Clannad VN:SEEN7600

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#character '＊Ｂ'
#character 'Kyou'
#character 'Child'
#character 'Mother'
#character '??'
#character 'Kappei'
#character 'Sunohara'
#character 'Voice'
#character 'Ryou'
#character 'Ramen Shop Clerk'
#character 'Misae'
#character 'Yoshino'

<0000>
// And, at that moment--...
<0001>
// \size{40}Thwack!!\shake{7}\size{}
<0002>
// The person walking in front of me... \pflew into mid-air...
<0003>
// \{\m{B}} "You serious?!"
<0004>
// That Kyou hit someone!
<0005>
// \{Kyou} "Sorry, take my apologies instead!"
<0006>
// \{\m{B}} "... Hey, you serious, damn it?!"
<0007>
// Patter, pat, patter, pat~...
<0008>
// The sound of the distant exhaust...
<0009>
// She seriously left him like that...
<0010>
// The fallen person trembles on the ground... not moving.
<0011>
// I fearfully approach him.
<0012>
// \{\m{B}} "... Hey, you okay?"
<0013>
// .........
<0014>
// ......
<0015>
// ...
<0016>
// The person on the ground did not give an answer.
<0017>
// Oh crap...
<0018>
// It'd be nice for someone familiar with the culprit to tell them to turn themselves in...
<0019>
// Or would it be nicer to just shut up and not be a witness right now...?
<0020>
// No... even more, would it be best to just run away from here...?
<0021>
// Run away 
<0022>
// Wake the person up 
<0023>
// I'd regret having such problems. 
<0024>
// If there aren't any witnesses, no one'll get in trouble.
<0025>
// If someone's going to get her in trouble, it won't be me.
<0026>
// \{Child} "Mommy, someone's sleeping over there~"
<0027>
// \{Mother} "Ah, you're right. I wonder if that student knows him?"
<0028>
// Oh crap... I became a witness...! 
<0029>
// Let's try to wake this person... 
<0030>
// Let's see, I could threaten Kyou during lunch every day, and I'd have a pretty nice hand up my sleeve...
<0031>
// -- Hey, that's not it!
<0032>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, you alright? Say something."
<0033>
// I kneel down beside the non-moving victim, and shake the person's shoulder.
<0034>
// The shoulder's thin.
<0035>
// Maybe it's a girl...?
<0036>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey?"
<0037>
// Twitch...
<0038>
// Ah, the person moved?
<0039>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, you fine?"
<0040>
// I shake the person once again...
<0041>
// Knock!\shake{1}
<0042>
// \{??} "\bWAAAAAAHHHHH!!\u"
<0043>
// \{\m{B}} "Uwaah...!"
<0044>
// \{??} "W-what the?! What was that just now?!"
<0045>
// \{\m{B}} "Y-you're alive..."
<0046>
// \{??} "All of a sudden I felt something like a \bthump\u, followed by a \broll, roll\u, and then immediately a \bslide\u or something..."
<0047>
// \{\m{B}} "Umm... you were hit by a bike."
<0048>
// \{??} "... A bike did?"
<0049>
// The victim looks at me with a tilting neck and a mysterious face.
<0050>
// A girl...? A guy...? Looking at their chest sorta gives me the right idea but it's a bit touchy to discuss...
<0051>
// \{??} "........."
<0052>
// \{??} "Ahh, again huh?"
<0053>
// Hitting their hand, the person says that as if remembering.
<0054>
// \{\m{B}} "Again?!"
<0055>
// \{??} "Something like this happens every once in a while."
<0056>
// \{??} "If it were a car it'd be a problem, but since it's a bike again, that's better."
<0057>
// \{\m{B}} "... Better... huh...?"
<0058>
// ... Even though you flew into the sky...?
<0059>
// \{\m{B}} "Your body's... okay?"
<0060>
// \{??} "Eh? I don't think I'm hurt anywhere in particular?"
<0061>
// \{\m{B}} "I see... then I guess that's fine..."
<0062>
// \{??} "Umm, by the way, what's the time?"
<0063>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm? It's about ten o'clock."
<0064>
// \{??} "Uwaah! Not good! I'm gonna be late for my job interview!"
<0065>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah! Hey!"
<0066>
// The person ran away all of a sudden.
<0067>
// Very far away now.
<0068>
// \{\m{B}} "... Is this really okay...?"
<0069>
// Should I be glad that the person survived, or that the person is strong...?
<0070>
// Anyways, I guess the issue with Kyou being a criminal is now over.
<0071>
// Even then...
<0072>
// \{\m{B}} "... What a healthy person..."
<0073>
// Seeing the person I don't know going around the corner, disappearing from my sight, I give a sigh.
<0074>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm...?"
<0075>
// As it happens, I see a white envelope that had fallen to the floor.
<0076>
// \{\m{B}} "Is it that person's...?"
<0077>
// I can't see their back anymore, looking in the direction they ran in.
<0078>
// I guess I'll pick it up for now.
<0079>
// On one corner of the envelope, the words "resume" were written in red.
<0080>
// ... Speaking of which, that person did mention something about an interview...
<0081>
// If that's the case, isn't not having this bad?
<0082>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0083>
// Having said that... I have no idea of any place he might be going to...
<0084>
// On the other hand, I'm a bit reluctant to just leave this resume here...
<0085>
// Find the address to bring it to 
<0086>
// Tear it up and throw it away 
<0087>
// Having one thing after another kinda ticks me off, but I can't just leave this as it is. 
<0088>
// I look over the resume in the envelope.
<0089>
// As I thought, the writing's dirty...
<0090>
// \{\m{B}} "Umm..."
<0091>
// Name... blank...
<0092>
// Age... blank...
<0093>
// Address... blank, too...
<0094>
// Telephone number... blank...
<0095>
// Academics...
<0096>
// Work experience...
<0097>
// .........
<0098>
// Nothing's written here...
<0099>
// Was there something already written here...?
<0100>
// ... On the right side...
<0101>
// Strongest subject... lunch...
<0102>
// Weakest subject... homeroom...
<0103>
// Objective... I want money...
<0104>
// Hobbies... telling people stuff they don't know...
<0105>
// Current health... I'll sue for sexual harassment...
<0106>
// Based on this writing... it makes me think this is a guy's...
<0107>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0108>
// I have no idea what the hell he means by these...
<0109>
// Even more, the writing's garbage...
<0110>
// The letters look like it's all wrinkled up like an earthworm crawling through it or something.
<0111>
// No matter what the reason though, I can't take this to any address, can I?
<0112>
// Unable to do anything about, I fold up the letter, and put it in my bag. 
<0113>
// Rip, rip... rip, rip... rip, rip... 
<0114>
// I rip up the paper piece by piece.
<0115>
// And then throw those small pieces into the drain on the side of the road.
<0116>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, then... let's go."
<0117>
// The bell ending second period had just rang as I came to school.
<0118>
// \{Kyou} "Ah, \m{B}! How's that kid?"
<0119>
// \{\m{B}} "You know... you are asking me with such a smug face there."
<0120>
// \{Kyou} "Eh? Because nothing happened, right?"
<0121>
// \{\m{B}} "Nothing did but, what if something happened, you know?"
<0122>
// \{Kyou} "It's fine, it's fine. The reaction when my bike hit was different after all."
<0123>
// \{\m{B}} "Reaction?"
<0124>
// \{Kyou} "Yeah. What should I call it, the feeling when the flesh gets crushed with the bone? None of that was there, was it?"
<0125>
// \{Kyou} "I'm sure that my skill reduced the impact. I'm sure that was that of a master." 
<0126>
// A person who knew the feeling of when flesh gets crushed with the bone would not be normal, would they...?
<0127>
// \{\m{B}} "Even though that's the case, the problem would be the person running away from there."
<0128>
// \{Kyou} "If you weren't there, I would have stopped."
<0129>
// \{Kyou} "\size{20}Or rather, I was supposed to be aiming at you...\size{}"
<0130>
// ... She just said something scary... 
<0131>
// .........
<0132>
// Could it be she found out about Saturday regarding Botan...?!?!
<0133>
// \{Kyou} "Well, nothing happened, right? Everything's okay."
<0134>
// As Kyou smiles saying that, she throws something my way.
<0135>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm... what's this?"
<0136>
// \{Kyou} "Fruit milkshake. For now, drink it, since I took ten minutes just to thank you, you know. You should be grateful."
<0137>
// \{\m{B}} "You shouldn't force your gratitude on me, damn it..."
<0138>
// \{\m{B}} "And, don't add 'for now' when you're thanking someone."
<0139>
// \{Kyou} "Giving juice is my thanks. What you should be thankful of is that the one I picked was delicious, right?"
<0140>
// What a ridiculous reason to use, saying that with such a smooth smile.
<0141>
// Taking a deep breath, for now I guess I'll be thankful for the milkshake I have in my hand.
<0142>
// \{??} "Oh man..."
<0143>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<0144>
// \{??} "Where did it fall to...?"
<0145>
// Perhaps this is the guy who lost it...?
<0146>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey!"
<0147>
// \{??} "Sigh~~~..."
<0148>
// \{\m{B}} "I said hey!"
<0149>
// \{??} "Whew~~~..."
<0150>
// \{\m{B}} "Wait a second!"
<0151>
// \{??} "Huah?" 
<0152>
// \{\m{B}} "Yo."
<0153>
// \{??} "Umm..."
<0154>
// \{\m{B}} "You don't remember me?"
<0155>
// \{??} "Ah, it's you!"
<0156>
// \{??} "The one who helped me in Okinawa!"
<0157>
// \{\m{B}} "Who the hell's that?!"
<0158>
// \{??} "Eh? Maybe Tochiki?"
<0159>
// \{\m{B}} "No."
<0160>
// \{??} "... Tottori?"
<0161>
// \{\m{B}} "Also no."
<0162>
// \{??} "Uwaah! Someone I don't know is talking to me!!"
<0163>
// \{\m{B}} "Are you some old fart?!"
<0164>
// \{??} "Because, I don't know who you are?!"
<0165>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah..."
<0166>
// Speaking of which, I haven't said my name.
<0167>
// \{??} "I'm looking for something right now. If you have business, I'd like for you to bother me afterwards."
<0168>
// \{\m{B}} "Something you're looking for?"
<0169>
// \{??} "An important paper..."
<0170>
// \{\m{B}} "Paper... so, you mean this?"
<0171>
// I take the resume I picked up from before out of my bag.
<0172>
// \{??} "Ah, ah! That's it, that's it!"
<0173>
// \{??} "... But, why do you have it...?"
<0174>
// \{\m{B}} "You don't remember? You were hit by a bike a while ago."
<0175>
// \{??} "A bike?"
<0176>
// \{??} "... Hmm? Ah, ahh! You're that person!"
<0177>
// \{\m{B}} "You remembered?"
<0178>
// \{??} "Yup, yup, I remembered!"
<0179>
// \{??} "Eh? But why do you have the resume?"
<0180>
// \{\m{B}} "I picked it up."
<0181>
// \{??} "Eh? When?"
<0182>
// \{\m{B}} "I said from that time, right?"
<0183>
// \{??} "Is that so."
<0184>
// \{\m{B}} "Here."
<0185>
// \{??} "Ah, thank you!"
<0186>
// With a smile, he takes the resume.
<0187>
// My heart skipped a few beats from that.
<0188>
// \{??} "What is it?"
<0189>
// \{\m{B}} "Uh, nothing... nothing at all." 
<0190>
// \{??} "I see."
<0191>
// \{??} "Well~ I had that job interview shortly after, but since I lost the resume it didn't go well."
<0192>
// \{??} "I guess something like this is important after all."
<0193>
// Is it necessary to have a resume that doesn't have a name written on it...?
<0194>
// \{??} "Ah, right! I should thank you, I should!"
<0195>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh? You don't really need to worry about that."
<0196>
// \{??} "Not at all, showing your gratitude is the most important!"
<0197>
// \{??} "It's not something the eye can reliably see, as it shows good faith."
<0198>
// \{??} "The truth is, giving money or something the person likes to eat could be called quite cool."
<0199>
// \{\m{B}} "... Someone like that would be very annoying."
<0200>
// \{\m{B}} "You don't have to do something, so don't worry."
<0201>
// \{??} "Nope, I have to. It goes against my own principles."
<0202>
// \{??} "It'd be the worst as a guy."
<0203>
// ... A guy? So he's really a guy?
<0204>
// \{??} "Would you like me to at least get you some juice?"
<0205>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh? Ah, yeah, I guess that's enough."
<0206>
// \{??} "Then, please wait a second."
<0207>
// Tap tap tap tap tap tap...
<0208>
// He runs off to the vending machine.
<0209>
// I guess I should think of him as a good guy, for being able to thank me...
<0210>
// A guy...? With a thin body like that, I couldn't tell if he was a girl...
<0211>
// ... Tap tap tap tap tap tap!
<0212>
// Hmm? He come back?
<0213>
// \{??} "Umm, you like juice or tea?"
<0214>
// \{\m{B}} "Uh, yeah, juice."
<0215>
// \{??} "Roger!"
<0216>
// Tap tap tap tap tap tap...
<0217>
// Someone going through the trouble of asking what one likes is really humble.
<0218>
// Even though he's the one treating me, he shouldn't really do so much.
<0219>
// ... Tap tap tap tap tap tap!
<0220>
// He came back again...?
<0221>
// \{??} "Pant, pant, umm, carbonated or fruit juice?"
<0222>
// \{\m{B}} "Uhh, I guess carbonated."
<0223>
// \{??} "Pant, pant... r-roger!"
<0224>
// Tap tap tap tap tap tap...
<0225>
// He's really humble.
<0226>
// ... Tap tap tap tap tap tap!
<0227>
// \{??} "Pant... pant... pant... u-umm, partly carbonated or fully carbonated... pant... w-which do you like?"
<0228>
// \{\m{B}} "... Fully carbonated..."
<0229>
// \{??} "Ro... roger..."
<0230>
// Tap tap tap tap tap tap...
<0231>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0232>
// I feel this is slowly becoming bad...
<0233>
// ... Tap tap tap tap tap tap!
<0234>
// \{??} "Whew, pant, whew, pant... u-umm... I've only got bills... got... any change?"
<0235>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, here."
<0236>
// Clatter, clatter.
<0237>
// \{??} "Whew, pant... t-thank you..."
<0238>
// Tap tap tap tap tap tap...
<0239>
// .........
<0240>
// ... Tap tap tap tap tap tap!
<0241>
// \{??} "Whew, pant, whew pant... u-umm, is fizzy drink fine?" 
<0242>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."
<0243>
// \{??} "Whew, pant... roger.."
<0244>
// Tap tap tap tap tap tap...
<0245>
// ... Tap tap tap tap tap tap!
<0246>
// \{??} "Whew, pant... h-here, juice."
<0247>
// \{\m{B}} "T... thank you..."
<0248>
// \{??} "Well, you should gulp down the cold stuff then."
<0249>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."
<0250>
// I take the cold drink.
<0251>
// Flip. 
<0252>
// Pshhhh---!!\shake{1}\shake{2}
<0253>
// White foam comes gushing up into my face the moment I flip the pulltab...
<0254>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0255>
// \{??} "Uh... eh?"
<0256>
// \{\m{B}} "Damn it... you shook it..."
<0257>
// \{??} "I-I'm sorry! I didn't meant to shake it like that... I was in a hurry so..."
<0258>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0259>
// He doesn't mean... any ill will, does he...
<0260>
// \{??} "Ahh... for this to splash around like this... I'm sorry!"
<0261>
// Saying that, he pulls out a handkerchief.
<0262>
// \{\m{B}} "Woah, stop. I'll clean it up myself."
<0263>
// \{??} "Come on, come on."
<0264>
// With a sweet smile, he dries my face... um... "he" is fine, right?
<0265>
// My forehead... eyebrows... cheek... lips...
<0266>
// Getting close all over my face...
<0267>
// His breath comes near my nose.
<0268>
// Why do I smell something good in that...?
<0269>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0270>
// \{??} "Eh? What's wrong? Your face's red."
<0271>
// \{\m{B}} "Gah... nothing!"
<0272>
// \{??} "Ahh! Geez, don't move, I might poke your eyes!"
<0273>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't say such scary stuff!"
<0274>
// I twist my body to get away from this dangerous feeling.
<0275>
// \{??} "Geez, there's still something to clean up you know!"
<0276>
// \{\m{B}} "... Just give me the handkerchief. I'll clean it myself."
<0277>
// \{??} "Hmm... okay."
<0278>
// \{\m{B}} "Thank you..."
<0279>
// I look at the handkerchief he gives me.
<0280>
// ... It's a girl's...
<0281>
// Wipe, wipe...
<0282>
// Maybe he's a... girl?
<0283>
// \{??} "By the way, what time is it now?"
<0284>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm? Oh ,it's four o'clock."
<0285>
// \{??} "Uwawah! It's already that time?!"
<0286>
// \{\m{B}} "What's wrong?"
<0287>
// \{??} "Sorry! I have to hurry to an interview!"
<0288>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh, ah, hey, wai..."
<0289>
// \{??} "Later, thanks for the resume!"
<0290>
// Tap tap tap tap tap tap...
<0291>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah..."
<0292>
// Only the handkerchief's left in my hand.
<0293>
// Oh man... I thought I'd return the resume, now it's a handkerchief...?
<0294>
// Guess I'll have to return this next time we meet.
<0295>
// Deeply sighing, I drink what's left of my juice in one gulp.
<0296>
// \{\m{B}} "... Hmm?"
<0297>
// Thinking about it... this was all bought with my own cash, wasn't it...?
<0298>
// The morning, with no one coming to school.
<0299>
// Holding back my yawn, I drag my heavy steps around.
<0300>
// \{??} "Ahh!"
<0301>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<0302>
// I turn around to a familiar face...
<0303>
// \{??} "Good morning, umm, umm, resume person!"
<0304>
// \{\m{B}} "Who's that..."
<0305>
// \{??} "Then... umm... coke face!"
<0306>
// \{\m{B}} "That was your doing, wasn't it...?"
<0307>
// \{??} "Umm... what was your name?"
<0308>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0309>
// Speaking of which, I never told him...
<0310>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm \m{A}."
<0311>
// \{??} "\m{A}... what's your first name?"
<0312>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm? \m{B}."
<0313>
// \{??} "\m{A} \m{B}, huh... nice name."
<0314>
// \{\m{B}} "Really?"
<0315>
// \{??} "Can I call you \m{B}-\bkun\u?"
<0316>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't care what you call me."
<0317>
// \{??} "\m{B}-\bkun\u, \m{B}-\bkun\u, \m{B}-\bkun\u, \m{B}-\bkun\u..." 
<0318>
// \{??} "Yeah, now I'll remember it."
<0319>
// \{\m{B}} "And, you are?"
<0320>
// \{??} "Hiiragi."
<0321>
// \{\m{B}} "Hiiragi... huh."
<0322>
// An ambiguous surname.
<0323>
// Not that a man wouldn't have this name, but it could also be a girl's.
<0324>
// \{??} "Yup, Hiiragi Kappei."
<0325>
// ... Kappei...?
<0326>
// \{Kappei} "What's wrong? Something strange?"
<0327>
// \{\m{B}} "... A guy?"
<0328>
// \{Kappei} "Who is?"
<0329>
// \{\m{B}} "You."
<0330>
// \{Kappei} "Ahahahaha! Oh man, \m{B}-\bkun\u, did you see me as a girl?"
<0331>
// \{\m{B}} "No... well... umm..."
<0332>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, here, this."
<0333>
// I show him the handkerchief that I borrowed yesterday.
<0334>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, that's,"
<0335>
// \{\m{B}} "The girl-like handkerchief."
<0336>
// \{Kappei} "And this confused you?"
<0337>
// \{Kappei} "Ahaha, \m{B}-\bkun\u is such a birdbrain!"
<0338>
// \{\m{B}} "F-for now, I'll give it back."
<0339>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah, thank you. This is important to me."
<0340>
// \{\m{B}} "Really?"
<0341>
// \{Kappei} "You have to return things that you borrow after all."
<0342>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh...?"
<0343>
// \{Kappei} "You can't just wait to meet someone by chance, without even knowing their name."
<0344>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah. It'd be nice to meet."
<0345>
// \{Kappei} "Yup."
<0346>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh yeah, how did that job interview go?"
<0347>
// \{\m{B}} "Something happened after that, right?"
<0348>
// \{Kappei} "Eh... umm... ahaha, actually that didn't go too well either."
<0349>
// \{\m{B}} "I see. That's too bad."
<0350>
// \{Kappei} "I thought showing them the resume might have been good enough though..."
<0351>
// \{\m{B}} "... You mean... showing the resume that I picked up as it is...?"
<0352>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? Yeah, that."
<0353>
// \{\m{B}} "Of course it won't go well."
<0354>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? Why?"
<0355>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0356>
// Asking me with such an honest face bothers me...
<0357>
// \{\m{B}} "For now, it's better to write your name and address down."
<0358>
// \{\m{B}} "There aren't any shops that'll employ people with an unknown address."
<0359>
// \{Kappei} "Ahh, but that's impossible."
<0360>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm? Why's that?"
<0361>
// \{Kappei} "I don't have a home."
<0362>
// \{\m{B}} "... Huh?"
<0363>
// \{Kappei} "Ahahaha, that's just my circumstances right now~ I'm in the middle of traveling."
<0364>
// \{Kappei} "That's why I'm trying to find a job where I can live in."
<0365>
// \{\m{B}} "Circumstances...?"
<0366>
// \{Kappei} "You want to hear?"
<0367>
// \{\m{B}} "Not really."
<0368>
// \{Kappei} "Hmm, that's a \blie\u. You must've wanted to hear, didn't you, \m{B}-\bkun\u."
<0369>
// \{Kappei} "About how I'm returning home, worrying in the middle of the night as I sleep until morning."
<0370>
// \{Kappei} "And then the next time we meet, I'd be telling you what happened while going 'Haah, haah', I'm sure."
<0371>
// I wouldn't want a guy telling me what happened in the middle of the night while going "Haah, haah"...
<0372>
// \{Kappei} "By the way, do you think there's a job like that out there that I can get an interview for?"
<0373>
// \{Kappei} "It's got to be short term, high pay, manual that's user-friendly for beginners, and cosplay."
<0374>
// \{\m{B}} "Hold that last thought."
<0375>
// \{Kappei} "Eh?"
<0376>
// \{\m{B}} "What do you mean by cosplay?"
<0377>
// \{Kappei} "Hmm, well about that... what \bis\u cosplay? Cosmo President?"
<0378>
// The president of all space...?
<0379>
// \{\m{B}} "No... what do you mean by that?"
<0380>
// \{Kappei} "Something. So, is there one? Though it'd be perfect if they also had a dormitory too."
<0381>
// \{\m{B}} "If you had to basically ask me.. isn't that what a girl usually does?"
<0382>
// \{Kappei} "Eh?"
<0383>
// Kappei looks at the words I just gave him.
<0384>
// Looking carefully... carefully...
<0385>
// \{Kappei} "Ah..."
<0386>
// A disappointing voice leaks out.
<0387>
// \{\m{B}} "Right?"
<0388>
// \{Kappei} "I wonder if there are any jobs posted that are meant for people above thirty years of age regardless of gender..."
<0389>
// \{\m{B}} "\bWait\u a tick!"
<0390>
// \{\m{B}} "... It'd be better you don't concern yourself with such jobs."
<0391>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? Why?"
<0392>
// \{\m{B}} "It's very suspicious..."
<0393>
// \{Kappei} "I guess so... but it's no good, not being old enough."
<0394>
// Nine times out of ten, this guy would definitely pass any age requirements, I'm sure...
<0395>
// \{Kappei} "Oh, whatever. Today, I'm taking an interview with a job I like."
<0396>
// \{\m{B}} "What job is it?"
<0397>
// \{Kappei} "Pizza home delivery."
<0398>
// \{\m{B}} "With a bike?"
<0399>
// \{Kappei} "Yup. Sounds pretty good, delivering stuff to people."
<0400>
// \{Kappei} "It really feels like a job that's for anyone."
<0401>
// \{\m{B}} "Certainly, that seems pretty good."
<0402>
// \{Kappei} "Best of all, what I'm delivering is food..."
<0403>
// \{Kappei} "Food... something people need to live... giggle..."
<0404>
// \{\m{B}} ".........?"
<0405>
// \{Kappei} "Delivering pizza now, maybe someone who's on the verge of death will muster all of his strength just to order it..."
<0406>
// \{Kappei} "And if that's the case, their fate would be in my hands..."
<0407>
// \{Kappei} "Being caught by a single traffic light would mean the difference between life and death..."
<0408>
// \{Kappei} "Something like that feels so thrilling... giggle, giggle..."
<0409>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0410>
// \{Kappei} "Uh, huh? \m{B}-\bkun\u? You seem distant."
<0411>
// \{\m{B}} "Well... would you not look this way... it'd be a problem if people thought I knew you..."
<0412>
// \{Kappei} "Ahahaha, no way, it's a joke, a joke."
<0413>
// \{Kappei} "Delivering to homes really is a job for guys after all."
<0414>
// \{Kappei} "Being entrusted with something, and going to someone."
<0415>
// \{Kappei} "It feels so numbing!"
<0416>
// This guy... I can't read what the hell his smile means at all...
<0417>
// \{Kappei} "Later, I have to go to my interview now."
<0418>
// \{\m{B}} "Y-yeah..."
<0419>
// \{Kappei} "Next time we meet, I'll be a delivery boy then."
<0420>
// Smiling with sparkling teeth, Kappei says that as he runs away.
<0421>
// \{\m{B}} "Home delivery, huh..."
<0422>
// It's just a job delivering stuff, but I'm becoming more worried about \bhim\u doing that...
<0423>
// Well, it's someone else's problem...
<0424>
// Even more... Hiiragi Kappei... huh.
<0425>
// ... Kappei's name is a girl's... no, that's impossible.
<0426>
// It's a guy's, isn't it...?
<0427>
// Break is about to start as I arrive at the school gates.
<0428>
// Growing weary of watching Sunohara immerse himself in the game, I decide to walk outside to get some fresh air. 
<0429>
// I wonder how long I'll be out here until I go back?
<0430>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<0431>
// I see a familiar person holding a magazine in front of him.
<0432>
// \{\m{B}} "Yo."
<0433>
// \{Kappei} "Ah... \m{B}-\bkun\u."
<0434>
// \{\m{B}} "How'd the pizza delivery thing go? Did you get it?"
<0435>
// \{Kappei} "........."
<0436>
// He silently shows me the magazine he's holding.
<0437>
// It's an employment magazine.
<0438>
// \{Kappei} "This is my answer."
<0439>
// \{\m{B}} "So it didn't work out."
<0440>
// \{Kappei} "Please don't point it out..."
<0441>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm just making sure."
<0442>
// \{Kappei} "You're quite cruel, \m{B}-\bkun\u."
<0443>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't like stuff I'm not sure about."
<0444>
// \{\m{B}} "So, what was their reason?"
<0445>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah, that's just it!"
<0446>
// \{Kappei} "It was just a tiny little thing too, geez!"
<0447>
// \{\m{B}} "What man, you angry?"
<0448>
// \{Kappei} "Of course I am. Even I get angry about things like these too."
<0449>
// \{\m{B}} "Did the interviewer sexually harass you?"
<0450>
// \{Kappei} "Of course not!"
<0451>
// \{Kappei} "When they asked me if I had a license, I have to tell them that I don't have one, don't I?"
<0452>
// \{Kappei} "You don't need a license for even a bike nowadays, right?"
<0453>
// \{Kappei} "I can't move on a scooter with just my right hand."
<0454>
// \{Kappei} "There's a limit to making a fool out of people."
<0455>
// \{\m{B}} "The one being made a fool of is you, man..."
<0456>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? Why?"
<0457>
// \{\m{B}} "You'd be arrested for getting on a bike without a license."
<0458>
// \{Kappei} "Of course not. Though it is a problem if you do get caught, if you don't screw up you won't get arrested."
<0459>
// \{\m{B}} "Shops think about what might happen if you do screw up."
<0460>
// \{Kappei} "They're thinking about something so small!"
<0461>
// \{\m{B}} "For you, it'd be really big, man..."
<0462>
// \{Kappei} "In any case, I'll have to pass on jobs that need licenses I can't use."
<0463>
// \{Kappei} "A man's path is to have a job that'll bring them from zero to the top."
<0464>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah... well, good luck with that..."
<0465>
// With an exaggerated wave with one hand, I get away from there--...
<0466>
// Snatch!
<0467>
// ..-- Or maybe not...
<0468>
// Kappei's thin finger grabs ahold of my hand.
<0469>
// \{\m{B}} "What...?"
<0470>
// \{Kappei} "You see, I'm gonna have another interview again."
<0471>
// \{\m{B}} "Good luck with that."
<0472>
// Struggle, struggle...
<0473>
// His hand doesn't let go of mine.
<0474>
// \{Kappei} "I'm thinking of going to the fast food restaurant."
<0475>
// \{\m{B}} "Good luck."
<0476>
// Struggle, struggle...
<0477>
// \{Kappei} "You know of Moff Burger? It's a nationwide fast food chain, right?"
<0478>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, good luck."
<0479>
// Struggle, struggle...
<0480>
// \{Kappei} "Could you come too? I feel uneasy going alone."
<0481>
// \{\m{B}} "Go deal with it yourself!"
<0482>
// Struggle, struggle...
<0483>
// \{Kappei} "Don't say that so easily~ It'll definitely be fun!"
<0484>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't have free time for jobs, you know!"
<0485>
// \{Kappei} "Our chance meeting here is due to karma from a previous life!"
<0486>
// \{\m{B}} "I have no idea what the hell you're talking about!"
<0487>
// \{Kappei} "You'll make 730 yen an hour! If you stare for two hours you'll get 1,460 yen!"
<0488>
// \{\m{B}} "Go and work!"
<0489>
// \{Kappei} "Let's work together from morning until night."
<0490>
// \{\m{B}} "I've got school!"
<0491>
// \{Kappei} "You should leave that in this case."
<0492>
// \{\m{B}} "That's a really scary basis you have there, right...?"
<0493>
// \{Kappei} "I'm being honest."
<0494>
// \{\m{B}} "Anyways, go to the job yourself."
<0495>
// \{\m{B}} "Besides, if you take friends to the job, the chance of losing the job will be high."
<0496>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? Really?"
<0497>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, and the chance of friends quitting the job when you quit the job is high as well."
<0498>
// \{Kappei} "You're not coming with me because it's a bother, right, \m{B}-\bkun\u?"
<0499>
// \{\m{B}} "Your principles are really weird, man..."
<0500>
// \{Kappei} "But, thinking in such a pessimistic way is how I've been living so far."
<0501>
// \{\m{B}} "That so...?"
<0502>
// \{Kappei} "Then, I'll get going."
<0503>
// \{Kappei} "Next time we meet, call me Mr. Burger."
<0504>
// \{\m{B}} "Later, Mr. Baka."
<0505>
// \{Kappei} "Ahahaha, it's too early for that!"
<0506>
// He really is an idiot...
<0507>
// \{Kappei} "If you come to the shop, I'll give you two pickles!"
<0508>
// \{Kappei} "You'll feel a bit happier with just that!"
<0509>
// \{Kappei} "Ahahahaha!"
<0510>
// With that echoing, bottomless laugh, he heads to the interview.
<0511>
// I wouldn't want to go to the burger shop he's working at...
<0512>
// .........
<0513>
// Well, he'll probably lose out.
<0514>
// \{Sunohara} "But it's just \bthat\u. Two guys coming home from school doesn't really seem all that exciting."
<0515>
// \{\m{B}} "If you don't like it, walk separately."
<0516>
// \{Sunohara} "No way man, that way we'd look like we weren't friends."
<0517>
// \{\m{B}} "You have friends?"
<0518>
// \{Sunohara} "So what are you to me then?!"
<0519>
// \{\m{B}} "Idiot, don't you know not to take words so seriously?"
<0520>
// \{Sunohara} "Hahaha, I guess so, we're friends! \m{A}~"
<0521>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm not that close to you, man! I'll beat the crap out of you!"
<0522>
// \{Sunohara} "S-so we're \bnot\u friends, then?!"
<0523>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't say something as small as that, okay? You want to start a fight?!"
<0524>
// \{Sunohara} "Eek, you're not forgiving at all!"
<0525>
// \{\m{B}} "I may be nice to other people, but I'm not just to someone whose name is Sunohara!"
<0526>
// \{Sunohara} "Keh, fine, I'm not your friend in any way at all."
<0527>
// \{Sunohara} "If you later ask me to call you my soulmate, I'll point and laugh so hard I'll cry!"
<0528>
// Absolutely no way I'd do that...
<0529>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, \m{B}-\bkun\u!"
<0530>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm? Yo."
<0531>
// \{Kappei} "Good afternoon. Going home?"
<0532>
// \{Sunohara} "Wai... \m{A}, who's this cute one?! Introduce me!"
<0533>
// \{\m{B}} "This cute one... you mean this person?"
<0534>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? Me?"
<0535>
// \{Sunohara} "Kaah, using 'boku'? No way, I'm gonna burn up!" 
<0536>
// \{Kappei} "\m{B}-\bkun\u, this guy's strange."
<0537>
// \{\m{B}} "He's a sad person. Better to just leave him as he is."
<0538>
// \{Kappei} "Is he your friend, \m{B}-\bkun\u?"
<0539>
// \{\m{B}} "Nope."
<0540>
// \{Sunohara} "Please let me call you my soulmate!"
<0541>
// Sunohara's crying.
<0542>
// \{\m{B}} "Wahahahahahaha!"
<0543>
// For now I'll just point and laugh.
<0544>
// \{Kappei} "He's not your friend?"
<0545>
// \{\m{B}} "I wonder."
<0546>
// \{Sunohara} "Hahahaha, \m{A}-kun's jokes are quite cruel!"
<0547>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm, my shoes are dirty."
<0548>
// \{Sunohara} "Okay, I'll clean them."
<0549>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, I'm a bit thirsty."
<0550>
// \{Sunohara} "Okay, I'll buy some coke!"
<0551>
// Tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap!
<0552>
// \{Kappei} "Uwaah, he really thinks of you as a friend!"
<0553>
// \{\m{B}} "You see some relationship with that exchange he and I had?"
<0554>
// \{Kappei} "Hmm... like a master and servant?"
<0555>
// \{\m{B}} "You're just about right."
<0556>
// \{Kappei} "How envious. I'd want a friend like that."
<0557>
// Kappei says that with such serious eyes.
<0558>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh yeah, how'd that Moff Burger interview go?"
<0559>
// \{Kappei} "........."
<0560>
// \{\m{B}} "Uh... even if you give me that face..."
<0561>
// \{Kappei} "Listen! That place's manager is the worst!"
<0562>
// \{\m{B}} "Sexual harassment interview?"
<0563>
// \{Kappei} "I'm not that cute!"
<0564>
// \{Kappei} "It feels like my dignity as a person has been stained!" 
<0565>
// \{\m{B}} "Did something happen...?"
<0566>
// \{Kappei} "He didn't even give me one cup of tea during the interview! Don't you think that's really rude? It feels like I don't know what he wants!"
<0567>
// \{\m{B}} "... I don't know what you want as well, man..."
<0568>
// \{Kappei} "But that's why they posted up for recruitment, right?"
<0569>
// \{Kappei} "Simply put, something like that is supposed to say they're in lack of employees, and they'd like people to help, right?"
<0570>
// \{Kappei} "If that's the case, shouldn't they show at least some sincerity?"
<0571>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, you also want money, that's why you went there, right?"
<0572>
// \{\m{B}} "Speaking of which, did other job interviews offered tea as well?"
<0573>
// \{Kappei} "The pizza shop gave pizza. They also had juice and chicken."
<0574>
// \{\m{B}} "Your life's really spoiled, you know..."
<0575>
// \{Kappei} "Is it normal for interviews not to have tea...?"
<0576>
// \{\m{B}} "Of course."
<0577>
// \{Kappei} "I see... I didn't know..."
<0578>
// He nods alone with a serious face, understanding it.
<0579>
// \{Sunohara} "I have returned!"
<0580>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, welcome back, manservant-\bkun\u."
<0581>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh?"
<0582>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't mind that. Besides, give me my coke."
<0583>
// \{Sunohara} "Ah, here, enjoy, soulmate \m{A}-kun."
<0584>
// \{Sunohara} "And, um... for you, as well."
<0585>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? You got coke for me as well?"
<0586>
// \{Sunohara} "Please accept my feelings."
<0587>
// \{Kappei} "Waah, thanks. You really are a good person."
<0588>
// \{Sunohara} "~~~~... \m{A}, come here!"
<0589>
// \{\m{B}} "What?"
<0590>
// Sunohara wrings my neck with his arm, and our pose turns away from Kappei as he whispers.
<0591>
// \{Sunohara} (I really scored big points there, didn't I?)
<0592>
// \{\m{B}} "... What?"
<0593>
// \{Sunohara} (How should I put it, that girl... will probably fall in love with me, right?)
<0594>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0595>
// This guy's... an idiot...
<0596>
// \{Sunohara} (Oh man, what should I do, is it okay to ask when's her birthday?)
<0597>
// \{Sunohara} (After that, her three sizes... oh yeah, right, her name, her name. I have to ask her name!)
<0598>
// \{Kappei} "I'll take the coke then."
<0599>
// Flip.
<0600>
// Pshhh----!!
<0601>
// \{Kappei} "Waaaa--------h!"
<0602>
// \{Sunohara} "Ah..."
<0603>
// The moment Kappei flips the pull tab, a white geyser flies into his face.
<0604>
// \{Kappei} "M-my eyes! My eyes are soaked!!"
<0605>
// \{\m{B}} "Tch... hey, don't go into a tantrum."
<0606>
// \{Kappei} "But, but, they're in my ey----es----!"
<0607>
// Kappei kicks around in a tantrum.
<0608>
// \{\m{B}} "I'll dry them, so wait."
<0609>
// \{Kappei} "Uuuu~... they're soaked~"
<0610>
// \{\m{B}} "Geez... close your mouth, I'm putting my finger in."
<0611>
// \{Kappei} "Okay.... uu... that tickles, \m{B}-\bkun\u..."
<0612>
// \{\m{B}} "After I dry this completely, it'll be all sticky."
<0613>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah... I guess... so.... uu... ugh... uhh..."
<0614>
// \{\m{B}} "Come on, don't turn your face away."
<0615>
// \{Kappei} "But... mmph... ugh... uh.... uhh...."
<0616>
// \{\m{B}} "That's it, just stay calm and it'll be over soon."
<0617>
// \{Sunohara} "S-somehow, when I hear conversation, I get all turned on..." 
<0618>
// \{Kappei} "Hmph! You cheap manservant! It's all because of your coke!"
<0619>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh? Ah, uh, umm, I'm sorry."
<0620>
// \{Kappei} "Fix your posture and sincerely apologize!"
<0621>
// \{Kappei} "If your voice weakens, continue apologizing!"
<0622>
// At those words, Sunohara's body rigors like he was hit by thunder.
<0623>
// He looks at me with teary eyes.
<0624>
// \{\m{B}} "You're annoying, so don't look at me."
<0625>
// \{Sunohara} "Uwaaahh!! I went through so much trouble to get this flag!!"
<0626>
// Screaming something I don't even understand, Sunohara runs away.
<0627>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0628>
// He's... gone as far as mistaking Kappei for a girl, hasn't he...
<0629>
// \{Kappei} "What a despicable manservant. Next time I see him, I'll splash him with salt."
<0630>
// \{\m{B}} "Your mouth's filthy, but also quite good..."
<0631>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? Really? Though that's something polite people say, right?"
<0632>
// \{\m{B}} "I see... by the way, you don't have any interviews today?"
<0633>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, that's right. Today I'm going to an office."
<0634>
// \{\m{B}} "What kind of work?"
<0635>
// \{Kappei} "A moving job."
<0636>
// \{\m{B}} "... Physical work... you okay with that?"
<0637>
// \{Kappei} "I'm sure I'll be fine. It's all about balance and timing."
<0638>
// \{Kappei} "Besides, physical work really is a guy's job~"
<0639>
// \{Kappei} "It really shows one's manhood."
<0640>
// \{Kappei} "Plus, you get your pay the same day you work. That's really cool."
<0641>
// \{Kappei} "The employer's gonna be dripping with guts too."
<0642>
// \{\m{B}} "Well... good luck with that."
<0643>
// \{Kappei} "Thanks, I'll treat you later out of my salary for wiping my face there."
<0644>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<0645>
// \{Kappei} "Later!"
<0646>
// He'll probably lose out on this interview...
<0647>
// Hiding my real smile, I see Kappei off to his interview.
<0648>
// April 26 (Saturday)
<0649>
// As always, I'm late in the morning.
<0650>
// With my shoulders drooping down, I walk on the road....
<0651>
// Thud!!\shake{1}
<0652>
// \{\m{B}} "Cough!"
<0653>
// Someone jumped into my chest-- or rather, my stomach.
<0654>
// Choking, my vision becomes hazy.
<0655>
// \{Kappei} "Ow, ow, ow~..."
<0656>
// \{\m{B}} "Ka... Kappei...?"
<0657>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, wah, s-s-sorry! I'm in a hurry!"
<0658>
// \{\m{B}} "For a joke it really hurts..."
<0659>
// \{Kappei} "S-sorry!"
<0660>
// \{Kappei} "I've been gradually looking all around..."
<0661>
// \{\m{B}} "Looking...?"
<0662>
// I ask him, rubbing my stomach.
<0663>
// \{Kappei} "That handkerchief person."
<0664>
// \{\m{B}} "Handkerchief... you mean the handkerchief from when the coke spilled all over my face?"
<0665>
// \{Kappei} "Yup."
<0666>
// \{\m{B}} "Someone from this town?"
<0667>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah, a person I met some time after I came here in the spring."
<0668>
// \{Kappei} "I was introduced to her after I was hit by the bike."
<0669>
// \{Kappei} "And at the time, this handkerchief..."
<0670>
// Saying that, Kappei looks all around him.
<0671>
// \{\m{B}} "What is it?"
<0672>
// \{Kappei} "Ah... ahh... ah..."
<0673>
// \{Kappei} "Ahhh... I can't find them..."
<0674>
// He sharply drops his shoulders.
<0675>
// \{Kappei} "I thought I'd finally meet her..."
<0676>
// \{\m{B}} "You never asked for her name?"
<0677>
// \{Kappei} "I was so shy like a carrier boy, I left without asking her name."
<0678>
// \{\m{B}} "What'd that person look like?"
<0679>
// \{Kappei} "She's really, really cute!"
<0680>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, I didn't exactly ask for her features..."
<0681>
// \{Kappei} "........."
<0682>
// \{Kappei} "Hey... \m{B}-\bkun\u..."
<0683>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<0684>
// \{Kappei} "Are my feelings that of love...?"
<0685>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0686>
// \{Kappei} "This is the first time my chest has felt this tight."
<0687>
// \{Kappei} "Only meeting them once ever, not knowing their name... just remembering them makes my heart beat fast."
<0688>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh."
<0689>
// \{Kappei} "Ahh... where did that cloud go...?" 
<0690>
// \{\m{B}} "...??"
<0691>
// \{Kappei} "Where will the winds blow from tomorrow...?"
<0692>
// \{Kappei} "... Where will a person's mind go to, where will they struggle to...?"
<0693>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, \m{B}-\bkun\u... hey... what are you doing, distancing yourself?"
<0694>
// \{\m{B}} "Well... you seemed to be a bit in your far away land, so I thought..."
<0695>
// \{Kappei} "Ahaha, you say such interesting things."
<0696>
// \{\m{B}} "Whichever you say it is, I think whatever it was that you said was interesting."
<0697>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? Did I say something?"
<0698>
// \{\m{B}} "Where'd the clouds go~ and where'd the person's heart go~ kind of like you were saying a poem."
<0699>
// \{Kappei} "Ahaha, a poem~ I guess... so..."
<0700>
// \{Kappei} "I'm sure the way I am now is... yeah... like a bird flying across a big, wide ocean..."
<0701>
// \{Kappei} "I can... do something like rest and ruffle my feathers, as a wandering bird on a small, desolate island."
<0702>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0703>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? You're distancing yourself again?"
<0704>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... you really are a person off in their own faraway world..."
<0705>
// \{Kappei} "Ahaha, you really are interesting, \m{B}-\bkun\u."
<0706>
// \{\m{B}} "Not like you."
<0707>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? Really?"
<0708>
// \{\m{B}} "I kinda know what you're trying to say though..."
<0709>
// \{Kappei} "If you understand what I wanted to say, then it's okay."
<0710>
// \{\m{B}} "Well... I guess so, but..."
<0711>
// \{Kappei} "Ahh! Why didn't I ask for that person's name?!"
<0712>
// His mood suddenly changes...
<0713>
// \{Kappei} "I might not meet her ever again--!"
<0714>
// \{Kappei} "For some reason today, Fate's playing tricks on me--!"
<0715>
// \{Kappei} "Huh... wonder if this is a test... if I get past it, will I be rewarded with something...?"
<0716>
// \{Kappei} "If I don't, I'll definitely be punished..."
<0717>
// \{\m{B}} "Y... yeah."
<0718>
// \{Kappei} "And then, there's something else I thought of."
<0719>
// \{Kappei} "'Kokoro' (heart) is below the character for 'koi' (love), right...?" 
<0720>
// \{\m{B}} "Y... yeah, true...? What about it?"
<0721>
// \{Kappei} "In other words, it sort of gives the feeling there's some motive..." 
<0722>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0723>
// \{Kappei} "But you see, in 'ai' (love), 'kokoro' is in the middle of the kanji."
<0724>
// \{Kappei} "This means that the important part of that would be in the heart, right?"
<0725>
// He looks at me enthisiastically with his eyes, looking for me to agree with him, as he points his hand toward his chest-- around his own heart.
<0726>
// \{\m{B}} "Well... umm... I guess so..."
<0727>
// Giving a weak glance back, I reluctantly answer him.
<0728>
// \{Kappei} "Ahhhh... where is yesterday's cloud...?"
<0729>
// \{Kappei} "With the wind I feel right now, who exactly will stop me tomorrow...?"
<0730>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0731>
// Far away... Kappei is really far away...
<0732>
// \{Kappei} "I'm a nomad... in this deep and wide forest, I'm a wanderer, looking for the whereabouts of one thing."
<0733>
// \{Kappei} "Hmm...? Well, would it be bad to call me a hunter...?"
<0734>
// \{Kappei} "A distant warrior aiming at a single trophy... proudly devoting himself with one blow, the Love Hunter that completely puts himself on the line..." 
<0735>
// \{Kappei} "Uwaah... sounds dangerous but really cool..."
<0736>
// \{Kappei} "Hey, \m{B}-\bkun\u, which makes me more like a man?"
<0737>
// \{\m{B}} "Sorry dude, but just don't look my way..."
<0738>
// I look to a distant place for a bit as I say that.
<0739>
// \{Kappei} "That person right now is under the same blue sky as me."
<0740>
// \{Kappei} "What should I do to meet that person again...?"
<0741>
// That Kappei... is like this, isn't he...?
<0742>
// Even then, who exactly is he trying to save...?
<0743>
// \{\m{B}} "S-so anyways, how'd the job go? Was the moving thing no good?"
<0744>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? Yeah, that's my new job now."
<0745>
// \{\m{B}} "The interview went well?"
<0746>
// \{Kappei} "Yup! I'm really enthusiastic about it!"
<0747>
// \{\m{B}} "I see, so you made it. Congratulations."
<0748>
// \{Kappei} "Truth is that there won't be any crazy development with that person in such a job~"
<0749>
// \{\m{B}} "Girls wouldn't be moving stuff around, obviously."
<0750>
// \{Kappei} "I might know the phone number of the office."
<0751>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, there is that..."
<0752>
// \{Kappei} "Anyways, I went to a lot of places in a car, expanding my view of the town."
<0753>
// \{Kappei} "It might increase my chance of meeting that person."
<0754>
// \{Kappei} "I'm sure when they see the sparkles from my sweat, their chest will tighten, wouldn't they?"
<0755>
// \{Kappei} "Somehow, off the record, don't you think guys look really cool working like that?"
<0756>
// \{Kappei} "If it were me I'd fall in love!"
<0757>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0758>
// I had no words to say.
<0759>
// \{Kappei} "Mmmmph---! Somehow I feel all fired up--!"
<0760>
// \{Kappei} "I have to give it my best and work like hell!"
<0761>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, do that."
<0762>
// \{Kappei} "Yahhhh!!"
<0763>
// Kappei runs away, holding an iron fist.
<0764>
// I sigh, watching his back.
<0765>
// Kappei
<0766>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey... \m{A}..."
<0767>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm...?"
<0768>
// \{Sunohara} "You remember...? That cute girl we met..."
<0769>
// \{\m{B}} ".........?"
<0770>
// I try to pin down something in my memory from these few days, but nothing comes up.
<0771>
// \{Sunohara} "Come on... the girl I gave coke to, but ended up giving problems with her eyes?"
<0772>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh... \bher.\u."
<0773>
// \{Sunohara} "See... yesterday, I had a dream of her."
<0774>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, how was it?"
<0775>
// \{Sunohara} "The two of us were on the sandy beach in the setting sun, while I was chasing her..."
<0776>
// \{\m{B}} "Mhmm, mhmm..."
<0777>
// I imagine it a little.
<0778>
// \{Kappei} "S... stop! Don't chase after me!"
<0779>
// \{Sunohara} "Pant, pant, isn't it fine, isn't it fine? I'm not that scary, pant, pant..."
<0780>
// \{Sunohara} "And the moment I touched her, she fell..."
<0781>
// \{Sunohara} "And then, I felt like I also fell on top of her..."
<0782>
// \{Kappei} "S... stop! Let go of my ha... waah!"
<0783>
// Rustle, rustle!
<0784>
// \{Sunohara} "Pant, pant, y-you won't get away now. Give up, give up, pant, pant..."
<0785>
// \{Kappei} "S-someone--... m-mmph!!"
<0786>
// \{Sunohara} "Pant, pant, i-it's useless~ n-no one will come now, pant, pant..."
<0787>
// \{Sunohara} "We stared at each other, both our pupils projecting into each others' faces..."
<0788>
// \{Sunohara} "After that, both of us closed our eyes one after another, and we got closer..."
<0789>
// \{Sunohara} "Pant, pant, spread out, if you stay still it'll be over soon, pant, pant..."
<0790>
// \{Kappei} "Mmmph, mmph, mmmmphh!!"
<0791>
// \{Sunohara} "Pant, pant, what a nice smell, pant, pant..."
<0792>
// \{Kappei} "Mmmmphhhh----!!"
<0793>
// \{\m{B}} "You're the worst."
<0794>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh...? W-why? I can't have that sort of dream?"
<0795>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, as a person it's off-limits."
<0796>
// \{Sunohara} "Isn't it really romantic, like the one scene in a movie?"
<0797>
// \{\m{B}} "No... I think it's a crime against someone's will."
<0798>
// \{Sunohara} "Against someone's will...? What are you talking about?"
<0799>
// \{\m{B}} "... Though it's in a dream, so you can't really thrust it in deep..." 
<0800>
// \{\m{B}} "No wait... since it is a dream, she's probably more consenting to it..."
<0801>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, hang in there."
<0802>
// \{Sunohara} "Ummm, I \breally\u don't know what you mean, but thanks for the support."
<0803>
// Sunohara, with a satisfied smile, gives a thumbs up, his teeth shining.
<0804>
// I really think he's a naive guy...
<0805>
// \{Sunohara} "Well, about what I just said though..."
<0806>
// \{Sunohara} "Point is, umm... how should I say this..."
<0807>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<0808>
// \{Sunohara} "I might be... serious about her..."
<0809>
// ...Oh man... those serious eyes and blushing cheeks...
<0810>
// \{Sunohara} "Like the time my younger sister came..."
<0811>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh? You have a younger sister?"
<0812>
// \{Sunohara} "You called her, didn't you?!"
<0813>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, that's right, I did."
<0814>
// \{Sunohara} "And then you ran away..."
<0815>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess your greeting's something like 'Kekeh----!', right?"
<0816>
// \{Sunohara} "No it isn't!"
<0817>
// \{Sunohara} "Come on, I'm really serious, so don't make fun of me, alright?"
<0818>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't make a fool of me! I'm serious after all!"
<0819>
// \{Sunohara} "Quit making fun of that seriousness--!"
<0820>
// \{\m{B}} "Tch..."
<0821>
// \{\m{B}} "So, you said something about the same as when your younger sister came?"
<0822>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah... telling my sister how I had no one I liked."
<0823>
// \{\m{B}} "Truth is a sister that asks me that is not one I want..."
<0824>
// \{Sunohara} "She was worried."
<0825>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, is that so..."
<0826>
// \{Sunohara} "But, well... at that time... my mind kinda floated..."
<0827>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey... what's her name...? You should know her, right?"
<0828>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0829>
// What should I do... with Sunohara misunderstanding this as it is...?
<0830>
// .........
<0831>
// ......
<0832>
// ...
<0833>
// This might be interesting!
<0834>
// \{\m{B}} "... Hiiragi's her name."
<0835>
// \{Sunohara} "Hiiragi-chan, huh... what a cute name..."
<0836>
// \{\m{B}} "Liking that type is definitely like a man."
<0837>
// \{Sunohara} "You never thought of me as one?"
<0838>
// \{\m{B}} "I've never complimented you in such a way..."
<0839>
// \{Sunohara} "Even if it's a lie, if you're just a bit worried say something!"
<0840>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, whichever way, your coke blowing in her face did piss her off."
<0841>
// \{Sunohara} "That's, true... I am the cause of that problem."
<0842>
// \{Sunohara} "I guess it'd be better for me to apologize somehow? Or rather, apologizing would be one way of getting a serious flag point, wouldn't it?"
<0843>
// \{\m{B}} "I dunno what the hell you're spouting, but don't go anywhere beyond an apology, alright?"
<0844>
// \{Sunohara} "How should I apologize?"
<0845>
// \{\m{B}} "Be a man that she'd want."
<0846>
// \{\m{B}} "The moment you meet, say nothing and kneel down before her; that's just like a man. She'll fall in love."
<0847>
// \{Sunohara} "Kneel down before her..."
<0848>
// \{Sunohara} "I guess so, apologizing in that way somehow feels like it'll show really good intent, won't it?"
<0849>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah, I'll give it a shot. Just like a man to kneel down. Thank you for the advice, \m{A}!"
<0850>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm glad I could help you out." 
<0851>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, \m{B}-\bkun\u!"
<0852>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<0853>
// \{Sunohara} "Woah, woah! Speak of the devil, I've discovered the kitten-chan!"
<0854>
// \{Kappei} "Eh?"
<0855>
// Kappei appears miraculously at the right time, as Sunohara runs.
<0856>
// And then in a cloud of dust, he kneels to the ground and pushes down his forehead...
<0857>
// \{Sunohara} "Hiiragi-chan! I'm sorry for bef---"
<0858>
// Squish!\shake{1}
<0859>
// \{Sunohara} "--mggff!!"
<0860>
// With all his might, Kappei stomps on his head. 
<0861>
// \{\m{B}} "... You really show no mercy, do you...?"
<0862>
// \{Kappei} "Well, I only used a bit of force for stepping on his head..."
<0863>
// He's using "a bit" of force to stomp on his head...?
<0864>
// \{Kappei} "B-but see... just now that was really disgusting, yeah?"
<0865>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, it is weird."
<0866>
// \{Kappei} "This is called what, immediately kneeling down as a guy is really bad, right?"
<0867>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, like a loser."
<0868>
// \{Sunohara} "Wait a second! Damn it, \m{A}, you just gonna sit there--?!"
<0869>
// \{\m{B}} "What, such an impolite guy."
<0870>
// \{Sunohara} "That's not what you said! Didn't you say it'd be like a man to suddenly kneel down and show gratitude?!"
<0871>
// \{\m{B}} "Hahahaha, you couldn't have really thought that, could you?"
<0872>
// \{Sunohara} "Don't play with a man's pure heart--!"
<0873>
// \{Kappei} "Blaming your failure on other people, you're the worst."
<0874>
// \{Kappei} "As such a terrible guy, you should crawl and wiggle around on the ground."
<0875>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh? Umm, t-that's not it... see, I'm... umm..."
<0876>
// \{Kappei} "If you have something to say, hurry up and say it!"
<0877>
// \{Sunohara} "I've fallen in love with you! Drink morning coffee with me at dawn, please!"
<0878>
// Smack!!\shake{7}
<0879>
// \{Sunohara} "Gaff!"
<0880>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey hey, that's going too far, kicking him in the chin to keep him quiet."
<0881>
// \{Kappei} "But, this guy's a \breally\u dangerous guy!"
<0882>
// \{\m{B}} "I've noticed."
<0883>
// \{\m{B}} "But if you really don't like that, at least end it with words."
<0884>
// \{Kappei} "We're of the same race, just transmitting words."*
<0885>
// \{\m{B}} "I see..."
<0886>
// \{\m{B}} "Well... this guy's got the completely wrong idea..."
<0887>
// \{Kappei} "Wrong idea?"
<0888>
// \{\m{B}} "He thinks you're a girl."
<0889>
// \{Kappei} "I'm a guy--!"
<0890>
// \{\m{B}} "I can tell by your name."
<0891>
// \{Kappei} "... That means... the time you didn't know my name, you also misunderstood as well, \m{B}-\bkun\u...?"
<0892>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0893>
// I couldn't deny that even a little...
<0894>
// \{Kappei} "Uwaah... you're quite rude, \m{B}-\bkun\u..."
<0895>
// \{\m{B}} "Besides all that, your face is cute, so it couldn't be helped."
<0896>
// \{Kappei} "........."
<0897>
// \{\m{B}} "Why's your face all red...?"
<0898>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? I-I'm not embarrassed in any way!"
<0899>
// \{Kappei} "I'm a guy, so you calling me cute, \m{B}-kun... um... doesn't make me happy at all...!" 
<0900>
// \{\m{B}} "Heh, well I'd be worried if you were glad."
<0901>
// \{Kappei} "I... I'm going to my interview now!"
<0902>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm? What happened to the moving job? Didn't you make it?"
<0903>
// \{Kappei} "........."
<0904>
// \{\m{B}} "... Kappei...?"
<0905>
// \{Kappei} "... That's the first time I've seen such an inhuman place..."
<0906>
// \{\m{B}} "...?"
<0907>
// \{Kappei} "Can you believe it? They told me to carry a cardboard box all of a sudden!" 
<0908>
// \{Kappei} "No way I could do that!"
<0909>
// \{\m{B}} "Umm... isn't that what your job is...?"
<0910>
// \{Kappei} "But the box was really packed! It's really heavy!"
<0911>
// \{Kappei} "It probably weighs about ten kilograms!"
<0912>
// \{Kappei} "It's like I can't guarantee being able to hold it with my arm!"
<0913>
// \{\m{B}} "... Boxes and pianos are well over a hundred kilograms..."
<0914>
// \{Kappei} "Don't compare me with other people!"
<0915>
// \{\m{B}} "Umm... you don't have to say that so forcefully..."
<0916>
// \{Kappei} "If they can do that, then obviously it's a problem if I do it!"
<0917>
// \{\m{B}} "You're no good with physical work. Or rather, you're no good with work that involves working with other people."
<0918>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah, somehow I feel that way."
<0919>
// \{Kappei} "But that's just it, I'm quite a solitary guy then."
<0920>
// \{Kappei} "Going around with other people, and dragging them with you, see."
<0921>
// \{Kappei} "Those are the types of jobs that are suitable for showing leadership."
<0922>
// \{Kappei} "Uwaah... like a man... just imagining it gives me the goosebumps."
<0923>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0924>
// He nods, though misunderstanding it...
<0925>
// \{Kappei} "Well, today's interview involves people helping people, so I'm relieved."
<0926>
// \{\m{B}} "A hotel?"
<0927>
// \{Kappei} "Something like that. It's a nursery, and I like kids so I think it'll work out."
<0928>
// \{Kappei} "It'll be nice teaching the children about my life."
<0929>
// And he nods again at that...
<0930>
// \{\m{B}} "... Well, doing strange physical work or creating things sounds like a good idea..."
<0931>
// I guess at the last moment, I'll just quickly say something.
<0932>
// \{Kappei} "Yup! Having said that, I'm going now."
<0933>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, good... luck."
<0934>
// \{Kappei} "Next time we meet, call me Baby Kappei, okay? Later!"
<0935>
// Kappei wears a grin while waving, running away.
<0936>
// Working with kids...
<0937>
// .........
<0938>
// Ignoring whether or not he can do it well, I guess I can picture it.
<0939>
// A little later into the day.
<0940>
// While fooling around when heading home,
<0941>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, \m{A}..."
<0942>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm...?"
<0943>
// \{Sunohara} "It's about Hiiragi-chan."
<0944>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah?"
<0945>
// \{Sunohara} "I guess it's like a man to decide to get close."
<0946>
// \{\m{B}} "Meaning?"
<0947>
// \{Sunohara} "Confessing."
<0948>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0949>
// He... still hasn't given up...
<0950>
// \{Sunohara} "Having said that, help me out a bit."
<0951>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't really care but... what are you gonna do?"
<0952>
// \{Sunohara} "Call her over to my room, I think."
<0953>
// \{\m{B}} "... Oh...?"
<0954>
// \{Sunohara} "But you know, probably with the way I am now, I don't think she's going to come."
<0955>
// \{\m{B}} "Indeed."
<0956>
// \{Sunohara} "Having said that, you call her."
<0957>
// \{\m{B}} "... Huh?"
<0958>
// \{Sunohara} "I'll help you out later, so help me out."
<0959>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm really serious."
<0960>
// Sunohara's unusual face towards me seems that way.
<0961>
// Calling Kappei to his room... well...
<0962>
// \{Sunohara} "Welcome!"
<0963>
// \{Kappei} "What business do you have, calling me here?"
<0964>
// \{Sunohara} "Well, well, for now just come in, please."
<0965>
// \{Kappei} "Uwaah... what a dirty room."
<0966>
// \{Sunohara} "Hahaha, it's a guy's room after all."
<0967>
// Clack, clack... clack...
<0968>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? Why are you locking the door?"
<0969>
// \{Sunohara} "Because it's lunch right now."
<0970>
// \{Kappei} "Lunch? Nothing's prepared, though."
<0971>
// Ruffle!
<0972>
// \{Sunohara} "Mwahahaha, I'm going to eat you!!"
<0973>
// \{Kappei} "W-waaaaahhhh!! \m{B}-\bkun\u--!!"
<0974>
// \{Sunohara} "If you're calling him, he's keeping watch--!"
<0975>
// Clatter! \shake{1}\wait{100}Slam! \shake{2}\wait{100} Thud!\shake{1}
<0976>
// \{Kappei} "\m{B}-\bkun\u----!!"
<0977>
// \{\m{B}} "Asshole! Why do I have to keep watch?!" 
<0978>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh? W-what are you talking about?!"
<0979>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't want anything to do with this, damn it!"
<0980>
// \{Sunohara} "I have no idea what the hell you're talking about!"
<0981>
// \{\m{B}} "Anyways, you're the worst!"
<0982>
// \{Sunohara} "I \breally\u don't know what you're talking about!"
<0983>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, \m{B}-\bkun\u."
<0984>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm? Yo."
<0985>
// \{Kappei} "Uwaah... your servant's here too..."
<0986>
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}... I really don't seem all that important to her, do I?"
<0987>
// \{\m{B}} "You don't think being a character that stands out feels good, do you?"
<0988>
// \{Kappei} "........."
<0989>
// \{\m{B}} "Come on, see. She's giving you such a burning look there."
<0990>
// \{Sunohara} "It really seems suspicious, though..."
<0991>
// \{\m{B}} "Just your imagination, man, just your imagination."
<0992>
// Smiling, I look over at Kappei.
<0993>
// \{Kappei} "Hmm? What is it?"
<0994>
// \{\m{B}} "See, this guy has something to tell you."
<0995>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? Me?"
<0996>
// \{Sunohara} "H-hey, \m{A}?!"
<0997>
// \{\m{B}} "Didn't you decide you'd get close like a man?"
<0998>
// \{Sunohara} "I-I haven't prepared myself yet!"
<0999>
// \{\m{B}} "Can't be helped... then, I'll tell you my ultimate secret."
<1000>
// \{Sunohara} "Serious? Really?"
<1001>
// \{\m{B}} "Lend me your ears... whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper..."
<1002>
// \{Sunohara} "Mhmm, mhmm... mhmm..."
<1003>
// \{Sunohara} "Ohh! Just like a man! Seems cool. Alright!"
<1004>
// \{Sunohara} "Hiiragi-chan!"
<1005>
// \{Kappei} "W-what?"
<1006>
// Ruffle... Sunohara flips his hair, tilts himself at 45 degrees, and points his finger out like a gun...
<1007>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm gonna shoot your heart out, baby--!"
<1008>
// He winks while going "Bang!" with his finger flicking back.
<1009>
// \{Kappei} "Are you an idiot?"
<1010>
// \{\m{B}} "Uwahahahahaha! This guy actually did it!"
<1011>
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}--! Damn it, why'd you make me do that?!"
<1012>
// \{Kappei} "Besides that... you seem to have a really big misunderstanding here..."
<1013>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh? What?"
<1014>
// \{Kappei} "I'm a \bguy\u."
<1015>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<1016>
// \{Sunohara} "......"
<1017>
// \{Sunohara} "..."
<1018>
// \{Sunohara} "......... What?"
<1019>
// \{Kappei} "A \bguy\u."
<1020>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<1021>
// Creak, creak, creak, creak... he turns his neck towards me like a broken tin foil doll.
<1022>
// He looks at me as if he's clinging onto something.
<1023>
// Remaining silent, I give him a peaceful smile, nodding.
<1024>
// \{Sunohara} "T... \bthat's a liiiieee---!!\u"
<1025>
// \{Sunohara} "B-b-b, but, you're Hiiragi..."
<1026>
// \{Kappei} "I'm Hiiragi Kappei."
<1027>
// \{Sunohara} "\bNOOOO!\u No way you could have a guy's name--!"*
<1028>
// \{\m{B}} "Complete defeat."
<1029>
// \{Sunohara} "Eeeeeek! S-so the one I was thinking of yesterday wasn't a girl, but a guy instead!!"
<1030>
// What exactly is he...?
<1031>
// \{Sunohara} "Uwaaahhh!! I'm such a stupid kid--!"
<1032>
// With teary eyes, Sunohara runs away.
<1033>
// \{\m{B}} "He might've been traumatized..."
<1034>
// \{Kappei} "What happened to him?"
<1035>
// \{\m{B}} "Nah, don't worry about it."
<1036>
// \{Kappei} "Sure? Well, I really don't care anyway."
<1037>
// I think... Sunohara might really have been in love when he mistook him for a girl...
<1038>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, that's right, \m{B}-\bkun\u, there's something I'd like to tell you."
<1039>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm? Something you want to... tell me?"
<1040>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah, ahem... long ago, there was an old man and woman."
<1041>
// \{\m{B}} "... Is this a fairytale?"
<1042>
// \{Kappei} "They were really famous. Umm, one day, the old man picked up a mischievous tanuki." 
<1043>
// \{\m{B}} "Kachi-kachi Yama?"
<1044>
// \{Kappei} "Yup. The old man hung the tanuki on a rope into a pot."
<1045>
// \{\m{B}} "Mhmm..."
<1046>
// \{Kappei} "And, he went out for a bit to get some ingredients."
<1047>
// \{Kappei} "Only the tanuki and the old lady were at the house."
<1048>
// \{\m{B}} "Mhmm, mhmm..."
<1049>
// \{Kappei} "The tanuki pleaded to her, saying, 'I won't do anything wrong anymore, so please let me out.'"
<1050>
// \{Kappei} "Seeing how pitiful the tanuki was, the old lady loosened the rope."
<1051>
// For now, this Kachi-kachi Yama story doesn't seem too unusual...
<1052>
// \{Kappei} "The free tanuki picked up a nearby wooden stick and hit the old lady with all its might."
<1053>
// ... All its might...?
<1054>
// \{Kappei} "Pow! Crack! Breaking her skull, blood spilled onto the floor!"
<1055>
// \{Kappei} "The old lady died there, not making a voice."
<1056>
// \{\m{B}} "H... hey...?" 
<1057>
// \{Kappei} "Even then, the tanuki still kept on hitting her!"
<1058>
// \{Kappei} "Smack! \shake{1}\wait{300} Kapow! \shake{1}\wait{300} Thwack!\shake{1}"
<1059>
// \{\m{B}} "Wai... Kappei?"
<1060>
// \{Kappei} "Soon the wooden stick become reddened, and the tanuki smiled, satisfied."
<1061>
// \{Kappei} "And then the tanuki takes the old lady into the heath under the pot and--"
<1062>
// \{\m{B}} "Kappei!"
<1063>
// \{Kappei} "-- Wah! D-did I, do that again?"
<1064>
// \{\m{B}} "What you did just now was tell some very violent fairytale."
<1065>
// \{Kappei} "Ahhh! Why'd I do that, even though it was just a normal fairytale?!"
<1066>
// His normal is absolutely off...
<1067>
// \{Kappei} "When I began talking to the kids, they cried!"
<1068>
// \{Kappei} "Was it okay for that to happen in the middle of the story of Momotarou?"
<1069>
// \{Kappei} "But they were crying, even though the demons had to be exterminated..."
<1070>
// \{Kappei} "... Momotarou took the sword from his hip, and with his three friends they fought the demons."
<1071>
// \{Kappei} "Swoosh! Cut! Slash!"
<1072>
// \{Kappei} "The dog gets on top of the demon's knees, and rips its teeth off with its tail." 
<1073>
// \{Kappei} "The monkey claws many, many times at the demon's chest, blood spurting out onto it, as it laughed while dyed in red..."
<1074>
// \{Kappei} "The dove thrusts its beak into the demon's eyes, spreading its wings at the joy of smashing his eyeballs."
<1075>
// \{Kappei} "And finally, Momotarou rips its muscles apart, blood and fat entangling with the bone as it separates."
<1076>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1077>
// \{Kappei} "He and the three smile dyed in red, as they see another demon."
<1078>
// \{Kappei} "And then, screaming 'Next!', they kick the ground--..."
<1079>
// Swiff!\shake{1}
<1080>
// \{Kappei} "Ah!"
<1081>
// \{\m{B}} "Calm down..."
<1082>
// \{Kappei} "W, was there a problem?"
<1083>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't think so but \byou're\u the number one problem."
<1084>
// \{Kappei} "Ahhh... why, I wonder... wasn't it okay to have such an exciting fairytale?"
<1085>
// \{\m{B}} "What you're saying isn't so exciting."
<1086>
// \{\m{B}} "Or rather, if you told brats something like that, you'd be fired..."
<1087>
// \{Kappei} "That's the first time I've been fired in an hour... Man, I feel so depressed."
<1088>
// \{\m{B}} "If I heard a story like that, I'd get depressed as well..."
<1089>
// \{Kappei} "I really don't like kids."
<1090>
// The kids probably don't like you either...
<1091>
// \{Kappei} "But... what should I do...?"
<1092>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<1093>
// \{Kappei} "Soon my wallet's gonna be in serious trouble."
<1094>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, a job like that shouldn't really bother you, should it?"
<1095>
// \{Kappei} "... Guess I'll be sleeping on the station bench again tonight..."
<1096>
// \{\m{B}} "... Bench?"
<1097>
// \{Kappei} "Later, I have to go find some place."
<1098>
// Kappei smiles like that, walking away.
<1099>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Kappei."
<1100>
// \{Kappei} "Hmm?"
<1101>
// \{\m{B}} "... Where exactly are you staying right now...?"
<1102>
// \{Kappei} "Umm... when I have money I stay at an inn."
<1103>
// \{\m{B}} "And when you don't?"
<1104>
// \{Kappei} "A lot of places."
<1105>
// \{\m{B}} "... Such as?"
<1106>
// \{Kappei} "... A... a lot of places..."
<1107>
// \{\m{B}} "... Like a station bench...?"
<1108>
// He sharply turns his face away at my words.
<1109>
// \{\m{B}} "... You serious?"
<1110>
// \{Kappei} "I-it can't be helped, can it?"
<1111>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1112>
// Well... can't be helped... 
<1113>
// Introduce him to an inn. 
<1114>
// \{\m{B}} "Well... can't be helped..." 
<1115>
// \{Kappei} "Don't worry, when I decide on a job I'll be living in an exhilarating suite."
<1116>
// \{\m{B}} "I see."
<1117>
// \{Kappei} "Well, later."
<1118>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<1119>
// Kappei waves his hand as he runs off. 
<1120>
// \{\m{B}} "Mind if I introduce you to an inn?" 
<1121>
// \{Kappei} "?"
<1122>
// \{\m{B}} "Since it's spring, it gets cold during the night."
<1123>
// \{\m{B}} "No matter how many times you do it, it's bad for your health if you camp out."
<1124>
// \{Kappei} "B-but, I don't have any money, you know?"
<1125>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't worry, I'll take you to a place that doesn't worry about money."
<1126>
// \{Kappei} "Really?"
<1127>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<1128>
// Tap... tap... tap... tap...
<1129>
// \{Kappei} "Hey, \m{B}-\bkun\u... is it okay to come in here like we want...?"
<1130>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, it's fine, it's fine."
<1131>
// \{Kappei} "Or rather, what kind of place is this...?"
<1132>
// \{\m{B}} "An inn."
<1133>
// \{Kappei} "Somehow it doesn't seem like it...?"
<1134>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't point that out... well, here we are."
<1135>
// Clatter...
<1136>
// \{Kappei} "Uwaah... what a dirty room..."
<1137>
// \{\m{B}} "But, you won't have a problem sleeping here, right?"
<1138>
// \{Kappei} "I guess so. I won't catch a cold here."
<1139>
// \{\m{B}} "Umm... ah, there he is."
<1140>
// A thick pile of sheets is on top of the bed.
<1141>
// Sunohara was in that, hugging a pillow while closed up.
<1142>
// He looks like he's feeling like he wants to cry on the pillow.
<1143>
// \{Kappei} "Could this room be..."
<1144>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, wake up."
<1145>
// Thud.\shake{1}
<1146>
// I kick the bedding.
<1147>
// \{Sunohara} "Uh... uhh... I can't eat anymore~"
<1148>
// \{\m{B}} "Come on, don't be so sleepy."
<1149>
// Thud. \shake{1}\pThud.\shake{1}
<1150>
// \{Sunohara} "Ow! Ow, man! Hey... what... you, \m{A}...?"
<1151>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm in the middle of having a broken heart right now... just leave me alone and be quiet..."
<1152>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, besides giving yourself the final blow, I thought I might push something onto you..."
<1153>
// \{Sunohara} "... What exactly...?"
<1154>
// \{\m{B}} "Let him stay for a night."
<1155>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, hey there."
<1156>
// \{Sunohara} "Gyaaaahhh!! He's here!!!"
<1157>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm kinda worried about where he's sleeping."
<1158>
// \{Kappei} "I-if you don't mind."
<1159>
// \{Sunohara} "W, wha... why?! Why can't you let him stay your house?!"
<1160>
// \{\m{B}} "Shut up and quit complaining."
<1161>
// \{\m{B}} "Letting him feel at ease here is, umm, what'd you call it... a flag? You'll get that, won't you?"
<1162>
// \{Sunohara} "I don't want that with a guy, dammit!!"
<1163>
// \{Sunohara} "First of all, I already lost it with this guy--..."
<1164>
// \{Kappei} "Uh... umm... I guess this is a bad idea..."
<1165>
// \{Sunohara} "Hm...?"
<1166>
// \{Kappei} "It's okay, I'll go to the station."
<1167>
// \{Sunohara} "Station? What are you exactly gonna do at the station?"
<1168>
// \{Kappei} "Sleep on the bench in the waiting room."
<1169>
// \{Sunohara} "Bench?!"
<1170>
// \{\m{B}} "Sunohara... are you just gonna abandon Kappei?"
<1171>
// \{Sunohara} "S-saying it as abandoning... umm..."
<1172>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, well the Sunohara Youhei that I know would say that he's a really fired up and chivalrous guy."
<1173>
// \{Kappei} (\size{20}Eh? Really?\size{})
<1174>
// \{\m{B}} (\size{20}It's a lie, isn't it? Anyways, just wait and see.\size{})
<1175>
// Slightly clearing my throat, I look at Sunohara.
<1176>
// \{\m{B}} "Anyways, stop fussing over what happened before, and deal with the problem right now."
<1177>
// \{\m{B}} "Think of it as two things for you, helping a person in need, and looking yourself in the mirror as a great man..."
<1178>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh? Eh? Well, I guess. A guy abandoning a person in need is the worst."
<1179>
// \{Sunohara} "Hiiragi-chan, if you want, you can stay here, okay?"
<1180>
// \{Kappei} "Really? Is that fine?"
<1181>
// \{Sunohara} "Hahaha, it's completely okay. No program."
<1182>
// He's so easy to manipulate...
<1183>
// Though he's supposed to say "no problem" if there's no problem.
<1184>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, I'll be going then."
<1185>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? You'll be going now, \m{B}-\bkun\u?"
<1186>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah. It's not like I should really be here, right?"
<1187>
// \{Kappei} "But... being with him is a bit..."
<1188>
// Kappei glances at Sunohara...
<1189>
// \{Kappei} "I sense danger..."
<1190>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm not gonna do anything to a guy, alright?!"
<1191>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't worry. He's a loser after all, so even if you were a girl, he won't do anything right now as it is."
<1192>
// \{Kappei} "Really? Then I'm relieved."
<1193>
// \{Sunohara} "You two are saying something quite rude."
<1194>
// \{\m{B}} "Not at all. We speak of you as a sincere person, anyway."
<1195>
// \{Sunohara} "... Really...?"
<1196>
// \{Kappei} "You seem a lot like a guy. You have my respect."
<1197>
// \{Sunohara} "R-really? Ah, if you want, you can use the bed. I'll be fine with the floor."
<1198>
// \{Kappei} (\size{20}He's easy to manipulate, isn't he?\size{})
<1199>
// I nod to Kappei, being the only one to hear that.
<1200>
// The next day.
<1201>
// While eating bread during lunch...
<1202>
// \{Sunohara} "Sigh~~~~..."
<1203>
// Sunohara sighs, frustrated...
<1204>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, \m{A}..."
<1205>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<1206>
// \{Sunohara} "It's about Hiiragi-chan..."
<1207>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."
<1208>
// \{Sunohara} "His name is Kappei, right...?"
<1209>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, that's right."
<1210>
// \{Sunohara} "If his first name were 'Makoto' or 'Kaoru', something like that, maybe there's still hope...?"
<1211>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1212>
// What kind of hope...? 
<1213>
// \{Sunohara} "You see, I don't really have any dreams or hopes anymore..."
<1214>
// Sunohara lets out a heavy sigh.
<1215>
// And then looks into the distance.
<1216>
// \{Sunohara} "... I... might be in trouble..."
<1217>
// \{\m{B}} "... Huh?"
<1218>
// \{Sunohara} "Come on, I let him stay at my room yesterday, right?"
<1219>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<1220>
// \{Sunohara} "Even though I know he's a guy..."
<1221>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<1222>
// \{Sunohara} "... I'm thinking that..."
<1223>
// I silently keep my distance from him.
<1224>
// \{Sunohara} "T-that's not it! I'm sure I'm not doing anything wrong."
<1225>
// \{Sunohara} "How should I put it, yesterday he came out of the bath... and... looked really hot..." 
<1226>
// \{Sunohara} "I-I didn't go in with him, you know? Nor did I do any peeping, see?"
<1227>
// \{\m{B}} "Uh huh..."
<1228>
// I reluctantly reply as I drink the coffee from the paper bag without a care in the world.
<1229>
// \{Sunohara} "It's just, the way his face is red, the way he dried his hair... what should I call it..."
<1230>
// \{Sunohara} "... He seems charming... umm..."
<1231>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah, even this morning too... see, only I woke up early this morning..."
<1232>
// \{Sunohara} "I thought he was still sleeping, so I peeped in at him... and he was hugging the pillow with a cute sleeping face like that of an angel..."
<1233>
// \{Sunohara} "No, aaahhhh! I'm already heart-to-heart, \bkyuun\u!!"
<1234>
// Dropping his knees to the floor, he holds his head with his hands and shakes it around.
<1235>
// He's completely broken by such pleasant feelings...
<1236>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey \m{A}, am I sick?"
<1237>
// \{Sunohara} "Or rather, is he really a guy?"
<1238>
// \{Sunohara} "Maybe that name was supposed to be a girl's?"
<1239>
// \{\m{B}} "... Sunohara..."
<1240>
// I say that, putting down my coffee and patting his shoulder with my hand, smiling.
<1241>
// \{\m{B}} "There are various forms of love. I'll help you out."
<1242>
// \{Sunohara} "Y-you're wrong--! It's nothing like that--!"
<1243>
// Sunohara's shrieking echoes in the classroom, the sunlight spilling in as everyone notices him.
<1244>
// I pretend to be an outsider, drinking what's left of my coffee.
<1245>
// \{Voice} "\m{B}-\bkun\u,\m{B}-\bkun\u!"
<1246>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm...?"
<1247>
// As soon as I came out the school gates, I hear a familiar voice call me.
<1248>
// \{\m{B}} "Kappei?"
<1249>
// \{Kappei} "Yo. School over?"
<1250>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, that's true but... what are you doing here?"
<1251>
// \{Kappei} "I brought something for you, \m{B}-\bkun\!"
<1252>
// \{\m{B}} "For me?"
<1253>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah, I thought I should thank you for yesterday."
<1254>
// \{\m{B}} "Thank me for... what I did?"
<1255>
// \{Kappei} "You introduced me to that inn, right?"
<1256>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, if it's that, then you should also thank Sunohara."
<1257>
// \{Kappei} "No problem. I'm sure it'll work out for the three of us."
<1258>
// \{\m{B}} ".........?"
<1259>
// Work out...?
<1260>
// \{Kappei} "It's really big, see. Ah, can we use miso? Maybe a pot afterwards, too."
<1261>
// \{\m{B}} "... Umm... what are you thanking me with?"
<1262>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah, I caught something really delicious."
<1263>
// Saying that, Kappei pulls it out of his bag.
<1264>
// And...
<1265>
// \{\m{B}} "?!?!"
<1266>
// What was pulled out was a boar with a pattern on it...
<1267>
// \{Kappei} "This was the only thing walking on the road. It was simple to catch it."
<1268>
// \{\m{B}} "B... Botan..."
<1269>
// He's completely limp... it can't be...
<1270>
// \{Kappei} "Yup, a good Botan pot." 
<1271>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, if it's still alive it'll be fresh. Even as sashimi, it's okay."
<1272>
// He says that with an invigorating smile.
<1273>
// I open my eyes and look around.
<1274>
// If \bshe\u comes around and sees this...
<1275>
// \{Kappei} "What's wrong, \m{B}-\bkun\u?"
<1276>
// \{\m{B}} "H-hurry up and resuscitate it! If you don't, you'll be dead!"
<1277>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? Why?"
<1278>
// \{\m{B}} "What do you mean why, that boar is--..."
<1279>
// \{Voice} "Ah... umm... \m{A}-kun..."
<1280>
// \{\m{B}} "!!"
<1281>
// My body completely freezes up from the voice I hear calling me from behind.
<1282>
// Oh man... it's the younger sister... right...?
<1283>
// Then where's the older one...?
<1284>
// Are both of them arriving in a set?
<1285>
// If that's the case... Kappei will be in serious crap...
<1286>
// Gulping my saliva down hard, I slowly turn around.
<1287>
// \{Ryou} "Ah..."
<1288>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1289>
// T... thank god... she's alone.
<1290>
// I breathe out a heavy sigh of relief. 
<1291>
// \{Kyou} "Hey, we're looking for Botan. You know where he might be?"
<1292>
// \{\m{B}} "--!!"
<1293>
// A voice from just on the edge of my field of vision stiffens my body.
<1294>
// \{\m{B}} "... Kyo... Kyou...?"
<1295>
// \{Kyou} "I thought he might still be here around the school gates when sixth period ended."
<1296>
// With a dubious face she looks around.
<1297>
// Kappei's being hidden from sight behind my body, so he hasn't been found out.
<1298>
// \{Kappei} "... Ah..."
<1299>
// Hey, don't say anything--!
<1300>
// \{Kappei} "U-umm... you are..."
<1301>
// \{Ryou} "Eh?"
<1302>
// Kappei holds Botan in his chest while coming out from behind my back.
<1303>
// \{Kyou} "Ah, Botan!"
<1304>
// Of course, Kyou says that upon seeing her pet being held to his chest.
<1305>
// But, not responding to that, Kappei slowly makes his way to Fujibayashi.
<1306>
// \{Kappei} "Uh, umm... d-do you remember me...?"
<1307>
// \{Ryou} "Eh? Uh... umm........."
<1308>
// \{Ryou} "Ah, could it be... you're from that time...?"
<1309>
// \{Kappei} "Y-yeah, you helped me out when I was hit."
<1310>
// \{Ryou} "Y-yes. I remember."
<1311>
// Kyou gives a "Ah!" while seeing Fujibayashi talk with Kappei, as if she realized something.
<1312>
// \{\m{B}} "... You know him?"
<1313>
// \{Kyou} "Ah... no... umm..."
<1314>
// \{Ryou} "Onee-chan ran into him with her bike."
<1315>
// \{\m{B}} "... What?"
<1316>
// \{Kyou} "I-I guess I'm still not used to driving it..."
<1317>
// Saying that, Kyou's face stiffened... looking in the distance as far as next week. 
<1318>
// But what does that mean? Did that Kyou hit him at least twice or something...?
<1319>
// \{Kappei} "We meet again. I hadn't had a chance to properly thank you."
<1320>
// \{Ryou} "It's okay... it should have been obvious though... um... that you thanked me..."
<1321>
// \{Kappei} "No, it was obvious you helped me out, so I should properly thank you."
<1322>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, umm, the one over there is... umm... your older sister?"
<1323>
// \{Kyou} "Eh? Ah, yeah. We're twins."
<1324>
// \{Kappei} "Is that so. Then, I'd like to thank the older sister as well."
<1325>
// \{\m{B}} "Nah, actually, she should be apologizing to you."
<1326>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? Why?"
<1327>
// \{\m{B}} "She's the one who hit you."
<1328>
// \{Kappei} "Eh...? You're the one from then...?"
<1329>
// \{\m{B}} "Having said that, the time we first met, she was the one who hit you as well."
<1330>
// \{Kyou} "Auu..."
<1331>
// \{Kappei} "You're..."
<1332>
// \{Kyou} "Uh... umm... well... sor--.."
<1333>
// \{Kappei} "Thank you."
<1334>
// \{Kyou} "Heh?"
<1335>
// \{Kappei} "Thanks to you, we were able to meet again."
<1336>
// Saying that, Kappei turns to Fujibayashi and me.
<1337>
// \{Kappei} "Let bygones be bygones, and be thankful for now."
<1338>
// \{Kappei} "I'd like to thank you for that."
<1339>
// \{Kyou} "Ah, uh, okay."
<1340>
// It's amazing that Kappei's completely overwhelmed Kyou.
<1341>
// \{Kappei} "Umm, although I should be grateful, for now, I should put this in the miso and pot-- 
<1342>
// mmph!"
<1343>
// In haste, I quickly tie down Kappei and close his mouth.
<1344>
// \{Kyou} "...? What's wrong?"
<1345>
// \{\m{B}} "Nah, nothing. Just a new way of playing around."
<1346>
// \{Kyou} "........."
<1347>
// She's looking at me with such pitiful eyes...
<1348>
// \{\m{B}} "Besides that, what about Botan? Here, he's managed to catch him."
<1349>
// \{Kyou} "Ah, yeah, that's right, Botan, Botan!"
<1350>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? Wait, \m{B}-\bkun\u, this is tonight's din-- 
<1351>
// mmph!"
<1352>
// \{\m{B}} "S-somehow he ran into a wall, so his eyes are kinda rolling around."
<1353>
// \{Kappei} "Mmph, mmph!"
<1354>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm? What? Ahh, you want to give him back? Yeah, that's good, we should return him to his owner."
<1355>
// I grab ahold of Botan's back as Kappei holds him, and fling him towards Kyou.
<1356>
// \{Kyou} "Hey! Don't throw Botan like he's a thing!"
<1357>
// \{\m{B}} "We found him safe and sound, so don't worry about such a minor thing."
<1358>
// \{Kyou} "Geez... but I'm glad. I thought someone would take him and eat him for dinner."
<1359>
// \{\m{B}} "Hahahaha, no way that could happen."
<1360>
// \{Kyou} "Indeed, ahahaha!"
<1361>
// \{\m{B}} "Hahahahaha!"
<1362>
// I laugh in a dry manner, as Kappei asks me in a low voice.
<1363>
// \{Kappei} (\size{20}... Could it be, that she's the kid boar's master?\size{})
<1364>
// \{\m{B}} (\size{20}... Yeah... if you were caught trying to make him into dinner... oh man... I can't even imagine...\size{})
<1365>
// \{Kappei} (\size{20}... The older sister's such a scary person...\size{})
<1366>
// \{\m{B}} (\size{20}Scary... or rather, dreadful... yeah.\size{})
<1367>
// \{Kyou} "Hmm? What is it?"
<1368>
// \{Kappei} "No, nothing at all."
<1369>
// \{Kyou} "?"
<1370>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, that's right. The younger sister... about that,"
<1371>
// \{Ryou} "Y-yes?"
<1372>
// \{Kappei} "U... umm... i-if you don't mind... uhh..."
<1373>
// \{Kappei} "W-would you... tell me your name...?"
<1374>
// \{Ryou} "Eh? M-my... name...?"
<1375>
// \{Kappei} "Ah... I-I'm Hiiragi Kappei."
<1376>
// \{Ryou} "F-Fujibayashi... Ryou."
<1377>
// \{Kappei} "Ryou-san... what a cute and beautiful name..."
<1378>
// \{Ryou} "N... not at all... Kappei-san, your name is... um... like a man's, also quite beautiful..."
<1379>
// \{Kappei} "Ryou... san..."
<1380>
// \{Ryou} "... Kappei... san..."
<1381>
// \{Kyou} "........."
<1382>
// \{\m{B}} "............"
<1383>
// \{Kyou} "... Hey, \m{B}..."
<1384>
// \{\m{B}} "... What...?"
<1385>
// \{Kyou} "... What do you... think of this...?"
<1386>
// \{\m{B}} "... Even if you ask me that..."
<1387>
// \{Kyou} "........."
<1388>
// Kyou glances over to me with a suspicious look.
<1389>
// \{Kyou} "... That's really strange..."
<1390>
// \{\m{B}} "Hm? What is?"
<1391>
// \{Kyou} "Nothing. Just talking to myself."
<1392>
// \{\m{B}} "?"
<1393>
// \{Kyou} "... I guess for now... they seem pretty well matched..."
<1394>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm? ... yeah... I guess so..."
<1395>
// She continues to stare at Fujibayashi and Kappei...
<1396>
// Tatter, tatter... tatter, tatter...
<1397>
// I walk beside Kyou...
<1398>
// \{Kyou} "........."
<1399>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1400>
// Staring straight in front of me--...
<1401>
// \{Kyou} "Hmm..."
<1402>
// \{\m{B}} "What an unexpected development..."
<1403>
// We were walking a little behind, watching Fujibayashi and Kappei as they walked, together...
<1404>
// \{Kyou} "I guess... so..."
<1405>
// For some reason, it just feels like those two were getting closer and closer to each other...
<1406>
// \{Kyou} "... What are they talking about?"
<1407>
// \{\m{B}} "I can't even tell..."
<1408>
// \{Kyou} "Ah... they smiled."
<1409>
// \{\m{B}} "Seems like a lively conversation."
<1410>
// \{Kyou} "Seems... so..."
<1411>
// Saying that, she glances my way.
<1412>
// \{\m{B}} "What is it?"
<1413>
// \{Kyou} "... Well... something like that is right..."
<1414>
// \{\m{B}} "Right?"
<1415>
// \{Kyou} "Just talking to myself."
<1416>
// She sighs as she says that.
<1417>
// \{Kyou} "Ah!"
<1418>
// \{\m{B}} "Hm? Woah!"
<1419>
// They're... holding hands?!
<1420>
// \{Kyou} "N... no way..."
<1421>
// \{\m{B}} "Fujibayashi's... very proactive here..."
<1422>
// \{Kyou} "Hmm~..."
<1423>
// Reluctantly moaning, Kyou gazes at the two.
<1424>
// At night--
<1425>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, I... decided to prepare myself..."
<1426>
// Sunohara says that, looking at me with unusual eyes.
<1427>
// \{\m{B}} "... Ohh, well, good luck."
<1428>
// I tumble on the bed, while reading a magazine, reluctantly replying.
<1429>
// \{Sunohara} "That's not it! What's normal about that? Hey, you won't listen?!"
<1430>
// \{\m{B}} "Nah, it's not something I need worry about anyway."
<1431>
// \{Sunohara} "No, not at all, it's something you should be worried about."
<1432>
// \{Sunohara} "Or rather, you were the one who greatly changed my life from the start."
<1433>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh? Well, good luck."
<1434>
// \{Sunohara} "Just listen!"
<1435>
// \{\m{B}} "If you have something to say, hurry it up."
<1436>
// \{Sunohara} "Keh... even though I'd have control over serious announcements..."
<1437>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, yeah, I get it already. So, what is it?"
<1438>
// \{Sunohara} "Looks like you just ignored me out of frustration, but whatever."
<1439>
// \{Sunohara} "I'll say it again, I decided to prepare myself."
<1440>
// \{\m{B}} "Good luck with that."
<1441>
// \{Sunohara} "I still haven't said anything!"
<1442>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, hearing what you said, I figured it'd be the same thing, so I said something in advance."
<1443>
// \{Sunohara} "It's about Hiiragi-chan!"
<1444>
// \{\m{B}} "... About Kappei?"
<1445>
// \{Sunohara} "Don't say Kappei, please. I don't want to go back to reality..."
<1446>
// \{\m{B}} "...?"
<1447>
// For now, without really paying much attention, I turn my body towards Sunohara.
<1448>
// \{Sunohara} "... You see... I just thought that, in this case I shouldn't worry about gender at all."
<1449>
// \{\m{B}} "... Oh...?"
<1450>
// \{Sunohara} "If it's platonic, it's not a problem, right?"
<1451>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1452>
// \{Sunohara} "Love, you see, is about hearts making contact... feelings being linked, right?"
<1453>
// \{Sunohara} "True love! Kids that can't be, but just being together makes them happy, see!"
<1454>
// \{Sunohara} "Having said that, I'm going to confess to Hiiragi-chan!"
<1455>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm... and you're gonna try that?"
<1456>
// \{Sunohara} "You really aren't giving me help like you said you would!"
<1457>
// Clatter.
<1458>
// \{Kappei} "I'm back!"
<1459>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<1460>
// \{Sunohara} "W, w-w-w, welcome home!"
<1461>
// \{\m{B}} "... What, 'I'm back'? And 'welcome home'?"
<1462>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? Ah, yeah. Sunohara-\bkun\u was okay with me so as long as I said that, so I played along."
<1463>
// \{Sunohara} "W, w-w, when in trouble, well see, it's the two of us, right?"
<1464>
// \{\m{B}} "... Revealing your motives, huh."
<1465>
// \{Sunohara} "I don't have such disgusting motives at all!"
<1466>
// It's a little bit like that...
<1467>
// \{Sunohara} "U-umm, by the way, Hiiragi-chan, truth is I... have something to sa--"
<1468>
// \{Kappei} "Oh yeah, \m{B}-\bkun\u, listen!"
<1469>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<1470>
// \{Kappei} "You see... umm, it's about Ryou-san..."
<1471>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<1472>
// \{Kappei} "We've decided to go out."
<1473>
// \{\m{B}} "... Serious?"
<1474>
// \{Kappei} "Yup. For real."
<1475>
// Kappei smiles, his cheeks blushing red.
<1476>
// \{\m{B}} "This is really sudden, isn't it...?"
<1477>
// \{Kappei} "People who are fated to meet don't need time to attract each other."
<1478>
// \{\m{B}} "I-I guess so..."
<1479>
// I glance over at Sunohara.
<1480>
// He's spacing out, dumbfounded, as his mouth remains half-open.
<1481>
// \{\m{B}} "... Unrequited, eh?" 
<1482>
// I pat his shoulder as I say that.
<1483>
// \{Sunohara} "Uwaaaahhh!! Damn it all---!!"
<1484>
// Sunohara cries as he runs out of the room.
<1485>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? What happened to Sunohara-\bkun\u?"
<1486>
// \{\m{B}} "I think he was really hungry."
<1487>
// \{Kappei} "Oh? That's a problem."
<1488>
// \{\m{B}} "Indeed."
<1489>
// \{Kappei} "By the way, \m{B}\b-kun\u, have you eaten dinner yet?"
<1490>
// \{\m{B}} "Not yet."
<1491>
// \{Kappei} "If you'd like, would you eat with me?"
<1492>
// \{Kappei} "There's a shio tonkotsu ramen shop that's really good."
<1493>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess so. We should celebrate you getting a girlfriend."
<1494>
// \{Kappei} "Really? Though you saying something like that is very optimistic, isn't it?"
<1495>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh yeah."
<1496>
// \{Ramen Shop Clerk} "Thank you very much!"
<1497>
// \{\m{B}} "There's a lot of Chinese fried rice here."
<1498>
// \{Kappei} "All that's enough for an adult. It's amazing!"
<1499>
// \{\m{B}} "But the price isn't too bad, either."
<1500>
// \{Kappei} "Two people can come, order a set, and eat ramen and fried rice together."
<1501>
// \{\m{B}} "But that's a bit rude, isn't it?"
<1502>
// \{Kappei} "I'm just talking about one bowl of kake soba."
<1503>
// \{Kappei} "Actually, if you have money to buy kake soba at a shop, you could get three instant ramen bags instead."
<1504>
// \{Kappei} "That'll definitely fill you up."
<1505>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1506>
// This guy bluntly talks about things like that...
<1507>
// \{Kappei} "But... talking about family makes me happy."
<1508>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<1509>
// \{Kappei} "I may have been living like a poor person, but I do have a family."
<1510>
// \{Kappei} "Living and sharing sad, painful, and great moments..."
<1511>
// \{Kappei} "It's envious."
<1512>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess so..."
<1513>
// I don't even have one in my home...
<1514>
// \{Kappei} "Sigh~ besides that..."
<1515>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm..."
<1516>
// \{Kappei} "Would a worn out bird that jumped and was able to find a single tree that remained, be the best happiness...?"
<1517>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1518>
// \{Kappei} "In other words, it'd be an oasis."
<1519>
// \{Kappei} "Finding water in a wide, wide desert. The origin of life."
<1520>
// \{Kappei} "Ahh, that'd feel so soothing..."
<1521>
// \{\m{B}} "... I'm begging you, don't look this way..."
<1522>
// \{Kappei} "Ryou-san's... beautiful..."
<1523>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... well... you're well matched with her."
<1524>
// \{Kappei} "She's aiming to become a nurse."
<1525>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh...?"
<1526>
// \{Kappei} "What should I say, her wearing a white robe makes her really look like an angel."
<1527>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't use \breally\u. Just don't."
<1528>
// \{Kappei} "I might end up staying in this city."
<1529>
// \{Kappei} "Of course, I can't stay forever at Sunohara's room, where you introduced me..."
<1530>
// \{Kappei} "I have to hurry and find a job, rent an apartment..."
<1531>
// \{\m{B}} "... Speaking of which, that's what you came to this town for, right?"
<1532>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? What do you mean... it's just walking."
<1533>
// \{\m{B}} "That's not what I meant..."
<1534>
// \{Kappei} "Ahaha, I'm joking. I've always been looking around for something."
<1535>
// \{\m{B}} "Looking for something?"
<1536>
// \{Kappei} "Yup. Looking for something."
<1537>
// \{Kappei} "An important thing and a place to stay, right?"
<1538>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh...?"
<1539>
// \{Kappei} "This town is pretty nice."
<1540>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<1541>
// \{Kappei} "How should I call it, it's really warm."
<1542>
// \{\m{B}} "... This town is?"
<1543>
// \{Kappei} "Yup. It's like when I live with everyone here, I'm united with everyone or something~..."
<1544>
// \{Kappei} "Hmm... it feels happy... no... it's not as simple as that."
<1545>
// \{Kappei} "Being an outsider or rather not... like a relative...?"
<1546>
// \{Kappei} "Ahaha, I really don't get it."
<1547>
// \{\m{B}} "Neither do I."
<1548>
// \{Kappei} "For now, let's just say it's a good town."
<1549>
// \{Kappei} "But surely the people who live here think that."
<1550>
// \{Kappei} "There are a lot of people who live here like you, \m{B}-\bkun\u."
<1551>
// A lot of people who live like me...
<1552>
// Is this town really that terrible...?
<1553>
// \{Kappei} "I like it,"
<1554>
// \{Kappei} "This honest shyness, that is."
<1555>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1556>
// \{Kappei} "Don't you think it feels better, not having to worry about others lying to you?"
<1557>
// \{\m{B}} "You've changed."
<1558>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? I have?"
<1559>
// \{\m{B}} "But, well, I know what you want to say."
<1560>
// \{\m{B}} "Besides, I'm a different sort of person."
<1561>
// \{Kappei} "That's fine.  \m{B}-\bkun\u is awkward, after all."
<1562>
// \{\m{B}} "... I have no idea if that's supposed to be praising me..."
<1563>
// \{Kappei} "I'm speaking of you as a good person."
<1564>
// \{Kappei} "Someone I think strange, yet isn't mischievous or lying. Surely, someone like that is precious, right?"
<1565>
// \{Kappei} "That's why I can trust you."
<1566>
// \{\m{B}} "You're quick to trust someone not long after you've met them."
<1567>
// \{Kappei} "I'm able to trust you when you say that."
<1568>
// \{\m{B}} "I, see."
<1569>
// \{\m{B}} "...Ssomehow when I talk to you, I see the world as if everything was beautiful."
<1570>
// \{Kappei} "Really?"
<1571>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, even though things may be dirty, the way you say it makes it look nice."
<1572>
// \{\m{B}} "It's kinda like understanding the way of human life."
<1573>
// \{Kappei} "Ahaha, well, there's still a lot of ways to live."
<1574>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't say that as if you're older than me."
<1575>
// \{Kappei} "Hmm? Well, \m{B}-\bkun\u, I have indeed lived longer than you, you know?"
<1576>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh...?!"
<1577>
// \{Kappei} "You're still in school, so you're eighteen years old, right, \m{B}-\bkun\u?"
<1578>
// \{\m{B}} "... That's true but... how old are you?"
<1579>
// \{Kappei} "Nineteen."
<1580>
// \{\m{B}} "Serious?!"
<1581>
// \{Kappei} "Yup. I'm serious."
<1582>
// \{\m{B}} "Umm... Hiiragi... kun? No, san?"
<1583>
// \{Kappei} "Ahahaha, Kappei's fine."
<1584>
// \{Kappei} "I'd be troubled if you were suddenly all polite to me."
<1585>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess so. But still, sorry... I kinda had a rude view of you."
<1586>
// \{Kappei} "That's fine. I've always been looked at as if I were young."
<1587>
// \{\m{B}} "I see."
<1588>
// \{Kappei} "Besides that, Ryou-san told me I was great for my age~"
<1589>
// \{Kappei} "Sigh~ I'm so happy~"
<1590>
// \{\m{B}} "I, see..."
<1591>
// I could only sigh at Kappei, who happily looked up into the sky.
<1592>
// \{Kappei} "Ah----!!"\shake{1}
<1593>
// \{\m{B}} "Uwaah! W-what?!"
<1594>
// \{Kappei} "I left my bag at the ramen shop!"
<1595>
// \{\m{B}} "You dumbass!"
<1596>
// \{Kappei} "Uwaah, you're quite merciless, saying that."
<1597>
// \{\m{B}} "You have important stuff in there, don't you?"
<1598>
// \{Kappei} "Of course. I have everything packed in there after all."
<1599>
// \{\m{B}} "All the more reason to go back. Though I don't think anyone'll take anything, we better go just in case."
<1600>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah!"
<1601>
// Quickly nodding, Kappei runs off.
<1602>
// In a surprising amount of time, his figure becomes distant.
<1603>
// \{\m{B}} "Woah! He's fast!"
<1604>
// Quite unexpected to see him able to do that, despite his appearance.
<1605>
// \{\m{B}} "So..."
<1606>
// \{Kappei} "Pant, pant... pant, pant..."
<1607>
// \{\m{B}} "You're quite fast with all that strength of yours..."
<1608>
// Having run about two hundred meters, he leaned against a telephone pole.
<1609>
// \{Kappei} "Uuu... my side's throbbing so much..."
<1610>
// \{\m{B}} "Control yourself with your knees."
<1611>
// \{Kappei} "My knees are also trembling..."
<1612>
// \{Kappei} "And I feel somewhat... uehh... like that..."
<1613>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, you ran just after you ate."
<1614>
// \{Kappei} "\m{B}-\bkun\u... s-sorry, but could you get my bag instead..."
<1615>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I don't mind."
<1616>
// \{Kappei} "P-please do..."
<1617>
// Saying that, Kappei sluggishly sits down.
<1618>
// \{\m{B}} "You okay man...?"
<1619>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah... so please go get it..."
<1620>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<1621>
// Looking down at Kappei having given his all, I turn towards the ramen shop.
<1622>
// The bag was below the seats where we were sitting.
<1623>
// I pick it up and pull it over my shoulder.
<1624>
// Clatter, clatter...
<1625>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah?"
<1626>
// The bag was open, with everything spilling out.
<1627>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh crap...."
<1628>
// In haste, I quickly gather the things.
<1629>
// A towel map, a compass...? There's also a toothbrush and a mug... packed underwear, too...
<1630>
// This bag seriously is packed with survival stuff...
<1631>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm...?"
<1632>
// Something that seems familiar yet isn't..
<1633>
// A sheet of tablets...? Medicine?
<1634>
// But... what exactly is this "codeine"...?
<1635>
// \{\m{B}} "Uh, well staring at a person's luggage is quite rude."
<1636>
// Cramming the stuff into the bag, I leave the shop, running towards Kappei.
<1637>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, \m{B}-\bkun\u!"
<1638>
// \{\m{B}} "Yo. Sorry to keep you waiting. Here you go."
<1639>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah, thank you."
<1640>
// \{\m{B}} "Your ribs fine now?"
<1641>
// \{Kappei} "Hmm... I guess... so?"
<1642>
// \{\m{B}} "Then it may be a problem giving this back to you."
<1643>
// \{Kappei} "I'm lying, I'm lying, I should be fine."
<1644>
// Saying that, he begins ruffling through his bag.
<1645>
// \{\m{B}} "What is it?"
<1646>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? Ah, well, just getting some medicine for a bit."
<1647>
// \{\m{B}} "Medicine?"
<1648>
// Maybe the sheet of tablets I saw earlier?
<1649>
// \{\m{B}} "What kind of medicine is it?"
<1650>
// \{Kappei} "Hmm... well, it's a kind of stomach medicine."
<1651>
// \{Kappei} "Shio tonkotsu ramen really has a lot of fat, right?"
<1652>
// Saying that, Kappei takes out the sheet of tablets.
<1653>
// \{Kappei} "How should I put it, well see, let's just say I'm sensitive to all these sorts of things, okay?"
<1654>
// \{\m{B}} "Am I supposed to just say yes to that question?"
<1655>
// \{Kappei} "Anyways, that's just how it is."
<1656>
// Smiling with the medicine in his hand, he throws it into his mouth and swallows it.
<1657>
// Doesn't look like a tablet that needs water.
<1658>
// \{\m{B}} "... You're used to it."
<1659>
// \{Kappei} "Eh? Used to what?"
<1660>
// \{\m{B}} "Taking medicine. You don't need water for that?"
<1661>
// \{Kappei} "I still have a bit of saliva, that's why."
<1662>
// \{\m{B}} "That fine?"
<1663>
// \{Kappei} "It's fine."
<1664>
// \{\m{B}} "I see. Then, I'm heading home."
<1665>
// \{Kappei} "Same here."
<1666>
// Then the two of us head to the nightly inn... Sunohara's room, that is.
<1667>
// \{Kappei} "Hey, \m{B}-\bkun\u... just wondering..."
<1668>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<1669>
// \{Kappei} "Don't you think the name 'Hiiaragi Ryou', with both kanji containing the character for 'wood', looks a bit cool?"
<1670>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1671>
// The next day.
<1672>
// Walking down the hallway--...
<1673>
// Grip!
<1674>
// \{\m{B}} "Gwaah!"
<1675>
// All of a sudden, my arm gets pulled into the classroom.
<1676>
// \{Kyou} "........."
<1677>
// \{\m{B}} "... Kyou...?"
<1678>
// \{Kyou} "........."
<1679>
// \{\m{B}} "What is it...?"
<1680>
// \{Kyou} "... Hey, \m{B}."
<1681>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<1682>
// \{Kyou} "What kind of person is Hiiragi-san?"
<1683>
// \{\m{B}} "What kind of person? What do you mean?"
<1684>
// \{Kyou} "Last night, Ryou was all happy and everything."
<1685>
// \{Kyou} "Somehow smiling and everything, playing with trump cards in the room while the lights were off..."
<1686>
// ... Now that's scary...
<1687>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah~... those two are going out."
<1688>
// \{Kyou} "... Eh?! No way?!"
<1689>
// \{\m{B}} "What are you gonna do about that?"
<1690>
// \{Kyou} "B-but Ryou never, told me anything like that..."
<1691>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, it is an embarrassing thing to say, isn't it?"
<1692>
// \{Kyou} "Ryo... Ryou keeping secrets from me..."
<1693>
// Thud... her knees fall to the floor.
<1694>
// \{\m{B}} "Sisters can't stick around forever like that, you know?"
<1695>
// \{Kyou} "........."
<1696>
// \{\m{B}} "... Hmm?"
<1697>
// \{Kyou} "... \m{B}!"
<1698>
// \{\m{B}} "Y-yes?!"
<1699>
// Glare! She scowls at me with a glint in her eye.
<1700>
// \{Kyou} "What kind of person is Hiiragi-san?"
<1701>
// \{\m{B}} "Uh... umm..."
<1702>
// \{Kyou} "Where's he come from?"
<1703>
// \{\m{B}} "That's--..."
<1704>
// \{Kyou} "What's his academic record? And his income?"
<1705>
// \{\m{B}} "Um... Kyou?"
<1706>
// \{Kyou} "Is he the eldest? What's his family like? Is he healthy? Does he have any strange hobbies?"
<1707>
// \{\m{B}} "Calm down."
<1708>
// \{Kyou} "There's no way I can! He might become my brother-in-law in the future, right?!"
<1709>
// \{\m{B}} "You're exaggerating things..."
<1710>
// \{Kyou} "But...!"
<1711>
// \{\m{B}} "You've always thought that your younger sister is the one that's clinging around to you, when in fact it's you that's clinging to her, huh..."
<1712>
// \{Kyou} "Uuu~... a boyfriend... how can Ryou have a boyfriend..."
<1713>
// \{\m{B}} "You shocked that she's beaten you to it?"
<1714>
// \{Kyou} "I-It's nothing like that at all..."
<1715>
// \{\m{B}} "Then just leave it be."
<1716>
// \{\m{B}} "In any case, it's Fujibayashi, so she'll definitely tell you what'll happen, right?"
<1717>
// \{Kyou} "Uuuu~~..."
<1718>
// \{Kyou} "Sigh~... I feel like Ryou's gone far away..."
<1719>
// \{\m{B}} "You should also get a boyfriend too."
<1720>
// \{Kyou} "A boyfriend... right..." 
<1721>
// \{Kyou} "........."
<1722>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"
<1723>
// \{Kyou} "Sigh~... I just don't really feel that way right now."
<1724>
// Dropping her shoulders, Kyou leaves the classroom. 
<1725>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, isn't this your classroom?"
<1726>
// \{Kyou} "I don't feel like... taking class at all..."
<1727>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1728>
// What an important class representative...
<1729>
// And then the next day...
<1730>
// \{Sunohara} "Uwaaahhh--!"
<1731>
// All of a sudden, Sunohara comes running down the hallway, crying towards me.
<1732>
// Thud!\shake{1}
<1733>
// \{Sunohara} "Gawf!"
<1734>
// So I kicked him over.
<1735>
// The feeling of a nice impact returned through the sole of my feet in return.
<1736>
// It felt pretty good.
<1737>
// \{\m{B}} "What the hell are you doing all of a sudden?"
<1738>
// \{Sunohara} "That's my line--!"
<1739>
// \{\m{B}} "You know, can you imagine a guy crying first thing in the morning?"
<1740>
// \{\m{B}} "That's terrible."
<1741>
// \{\m{B}} "Even worse is that it's Sunohara Youhei."
<1742>
// \{\m{B}} "I feel like I wanna die."
<1743>
// \{Sunohara} "Saying that much... doesn't make me feel like I have much hope living..."
<1744>
// \{\m{B}} "So what does the guy who has an unrequited love with a man want at this time?"
<1745>
// \{Sunohara} "What the hell's that?!"
<1746>
// Sunohara opens his eyes wide.
<1747>
// A rare vigor of his.
<1748>
// \{Sunohara} "Hiiragi-chan has... Hiiragi-chan has..."
<1749>
// \{\m{B}} "What happened to Kappei?"
<1750>
// \{Sunohara} "... Please don't say the first name..."
<1751>
// ... He's... still concerned about that...
<1752>
// \{Sunohara} "See... Hiiragi-chan... is so mean..."
<1753>
// \{Sunohara} "He kept on talking to me while I was sleepy."
<1754>
// \{Sunohara} "About Ryou-san, Ryou-san..."
<1755>
// Oh yeah, that's right... he's still hanging out in his room...
<1756>
// \{Sunohara} "And then at the end he told me how \bsoft\u her lips were, yeah?!"
<1757>
// \{Sunohara} "What's that to me? Is he tempting me? Is he supposed to lure me?"
<1758>
// \{Sunohara} "My heart's broken into powder!"
<1759>
// \{\m{B}} "That's quite a problem."
<1760>
// \{Sunohara} "Seriously, listen to me!"
<1761>
// \{Sunohara} "If something like this is gonna keep on going on and on every night..."
<1762>
// \{Sunohara} "Ahhhh!! I'm definitely gonna say something like, "Can I touch your lips?" or something!"
<1763>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1764>
// This guy... is quite troubled...
<1765>
// \{\m{B}} "... You know, Sunohara, you should think this through."
<1766>
// \{Sunohara} "Pant, pant... about what?"
<1767>
// \{\m{B}} "See, Ka\bppe\u... Hiiragi's been telling you about Fujibayashi, right?"
<1768>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah, that's true."
<1769>
// \{\m{B}} "In other words, he trusts you."
<1770>
// \{Sunohara} "... Trusts?"
<1771>
// \{\m{B}} "To put it simply, he thinks of you as a man greater than a friend."
<1772>
// \{Sunohara} "G-greater than a friend?!"
<1773>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<1774>
// \{Sunohara} "... T, that's, could it be...!"
<1775>
// \{Sunohara} "Hiiragi-chan... really wants me to feel jealous?!"
<1776>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1777>
// ... What?
<1778>
// \{Sunohara} "... That's it... that's what it is!"
<1779>
// Oh man... he's a realy disturbed guy to imagine something beyond that...
<1780>
// ... Did he misinterpret my words...?
<1781>
// \{Sunohara} "In that case, it shouldn't be a problem for me to hug him tonight? Right?"
<1782>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1783>
// \{Sunohara} "Alright--! I'll do it--! I'll definitely do it--!"
<1784>
// I no longer say anything...
<1785>
// .........
<1786>
// Lessons end and then after school...
<1787>
// \{Sunohara} "Alright--! Come at me--!"
<1788>
// Sunohara screams something strange as he leaves the classroom.
<1789>
// I guess I'll go home.
<1790>
// \{Voice} "\m{B}-\bkun\u!"
<1791>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah?"
<1792>
// I turn around...
<1793>
// Thud!\shake{1}
<1794>
// \{\m{B}} "Uwaah!"
<1795>
// Someone hugs me all of a sudden.
<1796>
// It's pitch black in front of me.
<1797>
// \{\m{B}} "... Guh... who is it?!"
<1798>
// I pull off with all my might.
<1799>
// \{Voice} "Waah!"\shake{1}
<1800>
// The culprit ends up tumbling on the floor.
<1801>
// \{\m{B}} "Kappei?"
<1802>
// \{Kappei} "Ow, ow, that's mean, \m{B}-\bkun\u!"
<1803>
// \{\m{B}} "People will do that when they turn around and someone suddenly flies into them, right?"
<1804>
// \{Kappei} "Of course not. It if was Ryou-san, she wouldn't mind it at all."
<1805>
// \{\m{B}} "... Are you suddenly bragging now, damn it..."
<1806>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, not at all. I had something big to tell you so I was looking for you today."
<1807>
// \{\m{B}} "For me?"
<1808>
// \{Kappei} "Of course."
<1809>
// Kappei's face smiles as he seizes my hand.
<1810>
// \{Kappei} "My job's been decided."
<1811>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh...?"
<1812>
// Which curious employer would it be...?
<1813>
// \{Kappei} "It's amazing. This type of job directly links with human life after all."
<1814>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh...?"
<1815>
// \{Kappei} "Do you want to know? Do you \breally\u want to know?"
<1816>
// \{\m{B}} "If you want to say it, hurry up and say it."
<1817>
// \{Kappei} "Geez, can't be helped~ I'll say it just for you, \m{B}-\bkun\u."
<1818>
// ... Just say it...
<1819>
// \{Kappei} "See, I'm going to be a rehabilitation assistant at a hospital."
<1820>
// \{\m{B}} "Forget it."
<1821>
// I pat his shoulders while saying that just as he finished talking.
<1822>
// \{Kappei} "Ahahaha, \m{B}-\bkun, that tsukkomi didn't even take 0.5 seconds!" 
<1823>
// \{Kappei} "Hey, why do you say forget it?!"
<1824>
// He glares back with his eyes opening wide as a returning tsukkomi.
<1825>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't really think of you as suitable for that."
<1826>
// \{\m{B}} "Or rather, you'd be a danger to the patients."
<1827>
// \{Kappei} "Not at all. I'm used to hospitals after all."
<1828>
// \{\m{B}} "What do you mean by used to?"
<1829>
// \{Kappei} "I-in many, ways."
<1830>
// \{Kappei} "Besides... in one way or another, it's better for me to be at one..."
<1831>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"
<1832>
// \{Kappei} "I-it's nothing! For now, my job's been decided. Just praise me politely."
<1833>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah~... well, for now, congratulations. Isn't that great?"
<1834>
// \{\m{B}} "But what'll you be doing as an assistant?"
<1835>
// \{Kappei} "Well let's see, helping patients on the support bars when they're in trouble,"
<1836>
// \{Kappei} "Switching the power on and off for electrical therapy,"
<1837>
// \{Kappei} "Manage a person's recovery schedule, stuff like that."
<1838>
// \{Kappei} "And then there's unfastening the stretcher and massaging people."
<1839>
// He counts his fingers remembering each one as he says that.
<1840>
// \{\m{B}} "Isn't there something about that?"
<1841>
// \{Kappei} "Eh?"
<1842>
// \{\m{B}} "I mean the assistant job. You seem to know a lot about it."
<1843>
// \{Kappei} "Eh, well, I guess I just have a bit of background in it, I guess."
<1844>
// \{\m{B}} "Ohh?"
<1845>
// \{Kappei} "So, besides that happening, I'll have to thank Sunohara-\bkun\u for his hospitality tonight."
<1846>
// \{\m{B}} "You got an apartment?"
<1847>
// \{Kappei} "Yup. I found a cheap one."
<1848>
// \{\m{B}} "... That's fast."
<1849>
// \{Kappei} "It's my lucky day for everything to go down."
<1850>
// \{\m{B}} "Is it close by?"
<1851>
// \{Kappei} "Of course it is. Otherwise, Ryou-san wouldn't be able to come at all, right?"
<1852>
// He strikes his thumb up, while wearing a sweet smile.
<1853>
// \{\m{B}} "... I, see..."
<1854>
// \{Kappei} "See, I told Ryou-san that when my house was decided, she could come and make dinner."
<1855>
// \{Kappei} "Home cooking, you know, home cooking. Ryou-san's home cooking!"
<1856>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah... those delicate white fingers, cooking..."
<1857>
// Kappei grips a hard fist that he throws into the air as if triumphant.
<1858>
// \{Kappei} "Well, what should I say now, her cheeks are quite enchanting, aren't they?"
<1859>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, what'll be for desert? Maybe it'll be \bthat\u? I'll be eaten maybe... uwaah! I shouldn't be happy about something like that!"
<1860>
// Having built up so much tension from that, he begins to attract attention from around.
<1861>
// I take a step back, and shortly after distancing myself from him, I glance as if I were an outsider.
<1862>
// The sky's quite blue today.
<1863>
// And then the next day...
<1864>
// \{\m{B}} "So slow today..."
<1865>
// I move on to the next classroom for classes.
<1866>
// I walk down the hallway with all the materials in hand.
<1867>
// Because Sunohara hasn't come yet, I was alone.
<1868>
// ... I'd like to come during lunchtime too...
<1869>
// Slide, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap!
<1870>
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}-----!!"
<1871>
// Slam!\shake{1}
<1872>
// \{Sunohara} "Oomph!"
<1873>
// In return, I counter with a textbook into Sunohara's face, who was running down the hallway.
<1874>
// \{\m{B}} "You've been following a strict pattern lately."
<1875>
// \{Sunohara} "W, what you give back has also been a strict pattern..."
<1876>
// Wiping his mouth with the back of his hand, he gets up.
<1877>
// \{\m{B}} "So you came now?"
<1878>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah... a lot of things happened..."
<1879>
// \{\m{B}} "Our next class is at Chemistry Lab No. 2."
<1880>
// \{Sunohara} "That's not the problem!"
<1881>
// \{Sunohara} "Hiiragi-chan has... Hiiragi-chan has...!"
<1882>
// \{\m{B}} "Something happened to Kappei again?"
<1883>
// \{Sunohara} "Hiiragi-chan!"
<1884>
// He's still quite persistent about that...
<1885>
// \{Sunohara} "You see... I've always had that chance..."
<1886>
// \{Sunohara} "While he stayed at my room... I didn't get any flags..." 
<1887>
// \{\m{B}} "Sigh, that's a pain..."
<1888>
// \{Sunohara} "Even then... even then...!"
<1889>
// I close my regretful eyes as I grip my fist and give Sunohara a tsukkomi punch.
<1890>
// \{Sunohara} "The next morning when I woke up, there was a letter!"
<1891>
// His screaming eyes say that.
<1892>
// \{Sunohara} "It said 'Thank you for your help up until now.', you know!"
<1893>
// \{Sunohara} "Ahhh! Why'd he leave so quietly?!"
<1894>
// \{Sunohara} "Even though it might have been impatient to do so yesterday, I could have apologized!"
<1895>
// \{Sunohara} "He could have forgiven me!"
<1896>
// \{\m{B}} "If he left, it's because he got a new apartment, I think."
<1897>
// \{Sunohara} "... Eh?"
<1898>
// \{\m{B}} "He told me he got a job."
<1899>
// \{Sunohara} "So you knew about it?!"
<1900>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm? About what?"
<1901>
// \{Sunohara} "That Hiiragi-chan left my room?"
<1902>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm, well, that's the first I've heard of that."
<1903>
// \{Sunohara} "... Then what exactly? I'm the only one who didn't know?"
<1904>
// \{\m{B}} "Not really anything in particular I can say."
<1905>
// \{Sunohara} "Then, I guess it's not because he hates me."
<1906>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1907>
// \{Sunohara} "Sigh~ I'm glad~"
<1908>
// With a hand to his chest, Sunohara sighs as if his heart were relieved.
<1909>
// \{\m{B}} "So... Sunohara, what were you doing?"
<1910>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh?"
<1911>
// \{\m{B}} "You said something about being in a hurry yesterday, right?"
<1912>
// \{Sunohara} "W-well, Chemistry Lab No. 2, is it? Let's hurry or we'll be late."
<1913>
// Pull!
<1914>
// \{\m{B}} "Come on now, spill it. What were you doing? Hmm?"
<1915>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm begging you, don't ask me--! The walls have ears--!" 
<1916>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... \m{A}-kun... Sunohara-kun..."
<1917>
// \{Sunohara} "Ahhh! Class rep, save me! \m{A}'s doing something I don't like!"
<1918>
// \{Ryou} "Eh? Uh, umm... if you don't hurry... classes will start."
<1919>
// \{\m{B}} "Good timing, Fujibayashi, you should hear this too."
<1920>
// \{Ryou} "Eh?"
<1921>
// \{\m{B}} "It looks like he was doing something to your boyfriend."
<1922>
// \{Sunohara} "Gyaaa--! Stop it--! Class rep, I'm heading off to chemistry lab before you--!"
<1923>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<1924>
// Tug...
<1925>
// Fujibayashi pulls on his sleeve.
<1926>
// Her eyes were a bit scary...
<1927>
// \{Ryou} "Sunohara-kun... what were you doing to Kappei-san?"
<1928>
// \{Sunohara} "Uwaah! Don't say Kappei! Don't say the first name--!"
<1929>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, in other words, this guy has an unrequited love for Kappei."
<1930>
// \{Sunohara} "You asshole--! How can you say that here--?!"
<1931>
// \{Ryou} "Sunohara-kun's... that kind of person...?"
<1932>
// \{Sunohara} "Come on, look! She's got the wrong idea now--!!" 
<1933>
// \{\m{B}} "... Actually that's the truth..."
<1934>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, damn you \m{A}, saying that with such a serious face---!"
<1935>
// \{Ryou} "... I see... ah, but there are people like that... I think."
<1936>
// \{Ryou} "The mangas that Onee-chan reads... has them..."
<1937>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm not happy being appreciated like that--!"
<1938>
// \{Ryou} "But..."
<1939>
// She strengthens her grip on his sleeve.
<1940>
// \{Ryou} "Kappei-san is \boff-limits\u..." 
<1941>
// \{Sunohara} "O-okay."
<1942>
// Sunohara nods quickly under Fujibayashi's pressure.
<1943>
// \{\m{B}} "So, what were you doing to Kappei? Hmm?"
<1944>
// \{Sunohara} "N... nothing..."
<1945>
// \{\m{B}} "... Well maybe it's like you couldn't hold yourself back so you pushed him down or something?"
<1946>
// \{Sunohara} "B, b-b, but, he looked so hot coming from the shower, right?!"
<1947>
// \{\m{B}} "... Are you serious..."
<1948>
// \{Ryou} "Sunohara-kun..."
<1949>
// \{Sunohara} "Ah..."
<1950>
// \{Sunohara} "B, but, he hit me in the chin before I could, so is it a crime?"
<1951>
// Sunohara desperately tries to defend himself.
<1952>
// I put my hand on Fujibayashi's shoulder.
<1953>
// \{\m{B}} "Let's go, Fujibayashi."
<1954>
// \{Ryou} "Okay..."
<1955>
// \{Sunohara} "Uh... eh? Hey, you guys...?"
<1956>
// \{\m{B}} "You should go and console Kappei."
<1957>
// \{Ryou} "... Okay..."
<1958>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey? Wait, hey~?" 
<1959>
// \{Kappei} "\m{B}-\bkuuuunn\u!"
<1960>
// I dodge Kappei, who was jumping at me.
<1961>
// \{Kappei} "Uwaah!"
<1962>
// Slam!\shake{0}
<1963>
// He hit a telephone pole. 
<1964>
// \{\m{B}} "... What is it now, is it popular to jump into people when you pass by?"
<1965>
// \{Kappei} "Ow, ow, what do you mean?"
<1966>
// \{\m{B}} "Uh... nothing."
<1967>
// \{\m{B}} "So, what's up?"
<1968>
// \{Kappei} "What's up?"
<1969>
// \{\m{B}} "If you were jumping, you had some business with me, right?"
<1970>
// \{Kappei} "Ahahaha, not really anything at all."
<1971>
// \{Kappei} "I just saw you , \m{B}-\bkun\u, so I thought I might greet you."
<1972>
// \{\m{B}} "I, see..."
<1973>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh yeah, how's your job? Has it started yet?"
<1974>
// \{Kappei} "No, it will be soon."
<1975>
// \{\m{B}} "Not in the morning?"
<1976>
// \{Kappei} "I do go in the morning. But since it's a hospital, there's a morning and afternoon shift."
<1977>
// \{Kappei} "It feels like a long lunch break."
<1978>
// \{\m{B}} "Ahh, I see."
<1979>
// \{\m{B}} "And, was the morning shift alright?"
<1980>
// \{Kappei} "Absolutely perfect!"
<1981>
// His smiling face fills with pride as he gives a thumbs up.
<1982>
// \{Kappei} "Being a rehab assistant is a job worth working for!"
<1983>
// \{Kappei} "I'm helping people so that they're not alone trying to walk or move their body."
<1984>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah~... that certainly is worth doing."
<1985>
// \{Kappei} "Yup, yup, me being there is the difference between life and death for them now, that sort of feeling~"
<1986>
// \{Kappei} "It feels really amazing."
<1987>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1988>
// \{Kappei} "I'll do my best."
<1989>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah... yeah, do that."
<1990>
// The healthy Kappei runs off.
<1991>
// I suppose you could end up finding such a nice job in this town...
<1992>
// ... Though it does seem tiring...
<1993>
// Time passed for a while as Kappei settled down in this city.
<1994>
// He was surprisingly busy with the hospital job, so we didn't meet as much as before.
<1995>
// I believe this was the difference between those who were students and those who were not.
<1996>
// Thinking carefully about it, in another year I'll have to work in society, won't I?
<1997>
// When that happens, I won't be at ease as much as I am now, will I...?
<1998>
// I was aware of it while watching Kappei.
<1999>
// -- Should have been aware...
<2000>
// Sometime later--...
<2001>
// At lunch...
<2002>
// I ate with Sunohara in the courtyard.
<2003>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh... by the way..."
<2004>
// \{Sunohara} "Hmm?"
<2005>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2006>
// \{\m{B}} "... Nah, forget it."
<2007>
// \{Sunohara} "Don't stop in the middle of talking. Feeling bad causes indigestion, right?"
<2008>
// \{\m{B}} "That's what I had hoped to do, so that's fine."
<2009>
// \{Sunohara} "Simply giving me crap huh..."
<2010>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<2011>
// \{Sunohara} "Fine. I don't feel like listening anyway."
<2012>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't really feel like saying it either."
<2013>
// \{Sunohara} "Hmph."
<2014>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2015>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2016>
// \{\m{B}} "And so."
<2017>
// \{Sunohara} "You're saying it?!"
<2018>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, truth is that I felt I should tell you, even though I stopped myself."
<2019>
// \{Sunohara} "If it's for me, then hurry up and say it."
<2020>
// \{Sunohara} "I hate stuff being finished halfway through."
<2021>
// \{\m{B}} "You in denial?"
<2022>
// \{Sunohara} "What do you mean?"
<2023>
// \{\m{B}} "Get a dictionary."
<2024>
// \{Sunohara} "Nah, it's okay. So, what did you want to tell me?"
<2025>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, well, just wanted to talk about how Kappei's doing and all."
<2026>
// \{Sunohara} "Don't say the first name-------!!"
<2027>
// \{\m{B}} "Come on, man."
<2028>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm already done with him..." 
<2029>
// \{\m{B}} "Nothing ever started."
<2030>
// \{Sunohara} "In my dream, there were the three of us, with a child..." 
<2031>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2032>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, don't look at me with such pitiful eyes------!"
<2033>
// \{\m{B}} "Well... I can't really think of any other choices other than to pity you..."
<2034>
// \{Sunohara} "You decided to joke with me, didn't you...?"
<2035>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, what's with those difficult eyes----!"
<2036>
// \{\m{B}} "If it's you, I don't think I could imagine you doing that."
<2037>
// \{Sunohara} "... Ah, that's right, I had something to tell you as well."
<2038>
// \{\m{B}} "What?"
<2039>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2040>
// \{Sunohara} "Nah, forget it."
<2041>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm, I see."
<2042>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2043>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2044>
// \{Sunohara} "......"
<2045>
// \{\m{B}} "......"
<2046>
// \{Sunohara} "..."
<2047>
// \{\m{B}} "..."
<2048>
// \{Sunohara} "I apologize... please listen..."
<2049>
// \{\m{B}} "You don't really have to force yourself to say anything."
<2050>
// \{Sunohara} "Well, it's about Hiiragi-chan, the medicine that..."
<2051>
// Ruffle, ruffle... ruffle, ruffle...
<2052>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<2053>
// \{Sunohara} "Someone there...?"
<2054>
// Ruffle.
<2055>
// \{Kappei} "Whew... eh? Where am I?"
<2056>
// \{\m{B}} "Kappei?"
<2057>
// \{Sunohara} "Hiiragi-chan?"
<2058>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, \m{B}-\bkun\u and~........."
<2059>
// \{Kappei} "... Umm... what was your name again?"
<2060>
// \{Sunohara} "Even though you were sticking around with me!!"
<2061>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, oh, right, I remember, sorry Akihara-\bkun\u."
<2062>
// \{\m{B}} "Close!"
<2063>
// \{Sunohara} "Not at all!!"
<2064>
// \{\m{B}} "Besides that, long time no see."
<2065>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah, it's been a while."
<2066>
// \{Sunohara} "My existence's like that isn't it...?"
<2067>
// \{\m{B}} "So what are you doing here anyway?"
<2068>
// \{\m{B}} "Only students are here so, if you get caught by the teachers it'll be a problem."
<2069>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, yeah. I'm not here for anything in particular, so I won't be long."
<2070>
// \{Kappei} "I promised Ryou-san, after all."
<2071>
// \{\m{B}} "Fujibayashi? About what?"
<2072>
// \{Kappei} "Heh heh heh, well, look."
<2073>
// He boasts an object wrapped in a napkin in front of me.
<2074>
// \{\m{B}} "... What's this?"
<2075>
// \{Kappei} "Ryou-san's home-made lunch."
<2076>
// \{Kappei} "My beloved wife... no, she isn't yet, so lover... no, she's a loving person so... a loving lunch box?"
<2077>
// \{Kappei} "Uwaah... somehow, my heart beat's echoing~..."
<2078>
// \{\m{B}} "Well... that's a bit strange so..."
<2079>
// \{Sunohara} "Or rather, you snuck in here so you could get it in particular?"
<2080>
// \{Kappei} "The more obstacles there are, the more violent the flames of love will burn them down."
<2081>
// \{\m{B}} "Couldn't you have gotten it in the morning instead?"
<2082>
// \{\m{B}} "You could have visited her house before she came to school."
<2083>
// \{Kappei} "I-I can't do that. If I did, I'd end up going to school with Ryou-san."
<2084>
// \{Kappei} "In what way I mean by that, I can't really say..."
<2085>
// \{\m{B}} "Nah... I don't really want to ask so..."
<2086>
// \{Sunohara} "I-I want to hear!"
<2087>
// \{Kappei} "The futon's been completely pulled down in my room~"*
<2088>
// \{Sunohara} "Woah--! Suggestive----!!"*
<2089>
// \{Kappei} "Besides that, listen. Ryou-san's lunch is really good."
<2090>
// \{\m{B}} "Hearing someone bragging about it is boring so I don't want to hear it."
<2091>
// \{Kappei} "Every time the food goes into my mouth, it feels cold to the touch in my stomach~..." 
<2092>
// \{Kappei} "Oh man~... my heart's beating really fast now..."
<2093>
// \{Kappei} "As expected it feels like a life crisis, when a flying bird begins to fall."
<2094>
// \{Kappei} "Maybe love is testing me... ahahaha..."
<2095>
// A story of hardship...
<2096>
// \{Kappei} "Alright now, after lunch I'll have to do my best at work."
<2097>
// \{\m{B}} "That hospital job is still going on, isn't it?"
<2098>
// \{Kappei} "Yup, sure is."
<2099>
// \{Sunohara} "Hospital? What do you mean? You have a job at the hospital?"
<2100>
// \{Kappei} "As a rehab assistant."
<2101>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, that's right! If you guys have time today, you should come!"
<2102>
// \{Kappei} "I'll show you how reliable of an assistant I can be."
<2103>
// \{Kappei} "I'm a master at handling electrical therapy switches."
<2104>
// \{Sunohara} "Oh nice... I'd love for Hiiragi-chan to put me to sleep..."
<2105>
// \{\m{B}} "You want to help him?"
<2106>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh? With what?"
<2107>
// \{\m{B}} "Go as if you were taking rehab."
<2108>
// \{\m{B}} "We can make it so you'll have three ribs broken, right?"
<2109>
// \{Kappei} "Yup, definitely."
<2110>
// \{Sunohara} "Oh yeah, that'd be great..."
<2111>
// \{Sunohara} "What the hell am I saying, that can't be right-------!!"
<2112>
// \{\m{B}} "Tch, as expected, you realized it."
<2113>
// \{Kappei} "Ahaha, you guys never change."
<2114>
// \{Kappei} "Well then, I'll be going now."
<2115>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah? Yeah, be careful. Don't get caught by the teachers."
<2116>
// \{Kappei} "Sure, I'll just kick them down and run so it'll be fine."
<2117>
// Uh... that would indeed be...
<2118>
// \{Kappei} "Later, \m{B}-\bkun\u and... um..."
<2119>
// \{Kappei} "........."
<2120>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, Natsuhara-\bkun\u."
<2121>
// \{\m{B}} "Close! You're getting there!"
<2122>
// \{Sunohara} "It's not getting there, nor is it close at all!"
<2123>
// And so, he appeared and disappeared at unexpected times and places.
<2124>
// In the end, he lived free as a bird, with nothing blocking his way.
<2125>
// He seems to be doing alright with his job, as well as with Fujibayashi.
<2126>
// You could say the gist of it was alright, in one way or another.
<2127>
// I was sometimes envious of those easygoing days.
<2128>
// \{Kappei} "Hey, \m{B}-\bkun\u."
<2129>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<2130>
// \{Kappei} "I guess, this town really is nice."
<2131>
// \{\m{B}} "Didn't you say that before?"
<2132>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah, but I just thought of it again."
<2133>
// \{\m{B}} "I see."
<2134>
// \{Kappei} "I've gone around to a lot of towns before, but it's not easy for me to be familiar with this place."
<2135>
// \{Kappei} "I guess you could say that, since Ryou-san is here, I wouldn't mind which town it was..."
<2136>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, or rather since Ryou-san is here, you could say this town is nice."
<2137>
// \{\m{B}} "... I, see..."
<2138>
// \{Kappei} "But, the beginning of this goal was when I made friends with you, \m{B}-\bkun\u."
<2139>
// \{\m{B}} "...? Is that so?"
<2140>
// \{Kappei} "Hey, I'm shy and violent, right?"
<2141>
// \{\m{B}} "........"
<2142>
// \{Kappei} "Isn't that funny?"
<2143>
// \{\m{B}} "It's not amusing at all."
<2144>
// \{Kappei} "Ahahaha, \m{B}-\bkun\u, you have harsh words."
<2145>
// \{Kappei} "But I like that sort of thing."
<2146>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm not happy when a guy likes what I say."
<2147>
// \{Kappei} "Sure about that? I thought doing people a courtesy isn't a bad thing."
<2148>
// \{\m{B}} "Just don't say those words again, will you?"
<2149>
// \{Kappei} "Then I shall not."
<2150>
// \{Kappei} "It's not really strange to like such things though."
<2151>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, if you thought I meant that I liked you and stuff, then I apologize."
<2152>
// \{Kappei} "I have Ryou-san, so I can't do that."
<2153>
// \{\m{B}} "And if she wasn't, that'd be fine...?"
<2154>
// \{Kappei} "Ahahaha, I feel that depends."
<2155>
// \{Kappei} "For now, I'll just have fun."
<2156>
// \{\m{B}} "That definitely sounds good."
<2157>
// And then time passed.
<2158>
// The rainy days continue as the sakura falls...
<2159>
// The hot sunlight falls as the rain stops.
<2160>
// As we pass into the hot season, I begin to hear the sounds of the insects...
<2161>
// We were still the same...
<2162>
// In such a summer.
<2163>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2164>
// I lie down, reading a magazine.
<2165>
// As soon as I put it on the side of the bed, Sunohara reads it.
<2166>
// \{\m{B}} "... Hmm..."
<2167>
// \{\m{B}} "Is it okay for us to remain like this...?"
<2168>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2169>
// \{\m{B}} "Even though the eye colors of those taking the exam around us don't change..."** 
<2170>
// \{\m{B}} "It feels like we've been alienated recently in school..."
<2171>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2172>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, you asleep?"
<2173>
// \{Sunohara} "uu..."
<2174>
// \{\m{B}} "Uu?"
<2175>
// \{Sunohara} "\size{40}Uwaaaaaaahhhhhh!!\size{}"
<2176>
// \size{30}Shudder!\size{}\shake{4}
<2177>
// The wall shook.
<2178>
// \{Voice} "Shut up!"
<2179>
// \{\m{B}} "...?"
<2180>
// The normally quivering Sunohara freezes up, troubled by the magazine he's reading.
<2181>
// \{\m{B}} "What's in there?"
<2182>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2183>
// \{\m{B}} "Pass it over."
<2184>
// I pick up the magazine.
<2185>
// Today's headline is... \phey, this is for girls...
<2186>
// Umm... the one I'm seeing here is...
<2187>
// \{\m{B}} "... An interscholastic athletic meet from the past...?"
<2188>
// There doesn't seem to be anything in particular that's interesting--... \phmm?
<2189>
// \{\m{B}} "... The tragic idol sprinter..."
<2190>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2191>
// \{\m{B}} "Hiiragi Kappei...?"
<2192>
// \{Sunohara} "Don't say that name---!!"
<2193>
// \{Sunohara} "My chest--!"
<2194>
// \{Sunohara} "My heart is in agony--!"
<2195>
// \size{30}Shudder!\size{}\shake{4}
<2196>
// The walls shook again.
<2197>
// Disregarding that, I read the magazine.
<2198>
// ... A tragedy... hey, what's that mean...?
<2199>
// "Final match on the high school grounds..."
<2200>
// "Recommended as a scholarship student for university, Hiiragi Kappei was in a contest for first place, and tumbled just before reaching the goal."
<2201>
// "Lately his leg has been hurting, but he seems to have been hiding it in public."
<2202>
// "While on the grounds, he was sent to the hospital."
<2203>
// "The diagnosis indicated his fibula was--..."
<2204>
// \{\m{B}} "... eh...?"
<2205>
// I read the article, dumbfounded...
<2206>
// Taking a close look at the portrait... this was the same Kappei that I know.
<2207>
// \{\m{B}} "... Sunohara..."
<2208>
// \{Sunohara} "Uu... I thought I got over this..."
<2209>
// \{Sunohara} "I guess I'm really delicate about things like this... hahaha..."
<2210>
// \{\m{B}} "Stop sulking at the name and read the damn article!"
<2211>
// \{Sunohara} "... If the name isn't blotted out in black, I won't read it..." 
<2212>
// \{\m{B}} "Just read it!"
<2213>
// \{Sunohara} "Damn it... you're bullying me..."
<2214>
// Crying, Sunohara's eyes fall upon the article once again.
<2215>
// And, he looks up immediately.
<2216>
// If he was into this exercise, this much information would have been obvious... 
<2217>
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}... this article... is a lie, right...?"
<2218>
// \{\m{B}} "... Have you... seen him recently...?"
<2219>
// \{Sunohara} "No... I haven't... I thought he was just really busy with work..."
<2220>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2221>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2222>
// Knock, knock...
<2223>
// The sound of the knock on the door broke through the silence between us.
<2224>
// \{Misae} "\m{A}, you here~?"
<2225>
// \{\m{B}} "... Eh? Y-yeah."
<2226>
// The voice slightly grazes by me.
<2227>
// As soon as the door opens, Misae-san peeps in.
<2228>
// \{Misae} "Hmm? What's wrong?"
<2229>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah... nothing..."
<2230>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2231>
// \{Misae} "Well, anyways, you have a guest."
<2232>
// \{\m{B}} "... For me?"
<2233>
// \{Misae} "A girl. You're pretty good."
<2234>
// I have a bad feeling, hearing it's a girl.
<2235>
// I remember the magazine I just saw.
<2236>
// Sunohara also looks at it.
<2237>
// \{Misae} "Okay, here you go."
<2238>
// She invites that "guest" to our hospitality.
<2239>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2240>
// Looks like my gut feeling... was right on the dot.
<2241>
// Fujibayashi notices the magazine that Sunohara's holding.
<2242>
// At the same time, her body trembled...
<2243>
// \{Ryou} "\m{A}... kun..."
<2244>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2245>
// \{Ryou} "Uu... uwaaaahhh!"
<2246>
// Seeing my face, she falls into my chest, crying.
<2247>
// \{Misae} "Uh... umm..."
<2248>
// \{Misae} "\m{A}, you're good."
<2249>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2250>
// I couldn't... say anything...
<2251>
// I don't want to believe the magazine I read just now...
<2252>
// ... But...
<2253>
// I realize everything in there is true, with Fujibayashi shivering in my arms...
<2254>
// ... What was written in the magazine was...
<2255>
// --"osteosarcoma"...
<2256>
// In other words--... \pcancer...
<2257>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2258>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2259>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2260>
// The three of us hang our heads, having nothing to say...
<2261>
// No... rather, we couldn't say anything...
<2262>
// \{Sunohara} "... I'll go... get some tea..."
<2263>
// Saying that, Sunohara gets up, leaving the room.
<2264>
// I'm sure he couldn't stand this atmosphere.
<2265>
// Truth is... I also want to run away...
<2266>
// But...
<2267>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2268>
// There's no way I could do that...
<2269>
// \{\m{B}} "... Fujibayashi..."
<2270>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2271>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Fuijbayashi."
<2272>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... yes..."
<2273>
// \{\m{B}} "... Where is... Kappei right now...?"
<2274>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2275>
// \{Ryou} "A hospital... in the neighbouring city..."
<2276>
// \{\m{B}} "... I see..."
<2277>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2278>
// \{\m{B}} "Since when did you find out...?"
<2279>
// \{Ryou} "Just recently..."
<2280>
// \{Ryou} "He took his usual medicine... and I thought it a bit strange..."
<2281>
// Medicine... speaking of which, he was taking something...
<2282>
// \{Ryou} "I didn't know what medicine it was..."
<2283>
// \{Ryou} "But... then I saw it..."
<2284>
// \{Ryou} "The medicine that Kappei-san was taking..."
<2285>
// \{Ryou} "... is called codeine..."
<2286>
// \{\m{B}} "... Codeine...?"
<2287>
// \{Ryou} "... It's a painkiller..."
<2288>
// \{\m{B}} "Taking something like that is... really bad, isn't it...?"
<2289>
// \{Ryou} "... Osteosarcoma is... a condition where, once diagnosed, you have to take the operation as soon as possible..."
<2290>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."
<2291>
// \{Ryou} "But... Kappei-san..."
<2292>
// \{Ryou} "The operation..."
<2293>
// \{Ryou} "He won't... take it..."
<2294>
// \{\m{B}} "He won't take it?! But, won't the condition be completely cured if taken early?"
<2295>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2296>
// \{Ryou} "...~~~..."
<2297>
// \{\m{B}} "F-Fujibayashi...?"
<2298>
// \{Ryou} "\m{A}... kun..."
<2299>
// \{Ryou} "~~..."
<2300>
// I think that pretty soon... as soon as she has that crying face...
<2301>
// She quickly comes into my chest again.
<2302>
// \{Ryou} "Uu... uwa... ah... sniff..."
<2303>
// \{Ryou} "Uwaaahhhh!"
<2304>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh? F-Fuijbayashi...? Wait..."
<2305>
// \{Ryou} "I'm sorry...! I'm sorry!"
<2306>
// \{Ryou} "I might have been wrong in relying on you, \m{A}-kun!"
<2307>
// \{Ryou} "But... there's no one else I can ask!"
<2308>
// \{Ryou} "I'm sorry...!"
<2309>
// \{\m{B}} "... Why... why is Kappei refusing the operation...?"
<2310>
// \{Ryou} "He doesn't want to..."
<2311>
// \{Ryou} "He couldn't... bear losing his leg..."
<2312>
// \{Ryou} "Apologizing... he told me that..."
<2313>
// \{\m{B}} "... Kappei..."
<2314>
// \{Ryou} "I... don't want Kappei-san to die!"
<2315>
// \{Ryou} "Even if he loses his leg, I want him to live!"
<2316>
// \{Ryou} "If he lives... I'm sure there will be a lot of good things!"
<2317>
// \{Ryou} "That's why... that's why..."
<2318>
// \{Ryou} "\m{A}-kun... please..."
<2319>
// \{Ryou} "Please convince Kappei-san to take the operation...!"
<2320>
// \{Ryou} "... I don't think I can tell him to..."
<2321>
// \{Ryou} "So... please..."
<2322>
// \{\m{B}} "Fujibayashi..."
<2323>
// Those painful words go against me with her small body...
<2324>
// I put my hands on her trembling shoulders as if to calm her down.
<2325>
// \{Ryou} "Sniffle... hic... \m{A}... kun..."
<2326>
// \{\m{B}} "I'll go see him for now."
<2327>
// \{\m{B}} "I'll try to convince him."
<2328>
// \{Ryou} "\m{A}-kun..."
<2329>
// \{Ryou} "Uu... ah... hic..."
<2330>
// \{Ryou} "Waaaahhh! Uwaaaaahhhh!"
<2331>
// I wonder if I can calm her with my words at all...?
<2332>
// Fujibayashi cried out with a loud voice.
<2333>
// I tighten my hold on her shoulders, holding her as she cries on my chest.
<2334>
// Clatter...
<2335>
// \{Sunohara} "Sorry, I was a bit late..."
<2336>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2337>
// \{Ryou} "Sniffle... sniffle..."
<2338>
// \{Sunohara} "Ah... um... was, I in the way...?"
<2339>
// We seem to have got misunderstood...
<2340>
// The next holiday--...
<2341>
// Fujibayashi and I came to the hospital in the neighboring town.
<2342>
// Tap... tap... tap... tap...
<2343>
// We walk down the hallway with a tense look on our faces.
<2344>
// \{\m{B}} "... Sunohara doesn't want to come."
<2345>
// \{Ryou} "... Yes... though I never intended on extorting him..."
<2346>
// \{\m{B}} "Well... maybe he didn't want to see Kappei so weak..."
<2347>
// \{Ryou} "I'm sorry..."
<2348>
// \{\m{B}} "It's okay, I don't mind it at all."
<2349>
// \{\m{B}} "Instead... I just want to have a word or two with him."
<2350>
// \{Ryou} "Thank you so much."
<2351>
// \{\m{B}} "Fujibayashi, you've been worried about him every day?"
<2352>
// \{Ryou} "Yes."
<2353>
// \{\m{B}} "I see. It must be difficult."
<2354>
// \{Ryou} "No, it's not like that at all..."
<2355>
// \{Ryou} "The real difficult thing is... Kappei-san after all..."
<2356>
// \{\m{B}} "... I guess so..."
<2357>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, do you want to be with me when I talk to him?"
<2358>
// \{Ryou} "No... if possible, just you ,\m{A}-kun..."
<2359>
// \{Ryou} "I think that the talk may work out better between two guys somehow..."
<2360>
// \{\m{B}} "... Alright."
<2361>
// Well, she never forced me to come with her.
<2362>
// And then, the two of us walked down the hallway silently to Kappei's hospital room.
<2363>
// Click, clack... the sound of the linoleum shoes tapping. It feels as if something was put there.
<2364>
// As we continue on, the disappearing sounds of the footsteps begin to increase in number...
<2365>
// I become filled with anxiety.
<2366>
// \{Ryou} "Umm... \m{A}-kun."
<2367>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh...?"
<2368>
// Fujibayashi stopped several steps behind me.
<2369>
// And then I see the door.
<2370>
// Room number 307...
<2371>
// A name is written on the in-patient plate.
<2372>
// "Hiiragi Kappei"...
<2373>
// I end up staring at the door.
<2374>
// Again I think... yeah, he really is ill.
<2375>
// Can I somehow convince him at all...?
<2376>
// Such a heavy... responsibility...
<2377>
// \{Ryou} "Ah......"
<2378>
// With an anxious-like... no, she was completely anxious.
<2379>
// She looks at me, as if her eyes cling onto me.
<2380>
// \{Ryou} "P... please go ahead..."
<2381>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... I'll try my best."
<2382>
// I say that with all that I have.
<2383>
// Knock, knock...
<2384>
// \{Kappei} "Come in."
<2385>
// Clatter...
<2386>
// \{\m{B}} "... Yo."
<2387>
// \{Kappei} "Eh..."
<2388>
// I could see the upper half of Kappei, who was on top of the bed looking at me.
<2389>
// Comparing him with the Kappei I usually saw... he's obviously gone thinner...
<2390>
// \{Kappei} "Ah... eh...? Huh? Huh? Umm, eh? \m{B}-\bkun\u? Why?"
<2391>
// \{\m{B}} "Been a while."
<2392>
// \{Kappei} "Ah, yeah, sure, has been."
<2393>
// \{Kappei} "I'm surprised. How did you know I was here?"
<2394>
// \{\m{B}} "Fujibayashi told me."
<2395>
// \{Kappei} "Ryou-san did?"
<2396>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<2397>
// \{Kappei} "Which means... you know everything, don't you..."
<2398>
// \{\m{B}} "... Yeah..."
<2399>
// \{Kappei} "Umm... ahaha, I'm troubled..."
<2400>
// \{\m{B}} "Why won't you?"
<2401>
// \{Kappei} "Eh?"
<2402>
// \{\m{B}} "Why won't you take the operation?"
<2403>
// \{Kappei} "Could it be... you came here to persuade me?"
<2404>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<2405>
// \{Kappei} "I see..."
<2406>
// Taking a deep breath, he looks towards the door.
<2407>
// He probably noticed Fujibayashi is there...
<2408>
// \{Kappei} "For now, have a seat, \m{B}-\bkun\u."
<2409>
// \{Kappei} "You'll get tired from standing around, right?"
<2410>
// \{\m{B}} "... Yeah."
<2411>
// Saying that, I put my hand on the pipes on the side of the bed.
<2412>
// Making sure it wasn't necessary to sit down, I lean my back on them.
<2413>
// Kappei stares at me.
<2414>
// \{Kappei} "Hey \m{B}-\bkun\u, did you already hear from Ryou-san the reason why I won't take the operation?"
<2415>
// \{\m{B}} "Because you couldn't bear the loss of your leg, right?"
<2416>
// \{\m{B}} "Of course that's something painful but, isn't your life more important?"
<2417>
// \{Kappei} "........."
<2418>
// He quietly shakes his head.
<2419>
// \{Kappei} "Sorry..."
<2420>
// \{Kappei} "It's just as important as my life."
<2421>
// \{\m{B}} "Why, man?! If you die, it'll be all over!"
<2422>
// \{Kappei} "This leg is... everything to me."
<2423>
// \{\m{B}} "... You're..."
<2424>
// \{Kappei} "Hmm?"
<2425>
// \{\m{B}} "Talking about your track career...?"
<2426>
// \{Kappei} "Eh...?"
<2427>
// \{Kappei} "I'm surprised... I didn't expect you'd know, \m{B}-\bkun\u..."
<2428>
// \{\m{B}} "... I read it in a magazine..."
<2429>
// \{Kappei} "Magazine?"
<2430>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, there was a past feature on the interscholastic athletic meet."
<2431>
// \{\m{B}} "Stuff was written about you, with the heading reading the 'Tragic Sprinter'."
<2432>
// \{Kappei} "I see..."
<2433>
// \{Kappei} "Those days... bring back memories..."
<2434>
// Looking at his knee, Kappei says that, being a bit lonely.
<2435>
// \{Kappei} "... I guess... talking to you like this is better, \m{B}-\bkun\u..."
<2436>
// Glancing at the door, he returns to look at me.
<2437>
// \{Kappei} "\m{B}-\bkun\u... you see..."
<2438>
// \{Kappei} "... I'm an orphan..."
<2439>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?"
<2440>
// I look up at Kappei's face at those abrupt words.
<2441>
// That facial expression and those eyes were calm... yet filled with loneliness.
<2442>
// \{Kappei} "As soon as I was born, it seems I was taken to an institution."
<2443>
// And he continues on.
<2444>
// \{Kappei} "At that place, there were a lot of kids in similar circumstances."
<2445>
// \{Kappei} "The truth was, there were a lot of us kids that were in doubt about the meaning of our existence."
<2446>
// \{Kappei} "But for me, that way may have been better."
<2447>
// \{Kappei} "Besides, I was thrown away like that, not knowing my parents... my family's warmth."
<2448>
// \{Kappei} "I guess it was inside me after all."
<2449>
// \{Kappei} "Receiving cruel punishment from my parents, and as a result, ended up as a child in that institution."
<2450>
// \{Kappei} "... No, rather, there were a lot of kids like that."
<2451>
// \{Kappei} "We were born with nothing... with very little."
<2452>
// \{Kappei} "A life with no blessing..."
<2453>
// \{Kappei} "Living in denial like that is a sad existence."
<2454>
// \{Kappei} "One day, a television station came to the institution."
<2455>
// \{Kappei} "There was a bit of a documentary running, and a musician going around that I was a fan of, see." 
<2456>
// \{Kappei} "I really liked listening to that musician's music."
<2457>
// \{Kappei} "Living as if those feelings pushed against me, that sort of song."
<2458>
// \{Kappei} "At that time, I got to talk to that musician."
<2459>
// \{Kappei} "And that person told me..."
<2460>
// \{Kappei} "If there's one thing you believe in, push on with it."
<2461>
// \{Kappei} "For that person, it was their music."
<2462>
// \{Kappei} "That's what that person told me."
<2463>
// \{Kappei} "It was really persuasive."
<2464>
// \{Kappei} "The one thing I believe in is the distance far ahead of me."
<2465>
// \{Kappei} "That's what I thought."
<2466>
// \{Kappei} "And that I should believe in that thing I can do."
<2467>
// \{Kappei} "What I was proud of..."
<2468>
// \{Kappei} "Like that person, giving people something a lot like hope and courage."
<2469>
// \{Kappei} "And then I realized."
<2470>
// He tapped his knee.
<2471>
// \{Kappei} "That I had this leg."
<2472>
// \{Kappei} "When I ran back in my day, I lost to no one."
<2473>
// \{Kappei} "That's why I ran."
<2474>
// \{Kappei} "Running... farther than anyone else can..."
<2475>
// \{Kappei} "Keeping myself up with my own power..."
<2476>
// \{Kappei} "Doing that, a lot of people would speak well of me."
<2477>
// \{Kappei} "I was duly recognized by them."
<2478>
// \{Kappei} "And built up my will to live."
<2479>
// \{Kappei} "That really was... the best of my times..."
<2480>
// \{Kappei} "Running... was what I liked..."
<2481>
// \{Kappei} "Not holding anything else other than my pride..."
<2482>
// \{Kappei} "That was everything for me..."
<2483>
// \{Kappei} "That's why..."
<2484>
// \{Kappei} "When I was diagnosed, I had died."
<2485>
// \{\m{B}} "You died...? You're alive, aren't you?"
<2486>
// \{Kappei} "No... I can't run anymore..."
<2487>
// \{Kappei} "I didn't know of anything else that could keep me alive..."
<2488>
// \{\m{B}} "... Kappei..."
<2489>
// \{Kappei} "... I wasn't alive anymore, and instead waited for death..."
<2490>
// \{Kappei} "Just, with the time I have left..."
<2491>
// \{Kappei} "I want to spend the rest of my days with this leg."
<2492>
// \{Kappei} "Taking in that pain, even if I can't run, I can at least walk."
<2493>
// \{Kappei} "That's why I went to a lot of places."
<2494>
// \{Kappei} "And then, I came to this town, and met you, \m{B}-\bkun\u."
<2495>
// \{Kappei} "Ryou-san, as well."
<2496>
// Saying that, he looks at the door.
<2497>
// \{\m{B}} "And what'll you do about Fujibayashi?"
<2498>
// \{Kappei} "Eh?"
<2499>
// \{\m{B}} "If you die now, she won't recover from that."
<2500>
// \{Kappei} "........."
<2501>
// \{\m{B}} "Can't just living for her sake support you at all?"
<2502>
// \{Kappei} "........."
<2503>
// \{Kappei} "... I can't."
<2504>
// \{Kappei} "Losing my leg... would be an inconvenience..."
<2505>
// \{Kappei} "I'd be a problem for Ryou-san."
<2506>
// \{Kappei} "I don't want to be such a burden."
<2507>
// \{\m{B}} "Something like that--...!"
<2508>
// \{Kappei} "\m{B}-\bkun\u..."
<2509>
// \{Kappei} "... Would you want to put someone you like through such painful days and be with them?"
<2510>
// \{\m{B}} "... Kappei..."
<2511>
// \{Kappei} "That's my answer."
<2512>
// \{\m{B}} "In that case..."
<2513>
// \{\m{B}} "Why did you go out with her?"
<2514>
// \{\m{B}} "Why did you spend time with her, even though you knew she'd be sad?"
<2515>
// \{Kappei} "... I guess, that's too bad..."
<2516>
// \{Kappei} "I just... did it on the spur of the moment..."
<2517>
// \{Kappei} "Even though it was cruel... really..."
<2518>
// \{Kappei} "It's inexcusable."
<2519>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2520>
// \{Kappei} "But..."
<2521>
// \{Kappei} "With time... even sadness will pass over..."
<2522>
// \{Kappei} "Even in the institution, it was like that..."
<2523>
// What eyes... what sad things he's telling me...
<2524>
// As if... those eyes understood everything...
<2525>
// \{\m{B}} "Even then... I want for you to live..."
<2526>
// \{Kappei} "... \m{B}-\bkun\u..."
<2527>
// \{\m{B}} "There's no way friends can just keep quiet and let someone die."
<2528>
// \{Kappei} "Friends...?"
<2529>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah. It's just as you say."
<2530>
// \{Kappei} "........."
<2531>
// \{\m{B}} "Even though there's a chance you'll live..."
<2532>
// \{\m{B}} "To abandon something like that..."
<2533>
// \{\m{B}} "Just running isn't all that you are."
<2534>
// \{\m{B}} "I..."
<2535>
// \{\m{B}} "Never thought of you as running."
<2536>
// \{\m{B}} "The Hiiragi Kappei I know is..."
<2537>
// \{\m{B}} "Someone who does as he pleases, getting along well with people..."
<2538>
// \{\m{B}} "Talking about strange fairytales..."
<2539>
// \{\m{B}} "... And sometimes being a poet..."
<2540>
// \{\m{B}} "And jumping into me all of a sudden..."
<2541>
// \{\m{B}} "... Someone like that is my friend..."
<2542>
// \{Kappei} "........."
<2543>
// \{Kappei} "... Thank you..."
<2544>
// \{Kappei} "Thank you, \m{B}-\bkun\u..."
<2545>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm happy... really..."
<2546>
// \{Kappei} "I guess so... I've shown you the Hiiragi Kappei of now haven't I, \m{B}-\bkun\u..."
<2547>
// \{Kappei} "Not knowing I could meet you like this in the past..."
<2548>
// \{Kappei} "For a friend to tell me that..."
<2549>
// \{Kappei} "I'm really..."
<2550>
// \{Kappei} "... Really happy."
<2551>
// \{Kappei} "... That's why..."
<2552>
// \{Kappei} "... I'm sorry..."
<2553>
// \{\m{B}} "Kappei!"
<2554>
// \{Kappei} "... Sorry..."
<2555>
// \{\m{B}} "--..."
<2556>
// .........
<2557>
// ......
<2558>
// ...
<2559>
// I sit down at the bench...
<2560>
// Fujibayashi's seated by me, with nothing to say.
<2561>
// I also... have nothing to say...
<2562>
// In the end, I wasn't able to convince Kappei...
<2563>
// We were just kids who didn't know how to convince people to live...
<2564>
// I realized that my words had no power at all.
<2565>
// After that, Fujibayashi cried outside the room...
<2566>
// She shook her head greatly, apologizing.
<2567>
// Apologizing to me many, many times...
<2568>
// \{Ryou} "\m{A}-kun..."
<2569>
// A small voice came from her face.
<2570>
// \{Ryou} "Is it okay... if I could borrow your chest..."
<2571>
// \{\m{B}} "... Fujibayashi..."
<2572>
// \{Ryou} "Please..."
<2573>
// \{Ryou} "... Just for a... little while..."
<2574>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2575>
// I didn't know of any words to refuse that in such a time.
<2576>
// For a minute, she jumped into me, as I wrapped my arms lightly around her.
<2577>
// \{Ryou} "Uu...... uwa... sniff... a..."
<2578>
// \{Ryou} "Uwaaaaahhh!"
<2579>
// \{Ryou} "Aaaaahhhh! Uwaaaahhhh!!"
<2580>
// Her voice pierced into my chest...
<2581>
// Her tears were heavy...
<2582>
// Her small hands held onto my clothes...
<2583>
// Her thin shoulders trembling...
<2584>
// Her tears falling down her cheeks...
<2585>
// My arms were dyed with sadness all over inside.
<2586>
// Those feelings being confined within my arms.
<2587>
// I tightly embrace Fujibayashi's shivering body.
<2588>
// If I don't, I may end up crying as well...
<2589>
// At the very least, right now... I don't want to give her my tears...
<2590>
// ... I can't cry...
<2591>
// My eyes trembled...
<2592>
// Not wanting to bear tears... I looked up.
<2593>
// \{\m{B}} "......?"
<2594>
// Someone's coming this way...
<2595>
// No, that's not right... there's no way someone would be coming this way.
<2596>
// As if to confirm, the person looked up, and down...
<2597>
// \{Voice} "Looks like people need to be here as well."
<2598>
// A familiar voice...
<2599>
// \{\m{B}} "Yoshino... Yuusuke...?"
<2600>
// \{Yoshino} "... Hmm?"
<2601>
// \{Yoshino} "Oh, you're \m{A}... aren't you?"
<2602>
// He remembered my name.
<2603>
// \{Yoshino} "........."
<2604>
// And, with a slightly troubled face.
<2605>
// \{Yoshino} "I'm sorry, I must be interrupting."
<2606>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah..."
<2607>
// I remember that I was hugging Fujibayashi.
<2608>
// And even more, a girl's face crying...
<2609>
// \{Yoshino} "You shouldn't really make someone cry like that."
<2610>
// \{Yoshino} "She's someone you have to hold dear to you. Take care."
<2611>
// \{\m{B}} "W-wait!"
<2612>
// I call out to stop him from running away.
<2613>
// \{Yoshino} "........."
<2614>
// \{\m{B}} "That's not it..."
<2615>
// I wonder what I should be saying?
<2616>
// \{\m{B}} "She's... not my girlfriend..."
<2617>
// She's just someone I know, that's all...
<2618>
// \{\m{B}} "... It's not that I've made her cry or anything..."
<2619>
// With a trembling voice... trying to rely on what, I wonder...?
<2620>
// \{\m{B}} "Just that... we don't really know... what to do..."
<2621>
// Everything's been building up, and soon these eyes will spill over...
<2622>
// \{\m{B}} "... What to do..."
<2623>
// Holding onto Fujibayashi, I can't keep myself from shaking...
<2624>
// \{Yoshino} "If you're fine with telling me, I'll listen."
<2625>
// My tears run down my cheek, hearing those words.
<2626>
// \{Yoshino} "... I see..."
<2627>
// After telling him everything, Yoshino Yuusuke breathed a small sigh.
<2628>
// How does he feel about my story?
<2629>
// What will he tell me exactly?
<2630>
// ... Will he... tell me something...?
<2631>
// \{Yoshino} "........."
<2632>
// \{Yoshino} "It's a sad story."
<2633>
// \{Yoshino} "Losing your dream and goal, being the same thing as losing yourself."
<2634>
// \{Yoshino} "With one thing to push on that you can believe in that's good... right?"
<2635>
// \{Yoshino} "... What irresponsible words..."
<2636>
// He murmurs that... bitterly.
<2637>
// \{Yoshino} "To simply find a meaning to live is quite difficult."
<2638>
// \{Yoshino} "But, living doesn't mean that you're alone."
<2639>
// \{Yoshino} "People are there to support people, and those people can begin to stand on their own."
<2640>
// \{Yoshino} "And once they can stand on their own, they can move on forward."
<2641>
// \{\m{B}} "But... how should we tell him so that he may understand that...?"
<2642>
// \{\m{B}} "We're like kids, so even if we tell him how to live..."
<2643>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, is it possible for you to meet with him?"
<2644>
// \{\m{B}} "Since you're an adult, you could convince him..."
<2645>
// \{Yoshino} "The only adult who can convince him would be a doctor at this point in time."
<2646>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah..."
<2647>
// Certainly...
<2648>
// \{Yoshino} "And, surely if you try to convince him, you won't reach his heart."
<2649>
// \{\m{B}} "... Because we're kids...?"
<2650>
// \{Yoshino} "Because you're friends."
<2651>
// \{Yoshino} "Friends are important. That much is true."
<2652>
// \{Yoshino} "The best way to live is to support each other."
<2653>
// \{Yoshino} "But, in the end you're just another person."
<2654>
// \{Yoshino} "There's no meaning to living then."
<2655>
// \{Yoshino} "That's why..."
<2656>
// \{Yoshino} "Your power is needed."
<2657>
// Yoshino Yuusuke looks at Fujibayashi.
<2658>
// She was still hanging her head, but noticing that glance, she lifts her head.
<2659>
// \{Ryou} "M... me...?"
<2660>
// \{Ryou} "... I've told him... many, many times..."
<2661>
// \{Ryou} "To take the operation..."
<2662>
// \{Ryou} "But... Kappei-san... only shook his head..."
<2663>
// \{Ryou} "And continued... to apologize to me..."
<2664>
// \{Yoshino} "To support him is difficult."
<2665>
// \{Yoshino} "It's not just about pushing his back."
<2666>
// \{Yoshino} "Nor is it about holding his hand."
<2667>
// \{Ryou} "... It's really difficult... I... don't really understand..."
<2668>
// \{Yoshino} "The person you hold dear to you is certainly in a dark world, isn't he?"
<2669>
// \{Yoshino} "It's a sad world, where you see darkness wherever you look, not even able to see yourself."
<2670>
// \{Yoshino} "That's why, you should first bring in a light."
<2671>
// \{Yoshino} "It won't shine if it's from a distance."
<2672>
// \{Yoshino} "Take that small light so you may see both of your footsteps."
<2673>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2674>
// \{Yoshino} "And then walking should be fine."
<2675>
// \{Yoshino} "Whatever it is you two can't make, take that small light and embrace the future."
<2676>
// \{Ryou} "Whatever us two can't make... a small light..."
<2677>
// Seems like something is coming to her mind.
<2678>
// Fujibayashi carefully thinks.
<2679>
// \{Yoshino} "That's all I can say."
<2680>
// \{Yoshino} "I'm not sure about that sort of consultation, but if I was of some help, I'm glad."
<2681>
// \{Ryou} "Uh... umm..."
<2682>
// \{Yoshino} "What is it?"
<2683>
// \{Ryou} "... Would convincing him through lies... be a bad way to go about it?"
<2684>
// \{Yoshino} "Well..."
<2685>
// Yoshino Yuusuke turns around, and murmurs one last thing.
<2686>
// \{Yoshino} "If there is love... even lies would become truth." 
<2687>
// The night skies up above began to blur in my eyes. 
<2688>
// Tears ran along my cheeks...
<2689>
// At the regret of not having any power to do anything...
<2690>
// Several days later... Kappei disappeared from the hospital.
<2691>
// It seems that he was moved to another hospital, but I wasn't told which one.
<2692>
// Even Fujibayashi doesn't seem to know...
<2693>
// In the end... we weren't able to do anything, were we...? 
<2694>
// The next day...
<2695>
// \{\m{B}} "... Is it okay to be skipping classes?"
<2696>
// \{Ryou} "Yes. We have to hurry with this, after all."
<2697>
// \{\m{B}} "I see..."
<2698>
// \{\m{B}} "... Hey, about yesterday's talk with Yoshino-san..."
<2699>
// \{Ryou} "Yes?"
<2700>
// \{\m{B}} "About how in the end it isn't my words, and that it has to be yours... what was that about?"
<2701>
// \{Ryou} "Yes, that's what I think it is."
<2702>
// \{\m{B}} "... What do you plan on saying?"
<2703>
// \{Ryou} "Well..."
<2704>
// \{Ryou} "So far... I haven't said anything other than for Kappei-san to live."
<2705>
// \{Ryou} "Thinking about it now, those words are very short lived..."
<2706>
// \{Ryou} "Friends can only say nothing but that as well."
<2707>
// \{Ryou} "So... umm... today I'm going to... lie a little bit."
<2708>
// \{\m{B}} "Lie?"
<2709>
// \{\m{B}} "Speaking of which, yesterday that was the last thing you said."
<2710>
// \{Ryou} "Yes."
<2711>
// \{\m{B}} "... What do you plan on saying?"
<2712>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2713>
// \{\m{B}} "...?"
<2714>
// Exactly what is she in the mood to say...
<2715>
// \{Ryou} "L-let's go. We have to race against time to beat Kappei-san's illness."
<2716>
// Really... what is she in the mood to say...?
<2717>
// Tap... tap... tap... tap...
<2718>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<2719>
// It feels like Fujibayashi's walking a bit slower than me.
<2720>
// \{\m{B}} "... You okay?"
<2721>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2722>
// She's... uneasy...
<2723>
// I have no idea what words she plans on telling him, but if only Kappei doesn't refuse them...
<2724>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2725>
// She shakes her head.
<2726>
// \{\m{B}} "Are you okay, Fujibayashi?"
<2727>
// \{Ryou} "Eh?"
<2728>
// \{\m{B}} "Believe in Yoshino-san's words."
<2729>
// \{\m{B}} "I may be Kappei's friend, but you're different."
<2730>
// \{\m{B}} "You're his girlfriend."
<2731>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm merely someone that exists close to him."
<2732>
// \{Ryou} "\m{A}-kun..."
<2733>
// \{\m{B}} "That's why, you should be more confident."
<2734>
// \{\m{B}} "Your feelings are proof of that, see."
<2735>
// \{Ryou} "Yes, thank you very much."
<2736>
// Knock, knock...
<2737>
// \{Kappei} "Yes, come in."
<2738>
// Clatter...
<2739>
// \{Kappei} "Eh, Ryou-san...?"
<2740>
// \{Ryou} "G-good morning."
<2741>
// \{Kappei} "Um... ah..."
<2742>
// \{\m{B}} "Yo."
<2743>
// \{Kappei} "\m{B}...\bkun\u...?"
<2744>
// \{Kappei} "E-eh? What about school, you guys?"
<2745>
// \{\m{B}} "We're skipping."
<2746>
// \{Ryou} "W-we're skipping."
<2747>
// \{Kappei} "Ahaha, you guys are delinquents."
<2748>
// \{Kappei} "But, I'm surprised... that you came again, \m{B}-\bkun\u..."
<2749>
// \{\m{B}} "What, inside you've been really cold-hearted making people like myself like this."* 
<2750>
// \{Kappei} "That's not what I had in mind but, see... yesterday..."
<2751>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, well, don't worry about it."
<2752>
// \{Kappei} "Hmm, if you say that then well, I'll just leave it be."
<2753>
// \{\m{B}} "Just for a bit."
<2754>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah, just for a bit."
<2755>
// Saying that, he gives a flustered smile.
<2756>
// \{Ryou} "U-umm... Kappei-san,"
<2757>
// \{Kappei} "Hmm?"
<2758>
// \{Ryou} "Umm, how are you doing so far?"
<2759>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah, I'm completely healthy today."
<2760>
// \{Ryou} "Is that so? I'm glad."
<2761>
// \{Kappei} "But, for you to be skipping school today... what's wrong, Ryou-san?"
<2762>
// \{Ryou} "Eh... umm... well..."
<2763>
// \{Ryou} "... I... I have... something to say."
<2764>
// Gripping her hand tightly, she looks at Kappei.
<2765>
// \{Kappei} "Something to say...? What is it?"
<2766>
// \{Ryou} "Umm... s-see... ah~..."
<2767>
// \{Ryou} "See..."
<2768>
// \{Ryou} "... see~..."
<2769>
// What is she in the mood to say?
<2770>
// I only know it's going to involve a "lie"...
<2771>
// \{Kappei} "?"
<2772>
// \{Ryou} "K-Kappei-san!"
<2773>
// \{Kappei} "Yes?"
<2774>
// \{Ryou} "Have you eaten your meal completely?"
<2775>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah, I have."
<2776>
// \{Ryou} "I see. I'm glad."
<2777>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2778>
// I'm sure... \pno, that's completely not what she had in mind...
<2779>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... uu~... umm..."
<2780>
// ... Should I help her a bit...?
<2781>
// \{\m{B}} "Kappei,"
<2782>
// \{Kappei} "Hmm?"
<2783>
// \{\m{B}} "Fujibayashi has something important to tell you."
<2784>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... wawa... \m{A}-kun..."
<2785>
// \{Kappei} "... Ryou-san does...?"
<2786>
// \{\m{B}} "So listen carefully."
<2787>
// \{Kappei} "........."
<2788>
// \{Kappei} "Alright, I will."
<2789>
// Seated, Kappei nods and looks at Fujibayashi.
<2790>
// Fujibayashi grips her fist as well, as if prepared.
<2791>
// \{Ryou} "Umm... Kappei-san..."
<2792>
// \{Kappei} "Yes?"
<2793>
// \{Ryou} "... I... u-umm... umm..."
<2794>
// \{Ryou} "Am... am......"
<2795>
// \{Kappei} "... Am?"
<2796>
// \{Ryou} "...H-having... one..."
<2797>
// \{Kappei} "Having... one?"
<2798>
// ... Having one...?
<2799>
// \{Ryou} "... Y-yes..."
<2800>
// \{Kappei} "Having one... having what?"
<2801>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2802>
// \{Kappei} "Ryou-san...?"
<2803>
// \{Ryou} "I... I'm having a baby!"
<2804>
// \{Kappei} "Eh...?"
<2805>
// ... Eh?
<2806>
// \{Ryou} "I'm having... a baby..."
<2807>
// Kappei's eyes bulge at her words.
<2808>
// And then he looks at me.
<2809>
// \{Kappei} "\m{B}... \bkun\u..."
<2810>
// \{\m{B}} "W-what?"
<2811>
// \{Kappei} "... How could you..."
<2812>
// \{Kappei} "... Since when did you do that with Ryou-san..."
<2813>
// \{\m{B}} "... I-it's wasn't me!"
<2814>
// \{Kappei} "... But... umm..."
<2815>
// \{Kappei} "... But didn't you two... come to tell me that...?"
<2816>
// I shake my head swiftly.
<2817>
// ... Ah!
<2818>
// That's it! This is Fujibayashi's "lie"!
<2819>
// How bold...
<2820>
// \{Kappei} "Eh, eh, but... no way... then who's..."
<2821>
// I should join in with Fujibayashi.
<2822>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, hey, what do you mean who's... you're the worst as a man."
<2823>
// \{Kappei} "Eh...?"
<2824>
// \{Kappei} "B-but..."
<2825>
// With uneasy eyes, he looks at me and Fujibayashi, saying that.
<2826>
// \{Kappei} "I didn't do anything perverted... so you couldn't have one...?"
<2827>
// \{\m{B}} "... Eh?"
<2828>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2829>
// \{Kappei} "........."
<2830>
// \{\m{B}} "... Fujibayashi...? You... didn't do, something like that... yet?" 
<2831>
// \{Ryou} "~~~~..."
<2832>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2833>
// W... what chinks in the plan... no, I'm not even sure if that lie would even work to begin with...
<2834>
// \{Kappei} "... It's a lie, isn't it?"
<2835>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2836>
// \{Kappei} "... Indeed... there's no way you could have one if we didn't..."
<2837>
// \{Kappei} "I was a bit surprised there."
<2838>
// So was I...
<2839>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... umm... s-see..."
<2840>
// \{Ryou} "See... umm..."
<2841>
// \{Ryou} "... While you were sleeping, Kappei-san... I secretly..."
<2842>
// ... Uhh... Fujibayashi... that's getting a bit ridiculous...
<2843>
// Kappei completely stares at her, and Fujibayashi hangs her head.
<2844>
// \{Ryou} "... Secretly... \wait{300}thought of something..."
<2845>
// \{\m{B}} "...?"
<2846>
// She's continuing...?
<2847>
// Or rather, to say she thought of something... that's saying something quite big.
<2848>
// Lifting her head, she looks straight at Kappei.
<2849>
// \{Ryou} "Is that not possible?"
<2850>
// \{Kappei} "Eh...? W-what's not possible, I don't know what you're asking..."
<2851>
// Kappei says that in a hurry, seeing that glance.
<2852>
// \{Ryou} "I... want to have a baby."
<2853>
// \{Ryou} "I want to have your baby, Kappei-san."
<2854>
// \{Kappei} "... Ryou... san...?"
<2855>
// \{Ryou} "Get married..."
<2856>
// \{Ryou} "Have a child..."
<2857>
// \{Ryou} "... And then as a family..."
<2858>
// \{Ryou} "As a family... go to a lot of places..."
<2859>
// \{Ryou} "And create a lot of memories..."
<2860>
// \{Ryou} "... I want to be with you more..."
<2861>
// \{Ryou} "I want you to embrace me!"
<2862>
// \{Ryou} "I want you to hold my hand tightly!"
<2863>
// \{Ryou} "I want to talk about a lot of things!"
<2864>
// \{Ryou} "I've been thinking a lot about is just about the future."
<2865>
// \{Ryou} "But, I can't do anything on my own."
<2866>
// \{Ryou} "It's a future that can't be granted in any way if you're not beside me, Kappei-san."
<2867>
// \{Kappei} "... Ryou-san..."
<2868>
// \{Kappei} "... You thought of me... that far...?"
<2869>
// \{Ryou} "... Yes..."
<2870>
// \{Kappei} "... I'm happy..."
<2871>
// \{Kappei} "I'm really... happy..."
<2872>
// \{Kappei} "But... taking the operation means... my leg will..."
<2873>
// \{Kappei} "Doing that, I'll definitely become a problem for..."
<2874>
// \{Ryou} "... Even if you lose your leg, you'll still have arms to hug me!"
<2875>
// \{Kappei} "Ryou-san..."
<2876>
// \{Ryou} "That sort of warmth alone is enough for you to give me..."
<2877>
// Kappei looks at his hands, hearing those words.
<2878>
// \{Ryou} "I'll be next to you for support."
<2879>
// \{Ryou} "I won't pull you in against your will."
<2880>
// \{Ryou} "I won't push you on ahead."
<2881>
// \{Ryou} "I want to be together with you... supporting each other and going to places."
<2882>
// \{Ryou} "Please... take the operation."
<2883>
// \{Kappei} "........."
<2884>
// \{Ryou} "If... you don't agree with that..."
<2885>
// \{Ryou} "... I... really will... do it..."
<2886>
// \{Kappei} "Eh?"
<2887>
// ... Do what...?
<2888>
// \{Ryou} "I... I'll secretly do that while you're sleeping... Kappei-san."
<2889>
// \{Kappei} "... The operation...?"
<2890>
// \{Ryou} "No..."
<2891>
// ... No way...
<2892>
// \{Ryou} "I'll secretly have your baby."
<2893>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2894>
// She just said something incredible... 
<2895>
// Dumbfounded, Kappei looked at Fujibayashi, completely speechless.
<2896>
// \{\m{B}} "... Hey, Kappei..."
<2897>
// \{Kappei} "... Eh? Ah, uu, yeah... I'm sorry."
<2898>
// \{Kappei} "She said something quite impressive there... my head's in a panic."
<2899>
// Indeed...
<2900>
// Though her face is blushing red, saying that.
<2901>
// But...
<2902>
// \{\m{B}} "... I'm sure, she's serious."
<2903>
// \{Kappei} "... You're, right..."
<2904>
// Kappei drops his shoulders, troubled.
<2905>
// \{Kappei} "... Oh man..."
<2906>
// \{Kappei} "For Ryou-san to say something like that..."
<2907>
// \{\m{B}} "... By the way..."
<2908>
// \{Kappei} "Hmm?"
<2909>
// \{\m{B}} "... I only have one parent."
<2910>
// \{Kappei} "... Eh?"
<2911>
// \{Ryou} "\m{A}-kun...?"
<2912>
// \{\m{B}} "......"
<2913>
// \{\m{B}} "My mother died from an accident when I was little."
<2914>
// \{\m{B}} "That's why... I really can't remember her face."
<2915>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess I felt quite lonely..."
<2916>
// \{\m{B}} "When I asked my father why my mother wasn't around..."
<2917>
// \{\m{B}} "... He gave a difficult face..."
<2918>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm sure... if you don't agree with her, Fujibayashi will have that same painful face as well."
<2919>
// \{Kappei} "........."
<2920>
// \{\m{B}} "In the future, you'll be needed to bring forth new life."
<2921>
// \{\m{B}} "It can't be anyone else other than you."
<2922>
// \{\m{B}} "And besides, it's like you said, right?"
<2923>
// \{\m{B}} "That the name 'Hiiaragi Ryou', with both kanji containing the character for 'wood', looks a bit cool, right?"
<2924>
// \{Kappei} "\m{B}-\bkun\u..."
<2925>
// Kappei's face softens up, remembering that nostalgic day.
<2926>
// \{Kappei} "........."
<2927>
// \{Kappei} "You two are cruel..."
<2928>
// \{Kappei} "Telling me all that so front up."
<2929>
// \{Kappei} "Even though I want to say something back... I can't even find the words..."
<2930>
// Saying that he slowly shakes his head.
<2931>
// \{Kappei} "I... have to live, don't I..."
<2932>
// With that built up voice, Kappei widens his eyes.
<2933>
// But, soon...
<2934>
// \{Kappei} "You guys are really something."
<2935>
// He says that with a smile.
<2936>
// \{Kappei} "Ryou-san, could you go to the nurse station?"
<2937>
// \{Ryou} "Eh? Ah, okay."
<2938>
// \{Kappei} "And, could you please call the doctor."
<2939>
// \{Kappei} "There's a lot of things I'd like to ask."
<2940>
// \{Ryou} "Could that... mean..."
<2941>
// \{Kappei} "About if there's a chance I could work with things like a joint or bone implant."
<2942>
// \{Ryou} "Ah..."
<2943>
// \{Kappei} "Okay, Ryou-san?"
<2944>
// \{Ryou} "Y... yes!"
<2945>
// \{Kappei} "'Hiiragi Ryou'. The wood kanji in there is pretty cool."
<2946>
// \{Ryou} "Yes! It's beautiful, it really is!"
<2947>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... ah... I'll.. go get the doctor right now!"
<2948>
// With that smiling face and teary eyes, Fujibayashi leaves the hospital room.
<2949>
// \{\m{B}} "Kappei..."
<2950>
// \{Kappei} "Ahaha, looks like Ryou-san's about to cry."
<2951>
// \{\m{B}} "That's your fault..."
<2952>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah... it is..."
<2953>
// \{Kappei} "... I didn't know..."
<2954>
// \{Kappei} "That there'd... be someone who needed me..."
<2955>
// \{Kappei} "Someone who wanted me..."
<2956>
// \{\m{B}} "Idiot. What are you saying now...?"
<2957>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah... I'm an idiot..."
<2958>
// \{Kappei} "Besides that..."
<2959>
// \{Kappei} "... Tears when you're happy..."
<2960>
// \{Kappei} "Really do come out, don't they?"
<2961>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<2962>
// Kappei brings out his hand.
<2963>
// I take it and shake hands with him.
<2964>
// \{Kappei} "When I was happy when I was running, I never cried at all."
<2965>
// \{Kappei} "It's strange."
<2966>
// \{\m{B}} "Isn't that fine...?"
<2967>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah..."
<2968>
// \{Kappei} "... Thank you..."
<2969>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?"
<2970>
// \{Kappei} "... I'm glad... that I met you..."
<2971>
// \{Kappei} "... I really... am..."
<2972>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, me too... hearing you say that you'll live makes me happy."
<2973>
// \{Kappei} "I'm not alone, am I?"
<2974>
// \{\m{B}} "Of course not."
<2975>
// \{\m{B}} "Having said that, regarding what you told Fujibayashi just now... wasn't that a proposal?"
<2976>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah, that was half my intention."
<2977>
// \{\m{B}} "Geez... even though she's still in school."
<2978>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm sure though that Fujibayashi is seriously thinking about accepting that."
<2979>
// \{Kappei} "I wonder?"
<2980>
// \{Kappei} "If so... then I'd be really happy."
<2981>
// \{\m{B}} "I see. Isn't that great?"
<2982>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah, thank you."
<2983>
// \{Kappei} "Really... thank you..."
<2984>
// --Thank you...
<2985>
// It's been a few days since Kappei decided to go with the operation.
<2986>
// Sunohara and I go to the neighboring town on Sunday.
<2987>
// And along the way.
<2988>
// \{Voice} "Yo."
<2989>
// \{\m{B}} "Hm...? You said something?"
<2990>
// \{Sunohara} "Sure didn't."
<2991>
// No one's nearby.
<2992>
// \{Voice} "Woah."
<2993>
// Shuffle.
<2994>
// \{\m{B}} "Uwaah!"
<2995>
// Something rained from above.
<2996>
// \{Sunohara} "Yoshino Yuusuke??"
<2997>
// \{Yoshino} "Yo."
<2998>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, where'd you come from just now?"
<2999>
// \{Yoshino} "Changing a fuse on that telephone pole there."
<3000>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, that's tough."
<3001>
// \{Yoshino} "Hmm? The one over there is..."
<3002>
// \{Yoshino} "........."
<3003>
// \{Yoshino} "... Oh yeah, Fuyuhara, right?"
<3004>
// \{\m{B}} "Close!"
<3005>
// \{Sunohara} "Not at all! It's Sunohara!" 
<3006>
// \{Yoshino} "Ah, that's it. How's your guitar practice going?"
<3007>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh? Ha, haha, I'm still working hard at it. I'm pulling those strings every night after all."
<3008>
// \{Yoshino} "I see, well next time, let me hear how you sound."
<3009>
// \{Sunohara} "S-sure..."
<3010>
// Heh... this guy likes digging himself a hole...
<3011>
// \{Yoshino} "So, \m{A}, how did that thing go?"
<3012>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I'm going right now to see how it turned out."
<3013>
// \{Yoshino} "Oh, so that means you convinced him?"
<3014>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah. Rather, it was Fujibayashi... the girl who was with me then that did the convincing. And he agreed with the operation."
<3015>
// \{\m{B}} "That's also thanks to you."
<3016>
// \{Yoshino} "I've done nothing at all."
<3017>
// \{Yoshino} "If there's anything to thank, it's her power."
<3018>
// \{Yoshino} "... It's called love."
<3019>
// I guess he really does say embarrassing stuff without hesitation.
<3020>
// \{\m{B}} "Even then, thank you."
<3021>
// \{Yoshino} "Yeah."
<3022>
// Tap... tap... tap... tap...
<3023>
// \{Sunohara} "Ahh... somehow, I'm feeling kinda tense."
<3024>
// \{\m{B}} "About what exactly?"
<3025>
// \{Sunohara} "Come on, it's been a long while since I've seen Hiiragi-chan..."
<3026>
// \{\m{B}} "Kind of like seeing your first love?"
<3027>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah... it's something like that..."
<3028>
// ... I'm telling you... just forget it...
<3029>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm, well... we're here."
<3030>
// We stop at room 307.
<3031>
// Sunohara's eyes fall upon the plate.
<3032>
// \{Sunohara} "~~~~~......"
<3033>
// He's trembling...
<3034>
// Somehow, he's having a lot of conflict with the name "Kappei", doesn't he?
<3035>
// \{\m{B}} "Let's go."
<3036>
// \{Sunohara} "... Y... yeah..."
<3037>
// Knock, knock...
<3038>
// Silence...
<3039>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh...?"
<3040>
// \{Sunohara} "Not here?"
<3041>
// \{\m{B}} "Maybe he's asleep?"
<3042>
// Knock, knock...
<3043>
// \{Ryou} "Y... y-y, yes, please wait a second!"
<3044>
// \{\m{B}} "... ??"
<3045>
// \{Sunohara} "Ryou-chan...?"
<3046>
// Clatter...
<3047>
// \{Ryou} "Ah, \m{A}-kun, and Sunohara-kun, g-good afternoon."
<3048>
// A flustered Fujibayashi comes out of the room...
<3049>
// Her face is red...
<3050>
// .........
<3051>
// What was she doing...?
<3052>
// \{\m{B}} "Kappei's here... right?"
<3053>
// \{Ryou} "Yes, h-he's here."
<3054>
// \{\m{B}} "Umm, the two of us came to check up on Kappei... is now okay?"
<3055>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<3056>
// \{\m{B}} "Fujibayashi...?"
<3057>
// \{Ryou} "P, p... please wait a second!"
<3058>
// Saying that quickly, she returns into the room.
<3059>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<3060>
// \{Sunohara} "... Somehow... this kinda feels bad..."
<3061>
// \{\m{B}} "Nah... well... don't worry about it."
<3062>
// \{Sunohara} "... Yeah..."
<3063>
// A little while later, we open the door as we are invited into the room.
<3064>
// \{Kappei} "........."
<3065>
// \{\m{B}} "W... what man, your face wants to say something..."
<3066>
// \{Kappei} "... \m{B}-\bkun\u... your timing is terrible..."
<3067>
// At those words, I look at Fujibayashi.
<3068>
// \{Ryou} "Ah..."
<3069>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<3070>
// She hangs her head, blushing...
<3071>
// \{\m{B}} "Well... I'm sorry, I guess..."
<3072>
// I apologize once.
<3073>
// \{Kappei} "Next time, come in two hours after you knock on the door."
<3074>
// Why do we have to wait that long just to check up on you once...?
<3075>
// \{Kappei} "Well, umm, long time no see... Su... Suu..."
<3076>
// \{Kappei} "........."
<3077>
// \{Kappei} "Ah... Nohara-\bkun\u?"
<3078>
// \{Sunohara} "You started with 'Su', didn't you?!"
<3079>
// \{Kappei} "Sunohara-\bkun\u, that's it, Sunohara-\bkun\u."
<3080>
// \{Kappei} "Ahaha, but I'm glad you guys came to check up on me."
<3081>
// \{Kappei} "Actually, I'm going to be leaving here for a while."
<3082>
// \{\m{B}} "Leaving here...?"
<3083>
// \{Sunohara} "You're going to another hospital?"
<3084>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah. Ryou-san did some research to see if there was an operation that would let me keep my leg."
<3085>
// \{Kappei} "Doing that, she found one."
<3086>
// \{Kappei} "It's a treatment that doesn't involve bone implants, artificial limbs, or amputation at all."
<3087>
// \{\m{B}} "There's such a method?!"
<3088>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah, I didn't know either."
<3089>
// \{Kappei} "But there is a way for me to keep my leg."
<3090>
// \{Ryou} "Yes. It's a rapid freezing technique, using liquid nitrogen." 
<3091>
// \{Ryou} "It's not exactly commonly known yet though..."
<3092>
// \{Ryou} "But if it goes well, he'll be able to run again."
<3093>
// \{\m{B}} "I see, that's great isn't it?"
<3094>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah. Rehab is gonna be a pain, but in the end I'll still have my leg."
<3095>
// \{\m{B}} "That's great."
<3096>
// \{Sunohara} "Congratulations, Hiiragi-chan!"
<3097>
// \{Kappei} "Yeah, thank you."
<3098>
// \{Kappei} "But... I'm surprised at the progress of medical science."
<3099>
// \{Kappei} "Even though osteosarcoma meant you would have to cut off your leg."
<3100>
// \{Kappei} "Right now there's artificial joint and bone implant techniques that are used."
<3101>
// \{Kappei} "On the other hand, techniques were being researched so that one could keep their leg."
<3102>
// \{Kappei} "With time, my wish could be granted."
<3103>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, that's true."
<3104>
// \{Kappei} "Oh yeah, that's right. By the way, listen up."
<3105>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<3106>
// \{Kappei} "See, I..."
<3107>
// \{Kappei} "Hmm? No, that's a bit wrong..."
<3108>
// \{Kappei} "We... yeah, we...~..."
<3109>
// Kappei looks at Fujibayashi.
<3110>
// \{Ryou} "Eh...? Y-you want me to say it??"
<3111>
// \{Kappei} "I'd like for you to."
<3112>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... uu~uu~..."
<3113>
// Blushing red, Sunohara and I look at each other.
<3114>
// \{Kappei} "I want to hear it from you, Ryou-san."
<3115>
// \{Ryou} "O-okay... w-well..."
<3116>
// \{Ryou} "W... we..."
<3117>
// \{Ryou} "P... p-p... p..."
<3118>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<3119>
// \{Ryou} "Promised... to get married."
<3120>
// \{Kappei} "That's how it is."
<3121>
// \{Kappei} "E-eh? No reaction...?"
<3122>
// \{\m{B}} "No, just that I'm not surprised by those words..."
<3123>
// \{Ryou} "Uh... umm... it's still not official yet... but... just the two of us promised..."
<3124>
// \{\m{B}} "Even then, that's amazing."
<3125>
// \{\m{B}} "For you, Fujibayashi, that's a pretty big decision."
<3126>
// \{Ryou} "N-not at all... I'm... umm... just supporting Kappei-san, after all..."
<3127>
// \{Kappei} "\m{B}-\bkun\u."
<3128>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<3129>
// \{Kappei} "I'll get better as soon as I can."
<3130>
// \{Kappei} "And do things that only I can do."
<3131>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<3132>
// \{Kappei} "By the way..."
<3133>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<3134>
// \{Kappei} "What happened to Sunohara-\bkun\u...?"
<3135>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?"
<3136>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<3137>
// \{Kappei} "He's frozen...?"
<3138>
// \{Ryou} "... Sunohara-kun...?"
<3139>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, unrequited love."
<3140>
// \{Sunohara} "Uwaaaaaaaaaaaa!!"
<3141>
// He ran out of the room...
<3142>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, umm, for now, congratulations."
<3143>
// Kappei Epilogue 
<3144>
// Tap... \wait{1000}tap... \wait{1000}tap... \wait{1000}tap...
<3145>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm... where is it"
<3146>
// \{Ryou} "Ah..."
<3147>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<3148>
// \{Ryou} "\m{A}-kun."
<3149>
// \{\m{B}} "Fuji... bayashi?"
<3150>
// \{Ryou} "It's been a while."
<3151>
// \{\m{B}} "Indeed... wow, you really did become a nurse."
<3152>
// \{\m{B}} "Or rather, I shouldn't say something like that right now, should I?"
<3153>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... umm... it doesn't suit me, does it...?"
<3154>
// \{\m{B}} "No, of course it does. I'm just a bit surprised."
<3155>
// \{Ryou} "I guess so. It's the first time someone I knew saw me in this as well."
<3156>
// \{\m{B}} "It's been five years, hasn't it?" 
<3157>
// \{Ryou} "Yes, it has."
<3158>
// \{\m{B}} "... Fast..."
<3159>
// \{Ryou} "Though I feel that those five years have been quite fulfilling."
<3160>
// \{\m{B}} "I just felt it was a bit frantic."
<3161>
// \{Ryou} "Let's go, I'll guide you."
<3162>
// \{\m{B}} "Yes, please do."
<3163>
// Tap... tap... tap... tap...
<3164>
// \{\m{B}} "Is being a nurse a really difficult job?"
<3165>
// \{Ryou} "Not at all."
<3166>
// \{Ryou} "It's a very \bdangerous\u job."
<3167>
// \{\m{B}} "I-I see..."
<3168>
// \{Ryou} "What I mean is, I'm close to the lives of the patients here."
<3169>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess so... you've been taking care of the patients here, right?"
<3170>
// \{Ryou} "There's... a lot of painful and sad things here..."
<3171>
// \{Ryou} "But, there's someone there to support me, so I'm fine with it."
<3172>
// \{Ryou} "I'm... not alone after all..."
<3173>
// \{\m{B}} "Are you... bragging?"
<3174>
// \{\m{B}} "... That ring..."
<3175>
// \{Ryou} "Ah..."
<3176>
// \{\m{B}} "I see, so that's how it is."
<3177>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... uu~..."
<3178>
// \{\m{B}} "Since when?"
<3179>
// \{Ryou} "U-umm... three years ago..."
<3180>
// \{\m{B}} "Three years ago, he still hadn't come back, had he?"
<3181>
// \{Ryou} "Right."
<3182>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, in any case, congratulations."
<3183>
// \{Ryou} "Yes, thank you very much."
<3184>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<3185>
// \{\m{B}} "Are things all right now?"
<3186>
// \{Ryou} "Eh?"
<3187>
// \{\m{B}} "As soon as you came back, I wanted to contact you... see. Truth is, I had some bad vibes."
<3188>
// \{Ryou} "... Osteosarcoma is a cancerous illness..."
<3189>
// \{Ryou} "We had to change hospitals as we couldn't leave it unattended." 
<3190>
// \{Ryou} "His operation turned out a success."
<3191>
// \{Ryou} "He can walk on his own now, and can do simple exercises too."
<3192>
// \{Ryou} "But, even then, I can't say he's fully recovered..."
<3193>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<3194>
// \{Ryou} "Ah, this room."
<3195>
// \{\m{B}} "... Here...?"
<3196>
// \{Ryou} "They've said the cancer... hasn't returned for five years since the operation, and he's started to recover."
<3197>
// \{Ryou} "And tomorrow... the final prognosis will be complete--..."
<3198>
// Clatter--... \wait{3000}
<3199>
// Yo, long time no see--...

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14 tháng 4	SEEN0414							SEEN6800	Sanae's Scenario	SEEN7000
15 tháng 4	SEEN0415		SEEN2415	SEEN3415	SEEN4415			SEEN6801
16 tháng 4	SEEN0416		SEEN2416	SEEN3416			SEEN6416	SEEN6802	Yuusuke's Scenario	SEEN7100
17 tháng 4	SEEN0417	SEEN1417	SEEN2417	SEEN3417	SEEN4417		SEEN6417	SEEN6803
18 tháng 4	SEEN0418	SEEN1418	SEEN2418	SEEN3418	SEEN4418	SEEN5418	SEEN6418	SEEN6900	Akio's Scenario	SEEN7200
19 tháng 4	SEEN0419		SEEN2419	SEEN3419	SEEN4419	SEEN5419	SEEN6419
20 tháng 4	SEEN0420				SEEN4420		SEEN6420		Koumura's Scenario	SEEN7300
21 tháng 4	SEEN0421	SEEN1421	SEEN2421	SEEN3421	SEEN4421	SEEN5421	SEEN6421	Interlude
22 tháng 4	SEEN0422	SEEN1422	SEEN2422	SEEN3422	SEEN4422	SEEN5422	SEEN6422	SEEN6444	Sunohara's Scenario	SEEN7400
23 tháng 4	SEEN0423	SEEN1423	SEEN2423	SEEN3423	SEEN4423	SEEN5423	SEEN6423	SEEN6445
24 tháng 4	SEEN0424		SEEN2424	SEEN3424	SEEN4424	SEEN5424	SEEN6424		Misae's Scenario	SEEN7500
25 tháng 4	SEEN0425		SEEN2425	SEEN3425	SEEN4425	SEEN5425	SEEN6425	Mei & Nagisa
26 tháng 4	SEEN0426	SEEN1426	SEEN2426	SEEN3426	SEEN4426	SEEN5426	SEEN6426	SEEN6726	Kappei's Scenario	SEEN7600
27 tháng 4		SEEN1427			SEEN4427		SEEN6427	SEEN6727
28 tháng 4	SEEN0428	SEEN1428	SEEN2428	SEEN3428	SEEN4428	SEEN5428	SEEN6428	SEEN6728
29 tháng 4	SEEN0429	SEEN1429		SEEN3429	SEEN4429		SEEN6429	SEEN6729
30 tháng 4		SEEN1430	SEEN2430	SEEN3430	SEEN4430	SEEN5430	SEEN6430		BAD End 1	SEEN0444
1 tháng 5		SEEN1501	SEEN2501	SEEN3501	SEEN4501		SEEN6501		Gamebook	SEEN0555
2 tháng 5		SEEN1502	SEEN2502	SEEN3502	SEEN4502		SEEN6502		BAD End 2	SEEN0666
3 tháng 5		SEEN1503	SEEN2503	SEEN3503	SEEN4503		SEEN6503
4 tháng 5		SEEN1504	SEEN2504	SEEN3504	SEEN4504		SEEN6504
5 tháng 5		SEEN1505	SEEN2505	SEEN3505	SEEN4505		SEEN6505
6 tháng 5		SEEN1506	SEEN2506	SEEN3506	SEEN4506		SEEN6506		Other Scenes	SEEN0001
7 tháng 5		SEEN1507	SEEN2507	SEEN3507	SEEN4507		SEEN6507
8 tháng 5		SEEN1508	SEEN2508	SEEN3508	SEEN4508		SEEN6508		Kyou's After Scene	SEEN3001
9 tháng 5			SEEN2509	SEEN3509	SEEN4509
10 tháng 5			SEEN2510	SEEN3510	SEEN4510		SEEN6510
11 tháng 5		SEEN1511	SEEN2511	SEEN3511	SEEN4511		SEEN6511		Fuuko Master	SEEN1001
12 tháng 5		SEEN1512		SEEN3512	SEEN4512		SEEN6512			SEEN1002
13 tháng 5		SEEN1513	SEEN2513	SEEN3513	SEEN4513		SEEN6513			SEEN1003
14 tháng 5		SEEN1514	SEEN2514	SEEN3514	EPILOGUE		SEEN6514			SEEN1004
15 tháng 5		SEEN1515			SEEN4800					SEEN1005
16 tháng 5		SEEN1516			BAD END					SEEN1006
17 tháng 5		SEEN1517			SEEN4904					SEEN1008
18 tháng 5		SEEN1518			SEEN4999					SEEN1009
--	Image Text								Misc. Fragments	SEEN0001
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