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// Resources for SEEN3502.TXT
#character '＊Ｂ'
#character 'Ryou'
#character 'Kyou'
#character 'Male Student'
<0000>
// May 2 (Friday)
<0001>
// Lunch break... somehow, this thing happening right now during lunch ended up becoming a standard... *
<0002>
// I came here again after locking up Sunohara in the washroom.
<0003>
// This time, I wrote "Rugby Club Recruitment Interview Room" on the door.
<0004>
// There were three boxes laid down.
<0005>
// \{\m{B}} "Fujibayashi didn't make one today?"
<0006>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... uu... that is... no..."
<0007>
// \{Kyou} "Hey, do you think it's okay to normally ask something like that?"
<0008>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh? Why?"
<0009>
// \{Kyou} "You have no manners. Think about Ryou's feelings a little."
<0010>
// \{Ryou} "Eh...? Ah... it's okay. That is... it's my fault for making such strange stuff."
<0011>
// \{\m{B}} "Uh no... that wasn't what I really meant though..."
<0012>
// \{\m{B}} "While yesterday's lunch was pretty tough to handle, you'd get better if you practice."
<0013>
// \{Ryou} "But... it's not good to hurt your stomach..."
<0014>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh yeah, what happened to Botan after that?"
<0015>
// \{Kyou} "He finally came to at night."
<0016>
// \{Kyou} "This morning he still seemed sick, and completely exhausted..."
<0017>
// \{Kyou} "It'd be good if he doesn't get any strange after-effects..."
<0018>
// \{Ryou} "Aaau..."
<0019>
// Fujibayashi drops her head hard at hearing Kyou's words.
<0020>
// \{\m{B}} "... you're the one who doesn't have any manners at all..."
<0021>
// \{Kyou} "Eh? Why?"
<0022>
// She didn't notice, huh...
<0023>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, we should leave the subject of Fujibayashi's lunch aside and eat lunch right now."
<0024>
// I forcibly change the subject, so as to keep Fujibayashi's image from starting to become like she's a terrible cook. *
<0025>
// \{Kyou} "I guess. I'm hungry after all."
<0026>
// Kyou spreads out the boxes.
<0027>
// \{Kyou} "Today's main dish is a bit light. It's Kyoto-style meat and potato stew."
<0028>
// \{Kyou} "It's delicious even if it's not warm anymore."
<0029>
// Kyou says that gleefully.
<0030>
// She really has a big repertoire of cooking abilities, doesn't she?
<0031>
// \{Kyou} "Even though I say Kyoto style, my 'style' doesn't really have any meaning at all."
<0032>
// \{Kyou} "Ahahahahaha!"
<0033>
// She agrees with herself...
<0034>
// \{Kyou} "Come, let's eat."
<0035>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<0036>
// \{Ryou} "Thanks for the food."
<0037>
// We start picking out stuff with our chopsticks at random.
<0038>
// Lunch in the front garden.
<0039>
// With us three on a mat, and the lunch boxes spread out.
<0040>
// The people around us are probably wondering what's happening here.
<0041>
// Probably no one realizes I'm going out with Fujibayashi.
<0042>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... these vegetables are good..."
<0043>
// \{Kyou} "I soaked them thoroughly in kelp broth."
<0044>
// \{Kyou} "The amount of mirin I used is unbelievable~"
<0045>
// \{Kyou} "I'll show you carefully how to do it next time, so learn well!"
<0046>
// \{Ryou} "Okay."
<0047>
// Quite the caring older sister...
<0048>
// In regards to that...
<0049>
// I stare at Fujibayashi.
<0050>
// She noticed that I'm looking at her, so she raised her head.
<0051>
// Our eyes meet.
<0052>
// \{Ryou} "... ah..."
<0053>
// She lowers her head and blushes again, as always.
<0054>
// A shy younger sister...
<0055>
// Even though they're twins, their personalities mirror each other.
<0056>
// \{Kyou} "Hmm? What's wrong, \m{B}?"
<0057>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<0058>
// \{Kyou} "You were just staring at Ryou--..."
<0059>
// \{Kyou} "Ah, maybe, I'm... in the way...?"
<0060>
// \{\m{B}} "No, that's not..."
<0061>
// \{Ryou} "Y-you're not really bothering us at all..."
<0062>
// Fujibayashi stoops over and says that as if trying to interrupt me.
<0063>
// Kind of rare for her to do that.
<0064>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... umm... well..."
<0065>
// \{Ryou} "E-eating with lots of people is... ummm... more fun and delicious, so..."
<0066>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<0067>
// \{Kyou} "Really...? Actually, it was bothering me a little bit~"
<0068>
// \{Kyou} "I was wondering whether or not it would be better to just leave the two of you alone during lunch~"
<0069>
// \{Ryou} "T... that's not it... umm... not at all!"
<0070>
// Well... if she says that with all her might, my position as her boyfriend will end up meaningless...
<0071>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... umm... how should I say this... onee-chan is onee-chan... so... that's why..."
<0072>
// Calm down...
<0073>
// \{Ryou} "So... uh... uhh... umm... so..."
<0074>
// \{Ryou} "Y-Your lunch is great, and we're relying a lot on you, that's why... umm... well..."
<0075>
// \{\m{B}} "For now, it means you're not really in the way."
<0076>
// I place my hand on Fujibayashi's head who couldn't think straight and speak in her place.
<0077>
// Fujibayashi looks at me almost instantly as if surprised and nods heavily.
<0078>
// \{Kyou} "Uwaah, you're totally looking like a couple right now!"
<0079>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?"
<0080>
// \{Kyou} "Putting your hand on her head and talking in her stead. Doesn't that feel like you're on mutual understanding?"
<0081>
// \{\m{B}} "T-That wasn't really a big deal at all, right?"
<0082>
// \{Kyou} "No no~ that was really cool just now~"
<0083>
// \{\m{B}} "She was having a hard time putting it in words so I spoke in her stead."
<0084>
// \{Kyou} "In short, you understand what Ryou wants to say, isn't that right?"
<0085>
// \{\m{B}} "You should, right? That's normal."
<0086>
// \{Kyou} "Who knows~"
<0087>
// Beside me, Fujibayashi blushes red holding the chopsticks to her mouth.
<0088>
// Kyou snickers at us, as if she's enjoying the situation.
<0089>
// \{\m{B}} "Ummm, Fujibayashi. You know, wouldn't it be better if you could honestly say what you think?"
<0090>
// \{Ryou} "Huh...?"
<0091>
// Her shoulders tremble at my sudden words.
<0092>
// \{\m{B}} "It would definitely be better that way. You could surely and immediately fix your passive personality."
<0093>
// \{Kyou} "That's also true, it feels better when you speak out with guts and conviction!"
<0094>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... that... but..."
<0095>
// \{Kyou} "Look, there you go mumbling again."
<0096>
// \{Kyou} "Getting all that stress will someday burst your stomach."
<0097>
// As if, you fool...
<0098>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Fujibayashi."
<0099>
// \{Ryou} "Yes...?"
<0100>
// \{\m{B}} "What do you think of me?"
<0101>
// \{Ryou} "Huh? Huh---? U... um... uh... that is..."
<0102>
// As her face turned red, her eyes alternate between Kyou and me.
<0103>
// \{Ryou} "\size{16}.........you...\size{}"
<0104>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<0105>
// \{Ryou} "\size{16}... I... like you...\size{}"
<0106>
// \{\m{B}} "Uh... no... not that..."
<0107>
// \{Kyou} "What's this? Trying to brag in front of me?"
<0108>
// \{\m{B}} "Like I said, not like that. What I meant was, I'm a delinquent, right?"
<0109>
// \{Ryou} "Huh...? Uh... y-yeah... what about it?"
<0110>
// \{\m{B}} "At the very least, I'm a problem child. What do you think about \bthat?"\u
<0111>
// \{Ryou} "Uh... um... that..."
<0112>
// \{Ryou} "You're not... really such a bad person... I think..."
<0113>
// \{\m{B}} "It's okay to tell me what you really think."
<0114>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... uu... but......"
<0115>
// \{\m{B}} "... Kyou, demonstrate how you'd say it."
<0116>
// \{Kyou} "Uwaah, you sly idiot Yankee. It looks like you're walking down the shadowy dark path of life at full speed!"
<0117>
// \{Kyou} "You think that if you act bad you'll become popular? Completely out of fashion method, huh~"
<0118>
// \{Kyou} "But, wouldn't that make your existence worth nothing to the point where you're included in the life cycle of water fleas?"
<0119>
// \{Kyou} "If my words vex you, perform photosynthesis so you can exhale some oxygen."
<0120>
// \{\m{B}} "You trying to start a fight, girl?!"
<0121>
// \{Kyou} "What? You were the one who said to tell it honestly."
<0122>
// \{\m{B}} "It hurts when you go that far!"
<0123>
// \{Kyou} "I picked my words carefully."
<0124>
// \{\m{B}} "You picked that?!"
<0125>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... wawa... I don't think, arguing is good."
<0126>
// Fujibayashi looks at us in a daze.
<0127>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, umm, there are times when the result of your fortune telling is bad, right?"
<0128>
// \{\m{B}} "In short, it'd be better if you're also prepared to speak normally on those occasions."
<0129>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... uu... but... fortune telling... is fortune telling so..."
<0130>
// She helplessly droops her shoulders as she says that.
<0131>
// I wonder what I should do to make her more confident.
<0132>
// ... I'll try to use her special skill in fortune telling and make her clearly state the result...
<0133>
// I'll use mind control, and then I'll make her think about the result of all her fortune telling and let her talk about it.
<0134>
// .........
<0135>
// No good... her fortune telling is dangerous...
<0136>
// \{Kyou} "Ryou's \bSwitch to Aggressive Plan\u~! Yay~!"
<0137>
// Kyou shouts that all of a sudden.
<0138>
// Holding a crab wiener on her mouth.
<0139>
// Fujibayashi and I give the stupid sister a suspicious look.
<0140>
// \{Kyou} "In short, we just need to give her confidence! Confidence!"
<0141>
// \{\m{B}} "Isn't that difficult?"
<0142>
// \{Kyou} "It's all right, I have an easy way of making her build up confidence!"
<0143>
// She says that, pointing her chopsticks at me.
<0144>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh? Me?"
<0145>
// \{Kyou} "Yup. If she considers you more like a boyfriend, she'll definitely have confidence."
<0146>
// \{Kyou} "'I am not alone, this useless person is watching over me,' like that."
<0147>
// \{\m{B}} "Who's useless...?"
<0148>
// \{Kyou} "Who else?"
<0149>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0150>
// I think of Sunohara for the time being...
<0151>
// \{\m{B}} "... so, exactly what's this plan to gain confidence?"
<0152>
// \{Kyou} "That's uh~ well... hmm~~"
<0153>
// She closes her eyes as she gazes at the sky, thinking about something.
<0154>
// Fujibayashi and I watch her carefully.
<0155>
// Kyou stayed like that for a while...
<0156>
// \{Kyou} "Uwaah... it's too early for that..."
<0157>
// Her face suddenly blushes red, saying something that I don't understand.
<0158>
// She looks at us after keeping her eyes in the air.
<0159>
// \{Kyou} "Y-You guys are still in school!"
<0160>
// \{Kyou} "You guys should try to be calm and not do anything silly!"
<0161>
// \{\m{B}} "What are you talking about...?"
<0162>
// \{Kyou} "Eh... h... huh? Ahahaha, nothing at all, nothing at all!"
<0163>
// \{Kyou} "Anyway, try doing \bthat\u, you know, \bthat\u."
<0164>
// \{Ryou} "?"
<0165>
// \{\m{B}} "\bThat?"\u
<0166>
// \{Kyou} "What she couldn't do before~"
<0167>
// Kyou grabs an octopus wiener with her chopsticks and smiles like a cat.
<0168>
// \{Kyou} "Talking about the 'Say, aaahhh...'"
<0169>
// I hear a 'pop' right beside me.
<0170>
// As always, Fujibayashi blushes red, looking timidly at me like that.
<0171>
// \{\m{B}} "F... Fujibayashi...?"
<0172>
// \{Ryou} "Uh... y-y-y-y... yes?!"
<0173>
// Even more, she's trembling like mad.
<0174>
// \{Kyou} "Ryou, Go Go~"
<0175>
// \{Ryou} "Uu... eh... ah... umm... well... uu... uu~"
<0176>
// \{Kyou} "Come on, \m{B}, get ready to open your mouth and say 'aaahhh.'"
<0177>
// \{\m{B}} "Uh... even if you force me to..."
<0178>
// \{Kyou} "Ryou's getting ready."
<0179>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?! Seriously?!"
<0180>
// I look over beside me in an exaggerated way.
<0181>
// Fujibayashi looks reddened with her hands shivering as she reaches out for the octopus wiener.
<0182>
// Slip...
<0183>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... wawa..."
<0184>
// She can't seem to grab hold of it.
<0185>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't think you have to push yourself?"
<0186>
// She manages to get the octopus wiener as I say that.
<0187>
// And then, she looks at me with those teary eyes.
<0188>
// \{Ryou} "U... umm... \m{A}-kun... umm..."
<0189>
// \{Ryou} "U-uh... a... a~"
<0190>
// \{Kyou} "Fight, Ryou!"
<0191>
// \{Ryou} "Please say a... aaahhh..."
<0192>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0193>
// I give a quick glance at Kyou.
<0194>
// She returns it to me with a faint glare, telling me to respond to her.
<0195>
// \{\m{B}} "... aaahhh..."
<0196>
// For now, I'll open my mouth.
<0197>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<0198>
// The wiener doesn't reach.
<0199>
// It's shaking right in front of my mouth.
<0200>
// \{Kyou} "Come on Ryou, a little closer, just put it into that hole!"
<0201>
// Don't put mouths and holes together...
<0202>
// \{Ryou} "Uu... ah... umm... umm... \m{A}-kun... your teeth look clean."
<0203>
// Where the hell are you looking...
<0204>
// Fujibayashi looks at me with a such a red face to the point where she looks like she's about to cry...
<0205>
// Her hand isn't moving.
<0206>
// Even then, keeping my mouth open like this makes me look too much like an idiot.
<0207>
// My jaw's becoming tired.
<0208>
// Something hit my teeth the moment I closed my mouth.
<0209>
// No, I'm chewing on something.
<0210>
// At the same time, I felt something hard in my mouth that was cold and slightly seasoned...
<0211>
// \{Ryou} "Ah..."
<0212>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0213>
// Looks like she managed the put the wiener in my mouth.
<0214>
// Fujibayashi pulls the chopsticks out of my mouth in confusion, leaving the wiener.
<0215>
// I simply gnaw at the food.
<0216>
// \{Kyou} "You did it, Ryou."
<0217>
// Kyou looks at this with delight.
<0218>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... ha... wawa... wah..."
<0219>
// \{Kyou} "Come on, you should also say something too."
<0220>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh? Y-Yeah... umm... I bit the chopsticks a bit, but are you okay?"
<0221>
// \{Kyou} "Not that! Say something like, it's delicious or you're happy~!"
<0222>
// \{\m{B}} "Uh... well saying I am happy is somehow..."
<0223>
// \{Kyou} "For now, just say something!"
<0224>
// \{\m{B}} "Umm... it was delicious."
<0225>
// \{Ryou} "Wah..."
<0226>
// Fujibayashi becomes embarrassed at my words, looking down at the boxes.
<0227>
// And then, she picked up an octopus wiener with the chopsticks and ate it herself.
<0228>
// \{Kyou} "Ah!"
<0229>
// Kyou's sudden voice stabs at Fujibayashi.
<0230>
// Fujibayashi gives her sister a strange look.
<0231>
// \{\m{B}} "What's wrong?"
<0232>
// \{Kyou} "Indirect..."
<0233>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"
<0234>
// \{Kyou} "Those chopsticks were in your mouth, \m{B}."
<0235>
// \{\m{B}} "...?"
<0236>
// Kyou points out that... those chopsticks were in my mouth, and then a few seconds later with food in Fujibayashi's...
<0237>
// \{Kyou} "Indirect kiss."
<0238>
// \{Ryou} "------!!!!"
<0239>
// Fujibayashi's face burns deep red at those words.
<0240>
// Her body began shaking at that moment, almost to the point where her hair stood up on its own.
<0241>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... wawa... I... I... I...!"
<0242>
// \{Ryou} "J, j-j... just... now..."
<0243>
// \{Ryou} "Just now... \m{A}-kun's... wah... wawa..."
<0244>
// This thing happened once before.
<0245>
// \{\m{B}} "Calm down, Fujibayashi."
<0246>
// \{Kyou} "Yeah, there's no problem; it's not like it's intimate or anything."
<0247>
// \{Ryou} "B... but... but... I... I... something... like this..."
<0248>
// \{Ryou} "~~~~~~~"
<0249>
// As always, Fujibayashi gets up with her eyes rolling all around.
<0250>
// \{Ryou} "S... s-s... s... I'm sorry~~!"
<0251>
// And then she runs off with chopsticks in hand...
<0252>
// Her back disappears from our sight just like that.
<0253>
// \{Kyou} "Ah..."
<0254>
// \{\m{B}} "As I thought, it would turn this way..."
<0255>
// \{Kyou} "She's fast; her legs are pretty good, huh..."
<0256>
// \{\m{B}} "Surprising, isn't it?"
<0257>
// \{Kyou} "Hey, you should go after her!"
<0258>
// \{\m{B}} "No... going would be useless. She's embarrassed, so she'll just run away."
<0259>
// \{Kyou} "Ah... well... yeah... I... guess so..."
<0260>
// \{\m{B}} "Besides, there's the problem with the lunch boxes left behind."
<0261>
// I look at the lunch boxes, which are still half-full, as I say that.
<0262>
// \{Kyou} "\m{B}."
<0263>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<0264>
// \{Kyou} "Fight!"
<0265>
// \{\m{B}} "You put in some effort too, damn it!"
<0266>
// And like that, our battle had begun.た。
<0267>
// We give it our best with the chopsticks, but it doesn't feel like it's getting less and less.
<0268>
// Despite that, our stomachs got bigger and bigger.
<0269>
// We're in a bad position... we might not be able to finish all this in time...
<0270>
// \{Kyou} "Oh yeah, that's right. Hey, \m{B}."
<0271>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<0272>
// I lift my head up as I put asparagus-wrapped bacon in my mouth.
<0273>
// \{Kyou} "Just wondering, what can you say about going out with Ryou?"
<0274>
// \{\m{B}} "......?"
<0275>
// I gulp down and tilt my neck as I look at Kyou.
<0276>
// \{\m{B}} "What can... I say?"
<0277>
// \{Kyou} "Having fun?"
<0278>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0279>
// Answering's a bit troubling.
<0280>
// Am I having fun with Fujibayashi...?
<0281>
// Certainly for the past week, Fujibayashi's been with me.
<0282>
// But, something like that isn't all that special.
<0283>
// Even though we're lovers, we really haven't progressed at all.
<0284>
// But, being with her, I got to know things I didn't know about her before.
<0285>
// If I didn't know any better, I probably would have seen her as a normal classmate.
<0286>
// At least, I have now come to understand that she can pull out some courage to step up to me.
<0287>
// \{Kyou} "... is it boring...?"
<0288>
// Kyou, anxious at my silence, asks that.
<0289>
// \{\m{B}} "... no, for the time being... I guess it's fun."
<0290>
// \{\m{B}} "If I didn't go out with her, maybe I wouldn't be here right now."
<0291>
// \{\m{B}} "She might be a really shy person, but watching her give her best for me is fun."
<0292>
// \{\m{B}} "There's her fortune telling, her strange stubbornness, how she gets all embarrassed at trivial things..."
<0293>
// \{\m{B}} "How her cooking is terrible, her unbelievable running speed..."
<0294>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm sure that if I were just her friend, I wouldn't have known all that."
<0295>
// \{\m{B}} "It's like you said; that's something you'll know if you go out with someone for the first time... I think."
<0296>
// \{\m{B}} "At the very least, this past week's been pretty worthwhile."
<0297>
// Kyou listens silently to my words.
<0298>
// After that, she looks over at the lunch boxes for the time being as she thinks of something.
<0299>
// I don't know what was reflected in her eyes.
<0300>
// But when she brought her head up again, she was the same old Kyou.
<0301>
// \{Kyou} "Well~ somehow it felt like you just bragged to me~"
<0302>
// She laughs, nodding her head back and forth.
<0303>
// \{\m{B}} "I didn't really brag at all."
<0304>
// \{Kyou} "That was enough of a brag."
<0305>
// \{Kyou} "But, instead of letting me hear that, wouldn't it be better if it were Ryou instead?"
<0306>
// \{Kyou} "Ah... but if you did that, that girl's face might really burst."
<0307>
// \{\m{B}} "She'll probably run off like last time before hearing it all too."
<0308>
// \{Kyou} "Ahahaha, you can say that again!"
<0309>
// We both laugh.
<0310>
// And then the ring... the warning bell sounded off.
<0311>
// \{\m{B}} "Crap! We still haven't finished this!"
<0312>
// \{Kyou} "Ah... wah, wah, \m{B}, chug it!"
<0313>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't say such nonsense!"
<0314>
// In the end, we weren't able to finish it all.
<0315>
// Kyou and I were running down the hallway as the main bell started ringing.
<0316>
// \{Kyou} "Oh yeah, that's right. \m{B}, about the long break coming up..."
<0317>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"
<0318>
// \{Kyou} "Go on a date with Ryou."
<0319>
// \{\m{B}} "Us three again?"
<0320>
// \{Kyou} "Hmm, this time without me."
<0321>
// \{Kyou} "Go on a date like a couple should."
<0322>
// \{Kyou} "I won't be following the two of you."
<0323>
// \{\m{B}} "Saying it like that makes you more doubtful."
<0324>
// \{Kyou} "Just trust me. I don't always act that unrefined, you know."
<0325>
// Kyou gives me an unworried smile, saying that.
<0326>
// \{Male Student} "\size{20}By the way, have you heard the story about the guy's washroom?\size{}"
<0327>
// \{Male Student} "\size{20}What's it this time?\size{}"
<0328>
// \{Male Student} "\size{20}This time some rugby member's on the lookout.\size{}"
<0329>
// \{Male Student} "\size{20}It seems they're trying to pull out the person who was locked up there or something...\size{}"
<0330>
// \{Male Student} "\size{20}What's that about?\size{}"
<0331>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0332>
// I wonder if I'll see Sunohara alive...
<0333>
// The bell rings, ending homeroom.
<0334>
// I get up from my seat holding my bag and head towards Fujibayashi's seat.
<0335>
// \{\m{B}} "Fujibayashi."
<0336>
// \{Ryou} "Eh...? Ah... wawa......!"
<0337>
// Fujibayashi, who just put her textbook and pencil case in her bag, looked up at me.
<0338>
// Her face became red soon after that.
<0339>
// She's probably still thinking about what happened at lunch.
<0340>
// \{Ryou} "Eh... umm... u-uh... w-what is it...?"
<0341>
// \{\m{B}} "Want to go home together?"
<0342>
// \{Ryou} "...... eh?"
<0343>
// She looks at my face, as if to tell me she doesn't understand what I said.
<0344>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm saying, you want to go home together?"
<0345>
// I say it again.
<0346>
// This time she understood. The color in her face changed.
<0347>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... aah... umm... um... is that okay...?"
<0348>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay...?"
<0349>
// \{Ryou} "G... going home together... is that... okay...?"
<0350>
// Fujibayashi looks up at me and asks that hesitantly and with little confidence...
<0351>
// \{\m{B}} "We're going out, so isn't that normal?"
<0352>
// I carelessly said it.
<0353>
// \{Ryou} "Ah..."
<0354>
// Her eyes widen at that moment.
<0355>
// Though she's blushing, her face seems happy yet shy.
<0356>
// \{\m{B}} "I'll be waiting for you at the school gates."
<0357>
// \{Ryou} "Ah, o-okay! I'll be there soon!"
<0358>
// Fujibayashi nods her head as she says that.
<0359>
// I wave my hand slightly as I leave the classroom.
<0360>
// \{Kyou} "Ah, \m{B}."
<0361>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm? Oh, it's you, Kyou."
<0362>
// \{Kyou} "You're going home already?"
<0363>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<0364>
// \{Kyou} "How about Ryou?"
<0365>
// \{\m{B}} "She's still in class."
<0366>
// \{Kyou} "... are you going home alone?"
<0367>
// \{\m{B}} "No, I'm gonna wait for her at the gates."
<0368>
// \{Kyou} "Ah, I see. Just like a boyfriend should."
<0369>
// \{\m{B}} "You're coming with us?"
<0370>
// \{Kyou} "Ahaha, I'll decline. I'd feel awkward butting in when you finally have the chance to be together alone."
<0371>
// Kyou exaggerates her smile, saying that.
<0372>
// \{Kyou} "Besides that, you have to do what we talked about at lunch."
<0373>
// \{\m{B}} "At lunch...? That date thing?"
<0374>
// \{Kyou} "Yup. It would be easy inviting her as you go home, right?"
<0375>
// \{\m{B}} "I... guess."
<0376>
// \{Kyou} "For now, let's go to the school gates."
<0377>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<0378>
// We both walk to the shoe lockers.
<0379>
// We remain silent as we walk shoulder to shoulder.
<0380>
// The sounds of the indoor shoes tapping against the hallway floor.
<0381>
// The girl next to me really bothers me...
<0382>
// Even though we're walking in silence, it felt like it's just made Kyou's presence much stronger.
<0383>
// For some reason, it feels like the distance to the shoe locker is far...
<0384>
// All I do is just glance beside me as I look forward.
<0385>
// With unwavering emotion, Kyou was walking with a normal look on her face.
<0386>
// \{Kyou} "Hmm?"
<0387>
// Kyou turns to face me as she notices my glance at her.
<0388>
// \{Kyou} "What is it?"
<0389>
// \{\m{B}} "Nah, nothing."
<0390>
// \{Kyou} "You were looking at me, so perhaps there is something?"
<0391>
// \{\m{B}} "It's nothing."
<0392>
// \{Kyou} "I'm worried. If you have something to say, say it!"
<0393>
// \{\m{B}} "I told you it's nothing!"
<0394>
// \{\m{B}} "You were quiet, so I just took a look."
<0395>
// \{Kyou} "What's that mean... I was sure you were looking at me because I was cute."
<0396>
// \{\m{B}} "Pfff...!"
<0397>
// \{Kyou} "Did you say something?"
<0398>
// \{\m{B}} "No, that was just an accident."
<0399>
// A flash of white light hit my eyes for about two seconds.
<0400>
// \{\m{B}} "It still hurts..."
<0401>
// I lean against the wall as I pat my head.
<0402>
// \{Kyou} "That's because you were saying rude things!"
<0403>
// \{\m{B}} "A person who calls themselves cute should be confronted with a proper tsukkomi though."
<0404>
// \{Kyou} "Don't say so even if that's what you think."
<0405>
// \{\m{B}} "All right. Next time, I'll only think about it."
<0406>
// \{Kyou} "Don't think about it too!"
<0407>
// What a selfish runt...
<0408>
// \{Kyou} "Geez... then, I guess I'm heading home."
<0409>
// \{\m{B}} "You really won't be coming with us?"
<0410>
// \{Kyou} "I told you already. I'm not gonna do anything that rude."
<0411>
// \{\m{B}} "I see..."
<0412>
// To tell the truth, I feel more at ease if she's around when Fujibayashi and I hold a conversation...
<0413>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, take care then."
<0414>
// \{Kyou} "You too, escort Ryou back home, okay?"
<0415>
// \{Kyou} "If you do anything strange just because I'm not around, I'll rub your elbow on a grater until I can see the bones."
<0416>
// \{\m{B}} "I wonder why you can say such frightening parting remarks...?"
<0417>
// \{Kyou} "That's how I am."
<0418>
// Kyou smiles, saying that for no reason.
<0419>
// \{Kyou} "Later, bye bye!"
<0420>
// And then she waves her hand, going home alone.
<0421>
// I sigh as I watch her leave.
<0422>
// Not before long, Fujibayashi finally came out of the school building.
<0423>
// Somehow, she looks depressed, tottering towards me.
<0424>
// I was thinking she would come running up here, saying something like "S-sorry for, keeping you, waiting"...
<0425>
// \{\m{B}} "Yo."
<0426>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... sorry for... keeping you waiting..."
<0427>
// \{\m{B}} "What's wrong?"
<0428>
// \{Ryou} "No... it's nothing... it's all right..."
<0429>
// Saying that, she sighs.
<0430>
// \{\m{B}} "Even if you say so, you don't sound convincing."
<0431>
// \{Ryou} "... sorry..."
<0432>
// \{\m{B}} "Let's go for now."
<0433>
// \{Ryou} "... okay..."
<0434>
// We were walking without any particular conversation.
<0435>
// I sort of expected this kind of thing.
<0436>
// Fujibayashi's behavior is hard to understand.
<0437>
// Is she hiding her embarrassed face...? It doesn't look like it.
<0438>
// Fujibayashi, still depressed, walks tensely beside me.
<0439>
// I match up her walking pace.
<0440>
// \{\m{B}} "... hey, Fujibayashi."
<0441>
// \{Ryou} "Eh... ah... yes...?"
<0442>
// She looks up as I call her.
<0443>
// Somehow her eyes look sad.
<0444>
// \{\m{B}} "What's making you feel down?"
<0445>
// \{\m{B}} "Did something happen after I left the classroom?"
<0446>
// \{Ryou} "It's not... anything important..."
<0447>
// Her gaze falls to the ground once again.
<0448>
// Her walking speed dropped a bit as well.
<0449>
// \{\m{B}} "It might be useless for me to listen, but if possible, could you tell me?"
<0450>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm your boyfriend right now, so wouldn't it be sad if all I did was watch you as you feel depressed?"
<0451>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... u... sorry..."
<0452>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm not really criticizing you, so you don't have to apologize..."
<0453>
// \{\m{B}} "If you tell me, I can give you advice. You'll feel more at ease compared to keeping it all to yourself."
<0454>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<0455>
// Fujibayashi nods silently at my words.
<0456>
// She gripped onto the handle of her bag tightly, making its portion become whiter. *
<0457>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, if it's hard to say, then it can't be helped."
<0458>
// \{Ryou} "No... it's not... really that hard to say... but..."
<0459>
// \{\m{B}} "... but...?"
<0460>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<0461>
// Fujibayashi closes her mouth and puts her hand over it as if she's thinking about something.
<0462>
// And then she looks at me, slightly distanced away.
<0463>
// \{Ryou} "After you... left the classroom, \m{A}-kun... I... did something..."
<0464>
// \{\m{B}} "... do what?"
<0465>
// \{Ryou} "Fortune... telling..."
<0466>
// \{\m{B}} "... for what?"
<0467>
// \{Ryou} "To see... if something good would happen... going home together."
<0468>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh..."
<0469>
// She suddenly ended up saying disappointing words.
<0470>
// \{Ryou} "Uh... umm... I know that it's a weird kind of fortune telling, but... but... umm..."
<0471>
// \{Ryou} "That was the first time you called me out on your own, \m{A}-kun... that's why I was nervous... and anxious... and... and..."
<0472>
// \{Ryou} "I'm sorry... I don't have any confidence... even though onee-chan told me to during lunch... I..."
<0473>
// Fujibayashi desperately apologizes with a face that's about to cry.
<0474>
// I see.
<0475>
// That's the kind of person she is.
<0476>
// The reason for her passive personality is because she doesn't have self-confidence.
<0477>
// That's why she wants to rely to something.
<0478>
// And this time, she picked up fortune telling as something to rely on.
<0479>
// But...
<0480>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm right beside you."
<0481>
// \{Ryou} "... eh?"
<0482>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, if I don't spend time with you like this, it'd probably be difficult for you."
<0483>
// \{\m{B}} "It's okay to rely on me and not be so reserved."
<0484>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm not your friend, I'm your boyfriend, so there's absolutely no problem with you doing that."
<0485>
// \{Ryou} "B... but... it might be troublesome..."
<0486>
// \{\m{B}} "Wouldn't that show that you have come to accept me, at least?"
<0487>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... y-yes! Of course, I... I, like you, \m{A}-kun..."
<0488>
// Her face is dyed red as she says that.
<0489>
// She puts her hand over her mouth as if seizing what she just blurted out.
<0490>
// I burst out laughing at this sight.
<0491>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... wawa... uu... j-just now... umm..."
<0492>
// \{\m{B}} "That's okay, isn't it?"
<0493>
// \{Ryou} "... eh...?"
<0494>
// \{\m{B}} "Have some confidence, at least for your own feelings."
<0495>
// \{\m{B}} "That is quite an important thing."
<0496>
// \{Ryou} "... o-okay..."
<0497>
// \{\m{B}} "I'll be right by your side."
<0498>
// \{\m{B}} "Since you've accepted me, I'll accept you as well."
<0499>
// \{Ryou} "\m{A}-kun..."
<0500>
// \{\m{B}} "That's why you should have confidence."
<0501>
// \{\m{B}} "There's no need to act weird. And all the more because we're going out."
<0502>
// \{\m{B}} "And as your boyfriend, I'll do everything I can... uh, Fujibayashi...?"
<0503>
// \{Ryou} "S... sniff... sniff..."
<0504>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh? H... huh? Wait, F-Fujibayashi?"
<0505>
// Of course, I was startled by her crying.
<0506>
// The person herself never wipes out her tears, just letting her shoulders and throat tremble.
<0507>
// \{Ryou} "Sniff... t... thank you so much... for telling... for telling me such things... I..."
<0508>
// \{Ryou} "... I'm so happy... so happy my chest could burst..."
<0509>
// \{Ryou} "It's strange isn't it... for me to be crying right now...?"
<0510>
// \{Ryou} "I'm s... sorry... but... I... can't stop my tears... sniff..."
<0511>
// Fujibayashi apologizes as she cries.
<0512>
// I sigh and give a smile, looking at this girl's figure.
<0513>
// \{\m{B}} "Stop crying. You'll make it look like I'm causing it."
<0514>
// Saying that, I pull a handkerchief out of my pocket to dry her tears.
<0515>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... wawa... wah... \m{A}-kun......?!?!"
<0516>
// \{\m{B}} "As your boyfriend, I can't always make you cry now, can I?"
<0517>
// \{Ryou} "Y... yes... and as your girlfriend... it's not good for me to cry all the time."
<0518>
// Fujibayashi sniffs her nose slightly as she says that.
<0519>
// And then she smiles.
<0520>
// At the same time, we both look at each other.
<0521>
// I wonder what's this feeling?
<0522>
// It's like my mind's at ease...
<0523>
// I wonder if this satisfied feeling is the result of being needed by someone.
<0524>
// At the very least, this sensation... this mood... I want this to continue...
<0525>
// Maybe, at this time, at this instant, Fujibayashi and I really did become lovers.
<0526>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Fujibayashi."
<0527>
// \{Ryou} "Yes?"
<0528>
// She faces me with a bashful smile, though she's still rubbing her red eyes.
<0529>
// \{\m{B}} "The holidays are starting tomorrow. You wanna go have fun somewhere?"
<0530>
// \{Ryou} "Eh... a-a date...?"
<0531>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, this time, just the two of us."
<0532>
// \{Ryou} "Y-yes! I'll go!"
<0533>
// \{\m{B}} "When's a good time? Any day during the weekend's fine."
<0534>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... um... t-then... M-Monday..."
<0535>
// \{\m{B}} "Do you have something to do during the weekend?"
<0536>
// \{Ryou} "I'm sorry, there's a career related thing I want to go to."
<0537>
// \{\m{B}} "Career?"
<0538>
// \{Ryou} "Yes... it's um... an orientation..."
<0539>
// \{\m{B}} "Heh, for university? Or is it for some vocational school?"
<0540>
// \{Ryou} "Umm... it's for nursing school..."
<0541>
// \{\m{B}} "You're planning on becoming a nurse?"
<0542>
// \{Ryou} "Yes."
<0543>
// \{\m{B}} "I see... you certainly have your goals set..."
<0544>
// \{Ryou} "Umm, \m{A}-kun... what are your goals?"
<0545>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh? Mine? Mine are--..."
<0546>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0547>
// ... what am I... gonna do after graduation...?
<0548>
// \{\m{B}} "Well---... I'll give it some thought."
<0549>
// \{Ryou} "I see."
<0550>
// \{\m{B}} "For now, our date's on Monday, right?"
<0551>
// \{Ryou} "Y-yes!"
<0552>
// Fujibayashi nods happily.
<0553>
// We start to walk.
<0554>
// We walk shoulder to shoulder, and a bit closer than just a while ago.
<0555>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh yeah, the reason why you were depressed... was that because your fortune telling was bad?"
<0556>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... y-yes... it was a hopeless result..."
<0557>
// \{Ryou} "If it was accurate, I'd wonder what to do..."
<0558>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm... I wonder..."
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