoka	I’ll take… this one.
Employee	Got it. Thank you! And here is your second stamp!
Hisoka	Mhm.
	(Eight left. There’s a long way to go…)

Izumi	I should start making dinner soon.
	(Ah, Juza-kun and Kumon-kun.)
Kumon	Whose birthday is today?
Juza	Hm, I’m sure no one’s…
Izumi	What’s wrong?
Kumon	Ah, Director! Someone in the dorms has their birthday today?
Izumi	I think no one. Why?
Juza	There’s a delicious ice cream cake in the freezer.
Izumi	Huh? An ice cream cake…?
	*They go to the kitchen*
	Ah, you’re right. Who put it there, though?
Kumon	We can’t tell since there’s nothing written on it. Should I ask by LIME?
Izumi	Hmm, there’s space in the freezer. I think we can leave it there for now.
Juza	Sounds good.
Kumon	Okay!
	*At the next day…*
	…And when I checked today, the ice cream cake was gone.
Azami	Someone ate it then. I guess the one who bought it.
Izumi	Ah, are you two going to school? Have a nice day, take care!
Kumon	We get going!
Azami	See you later.
Izumi	(…So someone bought the ice cream with no particular reason than wanting to eat it.)
	(Hmm, what should I make for lunch?)
Hisoka	…
Izumi	Ah, Hisoka-san. Do you need anything from the kitchen?
Hisoka	Director. …I’m going to put this in the freezer.
Izumi	Ah, that’s… an ice cream cake! Were you the one who put yesterday’s cake there too?
Hisoka	Mhm. I buy one every day to get a cushion.
Izumi	(A cushion…?)
Hisoka	This is the third… I have to buy seven more.
Izumi	Really…?
CHOICE 1: Did you eat them alone? [+] Izumi By the way, did you eat all these cakes alone? Hisoka Nope. The first one I ate it with Sakuya, Taichi, and Tsumugi. Yesterday, I ate it with Arisu. …He was noisy reciting poems about the ice cream cake thought. Izumi So you’ve been eating them with everyone. Hisoka It’s too much to eat by myself. Izumi I can see that… it’s an entire cake, after all.
CHOICE 2: Do you buy that cake every day? [+] Izumi By the way, do you buy the same cake every day? Hisoka Nope. It doesn’t matter as long it’s an entire cake, so I buy different ones. Izumi Ah, I see. There must be a great variety of types, right? Hisoka Mhm. Since their store just opened, they are trying out different types. The employee looks happy when you order a new one. So I choose that one. Izumi (Hisoka-san is so kind. He even thinks of the employees when choosing the cake…)
	Well then, the ice cream cake mystery is now solved!
	I was curious about it. Juza-kun and Kumon-kun thought it was someone’s birthday yesterday.
Hisoka	Ah, Sakuya and Taichi said the same now that I remember.
Izumi	It seems like that’s their first thought when they see an entire cake.
Hisoka	My cakes are troubling them… that’s not good.
	Do you have something to write, Director?
Izumi	There’s something here.
Hisoka	…Thanks.
	*Hisoka is writing*
Izumi	“Please help yourself”…?
Hisoka	It will be alright with this.
Izumi	I agree. No one will be dubious after reading it!
	Ah, the cake might disappear while you’re not here with that sign, though. Are you okay with that?
Hisoka	I don’t mind. I’m not buying them because I want to eat them.
Izumi	I see. There’s no problem then.
Hisoka	I’ll write that sign again for tomorrow’s cake.
Izumi	Okay, don’t forget it!

Taichi	I know you wrote “please help yourself” on the ice cream cake. But can we really eat as much as we want!?
Hisoka	Yes. I’m going to buy another tomorrow.
Taichi	Sweet! Thanks, Hisoka-san!
Muku	Can I eat a slice too?
Juza	Me too. I wanna eat one.
Hisoka	Sure.
Taichi	Then, let’s cut a slide for all of us! I’ll bring it here.
Citron	You’re cutting a slice of what?
Azuma	Fufu. We heard the puppy’s voice from the hallway.
Muku	We’re going to eat the ice cream cake Hisoka-san bought.
Citron	I want to eat it too!
Taichi	I brought it… huh!? More people are here!
	It should be enough, though. It’s a whole cake
Kazunari	Everything okie dokie, then!
Hisoka	I have to work now. You don’t need to keep me a slide, so eat them together.
Juza	Thanks.
Citron	Thank you~!
Muku	Would you like to eat with us too, Azu-neesan?
Azuma	Thanks. I will take a slice.
Hisoka	I have to go out soon… I’m leaving for my work.
Taichi	Good luck at work!
Kazunari	Take care out there, Hiso Hiso!
Hisoka	Zzz…
Omi	There’s nothing left of the ice cream cake again today?
Tasuku	Yeah. It’s a first come, first served, I guess.
Omi	It looks like those who come back late can’t eat it.
Itaru	Well, there are many people in the dorms. Of course, it will end quickly.
Hisoka	…I will buy more in the next few days.
Omi	Ah, Hisoka-san. Sorry, did we wake you up?
Hisoka	No, don’t worry. I’ll fall asleep again soon.
Tasuku	However, why are you buying ice cream cakes daily, Mikage?
Hisoka	There’s something I want…
Tasuku	Something you want?
Hisoka	Zzz…
Omi	He truly fell asleep in a bit.
Itaru	I guess it’s a rare item since he can’t get it unless he buys an entire cake daily.
Omi	What could it be for him to come this far?
Tasuku	We’re talking about Mikage. It must be about marshmallows.
Itaru	Yeah, I vote for something related to marshmallows too.
Omi	Haha. I think the same as you two.
Hisoka	Zzz…
	(I will get the cushion after today’s purchase…)
Employee	Ah, welcome! Thanks for coming every day.
	There’s an ice cream cake I would like to suggest to you today, dear customer. Here is our ice cream cake with marshmallows!
Hisoka	…!
Employee	Actually, I’ve thought about making one since the first day you came and mentioned it.
Hisoka	Ah, I see. Then, I want to buy this cake.
Employee	Sure, thank you!
	And congratulations! Here is your cushion for collecting all the stamps!
Hisoka	Thanks.
	It’s finally mine… I’m so happy.
	(The ice cream with marshmallows was so tasty… I ate it alone since it had marshmallows.)
	(The cushion feels pretty fluffy, too. It’s perfect for sleeping on it…)
Muku	What flavor will it be today?
Kazunari	Who knows, every day is different~!
Juza	Yeah, all of them are tasty, though.
Taichi	They are a free-for-all. I haven’t been able to get a single slice lately…
Kazunari	The cake is still there around this time. I guess you can eat a slice today.
Taichi	Yeah, I’ll go to check the freezer right now!
Hisoka	…
Kazunari	Huh?
Taichi	There’s no cake!
Muku	Maybe someone already ate it…
Juza	I don’t know about that.
Taichi	Ah, Hisoka-san! There’s nothing left from today’s cake?
Hisoka	No.
Taichi	Buuh, I knew it. I hope tomorrow comes soon…
Hisoka	There won’t be more ice cream cakes.
Taichi	What!?
Hisoka	I already completed the stamps and got the cushion.
Juza	Oh, I see…
Taichi	Buuh, and here I thought I could eat it tomorrow~ but there won’t be more…
Juza	…We just have to buy it ourselves.
Taichi	Ah, that’s an option too! Tell me when you’re going there!
Juza	Sure thing.
Kazunari	So you bought all those ice cream cakes to get that cushion, Hiso Hiso?
Hisoka	Yeah.
Muku	That cushion looks pretty soft!
Hisoka	Mhm. It’s fluffy like a marshmallow.
	(…I’m glad to have gone to the shop and have done my best all these days.)

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