Unspeakable bubbles

Because of a strange dream, I didn't sleep very well this time.

The sky outside the window was dark. Just as Bubble was about to turn over and continue sleeping for a while, she heard the rustling sound of someone getting dressed.

"Jiujiang?" the little girl asked, still half asleep.

"Oops, did I wake you up?"

"It wasn't Hisako, it was Bubble who woke up from a strange dream."

"Oh... Since you're already awake, why don't you go for a morning run with me?" Hisae Nagano invited Bubbles.

“We run a few laps around the school, then come back, take a shower, and go have breakfast.”

"How about it?"

"Morning run... okay." Bubble rubbed her face and sat up in bed.

"Come on, come on, get dressed quickly!" Jiujiang looked very happy that she finally had someone to keep her company.

"One, two!"

"One, two, one!"

"Shout it out loud, make it powerful!" Jiujiang ran ahead, shouting the slogan with great enthusiasm.

"one!"

"two!"

"One, two, one!"

"Great, can you speed it up even more?"

"Can"

Shout it out loud!

"Yes—!" the little girl shouted.

"Haha, well..." Jiujiang's voice paused unnaturally as she lost her balance after stepping into a hole.

"Jiujiang!" Bubble rushed over and grabbed her.

"Thank you." With the help of the bubbles, Hisako regained her balance.

She pulled out her right foot, leaving a deep crater in the ground.

"Hisae, you've ruined the ground."

"No, that's not true!" Hisae Nagano opened her mouth, but didn't say anything more.

"Forget about those sneaky guys, let's keep running."

"Oh"

"One, two!"

"One, two, one!"

"one……"

"It's so noisy! Don't you guys want people to sleep?"

As the two ran back to the dormitory building, an angry voice came from the second floor.

"Hey, it's Misato." Hisae waved to Misato, who had dark circles under her eyes. "Want to come along?"

"Come on, my foot! You just wait!"

A short while later, Misato Toda, wearing her pajamas, stormed out.

"You, Jiujiang, used to yell at me before dawn, and I tolerated that."

"Now look what's happened, you've even brought a lackey with you?"

"Do you know how bad sleep deprivation is for your skin?!"

Misato Toda pointed to her eye bags, "Please, don't be so eager, okay?"

"You're already a monster muscle man. If you keep going like this, Hisa, you'll turn into a female gorilla sooner or later!"

"How can a person turn into a gorilla?" Hisae Nagano said dismissively.

"A metaphor, I'm using a metaphor, do you understand?"

"Speaking of which, it's been a long time since you went for a morning run. What happened again?"

"Sigh, I didn't want to disturb your rest either. I've reflected on my actions after you criticized me."

Faced with Misato's aggressive questioning, Hisae didn't get angry; instead, she looked embarrassed.

"But I have to start morning runs again to deepen my understanding of exercise. I'm sorry."

"What do you mean?" Misato's eyebrows twitched.

"After helping her move the bed..." Nagano Hisae told Misato everything that had happened yesterday.

"I'm not good with words and can't articulate any profound truths. But as long as Bubble exercises with me, one day she'll understand what I'm trying to say."

"Damn, you've made me suffer this whole morning over such a trivial matter?"

"You can't speak profound truths? That's okay, let me speak for you!"

Misato Toda covered her face, coughed, and then made herself look serious.

"A master."

"Hmm?" Bubble looked left and right and found that Misato was staring at her.

What Hisae actually wanted to say was—

"For me, who is on the mystical side, dumbbells are not important, and exercise is not the key."

"Having a desire to become stronger is irreplaceable!"

"Oh!"

"Ohhhhhhh!" Jiujiang suddenly became excited.

"Yes, yes, yes, that's it, that's it!"

"That's exactly what I wanted to say, Misato, you're so, so incredibly smart!"

"Come on," Misato waved her hand. "I've already given you all the道理 (principles/reasoning), just let me get a good night's sleep from now on."

Misato yawned again, and she inadvertently noticed Hisae's shoes.

"Why is one shoe so dirty? Do you only wash one shoe at a time?"

"I accidentally got infected, it's no big deal."

"Ok?"

"This has happened before. It's probably another trap set by someone who doesn't like me." Hisako didn't seem to take it to heart.

“No!” Misato blurted out after hearing Hisae’s words.

"What's wrong?"

"Um, no, it's nothing," Misato said with a smile, trying to cover it up. "Then I'll go back to sleep. Bye-bye."

"Bye-bye, let's go, Bubble, let's continue."

"and many more!"

Misato, who was just about to go back to her dorm, immediately turned around, her eyes wide: "I've said everything I needed to say, why are you still trying to run away!"

"You have to finish what you start." Jiujiang said seriously, "Even if I stop going for morning runs starting tomorrow, I must finish the whole course this time."

"Well, if you're going to run, can you at least stop yelling?"

"It's not ghostly screams, I'm shouting work chants."

"If we don't shout slogans, we won't run with any momentum."

"Aura, momentum? What kind of momentum do you need for a morning run?" Misato asked, puzzled.

"Of course you need to have presence. If you have presence, you're halfway to success. Haven't you heard that saying, Miri?"

"I've never heard of it!"

"Okay, I'm done chatting with you. If we keep talking, we'll miss our meal."

"One, two!"

"One, two, one!"

"Let's go!"

"it is good!"

"Hey, wait, don't run, don't run!" Misato's calls were obviously in vain. Led by Hisae, the two had already run far away.

..................................................................

"Attend class"

"Stand up!" Hisako shouted with a strong voice.

Good morning, students.

Good morning, Miss Bella!

"Very good, please sit down."

"Class, today we'll continue the lesson we didn't finish yesterday." Bella stood at the podium, wearing heavy makeup that seemed somewhat incongruous with her role as a teacher.

"Mystery has levels, meaning there are different levels of mystery."

"Low-level mystery is no match for high-level mystery."

"To give an extreme example..."

"..."

Misato Toda slumped listlessly in her chair.

She went to bed very late last night, and was woken up by Jiujiang this morning. At this point, she had no interest in listening to Bella's lecture at all.