The second sister had been led by a rather eccentric boy with far too much makeup. As he opened the door to students that were waiting, he expressed his want of a type of competition between the two, but the second sister declined before he could even finish his sentence. As he closed the door and ran after her, it seemed like she wouldn't change her mind. However, he had the perfect incentive for her to take him up on that offer.
Sandy:"Oh, come on. Don't you want to know about the case your dad's going through?"
Nino:"How the hell do you know that?"
Nino developed the scariest glare she could towards the flamboyant boy.
Sandy:"Wow, now that got your attention. I suppose hot blooded types like yourself would be easy to bait with such information.
Nino:"I asked you a question."
Sandy:"So was I, before I got so rudely interrupted. So, how about that competition?"
Nino:"How about I force you?"
Sandy:"Yes, you could do that. Certainly, you were one of the hardest to keep track of. Good at makeup, cooking, singing, leadership. Truly, is there something you can't do?"
Nino:"Don't patronize me. Besides, I have my fair share of things I can't do."
Sandy:"Well, we can add modest to that list."
Nino:"Will you shut up and tell me!?"
Sandy:"Com~pe~ti~tion~"
Nino:"You annoying sack of-Fine! I'll kick your ass at whatever competition you want, you'll tell me what I want to know and then I'll break your teeth and shove them all up your ass!"
Sandy:"...Right, we can add violent to that list as well."
Nino:"Do you even hear me!?"
Sandy:"Yes, quite well in fact. No wonder Yae-chan wasn't assigned to you. You'd burst the poor girl's eardrums out."
Nino almost facepalmed but she stopped and did her best to calm herself down.
Nino:[I could go back to papa and inform him. But what would that accomplish? I'm sure he could get the information out of him, but how long would that take? How useful would it be later down the line...Heh.]
Sandy:[Huh? She's laughing?]
Nino:"Don't mind me. I was just amused at how impatient I really am."
Sandy:"Ho?"
With that, Sandy led Nino back into the room they had previously left. In that room, there were two students. Next to them were two seats and a ton of makeup.
Nino:"I think I see what we're going to do."
Sandy:"Fancy, isn't it? These are all my prized possessions! Unlike you, I'm not great at anything, but I pushed myself to the hardest extent of my abilities to at least be proud of my cosmetic expertise! Our two subjects for tonight will be these lovely ladies that I met throughout the festival. They have both agreed to let us give them our absolutely greatest treatments!"
Nino:"I don't know how good the makeover from someone wearing borderline clown makeup will fare."
Sandy:"Haha, well, clown makeup is what our father specializes at. But the real reason I wear this…"
Sandy puts his hand over his right eye.
Sandy:"Well, reasons, you know?"
Nino:"I don't follow."
Sandy:"In any case, let us start right away!"
Nino:"Very well."
The two students, who appeared to be friends excited for their treatment, sat down.
Nino:[Honestly, what are you, five?]
Sandy:"On the count of three, we will give it our all into our beautiful canvas."
Nino:"Three seconds until I destroy you."
…
Sandy:"Start!"
Nino immediately started doing the basics, getting the face ready for her transformation. She began with the moisturizer. Once that was done, she applied the primer without missing a beat. With that, the foundation was ready only to be followed by the concealer. Then with the best brush she could find, she then continued with the bronzer. From here, she continued with the highlighter and then the eyeshadow. Finally she began with the eyeliner. Every single one of her moves were calculated, technical and done with the right amount of finesse.
Nino:[I may not be the best with makeup when compared to my amazing cooking, but there's no way I'm losing that easily!]
With a sly smug, Nino turned to see what Sandy was doing. To her surprise, she could barely see anything. The entire area around them was a cloud of dust. Through it, Nino could begin to see the silhouette of Sandy doing some unorthodox movements. He was practically dancing through his moves.
Nino:[That's way too much...But…]
Nino saw the results of his crazy movements.
Nino:"Why does she look so good? He's practically just throwing everything, but it somehow comes together in that chaos…"
Sandy noticed Nino's look.
Sandy:[Impressed, are we? Your expression says it all, you could use some makeup to mask that face waiting for defeat! I may not be great at anything, but for his sake...for her sake...I'll do anything to make them happy!]
…
…
"Hmm…"
"Hey, wake up."
After some grunts, someone's eyes began to open.
"Did I fall asleep?"
"Yeah. We're almost in Kyoto."
"Oh, sorry. And in the middle of our studying as well."
"It's okay. Oh, the boys playing cards over there are being too loud. I'll be right back."
"Okay. Teach them a lesson, Takebayashi."
Takebayashi:"You got it, Sanada!"
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Takebayashi:"Fuutarou! Stop that. We're on a train now so be quiet!"
End of Chapter 113