Weekly Short-Short Note | Clumsy Training

“Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot!”

Even with gloves on, it’s always hot when taking a tray out of the oven.
“Shut up.”
Masanori was hit on the head with a rolling pin by his senior, Takashi.
He instinctively let go of the tray.
The heavy rice flour bread all fell onto the floor.
“Whoa! But the three-second rule!”
“Anything that’s fallen can’t be sold as a product.”
He was hit with the rolling pin again.
“Ouch!”
He reflexively reached to touch his head.
At that moment, his finger hit a bowl placed nearby, and it fell to the floor along with the whipped cream inside.
“Whoa! But the top part is fine!”
Masanori picked up the bowl and scooped up the whipped cream.
“I said anything that’s fallen can’t be sold as a product.”
A bad feeling!
Masanori took half a step back. The rolling pin came down there just as expected.
The rolling pin swung with too much force, hit the bowl Masanori was holding, and whipped cream splattered all over the senior.
“You...”
Masanori, in a panic, put the bowl over his senior’s head.
“Oh. My mistake.”
“You’re in your tenth year already!”

Masanori is growing, slowly but surely.

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(I wrote this with the image of the comedy duo 'Nishikigoi' in mind. It didn't quite capture the sense of speed, though.)
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