Clannad VN:SEEN6421
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// Resources for SEEN6421.TXT
#character '＊Ｂ'
#character 'Voice'
#character 'Sunohara'
#character 'Furukawa'
#character 'Male Student'
<0000>
// Morning.
<0001>
// Even though I'm wide awake, I remain in bed.
<0002>
// I wonder if Furukawa's fever has come down.
<0003>
// I wonder if she's waiting for me on the way again.
<0004>
// But a deep chasm's been dug between the two of us because of what happened on Saturday.
<0005>
// If I could feel it, then being more sensitive to other people's relationship than I am, she should definitely feel it too.
<0006>
// And for these two days, her efforts had only ended up hurting other people.
<0007>
// And I called myself an idiot.
<0008>
// I also called her one as well.
<0009>
// \{\m{B}} (She really is an idiot...)
<0010>
// I'm probably really insensitive without even realizing it...
<0011>
// She really is a weak person.
<0012>
// In the end, I'm no different from those classmates who constantly hurt her.
<0013>
// I wonder if she understands that too.
<0014>
// ... I'll head out when afternoon classes start.
<0015>
// Resigned to that, I bury myself under the covers.
<0016>
// I finally leave the house as lunch break begins.
<0017>
// \{Voice} "\m{A}!"
<0018>
// Someone calls to me as I climb the hill.
<0019>
// ... A familiar voice.
<0020>
// \{Sunohara} "Yo! Fancy meeting you here."
<0021>
// It's Sunohara.
<0022>
// He's late getting to school as well.
<0023>
// \{Sunohara} "Why don't we walk together?"
<0024>
// Moreover...
<0025>
// Everything began because of his words.
<0026>
// He didn't mean anything by it, but... to me, those words were a bit rude.
<0027>
// \{\m{B}} (Well, to begin with... I'm also that way...)
<0028>
// Simply put, you could call me that sort of person.
<0029>
// Forcing myself to be with such people...
<0030>
// And then, not paying attention, hurting them without even noticing it.
<0031>
// I should have warned her from the beginning.
<0032>
// I'm not worthy of her, since I'm a delinquent.
<0033>
// \{Sunohara} "All the cherry blossoms have scattered around."
<0034>
// Yeah... but even still...
<0035>
// Knowing that, and forcing myself in, she was there.
<0036>
// Being with a person like me, that's all she could do.
<0037>
// \{Sunohara} "How about lunch?"
<0038>
// \{\m{B}} "I haven't eaten yet."
<0039>
// \{Sunohara} "Well then, why don't you drop off your bag and go to the cafeteria?"
<0040>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I guess so..."
<0041>
// \{Sunohara} "We'll get stuck with leftovers if we don't hurry up."
<0042>
// Hurry up and go to the cafeteria
<0043>
// Look outside the window
<0044>
// \{Sunohara} "It's been a while since we've eaten together, hasn't it?"
<0045>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<0046>
// \{Sunohara} "You don't look so good."
<0047>
// \{\m{B}} "Really? I'm always like this."
<0048>
// I reflect upon what has happened...
<0049>
// What a strange week it was.
<0050>
// Meeting a girl for a short time...
<0051>
// One who's older than me, and repeating a year.
<0052>
// A girl who still loves The Big Dango Family...
<0053>
// And also...
<0054>
// .........
<0055>
// \{\m{B}} (Oh man... I gotta stop thinking about this...)
<0056>
// \{Sunohara} "Alright! It's my treat today."
<0057>
// \{Sunohara} "So cheer up!"
<0058>
// \{\m{B}} "Like I said, I'm fine."
<0059>
// \{Sunohara} "You were spacing out just now."
<0060>
// \{\m{B}} "Like I told you, I'm always like this."
<0061>
// \{Sunohara} "Check it out!"
<0062>
// He took out a 10,000 yen bill.
<0063>
// \{Sunohara} "It'd be cheaper to look at the cafeteria's menu, so choose whatever you like."
<0064>
// He inserted the 10,000 yen bill into a vending machine.
<0065>
// \{\m{B}} "Are you sure?"
<0066>
// \{Sunohara} "Katsudon, Special Lunch, anything."
<0067>
// \{\m{B}} "Watatatatatatata!"
<0068>
// I pressed the button rapidly.
<0069>
// \{Sunohara} "Uwaaa! Stop! Sto----p!!"
<0070>
// \{\m{B}} "Pickles! Pickles! Pickles!"
<0071>
// I pressed the button for the most unpopular 'pickle'.
<0072>
// The 10,000 yen bill changed into meal coupons...
<0073>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<0074>
// His hand is filled with meal coupons.
<0075>
// \{Sunohara} "Do you hate me or something?"
<0076>
// \{\m{B}} "Nah, since you'll laugh this off and forgive me, you're the best one of all.
<0077>
// \{Sunohara} "Ahahaha! You're right!"
<0078>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, as if I'd let you off that easily----!!"
<0079>
// \{Sunohara} "Are you planning to make me eat just pickles for the next month, damn it?!"
<0080>
// \{\m{B}} "Aren't there some normal ones among your meal coupons? Take a closer look."
<0081>
// \{Sunohara} "Pickles\wait{500}, Pickles\wait{500}, Pickles\wait{500}, Pickles\wait{500}, Pickles\wait{500}, Pickles\wait{500}, Natto\wait{500}, Pickles..."\wait{500}
<0082>
// \{Sunohara} "Pickles\wait{500}, Pickles\wait{500}, Pickles\wait{500}, Pickles\wait{500}, Pickles\wait{500}, Pickles\wait{500}, Pickles\wait{500}, Egg\wait{1000}, Pickles..."
<0083>
// \{Sunohara} "Pickles\wait{500}, Pickles\wait{500}, Pickles\wait{500}, Pickles\wait{500}, Pickles\wait{500}, Flavored Seaweeds\wait{800}, Pickles..."
<0084>
// I'm starting to feel sorry for him.
<0085>
// He looks kinda funny as I look at him and think.
<0086>
// Yeah... this is my usual day.
<0087>
// I look outside the window.
<0088>
// The blue and green contrast with each other as I look below.
<0089>
// And there she is.
<0090>
// \{\m{B}} (Furukawa...)
<0091>
// \{\m{B}} (So you made it to school...)
<0092>
// She's eating her bread as well as she can.
<0093>
// She looks the same as before.
<0094>
// \{\m{B}} (.........)
<0095>
// Last week, I was right next to her.
<0096>
// But now I'm up here just watching you.
<0097>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, \m{A}, let's hurry up, lunch break's almost over."
<0098>
// I hear Sunohara's voice calling me.
<0099>
// \{\m{B}} "Y-yeah okay..."
<0100>
// Just then Furukawa noticed me.
<0101>
// Does she know it's me?
<0102>
// Taking the bread away from her mouth, she placed it upon her knees.
<0103>
// Furukawa gazes at me as if she's about to cry.
<0104>
// Does she remember what happened last Saturday...?
<0105>
// She hides her face.
<0106>
// \{\m{B}} (Furukawa...)
<0107>
// I need to get away from here at some point. I just can't handle her looking at me anymore.
<0108>
// But, I can't move...
<0109>
// Even though Sunohara's called me several times.
<0110>
// Yet... \pI continue to stare at her.
<0111>
// .........
<0112>
// She raises her head once again.
<0113>
// And then...
<0114>
// She waves her hand...
<0115>
// She waves her hand at me.
<0116>
// And she's trying her best to smile too.
<0117>
// .........
<0118>
// I want to reward her...
<0119>
// For her great effort.
<0120>
// If she still needs me...
<0121>
// \{\m{B}} "Sunohara, hang onto this for me."
<0122>
// Handing my bag to Sunohara, I sprint down the corridor.
<0123>
// I'm trying hard, too.
<0124>
// Furukawa is opening some more bread.
<0125>
// I sit down beside her.
<0126>
// \{\m{B}} "Whew..."
<0127>
// I didn't bring any food with me, so there's nothing else to do but wait.
<0128>
// \{Furukawa} "........."
<0129>
// \{Furukawa} "I'm glad..."
<0130>
// \{Furukawa} "I've managed to gather up my courage..."
<0131>
// And before I knew it, Furukawa moved the bread away from her mouth.
<0132>
// \{Furukawa} "I'm glad I tried so hard to wave to you."
<0133>
// \{Furukawa} "And then, you came down here..."
<0134>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, don't worry about it. Didn't I promise that I'd come if you called me?"
<0135>
// \{Furukawa} "But, after what happened..."
<0136>
// \{Furukawa} "And I've hurt you as well, \m{A}-san..."
<0137>
// \{\m{B}} "You were crying, weren't you?"
<0138>
// \{\m{B}} "Were you crying just now?"
<0139>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes, I was..."
<0140>
// \{\m{B}} "That's fine then. You can stop crying now."
<0141>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes, I feel better now. Although I was worried before, I feel really relieved now."
<0142>
// Sniff, she makes that sound.
<0143>
// As I glance at her, Furukawa's crying.
<0144>
// The tears are flowing out of her eyes, running down her cheeks, and falling from her chin onto her bread.
<0145>
// She must have been really, really worried.
<0146>
// She might have been lying in her bed worrying about it...
<0147>
// I curse myself for being so insensitive.
<0148>
// I take the bread from her hands, tearing off the part that's been soaked by her tears.
<0149>
// And then, I shove it into my mouth.
<0150>
// \{Furukawa} "Ah!"
<0151>
// I wonder what she thinks of that.
<0152>
// It's just that I don't want those tears to dry up.
<0153>
// Since I'm the one who made her cry.
<0154>
// \{\m{B}} "You're a fool, but... that's fine with me."
<0155>
// \{Furukawa} "Is that so...?"
<0156>
// \{\m{B}} "Since I think so."
<0157>
// \{\m{B}} "We're here in the same place."
<0158>
// \{\m{B}} "We're doing just fine, being in a place far away from others who are too serious with themselves."
<0159>
// I chew the bread that's in my mouth.
<0160>
// For some reason, her tears have a nostalgic taste.
<0161>
// They have the same taste as those tears of mine, shed as a child.
<0162>
// After the incident happened.
<0163>
// Well, it's not so much that it happened, but we're just trying our best to pretend that nothing happened.
<0164>
// \{Furukawa} "\m{A}-san!"
<0165>
// Furukawa rushes over to me in a panic. I wonder if she was looking for me.
<0166>
// \{\m{B}} "What's the matter?"
<0167>
// \{Furukawa} "The Big Dango Family within the school has..."
<0168>
// Her words are a bit rushed, so I don't quite understand what she's talking about.
<0169>
// Let me guess what she's trying to say.
<0170>
// The Big Dango Family... has invaded... \p\size{30}the school.\size{}
<0171>
// \{\m{B}} "The Big Dango Family has invaded the school?!"
<0172>
// Something like that would certainly make her panic.
<0173>
// \{Furukawa} "That's not it! The Dango wouldn't do something like that!"
<0174>
// \{Furukawa} "They're living their lives to their fullest!"
<0175>
// \{Furukawa} "They're a family, so that would really be terrible..."
<0176>
// \{Furukawa} "Even though the siblings sometimes bicker with each other, they still pull through."
<0177>
// \{\m{B}} "No, I don't think the Dango would be placed in such a situation..."
<0178>
// \{Furukawa} "They're not placed in such a situation, they \bwon't\u."
<0179>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, okay. They won't."
<0180>
// \{Furukawa} "........."
<0181>
// Clasping her hands to her chest, she remains silent for awhile.
<0182>
// And it seems like doing so has calmed her down a little.
<0183>
// I, too, remain silent and wait.
<0184>
// \{Furukawa} "Someone has taken down all the Big Dango Family posters..."
<0185>
// Now I get what's going on.
<0186>
// \{Furukawa} "I wonder why they would do something like that..."
<0187>
// I didn't see this one coming.
<0188>
// For Furukawa to be silent like this, she's got to be really uneasy.
<0189>
// In short, the time for recruiting club members was now over.
<0190>
// \{\m{B}} (I think we just got broadsided.)
<0191>
// We don't have an advisor, let alone any members. And the club was already disbanded... that's how it is right now.
<0192>
// With it already being so hard to manage, it would be nearly impossible to get approval for the club.
<0193>
// \{Furukawa} "........."
<0194>
// Furukawa's becoming more and more depressed.
<0195>
// Suddenly Furukawa's name is called through the school speakers.
<0196>
// "... This is urgent, please come to the student council room."
<0197>
// So the broadcast says.
<0198>
// \{Furukawa} "I wonder why..."
<0199>
// She turns to me.
<0200>
// She inclines her head, looking worried, giving me a look that says she doesn't remember doing anything wrong.
<0201>
// She never thought even in her dreams that something like this would happen.
<0202>
// \{\m{B}} (Even though I really don't like this situation, it's not any of my business anymore...)
<0203>
// Even if you regret it now, it's too late.
<0204>
// You'll probably learn something new from this.
<0205>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Furukawa."
<0206>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes?"
<0207>
// I explained the seriousness of the current situation as simply as I could.
<0208>
// \{Furukawa} "So that's it..."
<0209>
// \{\m{B}} "I didn't think they'd be so strict about it. I'm sorry."
<0210>
// \{Furukawa} "No, it's not your fault, \m{A}-san."
<0211>
// \{Furukawa} "This is all my responsibility as the club president."
<0212>
// \{\m{B}} "This situation might not turn you into a club president though."
<0213>
// \{Furukawa} "........."
<0214>
// She stiffens.
<0215>
// \{Furukawa} "No, it'll be okay. If I explain it to them properly, I'm sure they'll understand."
<0216>
// \{\m{B}} "That'd be great if that happens."
<0217>
// \{\m{B}} "If you mention it in the council room, they'll be divided on the issue."
<0218>
// \{\m{B}} "But it'd be great if at least one of them understands."
<0219>
// \{Furukawa} "They were chosen to represent the students, so I'm sure they're nice people."
<0220>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess so."
<0221>
// I don't want to worry her any more than this.
<0222>
// I should try to be optimistic, just like she is.
<0223>
// \{\m{B}} "That's right... is the cafeteria still open?"
<0224>
// \{Furukawa} "Why do you ask?"
<0225>
// \{\m{B}} "C'mon, let's go."
<0226>
// I buy the last remaining anpan.
<0227>
// \{Furukawa} "Anpan...?"
<0228>
// \{\m{B}} "Hold this."
<0229>
// I place the bread in her hand.
<0230>
// \{\m{B}} "With this, give it your best shot."
<0231>
// \{Furukawa} "This is unreasonable, it's making me nervous!"
<0232>
// \{\m{B}} "It's all right, just take it!"
<0233>
// One of the anpan fell out of her hand and onto the floor.
<0234>
// She bent down to pick it up, but another anpan fell from her hand.
<0235>
// \{Furukawa} "Well... I can't hold all of these..."
<0236>
// \{\m{B}} "I'll pick the anpan off the floor... just go."
<0237>
// \{Furukawa} "Okay, thanks."
<0238>
// And she's finally on her way.
<0239>
// And yet another fell from her hand.
<0240>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0241>
// ... I think I'm worrying too much.
<0242>
// I wait for her to come back.
<0243>
// After ten minutes, she returns.
<0244>
// \{\m{B}} "That was quick."
<0245>
// \{Furukawa} "Yeah."
<0246>
// \{\m{B}} "Well? How did it go?"
<0247>
// \{Furukawa} "I'm in trouble."
<0248>
// \{\m{B}} "What do you mean? What did they say?"
<0249>
// \{Furukawa} "I'm not allowed to recruit any club members."
<0250>
// ... Uh oh, that's not good at all.
<0251>
// \{\m{B}} "Did you just obediently say 'I understand' to them?"
<0252>
// \{Furukawa} "No... I'm here to talk about it..."
<0253>
// \{\m{B}} "With who?"
<0254>
// \{Furukawa} "With you, \m{A}-san."
<0255>
// ... What exactly am I here?
<0256>
// Negotiate with them in Furukawa's place
<0257>
// Let Furukawa talk with them one more time
<0258>
// \{\m{B}} "Let me give it a shot."
<0259>
// \{Furukawa} "Huh... Is that okay?"
<0260>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, they seem to be the stubborn type."
<0261>
// \{Furukawa} "You don't have to do this..."
<0262>
// \{\m{B}} "It's alright."
<0263>
// I leave her behind and head to the student council room.
<0264>
// Student Council Room... I read the plate attached to the door as I stand before it.
<0265>
// The council's completely unrelated to me, being the good-for-nothing I am.
<0266>
// If I had known the council president, I think this would have been settled quicker.
<0267>
// \{\m{B}} (Sigh...)
<0268>
// Somehow this makes me feel dragged down. If I could, I'd like to stay out of this as much as possible.
<0269>
// \{\m{B}} (But... I have to get back those Big Dango Family posters she made...)
<0270>
// Without knocking, I stepped inside, passing through the open door.
<0271>
// Inside was a long rectangular desk used for council meetings.
<0272>
// And at the end of the room is some guy typing away at a computer.
<0273>
// There's a bunch of anpan piled up beside him. You're not going to be able to eat all that before it gets stale.
<0274>
// \{Male Student} "Who is it now?"
<0275>
// \{Male Student} "Hmm? Who're you?"
<0276>
// He raises his head and peers at me.
<0277>
// How should I put it... his face looks like the type that would claim student council membership by right of birth.
<0278>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm in Furukawa's place. She was in here a while ago."
<0279>
// \{Male Student} "In place?"
<0280>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, to discuss that matter."
<0281>
// \{Male Student} "What's your name?"
<0282>
// \{\m{B}} "\m{A}."
<0283>
// \{Male Student} "Please wait a moment."
<0284>
// He picks up one of the posters from the desk, inspecting it carefully.
<0285>
// \{Male Student} "The only signature written here is 'President: Furukawa Nagisa'."
<0286>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh."
<0287>
// \{Male Student} "In short, the one responsible for this matter is Furukawa Nagisa."
<0288>
// \{\m{B}} "Right."
<0289>
// \{Male Student} "Please leave."
<0290>
// His eyes return to the computer.
<0291>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, hang on!"
<0292>
// \{\m{B}} "Listen here you, I came all the way down here, and that's the kind of treatment you're gonna give me?"
<0293>
// \{Male Student} "You may have come in here, but I don't remember calling you."
<0294>
// \{\m{B}} "I told you I came here in place of Furukawa!"
<0295>
// \{Male Student} "We don't accept substitutes."
<0296>
// \{\m{B}} "And why's that?"
<0297>
// \{Male Student} "Our conversation's only going to get worse."
<0298>
// \{Male Student} "People will be filing into this room as we talk and it's only going to get more complicated. So please don't waste your time."
<0299>
// Even though he's trying to overwhelm me, I continue to keep my cool.
<0300>
// This guy's a tough nut to crack...
<0301>
// \{\m{B}} "Alright, how about if she talks to you while I'm with her? Is that okay?"
<0302>
// \{Male Student} "You have no right to listen in on our discussion."
<0303>
// \{\m{B}} "And why not?!"
<0304>
// \{Male Student} "Alright, then. I will allow you to be by her side."
<0305>
// \{Male Student} "But you have no right to speak, though."
<0306>
// \{\m{B}} "That's the same then!"
<0307>
// \{Male Student} "We have lots of things to do, so we will decide what we need to discuss."
<0308>
// \{Male Student} "The view of the council is that this should have been settled by now."
<0309>
// \{\m{B}} "She's not that strong with speeches!"
<0310>
// \{Male Student} "I don't know anything about that."
<0311>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0312>
// I'm not in the mood to fight him with words.
<0313>
// \{\m{B}} "Tch..."
<0314>
// \{\m{B}} "I never knew."
<0315>
// \{Male Student} "Knew what?"
<0316>
// \{\m{B}} "That the student council consisted of cold hearted students like you."
<0317>
// \{Male Student} "Really."
<0318>
// The man approves.
<0319>
// \{Male Student} "Even though it's sad, part of the student body wants things to be handled this way."
<0320>
// So he's saying that some students actually support \bthis\u kind of council.
<0321>
// I don't care anymore.
<0322>
// I turn around.
<0323>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, by the way..."
<0324>
// I turn back as I remember something.
<0325>
// \{\m{B}} "Finish up that anpan over there."
<0326>
// Saying that, I leave the room.
<0327>
// Furukawa approaches me as I make my way to the courtyard.
<0328>
// \{Furukawa} "How'd it go?"
<0329>
// \{\m{B}} "It's my fault."
<0330>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm not used to talking to these people."
<0331>
// \{\m{B}} "So, that's about it."
<0332>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Furukawa."
<0333>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes?"
<0334>
// \{\m{B}} "Just forget about what happened."
<0335>
// \{Furukawa} "Ignoring it isn't a good idea."
<0336>
// \{\m{B}} "Indeed, it isn't. But, the student council won't be the one looking into it." Alternate translation.
<0337>
// \{Furukawa} "But... the student council said..."
<0338>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm saying I don't approve of them."
<0339>
// \{\m{B}} "There wasn't anyone in there who's willing to help."
<0340>
// \{\m{B}} "Are you saying we have to obey what the selfish student council says?"
<0341>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Furukawa?"
<0342>
// \{\m{B}} "Besides, aren't we delinquents?"
<0343>
// Later that day, just after school, we put the club recruitment posters back up.
<0344>
// \{\m{B}} "It'll be fine if we keep arguing with them until they compromise, even though they refused at first."
<0345>
// \{Furukawa} "It's seems like that's the rules, though."
<0346>
// \{\m{B}} "Rules are made by people, so they're meant to be bent, you know?"
<0347>
// \{Furukawa} "I wonder about that..."
<0348>
// \{\m{B}} "So let's try it one more time."
<0349>
// \{Furukawa} "O-okay..."
<0350>
// I give her a push from behind and she walks ahead, reluctantly.
<0351>
// Far away now, she turns her head towards me one more time.
<0352>
// \{Furukawa} "........."
<0353>
// \{\m{B}} "Good luck!"
<0354>
// \{Furukawa} "O-okay!"
<0355>
// She replies and leaves after that.
<0356>
// Five minutes have passed...
<0357>
// \{Furukawa} "They said no..."
<0358>
// \{\m{B}} "You gave up pretty fast..."
<0359>
// \{Furukawa} "I can't argue with them anymore..."
<0360>
// \{Furukawa} "They refused to discuss it with me..."
<0361>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0362>
// They're pretty strict. I think it'd be unfair for Furukawa to have to try any harder than this...
<0363>
// Nonetheless... let her do her best.
<0364>
// Go there for her
<0365>
// \{\m{B}} "Nevertheless, you have to do your best."
<0366>
// \{Furukawa} "Huh..."
<0367>
// \{\m{B}} "You see, if you can't get past this barrier, then you won't be able to rebuild the drama club."
<0368>
// \{\m{B}} "And also, didn't they take your Big Dango Family away? Is that okay with you?"
<0369>
// \{Furukawa} "It's not okay, but..."
<0370>
// \{\m{B}} "The most important thing is enthusiasm."
<0371>
// \{\m{B}} "Just continue negotiating with them until they give in."
<0372>
// \{Furukawa} "........."
<0373>
// \{\m{B}} "C'mon."
<0374>
// I gave her a push from behind to get her moving.
<0375>
// The most important thing right now is for her to keep doing her best and not to fall apart.
<0376>
// If you give up right away at every little setback, you won't ever make any progress.
<0377>
// I think I'm being a bit cruel though... I just watched and didn't give her a hand.
<0378>
// .........
<0379>
// I wonder how much time has passed... she's not back yet...
<0380>
// \{\m{B}} (She's taking too long...)
<0381>
// I'm starting to get worried.
<0382>
// \{\m{B}} (Maybe I should go too...)
<0383>
// I take a walk, arriving in front of the student council room.
<0384>
// And in front of the door stands Furukawa, waiting patiently.
<0385>
// She's doing the same thing she did last week.
<0386>
// To fight or run away... she couldn't do either one. She's stuck between those choices.
<0387>
// \{\m{B}} (Maybe I overdid it...)
<0388>
// I think for a while.
<0389>
// Anyway, I guess I just need to boost her spirits again.
<0390>
// \{\m{B}} "Furukawa..."
<0391>
// She turns around as I put my hand on her head.
<0392>
// \{Furukawa} "Oh... so you came too..."
<0393>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... I'm sorry..."
<0394>
// \{Furukawa} "... What for?"
<0395>
// \{\m{B}} "Well... it's nothing, I think we should go home now."
<0396>
// \{Furukawa} "Are you sure?"
<0397>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, you tried your best, so it's alright."
<0398>
// \{Furukawa} "I didn't do my best at all..."
<0399>
// \{\m{B}} "You did your best as far as I can tell."
<0400>
// \{Furukawa} "You think so..."
<0401>
// Later that day, just after school, we put the club recruitment posters back up.
<0402>
// There's a yellow-colored head below us as we go down the hill.
<0403>
// \{Furukawa} "That person... isn't he your friend?"
<0404>
// \{\m{B}} "I suppose..."
<0405>
// He's getting closer.
<0406>
// \{Sunohara} "Whatcha doing, \m{A}?"
<0407>
// \{\m{B}} "What now...?"
<0408>
// \{Furukawa} "Good afternoon."
<0409>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, check this out!"
<0410>
// He ignores Furukawa's greeting and points to the thing that's hanging on his shoulder.
<0411>
// It's an electric guitar.
<0412>
// It even has a small amplifier and a strap.
<0413>
// \{Sunohara} "I borrowed it from someone I know."
<0414>
// \{\m{B}} "Why'd you borrow it?"
<0415>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey... have you forgotten about yesterday?"
<0416>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm talking about Yoshino Yuusuke listening to me play guitar, right?"
<0417>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh yeah..."
<0418>
// \{\m{B}} "But you know, you'll probably just end up snapping that guitar in two."
<0419>
// \{Sunohara} "No... the guy who owns it showed me how to use this thing."
<0420>
// \{Sunohara} "Even an amateur like me can do it."
<0421>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm... is that even possible? Show me."
<0422>
// \{Sunohara} "Alright, hang on..."
<0423>
// He turns on the amplifier, making sure the sound is working.
<0424>
// \{Sunohara} "Here goes..."
<0425>
// \{\m{B}} "Right."
<0426>
// \{Sunohara} "Special... Guitar Skretch!"
<0427>
// Scraping the guitar pick along, he tilts his head way back.
<0428>
// Gyiiiiiing!
<0429>
// \{Sunohara} "How was that, wasn't I quite the guitarist there?"
<0430>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, quite but... not the guitarist."
<0431>
// \{\m{B}} "And also, it isn't 'scretch,' I think it's 'scratch.'"
<0432>
// \{Sunohara} "Hmm... just think about it. If I were to show you all my skills now, you'd definitely say I'm amazing."
<0433>
// \{\m{B}} "And how would I do that?"
<0434>
// \{Sunohara} "You're so amazing, Sunohara. But I guess you should stop now. Save the best for your fans."
<0435>
// \{Sunohara} "Something like that."
<0436>
// \{Sunohara} "Well, how was that? The truth is I'm really good, so if I get it on you'll see me as a real guitarist, right?"
<0437>
// \{\m{B}} "It would be better if I see for myself first."
<0438>
// Is it really okay, trying to pull something like this...?
<0439>
// \{Sunohara} "C'mon, let's go!"
<0440>
// He pulls me along as he says that.
<0441>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, wait!"
<0442>
// I glance back at Furukawa.
<0443>
// \{Furukawa} "Please do your best."
<0444>
// \{\m{B}} "Y-yeah, okay..."
<0445>
// I let Sunohara drag me along as I bid Furukawa farewell.
<0446>
// As always, I head to Sunohara's room in the evening.
<0447>
// \{\m{B}} "Whew... I'm pretty tired..."
<0448>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey... don't just barge in here like this is your home!"
<0449>
// \{\m{B}} "It just feels like you can take it easy here, so isn't that okay? There's nothing bad about it or anything."
<0450>
// \{Sunohara} "Well... I guess that's true."
<0451>
// \{\m{B}} "And it would be even better if you weren't here."
<0452>
// \{Sunohara} "What a coincidence, I was thinking the same thing!"
<0453>
// We stared at each other for a while after that...
<0454>
// I lie down while Sunohara starts to read a magazine.
<0455>
// I lie down on the floor and begin reading a magazine.
<0456>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah, this sure is exciting. It's really great."
<0457>
// Sunohara practices with the guitar, as I hear the sounds of the strings vibrating.
<0458>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey that's right..."
<0459>
// \{\m{B}} "What's that?"
<0460>
// \{Sunohara} "You're dating that girl from the drama club, right?"
<0461>
// \{\m{B}} "Hold it!"
<0462>
// I move my body abruptly.
<0463>
// \{\m{B}} "What makes you think that?"
<0464>
// \{Sunohara} "What? Aren't you always in a big hurry during lunch break?"
<0465>
// \{Sunohara} "Then, you're always meeting her in the courtyard."
<0466>
// \{\m{B}} "You idiot, don't get the wrong idea just because of that."
<0467>
// \{Sunohara} "Wasn't she crying?"
<0468>
// \{Sunohara} "You were desperately trying to comfort her, and didn't the both of you share the bread she was eating?"
<0469>
// \{Sunohara} "If she isn't your girlfriend, then what's your connection with her?"
<0470>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm just helping out the drama club president."
<0471>
// \{Sunohara} "As if I'd believe that!"
<0472>
// \{Sunohara} "It doesn't really look that way to me!"
<0473>
// \{Sunohara} "And, come to think of it, you're also meeting her after school."
<0474>
// \{Sunohara} "And you're also together with her after school."
<0475>
// \{Sunohara} "If you think about it, you're also hanging around with her after school."
<0476>
// \{Sunohara} "And I think it's a bit weird, you having the balls to do club activities..."
<0477>
// Him having said that, I had no answer.
<0478>
// Actually a lot of things have happened, so it's pretty complicated.
<0479>
// It's not just that I'm simply helping her...
<0480>
// Maybe I'm being saved by her existence?
<0481>
// Even if I explained it to him point by point, I don't think he'd get it.
<0482>
// So I'll make up a lie then...
<0483>
// \{\m{B}} "Actually..."
<0484>
// \{Sunohara} "What?"
<0485>
// \{\m{B}} "Her house is a bakery."
<0486>
// \{Sunohara} "So, what about it?"
<0487>
// \{\m{B}} "It's a really cool bakery."
<0488>
// \{\m{B}} "You can see it in magazines and on TV. Well, I wanted to visit it, but not just as a customer."
<0489>
// \{\m{B}} "I wanted to get to eat their delicious bread."
<0490>
// \{Sunohara} "Ohh..."
<0491>
// \{\m{B}} "You'd be able to eat all that delicious bread too, if you were friends with her."
<0492>
// \{Sunohara} "Seriously...?"
<0493>
// \{\m{B}} "Her parents are really generous, too. They'd let you eat all the bread you want if you were friends."
<0494>
// \{Sunohara} "Heh... so that's your motive?"
<0495>
// \{Sunohara} "That makes sense... I just can't picture you being into a simple girl like that..."
<0496>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, as far as I'm concerned she's a delicious walking bread shop.
<0497>
// \{Sunohara} "Mhmm, mhmm, I get it..."
<0498>
// \{Sunohara} "Alright, I think I'll put this info to use."
<0499>
// ...Damn! Me and my big mouth!
<0500>
// \{Sunohara} "I want in on this too, do you mind?"
<0501>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I do. Besides, she really hates you."
<0502>
// \{Sunohara} "Really? Even though we haven't really met?"
<0503>
// \{\m{B}} "She just hates people with blond hair, I'm afraid."
<0504>
// \{Sunohara} "This...?"
<0505>
// He indicates a hair that's losing its color from his forelock.
<0506>
// \{\m{B}} "And also, Sunohara is hard to read, that 'hara' could also stand for 'stomach.'"
<0507>
// \{Sunohara} "Leave it alone!"
<0508>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, that's about it."
<0509>
// \{Sunohara} "Tch... I'll make her like me first then..."
<0510>
// I guess he hasn't given up on the idea.
<0511>
// As long as it doesn't turn into a problem, it should be okay...
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