Sakyo Furuichi/Irreverent Chocolate Pretzels

Irreverent Chocolate Pretzels

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Sakyo	Phew, I’ve finished my work for today huh. I guess I’ll return to my room for the time being……
Kazunari	Whaatt, seriously!?
Sakuya	Y-Yeah. I’ve never given up……
Banri	You too.
Kazunari	No no, scratch that! If it’s Valentine’s, reverse chocolate is a must have!
Sakyo	……It seems like it’ll be troublesome if I get involved. I should hurry on ahead……
Kazunari	Oh! Furuichi, welcome shepherd’s pie~!
Sakyo	Tch, I was found out huh……Honestly, to think that I’d be found out by you whom I don’t really want to bother with.
Omi	Welcome back……Speaking of which, I’ve never made shepherd’s pie.
Sakuya	Welcome back Sakyou-san!
Banri	Yo.
Kazunari	We’re in the middle of talking about Valentine’s now!
	I do reverse chocolates every year in my case though~ but I’ve prepared chocolates perfectly this year too, albeit a little too much in quantity!
Banri	Did you really buy that large of a quantity?
Kazunari	Only because it’s part of the Thyrolyn chocolate series! But they have a variety of types within the series!
Omi	I guess I’ll try my hand at baking a Gateaux chocolat this year again.
Sakuya	Uwah, sounds really delicious!
Kazunari	Rather, it’ll be better if it was made with sifted ingredients and sparkles in the end due to the glace—! Let’s do it together!
	How about we all go buy chocolates together tomorrow?
Banri	Chocolate departments around fairs should be rather crowded around this time. Heck, isn’t going to get them really troublesome?
Omi	Not at all, not at all! Because not only are you buying the chocolates but you’ll also experience twice the valentine’s, no?
Sakuya	Well, that’s true!
Kazunari	Right~? Hey, hey, how about you, Furuichi-san? Won’t you do Reverse Chocolate?
Sakyo	I won’t.
Kazunari	An immediate refusal—! It’s really fun though~
Sakyo	Bullshit. In the first place, Valentine’s is just a strategy used by confectionery companies to boost sales.
Kazunari	Even so, you should do it too since everyone’s doing so. Things like this are fun too!
Sakyo	Only those who want to join can just do so can’t they. I refuse.
Kazunari	Eh— I think director-chan will rejoice if you gave it to her though.
Sakyo	…………
Kazunari	Oh, he stopped.
Banri	That’s only because he’s really sweet to her no matter what he says~
Omi	Haha, that’s true.
Sakyo	……Bullshit.
Kazunari	Che~ to think that I wanted to go buy chocolates along with him too.
Banri	I honestly wanted to see him examining chocolates at the sweets section of the department store.
Sakuya	I might actually want to see that too……
Sakyo	These are all of the receipts and invoices huh. The overall expenditure of the company today's……
	……Where’s the receipt for the prop materials? I’m sure that the director was the one who had gone to buy those.
	No choice then……I guess I’ll have to go check with her.
	Oi, I have something to ask you about regarding the expenses.
	…………
	No reply. Is she asleep?
	What was that? There was a sound within the room just now……
	……I’m going in.
	……What, so you fell asleep on the desk huh.
	(The script’s on the floor. So that sound just now was caused by this, huh.)
	(Her schedule for today had been jam-packed ever since morning……she must have been tired)
	I’d normally chid you for sleeping with the lights still on but——

Sakyo	That guy Sakoda, he went off somewhere even though he’s still in the middle of work.
	To think that this would happen just when I looked away from him for a moment……
	What a handful.
Sakoda	Hm~~m, how troubling~~ this is really really troubling~~
	Milk chocolate’s still the best after all! No, wait a minute……I guess an adult-like bitter chocolate would work better for bro!
	——Hmm, but it’s also hard to toss away the prospect of whiskey bonbons! Bro’s really dandy too—
Sakyo	Shut up! Don’t go talking so loudly to yourself right in front of a pastry shop!
Sakoda	Oh, bro! Sorry! I couldn’t help but take a little detour……!
Sakyo	I don’t care if it’s a detour or whatever. You’re in the middle of work aren’t you!
Sakoda	But bro! It’s Valentine’s! I’m picking out a chocolate for my dear bro~!
Shop Employee	There’s been lots of men giving the chocolates for Valentine’s recently.
Sakyo	You’re selling chocolates to a yakuza huh. You’re rather strong in a commercial point of view……
Shop Employee	It’s because it’s valentine’s! Sweet things are perfect for times when you feel tired!
Sakyo	…………
Shop Employee	We have chocolate cookies to chocolate brownies and drinks. They’re all popular with girls!
Sakyo	I’ll take one of these.
Shop Employee	Yes! Thank you very much!
Sakoda	That small and elegantly wrapped chocolate…… You couldn’t possibly have wanted that, right!?
Sakyo	Of course not.
Sakoda	I don’t really understand you~!
Sakyo	You return back to your work right this instance! Or would you liked to be disposed of in exchange for chocolate?
Sakoda	I’ll return right now!!
Izumi	“Brother, let’s go too” Hmm—m, I wonder how I should do the directing for this portion……
Sakyo	You’re doing a script check huh.
Izumi	Oh, you’re back. Welcome back.
Sakyo	Yeah
	……
Izumi	What’s the matter?
Sakyo	Nothing……Will you eat this……?
Izumi	Chocolate?
Sakyo	……I got it. But I’m not eating it so I’m giving it to you.
Izumi	Then, I won’t hold back. Thank you very much.
	Mm~ it’s delicious!
Sakyo	……I see.
Izumi	Eating sweet things will really make one be in high spirits after all.
Sakyo	It’s because you’ve been overworking yourself a lot. You have to rest properly too.
Izumi	I could say the same for you
CHOICE 1: How about you try eating it too? [+] Izumi How about you eat 1 too? Sakyo I’ll be fine without so you go ahead and eat them. Izumi But they’re delicious you know? Though it’s a little weird coming from me since in the one who received it. Here, please. Sakyo ……Then, I’ll be taking one.
CHOICE 2: Are you sleeping properly? [+] Izumi Sakyo-san, are you sleeping properly? Sakyo That should be my line. Just yesterday, you…… Izumi Yesterday? Sakyo ……It’s nothing. In any case you should get proper rest.
Kazunari	Oh—! Furuichi-san, it was really mean of you to be getting away—!
Omi	Hey, read the atmosphere.
Sakyo	Tsk……
Kazunari	You said you weren’t going to do Reverse Chocolate!
Izumi	Reverse Chocolate? ……Oh, this is a Valentine’s one?
Sakyo	I told you, it was given to me.
Kazunari	More, more—!
Sakyo	……I just gave her something sweet because she looked tired.
Kazunari	You’re shy—!
Sakyo	Miyoshi……It seems like you’re asking for a stricter training regime.
Kazunari	I-It’s a joke! Please spare me from your increased training!
Omi	But don’t you think Sakyo-san really watches after her?
Sakyo	……
Izumi	Thank you very much, Sakyo-san. I’m really happy for the chocolate.
Sakyo	…… Humph.
Kazunari	……Huh? It kinda seems like we’re getting in the way.
Omi	You’ve only just realised huh.

Ran