Transparent Tiramisu 'Kofun Locker' | Weekly Short Short note

Hello there.
I'm Transparent Tiramisu.
Nice to meet you.

Tsumugi
Every literature club room has that one locker that never opens, right?

Koharu
Yes, there is.

Tsumugi
Apparently, it hasn't been opened in ages.

Koharu
It's the Kofun Locker.

Tsumugi
What's that?

Koharu
It seems like the personal belongings of our seniors
have accumulated
over a long period of time.
In other words, it's the grave of the literature club's history.

Tsumugi
That's already creepy.
I wonder what's inside.

Koharu
Here, the key.

Tsumugi
I thought you said it never opens.

Koharu
It was inside the locker that never opens.

Tsumugi
Well, at that point, you don't even need the key.

…Wait, Koharu, you're opening it!

Koharu
…That's right.
Did I open it?

Tsumugi
Man, you're scary.

Koharu
It's fine, isn't it?
Let's see what's inside.

Tsumugi
Whoa, what is all this stuff?
…
An unfinished manuscript,
a romance novel.
“...I'm sorry for falling in love with me”
That's some deep darkness!

Ah!
A test paper with a failing grade.

Whoa!
An expired Umaibo snack,
takoyaki flavor!

Oh!
There are story ideas
written on a stack of receipts!
Let's see…
A game where a wild quest goes to defeat the Demon King?
Wild Quest
…How boring!!

Koharu
There's a name written on it.

Tsumugi
Oh!
Let's publish this
boring stuff!

Koharu
Tsumugi Shirai.

Tsumugi
Huh?

Koharu
Tsumugi Shirai.

Tsumugi
No way.

Koharu
It's Tsumu-chan.
“I'm sorry for falling in love with me”

Tsumugi
Stop it.
…
Wait?
I don't remember putting this in here.

Koharu
It's Kofun Syndrome.

Tsumugi
What's that?

Koharu
A condition where you want to put things
inside the Kofun Locker.

Tsumugi
Is that even a thing!

Koharu
And then,
you forget that you buried them.

Pause.

The two look at each other.

Tsumugi
…Hey.

Koharu
…Yes.
This locker

isn't a locker that never opens.

Tsumugi
I guess you're right…

Koharu
It's a locker that makes you forget you opened it.

Tsumugi
That's scary.

Koharu
Should we put this story in the locker too?

Tsumugi
Why?

Koharu
We'll forget it by tomorrow anyway.
Let's forget about
Tsumu-chan's romance novel too.

Tsumugi
…Spare me.

Both
Thank you very much!

(754 characters)

…I'm sorry.
I really didn't want to cut anything…
It's over the character limit.

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