<2192>
// On another day...
<2193>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Umm..."
<2194>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Oh wow, he really does have a girl's face."
<2195>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "Though he's a little bit angry..."
<2196>
// They made me wear female clothing.
<2197>
// ... the school uniform that Misae-san wears while commuting to school.
<2198>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "It couldn't be helped that these clothes weren't in good condition, so bear with it."
<2199>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Besides, we're keeping this secret from Misae, so you can see her while you're hiding."
<2200>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "O-okay..."
<2201>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Oh man, I'm really going to do this, aren't I?"
<2202>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "It'll be fine, you won't get caught."
<2203>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "We'll support you."
<2204>
// I pass through the gates of Misae-san's school for the first time.
<2205>
// I pass through the place I usually wait at.
<2206>
// It's profound.
<2207>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Ah, this feels good..."
<2208>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Uwaah, you're in \bthat\u mood?!"
<2209>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "That's not it! I'm just so moved by going to Misae-san's school for the first time!"
<2210>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "All right already, just try to talk with a higher-pitched tone in your voice."
<2211>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "O-okay..."
<2212>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Well, usually your voice is that of a girl's, so we don't have to worry, I think."
<2213>
// We pass by a group of male students.
<2214>
// Everyone's eyes look at me.
<2215>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "Uwaah... this kid'll be easy to spot..."
<2216>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Now, now, our lives have always been supporting characters..."
<2217>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Come on, give it your best, main character!"
<2218>
// Saying that, she pushes my back.
<2219>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "O-okay!"
<2220>
// I wonder if this was another prank by the Saki & Yuki team...
<2221>
// As I gaze out the window at the streets below, those girls have disappeared.
<2222>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Oh, geez, where did they go...?"
<2223>
// They've definitely confused me with sports equipment in one way or another.
<2224>
// I have to make this complaint as a guy.
<2225> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "\shake{2}\size{30}\bOHHHHH--------!\u\size{}"
<2226>
// I suddenly heard a roar coming from within the classroom.
<2227> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "I'm softly sending this love to you, \shake{2}drag and rock and roll----------! \shake{2}Ah!"
<2228>
// Seems like he's singing.
<2229>
// It's scary, so I pass by in front as soon as I could.*
<2230> \{Nam Sinh} ""
// \{Male Student} "Oh, which class are you from, girl?"
<2231>
// And then, in front of me the male student called with a voice.*
<2232>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Ah, no... no class really..."
<2233>
// Ahh, what a stupid answer...
<2234> \{Nam Sinh} ""
// \{Male Student} "You don't have to hide like that. Come and hang out with us!"
<2235>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "No, please leave me alone!"
<2236> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "\shake{2}Rock and roll--------!\shake{2} Uh!"
<2237>
// I run off.
<2238>
// The guy doesn't chase me.
<2239>
// Ahh, but I used to do something similar, didn't I...?
<2240>
// Constantly waiting, and then suddenly calling out...
<2241>
// I began to remember those things long ago.*
<2242>
// While thinking about that, thump!\shake{3} I bump into the person in front of me.
<2243>
// I fell. I check to make sure my wig hasn't fallen off.
<2244>
// It hasn't... but that was dangerous.
<2245>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Umm... I'm sorry..."
<2246>
// The person also fell.
<2247>\{Người Lạ} ""
// \{Person} "It's okay, I'm fine."
<2248>
// We both get up at the same time, dusting ourselves off.
<2249>\{Người Lạ} ""
// \{Person} "Are you all right, though?"
<2250>
// It's a young female teacher.
<2251>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Yes, I'm quite fine."
<2252>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "That was quite a rush. Is something the matter?"
<2253>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Ah, some guys, umm..."
<2254>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "Some guys, did what?"
<2255>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "It's nothing..."
<2256>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Umm... where might Sagara-san be?"
<2257>
// I asked without thinking.
<2258>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "Eh? Sagara-san, the council president?"
<2259>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Yes, that's right!"
<2260>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "Isn't she in the council room?"
<2261>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Where is that?"
<2262>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "You don't know where that is?"
<2263>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Ah, haha... something like that's a bit distant..."
<2264>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "Shouldn't it be a better idea for you to find out?"
<2265>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Sigh..."
<2266>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "Come, let's go."
<2267>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Eh?"
<2268>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "I'll lead you there."
<2269>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "Ah, looks like we're just in time for a meeting to finish up."
<2270>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "Here, she's coming out."
<2271>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Eh?!"
<2272>
// Oh man... if we go like this, we're going to meet...
<2273>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "What's wrong? You have business with Sagara-san, don't you?"
<2274>
// I stop a little behind, as the teacher turns around, giving me a strange face.
<2275>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Well... not really business but..."
<2276>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "Sagara-sa----n!"
<2277>
// The teacher waves her hand, calling Misae-san.
<2278>
// Ahh, I won't be able to run away now...
<2279> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Yes, what is it?"
<2280>
// I hide behind the teacher.
<2281>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "This girl's been looking for you, Sagara-san."
<2282>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "Uh, why are you hiding behind me?"
<2283>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Well..."
<2284> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Hmm~?"
<2285>
// Misae-san comes around, and stands beside me.
<2286> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Who are you?"
<2287>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "N... nice to meet you."
<2288> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Nice to meet you."
<2289>
// ... she doesn't recognize me.
<2290> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "You're such a cute girl, to be in the same year as me."
<2291>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Thank you very much..."
<2292>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "This is the first time you've met? Then, I wonder what exactly she wants to talk to the council about?"
<2293> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Really?"
<2294>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Ah, yes... that's right..."
<2295> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "What exactly?"
<2296>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "This person is the council president, so if you have something to say, feel free."
<2297>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "She'll discuss it with the council."
<2298> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Yup. So what is it?"
<2299>
// And there is the Misae-san I don't know.
<2300>
// Listening to this one student, in her position as the council president.
<2301>
// Somehow, I really... love it.
<2302>
// That's why, I say, with blood rushing to my head,
<2303>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Always... \wait{500}forever... love me."
<2304>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "........."
<2305>
// The teacher pulls back.
<2306>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "Eh? Eh?"
<2307>
// She points a finger at both of us.
<2308>\{Cô Giáo} ""
// \{Female Teacher} "What kind of relationship do you two have??"
<2309>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Ah, haha..."
<2310>
// My mouth slips.
<2311>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "I'm sorry--!"
<2312>
// Saying that, I run away.
<2313>
// Beyond that, the Saki & Yuki pair are peeping in from the side as we meet up, heading outside the school building.
<2314>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Pant... pant..."
<2315>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "That was totally funny!"
<2316>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "This isn't a joke...!"
<2317>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "So you really did have \bthat\u feeling?"
<2318>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "I don't!"
<2319>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Oh, man, this is so perverted!"
<2320>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Ahh... Misae-san..."
<2321>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "For her to not hate someone like me..."
<2322>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "She'll love you either way."
<2323>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "One way is fine!"
<2324>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Oh, whatever!"
<2325>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Where's my clothes?"
<2326>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "Here, here, take them."
<2327>
// I take my own clothes, entering the storage room and changing into them.
<2328>
// There, something fell onto the floor from my coat pocket, making a clanging sound.
<2329>
// A charm.
<2330>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Ah..."
<2331>
// How much of an idiot am I?
<2332>
// I've forgotten this for so long.
<2333> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "My wish? Quite a nostalgic phrase."
<2334>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "I'm sorry, I had forgotten it."
<2335>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Did you forget as well?"
<2336> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Yeah."
<2337>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "I see... well, hurry up and decide."
<2338> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Come on, I don't really have to, do I?"
<2339>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "But, this is really important to me."
<2340> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Me being happy right now is fine, isn't it? Isn't something like that important?"
<2341>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Of course. Of course, that's important."
<2342>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "But, this is important as well."
<2343> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Why?"
<2344>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Well... how should I put it..."
<2345>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "It's my obligation. An important one."
<2346> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "I dunno really but..."
<2347> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Is there someone you made this promise with?"
<2348>
// Someone...
<2349>
// That's right... there was someone else.
<2350>
// I must have come here because of talking to that person.
<2351>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Yeah."
<2352>
// I nod.
<2353> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "But, isn't that strange? Because you feel you have an obligation, it's your problem, isn't it?"
<2354>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Yeah, it is... sadly."
<2355> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "But, that's odd."
<2356>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Yeah... I'm also confused... sorry..."
<2357> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Who is it? Did your parents tell you to? Something like a favor?"
<2358>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "I don't think so..."
<2359> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Then, who...?"
<2360>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "I wonder..."
<2361>
// Who was it that was there...?
<2362>
// I can't remember...
<2363>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "But, certainly someone told me to come here."
<2364> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "What'd they say?"
<2365>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "In this charm is a light that can grant someone's wish, so go and grant it, or something."
<2366> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Mine?"
<2367>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Yeah."
<2368> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Then, show me this light."
<2369>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Eh? Ah, okay..."
<2370>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "It's inside this charm."
<2371>
// I open up the charm and look inside.
<2372>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "... eh?"
<2373>
// It's empty.
<2374> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Nothing?"
<2375>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Yeah... strange..."
<2376>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Certainly something entered this."
<2377>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "I saw it with my own eyes."
<2378>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "That means I can't grant any wish at all..."
<2379>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "What should I do..."
<2380> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Though you ask me what to do but..."
<2381> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Well, ain't it fine?"
<2382>
// Misae-san smiles comfortably, saying that.
<2383>
// Seeing that smile, I can't calm down.
<2384>
// For what reason was it that I came here?
<2385>
// This is confusing, wasn't I sent here with a purpose?
<2386>
// But... who was it that sent me here?
<2387>
// Ahh, something must be missing.
<2388>
// I'm so worthless.
<2389>
// Like this, Misae-san will hate me.
<2390>
// I have to be firm...
<2391>
// But, as the days pass by, my feelings for this duty grow ever stronger.
<2392>
// The person who burdened me with such a task was the most important person, after all.
<2393>
// A person that I had spent quite a long time with.
<2394>
// That is, definitely... something that I have to accomplish, even if it kills me.
<2395>
// The whole time I've been fooling around.
<2396>
// For me to forget something so important...
<2397>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Hey, please, just decide your wish."
<2398>
// I continue to bother Misae-san with those words while she attends school.
<2399> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "But you don't have that light that's needed to grant it, do you?"
<2400>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "I don't but... whatever I can do, I'll do it."
<2401> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "You don't have to do anything."
<2402>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Why?"
<2403> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "It's not like I hate that sort of request. It seems more like something that'd be used on a woman's standpoint."
<2404>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "I don't get it."
<2405> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "You don't have to get it."
<2406>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Maybe I don't have to, but decide your wish."
<2407> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Yeah, all right... I'll give it some thought..."
<2408>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Really?"
<2409> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Yeah, yeah, I promise."
<2410>
// In one way or another, I have managed to calm down.
<2411> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "Guess who!"
<2412>
// Suddenly my world disappears.
<2413>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Saki-san."
<2414>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Ahh, why didn't you say Misae? I could have tricked you, geez!"
<2415>
// The world returns. There, Saki-san and Yuki-san stand.
<2416>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "But your voice was different."
<2417>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "That's true, but couldn't you say love is blind?"
<2418>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "Come on, Saki, Shima-kun isn't so naive anymore."
<2419>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "That's no fun... can't tease him now."
<2420>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Besides that, where's Misae-san?"
<2421>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "It's a shame, but she looks busy. She said to go back on your own."
<2422>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Student council?"
<2423>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Yup. Founder's Day is pretty soon."
<2424>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Founder's Day?"
<2425>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "In short, a school festival, you know."
<2426>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "It's the first important task that a newly elected council has to deal with. They're busy during this time."
<2427>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "There's a unique event in our school festival that's really causing a stir."
<2428>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "If that senior comes out again, Misae will have trouble."
<2429>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "The person from the Light Music Club that went on stage alone, right?"
<2430>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "But, if you leave them be it'll get pretty crazy. The person from the Light Music Club's so cool and really good!"
<2431>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "You can say that again."
<2432>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "So, Shima-kun,"
<2433>
// Both their faces look toward me.
<2434>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "Today Misae isn't around. Let's play together, the three of us!"
<2435>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "........."
<2436>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "Ah, you have a complaint~"
<2437>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "No, it's fine, no really... let's play."
<2438>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Let's do. If you have any complaints about Misae every once in a while, you can let out the stress, right?"
<2439>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "I don't really have any stress built up..."
<2440>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Eh, serious...?"
<2441>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "If you say so, then there really isn't anything..."
<2442>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Ahh, then, we should bring up a topic..."
<2443>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "What'll we do?"
<2444>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Well not the tea house, but maybe another place?"
<2445>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "Hmm..."
<2446>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "Ah, I've come up with a brilliant idea!"
<2447>
// Definitely not brilliant at all.
<2448>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "Let's go to Shima-kun's house!"
<2449>
// Hey.
<2450>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Yuki, you're a genius!"
<2451>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Something like that's not that fun."
<2452>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "It definitely will."
<2453>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Has Misae gone there?"
<2454>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "No, not yet."
<2455>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Yeah, the feeling of superiority of entering his house before his girlfriend does. Yuki, you're a genius!"
<2456>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "Having said that, it's decided~"
<2457>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Come on, let's go!"
<2458>
// I couldn't match how pushy these two were, even now...
<2459>
// The Saki and Yuki pair had gone to a supermarket to buy a lot of sweets and juice.
<2460>
// I dunno what'll happen from here on out, but... thinking about it is quite depressing.
<2461>
// I think about going to my house.
<2462>
// .........
<2463>
// Eh...?
<2464>
// I don't remember too well.
<2465>
// My family structure...?
<2466>
// .........
<2467>
// The faces of my family barely float up and disappear...
<2468>
// There should have been someone important in that.
<2469>
// And... who was it?
<2470>
// .........
<2471>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "What's wrong, standing there like that?"
<2472>
// Thump, she hits my back.
<2473>
// I end up squatting from that.
<2474>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Ah, sorry, did that hurt?"
<2475>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "No... not really..."
<2476>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "What's wrong? You look pale."
<2477>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "You don't like this?"
<2478>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "No... don't worry..."
<2479>
// I hurry to my house to make sure of a feeling.
<2480>
// ... that feeling of unease about this.
<2481>
// I stand in front of my house.
<2482>
// There, my feet stopped.
<2483>
// I'm so scared, I can't pass through the gates.
<2484>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "What's wrong? It's your own house isn't it?"
<2485>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Your name's on the plate there."
<2486>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Yeah..."
<2487>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "Come on, let's head in."
<2488>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "........."
<2489>
// I'm brought to a standstill...
<2490>
// I open the door to the lobby.
<2491>
// Over there, a face showed up... a familiar face.
<2492>
// ... my mother.
<2493>\{Mẹ} ""
// \{Mother} "What business do you have here?"
<2494>
// So she asks.
<2495>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "Good afternoon!"
<2496>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Come on, say that you're back."
<2497>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "........."
<2498>\{Mẹ} ""
// \{Mother} "Umm, are you Katsuki's friends?"
<2499>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Yes!"
<2500>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "You seem so young."
<2501>\{Mẹ} ""
// \{Mother} "As always, I must apologize."
<2502>\{Mẹ} ""
// \{Mother} "Well then, please come in. Please take an incense stick over there."
<2503>
// Everything in front of me turns black.
<2504>
// I remember.
<2505>
// The face of the most important person to me.
<2506>
// And that person...
<2507>
// is no longer in this world.
<2508>
// I run away, as if escaping.
<2509>
// Ahh, I should never have remembered.
<2510>
// It would have been better if I didn't remember and just granted that wish.
<2511>
// I'm not Shima Katsuki.
<2512>
// I'm only pretending to be Shima Katsuki.
<2513>
// The mother didn't raise a single eyebrow, seeing my face.
<2514>
// There was no one else that knew that person.
<2515>
// Like Saki-san and Yuki-san, I was the only friend Katsuki could ever have.
<2516>
// Yeah, that's it...
<2517>
// The most important person to me...
<2518>
// Was the person known as Shima Katsuki.
<2519>
// I spent a long time with that person.
<2520>
// And then in the end, he entrusted me with this wish.
<2521>
// I came all the way here just to grant that wish.
<2522>
// The person he first liked...
<2523>
// To grant the wish of Misae-san.
<2524>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Hey, Shima-kun."
<2525>
// Saki-san's voice.
<2526>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "Shima-kun!"
<2527>
// Yuki-san's voice continued.
<2528>
// Even though I ran recklessly, those two caught up.
<2529>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "Hey... Shima-kun, you're Shima-kun, right?"
<2530>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Idiot!"
<2531>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Sorry, Shima-kun... somehow, we started up some kind of mess..."
<2532>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Looks like there's a lot of reasons..."
<2533>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Certainly, it's better for us not to know about it."
<2534>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Do you want to leave us out of it?"
<2535>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Or..."
<2536>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Is it better to let us know...?"
<2537>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "We don't mind which it is."
<2538>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "........."
<2539>
// I strain my face towards them.
<2540>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Saki-san, Yuki-san..."
<2541>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Thank you so much."
<2542>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Really..."
<2543>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "It's okay."
<2544>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "I..."
<2545>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Have something that I have to do."
<2546>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Yeah..."
<2547>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "We kinda felt that way."
<2548>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "........."
<2549>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "We'll leave the sweets and juice here, okay?"
<2550>\{Yuki} ""
// \{Yuki} "So, eat up."
<2551>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Thank you so much..."
<2552>
// I...
<2553>
// ... never knew this warmth at all.
<2554>
// Because...
<2555>
// ... I'm not a person.
<2556>
// Someday, my existence will return because...
<2557>
// The light inside the charm had started to grant a wish long ago...
<2558>
// And like that, I began to exist as a person...
<2559>
// And then...
<2560>
// When I grant her wish, my duty will be fulfilled.
<2561>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "Shima-kun!"
<2562>\{Saki} ""
// \{Saki} "No matter what, we'll always be friends, okay?!"
<2563>
// Just as Founder's Day started, I was pushed around by a large number of students from inside the school.
<2564>
// But, I came to meet her.
<2565> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "You did well not to get caught by the teachers."
<2566>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "I guess so."
<2567> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Sorry, I'm so busy, so I could only talk to you here."
<2568>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "It's fine."
<2569> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "I got the okay for you to be the first guest in Founder's Day, after all..."
<2570> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Let's have fun."
<2571>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Yeah."
<2572> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "My job's really busy, so I can't get away from it."
<2573>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Yeah."
<2574> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Well, even if I disappear, Yuki and Saki have free time, so go with them."
<2575>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Yeah."
<2576> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Those girls seem to really like you, Shima-kun."
<2577>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Yeah."
<2578> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "I'm jealous because of them."
<2579>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Yeah."
<2580> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "If it were another girl, I wouldn't allow it."
<2581>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Yeah."
<2582> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "........."
<2583>
// The talk... \wait{500}seems to be over.
<2584>
// All I did was nod.
<2585> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Well, what you've been waiting for, Shima-kun..."
<2586> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "I'll tell you my wish."
<2587>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Okay..."
<2588>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Umm... I'd like to ask, but..."
<2589> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "What is it?"
<2590>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "What you're about to say isn't worthless or anything, is it?"
<2591> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "You mean having rain or snow fall?"
<2592>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Yeah..."
<2593> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Don't worry, it's nothing like that."
<2594>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "I see... that's good."
<2595> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Yup."
<2596> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Well then, I'll announce my wish."
<2597>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Okay..."
<2598> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Shima-kun,"
<2599> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Please, forever always... \wait{1000}love me."
<2600>
// Yeah...
<2601>
// I guess I really did like this person.
<2602>
// I really did.
<2603>
// Our time was short, but the time we spent together was priceless.
<2604>
// I liked Yuki-san and Saki-san.
<2605>
// I liked spending time, the four of us.
<2606>
// And... \pI was happy.
<2607> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "... Shima-kun?"
<2608>
// Because...
<2609> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Why are you crying?"
<2610>
// For me to cry out a lifetime like this surely is because... I never knew this warmth.
<2611>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "It's nothing..."
<2612> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "You really are such a helpless kid..."
<2613> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Come on, dry yourself up."
<2614>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Okay..."
<2615>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Misae-san..."
<2616> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Hmm?"
<2617>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Thank you... thank you so much."
<2618> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Sure."
<2619> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Well, I'm heading off."
<2620>\{Shima} ""
// \{Shima} "Okay."
<2621>
// While watching the back of the person I really liked...
<2622>
// I continued, continued to keep on crying.
<2623>
// Farewell, Misae-san.
<2624>
// I will continue to like you for all your life.
<2625>
// "He isn't here today either..."
<2626>
// "I..."
<2627>
// "Maybe you've been rejected again."
<2628>
// "It's not like that! He's not like that!"
<2629>
// "He was deeply into Misae, wasn't he?"
<2630>
// "I'm sure there must have been a reason."
<2631>
// "Or maybe, there must be a really deep reason that it can't be helped..."
<2632>
// "He's been working hard to meet Misae up until now, hasn't he...?"
<2633>
// "So, maybe by chance, he'll appear again by surprise."
<2634>
// "........."
<2635>
// "Ah, the cat from yesterday's here again!"
<2636>
// "Really. Hey, Misae, it's the cat from yesterday."
<2637>
// "Is it a domestic cat? He has such nice fur."
<2638>
// "Uwaah, he has such a cute face~"
<2639>
// "Come on, Misae, hold it."
<2640>
// "Eh? Why..."
<2641>
// "I don't really like cats..."
<2642>
// .........
<2643>
// ......
<2644>
// ...
<2645>
// "Hello?"
<2646>
// "You're far away?"
<2647>
// "Yeah... I've gone back."
<2648>
// "Yeah, well it's not like it's for any reason."
<2649>
// "Yeah, sure. Though it's a guy's dormitory."
<2650>
// "... I guess so."
<2651>
// "Ahh, that's just how I am, aren't I?"
<2652>
// "Hahaha, that's too bad for you, Yuki."
<2653>
// "How's Saki?"
<2654>
// "Hmm... seems like a good match."
<2655>
// "I'm serious."
<2656>
// "I think so, but I haven't said anything."
<2657>
// "Yeah... yeah..."
<2658>
// .........
<2659>
// "Let's see..."
<2660>
// "Yup. The price of phone calls is going up."
<2661>
// "Yeah, when you come next time, let's play."
<2662>
// "Yeah, I'm sure it'll be fine."
<2663>
// "Ah, that's right."
<2664>
// "Remember that cat?"
<2665>
// "Yeah, yeah."
<2666>
// "When I came back, he appeared again."
<2667>
// "Yup, in this house."
<2668>
// "Maybe because he followed me."
<2669>
// "Yup. He seems strangely attached to me."
<2670>
// "How can he like someone like me who doesn't like cats, I wonder?"
<2671>
// "Haha... I wonder."
<2672>
// "Yup, we'll play again someday."
<2673>
// "I'm hanging up then."
<2674>
// "Okay."
<2675>
// "Okay, good night."
<2676>
// .........
<2677>
// "Whew..."
<2678>
// "Ah, you're here?"
<2679>
// "Oh yeah, head up onto the kotatsu."
<2680>
// "Since you're a cat, you like it, right?"
<2681>
// "The Cat Rolls Up On the Kotatsu~ right?"
<2682>
// "Come on, come here."
<2683>
// .........
<2684>
// ......
<2685>
// ...