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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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