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// Resources for SEEN4430.TXT
#character '＊Ｂ'
#character 'Voice'
#character 'Kotomi'
#character 'Student 1'
#character 'Student 2'
#character 'Classmates'
#character 'Kyou'
#character 'Ryou'
#character 'Furukawa'
#character 'Everyone'
#character 'All Classmates'
#character 'Man'
<0000>
// April 30 (Wednesday)
<0001>
// Morning.
<0002>
// I'm climbing up the hill.
<0003>
// Even more, before classes start.
<0004>
// Makes me want to grab someone around and explain to them just how amazing this is.
<0005>
// But this is just the beginning.
<0006>
// I'm embracing the ambition I have in my heart.
<0007>
// I'll properly attend every subject today.
<0008>
// If you talk about Kotomi, she's been keeping up with all of her classes.
<0009>
// My attendance recently has been really bad, and I only just realized it.
<0010>
// There are consecutive holidays this week; that's why there's only three days of school. This is a chance if I want to get used to it.
<0011>
// Ding, dong, dang, dong...
<0012>
// The warning bell rang.
<0013>
// \{\m{B}} "All right, here goes!"
<0014>
// I yelled out loud for no reason as I entered and passed the school gate.
<0015>
// .........
<0016>
// ......
<0017>
// ...
<0018>
// Ding, dong, dang, dong...
<0019>
// Every lesson has ended, and we're also done with homeroom.
<0020>
// The classroom's atmosphere has completely changed after school.
<0021>
// And there I was, sitting on the chair, all wasted.
<0022>
// \{\m{B}} "I won..."
<0023>
// I successfully managed to stay awake through all the lessons.
<0024>
// It's an unbelievable great performance, all I could say is, it surely is a miracle.
<0025>
// It'd be good if I could listen to the lesson seriously next time.
<0026>
// However... I really am sleepy.
<0027>
// If I go out and show myself in the drama club, the possibility of meeting Kotomi practicing her violin is high.
<0028>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0029>
// Guess I'll just fall asleep like this...
<0030>
// I lie down on my desk and close my eyes.
<0031>
// .........
<0032>
// ......
<0033>
// ...
<0034>
// \{Voice} "\m{B}-kun..."
<0035>
// I can hear a voice.
<0036>
// \{Voice} "\m{B}-kun... \m{B}-kun..."
<0037>
// \{Voice} "... \m{B}-kun..."
<0038>
// She's calling my name again and again.
<0039>
// This is...
<0040>
// GyowaaAaaaAaaaAaaAaaAaaAaa~~~~ng!
<0041>
// \{Kotomi} "I'm in a trance..."
<0042>
// \{\m{B}} ".................."
<0043>
// \{Kotomi} "Hello, \m{B}-kun."
<0044>
// \{\m{B}} "Not... hello!!"
<0045>
// \{Kotomi} "...... umm..."
<0046>
// \{Kotomi} "Greetings to you?"
<0047>
// She asked me seriously as she holds the violin.
<0048>
// It doesn't seem like she made any progress. \pIn many ways.
<0049>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey... just when someone's about to feel good sleeping..."
<0050>
// \{Kotomi} "That's why I played you a lullaby."
<0051>
// \{\m{B}} "I would have slept forever because of shock!"
<0052>
// \{Student 1} "\m{A}! What the hell is with her?!"
<0053>
// \{Student 2} "Is she someone you know? Making such a weird sound..."
<0054>
// My classmates that are still left inside the room approach us and change their expressions.
<0055>
// \{\m{B}} "I have no idea! I don't know her!"
<0056>
// \{Kotomi} "........."
<0057>
// \{Kotomi} "\m{B}-kun...... \wait{1500}have you forgotten about me?"
<0058>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah... wait, wait, wait!"
<0059>
// \{\m{B}} "I remember you properly! You're Kotomi! Ichinose-san's Kotomi-chan!"
<0060>
// \{Kotomi} "Yup. I'm glad."
<0061>
// \{Classmates} "............"
<0062>
// \{Kotomi} "Ah... that's right..."
<0063>
// She turns to face my dumbfounded classmates.
<0064>
// \{Kotomi} "Hello everyone, nice to meet you."
<0065>
// Kotomi Unit. 01, the Ultrasonic Weapon of Terror, shifts from Indiscriminate Mode to Self-Introduction Mode.
<0066>
// \{Kotomi} "I'm Ichinose Kotomi of Class 3-A."
<0067>
// \{Kotomi} "My hobby is reading."
<0068>
// \{\m{B}} "And her weapon is the violin."
<0069>
// \{\m{B}} "From setting up to firing only takes a fast 0.2 seconds."
<0070>
// \{\m{B}} "The number of victims knocked down by her is unknown."
<0071>
// \{\m{B}} "... ah!"
<0072>
// GigyowaaAaaaAaaaAaaAaaAaaAaa~~~~ng!
<0073>
// \{Kotomi} "I haven't knocked anyone down with the violin."
<0074>
// \{Student 1} "GA... GOAAAAAH~~!"
<0075>
// \{Student 2} "MY... MY EARDRUMS~!"
<0076>
// \{\m{B}} "Well... you just knocked down two, actually."
<0077>
// Furthermore, the damage she caused wasn't only in this room.
<0078>
// \{Voice} "Class D! You're too noisy!!"
<0079>
// \{Voice} "Stop making strange sounds!"
<0080>
// \{Voice} "What was that sound anyway?? A monster??" d definitely be noted. -Amoirsp
<0081>
// Lots of screaming complaints arose.
<0082>
// Tap, tap, tap, tap...
<0083>
// Then, very loud footsteps approach our room.
<0084>
// Slide, slide, slide.
<0085>
// \{Kyou} "Hey! \shake{7}Kotomi!! You silly \shake{5}girl~"
<0086>
// \{Ryou} "Onee-chan... please calm down..."
<0087>
// \{Furukawa} "Well... could that sound right now have been Kotomi-chan...? Ah, as I thought."
<0088>
// \{Kotomi} "Ah... Kyou-chan, Ryou-chan, Nagisa-chan..."
<0089>
// \{Kotomi} "You've gathered here... hello everyone."
<0090>
// \{Kyou} "Not 'Hello everyone'!"
<0091>
// \{Kotomi} "?"
<0092>
// \{Kotomi} "Bonjour?"
<0093>
// \{Kyou} "W-r-o-n-g!!"
<0094>
// \{Kotomi} "??"
<0095>
// \{Kotomi} "B-o-n-j-o-u-r-?"
<0096>
// \{Kyou} "Ahhhhhh! Why can't we have a normal conversation?!"
<0097>
// \{\m{B}} "Calm down for a while, Kyou. You'll lose if you get dragged at her pace."
<0098>
// \{Kyou} "I know that... huuu... haaa..."っ、はーあっ…」
<0099>
// She took a deep breath.
<0100>
// She points at Kotomi's face after that.
<0101>
// \{Kyou} "What in the world are you doing here?"
<0102>
// \{Kotomi} "I'm playing the violin."
<0103>
// \{Kotomi} "It looks a little old, but it's a wonderful violin."
<0104>
// \{Kotomi} "I'm in a trance..."
<0105>
// \{Kotomi} "Well then... I'm playing another tune..."
<0106>
// \{Everyone} "~\shake{0} ~~\shake{0} ~~!!\shake{0}!!"
<0107>
// I confiscated the dangerous weapon as everyone started to panic.
<0108>
// \{Kotomi} "The violin~"
<0109>
// \{\m{B}} "Hold this."
<0110>
// I pass the bow over to Furukawa and the violin over to Ryou.
<0111>
// \{Ryou} "Um... well..."
<0112>
// \{Furukawa} "What should I do with this?"
<0113>
// \{\m{B}} "Take it it to the drama club room for now."
<0114>
// \{\m{B}} "... umph..."
<0115>
// And then I carry Kotomi over my shoulder.
<0116>
// \{Kotomi} "Wawawa..."
<0117>
// Boink!\shake{4} Doink!\shake{3} Toink... ks and chairs being trampled by the quick exit? The only other thing is the violin case. -Amoirsp
<0118>
// \{\m{B}} "Show's cancelled~"
<0119>
// \{Kyou} "Sorry for the inconvenience~"
<0120>
// Slide, slide, slide, thud.
<0121>
// Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap...
<0122>
// \{All Classmates} "..............."
<0123>
// \{\m{B}} "Pant... pant... pant..."
<0124>
// I put down Kotomi, who was on my shoulder, as I arrive at the drama club after some struggling.
<0125>
// \{\m{B}} "You're surprisingly heavy, you know."
<0126>
// \{Kotomi} "........."
<0127>
// She looks really unhappy...
<0128>
// \{\m{B}} "I understand you want to play, but..."
<0129>
// \{\m{B}} "You don't really need to go to my room. It would be better if you wait here, right?"
<0130>
// \{Kotomi} "But..."
<0131>
// \{Kotomi} "I want \m{B}-kun to hear it first before I let everyone hear it."
<0132>
// \{Kyou} "........."
<0133>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<0134>
// \{Furukawa} "........."
<0135>
// \{Kotomi} "... eh?"
<0136>
// ... don't say such embarrassing things without thinking twice. Please.
<0137>
// \{Kotomi} "And also..."
<0138>
// \{Kotomi} "If I can... I want to play for a lot of people..."
<0139>
// That was something I wasn't really thinking Kotomi would say days ago.
<0140>
// "It looks a little old, but it's a wonderful violin."
<0141>
// Furukawa and Fujibayashi put the violin inside the case for now.
<0142>
// It must be that it isn't Kotomi who wants to be heard in the musical performance, but this violin's tone quality instead.
<0143>
// A worn out musical instrument that was abandoned for a long time, but is waiting for someone who would play it...
<0144>
// \{\m{B}} "I see..."
<0145>
// \{Kyou} "Hey... you shouldn't agree to that as much!"
<0146>
// There's still one angry person...
<0147>
// \{Kyou} "Just do the playing in here."
<0148>
// \{Kotomi} "Well..."
<0149>
// \{Kyou} "Just\shake{2}\wait{150} do\shake{2}\wait{150} the\shake{2}\wait{150} play\shake{2}\wait{100}ing \shake{2}\wait{100}in \shake{2}\wait{100}here~!"\shake{2}\shake{2}\shake{2}
<0150>
// Kyou pinches Kotomi's left and right cheeks respectively as she instructs her.
<0151>
// \{Kyou} "Understand?"
<0152>
// \{Kotomi} "Mmph."
<0153>
// Kotomi quietly nods with teary eyes.
<0154>
// \{Kyou} "It's good if you understand."
<0155>
// \{Kotomi} "But..."
<0156>
// \{Kotomi} "When I was practicing here, people doing other club activities came here."
<0157>
// \{Kotomi} "So I was really eager to let them listen, but..."
<0158>
// \{Kotomi} "They were crying as they told me, 'We beg you, please play somewhere else.'"
<0159>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0160>
// \{Kyou} "I feel sorry then..."
<0161>
// It seems like a tragedy occurred without us knowing it.
<0162>
// Anyway... we mustn't let unrelated victims increase.
<0163>
// Not to mention this newly established... I mean... this yet-to-be established drama club must avoid having a needlessly bad reputation.
<0164>
// \{Kotomi} "But I guess... I really want a lot of people listen to me play."
<0165>
// \{\m{B}} "Though you say so... your skill right now is..."
<0166>
// \{Kotomi} "And also... I have to return this violin during lunch on the day after tomorrow."
<0167>
// \{Kotomi} "So I want to play as much as I can."
<0168>
// \{Furukawa} "Kotomi-chan..."
<0169>
// \{Ryou} "O... onee-chan, do something somehow..."
<0170>
// \{Kyou} "........."
<0171>
// \{Kyou} "All right, it's been decided."
<0172>
// \{Kyou} "Tomorrow after school, you'll do a violin recital."
<0173>
// \{Kotomi} "Recital?"
<0174>
// She tilts her head with a blank look.
<0175>
// \{Kyou} "We'll gather a lot of people at that time."
<0176>
// \{Kyou} "So until then, you are prohibited to let a stranger hear you play!"
<0177>
// \{Kyou} "Search for a place where you can practice without bothering anyone."
<0178>
// \{Kyou} "Understand?"
<0179>
// \{Kotomi} "........."
<0180>
// \{Kotomi} "Umm... well..."
<0181>
// She has a faraway look as she thinks.
<0182>
// It seems she's searching her memory for that word.
<0183>
// \{Kotomi} "Recital..."
<0184>
// It seemed she finally understood, and so she nods seriously.
<0185>
// \{Kotomi} "Yup. I'll be practicing."
<0186>
// And then, she immediately carried the violin.
<0187>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, do you have a place where you can play?"
<0188>
// The library is still open, and there are probably some people using the music room for some club activities.
<0189>
// There shouldn't be any place in the school where she can play without being a bother to anyone.
<0190>
// \{Furukawa} "Is it all right if I come along with you?"
<0191>
// \{Ryou} "Umm... I'll come too."
<0192>
// \{Kotomi} "Yup. I'll be happy to go with you two."
<0193>
// \{\m{B}} "Wait, wait, I'm going too..."
<0194>
// Tug.
<0195>
// Kyou held me at the collar as I was about to run up to them.
<0196>
// \{Kyou} "Well, he and I will be waiting here, all right?"
<0197>
// \{\m{B}} "And why are you marking me off?"
<0198>
// \{Kyou} "That's fine with you, right?"
<0199>
// Surprisingly, Kotomi nods as she was told by Kyou.
<0200>
// \{Kotomi} "I'll be fine if Nagisa-chan and Ryou-chan are there."
<0201>
// \{Kotomi} "I want you to listen to me once I've become better, \m{B}-kun."
<0202>
// She bravely says, but that glance was a little frightening.
<0203>
// \{\m{B}} "...... ugh."
<0204>
// \{Kyou} "Look~ I won't call you poor shit as much as possible, okay?"
<0205>
// \{\m{B}} "You never told me I'm a poor shit, not even once... \pI think so... probably..."
<0206>
// \{Kotomi} "Ummm... we'll be leaving..."
<0207>
// \{Kyou} "Yeah yeah, have a safe trip."
<0208>
// Tatter, tatter, tatter, tatter...
<0209>
// Their disappearing footsteps.
<0210>
// \{Ryou} "K-Kotomi-chan... ummm... you don't need to run..."
<0211>
// \{Furukawa} "That's the staff room... we would be in trouble if you play there..."
<0212>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0213>
// The mysteriously ensnared ultrasonic wave monster, together with her two unreliable female monster mobs, are in panic searching for their destination.
sure :P -DG1
<0214>
// They're on a journey right now to search for a peaceful world.
<0215>
// \{Kyou} "... whew. It finally became quiet, right?"
<0216>
// \{\m{B}} "What are you going to do? Saying something like a recital..."
<0217>
// \{Kyou} "I wonder what should we do..."
<0218>
// She started speaking as if it's an outsider's problem.
<0219>
// \{Kyou} "Well, we still have time until tomorrow after school, so until then..."
<0220>
// \{\m{B}} "Do you have something up your sleeve?"
<0221>
// \{Kyou} "We can't do anything but to hope she'll improve, huh..."
<0222>
// \{\m{B}} "You're thinking, 'It's definitely impossible', deep down inside, right?"
<0223>
// \{Kyou} "I can say the same to you."
<0224>
// \{\m{B}} "You know... both of us almost do the same thing, huh."
<0225>
// \{Kyou} "It somehow became like that, huh..."
<0226>
// I sit at the chair and stretch the upper part of my body.
<0227>
// \{Kyou} "By the way, we ended up being alone in here, huh?"
<0228>
// Kyou slowly draws closer to me trying to create a weird topic.
<0229>
// \{Kyou} "Want to play something?"
<0230>
// \{\m{B}} "Huuuuuaaaaa..."
<0231>
// I replied with a big yawn.
<0232>
// All of this mess has suddenly made me tired.
<0233>
// \{\m{B}} "Well then, I'll be sleeping..."
<0234>
// \{Kyou} "... you sure are a rude person..."
<0235>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't attack me while I'm sleeping, all right?"
<0236>
// \{Kyou} "It seems you want to sleep forever, huh?"
<0237>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, I almost did that just a while ago because of the violin..."
<0238>
// .........
<0239>
// ......
<0240>
// ...
<0241>
// It was evening.
<0242>
// The two of us walk down the hill road in front of the school.
<0243>
// Next to me is a familiar girl wearing a uniform.
<0244>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0245>
// \{Kyou} "What? You don't look satisfied with me."
<0246>
// \{Kyou} "It's fine to keep you company, right? I was always waiting for you when you were sleeping."
<0247>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm fine with that, but..."
<0248>
// \{\m{B}} "Is it all right to go home with just the two of us?"
<0249>
// \{Kyou} "Hey... \wait{1650}you really are a spoiled person."
<0250>
// She says so, half-amazed and half-joking.
<0251>
// \{Kyou} "Ryou and Miss President are with her, so it's fine."
<0252>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, the trio would be what I'm worried about..."
<0253>
// After I slept well at the drama club room, they didn't return.
<0254>
// They're probably on a strange journey somewhere.
<0255>
// And thanks to that, I ended up going home with Kyou.
<0256>
// Well actually, why did Kyou invite me to go home with her together?
<0257>
// Sometimes, I just don't understand her behavior at all.
<0258>
// \{Kyou} "Ahhh..."
<0259>
// She put her hands together and made a big stretch.
<0260>
// I can see that she's glancing beside to see my situation.
<0261>
// Kyou is making an expression I haven't seen before.
<0262>
// \{Kyou} "The truth is, Ryou should have been the one here and not me..."
<0263>
// \{\m{B}} "... what's that supposed to mean?"
<0264>
// I don't understand why Fujibayashi's name came out of nowhere.
<0265>
// \{Kyou} "You really are thickheaded, huh..."
<0266>
// \{\m{B}} "Hah?"
<0267>
// \{Kyou} "Well, since Ryou is passive, and I wanted to try and stir up things."
<0268>
// \{Kyou} "And also, I thought I should somehow do something myself as well."
<0269>
// \{\m{B}} "???"
<0270>
// With those three question marks raised in my head, I understood clearly.
<0271>
// Kyou didn't say anymore than that.
<0272>
// The long hair she had stretched down to her hips, brushing against her back as it swayed.
<0273>
// We walk up until the dormitory without any words.
<0274>
// And then for some reason, I remember Fujibayashi.
<0275>
// It was when Kotomi came to our class last week.
<0276>
// She followed after me just to deliver my good for nothing bag...
<0277>
// I went 'Ah...' as I thought of that.
<0278>
// \{\m{B}} "You mean... that Fujibayashi... on me?"
<0279>
// Kyou looked straight at the foot of the hill and nods quietly.
<0280>
// \{Kyou} "I somehow understand it even without her saying it."
<0281>
// She showed me a faint smile.
<0282>
// This is... surely, the face of an elder sister who's being nosy with her little sister.
<0283>
// \{Kyou} "But this time, her rival is now her companion."
<0284>
// She looks up at my face and giggles.
<0285>
// \{Kyou} "When I saw that New Years feast, I thought to myself, 'This girl is serious.'"
<0286>
// \{\m{B}} "About that? Wouldn't you normally think that she's absurd for bringing that kind of food?"
<0287>
// \{Kyou} "You're a fool..."
<0288>
// \{Kyou} "A New Year's feast is something you can normally cook any day, you know?"
<0289>
// \{Kyou} "But to make all of it just by herself... means that she was up all night." y Riddle
<0290>
// \{Kyou} "And also, think about how much all the ingredients cost."
<0291>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0292>
// \{\m{B}} "I see... I guess you're right."
<0293>
// I became embarrassed as I realized it for the first time when she said it.
<0294>
// I'm used to Kotomi's eccentricities, but it's quite scary how out of touch she is with reality.
<0295>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, did you say leave it behind...?"
<0296>
// \{Kyou} "Well, I might have thought so, but..."
<0297>
// \{Kyou} "Look... a person who leaves behind his girlfriend's handmade boxed lunch isn't a guy, right?"
<0298>
// \{\m{B}} "Like I said, she isn't my girlfriend."
<0299>
// \{\m{B}} "And also... that wasn't just for me, she wants to eat with everyone..."
<0300>
// \{Kyou} "Yeah... yeah... you say that much, huh~"
<0301>
// She suddenly points at my face as if she's a detective that's investigating something.
<0302>
// \{Kyou} "That girl... how do I say this... she has this aura that seems like a little child, right?"
<0303>
// \{Kyou} "Like you can't just leave her alone, or like it kinda tickles your maternal instincts..."
<0304>
// \{Kyou} "And she also immediately made friends with Ryou, who should have been her love rival."
<0305>
// \{Kyou} "That girl is kinda strange, right...?"
<0306>
// Perhaps, that's what all of us feel about Kotomi.
<0307>
// When I first met her at the library, my impression was that I don't quite understand the way she acts.
<0308>
// She's been showing plenty of facial expressions recently, and I think it became much easier to keep her company.
<0309>
// ... I don't think 'easier to keep her company' is safe to say yet, though.
<0310>
// \{Kyou} "Well, you have good eyes, and quite a nice path, aren't you?"
<0311>
// \{Kyou} "Even though her personality is unusual, she is honest, cute, and lovable."
<0312>
// \{Kyou} "And her butt and breasts are surprisingly big~"
<0313>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0314>
// \{Kyou} "But you should be careful yourself too, okay?"
<0315>
// \{\m{B}} "About what?"
<0316>
// \{Kyou} "About not spoiling too much food."
<0317>
// \{\m{B}} "I didn't spoil anything, right?"
<0318>
// \{Kyou} "... you \breally\u are unaware of that, are you?"
<0319>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0320>
// I was speechless as she told me that.
<0321>
// \{Kyou} "Since you're a kind and earnest guy, other girls will find you a bit charming."
<0322>
// \{\m{B}} "Kyou..."
<0323>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm happy you feel that way, but even if you fall in love with me now..."
<0324>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0325>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"
<0326>
// I suddenly covered my head, since I thought that she'd shower me with her fists, but nothing happened so I timidly looked up.
<0327>
// \{Kyou} "Hey... isn't that Kotomi?"
<0328>
// Kyou is pointing ahead.
<0329>
// A girl with a familiar hairstyle is there holding a thick bag.
<0330>
// It was surely Kotomi.
<0331>
// It seems she had parted with Fujibayashi and Furukawa, and is going home as usual.
<0332>
// And standing with her was a stranger.
<0333>
// It's a middle-aged man wearing a long coat as if he's a businessman...
<0334>
// He was facing Kotomi, and it looks like he was desperately saying something to her.
<0335>
// \{Kyou} "Who is he...?"
<0336>
// With her back against a wall, Kotomi isn't moving an inch.
<0337>
// She looked like a doll without any life.
<0338>
// Watch the situation
<0339>
// Help Kotomiる
<0340>
// \{\m{B}} "Let's see the situation first..."
<0341>
// Hiding myself around a corner, I take a peek.
<0342>
// \{\m{B}} "You should hide too."
<0343>
// \{Kyou} "........."
<0344>
// Though she had complaints, she reluctantly followed my order.
<0345>
// We stand there, straining our ears carefully as to not let them notice us.
<0346>
// I couldn't properly hear what the two are talking about.
<0347>
// And also, Kotomi isn't saying a single word.
<0348>
// It seems that the man is trying to convince Kotomi about something.
<0349>
// \{Man} "At that time......\wait{1400} we......\wait{1300}extremely regret..."
<0350>
// \{Man} "Advance research...\wait{1500}...great......\wait{1500} doesn't concern..."
<0351>
// I can't follow well.
<0352>
// Just when I was about to somehow approach a little closer...
<0353>
// \{Man} "Kotomi-kun, I only want you to understand this..."
<0354>
// He placed both his hands on her shoulders and said it clearly.
<0355>
// Raising his voice, you could tell he was putting all his emotion into it.
<0356>
// \{Man} "Everything that happened on that day was definitely not your fault."
<0357>
// \{Man} "That's why I..."
<0358>
// Even still, Kotomi isn't answering.
<0359>
// \{Kyou} "... hey, wait a minute!"
<0360>
// Kyou's voice pulled me back to myself.
<0361>
// \{Kyou} "Geez, how long do you plan on eavesdropping?!"
<0362>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, you idiot..."
<0363>
// She straddles towards Kotomi without stopping.
<0364>
// It couldn't be helped, so I followed after her.
<0365>
// \{Kyou} "Kotomi! Are you all right?"
<0366>
// \{Kotomi} "Ah... Kyou-chan! \m{B}-kun..."
<0367>
// A relieved expression surfaced from her face as she saw us.
<0368>
// \{Kyou} "Do you have any business with her?"
<0369>
// She hides Kotomi behind her back as she says that.
<0370>
// I move my body without thinking.
<0371>
// I rushed over to Kotomi.
<0372>
// \{Kotomi} "Ah... \m{B}-kun."
<0373>
// Kotomi looks at me with an expressionless face as she cries my name.
<0374>
// \{\m{B}} "Who are you...?"
<0375>
// I stand in front of the man and hide Kotomi behind my back.
<0376>
// \{Kyou} "If you have something to tell her, I'll listen to it in her place."
<0377>
// Kyou glared with full hostility at the middle-aged man.
<0378>
// \{Man} "Well..."
<0379>
// He's wearing glasses, but the man seems like a nice person when you look closer.
<0380>
// It seemed that he was quite surprised by our sudden appearance.
<0381>
// At least he doesn't look like a bad person.
<0382>
// \{Man} "I'll come some other day."
<0383>
// Leaving just those words, he turned around.
<0384>
// And then left towards the bus stop.
<0385>
// \{Kyou} "Kotomi... are you all right?"
<0386>
// Kyou asked her with a serious tone as she placed her hand on Kotomi's shoulder.
<0387>
// \{Kotomi} "Yup, I'm all right."
<0388>
// \{Kyou} "He didn't do anything weird to you, right? Like suddenly clinging behind you against your will or touching your butt and breasts..."
<0389>
// \{\m{B}} "Didn't you do that before?"
<0390>
// \{Kyou} "It's fine if it's me, I'm her friend after all."
<0391>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0392>
// \{\m{B}} "... setting that aside, are you really okay, Kotomi?"
<0393>
// \{Kotomi} "Yup..."
<0394>
// She doesn't seem like her usual happy self, but she nodded.
<0395>
// \{Kyou} "Well? Who is that person, really?"
<0396>
// \{Kotomi} "Umm... well..."
<0397>
// \{Kotomi} "........."
<0398>
// \{Kotomi} "A bad man."
<0399>
// \{\m{B}} "... huh?"
<0400>
// \{Kyou} "Just as I thought! Just one look and you'd feel it, right?"
<0401>
// \{Kyou} "Is he a pervert? A stalker? Or worse than that?"
<0402>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, wait a second. It somehow feels obvious that he's not..."
<0403>
// Tug.
<0404>
// Kyou holds me at the collar and forcefully drags me beside Kotomi.
<0405>
// \{Kyou} "Stop talking mumbo jumbo and escort this girl to her home!!"
<0406>
// \{Kyou} "It's a boyfriend's duty!"
<0407>
// \{\m{B}} "Like I said, I'm not her boyfriend..."
<0408>
// \{Kyou} "Don't argue anymore!!"
<0409>
// \{Kotomi} "........."
<0410>
// Unlike the roused-up Kyou, Kotomi was unusually awake.
<0411>
// Holding the bag to her chest, she said,
<0412>
// \{Kotomi} "I'll be going home alone from here."
<0413>
// \{Kyou} "Of course we won't approve of that! Those kinds of guys are crawling around, you know?"
<0414>
// \{Kyou} "And a young, shy, spacing out girl like you going home alone is their prey."
<0415>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't really think they're crawling..."
<0416>
// \{Kyou} "Listen. This is an Event Chance. Just tell him, 'I am scared, so I want you to take me home', in a charming voice."
<0417>
// \{\m{B}} "What are you doing suddenly lecturing her seriously...?"
<0418>
// \{Kotomi} "But... umm... "
<0419>
// I'm aware that Kotomi didn't want to talk about her family.
<0420>
// I'm sure it's a matter that she doesn't want anybody to know.
<0421>
// I don't know whether the man from before has any connection to it though.
<0422>
// \{\m{B}} "Anyway... why don't you calm down for a while, Kyou?"
<0423>
// I move aside from Kyou, keeping more than a meter away from her. *
<0424>
// And then bending my knees a little, I glance at Kotomi.
<0425>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay, Kotomi, I want you to answer this honestly."
<0426>
// \{\m{B}} "Are you really not in danger going home alone?"
<0427>
// \{Kotomi} "It's fine, since I already went home today."
<0428>
// \{Kotomi} "And also, absolutely no one can come in the house."
<0429>
// She forms a weak expression on her face, as if she understood something.
<0430>
// \{\m{B}} "I understand."
<0431>
// \{\m{B}} "Well then, we'll be parting here."
<0432>
// \{Kotomi} "See you tomorrow, \m{B}-kun."
<0433>
// \{\m{B}} "Somehow... it's been a while since I heard that line."
<0434>
// \{Kotomi} "Yup. There were consecutive holiday stepping-stones, so it's five days."
would have been exactly five days (or 120 hours) since she last said it. - Kinny Riddle
<0435>
// \{Kotomi} "It would be 120 hours if you converted it."
<0436>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, you don't really need to convert it..."
<0437>
// \{Kyou} "Hey... are you really planning to let her go home by herself!?"
<0438>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah. If she says she'll be fine, then she'll be fine."
<0439>
// I said it with a carefree expression.
<0440>
// \{Kotomi} "See you tomorrow, Kyou-chan."
<0441>
// \{Kyou} "Well... see you tomorrow..."
<0442>
// \{Kyou} "Anyway, will you really be okay?"
<0443>
// \{Kotomi} "Yup. Sorry for making you worried."
<0444>
// She turns around after that.
<0445>
// \{\m{B}} "Bye then, see you tomorrow."
<0446>
// Kotomi went home by herself as if melting into the early summer's twilight.
<0447>
// Kyou suddenly opened her mouth, watching her back.
<0448>
// \{Kyou} "Hey... about her..."
<0449>
// She stops there, shaking her head.
<0450>
// \{Kyou} "No... I guess it's nothing..."
<0451>
// \{Kyou} "We should go home as well."
<0452>
// Saying that, we started walking again.
<0453>
// Kyou opened her mouth as soon as she disappeared.
<0454>
// \{Kyou} "Well then, shall we go home now too?"
<0455>
// \{\m{B}} "Go home you say... I'm going in this direction, you know?"
<0456>
// \{Kyou} "I'll be having an Iced Tea and a Special Jumbo Chocolate Parfait."
<0457>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0458>
// I knew it, this was extortion.
<0459>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm \breally\u out of money, you know."
<0460>
// \{Kyou} "That's okay~ I'll tell you something good in return."
<0461>
// \{\m{B}} "It wouldn't be anything good, would it?"
<0462>
// \{Kyou} "........."
<0463>
// \{Kyou} "That girl \breally\u likes you."
<0464>
// \{Kyou} "I'm sure, to the point that nobody can replace you."
<0465>
// Kyou's hair swayed, as the sound of the trees scattered.
<0466>
// She quietly watched me, as I couldn't ask a question back, nor reply.
<0467>
// From there, her eyes changed back to teasing me.
<0468>
// \{Kyou} "Well then... a big parfait is now waiting for me~"
<0469>
// \{\m{B}} "Kyou..."
<0470>
// \{Kyou} "What?"
<0471>
// \{\m{B}} "Won't you have at least the small one? You'll turn into a pig."
<0472>
// \{Kyou} "I will only appreciate and accept your advice."」
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Đã hoàn thành và cập nhật lên patch. Đã hoàn thành nhưng chưa cập nhật lên patch.
