Tsuzuru Minagi/Last Planet

Part-timer's Agony

Backstage Stories

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	—Yosei Uni—
Tsuzuru	(The morning lecture’s over now...)
	(I’m kinda hungry, so guess I’ll go eat something at the cafeteria.)
Kobayashi	Ah, Minagi! Can you hear me out for a sec?
Tsuzuru	What is it?
Kobayashi	Are you busy with your theatre company?
Tsuzuru	Well, as of now, not really...
Kobayashi	Then, can you do a part-time job?
Tsuzuru	A part-time job?
Kobayashi	Seems like my baker acquaintance is currently understaffed, so he’s searching for a part-timer right now.
Tsuzuru	Ohh, I see. But, if it’s your acquaintance, why not YOU help him instead?
Kobayashi	Nah, I don’t think I can...
Tsuzuru	?
Kobayashi	Anyways, the hourly wage is pretty nice compared to other part-time jobs, so why don’t you try working there for a week?
Tsuzuru	I mean, sure...
Kobayashi	Thanks a lot, man! I’ll give my acquaintance a call to let him know you’ll be working for him.
Tsuzuru	Okay.
	(If it’s just a baker job, then he can just do it too though... I wonder what I’m gonna be doing there?)
	―Room 102―
	Epi... Ciabatta... Panini...
Masumi	.....
Tsuzuru	Parisian... Ficelle... Boule...
Masumi	...Hey.
Tsuzuru	Gugelhupf... Grissini... Kaiser Semmel...
Masumi	Tsuzuru.
Tsuzuru	Hm?
Masumi	...It’s annoying.
Tsuzuru	Ah, my bad...
Masumi	What were you chanting earlier?
Tsuzuru	My university friend asked me for help, so I started a part-time job at this new bakery, but...
	While I was on my way home, I stopped by there to learn more about my work in details but, it’s harder than I thought...
Masumi	I thought you’re supposed to just sell bread.
Tsuzuru	Yeah, but there’s quite a lot of things to know, like types of bread or their price, etc.
	It’s a fancy bakery too, so their bread is quite elaborate. There were many ones that I’ve never seen before in my life.
	Anyways, I gotta remember all these 15 types of bread written here.
	There’s quite a lot of names that I’ve never even heard of. They’re so complicated that it’s making me go crazy!
	(This must be the reason why Kobayashi was so hesitant to work there.)
Masumi	Hmm... I don’t really care, but you should go to sleep.
Tsuzuru	Okay, will do. Sorry for making noise.
Masumi	...Not really.
Tsuzuru	*sighs* (I wonder if I can remember all these by the next day I work...)

	―Dorm Lounge―
Tsuzuru	Roggenschrotbrot... Gugelhupf... Grissini...
???	...-un, ...-zuru-kun.
Tsuzuru	Kaiser Semmel... Salzstangen... Zopf...
Sakuya	Tsuzuru-kun!
Tsuzuru	UWAH!!
Sakuya	I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to surprise you… I was calling you, but you didn’t notice at all.
Izumi	S-sorry! There was something I wanted to ask you about the next script, so I had Sakuya to call you out.
Sakyo	Are you okay, Minagi?
Tsuzuru	.....
Izumi	Tsuzuru-kun…?
Tsuzuru	.....
Sakuya	What happened to you, Tsuzuru-kun?
Tsuzuru	The cream bread... is talking?
Sakuya	EH?! C-cream bread?
Tsuzuru	...Oh, it’s just Sakuya.
	That surprised me. I thought a bread just started talking.
Sakyo	Did you mistook Sakuma for a bread?
Sakuya	Are you alright? I think you should rest...
Tsuzuru	...You’re right. I’m starting to see everything as a bread now...
Izumi	Are you really okay...? It’s not really that urgent, so it’s fine if we talk about our discussion another time.
Tsuzuru	No, I’m fine now. Sorry for saying something weird.
Sakyo	Those words you muttered just then, were they all bread names?
Tsuzuru	Yeah, I’m surprised you know that. It’s for my part-time job, but I just can’t seem to memorize these names at all...
Sakyo	It was as if you were possessed by a bread ghost just now, you know. Being enthusiastic is fine and all but do it in moderation.
Tsuzuru	Right. I’ll go back to my room and get some rest...
	―Room 102―
Tsuzuru	*sighs*
Masumi	You didn’t get a good sleep last night, did you?
Tsuzuru	.....
Masumi	Director was worried ‘cause you were staggering when you went out this morning.
	Don’t make her so worried.
Tsuzuru	.....
Masumi	Even now, you’re looking pale. You better get some rest until the dinner time.
	If you went out looking like that, she’ll get worried again.
Tsuzuru	.....
Masumi	Hey, are you listening?
Tsuzuru	This time it’s Chocolate Cornet talking...
Masumi	What?
Tsuzuru	...Hm? Oh, it’s actually Masumi.
Masumi	*sighs*
	Come here.
Tsuzuru	Eh?
Masumi	Just climb the ladder.
Tsuzuru	H-hey, what’s up with you?
Masumi	You’re being annoying so I’m forcing you to sleep. Hurry and get on your bed.
Tsuzuru	Okay, okay, I get it! Don’t push me, it’s dangerous.
Masumi	Don’t get out from your bed until the dinner time.
	Also, looking at bakery menu and murmuring bread names are both forbidden.
Tsuzuru	Masumi...
Masumi	Just get your eyes shut and sleep.
	If you’re acting weird again, Director and everyone would get worried.
Tsuzuru	...Alright, I get it.
	―Yosei Uni―
Kobayashi	Minagi! Thanks for helping the bakery!
Tsuzuru	Yeah, sure.
Kobayashi	My acquaintance said he was thankful for your help.
Tsuzuru	Glad I was of use.
Kobayashi	He was really impressed that you remember all those bread names! It didn’t seem like it was your first time working at a bakery at all!
Tsuzuru	That’s because I had to forcibly memorise all that by Masumi, to the point I feel like I wanna quit...
Kobayashi	Hm?
Tsuzuru	Nothing.
Kobayashi	So, he asked me if you’d like to continue working part-time there. What’d you think?
Tsuzuru	Eh?
Kobayashi	He seems to take a liking to you. He said he’ll raise the hourly wage if you continue working there.
Tsuzuru	Hmm... I’m thankful for the offer, but the job was much harder than I thought...
	(Especially memorising the bread names...)
	(Starting with Masumi, I caused a lot of trouble for everyone at the dorm...)
	It’s about time for the theatre company to be busy again, so I’d have to work on the scripts. Sorry, but I’ll have to decline the offer.

Meena