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  |  | *[[Clannad_viet:SEEN7500P1|Phần 1]]  | 
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  |  | *[[Clannad_viet:SEEN7500P2|Phần 2]]  | 
 | // Resources for SEEN7500.TXT
  |  | *[[Clannad_viet:SEEN7500P3|Phần 3]]  | 
 |  | *[[Clannad_viet:SEEN7500P4|Phần 4]]  | 
 |  | *[[Clannad_viet:SEEN7500P5|Phần 5]]  | 
 |  | *[[Clannad_viet:SEEN7500P6|Phần 6]]  | 
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 | #character 'Misae'
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 | #character 'Voice'
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 | #character '*B'
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 | #character 'Sunohara'
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 | #character 'Tsujimoto'
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 | #character 'Tomoyo'
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 | #character 'Furukawa'
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 | #character 'Ryou'
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 | #character 'Girl'
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 | #character 'Girl 1'
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 | #character 'Girl 2'
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 | #character 'Female Student'
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 | #character 'Male Student'
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 | #character 'Igaarashi'
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 | #character 'Me' 
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 | #character 'Shima'
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 | #character 'Female Student A'
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 | #character 'Female Student B'
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 | #character 'Saki'
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 | #character 'Yuki'
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 | #character 'Person' 
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 | #character 'Female Teacher'
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 | #character 'Mother'
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 | 
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 | <0000>
  |  | 
 | // Tap, tap, tap... so Misae-san runs inside.
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 | <0001>
  |  | 
 | // She stops in front of a single door.
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 | <0002>
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 | // \{Misae} "Here, right?!"
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 | <0003>
  |  | 
 | // She opens the door and pushes in.
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 | <0004>
  |  | 
 | // .........
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 | <0005>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "Divine punish---ment!"
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 | <0006>
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 | // \{Voice} "Woaahhh----!"
  |  | 
 | <0007>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "I give up, I give up!"
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 | <0008>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "You won't do that ever again?!"
  |  | 
 | <0009>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "I won't!"
  |  | 
 | <0010>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "You swear?!"
  |  | 
 | <0011>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "I swear!"
  |  | 
 | <0012>
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 | // \{Voice} "All right!"
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 | <0013>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "Next time, I'll end your career as a rugby player..."
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 | <0014>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Who's next?!"
  |  | 
 | <0015>
  |  | 
 | // With wild breathing, she leaves the room.
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 | <0016>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <0017>
  |  | 
 | // And she finds me.
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 | <0018>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Oh my, it's you, \m{A}-kun. What's wrong?"
  |  | 
 | <0019>
  |  | 
 | // Composing herself, she asks me.
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 | <0020>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "You're already busted, so keep going as much as you like."
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 | <0021>
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 | // \{Misae} "Okay, no more Bad Girl-----!"
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 | <0022>
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 | // \{Misae} "Hey, what kind of image am I giving?!"
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 | <0023>
  |  | 
 | // She begins holding her head with her arms.
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 | <0024>
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 | // \{Misae} "Sigh..."
  |  | 
 | <0025>
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 | // \{Misae} "I didn't really do this in the past..."
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 | <0026>
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 | // \{Misae} "Even though I look like this, I was a pretty girl back then."
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 | <0027>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "You serious...?"
  |  | 
 | <0028>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You don't believe me..."
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 | <0029>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "You have such good reflexes, so I thought you might have been doing some physical education then."
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 | <0030>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Not at all, that was because of the guys here..."
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 | <0031>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "And besides, I was an innocent girl."
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 | <0032>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I was nothing violent or anything."
  |  | 
 | <0033>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That seems seriously interesting."
  |  | 
 | <0034>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Your eyes are making fun of me..."
  |  | 
 | <0035>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Because I can't really imagine it."
  |  | 
 | <0036>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ahh, I want to take you back in time there."
  |  | 
 | <0037>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "If I did that, you'd fall in love for sure."
  |  | 
 | <0038>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Oh, really?"
  |  | 
 | <0039>
  |  | 
 | // I finish the conversation with a blunt response.
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 | <0040>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Oh, by the way, \m{A}."
  |  | 
 | <0041>
  |  | 
 | // As I leave that place, Misae-san remembers something and stops me.
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 | <0042>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
  |  | 
 | <0043>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Did you see my cat?"
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 | <0044>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Cat? You have something like that in this dorm?"
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 | <0045>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, it's always been in my room. Although you haven't really gotten a good look, it's here."
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 | <0046>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "What kind of cat is it?"
  |  | 
 | <0047>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "A tiger cat. It's got stripes on the back." 
  |  | 
 | <0048>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "He really stands out, so it's hard to miss him."
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 | <0049>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "All right. If I see him, I'll let you know."
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 | <0050>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yeah, thanks."
  |  | 
 | <0051>
  |  | 
 | // I leave Misae-san and enter Sunohara's room.
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 | <0052>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Hey, look here, \m{A}!"
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 | <0053>
  |  | 
 | // In his hand were gymnasium shoes in a fabric bag.
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 | <0054>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "I caught a cat with a pretty nice tiger design. If I skin him, I might get some good money!"
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 | <0055>
  |  | 
 | // I heard the voice of a crying cat inside the bag.
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 | <0056>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Wait a second, stay right there!"
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 | <0057>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Hey, Misae-sa----n!"
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 | <0058>
  |  | 
 | // I yell down the hallway.
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 | <0059>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You found him?"
  |  | 
 | <0060>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "In there."
  |  | 
 | <0061>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Ah, Misae-san, you want to help me skin him?"
  |  | 
 | <0062>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "He's being violent, so you can hold him down."
  |  | 
 | <0063>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hmph..."
  |  | 
 | <0064>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'd rather peel your skin off..."
  |  | 
 | <0065>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Eh...?"
  |  | 
 | <0066>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "Gyaaaaaaaaahhhhh----!"
  |  | 
 | <0067>
  |  | 
 | // As the mayhem begins in the room, I head down the hallway.
  |  | 
 | <0068>
  |  | 
 | // And I save the cat, having the fabric bag in hand.
  |  | 
 | <0069>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Being caught by that sort of idiot..."
  |  | 
 | <0070>
  |  | 
 | // The cat looks around its surroundings, then rolls up in my arm, relieved.
  |  | 
 | <0071>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Whew... geez, that idiot..."
  |  | 
 | <0072>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So, is he okay?"
  |  | 
 | <0073>
  |  | 
 | // Closing the room door, Misae-san asks me.
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 | <0074>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Yeah, he's fine."
  |  | 
 | <0075>
  |  | 
 | // Letting him onto the floor, he runs towards Misae-san.
  |  | 
 | <0076>
  |  | 
 | // And she holds him up in her arms.
  |  | 
 | <0077>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "He's attached to you."
  |  | 
 | <0078>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, we've been around for so long."
  |  | 
 | <0079>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Oh yeah, \m{A}. Should I thank you by giving you tea in my room?"
  |  | 
 | <0080>
  |  | 
 | // I couldn't compare that to spending time in Sunohara's room.
  |  | 
 | <0081>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Then, I shall take you up on that offer."
  |  | 
 | <0082>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Please come in."
  |  | 
 | <0083>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Excuse me."
  |  | 
 | <0084>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Though there's nothing much in this room, feel free."
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 | <0085>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ah, sit over there."
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 | <0086>
  |  | 
 | // I sit down at the place she mentions.
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 | <0087>
  |  | 
 | // Misae-san takes off her apron and sits in front, holding two sets of cups.
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 | <0088>
  |  | 
 | // This is the first time I've seen Misae-san without her apron. Even more, she's lightly dressed. Somehow, I find it difficult to take my eyes off her chest.
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 | <0089>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Does he have a name?"
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 | <0090>
  |  | 
 | // Asking that, I touch the chin of the cat rolled up on top of the table, trying to understand him.*
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 | <0091>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Nope. I thought he might disappear from this place, so I didn't give him one."
  |  | 
 | <0092>
  |  | 
 | // I heard the sound of the electric pot steaming.
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 | <0093>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Even now, I still wonder if he might disappear tomorrow."
  |  | 
 | <0094>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Here you go."
  |  | 
 | <0095>
  |  | 
 | // She places a steaming cup in front of me.
  |  | 
 | <0096>
  |  | 
 | // It was black coffee. I begin drinking it.
  |  | 
 | <0097>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Since when has he been here?"
  |  | 
 | <0098>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, let's see. I picked him up during high school."
  |  | 
 | <0099>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That's a long time ago."
  |  | 
 | <0100>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Do you know how long you're talking about?"
  |  | 
 | <0101>
  |  | 
 | // Considering Sunohara's wishful thinking, she might be about twenty-three... so maybe five years?
  |  | 
 | <0102>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Five years ago?"
  |  | 
 | <0103>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Oh my, you can tell?"
  |  | 
 | <0104>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Somewhat."
  |  | 
 | <0105>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Here, have some sweets as well."
  |  | 
 | <0106>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Thanks."
  |  | 
 | <0107>
  |  | 
 | // Seems I'm good at pleasing her.
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 | <0108>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I guess it's as I thought, you aren't such a bad guy, \m{A}."
  |  | 
 | <0109>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Even though I heard some pretty interesting rumors."
  |  | 
 | <0110>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Even with the guys who are in here, if they were as honest as you, that'd be nice."
  |  | 
 | <0111>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Those guys are really kids..."
  |  | 
 | <0112>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's like I'm saying I'm thirty years old or something by saying that, no?"
  |  | 
 | <0113>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'm much younger than that."
  |  | 
 | <0114>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Right?"
  |  | 
 | <0115>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Eh? Ah, yeah, I guess so. You're young, Misae-san."
  |  | 
 | <0116>
  |  | 
 | // To be honest, I don't really care too much about her age.
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 | <0117>
  |  | 
 | // The cat yawned, stretching out.
  |  | 
 | <0118>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Isn't it a problem?"
  |  | 
 | <0119>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Eh?"
  |  | 
 | <0120>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Basically when you retire?"
  |  | 
 | <0121>
  |  | 
 | // I get right to the point.
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 | <0122>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well... I dunno... that might be true..."
  |  | 
 | <0123>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Or maybe... what might it be..."
  |  | 
 | <0124>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I thought about going towards this kind of job."
  |  | 
 | <0125>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I might like helping out other people."
  |  | 
 | <0126>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "And besides, I'm quite attached to this place."
  |  | 
 | <0127>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I don't want to leave it."
  |  | 
 | <0128>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Why? Are you waiting for a guy?"
  |  | 
 | <0129>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Eh?!"
  |  | 
 | <0130>
  |  | 
 | // Misae-san's words shorten, a bit shaken up.
  |  | 
 | <0131>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Was that a bullseye?"
  |  | 
 | <0132>
  |  | 
 | // Something like this is a common theme for a girls' manga to develop, but... 
  |  | 
 | <0133>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Huh...you really want to know?"
  |  | 
 | <0134>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Well, in a way."
  |  | 
 | <0135>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Idiot, like I would tell you."
  |  | 
 | <0136>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Well, it's fine. Seems pretty long."
  |  | 
 | <0137>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's short... it really was."
  |  | 
 | <0138>
  |  | 
 | // She gives a rare, depressing face.
  |  | 
 | <0139>
  |  | 
 | // Something that would make younger guys skip a beat.
  |  | 
 | <0140>
  |  | 
 | // That would be me, wouldn't it?
  |  | 
 | <0141>
  |  | 
 | // ... knock, knock.
  |  | 
 | <0142>
  |  | 
 | // And there, the sound of knocking on the door.
  |  | 
 | <0143>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... the rugby guys again...?"
  |  | 
 | <0144>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Eh? You serious?"
  |  | 
 | <0145>
  |  | 
 | // I remember the guys called me out the other night.
  |  | 
 | <0146>
  |  | 
 | // If they pin down the image of me and her like this, I'll be stuffed in like Sunohara.
  |  | 
 | <0147>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "... they won't be coming in the room, will they?"
  |  | 
 | <0148>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Eh? If they've come to consult me, then I think they will."
  |  | 
 | <0149>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "I'm going to hide!"
  |  | 
 | <0150>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Where?"
  |  | 
 | <0151>
  |  | 
 | // I crawl under the blanket that's spread out on top of the bed.
  |  | 
 | <0152>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Uwaah, that's where I sleep every day..."
  |  | 
 | <0153>
  |  | 
 | // Knock, knock.
  |  | 
 | <0154>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "Misae-sa----n!"
  |  | 
 | <0155>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ah, yeah, yeah."
  |  | 
 | <0156>
  |  | 
 | // Clatter.
  |  | 
 | <0157>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "It's Tsujimoto."
  |  | 
 | <0158>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You don't have to say it every single time. I remember you pretty well."
  |  | 
 | <0159>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So, what is it?"
  |  | 
 | <0160>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tsujimoto} "Umm... there's something that's been troubling me, so I thought I might consult you."
  |  | 
 | <0161>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... you guys are still going through puberty."
  |  | 
 | <0162>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Come in, help yourself."
  |  | 
 | <0163>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tsujimoto} "I'm sorry, please excuse me!"
  |  | 
 | <0164>
  |  | 
 | // Misae-san seems to be pretty good at consulting boarding students.
  |  | 
 | <0165>
  |  | 
 | // Especially in troubles concerning puberty...
  |  | 
 | <0166>
  |  | 
 | // It couldn't be... girls?
  |  | 
 | <0167>
  |  | 
 | // Being enveloped in Misae-san's feminine aroma, imagining something like that grew, strangely turning me on. 
  |  | 
 | <0168>
  |  | 
 | // Ahh, right now, surely the lesson in front of me (?) is about to begin...
  |  | 
 | <0169>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So...?"
  |  | 
 | <0170>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tsujimoto} "Truth is... it's been building up recently, so it seems..."
  |  | 
 | <0171>
  |  | 
 | // Guaah... so it is about girls, isn't it...?
  |  | 
 | <0172>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tsujimoto} "It hasn't really come out easily... and it's been bothering me over time..."
  |  | 
 | <0173>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's a problem. You feeling ill?"
  |  | 
 | <0174>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tsujimoto} "Yeah, something like that."
  |  | 
 | <0175>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Can't be helped..."
  |  | 
 | <0176>
  |  | 
 | // Misae-san looks at the side of the blanket that's risen up, leaving an opening.
  |  | 
 | <0177>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well then, I'll..."
  |  | 
 | <0178>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} (Ehh?! She's going to do it?!)
  |  | 
 | <0179>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... give you something you can use for your constipation."
  |  | 
 | <0180>
  |  | 
 | // Slip! I roll over in the blanket.
  |  | 
 | <0181>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tsujimoto} "Hmm? Did something move behind you?"
  |  | 
 | <0182>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Eh? Yeah, maybe it's the cat?"
  |  | 
 | <0183>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tsujimoto} "A pretty big one at that."
  |  | 
 | <0184>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Here. Use this, and if still nothing comes out, you should probably go to a hospital."
  |  | 
 | <0185>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tsujimoto} "Thank you very much."
  |  | 
 | <0186>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tsujimoto} "This isn't really something I can ask my friends about..."
  |  | 
 | <0187>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I've never helped anyone with constipation problems before."
  |  | 
 | <0188>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tsujimoto} "But, Misae-san, in one way or another, you look after that sort of problem."
  |  | 
 | <0189>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... so that's why he said I'm too easy on you guys..."
  |  | 
 | <0190>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tsujimoto} "Who's he?"
  |  | 
 | <0191>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Oh, right, a friend."
  |  | 
 | <0192>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tsujimoto} "I see. I think that although you're strict, Misae-san, you're all right."
  |  | 
 | <0193>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tsujimoto} "What do they call this, the 'carrot and stick' policy?"
  |  | 
 | <0194>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I never planned on using that sort of thing..."
  |  | 
 | <0195>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tsujimoto} "Well then, I'll be going."
  |  | 
 | <0196>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Okay, take care."
  |  | 
 | <0197>
  |  | 
 | // I hear the sound of the door closing, going "clatter".
  |  | 
 | <0198>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's fine now."
  |  | 
 | <0199>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Whew... that was pretty good."
  |  | 
 | <0200>
  |  | 
 | // I crawl out of the blanket and sit on top there.
  |  | 
 | <0201>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What is?"
  |  | 
 | <0202>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Not coming out easily, and troubled with puberty; certainly one would think in that way..."
  |  | 
 | <0203>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Haha, constipation?"
  |  | 
 | <0204>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... well, I would actually prefer helping people with that sort of problem."
  |  | 
 | <0205>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Eh?"
  |  | 
 | <0206>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Constipation...it's like they're a bunch of kids."
  |  | 
 | <0207>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It'd be like I were their mother or something."
  |  | 
 | <0208>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "........."
  |  | 
 | <0209>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "You know..."
  |  | 
 | <0210>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... what?"
  |  | 
 | <0211>
  |  | 
 | // My head might still be reeling from the smell roaming inside the blanket.
  |  | 
 | <0212>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "I see you as a woman, Misae-san."
  |  | 
 | <0213>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <0214>
  |  | 
 | // I keep my pose, sitting down on the bed...
  |  | 
 | <0215>
  |  | 
 | // And noticed that Misae-san's knees were open. 
  |  | 
 | <0216>
  |  | 
 | // Hey... this posture is...
  |  | 
 | <0217>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Why you..."
  |  | 
 | <0218>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You're thinking of something strange, aren't you...?"
  |  | 
 | <0219>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That's just a coincidence!"
  |  | 
 | <0220>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh, I can't believe you, \m{A}."
  |  | 
 | <0221>
  |  | 
 | // I end up looking the other way. Somehow, her behavior was charming in one way or another.
  |  | 
 | <0222>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But, well... like this dorm, I hold those words dear."*
  |  | 
 | <0223>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'll accept that gratitude. So leave the bad thoughts aside."
  |  | 
 | <0224>
  |  | 
 | // Looking up at the table, the empty coffee mug was cleaned up.
  |  | 
 | <0225>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Well, I should be going soon. Thanks for everything."
  |  | 
 | <0226>
  |  | 
 | // I stand up.
  |  | 
 | <0227>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yeah, okay. Later then."
  |  | 
 | <0228>
  |  | 
 | // Ask if it's okay to come again 
  |  | 
 | <0229>
  |  | 
 | // Don't come again 
  |  | 
 | <0230>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Umm..." 
  |  | 
 | <0231>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hmm?"
  |  | 
 | <0232>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Is it okay to come again?"
  |  | 
 | <0233>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Why?"
  |  | 
 | <0234>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "I found your cat, right?"
  |  | 
 | <0235>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You only get one thanks."
  |  | 
 | <0236>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Then I'll come asking for advice."
  |  | 
 | <0237>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "If I did that, you couldn't refuse, could you?"
  |  | 
 | <0238>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh..."
  |  | 
 | <0239>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Though if you have nothing to do, that's fine..."
  |  | 
 | <0240>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You're not thinking anything strange, are you?"
  |  | 
 | <0241>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "I'm sure I'm not, it's fine."
  |  | 
 | <0242>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Later." 
  |  | 
 | <0243>
  |  | 
 | // I probably won't get another chance to come again. 
  |  | 
 | <0244>
  |  | 
 | // Giving her only a farewell, I leave the room.
  |  | 
 | <0245>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Yo, you fine?"
  |  | 
 | <0246>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "I was about to faint from that..."
  |  | 
 | <0247>
  |  | 
 | // Sunohara's body straddles away from where he once was.
  |  | 
 | <0248>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Hmm...?"
  |  | 
 | <0249>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "What is it?"
  |  | 
 | <0250>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "I smell the scent of a girl."
  |  | 
 | <0251>
  |  | 
 | // ... why is it that he has such a damned good nose?
  |  | 
 | <0252>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Even more, it's a smell I know..."
  |  | 
 | <0253>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "It seems to be pretty recent..."
  |  | 
 | <0254>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "That's right, it's Misae-san's!"
  |  | 
 | <0255>
  |  | 
 | // Exactly how does he remember that?
  |  | 
 | <0256>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Hmph, so you had that kind of relationship without me knowing..."
  |  | 
 | <0257>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Well, certainly, for someone like you, an older person would be suitable."
  |  | 
 | <0258>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Idiot, don't get the wrong idea. It's not just me."
  |  | 
 | <0259>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Even the rugby members go into Misae-san's room."
  |  | 
 | <0260>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Oh, is that so?"
  |  | 
 | <0261>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "The guys seem to be interested in her."
  |  | 
 | <0262>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Asking her for help on a lot of things."
  |  | 
 | <0263>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Heh, that I didn't know."
  |  | 
 | <0264>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Misae-san does seem ill-mannered, but she takes care of people when they need it."
  |  | 
 | <0265>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Hmm..."
  |  | 
 | <0266>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Then, maybe I should also drop in and ask for help."
  |  | 
 | <0267>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Yeah, if it's her, you could probably ask for anything."
  |  | 
 | <0268>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "You serious?!"
  |  | 
 | <0269>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Hey, what exactly are you going to ask Misae-san for help with?"
  |  | 
 | <0270>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "T... \wait{500}to have her show me her breasts..."
  |  | 
 | <0271>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That's not asking for help, that's simply doing something obscene."
  |  | 
 | <0272>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Then, let her show her breasts as a result of helping me out. That's fine, right?"
  |  | 
 | <0273>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Like hell she'll do that."
  |  | 
 | <0274>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Sigh... if I were a sweet talker, people would already be swinging them at me!"
  |  | 
 | <0275>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Anyways, I'll just fill you in on the details later."
  |  | 
 | <0276>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "I'll be looking forward to it. What kind of stupid stuff will I hear?"
  |  | 
 | <0277>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Heh, you've said it."
  |  | 
 | <0278>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "All right, time to eat some lunch!"
  |  | 
 | <0279>
  |  | 
 | // I lie down on the ground and begin to read a book.
  |  | 
 | <0280>
  |  | 
 | // If I'm here, this is all I can do.
  |  | 
 | <0281>
  |  | 
 | // Like this, I spent the break doing nothing...
  |  | 
 | <0282>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Misae-sa--n!"
  |  | 
 | <0283>
  |  | 
 | // Opening the door, I yell her name.
  |  | 
 | <0284>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... eh?"
  |  | 
 | <0285>
  |  | 
 | // Inside the room, Misae-san standing looks behind her.*
  |  | 
 | <0286>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What? Oh it's you, \m{A}."
  |  | 
 | <0287>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You should at least knock before entering a woman's room."
  |  | 
 | <0288>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So, what? You have something?"
  |  | 
 | <0289>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Didn't you say it'd be fine if I came without anything in particular?"
  |  | 
 | <0290>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "And then, you really \bdid\u come with nothing in mind."
  |  | 
 | <0291>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well I am a bit tired, so you have to hold yourself back."
  |  | 
 | <0292>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "You're tired?"
  |  | 
 | <0293>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I just finished cleaning up after those slobs ate dinner."
  |  | 
 | <0294>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Then, I guess I must be bothering you."
  |  | 
 | <0295>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "No, it's not really a problem..."
  |  | 
 | <0296>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Is it a problem? Or is it not?"
  |  | 
 | <0297>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... fine, come in. You're not going to be staying long, will you?"
  |  | 
 | <0298>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Please excuse me."
  |  | 
 | <0299>
  |  | 
 | // I sit down at the same spot as yesterday.
  |  | 
 | <0300>
  |  | 
 | // In front of me, Misae-san is pouring some tea.
  |  | 
 | <0301>
  |  | 
 | // When she was finally done with that, her hair was in disarray, all over her cheek.
  |  | 
 | <0302>
  |  | 
 | // Somehow, I think she looks beautiful that way.
  |  | 
 | <0303>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Here, help yourself."
  |  | 
 | <0304>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Thanks."
  |  | 
 | <0305>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ahh, why am I being so kind giving you tea and all...?"
  |  | 
 | <0306>
  |  | 
 | // She gives the teacup to me like that, regretting it.
  |  | 
 | <0307>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Now you're already done?"*
  |  | 
 | <0308>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Yeah, yeah."*
  |  | 
 | <0309>
  |  | 
 | // Knock, knock, the sound of the door.
  |  | 
 | <0310>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What'll you do? Hide?"
  |  | 
 | <0311>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I'll do that."
  |  | 
 | <0312>
  |  | 
 | // Again, I crawl under the blanket.
  |  | 
 | <0313>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ahhh, there again... don't smell all of that, all right?"
  |  | 
 | <0314>
  |  | 
 | // Knock, knock.
  |  | 
 | <0315>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Coming!"
  |  | 
 | <0316>
  |  | 
 | // Clatter.
  |  | 
 | <0317>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "Yo."
  |  | 
 | <0318>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hmm? It's rare for you to come here, Sunohara."
  |  | 
 | <0319>
  |  | 
 | // ... he... actually came?
  |  | 
 | <0320>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What is it?"
  |  | 
 | <0321>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "I came for some advice. You mind if I step in?"
  |  | 
 | <0322>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Somehow, it \bfeels\u like you heard some plan from someone and came here."
  |  | 
 | <0323>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Eh? What do you mean? I don't really know what that means."
  |  | 
 | <0324>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's written all over your face..."
  |  | 
 | <0325>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, I can't just send you off like that..."
  |  | 
 | <0326>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Just for a bit, then?"
  |  | 
 | <0327>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "All right!"
  |  | 
 | <0328>
  |  | 
 | // Thud, the sound of the door closing, and Sunohara's footsteps as he walks around the room.
  |  | 
 | <0329>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Heh... this is the first time I've been in Misae-san's room."
  |  | 
 | <0330>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "This isn't a young girl's room... were you interested in something in the first place?"
  |  | 
 | <0331>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "I am."
  |  | 
 | <0332>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Like breasts maybe."
  |  | 
 | <0333>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <0334>
  |  | 
 | // The atmosphere changes.
  |  | 
 | <0335>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... what was \bthat\u just now?"
  |  | 
 | <0336>
  |  | 
 | // A murderous voice with a hint of divine wrath.
  |  | 
 | <0337>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Ah, nothing, nothing at all, haha!"
  |  | 
 | <0338>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I see... well, have a seat, or you won't be calm, right?"
  |  | 
 | <0339>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Yeah, thanks. Excuse me there, hey!"
  |  | 
 | <0340>
  |  | 
 | // Patter, patter, patter~
  |  | 
 | <0341>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Here, have some tea."
  |  | 
 | <0342>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Ahh, don't worry about it."
  |  | 
 | <0343>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So, what did you want advice with?"
  |  | 
 | <0344>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Yeah, well..."
  |  | 
 | <0345>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "How should I say it... I'm a bit shy about it."
  |  | 
 | <0346>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Are you saying you're shy about what you blurted so freely just now?"
  |  | 
 | <0347>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Eh? What do you mean?"
  |  | 
 | <0348>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Ah, that's right. I'm good at fortune-telling."
  |  | 
 | <0349>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So you didn't come for advice?"
  |  | 
 | <0350>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "No, that's after. First is the fortune telling. Girls like that, right?"
  |  | 
 | <0351>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I don't believe in that sort of stuff."
  |  | 
 | <0352>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Ehh~, no way..."
  |  | 
 | <0353>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Don't make a crying face like that, geez..."
  |  | 
 | <0354>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I get it already, so if you want to, then let's do it."
  |  | 
 | <0355>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So what'll you be reading? A constellation? Or is it a palm reading?"
  |  | 
 | <0356>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Breasts."
  |  | 
 | <0357>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <0358>
  |  | 
 | // The atmosphere freezes.
  |  | 
 | <0359>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... what was \bthat\u just now?"
  |  | 
 | <0360>
  |  | 
 | // Her hands twitched, as though aching to unleash the wrath of the gods.
  |  | 
 | <0361>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Ahh, palm reading, I said palm reading just now!"
  |  | 
 | <0362>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... all right, hurry up and read them."
  |  | 
 | <0363>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Uwaah, Misae-san, your fingers are so nice, I could almost lick them!"
  |  | 
 | <0364>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Don't say stuff that gives the goosebumps."
  |  | 
 | <0365>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Yeah, you'll have a long life, Misae-san. Your lifeline's long. That's it."
  |  | 
 | <0366>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Thanks for that exaggerated fortune telling."
  |  | 
 | <0367>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "You're welcome."
  |  | 
 | <0368>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hurry up and tell me what's your problem, and then head back."
  |  | 
 | <0369>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Misae-san, you're cold..."
  |  | 
 | <0370>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "If you didn't act so strange, I would be a bit more gentle."
  |  | 
 | <0371>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "There's nothing, nothing at all!"
  |  | 
 | <0372>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I wonder about that..."
  |  | 
 | <0373>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Ah, Misae-san, are you sitting all right? If you fix yourself up, you might feel comfortable."
  |  | 
 | <0374>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Why is a guest telling me something like this...?"
  |  | 
 | <0375>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Ah, Misae-san, are you gonna keep your clothes on? If you show your breasts, you might feel comfortable." 
  |  | 
 | <0376>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ohh?"
  |  | 
 | <0377>
  |  | 
 | // A bloodthirsty smile.
  |  | 
 | <0378>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "\size{30}GET. OUT. NOW!!!----------!!\size{}"\shake{3}
  |  | 
 | <0379>
  |  | 
 | // She roars at him to get out, her voice shaking the walls of the dorm.*
  |  | 
 | <0380>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Uwaah, \m{A}, you liar!"
  |  | 
 | <0381>
  |  | 
 | // With just those words left, Sunohara scrambles out the door.
  |  | 
 | <0382>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <0383>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Did you put him up to this, \m{A}...?"
  |  | 
 | <0384>
  |  | 
 | // I come out of the blanket, sitting up.
  |  | 
 | <0385>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "All I told Sunohara was 'Yeah, whatever'."
  |  | 
 | <0386>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "His head's all messed up."
  |  | 
 | <0387>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... I guess that's true."
  |  | 
 | <0388>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "But, seriously, I don't really get tired of this place."
  |  | 
 | <0389>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Don't you think that like that, I'd be really bothered?"
  |  | 
 | <0390>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "But you like it, don't you?"
  |  | 
 | <0391>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... if you put it that way, I can't really deny it..."
  |  | 
 | <0392>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But, constipation and breasts... it's just so..."*
  |  | 
 | <0393>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Then, should I seriously ask you for advice?"
  |  | 
 | <0394>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You're thinking of something strange again, aren't you?"
  |  | 
 | <0395>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "If it was about love, would that be fine?"
  |  | 
 | <0396>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Idiot, don't fool around."
  |  | 
 | <0397>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Well, such feelings could change at some point."
  |  | 
 | <0398>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... eh?"
  |  | 
 | <0399>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Because I like the type of personality you have, Misae-san."
  |  | 
 | <0400>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Though you having said that, I'm interested in knowing exactly what you like about me."
  |  | 
 | <0401>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Well, I can't just say one thing here."
  |  | 
 | <0402>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's fine, say as many as you like."
  |  | 
 | <0403>
  |  | 
 | // That you scold
  |  | 
 | <0404>
  |  | 
 | // That you're kind
  |  | 
 | <0405>
  |  | 
 | // That you have fighting spirit
  |  | 
 | <0406>
  |  | 
 | // Another would be...
  |  | 
 | <0407>
  |  | 
 | // That you worry
  |  | 
 | <0408>
  |  | 
 | // That you're kind
  |  | 
 | <0409>
  |  | 
 | // That you have fighting spirit
  |  | 
 | <0410>
  |  | 
 | // Another would be...
  |  | 
 | <0411>
  |  | 
 | // That you have a nice blanket odor
  |  | 
 | <0412>
  |  | 
 | // That you're kind
  |  | 
 | <0413>
  |  | 
 | // That you have fighting spirit
  |  | 
 | <0414>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you scold,"
  |  | 
 | <0415>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you worry,"
  |  | 
 | <0416>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you have a nice blanket odor."
  |  | 
 | <0417>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you scold."
  |  | 
 | <0418>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you worry,"
  |  | 
 | <0419>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you're kind."
  |  | 
 | <0420>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you scold."
  |  | 
 | <0421>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you worry,"
  |  | 
 | <0422>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you have fighting spirit."
  |  | 
 | <0423>
  |  | 
 | // Another would be...
  |  | 
 | <0424>
  |  | 
 | // That you worry
  |  | 
 | <0425>
  |  | 
 | // That you have a nice blanket odor
  |  | 
 | <0426>
  |  | 
 | // That you have fighting spirit
  |  | 
 | <0427>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you scold,"
  |  | 
 | <0428>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you're kind,"
  |  | 
 | <0429>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you worry."
  |  | 
 | <0430>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you scold,"
  |  | 
 | <0431>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you're kind,"
  |  | 
 | <0432>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you have a nice blanket odor."
  |  | 
 | <0433>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you scold,"
  |  | 
 | <0434>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you're kind,"
  |  | 
 | <0435>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you have fighting spirit."
  |  | 
 | <0436>
  |  | 
 | // Another would be...
  |  | 
 | <0437>
  |  | 
 | // That you worry
  |  | 
 | <0438>
  |  | 
 | // That you're kind
  |  | 
 | <0439>
  |  | 
 | // That you have a nice blanket odor
  |  | 
 | <0440>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you scold,"
  |  | 
 | <0441>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you have fighting spirit,"
  |  | 
 | <0442>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you worry."
  |  | 
 | <0443>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you scold,"
  |  | 
 | <0444>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you have fighting spirit,"
  |  | 
 | <0445>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you're kind."
  |  | 
 | <0446>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you scold,"
  |  | 
 | <0447>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you have fighting spirit,"
  |  | 
 | <0448>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you have a nice blanket odor."
  |  | 
 | <0449>
  |  | 
 | // Another would be...
  |  | 
 | <0450>
  |  | 
 | // That you worry
  |  | 
 | <0451>
  |  | 
 | // That you scold
  |  | 
 | <0452>
  |  | 
 | // That you have fighting spirit
  |  | 
 | <0453>
  |  | 
 | // Another would be...
  |  | 
 | <0454>
  |  | 
 | // That you have a nice blanket odor
  |  | 
 | <0455>
  |  | 
 | // That you scold
  |  | 
 | <0456>
  |  | 
 | // That you have fighting spirit
  |  | 
 | <0457>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you're kind,"
  |  | 
 | <0458>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you worry,"
  |  | 
 | <0459>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you have a nice blanket odor."
  |  | 
 | <0460>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you're kind,"
  |  | 
 | <0461>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you worry,"
  |  | 
 | <0462>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you scold."
  |  | 
 | <0463>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you're kind,"
  |  | 
 | <0464>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you worry,"
  |  | 
 | <0465>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you have fighting spirit."
  |  | 
 | <0466>
  |  | 
 | // Another would be...
  |  | 
 | <0467>
  |  | 
 | // That you worry
  |  | 
 | <0468>
  |  | 
 | // That you have a nice blanket odor
  |  | 
 | <0469>
  |  | 
 | // That you have fighting spirit
  |  | 
 | <0470>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you're kind,"
  |  | 
 | <0471>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you scold,"
  |  | 
 | <0472>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you worry."
  |  | 
 | <0473>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you're kind,"
  |  | 
 | <0474>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you scold,"
  |  | 
 | <0475>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you have a nice blanket odor."
  |  | 
 | <0476>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you're kind,"
  |  | 
 | <0477>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you scold,"
  |  | 
 | <0478>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you have fighting spirit."
  |  | 
 | <0479>
  |  | 
 | // Another would be...
  |  | 
 | <0480>
  |  | 
 | // That you worry
  |  | 
 | <0481>
  |  | 
 | // That you scold
  |  | 
 | <0482>
  |  | 
 | // That you have a nice blanket odor
  |  | 
 | <0483>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you're kind,"
  |  | 
 | <0484>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you have fighting spirit,"
  |  | 
 | <0485>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you worry."
  |  | 
 | <0486>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you're kind,"
  |  | 
 | <0487>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you have fighting spirit,"
  |  | 
 | <0488>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you scold."
  |  | 
 | <0489>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you're kind,"
  |  | 
 | <0490>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you have fighting spirit,"
  |  | 
 | <0491>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you have a nice blanket odor."
  |  | 
 | <0492>
  |  | 
 | // Another would be...
  |  | 
 | <0493>
  |  | 
 | // That you scold
  |  | 
 | <0494>
  |  | 
 | // That you're kind
  |  | 
 | <0495>
  |  | 
 | // That you worry
  |  | 
 | <0496>
  |  | 
 | // Another would be...
  |  | 
 | <0497>
  |  | 
 | // That you have a nice blanket odor
  |  | 
 | <0498>
  |  | 
 | // That you're kind
  |  | 
 | <0499>
  |  | 
 | // That you worry
  |  | 
 | <0500>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you have fighting spirit,"
  |  | 
 | <0501>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you scold,"
  |  | 
 | <0502>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you have a nice blanket odor."
  |  | 
 | <0503>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you have fighting spirit,"
  |  | 
 | <0504>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you scold,"
  |  | 
 | <0505>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you're kind,"
  |  | 
 | <0506>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you have fighting spirit,"
  |  | 
 | <0507>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you scold,"
  |  | 
 | <0508>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you worry."
  |  | 
 | <0509>
  |  | 
 | // Another would be...
  |  | 
 | <0510>
  |  | 
 | // That you scold
  |  | 
 | <0511>
  |  | 
 | // That you have a nice blanket odor
  |  | 
 | <0512>
  |  | 
 | // That you worry
  |  | 
 | <0513>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you have fighting spirit,"
  |  | 
 | <0514>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you're kind,"
  |  | 
 | <0515>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you scold."
  |  | 
 | <0516>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you have fighting spirit,"
  |  | 
 | <0517>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you're kind,"
  |  | 
 | <0518>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you have a nice blanket odor."
  |  | 
 | <0519>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you have fighting spirit,"
  |  | 
 | <0520>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you're kind,"
  |  | 
 | <0521>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you worry."
  |  | 
 | <0522>
  |  | 
 | // Another would be...
  |  | 
 | <0523>
  |  | 
 | // That you scold
  |  | 
 | <0524>
  |  | 
 | // That you're kind
  |  | 
 | <0525>
  |  | 
 | // That you have a nice blanket odor
  |  | 
 | <0526>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you have fighting spirit,"
  |  | 
 | <0527>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you worry,"
  |  | 
 | <0528>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you scold."
  |  | 
 | <0529>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you have fighting spirit,"
  |  | 
 | <0530>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you worry,"
  |  | 
 | <0531>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you're kind."
  |  | 
 | <0532>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you have fighting spirit,"
  |  | 
 | <0533>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "that you worry,"
  |  | 
 | <0534>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "and that you have a nice blanket odor."
  |  | 
 | <0535>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <0536>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Also, you're beautiful." 
  |  | 
 | <0537>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <0538>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I see..."
  |  | 
 | <0539>
  |  | 
 | // Misae-san, as if tired, leans her back against my legs.
  |  | 
 | <0540>
  |  | 
 | // Her back is quite warm.
  |  | 
 | <0541>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "If you like those sorts of things, then we might be a match..."
  |  | 
 | <0542>
  |  | 
 | // She sighed, saying that.
  |  | 
 | <0543>
  |  | 
 | // Was she telling the truth? Or was she fooling around? I didn't really know. 
  |  | 
 | <0544>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <0545>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I see..."
  |  | 
 | <0546>
  |  | 
 | // Her reaction was weak. 
  |  | 
 | <0547>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... what's this 'fighting spirit'...?"
  |  | 
 | <0548>
  |  | 
 | // Looks like none of it echoed in her mind.
  |  | 
 | <0549>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Hey."
  |  | 
 | <0550>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hmm?"
  |  | 
 | <0551>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "You won't talk about that guy you mentioned from your past?"
  |  | 
 | <0552>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Nope, I won't."
  |  | 
 | <0553>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Even though I was this open?"
  |  | 
 | <0554>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Didn't you suggest that it might happen at some point?"
  |  | 
 | <0555>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Or do you want me to take that as a serious confession?"
  |  | 
 | <0556>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Should I answer that?"
  |  | 
 | <0557>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Sigh..."
  |  | 
 | <0558>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "It's fine... it didn't mean much right now."
  |  | 
 | <0559>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Indeed."
  |  | 
 | <0560>
  |  | 
 | // Misae 
  |  | 
 | <0561>
  |  | 
 | // And after that, I continued to go to Misae-san's room.
  |  | 
 | <0562>
  |  | 
 | // Causing her to grumble and moan about it.
  |  | 
 | <0563>
  |  | 
 | // I begin to feel rather comfortable around her. 
  |  | 
 | <0564>
  |  | 
 | // It's fun hiding myself under the blanket, listening to other people's problems.
  |  | 
 | <0565>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Somehow, this looks like illicit lovers coming and meeting together, doesn't it?"
  |  | 
 | <0566>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Something like that. Like Romeo and Juliet."
  |  | 
 | <0567>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Idiot, as if something like that's fine."
  |  | 
 | <0568>
  |  | 
 | // Knock, knock.
  |  | 
 | <0569>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ahh, they came again today...? Today's pretty busy."
  |  | 
 | <0570>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You've been under the blanket for a long while now, haven't you?"*
  |  | 
 | <0571>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I feel the same way."
  |  | 
 | <0572>
  |  | 
 | // I again head under the blanket.
  |  | 
 | <0573>
  |  | 
 | // Knock, knock.
  |  | 
 | <0574>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Coming!"
  |  | 
 | <0575>
  |  | 
 | // Clatter.
  |  | 
 | <0576>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Oh my, a girl from the girls' dormitory?"
  |  | 
 | <0577>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "No, an outsider. Is this a bad time to come in?"
  |  | 
 | <0578>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well... there aren't any rules keeping a girl from entering the guys' dormitory, so I guess it's fine?"
  |  | 
 | <0579>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "Yeah, I'm glad you understand."
  |  | 
 | <0580>
  |  | 
 | // I think I've heard that tone before.
  |  | 
 | <0581>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "I forgot to introduce myself."
  |  | 
 | <0582>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "I'm Sakagami Tomoyo, a second year."
  |  | 
 | <0583>
  |  | 
 | // ... I knew it. 
  |  | 
 | <0584>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "My introduction's late."
  |  | 
 | <0585>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "I'm Sakagami Tomoyo, a second year."
  |  | 
 | <0586>
  |  | 
 | // Sakagami Tomoyo... several days ago, she was the female student who took care of those delinquents. 
  |  | 
 | <0587>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "My introduction's late."
  |  | 
 | <0588>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "I'm Sakagami Tomoyo, a second year."
  |  | 
 | <0589>
  |  | 
 | // Someone I don't know.
  |  | 
 | <0590>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'm Sagara Misae, the landlady here."
  |  | 
 | <0591>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "Yup, I know of you."
  |  | 
 | <0592>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So, what's wrong?" 
  |  | 
 | <0593>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "You were formerly the first female student to be the student council president..."
  |  | 
 | <0594>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "And I heard you achieved the legendary 'Perfect Student Attendance Week' record."
  |  | 
 | <0595>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "Is that true?"
  |  | 
 | <0596>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yeah, that's quite an old story..."
  |  | 
 | <0597>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That really happened, didn't it?"
  |  | 
 | <0598>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "Amazing..."
  |  | 
 | <0599>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Eh?"
  |  | 
 | <0600>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "Also amazing that a girl managed to become the council president."*
  |  | 
 | <0601>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "But, to make the entire school not be late for an entire week..."
  |  | 
 | <0602>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "I couldn't pull something like that off." 
  |  | 
 | <0603>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "That's why I said it's amazing."
  |  | 
 | <0604>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, it was by chance."
  |  | 
 | <0605>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "That's humble of you."
  |  | 
 | <0606>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "If you were in the same year as I am, we would have been rivals..."
  |  | 
 | <0607>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What? You're announcing candidacy for the student council president?"
  |  | 
 | <0608>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "Yup, that's right."
  |  | 
 | <0609>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "I heard much of your achievements. You were the ideal council president."
  |  | 
 | <0610>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "I'd like you to tell me a lot of things, so I can have a guide."
  |  | 
 | <0611>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "That's why I've come to meet you like this."
  |  | 
 | <0612>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "But this is a bother, isn't it?"
  |  | 
 | <0613>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Nope, not at all. I'm fine with it. Though I don't think it's as exaggerated as being ideal."
  |  | 
 | <0614>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hmm..."
  |  | 
 | <0615>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "In any case, you want to come in?"
  |  | 
 | <0616>
  |  | 
 | // After all, she asked in that way, probably because she's a bit concerned about me being here.
  |  | 
 | <0617>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "It's not a problem, is it?"
  |  | 
 | <0618>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ah, yeah. It's fine, I think..."
  |  | 
 | <0619>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "Then, I'll do that. I want to talk a little more."
  |  | 
 | <0620>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ah, yeah, sure. Please do."
  |  | 
 | <0621>
  |  | 
 | // .........
  |  | 
 | <0622>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Have some tea."
  |  | 
 | <0623>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "Thank you."
  |  | 
 | <0624>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So, what would you like to ask?"
  |  | 
 | <0625>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "Hmm, I guess, how to end up becoming the council president."
  |  | 
 | <0626>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "You didn't do anything like unlawful extortion or something?"
  |  | 
 | <0627>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yeah, like I said, it happened by chance."
  |  | 
 | <0628>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "And by chance, seven hundred students had perfect attendance for a week."
  |  | 
 | <0629>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "That's quite amazing."
  |  | 
 | <0630>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, I guess something like that is a bit amazing." 
  |  | 
 | <0631>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "You showed yourself in the school assembly?"
  |  | 
 | <0632>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hmm, well, something like that."
  |  | 
 | <0633>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "You were quite popular."
  |  | 
 | <0634>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "The juniors liked me, after all."
  |  | 
 | <0635>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "I see..."
  |  | 
 | <0636>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "I just entered the school this spring."
  |  | 
 | <0637>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "So no one really knows my face." 
  |  | 
 | <0638>
  |  | 
 | // You're already quite popular, you know.
  |  | 
 | <0639>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "I wonder if this is a handicap?" 
  |  | 
 | <0640>
  |  | 
 | // And you're saying you want to "stand out" a lot more than you should.
  |  | 
 | <0641>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Even you're the type that younger ones would like. The same as me."
  |  | 
 | <0642>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "Yeah, I was aware of that before I came here."
  |  | 
 | <0643>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Then, if you try hard, you should be fine."
  |  | 
 | <0644>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "But, it seems that some people are sometimes late in this school."
  |  | 
 | <0645>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ahh, those guys..."
  |  | 
 | <0646>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "You know?"
  |  | 
 | <0647>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, those students are a bit famous for that."
  |  | 
 | <0648>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "If it were you, what would you do?"
  |  | 
 | <0649>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hmm, I guess..."
  |  | 
 | <0650>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Probably I wouldn't do anything special at all."
  |  | 
 | <0651>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "Eh...?"
  |  | 
 | <0652>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "To begin with, that one week of perfect attendance was only a result."
  |  | 
 | <0653>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "Hmm."
  |  | 
 | <0654>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "All I did was raise my voice in front of everyone and say that the whole next week, everyone should work hard."
  |  | 
 | <0655>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's really all I did."
  |  | 
 | <0656>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "And, as a result, I achieved that."
  |  | 
 | <0657>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You know what I'm trying to say?"
  |  | 
 | <0658>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It has nothing to do with working hard or anything."
  |  | 
 | <0659>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's why I said that for me, it happened by chance."
  |  | 
 | <0660>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "But, the council presidents after you didn't do that."
  |  | 
 | <0661>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "The chances of it happening were too small."
  |  | 
 | <0662>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "I wonder if something else was the cause of that?"
  |  | 
 | <0663>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hmm, I guess..."
  |  | 
 | <0664>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "If I had to say one thing..."
  |  | 
 | <0665>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Probably something like not recklessly working hard, aiming towards that goal."
  |  | 
 | <0666>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "?"
  |  | 
 | <0667>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Everyone seems to be so eager about it, no?"
  |  | 
 | <0668>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That'll just make people oppose you, right?"*
  |  | 
 | <0669>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "I see..."
  |  | 
 | <0670>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "... that's quite true."
  |  | 
 | <0671>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "I should thank you. Much appreciated."
  |  | 
 | <0672>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "Well, I should be giving my farewell."
  |  | 
 | <0673>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Oh my, is that so?"
  |  | 
 | <0674>
  |  | 
 | // Their cue for them to both stand up.
  |  | 
 | <0675>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Work hard. First off, you have to become the council president, though."
  |  | 
 | <0676>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <0677>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "If I become president..."
  |  | 
 | <0678>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "I'll just be myself."
  |  | 
 | <0679>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "That's what I've learned today."
  |  | 
 | <0680>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "That's what I've learned from you."
  |  | 
 | <0681>
  |  | 
 | // \{Tomoyo} "Well then, farewell."
  |  | 
 | <0682>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yeah, you're welcome at any time."
  |  | 
 | <0683>
  |  | 
 | // .........
  |  | 
 | <0684>
  |  | 
 | // Clatter, the sound of the closing door.
  |  | 
 | <0685>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Whew..."
  |  | 
 | <0686>
  |  | 
 | // My moist head comes into the open air.
  |  | 
 | <0687>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That girl's a warrior..."
  |  | 
 | <0688>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "........."
  |  | 
 | <0689>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Too bad you didn't see her. She looked quite beautiful."
  |  | 
 | <0690>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "... I never knew."
  |  | 
 | <0691>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What?"
  |  | 
 | <0692>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That you were a council president, Misae-san."
  |  | 
 | <0693>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yeah..."
  |  | 
 | <0694>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I never told you about such an old story, did I?"
  |  | 
 | <0695>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "I guess..."
  |  | 
 | <0696>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "But you see, I know absolutely nothing about your past, Misae-san."
  |  | 
 | <0697>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Is that so?"
  |  | 
 | <0698>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I never told you how beautiful of a girl I was?"
  |  | 
 | <0699>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That's a bit fishy, isn't it?"
  |  | 
 | <0700>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, you do have the freedom to think however you like about it."
  |  | 
 | <0701>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Besides, when I asked, you wouldn't tell me, right?"
  |  | 
 | <0702>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Is it about the guy from my past again...?"
  |  | 
 | <0703>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <0704>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... what does it matter about that?"
  |  | 
 | <0705>
  |  | 
 | // Why is it that Misae-san won't talk to me about that?
  |  | 
 | <0706>
  |  | 
 | // But, if someone asked her for advice with love, on how to win over the one they like, she just might talk about him.
  |  | 
 | <0707>
  |  | 
 | // At least, Misae-san would have to think about her own romance.
  |  | 
 | <0708>
  |  | 
 | // But what exactly am I going to do hearing a story about that?
  |  | 
 | <0709>
  |  | 
 | // I guess this is really for... what if?
  |  | 
 | <0710>
  |  | 
 | // If I have to know no matter what, then it's because I'm starting to like Misae-san...*
  |  | 
 | <0711>
  |  | 
 | // That's what this feels like.
  |  | 
 | <0712>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Furukawa!"
  |  | 
 | <0713>
  |  | 
 | // I say that to her back, as I rise up the hill.
  |  | 
 | <0714>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Eh, ah, yes?!"
  |  | 
 | <0715>
  |  | 
 | // Surprised, she jumps and turns around.
  |  | 
 | <0716>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Ah, \m{A}-san!"
  |  | 
 | <0717>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Hello there!"
  |  | 
 | <0718>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Umm, sorry to be rude, but there's something I'd like to ask."
  |  | 
 | <0719>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Yes, what might it be?"
  |  | 
 | <0720>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Umm, Furukawa..."
  |  | 
 | <0721>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Yes?"
  |  | 
 | <0722>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Do you know what love is...?"
  |  | 
 | <0723>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Eh...?"
  |  | 
 | <0724>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "What are you... asking suddenly...?"
  |  | 
 | <0725>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "It's a bit embarrassing, so I don't want to say it another time."
  |  | 
 | <0726>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Sorry, please do so. This time I'll listen."
  |  | 
 | <0727>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Furukawa... do you know what love is?"
  |  | 
 | <0728>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "........."
  |  | 
 | <0729>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Umm..."
  |  | 
 | <0730>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "I don't really know..."
  |  | 
 | <0731>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "You probably don't really know, but you're a little aware of guys that are there, right?"
  |  | 
 | <0732>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "........."
  |  | 
 | <0733>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "I guess it's something like that... truth is, I really don't know..."
  |  | 
 | <0734>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "I'm sorry I can't properly answer your question."
  |  | 
 | <0735>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "It's fine. Being like that's fine."
  |  | 
 | <0736>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Huh?"
  |  | 
 | <0737>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That was to check if you somehow didn't really know what that feeling was..."
  |  | 
 | <0738>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "You want to ask someone about it?"
  |  | 
 | <0739>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Someone... who would this be...?"
  |  | 
 | <0740>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "There's a student dormitory at the bottom of the hill, right?"
  |  | 
 | <0741>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Yes, there is."
  |  | 
 | <0742>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "The landlady there's been a big help to the people there, and everyone's come to consult her."
  |  | 
 | <0743>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Is that so?"
  |  | 
 | <0744>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Just a while ago, a female student who's aiming to be council president came to consult her."
  |  | 
 | <0745>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "That's amazing."
  |  | 
 | <0746>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Yeah. When they leave, they're cleared of their troubles, feeling refreshed."*
  |  | 
 | <0747>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Would you like to go and clear up those feelings you don't really know about?"
  |  | 
 | <0748>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Ah, but... if that person's there, then there's a lot of others consulting then."
  |  | 
 | <0749>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Yeah, you could consult about other things. But that person's really good with love. You wanna try asking about that?"
  |  | 
 | <0750>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Sure... if I remember, I'll try it..."
  |  | 
 | <0751>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Uhh, to begin with, you should try to go as soon as possible."
  |  | 
 | <0752>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Eh? Ah, okay..."
  |  | 
 | <0753>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "All right, her name's Sagara Misae. She's in the first room."
  |  | 
 | <0754>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Ah, it's a guy's dormitory, though."
  |  | 
 | <0755>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "... ehh?"
  |  | 
 | <0756>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "It's fine. I told you, right? They rely on her."
  |  | 
 | <0757>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "You wouldn't be the only girl either."
  |  | 
 | <0758>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Ah, okay."
  |  | 
 | <0759>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Then, when I get a chance, I'll drop in."
  |  | 
 | <0760>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "No, not when you get a chance, do it as soon as you can."
  |  | 
 | <0761>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Ehh?"
  |  | 
 | <0762>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Yeah. Today after school. Are you busy?"
  |  | 
 | <0763>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "No... nothing really worth mentioning."
  |  | 
 | <0764>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Then, today. I'll tell her that you're coming."
  |  | 
 | <0765>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Ah, sigh... I'm sorry for putting you through so much trouble."
  |  | 
 | <0766>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Later then."
  |  | 
 | <0767>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Okay... thank you very much."
  |  | 
 | <0768>
  |  | 
 | // And then, that day after school.
  |  | 
 | <0769>
  |  | 
 | // I'm waiting for the visitor in Misae-san's room.
  |  | 
 | <0770>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hey now... I'd like to say something."
  |  | 
 | <0771>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
  |  | 
 | <0772>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I don't have that much free time, you know?"
  |  | 
 | <0773>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "After I give you tea, it's already evening, see."
  |  | 
 | <0774>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Well, sorry about that."
  |  | 
 | <0775>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "In that case, maybe you should be a little more thoughtful?"
  |  | 
 | <0776>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Now, now, just a little bit longer."
  |  | 
 | <0777>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "If you helped out a bit, then I wouldn't have any complaints..."
  |  | 
 | <0778>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Well, you should tell me that too."
  |  | 
 | <0779>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You definitely wouldn't answer that..."
  |  | 
 | <0780>
  |  | 
 | // Knock, knock.
  |  | 
 | <0781>
  |  | 
 | // The knocking sound draws us in. She's finally come.
  |  | 
 | <0782>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "They come at the busiest time, don't they..."
  |  | 
 | <0783>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Well, I'll be hiding now, so have fun."
  |  | 
 | <0784>
  |  | 
 | // I crawl under the blanket at the same time Misae-san gets up.
  |  | 
 | <0785>
  |  | 
 | // There's an occupant here before me, giving me a mysterious look.
  |  | 
 | <0786>
  |  | 
 | // I hug him close, curling up inside together.
  |  | 
 | <0787>
  |  | 
 | // I silently stroke his back as he made a surprised meow.
  |  | 
 | <0788>
  |  | 
 | // Clatter.
  |  | 
 | <0789>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ah, another girl I don't know."
  |  | 
 | <0790>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Ah, excuse me... I'm Furukawa Nagisa!"
  |  | 
 | <0791>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "I came to consult you about something!"
  |  | 
 | <0792>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... there's been a lot of that..."
  |  | 
 | <0793>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I guess I have that kind of talent, don't I?"
  |  | 
 | <0794>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I wonder if I should change jobs...?"
  |  | 
 | <0795>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Umm... am I bothering you?"
  |  | 
 | <0796>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "No, no, it's fine. I'm just talking to myself, so don't mind me."
  |  | 
 | <0797>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Come on, let's not talk while standing, so please, come in."
  |  | 
 | <0798>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Please excuse me, then, I'll do that."
  |  | 
 | <0799>
  |  | 
 | // My field of vision is bounded by the small gap in the blanket, with Misae-san's back blocking it.
  |  | 
 | <0800>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So, what would you like help with?"
  |  | 
 | <0801>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Umm..."
  |  | 
 | <0802>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "A sort of feeling I don't really know."
  |  | 
 | <0803>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's quite difficult, isn't it?"
  |  | 
 | <0804>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "What might this strange feeling I'm having be...?"
  |  | 
 | <0805>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I dunno, is it love?"
  |  | 
 | <0806>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "It really is love then?!"
  |  | 
 | <0807>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Eh, I was right on?! Though the situation made it seem okay to say so."
  |  | 
 | <0808>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Umm, I don't really know myself, and then I came here..."
  |  | 
 | <0809>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ahh, so that's how it is."
  |  | 
 | <0810>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "In other words, there's a guy that's been on your mind."
  |  | 
 | <0811>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Yeah..."
  |  | 
 | <0812>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But, you don't really know if that feeling's love or not."
  |  | 
 | <0813>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Yeah..."
  |  | 
 | <0814>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Still in puberty, aren't you?"
  |  | 
 | <0815>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Yeah..."
  |  | 
 | <0816>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That the first time you felt like this? Even though it's just being worried about a guy."
  |  | 
 | <0817>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "That's... yes... something like that."
  |  | 
 | <0818>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You seem quite shy..."
  |  | 
 | <0819>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Yes... I'm sorry..."
  |  | 
 | <0820>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Don't apologize. It's a wonderful thing."
  |  | 
 | <0821>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Is... that so...?"
  |  | 
 | <0822>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "The guy's a classmate of yours?"
  |  | 
 | <0823>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "No, he's in a different class. But we're the same year."
  |  | 
 | <0824>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "How long has it been since you met?"
  |  | 
 | <0825>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Just a little bit, even though we just met last month..." 
  |  | 
 | <0826>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I see, and you're still fumbling over that..."
  |  | 
 | <0827>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So, was there something that caused you to start feeling this way?"
  |  | 
 | <0828>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Umm... there was."
  |  | 
 | <0829>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What exactly?"
  |  | 
 | <0830>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Yes. When we first met, he gave me a push."
  |  | 
 | <0831>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "I spent a long break from school due to being ill, so I had to repeat my third year..."
  |  | 
 | <0832>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "I didn't know anyone in the school, really..."
  |  | 
 | <0833>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "He pushed me forward, telling me to step through the school gates and find something else that was fun."
  |  | 
 | <0834>
  |  | 
 | // ... wait. \pThat's me, isn't it?
  |  | 
 | <0835>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "And then, I went to school like that."
  |  | 
 | <0836>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hmm, nice guy."
  |  | 
 | <0837>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Ah, yes. He's quite a good person."
  |  | 
 | <0838>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What's he look like? Is he really cool?"
  |  | 
 | <0839>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Yes... he's really cool."
  |  | 
 | <0840>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Though he's... someone I'm completely not suited to, at the very least..."
  |  | 
 | <0841>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You know..."
  |  | 
 | <0842>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Yes... what is it...?"
  |  | 
 | <0843>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's love, without a doubt."
  |  | 
 | <0844>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Eh? Is that... really what it is...?"
  |  | 
 | <0845>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Not that I've heard something else like that, but that was just something I thought, right?"
  |  | 
 | <0846>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Seeing you as you said that, that's what I thought."
  |  | 
 | <0847>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You've always been shy about it, haven't you?"
  |  | 
 | <0848>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Ah, that's... always been a habit of mine..."
  |  | 
 | <0849>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's not a habit at all."
  |  | 
 | <0850>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ahh, isn't it nice to be still young."
  |  | 
 | <0851>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "I'm sorry..."
  |  | 
 | <0852>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'm telling you, it's beautiful. So don't apologize."
  |  | 
 | <0853>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Okay..."
  |  | 
 | <0854>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'll ask just once, but the guy isn't a rugby member, is he?"
  |  | 
 | <0855>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "I don't think so."
  |  | 
 | <0856>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "If he's... Sunohara, then forget it."
  |  | 
 | <0857>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Not at all."
  |  | 
 | <0858>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I see, that's good then."
  |  | 
 | <0859>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Yes..."
  |  | 
 | <0860>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ah, one more. If it's \m{A}, then forget it."
  |  | 
 | <0861>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Eh..."
  |  | 
 | <0862>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "He's always late to school, going into someone's room afterward... and he's not really that attractive."
  |  | 
 | <0863>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Um..."
  |  | 
 | <0864>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "........."
  |  | 
 | <0865>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Eh...?"
  |  | 
 | <0866>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It can't be..."
  |  | 
 | <0867>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Is it \m{A}?"
  |  | 
 | <0868>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Is it him? Umm, his first name is \m{B}."
  |  | 
 | <0869>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Ah... yes..."
  |  | 
 | <0870>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <0871>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ahh, why is it that this girl's fallen for such a guy?"
  |  | 
 | <0872>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Umm... \m{A}-san's a good person..."
  |  | 
 | <0873>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, at the root he isn't a bad person... that much I know..."
  |  | 
 | <0874>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Of all guys, him..."
  |  | 
 | <0875>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Thanks for today."
  |  | 
 | <0876>
  |  | 
 | // \{Furukawa} "Well then, I'll be going."
  |  | 
 | <0877>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Okay, do your best."
  |  | 
 | <0878>
  |  | 
 | // Clatter, the door closes. It becomes silent.
  |  | 
 | <0879>
  |  | 
 | // Puff, Misae-san sits on the bed.
  |  | 
 | <0880>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So, what? You didn't know?"
  |  | 
 | <0881>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "About?"
  |  | 
 | <0882>
  |  | 
 | // I peek out of the blanket.
  |  | 
 | <0883>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "About that girl being interested in you."
  |  | 
 | <0884>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I didn't know."
  |  | 
 | <0885>
  |  | 
 | // To begin with, if I knew, I wouldn't have instigated her into this.
  |  | 
 | <0886>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "She's a good one."
  |  | 
 | <0887>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "There aren't a lot of girls who are as innocent as her at this time."
  |  | 
 | <0888>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <0889>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You don't really feel anything about it?"
  |  | 
 | <0890>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "I think she's a cute person."
  |  | 
 | <0891>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "But really thinking about it, I wonder?"
  |  | 
 | <0892>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You should seriously think about it. You did listen in after all."
  |  | 
 | <0893>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Then, I can't meet her."
  |  | 
 | <0894>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "For someone as diligent as her, someone as insincere like me isn't good for her."
  |  | 
 | <0895>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's fine if you're honest about it, right?"
  |  | 
 | <0896>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Nothing will come of it right now."
  |  | 
 | <0897>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ahh, what a poor girl. Even though it's her first love."
  |  | 
 | <0898>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I feel that you're going to have a different future if you keep dilly-dallying like that."
  |  | 
 | <0899>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's for your own good."
  |  | 
 | <0900>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "........."
  |  | 
 | <0901>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Even then, you still want to be here?"
  |  | 
 | <0902>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Is it a problem?"
  |  | 
 | <0903>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "How does this look like it's not a problem?"
  |  | 
 | <0904>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "You did say you were okay with it, didn't you?"
  |  | 
 | <0905>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh..."
  |  | 
 | <0906>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Why am I so worried about you anyway...?"
  |  | 
 | <0907>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Didn't you also say that was wonderful?"
  |  | 
 | <0908>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's definitely not wonderful when you say it."
  |  | 
 | <0909>
  |  | 
 | // My plan to instigate Furukawa into hearing about Misae-san's past failed. 
  |  | 
 | <0910>
  |  | 
 | // A bunch of girls were gathered around Fujibayashi's seat at lunch.
  |  | 
 | <0911>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "The queen of hearts and the king of spades... along with the seven of diamonds..."
  |  | 
 | <0912>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "It's amazing. You're really compatible with him." 
  |  | 
 | <0913>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Strengthening your bonds, no matter what problems come up, if it's you two, you'll be able to surpass it."
  |  | 
 | <0914>
  |  | 
 | // \{Girl} "Uwaaaaahhhh!!"
  |  | 
 | <0915>
  |  | 
 | // The girl cries, running out of the room at the results of the fortune telling.
  |  | 
 | <0916>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Ah... what happened...?"
  |  | 
 | <0917>
  |  | 
 | // \{Girl 1} "Ahh... how sad..."
  |  | 
 | <0918>
  |  | 
 | // \{Girl 2} "Can't be helped. It's fate, after all..."
  |  | 
 | <0919>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "... love fortunes are difficult..."
  |  | 
 | <0920>
  |  | 
 | // A bell rings in my head.
  |  | 
 | <0921>
  |  | 
 | // Her, then.
  |  | 
 | <0922>
  |  | 
 | // I slowly approach her seat.
  |  | 
 | <0923>
  |  | 
 | // The girls notice, each taking a step back, creating a path for me to get to Fujibayashi.
  |  | 
 | <0924>
  |  | 
 | // She watches as I come in front of her...
  |  | 
 | <0925>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "... hey, Fujibayashi."
  |  | 
 | <0926>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Eh? Y-yes?!"
  |  | 
 | <0927>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "What do you think about love?"
  |  | 
 | <0928>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "... eh...?"
  |  | 
 | <0929>
  |  | 
 | // Fujibayashi looks at me with a stupid face.
  |  | 
 | <0930>
  |  | 
 | // The girls around whisper into each others' ears, giving me suspicious looks.
  |  | 
 | <0931>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "What do you think about love?"
  |  | 
 | <0932>
  |  | 
 | // I say it again.
  |  | 
 | <0933>
  |  | 
 | // Fujibayashi blushes red. 
  |  | 
 | <0934>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Uu... eh... ah... umm... w-well... asking me... all of a sudden like that... umm..."
  |  | 
 | <0935>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "You don't know?"
  |  | 
 | <0936>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Uaah... t... that's... uh... well... what should I say... umm..."
  |  | 
 | <0937>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Don't you think it's bad to be telling love fortunes without knowing what love is?"
  |  | 
 | <0938>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Eh...? Ah... uu... well... y-yes."
  |  | 
 | <0939>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Indeed. You wouldn't be really convincing when giving such fortunes to other people."
  |  | 
 | <0940>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "B-but... um... fortune telling is fortune telling after all..."
  |  | 
 | <0941>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Is it okay to remain that vague about it?"
  |  | 
 | <0942>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Ah... uu..."
  |  | 
 | <0943>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Even though you're guiding people for that moment?"
  |  | 
 | <0944>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Especially love fortunes. Building such a bond between two people, it's really important stuff, isn't it?"
  |  | 
 | <0945>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "If you had just one or two experiences with love, you'd be able to come up with more accurate fortunes, wouldn't you?"
  |  | 
 | <0946>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Eh... umm... I... think so..."
  |  | 
 | <0947>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "But... for you... to tell me something like that all of a sudden... I..."
  |  | 
 | <0948>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "It's fine, I'll tell you something good."
  |  | 
 | <0949>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "... something... good?"
  |  | 
 | <0950>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Yeah. There's a student dorm at the bottom of the hill, right?"
  |  | 
 | <0951>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Ah... y-yes."
  |  | 
 | <0952>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "There, the people have been relying on the landlady."
  |  | 
 | <0953>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Is that so?"
  |  | 
 | <0954>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "She's amazing. Even a female student planning on becoming council president came to ask her advice."
  |  | 
 | <0955>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "T-that's amazing."
  |  | 
 | <0956>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "If you consult her, she'll certainly answer with something beneficial."
  |  | 
 | <0957>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "So go and visit her."
  |  | 
 | <0958>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "I guess so... when I'm close by, I'll visit."
  |  | 
 | <0959>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Well, the sooner the better. She has time right now, but a little later she tells me she'll be busy."
  |  | 
 | <0960>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Oh, right, how about today? You free after school?"
  |  | 
 | <0961>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Eh? Today...? Well... I don't really have anything to do..."
  |  | 
 | <0962>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "All right, it's decided then. I'll tell her you'll be coming."
  |  | 
 | <0963>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "... eh?"
  |  | 
 | <0964>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "The counselor's name is Sagara Misae. She's in the first room."
  |  | 
 | <0965>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Eh?"
  |  | 
 | <0966>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "By the way, it's a guy's dormitory."
  |  | 
 | <0967>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Ehh?!"
  |  | 
 | <0968>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "It's fine, I told you already, right? Even girls come to ask her for advice."
  |  | 
 | <0969>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Sigh..."
  |  | 
 | <0970>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "So don't be late after school."
  |  | 
 | <0971>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Eh, ah, o-okay, thank you... very much."
  |  | 
 | <0972>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So, what exactly are you doing?"
  |  | 
 | <0973>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Welcome back."
  |  | 
 | <0974>
  |  | 
 | // I'm pouring a cup of coffee just as Misae-san comes back.
  |  | 
 | <0975>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "You okay with black?"
  |  | 
 | <0976>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh..."
  |  | 
 | <0977>
  |  | 
 | // Misae-san gave a sigh as if tired, taking off her apron and sitting in front of the table.
  |  | 
 | <0978>
  |  | 
 | // I place a steaming cup in front of Misae-san, facing her as I sit down.
  |  | 
 | <0979>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Thanks."
  |  | 
 | <0980>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "You're welcome."
  |  | 
 | <0981>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hey, how do you know where the coffee beans are?!"
  |  | 
 | <0982>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Point is that I got an idea of where things were in this room."
  |  | 
 | <0983>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You couldn't have been looking around while I wasn't around, were you?"
  |  | 
 | <0984>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Is it fine?"
  |  | 
 | <0985>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Just that the underwear's in the second shelf."
  |  | 
 | <0986>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Eh? Really?"
  |  | 
 | <0987>
  |  | 
 | // Without thinking, I look at the drawers.
  |  | 
 | <0988>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Seem's like you haven't, huh." 
  |  | 
 | <0989>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That's a pretty extreme way to get me to say something..."
  |  | 
 | <0990>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Not really..."
  |  | 
 | <0991>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Is it really in the second shelf?"
  |  | 
 | <0992>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Do you want to check?"
  |  | 
 | <0993>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Is that fine?"
  |  | 
 | <0994>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Actually it's on the first. The second's the socks."
  |  | 
 | <0995>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That's fine as well."
  |  | 
 | <0996>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You know what, don't. You're a pervert if you're okay with doing that."
  |  | 
 | <0997>
  |  | 
 | // She controls me with her sigh as I stand up.
  |  | 
 | <0998>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So, what is it this time? I don't really have that much free time."
  |  | 
 | <0999>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Now, now, that's fine, isn't it?"
  |  | 
 | <1000>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Of course it isn't."
  |  | 
 | <1001>
  |  | 
 | // Knock... knock...
  |  | 
 | <1002>
  |  | 
 | // A reluctant knock. She's here.
  |  | 
 | <1003>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... I don't even have time to take a break..."
  |  | 
 | <1004>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Well then, I'll be hiding."
  |  | 
 | <1005>
  |  | 
 | // I crawl under the blanket at the same time Misae-san gets up.
  |  | 
 | <1006>
  |  | 
 | // There's an occupant here before me, giving me a mysterious look.
  |  | 
 | <1007>
  |  | 
 | // I hug him, curling up inside together.
  |  | 
 | <1008>
  |  | 
 | // I silently stroke his back as he makes a surprised meow.
  |  | 
 | <1009>
  |  | 
 | // Clatter.
  |  | 
 | <1010>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ah, another girl I don't know."
  |  | 
 | <1011>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "U... umm... are you Sagara Misae-san...?"
  |  | 
 | <1012>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yeah, I am."
  |  | 
 | <1013>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "U-umm, n-nice to meet you, I-I, I'm, Fujibayashi Ryou."
  |  | 
 | <1014>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Well... u-umm, I came today to... ask you for advice."
  |  | 
 | <1015>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... there's been a lot of that..."
  |  | 
 | <1016>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I guess I have that kind of talent, don't I?"
  |  | 
 | <1017>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I wonder if I should change jobs...?"
  |  | 
 | <1018>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Ah... uu... I-I'm sorry, coming on such short notice... well... it's a bit of a bother."
  |  | 
 | <1019>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "No, it's fine, it's fine. Don't worry."
  |  | 
 | <1020>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, please come in."
  |  | 
 | <1021>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Umm... is it okay...?"
  |  | 
 | <1022>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You seem the type of girl that's really bothered by coming to a guy's dorm, aren't you?"
  |  | 
 | <1023>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I don't know how I might answer you, but for now, come in and talk."
  |  | 
 | <1024>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "O-okay, thank you very much."
  |  | 
 | <1025>
  |  | 
 | // My field of vision is bounded by the small gap in the blanket, with Misae-san's back blocking it.
  |  | 
 | <1026>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So, what would you like help with?"
  |  | 
 | <1027>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Y-yes... umm... truth is... uh..."
  |  | 
 | <1028>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "W... well..."
  |  | 
 | <1029>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "My chest's been feeling really fuzzy or something."
  |  | 
 | <1030>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Huh."
  |  | 
 | <1031>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "What might this be...?"
  |  | 
 | <1032>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I dunno, is it love?"
  |  | 
 | <1033>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "S... so it is love?!"
  |  | 
 | <1034>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Eh, I was right on?! Though the situation made it seem okay to say so."
  |  | 
 | <1035>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "No... well... somehow I don't... really notice it myself, but..."
  |  | 
 | <1036>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "I don't really have any confidence, I guess... so much that I started having these feelings..."
  |  | 
 | <1037>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh, you're so young. I'm envious."
  |  | 
 | <1038>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Ah... uu..."
  |  | 
 | <1039>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Ahm... umm... well... but besides that..."
  |  | 
 | <1040>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1041>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "... what is love...?"
  |  | 
 | <1042>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Huh...?"
  |  | 
 | <1043>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "A guy in my class asked me... umm... and I didn't answer..."
  |  | 
 | <1044>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Huh."
  |  | 
 | <1045>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "I like giving fortunes, so I've been doing a lot of love fortune telling."
  |  | 
 | <1046>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "But... h-he told me that someone who told love fortunes without knowing love wouldn't be too convincing..."
  |  | 
 | <1047>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sounds like someone who says stuff to sound important."*
  |  | 
 | <1048>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "N-no, I don't think it's like that at all."
  |  | 
 | <1049>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "I-I think that he gave me some very important advice."
  |  | 
 | <1050>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "It's quite true that I haven't been quite thoughtful of other people when giving them fortunes, which is a bit rude."
  |  | 
 | <1051>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "That's why, well, he's not saying anything that makes him sound important."
  |  | 
 | <1052>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... you're really supporting him, aren't you?"
  |  | 
 | <1053>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Eh? Ah... uu... i-it's nothing like that at all... umm..."
  |  | 
 | <1054>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It couldn't be that when you talked to that classmate, your heart was beating hard?"
  |  | 
 | <1055>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Bea--eh? How do you know??"
  |  | 
 | <1056>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "When you're talking to him with other girls watching you, your chest feels tight, right?"*
  |  | 
 | <1057>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "O-of course..."
  |  | 
 | <1058>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Even more, they turn their eyes away quickly, right?"*
  |  | 
 | <1059>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Ah... wawa..."
  |  | 
 | <1060>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's love."
  |  | 
 | <1061>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Eh?"
  |  | 
 | <1062>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's fine for you to be like this at this age. I also went through the same thing."
  |  | 
 | <1063>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Umm..."
  |  | 
 | <1064>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hmm?"
  |  | 
 | <1065>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Your heart beating fast... feeling tight... and turning your eyes away... that's... love...?"
  |  | 
 | <1066>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You don't feel that way normally with friends, right?"
  |  | 
 | <1067>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "R-right."
  |  | 
 | <1068>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Especially that tight feeling, that's most important."
  |  | 
 | <1069>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Is that so...?"
  |  | 
 | <1070>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You might get the wrong idea with your heart beating fast, but certainly not with the tightening feeling."
  |  | 
 | <1071>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Of course, that's just speaking from experience."
  |  | 
 | <1072>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You can't go wrong with that."
  |  | 
 | <1073>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Is that so..."
  |  | 
 | <1074>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Thank you very much. That was of much help."
  |  | 
 | <1075>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yeah... by the way, there's one thing I'd like to ask."
  |  | 
 | <1076>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "About the guy who gave you that advice."
  |  | 
 | <1077>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I could be wrong but, it isn't \m{A}, is it?"
  |  | 
 | <1078>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Au..."
  |  | 
 | <1079>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "No way, you serious?"
  |  | 
 | <1080>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Uuu~..."
  |  | 
 | <1081>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What's so good about him?"
  |  | 
 | <1082>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Umm... umm... au... well..."
  |  | 
 | <1083>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "B... back from second year... my sister had fun talking about him every day..."
  |  | 
 | <1084>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "In the beginning, what I heard seemed quite attractive..."*
  |  | 
 | <1085>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "When we were in the same class in third year, I saw him close by... and..."
  |  | 
 | <1086>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "I thought that... he was quite cool..."
  |  | 
 | <1087>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ahh... devoted, and young... I'm somehow quite envious."
  |  | 
 | <1088>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But, it's better not to deal with him."
  |  | 
 | <1089>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "He's always late to school, going into someone's room, sticking around, and getting in the way..."
  |  | 
 | <1090>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "He's not attractive at all. For a girl like you, you should find someone else better."
  |  | 
 | <1091>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Umm... sticking around... which means... umm... would it be, here?"
  |  | 
 | <1092>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yeah, indeed. You shouldn't go after such relentless guys. You'll definitely have problems later."
  |  | 
 | <1093>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Has \m{A}-kun been... with you here a lot...?"
  |  | 
 | <1094>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Not now, but he was."
  |  | 
 | <1095>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1096>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Eh?"
  |  | 
 | <1097>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "... umm... just now, I... felt tight..."
  |  | 
 | <1098>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's, hmm."
  |  | 
 | <1099>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "... what should I do?"
  |  | 
 | <1100>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Let's see. For now, you should treasure those feelings right now, right?"
  |  | 
 | <1101>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Nothing's going on between me and \m{A}, anyway."
  |  | 
 | <1102>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Or rather, if you work hard to turn him around, then he won't get in the way of my work anymore."
  |  | 
 | <1103>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Is, that so...?"
  |  | 
 | <1104>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "If you don't do anything, the one thing you'll feel left is regret. Do what you can while you're young."
  |  | 
 | <1105>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Umm, thanks for everything today."
  |  | 
 | <1106>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sure, if you feel that it's helped you, then I'm happy."
  |  | 
 | <1107>
  |  | 
 | // \{Ryou} "Yeah. Well then, I'll be going."
  |  | 
 | <1108>
  |  | 
 | // Clatter... the door closes. It becomes silent.
  |  | 
 | <1109>
  |  | 
 | // Puff, Misae-san sits on the bed.
  |  | 
 | <1110>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Did you suggest her to come here? Or rather, you didn't know?"
  |  | 
 | <1111>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "About?"
  |  | 
 | <1112>
  |  | 
 | // I peek out of the blanket.
  |  | 
 | <1113>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That girl just now likes you."
  |  | 
 | <1114>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "I never knew at all. We haven't been in the same class long enough, so we didn't really talk much."
  |  | 
 | <1115>
  |  | 
 | // Actually, if I knew, I wouldn't have instigated her into this.
  |  | 
 | <1116>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "And so, what'll you do?"
  |  | 
 | <1117>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "What do you mean?"
  |  | 
 | <1118>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You heard her feelings, didn't you?"
  |  | 
 | <1119>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "She doesn't know I was here when I heard it, so nothing will really change."
  |  | 
 | <1120>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's such a waste."
  |  | 
 | <1121>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Besides, I don't know about her at all."
  |  | 
 | <1122>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Isn't it okay to know from now on?"
  |  | 
 | <1123>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "She's my class' representative, you know? She completely doesn't suit me."
  |  | 
 | <1124>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "If you're honest about it, that isn't a problem."
  |  | 
 | <1125>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Nothing will come of it right now."
  |  | 
 | <1126>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh, what a poor girl."
  |  | 
 | <1127>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So, in other words, you instigated her to get me to say something?"
  |  | 
 | <1128>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "You know what I'm going to ask, don't you?"
  |  | 
 | <1129>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You're still not giving up on that...?"
  |  | 
 | <1130>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <1131>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh..."
  |  | 
 | <1132>
  |  | 
 | // She gives a tired sigh.
  |  | 
 | <1133>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "I'm at least here, aren't I?"
  |  | 
 | <1134>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Even I..."
  |  | 
 | <1135>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Feel my chest tightening when I think about it."
  |  | 
 | <1136>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You've had way too much coffee."
  |  | 
 | <1137>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1138>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ahh, I feel that you're going to have a different future if you keep dilly-dallying like that."
  |  | 
 | <1139>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's for your own good."
  |  | 
 | <1140>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1141>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Even then, you still want to be here?"
  |  | 
 | <1142>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Is it a problem?"
  |  | 
 | <1143>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Even though it doesn't look like it?"
  |  | 
 | <1144>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "You did say you were okay with it, didn't you?"
  |  | 
 | <1145>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh..."
  |  | 
 | <1146>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Why am I so worried about you, anyway...?"
  |  | 
 | <1147>
  |  | 
 | // My plan to instigate Fujibayashi into hearing about Misae-san's past failed.
  |  | 
 | <1148>
  |  | 
 | // But, not once was I discouraged.
  |  | 
 | <1149>
  |  | 
 | // Knock, knock.
  |  | 
 | <1150>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Coming..."
  |  | 
 | <1151>
  |  | 
 | // Clatter.
  |  | 
 | <1152>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Umm, I'm here to ask for help on love..."
  |  | 
 | <1153>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "How many of you will come before you're satisfied--?!"
  |  | 
 | <1154>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You're the tenth person today, you know?!"
  |  | 
 | <1155>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I haven't had any free time all day to myself, I'm at my limit!"
  |  | 
 | <1156>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Ah, you take appointments... I'll leave a note then..."*
  |  | 
 | <1157>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "There's even notes---?!"
  |  | 
 | <1158>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "I'm sorry... I'll come by again."
  |  | 
 | <1159>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ahh... it's fine... come in..."
  |  | 
 | <1160>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Is that okay...?"
  |  | 
 | <1161>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I can't just refuse you, can I...?"
  |  | 
 | <1162>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Sorry, thank you so much."
  |  | 
 | <1163>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, that's just how it is. Be more confident."
  |  | 
 | <1164>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Is that so. That was quite helpful. Thank you very much."
  |  | 
 | <1165>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "I really don't have any confidence myself."
  |  | 
 | <1166>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "How were you during your school days, Misae-san?"
  |  | 
 | <1167>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "You must have been pretty popular to be the first female student council president, huh?"
  |  | 
 | <1168>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... why is it that you know that much...?"
  |  | 
 | <1169>
  |  | 
 | // Because I've been distributing flyers all over the place.
  |  | 
 | <1170>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Even now, you're quite beautiful and popular, unlike me..."
  |  | 
 | <1171>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Who knows... I don't recall being all that popular."
  |  | 
 | <1172>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Do you have a boyfriend?"
  |  | 
 | <1173>
  |  | 
 | // Grip, I tighten my fist. I've been waiting for such an active girl to come ask about that.
  |  | 
 | <1174>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What, now... I don't have to answer that, do I?"
  |  | 
 | <1175>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "I was wondering what kind of guy a beautiful young woman like you would pick."
  |  | 
 | <1176>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Exactly how the kids here are thinking of me as beautiful..." 
  |  | 
 | <1177>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "I heard the guys here love you." 
  |  | 
 | <1178>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Oh geez, so they call that an expression of love? That's popular..."
  |  | 
 | <1179>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Even then, I want to know. Please tell me."
  |  | 
 | <1180>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... I don't have one."
  |  | 
 | <1181>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I've just been taking care of the kids here the whole time."
  |  | 
 | <1182>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Is that so... that's quite a waste."
  |  | 
 | <1183>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Go tell that to the other guys."
  |  | 
 | <1184>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Then, what kind of guy was your boyfriend?"
  |  | 
 | <1185>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh..."
  |  | 
 | <1186>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... you really want to know?"
  |  | 
 | <1187>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "I do."
  |  | 
 | <1188>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Don't look at me with such glittering eyes, geez..."
  |  | 
 | <1189>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What kind of guy was he, huh..."
  |  | 
 | <1190>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Was it that long ago?"
  |  | 
 | <1191>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It was... back during my school days."
  |  | 
 | <1192>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Then, you really were popular when you were council president."
  |  | 
 | <1193>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That was before I became president, actually..."
  |  | 
 | <1194>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I don't recall it all too well, though."
  |  | 
 | <1195>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Was he handsome? What kind of club activities did he take part in?"
  |  | 
 | <1196>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... one thing after another..."
  |  | 
 | <1197>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Ah, I'm sorry..."
  |  | 
 | <1198>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's okay... that's all right..."
  |  | 
 | <1199>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "He wasn't handsome at all, nor was he in any clubs."
  |  | 
 | <1200>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Eh? So he was just a nice, normal guy then?"
  |  | 
 | <1201>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I guess..."
  |  | 
 | <1202>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "I'm sure he had a good personality."
  |  | 
 | <1203>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Who knows..."
  |  | 
 | <1204>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Then, why did you like him?"
  |  | 
 | <1205>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hmm, I dunno, really."
  |  | 
 | <1206>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "But, you did like him, right?"
  |  | 
 | <1207>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... yeah."
  |  | 
 | <1208>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Which one of you confessed?"
  |  | 
 | <1209>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Umm..."
  |  | 
 | <1210>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Yes?"
  |  | 
 | <1211>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I guess, I really don't want to talk about this... I'm sorry."
  |  | 
 | <1212>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "No, it's my fault, for prying a bit too much..."
  |  | 
 | <1213>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "But, seriously, you're quite the idol, Misae-san. That's why I wanted to know your philosophy on love."
  |  | 
 | <1214>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You shouldn't idolize such an ordinary woman as myself."
  |  | 
 | <1215>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "You're not ordinary at all."
  |  | 
 | <1216>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But I guess... you could say I was kind of at my prime back in those days."
  |  | 
 | <1217>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Especially among the juniors."
  |  | 
 | <1218>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "I knew it."
  |  | 
 | <1219>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But, it was mostly among the girls."
  |  | 
 | <1220>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Even then, that's amazing."
  |  | 
 | <1221>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I wonder about that..."
  |  | 
 | <1222>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "And, I..."
  |  | 
 | <1223>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Wasted those precious days for the sake of that guy..."
  |  | 
 | <1224>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Even though those times won't come back."
  |  | 
 | <1225>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Eh...?"
  |  | 
 | <1226>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Did something happen?"
  |  | 
 | <1227>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Nothing particularly important or anything."
  |  | 
 | <1228>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I was just rejected."
  |  | 
 | <1229>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's all."
  |  | 
 | <1230>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Ah... is that so?"
  |  | 
 | <1231>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You also have time to shine from now on as well, so be serious about it."
  |  | 
 | <1232>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Ah, okay!"
  |  | 
 | <1233>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Thank you for everything today!"
  |  | 
 | <1234>
  |  | 
 | // Clatter.
  |  | 
 | <1235>
  |  | 
 | // .........
  |  | 
 | <1236>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... are you satisfied?"
  |  | 
 | <1237>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1238>
  |  | 
 | // I hide my breath inside the blanket with the cat.
  |  | 
 | <1239>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Geez, you're quite the businessman."
  |  | 
 | <1240>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "... you figured it out?"
  |  | 
 | <1241>
  |  | 
 | // Bringing only my head out, I ask that.
  |  | 
 | <1242>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ten people did come all at once asking about love."
  |  | 
 | <1243>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So..."
  |  | 
 | <1244>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What are you going to do with hearing about my old boyfriend?"
  |  | 
 | <1245>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You think you can make one forget about some if you hold them tightly enough?"*
  |  | 
 | <1246>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "I can't do something like that."
  |  | 
 | <1247>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What I said just now would be troubling, that's why."
  |  | 
 | <1248>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Then, that's fine. It's a hobby of mine to trouble older women."
  |  | 
 | <1249>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I've had enough of it, then. Isn't that great~"
  |  | 
 | <1250>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Though I have to say it's not enough."
  |  | 
 | <1251>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Then do what you want."
  |  | 
 | <1252>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "If you do, it'll mean you like making older women cry."
  |  | 
 | <1253>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1254>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Sigh..."
  |  | 
 | <1255>
  |  | 
 | // My defeat. I crawl out of the blanket, scratching my head.
  |  | 
 | <1256>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "... I'm jealous of him."
  |  | 
 | <1257>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "He seems like an amazing guy."
  |  | 
 | <1258>
  |  | 
 | // Misae-san sits down beside me.
  |  | 
 | <1259>
  |  | 
 | // The cat jumped from my arm to her lap, curling up.
  |  | 
 | <1260>
  |  | 
 | // Misae-san strokes his back.
  |  | 
 | <1261>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Nothing amazing or anything."
  |  | 
 | <1262>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "He was just too ordinary."
  |  | 
 | <1263>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Somehow I didn't really suit him at all."
  |  | 
 | <1264>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Sigh... guess it really didn't go all too well..."
  |  | 
 | <1265>
  |  | 
 | // Walking over Sunohara's body, I find a place to sit down at.
  |  | 
 | <1266>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "What didn't? Her breasts?" 
  |  | 
 | <1267>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Don't put me together with you."
  |  | 
 | <1268>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Eh? I thought you were trying hard to see Misae-san's breasts?"
  |  | 
 | <1269>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "I'm not doing anything like that."
  |  | 
 | <1270>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Then, what? She's really drawing you in?"
  |  | 
 | <1271>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Somehow, it feels like that... I wonder why?"
  |  | 
 | <1272>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Like hell I'd know."
  |  | 
 | <1273>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Thinking about it, it's probably the breasts."
  |  | 
 | <1274>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Breasts, breasts, shut up with the breasts!"
  |  | 
 | <1275>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "If you make light of breasts, you'll be crying over breasts."
  |  | 
 | <1276>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "There isn't a situation to cry over breasts."
  |  | 
 | <1277>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "There probably is."
  |  | 
 | <1278>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "When that happens, you'll shout,
  |  | 
 | <1279>
  |  | 
 | // \b'Breast Sho----ck!'\u, 
  |  | 
 | <1280>
  |  | 
 | // Holding your head for being so idiotic, right?" 
  |  | 
 | <1281>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "I wouldn't scream something stupid like that, it would split my mouth.."
  |  | 
 | <1282>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Well, whatever floats your boat, but... you'll regret it later."
  |  | 
 | <1283>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "This discussion's really all over the place anyway."
  |  | 
 | <1284>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Sigh, I was an idiot for asking you..."
  |  | 
 | <1285>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "What man, you seem to be quite worried and stuff."
  |  | 
 | <1286>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Is it about the breasts?"
  |  | 
 | <1287>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Just cool off on that. \bPlease.\u"
  |  | 
 | <1288>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Sorry dude. No matter what, Misae-san = breasts for me!"
  |  | 
 | <1289>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "If I hear it again, I'm going to hit you."
  |  | 
 | <1290>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "That's for certain. Then, from now on I'll just randomly say tits then."* 
  |  | 
 | <1291>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Misae-san, has nice tits! Like that."
  |  | 
 | <1292>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That's so obvious, you know."
  |  | 
 | <1293>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "I won't get found out!"
  |  | 
 | <1294>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "I'll just slip into the conversation, 'Show us yer tits!---!' whenever I get a chance---!"* 
  |  | 
 | <1295>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "I'm sure that'll work!"
  |  | 
 | <1296>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Sigh..."
  |  | 
 | <1297>
  |  | 
 | // I offered no more resistance than a sigh.
  |  | 
 | <1298>
  |  | 
 | // It seems that I've caught onto Misae-san's habit.
  |  | 
 | <1299>
  |  | 
 | // That's right, she is constantly sighing.
  |  | 
 | <1300>
  |  | 
 | // And then she'd forgive the person she talked to. I smile involuntarily, remembering that figure.
  |  | 
 | <1301>
  |  | 
 | // Yeah, now I understand.
  |  | 
 | <1302>
  |  | 
 | // I've always been beside her, seeing that figure.
  |  | 
 | <1303>
  |  | 
 | // I wanted to give a sigh like she did.
  |  | 
 | <1304>
  |  | 
 | // And then, selfishly continue to forgive other people like she does.
  |  | 
 | <1305>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "What are you doing, smiling by yourself?"
  |  | 
 | <1306>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "If it's something funny, tell me too."
  |  | 
 | <1307>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "You'd never, ever understand."
  |  | 
 | <1308>
  |  | 
 | // \{Sunohara} "Huh...?"
  |  | 
 | <1309>
  |  | 
 | // The next day, I again visit the dorm.
  |  | 
 | <1310>
  |  | 
 | // Knock, knock.
  |  | 
 | <1311>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Coming!"
  |  | 
 | <1312>
  |  | 
 | // Clatter. The door opens, and Misae-san's face peeps out.
  |  | 
 | <1313>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What, it's you, \m{A}. What is it, it's not like you to knock like this."
  |  | 
 | <1314>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "I thought it'd be polite."
  |  | 
 | <1315>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Of course it is. What would you do if I was in the middle of changing my clothes?"
  |  | 
 | <1316>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Well, I was hoping for that though."
  |  | 
 | <1317>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Idiot, if I were changing my clothes I'd lock the door."
  |  | 
 | <1318>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Come on, don't just stand there, come in."
  |  | 
 | <1319>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Umm, Misae-san,"
  |  | 
 | <1320>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Today, I've come as a guest."
  |  | 
 | <1321>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What are you talking about? I don't really get what you mean."
  |  | 
 | <1322>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "As a guest, I said, a guest. This time, for advice."
  |  | 
 | <1323>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You know, although I'm a counselor, I'm no expert at love."
  |  | 
 | <1324>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You've just been making me look like one."
  |  | 
 | <1325>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's why, I won't be taking guests."
  |  | 
 | <1326>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Then, helping someone you know with their troubles."
  |  | 
 | <1327>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You don't seem to have that much of a problem, so no."
  |  | 
 | <1328>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "I'm serious. At the very least, I won't be telling you to show me your breasts."
  |  | 
 | <1329>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Of course."
  |  | 
 | <1330>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "If I did, that's okay?"
  |  | 
 | <1331>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... so helpless..."
  |  | 
 | <1332>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Here, come on in."
  |  | 
 | <1333>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Please excuse me."
  |  | 
 | <1334>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So, tell me just how much of a problem you really have."
  |  | 
 | <1335>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "I need advice on love."
  |  | 
 | <1336>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Oh, so you've finally found someone you like. Congratulations."
  |  | 
 | <1337>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'm also happy, too. Now you won't be coming here anymore."
  |  | 
 | <1338>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's better for you not to waste a lot of time together with a mature woman such as myself~"
  |  | 
 | <1339>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Umm, the one I'm talking about is..." 
  |  | 
 | <1340>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Oh, that girl from before? It was Furukawa, right?"
  |  | 
 | <1341>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Oh, that girl from before? It was Fujibayashi, right?"
  |  | 
 | <1342>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "No it isn't."
  |  | 
 | <1343>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "A girl in the same class? Or maybe a junior student?"
  |  | 
 | <1344>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "No. Someone older."
  |  | 
 | <1345>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Older? Then, a teacher."
  |  | 
 | <1346>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Oh, you shouldn't try Fukushima-sensei at all. She already has a fiancée."
  |  | 
 | <1347>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "It isn't."
  |  | 
 | <1348>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Then, Sengoku-sensei from PE? Ah, don't bother with her. She has a guy too."
  |  | 
 | <1349>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That'd still be way off."
  |  | 
 | <1350>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "It isn't them."
  |  | 
 | <1351>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Oh, is that so."
  |  | 
 | <1352>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Then, that's a relief."
  |  | 
 | <1353>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Oh yeah, there's one more thing."
  |  | 
 | <1354>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You shouldn't bother with the student dorm landlady."
  |  | 
 | <1355>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "There's someone she's been continuing to wait for, after all."
  |  | 
 | <1356>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Someone that she loved for a short time, meeting in school..."
  |  | 
 | <1357>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "And, those feelings continue even now, even though he disappeared..."
  |  | 
 | <1358>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's why, she won't like anyone else."
  |  | 
 | <1359>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Her shining days are already past..."
  |  | 
 | <1360>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "They're already gone to a place she can't reach..."
  |  | 
 | <1361>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "After that, she's only going to grow old, alone."
  |  | 
 | <1362>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's the kind of person she is..."
  |  | 
 | <1363>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So, don't bother."
  |  | 
 | <1364>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You're more suited for a much more beautiful girl."
  |  | 
 | <1365>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "... umm, Misae-san." 
  |  | 
 | <1366>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sorry but, the consultation's over now."
  |  | 
 | <1367>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "It's not over yet..."
  |  | 
 | <1368>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I won't hear it. My ears won't listen."
  |  | 
 | <1369>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So..."
  |  | 
 | <1370>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So don't continue... okay?"
  |  | 
 | <1371>
  |  | 
 | // Saying that, she lowers her face.
  |  | 
 | <1372>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sorry..."
  |  | 
 | <1373>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1374>
  |  | 
 | // I realize.
  |  | 
 | <1375>
  |  | 
 | // That I have been rejected by Misae-san.
  |  | 
 | <1376>
  |  | 
 | // All that is left... \pis to leave quietly.
  |  | 
 | <1377>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1378>
  |  | 
 | // Getting up silently, I take the doorknob.
  |  | 
 | <1379>
  |  | 
 | // Something goes around my feet.
  |  | 
 | <1380>
  |  | 
 | // It's the cat.
  |  | 
 | <1381>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} (You want to come?)
  |  | 
 | <1382>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} (No way you could...)
  |  | 
 | <1383>
  |  | 
 | // Opening the door, I enter the hallway.
  |  | 
 | <1384>
  |  | 
 | // The cat looks up at me, remaining in the room.
  |  | 
 | <1385>
  |  | 
 | // It seems like he wants to see me off.
  |  | 
 | <1386>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Later."
  |  | 
 | <1387>
  |  | 
 | // Giving him my farewell, I leave that place.
  |  | 
 | <1388>
  |  | 
 | // Looking back, the amusing figure of me trying hard was there.
  |  | 
 | <1389>
  |  | 
 | // Even though I did everything I could.
  |  | 
 | <1390>
  |  | 
 | // I think it's a bit much.
  |  | 
 | <1391>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} (I'm just tired though...)
  |  | 
 | <1392>
  |  | 
 | // Well, time to get back to those normal days.
  |  | 
 | <1393>
  |  | 
 | // ... wasting time with that idiot.
  |  | 
 | <1394>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hmm?"
  |  | 
 | <1395>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "The one I like isn't the Misae-san from the past."
  |  | 
 | <1396>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "It's the Misae-san now."
  |  | 
 | <1397>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "It's the Misae-san that I met here, spending time in this room that I ended up liking."
  |  | 
 | <1398>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Even though you're going to grow old, or shined back in those days..."
  |  | 
 | <1399>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "I still like that sort of person."
  |  | 
 | <1400>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "That's the Misae-san I like."
  |  | 
 | <1401>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You..."
  |  | 
 | <1402>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Really... do like making women cry."
  |  | 
 | <1403>
  |  | 
 | // And then...
  |  | 
 | <1404>
  |  | 
 | // Misae-san cried, like a girl.
  |  | 
 | <1405>
  |  | 
 | // She stayed close by me for the longest time.
  |  | 
 | <1406>
  |  | 
 | // While I held the cat in my hand.
  |  | 
 | <1407>
  |  | 
 | // And then, that night.
  |  | 
 | <1408>
  |  | 
 | // I saw a long dream.
  |  | 
 | <1409>
  |  | 
 | // I finally meet the girl, standing beside the school gates.
  |  | 
 | <1410>
  |  | 
 | // She stands on her tiptoes within the crowd of students heading home, as if always looking for someone.
  |  | 
 | <1411>
  |  | 
 | // I get closer to where she stands.
  |  | 
 | <1412>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1413>
  |  | 
 | // Her face and eyes fall left and right, return, and go left and right yet again.*
  |  | 
 | <1414>
  |  | 
 | // When she looks towards me as I wave my hand in front of her, she looks away, completely ignoring me.*
  |  | 
 | <1415>
  |  | 
 | // .........
  |  | 
 | <1416>
  |  | 
 | // Before long...
  |  | 
 | <1417>
  |  | 
 | // She opens her eyes wide as she finds the person she was looking for.
  |  | 
 | <1418>
  |  | 
 | // She rushes over.
  |  | 
 | <1419>
  |  | 
 | // I also follow her.
  |  | 
 | <1420>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ah, Igaarashi-kun, you're also heading home?"
  |  | 
 | <1421>
  |  | 
 | // So she asks the male student.
  |  | 
 | <1422>
  |  | 
 | // \{Male Student} "Yeah. You too, Sagara?"
  |  | 
 | <1423>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, just by chance."
  |  | 
 | <1424>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "If, you don't mind..."
  |  | 
 | <1425>
  |  | 
 | // \{Male Student} "What about that kid there?"
  |  | 
 | <1426>
  |  | 
 | // \{Male Student} "He looks like he's from a different school but... perhaps he's your boyfriend?"
  |  | 
 | <1427>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Eh...?"
  |  | 
 | <1428>
  |  | 
 | // \{Male Student} "Sorry for getting in the way."
  |  | 
 | <1429>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "Hey, Igaarashi, hurry up, let's go!"
  |  | 
 | <1430>
  |  | 
 | // A voice calling from below.
  |  | 
 | <1431>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "Okay!"
  |  | 
 | <1432>
  |  | 
 | // The male student named Igaarashi gives a loud response, hurrying down the hill.
  |  | 
 | <1433>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1434>
  |  | 
 | // Sagara-san stands there, dumbfounded.
  |  | 
 | <1435>
  |  | 
 | // That face turns towards me like a robot.
  |  | 
 | <1436>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... hey, who are you?"
  |  | 
 | <1437>
  |  | 
 | // \{Me} "Ah, you've finally noticed me."
  |  | 
 | <1438>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I'm Shima Katsuki. You remember me, right? Before, you helped me out. Do you remember?"
  |  | 
 | <1439>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... I don't remember you, nor do I remember helping you."
  |  | 
 | <1440>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Oh, I see. Then, let's talk for a bit."
  |  | 
 | <1441>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... why you..."
  |  | 
 | <1442>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yes?"
  |  | 
 | <1443>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Because of your flirting around..."
  |  | 
 | <1444>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "He got the wrong idea----!!"
  |  | 
 | <1445>
  |  | 
 | // She tightens her arm around me from behind.
  |  | 
 | <1446>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "It hurts, it hurts!"
  |  | 
 | <1447>
  |  | 
 | // The students heading home look our way, smiling.
  |  | 
 | <1448>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh, whatever, I'm going home!"
  |  | 
 | <1449>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "No, wait, cough!"
  |  | 
 | <1450>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What, you feel like sticking around?"
  |  | 
 | <1451>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Tell me your wish."
  |  | 
 | <1452>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Huh?"
  |  | 
 | <1453>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I came to grant your wish. So I won't be able to return until I grant it."
  |  | 
 | <1454>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Then, hurry up and disappear from my sight."
  |  | 
 | <1455>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1456>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "... are you fine with that wish?"
  |  | 
 | <1457>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "No good?"
  |  | 
 | <1458>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "... well, if that's your wish, I'll disappear."
  |  | 
 | <1459>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "But, something like that, to call it satisfactory is..."
  |  | 
 | <1460>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Because you helped me out that much..."
  |  | 
 | <1461>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1462>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... you said you were Shima-kun?"
  |  | 
 | <1463>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "That's right. You remembered?"
  |  | 
 | <1464>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Not one bit."
  |  | 
 | <1465>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But, I thought I might try my best to remember."
  |  | 
 | <1466>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "There's a lot of people here, come on, let's go."
  |  | 
 | <1467>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So... where did we meet?"
  |  | 
 | <1468>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "While you were in middle school."
  |  | 
 | <1469>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "During that time, I was still in grade school."
  |  | 
 | <1470>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I think your mother was in the hospital in the neighboring town."
  |  | 
 | <1471>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1472>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I was in the courtyard in that hospital."
  |  | 
 | <1473>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "In a wheelchair..."
  |  | 
 | <1474>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "And..."
  |  | 
 | <1475>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You held a cat."
  |  | 
 | <1476>
  |  | 
 | // So the girl said.
  |  | 
 | <1477>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "That's right. You remembered?"
  |  | 
 | <1478>
  |  | 
 | // I feel a sudden burst of happiness within my chest.
  |  | 
 | <1479>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I do..."
  |  | 
 | <1480>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So you're Shima-kun... but I don't remember you giving me your name?"
  |  | 
 | <1481>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh? Is that so?"
  |  | 
 | <1482>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But..."
  |  | 
 | <1483>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You became better, didn't you?"
  |  | 
 | <1484>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah, yeah. Now I can move freely like this."
  |  | 
 | <1485>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'm glad for you. Congratulations."
  |  | 
 | <1486>
  |  | 
 | // She said that with a smile. I'm happy.
  |  | 
 | <1487>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yup. Thanks to you."
  |  | 
 | <1488>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1489>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hey, Shima-kun."
  |  | 
 | <1490>
  |  | 
 | // Suddenly, she gives me a serious face.
  |  | 
 | <1491>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Hmm, what is it?"
  |  | 
 | <1492>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I... didn't do anything at that time."
  |  | 
 | <1493>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "We only talked."
  |  | 
 | <1494>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <1495>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'm glad to see you got better."
  |  | 
 | <1496>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'm really glad for you."
  |  | 
 | <1497>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <1498>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But... I didn't do anything that deserved your gratitude."
  |  | 
 | <1499>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You know what I mean?"
  |  | 
 | <1500>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Well... see... during that time... you gave me the courage to hang on."
  |  | 
 | <1501>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "That's why after that, I was able to try hard."
  |  | 
 | <1502>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "And like this, I became better."
  |  | 
 | <1503>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'm happy that you think so."
  |  | 
 | <1504>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I think that it's enough,"
  |  | 
 | <1505>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "that you came to see me."
  |  | 
 | <1506>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Well... see, that's what I wanted to do."
  |  | 
 | <1507>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I wanted to do that."
  |  | 
 | <1508>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1509>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... the wish?"
  |  | 
 | <1510>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <1511>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh..."
  |  | 
 | <1512>
  |  | 
 | // Sighing like that and finally beginning to give it some thought, maybe she finally gets how insistent I am with my feelings.
  |  | 
 | <1513>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Then, go and get me some juice."
  |  | 
 | <1514>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ehh?"
  |  | 
 | <1515>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Juice. You have at least a hundred yen, right?"
  |  | 
 | <1516>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Something like that's fine?"
  |  | 
 | <1517>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It is."
  |  | 
 | <1518>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "You could give a more serious wish, you know..."
  |  | 
 | <1519>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's serious. My throat's dry."
  |  | 
 | <1520>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Well, maybe that is a bit serious, but... how should I put it..."
  |  | 
 | <1521>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "You know what I mean?"
  |  | 
 | <1522>
  |  | 
 | // I put my finger up so as to make sure she listens carefully.
  |  | 
 | <1523>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I can grant any wish you desire."
  |  | 
 | <1524>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I'm holding onto something like that."
  |  | 
 | <1525>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "That's why, you should tell me a wish that you really want without holding back."
  |  | 
 | <1526>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's what you're holding...?"
  |  | 
 | <1527>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What's that? A magic lamp or something?"
  |  | 
 | <1528>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "It's not a lamp or anything... but, something like that."
  |  | 
 | <1529>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I can grant any wish."
  |  | 
 | <1530>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You're quite the romanticist, Shima-kun."
  |  | 
 | <1531>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I don't really believe in any of that."
  |  | 
 | <1532>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "No, I'm telling the truth. So, believe me."
  |  | 
 | <1533>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hmm... then, make snow fall right now."
  |  | 
 | <1534>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ehh?"
  |  | 
 | <1535>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Now what is it?"
  |  | 
 | <1536>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "If it became winter like that, it'd be seen."
  |  | 
 | <1537>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Though if it fell in the spring, wouldn't that be nice?"
  |  | 
 | <1538>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Well, it might be beautiful, but... for it to end so soon..."
  |  | 
 | <1539>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Are you okay with such a wish?"
  |  | 
 | <1540>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's fine."
  |  | 
 | <1541>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "That's such a waste. Come up with something else."
  |  | 
 | <1542>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I thought you said you could grant whatever, and now you complain..."
  |  | 
 | <1543>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Because, even though I can grant anything, a wish like that is worthless..."
  |  | 
 | <1544>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1545>
  |  | 
 | // Her facial expression changes looking the other way, maybe because I hurt her feelings by calling it worthless?
  |  | 
 | <1546>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ahh, I'm sorry..."
  |  | 
 | <1547>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You're that kind of person?"
  |  | 
 | <1548>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh?"
  |  | 
 | <1549>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Is something strange...?"
  |  | 
 | <1550>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You're quite timid."
  |  | 
 | <1551>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Back then, you were more, what..."
  |  | 
 | <1552>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You seemed quite resigned to your fate..."
  |  | 
 | <1553>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You're a lot more mature than back then."
  |  | 
 | <1554>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Even your looks kinda changed."
  |  | 
 | <1555>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I see..."
  |  | 
 | <1556>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'm sorry, I must have said something quite rude."
  |  | 
 | <1557>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Not at all."
  |  | 
 | <1558>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'll try to... think about it a bit more. Mind giving me time?"
  |  | 
 | <1559>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah, of course."
  |  | 
 | <1560>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "But, if possible, try to be quick about it."
  |  | 
 | <1561>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sure."
  |  | 
 | <1562>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Good morning."
  |  | 
 | <1563>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1564>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student A} "Misae, who's this kid? Someone you know?"
  |  | 
 | <1565>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student B} "He seems like quite the cute type. Did you give up on Igaarashi-kun, and went for this kid?"
  |  | 
 | <1566>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1567>
  |  | 
 | // Sagara-san's fist's shaking. Somehow... I sense danger.
  |  | 
 | <1568>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You shouldn't be..."
  |  | 
 | <1569>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Waiting at the school gates, you know---!"
  |  | 
 | <1570>
  |  | 
 | // Again, she strangles my neck from behind.
  |  | 
 | <1571>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "It hurts!"
  |  | 
 | <1572>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student A} "Misae, you should stop that. It's pitiful."
  |  | 
 | <1573>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Cough!"
  |  | 
 | <1574>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Pant... pant..."
  |  | 
 | <1575>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Isn't it obvious... that I came by you to hear your wish?"
  |  | 
 | <1576>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1577>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Saki, Yuki, sorry, but go on ahead."
  |  | 
 | <1578>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Sure, enjoy yourself~"
  |  | 
 | <1579>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Tell us all about it afterwards~"
  |  | 
 | <1580>
  |  | 
 | // The two friends with Sagara-san go down the hill.
  |  | 
 | <1581>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1582>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Then, my wish will be that you don't do stuff that will make people get the wrong idea. Is that fine?"
  |  | 
 | <1583>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Wrong idea?"
  |  | 
 | <1584>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You just did so, didn't you...?!"
  |  | 
 | <1585>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You're a guy, and I'm a girl."
  |  | 
 | <1586>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Can't you figure it out?"
  |  | 
 | <1587>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Oh... that's how it is."
  |  | 
 | <1588>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "You have a boyfriend, don't you, Sagara-san?"
  |  | 
 | <1589>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... could you not ask me like that so directly?"
  |  | 
 | <1590>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I don't..."
  |  | 
 | <1591>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Oh, is that so? Then, you do mind it?"
  |  | 
 | <1592>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I do mind it."
  |  | 
 | <1593>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Even if I don't have a boyfriend, I have someone I like."
  |  | 
 | <1594>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hey, why am I telling you something like this?!"
  |  | 
 | <1595>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah, that's right."
  |  | 
 | <1596>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "You're a beautiful person, Sagara-san, so it should work out."
  |  | 
 | <1597>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... what should?"
  |  | 
 | <1598>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "When you confess. I'll go with you too."
  |  | 
 | <1599>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... why?"
  |  | 
 | <1600>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh?"
  |  | 
 | <1601>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Why do I have to confess in front of your face---?!"
  |  | 
 | <1602>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Uwaah, that hurts!"
  |  | 
 | <1603>
  |  | 
 | // She strangles me again.
  |  | 
 | <1604>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Cough, cough!"
  |  | 
 | <1605>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I felt as if I was going to fall unconscious..."
  |  | 
 | <1606>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... don't you know you're already in the way?"
  |  | 
 | <1607>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh? I was?"
  |  | 
 | <1608>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh..."
  |  | 
 | <1609>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "But, I'm here because I'm supposed to grant your wish, so you should use it really well."
  |  | 
 | <1610>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Guess so."
  |  | 
 | <1611>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Then, your wish would be to get married to that guy and have a lot of kids, is that fine?"
  |  | 
 | <1612>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "How can you..."
  |  | 
 | <1613>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Think of something so far off in the future------!"
  |  | 
 | <1614>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "That hurts!"
  |  | 
 | <1615>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'm a high school student..."
  |  | 
 | <1616>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah, it's a bit too early..."
  |  | 
 | <1617>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Then, what else? How about having that guy like you? Is that fine?"
  |  | 
 | <1618>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You can't do that..."
  |  | 
 | <1619>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's playing with people's hearts..."
  |  | 
 | <1620>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I see... sorry."
  |  | 
 | <1621>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, that power you have to grant wishes probably can't do that, I think."
  |  | 
 | <1622>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I can."
  |  | 
 | <1623>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1624>
  |  | 
 | // She scowls at me.
  |  | 
 | <1625>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah, sorry. I, \bmight\u be able to."
  |  | 
 | <1626>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1627>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Uh, well, it'd be nice, if I could, haha..."
  |  | 
 | <1628>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... if I don't hurry and pick my wish, you're going to continue to stick around..."
  |  | 
 | <1629>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Don't say it in such a cruel way."
  |  | 
 | <1630>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Welcome back."
  |  | 
 | <1631>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Drop ki--------------ck!"
  |  | 
 | <1632>
  |  | 
 | // Thwack!\shake{4}
  |  | 
 | <1633>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "That's cruel, all of a sudden!"
  |  | 
 | <1634>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I told you not to wait at the gate, didn't I?!"
  |  | 
 | <1635>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "If I don't wait at the gate, you won't see me."
  |  | 
 | <1636>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "If I don't see you at the gate, that's fine."
  |  | 
 | <1637>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh? You'll come and find me?"
  |  | 
 | <1638>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1639>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Haha, I guess you wouldn't..."
  |  | 
 | <1640>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Misae, this kid really does seem attached to you."
  |  | 
 | <1641>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ah, yeah... as you can see."
  |  | 
 | <1642>
  |  | 
 | // Sagara-san's friends are Saki-san and Yuki-san.
  |  | 
 | <1643>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "But, he's quite cute, so maybe it's not too bad?"
  |  | 
 | <1644>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's not the problem at all!"
  |  | 
 | <1645>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Well, you can see that Misae right now is quite troubled~"
  |  | 
 | <1646>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "No matter what though, she's on her way towards our school idol, Igaarashi-kun."
  |  | 
 | <1647>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Oh, the guy she likes is Igaarashi."
  |  | 
 | <1648>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ahh! Why are you telling him?!"
  |  | 
 | <1649>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "You gave up on him, didn't you?"
  |  | 
 | <1650>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Hey, what's your name?"
  |  | 
 | <1651>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Shima Katsuki."
  |  | 
 | <1652>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Shima-kun, Misae's not the type of girl suited for you."
  |  | 
 | <1653>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "You're not really a guy like Igaarashi-kun."
  |  | 
 | <1654>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "But, I like this type of kid though. It's such a waste, Misae."
  |  | 
 | <1655>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Yuki!"
  |  | 
 | <1656>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Ah, sorry."
  |  | 
 | <1657>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "So that's how it is, Shima-kun. You don't have any hope at all. So don't get attached to her, okay?"
  |  | 
 | <1658>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "That's not the problem at all..."
  |  | 
 | <1659>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "Yo, you guys, what are you doing?"
  |  | 
 | <1660>
  |  | 
 | // Sagara-san's shoulders twitch.
  |  | 
 | <1661>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Oh, Igaarashi-kun!"
  |  | 
 | <1662>
  |  | 
 | // A tall man stands there. I'm sure I saw him two days ago.
  |  | 
 | <1663>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "Oh, you Sagara's boyfriend? Are you introducing him to everyone?"
  |  | 
 | <1664>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I... it's not like that!"
  |  | 
 | <1665>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "You don't have to deny it like that."
  |  | 
 | <1666>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'm telling you, it's not like that!"
  |  | 
 | <1667>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "That's right. He's been bothering Misae after all."
  |  | 
 | <1668>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "What? Sagara's stalker?"
  |  | 
 | <1669>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Something like that."
  |  | 
 | <1670>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "Then, mind if I strangle him?"
  |  | 
 | <1671>
  |  | 
 | // Even though Sagara-san's done that to me many times...
  |  | 
 | <1672>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "But, he seems kinda weak, so Sagara can handle him herself."
  |  | 
 | <1673>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What's that mean?!"
  |  | 
 | <1674>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "Just kidding. If he's really giving you a problem, just let me know."
  |  | 
 | <1675>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ah, okay. Thanks."
  |  | 
 | <1676>
  |  | 
 | // Like that, Igaarashi-san goes down the hill.
  |  | 
 | <1677>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "He's definitely attracted to you."
  |  | 
 | <1678>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "You've got it going on, Misae."
  |  | 
 | <1679>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I wonder..."
  |  | 
 | <1680>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Seems like even if I don't do anything, it'll go well with Igaarashi-kun."
  |  | 
 | <1681>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... I don't know that for sure. Only Saki and Yuki said that."
  |  | 
 | <1682>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Besides, I don't want you to say all sorts of things about Igaarashi-kun."
  |  | 
 | <1683>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Could you be a little more quiet?"
  |  | 
 | <1684>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh?"
  |  | 
 | <1685>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1686>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah, sure... all right."
  |  | 
 | <1687>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But, Shima-kun, you're quite strange."
  |  | 
 | <1688>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "About?"
  |  | 
 | <1689>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Even though I like another guy... when I bring up the topic, you certainly don't frown about it."
  |  | 
 | <1690>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Why is it that I have to frown?"
  |  | 
 | <1691>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Because you should be jealous about it, or something."
  |  | 
 | <1692>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Jealous?"
  |  | 
 | <1693>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Do you know what I mean?"
  |  | 
 | <1694>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah, sure... I think..."
  |  | 
 | <1695>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I'm not really interested in that sort of thing."
  |  | 
 | <1696>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yeah, neither am I."
  |  | 
 | <1697>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But, every day you've been coming to meet me in order to grant my wish, haven't you?"
  |  | 
 | <1698>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <1699>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's why it's strange."
  |  | 
 | <1700>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Really?"
  |  | 
 | <1701>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I don't really know it myself."
  |  | 
 | <1702>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But, I guess I really don't hate that about you."
  |  | 
 | <1703>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Why is that?"
  |  | 
 | <1704>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You really are a curious kid, aren't you..." 
  |  | 
 | <1705>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Sorry..."
  |  | 
 | <1706>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's fine."
  |  | 
 | <1707>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Usually, when men and women are in a relationship, there's a time when you can't help but think about love."
  |  | 
 | <1708>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Especially for people like us at our age."
  |  | 
 | <1709>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I wonder about that."
  |  | 
 | <1710>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It happens around me."
  |  | 
 | <1711>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's why what you're saying is quite pure, you know."
  |  | 
 | <1712>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I see..."
  |  | 
 | <1713>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I just want to not be a problem though."
  |  | 
 | <1714>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Haha... you're already quite enough of one."
  |  | 
 | <1715>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh?!"
  |  | 
 | <1716>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, that's also proof you're pure, so it's fine."
  |  | 
 | <1717>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Surely there aren't a lot of people like you at your age."
  |  | 
 | <1718>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Be proud of that."
  |  | 
 | <1719>
  |  | 
 | // The next day, it was raining.
  |  | 
 | <1720>
  |  | 
 | // Rain that is still yet to become cold.
  |  | 
 | <1721>
  |  | 
 | // The rain hits on the sakura petals, scattering them across the ground.
  |  | 
 | <1722>
  |  | 
 | // I hold my body with both my hands, continuing to wait.
  |  | 
 | <1723>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "Hey, do you want to catch a cold?"
  |  | 
 | <1724>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "... eh?"
  |  | 
 | <1725>
  |  | 
 | // The rain stops.
  |  | 
 | <1726>
  |  | 
 | // No... Sagara-san brought an umbrella over to me.
  |  | 
 | <1727>
  |  | 
 | // Beyond that, the rain continues to fall.
  |  | 
 | <1728>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You should at least have an umbrella, so get one!"
  |  | 
 | <1729>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "And, you should take days off on rainy days."
  |  | 
 | <1730>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ahhh, do you really have to keep on waiting?"
  |  | 
 | <1731>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's not like you'll disappear if you're not here, nothing can change that." \\ *
  |  | 
 | <3 Kinny :D - Ripdog
  |  | 
 | <1732>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's just that, aren't you worried about catching a cold, waiting while soaked like this?"*
  |  | 
 | <1733>
  |  | 
 | // Speaking of which... today, no one else has come out of the school gates.
  |  | 
 | <1734>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Fifth period isn't over yet."
  |  | 
 | <1735>
  |  | 
 | // Strangely looking around, she tells me that.
  |  | 
 | <1736>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Here, I'll lend you this umbrella, then you'll be able to wait."
  |  | 
 | <1737>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "And here's a towel."
  |  | 
 | <1738>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ahhh... why am I helping a guy like this?"
  |  | 
 | <1739>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I'm sorry..."
  |  | 
 | <1740>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "If you're going to at least apologize, you shouldn't be helping me."
  |  | 
 | <1741>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah, sorry..."
  |  | 
 | <1742>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1743>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Here, dry yourself up properly."
  |  | 
 | <1744>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "If you're going to be waiting for me, make the girls around feel envious of you as a guy."
  |  | 
 | <1745>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I can't do that..."
  |  | 
 | <1746>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Really? I thought that was part of your qualities, though."
  |  | 
 | <1747>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh? Is that so..."
  |  | 
 | <1748>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Even though that's not really my hobby."
  |  | 
 | <1749>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "What...?"
  |  | 
 | <1750>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It'd be a shame to give up."*
  |  | 
 | <1751>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh?"
  |  | 
 | <1752>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Nothing. It's just that I don't really have an interest in my wish."
  |  | 
 | <1753>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah, is that so. Have you decided your wish?"
  |  | 
 | <1754>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... in the end, that's how it is..."
  |  | 
 | <1755>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Then, stop the rain."
  |  | 
 | <1756>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "If you wait for that, it'll end sometime soon."
  |  | 
 | <1757>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Then, when it ends, you'll have granted my wish, and then you can return home, not having to come here again."
  |  | 
 | <1758>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Is that fine?"
  |  | 
 | <1759>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "It isn't..."
  |  | 
 | <1760>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "You see, Sagara-san... I'm serious about this."
  |  | 
 | <1761>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh... so it seems."
  |  | 
 | <1762>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Exactly what was it that I said that had such a major impact on you?"
  |  | 
 | <1763>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh...?"
  |  | 
 | <1764>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'm talking about the hospital."
  |  | 
 | <1765>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Tell me, because I've forgotten."
  |  | 
 | <1766>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I... also don't remember about that too well."
  |  | 
 | <1767>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Huh? That's not good..."
  |  | 
 | <1768>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Didn't you hear something from me that made you work hard during your sickness?"
  |  | 
 | <1769>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah, that's true."
  |  | 
 | <1770>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "To forget such important advice such as that..." 
  |  | 
 | <1771>
  |  | 
 | // She said that, as if shocked.
  |  | 
 | <1772>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Umm..."
  |  | 
 | <1773>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What is it?"
  |  | 
 | <1774>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I'm sure it wasn't about the contents, but about the meaning of talking with you, Sagara-san."
  |  | 
 | <1775>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Why?"
  |  | 
 | <1776>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Because you're facing forward and all, Sagara-san."
  |  | 
 | <1777>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I guess so... you seem to point it out well."
  |  | 
 | <1778>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ahh, you shouldn't be talking to random people you don't know."
  |  | 
 | <1779>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Sorry..."
  |  | 
 | <1780>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'm telling you, if you're just going to apologize, then don't bother talking."
  |  | 
 | <1781>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Then, I won't apologize."
  |  | 
 | <1782>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh..."
  |  | 
 | <1783>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Lessons are going to start, so I'm going to go. You can hold out for a period, right?"
  |  | 
 | <1784>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <1785>
  |  | 
 | // On that same day, I waited for Sagara-san to come back to the school gates.
  |  | 
 | <1786>
  |  | 
 | // This became the usual way the days played out.
  |  | 
 | <1787>
  |  | 
 | // And then every day like that, she'd strangle me and kick me.
  |  | 
 | <1788>
  |  | 
 | // Even today, she'll probably do that.
  |  | 
 | <1789>
  |  | 
 | // But, somehow, it felt kind of nice.
  |  | 
 | <1790>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "Oh."
  |  | 
 | <1791>
  |  | 
 | // There was a guy who has seen me, and decided to come over.
  |  | 
 | <1792>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "You're the stalker boy from before?"
  |  | 
 | <1793>
  |  | 
 | // It's Igaarashi-san.
  |  | 
 | <1794>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "You're still waiting for Sagara-san?"
  |  | 
 | <1795>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <1796>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "You don't seem like a kind of pervert or something."
  |  | 
 | <1797>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I'm not at all."
  |  | 
 | <1798>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "Oh, is that so?"
  |  | 
 | <1799>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "But, you're waiting because you like Sagara-san, right?"
  |  | 
 | <1800>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "No, it's nothing like that at all."
  |  | 
 | <1801>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "Eh?"
  |  | 
 | <1802>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I thought of Sagara-san as a person who really helped me out, so I thought I might return the favor."
  |  | 
 | <1803>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "Oh? And so, you've gotten attached to her?"
  |  | 
 | <1804>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "And yet you don't actually like her...?"
  |  | 
 | <1805>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "Well, I have something to ask of you, so do you mind coming for a bit?"
  |  | 
 | <1806>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh?"
  |  | 
 | <1807>
  |  | 
 | // Over there, a female student in a school uniform from another school waited.
  |  | 
 | <1808>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "I'm a bit shy to ask the girls that she hangs out with..."
  |  | 
 | <1809>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "I thought that asking a guy might be good."
  |  | 
 | <1810>
  |  | 
 | // I don't understand what he means in the least bit.
  |  | 
 | <1811>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "I know that Sagara-san's been attracted to me."
  |  | 
 | <1812>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "But, I have a girlfriend right now."
  |  | 
 | <1813>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "Recently, Sagara-san's even becoming active... I think it'll be a problem soon."
  |  | 
 | <1814>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "So I thought I should indirectly tell her while I still can."
  |  | 
 | <1815>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "I won't know how she'll respond if I told her directly..."
  |  | 
 | <1816>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Igaarashi-kun, don't be so cold, tell her up front."*
  |  | 
 | <1817>
  |  | 
 | // So the girl said.
  |  | 
 | <1818>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "That's my nature, so forgive me."
  |  | 
 | <1819>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "So... please."
  |  | 
 | <1820>
  |  | 
 | // Igaarashi-san pats my shoulders.
  |  | 
 | <1821>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "You want me to tell her that you have a girlfriend?"
  |  | 
 | <1822>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "Yup."
  |  | 
 | <1823>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "But, don't let it go wild. I don't want her to get hurt or anything."
  |  | 
 | <1824>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I'm not that good at this."
  |  | 
 | <1825>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I'm sure I'm going to end up telling her the truth, word for word."
  |  | 
 | <1826>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "Well... that's a problem."
  |  | 
 | <1827>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "That can't be helped, can it?"
  |  | 
 | <1828>
  |  | 
 | // She said.
  |  | 
 | <1829>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "But, surely... this way is better?"
  |  | 
 | <1830>
  |  | 
 | // Igaarashi-kun checks with her. 
  |  | 
 | <1831>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <1832>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Student} "From now on, we'll be going to school together, right?"
  |  | 
 | <1833>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "Indeed."
  |  | 
 | <1834>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "So, you... umm, what was your name again?"
  |  | 
 | <1835>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "It's Shima."
  |  | 
 | <1836>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "Shima-kun, I'm really sorry, but I'm counting on you."
  |  | 
 | <1837>
  |  | 
 | // I return to the school gates to wait for Sagara-san.
  |  | 
 | <1838>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Sigh..."
  |  | 
 | <1839>
  |  | 
 | // I let out a breath.
  |  | 
 | <1840>
  |  | 
 | // Though I'm supposed to be granting her wish...
  |  | 
 | <1841>
  |  | 
 | // It's almost as if I am a jinx, bringing her unhappiness.
  |  | 
 | <1842>
  |  | 
 | // If it's going to be like this, I would be better off not hearing from the person known as Igaarashi.
  |  | 
 | <1843>
  |  | 
 | // But, because he has asked that of me, I have to tell her.
  |  | 
 | <1844>
  |  | 
 | // The person known as Igaarashi had enough faith in me to ask for my help. Then, there's no question about keeping that faith and telling her.
  |  | 
 | <1845>
  |  | 
 | // Yeah, but...
  |  | 
 | <1846>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Sigh..."
  |  | 
 | <1847>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hey, what's with that glum look of yours?"
  |  | 
 | <1848>
  |  | 
 | // Sagara-san's voice.
  |  | 
 | <1849>
  |  | 
 | // My heart should spring along as usual, but right now I seem to be quite burdened.
  |  | 
 | <1850>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "No matter how many times I tell you, you'll always come every day."
  |  | 
 | <1851>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ahh, how helpless..."
  |  | 
 | <1852>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I have to decide my wish, don't I?"
  |  | 
 | <1853>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I guess so..."
  |  | 
 | <1854>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You really don't seem all that happy."
  |  | 
 | <1855>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It may be a bit hard at times, but you are trying to help me, right? Cheer up."
  |  | 
 | <1856>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <1857>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But... I guess that's an unreasonable order, sometimes." 
  |  | 
 | <1858>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Everyone has a time when they feel down, after all."
  |  | 
 | <1859>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, why don't you tell your big sis here, then?" 
  |  | 
 | <1860>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'll help you out."
  |  | 
 | <1861>
  |  | 
 | // Saying that, she beats her chest.
  |  | 
 | <1862>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1863>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Come on, say it."
  |  | 
 | <1864>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Is it about love?"
  |  | 
 | <1865>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Maybe..."
  |  | 
 | <1866>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Eh, I was right on?!"
  |  | 
 | <1867>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Though the situation made it seem okay to say so..." 
  |  | 
 | <1868>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But for you to have claimed it to be not so interesting, whatever happened must've been big, no?"
  |  | 
 | <1869>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But, why are you feeling down about that?"
  |  | 
 | <1870>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "That's because..."
  |  | 
 | <1871>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I have to tell her... something sad."
  |  | 
 | <1872>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Why's that?"
  |  | 
 | <1873>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "... because I was asked to."
  |  | 
 | <1874>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Do you have an obligation to do so?"
  |  | 
 | <1875>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I don't..."
  |  | 
 | <1876>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "But, that person told me it was better to say so now..."
  |  | 
 | <1877>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hmm... let me take a guess."
  |  | 
 | <1878>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "The person you like has a person that she likes."
  |  | 
 | <1879>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "And, the person she likes doesn't like her back, or rather, already has a girlfriend."
  |  | 
 | <1880>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "And you were asked to convey this."
  |  | 
 | <1881>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "You... know pretty well..."
  |  | 
 | <1882>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I can tell with that sort of thing."
  |  | 
 | <1883>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But you're... quite a pure person, aren't you?"
  |  | 
 | <1884>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I wonder about that..."
  |  | 
 | <1885>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "On the other hand, normal guys would be happy about that."
  |  | 
 | <1886>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Why?"
  |  | 
 | <1887>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Because, the one they like got rejected, right?"
  |  | 
 | <1888>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "That's too sad."
  |  | 
 | <1889>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You haven't been rejected. You've always been looking at her, right?"
  |  | 
 | <1890>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh...?"
  |  | 
 | <1891>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "In other words, it's a chance for you to grab this opportunity, isn't it?"
  |  | 
 | <1892>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "The person the girl likes is gone now, right?"
  |  | 
 | <1893>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Feeling unrequited love."
  |  | 
 | <1894>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "And at that time, when you comfort her, she might choose you."
  |  | 
 | <1895>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, thinking of it that way, it's not too low, is it?"
  |  | 
 | <1896>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "There's no way I could think of doing something like that!!"
  |  | 
 | <1897>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Eh...?"
  |  | 
 | <1898>
  |  | 
 | // Her words were so lost...
  |  | 
 | <1899>
  |  | 
 | // That's how much I have raised my voice.
  |  | 
 | <1900>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "There's no way I could..."
  |  | 
 | <1901>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Is that what you think of my position, Sagara-san? Really?"
  |  | 
 | <1902>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Even though she liked that person... liked that person..."
  |  | 
 | <1903>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'm sorry..."
  |  | 
 | <1904>
  |  | 
 | // Sagara-san apologized.
  |  | 
 | <1905>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "The people around me were... Yuki and Saki, see..."
  |  | 
 | <1906>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Those were the type of guys who think in that way, facing forward..."
  |  | 
 | <1907>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "So I put you together with them..."
  |  | 
 | <1908>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But, you're different."
  |  | 
 | <1909>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sorry."
  |  | 
 | <1910>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "No, I should also apologize, for getting angry..."
  |  | 
 | <1911>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's fine."
  |  | 
 | <1912>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You should hold that pureness of yourself dear."
  |  | 
 | <1913>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "And always, always hold it."
  |  | 
 | <1914>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "See, I..."
  |  | 
 | <1915>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Don't hate that."
  |  | 
 | <1916>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I like that, actually."
  |  | 
 | <1917>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1918>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1919>
  |  | 
 | // We end up saying nothing more.
  |  | 
 | <1920>
  |  | 
 | // And there...
  |  | 
 | <1921>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "He----y, you tw---o!"
  |  | 
 | <1922>
  |  | 
 | // A yell from down the hill.
  |  | 
 | <1923>
  |  | 
 | // We turn around.
  |  | 
 | <1924>
  |  | 
 | // Over there was Igaarashi-san with... the girl from the other school.
  |  | 
 | <1925>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "Wanna go on a double date---?"
  |  | 
 | <1926>
  |  | 
 | // The girl's elbow is already tied with his.
  |  | 
 | <1927>
  |  | 
 | // \{Igaarashi} "Just kidding---! Later----!"
  |  | 
 | <1928>
  |  | 
 | // They run down the hill, side by side.
  |  | 
 | <1929>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1930>
  |  | 
 | // Igaarashi-san has already planned for this sort of thing from the start.
  |  | 
 | <1931>
  |  | 
 | // Waiting for the moment I was telling Sagara-san, and then the two would appear and make off.
  |  | 
 | <1932>
  |  | 
 | // If he did that, then from tomorrow onward, he feels like he could talk with Sagara-san normally with a smile.
  |  | 
 | <1933>
  |  | 
 | // But...
  |  | 
 | <1934>
  |  | 
 | // I still haven't said anything.
  |  | 
 | <1935>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ah..."
  |  | 
 | <1936>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'm an idiot..."
  |  | 
 | <1937>
  |  | 
 | // Sagara-san stands there dumbfounded, saying that.
  |  | 
 | <1938>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I... was talking about myself just then... wasn't I...?" 
  |  | 
 | <1939>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1940>
  |  | 
 | // And then...
  |  | 
 | <1941>
  |  | 
 | // She runs down the hill.
  |  | 
 | <1942>
  |  | 
 | // Far down so that I wouldn't catch up with her.
  |  | 
 | <1943>
  |  | 
 | // The next day, I didn't meet Sagara-san.
  |  | 
 | <1944>
  |  | 
 | // In place of her, I got to talk with Yuki-san and Saki-san.
  |  | 
 | <1945>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "It's not usual for her to be taking a break."
  |  | 
 | <1946>
  |  | 
 | // Saki-san said.
  |  | 
 | <1947>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Did something happen?"
  |  | 
 | <1948>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah... yeah."
  |  | 
 | <1949>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "You're such an honest person, good boy."
  |  | 
 | <1950>
  |  | 
 | // She pats my head.
  |  | 
 | <1951>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Well, tell us."
  |  | 
 | <1952>
  |  | 
 | // I tell them about what happened yesterday.
  |  | 
 | <1953>
  |  | 
 | // I don't know if that was a good or bad thing.
  |  | 
 | <1954>
  |  | 
 | // It might have been embarrassing for Sagara-san to do this on her own.
  |  | 
 | <1955>
  |  | 
 | // But, for me, these are the only two people I can rely on.
  |  | 
 | <1956>
  |  | 
 | // I just want to meet Sagara-san and talk with her. That's why I told the truth.
  |  | 
 | <1957>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "I see... so Misae got rejected, didn't she?"
  |  | 
 | <1958>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "That's the worst thing to happen, yeah. Good place to volunteer to give advice."
  |  | 
 | <1959>
  |  | 
 | // I begin to feel uneasy.
  |  | 
 | <1960>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Did I..."
  |  | 
 | <1961>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Hmm?"
  |  | 
 | <1962>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Make Sagara-san hate me...?"
  |  | 
 | <1963>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Uwaah, Shima-kun, you're so cute. Could you be my boyfriend?"
  |  | 
 | <1964>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Yuki!"
  |  | 
 | <1965>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Ahaha, sorry, sorry." 
  |  | 
 | <--- Definitely a certified shotacon. - Kinny Riddle
  |  | 
 | <1966>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "It's fine."
  |  | 
 | <1967>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "The problem's not as exaggerated as it looks."
  |  | 
 | <1968>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Misae must like you, without a doubt."
  |  | 
 | <1969>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "That's right. Since you started waiting at the school gates, she's somehow become lively."
  |  | 
 | <1970>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Yup, by anyone's standards, that's so true."
  |  | 
 | <1971>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "I thought from the start that Igaarashi-kun was the type of person that would match Misae, though."
  |  | 
 | <1972>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "In the end, that girl likes doing stuff for others. She can take care of really bothered people." \\ *
  |  | 
 | <1973>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "That's why, day after day, she'd smile, saying she'd take it out on you if you were still there, as she headed towards the school gates." \\ *
  |  | 
 | <1974>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "........."
  |  | 
 | <1975>
  |  | 
 | // Is that true? I don't believe it.
  |  | 
 | <1976>
  |  | 
 | // But, I'm glad I got to talk to these two. I feel a little better.
  |  | 
 | <1977>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "But, from now on it'll be important, Shima-kun."
  |  | 
 | <1978>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "That's right?"
  |  | 
 | <1979>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh? About what?"
  |  | 
 | <1980>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "To be with the girl who has a broken heart."
  |  | 
 | <1981>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I want to do that... but, what should I do...?"
  |  | 
 | <1982>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Don't worry. We'll come up with a plan for you!"
  |  | 
 | <1983>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "We'll call her out."
  |  | 
 | <1984>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Yup. Be sure to comfort her plenty."
  |  | 
 | <1985>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Look handsome, since you're a guy."
  |  | 
 | <1986>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "What should be his words from the start?"
  |  | 
 | <1987>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "'Misae-san, love's like fireworks from a day long ago...' or something?"
  |  | 
 | <1988>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Uwaah, that's so dreamy!"
  |  | 
 | <1989>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I don't really know what it means though."
  |  | 
 | <1990>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Means, being all smashed up is beautiful." 
  |  | 
 | <1991>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Aren't you getting a bit off-track there?" 
  |  | 
 | <1992>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "We'll need props or something."
  |  | 
 | <1993>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "What kind?"
  |  | 
 | <1994>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "How about a handkerchief? Say 'Dry your tears with this', while showing it."
  |  | 
 | <1995>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "But, Misae didn't cry over that, did she?"
  |  | 
 | <1996>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Since she hasn't cried, it should be okay to follow up with 'So, please use this when there's no paper around'."
  |  | 
 | <1997>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Following up with that won't mean anything, will it?"
  |  | 
 | <1998>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "It will. Totally!"
  |  | 
 | <1999>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "All right, let's begin the Romantic Evening Opportunity mission!" 
  |  | 
 | <2000>
  |  | 
 | // They are going this far for me.*
  |  | 
 | <2001>
  |  | 
 | // I'm really glad I talked to those two.
  |  | 
 | <2002>
  |  | 
 | // The designated park.
  |  | 
 | <2003>
  |  | 
 | // Sagara-san is seated down at the swings there.
  |  | 
 | <2004>
  |  | 
 | // In her school uniform.
  |  | 
 | <2005>
  |  | 
 | // She probably didn't feel like going to school since the morning.
  |  | 
 | <2006>
  |  | 
 | // Her face is covered up... I can't see her expression.
  |  | 
 | <2007>
  |  | 
 | // My heart's thumping hard.
  |  | 
 | <2008>
  |  | 
 | // But I have to talk to her.
  |  | 
 | <2009>
  |  | 
 | // I have to go and comfort Sagara-san.
  |  | 
 | <2010>
  |  | 
 | // That's my responsibility.
  |  | 
 | <2011>
  |  | 
 | // ... as a man who likes Sagara-san.
  |  | 
 | <2012>
  |  | 
 | // I slowly get close, standing beside her.
  |  | 
 | <2013>
  |  | 
 | // .........
  |  | 
 | <2014>
  |  | 
 | // ... I silently walk up to her.
  |  | 
 | <2015>
  |  | 
 | // Looks like I have to talk first...
  |  | 
 | <2016>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Umm...!"
  |  | 
 | <2017>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Uwaah! Is someone there?!"
  |  | 
 | <2018>
  |  | 
 | // ... she just didn't notice me, that's all.
  |  | 
 | <2019>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You scared me... Shima-kun..."
  |  | 
 | <2020>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Don't stand there so silently like a ghost..."
  |  | 
 | <2021>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Umm... Sagara-san... no, Misae-san..."
  |  | 
 | <2022>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What is it...?"
  |  | 
 | <2023>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Love's like fireworks from a day long ago..."
  |  | 
 | <2024>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Huh? What's that mean?"
  |  | 
 | <2025>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Means, being all smashed up is beautiful." 
  |  | 
 | <2026>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Are you trying to start a fight?!" 
  |  | 
 | <2027>
  |  | 
 | // She jolts me back and forth, grabbing me by the neck.
  |  | 
 | <2028>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "S-sorry!"
  |  | 
 | <2029>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh..."
  |  | 
 | <2030>
  |  | 
 | // She again sighs while sitting down.
  |  | 
 | <2031>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Umm..."
  |  | 
 | <2032>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What is it..."
  |  | 
 | <2033>
  |  | 
 | // I bring out the handkerchief that Saki-san gave to me.
  |  | 
 | <2034>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Use this."
  |  | 
 | <2035>
  |  | 
 | // I present it to her.
  |  | 
 | <2036>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'm not really crying or anything..."
  |  | 
 | <2037>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Then, when you don't have a tissue."
  |  | 
 | <2038>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Are you trying to be nice or mean to me, which is it?!"
  |  | 
 | <2039>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "O-of course... to be nice..."
  |  | 
 | <2040>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh? That's strange..."
  |  | 
 | <2041>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sigh..."
  |  | 
 | <2042>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You wouldn't be saying something like this yourself..."
  |  | 
 | <2043>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Advice from Yuki and Saki, is it?"
  |  | 
 | <2044>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah... what should I do... I've been found out..."
  |  | 
 | <2045>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's fine to be found out about that..."
  |  | 
 | <2046>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You'd look bad in my eyes if you thought of saying that yourself."
  |  | 
 | <2047>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Sorry... it was Yuki-san and Saki-san's idea..."
  |  | 
 | <2048>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Indeed... it's too stupid..." 
  |  | 
 | <2049>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Say your own words, okay?"
  |  | 
 | <2050>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah, okay, all right."
  |  | 
 | <2051>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Umm..."
  |  | 
 | <2052>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "........."
  |  | 
 | <2053>
  |  | 
 | // I want to comfort her, but I can't come up with any words to do so.
  |  | 
 | <2054>
  |  | 
 | // All that I ended up with is...
  |  | 
 | <2055>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Sorry..."
  |  | 
 | <2056>
  |  | 
 | // Some sort of excuse.
  |  | 
 | <2057>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Why are you apologizing?"
  |  | 
 | <2058>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I wonder why...?"
  |  | 
 | <2059>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I was sure that I might have been at fault somewhere..."
  |  | 
 | <2060>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Somewhere where you might be at fault..."
  |  | 
 | <2061>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Thinking back, I feel as if there might have been a lot of things."
  |  | 
 | <2062>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I'm... really sorry!"
  |  | 
 | <2063>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But, what with me being down like this is a different matter."
  |  | 
 | <2064>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's not related."
  |  | 
 | <2065>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Is that so..."
  |  | 
 | <2066>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But, you also have good things about you, don't you?"
  |  | 
 | <2067>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You came right now to comfort me, didn't you?"
  |  | 
 | <2068>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <2069>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Or you thought of coming to take this chance like I said?"
  |  | 
 | <2070>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "No, of course not!"
  |  | 
 | <2071>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I see, so that's how it is... so you like me, don't you?"
  |  | 
 | <2072>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Uh, t-that's not..."
  |  | 
 | <2073>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yeah, that's not how it is."
  |  | 
 | <2074>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Uu... well... that's..."
  |  | 
 | <2075>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "How it is..."
  |  | 
 | <2076>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's fine to be honest."
  |  | 
 | <2077>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "........."
  |  | 
 | <2078>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Don't stand there, sit beside me."
  |  | 
 | <2079>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah, okay... excuse me..."
  |  | 
 | <2080>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What, loosen up..."
  |  | 
 | <2081>
  |  | 
 | // I sit down on the swing beside her.
  |  | 
 | <2082>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You look pretty good, orderly, and if we fix that weak personality of yours, I think you'll be popular."
  |  | 
 | <2083>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I wonder... I don't know myself..."
  |  | 
 | <2084>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yuki likes younger ones, so she seems to be worried about you." 
  |  | 
 | <2085>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Umm..."
  |  | 
 | <2086>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What is it?"
  |  | 
 | <2087>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Certainly, I don't hate Yuki-san or Saki-san."
  |  | 
 | <2088>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "You could say I like both of them."
  |  | 
 | <2089>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "But, I guess you're the one I like the most, Misae-san..."
  |  | 
 | <2090>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I... like you, Misae-san."
  |  | 
 | <2091>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Not Yuki-san, or Saki-san."
  |  | 
 | <2092>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I, see..."
  |  | 
 | <2093>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Thanks."
  |  | 
 | <2094>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I never thought I'd hear those words from you."
  |  | 
 | <2095>
  |  | 
 | // Misae-san smiles towards me.
  |  | 
 | <2096>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That was pretty cool."
  |  | 
 | <2097>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "R-really...?"
  |  | 
 | <2098>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... exactly what is it that you like about me?"
  |  | 
 | <2099>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I wonder..."
  |  | 
 | <2100>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Is it because I gave you courage with whatever I said before?"
  |  | 
 | <2101>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I... dunno about that..."
  |  | 
 | <2102>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I'm sure it's not..."
  |  | 
 | <2103>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I, like the Misae-san now as I am now, I think."
  |  | 
 | <2104>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "In that you scold..."
  |  | 
 | <2105>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "In that you worry..."
  |  | 
 | <2106>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "And in that when you strangle my neck, I liked your smell..."
  |  | 
 | <2107>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I, see."
  |  | 
 | <2108>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "You're a beautiful person because of that, Misae-san."
  |  | 
 | <2109>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You wanted to say that so upfront, didn't you?"
  |  | 
 | <2110>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah, I didn't really notice..."
  |  | 
 | <2111>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, that's you. You couldn't really act in such a calculating manner."
  |  | 
 | <2112>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I'm weak at that sort of thing..."
  |  | 
 | <2113>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ahh, though I've said it myself, it sounds completely fake coming from you..."
  |  | 
 | <2114>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh?"
  |  | 
 | <2115>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "For you to be with someone when they've been rejected like this..."
  |  | 
 | <2116>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Even if I don't like it, I've come to like it."
  |  | 
 | <2117>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "If you don't like it, that's fine... you don't have to force yourself."
  |  | 
 | <2118>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Ahaha, I'm lying."
  |  | 
 | <2119>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I've ended up liking that pureness of yours."
  |  | 
 | <2120>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh, really...?"
  |  | 
 | <2121>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yup, really."
  |  | 
 | <2122>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I've wanted to say it for a while, but I like your personality."
  |  | 
 | <2123>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Haha... I wonder what's exactly good about me..."
  |  | 
 | <2124>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Have some confidence."
  |  | 
 | <2125>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Then, Misae-san... there's something I'd like to ask..."
  |  | 
 | <2126>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What exactly? More stuff Yuki-san and Saki-san told you to do?"
  |  | 
 | <2127>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "That might be true, but... I'd like to."
  |  | 
 | <2128>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Is that fine?"
  |  | 
 | <2129>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You shouldn't ask a woman that."
  |  | 
 | <2130>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "It seems forcing, but is that fine...?"
  |  | 
 | <2131>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yeah... I think it's fine..."
  |  | 
 | <2132>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Then... excuse me..."
  |  | 
 | <2133>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "If you think it's rude, then don't do it."
  |  | 
 | <2134>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah, sorry..."
  |  | 
 | <2135>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Then, if you will..."
  |  | 
 | <2136>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "That's also strange!"
  |  | 
 | <2137>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah, sorry..."
  |  | 
 | <2138>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Then..."
  |  | 
 | <2139>
  |  | 
 | // I take Misae-san from the swing...
  |  | 
 | <2140>
  |  | 
 | // And kiss her.
  |  | 
 | <2141>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "So, where did you guys go off to?"
  |  | 
 | <2142>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh...?"
  |  | 
 | <2143>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Come on, come on, spit it out. It's thanks to us that it went well, right?"
  |  | 
 | <2144>
  |  | 
 | // On that day after meeting with Misae-san, I was caught by Saki-san and Yuki-san.
  |  | 
 | <2145>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Seems she's an A."
  |  | 
 | <2146>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Y-you saw?!"
  |  | 
 | <2147>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Haha, even the innocent Shima-kun would know what A means, right?"
  |  | 
 | <2148>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "You heard from Misae, didn't you?"
  |  | 
 | <2149>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Misae's stubborn like that, though."
  |  | 
 | <2150>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "This is... quite the unexpected development, isn't it?"*
  |  | 
 | <2151>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "What about B?"
  |  | 
 | <2152>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "B-B, you say though but... I don't really know what you mean..." 
  |  | 
 | <2153>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Ah, your face is all red... seems like you've known recently..."
  |  | 
 | <2154>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "So perverted~"
  |  | 
 | <2155>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I told you I don't know!"
  |  | 
 | <2156>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah, geez, if it was going to become like this, I would have been better off not asking your advice, Yuki-san, Saki-san..."
  |  | 
 | <2157>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Hahaha, it's already past the point of no return."
  |  | 
 | <2158>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What the hell, you guys?!" 
  |  | 
 | <2159>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah, Misae-san!"
  |  | 
 | <2160>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Cleaning duty was such a good time, to hear from Shima-kun!"
  |  | 
 | <2161>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Ain't it fine, we don't have boyfriends, so we're sad~"
  |  | 
 | <2162>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "We want to hear happy things~"
  |  | 
 | <2163>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Get away from me! Spit, spit!"
  |  | 
 | <2164>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah... Misae-san... that's dirty..."
  |  | 
 | <2165>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You shouldn't get too attached to talking with them, okay?"
  |  | 
 | <2166>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah, okay..."
  |  | 
 | <2167>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Come on, stand tall."
  |  | 
 | <2168>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Okay!"
  |  | 
 | <2169>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Good boy."
  |  | 
 | <2170>
  |  | 
 | // During that time, I, who had been waiting for Misae-san at the school gates, became rather famous among the students.
  |  | 
 | <2171>
  |  | 
 | // You could say our relationship had become well known in the school. I was known as Misae-san's boyfriend.
  |  | 
 | <2172>
  |  | 
 | // That was very embarrassing, yet at the same time, something to be proud of.
  |  | 
 | <2173>
  |  | 
 | // Because Misae-san was well liked.
  |  | 
 | <2174>
  |  | 
 | // The juniors loved her, whether they were guys or girls.
  |  | 
 | <2175>
  |  | 
 | // Then, that popularity of hers became an influence, and on the day of the elections, she became the student council president.
  |  | 
 | <2176>
  |  | 
 | // She would be the first female student in this school to be the president.
  |  | 
 | <2177>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's so busy..."
  |  | 
 | <2178>
  |  | 
 | // Just that I think Misae didn't really bother with that sort of thing.*
  |  | 
 | <2179>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Come on, come on, you were recommended, so don't complain."
  |  | 
 | <2180>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Isn't it your fault?!"
  |  | 
 | <2181>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "If you spend a long period of time away, the love will burn that much better. Shouldn't you be grateful?"
  |  | 
 | <2182>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Don't say such useless junk." 
  |  | 
 | <2183>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Our council president's pretty splendid, isn't she?"
  |  | 
 | <2184>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, I wonder."
  |  | 
 | <2185>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I'd like to see Misae-san while she's at work."
  |  | 
 | <2186>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "No way you could see that. You're not even from our own school."
  |  | 
 | <2187>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "If you want to, then enter our school next year."
  |  | 
 | <2188>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Well, the more he doesn't see, the more he'll feel like seeing, right Yuki-san?"
  |  | 
 | <2189>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "The word 'Impossible' does not exist in our dictionaries!"
  |  | 
 | <2190>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Defective merchandise."
  |  | 
 | <2191>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "You can't just take the meaning at face value!"
  |  | 
 | <2192>
  |  | 
 | // On another day...
  |  | 
 | <2193>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Umm..."
  |  | 
 | <2194>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Oh wow, he really does have a girl's face."
  |  | 
 | <2195>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Though he's a little bit angry..."
  |  | 
 | <2196>
  |  | 
 | // They made me wear female clothing.
  |  | 
 | <2197>
  |  | 
 | // ... the school uniform that Misae-san wears while commuting to school.
  |  | 
 | <2198>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "It couldn't be helped that these clothes weren't in good condition, so bear with it."
  |  | 
 | <2199>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Besides, we're keeping this secret from Misae, so you can see her while you're hiding."
  |  | 
 | <2200>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "O-okay..."
  |  | 
 | <2201>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Oh man, I'm really going to do this, aren't I?"
  |  | 
 | <2202>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "It'll be fine, you won't get caught."
  |  | 
 | <2203>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "We'll support you."
  |  | 
 | <2204>
  |  | 
 | // I pass through the gates of Misae-san's school for the first time.
  |  | 
 | <2205>
  |  | 
 | // I pass through the place I usually wait at.
  |  | 
 | <2206>
  |  | 
 | // It's profound. 
  |  | 
 | <2207>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah, this feels good..."
  |  | 
 | <2208>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Uwaah, you're in \bthat\u mood?!"
  |  | 
 | <2209>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "That's not it! I'm just so moved by going to Misae-san's school for the first time!"
  |  | 
 | <2210>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "All right already, just try to talk with a higher-pitched tone in your voice."
  |  | 
 | <2211>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "O-okay..."
  |  | 
 | <2212>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Well, usually your voice is that of a girl's, so we don't have to worry, I think."
  |  | 
 | <2213>
  |  | 
 | // We pass by a group of male students.
  |  | 
 | <2214>
  |  | 
 | // Everyone's eyes look at me.
  |  | 
 | <2215>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Uwaah... this kid'll be easy to spot..."
  |  | 
 | <2216>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Now, now, our lives have always been supporting characters..."
  |  | 
 | <2217>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Come on, give it your best, main character!"
  |  | 
 | <2218>
  |  | 
 | // Saying that, she pushes my back.
  |  | 
 | <2219>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "O-okay!"
  |  | 
 | <2220>
  |  | 
 | // I wonder if this was another prank by the Saki & Yuki team...
  |  | 
 | <2221>
  |  | 
 | // As I gaze out the window at the streets below, those girls have disappeared.
  |  | 
 | <2222>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Oh, geez, where did they go...?"
  |  | 
 | <2223>
  |  | 
 | // They've definitely confused me with sports equipment in one way or another.
  |  | 
 | <2224>
  |  | 
 | // I have to make this complaint as a guy.
  |  | 
 | <2225>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "\shake{2}\size{30}\bOHHHHH--------!\u\size{}"
  |  | 
 | <2226>
  |  | 
 | // I suddenly heard a roar coming from within the classroom.
  |  | 
 | <2227>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "I'm softly sending this love to you, \shake{2}drag and rock and roll----------! \shake{2}Ah!" 
  |  | 
 | <2228>
  |  | 
 | // Seems like he's singing.
  |  | 
 | <2229>
  |  | 
 | // It's scary, so I pass by in front as soon as I could.*
  |  | 
 | <2230>
  |  | 
 | // \{Male Student} "Oh, which class are you from, girl?"
  |  | 
 | <2231>
  |  | 
 | // And then, in front of me the male student called with a voice.* 
  |  | 
 | <2232>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah, no... no class really..."
  |  | 
 | <2233>
  |  | 
 | // Ahh, what a stupid answer...
  |  | 
 | <2234>
  |  | 
 | // \{Male Student} "You don't have to hide like that. Come and hang out with us!"
  |  | 
 | <2235>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "No, please leave me alone!"
  |  | 
 | <2236>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "\shake{2}Rock and roll--------!\shake{2} Uh!" 
  |  | 
 | <2237>
  |  | 
 | // I run off.
  |  | 
 | <2238>
  |  | 
 | // The guy doesn't chase me.
  |  | 
 | <2239>
  |  | 
 | // Ahh, but I used to do something similar, didn't I...?
  |  | 
 | <2240>
  |  | 
 | // Constantly waiting, and then suddenly calling out...
  |  | 
 | <2241>
  |  | 
 | // I began to remember those things long ago.*
  |  | 
 | <2242>
  |  | 
 | // While thinking about that, thump!\shake{3} I bump into the person in front of me.
  |  | 
 | <2243>
  |  | 
 | // I fell. I check to make sure my wig hasn't fallen off.
  |  | 
 | <2244>
  |  | 
 | // It hasn't... but that was dangerous.
  |  | 
 | <2245>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Umm... I'm sorry..."
  |  | 
 | <2246>
  |  | 
 | // The person also fell.
  |  | 
 | <2247>
  |  | 
 | // \{Person} "It's okay, I'm fine."
  |  | 
 | <2248>
  |  | 
 | // We both get up at the same time, dusting ourselves off.
  |  | 
 | <2249>
  |  | 
 | // \{Person} "Are you all right, though?"
  |  | 
 | <2250>
  |  | 
 | // It's a young female teacher. 
  |  | 
 | <2251>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yes, I'm quite fine."
  |  | 
 | <2252>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "That was quite a rush. Is something the matter?"
  |  | 
 | <2253>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah, some guys, umm..."
  |  | 
 | <2254>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "Some guys, did what?"
  |  | 
 | <2255>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "It's nothing..."
  |  | 
 | <2256>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Umm... where might Sagara-san be?"
  |  | 
 | <2257>
  |  | 
 | // I asked without thinking.
  |  | 
 | <2258>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "Eh? Sagara-san, the council president?"
  |  | 
 | <2259>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yes, that's right!"
  |  | 
 | <2260>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "Isn't she in the council room?"
  |  | 
 | <2261>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Where is that?"
  |  | 
 | <2262>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "You don't know where that is?"
  |  | 
 | <2263>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah, haha... something like that's a bit distant..."
  |  | 
 | <2264>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "Shouldn't it be a better idea for you to find out?"
  |  | 
 | <2265>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Sigh..."
  |  | 
 | <2266>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "Come, let's go."
  |  | 
 | <2267>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh?"
  |  | 
 | <2268>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "I'll lead you there."
  |  | 
 | <2269>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "Ah, looks like we're just in time for a meeting to finish up."
  |  | 
 | <2270>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "Here, she's coming out."
  |  | 
 | <2271>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh?!"
  |  | 
 | <2272>
  |  | 
 | // Oh man... if we go like this, we're going to meet...
  |  | 
 | <2273>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "What's wrong? You have business with Sagara-san, don't you?"
  |  | 
 | <2274>
  |  | 
 | // I stop a little behind, as the teacher turns around, giving me a strange face.
  |  | 
 | <2275>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Well... not really business but..."
  |  | 
 | <2276>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "Sagara-sa----n!"
  |  | 
 | <2277>
  |  | 
 | // The teacher waves her hand, calling Misae-san.
  |  | 
 | <2278>
  |  | 
 | // Ahh, I won't be able to run away now...
  |  | 
 | <2279>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yes, what is it?"
  |  | 
 | <2280>
  |  | 
 | // I hide behind the teacher.
  |  | 
 | <2281>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "This girl's been looking for you, Sagara-san."
  |  | 
 | <2282>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "Uh, why are you hiding behind me?"
  |  | 
 | <2283>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Well..."
  |  | 
 | <2284>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hmm~?"
  |  | 
 | <2285>
  |  | 
 | // Misae-san comes around, and stands beside me.
  |  | 
 | <2286>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Who are you?"
  |  | 
 | <2287>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "N... nice to meet you."
  |  | 
 | <2288>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Nice to meet you."
  |  | 
 | <2289>
  |  | 
 | // ... she doesn't recognize me.
  |  | 
 | <2290>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You're such a cute girl, to be in the same year as me."
  |  | 
 | <2291>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Thank you very much..."
  |  | 
 | <2292>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "This is the first time you've met? Then, I wonder what exactly she wants to talk to the council about?"
  |  | 
 | <2293>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Really?"
  |  | 
 | <2294>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah, yes... that's right..."
  |  | 
 | <2295>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What exactly?"
  |  | 
 | <2296>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "This person is the council president, so if you have something to say, feel free."
  |  | 
 | <2297>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "She'll discuss it with the council."
  |  | 
 | <2298>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yup. So what is it?"
  |  | 
 | <2299>
  |  | 
 | // And there is the Misae-san I don't know.
  |  | 
 | <2300>
  |  | 
 | // Listening to this one student, in her position as the council president.
  |  | 
 | <2301>
  |  | 
 | // Somehow, I really... love it.
  |  | 
 | <2302>
  |  | 
 | // That's why, I say, with blood rushing to my head,
  |  | 
 | <2303>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Always... \wait{500}forever... love me."
  |  | 
 | <2304>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "........."
  |  | 
 | <2305>
  |  | 
 | // The teacher pulls back.
  |  | 
 | <2306>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "Eh? Eh?"
  |  | 
 | <2307>
  |  | 
 | // She points a finger at both of us.
  |  | 
 | <2308>
  |  | 
 | // \{Female Teacher} "What kind of relationship do you two have??" 
  |  | 
 | <2309>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah, haha..."
  |  | 
 | <2310>
  |  | 
 | // My mouth slips.
  |  | 
 | <2311>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I'm sorry--!"
  |  | 
 | <2312>
  |  | 
 | // Saying that, I run away.
  |  | 
 | <2313>
  |  | 
 | // Beyond that, the Saki & Yuki pair are peeping in from the side as we meet up, heading outside the school building.
  |  | 
 | <2314>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Pant... pant..."
  |  | 
 | <2315>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "That was totally funny!"
  |  | 
 | <2316>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "This isn't a joke...!"
  |  | 
 | <2317>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "So you really did have \bthat\u feeling?"
  |  | 
 | <2318>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I don't!"
  |  | 
 | <2319>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Oh, man, this is so perverted!"
  |  | 
 | <2320>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ahh... Misae-san..."
  |  | 
 | <2321>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "For her to not hate someone like me..."
  |  | 
 | <2322>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "She'll love you either way."
  |  | 
 | <2323>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "One way is fine!"
  |  | 
 | <2324>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Oh, whatever!"
  |  | 
 | <2325>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Where's my clothes?"
  |  | 
 | <2326>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Here, here, take them."
  |  | 
 | <2327>
  |  | 
 | // I take my own clothes, entering the storage room and changing into them.
  |  | 
 | <2328>
  |  | 
 | // There, something fell onto the floor from my coat pocket, making a clanging sound.
  |  | 
 | <2329>
  |  | 
 | // A charm.
  |  | 
 | <2330>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Ah..."
  |  | 
 | <2331>
  |  | 
 | // How much of an idiot am I?
  |  | 
 | <2332>
  |  | 
 | // I've forgotten this for so long.
  |  | 
 | <2333>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "My wish? Quite a nostalgic phrase."
  |  | 
 | <2334>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I'm sorry, I had forgotten it."
  |  | 
 | <2335>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Did you forget as well?"
  |  | 
 | <2336>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <2337>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I see... well, hurry up and decide."
  |  | 
 | <2338>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Come on, I don't really have to, do I?"
  |  | 
 | <2339>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "But, this is really important to me."
  |  | 
 | <2340>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Me being happy right now is fine, isn't it? Isn't something like that important?"
  |  | 
 | <2341>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Of course. Of course, that's important."
  |  | 
 | <2342>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "But, this is important as well."
  |  | 
 | <2343>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Why?"
  |  | 
 | <2344>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Well... how should I put it..."
  |  | 
 | <2345>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "It's my obligation. An important one."
  |  | 
 | <2346>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I dunno really but..."
  |  | 
 | <2347>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Is there someone you made this promise with?"
  |  | 
 | <2348>
  |  | 
 | // Someone...
  |  | 
 | <2349>
  |  | 
 | // That's right... there was someone else.
  |  | 
 | <2350>
  |  | 
 | // I must have come here because of talking to that person.
  |  | 
 | <2351>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <2352>
  |  | 
 | // I nod.
  |  | 
 | <2353>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But, isn't that strange? Because you feel you have an obligation, it's your problem, isn't it?"
  |  | 
 | <2354>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah, it is... sadly."
  |  | 
 | <2355>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But, that's odd."
  |  | 
 | <2356>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah... I'm also confused... sorry..."
  |  | 
 | <2357>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Who is it? Did your parents tell you to? Something like a favor?"
  |  | 
 | <2358>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I don't think so..."
  |  | 
 | <2359>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Then, who...?"
  |  | 
 | <2360>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I wonder..."
  |  | 
 | <2361>
  |  | 
 | // Who was it that was there...?
  |  | 
 | <2362>
  |  | 
 | // I can't remember...
  |  | 
 | <2363>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "But, certainly someone told me to come here."
  |  | 
 | <2364>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What'd they say?"
  |  | 
 | <2365>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "In this charm is a light that can grant someone's wish, so go and grant it, or something."
  |  | 
 | <2366>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Mine?"
  |  | 
 | <2367>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <2368>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Then, show me this light."
  |  | 
 | <2369>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Eh? Ah, okay..."
  |  | 
 | <2370>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "It's inside this charm."
  |  | 
 | <2371>
  |  | 
 | // I open up the charm and look inside.
  |  | 
 | <2372>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "... eh?"
  |  | 
 | <2373>
  |  | 
 | // It's empty.
  |  | 
 | <2374>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Nothing?"
  |  | 
 | <2375>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah... strange..."
  |  | 
 | <2376>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Certainly something entered this."
  |  | 
 | <2377>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I saw it with my own eyes."
  |  | 
 | <2378>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "That means I can't grant any wish at all..."
  |  | 
 | <2379>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "What should I do..."
  |  | 
 | <2380>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Though you ask me what to do but..."
  |  | 
 | <2381>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, ain't it fine?"
  |  | 
 | <2382>
  |  | 
 | // Misae-san smiles comfortably, saying that.
  |  | 
 | <2383>
  |  | 
 | // Seeing that smile, I can't calm down.
  |  | 
 | <2384>
  |  | 
 | // For what reason was it that I came here?
  |  | 
 | <2385>
  |  | 
 | // This is confusing, wasn't I sent here with a purpose?
  |  | 
 | <2386>
  |  | 
 | // But... who was it that sent me here?
  |  | 
 | <2387>
  |  | 
 | // Ahh, something must be missing.
  |  | 
 | <2388>
  |  | 
 | // I'm so worthless. 
  |  | 
 | <2389>
  |  | 
 | // Like this, Misae-san will hate me.
  |  | 
 | <2390>
  |  | 
 | // I have to be firm...
  |  | 
 | <2391>
  |  | 
 | // But, as the days pass by, my feelings for this duty grow ever stronger. 
  |  | 
 | <2392>
  |  | 
 | // The person who burdened me with such a task was the most important person, after all.
  |  | 
 | <2393>
  |  | 
 | // A person that I had spent quite a long time with.
  |  | 
 | <2394>
  |  | 
 | // That is, definitely... something that I have to accomplish, even if it kills me.
  |  | 
 | <2395>
  |  | 
 | // The whole time I've been fooling around.
  |  | 
 | <2396>
  |  | 
 | // For me to forget something so important...
  |  | 
 | <2397>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Hey, please, just decide your wish."
  |  | 
 | <2398>
  |  | 
 | // I continue to bother Misae-san with those words while she attends school.
  |  | 
 | <2399>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "But you don't have that light that's needed to grant it, do you?"
  |  | 
 | <2400>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I don't but... whatever I can do, I'll do it."
  |  | 
 | <2401>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You don't have to do anything."
  |  | 
 | <2402>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Why?"
  |  | 
 | <2403>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "It's not like I hate that sort of request. It seems more like something that'd be used on a woman's standpoint." 
  |  | 
 | <2404>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I don't get it."
  |  | 
 | <2405>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You don't have to get it."
  |  | 
 | <2406>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Maybe I don't have to, but decide your wish."
  |  | 
 | <2407>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yeah, all right... I'll give it some thought..."
  |  | 
 | <2408>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Really?"
  |  | 
 | <2409>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yeah, yeah, I promise."
  |  | 
 | <2410>
  |  | 
 | // In one way or another, I have managed to calm down.
  |  | 
 | <2411>
  |  | 
 | // \{Voice} "Guess who!"
  |  | 
 | <2412>
  |  | 
 | // Suddenly my world disappears.
  |  | 
 | <2413>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Saki-san."
  |  | 
 | <2414>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Ahh, why didn't you say Misae? I could have tricked you, geez!"
  |  | 
 | <2415>
  |  | 
 | // The world returns. There, Saki-san and Yuki-san stand.
  |  | 
 | <2416>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "But your voice was different."
  |  | 
 | <2417>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "That's true, but couldn't you say love is blind?"
  |  | 
 | <2418>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Come on, Saki, Shima-kun isn't so naive anymore."
  |  | 
 | <2419>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "That's no fun... can't tease him now." 
  |  | 
 | <2420>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Besides that, where's Misae-san?"
  |  | 
 | <2421>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "It's a shame, but she looks busy. She said to go back on your own."
  |  | 
 | <2422>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Student council?"
  |  | 
 | <2423>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Yup. Founder's Day is pretty soon."
  |  | 
 | <2424>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Founder's Day?"
  |  | 
 | <2425>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "In short, a school festival, you know."
  |  | 
 | <2426>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "It's the first important task that a newly elected council has to deal with. They're busy during this time."
  |  | 
 | <2427>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "There's a unique event in our school festival that's really causing a stir."
  |  | 
 | <2428>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "If that senior comes out again, Misae will have trouble."
  |  | 
 | <2429>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "The person from the Light Music Club that went on stage alone, right?" 
  |  | 
 | <2430>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "But, if you leave them be it'll get pretty crazy. The person from the Light Music Club's so cool and really good!"
  |  | 
 | <2431>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "You can say that again." 
  |  | 
 | <2432>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "So, Shima-kun,"
  |  | 
 | <2433>
  |  | 
 | // Both their faces look toward me.
  |  | 
 | <2434>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Today Misae isn't around. Let's play together, the three of us!"
  |  | 
 | <2435>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "........."
  |  | 
 | <2436>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Ah, you have a complaint~"
  |  | 
 | <2437>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "No, it's fine, no really... let's play."
  |  | 
 | <2438>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Let's do. If you have any complaints about Misae every once in a while, you can let out the stress, right?"
  |  | 
 | <2439>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I don't really have any stress built up..."
  |  | 
 | <2440>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Eh, serious...?"
  |  | 
 | <2441>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "If you say so, then there really isn't anything..."
  |  | 
 | <2442>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Ahh, then, we should bring up a topic..."
  |  | 
 | <2443>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "What'll we do?"
  |  | 
 | <2444>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Well not the tea house, but maybe another place?"
  |  | 
 | <2445>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Hmm..."
  |  | 
 | <2446>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Ah, I've come up with a brilliant idea!"
  |  | 
 | <2447>
  |  | 
 | // Definitely not brilliant at all.
  |  | 
 | <2448>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Let's go to Shima-kun's house!"
  |  | 
 | <2449>
  |  | 
 | // Hey.
  |  | 
 | <2450>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Yuki, you're a genius!"
  |  | 
 | <2451>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Something like that's not that fun."
  |  | 
 | <2452>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "It definitely will."
  |  | 
 | <2453>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Has Misae gone there?"
  |  | 
 | <2454>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "No, not yet."
  |  | 
 | <2455>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Yeah, the feeling of superiority of entering his house before his girlfriend does. Yuki, you're a genius!"
  |  | 
 | <2456>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Having said that, it's decided~"
  |  | 
 | <2457>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Come on, let's go!"
  |  | 
 | <2458>
  |  | 
 | // I couldn't match how pushy these two were, even now...
  |  | 
 | <2459>
  |  | 
 | // The Saki and Yuki pair had gone to a supermarket to buy a lot of sweets and juice.
  |  | 
 | <2460>
  |  | 
 | // I dunno what'll happen from here on out, but... thinking about it is quite depressing.
  |  | 
 | <2461>
  |  | 
 | // I think about going to my house.
  |  | 
 | <2462>
  |  | 
 | // .........
  |  | 
 | <2463>
  |  | 
 | // Eh...?
  |  | 
 | <2464>
  |  | 
 | // I don't remember too well.
  |  | 
 | <2465>
  |  | 
 | // My family structure...?
  |  | 
 | <2466>
  |  | 
 | // .........
  |  | 
 | <2467>
  |  | 
 | // The faces of my family barely float up and disappear...
  |  | 
 | <2468>
  |  | 
 | // There should have been someone important in that.
  |  | 
 | <2469>
  |  | 
 | // And... who was it?
  |  | 
 | <2470>
  |  | 
 | // .........
  |  | 
 | <2471>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "What's wrong, standing there like that?"
  |  | 
 | <2472>
  |  | 
 | // Thump, she hits my back.
  |  | 
 | <2473>
  |  | 
 | // I end up squatting from that.
  |  | 
 | <2474>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Ah, sorry, did that hurt?"
  |  | 
 | <2475>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "No... not really..."
  |  | 
 | <2476>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "What's wrong? You look pale."
  |  | 
 | <2477>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "You don't like this?"
  |  | 
 | <2478>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "No... don't worry..."
  |  | 
 | <2479>
  |  | 
 | // I hurry to my house to make sure of a feeling.
  |  | 
 | <2480>
  |  | 
 | // ... that feeling of unease about this.
  |  | 
 | <2481>
  |  | 
 | // I stand in front of my house.
  |  | 
 | <2482>
  |  | 
 | // There, my feet stopped.
  |  | 
 | <2483>
  |  | 
 | // I'm so scared, I can't pass through the gates.
  |  | 
 | <2484>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "What's wrong? It's your own house isn't it?"
  |  | 
 | <2485>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Your name's on the plate there."
  |  | 
 | <2486>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah..."
  |  | 
 | <2487>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Come on, let's head in."
  |  | 
 | <2488>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "........."
  |  | 
 | <2489>
  |  | 
 | // I'm brought to a standstill...
  |  | 
 | <2490>
  |  | 
 | // I open the door to the lobby.
  |  | 
 | <2491>
  |  | 
 | // Over there, a face showed up... a familiar face.
  |  | 
 | <2492>
  |  | 
 | // ... my mother.
  |  | 
 | <2493>
  |  | 
 | // \{Mother} "What business do you have here?"
  |  | 
 | <2494>
  |  | 
 | // So she asks.
  |  | 
 | <2495>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Good afternoon!"
  |  | 
 | <2496>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Come on, say that you're back."
  |  | 
 | <2497>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "........."
  |  | 
 | <2498>
  |  | 
 | // \{Mother} "Umm, are you Katsuki's friends?"
  |  | 
 | <2499>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Yes!"
  |  | 
 | <2500>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "You seem so young."
  |  | 
 | <2501>
  |  | 
 | // \{Mother} "As always, I must apologize."
  |  | 
 | <2502>
  |  | 
 | // \{Mother} "Well then, please come in. Please take an incense stick over there." 
  |  | 
 | <2503>
  |  | 
 | // Everything in front of me turns black.
  |  | 
 | <2504>
  |  | 
 | // I remember.
  |  | 
 | <2505>
  |  | 
 | // The face of the most important person to me.
  |  | 
 | <2506>
  |  | 
 | // And that person...
  |  | 
 | <2507>
  |  | 
 | // is no longer in this world.
  |  | 
 | <2508>
  |  | 
 | // I run away, as if escaping.
  |  | 
 | <2509>
  |  | 
 | // Ahh, I should never have remembered.
  |  | 
 | <2510>
  |  | 
 | // It would have been better if I didn't remember and just granted that wish.
  |  | 
 | <2511>
  |  | 
 | // I'm not Shima Katsuki. 
  |  | 
 | <2512>
  |  | 
 | // I'm only pretending to be Shima Katsuki.
  |  | 
 | <2513>
  |  | 
 | // The mother didn't raise a single eyebrow, seeing my face.
  |  | 
 | <2514>
  |  | 
 | // There was no one else that knew that person.
  |  | 
 | <2515>
  |  | 
 | // Like Saki-san and Yuki-san, I was the only friend Katsuki could ever have.
  |  | 
 | <2516>
  |  | 
 | // Yeah, that's it...
  |  | 
 | <2517>
  |  | 
 | // The most important person to me...
  |  | 
 | <2518>
  |  | 
 | // Was the person known as Shima Katsuki.
  |  | 
 | <2519>
  |  | 
 | // I spent a long time with that person.
  |  | 
 | <2520>
  |  | 
 | // And then in the end, he entrusted me with this wish.
  |  | 
 | <2521>
  |  | 
 | // I came all the way here just to grant that wish.
  |  | 
 | <2522>
  |  | 
 | // The person he first liked...
  |  | 
 | <2523>
  |  | 
 | // To grant the wish of Misae-san.
  |  | 
 | <2524>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Hey, Shima-kun."
  |  | 
 | <2525>
  |  | 
 | // Saki-san's voice.
  |  | 
 | <2526>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Shima-kun!"
  |  | 
 | <2527>
  |  | 
 | // Yuki-san's voice continued.
  |  | 
 | <2528>
  |  | 
 | // Even though I ran recklessly, those two caught up.
  |  | 
 | <2529>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "Hey... Shima-kun, you're Shima-kun, right?"
  |  | 
 | <2530>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Idiot!"
  |  | 
 | <2531>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Sorry, Shima-kun... somehow, we started up some kind of mess..."
  |  | 
 | <2532>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Looks like there's a lot of reasons..."
  |  | 
 | <2533>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Certainly, it's better for us not to know about it."
  |  | 
 | <2534>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Do you want to leave us out of it?"
  |  | 
 | <2535>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Or..."
  |  | 
 | <2536>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Is it better to let us know...?"
  |  | 
 | <2537>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "We don't mind which it is."
  |  | 
 | <2538>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "........."
  |  | 
 | <2539>
  |  | 
 | // I strain my face towards them.
  |  | 
 | <2540>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Saki-san, Yuki-san..."
  |  | 
 | <2541>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Thank you so much."
  |  | 
 | <2542>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Really..."
  |  | 
 | <2543>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "It's okay."
  |  | 
 | <2544>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I..."
  |  | 
 | <2545>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Have something that I have to do."
  |  | 
 | <2546>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Yeah..."
  |  | 
 | <2547>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "We kinda felt that way."
  |  | 
 | <2548>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "........."
  |  | 
 | <2549>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "We'll leave the sweets and juice here, okay?"
  |  | 
 | <2550>
  |  | 
 | // \{Yuki} "So, eat up."
  |  | 
 | <2551>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Thank you so much..."
  |  | 
 | <2552>
  |  | 
 | // I...
  |  | 
 | <2553>
  |  | 
 | // ... never knew this warmth at all.
  |  | 
 | <2554>
  |  | 
 | // Because...
  |  | 
 | <2555>
  |  | 
 | // ... I'm not a person.
  |  | 
 | <2556>
  |  | 
 | // Someday, my existence will return because...
  |  | 
 | <2557>
  |  | 
 | // The light inside the charm had started to grant a wish long ago...
  |  | 
 | <2558>
  |  | 
 | // And like that, I began to exist as a person...
  |  | 
 | <2559>
  |  | 
 | // And then...
  |  | 
 | <2560>
  |  | 
 | // When I grant her wish, my duty will be fulfilled. 
  |  | 
 | <2561>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "Shima-kun!"
  |  | 
 | <2562>
  |  | 
 | // \{Saki} "No matter what, we'll always be friends, okay?!"
  |  | 
 | <2563>
  |  | 
 | // Just as Founder's Day started, I was pushed around by a large number of students from inside the school.
  |  | 
 | <2564>
  |  | 
 | // But, I came to meet her.
  |  | 
 | <2565>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You did well not to get caught by the teachers."
  |  | 
 | <2566>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I guess so."
  |  | 
 | <2567>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sorry, I'm so busy, so I could only talk to you here."
  |  | 
 | <2568>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "It's fine."
  |  | 
 | <2569>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I got the okay for you to be the first guest in Founder's Day, after all..."
  |  | 
 | <2570>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Let's have fun."
  |  | 
 | <2571>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <2572>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "My job's really busy, so I can't get away from it."
  |  | 
 | <2573>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <2574>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, even if I disappear, Yuki and Saki have free time, so go with them."
  |  | 
 | <2575>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <2576>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Those girls seem to really like you, Shima-kun."
  |  | 
 | <2577>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <2578>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'm jealous because of them."
  |  | 
 | <2579>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <2580>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "If it were another girl, I wouldn't allow it."
  |  | 
 | <2581>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah."
  |  | 
 | <2582>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "........."
  |  | 
 | <2583>
  |  | 
 | // The talk... \wait{500}seems to be over.
  |  | 
 | <2584>
  |  | 
 | // All I did was nod.
  |  | 
 | <2585>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, what you've been waiting for, Shima-kun..."
  |  | 
 | <2586>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "I'll tell you my wish."
  |  | 
 | <2587>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Okay..."
  |  | 
 | <2588>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Umm... I'd like to ask, but..."
  |  | 
 | <2589>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "What is it?"
  |  | 
 | <2590>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "What you're about to say isn't worthless or anything, is it?"
  |  | 
 | <2591>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You mean having rain or snow fall?"
  |  | 
 | <2592>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Yeah..."
  |  | 
 | <2593>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Don't worry, it's nothing like that."
  |  | 
 | <2594>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "I see... that's good."
  |  | 
 | <2595>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Yup."
  |  | 
 | <2596>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well then, I'll announce my wish."
  |  | 
 | <2597>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Okay..."
  |  | 
 | <2598>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Shima-kun,"
  |  | 
 | <2599>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Please, forever always... \wait{1000}love me."
  |  | 
 | <2600>
  |  | 
 | // Yeah...
  |  | 
 | <2601>
  |  | 
 | // I guess I really did like this person.
  |  | 
 | <2602>
  |  | 
 | // I really did.
  |  | 
 | <2603>
  |  | 
 | // Our time was short, but the time we spent together was priceless.
  |  | 
 | <2604>
  |  | 
 | // I liked Yuki-san and Saki-san.
  |  | 
 | <2605>
  |  | 
 | // I liked spending time, the four of us. 
  |  | 
 | <2606>
  |  | 
 | // And... \pI was happy.
  |  | 
 | <2607>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... Shima-kun?"
  |  | 
 | <2608>
  |  | 
 | // Because...
  |  | 
 | <2609>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Why are you crying?"
  |  | 
 | <2610>
  |  | 
 | // For me to cry out a lifetime like this surely is because... I never knew this warmth.
  |  | 
 | <2611>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "It's nothing..."
  |  | 
 | <2612>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "You really are such a helpless kid..."
  |  | 
 | <2613>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Come on, dry yourself up."
  |  | 
 | <2614>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Okay..."
  |  | 
 | <2615>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Misae-san..."
  |  | 
 | <2616>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Hmm?"
  |  | 
 | <2617>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Thank you... thank you so much."
  |  | 
 | <2618>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Sure."
  |  | 
 | <2619>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "Well, I'm heading off."
  |  | 
 | <2620>
  |  | 
 | // \{Shima} "Okay."
  |  | 
 | <2621>
  |  | 
 | // While watching the back of the person I really liked...
  |  | 
 | <2622>
  |  | 
 | // I continued, continued to keep on crying.
  |  | 
 | <2623>
  |  | 
 | // Farewell, Misae-san.
  |  | 
 | <2624>
  |  | 
 | // I will continue to like you for all your life.
  |  | 
 | <2625>
  |  | 
 | // "He isn't here today either..."
  |  | 
 | <2626>
  |  | 
 | // "I..."
  |  | 
 | <2627>
  |  | 
 | // "Maybe you've been rejected again."
  |  | 
 | <2628>
  |  | 
 | // "It's not like that! He's not like that!"
  |  | 
 | <2629>
  |  | 
 | // "He was deeply into Misae, wasn't he?"
  |  | 
 | <2630>
  |  | 
 | // "I'm sure there must have been a reason."
  |  | 
 | <2631>
  |  | 
 | // "Or maybe, there must be a really deep reason that it can't be helped..."
  |  | 
 | <2632>
  |  | 
 | // "He's been working hard to meet Misae up until now, hasn't he...?"
  |  | 
 | <2633>
  |  | 
 | // "So, maybe by chance, he'll appear again by surprise."
  |  | 
 | <2634>
  |  | 
 | // "........."
  |  | 
 | <2635>
  |  | 
 | // "Ah, the cat from yesterday's here again!"
  |  | 
 | <2636>
  |  | 
 | // "Really. Hey, Misae, it's the cat from yesterday."
  |  | 
 | <2637>
  |  | 
 | // "Is it a domestic cat? He has such nice fur."
  |  | 
 | <2638>
  |  | 
 | // "Uwaah, he has such a cute face~"
  |  | 
 | <2639>
  |  | 
 | // "Come on, Misae, hold it."
  |  | 
 | <2640>
  |  | 
 | // "Eh? Why..."
  |  | 
 | <2641>
  |  | 
 | // "I don't really like cats..."
  |  | 
 | <2642>
  |  | 
 | // .........
  |  | 
 | <2643>
  |  | 
 | // ......
  |  | 
 | <2644>
  |  | 
 | // ...
  |  | 
 | <2645>
  |  | 
 | // "Hello?"
  |  | 
 | <2646>
  |  | 
 | // "You're far away?"
  |  | 
 | <2647>
  |  | 
 | // "Yeah... I've gone back."
  |  | 
 | <2648>
  |  | 
 | // "Yeah, well it's not like it's for any reason."
  |  | 
 | <2649>
  |  | 
 | // "Yeah, sure. Though it's a guy's dormitory."
  |  | 
 | <2650>
  |  | 
 | // "... I guess so."
  |  | 
 | <2651>
  |  | 
 | // "Ahh, that's just how I am, aren't I?"
  |  | 
 | <2652>
  |  | 
 | // "Hahaha, that's too bad for you, Yuki."
  |  | 
 | <2653>
  |  | 
 | // "How's Saki?"
  |  | 
 | <2654>
  |  | 
 | // "Hmm... seems like a good match."
  |  | 
 | <2655>
  |  | 
 | // "I'm serious."
  |  | 
 | <2656>
  |  | 
 | // "I think so, but I haven't said anything."
  |  | 
 | <2657>
  |  | 
 | // "Yeah... yeah..."
  |  | 
 | <2658>
  |  | 
 | // .........
  |  | 
 | <2659>
  |  | 
 | // "Let's see..."
  |  | 
 | <2660>
  |  | 
 | // "Yup. The price of phone calls is going up."
  |  | 
 | <2661>
  |  | 
 | // "Yeah, when you come next time, let's play."
  |  | 
 | <2662>
  |  | 
 | // "Yeah, I'm sure it'll be fine."
  |  | 
 | <2663>
  |  | 
 | // "Ah, that's right."
  |  | 
 | <2664>
  |  | 
 | // "Remember that cat?"
  |  | 
 | <2665>
  |  | 
 | // "Yeah, yeah."
  |  | 
 | <2666>
  |  | 
 | // "When I came back, he appeared again."
  |  | 
 | <2667>
  |  | 
 | // "Yup, in this house."
  |  | 
 | <2668>
  |  | 
 | // "Maybe because he followed me."
  |  | 
 | <2669>
  |  | 
 | // "Yup. He seems strangely attached to me."
  |  | 
 | <2670>
  |  | 
 | // "How can he like someone like me who doesn't like cats, I wonder?"
  |  | 
 | <2671>
  |  | 
 | // "Haha... I wonder."
  |  | 
 | <2672>
  |  | 
 | // "Yup, we'll play again someday."
  |  | 
 | <2673>
  |  | 
 | // "I'm hanging up then."
  |  | 
 | <2674>
  |  | 
 | // "Okay."
  |  | 
 | <2675>
  |  | 
 | // "Okay, good night."
  |  | 
 | <2676>
  |  | 
 | // .........
  |  | 
 | <2677>
  |  | 
 | // "Whew..."
  |  | 
 | <2678>
  |  | 
 | // "Ah, you're here?"
  |  | 
 | <2679>
  |  | 
 | // "Oh yeah, head up onto the kotatsu."
  |  | 
 | <2680>
  |  | 
 | // "Since you're a cat, you like it, right?"
  |  | 
 | <2681>
  |  | 
 | // "The Cat Rolls Up On the Kotatsu~ right?"
  |  | 
 | <2682>
  |  | 
 | // "Come on, come here."
  |  | 
 | <2683>
  |  | 
 | // .........
  |  | 
 | <2684>
  |  | 
 | // ......
  |  | 
 | <2685>
  |  | 
 | // ...
  |  | 
 | <2686>
  |  | 
 | // .........
  |  | 
 | <2687>
  |  | 
 | // The morning light passes through the curtains.
  |  | 
 | <2688>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} (I see... I fell asleep here like this last night...)
  |  | 
 | <2689>
  |  | 
 | // My head's heavy...
  |  | 
 | <2690>
  |  | 
 | // Right beside me was Misae-san, whose face was leaning onto me.
  |  | 
 | <2691>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... mm......"
  |  | 
 | <2692>
  |  | 
 | // Her mouth slowly moves.
  |  | 
 | <2693>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... \wait{800}Shima\wait{600}-kun......"
  |  | 
 | <2694>
  |  | 
 | // \{Misae} "... why did you disappear......"
  |  | 
 | <2695>
  |  | 
 | // Hearing her sleeptalking, I remember.
  |  | 
 | <2696>
  |  | 
 | // That is the name of the cat still curled up in my arm.
  |  | 
 | <2697>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "So you do have a name, don't you..."
  |  | 
 | <2698>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Hey, you were the one who showed me..."
  |  | 
 | <2699>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "What it was you wanted to tell... this person..."
  |  | 
 | <2700>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "The person who's continued to always wait..."
  |  | 
 | <2701>
  |  | 
 | // \{\m{B}} "Who's side you've been by all this time." 
  |  | 
 | <2702>
  |  | 
 | // Misae Epilogue
  |  | 
 | </pre>
  |  | 
 | </div>
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 | == Sơ đồ ==  |  | == Sơ đồ ==  | 
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