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<5223>
// Last year, for me it was supposed to have been normal as well, but it abruptly came to a halt.

<5224>
// And it was something that I couldn't visit again.

<5225>
// If there's a long break, it would have to be when I retire.

<5226>
// Will I continue working until then?

<5227>
// Did the days in which I played like a kid really end?

<5228>
// I realized that such a thing had happened at this point in time.

<5229> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You've always been waiting at home. Got time? Let's do something we like."

<5230>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I have a lot of homework from school, so I can't really play like that."

<5231> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If you're gonna do homework, let's do it at your parents' place. It's cool there, right?"

<5232>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's okay, I'll do it here."

<5233>
// Right now, it's dark, so spending time here for a while would be preferable. However, during the day, this room is going to be scorching hot.

<5234>
// There are a lot of things we can do during the holiday. I don't have experience with that but, Nagisa does.

<5235>
// From every day onward, we're going to be going through the heat.

<5236> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You don't want me to get an air conditioner...?"

<5237>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "No need."

<5238>
// Stubborn...

<5239> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I think there's one that isn't too expensive..."

<5240>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "The air coming from an air conditioner isn't really good for the body."

<5241>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'm fine with the air from a fan."

<5242>
// When she puts it that way, I'm in no position to be pushing her.

<5243> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'll just tell you though..."

<5244>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay."

<5245> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I think this is too much for my sake."

<5246>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Something like this is perfectly fine."

<5247>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Being told to go back to my parents' place is painful."

<5248>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I've been thinking about a lot of things while waiting for you at home, \m{B}-kun."

<5249>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Like what I could make for dinner..."

<5250>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Like what you thought was delicious..."

<5251>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That was really fun, so I'm happy."

<5252>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Being told not to do that is lonely."

<5253>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Because this place is..."

<5254>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "The home in which you and I live, \m{B}-kun."

<5255> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<5256>
// I see...

<5257>
// I was being too shallow...

<5258>
// Since that day where we began living together...

<5259>
// This place wasn't as if it were a single-room apartment... it should have been our home.

<5260> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... I guess."

<5261> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, it'll do more harm than good if you push your body. Keep that in mind."

<5262>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay."

<5263>
// This time, she nodded obediently.

<5264>
// Nagisa was bedridden the whole time last summer.

<5265>
// That's why when I see Nagisa in her summer clothing, it makes me happy.

<5266>
// Entering summer break, it was first Saturday. As promised, I took Nagisa to the community pool.

<5267>
// There was so many people that we were taken aback, but we got used to it.

<5268>
// After a few hours, within that confusion, we were having fun, without being embarrassed about it. 

<5269>
// I didn't meet anyone I know, but the Furukawa Bakery customers brought along their kids, and Nagisa got wet in the swimsuit many times.

<5270>
// I was smiling there.

<5271>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, it seems you've gotten kinder."

<5272> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh... really?"

<5273>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes. Even when I talked to other people, you were always smiling."

<5274> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's because when your own girlfriend's talking to a lot of people in a cuddly way, my face has a way of becoming like that." 

<5275>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But you were different back then, \m{B}-kun."

<5276> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I wonder in what way?"

<5277>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "... you were a bit distant, standing there."

<5278> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<5279> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... probably."

<5280> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I was probably never one to smile with others around..."

<5281>
// Was I certainly thinking that way back then?

<5282>
// Like they were all annoying.

<5283>
// At the time, it was absolutely depressing with other people meddling around and being noisy.

<5284>
// The relationship between people was depressing.

<5285>
// Now though, if it's not like that...

<5286>
// Being one that was linked to others because of Nagisa, I knew better.

<5287>
// In that it wasn't all that bad.

<5288>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun,"

<5289> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"

<5290>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Could we hold hands?"

<5291> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Y-yeah."

<5292>
// I'll do anything now.

<5293>
// I smiled at myself.

<5294>
// The boss was discussing what to do during the Bon holiday during our pep talk.

<5295>
// All of us got three days off.

<5296>
// Compared to back in school, it was quite short, but for me right now, it was enough.

<5297>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "What'll you do?"

<5298> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I've got plans."

<5299>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "Going travelling with your girlfriend?"

<5300> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "We're going to the beach."

<5301> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Not just my girlfriend, but her parents as well."

<5302>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "Oh, going with the family? Quite rare these days."

<5303> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What'll you do, Yoshino-san?"

<5304>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "Me? I wonder."

<5305> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Maybe you'll go somewhere with your girlfriend?"

<5306>
// I don't know if he has one, but I tried asking.

<5307> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Maybe you'll go somewhere with your girlfriend?"

<5308> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Maybe you'll go somewhere with Ibuki-san?"

<5309>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "I guess... if I can, then that'd be nice."

<5310>
// Saying just that, he headed off to the office.

<5311>
// Was Yoshino-san hiding his embarrassment, I wonder?

<5312>
// I also went after him, so as to not get a late start.

<5313> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm back."

<5314>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Welcome back."

<5315>
// Nagisa was within the heat, standing in front of the stove.

<5316>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, I'll go and shower first."

<5317> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, sure... today's really hot..."

<5318> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Actually, you're also sweating."

<5319>
// Sweatdrops were forming on her face and forehead.

<5320>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'm fine."

<5321>
// Her hands are full, so it doesn't look like she can wipe it.

<5322>
// I took out a handkerchief and dried it.

<5323>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Thank you so much."

<5324>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "If I don't mix this, it'll burn."

<5325> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Then, if you're doing something like this, you can't stop, huh?"

<5326>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Eh...?"

<5327>
// I hug Nagisa from behind.

<5328>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ah... yes... I can't stop..."

<5329>
// And again, sweat from her cheek dripped down and rubbed against mine.

<5330>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ah, it's shaking..."

<5331> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Then do it slowly."

<5332>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's okay, I'll be done soon."

<5333>
// She turned off the heat from the stove.

<5334>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay... like this it won't be dangerous... so I can take anything."

<5335>
// When a girl says something like "I can take anything", it'll get exciting, even if she says no...

<5336> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Then... look this way."

<5337>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay."

<5338>
// Within my relaxed arms, Nagisa turned halfway.

<5339>
// I embrace her. Her sweaty body touched mine.

<5340>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Is it fine if I haven't taken a shower...?"

<5341> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You'll just sweat again."

<5342>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Then..."

<5343>
// Nagisa tightened her embrace on me.

<5344> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Nagisa..."

<5345>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes, \m{B}-kun...?"

<5346>
// Only the upper part of our bodies separate, and we look at each other.

<5347>
// Cute lips.

<5348>
// Nagisa probably also noticed that. She closed her eyes... and brought her lips to me.

<5349>
// I also did the same.

<5350>
// Ring, ring, ring, ring...

<5351>
// Just before we kissed, the phone rang.

<5352>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ah... a phone call."

<5353>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'll go and get it."

<5354> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Y-yeah..."

<5355>
// If we ignore it, would another phone call come...?

<5356>
// I reluctantly let her go.

<5357>
// Nagisa knelt in front of the phone, and picked up the receiver.

<5358>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Hello...? Ah, yes, that's right."

<5359>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun,"

<5360>
// Nagisa handed me the phone.

<5361>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's a man by the name of Kishita-san."

<5362> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh? For me?"

<5363>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes."

<5364>
// Kishita...\p who might he be?

<5365>
// Without remembering, I took the phone.

<5366> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yes, it's me."

<5367> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "That you, \m{B}-kun?"

<5368>
// An elderly voice. I immediately remembered him as a co-worker of my father's from long ago.

<5369> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yes, that's right."

<5370>\{Kishita} ""
// \{Kishita} "Your father's been... arrested."

<5371>
// ...... eh?

<5372>\{Kishita} ""
// \{Kishita} "He's been doing some shady dealings..."

<5373>
// ... what?

<5374>\{Kishita} ""
// \{Kishita} "\m{B}-kun, are you listening?"

<5375>
// ... doing what?

<5376>
// ... what's going on?

<5377>
// ... I can't understand at all.

<5378>
// ... why?

<5379>\{Kishita} ""
// \{Kishita} "\m{B}-kun, your father's been arrested by the police. That's how it is."

<5380>
// My father's...

<5381>
// Why?

<5382>
// Ahh... I don't know.

<5383>
// I can't understand at all.

<5384>
// Since when have I become such an idiot...

<5385>\{Kishita} ""
// \{Kishita} "Let me talk to the girl just now."

<5386>\{Kishita} ""
// \{Kishita} "Hey, come on, pass the phone to her."

<5387>\{Kishita} ""
// \{Kishita} "When you've calmed down, she'll tell you what's happened."

<5388>
// The receiver falls from my hand, down to the floor.

<5389>
// I stared at Nagisa, who picked it up in haste.

<5390>
// Because it was a small city, the rumor spread fast.

<5391>
// A few days later, the boss called me...

<5392>
// Not meaning anything bad, but he told me to pretend that the new employment topic never happened.

<5393>\{Ông Chủ} ""
// \{Boss} "No one thinks of you as being bad at all, \m{A}-kun."

<5394>\{Ông Chủ} ""
// \{Boss} "You can work here like you've always have up to now."

<5395>\{Ông Chủ} ""
// \{Boss} "Because everyone here understands you, \m{A}-kun."

<5396>\{Ông Chủ} ""
// \{Boss} "It's just that the timing's a little bad..."

<5397>
// Ahh... I worked all this time... and had even gained something.

<5398>
// If I worked hard, something good up ahead would be waiting for me...

<5399>
// That's what I thought.

<5400>
// And it's been lost...

<5401>
// Not because of me...

<5402>
// But because of that person.

<5403>
// Even though I live as if I didn't have a relationship with him...

<5404>
// Even though I'll be doing everything on my own...

<5405>
// Even though I'll be doing everything I can to make the one I love happy...

<5406>
// Even so...

<5407>
// Ah... how could something be like this?

<5408>
// Am I cursed...?

<5409>
// ... by that man?

<5410>
// Nagisa and I sat facing each other.

<5411>
// The two of us bow, and I remember something from when we first started living together.

<5412> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Nagisa..."

<5413> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "How about we..."

<5414> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Leave this city?"

<5415>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "........."

<5416>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "We can't..."

<5417>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That would be running away."

<5418>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That's not facing forward..."

<5419> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I've always been running away..."

<5420> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's fine now, right...?"

<5421> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "This'll be the last time."

<5422>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "We can't..."

<5423>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "You can't be crushed by this, \m{B}-kun."

<5424>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I want you to... make me happy... in this city."

<5425> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'll make you happy."

<5426> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, even if it weren't this city, I can still do it, right?"

<5427> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "As long as it's me, you'd say it's fine, right?"

<5428>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That's..."

<5429>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "if it's you, \m{B}-kun, then wherever it is, it's fine."

<5430>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But, we can't leave this city in a time when we aren't facing forward."

<5431>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "If we do... this will become a place that we can't come back to."

<5432>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "This is the city where I was born."

<5433>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "The city I've been raised in."

<5434>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's our city."

<5435>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Am I wrong?"

<5436> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Even if all good things go to ruin?"

<5437>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "All good things go to ruin...?'

<5438>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I've gained a lot of things."

<5439>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Meeting you was the number one thing, \m{B}-kun."

<5440> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<5441>
// Nagisa...

<5442>
// You really are here for me.

<5443>
// I'm such a blockhead to not be listening to what you have to say...

<5444>
// Even though it occurred to me as being stubborn, my miserable tears came flowing out.

<5445>
// Even though I knew...

<5446>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun... is it painful?"

<5447>
// As I lowered my head, Nagisa took my hand.

<5448>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Is what I"m saying... tormenting you, \m{B}-kun?"

<5449> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<5450>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "The only one who can understand that torment... is you, \m{B}-kun."

<5451>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "All I can do is be with you."

<5452>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "So, please tell me."

<5453>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Is it painful?"

<5454> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<5455> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... it's painful."

<5456>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I see..."

<5457>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Then... one day, when we're facing forward..."

<5458>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "At that time, we can leave the city."

<5459> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<5460> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."

<5461>
// One day, when I stand in the same place that person does... how would I feel?

<5462>
// At that time, would I have nothing to regret?

<5463>
// If I did... then...

<5464>
// I might begin to regret my entire life for a long time.

<5465>
// Right now, I just have to believe in myself.

<5466>
// If I came to regret it...

<5467>
// As long as Nagisa's with me, then I can stand back up again.

<5468>
// So, let's move on ahead.

<5469>
// Together.

<5470>
// Walking on... a girl was up ahead.

<5471>
// She faced me, standing there.

<5472>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I've been waiting, \m{B}-kun."

<5473>
// She so said to me.

<5474> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What are you doing here...?"

<5475>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I came to see your father with you, \m{B}-kun."

<5476>
// Who did she hear it from...?

<5477>
// My boss... or Yoshino-san...?

<5478> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Go back."

<5479>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Why? Can't I come with you?"

<5480> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You can't."

<5481>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Just don't be so selfish for today. This is really important."

<5482> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "For me, this is really important."

<5483> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But this doesn't have anything to do with you, does it...?"

<5484>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That might be true but..."

<5485>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But, I also want to think that it's important to me as well..."

<5486>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Even if you think that this has nothing to do with me..."

<5487>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I also want to think that this has only to do with me... and that it's very important."

<5488> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<5489> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... do what you want."

<5490>
// We got onto the train, and went to the neighboring town.

<5491>
// I heard that my father was being detained in this city.

<5492>
// I asked the police, and managed to get there.

<5493>
// Nagisa's breath hit me from behind.

<5494>
// Thinking about it, it's probably because I've been moving so fast.

<5495>
// Without looking back, I passed through the gate.

<5496>
// My father faced me from behind the glass... as if he were a prisoner.

<5497>
// He's probably still a suspect.

<5498>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "........."

<5499>
// His gentle expression, as always.

<5500>
// Even when I'm there, he didn't once raise an eyebrow.

<5501>
// He didn't allow it.

<5502>
// In haste, he lowered his head, begging.

<5503>
// He wished to be forgiven.

<5504>
// With an...\p apology for everything in the ten years up to now.

<5505>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "........."

<5506>
// But...\p he remained silent.

<5507>
// That's why I started.

<5508> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What do you..."

<5509> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What do you want to do...?"

<5510>
// I couldn't hold down the trembling in my voice.

<5511> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Do you like messing around with people's lives...?"

<5512> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I don't think of you as my father at all..."

<5513> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, everyone else does."

<5514> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm your son..."

<5515> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "The son of a damn criminal...!"

<5516>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "........."

<5517> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You not interested in talking anymore...?"

<5518> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You don't have any words to say to the son that you've continued to trouble...?"

<5519> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Stop..."

<5520> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Stop screwing around!!!"

<5521>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun!"

<5522>
// A warm hand touched me from behind.

<5523> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<5524> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's enough..."

<5525> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I don't want to say any more..."

<5526> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Go and waste the rest of your filthy life!"

<5527>
// Spitting that out, I turned around.

<5528>
// I can't tell where I'm walking anymore.

<5529>
// The anger flashed on and on in my eyes, so no scenery came through.

<5530>
// When I came to I was under a dazzling scenery.

<5531>
// My arms trembled.

<5532>
// They would never stop trembling now, even if I held them down.

<5533> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Uuuuuaaaggghhhhh!!!

<5534>
// I helplessly beat at the wall.

<5535>
// The pain surged through the fists that were striking.

<5536>
// The shivering ceased, instead covered up by the pain of my hands.

<5537> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "\m{B}-kun!"

<5538>
// A voice from afar.

<5539> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<5540>
// The sound of running footsteps.

<5541>
// She immediately embraced me.

<5542>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "What are you doing, \m{B}-kun?!"

<5543>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Show me your hands!"

<5544>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "... this is terrible..."

<5545>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "What are you doing...?!"

<5546>
// Something was holding onto my painful hands.

<5547>
// Even more, it had weakened the pain.

<5548>
// When that happened, the anger rose again, and my arms began trembling.

<5549>
// I have to hit the wall again.

<5550>
// I pull my arm.

<5551>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ah...! You can't, \m{B}-kun!"

<5552>
// Just before I did, she strongly held onto me.

<5553> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey...! Don't get in the way...!"

<5554>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I will get in the way!"

<5555>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "You're doing something stupid, so I'm getting in the way!"

<5556> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's not stupid...! If I don't, I won't be at peace...!"

<5557> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Leave me!"

<5558>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, this isn't you!"

<5559> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It is! I'm calm, so let me do it!"

<5560>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Look at me, \m{B}-kun!"

<5561>
// Both her hands grasped onto my cheeks.

<5562>
// And she pulled it ahead to her face.

<5563>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Do you understand, \m{B}-kun? It's me, Nagisa."

<5564> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I told you I'm calm, you idiot...

<5565>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, I'm your girlfriend, Nagisa."

<5566> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I know that...!"

<5567>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "The Nagisa that loves you, \m{B}-kun..."

<5568> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."

<5569>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "And I'm the Nagisa that believes you love me, \m{B}-kun."

<5570> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<5571>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Am I wrong...?"

<5572>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Is what I said wrong...?"

<5573> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "No..."

<5574> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's right..."

<5575> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I also... \p

<5576>
// love you too..."

<5577>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Then, please take a seat."

<5578>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'm here for you, \m{B}-kun."

<5579>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Not for anyone else."

<5580>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Just for you, \m{B}-kun."

<5581> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<5582>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Bring your hands around."

<5583>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "And hug me."

<5584> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "O-okay..."

<5585>
// I bring my arms around. And then tighten my grip.

<5586> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Nagisa..."

<5587>
// I pushed my neck against Nagisa's nape, where sweat was running down.

<5588> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Nagisa..."

<5589>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes, \m{B}-kun?"

<5590>
// They went along the palm of my hand many times.

<5591>
// She devoted herself to strength to put myself back together.

<5592>
// And doing that, strongly affirming my existence.

<5593>
// That would support me, and hold me together.

<5594>
// Finally, my feelings of anger became that of the gentle feelings I had towards Nagisa.

<5595>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Have you calmed down?"

<5596> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."

<5597> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<5598> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... my hands hurt."

<5599>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'm sure if you step in the bath, it'll get better."

<5600> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... I'll just take a shower."

<5601>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay."

<5602>
// I see people passing by over Nagisa's shoulder.

<5603>
// They passed by, pretending to not see us hug each other.

<5604> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<5605> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Nagisa..."

<5606>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes?"

<5607> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Let's get married."

<5608>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay."

<5609>
// She answered, without hesitating.

<5610> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Is that fine...?'

<5611>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes, I've always thought of no one else other than you, \m{B}-kun..."

<5612>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That's why... I'm happy."

<5613> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... is that true?"

<5614>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes."

<5615> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Are you fine with a miserable man like me?"

<5616>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Even I'm miserable."

<5617>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But, like this, we can support each other and hang in there."

<5618>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "We've become strong like that up until now."

<5619>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That's why from now on, we'll get even stronger."

<5620>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "If we're together."

<5621> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<5622>
// A sensation spread throughout my entire body.

<5623>
// Was it something that was fired from my heart?

<5624>
// Or is it from Nagisa's words?

<5625>
// No, from Nagisa herself...

<5626>
// I don't care.

<5627>
// I was happy.

<5628> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Nagisa,"

<5629> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Always be with me, okay?"

<5630>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Sure, I always will be."

<5631> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "No matter what happens and when..."

<5632>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Sure, no matter what happens, and I'll always be with you."

<5633>
// In that case, I feel like I can get back up anytime.

<5634> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Thank you..."

<5635> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Then, I'll make you happy, Nagisa."

<5636>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes, please do."

<5637>
// Let's live happily...

<5638>
// ever after.

<5639>
// Saturday morning.

<5640>
// I stood in front of the Furukawa household alone.

<5641>
// How much of a shock would it be to them that I would be taking their daughter?

<5642>
// Even I don't know too well.

<5643>
// But for example, if right now, someone else stole Nagisa away from me, I would probably fall into the depths of despair.

<5644>
// And if the pain that her parents would feel resembled that...

<5645>
// No, even so, I want Nagisa.

<5646>
// The one most important thing in the world I can be proud about is that I needed Nagisa.

<5647>
// And that I also believe Nagisa thinks that way.

<5648>
// That's why if anyone got in the way, it'd be utter nonsense.

<5649>
// I'll move on ahead like a man.

<5650>
// I step forward.

<5651>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Welcome!"

<5652>
// Sanae-san was tending to the store.

<5653>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Oh my, \m{B}-san!"

<5654> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yo."

<5655>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "It's early, isn't it?"

<5656> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yes... Nagisa also came as well."

<5657>
// I called them in advance to let them know I had something to discuss.

<5658> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Where's pops?"

<5659>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Seems he took off to have some fun when I wasn't looking."

<5660>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Sorry about that."

<5661> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's okay..."

<5662>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "It's something important, right?"

<5663> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You can tell?"

<5664>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Yes. When you called over the phone, your voice was very tense."

<5665>
// That's Sanae-san for you. She's probably figured what it is.

<5666>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Sorry to hear about your father..."

<5667> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Thanks... I'm fine. It's nothing, really."

<5668> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Just that, I guess Nagisa..."

<5669> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "really is okay with someone like me..."

<5670>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "No one cares about that. Not Nagisa, not Akio-san, and not me, either."

<5671> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But the rest of the world cares."

<5672> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Actually, the truth is... I lost my chance for a new position."

<5673>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "That's regrettable..."

<5674>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "But, there must be a lot of other ways."

<5675>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "There isn't just one road, after all."

<5676>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "No matter what path you take... if it's her, she'll go with you wherever you go, \m{B}-san."

<5677>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "No matter where."

<5678>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Isn't that right?"

<5679>
// She really did see through me.

<5680>
// I really am no match for her.

<5681> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yes. That's what she's said."

<5682>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "That must be her true feelings. Please believe in that."

<5683> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Okay, thanks a lot."

<5684>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Damn those kids..."

<5685>
// Pops appeared, holding a bat over his shoulder.

<5686> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yo."

<5687>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "What, it's you? Why are you here?"

<5688> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I gave you a call that I'd be coming today, didn't I?"

<5689>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Like I remember small stuff like that!"

<5690>
// He has a rough way of speaking as always.

<5691>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "So, what is it? You came to buy bread?"

<5692>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Sorry to break it to ya, but just because you're my girl's boyfriend, you ain't getting any discount."

<5693>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "You'll be paying double!"

<5694> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sell at the normal price!"

<5695>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "And what do \byou\u think you plan on doing?"

<5696> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "At least I came as a customer to buy bread!"

<5697>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Tch... then buy Sanae's bread. If its hers, you can buy at normal price."

<5698> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sanae-san's behind you, though."

<5699>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Eh?"

<5700>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "My bread is..."

<5701>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "regular price, isn't it-------?!"

<5702>
// Crying, she ran off.

<5703>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Wait, hers isn't supposed to be normal price?!"

<5704>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Tch... she's in complete confusion... oh whatever!"

<5705>
// Pops stuffed himself with Sanae-san's bread. Then...

<5706>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "From tomorrow onward, your bread'll be ten thousand yen-----!"

<5707>
// He ran off in the same manner.

<5708> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (This store won't last long...)

<5709>
// And I stood there dumbfounded, assuring myself of that.

<5710>
// Actually, I came here to talk about something important, didn't I?

<5711>
// I go after them.

<5712>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Tch... I didn't catch up..."

<5713>
// Pops stood still.

<5714> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, pops."

<5715> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I've got something important to talk about. When you've calmed down, you wanna listen?"

<5716>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Oh, something to tell me? You want me to listen?"

<5717> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yes, I do."

<5718>
// With all my might, I gave pops a serious look.

<5719>
// Even up to now, it was like that.

<5720>
// He's a slippery guy but, if I give him a serious look, he'll listen carefully.

<5721>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "I see. Good eyes, there."

<5722> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, this time I'm serious."

<5723>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Okay, in that case..."

<5724> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What?"

<5725>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Hardball."

<5726>
// I was an idiot...

<5727>
// This person doesn't have a serious moment. I knew that all too well.

<5728>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Heh... it's been a while since I've used skill..."

<5729>
// Pops and I faced each other from a distance in the park.

<5730>
// Pops had a softball in his hand. I had a metal bat in mine.

<5731>
// The last time we did this, the positions were reversed.

<5732>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Hmph, in this neighborhood, I'm the man who bakes bread here, called Nomo!"

<5733>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Taste my 160 km

<5734>
// Go be a pro.

<5735>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Well, I won't demand you make a home run."

<5736>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "If you manage to get a hit in, that's fine. As long as it's not a tumbling grounder or a topfly, it's your win."

<5737>
// That's an easy thing.

<5738>
// No matter how much better co-ordination pops had compared to the average Joe, I could at least make it fly forward.

<5739>
// In short, all I have to do is hit.

<5740>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "If you do that, I'll listen."

<5741> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I don't just want you to listen. I want unconditional acceptance!"

<5742>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Hmm?"

<5743> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Anyone can just listen. I'm not interested in winning just for that."

<5744> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You'll listen to what I say and nod, got it?"

<5745>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Hmph, then if I win, then I won't give a crap about what you have to say."

<5746> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sure, that's fine."

<5747>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Interesting..."

<5748>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Let's go, brat!"

<5749>
// Pops whips the ball...

<5750>
// The pitch.

<5751>
// Thud!

<5752>
// Strike.

<5753>
// Thud!

<5754>
// Strike.

<5755>
// Thud!

<5756>
// Strike.

<5757> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Kuahh..."

<5758>
// ... complete defeat.

<5759> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (I seriously can't scratch him...) 

<5760>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Hey, your shoulder in pain or something?"

<5761> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"

<5762>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "If you swing trying to cover up for your right shoulder, you won't hit, idiot."

<5763> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's not injured or anything."

<5764>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "I suppose. I'd be worried if you put that up as an excuse."

<5765>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Well, if you're up for it again, you can tell me at any time."

<5766>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Uwahahahaha!"

<5767>
// With a lively smile, he ran off.

<5768> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (I see...)

<5769> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (If I'm swinging the bat, I won't get what I want, will I...?)

<5770> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (In other words...)

<5771> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm an idiot..."

<5772>
// To miss such an important chance...

<5773>
// I hurried after pops.

<5774> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey pops, that was a joke."

<5775> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Just listen."

<5776>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Hmm?"

<5777>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Men don't go back on their words. I don't recall you being like that."

<5778> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Certainly you don't recall it like that, but it's foolish to be putting a topic into that kind of match."

<5779>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "'That kind of match'?"

<5780>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "You know, a match is a battle and nothing more. Doesn't matter what's involved."

<5781>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "You fight in a Water Works game? That's hardball. A \bman's\u battle. Am I wrong?"

<5782>
// Forget it... it's impossible to convince this person.

<5783>
// I was an idiot to promise such a thing...

<5784>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Well, when you've practiced enough to take a shot, come."

<5785>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Be sure to bring something more enjoyable than the grade kids."

<5786>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "You're going home today?"

<5787> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yes."

<5788> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<5789> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm an idiot."

<5790>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "What?"

<5791> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hes' just having fun."

<5792> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Is he getting tired of the grade kids now? I've like replaced them, and he's just playing."

<5793> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "To hang out with him for that, and not be able to discuss an important thing... how am I going to tell Nagisa about this?"

<5794>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "You can just leave it be."

<5795> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<5796> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I've only told Nagisa but... my shoulder's bad."

<5797> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "So it isn't something so simple."

<5798>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "You can't swing the bat?"

<5799> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "No, I can. It's not that bad that I can't swing."

<5800>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Then if you work hard, you'll probably make it."

<5801>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "How about trying for Nagisa's sake?"

<5802>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Even so, when you can't make it, please consult me."

<5803>
// Saying that, she gave a smile.

<5804>
// Sanae-san's right.

<5805>
// If I try hard, I'll reach it someday.

<5806>
// No matter how unsightly.

<5807>
// I should have known that from experience.

<5808>
// No matter what happens.

<5809> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sanae-san,"

<5810>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Yes?"

<5811> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I really am no match for you, Sanae-san."

<5812>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Huh? All I'm saying is what I think."

<5813> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's why."

<5814>
// The next day.

<5815>
// I stood in the same place again.

<5816>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Hmph, this brat just doesn't learn, does he...?"

<5817>
// I've come for my revenge.

<5818>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Hang in there, you two!"

<5819>
// Today, even Sanae-san came to cheer us on.

<5820>
// It was a peaceful bakery.

<5821>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Taste my famous 1-meter drop forkball!"

<5822>
// Go be a pro.

<5823> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Come!"

<5824>
// Thud!

<5825>
// Strike.

<5826>
// Thud!

<5827>
// Strike.

<5828>
// Thud!

<5829>
// Strike.

<5830>
// I've come for my revenge, yet again.

<5831>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Why do we have to fight on this rainy day?!"

<5832>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Are we high school players?!"

<5833>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I'll have a bath ready and warmed up, okay?"

<5834>
// Sanae-san stood in the park, holding an umbrella.

<5835> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "In hardball, the situation doesn't matter, does it?"

<5836>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Hmph... I guess!"

<5837>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "However, I'm getting tired now."

<5838>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "So this'll be the last."

<5839>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "We won't be having any more rematches."

<5840> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<5841> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... all right."

<5842>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Tch, take my seven ninja body split demonball!" 

<5843>
// Go to the circus.

<5844>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Uryaaahhh!"

<5845>
// Thud!

<5846>
// Strike.

<5847>
// Thud!

<5848>
// Strike.

<5849>
// Thud!

<5850>
// ... strike.

<5851>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Well? You get it...?"

<5852>
// .........

<5853>
// Am I giving up...?\p Right here and now?

<5854>
// No...

<5855> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Please, throw one more ball!"

<5856>
// Yelling that, I ran over to him.

<5857> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "A match with just one more ball!"

<5858>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Tch, what the hell are you?"

<5859>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "What are you so desperate about?"

<5860>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "You can't win, you know."

<5861>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "I'm in a completely different league from you."

<5862>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Give it up already..."

<5863>
// Spitting that out, he returned to the store.

<5864>
// I stood there dumbfounded in the rain.

<5865>
// And someone passed an umbrella over to me.

<5866>
// It was Sanae-san.

<5867> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<5868> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sanae-san,"

<5869> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "He doesn't know, does he?'

<5870>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "What?"

<5871> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It feels like he's been cracking the whip at me."

<5872> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Thinking I'm still a kid..."

<5873> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Thinking that it's absurd for me to protect anyone..."

<5874>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "You're thinking too much. Akio-san's always like that."

<5875> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I suppose..."

<5876>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Then, shall we head back?"

<5877> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "No, I'll stay."

<5878>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "What?"

<5879> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "The level between us is large, so all I have left is my enthusiasm."

<5880>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I suppose."

<5881>
// Sanae-san smiled at my words.

<5882>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "This time, I won't stop you."

<5883>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "It's very important, after all."

<5884>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Be careful not to catch a cold."

<5885>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Until you're done." 

<5886>
// Lowering the umbrella, I was once again hit by rain.

<5887>
// I looked at Sanae-san as she gave me a smile.

<5888> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sanae-san,"

<5889>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Yes?"

<5890> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I also like you as well."

<5891>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Thanks!"

<5892>
// I practiced swinging, tracing pops' pitches in my mind.

<5893>
// I won't be coming back to baseball again, will I?

<5894>
// It's just for right now.

<5895>
// Just for that one pitch.

<5896>
// A person stood beyond the fog of rain.

<5897>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "It's raining real hard, geez."

<5898> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."

<5899>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Can you see the ball?"

<5900> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm sure I can see through it."

<5901>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Fine by me. Last pitch, got it?"

<5902> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."

<5903>
// I set up the bat.

<5904> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (I haven't been this serious about baseball, have I...?)

<5905>
// Even considering gym classes.

<5906> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (To be doing this after having graduated puts a smile on my face.)

<5907>
// I see a red umbrella. Sanae-san was also watching.

<5908>
// Pops begins his motion for the pitch.

<5909>
// The rain blurred my vision, so I couldn't see well.

<5910>
// ... he pitched.

<5911> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (One...)

<5912> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (two...)

<5913> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Three!"

<5914>
// No sound came.

<5915>
// Just a recoil.

<5916>
// ... what happened, I wonder?

<5917>
// At the edge of my vision, a red umbrella swerved.

<5918>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "It's a home run!"

<5919>
// Sanae-san said.

<5920>
// I threw the bat away, and rushed over.

<5921>
// In front of pops.

<5922>
// I slide into the ground, kneeling down...

<5923>
// And while covered in mud, I yelled.

<5924> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Please leave Nagisa to me!"

<5925> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<5926>
// I hear only the sound of the rain.

<5927>
// My body temperature dropped.

<5928>
// Even so, the beating in my chest alone was rapid...

<5929>
// And for the longest time, I didn't catch my breath.

<5930>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "........."

<5931>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Kah..."

<5932>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "... this guy's similar to me."

<5933>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "He's just like you. I noticed it long, long ago."

<5934>
// I heard pops and Sanae-san talking.

<5935>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "He's in quite a hurry to become an adult."

<5936>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Indeed."

<5937>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "He's still a kid, though."

<5938>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "All the more reason."

<5939>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Yeah, that's right."

<5940>
// .........

<5941>
// ......

<5942>
// ... I didn't hear an answer, even once.

<5943>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Are you trying to give yourself a facial with the mud there?"

<5944>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Come on now, how about raising your head?"

<5945>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "It's fine now, \m{B}-san."

<5946> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh...?"

<5947> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But... your answer...?"

<5948>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Did you forget what you said?"

<5949> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?"

<5950>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Didn't you say that if you won the match, I'd have to listen and agree silently to what you say?"

<5951>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "I agreed immediately after hearing what you said, idiot!"

<5952>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "But you know..."

<5953>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "You make Nagisa sad, and I'm taking her back right away."

<5954>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Isn't that great, \m{B}-san?"

<5955>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "So, please stand up."

<5956> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Okay!"

<5957>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "\m{B}-san,"

<5958>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Nagisa is our dream."

<5959>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "And from today onward, you'll also be our dream, \m{B}-san."

<5960>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Both of your happiness is our dream."

<5961>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "So, please be happy with her."

<5962>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "You can drown in sorrow alone, you bastard."

<5963>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Akio-san!"

<5964>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "I'm joking, idiot."

<5965>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "You also be happy, okay?"

<5966> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."

<5967> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I will, with her."

<5968>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Oh, speak of the devil. The princess has arrived."

<5969>
// Turning around, there was another red umbrella coming in close by.

<5970>
// There were a lot of things we wanted to talk about.

<5971>
// I was covered in mud, and rushed up to her.

<5972>
// And like that, Nagisa and I were engaged.

<5973>
// After Nagisa graduates, we'll register our names.

<5974>
// That's a half year away.

<5975>
// A lot of things happened, and summer ended.

<5976>
// I was once plunged into the abyss, and once again rose up.

<5977>
// Because Nagisa was there.

<5978>
// On days when she came home with a painful face, I took her hand and we slept.

<5979>
// On days when my willpower just about ran out, we slept with my head in Nagisa's arms.

<5980>
// And like that, two of us lived out our days. 

<5981>
// There was nothing more to fear.

<5982>
// For me, it's great as long as Nagisa's here.

<5983>
// We'll live strong forever.

<5984>
// No matter how many times we fall, we'll rise again.

<5985>
// And then my life became devoted to nothing but making Nagisa happy. That was my only goal.

<5986>
// Even this much had a simple answer.

<5987>
// We'll push on forever.

<5988>
// The second trimester began, and Nagisa also began heading to school.

<5989>
// As usual, it didn't look like she could make friends, but at home she smiled when she talked with me.

<5990>
// When Nagisa's school clothing changed to winter clothing, I realized fall had come.

<5991>
// That period that was called as such also went by.

<5992>
// Just when I thought it was getting chilly, it was already winter.

<5993>
// And then...

<5994>
// The best day in the year I was looking forward to had come.

<5995>
// Christmas, and Nagisa's birthday.

<5996>
// This year, the two of us spent it together.

<5997>
// She went ot a department store and bought me a pear wristwatch.

<5998>
// She must have been so happy with me putting it on my hand, as she made big strides in her walking.

<5999>
// It was as if we were a couple dating that weren't in high school.

<6000>
// And as we went along a desolate road, we passed by a toy store.

<6001>
// And we saw it.

<6002>
// Beyond the stained window, it was enshrined there so extravagantly.

<6003>
// A Big Dango Familly stuffed doll.

<6004>
// It was differently colored from the one I bought last year.

<6005>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Umm, \m{B}-kun,"

<6006>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "In the house we have a dango there that's been there all alone... so I'd like for them to be together."

<6007>
// Nagisa said so, grasping my hand firmly.

<6008>
// And like that, two dango were piled up in the corner of our room.

<6009>
// Nagisa's probably already forgotten about the wristwatch she bought.

<6010>
// She was always happy with the two dango, embracing them.

<6011>
// I was at least shocked.

<6012>
// But, that was the Nagisa I know.

<6013>
// We spent New Year's with Nagisa's parents.

<6014>
// Pops drank sake with the remainder of the food from the occasion.

<6015>
// And beside him, Sanae-san was sorting New Year's cards.

<6016>
// Nagisa and I sat together, watching TV.

<6017>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Oh yeah, Nagisa,"

<6018>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes?"

<6019>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "You're already twenty, right?"

<6020>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes, twenty years old."

<6021>
// That's right... Nagisa has turned twenty. An adult.

<6022>
// I am still nineteen.

<6023>
// Thinking about it, I felt really out of place.

<6024>
// Nagisa is in her twenties, while I'm still in my tens.

<6025>
// I looked at her from the side as she talked to pops.

<6026>
// A miserable face.

<6027>
// Ahh, you really will be my senior for my entire life, huh?

<6028>
// An adult woman, huh?

<6029>
// Indeed when he inquires as such, my age is inappropriate.

<6030>
// It's strange. I put a smile to my face.

<6031>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "All right, then will ya keep your promise?"

<6032>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "What?"

<6033>
// They continued.

<6034>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "You promised didn't you?"

<6035>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "You said you'd drink sake with me when you turn twenty."

<6036>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Eh?! I never made that promise!"

<6037>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Yeah you did."

<6038>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Every night when I was drinking alone and went to the washroom, you said you had pity on me..."

<6039>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Said that when I drank, you'd drink together with me..."

<6040>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Since when?"

<6041>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Hmm, let's see... when you were still in grade school."

<6042>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I don't remember that!"

<6043>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Even more, you must have been half-asleep!"

<6044>
// It must have been pops' fabrication from the start.

<6045>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "What... that was a lie...?"

<6046>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Damn it... ever since that day, I was always looking forward to it..."

<6047>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Eh... really...?"

<6048>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Huh?"

<6049>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "You were always looking forward to it...?"

<6050>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Yeah... I lived, counting the days on my fingers..."

<6051>
// I should also know... when Nagisa sympathizes for him, she won't be able to refuse.

<6052>
// Though, Nagisa drinking sake...

<6053> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (It's way too interesting...)

<6054>
// So I continued looking on.

<6055>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Sanae hasn't taken a single drop though..."

<6056>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Indeed. I'm weak with sake. I'd immediately feel terrible."

<6057>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "I don't know how many years it's been since I drank alone..."

<6058>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "It would have been nice if I could join you."

<6059>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "........."

<6060>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "... all right. I'll drink."

<6061>
// Preparing herself, she said that.

<6062>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But should I drink...?"

<6063>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "It's fine, you're my daughter, damn it!"

<6064>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "That's right!"

<6065>
// She's also \byour\u daughter.

<6066>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "In that case, I'll have one."

<6067>
// In her hand was a small cup of Japanese sake.

<6068>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "All right, take it in one shot!"

<6069>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's my first time, so I can't really take it in one shot."

<6070>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'll taste it first."

<6071>
// Though I wonder how it'd go for her first taste at alcohol being cold sake?

<6072>
// She brings her nose to the cup.

<6073>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "........."

<6074>
// It seems pretty strong to her.

<6075>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Nagisa, you don't have to force yourself."

<6076>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "No... I should at least take one cup for dad's sake."

<6077>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Nagisa... just now, you made me feel glad I gave birth to you more than ever before."

<6078>
// Don't think about such a thing.

<6079>
// Even more, Sanae-san was the one who gave birth.

<6080>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "It's fine. The smell of alcohol won't catch on you, so gulp it down in one shot!"

<6081>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay..."

<6082>
// Will she be fine doing something like that?

<6083>
// Maybe she won't collapse?

<6084>
// I'm a little worried...

<6085>
// Though it's just a small cup, so even if she pushes herself, it'll simply end with her feeling bad...

<6086>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Here I go."

<6087>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Go!"

<6088>
// Swerve.

<6089>
// Nagisa immediately drank the cup.

<6090>
// Gulp.

<6091>
// The sound of her throat.

<6092>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I drank it..."

<6093>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Whew...."

<6094>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "That was pretty good the way you drank it, Nagisa..."

<6095>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Is that so...? In that case, I'm glad."

<6096>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Yeah, it's the best feeling."

<6097>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "That said, give it one more shot."

<6098>
// Pops took the cup, and again poured sake in.

<6099>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ah... okay."

<6100>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Then..."

<6101>
// I should stop this soon

<6102>
// Continue looking on

<6103> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Nagisa, quit with that."

<6104>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Eh?"

<6105>
// Surprising her with an urgent voice, she looked my way.

<6106> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "With the way you are, you take one more and it'll immediately come over."

<6107>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Come over... what will?"

<6108> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You'll feel bad, maybe feel suffocating,"

<6109> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Don't take Japanese sake lightly."

<6110>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Why do you know...?"

<6111>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Is that so?"

<6112>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Then, I'll take my time."

<6113>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "And when I don't feel that bad, I'll take another cup."

<6114>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Is that fine, dad?"

<6115>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Y-yeah..."

<6116>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Tch..."

<6117>
// He looked my way... giving me the hint I said something unnecessary.

<6118>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "You're kind, \m{B}-san."

<6119>
// I'm grateful for Sanae-san's follow up.

<6120>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "........."

<6121>
// In the blink of an eye, Nagisa's face became red.

<6122>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I feel like I'm burning a lot..."

<6123>
// Putting her hands to her cheeks, she said that.

<6124> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You okay?"

<6125>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes, I don't feel bad."

<6126>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But I feel kinda dizzy."

<6127> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Don't take any more."

<6128>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, you seem so far off."

<6129>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Could I come in closer?"

<6130> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I think you're close enough."

<6131>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "No I'm not, you're far away!"

<6132>
// She got up once and fixed her seat, leaning right by my arm.

<6133>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Now I'm close. Ehehe..."

<6134> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'll be frank, but you're drunk..."

<6135>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'm not drunk at all..."

<6136> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "People who are drunk say that..."

<6137>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "........."

<6138>
// And she immediately stared at me, close by.

<6139>
// Even though Sanae-san and pops are right in front of us...

<6140>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Bastard... you better be grateful to me..."

<6141>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Quite a happy scenario, isn't it, \m{B}-san?"

<6142> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, happy you say but..."

<6143>
// Besides that, it's so damn embarrassing for Sanae-san to be looking at us.

<6144> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Nagisa, Sanae-san's looking."

<6145>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Is something wrong with mom?!"

<6146>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Are you interested in my mom, \m{B}-kun?!"

<6147>
// ... jealousy?!

<6148>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Please don't mind me."

<6149> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "W-well..."

<6150> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Nagisa!"

<6151> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You're an adult now, so don't take so much sake that you'll become weird..."

<6152>
// I try persuading her again.

<6153>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That's right, I'm twenty years old."

<6154>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "How old are you, \m{B}-kun?"

<6155>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That's right, I know! You're nineteen!"

<6156>
// She asked alone, and answered alone...

<6157>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Being nineteen means you're still quite a cute child."

<6158>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That said, you have to listen to what adults like me say."

<6159>
// Ahh, this is like listening to people that go to to the city... which one of us looks more like a kid...?*

<6160>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, come in closer."

<6161> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What are you doing...?"

<6162>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, do you hate what I do?"

<6163> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, that depends on the circumstances..."

<6164>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Bite at him."

<6165>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I won't do that!"

<6166>
// I guess one more cup should be enough.

<6167>
// I watched.

<6168>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Nagisa, I think you should probably stop."

<6169>
// Sanae-san came in to stop her.

<6170>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "No... I'm still fine."

<6171>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Alcohol takes time, so even if you're fine right now, you might overdrink by then."

<6172>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Eh...?"

<6173>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "If Akio-san's lonely, then I'll drink in your place."

<6174>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "That said, you can stop now, okay Nagisa?"

<6175>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Well, please pass that over."

<6176>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "This?"

<6177>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Yes."

<6178>
// As Nagisa said that, she returned the small sake cup.

<6179>
// Instead, Sanae-san picked it up with her fingers.

<6180>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Hey, don't."

<6181>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "To make you so lonely all the time..."

<6182>
// Without listening to pops holding her back...

<6183>
// Gulp.

<6184>
// ... she drank.

<6185>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "........."

<6186>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Sanae..."

<6187>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "You okay?"

<6188>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I also think another cup'll be fine."

<6189>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "I see..."

<6190>
// In the blink of an eye, Nagisa's face became red.

<6191>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I feel like I'm burning a lot..."

<6192>
// Putting her hands to her cheeks, she said that.

<6193> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You okay?"

<6194>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes, I don't feel bad."

<6195>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But I feel kinda dizzy."

<6196> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Don't take any more."

<6197>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, you seem so far off."

<6198>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Could I come in closer?"

<6199> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I think you're close enough."

<6200>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "No I'm not, you're far away!"

<6201>
// She got up once and fixed her seat, leaning right by my arm.

<6202>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Now I'm close. Ehehe..."

<6203> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'll be frank, but you're drunk..."

<6204>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'm not drunk at all..."

<6205> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "People who are drunk say that..."

<6206>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "........."

<6207>
// And she immediately stared at me, close by.

<6208>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "........."

<6209>
// Even though Sanae-san and pops are right in front of us...

<6210>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Bastard... you better be grateful to me..."

<6211>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "So romantic!"

<6212> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Romantic, you say but... isn't this different...?"

<6213>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Why are you denying it, \m{B}-kun?"

<6214> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Come on, Nagisa, Sanae-san's even looking at us..."

<6215>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Is something wrong with mom?!"

<6216>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Are you interested in my mom, \m{B}-kun?!"

<6217>
// ... jealousy?!

<6218>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "That also interests me!"

<6219>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Are you interested in me, \m{B}-san?!"

<6220>
// Sanae-san's also drunk?!

<6221>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Oh boy, this is a real carnage!"

<6222>
// Pops elegantly looked on alone.

<6223>
// ... one of them is your wife, you know.

<6224>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, answer me!"

<6225> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ehhhhh...?"

<6226>
// I am

<6227>
// I'm not

<6228> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I am."

<6229>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Eh...?"

<6230> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Because she's your mother."

<6231> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'd like for her to remain healthy..."

<6232> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Isn't that normal?"

<6233>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ah... yes... that's true..."

<6234>
// Seems I managed to get out of that one well.

<6235>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "He dodged the question."

<6236> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (Guahh...)

<6237>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Eh?"

<6238>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Come on, answer, you interested in her as a woman?"

<6239>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "It doesn't seem so suitable, it's so exciting!"

<6240>
// S-Sanae-san...

<6241>
// Please, don't get this started.

<6242>
// Even for Nagisa's sake, who's giving me a worried look, I'll have to be manly...

<6243>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Sanae's breasts are big!"

<6244>
// Thud!\shake{3}

<6245>
// With what pops said, everything I had decided as a man fell straight onto the desk...

<6246>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, why are you so bothered?"

<6247>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Hmph... that's proof he's interested in Sanae..."

<6248>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Eh... is that true, \m{B}-kun?!"

<6249> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "No, no, no!"

<6250>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "You're not?!"

<6251> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, in good favor!"

<6252>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "So you are?!"

<6253> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Guahhh! What the hell did I do---?!"

<6254>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Heh... study well."

<6255>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "This is how a \bman\u becomes an adult."

<6256>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Because there'll be a lot of good things to come."

<6257>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Sanae, you can leave him alone now. It's fine if you don't like such a guy."

<6258>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "No it isn't!"

<6259>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Sanae-----------!!"

<6260>
// It was an uproar.

<6261> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You okay...?"

<6262>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes, I'm really... okay..."

<6263> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, you feel bad, don't you?"

<6264>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Just a bit."

<6265>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "If I lie down, it should finish soon."

<6266> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "While you're taking a break, I'll go and have a bath."

<6267>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "We're not going back today?"

<6268> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's a bother, isn't it?"

<6269>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Umm..."

<6270>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'd like for the two of us to be alone..."

<6271> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "We are now, aren't we?"

<6272>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ah, yes..."

<6273>
// Nagisa was sitting down on the spread out futon.

<6274> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What's up?"

<6275>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Umm..."

<6276>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Just that you like mom, \m{B}-kun."

<6277> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I do."

<6278>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "........."

<6279> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I also love you."

<6280> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You understand the difference?"

<6281>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ah..."

<6282>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "... thank you so much."

<6283> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Idiot, don't thank me."

<6284>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Umm..."

<6285> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What?"

<6286>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "........."

<6287>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "... is it okay that my chest is small?"

<6288>
// Nagisa was...

<6289>
// worried about such a thing.

<6290>
// It's weird. It's too weird.

<6291>
// I burst out into laughter in front of her worried look.

<6292>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Eh? Eh?"

<6293> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "As long as it's you, I'm fine if it's flat."

<6294>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's not flat. It does show up, so don't be alarmed."

<6295>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Wait, I just said something strange!"

<6296>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I don't really know what would be a relief..."

<6297> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I guess."

<6298>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes..."

<6299>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ehehe..."

<6300>
// She finally gave a smile. I wonder if she's relieved?

<6301> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Come on, lie down now. The water's waiting for me."

<6302>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ah, okay. Take care."

<6303>
// Nagisa lay down, and I left into the hallway.

<6304>
// I heard the voice of Sanae-san and pops talking from the living room.

<6305>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Akio-san, Nagisa's quite happy, isn't she?"

<6306>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Hmm? Yeah... I guess..."

<6307>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "She really loves \m{B}-san, doesn't she...?"

<6308>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "I can tell..."

<6309>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Tch... why someone so useless...?"

<6310>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Not at all. Compared to the other guys around here, \m{B}-san is quite reliable."

<6311>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Really...?"

<6312>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Besides, Nagisa's happy with just being with him."

<6313>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "With just that... leaving the two of them together is good enough."

<6314>
// How calm this moment is...

<6315>
// I'm living together with the person I love.

<6316>
// And there are people who are watching over us with open arms.

<6317>
// I really... have to work hard...

<6318> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm not..."

<6319>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Eh...?"

<6320>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Sniff... I don't interest you at all, do I, \m{B}-san...?"

<6321>
// You definitely are drunk.

<6322>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "You have dad, mom!"

<6323>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "That's right, Sanae. Forget about the daughter's guy."

<6324>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "No. Even if he doesn't mind me, I won't forget that I like \m{B}-san."

<6325>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Bastard, I'll kill you..."

<6326> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "W-why...?"

<6327>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "But, I like him as part of family."

<6328>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "\m{B}-san is Nagisa's fiancée, after all!"

<6329>
// I wonder if she's sober now?

<6330>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Nagisa, how about I get drunk and attack him?"

<6331>
// She's still drunk!

<6332>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Don't do that!"

<6333>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun's an important person..."

<6334>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Tch!"

<6335>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I just want to remain like this."

<6336>
// She took my hand, and leaned her face on my shoulder.

<6337>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Is it okay to be like this?"

<6338> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Y-yeah... sure."

<6339>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'm glad, ehehe..."

<6340>
// Her body was so up close it was almost hot.

<6341>
// Nagisa played with my shoulder by rubbing it with her face for a while, and finally...

<6342>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Zzzz..."

<6343>
// She ended up sleeping like that.

<6344> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Whew..."

<6345>
// I breathed a sigh of relief.

<6346>
// To be flirting in front of both her parents, and being in completely cold sweat, it wasn't any good at all.

<6347>
// I was just tired...

<6348>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Youthful, isn't it?"

<6349>
// ... it's embarrassing.

<6350>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "But, I'm happy..."

<6351>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "To see Nagisa like that."

<6352>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Akio-san, Nagisa's quite happy, isn't she?"

<6353>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Hmm? Yeah... I guess..."

<6354>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "If he weren't going to, I would send him flying to Morocco right about now."

<6355>
// ... what the hell is Morocco?!

<6356>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "It's fine. Nagisa's happy with just being with him."

<6357>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "So he definitely wouldn't make her sad at all."

<6358>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Really...?"

<6359>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "How about you, \m{B}-san?"

<6360> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?"

<6361>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Are you happy being with Nagisa?"

<6362> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well... of course."

<6363> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "The reason I dated her was because I liked her..."

<6364> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If we're always together... then I really would be fine... with just that."

<6365>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Is that so?"

<6366>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Nagisa really is fortunate, isn't she?"

<6367> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<6368>
// How calm this moment is...

<6369>
// For the person I love to be sleeping beside me.

<6370>
// And there are people who are watching over us with open arms.

<6371>
// I really... have to work hard...

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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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