FHA Fuji-nee's persimmon feast (EN)

Well then. I have some spare time, so let's clean up the room. I don't have a lot of stuff, so it shouldn't take too long. “Or so I think...” Day by day, the amount of stuff is mysteriously increasing. As if rabbits start breeding junk in here whenever I look away. “...Rabbits, mice, whatever.” I know the source of this influx. I know, but I can't do anything about it. “Well, let's start with some vacuuming.” However, once I get the vacuum cleaner out, I spontaneously get the urge to clean the neighboring rooms, then other rooms, and so on. In the end, I'll only be satisfied after cleaning the entire main wing. ...Cleaning is really relaxing. Gotta be careful and stop at the right time. As I'm advancing forward with the roar of the vacuum cleaner... Ahh, stuff is piling up, wait... The culprit is discovered! As I was wondering what kind of junk she'd bring today――― “Oh? Whatcha doing, Shirou?” “I thought I'd clean up a bit.” “Ah, okay. Then I'll leave it to you―――” “Now just wait a moment.” Don't just drop off boxes of junk in my room and escape. “What is that, Fuji-nee?” “Huh? Oh, you know, Shirou, I just thought you might need it for winter hibernation.” “――――――” Heheh, I'm not the kind of creature that can do a handy thing like that. Besides, random junk isn't very useful when preparing for hibernation. “...Fuji-nee. My room happens to be neither a nest nor some kind of beaver's dam... Or should I say a crow's nest.” “Mmm... Now that you mention it, that does seem to be so. But you shouldn't underestimate the crows nowadays, you know? They're wild animals with an insurmountable will to live, they even make nests on laundry hangers.” Really? Even on laundry hangers... Sounds like quite a feat. I guess crows are quite clever, or, rather, their ability to adapt is quite impressive. “Well, anyhow...” My room isn't meant to be storage space. Even the garden storehouse is being converted into a junkyard with Fuji-nee's involvement. No way I'm going to let her personal storage space expand this far. If you want to make a nest, do it at your own house, please... “...Mmph. Could it be that you're the one preparing to hibernate in my room, Fuji-nee?” “Maybe? Do tigers hibernate too?” “That would be bears... I have a feeling that tigers don't.” If they do, she'd probably be preparing to follow suit, wouldn't she? ...Well, knowing her, she'd at least fake it no problem. “Ah, that sounds nice, hibernating animals. Nothing but sleep all winter long. I'm a little envious.” “Hibernation, you say... That's when they have to eat lots in autumn, then become all skin and bones by spring.” “Eat till you drop in the fall, when the skies are clear and horses grow stout, so to speak, then don't have to be on a diet in spring!?” Wow. This is what's called "positive thinking." “I'm starting to like the idea of hibernation even more.” “―――What about your job, eh?” “A standard "winter hibernation" holiday―――Wait, there isn't one.” She could just use up the paid vacation time for the winter break. Then get addicted to the joys of life under a kotatsu and become a social derelict. “So, Fuji-nee... It looks like a cardboard persimmon box, but what kind of junk is inside?” “Eh? Persimmons, of course, what else?” Ah, well, okay―――or not. Really? Is it really persimmons? “It was quite a chore carrying them all the way here～” “Good work... Wait, why in my room?” “The kitchen is cramped as it is, so I was looking for better storage. If I leave it in a place that no one sees though, they'll just spoil and go to waste, you know? So then I thought, hey, Shirou's room would be just perfect!” “...Huh, I see. But weren't you dropping mandarins and watermelons and whatnot all over the living room before?” “Well, yeah, but... now Saber-chan and Sakura-chan are also here, it'd be kind of bad to make a mess.” “...It's great that you're concerned about it, actually, but why doesn't your sympathy apply to me? ―――Why, you...” I drop the vacuum cleaner in a corner and open the box. ...Inside, there is a stack of shiny persimmons. “"If Shirou's going to hibernate, he'll definitely need food," I thought.” “Well, no, I'm not... Is this another gift from the Fujimura Group?” “Yep! And we still have a pile thiiis big!” Sounds like quite a big load must have come in. What's up with that? They're sending enough fruit for a seasonal marketplace, I think. Looks like another item with a story behind it from old man Raiga. “With this much, we could even put some out to dry under the eaves outside.” “You only make dried persimmons out of astringent ones. And sending those raw, what kind of a dumb joke would that be...? *sigh*...” Anyways, here we have two boxes of persimmons. Picking one up, I notice it's ripe and quite soft. “It'll go to waste if we don't eat these quickly...” “Yeah, don't you think so?! Persimmons in the morning, persimmons for lunch, persimmons at night, it's a persimmon feast! So I thought I'd be a kind Onee-chan and share the fruits of fall with you, Shirou!” Don't you mean "dump the leftovers here"? But the persimmons themselves aren't bad, in fact, these are really pretty good――― “Yeah, would be a real shame to just let them rot.” “But shouldn't it be alright? Just summon everybody for help, and it'll be gone in a second!” “We had a quota for mandarins, but now it's persimmons... I suppose the peaches and pears were gone quickly.” I recall all the fruit that our household has gone through. We do have more consumers than we did six months ago, so I suppose it should be gone quickly. “And I'm ready for mandarins and apples next... Sounds like Saber-chan would eat a lot, too.” “...Apples and persimmons can be used as ingredients, so we'll figure something out... Anyway, let's put this someplace else.” It's difficult to clean up with these in the way. There's an empty room in the north wing, I guess we can put them in the hallway around there. “One box for hiberna-...” “I told you, I don't need that much. Here, you too.” “Alright, alright, huff!”