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// Resources for SEEN3513.TXT #character 'Ryou' #character '*B' #character 'Botan' #character 'Kyou' #character 'Nữ Sinh' // 'Female Student' #character "Giáo Viên' // 'Teacher' <0000> // May 13 (Tuesday) <0001> // The bell rings, beginning lunch break. <0002> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "\m{B}-kun." <0003> // Ryou quickly gets up from her seat, and comes in front of mine. <0004> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "O-oh? What is it?" <0005> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Let's eat lunch together." <0006> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Y-yeah, sure but... I haven't bought any bread from the cafeteria." <0007> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "That's okay." <0008> // She smiles as she puts something on the desk. <0009> // Clunk... the sound of a lunch box wrapped in a napkin. <0010> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I've made some lunch." <0011> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Eh?" <0012> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I made it all by myself, today." <0013> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0014> // Hearing those words, I stare at the object on top of my desk. <0015> // Ryou's home-made lunch... <0016> // All by herself... that means Kyou didn't help her at all... that's what it means, huh... <0017> // That means... <0018> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Would you like to eat in the garden?" <0019> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Eh? Ah, hmm..." <0020> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Let's go." <0021> // Before I could answer, she grabs my arm. <0022> // The people in the classroom give us various looks as we head through the door. <0023> // I wonder if I'll be able to come back safely when lunch's over... <0024> // She holds onto my hand as we walk down the hallway. <0025> // Each of these steps feels like we're on a trip to hell... <0026> // A harsh fate that I can't run away from beckons me... <0027> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Hmm?" <0028> // And, I feel something uncomfortable on my hand. <0029> // Instead of Ryou's soft and warm hand that I feel, instead it's inorganic or something. <0030> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ryou...?" <0031> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Yes?" <0032> // Screech... <0033> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah..." <0034> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... What happened to your hand?" <0035> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "U-umm... this is, uh..." <0036> // Her thin and beautiful hand's been wrapped around with bandages. <0037> // I didn't see it yesterday, though. <0038> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah... ah~... I-I'll, go buy something to drink." <0039> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "P-please hold this as I go on ahead to get some!" <0040> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ah, hey?!" <0041> // She pushes the lunch box into my chest, and runs towards the cafeteria. <0042> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0043> // I stare at the lunch box she gave me. <0044> // For now... I guess I'll head off to the front garden... <0045> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "This area looks good." <0046> // I go to a good place on the bench by the stone wall, and put down the lunch box. <0047> // I rub my stomach while looking at the flower-patterned napkin wrapping. <0048> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0049> // I haven't really prepared myself... <0050> // I apologize to my stomach, waiting for Ryou. <0051> // Rustle, rustle, rustle... <0052> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Hmm...?" <0053> // Something's moving in the bushes...? <0054> // Rustle, rustle... rustle... <0055> // ... Rustle... <0056> \{Botan} "" // \{Botan} "Puhi!" <0057> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Botan?" <0058> \{Botan} "" // \{Botan} "Puhi~ puhi~" <0059> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Been a while. You came to see Kyou again?" <0060> \{Botan} "" // \{Botan} "Puhihi~" <0061> // Sniff, sniff... sniff, sniff... <0062> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Hmm? You hungry?" <0063> \{Botan} "" // \{Botan} "Puhi~" <0064> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "But, you shouldn't take this, though." <0065> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "You'll lie down again." <0066> \{Botan} "" // \{Botan} "Puhi?" <0067> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Oh man... I don't have anything to give you to eat..." <0068> // Snap... <0069> // The small sound of a twig breaking. <0070> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Hmm?" <0071> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Ah..." <0072> // Lifting my head, she was there. <0073> // I felt a strong thump in my chest. <0074> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Yo." <0075> // Kyou raises her hand and... gives her usual smile as always, with that voice. <0076> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yo." <0077> // That's why I also return a usual answer. <0078> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "It's lunch right now, isn't it?" <0079> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Well, yeah." <0080> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Where's Ryou?" <0081> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "She went to buy some drinks." <0082> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Hmm, is that so." <0083> // Kyou nods and sees the lunch box beside me. <0084> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Ah, that's..." <0085> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Hmm? This? It's Ryou's home-made lunch." <0086> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Ah, yeah. This morning was amazing." <0087> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I see..." <0088> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "She's really doing a lot, isn't she?" <0089> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "So don't leave anything behind when you eat, okay?" <0090> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... I'll probably be in the nurse's office after lunch." <0091> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Even if that happens, you have to eat everything." <0092> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "You're her boyfriend, after all." <0093> // Slice... <0094> // I'm certain my chest felt pain. <0095> // As if a sharp needle pierced my heart, and the insides of my chest died.... that kind of pain. <0096> \{Botan} "" // \{Botan} "Puhi~ puhihi~" <0097> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Hmm? Eh, Botan? Why'd you come to school again?" <0098> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "He looks kinda hungry." <0099> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Ah, is that so?" <0100> \{Botan} "" // \{Botan} "Puhihi~" <0101> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Then it can't be helped. I'll go buy some bread from the cafeteria." <0102> \{Botan} "" // \{Botan} "Puhi~ puhi~" <0103> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Come on, over here." <0104> \{Botan} "" // \{Botan} "Puhi~" <0105> // Kicking the ground with his small feet, Botan jumps into Kyou's chest. <0106> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Later then." <0107> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yeah." <0108> // Kyou holds onto Botan and brings him to the school. <0109> // And, Ryou comes running from the same direction. <0110> // With her is a pack of drinks. <0111> // And then the two pass by each other. <0112> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "...?" <0113> // And then a bad memory comes to mind. <0114> // It's like they pass by each other, as though they're strangers. <0115> // Doing that, the two loving sisters don't stop, wave a hand or even greet each other. <0116> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Sorry to keep you waiting." <0117> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Will you be alright with barley tea?" <0118> // Ryou comes to my side and says that. <0119> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yeah, thank you." <0120> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Not at all, it's my pleasure." <0121> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0122> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "...? Is something wrong?" <0123> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Did you get into a fight or something?" <0124> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "A fight? With whom?" <0125> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "You and Kyou." <0126> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "No, we haven't?" <0127> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Even though just now, you only noticed each other yet didn't look?" <0128> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah, that? That's because my sister was holding Botan." <0129> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "He'd be scared if we strangely stopped like that." <0130> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0131> // For some reason, I can't really buy that... <0132> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Besides that, let's eat lunch." <0133> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Hmm? Y-yeah." <0134> // Ryou opens the lunch box, sitting down on the bench by the stone wall. <0135> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Here you go." <0136> // She gives me a single lunch box. <0137> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "...?" <0138> // My eyes look outside the box's contents. <0139> // They fall upon the hands wrapped in bandages, that are holding the lunch box. <0140> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "What happened... to your hand?" <0141> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Eh? Ah... wawa... t-this is... um... um.." <0142> // She really wanted to hide her hands, but couldn't because she was holding onto the lunch. <0143> // She looks at me with a face, unable to calm down as she swings the box back and forth. <0144> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Perhaps... this happened when you made this...?" <0145> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "~~~..." <0146> // She hangs her head, blushing. <0147> // I'm right on the money. <0148> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Uh, umm, but I think today, it should be quite delicious." <0149> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "M-my finger might have gotten into a bit of a problem, but I've already tried tasting this." <0150> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Uh... um... so... uh... oo..." <0151> // Yoink... <0152> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah..." <0153> // I pick up one of the fried eggs from inside the lunch box with my hands... <0154> // Chomp... <0155> // And throw it in my mouth. <0156> // Munch, munch... munch, munch... <0157> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah... \m{B}... kun?" <0158> // Gulp... <0159> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Not bad." <0160> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Eh...?" <0161> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Pass me the lunch box."* <0162> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah... o-okay." <0163> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "The chopsticks, too." <0164> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah, h-here." <0165> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Thank you." <0166> // Pick pick, pick pick... <0167> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "........." <0168> // Pick pick, pick pick... <0169> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "........." <0170> // Pick... <0171> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "What's wrong? You don't want to eat?" <0172> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Eh? Ah... um... well..." <0173> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I don't think you need to be on a diet, but if you want to, I'll take the other box too." <0174> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I don't think I could really leave anything behind with such a delicious lunch." <0175> // It isn't really flattering at all, the lunch really is good. <0176> // From the start, Ryou's cooking was terrible, but to improve her ability this much shows great effort. <0177> // A lunchbox she made, despite hurting her fingers. <0178> // And this lunch, by chance, was made for me. <0179> // There's no way this couldn't be good. <0180> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I'm glad! I'm so happy you say it's good!" <0181> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yeah, it really is delicious." <0182> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "If you don't mind, you can eat my share as well." <0183> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "If you say that, I'll really eat it." <0184> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Sure." <0185> // Ryou really is happy, nodding with a smile. <0186> // The bell rings, ending lunch break. <0187> // Ryou and I walk together to the classroom. <0188> \{Nữ Sinh} "" // \{Female Student} "Ah, Fujibayashi-san!" <0189> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Yes?" <0190> // She abruptly stops, being called. <0191> // The one who called us... was a girl from another class. <0192> \{Nữ Sinh} "" // \{Female Student} "Ah, I'd like you to give this to Kyou-chan." <0193> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "A... dictionary?" <0194> \{Nữ Sinh} "" // \{Female Student} "Yeah, I borrowed it and wanted to return it to her." <0195> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Umm... but something like this... couldn't you give it to her yourself...?" <0196> \{Nữ Sinh} "" // \{Female Student} "I wanted to, but Kyou-chan had to leave early." <0197> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Eh...? Is that so?" <0198> \{Nữ Sinh} "" // \{Female Student} "I don't really need to prepare for classes tomorrow, so I thought I might give this back today." <0199> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Is that so..." <0200> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Okay then. If it's like that, I'll give it to onee-chan." <0201> \{Nữ Sinh} "" // \{Female Student} "Yup, please do." <0202> // After giving Ryou the dictionary, the female student returns to her class. <0203> // She's one of Kyou's classmates, isn't she? <0204> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Kyou had to leave early...?" <0205> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I wonder what's wrong...? Maybe she isn't feeling well..." <0206> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I thought she was fine during lunch..." <0207> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Maybe she had to go back home with Botan." <0208> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Probably?" <0209> // We both lean our heads, as we look at the dictionary in Ryou's hands. <0210> // And then, during afternoon classes--... <0211> // Those two lunches really filled me up... <0212> // I couldn't shake off the sleepiness, so at the same time lessons started, I let myself fall into darkness. <0213> // Tap--... <0214> // I wake up on the desk, stirred by some unknown cause. <0215> // I look around me, and confirm that no one's looking at my foolishness. <0216> // There didn't seem to be anyone in particular doing so. <0217> // I rest on my chin and sigh. <0218> // Looking outside, the weather had become terrible. <0219> // Even now, it looks like it's going to rain. <0220> // It's not pleasant... <0221> // That's what I thought. <0222> // Drip... drip, drip... drip, drip, drip... <0223> // Holding on to those thoughts, the sounds reach my ears... <0224> // And then the smell of water... <0225> // It's raining... <0226> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Tch..." <0227> // I sigh at the rain falling on the window. <0228> // I... don't have an umbrella... <0229> // Looking at the cloudy skies was annoying, so I change my glance--... <0230> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} ".........?" <0231> // Something was moving outside the school. <0232> // My head, still tired from waking up, focuses on that spot. <0233> // A round shape... <0234> // Bulky and with a striped pattern... <0235> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Botan...?" <0236> // The kid boar I remembered was in front of the school as the rain began. <0237> // Maybe he's waiting for Kyou... <0238> // No... they were together during lunch... <0239> // Botan was looking up my way in the rain. <0240> // Or rather, he knew that I was here. <0241> // Staring over here... <0242> // My face slowly begins to wake up. <0243> // And at the same time, I begin to feel uneasy. <0244> // Certainly... Kyou did have to leave early, didn't she...? <0245> // If that's so, Botan should have gone with her. <0246> // There's no way she'd leave him alone. <0247> // I couldn't think of Kyou letting go of Botan. <0248> // But Botan's there... <0249> // Then... where's Kyou? <0250> // Clatter! <0251> // I stand up without thinking. <0252> \{Giáo Viên} "" // \{Teacher} "What's wrong, \m{A}?" <0253> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ah..." <0254> // The class' glance comes upon me. <0255> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I have to go to the washroom for a moment." <0256> \{Giáo Viên} "" // \{Teacher} "I see. Then please be a bit more quiet." <0257> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Sorry about that." <0258> // I make a quick pace for the door. <0259> // I pass by Ryou's seat on the way. <0260> // Though she has a worried face, I wave my hand slightly to motion that I'm okay. <0261> // I dunno if that got through, but I left the class anyway. <0262> // And run down the hallway. <0263> // I leave the school in my indoor shoes. <0264> // Botan runs to me. <0265> \{Botan} "" // \{Botan} "Puhi~" <0266> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Botan, what happened to Kyou?" <0267> \{Botan} "" // \{Botan} "Puhi, puhihi~" <0268> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "She's not with you?" <0269> \{Botan} "" // \{Botan} "Puhi, puhi puhi, puhi!" <0270> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "She didn't go back with you?" <0271> \{Botan} "" // \{Botan} "Puhihi~" <0272> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Don't give me a puhi!" <0273> // Tug, tug... <0274> // With his small body, Botan began tugging on my pants. <0275> // Is he telling me to... come? <0276> \{Botan} "" // \{Botan} "Puhi~ puhi~!" <0277> // Tug, tug... <0278> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "--... Lead the way!" <0279> \{Botan} "" // \{Botan} "Puhi~!" <0280> // I don't even know whether we are communicating properly. <0281> // But Botan lets go of my pants, and runs to another part of the school. <0282> // No matter where I look, the ground became wet from the rain. <0283> // I still run, despite that. <0284> // I run mindlessly in the rain, jumping over the puddles. <0285> // Kyou should be around here. <0286> // I felt hope and anxiety... confidence and doubt... and uneasiness... <0287> // These mixed feelings pile up as I continue to kick them into the ground. <0288> // When I get there, I was completely soaked and dripping from head to toe. <0289> // The lively greenery where no one's around... <0290> // The atmosphere pounded on by the heavy rain... <0291> // There she stood. <0292> // As if waiting for someone... <0293> // As if rejecting someone... <0294> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Kyou..." <0295> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "........." <0296> // The rain continues to fall, the sound of the drops burying themselves in the ground... <0297> // I take a step to approach her. <0298> // Splash... the small sound of the rain. <0299> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Don't come...!" <0300> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0301> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Don't come... any closer..." <0302> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... I'm... begging you..." <0303> // I... could only stop myself... <0304> // In the sound of the rain, her small voice was washed away... <0305> // Yet somehow my chest was stabbed... I could clearly hear her voice in my head as it echoes... <0306> // My soaked clothes begin to worsen, clinging onto my skin. <0307> // As drops fell onto my body, I shivered at the same time, feeling the coldness of it all. <0308> // I'm sure... Kyou feels the same... <0309> // It's spring, and it's still May. <0310> // Becoming soaked like this is painful... <0311> // If the rain would at least go away from this place... <0312> // Not able to take in the silence anymore, I move my legs again. <0313> // And, at that moment, Kyou quickly opens her mouth. <0314> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... Why--... did you come here...?" <0315> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0316> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "School... isn't over yet..." <0317> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... I saw Botan from inside class..." <0318> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I thought it strange, since I heard you left school early..." <0319> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... I told you... not to worry about me..." <0320> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Don't say such crap..." <0321> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... I told you... it's better to think about your girlfriend... about Ryou..." <0322> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0323> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I told you to... leave me alone..." <0324> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... You think I can..." <0325> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... You have to leave me alone...!" <0326> // At that moment, her tone became rough. <0327> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I'm... her older sister..." <0328> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "We're twins..." <0329> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "You definitely... cannot become concerned with me..." <0330> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0331> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "And obviously... I cannot be concerned with you..." <0332> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Even though I thought I... fully understood this already..." <0333> // She grips onto her arm tightly, trying to bear it... <0334> // Her white fingers, her soaked uniform, I know how strongly she's been putting up with this... <0335> // I lose my words at this sight in front of me. <0336> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Seeing you guys get along so well... was painful..." <0337> // What should I say... what should I do... <0338> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "The two of you being 'lovers' was painful..." <0339> // Just being there, as if paralyzed... <0340> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I'm such a terrible girl... telling you to go out with her..." <0341> // The only thing I could do is watch Kyou, soaked from the rain... <0342> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Ryou... told me that she kissed you..." <0343> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "And she helped me, and said, 'Thank you, onee-chan'..." <0344> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "In the beginning, I smiled hearing that. I told Ryou I was glad for her." <0345> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "But as soon as I went to my room, my chest felt tight... and painful..." <0346> // Her shoulders shivered... holding onto them with her hands... <0347> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "See, the day before yesterday..." <0348> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... When I saw you guys..." <0349> // Slice... I could certainly feel the pain in my chest... <0350> // At that moment, I completely forgot about the feeling of the rain. <0351> // Everything in my head, my body... my mind went completely white. <0352> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "It shouldn't be strange at all... should it..." <0353> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Since you guys are going out... something like that... is the right thing to do..." <0354> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "That wasn't... your first time... at all... was it..." <0355> // And my chest strongly tightens... <0356> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "But... when I realized it, I started to cry..." <0357> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I couldn't stop myself..." <0358> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I couldn't stop it, no matter how many times, how many times I told myself..." <0359> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I... can't see you guys... normally anymore..." <0360> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Even today at lunch... when you guys were there, it was like that day..." <0361> // She keeps saying those words, building them up and spreading out this bitter atmosphere... <0362> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Thinking that, I couldn't be in school anymore..." <0363> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... It's too late..." <0364> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... To realize that... it was deceiving..." <0365> // Too late... <0366> // Who is she talking about...? <0367> // Is it really... only Kyou that she's talking about... <0368> // Over these few days... <0369> // Being with Ryou felt awkward and miserable... <0370> // ... And doubtful... <0371> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... I was scared..." <0372> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I was scared of confessing..." <0373> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "If--... I confessed... and were rejected, we couldn't talk together as friends anymore..." <0374> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... When I thought about never being able to be by your side anymore..." <0375> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Then, just staying as friends like this forever is fine..." <0376> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "It wouldn't be painful like that... is what I thought..." <0377> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "That's why I kept in my feelings..." <0378> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... I regret it..." <0379> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Ahaha... I'm an idiot, aren't I..." <0380> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Even though I decided this myself... even though I chose this path myself--... I can only feel regret now..." <0381> // Hurting herself like this... spreading out this small pain like this... this can't... <0382> // What a... sorrowful smile... <0383> // It felt like something important broke. <0384> // Like a small crack opened up... <0385> // And slowly and slowly, the surface begins to crumble... <0386> // And facing it you could only see pitch blackness, like looking deep within a water well... <0387> // Like breathing in all the sadness and regret... <0388> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I'm... so cruel..." <0389> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "While getting you and Ryou close together..." <0390> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "While telling Ryou to give it her best..." <0391> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I was secretly and sincerely wishes for her to fail...!" <0392> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "My regret at not even getting rejected..." <0393> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "...Fills my thoughts while helping her!!" <0394> // ... You're wrong... <0395> // Who's really cruel here...? <0396> // I was the one looking at someone else through Ryou... <0397> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I... hate myself!!" <0398> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Even while helping other, I could only think of myself..." <0399> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Not wanting to hurt myself, yet wanting to hurt others..." <0400> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I hate that about myself!!" <0401> // Only time continued to push forward... <0402> // I should have realized that the one who was constantly hurting others blidly was... <0403> // That the one who was the worst coward was... <0404> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Kyou...!" <0405> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "--...!" <0406> // Was I right in doing this...? <0407> // The one who should be blamed... is me, shouldn't it...? <0408> // Instead of thinking about it in my head... <0409> // Instead of expressing it with words... <0410> // I could only hold this stance here. <0411> // Even though doing this would be betraying Ryou... <0412> // I'd regret doing nothing this moment... <0413> // I couldn't... turn my back on my own feelings any longer... <0414> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "W... hy...?" <0415> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0416> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Do you... know what... you're doing...?" <0417> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "You know... what will happen, don't you..." <0418> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "........." <0419> // The rain drops from the sky, soaking through our clothes. <0420> // Our cold bodies... <0421> // Like a hand of ice grabbing ahold of my heart, the rain pours down my back... <0422> // But... <0423> // But I could feel the warmth spread out inside my arms. <0424> // A tender warmth slowly cures the cold areas... <0425> // A large sense of presence and relief... the small breaths reverberating in our chests... <0426> // Yeah... right now, we were this close... <0427> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I had decided... to forget trying at all..." <0428> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "But..." <0429> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "You're... kind to me..." <0430> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0431> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "It's cruel..." <0432> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I should have coldly pushed you away..." <0433> // I tighten my arms around her. <0434> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I should never have known this..." <0435> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... I should never have known... how warm this was..." <0436> // Not pulling my arms off... not embracing them... <0437> // Just, trying to bear something, she grabs onto them... <0438> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... I'm sorry..." <0439> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Eh?" <0440> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... I'm sorry... I... like you..." <0441> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0442> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "That's why... don't be kind to me..." <0443> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I'm an... idiot, see... if you're nice to me, I'll misunderstand you..." <0444> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "If you... keep on being this nice to me... I won't be able to take it any longer..." <0445> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I--... about you, I--..." <0446> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "\m{B}...!" <0447> // Kyou's sharp voice before I say any words. <0448> // Just by those words, my mouth remained shut, looking at her. <0449> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "\m{B}..." <0450> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I'm... Fujibayashi Kyou." <0451> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0452> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I'm not Fujibayashi Ryou..." <0453> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "--..." <0454> // Something ran through my body, hearing that name. <0455> // It felt like being slammed back to Earth from Heaven-- <0456> // The pain and heat storm through me, as if my blood boils, yet somehow it felt cold... <0457> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "........." <0458> // My arms slowly unfasten... <0459> // The warmth disappears... <0460> // I didn't feel the cold from the rain at all. <0461> // Not just my body, but my heart... <0462> // Everything in me had frozen up... in the cold, cold drops... <0463> // Facing me with her back, Kyou closes her eyes once. <0464> // And doing that, she says with a small voice, smiling. <0465> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Bye, bye..." <0466> // I--... couldn't say anything. <0467> // Even though I wanted to say something. <0468> // Even though I wanted my voice to come out... <0469> // Everything got stuck in my throat... <0470> // Even though my whole body was soaked, I could only feel my dried-up throat. <0471> // My legs froze themselves to the ground, not moving at all. <0472> // I couldn't even move my eyes towards her back as she walked far away. <0473> // Botan alternates glances between me and Kyou. <0474> // After a while, he chases off after her. <0475> // The moment she disappeared from my field of vision... <0476> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Kyou..." <0477> // Finally, one word comes out of my throat... <0478> // Always hearing... the sound of the rain, the pain continued to echo... <0479> // The soaked uniform... <0480> // I imagine the weight I'm feeling right now... is like a criminal that's been shackled... <0481> // I return to school to retrieve my bag. <0482> // Lessons had already ended, and there were few students left. <0483> // Moreso... no one wanted to look at my soaked figure. <0484> // Leaving behind a trail of water in the hallway, I enter the classroom. <0485> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah..." <0486> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Ryou..." <0487> // The... one person I don't want to meet right now... <0488> // No, actually... she was... always waiting for me, for sure. <0489> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "\m{B}-kun..." <0490> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0491> // I didn't see her face at all. <0492> // Realizing my feeling clearly now, seeing her face would be painful... <0493> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "........." <0494> // Saying nothing, Ryou walks towards me. <0495> // Stop it... <0496> // Don't get near me... <0497> // The me right now... can't say anything... <0498> // Surely... I wanted to say something, but I didn't want to hurt her feelings... <0499> // Grip... <0500> // She embraces me... <0501> // Pushing the wet clothes against me, the shivers run along my skin. <0502> // But, soon it became warm... <0503> // Ryou embraces my cold body with her warmth... <0504> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Let me go..." <0505> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "........." <0506> // Holding me, she shakes her head. <0507> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I'm wet..." <0508> // She shakes her head... <0509> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I--..." <0510> // -- am not qualified to be held by you like this... <0511> // That's what I wanted to say, but the words wouldn't come. <0512> // Something hot stopped my lips... <0513> // I realize that Ryou's lips had touched mine at that moment. <0514> // My heart's in pain, striking against my chest. <0515> // Turning my face away... at that moment, Ryou pulls away her lips back quickly. <0516> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ryou..." <0517> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "........." <0518> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... I'm... your girlfriend, \m{B}-kun..." <0519> // The pain... sliced into my chest... <0520> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I like you, \m{B}-kun..." <0521> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "So... please don't suffer alone..." <0522> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "When you can't stand... please lean on me..." <0523> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I'll... do my best to support you." <0524> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "When you want to cry, please don't hold back, please hold onto me." <0525> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I'll hold you so no one hears it." <0526> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I'll always be with you when you're lonely." <0527> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "You're... not alone, \m{B}-kun..." <0528> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I'm here..." <0529> // Yeah... I couldn't say anything... <0530> // I couldn't return the warm words that this girl had spoken... <0531> // And... I didn't do anything... <0532> // Even though she's embracing me, I didn't embrace her back... <0533> // I could only hear the painful pulse of my chest... <0534> // The tears flow out... <0535> // Ryou... somehow knew, didn't she...? <0536> // Unconsciously knowing how I felt... <0537> // If, I continued to drown myself in this warmth... <0538> // I'd... \pbe the worst...だ…。 <0539> // Slam... <0540> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah..." <0541> // I move my body freely... <0542> // I--... \ppush away Ryou. <0543> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "\m{B}... kun...?" <0544> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0545> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... I'm sorry..." <0546> // I spin off bitter words as I look down at the ground. <0547> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "There's... someone that I like." <0548> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "You probably... haven't noticed up until now..." <0549> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... But..." <0550> // I say those cruel things. <0551> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Realizing that... I couldn't deceive myself anymore..." <0552> // I knew they were cruel, but I couldn't stop my words... <0553> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I can't... think of... being together with you any longer..." <0554> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Is it... onee-chan...?" <0555> // Slam... the hallucination of being hit by something. <0556> // Opening my eyes, in front of me-- I saw Ryou. <0557> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "The person you like is onee-chan... isn't it... \m{B}-kun..." <0558> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... ~..." <0559> // I bite my lips... nodding silently. <0560> // She already noticed... <0561> // It couldn't be helped that I remained quiet... <0562> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I'm... no good...?" <0563> // But... I couldn't lift up my head... <0564> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I can't be like... my sister...?" <0565> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Because I'm trying to be more like her..." <0566> // I don't see her face... <0567> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I'll lengthen my hair." <0568> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "And be more positive, like her." <0569> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "And study a lot of cooking." <0570> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "If that's not enough, please tell me." <0571> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I'm... trying my best..." <0572> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "So I can be the girl you want, \m{B}-kun..." <0573> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... I... like you..." <0574> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I like you... \m{B}-kun..." <0575> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Please... be with me..." <0576> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0577> // My lowered head drops down further. <0578> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Sorry..." <0579> // Those were the only words that came to mind. <0580> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "\m{B}-kun..." <0581> // Even now, that tearful voice I hear hurts me. <0582> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "--......" <0583> // Ryou runs away from me. <0584> // I hear the strong noise of the door closing. <0585> // It's like an illusion, where I've been slapped hard across the face. <0586> // I stand alone in the classroom. <0587> // The sound of the rain hurts my ears. <0588> // I sigh... <0589> // Heavily... deeply... <0590> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... I wonder if this is okay..." <0591> // I murmur, letting myself hear that. <0592> // And, I wonder how lonely I'll be, living like this. <0593> // After that, Ryou and I never exchanged words. <0594> // Even Kyou kept her distance from me. <0595> // Our eyes never meet when we walk down the hallway, as if we're strangers... <0596> // From the beginning, I felt as if my chest felt tight every time. <0597> // But one month passed, two months passed... <0598> // Summer ends, autumn passes, and by the time the sound of winter comes. <0599> // I could no longer feel the bitter feelings in my heart anymore.
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