Irradiation | Awai Palm-sized Collection 12 | The Soaked Uniform Template Problem | Polar Bear Literature Club "Washing Machine"

A soaked uniform thrown into the washing machine—.
The humidity between the two of them after school is always the prelude to a story.

The time is after school on a weekday, relatively early in the day.
The location is the home of an adolescent boy and girl who are not quite in a relationship yet. It feels like the frequency is slightly higher on the girl's side. Conveniently, there is nothing in the house but perhaps a stray black cat.
The situation is a sudden heavy rain or thunderstorm on the way home. It is usually proposed quietly but confidently by one of them as a measure against catching a cold. Well, once you're soaked, there's no point in trying to keep up appearances anymore. It's a case of just getting wet and going home.

Well, this kind of after-school humidity, or the helplessly wavering space between two people, is something I'm fond of. Still, how often does such a convenient situation actually happen in real life?

And isn't the probability of a linear precipitation zone occurring a bit too high for a soaking that makes it look like they jumped into a pool? Global warming has reached its peak. Since weather radar technology is developing so rapidly, you should be able to avoid it in advance from now on.
In the first place, is a uniform material something you should be throwing into a home washing machine, let alone putting in a dryer? Read the material label, they say.

Also, I really want to say this: damp uniforms smell terrible. Let alone shoes, which might stay damp forever. It's a turn-off and a mood killer.
Even if you keep trying to dry it desperately with a hair dryer, time is limited. If anything, Seven or Taro would last longer. Shuwatch.

—In short, the duration of all youth is extremely short.

Or rather, isn't the penetration rate of fully automatic washer-dryers strangely high? Well, as long as you're drying things manually, the story won't progress at all. Even if you're shown that description endlessly, it just becomes an experiment in manipulating humidity. For the sake of the plot, everything being fully automatic and suddenly creating free time is where the appeal lies, I suppose. The clothes dry, but the space between them remains damp.

It is a template that has been repeatedly plotted throughout history, but am I the only one who gets distracted by the trivial details every time I'm shown it and can't focus?
Some might suspect that I'm being too detailed and specific. But do not worry. At the time, our home had a twin-tub washing machine. If you had that experience, you wouldn't be making such twisted criticisms of the template.

—Wait, was this a series meant to expose things like this?

You say that's just an excuse? The black cat licks its wet front paw and grins.
Such seductive things are too heavy for a child, so I'll leave it all to you.

But, or perhaps precisely because of that, the humidity after school remains sweet forever.

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