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// Resources for SEEN6425.TXT
#character '＊Ｂ'
#character 'Furukawa'
#character 'Nagisa'
#character '％Ａ'
#character 'Sunohara'
#character 'Ryou'
#character 'Male Student'
#character 'Rugby Player'
#character 'Voice'
<0000>
// April 25 (Friday)
<0001>
// \{\m{B}} (It's so bright...)
<0002>
// I buried my head under the blanket once more and dozed off.
<0003>
// .........
<0004>
// \{\m{B}} (Since I've been going to class seriously recently... I guess it's okay to be late this one time.)
<0005>
// .........
<0006>
// \{\m{B}} (There's the drama club thing too, but the result was no good... guess it's on hold...)
<0007>
// .........
<0008>
// ---Yes, I hope to go to school together every morning.
<0009>
// \{\m{B}} (I wonder if she'll be waiting for me today...)
<0010>
// "But if you were to wait for me, you'd be late everyday."
<0011>
// "It's okay. It's still far better than not going to school at all."
<0012>
// \{\m{B}} (Would I be late...?)
<0013>
// I kicked my blanket away aggressively and stood up.
<0014>
// \{\m{B}} "All that thinking has killed my sleepiness..."
<0015>
// Amongst the students heading for school, a girl stands still dreamily.
<0016>
// \{\m{B}} "Good morning."
<0017>
// I greeted her from behind.
<0018>
// \{Furukawa} "Oh, good morning to you too, \m{A}-san."
<0019>
// She smiled as she jumped around.
<0020>
// \{Furukawa} "We're going to be late. Shall we go?"
<0021>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."
<0022>
// I wonder if my body has gotten used to it? I don't feel any difficulty in such a lifestyle.
<0023>
// However, waking up this morning was exceptionally tough.
<0024>
// Then, something... something must have allowed me to overcome the pain of waking up.
<0025>
// \{\m{B}} (Going to school with a girl... well, it's a lot easier than going with someone else.)
<0026>
// \{\m{B}} (But it's her...)
<0027>
// I stand there and stare at her face.
<0028>
// \{Furukawa} "... Is there something on my face?"
<0029>
// \{\m{B}} "No."
<0030>
// \{\m{B}} (For this school... she's pretty cute...)
<0031>
// \{\m{B}} (Since all I noticed was her timid personality, I never really thought of things like that before, but...)
<0032>
// \{Furukawa} "We're already late, \m{A}-san!"
<0033>
// A kind of brightness that suddenly broke through.
<0034>
// That must be why... she looks cuter than I've ever seen her before.
<0035>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, right..."
<0036>
// Flustered, we begin to climb the hill.
<0037>
// \{\m{B}} (So bright...)
<0038>
// I buried my head under the blanket once more and dozed off.
<0039>
// .........
<0040>
// \{\m{B}} (Since I've been going to class seriously recently... I guess it's okay to be late this one time.)
<0041>
// .........
<0042>
// \{\m{B}} (There's the drama club thing too, but the result was no good... guess it's on hold...)
<0043>
// .........
<0044>
// Suddenly, I recall Furukawa's face.
<0045>
// She's in my arms.
<0046>
// I could faithfully remember all the details of that place, from the way the sun was shining to the shadows of the trees.
<0047>
// How small the shoulders that I embraced were.
<0048>
// The scent of her hair that I could smell from being so close to her.
<0049>
// Then, in my arms, Furukawa gives a small nod.
<0050>
// Saying, "Please take care of me."
<0051>
// I suddenly jumped awake.
<0052>
// \{\m{B}} (That's right...)
<0053>
// I confessed my love to her...
<0054>
// And now that I'm up at this early hour, now...
<0055>
// We've become lovers.
<0056>
// \{\m{B}} (.........)
<0057>
// It still feels like a dream.
<0058>
// \{\m{B}} (Is this for real...)
<0059>
// I look at the clock on my wall.
<0060>
// \{\m{B}} "Crap..."
<0061>
// Even though I may have enough time, that doesn't stop me from running.
<0062>
// Once my legs stopped moving, it felt like I would just stop right there.
<0063>
// She's my girlfriend...
<0064>
// Once I fully understood that, it began to feel like a burden.
<0065>
// But as if something was tickling a part of my heart, I felt happy at the same time.
<0066>
// Aah, stop thinking.
<0067>
// Run.
<0068>
// I can do nothing but run with all of my energy.
<0069>
// In the middle of all the students, one girl clearly stood out.
<0070>
// \{\m{B}} (She's here...)
<0071>
// Instead of rushing over, I catch my breath.
<0072>
// \{\m{B}} (Ah, somehow, my heart's throbbing...)
<0073>
// I begin to walk... next to my girlfriend.
<0074>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0075>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey... 'morning."
<0076>
// \{Furukawa} "Good morning, \m{A}-san."
<0077>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0078>
// ... This is awkward.
<0079>
// I have to say something, or else... she might just start unknowingly fawn over me...
<0080>
// But I wonder what she's really thinking?
<0081>
// I wonder if she's really thinking of me as her boyfriend starting from today...?
<0082>
// I wonder if she really believes the promise we made yesterday.
<0083>
// It's her, after all... she might have thought that they were just words of comfort and didn't believe them at all.
<0084>
// Or maybe...
<0085>
// In order not to hurt me, she just gave me that response...
<0086>
// And right now, she wants to just tell me to forget everything that happened and is just desperately trying to gather the strength to do it.
<0087>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Furukawa..."
<0088>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes, what is it?"
<0089>
// She's the same old Furukawa.
<0090>
// I feel a little relieved.
<0091>
// \{\m{B}} "Er, it's nothing..."
<0092>
// \{Furukawa} "I see."
<0093>
// \{Furukawa} "Well, let's go."
<0094>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."
<0095>
// We start to walk.
<0096>
// Then, I guess... she didn't believe it.
<0097>
// I stop at the bottom of the slope.
<0098>
// \{Furukawa} "Is something the matter?"
<0099>
// Lots of students begin to pass us and climb the slope.
<0100>
// \{\m{B}} "I wasn't just trying to comfort you."
<0101>
// \{Furukawa} "What are you talking about?"
<0102>
// \{\m{B}} "What I said yesterday."
<0103>
// \{Furukawa} "Um..."
<0104>
// After Furukawa thinks for a little...
<0105>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes."
<0106>
// Still looking down, she answers me.
<0107>
// \{Furukawa} "Actually, today..."
<0108>
// \{Furukawa} "I came to school without planning out what kind of bread I'd have for lunch."
<0109>
// \{Furukawa} "I was supporting myself with that joy up until today."
<0110>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0111>
// \{Furukawa} "But I have a new joy starting today, so I just thought about that."
<0112>
// \{\m{B}} "About what?"
<0113>
// \{Furukawa} "That \m{A}-san is my boyfriend... and that I'm your girlfriend..."
<0114>
// \{Furukawa} "That we'd begin school life like that."
<0115>
// \{Furukawa} "With that as my joy, I was able to come to school."
<0116>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0117>
// A corner of my heart feels ticklish once again.
<0118>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, really..."
<0119>
// \{Furukawa} "But what I thought was a little wrong..."
<0120>
// \{\m{B}} "What was?"
<0121>
// \{Furukawa} "I was wrong in thinking that it'd be a joy."
<0122>
// \{Furukawa} "It was anxiety."
<0123>
// \{Furukawa} "It was half joy, and half anxiety."
<0124>
// \{Furukawa} "Like if you were really fine with me..."
<0125>
// \{\m{B}} "Are you still saying things like that?"
<0126>
// \{Furukawa} "Because... you're such a tall, good-looking... cool person."
<0127>
// \{Furukawa} "And I'm just a shy, uncute crybaby."
<0128>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Furukawa..."
<0129>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes?"
<0130>
// \{\m{B}} "How would you feel if I started to say bad things about the Big Dango Family whom you love, and said that they weren't cute?"
<0131>
// \{Furukawa} "I'd be... very sad."
<0132>
// \{\m{B}} "Wouldn't you? I feel like that right now."
<0133>
// \{Furukawa} "Huh...?"
<0134>
// \{\m{B}} "I love a girl named Furukawa Nagisa. Can you please not say bad things about her?"
<0135>
// \{Furukawa} "Ah, okay... I'm very sorry!"
<0136>
// \{Furukawa} "I think she's very cute!"
<0137>
// \{Furukawa} "Uh... eh?"
<0138>
// I let out a burst of laughter.
<0139>
// It seems like Furukawa still doesn't understand what she's said.
<0140>
// \{Furukawa} "It somehow feels like I just said something really embarrassing."
<0141>
// \{\m{B}} "Must be your imagination."
<0142>
// \{Furukawa} "Oh, really..."
<0143>
// \{\m{B}} "C'mon, let's go. We'll be late."
<0144>
// We begin to climb the hill.
<0145>
// \{\m{B}} "Later, Furukawa."
<0146>
// \{Furukawa} "Okay."
<0147>
// \{\m{B}} "Can I call you Nagisa from now on?"
<0148>
// \{Furukawa} "Sure. Then, may I call you \m{B}-san?"
<0149>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, of course. -kun is fine instead of -san, though."
<0150>
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun? It sounds cute."
<0151>
// \{\m{B}} "I bet..."
<0152>
// My feet felt light.
<0153>
// I never thought that the day would come when I'd climb this hill feeling like this.
<0154>
// I can hear the sound of a ball being tossed back and forth.
<0155>
// I look towards \l{C}, where the sound is coming from. Then...
<0156>
// \{\l{A}} "Oh..."
<0157>
// A voice that sounds surprised.
<0158>
// \{\l{A}} "It's Sunohara-san."
<0159>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh...?"
<0160>
// I turn my gaze as well.
<0161>
// In the plaza of the front yard is Sunohara, basketball in hand.
<0162>
// \{\m{B}} "... What's he thinking?"
<0163>
// \{\l{A}} "He's decided to start playing basketball."
<0164>
// \{\m{B}} "He's a third year senior. It's pointless, they won't let him in the club."
<0165>
// \{\l{A}} "You're wrong. He wants to start all on his own. "
<0166>
// \{\m{B}} "He's the kind of guy that would start doing something that miserable?"
<0167>
// It seems like Sunohara noticed us. He stops dribbling and starts walking towards us.
<0168>
// \{Sunohara} "Yo."
<0169>
// \{\l{A}} "Good morning, Sunohara-san."
<0170>
// \{\l{A}} "Sunohara-san, I see you've started playing basketball."
<0171>
// \{Sunohara} "Don't get the wrong idea. This is part of my plan."
<0172>
// \{\l{A}} "Excuse me?"
<0173>
// \{Sunohara} "I want to make those little crybabies in the choir club know..."
<0174>
// \{Sunohara} "... Handicaps have nothing to with anything."
<0175>
// \{Sunohara} "You'll do it, right, \m{A}?"
<0176>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"
<0177>
// \{Sunohara} "We're going to challenge the basketball club regulars to a game of 3 on 3."
<0178>
// \{Sunohara} "And we're gonna win."
<0179>
// \{\m{B}} "How did you think of something like that?"
<0180>
// \{Sunohara} "Aren't you hurting? We got completely pushed over by her handicap."
<0181>
// \{\l{A}} "Sunohara-san."
<0182>
// \{Sunohara} "Hmm?"
<0183>
// \{\l{A}} "Please don't do something like that. Please."
<0184>
// \{Sunohara} "It's fine. We lost that one. But if we challenge them and beat them fair and square, it'll mean something."
<0185>
// \{\l{A}} "
<0186>
// \s{strS[0]}!"
<0187>
// I felt ticklish at being called that.
<0188>
// \{\m{B}} "Hm?"
<0189>
// \{\l{A}} "
<0190>
// What will you do, \s{strS[0]}?"
<0191>
// \{Sunohara} "Let's do it, \m{A}."
<0192>
// \{\m{B}} "I can't. You know that."
<0193>
// I can't push my right shoulder anymore.
<0194>
// \{Sunohara} "It'll be fine, you can just let me do the shooting. You can be the playmaker."
<0195>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm not doing it."
<0196>
// \{\m{B}} "Why do I need to get caught up in this plan that you ripped straight out of some shonen manga?!"
<0197>
// \{Sunohara} "Because you're part of this whole thing. Doesn't it bother you?"
<0198>
// \{\m{B}} "Hell if I know, keep your shonen manga plan to yourself!"
<0199>
// \{\m{B}} "Let's go, \l{C}."
<0200>
// \{\l{A}} "Ah, but!"
<0201>
// I forcefully grab \l{C}'s arm and start to run from Sunohara.
<0202>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, wait, \m{A}---!"
<0203>
// His angry voice kept on shouting.
<0204>
// \{Furukawa} "\m{A}-san, he's calling us."
<0205>
// \{\m{B}} "Forget about it. There's no way I'm going along with something like that."
<0206>
// \{\m{B}} "And anyway, I can't shoot... I'd just drag us down and embarrass myself."
<0207>
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, hey \m{B}-kun!"
<0208>
// \{\m{B}} "Be quiet. If you get caught up in that, you...."
<0209>
// \{Nagisa} "What is it?"
<0210>
// \{\m{B}} (You'll be spending less time together with me...)
<0211>
// There's no way I could tell her something like that straight up.
<0212>
// \{\m{B}} "I can't shoot... I'd just drag us down and embarrass myself."
<0213>
// \{\l{A}} "Sunohara-san already said that you didn't have to shoot."
<0214>
// \{\l{A}} "If that's the case,
<0215>
// you could do it, \s{strS[0]}."
<0216>
// \{\m{B}} "I can't do it..."
<0217>
// \{\l{A}} "Hmmm..."
<0218>
// \{\l{A}} "
<0219>
// \s{strS[0]}, let's help Sunohara-san out."
<0220>
// \{\m{B}} "No matter how many times you ask, I won't agree."
<0221>
// I run up ahead.
<0222>
// \{\l{A}} "
<0223>
// \s{strS[0]},
<0224>
// hey, \s{strS[0]}!"
<0225>
// \{\m{B}} (Sigh... what do I say...)
<0226>
// I wouldn't even have been able to imagine this scene just a few weeks ago.
<0227>
// A lot of things have changed since I met \l{C}.
<0228>
// Not just me.
<0229>
// Sunohara, too.
<0230>
// Everyone that meets \l{C} changes.
<0231>
// I don't know exactly how... but we've moved in some way away from being 'the worst'.
<0232>
// As always, I buy some bread with \l{C} and sit in the courtyard.
<0233>
// \{\l{A}} "I'm sorry for all of this."
<0234>
// \{\m{B}} "Nah."
<0235>
// The two of us sit down on the stone steps.
<0236>
// \{\l{A}} "Thank you for the food."
<0237>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<0238>
// Munch, munch...
<0239>
// ... Munch, munch...
<0240>
// .........
<0241>
// Lunch with Furukawa, our shoulders touching.
<0242>
// It's such a gentle, calming thing...
<0243>
// Now we didn't have anything we were working for, but...
<0244>
// I think that it's not so bad that we can be carefree like this until we find something.
<0245>
// But...
<0246>
// \{Sunohara} "Yo."
<0247>
// Right as we finish lunch, something appears that stirs up our calm scene.
<0248>
// \{Sunohara} "We're gonna practice, c'mon."
<0249>
// \{\m{B}} "Did you hear what I said this morning?"
<0250>
// \{Sunohara} "What'd you say again?"
<0251>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm not getting involved. Do it on your own."
<0252>
// \{Sunohara} "You say that, but that's not what you really think in your heart."
<0253>
// \{Sunohara} "You want to play basketball. I know it."
<0254>
// \{Sunohara} "C'mon, let's go."
<0255>
// \{\m{B}} "I told you I'm not going."
<0256>
// \{Sunohara} "You're not really easygoing are you..."
<0257>
// \{Sunohara} "Oh well. Come with me, Furukawa."
<0258>
// \{Furukawa} "You want... me?"
<0259>
// \{Sunohara} "I want you to help me."
<0260>
// \{Furukawa} "I can't dribble while I run. I can't shoot without bouncing the ball off the ground first, either."
<0261>
// \{Furukawa} "I think I'm just not athletic."
<0262>
// \{Sunohara} "It's fine, you can just stand in front of the basket."
<0263>
// \{Furukawa} "Is that all I need to do?"
<0264>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah. It doesn't matter how unathletic you are, you can do it."
<0265>
// \{Furukawa} "I understand."
<0266>
// \{Furukawa} "Then, I'll help you out."
<0267>
// She stands up, separating from me.
<0268>
// Sunohara must think that once he gets a hold of Furukawa, he'll be able to win me over, too.
<0269>
// He knows that Furukawa isn't able to turn people down when they ask her for favors.
<0270>
// In that case... I'll ask a favor of my own.
<0271>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Furukawa."
<0272>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes?"
<0273>
// \{\m{B}} "You know, I want to be together with you."
<0274>
// \{Furukawa} "Thank you very much."
<0275>
// \{Sunohara} "You're helping me out, right, Furukawa?"
<0276>
// \{Furukawa} "That's right. I'll help you out, Sunohara-san."
<0277>
// \{\m{B}} "I thought I just told you that I wanted to be together with you? Are you going to go and ignore me?"
<0278>
// \{Furukawa} "Thank you. If you'll accept someone like me, I'll gladly stay with you."
<0279>
// \{Sunohara} "I thought you'd help me out?"
<0280>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes."
<0281>
// \{\m{B}} "I want to be with you now."
<0282>
// \{Furukawa} "Umm... what should I do..."
<0283>
// \{Furukawa} "This is a very difficult situation."
<0284>
// \{Sunohara} "There's a simple answer to this."
<0285>
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A} can just join the team."
<0286>
// \{Sunohara} "If he does that, we'll all be happy."
<0287>
// \{Furukawa} "That's right. \m{A}-san, let's do this together."
<0288>
// \{Furukawa} "It'll certainly be more fun if we all do this together."
<0289>
// So that's how it's going to be.
<0290>
// I put the packaging of my bread into my pocket and stand up.
<0291>
// \{\m{B}} "Sorry for holding you up. You should go. I'll just go home now."
<0292>
// I say this and begin to walk towards the school building.
<0293>
// \{Furukawa} "Please wait."
<0294>
// \{Sunohara} "Let's hurry up and go, Furukawa. Lunch is about to end."
<0295>
// \{Furukawa} "\m{A}-san..."
<0296>
// \{Sunohara} "Just leave him."
<0297>
// \{Furukawa} "But..."
<0298>
// \{Sunohara} "Here."
<0299>
// The voices to my back trail off. Sunohara must have led Furukawa off by force.
<0300>
// Lunch ends.
<0301>
// \{Sunohara} "Man, Nagisa-chan is cute, gentle, and so much fun to play sports with!"
<0302>
// Sunohara approached my seat and intentionally started speaking in a loud voice.
<0303>
// \{\m{B}} "'Nagisa-chan'? You..."
<0304>
// \{Sunohara} "We're already on first name terms!"
<0305>
// \{Sunohara} "Nagisa-chan is willing to call me Youhei, too."
<0306>
// \{\m{B}} "Great to hear it..."
<0307>
// \{Sunohara} "It's the best!"
<0308>
// .........
<0309>
// \{Ryou} "U... um, \m{A}-kun..."
<0310>
// It's now break, and as I'm trying to pass the time between classes, the class rep shows up.
<0311>
// \{Ryou} "A girl named F... Furukawa-san...wants to speak to you."
<0312>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh...?"
<0313>
// I stand up from my seat in a hurry.
<0314>
// \{\m{B}} "Um... in the hallway?"
<0315>
// \{Ryou} "...Yes."
<0316>
// \{Ryou} "Furukawa-san wants to speak to you."
<0317>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh...?"
<0318>
// I stand up from my seat in a hurry.
<0319>
// \{\m{B}} "Um... in the hallway?"
<0320>
// \{Ryou} "Yes."
<0321>
// I try to naturally walk out of the classroom so that Sunohara doesn't notice.
<0322>
// There, I see an apologetic Furukawa.
<0323>
// \{Furukawa} "I'm sorry, \m{A}-san."
<0324>
// \{\m{B}} "Did something happen...?"
<0325>
// \{Furukawa} "Um, can we go to somewhere a little more private?"
<0326>
// \{\m{B}} "Sure."
<0327>
// The two of us quickly make our way to the old school building.
<0328>
// \{\m{B}} "What's wrong?"
<0329>
// \{Furukawa} "Well... I was a little concerned."
<0330>
// \{\m{B}} "About what?"
<0331>
// \{Furukawa} "I left you on your own during lunch break."
<0332>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh... it's fine."
<0333>
// \{Furukawa} "Even though you told me that you wanted to be with me, I left."
<0334>
// \{Furukawa} "I was thinking about you the whole time during class... I wasn't able to concentrate."
<0335>
// \{Furukawa} "I promised Sunohara-san that I'd practice with him after school, as well."
<0336>
// \{Furukawa} "So I wanted to be together with you for at least this break."
<0337>
// \{Furukawa} "If it's okay with you... I'll come to visit."
<0338>
// \{Furukawa} "If you're still okay with me, that is..."
<0339>
// Um, getting that worked up over just one word...
<0340>
// ... Maybe I shouldn't have said that.
<0341>
// \{\m{B}} "Were you really that serious over that...?"
<0342>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't really have anything to do, so."
<0343>
// \{Furukawa} "Well, it's fine if you don't have anything to do."
<0344>
// \{Furukawa} "Um... I was very happy."
<0345>
// \{Furukawa} "When... you told me that you wanted to be together with me."
<0346>
// \{\m{B}} "Furukawa, if you're going to say something like that..."
<0347>
// \{\m{B}} "I think there's a lot of people out there that would say things like that."
<0348>
// \{Furukawa} "There aren't."
<0349>
// \{\m{B}} "You only think that because you took that time off from school."
<0350>
// \{\m{B}} "You should be more confident."
<0351>
// \{Furukawa} "Um, there was another thing that I wanted to confess..."
<0352>
// \{Furukawa} "I was happy because it was \m{A}-san telling me that."
<0353>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, thank you."
<0354>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes."
<0355>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0356>
// Furukawa had said something unusually bold for her.
<0357>
// Could it be that... she likes me?
<0358>
// Furukawa was staring at my face.
<0359>
// This atmosphere...
<0360>
// \{Furukawa} "And there's also one more thing I wanted to confess..."
<0361>
// \{Furukawa} "I like you, \m{A}."
<0362>
// \{Furukawa} "If it's okay with you..."
<0363>
// \{Furukawa} "Could you... and me..."
<0364>
// What a development...
<0365>
// \{Furukawa} "Oh, I said it, ehehe..."
<0366>
// I was happy enough with things as they were...
<0367>
// \{Furukawa} "So, what should we do from here?"
<0368>
// Furukawa waits for a response.
<0369>
// You know, this could just be a plan by Sunohara to get me as a member.
<0370>
// Furukawa's just being used by him.
<0371>
// Unforgivable.
<0372>
// \{\m{B}} "You should just go."
<0373>
// \{Furukawa} "Is it okay if I come to visit you?"
<0374>
// \{\m{B}} "You don't have to do something like that."
<0375>
// \{Furukawa} "But, that means..."
<0376>
// \{\m{B}} "Didn't I just say it was fine?"
<0377>
// \{\m{B}} "If you do something like that, it'll be like we're practically going out."
<0378>
// \{Furukawa} "Would it..."
<0379>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah. Would a girl that isn't someone's girlfriend do that?"
<0380>
// \{\m{B}} "So you don't have to do anything."
<0381>
// \{\m{B}} "Look, the bell's about to ring. Go."
<0382>
// \{Furukawa} "Oh, okay!"
<0383>
// \{Furukawa} "Then..."
<0384>
// She runs off, her feet plopping along.
<0385>
// I follow her lead and return to my class.
<0386>
// On the way there, I pass by someone small.
<0387>
// Call for her to stop
<0388>
// Leave her alone
<0389>
// \{\m{B}} (If you were a beautiful girl, I'd probably stop you...)
<0390>
// Watching her back, I see her off.
<0391>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Sunohara."
<0392>
// \{Sunohara} "Hm?"
<0393>
// \{\m{B}} "Are you actually thinking of having Furukawa helping you like this?"
<0394>
// I start to question Sunohara when I get back to my seat.
<0395>
// \{Sunohara} "Of course. Nagisa-chan and I will keep waiting for you."
<0396>
// \{\m{B}} "You... after all, you just wanted to get me as a member."
<0397>
// \{\m{B}} "You don't really care about Furukawa, right?"
<0398>
// \{Sunohara} "That's not the case."
<0399>
// \{Sunohara} "This is for Nagisa-chan's sake, right?"
<0400>
// \{Sunohara} "If we beat the basketball club, those choir club people will be completely embarrassed by us..."
<0401>
// \{Sunohara} "They might even hand over their advisor, Koumura!"
<0402>
// \{\m{B}} "In that case, you should pay attention to the embarrassing things you're doing."
<0403>
// \{Sunohara} "What?"
<0404>
// \{\m{B}} "You're using Furukawa as a tool to get me to join."
<0405>
// \{\m{B}} "If you're going to criticize what the choir club is doing, you ought to take a good look at yourself, too."
<0406>
// \{\m{B}} "Seriously."
<0407>
// \{Sunohara} "Well, that's..."
<0408>
// \{\m{B}} "I thought you were the kind of guy that likes to play fair, but now..."
<0409>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess I overestimated you."
<0410>
// \{\m{B}} "Using a girl like that..."
<0411>
// \{\m{B}} "You seem a lot more effeminate to me now..."
<0412>
// \{Sunohara} "Waaaait!"
<0413>
// \{\m{B}} "What's wrong, gutless boygirl?"
<0414>
// \{Sunohara} "Okay, I get it! I'll play fair!"
<0415>
// \{Sunohara} "I'll get you to join with my own strength! Prepare yourself!"
<0416>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay..."
<0417>
// I thought that this would get him to stop getting Furukawa to help him, and that'd be the end of it...
<0418>
// But it feels like I just signed my own death warrant.
<0419>
// Well, as long as he doesn't get too annoying.
<0420>
// After school.
<0421>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, \m{A}."
<0422>
// I look over and see Sunohara striking a pose with a basketball in hand.
<0423>
// \{\m{B}} "Where'd you learn something like that..."
<0424>
// \{Sunohara} "I'll show you that I'm a man with real guts."
<0425>
// \{Sunohara} "And once you've been charmed by me, you'll be my servant for sure!"
<0426>
// \{\m{B}} "What are you thinking of doing? This isn't anything simple, is it?"
<0427>
// \{Sunohara} "Heh. Follow me!"
<0428>
// We stood at the gate of the school, looking down the slope.
<0429>
// The students leaving school pass by, paying no attention to us.
<0430>
// \{\m{B}} "And?"
<0431>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm going to run down this slope while dribbling."
<0432>
// \{Sunohara} "All while weaving through these students!"
<0433>
// \{Sunohara} "Amazing, isn't it?"
<0434>
// \{\m{B}} "That's supposed to be... amazing?"
<0435>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh...?"
<0436>
// \{\m{B}} "Isn't that pretty easy?"
<0437>
// \{Sunohara} "On this steep slope? With this many people around?"
<0438>
// \{\m{B}} "Anyone could do that."
<0439>
// \{Sunohara} "No... I think it's pretty hard to do."
<0440>
// \{\m{B}} "Do it going backwards."
<0441>
// \{Sunohara} "Whaaat?!"
<0442>
// \{\m{B}} "Do it facing me. Anyone could do that facing forward."
<0443>
// \{Sunohara} "You do realize that I'll run into people if I can't see them."
<0444>
// \{\m{B}} "You don't pass to your teammates in basketball while staring at them, do you, stupid?"
<0445>
// \{\m{B}} "You've gotta have eyes in the back of your head."
<0446>
// \{Sunohara} "A... are you serious?"
<0447>
// \{\m{B}} "So what were you thinking? Are you going to do it easy mode and face forward?"
<0448>
// \{Sunohara} "N, no..."
<0449>
// \{Sunohara} "Hard mode, please!"
<0450>
// \{\m{B}} "You're a man."
<0451>
// \{Sunohara} "All right! I'll do it!"
<0452>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay, on your mark..."
<0453>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah!"
<0454>
// With the slope to his back, Sunohara gets his basketball ready.
<0455>
// \{\m{B}} "Get set..."
<0456>
// \{\m{B}} "Go!"
<0457>
// \{Sunohara} "All right!"
<0458>
// \{Sunohara} "... Woooah?!"
<0459>
// After one step, he falls.
<0460>
// Of course. Who could do something like that?
<0461>
// \{Sunohara} "Gah..."
<0462>
// He passively rolls up on his back and begins to roll down the hill backwards.
<0463>
// Roll roll roll roll roll roll roll roll roll roll roll roll roll---!
<0464>
// \size{30}BAAAAAAAAAM! \shake{3}\size{}
<0465>
// As if he was trying to knock down bowling pins, he plunges into a group of boys.
<0466>
// \{Male Student} "Who the hell, you......!"
<0467>
// It was the members of the rugby club.
<0468>
// \{Sunohara} "What?!"
<0469>
// \{Rugby Player} "You... again..."
<0470>
// \{Sunohara} "It's... it's a misunderstanding!"
<0471>
// \{Rugby Player} "Well, come with us."
<0472>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<0473>
// He started to get dragged up the hill.
<0474>
// \{\m{B}} "Sunohara... I think I've been charmed by you... in a strange way."
<0475>
// Once I return to the classroom, Furukawa is waiting for me by the entrance.
<0476>
// \{Furukawa} "\m{A}-san."
<0477>
// \{Furukawa} "Um, where is Sunohara-san?"
<0478>
// \{\m{B}} "He went to play with some of his friends."
<0479>
// \{Furukawa} "Oh? Is that so?"
<0480>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, I don't know if they're playing, but he's definitely been taken away by some guys that're in the same dorm as him."
<0481>
// \{Furukawa} "He really wanted to practice... I guess he couldn't refuse his friends' invitation?"
<0482>
// \{\m{B}} "Probably something like that."
<0483>
// \{Furukawa} "In that case, there's no helping it."
<0484>
// \{Furukawa} "It's important to treasure your friends."
<0485>
// \{Furukawa} "And taking breaks once in a while is a good thing, too."
<0486>
// It might be a while until he starts practicing again.
<0487>
// \{Furukawa} "In that case..."
<0488>
// \{Furukawa} "I can go home with you, \m{A}-san."
<0489>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<0490>
// \{Furukawa} "Would you like to go home together?"
<0491>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<0492>
// Furukawa and I can be together.
<0493>
// I started to feel good about that.
<0494>
// I don't really know why, though.
<0495>
// ... We were a really normal pair.
<0496>
// \{Nagisa} "I'd like to make you lunch, starting tomorrow."
<0497>
// Nagisa stopped eating and murmured to me.
<0498>
// \{\m{B}} "It's fine. It'll just make your mornings hectic, wouldn't it?"
<0499>
// \{Nagisa} "I want to make them."
<0500>
// \{\m{B}} "I said it's fine. It's a lot of work, right?"
<0501>
// \{Nagisa} "I really want to make them."
<0502>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't bother. You shouldn't try to take so many things all at once."
<0503>
// \{Nagisa} "I want to make them."
<0504>
// \{\m{B}} "You're quite verbal."
<0505>
// \{Nagisa} "... I'm sorry."
<0506>
// \{Nagisa} "........."
<0507>
// \{\m{B}} "It's enough for me if... we can just be together like this."
<0508>
// \{Nagisa} "R... really?"
<0509>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah. So instead of doing that..."
<0510>
// \{\m{B}} "Just promise me you won't start looking at other guys."
<0511>
// \{Nagisa} "Okay, I understand."
<0512>
// Munch, munch...
<0513>
// \{Sunohara} "Yo."
<0514>
// Right as we finish lunch, something appears that stirs up our calm scene.
<0515>
// \{Sunohara} "We're gonna practice, c'mon."
<0516>
// \{\m{B}} "Did you hear what I said this morning?"
<0517>
// \{Sunohara} "What'd you say again?"
<0518>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm not getting involved. Do it on your own."
<0519>
// \{Sunohara} "You say that, but that's not what you really think in your heart."
<0520>
// \{Sunohara} "You want to play basketball. I know it."
<0521>
// \{Sunohara} "C'mon, let's go."
<0522>
// \{\m{B}} "I told you I'm not going."
<0523>
// \{Sunohara} "You're not really easygoing are you..."
<0524>
// \{Sunohara} "Oh well. Come with me, Furukawa."
<0525>
// \{Nagisa} "You want... me?"
<0526>
// \{Sunohara} "I want you to help me."
<0527>
// \{Nagisa} "I can't dribble while I run. I can't shoot without bouncing the ball off the ground first, either."
<0528>
// \{Nagisa} "I think I'm just not athletic."
<0529>
// \{Sunohara} "It's fine, you can just stand in front of the basket."
<0530>
// \{Nagisa} "Is that all I need to do?"
<0531>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah. It doesn't matter how unathletic you are, you can do it."
<0532>
// \{Nagisa} "I understand."
<0533>
// \{Nagisa} "Then, I'll help you out."
<0534>
// Cutting me off, she stands up, then starts to go to follow Sunohara.
<0535>
// \{Nagisa} "Ah..."
<0536>
// On her way, she makes a noise and stops.
<0537>
// \{Sunohara} "Hm? What's wrong, Furukawa?"
<0538>
// \{Nagisa} "I'm sorry, I can't help you after all."
<0539>
// \{Sunohara} "Wha? Why not?"
<0540>
// \{Nagisa} "I'm not allowed to go with other guys."
<0541>
// \{Sunohara} "Other guys?"
<0542>
// ... Oh \bshit.\u
<0543>
// Sunohara might suddenly realize the relationship between me and Nagisa.
<0544>
// If he finds out, he'll use it as my weakness.
<0545>
// \{Nagisa} "Yes..."
<0546>
// \{Sunohara} "Why? It's okay for you to be with \m{A}?"
<0547>
// \{Nagisa} "Umm... well..."
<0548>
// \{Nagisa} "You see, today, \m{B}-kun and I..."
<0549>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Nagisa!"
<0550>
// \{Nagisa} "Yes?"
<0551>
// \{\m{B}} "Didn't you say you had something to do in the staff room? Shouldn't you be going?"
<0552>
// \{Nagisa} "The staff room?"
<0553>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, you should go. Hurry up."
<0554>
// \{Nagisa} "...?"
<0555>
// \{\m{B}} "I said go!"
<0556>
// \{Nagisa} "O, okay. I understand."
<0557>
// She quickly runs off.
<0558>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<0559>
// After watching her leave, Sunohara looked at me.
<0560>
// \{Sunohara} "... \m{B}-kun?"
<0561>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah. My name is \m{B}, Youhei-kun."
<0562>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<0563>
// He coldly looks at me.
<0564>
// \{Sunohara} "Have you changed?"
<0565>
// \{\m{B}} "You're one to talk."
<0566>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<0567>
// Sunohara shrugs his shoulders and lets out a breath.
<0568>
// \{Sunohara} "You're right..."
<0569>
// Then, he puts the ball on one of his fingers, hits it with his other hand, and starts to spin it around and around.
<0570>
// The two of us silently sat there, watching the ball.
<0571>
// .........
<0572>
// Then, after school.
<0573>
// And then, meeting up with Nagisa, it was the first time we had any free time at all.
<0574>
// \{\m{B}} (... It'd be better if I waited.)
<0575>
// \{\m{B}} (Or maybe I should be greeting her instead...)
<0576>
// \{\m{B}} (Actually, before I figure that out...)
<0577>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<0578>
// I need to do something about this foe.
<0579>
// \{\m{B}} (If I just started to run away, it'd be too obvious, so I guess I need to just naturally sneak out...)
<0580>
// But...
<0581>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, \m{B}-kun."
<0582>
// Just as I had put my books back into my desk, he starts talking.
<0583>
// \{Sunohara} "You'll practice with me, right?"
<0584>
// \{\m{B}} "I won't, Youhei-kun."
<0585>
// \{Sunohara} "No, \m{B}, you will..."
<0586>
// He grabs my arm.
<0587>
// \{\m{B}} "Let go of me, Youhei."
<0588>
// I grab his arm and try to pull us apart by force.
<0589>
// But he obstinately holds on.
<0590>
// Both of us use all of our strength.
<0591>
// \{Sunohara} "Heh, heh, heh..."
<0592>
// \{\m{B}} "Ha, ha, ha..."
<0593>
// \{Voice} "Gah, creepy!"
<0594>
// Someone passing by us raises their voice as they see us holding onto each other's arms and smiling at each other.
<0595>
// \{Sunohara} "Woooah! You've got it all wrong, damn it!"
<0596>
// Sunohara snaps.
<0597>
// \{Male Student} "N, no..."
<0598>
// Sensing an opportunity, I run away.
<0599>
// I run at full-speed down the corridor until I reach the Class B marker.
<0600>
// \{\m{B}} (Nagisa...)
<0601>
// I look for her on the other side of the opened door.
<0602>
// In a seat next to the window, Nagisa is still in her seat, putting her textbooks inside her bag.
<0603>
// \{\m{B}} (What is she so optimistic about...)
<0604>
// \{\m{B}} (Look over here!)
<0605>
// Nagisa's eyes meet mine right as I begin to pray.
<0606>
// Nagisa laughs in an awkward way. Like, "ehehe".
<0607>
// \{\m{B}} (This isn't the time for "ehehe"!)
<0608>
// If we don't hurry, Sunohara will catch us.
<0609>
// I frantically motion for her to hurry up.
<0610>
// I'm not sure if it was my doubtful look, or if she just realized how serious I was, but after a bit she finally stood up and hopped over to me.
<0611>
// \{Nagisa} "What's the matter?"
<0612>
// \{\m{B}} "Sunohara is coming, let's run."
<0613>
// I grab her hand. It doesn't matter if anyone is watching us anymore.
<0614>
// \{Nagisa} "Um, ah... okay."
<0615>
// By now, I can only think about escaping Sunohara.
<0616>
// We run through the school gates.
<0617>
// Then we run down the slope.
<0618>
// \{\m{B}} "Pant... pant..."
<0619>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay, he won't try to follow us now."
<0620>
// \{Nagisa} "Pant... my heart's beating so fast."
<0621>
// \{\m{B}} "He's just so persistent..."
<0622>
// \{Nagisa} "But you know, it was kind of fun, ehehe..."
<0623>
// \{\m{B}} "You really are carefree, aren't you?"
<0624>
// \{Nagisa} "Really?"
<0625>
// This is just our first time coming back from school together since we started going out... if this keeps up, it seems like it'll be pretty tiring.
<0626>
// Geez... how just like us.
<0627>
// \{\m{B}} "All right then..."
<0628>
// I take a deep breath.
<0629>
// There's lots of time after school.
<0630>
// As long as I'm with Nagisa, I could go anywhere.
<0631>
// \{\m{B}} "What should we do..."
<0632>
// \{Nagisa} "Okay, let's go back."
<0633>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0634>
// \{\m{B}} "... Excuse me?"
<0635>
// \{Nagisa} "Let's go back to the classroom."
<0636>
// \{\m{B}} "Why?"
<0637>
// \{Nagisa} "I don't have my bag. Also, it's my turn to sweep the classroom."
<0638>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0639>
// \{\m{B}} "You know."
<0640>
// \{\m{B}} "You're a pretty dumb girl."
<0641>
// \{Sunohara} "Yo, \m{A}."
<0642>
// \{\m{B}} "Yo, Sunobii-"
<0643>
// \{Sunohara} "Who're you calling Sunobii?!"
<0644>
// \{Sunohara} "Think you managed a good escape back there, huh?"
<0645>
// \{\m{B}} "I thought I did, but..."
<0646>
// \{Sunohara} "Hm?"
<0647>
// \{\m{B}} "Nah, I just got some good exercise."
<0648>
// \{Sunohara} "The exercise is yet to come."
<0649>
// \{\m{B}} "We're already done. Once Nagisa is done sweeping, we're leaving."
<0650>
// \{Sunohara} "Huh? Why are you waiting for her?"
<0651>
// \{\m{B}} "Does it matter why?"
<0652>
// \{Sunohara} "Hmmm..."
<0653>
// He gets an unpleasant smile. Maybe he's starting to figure it out...
<0654>
// No, I think we've been acting the same together as we were yesterday...
<0655>
// \{\m{B}} (But... that guy is freakishly aware of these kinds of things...)
<0656>
// \{\m{B}} (It's just a matter of time until he finds out, yeah...)
<0657>
// \{\m{B}} (But this is the last guy I want to let know about this...)
<0658>
// \{Sunohara} "Nagisa, huh...?"
<0659>
// \{\m{B}} "What is it..."
<0660>
// It was just a matter of time, I guess...
<0661>
// \{Nagisa} "Thank you for waiting."
<0662>
// \{Sunohara} "Yo."
<0663>
// \{Nagisa} "Oh, you waited for me too, Sunohara-san?"
<0664>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah, cause you're my club manager, Nagisa-chan."
<0665>
// \{Nagisa} "Your club?"
<0666>
// \{Sunohara} "The limited time 3 on 3 club."
<0667>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't decide that she's involved all on your own."
<0668>
// \{Nagisa} "I don't mind at all."
<0669>
// Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...
<0670>
// After hearing Nagisa's reply, I drop my shoulders, heartbroken.
<0671>
// \{\m{B}} (Do you not want to spend your time after school with me...)
<0672>
// \{Nagisa} "It sounds fun."
<0673>
// \{\m{B}} (Isn't spending time with me fun...)
<0674>
// \{Nagisa} "However, I'll only join under one condition."
<0675>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah, what is it?"
<0676>
// \{Nagisa} "I want you to let \m{B}-kun join too."
<0677>
// \{Nagisa} "I can't be all by myself with you, Sunohara-san."
<0678>
// \{Sunohara} "Huh? Why?"
<0679>
// \{Nagisa} "Um, because..."
<0680>
// \{Nagisa} "I'm \m{B}-kun's gir..."
<0681>
// \{\m{B}} "Nagisa, hey!"
<0682>
// \{Nagisa} "Yes?"
<0683>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't you have something to do in the staff room?"
<0684>
// \{Nagisa} "I don't."
<0685>
// \{Nagisa} "I went during lunch break, too, but I didn't have anything to do there."
<0686>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey \m{A}, aren't you intentionally cutting her off?"
<0687>
// \{\m{B}} "No I'm not."
<0688>
// \{\m{B}} "Anyway, aren't you the one that's supposed to be helping Nagisa out?"
<0689>
// \{\m{B}} "When did things get reversed?"
<0690>
// \{Sunohara} "I don't care about the bread anymore. I just want to teach those choir club girls a lesson."
<0691>
// \{Nagisa} "Bread?"
<0692>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, it's nothing."
<0693>
// \{Sunohara} "Anyway, c'mon."
<0694>
// \{Nagisa} "Let's go, \m{B}-kun."
<0695>
// \{Nagisa} "I think besides this... there's nothing else that we can spend time on after school."
<0696>
// ... We weren't able to see each other off.
<0697>
// That's what I thought she would say after that sentence.
<0698>
// But instead, Nagisa just silently grabbed the cuff of my shirt.
<0699>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0700>
// \{\m{B}} "Keh..."
<0701>
// The sun sets...
<0702>
// I douse my head with tap water to wash away all my sweat.
<0703>
// \{Nagisa} "Here you go."
<0704>
// Nagisa hands me a towel.
<0705>
// \{\m{B}} "What the hell am I doing..."
<0706>
// I place the towel on my head and start to walk.
<0707>
// \{Nagisa} "It's our club activities. It's a lot of fun."
<0708>
// Nagisa must be satisfied with just this.
<0709>
// \{\m{B}} "I can't play basketball after all."
<0710>
// \{\m{B}} "I couldn't do anything but pass the ball over and over."
<0711>
// \{Nagisa} "That's not true."
<0712>
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, you looked really cool."
<0713>
// \{\m{B}} "Really..."
<0714>
// \{Nagisa} "Your passes look so good. They look like the ones that you see on the foreign games on TV."
<0715>
// \{\m{B}} "As if..."
<0716>
// \{Nagisa} "You really were amazing."
<0717>
// \{Nagisa} "And I... the whole time... my heart was pounding."
<0718>
// \{\m{B}} "Why?"
<0719>
// \{Nagisa} "Well, because..."
<0720>
// \{Nagisa} "I was just thinking that someone this cool was my boyfriend..."
<0721>
// \{\m{B}} "You know, you..."
<0722>
// \{Nagisa} "Yes?"
<0723>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm surprised you're saying things that embarrassing."
<0724>
// \{Nagisa} "Um... did I say something embarrassing?"
<0725>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<0726>
// \{\m{B}} "But I'm happy."
<0727>
// \{Nagisa} "Which is it?"
<0728>
// \{Nagisa} "Should I say things like that? Should I not say things like that?"
<0729>
// \{\m{B}} "You can. Go ahead and say them. As much as you want."
<0730>
// \{\m{B}} "Enough to make me able to roll around in embarrassment."
<0731>
// \{Nagisa} "Okay. I'll try my best."
<0732>
// \{Nagisa} "Ehehe..."
<0733>
// Her smiling face that the setting sun shines on...
<0734>
// I wanted to watch it forever.
<0735>
// It's something that brings me relief.
Sơ đồ
Đã hoàn thành và cập nhật lên patch. Đã hoàn thành nhưng chưa cập nhật lên patch.
