CuteBringer/Câu chuyện

## Học viện Yoba, Lớp học

 **Noa:**No lessons today, for the first time in a while. Time for a cute merch hunt!

 **Ibuki:**You know, I've been wondering. Why do you call it a hunt?

 **Noa:**Because finding cute stuff isn't a game! It's the law of the jungle! Hunt or be hunted!

 **Ibuki:**The hunting part I get, but being hunted?

 **Noa:**When the opposition is tough, I can wind up getting hunted. My poor wallet...

 **Ibuki:**Oh...

 **Noa:**I had a good haul recently, but the price I paid was steep indeed...

 **Ibuki:**And yet you still go out on the hunt.

 **Noa:**Each encounter with something cute is a once-in-a-lifetime event!

 **Noa:**What if it comes into stock before I know about it? What if it sells out?!

 **Saki:**...

 **Saki:**I wouldn't mind joining you for-

 **Towa:**STOP RIGHT THERE. Hold up, Saki-chan!

 **Saki:**Huh...?

 **Towa:**Phew, that was close. We almost had another victim.

 **Towa:**No one was there to warn me that day, but at least I could be there to warn Saki-chan.

 **Noa:**Victim? I resent that. That's not what a cute merch hunt is like at all!

 **Towa:**I beg to differ! Just two weeks ago, I was careless, and...

## (Hồi tưởng; Học viện Yoba, Cà phê)

 **Towa:**I don't have any plans today. Maybe I could join you on one of your cute merch hunts.

 **Noa:**Really? Have you awakened to the allure of cuteness, Towa?

 **Towa:**I wouldn't go that far. I'm just curious what kind of stuff you collect.

 **Noa:**You motive is irrelevant. As long as the world gets another fellow appreciator of cute things, that's all I could ask for.

 **Towa:**I'm starting to have second thoughts already... Oh well, it's fine.

## Học viện Yoba, Lớp học

 **Towa:**...Or so I thought. But no, it was NOT fine!

## (hồi tưởng)

 **Noa:**Ooh! That stuffed animal's super cute!

 **Noa:**Ah, and here's a new line of merch! It's great!

 **Noa:**Squeee! It's so soft and fuzzy! It's even got fuzzy little toe beans!

 **Noa:**Wait, this is too precious...

 **Noa:**This store's so full of cute things... It's like I'm in cute heaven!

## Học viện Yoba, Lớp học

 **Towa:**Being next to Noa when she got like that was super embarrassing.

 **Ibuki:**When Noa gets hung up on cute stuff, she gets a level of excitement that makes her look ridiculous in public.

 **Noa:**Not you too, Ibuki. I resent that! Everybody gets little outbursts of emotion from time to time.

 **Noa:**Besides, do you have any room to talk, Towa? You're the one usually making more of a scene.

 **Towa:**I know I can make a scene, but I don't want to be anywhere near you when you do that!

 **Towa:**The point is, if you join Noa on her hunts, you'll come out of it mentally scarred, so don't.

 **Saki:**...

 **Saki:**I still want to go.

 **Towa:**What?! Were you even listening to me, Saki-chan?

 **Saki:**If Noa-san gets that absorbed in it, I might discover something new. So-

 **Towa:**Don't do it! There's no turning back if you do!

 **Noa:**I knew I could count on you, Izumo-san. Come with me, and let's go to heaven!

 **Noa:**Would you care to join us, Niijima-san?

 **Ibuki:**I'll have to pass this time. I've already booked time at the gym.

 **Noa:**Shame. Oh well. Shall we be off, Saki Izumo?

 **Towa:**Aaand there they go.

## Vài ngày sau; Học viện Yoba, Cà phê

 **Towa:**So, how'd the cute merch hunt go?

 **Saki:**I got to see a fresh new side of Noa-san. It was delightful.

 **Towa:**Wow, that's your reaction to seeing Noa that way? You're incredible, Saki-chan.

 **Ibuki:**Will you tag along on her next hunt, too?

 **Saki:**I'm a bit worn out, so I think I'll pass.

 **Towa:**Yeah, huh?