Episode 1: And Its Name was the BFFs Club
Several days after Misato received the request, Aoi was standing bewildered at the gates of St. Theresa's School for Girls.
Student 1
Good day.
Student 2
Yes, good day.
Aoi
They're throwing around the king of greetings, "good day," just left and right...
Aoi
Ooh, they have such a radiant aura that I feel like I'm gonna go blind...! This really isn't a place where I belong, is it...!?
Aoi
What do I do, what do I do... I left my "It's Okay My Friend V3" at home, too...
Aoi
Ah... Wait, though, I brought that...!
Aoi
This mandragora that I was planning to use for the special course...!
Mandragora
......
Aoi
Ha ha... I'm glad you're looking well... I'll be looking after you...
Aoi
There was never any way a loner like me would be able to fit in here. A place like this, enveloped in such a glittering, youthful aura...
Aoi
I-I've got it. Mandragora, do you think you could help me practice?
Aoi
At the very least, I need to get the point of being able to greet someone. G, g-g, g-g-g-g...
Yuuki
1. "Good day."
Aoi
Eeek!?
Aoi
Ah, Mandragora!? D-Don't leave me behiiiind!
Aoi
Ooh... He ran off... I guess I'm doomed to be alone no matter where I am...
Yuuki
1. "You're not alone."
Aoi
T-That voice from earlier!? So I wasn't just hallucinating.
Aoi
I-It's you, Yuuki! W-Why are you here...!?
Yuuki
1. "I came to welcome you."
Aoi
Huh? Did Miss Misato ask you to...?
Aoi
Now that I think about it, she did say that you were also enrolled at St. Theresa's...
Aoi
That's a relief... A real relief... I didn't think I'd find the leader of the BB Team here...!
Chelle
I'm here too, chelluun!
Aoi
Eeek!?
Chloe
Hey, Chelle. Don't use that off-putting greeting on someone you just met. You scared this girl.
Aoi
Eeeek!?
Yuni
Hmm. What unusual behavior. This is quite fascinating -- the breathing patterns of elves seem to be somewhat different. No, wait -- Chloe is also an elf, and yet I've never seen such reactions from her before.
Aoi
Eeeeek!?
Aoi
Ooh, ooooh... There are so many... people I don't know...!
Chelle
I guess she's a pretty shy girl, huh. Yuuki, please introduce her to us right away. Her head's probably spinning from this rush of new characters.
Yuuki
1. "These are..."
Yuni
Hey, wait a moment. Do you intend to rob us of the crucial opportunity to introduce ourselves to the transfer student? There is no need for you to interfere -- we shall offer up our names ourselves.
Yuni
I'm Yuni. It should be evident from my overwhelmingly wise demeanor that I am the a third-year, the most senior of those present. If you are ever in need, then please seek me out. Next, Chloe.
Chloe
Huh? Me? Um... Hey, nice to meet you. I'm Chloe, a second-year at St. Theresa's. I guess we've both elves. Well, let's get along.
Chelle
And lastly, it's me, the max-beauty first year, Chelle! Chelluun! That greeting's gonna be popular in all of Landsol one day, so get used to using it now!
Aoi
S-She's so bright...!
Chelle
Um, why aren't you making eye contact? I know that my face is so beautiful that it can be blinding, but that's the first time I've seen anyone so shocked.
Yuni
Hmm... I see, it can only be that, right? From my observations thus far, I can infer that Aoi is...
Yuni
What one would call... a loner!
Aoi
H-How did you know that...!?
Yuni
There's nothing especially mysterious about it. I simply perceived the same qualities in you that I have in myself.
Chelle
Yuni, that's amazing! A proud declaration of lonership, without even a hint of embarrassment!
Chloe
Hmm, for sure, I do get a big whiff of Yuni when I look at her nervous behavior. Nice, loner uppie.
Yuni
Heh heh. Now, that's quite enough. This praise is excessive, my underclassmen.
Aoi
U-Um, who are these people...?
Yuuki
1. "St. Theresa's School for Girls (BFFs Club)."
2. "Yunichan's."
Option 1.
Aoi
BFFs Club...!? What a brilliant, beautiful name...! It's so bright that it brings tears to my eyes...!
Chelle
Is it that good? So good of a name that it makes you cry? Even I've never praised it to that extent, have I?
Chloe
For a crappy guild name that we decided on the spot, the fact that she likes it so much kind of bothers me. Like, aren't you crying too much?
Yuni
Hmph. I think that my proposed candidate would have been even better.
Option 2.
Chloe
That's wrong. That was just a weird suggestion in our drafts that we rejected.
Chelle
The correct guild name is "St. Theresa's School for Girls (BFFs Club)". Give it up already, okay, Yuni? That other name has already been consigned to burn in the depths of hell.
Yuni
I haven't given up yet. I will resurrect it as many times as is necessary to make the name Yunichan's known to the world at large...!
Chelle
Aren't you just propping up a corpse?
End of branches.
Aoi
Um, so you mean, this is a guild that's devoted to being good friends...!
Aoi
You truly are the leader of the BB Team... You're always spreading the goals of the BB Team no matter where you are...!
Aoi
But, um, why are all the members of the BFFs Club here?
Yuni
Yuuki asked us to be.
Chelle
Yeah, yeah! He was going to welcome you anyway, but he thought that you might feel lonely if nobody else talked to you on your first day, so he asked us to come, too. We're a lively bunch, after all.
Yuni
He's helping me with my thesis, so I can't turn down a request from my cherished comrade.
Aoi
Yuuki, you did this all for me...!
Yuuki
1. "The BB Team is just like the BFFs Club."
Aoi
I see, in both the BB Team and the BFFs Club, the goal is the same -- for everyone to become good friends...!
Chloe
BB Team? I dunno what that is, but, well... If you've got time, I can show you around the school, okay?
Yuni
Of course, you will not be able to dissuade me from going with you too. Cross-cultural exchanges are vital from an academic standpoint. Or in layman's terms, I'd like to be friends with you.
Yuni
We fellow loners must look out for each other.
Chelle
Anything's fine with me, as long as we can have a chelly-chelly good time!
Aoi
E-Everyone...! Y-Y-Y-Yes, I'm pleased to meetchu!
Chelle
Super nervous! Aww, Aoi, you're so cute!
Aoi
E-Eeek!?
Aoi
(C-Chelle smells so nice...! Being glomped all of a sudden, and being surrounded by so many friends, it's like I'm a normie...!)
Yuni
Chelle... You mustn't make physical contact with people so casually. All people possess an inviolable domain that is known as personal space. Even for one such as you, whom I could categorize as a normie, such conduct is excessive.
Yuni
Per my analysis, as a member of the same group as her, Aoi has built up no immunity to the aura of a normie. In layman's terms, she's overstimulated.
Chelle
Eh, why's that? Being able to get along iwth anyone in a heartbeat is one of my special skills! This is totally fine, right, Aoi...
Aoi
... Whoosh.
Yuni
It looks like we were too late...
Chloe
Yeah. But, making this girl transfer here so suddenly -- Miss Misato, right? Wasn't this a little harsh of her?
Yuuki
1. "She's really a kind person."
Chloe
Huh?
Yuni
What? Hey, do you also have an established relationship with this Miss Misato as well?
Chelle
Eh, again...? Yuuki, how many girls are you going to link up with before you're satisfied?
Chloe
Hmm... It's fine, I don't really care.
Chloe
But like, this Miss Misato, right? I get the feeling that this transfer student plan is kind of a trial by fire. Like when the mother bird kicks the children out of the nest, right? Well, not that I care.
Yuni
Hmm? What is it, Yuuki? You look like you have something to say.
Chelle
Well, I know what it is even without you saying it. You want to ask us to take good care of Aoi, right?
Chelle
And to that I say... Do you even need to ask, Yuuki? That was our plan from the start. Right, Yuni?
Yuni
No question about it. I would also like to enjoy my youth. Right, Chloe?
Chloe
Well... Yeah, it's probably fine. Actually... It's absolutely fine.
Aoi became acquainted with the members of St. Theresa's School for Girls (BFFs Club). Her life in an entirely new environment was about to begin.
Mandragora
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