Myojo - June - Aiba

    「今年は、花粉症が特につらくてねー」と鼻をぐしゅぐしゅ。天気がいい日は、ちょっとつらそうな相葉。彼の花粉症策は「必要なとき以外は、なるべく外出しないこと」だそう。「部屋では空気清浄機を使ってるし、家の中でも常にマスクをしてるよ。マスクは家用と外出用に分けてるの。家用のマスクは、デカイから、外でつけると大げさでちょっと恥ずかしいんだよね。マスクのストックは家にいっぱいあるよ」とちょっと自慢げ。でも、涙目の相葉なのだった。早く過ぎるといいねー。
    "My allergies are especially bad this year~."as he sniffs his nose. Aiba who seems a little in pain on this day with lovely weather. Apparently his strategy for dealing with them is to just "stay inside, except for when i absolutely have to go outside." "I use an air purifier in my room, and even when i'm at home I always use a mask. The masks are different depending on if i'm inside or outside the house. The one for inside is really big, so if i wore it outside it'd be a little bit embarrassing. We keep a lot of them in the house all the time." Slightly boasting, but with watery eyes. Hopefully it passes soon~.

    というわけで、いつもは行動的な相葉だが、この季節だけは、めっきりインドア派。「仕事が終わると、まっすぐ帰るからね。で、家にこもって、ゲームしたり。この間までは「龍が如く」をやってたけど、もう終わちゃったんだよなあ」特に用事がない限り、家にいるらしいが、先日は弟といっしょに大型電器店へ。「弟にテレビ買ってあげたの。弟はでっかい缶に500円玉貯金をしてるんだよ。給料でもらった1万円札を、わざわざ500円玉に両替してまで、貯めてるんだよね。がんばって貯金してるのも知ってたし、今はそのお金は使いたくないって言うんだよ。で、たまったら俺にも何か買ってくれるっていうから、弟が欲しがってるテレビの値段も聞かずに、"わかった、買ってやるよ!"って言っちゃってさ。俺もこの前、自分用にデカいテレビを買ったんだけど、それがけっこう高かったの!音もすごくいいし、画面が大きいから追力あるし、見やすいんだよね。だから、弟が欲しがってるのも、きっと高いんだろうなあって、覚悟して行ったんだけど、俺の中で考えてた予算より安かったんだよ」さすが、弟思いのお兄ちゃん。太っ腹だね!
    So because of that, even though he's usually always on the move, during this time of year he suddenly switches to an indoor type. "When work is over i come straight home. Then just shut myself in and play games and stuff. Up until recently I've been playing "Ryuu ga Gotoku", but I'm finished with that now." It seems that as long as he doesn't have anything to do, he stays at home, but the other day he went with his younger brother to the electronics store. "I bought a tv for my brother. My brother saves 500yen coins in a big jar. Even the 10000yen note he got from working he specifically went and changed it into 500yen coins so he could put them in. I knew he was working hard to save money and said he didn't want to use that money right now. When he's saved up he'll buy me something too, so without asking how much it was, I told him i'd buy him the tv he's been wanting. I had just bought myself a big tv recently too, but it was rather expensive! It has really good sound and a huge screen so it's nice to watch. So I figured the one my brother wanted was definitely expensive too, so I prepared myself and went, but it was cheaper than what i thought it'd be." As expected of a loving older brother. So generous!

    MYOJO5月号をバラバラめくっていた相葉が、あるページで、ふと手を止めた。「おっ!翼くんが着てるGジャン、俺といっしょだぁ～。すごい偶然!」と、目を輝かせている。「なんかこういう偶然って、うれしいよね～」とニコニコ。プチハッピーを見つける天才!だから、彼の周りはいつも笑いがあふれてるのかも…。
    Aiba, flipping randomly through the pages of the may MYOJO issue, suddenly stops on a certain page. "Oh! Tsubasa is wearing the same jean jacket as me~. What a coincidence!" as his eyes start sparkling. "Somehow this kind of thing makes me happy~." smiling. A genius at finding small happiness in things! Maybe thats why hes always surrounded in overflowing smiles...

Junemyoaiba