Wednesday, September 8
With the school restarting, all club activities began preparing for the culture festival. That included the knitting society that Koutarou was part of. Together with the other two members, Harumi and Yurika, they were currently gathered in the club room, discussing what to put out for display. They could have done it in room 106 as well, but this was a matter of feeling.
“I will put out this muffler as it is”
“Well, you just started so that sounds about right”
The knitting society would be displaying the knittings they've created at the club. Having started just a short while ago, Yurika had been working on her basics and did the same thing Koutarou did last year, which was simply knitting. Yurika would adjust her work a little and display it as a muffler.
“What will you do, Sakuraba-senpai?”
“...Which should I pick?”
This was Harumi's third year. She had already completed standard things such as sweaters and gloves to more complex things such as stuffed animals and a handbag. So picking one to display was a vexing problem.
“Why not just display all of them?”
However, it wasn't as vexing of a problem to Koutarou. He believed that since she had made so many, she should just show them all off.
“But... then it will just be an exhibition of my stuff...”
Harumi furrowed her brows. Her worries was about the numbers of items on display. Yurika only had her muffler and Koutarou only had a couple of works of his own. So if she displayed all of her own work, it would be a one-man show. Being serious and modest, Harumi felt like that was going too far.
“It's fine that way. You'll have to retire from the society soon anyways, so why not show off?”
“Yeah, he's right. It would be a boring exhibit with only a few things, so we should fill it up with Sakuraba-senpai's work or we won't get any display space for next year's culture festival”
Koutarou and Yurika backed up Harumi's display for different reasons. After thinking for a while, Harumi nodded with a bit of reservation left within her.
“Okay, then I'll display a couple...”
Harumi was attached to several of her works. Through her experience with the plays, she also knew the joys of having others recognize her work. Being a show off wasn't good, but not showing anything wasn't good either.
“Alright, then this year is Sakuraba-senpai's one-man show!”
“Satomi-san and I will put our exhibits in the corner!”
Koutarou and Yurika decided that the focus of the exhibit should be Harumi's work. That would improve the image of the exhibition and they could have hope that it would lure new members to them for next year.
“W-Wait a minute, you two!”
Harumi had matured and was able to express herself, but when they were being this obvious even Harumi instinctively blushed.