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<6372>
// Just as the holidays were about to end, Nagisa fell ill.
<6373>
// Maybe I might have pushed her too much during the break?
<6374>
// But, Nagisa said this was normal.
<6375>
// If it's normal, then she'll end up taking a long while.
<6376>
// Just as I promised pops, I called Sanae-san.
<6377>
// She said she'd take care of Nagisa while I was off working.
<6378> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I apologize..."
<6379>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Not at all. I may have left baking bread, but the store itself is fine."
<6380>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Akio-san's taking care of the store."
<6381>
// ... though I'm worried about \bthat\u.
<6382>
// But, this was something I promised him in the first place.
<6383>
// He's probably taking care of Sanae-san's part.
<6384>
// Even for Nagisa's sake, I'll have to let this be.
<6385> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You really won't go back to your parents' place?"
<6386>
// One evening, I asked that.
<6387>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "No. Even if I've fallen ill, this is my house. I want to rest here."
<6388>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Though it is quite a bother..."
<6389> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's fine though..."
<6390>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "When I get better, I'll help."
<6391> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Don't force yourself."
<6392>
// I did whatever housework I could.
<6393>
// So that I wouldn't trouble Sanae-san either.
<6394>
// Work was doing fine, so it was not really anything big.
<6395>
// And just like so far, Nagisa's fever prolonged itself.
<6396>
// She didn't attend school for two months.
<6397>
// One day when I came back, Sanae-san was waiting, having dinner prepared.
<6398>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Welcome back."
<6399> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Uwaah, I apologize."
<6400> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'll take over."
<6401>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "It's fine."
<6402>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "It'll be fine soon, so you can take dinner first."
<6403> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, sure. Guess I will."
<6404>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Do you mind if I use the bath first?"
<6405> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Not at all... I'm starved, anyway."
<6406>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Then I'll quickly use it. During that time, please eat with Nagisa."
<6407> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sure."
<6408>
// Entering the room, Nagisa was lying down on her side as always.
<6409>
// And just like always, I put my hand to her head, and checked her temperature.
<6410> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Seems about right."
<6411> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "How do you feel?"
<6412>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Fine."
<6413> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Can you eat Sanae-san's food?"
<6414>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "If it's the usual, I think I can eat."
<6415> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Then, I guess you're doing fine as always."
<6416>
// When I say "doing fine as always", I wonder if it was good or bad...?
<6417>
// I couldn't really tell.
<6418>
// Maybe it was to ease my mind...?
<6419>
// Nagisa's hand squirmed from under the futon, and grasped mine.
<6420>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But, in the end... I'm again troubling both you and mom."
<6421>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I wasn't able to help... it's regrettable..."
<6422> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, you've worked hard to get this far, haven't you?"
<6423> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Even now you're hanging in there, so just get some rest."
<6424> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "No one thinks of you as being a bother."
<6425>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay..."
<6426>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Today, I talked to Nagisa's homeroom teacher."
<6427>
// As we drank tea, Sanae-san began talking.
<6428>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Even if she were to rest through the third trimester, she'll graduate."
<6429> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh... really?"
<6430>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Yes. Until then, it's better she attend, but there shouldn't be a problem."
<6431> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Isn't that great, Nagisa?"
<6432>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ah, yes... it's great."
<6433>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Thank you so much."
<6434>
// Nagisa thanked both me and Sanae-san.
<6435> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's not just us. You worked hard for a year."
<6436>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "You really hung in there, Nagisa."
<6437>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes..."
<6438>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But, it's still not over."
<6439>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "If I can... I'd like to attend the remainder of my classes."
<6440>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's lonely leaving it to end like this..."
<6441> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah. I know how you feel."
<6442>
// Counting, there was a month of school left for her.
<6443>
// The graduation ceremony's in a month.
<6444>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Well then. I believe Akio-san starving to death is quite lonely, so I'll take my leave."
<6445> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Okay, thank you so much."
<6446>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I'll leave the cleaning to you, \m{B}-san."
<6447> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yes, of course."
<6448>
// I saw Sanae-san to the entrance.
<6449>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "This spring, you'll have your name registered, won't you?"
<6450> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yes... I can finally do that."
<6451> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm sure work's endeavoring... so I'll work harder and harder."
<6452>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "\m{B}-san, you really do need her, don't you?"
<6453> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yes, of course."
<6454> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I haven't thought of my life without her..."
<6455>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Nagisa's body is weak, so be with her as much as you can. Please take care of her."
<6456> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sure, I'll do as much as I can. So that I wouldn't be hated..."
<6457> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh? Didn't we have this discussion before?"
<6458>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Yes, we did!"
<6459>
// Saying that, Sanae-san smiled.
<6460>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I'm so glad that she met you, \m{B}-san."
<6461> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Me as well. For someone as cute as her to pick someone like me who's sympathizes for her and not anyone else..."*
<6462> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "There should be many more others who are just as capable of making her happy."
<6463>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "There aren't."
<6464>
// She said sharply, almost to the point of smiling.
<6465>
// I really do like Sanae-san as well.
<6466>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Well then, I'll be seeing you."
<6467> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Thanks again."
<6468>
// One, two weeks passed, and Nagisa's fever didn't fall.
<6469>
// As well as on her graduation day.
<6470>
// Nagisa remained in her room gazing at the scenery outside, and graduated.
<6471>
// ... without being in her school uniform. Without being seen off.
<6472>
// When the sakura petals began to bloom...
<6473>
// Nagisa's fever finally fell, and she calmed down.
<6474>
// She got up, and was able to do the chores in the house.
<6475>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's my school uniform."
<6476>
// Standing in front of me, Nagisa had a vinyl bag with her uniform in it.
<6477>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It came back from the cleaners."
<6478>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I won't be wearing it anymore, but I'd like to keep it dear."
<6479> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."
<6480>
// She spread it along the floor, and began neatly folding it up.
<6481>
// She might not be able to wear it anymore.
<6482>
// It'd be nice if she got to for just a bit.
<6483>
// She might not be able to return to that time.
<6484>
// She might not be able to finish what she left undone.
<6485>
// With no thoughts coming to mind... I remembered Sunohara's face.
<6486>
// Back when we were students, he was in the dormitory, and went back to his parents' place after graduating.
<6487>
// I forget where in the rural areas, but I think it was in the Touhoku region.
<6488>
// Anyways, it was far away.
<6489>
// Those days are far past gone now, and we never really contacted each other.
<6490>
// Though he's not the only person I know back from school...
<6491>
// And he's not the only person acting like an idiot wearing a school uniform...
<6492>
// But if it's him, no matter how unreasonable it is, he should be with us.
<6493>
// When evening came, and Nagisa chose to enter the bath, I opened the closet.
<6494>
// I pulled out the school register of names from deep within, and looked for Sunohara's family number.
<6495>
// Finding it, I picked up the receiver, and immediately dialed.
<6496> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "Yes, this is the Sunoharas."
<6497>
// His mother's voice.
<6498> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Umm, this is \m{A}. Is Youhei-san there?"
<6499> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "Who might you be?"
<6500>
// Seems I'll have to introduce myself somehow.
<6501> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm a classmate of his from when he was in school. If you tell him it's \m{A}, he'll know who it is."
<6502> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "Umm... Youhei's living in a dormitory now, and isn't at the house."
<6503> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "A dorm?"
<6504>
// In an instant, the nostalgic view of Sunohara's room from a year ago appeared in my mind.
<6505> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "His company's dormitory."
<6506>
// Of course. That place is no longer the room I spent my time with Sunohara at... it should be some other male student's room now.
<6507> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... in that case, could you tell me his phone number?"
<6508> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "Sure... is that fine?"
<6509> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Please."
<6510>
// .........
<6511>
// I take the receiver, and dial the numbers I jotted down just now.
<6512> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "Yes, this is the Satsuki Dormitory."
<6513>
// A middle-aged woman's voice.
<6514> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Is Sunohara Youhei there? This is \m{A}."
<6515> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "Okay, please wait a moment."
<6516>
// .........
<6517> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "Yes, this is me."
<6518>
// A slightly forced voice.
<6519> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sunohara? It's me, \m{A}."
<6520> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Eh...? \m{A}? Really?!"
<6521>
// In an instant, the voice from back then returned. Time means nothing.
<6522> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah. Doing well?"
<6523> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I am but... there's a lot of unreasonable stuff. Listen man, only you'd understand."
<6524> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'll listen another time. Just listen to what I have to say."
<6525> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Tch, you're still bossy, even when you've graduated."
<6526> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Isn't that fine? We're friends."
<6527> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "So, what is it?"
<6528> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I want to hold a graduation ceremony."
<6529> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Huh...?"
<6530> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You know Nagisa's graduating this spring, right?"
<6531> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah, Nagisa-chan is? You guys still going out? That's amazing."
<6532> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Don't worry about that, idiot. Listen up."
<6533>
// I bring us back to the topic. Doing so, I gave an outburst.
<6534> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "For the past year, she's been working hard going to school with no friends."
<6535> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, turns out she didn't go to the graduation ceremony."
<6536> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's too lonely, right?"
<6537> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's why, I'd like for us to hold the graduation ceremony that we had on that day."
<6538> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's been a month since the graduation, but we spent time with her more than anyone else, see."
<6539> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<6540> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Come on, Sunohara."
<6541> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<6542> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I'm in the middle of training so..."
<6543> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "If I do that, I'm going to get fired..."
<6544> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sorry!"
<6545> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "You want me to get fired?!"
<6546> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If you're gone for just a day, you won't."
<6547> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I will!"
<6548> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You're not so flexible, are you?"
<6549> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "It's not me that's not flexible, it's the company!"
<6550> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Isn't there something you can do?"
<6551> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "It might be fine on one of my holidays..."
<6552> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Even so, it's a round trip throughout the day, right...? It's painful."
<6553> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Come on, for my sake."
<6554> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "For Nagisa-chan's, sake, right?!"
<6555> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's the same, whoever it is."
<6556> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Then I'll try taking a day off. I won't know when it'll be, though."
<6557> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Okay, I'll match it up with what you get."
<6558> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Then, I'll contact you later."
<6559> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "No, don't do that."
<6560> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Why?"
<6561> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "There's a chance Nagisa might pick up the phone."
<6562> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<6563> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If she does, she'll figure out what we're scheming, right?"
<6564> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<6565> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hello?"
<6566> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hey..."
<6567> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Could it be... you're living with Nagisa-chan...?"
<6568> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, didn't I tell you?"
<6569> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I didn't talk with you for a year, you know."
<6570> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, sorry, it just happens to be that way, see."
<6571> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "BASTARD, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE HAPPY, AREN'T YOU?!?!"
<6572> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sorry!"
<6573> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Even going as far as getting me fired... my interest in coming there is gradually disappearing."
<6574> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Even if it does, come!"
<6575> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I'm the best guy, aren't I?!"
<6576> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's why I'm asking you."
<6577> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<6578> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Tch... fine."
<6579> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "You can call me during this time. I'll pick up again."
<6580> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I will."
<6581> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "See ya."
<6582> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Later."
<6583>
// I put down the receiver.
<6584>
// I returned to the same idiotic feeling I had before.
<6585>
// It felt like I could go through with the graduation, or anything.
<6586>
// Yeah.
<6587>
// We put together that mish-mash basketball team and won, and also revived the abolished drama club for School Foundation Day.
<6588>
// If we return to that time, we can do anything.
<6589>
// And...
<6590> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Nagisa, let's go on a date next Sunday."
<6591>
// For a while, after a day passed, I invited her as such.
<6592>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay, let's."
<6593>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Where'll we be going?"
<6594> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Secret."
<6595>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Why? I'd like for you to tell me."
<6596> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Secret."
<6597>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That worries me."
<6598> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm not trying to trick you or anything."
<6599>
// I just wanted her to be innocently surprised, and enjoy it.
<6600>
// I wanted to be beside her when she makes that face.
<6601> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm sure it'll be a good memory. So wait and look forward to it."
<6602>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "If you put it that way, then okay. I won't ask anything more and wait."
<6603>
// And then, the promised day was tomorrow.
<6604> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Nagisa..."
<6605>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes?"
<6606> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "For the date tomorrow..."
<6607>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes?"
<6608> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'd like for us to be in our school uniforms."
<6609>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Eh...?"
<6610> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "No?"
<6611>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "School uniform... you mean the one we wore?"
<6612> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, the one you always wore."
<6613>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That's embarrassing..."
<6614> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You wore it just a while ago, didn't you?"
<6615>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That's true..."
<6616>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But, I've already graduated."
<6617>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "In that case, it'd be like lying."
<6618> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's fine. We're still on spring break."
<6619> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "When April comes, the school entrance and opening ceremonies will be held, and then this year's curriculum will start."
<6620> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's why right now, no one's a student."
<6621> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "We won't bother anyone."
<6622> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It'll be just the two of us, for one day only. Let's return to the school."
<6623> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Okay?"
<6624>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But, if the people nearby see us, it'll be really embarrassing."
<6625>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I was congratulated by many people when I graduated."
<6626>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "If I walk there in my school uniform, I'll be thought of as a really strange girl."
<6627> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It'll be early in the morning, so it's fine."
<6628>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It'll be late when we come back."
<6629> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Then, you can bring a change of clothes. You can change there when we go back."
<6630>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Will we be found...?"
<6631> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Doubt it."
<6632>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It sounds very dangerous."
<6633> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's why it's interesting, right?"
<6634>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I suppose so..."
<6635> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "So, what do you think? You gonna come wearing your uniform?"
<6636>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Hmm..."
<6637>
// After thinking about it for a while...
<6638>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "If you want me to do that, then I will, \m{B}-kun."
<6639>
// In the end, that's how she answered.
<6640> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I see. Then, it's decided."
<6641> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Don't change your mind suddenly in the morning, okay?"
<6642>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Don't worry, I won't."
<6643>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But, this really is quite..."
<6644>
// On that day, there wasn't a single cloud in the sky.
<6645>
// And everyone was taking the day off.
<6646>
// A miraculous day.
<6647>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Good morning."
<6648>
// A voice from behind.
<6649> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Morning."
<6650> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It would have been better if you could sleep a little more."
<6651>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Well, I was excited, so I couldn't get sleep."
<6652>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "After all, wearing a school uniform and walking outside really puts me on my toes."
<6653> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You'll be fine. You've graduated like a month ago."
<6654> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I've been a year now, so I'm the idiot."
<6655>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "You're still young, \m{B}-kun, so it still suits you."
<6656> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I suppose. You've got a pretty good age."
<6657>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun... do you hate me?"
<6658> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I love you."
<6659>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "T-thank you so much..."
<6660>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "........."
<6661>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ah, you deceived me just now!"
<6662> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "About what?"
<6663>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'm just one year ahead of you, so I don't want you to say I've got a good age."
<6664> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, I'm still in my tens. And you?"
<6665>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Eh...?"
<6666>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "My twenties..."
<6667> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's how it is."
<6668>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It seems like you don't want me to wear my uniform, \m{B}-kun!"
<6669> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm joking, I'm joking. You're young."
<6670>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's fine. I'm a granny, after all."
<6671>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Today, as a girl who has strange tastes, I'll be sticking closely to you, \m{B}-kun."
<6672>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I can't even cross my arms anymore."
<6673>
// It was a very beautiful answer.
<6674>
// After taking a light breakfast, the two of us made our own preparations.
<6675>
// I had already become so familiar with seeing Nagisa appear in her school uniform after changing.
<6676>
// But, it seems it was not the same for me, as she laughed when she saw my figure.
<6677> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What?! Is it that strange?!"
<6678> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Damn it, so at some point I grew that old huh...?"
<6679>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Not at all."
<6680> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You're laughing ridiculously though!"
<6681>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Because it's the \m{B}-kun from two years ago."
<6682>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Because it's been that way."
<6683>
// Tears built up at the edge of her eyes.
<6684>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Because you've still been, the \m{B}-kun from when we met."
<6685> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, I see..."
<6686> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Then I guess it's normal."
<6687>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's too normal."
<6688> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But you know... walking together like this at this time is a bit of a drag..."
<6689>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "We're such a weird pair."
<6690> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Let's go so we're not discovered."
<6691>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes, we definitely should."
<6692> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Then, let's go."
<6693>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay!"
<6694>
// After leaving home, Nagisa heart was racing the entire time.
<6695>
// She walked, being so paranoid.
<6696> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Being taken into custody is not really a laughing matter..."
<6697>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's the spring holidays, so I don't think that'll happen."
<6698> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I suppose... we \bare\u a young guy and girl on a beautiful spring holiday."
<6699>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That would be fine."
<6700>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "This path is...?"
<6701>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "To the school."
<6702> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<6703>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "We're going to the school?"
<6704> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's right."
<6705>
// I nodded.
<6706> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's a surprising spot for a date."
<6707>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Really? I don't believe that."
<6708>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "If the teachers find us, they'll get angry."
<6709> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It'll be fine."
<6710>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Amazing! They're in full bloom!"
<6711> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, sure looks pretty."
<6712>
// We climbed up the hill lined up with rows of sakura trees.
<6713>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Was it to show me this? Thank you so much."
<6714> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Nope. This is just the icing on the cake."
<6715> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Come on."
<6716>
// Looking up, a dazzling light shone before our eyes.
<6717>
// We covered our eyes to block it.
<6718>
// And doing that, we saw them.
<6719>
// The people that were waiting for us.
<6720> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Yo, long time no see."
<6721> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Who the hell are you?"
<6722> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Come on, that isn't what you do when it's been a while since you've last met."
<6723> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You couldn't be Sunohara, could you?"
<6724> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Of course."
<6725> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Uwaaaahahahahaha!!!"
<6726>
// I burst out in laughter.
<6727> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What the hell's with the color of your hair?"
<6728> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "This is my natural color!"
<6729> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Doesn't suit someone like you. Okay now, be sure to dye it gold afterward."
<6730> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "My company'll fire me!"
<6731>
// And behind him were faces I knew.
<6732>
// Nishina, Sugisaka, everyone was there waiting in their uniforms.
<6733> \{Tomoyo} ""
// \{Tomoyo} "Long time no see."
<6734> \{Kyou} ""
// \{Kyou} "You doing well?"
<6735> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "It's been a while."
<6736>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Hey there, Nagisa-san."
<6737>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Everyone..."
<6738>
// Nagisa took a step forward.
<6739>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "What's going on today?"
<6740>
// Nagisa still hadn't realized.
<6741> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "A graduation ceremony, with Furukawa Nagisa and friends present."
<6742>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Eh...?"
<6743> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "So, shall we start?"
<6744>
// The number one person behind them...
<6745>
// Koumura spoke peacefully.
<6746>\{Koumura} ""
// \{Koumura} "Now, we shall begin the graduation ceremony with Furukawa Nagisa and all friends present."
<6747>
// His opening ceremony voice passed well into the wind.
<6748>
// We faced the school, forming a line side-by-side.
<6749>\{Koumura} ""
// \{Koumura} "The school anthem."
<6750>
// We all sang the school anthem.
<6751>
// It was louder than anyone else from our own graduation ceremony.
<6752>
// It echoed just about everywhere.
<6753>
// And then, a graduation ceremony diploma for Nagisa alone.
<6754>\{Koumura} ""
// \{Koumura} "... Furukawa Nagisa."
<6755>
// He called her name.
<6756>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes."
<6757>
// Answering, she walked over to Koumura.
<6758>
// He presented the diploma.
<6759>
// After taking it, Nagisa turned around to us, and gave such a clear face.
<6760>
// Everyone gave an applause.
<6761>
// When that finished, Nagisa softly brought it to her chest.
<6762>
// And then she opened her mouth slowly.
<6763>
// She's beginning her speech.
<6764>
// It was a formal response that was no farewell.
<6765>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "In regards to my life in this school..."
<6766>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "There were a lot of painful things."
<6767>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "In my case, I was shy, and was terrible at making friends..."
<6768>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Even so, when second year ended... I was finally able to enter a circle of friends..."
<6769>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "When I became a third year, I thought we could get along a lot more."
<6770>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But the following year, I fell absent for almost all of the days from school..."
<6771>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "The next time I was able to attend, it was two weeks after the opening ceremonies."
<6772>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I was probably the only one left in my new class."
<6773>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Time passed, and nothing changed..."
<6774>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Knowing that, I couldn't move anymore."
<6775>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That's why I stood at the bottom of that hill."
<6776>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "And then..."
<6777>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "The one who egged me on was \m{B}-kun."
<6778>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "From that day forth... he egged me on, as I stood worried at the bottom of the hill."
<6779>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "He said that if things change, then I should find new things."
<6780>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "He so encouraged."
<6781>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "And for that month, I was supported by Sunohara-san, Nishina-san, Sugisaka-san, and Koumura-sensei..."
<6782>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "And even more people supported me, and formed the drama club."
<6783>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It was something that definitely could not be done alone."
<6784>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "We had a match with the basketball club."
<6785>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "To win, we all worked as one."
<6786>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I learned that, even if it was a short time... if we all work together, we can do something amazing."
<6787>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "And then, I worked hard for the recital at School Foundation Day."
<6788>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Though I did cry on the stage..."
<6789>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I was able to perform the play to the very end."
<6790>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It was the first time I worked towards a single goal, and accomplished that."
<6791>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Someone like me..."
<6792>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Was being supported by many people."
<6793>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But, my body again fell ill..."
<6794>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "And I slept at home the entire time."
<6795>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Through second and third trimesters... being supported by my family, and being with \m{B}-kun..."
<6796>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Spring came around."
<6797>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Everyone graduated, and Koumura-sensei retired..."
<6798>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I really did become alone again."
<6799>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Even so, I was still in the mood to try again for one more year."
<6800>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I wanted to become stronger."
<6801>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Even though my body's weak... I still wanted to live strongly."
<6802>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "And what that courage brought me was everyone here."
<6803>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Being alone for a year was painful."
<6804>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It was like living in a world as a completely different person, with classmates two years younger than me."
<6805>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "When they formed groups, I was left alone."
<6806>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "At ball game rallies, I was weak with sports, so I was merely a bother to them."
<6807>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Even at School Foundation Day, I went around all alone."
<6808>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "During this year, I was alone almost the whole time..."
<6809>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Even so..."
<6810>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Even so, I, actually..."
<6811>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Even so, I actually..."
<6812>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "don't think that my life as a student will ever be replaced."
<6813>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "A school that I've once hated..."
<6814>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It took me five years to graduate..."
<6815>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Being left alone at the school was lonely."
<6816>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But now, I love it so much."
<6817>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "In the end..."
<6818>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I loved it because it was the place I tried hard at."
<6819>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "........."
<6820>\{Koumura} ""
// \{Koumura} "Hm..."
<6821>\{Koumura} ""
// \{Koumura} "Congratulations... \wait{1000}on your graduation."
<6822>
// Koumura's gentle congratulatory address.
<6823>
// Nagisa's long, long school life...\wait{1000} came to a close.
<6824>
// At the same time, as if a dam was cut down, Nagisa's tears began to build.
<6825>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Thank you... so much..."
<6826>
// Bowing to cover her face, saying just that, she began crying.
<6827>
// Tears built up over a year.
<6828>
// Not because it was painful, but because it was happy.
<6829>
// It should be fine for her to cry as much as she wants.
<6830>
// Turning around, pops and Sanae-san were there, standing close to the gate.
<6831>
// And beside them was Misae-san, as well as Ibuki-sensei.
<6832>
// They must have been in her field of vision the entire time.
<6833>\{Koumura} ""
// \{Koumura} "That is all... \wait{1500}the ceremony is now over."
<6834>
// The four move to the side of the gate, and give an applause.
<6835>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Congratulations."
<6836>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Congratulations on your graduation."
<6837>\{Ibuki} ""
// \{Ibuki} "Congratulations, Nagisa-chan."
<6838> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Congratulations, you two!"
<6839>
// And beside them was Misae-san as well.
<6840>
// They must have been in her field of vision the entire time.
<6841>\{Koumura} ""
// \{Koumura} "That is all... \wait{1500}the ceremony is now over."
<6842>
// Pops, Sanae-san, and Misae-san all move to the side of the gate, and give an applause.
<6843>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Congratulations."
<6844>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Congratulations on your graduation."
<6845> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Congratulations, you two!"
<6846>
// And beside them was Ibuki-sensei as well.
<6847>
// They must have been in her field of vision the entire time.
<6848>\{Koumura} ""
// \{Koumura} "That is all... \wait{1500}the ceremony is now over."
<6849>
// Pops, Sanae-san, and Ibuki-sensei all move to the side of the gate, and give an applause.
<6850>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Congratulations."
<6851>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Congratulations on your graduation."
<6852>\{Ibuki} ""
// \{Ibuki} "Congratulations, Nagisa-chan."
<6853>
// They must have been in her field of vision the entire time.
<6854>\{Koumura} ""
// \{Koumura} "That is all... \wait{1500}the ceremony is now over."
<6855>
// Pops and Sanae-san move to the side of the gate, and give an applause.
<6856>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Congratulations."
<6857>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Congratulations on your graduation."
<6858>
// In that, we pass through the school gates in our school uniforms.
<6859>
// Through the place that I graduated one year ago.
<6860>
// Nagisa also turned around. It was the gate she would no longer pass through.
<6861>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Thank you so much."
<6862>
// She said that in the end.
<6863>
// What path will we be walking from now on?
<6864>
// There was only one thing for certain.
<6865>
// It was that we'll always be taking the same path.
<6866>
// Nagisa took my hand.
<6867>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Let's hold hands and head home."
<6868>
// It was the dream I had wished of once upon a time, being granted.
<6869>
// Holding hands, walking in our school uniforms.
<6870>
// Even those with us bantering around was just as I imagined it.
<6871> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<6872> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'll be with her..."
<6873>
// What kind of feelings did I have, being here?
<6874>
// Even I didn't know myself.
<6875>
// Those emotions didn't waver.
<6876>
// It felt like I was reading off a script.
<6877>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "Oh...?"
<6878>
// My father awed in admiration.
<6879>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "I see... that's cause for celebration."
<6880>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "... congratulations."
<6881>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Thank you so much."
<6882>
// Nagisa bowed alone.
<6883>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "Umm, you were Nagisa-san, right?"
<6884>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes, Nagisa."
<6885>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "Please take care of \m{B}-kun."
<6886>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I certainly will."
<6887>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'm not perfect on a lot of things... but even so, I'll do my best."
<6888>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "My best wishes."
<6889>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay."
<6890>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Umm..."
<6891>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "You should also hang in there, father."
<6892>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "I'm a carefree person."
<6893>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "If there's anything you need, please tell me."
<6894>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "It's fine. Thank you."
<6895>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "........."
<6896>
// Seems like the conversation's over.
<6897> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's time. Let's go."
<6898>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay..."
<6899>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Well then, \m{A}-san, we'll come again."
<6900>\{Cha} ""
// \{Father} "Yeah..."
<6901>
// A withering voice, as if phlegm was entangled in his throat.
<6902>
// It was miserable.
<6903>
// Nagisa and my father looked at each other for a while.
<6904>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Well then..."
<6905>
// She turned around, as if showing regret.
<6906>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "There are many more things we have to do after this."
<6907>
// Nagisa told me.
<6908> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<6909>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun?"
<6910> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I guess..."
<6911>
// Yeah, from today onward, that person'll be Nagisa's father-in-law.
<6912>
// A deep connection was formed.
<6913>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Is something the matter, \m{B}-kun?"
<6914>
// Nagisa peeps in at my covered face.
<6915> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "No, it's nothing."
<6916> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "So, shall we go?"
<6917>
// I took Nagisa's hand and grasped it.
<6918>
// The feeling of something metal on her finger.
<6919>
// Her wedding ring shone.
<6920>
// On the way back, we visited the government office, and submitted our marriage registration.
<6921>
// ... \m{A} Nagisa.
<6922>
// That will be Nagisa's full name from now on.
<6923>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'll have to be careful not to write Furukawa by accident."
<6924> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I guess."
<6925>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{A} Nagisa... \m{A} Nagisa... \m{A} Nagisa..."
<6926>
// That's probably it. She repeated that quietly the entire time.
<6927>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{A} seems masculine for a last name."
<6928> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's because it's my name."
<6929>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Really? Furukawa's quite feminine."
<6930> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's because it's yours."
<6931>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I wonder...?"
<6932>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But, I guess a name like \m{A} Nagisa makes me feel like I've gotten stronger."
<6933>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Like... I'm being protected."
<6934> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<6935>
// It felt like a scale fell off from my eye.
<6936>
// Since it was decided that way, I couldn't help thinking that.
<6937>
// But what Nagisa said was the truth.
<6938> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You sure say some really embarrassing things."
<6939>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "You said so yourself, \m{B}-kun."
<6940>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That I should say things so embarrassing it'd make me roll over."
<6941> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I did?"
<6942>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes. You did."
<6943>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That's why I'm saying."
<6944>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'm the happiest girl in the whole, wide world!"
<6945> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Guah...!"
<6946> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That really was embarrassing..."
<6947>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun,"
<6948> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<6949>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Let's live happily together."
<6950> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Y-yeah..."
<6951> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Leave it to me."
<6952>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay!"
<6953>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "We've submitted it."
<6954>
// She reported to the Furukawa household.
<6955> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'll be calling you father-in-law from now on."
<6956>
// Putting it that way, pops wrapped himself up with both his arms.
<6957>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "That gave me the goosebumps just now! Don't do that, it's a jinx!"
<6958>
// He said something outrageous.
<6959> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But you're my father-in-law now, you know?"
<6960>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "If you're going to put it that way, I'm gonna call ya my son, m'kay?!"
<6961>
// Even I had the goosebumps.
<6962> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Brrrr! Stop it, father-in-law!"
<6963>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Guahhhh---!! Stop it, my son!"
<6964> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Guahhhh---!! Stop it, father-in-law!"
<6965>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Guahhhhh---!!"
<6966> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Noooooo--!!"
<6967>
// When I came to, the two of us were rolling on the floor.
<6968> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (We're a stupid pair...)
<6969>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "May I also join in?"
<6970> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It doesn't give you the chills, does it, Sanae-san?"
<6971>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Please give it a try."
<6972> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Mother-in-law."
<6973>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Yes?"
<6974>
// It was as usual.
<6975>
// We had a pleasant celebration at the household.
<6976>
// On the table, we had first-class sushi. Pops had a beer can to go with it.
<6977>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "So, when's the wedding?"
<6978> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "After I save some money."
<6979>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Kaah! Why'd you marry such a poor guy as him?!"
<6980>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Because I love him."
<6981>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Don't answer honestly! You'll make your father sad!"
<6982>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Akio-san's also not one to speak."
<6983>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Huh? About what...?"
<6984>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "You don't have any money at all either."
<6985>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Uu..."
<6986>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "He's got debts, and bought this house, and has been struggling to make ends meet."
<6987>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Even so, we had our wedding two years after."
<6988>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Was that it...?"
<6989>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "But, I was happy."
<6990>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "As long as I'm with you, Akio-san."
<6991>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "S-Sanae..."
<6992>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Hey, you guys are in the way!"
<6993> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "This isn't our celebration...?"
<6994>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "In other words, what I meant to say was, being with the person you love is the most important thing."
<6995>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Indeed. In this case, it's \m{B}-kun."
<6996>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Damn it... I'm feeling a bit agitated..."
<6997>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Why did our daughter fall in love with a guy like this?"
<6998>
// Is he really celebrating...?
<6999>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Akio-san, today's a congratulatory day!"
<7000>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Meh? Yeah, well... I guess..."
<7001>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Then, cheers---!"
<7002>\{Akio} ""
// \{Akio} "Okay, how about we play the King Game?"
<7003>
// No we \bwon't\u.
<7004>
// It was late at night when we returned to the apartment.
<7005> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Guess we're back."
<7006>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "We're back."
<7007> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<7008>
// Not one thing had changed in the room, but since today it feels like it's changed.
<7009>
// Nagisa was pretty worked up; I wonder if she was thinking the same thing?
<7010> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What's wrong?
<7011>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Starting from today, we'll again have a new start."
<7012> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I guess."
<7013>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I may be incompetent, but let's do our best."
<7014> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'll do the same."
<7015>
// For the two of us to bow our heads down to the floor was weird.
<7016> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Okay, you can get up."
<7017>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "All right."
<7018>
// The place all to ourselves.
<7019>
// Our home.
<7020>
// Nagisa came out of the bath, and was spreading out the futon to prepare to sleep.
<7021>
// Watching her from behind, I was thinking about things, dozing off.
<7022>
// What I should do, and a lot of other stuff.
<7023> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (Oh yeah...)
<7024> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (Today's the first night we've been newly wed, right...?)
<7025>
// That suddenly came to mind.
<7026>
// And Nagisa's bottom waved in front of me.
<7027> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (What I should be doing...)
<7028>
// The lower part of my body ached in a hurry.
<7029> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Guahh--!"
<7030>
// I rolled about on the floor.
<7031> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (How could I be thinking about something so perverted on a joyous day like this?!)
<7032> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (But, well, that might also be normal...)
<7033>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Is something the matter, \m{B}-kun?"
<7034>
// Nagisa scrubbed her knees and came closer.
<7035> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "W-well... I was thinking about work tomorrow and stuff."
<7036>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "So much that it made you scream?"
<7037> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, not that much... just over..."
<7038>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Work hard. You're the man of the house, \m{B}-kun."
<7039> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Y-yeah..."
<7040> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (But how long has it been since we went out...?)
<7041> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (Actually, we're a married couple now, aren't we?!)
<7042> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (Time has nothing to do with it...)
<7043> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (We're not playing house...)
<7044> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (Anytime we want to, I guess we could...)
<7045> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (Ahh, but, she's... a bit slow on this... and if it becomes a disappointment, then what...?)
<7046> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (Well, she said before that she didn't hate something like this...)
<7047> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (But, does she \breally\u understand what that is...?)
<7048> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (When she gets pulled into it without knowing, what'll happen...?)
<7049> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (Would I just stare in shock at her with her panties exposed like that...?)
<7050> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (This doesn't bode very well at all...)
<7051>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I also have to work hard and find a job soon."
<7052> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<7053> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh...?"
<7054>
// With one word, Nagisa ripped my thoughts to shreds.
<7055>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "A job. I can't be loafing around at all."
<7056> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, it's fine if you stay at the house."
<7057>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But... that would mean you'd be working alone, \m{B}-kun."
<7058>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I also want to work hard."
<7059>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Of course, that's not to say I'll neglect chores at home."
<7060>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'll be sure to come home and make dinner, waiting for you."
<7061>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'll also do the laundry as well as the cleaning."
<7062> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, of course I'll help but..."
<7063> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Umm..."
<7064> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (She isn't really flexible...)
<7065> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (What should I say...?)
<7066> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But you know... you should get some rest for a while. You still haven't gotten better, have you?"
<7067>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "No, I'm fine now."
<7068> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That might be true now... but at some point you'll get worse again..."
<7069>
// After saying that, I damned myself.
<7070>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Umm, I..."
<7071>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Don't want to always be weak just because my body is weak."
<7072>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I don't want to become frightened thinking about when I'll get worse."
<7073> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, sorry... I guess..."
<7074>
// What I said was treating Nagisa as if she were weak. That's why I apologized.
<7075>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "No, it's okay. I might have said something to hurt you..."
<7076> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's okay..."
<7077>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun,"
<7078>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Is it okay for me to go find a job?"
<7079> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sure."
<7080> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But consult me when you've decided."
<7081>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes, I will be."
<7082> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Whew..."
<7083>
// I rolled over the futon that Nagisa laid out.
<7084>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun,"
<7085> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<7086>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Sorry for being selfish."
<7087> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, you weren't selfish at all."
<7088> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You're more modest than any other girl, I think."
<7089>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I wonder...?"
<7090> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah. Because you're not one to indulge yourself in anything."
<7091>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Well... I don't really want anything."
<7092> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's also being modest."
<7093>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Is that so...?"
<7094> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, so how about this."
<7095> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "When you start working, our budget'll be a little better..."
<7096> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "We'll go buy some clothes you can dress up in."
<7097>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I still don't want it right now."
<7098>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Besides, we have a lot of things right now."
<7099> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I know. But you know, something like that's important."
<7100> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Even for me, I'm happy with just you dressing up and being much cuter."
<7101>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Eh...?"
<7102>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Am I wearing clothes that don't suit me...?"
<7103> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "No, that's not what I mean..."
<7104> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What do you call it, the latest trends?"
<7105>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That's true... I might not have anything that's brand new."
<7106> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Then that's fine. We can figure something fun out of that."
<7107>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "If you say you'd like to do that, \m{B}-kun... then I also feel a little like I want to."
<7108> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, really. Then it's decided. Okay?"
<7109>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Sure."
<7110> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh yeah... since you're a girl, you should be more selfish."
<7111> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You shouldn't be so reserved, see."
<7112>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay."
<7113>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Then..."
<7114>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Could I say one more selfish thing?"
<7115> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, if you want."
<7116>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Then today..."
<7117>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Could we sleep in one futon?"
<7118>
// I stared up at the ceiling.
<7119>
// Nagisa and I slept on each end of the futon.
<7120>
// Our arms touched a little bit.
<7121>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It's like being a married couple."
<7122> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, we are."
<7123>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Ah, that's right, ehehe..."
<7124>
// She seems happy.
<7125>
// Nagisa just wanted to feel that, didn't she?
<7126>
// Doesn't seem like there was any meaning bigger than that.
<7127>
// That's why I also felt relieved, gripping her hand.
<7128>
// Nagisa did the same.
<7129>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "We've been working hard for a year since that day."
<7130> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."
<7131>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "You said so yourself back then, \m{B}-kun."
<7132>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "If we worked for a year, we'll become so strong that nothing will beat us down."
<7133> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<7134>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I feel like we've gotten stronger."
<7135> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I think so."
<7136>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "But we still have a way to go."
<7137>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "There's still much ahead of us."
<7138> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... I guess."
<7139> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "There's a lot of things ahead of us. Difficult, painful, and sad things."
<7140>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "If I'm with you, \m{B}-kun, we can stand against it."
<7141> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, let's go at it."
<7142>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Sure."
<7143>
// Nagisa sure has gotten stronger.
<7144>
// Two years ago when we met...
<7145>
// The Nagisa I knew had a worrying face.
<7146>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "What are you smiling about?"
<7147>
// Nagisa looked my way.
<7148> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well..."
<7149>
// I was also probably the same.
<7150>
// Back then, I was probably ridiculous.
<7151>
// I didn't know too well, myself.
<7152>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Well then, good night."
<7153>
// Nagisa faced upward, closing her eyes.
<7154> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, night."
<7155>
// I also closed my eyes.
<7156>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I have something to talk about."
<7157>
// Nagisa cut in at dinner the next evening.
<7158> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, what is it? You can tell me."
<7159>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I gave Nishina-san a phone call at noon today."
<7160> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "With Nishina? What is it now?"
<7161>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "When we had the graduation ceremony, she told me her number."
<7162>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "She was also beside you, \m{B}-kun."
<7163> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Really? I don't remember too well."
<7164>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "She said if I had nothing to do, that she had something for me."
<7165>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That's why I gave her a call."
<7166> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Okay."
<7167>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "It went on for a while. I'm sorry."
<7168> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's fine."
<7169>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Nishina-san's studying to enter music school, it seems."
<7170> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh? She's going for another shot at entering...?"
<7171>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "And it doesn't seem she saved up much money, so she's starting a part-time job."
<7172>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Next month, there'll be a new family restaurant opening up."
<7173> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm..."
<7174>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "She said to me, 'How about joining me?'"
<7175>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'm also looking for work, so I thought it was a good moment."
<7176>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I also want to try."
<7177> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, wait, calm down."
<7178>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Okay."
<7179> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It means you'll be a waitress."
<7180>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes, that's right."
<7181> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (Waitress means standing work...)
<7182> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (Seems painful...)
<7183> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You're starting work, yeah?"
<7184>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Yes."
<7185> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'll be frank, it's harder than it looks."
<7186>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I know, I'm prepared."
<7187> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You might be teased by the seniors."
<7188>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "The job's recruiting for new people, so there'll be none."
<7189> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Then, it'll be the boss. The boss might sexually harass you or something."
<7190>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "No way, there'll be so many customers he won't be."
<7191>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Besides, Nishina-san will also be there."
<7192>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Of course I don't plan on relying on her, but she'll help out in times of need."
<7193>
// She certainly would. An acquaintance of hers bringing her to a place to work where she won't be alone will always leave me at ease.
<7194>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'm grateful for your concern. But I think this much is normal."
<7195> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I see... I guess so."
<7196>
// Worrying any more than this would be branded as hesitating because she has a weak body.
<7197> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "All right. I'll approve."
<7198>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Thank you so much."
<7199> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But at least tell pops and Sanae-san."
<7200> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I really think we should tell them about something like this."
<7201>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Sure, I don't mind."
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