Clannad VN:SEEN6800P9
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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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