Utsukushii Kare/ My Beautiful Man [ENGLISH TRANSLATION]

Chapter-1; PART-9: He is Beautiful

  

                                      Translator: White Lotus

               

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Everything that happened in the music room became Hira's treasure.

As for whether he and Kiyoi became friends after that day, the answer was no. His relationship with Kiyoi was like a series of discrete dots, such as the fireworks event, the night of the contest, and the music room, but those dots didn't come together to form a line. To him, every moment seemed like a once-in-a-lifetime experience, which was why those were etched into his heart as something a little too precious.

"It's so cold today! I want to eat some Yukimi Daifuku*."

(T/N: Yukimi Daifuku (Japanese: 雪見だいふく "snow-viewing daifuku") is a brand of Japanese mochi ice cream manufactured by Lotte. It consists of a ball of vanilla ice milk wrapped in a thin layer of mochi, or rice cake, bathed in coconut milk. Image:

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"Don't say contradictory things out of the blue, but I want to eat it too."

It was lunchtime, and Shirota and Miki were laughing their heads off. It was a cold day with light snow falling, but it was still very warm inside the classroom with the air conditioning on. And just as Hira thought he was going to be ordered to run errands again, instead he heard, "Kiyoi, go buy some for us."

--Huh?

Hira turned around involuntarily.

"Buy two Yukimi Daifuku."

Shirota and the others gathered around Kiyoi's desk, but Kiyoi ignored them and continued scrolling on his phone.

"Don't ignore me."

"What's the big deal? Just go there and buy it."

Hira stood up and walked over to Shirota and the others.

"I'll go."

"Ah? But I didn't ask you, Hii-kun."

"That's right, it's always you who does it, so let Kiyoi take over once in a while. Ah, Hii-kun, how about you let Kiyoi buy something for you as well? Kiyoi, buy three Yukimi Daifuku, including Hii-kun's share."

As Shirota raised his middle finger, the others in the group jokingly said, "That's not the sign of 3!" And yet Kiyoi consistently ignored Shirota and the others, who were laughing idiotically.

"Hey, hurry up and go."

When Hira noticed that Shirota began to lose patience, he ran over to cut in between.