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<3671>
// May 24 (Monday)

<3672>
// The next morning.

<3673>
// My feet were heavy, coming into the office.

<3674>
// To be honest, I didn't want to come.

<3675>
// To cause that much trouble, what face would I put on?

<3676>
// Coming closer to the company step by step, only meaningless fear and bitter self-hatred grew.

<3677>
// Finally, I was in front of the company.

<3678>
// I put my hand on the sliding door, and after taking a breath, readied myself.

<3679> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Good morning! Sorry about yesterday!" 

<3680>\{Ông Chủ} ""
// \{Boss} "Morning. So, sorry about what?"

<3681>\{Người Thợ} ""
// \{Worker} "Oh, the young guy. You ran all the way to the site the other day, didn't ya?"

<3682>\{Người Thợ} ""
// \{Worker} "Our new young guy's got some admirable willpower."

<3683>
// I looked up, dumbfounded.

<3684>
// Where everyone should have been blaming me, they were praising me.

<3685> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Umm... why...?"

<3686>\{Johnny} ""
// \{Johnny} "Why? You ran to the place, didn't you, boy?"

<3687> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Huh."

<3688>\{Johnny} ""
// \{Johnny} "Hey, Yuu-san, this kid doesn't know the conditions, do you, boy?"

<3689>
// I coudldn't tell exactly what he was saying.

<3690>
// Just that Yuu-san happened to be Yoshino-san, as he came from inside, heeding the call.

<3691>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "\m{A}? Morning."

<3692>
// An unusual smile.

<3693> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Good morning."

<3694>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "You have a mysterious face there."

<3695> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Of course. I came here thinking that you would have an angry face..."

<3696>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "Messups can't be helped."

<3697>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "The problem is how to recover."

<3698>
// Calm words.

<3699>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "If you do the best that you can, everyone will definitely appraise you."

<3700>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "That's what I like about this kind of job."

<3701>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "I thought you did absolutely everything you could yesterday."

<3702>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "That's why everyone's saying so."

<3703>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "Everyone thinks the same way."

<3704> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "B-but if I had done it right..."

<3705>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "You'll get used to screwing it up."

<3706>
// Though I'm grateful that Yoshino-san says that, but I couldn't agree.

<3707> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "B-but, I ruined your holiday, Yoshino-san..."

<3708>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "It's not for your sake. It's for the customer's."

<3709>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "Because it was a job that had to be finished before before yesterday."

<3710>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "You still don't get it?"

<3711>
// Silent, I shook my head.

<3712>
// Instead, I felt so inexcusable.

<3713>
// That's why I couldn't depend on Yoshino-san's kindness.

<3714>
// Doing that, Yoshino-san's expression changed in a subtle way.

<3715>
// Only just a bit, but almost as if he did.

<3716>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "... if you do think something this insignifcant is inexcusable, then remember this."

<3717>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "If you have the will to always continue in this job, you'll soon have to deal with a new person."

<3718>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "Someone like you, who's young, who doesn't have a direction."

<3719>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "When the time comes when he messes up, you'll have to follow up."

<3720>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "If you want to return the favor to me, do that."

<3721>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "That's your job."

<3722>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "For that is also..."

<3723>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "Love."

<3724>
// Though it'd be better if he didn't make that his last word...

<3725>
// But, I didn't really have any words to return either.

<3726>
// I was too much of a burdening child.

<3727>
// But, the day where I will walk on my own wil come.

<3728>
// That's why.

<3729> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... okay! I will! I'll remember!"

<3730> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's why... I'll... work......\p my... hardest..."

<3731>
// I couldn't bring out any more words. That's why I kept bowing, on and on.

<3732>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "You seem so tearful there."

<3733>
// Yoshino-san murmured as if shocked, and everyone patted my shoulder, as if sympathizing.

<3734>
// Now that I look back upon it, today might actually have been the day I really started.

<3735>
// Cohabitation 

<3736>
// A lot of things have begun to move.

<3737>
// I've been doing well at work since that day.

<3738>
// And when it got dark, I'd talk a lot with Nagisa, brushing off the weariness from the job.

<3739>
// Simply waking up early was painful as always, but when I see Nagisa's sleeping face, my willpower builds up.

<3740>
// Nagisa also got to talk a lot with Nishina and Sugisaka.

<3741>
// That was becasue they had finished with the choir club, and finally got some time.

<3742>
// And thus, our calm life together began.

<3743>
// I went to visit the Furukawa household once a week.

<3744>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Umm, \m{B}-kun, could I ask you for some advice?"

<3745>
// Nagisa asked holding some plastic containers.

<3746> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"

<3747>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's about dad."

<3748> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What happened to pops? Did he trouble Sanae-san with some harassment again?"

<3749>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That's not it."

<3750>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Umm... well..."

<3751>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It seems that dad formed a small theatrical company with the people he performed with, and they're launching."

<3752> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Heh... that's somewhat, great."

<3753>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes..."

<3754>
// It was probably hard for Nagisa to stomach.

<3755>
// He should still have been a member, hadn't he given up on his dream.

<3756>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "They gave my dad an invitation to come to their performance."

<3757>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Dad must want to go."

<3758> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I guess. They're old friends, after all."

<3759>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But, he has work, so he's said he isn't going."

<3760> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Work? It's just for half a day. What's he saying?"

<3761>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "No, it won't be for half a day. This performance is in Kyushu."

<3762> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Guahh... that's far..."

<3763>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Even if he took a bus, he'd be gone for two days."

<3764> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, it's okay for him to leave the shop open for at least two days, right?"

<3765>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Dad leaves the shop a lot to play but, every morning he bakes the bread."

<3766> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I see... then he'd have to close the shop down for two days."

<3767>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Dad doesn't want to be negligent, so I think he'd say he wouldn't go."

<3768>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "He's continued on in the bakery this whole time without stopping..."

<3769>
// That wasn't the only reason. He probably also has his own responsibility.

<3770>
// He'd act as if something like that had absolutely no meaning to him in front of her.

<3771>
// That's the kind of feeling I had about it.

<3772>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But, I'd like him for to go if possible."

<3773> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I know."

<3774>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That's why, \m{B}-kun..."

<3775>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "How about baking for him instead?"

<3776> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<3777> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You will?"

<3778>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I meant you!"

<3779>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I did say '\m{B}-kun' clearly."

<3780> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It'd be impossible for me to replace pops."

<3781>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "You worked with them, \m{B}-kun."

<3782> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But it had nothing to do with baking."

<3783>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "You also helped mom."

<3784> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (Sigh...)

<3785> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (That reassures me...)

<3786>
// I suddenly spaced out.

<3787> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Besides, I also have a job."

<3788>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's next weekend. You don't have any work on Saturday. Didn't you say so, \m{B}-kun?"

<3789> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I did, yeah..."

<3790>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I have school, so I won't be able to help until the afternoon."

<3791>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I actually want to bake it but... it's a lot of physical work, so a lot of it is impossible for me."

<3792>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That's why I'm asking you, \m{B}-kun."

<3793>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Or maybe you can't...?"

<3794>
// Not that I can't, but it's impossible

<3795>
// Guess we'll have to...

<3796> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Not that I can't, but it's impossible."

<3797> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Besides, pops couldn't rely on me for that."

<3798>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's also something I'm asking fo you."

<3799> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Even if you did, it's obvious it's impossible."

<3800> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "He prides himself in that pretty well, after all."

<3801>
// Besides, he'd be so stubborn not to let this slip by, even with this.

<3802>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That might be true..."

<3803> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Besides, this time won't be the only time for the company, would it? They just launched, so they're only beginning."

<3804> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Maybe in the future, they'll come nearby."

<3805>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I suppose. That's probably true."

<3806>
// Pops probably wants to maintain a natural relationship with Nagisa just as much as she does.

<3807>
// I think it's better Nagisa not deal with this.

<3808> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Pops can at least write back an answer, and we don't need to worry much more than that."

<3809>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay..."

<3810>
// She nodded slightly, and didn't bring up the topic again.

<3811> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Guess we'll have to..."

<3812>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "You'll help out?!"

<3813> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... I know how you feel."

<3814>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Thank you so much!"

<3815>
// A man with a large build was leaning against an iron bar in the park, smoking a cigarette.

<3816> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, isn't that pops?"

<3817>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes, it's dad."

<3818> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "He's slacking off again."

<3819>
// We dropped by the park.

<3820> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Pops!"

<3821>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Yo."

<3822>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Oh, it's you guys."

<3823>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'm back, dad."

<3824>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Yeah, welcome back."

<3825>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Dad, please look at this."

<3826>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's vegetables that I cooked. Would you like to try them?"

<3827>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Yeah, I'll take 'em in one shot."

<3828>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "You can't eat that way! I'd like for you to taste the flavor."

<3829>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Yeah, I'll do that."

<3830>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "And also, there's something really nice I'd like to talk to you about."

<3831>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Oh? You're coming back to the house? Sounds like great news."

<3832>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'm not! I want to be with \m{B}-kun!"

<3833>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Tch, I know. Don't make that so damn clear already, okay? He'll be so giddy, see!"

<3834>
// Nagisa looked at me.

<3835>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "He's not really giddy."

<3836>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "He just suddenly went back to a serious look. He's a broody lech."

<3837>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "What's broody? I don't know what that is."

<3838>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Talking about how he's such a lech, but covers it up like it's all normal."

<3839>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun's not like that!"

<3840>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "To hold on keeping that covered up... I don't think that would be excusable."

<3841>
// ... don't say something like that in front of your parents.

<3842>
// Like always, it took a while before we got to the question we needed to get to.

<3843>
// Glancing over to Furukawa Bakery, Sanae-san had just come out, and happened to find us.

<3844>
// Smiling, she came over.

<3845> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yo."

<3846>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Good afternoon, \m{B}-san."

<3847>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ah, mom. I'm back."

<3848>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Welcome back."

<3849>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Akio-san!"

<3850>
// Greeting Nagisa with a smile, she turned to pops and made a cute scowl.

<3851>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Yo, Sanae."

<3852>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Akio-san, you can't."

<3853>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "You always disappear on the spur of the moment."

<3854>
// He really was slacking off.

<3855>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Y-yeah..."

<3856>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "I got bored 'cause there weren't no customers. Sorry."

<3857> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (Giving some excuse won't fix it...)

<3858>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "You were bored...? Then, that can't be helped."

<3859> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (It did?!)

<3860>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Yeah, I was just having some fun so that I wouldn't be bored. I'll go take care of the shop."

<3861>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Please do."

<3862>
// Oh man, I don't think I can slack off on baking the bread compared to a childish man like him...

<3863>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That said, \m{B}-kun will be taking your place and baking the bread on Saturday and Sunday."

<3864>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Oh, I'm lucky. Then I can sleep until noon."

<3865>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That's not it! Please go and see the play!"

<3866>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Play?"

<3867>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That's right. Your friends from the theatrical company that launched invited you to come."

<3868>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Tch... where the hell did you hear that?!"

<3869>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I told her."

<3870>
// Sanae-san really is an honest person.

<3871> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Go and see them. I'll be baking all the bread."

<3872>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "You know...! This ain't a job to be handing over to some damn amateur!!"

<3873> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Weren't you saying, 'Oh, I'm lucky', just now?"

<3874>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "... shut up, that was a joke!"

<3875>
// I knew it...

<3876>
// In front of Nagisa, he wasn't one that could touch the topic of drama.

<3877>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Dad, please, go and see them!"

<3878>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Akio-san, don't be stubborn and go."

<3879> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, just go."

<3880>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Shut up, okay?"

<3881>
// ... why only me?

<3882>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Dad, I'd like for you to behave normally."

<3883>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I've been thinking about this."

<3884>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "... in regards to me."

<3885>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "........."

<3886>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Umm, I'll come and bring some tea."

<3887>
// Sanae-san stood from her seat.

<3888> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, I'll go and use the washroom, then."

<3889>
// I also went at the same time, leaving that place.

<3890>
// Gah... in the end, Nagisa's persuasion didn't work out. Pops didn't agree to it at all.

<3891>
// Nagisa was angry the whole time as we headed back.

<3892>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "He still wouldn't leave it to you, \m{B}-kun, saying something so rude!"

<3893>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Dad is so stubborn!"

<3894> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Uh, well, I'm glad you covered for me but... don't be so agitated..."

<3895>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I could have persuaded him a little more! It's so regretting!"

<3896>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It bothers me so much!"

<3897>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Hmph, hmph!"

<3898>
// For Nagisa to be this angry is quite rare.

<3899> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You being angry is kind of interesting."

<3900>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Eh? What's interesting?"

<3901> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Your face."

<3902>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Eh? Is it that strange...?"

<3903> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "And I was thinking like, there's such a person at this time that's expressing her anger, huh...?"

<3904>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That's embarrassing!"

<3905>
// Well, you're making that face again...

<3906>
// It felt like I got something done today, having seen a face of Nagisa's I never knew.

<3907>
// Cohabitation

<3908>
// And then, June ended...

<3909>
// And busy times went by.

<3910>
// Cohabitation

<3911>
// And then, June ended...

<3912>
// Work went well during June.

<3913>
// Cohabitation

<3914>
// And then, June ended...

<3915>
// May went by, and June ended...

<3916>
// The rainy season came upon us.

<3917>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Umm, \m{B}-kun,"

<3918>
// Seated at dinner.

<3919> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"

<3920>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I have something to talk about!"

<3921>
// She was unusually tense.

<3922>
// It was something painful to discuss, without a doubt.

<3923> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What, you want a swimsuit?"

<3924>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "No, that's not it!"

<3925>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ah, well... \wait{1000}not that I don't want one but..."

<3926> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Okay then, let's go buy one during the holiday tomorrow!"

<3927>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ahh, well... is it really okay to be buying a swimsuit, I wonder...?"

<3928> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'd also like to see what you look like in one. You don't happen to have a school swimsuit, right?"

<3929>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "No... but, I don't really mind even if it was a school one."

<3930> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I do."

<3931> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I guess I really want to make my girl look cute."

<3932> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "And all the men will be stuck looking at you... ahhh, feels so glorifying."

<3933>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "No way, no one's seen me in a swimsuit!"

<3934>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I don't really think such a style... is any good..."

<3935> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "As long as you're cute, it's okay."

<3936>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Even if I'm cute..."

<3937>
// I glared at Nagisa, telling her that it was fine, just before she denied it.

<3938>
// I told her not to look down on herself, and thus, she remembered.

<3939>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ahh... I guess... I'm cute after all, so I'm sure it'll be okay!"

<3940>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Wait, if I say that, I'll be a weird girl!"

<3941>
// That made me so happy.

<3942>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Geez, seems you're playing with me, \m{B}-kun!"

<3943> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, don't pout like that. We'll go shopping in a rush, then."

<3944>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay!"

<3945>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Wait, that's not it!"

<3946> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh? You don't want to go buy any?"

<3947>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Sure, I'd be happy to, but not tomorrow."

<3948> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Why?"

<3949>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Umm, \m{B}-kun,"

<3950>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I have something to talk about!"

<3951>
// She went back to her topic.

<3952> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Why are you being formal?"

<3953>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Well... you see..."

<3954> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I don't want to."

<3955>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Eh? I haven't even talked yet."

<3956> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Knowing you, I'm sure you're proposing something that I'd be reluctant about."

<3957>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That might be true..."

<3958>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But, we've lived together for two months, now."

<3959> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."

<3960>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Every week, we go to my parents' house..."

<3961>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But..."

<3962>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "We haven't gone to your house, \m{B}-kun..."

<3963>
// I knew it...

<3964>
// I didn't want to come to this.

<3965>
// It felt like I was knocked from heaven, down to the depths of hell.

<3966>
// Even though I had been having so much fun...

<3967>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, how many times have you gone to see your father since you graduated?"

<3968> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Like I'd know."

<3969>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun!"

<3970>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, you have to tell me clearly."

<3971> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<3972> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Once, when I packed my stuff and left... that was all..."

<3973>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I see..."

<3974>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Then, let's go and see him tomorrow."

<3975> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I don't want to."

<3976>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Why?"

<3977> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Because..."

<3978> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I've been working so hard..."

<3979>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes, I know..."

<3980> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'd at least... like to spend time on the holidays with you."

<3981>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I promise I'll spend time with you next time, okay, \m{B}-kun?"

<3982> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "No. Tomorrow, too."

<3983>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun..."

<3984> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Don't... you understand?"

<3985> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That distance between me and \bthat person\u..." 

<3986> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "A distance that will never be filled."

<3987>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes..."

<3988>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But, you've also become a working adult, and have gone through a lot of difficult things."

<3989>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "You've worked hard, climbing over everything."

<3990>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "If it's now, I thought you might be able to go meet him, to confront him."

<3991> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<3992>
// I wonder...

<3993>
// Have I... gotten stronger?

<3994>
// From the day when I ran away?

<3995>
// Maybe I was deceiving myself, so that I wouldn't look at that...

<3996>
// Besides that, I've been working hard with everything else.

<3997>
// All for you, Nagisa.

<3998>
// That's why...

<3999>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun,"

<4000>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'll be with you. I always will be."

<4001>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "If we're together, we can beat anything."

<4002>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Am I wrong?"

<4003>
// You are

<4004>
// .........

<4005> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You are."

<4006>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Eh... I am?"

<4007> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I've been doing everything to make you smile and be happy."

<4008> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, even if I tried with my father, it'd be useless..."

<4009> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'd just feel terrible..."

<4010> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well? Am I right?"

<4011> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm independent now... I don't need my father."

<4012> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I only need to work as hard as I can for the two of us."

<4013>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, you're stubborn."

<4014> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You too..."

<4015>
// This might have been the first time where we put our opinions against each other without pulling back.

<4016> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You have a good family, so you must think it's simple."

<4017>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I wonder about that..."

<4018>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's just that I was thinking that if it was you right now, you could face forward a lot more."

<4019>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Or maybe I had the wrong idea?"

<4020> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You talk pretty well..."

<4021>
// Words like having the wrong idea or being a letdown really hurt a man's self-respect.

<4022> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You have the wrong idea."

<4023>
// Even so, I didn't pull back.

<4024>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "........."

<4025>
// For a while, the two of us were silent.

<4026>
// There weren't any words even after we finished eating, and while we cleaned up.

<4027>
// Nagisa was seated at the desk. Was she doing her homework?

<4028>
// I looked at her from behind, turning down the TV volume.

<4029> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (Is she angry...)

<4030> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (If that's the case, it's a bit rare...)

<4031> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm gonna go take a shower."

<4032>
// Saying just that, I stood up.

<4033>
// Finishing up and returning to the room, Nagisa was seated.

<4034> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm back."

<4035>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay."

<4036>
// She remained looking at her notes, making only that response.

<4037>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "........."

<4038>
// Even at ten o'clock, there wasn't any indication of her working.

<4039> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Nagisa, it's already ten o'clock. You should go and take a shower."

<4040>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "........."

<4041> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Or what, you're not taking one today?"

<4042> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You've been sweating, right?"

<4043> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Is it okay when I hug you after you've sweat?"

<4044>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "........."

<4045> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Are you fine with that...?"

<4046> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (Are you so stubborn that you'll keep that up until I sleep...?)

<4047>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "........."

<4048>
// What should I do?

<4049>
// Should I apologize?

<4050>
// But, I was just persistent in what I thought was right.

<4051>
// To apologize for that is strange.

<4052>
// But, I want her to face me.

<4053>
// I want to talk like we always do.

<4054>
// .........

<4055> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Nagisa..."

<4056>
// Just at the same time when I didn't know what to do anymore, calling her name weakly...

<4057>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'm done!"

<4058>
// Nagisa held her notes high.

<4059> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh...?"

<4060>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I've finished all of my homework!"

<4061>
// Scrubbing her knees, she faced me, saying that.

<4062>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "With this, I can go out with you all day, \m{B}-kun."

<4063> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "All day...?"

<4064>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Shopping."

<4065>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "You didn't want to go?"

<4066> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "W-well... I did say that, didn't I...?"

<4067>
// I was so relieved, I thought I let out a tear.

<4068>
// She wasn't ignoring me. She was only concentrating.

<4069>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "We don't have to buy anything. I'd just like to see the place where swimsuits are sold."

<4070> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "No, I'll buy it. I definitely will. I'll buy whatever you wear."

<4071>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "No way, I'm not going to be wearing any of it, so you don't have to force yourself to buy anything."

<4072> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Then, one thing that you like."

<4073>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay... if it's one thing that I like, then I might pester you."

<4074> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Fine, I'll buy that. I definitely will."

<4075>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "All right. I'll ask you then."

<4076> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<4077>
// When she puts it that way... I can't tell her she is.

<4078>
// We want to work hard and conquer every obstacle.

<4079>
// We've been working hard this whole time so...

<4080>
// But... have we...

<4081>
// really become any stronger... if it's the two of us?

<4082>
// Even if... \pit's something like this that can't be helped...?

<4083> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Then..."

<4084> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Would you always hold my hand?"

<4085>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes."

<4086> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If we part... I may run away then."

<4087>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay. I won't let go until we come back."

<4088>
// The next morning.

<4089>
// The two of us stood in front of the nameplate labeled '\m{A}'.

<4090>
// The place I haven't visited ever since graduating.

<4091>
// And... the first time Nagisa really did come here.

<4092>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'm tense..."

<4093>
// From Nagisa's standpoint, it was a simple situation involving meeting the parent of the boyfriend she's been living with, nothing more.

<4094>
// Ahh... if only \bthat person\u were a normal parent.

<4095>
// If that happened, Nagisa would also get along much like I do with pops and Sanae-san... create a new family, and live happily ever after.

<4096>
// It was inexcusable to have such a parent that wasn't.

<4097> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You're sweating."

<4098>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Oh, I see..."

<4099>
// She raises the hand she's holding mine with.

<4100> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Wanna dry off?"

<4101>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "No, it's fine."

<4102>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Umm... unless you're feeling bad, \m{B}-kun..."

<4103>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ah, well... even if you are, I won't let go!"

<4104>
// She grasped my hand tightly.

<4105> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<4106> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well... \pI'm sorry."

<4107>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Eh?"

<4108> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "To make you feel pressured just from seeing my father..."

<4109> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm also bringing a problem here..."

<4110> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "And I didn't want to come see him either..."

<4111>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "No, that's completely fine."

<4112>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ah, well... meeting your father is what's tense."

<4113>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "About how you like a girl like me..."

<4114>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But it really makes me happy that you can endure being with me in regards to your problem."

<4115>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ah, well... saying it makes me happy is rude."

<4116> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "No, it's fine."

<4117> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I can understand that."

<4118> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I had those feelings ever since I met you, after all."

<4119>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Is that so...? Then I'm glad."

<4120>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Then let's go, \m{B}-kun."

<4121> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."

<4122>
// My father was sleeping lifelessly in the living room.

<4123>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Has he always been sleeping over there?"

<4124> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."

<4125>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "He'll catch a cold."

<4126> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "He's used to it."

<4127> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, father."

<4128>
// I shake his shoulder.

<4129>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "Mmm..."

<4130>
// He cleared his throat, and then opened his eyes.

<4131>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "Ahh..."

<4132>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "That be you, \m{B}-kun...?"

<4133>
// Moving his body, he then moved to a kneeling position.

<4134>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Umm, nice to meet you!"

<4135>
// Nagisa deeply bowed to my father, facing him.

<4136>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "Eh...?"

<4137>
// Someone other than me was in the house. This was a situation that never happened once before.

<4138>
// But after the moment my father was surprised, he immediately fell calm.

<4139>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "Are you... \m{B}-kun's friend?"

<4140>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes... I'm Furukawa Nagisa."

<4141>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "We're close friends from school... in the same year."

<4142>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "Oh... \wait{1000}how about now?"

<4143>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Now... umm... well..."

<4144>
// I showed him the hands that we were holding.

<4145> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "We're going out."

<4146>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "Oh... \wait{1000}you finally did as well, \m{B}-kun..."

<4147>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "I'm glad, I'm glad..."

<4148>
// What a hateful smile...

<4149>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "The two of us are living together."

<4150>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "Where at?"

<4151>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's an apartment close by. I'll guide you there."

<4152>
// Don't.

<4153>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "An apartment... wouldn't it be small?"

<4154>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It might be small, but it doesn' thave to be wide."

<4155>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "The space we have right now is enough."

<4156>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "Renting at first is painful, isn't it?"

<4157>
// ... you think you know what you're talking about?

<4158>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "This house is rented though but... you can use it if you need to. There are rooms left over."

<4159>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "No... that's too much."

<4160>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "We left the house, so that we'd work hard with our own power."

<4161>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That said... I'm grateful you offered, but we'll have to turn it down."

<4162>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "I see..."

<4163>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "You can come any time. In troubling times, you can tell me."

<4164>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Thank you so much."

<4165>
// Nagisa looked at my face.

<4166>
// ... he's a nice person.

<4167>
// That's what her eyes tell me.

<4168>
// That's why I expected what she'd say next.

<4169>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Umm... \m{A}-san,"

<4170>
// Nagisa so called my father.

<4171>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "Hmm?"

<4172>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I apologize, to have been... keeping \m{B}-kun away for all this time."

<4173>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "It's okay..."

<4174>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It might have been painful for you."

<4175>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That's why..."

<4176>
// Don't say it...

<4177>
// ... I'll always bring \m{B}-kun with me.

<4178>
// Don't say that.

<4179>
// I tightened my grip on Nagisa's hand.

<4180>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "........."

<4181>
// Nagisa stopped... \pclosing her eyes.

<4182>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ah... well..."

<4183>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'm... really sorry."

<4184>
// ... she picked up what I felt.

<4185>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "Well... you don't have to apologize like that..."

<4186>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "I'm happy that we're meeting like this."

<4187>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay." 

<4188>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "Really, you can..."

<4189>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "come at any time."

<4190>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay, thank you very much."

<4191>
// And from there, we continued on to trivial topics.

<4192>
// Like stuff about how vacant land's being used up, how the area around us has changed a little bit, etc.

<4193>
// Nagisa perservered to make things favorable, and all I did was listen in.

<4194>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "\m{B}-kun?"

<4195> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh...?"

<4196>
// He suddenly talked to me.

<4197>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "\m{B}-kun... you've been eating her cooking every day, haven't you?"

<4198>
// He repeated himself.

<4199> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Y-yeah..."

<4200>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "I'm envious. I've always been eating take-out food."

<4201>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Umm... it'll be noon very shortly, so how about I make some?"

<4202>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay?"

<4203>
// I gave her a glance, telling her that much was fine.

<4204>
// To be sitting at a dining table with my father gave me the shivers.

<4205>
// Besides, how many years had it been?

<4206>
// But, if I can put up with this, I'll just sit without making eye contact and finish this.

<4207>
// That was the attitude I promised Nagisa earlier.

<4208> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."

<4209>
// That's why I thought I should hang on.

<4210>
// Nagisa opened the refrigerator.

<4211>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "There's nothing here."

<4212> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Guess we'll have to go and buy something."

<4213>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes."

<4214>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Are you coming?"

<4215> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Of course."

<4216>
// Leaving my father, we headed off for the grocery store.

<4217>
// It had been an hour by the time we got back.

<4218>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "We were a bit slow. I'll make it quickly."

<4219>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "It's fine, I'll be patient."

<4220>
// She went past my father, returning to the kitchen.

<4221>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Will you also help, \m{B}-kun?"

<4222> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I'll help but..."

<4223> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Are we gonna do this like this?"

<4224>
// How long have we been holding hands exactly?

<4225>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes."

<4226> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "My left hand's pinned down, and your right hand holding the kitchen knife will be juggling around."

<4227>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "We can do this well."

<4228> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "We'll definitely get injured!"

<4229>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Really?"

<4230> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, whatever. I lose. Let go, so you can handle it the way you need to."

<4231>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'm not letting go."

<4232> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I won't run away."

<4233>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It has nothing to do with that."

<4234> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If you don't, my left hand'll be in trouble."

<4235>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I see... then it can't be helped."

<4236> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'll hold you from the back instead."

<4237>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "If you do that, I'll get injured!"

<4238> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm joking, I'm joking. I'll watch you right from behind."

<4239>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Then I'm relieved."

<4240> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Okay, let go."

<4241>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay."

<4242>
// Pain ran through my fingers as I opened them. Was it bent the entire time?

<4243>
// My palm finally had a breath of fresh air.

<4244>
// The sweat from the two of us cooled off.

<4245>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Well then, I'll be starting."

<4246> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, good luck."

<4247>
// While staring at Nagisa from behind, I heard a voice from afar.

<4248>
// Did he turn on the TV?

<4249>
// Then I heard another sound.

<4250>
// A voice mixed with my father's.

<4251> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (A guest...?)

<4252>
// I peep in. There was an unknown man. They happened to look my way.

<4253>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Good afternoon."

<4254>
// He bowed to me.

<4255>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "Mm... \m{B}-kun,"

<4256>
// My father looked back at me, seated on the floor.

<4257>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "This is Shijou-san."

<4258>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "My co-worker."

<4259>
// Co-worker...

<4260>
// From before? Or someone new?

<4261>
// If it's a co-worker from before, then I'll have faith in that.

<4262>
// As far as I know, there shouldn't have been anyone bad.

<4263>
// A drinking friend from when he was triumphant and full of energy.

<4264>
// But if it's a new co-worker, then I definitely wouldn't.

<4265>
// The way my father is now, he shouldn't be able to tell who's good or bad.

<4266>
// If he's come with some profitable discussion, without a doubt he'd take it suspecting little to nothing.

<4267> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What job?"

<4268>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "An antique store."

<4269>
// I never heard anything like that.

<4270> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Go away."

<4271>
// I declared with a low voice.

<4272>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Eh...?"

<4273>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "\m{B}-kun, this person's a good man."

<4274> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I said go away."

<4275>
// I repeated that, ignoring my father's words.

<4276>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Y-yeah..."

<4277>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "I'll come another time, \m{A}-san."

<4278> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Don't come again!"

<4279> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'll beat the shit out of you if you do!"

<4280>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "........."

<4281>
// My father was dumbfounded, seeing him off.

<4282> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey..."

<4283> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Have you talked to your old co-workers?"

<4284>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "Yes..."

<4285> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Really?"

<4286>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "No... not yet..."

<4287> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<4288>
// I said nothing for the remainder of my anger.

<4289>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "But you know... I thought I might get lucky or something so..."

<4290>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "I haven't had anything good come in so long..."

<4291>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "This time, really..."

<4292>
// I grab his shoulder.

<4293> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Something important like that isn't decided through a gut feeling, you idiot!"

<4294> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Your gut feeling over your ridiculous luck...!"

<4295> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I don't know what the hell you think of me but...!"

<4296> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Even I'm not so stupid as to let myself roam around so miserably...!"

<4297> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Because you see...!"

<4298> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm your goddamn family!"

<4299>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "........."

<4300>
// We stopped for a while.

<4301>
// He put his hand to his chin.

<4302>
// And then then brushed his unshaven face.

<4303>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "\m{B}-kun..."

<4304>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "Come on, today..."

<4305>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "Your girlfriend came so..."

<4306>
// What...?

<4307>
// Is that your excuse now?

<4308>
// An excuse to get away from the fact you can't tell your real family?

<4309> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<4310>
// I want to hit something, I don't care what.

<4311>
// The wall or the glass will do.

<4312>
// Throw a punch

<4313>
// Deal with it

<4314>
// I swung my arm.

<4315>
// Clatter, a large sound.

<4316>
// I don't remember too well what happened afterward.

<4317>
// The back of my hand was hot.

<4318>
// Nagisa embraced me.

<4319>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, you can't...!"

<4320>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "You'll cut your hand...!"

<4321>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "You have to go and see a hospital...!"

<4322>
// The scenery changed.

<4323>
// A familiar hallway.

<4324>
// Yeah...

<4325>
// I came from this abominable place, didn't I...?

<4326>
// I was relieved with just that.

<4327>
// Nagisa was with me.

<4328>
// And always will.

<4329>
// Looking at my hand, there was a white bandage wrapped around.

<4330>
// I look down at the lower half of my body.

<4331>
// Blood had stained my trousers.

<4332>
// Nagisa looked at me all the while. It felt like she said I had to have them washed up.

<4333>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, do you want to take a bath?"

<4334>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Just your body, so that your hand doesn't get in?"

<4335>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It might be difficult, so I'll help."

<4336> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well... my body's hot, so it'll be bad."

<4337>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Then, how about just your legs?"

<4338> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I guess."

<4339>
// I had been always calm ever since coming back to the apartment...

<4340>
// It really felt like Nagisa was about to cry.

<4341>
// Even though she didn't hate my father...

<4342>
// Even though she had prepared lunch...

<4343>
// It was all my fault it had all gone to ruin...

<4344>
// Even so, Nagisa wanted to cry, being beside me.

<4345>
// I wanted her to know how much I had regretted that.

<4346>
// And then... I comforted her, telling her it was fine.

<4347>
// But...

<4348>
// That was being naive.

<4349>
// I turned around in the darkness towards Nagisa's back.

<4350> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (In the end... I've always been running like this... haven't I...?)

<4351>
// Dealing with the pain on my own... I spent the night without sleep.

<4352>
// I closed my eyes.

<4353>
// And take a deep breath to cool off.

<4354> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (Nagisa...)

<4355> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (... Nagisa...\p Nagisa...)

<4356>
// I repeatedly called her name in my mind.

<4357> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (I'll be calm soon, okay... Nagisa...)

<4358>
// My trembling hand...

<4359> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<4360>
// It was enveloped in the warmth of someone else's.

<4361>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "What's wrong, \m{B}-kun?"

<4362>
// Ahh... I really...

<4363>
// did calm down in an instant.

<4364>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, there was yelling just now."

<4365> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh...\p it's nothing."

<4366>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Then, I'd like for you to help me."

<4367>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Something difficult just came up."

<4368> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Okay..."

<4369>
// Understanding the situation, I was grateful that Nagisa took me away.

<4370>
// After that, my father and I didn't exchange any words.

<4371>
// I only talked with Nagisa.

<4372>
// It had been many years since we sat at the dining table for a meal, but...

<4373>
// That wasn't a family meal.

<4374>
// It was just one of those meals that acquaintances happen to have...

<4375>
// Even more, it was unpleasant, like the relationship between them wasn't that strong...

<4376>
// ... that kind of meal.

<4377>
// On the way back.

<4378>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "You hung in there, \m{B}-kun."

<4379> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I didn't do anything, though..."

<4380>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "You did by coming."

<4381>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "And you were there until the end."

<4382> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I guess... since I've always been running away..."

<4383>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I think this much is fine."

<4384>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "If only it weren't so, strange."

<4385> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Like that there wasn't any family...?"

<4386> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Didn't you say so before... that even if separated, somehow we could communicate...?"

<4387> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "No one communicated to anyone."

<4388> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Not even... in the heart."

<4389> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Even so, is that fine?"

<4390>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Well, the last thing I meant was... that it wasn't strange at all."

<4391>
// Is that related...?\p Even now?

<4392>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Even the neighbors talk about how boys leave the house and only come back on New Year's."

<4393> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<4394>
// If she's really speaking of thinking it's fine to go once or twice a year...

<4395>
// In that case, it feels like I could put up with it.

<4396>
// Because if I gained the power to face forward, even a little, then I'd feel that I've been saved.

<4397>
// Because... I've always been running away.

<4398>
// I didn't want Nagisa to see that me.

<4399>
// But, in the end... Nagisa was beside me, so...

<4400> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Nagisa..."

<4401> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I sometimes get afraid."

<4402>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "About?"

<4403> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "When I'm thinking about the meaning of my life."

<4404>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "The meaning of your life?"

<4405> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."

<4406> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I was able to meet you, Nagisa."

<4407> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "And... now I'm able to be with you."

<4408> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "See... if I'm with you, and can make you happy, then that makes me happy."

<4409> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "No matter how painful my work becomes, I'll sweat it off and continue working."

<4410> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "And when I come back home, you're there."

<4411> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Everyday, those days are my one and only happiness."

<4412> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's why I think that's my meaning of life."

<4413> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, I also think that just happened to happen."

<4414> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If I were never to have met you, what would I be doing right now...?"

<4415> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "For what reason would I be living for...?"

<4416> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "In such a family... with such a terrible bond..."

<4417> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I wouldn't have any friends after I graduate..."

<4418> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Even the people that work hard..."

<4419> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I wouldn't be working hard for any of them..."

<4420> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Exactly what would I be living on...?"

<4421> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Other than living with you, Nagisa, I don't think I hold any meaning to my life."

<4422> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's why I'm afraid..."

<4423> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's like saying that we met by fate..."

<4424> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I don't believe in such a thing."

<4425> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's why I think it was fortune."

<4426> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It was good luck that brought me to you."

<4427> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Thinking that, it feels like there's no universal meaning to my life."

<4428>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "........."

<4429>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "At that time... I think someone else will be with you, \m{B}-kun."

<4430> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Really...?"

<4431> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I think I'd be alone."

<4432> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's because it's you, that you want to be with me."

<4433> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Particularly you from before. You were saying that, weren't you?"

<4434> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "At the time, I was like that."

<4435> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Though as I grow older, I may think differently about it..."

<4436> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Even so, I'm sure if I never met you, then I would be alone."

<4437> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "And...\p my father would trouble me..."

<4438> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'd be at a loss, having even no support..."

<4439>
// And then, when I discover that I have no meaning to my life, what would happen?

<4440>
// The root of my fears is within that.

<4441>
// I felt like the vague, massive existence called "living" was swallowing up the small existence called "me". 

<4442>
// It would be overwhelming... not something I would resist.

<4443>
// Even if I shouted alone, it'd be useless.

<4444>
// Even strong willpower would not reach.

<4445> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Nagisa, could I come over there...?"

<4446>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ah, sure... go ahead."

<4447>
// I left my futon, and slipped into Nagisa's.

<4448>
// The warmth of her body was cozy.

<4449>
// For a while, we looked at each other in the darkness, without touching each other.

<4450>
// And then in the end, I hugged her.

<4451>
// Pulling her small back in with both my arms.

<4452>
// Our chests touching together was warm.

<4453>
// Our faces touched, our noses brushing against each other.

<4454>
// A pleasant scent came from her.

<4455>
// I'm being supported by something this small but, just hugging her like this calms me like a child.

<4456>
// Yes, I met someone such as her.

<4457>
// I was lucky.

<4458>
// But, this was reality.

<4459>
// I'll stop, and not think too deeply about this anymore.

<4460>
// And after that, all that's left is to continue protecting her.

<4461>
// I'll just think that and live on.

<4462>
// That's what I thought.

<4463>
// Passing through the middle of July, the days became warm and humid.

<4464>
// The setting sun lit the room up at evening, bringing steep and high temperatures.

<4465>
// Nagisa prepared dinner like that. I figured she was tired from the heat, so I went out to a junkyard and picked up an electric fan.

<4466>
// There would be a lot of people lined up buying one before the heat wave came, and so I was able to find one without much trouble.

<4467>
// It blew, could hang, and everything was working. Wherever our hands could reach, it could as well, so it filled its function well.

<4468>
// It was placed in a corner of the room.

<4469> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Just this makes the room suddenly feel so small..."

<4470>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But, it feels like summer's come. It's somehow elegant."

<4471> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You're saying it."

<4472>
// She pushes the switch and turns it around.

<4473>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's really cool."

<4474>
// She brings it close to her face, fluttering her forelocks.

<4475> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, I guess I really do want an air conditioner."

<4476>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "The fan is enough."

<4477> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It'll just keep getting hotter, you know."

<4478>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's fine. There have been times back at home where we didn't use cooling either."

<4479> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, the setting sun is pretty strong on this room."

<4480>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's fine. I can deal with it."

<4481> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You sure?"

<4482>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes, I am."

<4483> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, if it gets hot, you can go in your underwear."

<4484>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "No I won't!"

<4485>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'll wear normal clothing, with an apron, and make dinner that way!"

<4486> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "The fan's blowing a pretty strong wind."

<4487>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's not strong, but it is blowing."

<4488> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Don't waste electricity, okay?"

<4489>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay."

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×	Chính	Fuuko	Tomoyo	Kyou	Kotomi	Yukine	Nagisa	After Story	Khác
14 tháng 4	SEEN0414							SEEN6800	Sanae's Scenario	SEEN7000
15 tháng 4	SEEN0415		SEEN2415	SEEN3415	SEEN4415			SEEN6801
16 tháng 4	SEEN0416		SEEN2416	SEEN3416			SEEN6416	SEEN6802	Yuusuke's Scenario	SEEN7100
17 tháng 4	SEEN0417	SEEN1417	SEEN2417	SEEN3417	SEEN4417		SEEN6417	SEEN6803
18 tháng 4	SEEN0418	SEEN1418	SEEN2418	SEEN3418	SEEN4418	SEEN5418	SEEN6418	SEEN6900	Akio's Scenario	SEEN7200
19 tháng 4	SEEN0419		SEEN2419	SEEN3419	SEEN4419	SEEN5419	SEEN6419
20 tháng 4	SEEN0420				SEEN4420		SEEN6420		Koumura's Scenario	SEEN7300
21 tháng 4	SEEN0421	SEEN1421	SEEN2421	SEEN3421	SEEN4421	SEEN5421	SEEN6421	Interlude
22 tháng 4	SEEN0422	SEEN1422	SEEN2422	SEEN3422	SEEN4422	SEEN5422	SEEN6422	SEEN6444	Sunohara's Scenario	SEEN7400
23 tháng 4	SEEN0423	SEEN1423	SEEN2423	SEEN3423	SEEN4423	SEEN5423	SEEN6423	SEEN6445
24 tháng 4	SEEN0424		SEEN2424	SEEN3424	SEEN4424	SEEN5424	SEEN6424		Misae's Scenario	SEEN7500
25 tháng 4	SEEN0425		SEEN2425	SEEN3425	SEEN4425	SEEN5425	SEEN6425	Mei & Nagisa
26 tháng 4	SEEN0426	SEEN1426	SEEN2426	SEEN3426	SEEN4426	SEEN5426	SEEN6426	SEEN6726	Kappei's Scenario	SEEN7600
27 tháng 4		SEEN1427			SEEN4427		SEEN6427	SEEN6727
28 tháng 4	SEEN0428	SEEN1428	SEEN2428	SEEN3428	SEEN4428	SEEN5428	SEEN6428	SEEN6728
29 tháng 4	SEEN0429	SEEN1429		SEEN3429	SEEN4429		SEEN6429	SEEN6729
30 tháng 4		SEEN1430	SEEN2430	SEEN3430	SEEN4430	SEEN5430	SEEN6430		BAD End 1	SEEN0444
1 tháng 5		SEEN1501	SEEN2501	SEEN3501	SEEN4501		SEEN6501		Gamebook	SEEN0555
2 tháng 5		SEEN1502	SEEN2502	SEEN3502	SEEN4502		SEEN6502		BAD End 2	SEEN0666
3 tháng 5		SEEN1503	SEEN2503	SEEN3503	SEEN4503		SEEN6503
4 tháng 5		SEEN1504	SEEN2504	SEEN3504	SEEN4504		SEEN6504
5 tháng 5		SEEN1505	SEEN2505	SEEN3505	SEEN4505		SEEN6505
6 tháng 5		SEEN1506	SEEN2506	SEEN3506	SEEN4506		SEEN6506		Other Scenes	SEEN0001
7 tháng 5		SEEN1507	SEEN2507	SEEN3507	SEEN4507		SEEN6507
8 tháng 5		SEEN1508	SEEN2508	SEEN3508	SEEN4508		SEEN6508		Kyou's After Scene	SEEN3001
9 tháng 5			SEEN2509	SEEN3509	SEEN4509
10 tháng 5			SEEN2510	SEEN3510	SEEN4510		SEEN6510
11 tháng 5		SEEN1511	SEEN2511	SEEN3511	SEEN4511		SEEN6511		Fuuko Master	SEEN1001
12 tháng 5		SEEN1512		SEEN3512	SEEN4512		SEEN6512			SEEN1002
13 tháng 5		SEEN1513	SEEN2513	SEEN3513	SEEN4513		SEEN6513			SEEN1003
14 tháng 5		SEEN1514	SEEN2514	SEEN3514	EPILOGUE		SEEN6514			SEEN1004
15 tháng 5		SEEN1515			SEEN4800					SEEN1005
16 tháng 5		SEEN1516			BAD END					SEEN1006
17 tháng 5		SEEN1517			SEEN4904					SEEN1008
18 tháng 5		SEEN1518			SEEN4999					SEEN1009
--	Image Text								Misc. Fragments	SEEN0001
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