Clannad VN:SEEN3514

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#character '＊Ｂ'
#character 'Kyou'
#character 'Ryou'
#character 'Female Student 1'
#character 'Female Student 2'
#character 'Female Student 3'
#character 'Sunohara'
#character 'Female Student'
#character 'Voice'
#character 'Rugby Member'
#character 'Botan'

<0000>
// May 14 (Wednesday)
<0001>
// Dozing off felt very nice, though I was kind of sluggish...
<0002>
// Lying here on the pillow, 
<0003>
// I tried to look at the alarm clock.
<0004>
// I'm still feeling lethargic.
<0005>
// Peering blearily at the glowing numbers on the clock, I saw the time was already eleven o'clock.
<0006>
// The familiar scene of the road, devoid of even one other person in uniform.
<0007>
// Of course, I state the obvious to myself.
<0008>
// I'm the only one who attends school this late.
<0009>
// Quite frankly, I didn't want to go to school at all.
<0010>
// But...
<0011>
// Why am I walking on this road...?
<0012>
// Was I expecting something...?
<0013>
// .........
<0014>
// Oh yeah... walking on this path, what usually comes up is--...
<0015>
// \size{20}Pat, pat-pat, patpat-pat...\size{}
<0016>
// \{\m{B}} "--?!"
<0017>
// I turn around to the familiar sound.
<0018>
// Patpat-pat, patpat-pat, pat...
<0019>
// I turn around to see a black scooter pass by...
<0020>
// Of course, Kyou isn't on it...
<0021>
// \{\m{B}} "Sigh..."
<0022>
// I smile without a thought, shrugging my shoulders.
<0023>
// What am I expecting...
<0024>
// I slam my fist into my chest to slow my racing heart, sighing to myself.
<0025>
// I'm really hurting myself... aren't I...
<0026>
// By the time I reach school, the morning classes have all already finished.
<0027>
// There were students that left school to grab some bread from the shop before returning, and those hung about in the hallway.
<0028>
// A bustling atmosphere pervaded the corridors of school.
<0029>
// In the middle of lunch.
<0030>
// I walk down the hallway, holding my bag.
<0031>
// Arriving at a time like this is quite inappropriate.
<0032>
// "Is he leaving early? Is he late?" ... with one look, they'd know.
<0033>
// Of course, I'm headed towards the classroom, so I'm late, aren't I...
<0034>
// If I go to the classroom, would Ryou be there?
<0035>
// I didn't want to see her, to be honest...
<0036>
// I didn't know what kind of face I should put up.
<0037>
// My look at the window mixes with a sigh.
<0038>
// Someone's down below at the garden.
<0039>
// Where Ryou and I were eating yesterday...
<0040>
// \{\m{B}} "...??"
<0041>
// Two familiar figures by the stone wall.
<0042>
// Two girls were sitting on the bench together; one with long hair and one with short...
<0043>
// Kyou and... Ryou...
<0044>
// A heart-wrenching picture of two people...
<0045>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0046>
// What are they talking about...?
<0047>
// They're together, so I think they're just remaining silent...
<0048>
// I suddenly recall the incident from yesterday.
<0049>
// About how I hugged Kyou in the rain...
<0050>
// About how Ryou hugged me when I was soaking wet...
<0051>
// About how painfully I knew the two of their feelings, as well as mine...
<0052>
// \{\m{B}} "... hmm?"
<0053>
// For now, as I look down at the garden from above, their glances change.
<0054>
// They're... waving at me?
<0055>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0056>
// Kyou's faced towards me, waving her hand.
<0057>
// And then continuing, Ryou does the same.
<0058>
// Meaning Kyou's calling for me.
<0059>
// \{\m{B}} "~~~..."
<0060>
// I certainly... can't run away from this...
<0061>
// I immediately leave the classroom, and head down the hallway.
<0062>
// And then I walk down the stairway, and progress on the first floor...
<0063>
// \{Kyou} "Yo, you're terribly late."
<0064>
// \{\m{B}} "...... Kyou...?"
<0065>
// \{Kyou} "Ryou was so lonely, she was saying how she had put so much effort into making lunch, and then you didn't come, \m{B}." 
<0066>
// \{\m{B}} "Y... yeah... kinda overslept a bit."
<0067>
// \{Kyou} "I thought of taking it for myself, but that'd probably do no good."
<0068>
// \{Kyou} "I guess it's really bad for someone else to be eating lunch that's meant for a girl's boyfriend~"
<0069>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0070>
// \{Kyou} "Ah, she hasn't eaten lunch yet."
<0071>
// \{\m{B}} "... eh? Is that so?"
<0072>
// \{Kyou} "Yup."
<0073>
// \{Kyou} "I was telling her that you were usually late at this time, so she'd have to wait."
<0074>
// \{\m{B}} "And if I didn't come, what did you think would happen?"
<0075>
// \{Kyou} "Hmm, I guess, I'd beat you dead until you can't move anymore."
<0076>
// She pulls out a Chinese-Japanese dictionary out of nowhere.
<0077>
// \{Kyou} "I wouldn't forgive you for making my dearest sister go on an unnecessary diet, see."
<0078>
// She faces me with a cackling, carefree smile.
<0079>
// What is it with this cheerfulness..
<0080>
// There wasn't a trace of the weak, feminine Kyou that I saw from yesterday.
<0081>
// Before...
<0082>
// The Kyou from before, when the "rumors" were being spread.
<0083>
// \{Kyou} "Now that that's settled, hurry up and go to the garden!"
<0084>
// \{Kyou} "Ryou's waiting for you."
<0085>
// Clap... she taps my shoulder beside me, and quickly passes by me.
<0086>
// When she does that, I feel a touch of warmth sink into me...
<0087>
// \{\m{B}} "...--Kyou!"
<0088>
// Without thinking, I turn around.
<0089>
// Kyou, with her back turned on me, stops instantly.
<0090>
// I didn't know what'd be good to say.
<0091>
// I didn't know what'd be good to do.
<0092>
// As if driven by some unknown force, I called out to her.
<0093>
// That short silence... for one or two seconds.
<0094>
// Kyou lowers her head a little.
<0095>
// And then she turns around, looking at me.
<0096>
// \{Kyou} "Hm? What is it?"
<0097>
// --a normal smile.
<0098>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah..."
<0099>
// I can't say anything...
<0100>
// With that sort of face... I can't say anything...
<0101>
// \{Kyou} "If it's nothing, I'll be going then, okay?"
<0102>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... my bad..."
<0103>
// \{Kyou} "Then, hurry up and go to the garden."
<0104>
// \{Kyou} "If you make Ryou wait any longer, I'll strangle your neck with a piano string and show you a quick shortcut to the window."
<0105>
// Smiling, she says that...
<0106>
// \{Kyou} "Come on, you'll be out of time to eat lunch if you don't hurry, so go, go!"
<0107>
// Why is she smiling, I wonder?
<0108>
// Did she just blow off what happened yesterday...?
<0109>
// If that's so, then what's with that face she's putting on?
<0110>
// If Kyou smiles anymore, will I not be able to smile...?
<0111>
// \{Ryou} "Ah, \m{B}-kun."
<0112>
// \{\m{B}} "Yo."
<0113>
// \{Ryou} "You're late."
<0114>
// Again, she faces me with a smile.
<0115>
// In the end, she never asked me about what happened yesterday.
<0116>
// All she did was hug me while I was soaking wet.
<0117>
// Doing that, she remained completely silent, as if to warm my body...
<0118>
// \{Ryou} "Did you sleep in?"
<0119>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... something like that."
<0120>
// \{Ryou} "Is that so. I'm glad it isn't a sickness or anything."
<0121>
// She gives her usual smile.
<0122>
// \{Ryou} "By the way, have you eaten lunch yet?"
<0123>
// \{\m{B}} "No... when I woke up, I came straight to school."
<0124>
// \{Ryou} "Then, not yet?"
<0125>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<0126>
// \{Ryou} "I'm glad. That takes care of having to bring lunch home, then."た」
<0127>
// \{\m{B}} "You made this again today?"
<0128>
// \{Ryou} "Yes. I have to do what I can, as your girlfriend."
<0129>
// \{\m{B}} "... I see."
<0130>
// A slicing pain in my chest...
<0131>
// \{Ryou} "You've always been taking bread, \m{B}-kun."
<0132>
// \{Ryou} "That's why I think you should take this lunch instead, and get your nutrition."
<0133>
// \{Ryou} "Having said that, there's a lot of vegetables here."
<0134>
// \{Ryou} "If you really don't like it, you don't have to force yourself to eat it but..."
<0135>
// \{Ryou} "If you do, then try not to leave anything behind."
<0136>
// Why are these two smiling in front of me anyway...?
<0137>
// It's like nothing happened in the last few days...
<0138>
// Alone, I worry about this...
<0139>
// \{Ryou} "\m{B}-kun?"
<0140>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0141>
// \{Ryou} "Um... what's wrong...?"
<0142>
// \{\m{B}} "... eh?"
<0143>
// \{Ryou} "You were just staring at the lunch box there..."
<0144>
// \{Ryou} "Perhaps, there's something... you don't like?"
<0145>
// \{\m{B}} "No, it's nothing like that."
<0146>
// \{\m{B}} "Just thought it might be delicious or something..."
<0147>
// \{\m{B}} "Though saying it bluntly like that would seem kinda childish."
<0148>
// \{Ryou} "\m{B}-kun... I feel that's too much of a compliment..."
<0149>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh? I did plan on doing that though."
<0150>
// \{Ryou} "Really...?"
<0151>
// \{\m{B}} "You think I'd lie?"
<0152>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<0153>
// \{Ryou} "No, thank you very much."
<0154>
// \{\m{B}} "Then, I'm digging in."
<0155>
// \{Ryou} "Okay!"
<0156>
// The latter half of the lunch break came close.
<0157>
// We took our usual, slow lunch.
<0158>
// \{\m{B}} "... hmm? What's this pork cutlet...?"
<0159>
// I bring it close to my mouth, and stop at the aroma.
<0160>
// \{Ryou} "Ah, that's..."
<0161>
// \{\m{B}} "... soy sauce...?"
<0162>
// Kyou's original pork cutlet...
<0163>
// But the flavor seemed a bit different.
<0164>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... um... that one... I'm still trying to figure out how to make it..."
<0165>
// \{Ryou} "I tasted it myself already but... maybe I haven't really done it well..."
<0166>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0167>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... b-but, I think you'll be fine eating it!"
<0168>
// \{Ryou} "It's flavor is... umm... a bit different from my sister's..."
<0169>
// Chomp...
<0170>
// Munch, munch... munch, munch...
<0171>
// \{Ryou} "Ah..."
<0172>
// \{\m{B}} "It's good."
<0173>
// \{Ryou} "R-really?"
<0174>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah. It's a little watered down compared to Kyou's but... \pit's good."
<0175>
// \{Ryou} "I-I'm glad."
<0176>
// She breathes a sigh of relief.
<0177>
// We talked about trivial things as we ate lunch.
<0178>
// During that time...
<0179>
// As I moved my mouth, I couldn't take in this hazy feeling that was in my chest.
<0180>
// The scene I saw from the window.
<0181>
// The two girls that I shouldn't be worried about...
<0182>
// Should I ask...
<0183>
// Or should I keep quiet...
<0184>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0185>
// \{\m{B}} "... hey, Ryou..."
<0186>
// \{Ryou} "Yes?"
<0187>
// \{\m{B}} "Kyou was here a while ago, right?"
<0188>
// \{Ryou} "Yes, she was."
<0189>
// \{\m{B}} "What were you two talking about?"
<0190>
// \{Ryou} "...?"
<0191>
// \{\m{B}} "It looked like you two were talking before I got here."
<0192>
// \{\m{B}} "I was thinking I might have gotten in the way or something."
<0193>
// \{Ryou} "I don't think you really were getting in the way or anything."
<0194>
// \{Ryou} "My sister was only talking to me until you came, \m{B}-kun."
<0195>
// \{\m{B}} "Talking about what?"
<0196>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<0197>
// \{Ryou} "About you, \m{B}-kun."
<0198>
// \{\m{B}} "About me...?"
<0199>
// My heart skips a beat, as she says that.
<0200>
// I think for a little bit.
<0201>
// Thinking back on yesterday's event...
<0202>
// Hugging Kyou...
<0203>
// Being hugged by Ryou...
<0204>
// To be honest, if they were talking about \bthat\u, it'd be scary hearing the exact details.
<0205>
// But...
<0206>
// \{\m{B}} "I... see."
<0207>
// \{Ryou} "Yup."
<0208>
// \{\m{B}} "... what things were said about me?"
<0209>
// I ask that, worried, though I didn't want to look like I was running away.
<0210>
// \{Ryou} "... do you want to know?"
<0211>
// \{\m{B}} "That's... well, if you guys are gossiping about me, wouldn't I be worried?"
<0212>
// \{Ryou} "That's true."
<0213>
// \{Ryou} "But... it's a secret."
<0214>
// \{\m{B}} "A secret?"
<0215>
// \{Ryou} "Yes."
<0216>
// \{Ryou} "It's a girl's secret, after all."
<0217>
// Saying that, she faces me with a carefree smile.
<0218>
// I couldn't pry any further with that kind of face.
<0219>
// \{Ryou} "Besides that, we should hurry and finish the food--..."
<0220>
// Ding, dong, ding, dong...
<0221>
// \{Ryou} "Ah..."
<0222>
// The bell rings.
<0223>
// There was still about forty percent left in the box.
<0224>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't worry, it's only the first bell."
<0225>
// Grabbing ahold of my chopsticks, I start chugging down the remaining leftovers.
<0226>
// May 15 (Thursday)
<0227>
// I look up at the sky... holding a lunchbox in one hand and chopsticks in the other.
<0228>
// The usual Ryou who's always beside me.
<0229>
// ... And, a crowd of people...
<0230>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0231>
// I glance beside me.
<0232>
// The female students surround her, so I can't see her at all.
<0233>
// I only hear their voices.
<0234>
// I look at that bunch, as I eat alone.
<0235>
// Eating from Ryou's homemade lunch.
<0236>
// \{Ryou} "Umm... you'll have a better chance of confessing on a clear day by the shoe rack, so give it your best."
<0237>
// \{Female Student 1} "Oh, I see. Thanks, Fujibayashi-san."
<0238>
// \{Female Student 2} "Isn't that great, Yuki-chan?"
<0239>
// \{Female Student 1} "Yup. The rainy days are far away~"
<0240>
// Somehow, when there's a gap between the girls, she peeps through and our eyes meet.
<0241>
// And she gives a glance, saying "I'm sorry".
<0242>
// I continue with the chopsticks.
<0243>
// Unable to get away...
<0244>
// I felt trapped by my own thoughts.
<0245>
// \{Female Student 3} "Ryou-chan, Ryou-chan, do my fortune next."
<0246>
// \{Ryou} "Okay, what kind would you like?"
<0247>
// \{Female Student 3} "Umm, actually... let me whisper it."
<0248>
// \{Ryou} "...? Yes?"
<0249>
// \{Female Student 3} "Whisper, whisper, whisper... and, whisper, whisper... like that."
<0250>
// \{Ryou} "T-that's a bit troublesome..."
<0251>
// \{Female Student 3} "Yup, that's why I'm begging you, please do that."
<0252>
// \{Ryou} "Okay, if you say so, then I'll give it my best."
<0253>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0254>
// What is it... I'm really worried...
<0255>
// Shuffle, shuffle... shuffle... shuffle...
<0256>
// The skillful sound of the tarot cards.
<0257>
// \{Ryou} "Umm... a new and starting path... one-sided... remaining still..."
<0258>
// \{Ryou} "Okay, hmm..."
<0259>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<0260>
// \{Female Student 3} "So, how'd it go?"
<0261>
// \{Ryou} "Ah!"
<0262>
// \{Ryou} "Try leaving the place you've been searching up until now."
<0263>
// \{Ryou} "If you do that, you may end up at an unexpected place."
<0264>
// \{Female Student 3} "The place I've been searching up until now..."
<0265>
// \{Female Student 3} "I see... guess I should check \bthat\u place out then."
<0266>
// \{Female Student 3} "Thanks, Ryou-chan!"
<0267>
// They don't seem to be engaged in some sort of deep conversation...
<0268>
// \{Female Student 1} "Hey, \m{A}-kun."
<0269>
// A few of the girls who were surrounding Ryou come my way.
<0270>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<0271>
// \{Female Student 1} "Is that Fujibayashi's homemade lunch?"
<0272>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, yeah."
<0273>
// \{Female Student 2} "Then it's true then!"
<0274>
// \{\m{B}} "...? What is?"
<0275>
// \{Female Student 1} "That you, \m{A}-kun, and Fujibayashi-san are going out?"
<0276>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, yeah."
<0277>
// \{Female Student 2} "Hey, hey, I knew it!"
<0278>
// \{Female Student 1} "It wasn't just a rumor!"
<0279>
// They clamor around beside me.
<0280>
// \{Female Student 2} "But it's a bit surprising~"
<0281>
// \{Female Student 1} "Yeah, yeah. But \m{A}-kun's such a good person." 
<0282>
// \{Female Student 2} "Yup, you said it."
<0283>
// \{\m{B}} "... I'm... a good person?"
<0284>
// \{Female Student 1} "Yup. Because you remained behind with your girlfriend even in such a situation!"
<0285>
// I look over as she says that.
<0286>
// Over to where the girls stood a moment ago.
<0287>
// The gallery lineup of Ryou's fortune telling is there.
<0288>
// \{Female Student 1} "If it were me, I'd wander off, I'm sure."
<0289>
// No... actually, I wanted to get away...
<0290>
// \{Female Student 2} "Umm, could I ask something?"
<0291>
// \{\m{B}} "What?"
<0292>
// \{Female Student 2} "Umm, how did you bring it up with her?"
<0293>
// \{\m{B}} "How did... what do you mean?"
<0294>
// \{Female Student 2} "I'm talking about how you're going out."
<0295>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0296>
// \{Ryou} "U... um... I-I'm sorry... it must be troubling... to suddenly tell you this..."
<0297>
// \{Ryou} "I know it must be a problem... but... not saying anything is painful..."
<0298>
// \{Ryou} "I feel like my chest's in pain..."
<0299>
// \{Ryou} "Well... yesterday... I decided to give it my best so..."
<0300>
// \{Ryou} "... So..."
<0301>
// \{Ryou} "~~~--..."
<0302>
// \{Ryou} "--\m{A}-kun...! W-would you go out with me?"
<0303>
// \{Female Student 1} "Ain't that something \m{A}-kun decided~"
<0304>
// \{Female Student 1} "Certainly Ryou-chan wouldn't say anything like that."
<0305>
// \{Female Student 1} "When I asked her, her face blushed so red!"
<0306>
// \{Female Student 1} "Right? Isn't that right, \m{A}-kun?"
<0307>
// \{\m{B}} "... No, it's not exactly like that."
<0308>
// \{Female Student 1} "... Eh?"
<0309>
// \{Female Student 2} "So... that means...?"
<0310>
// \{\m{B}} "She was the one who was bold enough to do it, despite what you all think."
<0311>
// \{Female Student 1} "Ehhh?! Then, um, what, what, the one who brought it up was... Fujibayashi-san??"
<0312>
// \{Female Student 2} "No way?! Fujibayashi-san's so cool!"
<0313>
// \{Ryou} "Wawawawa, what are you talking about, \m{B}-kun??"
<0314>
// All of a sudden, the people crowding around Ryou jump up and down, looking this way.
<0315>
// Her face was blushing red.
<0316>
// Seems that they were able to hear us over here.
<0317>
// But, before Ryou could come over, the other girls were already all around her.
<0318>
// \{Ryou} "Wah, wawa, what's going on??"
<0319>
// \{Female Student 1} "Geez~ Fujibayashi-san with that quiet face~"
<0320>
// \{Female Student 2} "Speaking of which, she's been kind of active recently~"
<0321>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... wawa... t, t-t-... that's not... really so..."
<0322>
// \{Female Student 1} "Well, hurry up and come over here!"
<0323>
// \{Female Student 2} "When you do, you're gonna tell us \bexactly\u what happened, m'kay~"
<0324>
// \{Female Student 1} "You'll come with us wherever, right~"
<0325>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... uu... \m{B}-kuun!"
<0326>
// Ryou, being dragged away.
<0327>
// I see her off, waving my hand.
<0328>
// Certainly, seeing Ryou as she is, those girls are having trouble imagining how she confessed to begin with.
<0329>
// Fact is, back during that time I didn't have any words to say.
<0330>
// I blushed as well, almost to the point where I could have fallen apart.
<0331>
// And... my answer was...
<0332>
// \{Sunohara} "... Do you like her?"
<0333>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?"
<0334>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm asking if you like Fujibayashi Ryou, since, well, you're going out with her, right?"
<0335>
// Sunohara's words from that time...
<0336>
// The time when I couldn't give him an answer...
<0337>
// Even now, I haven't changed.
<0338>
// No... it's changed...
<0339>
// I finally... can give an answer.
<0340>
// But--...
<0341>
// \{Female Student 1} "Come on, come on~ how did you confess to \m{A}-kun~?"
<0342>
// \{Female Student 2} "Did you two kiss? Where'd you guys date?"
<0343>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... wawa... \m{B}-kun~ save me~"
<0344>
// Somehow it seems the fortune telling's taking a break.
<0345>
// The interest's shifted from the fortune telling to about Ryou now.
<0346>
// They keep pressuring her with questions from all around.
<0347>
// Again she is surrounded by those girls, now as bullies rather then as suppliants.
<0348>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... uu... uuu~"
<0349>
// A crack through the crowd of people reveals a troubled face, asking for my help.
<0350>
// But... somehow she seems happy...
<0351>
// Maybe she likes being surrounded by people, telling them things?
<0352>
// About how she and I are lovers... things like that...
<0353>
// ... How could I... betray such a girl anyway...?
<0354>
// Being given someone like this just once, only to push them away... could I do that...?
<0355>
// Is it okay to say something... that will change that smile to a teary face...?
<0356>
// When I'm with Ryou, I really am at peace.
<0357>
// A happiness that doesn't need anyone...
<0358>
// That isn't a lie.
<0359>
// It'd be good if this could continue... I think those words, they aren't a lie...
<0360>
// But...
<0361>
// ... The way I am now...
<0362>
// \{Female Student 1} "Hey, hey, how do you think you guys will do from now on?"
<0363>
// \{Ryou} "Eh? Ah, how we'll... do?"
<0364>
// \{Female Student 2} "Let's try the fortune telling."
<0365>
// \{Female Student 3} "Ah, that'd be great!"
<0366>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... um... using the tarot cards on myself is a bit..."
<0367>
// \{Female Student 1} "You can't?"
<0368>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... uu... well... it's not like I'm saying... that I can't..."
<0369>
// \{Female Student 2} "Ah, then how about we try something else instead?"
<0370>
// \{Ryou} "Something else...?"
<0371>
// \{Female Student 2} "Yup. If you won't tell your own fortune, Fujibayashi-san~..."
<0372>
// She glances in my direction.
<0373>
// And everyone else seems to follow suit.
<0374>
// \{\m{B}} "... Eh? Me?"
<0375>
// An atmosphere not unlike peer pressure... 
<0376>
// Ryou and I are in the center, with the girls making a circle round us...
<0377>
// A cage we can't escape from...
<0378>
// A scene that looks a lot like we're being bullied...
<0379>
// \{Ryou} "Eh... um... then I'll start..."
<0380>
// \{\m{B}} "... Okay..."
<0381>
// Ryou begins my love fortune telling...
<0382>
// But it also concerns her...
<0383>
// Shuffle, shuffle... shuffle.. shuffle...
<0384>
// She puts down the cards.
<0385>
// Everyone holds their breath, watching carefully.
<0386>
// \{Kyou} "Oh? What, what? What's this group?"
<0387>
// \{Ryou} "Wah..."
<0388>
// Clatter...
<0389>
// Ryou loses her focus, hearing that abrupt voice.
<0390>
// The cards fall down to the ground.
<0391>
// \{Kyou} "Hmm...? Oh, Ryou's doing it for \m{B}...?"
<0392>
// \{Female Student 1} "Kyou-chan, you came at a good time!"
<0393>
// \{Female Student 2} "You sure did. Your sister's predicting \m{A}-kun's luck."
<0394>
// \{Kyou} "Oh? Is that so?"
<0395>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0396>
// H... how could she come at a time like this...
<0397>
// \{Kyou} "Yo, \m{B}."
<0398>
// \{\m{B}} "Y-yeah..."
<0399>
// \{Kyou} "How do you feel? Was it a good result?"
<0400>
// \{\m{B}} "Uh... we're not exactly done yet."
<0401>
// \{Kyou} "Ohhh. Then, lemme have a look!"
<0402>
// Kyou carelessly says that, as she looks at Ryou, who's beside me.
<0403>
// After picking up the tarot cards, she looks back as well.
<0404>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0405>
// My stomach feels painful...
<0406>
// It feels like I'm sitting on a needle or something, doesn't it...?"
<0407>
// \{Kyou} "It'd be good if the results are good, right?"
<0408>
// \{Ryou} "Yeah."
<0409>
// Kyou smiles at her.
<0410>
// What's the meaning of this smile...?
<0411>
// \{Kyou} "... I'm sorry..."
<0412>
// \{Kyou} "... I'm sorry... I... like you..."
<0413>
// \{Kyou} "That's why... don't be kind to me..."
<0414>
// \{Kyou} "I'm an... idiot, see... it's wrong to be nice to me..."
<0415>
// \{Kyou} "If you... keep on being this nice to me... I won't be able to take it any longer..."
<0416>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0417>
// Since then, Kyou hasn't shown me that smile.
<0418>
// Has she gotten over it already?
<0419>
// Or is she trying to force herself to smile...?
<0420>
// \{Kyou} "Hmm? What? What's wrong?"
<0421>
// \{\m{B}} "No... it's nothing."
<0422>
// \{Kyou} "Don't look away, you have to look at Ryou."
<0423>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."
<0424>
// \{Ryou} "... Umm... \m{B}-kun."
<0425>
// \{\m{B}} "... Yeah?"
<0426>
// \{Ryou} "I'll begin the fortune telling."
<0427>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay."
<0428>
// Shuffle, shuffle... shuffle... shuffle...
<0429>
// She skillfully puts down the cards.
<0430>
// And then shows them to me.
<0431>
// \{Ryou} "Please cut the deck."
<0432>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0433>
// I look carefully at the tarot cards... and neatly split them in two.
<0434>
// She arranges the cards to pick for me, facing up.
<0435>
// \{Ryou} "Umm... this will be a hexagram-spread fortune telling."
<0436>
// \{Ryou} "Each of the cards on this hexagram shape represents: past, present, future, state, solution, and true feelings..."
<0437>
// \{Ryou} "With this, you can gain a result."
<0438>
// \{\m{B}} "... I see..."
<0439>
// \{Ryou} "I'll set them up..."
<0440>
// She sets each of the tarot cards in front of me.
<0441>
// One...
<0442>
// Two...
<0443>
// Three...
<0444>
// .........
<0445>
// ......
<0446>
// ...
<0447>
// And then she places the last, seventh card, forming the hexagram.
<0448>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0449>
// No one says anything.
<0450>
// We only stare at the cards.
<0451>
// Kyou, who's beside the group... gulps down hard.
<0452>
// Everyone's feeling tense.
<0453>
// Just a while ago, they were all fooling around... even Kyou...
<0454>
// Even me...
<0455>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<0456>
// Ryou takes a quiet, deep breath as she checks each one of the cards.
<0457>
// She slowly brings her hand away from her mouth.
<0458>
// \{Ryou} "First off... the card representing the past..."
<0459>
// Everyone concentrates on that small voice.
<0460>
// \{Ryou} "The reverse of 'Death'... inevitable..."
<0461>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0462>
// All of a sudden, this terrible card...
<0463>
// \{Ryou} "The second card representing the present... the reverse of 'Strength'."
<0464>
// \{Ryou} "The meaning is hesitation, and weak-hearted..."
<0465>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0466>
// Thrust... I feel as if something stabbed into my chest...
<0467>
// I could almost say it was painful.
<0468>
// \{Ryou} "The third card, representing the future... the reverse of 'The Hanged Man'."
<0469>
// \{Ryou} "This one is ego... meaning selfishness and desperation..."
<0470>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0471>
// It feels like she's said something bad...
<0472>
// Everyone looks with cold, heartless eyes...
<0473>
// But... I knew it was all true, and so each word pained me...
<0474>
// \{Ryou} "The fourth card represents the solution to the problem."
<0475>
// \{Ryou} "The reverse of 'The Hierophant'... meaning assistance and support."
<0476>
// \{Ryou} "The fifth card representing the state of being around you..."
<0477>
// \{Ryou} "The reverse of 'The Chariot'... the meaning is a rival, a dilemma, and defeat."
<0478>
// Whispering starts building up amongst the students.
<0479>
// I could only stare at the cards.
<0480>
// \{Ryou} "The sixth card, representing your inner conscience, your desire, is the reverse of 'The Hermit'."
<0481>
// \{Ryou} "The meaning is... mistrust, unrequited love..."
<0482>
// Again, the whispers around us.
<0483>
// I realized that Kyou was glancing at us.
<0484>
// I was still looking at the cards when I noticed that.
<0485>
// The six cards up until now... the last card... sits in the middle...
<0486>
// The Wheel of Fortune...
<0487>
// That card was placed there, faced down.
<0488>
// It's the same result from a week ago... wasn't it...?
<0489>
// Certainly, Ryou said that the meaning of the card, is fate or chance or a new development...
<0490>
// If that's the case... what's the reverse meaning...?
<0491>
// \{Ryou} "The seventh card... represents the result."
<0492>
// \{Ryou} "The reverse of the 'Wheel of Fortune'..."
<0493>
// \{Ryou} "The meaning is, disagreement, and jumping to conclusions..."
<0494>
// When everything ended, everyone remained quiet.
<0495>
// We were buried in a gloomy atmosphere.
<0496>
// \{Ryou} "These are all the cards that will lead \m{B}-kun's future..."
<0497>
// Ryou raises her head, looking at me.
<0498>
// \{Ryou} "It's possible for you to look inside yourself to search for your true weakness, regret, and anxiety."
<0499>
// \{Ryou} "Remember that you are not alone."
<0500>
// \{Ryou} "You may feel disagreement and impatient, but that is just one path."
<0501>
// \{Ryou} "If you're true to your feelings, you'll be able to return to the same path."
<0502>
// \{\m{B}} "... Meaning?"
<0503>
// \{Ryou} "We should be fine."
<0504>
// Smiling, Ryou says that.
<0505>
// But...
<0506>
// ... The response from around us was gloomy.
<0507>
// \{Female Student 1} \size{20}"... What just... happened just now...?"\size{}
<0508>
// \{Female Student 2} \size{20}"... The cards' meanings didn't seem to bode very well..."\size{}
<0509>
// \{Female Student 3} \size{20}"... Doesn't a bad result mean something good won't happen?"\size{}
<0510>
// \{Female Student 1} \size{20}"... But, Fujibayashi-san said in the end that it was good, wasn't it?"\size{}
<0511>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0512>
// I wonder what I should be saying...
<0513>
// Ryou was self-conscious of her own fortune telling as it ended.
<0514>
// Even more, she said the results herself...
<0515>
// But, was what she said really the correct results?
<0516>
// It isn't just the voices around us, but by taking the meaning of the cards, I couldn't think of how the results could be any good...
<0517>
// \{Ryou} "What's wrong, \m{B}-kun?"
<0518>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah... um, how should I say this... well..."
<0519>
// I can't really say anything good...
<0520>
// What should I say instead?
<0521>
// \{\m{B}} "That fortune telling just now... um..."
<0522>
// \{Ryou} "It's all right."
<0523>
// \{\m{B}} "...?"
<0524>
// \{Ryou} "Fortune telling is fortune telling, after all."
<0525>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0526>
// How should I... take those words...?
<0527>
// \{Ryou} "We'll be fine."
<0528>
// \{Ryou} "Isn't that right, \m{B}-kun...?"
<0529>
// Saying that, she glances at Kyou.
<0530>
// I notice Kyou catching her breath, seeing that.
<0531>
// \{Female Student} "Ah, oh yeah, Fujibayashi-san. Could you also do my fortune as well?"
<0532>
// \{Ryou} "Eh? Ah, okay, sure."
<0533>
// \{Female Student 1} "Ah! You're cruel! I thought I was next!"
<0534>
// \{Female Student 2} "Oh ho, you said it."
<0535>
// A circle again forms around Ryou for the second time.
<0536>
// Kyou and I stand outside, silent.
<0537>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0538>
// \{Kyou} "........."
<0539>
// \{\m{B}} "... Hey... that fortune telling just now... how do you think I should take it...?"
<0540>
// \{Kyou} "... There's no other way to take it, is there?"
<0541>
// \{\m{B}} "...Eh?"
<0542>
// \{Kyou} "Ryou's fortune telling's accurate this time."
<0543>
// \{Kyou} "That's why you should be by her side."
<0544>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0545>
// \{Kyou} "Well then, I'm gonna get going now."
<0546>
// \{Kyou} "I have to prepare so I can move classes during fifth period."
<0547>
// \{\m{B}} "... Okay."
<0548>
// \{Kyou} "Later then."
<0549>
// She makes a quick pace towards the school building, looking at me with a smile.
<0550>
// My eyes follow her back.
<0551>
// She doesn't look over her shoulder once, and disappears into the school.
<0552>
// \{\m{B}} "... Whew..."
<0553>
// I let out a big breath I didn't know I had been holding...
<0554>
// At the end of lunch, I break through the group of people, to let Ryou know...
<0555>
// Kyou 
<0556>
// They always continued to echo in my head.
<0557>
// Those three...
<0558>
// Three words...
<0559>
// \{Ryou} "We'll be fine."
<0560>
// \{Kyou} "Ryou's fortune telling's accurate this time."
<0561>
// I fade in and out of consciousness...
<0562>
// I repeat it over and over in my head, as if torturing myself...
<0563>
// \{Ryou} "Isn't that right, \m{B}-kun...?"
<0564>
// \{Kyou} "That's why you should be by her side."
<0565>
// Closing my eyes, the image of their two faces disappear.
<0566>
// A smiling face...
<0567>
// ... A shy face...
<0568>
// ...... A troubled face...
<0569>
// .........
<0570>
// \{Voice} "Hey, \m{A}!"
<0571>
// \{\m{B}} "... Eh?"
<0572>
// \{Sunohara} "Where you plan on going?"
<0573>
// \{Sunohara} "The classroom's here."
<0574>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah..."
<0575>
// I look where I'm standing.
<0576>
// I went five steps ahead of the classroom door...
<0577>
// \{Sunohara} "Where are you staring, man?"
<0578>
// \{Sunohara} "Did you fall asleep while walking?"
<0579>
// \{\m{B}} "No... just thinking about stuff..."
<0580>
// \{Sunohara} "Ohh..."
<0581>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0582>
// \{Sunohara} "About which Fujibayashi?"
<0583>
// \{\m{B}} "?!"
<0584>
// I suddenly white out in my head.
<0585>
// I open my eyes wide without thinking, looking at Sunohara.
<0586>
// \{Sunohara} "Uwaah, what's with that scary face?"
<0587>
// \{\m{B}} "... Sorry..."
<0588>
// \{Sunohara} "You've been really troubled."
<0589>
// \{Sunohara} "Well, I don't really know how you feel."
<0590>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0591>
// \{Sunohara} "Sigh..."
<0592>
// Sighing, Sunohara narrows his eyes at me...
<0593>
// I wonder how I look to him right now?
<0594>
// I probably look like some hesitant loser...
<0595>
// \{Sunohara} "Are you gonna attend class even though you're late?"
<0596>
// \{\m{B}} "... Huh?"
<0597>
// \{Sunohara} "Well come on, we're already an hour late anyway."
<0598>
// \{Sunohara} "Let's have our lunch break earlier today."
<0599>
// \{\m{B}} "H... hey, Sunohara?"
<0600>
// Ding, dong, ding, dong...
<0601>
// \{Sunohara} "Ah, it's the bell."
<0602>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... I guess..."
<0603>
// \{Sunohara} "It's been a while since we've been late to classes like this, hasn't it?"
<0604>
// \{\m{B}} "We only sleep in class anytime we attend, anyway."
<0605>
// \{Sunohara} "I guess so."
<0606>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0607>
// \{Sunohara} "And?"
<0608>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"
<0609>
// \{Sunohara} "Did you solve your problems?"
<0610>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0611>
// \{Sunohara} "They're sisters, even more, twins."
<0612>
// \{Sunohara} "It probably would have been a lot better if they were complete strangers, though."
<0613>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey..."
<0614>
// \{Sunohara} "Hmm?"
<0615>
// \{\m{B}} "If it were you, what would you do?"
<0616>
// \{Sunohara} "If I were in your shoes?"
<0617>
// \{Sunohara} "Well, ain't that obvious?"
<0618>
// \{Sunohara} "Get both of them!" 
<0619>
// With a refreshing smile, he gives a thumbs up, saying that.
<0620>
// \{\m{B}} "You want me to hit you 'till you can't move?"
<0621>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm sorry, I was joking."
<0622>
// \{Sunohara} "If you want me to be serious... I guess..."
<0623>
// \{Sunohara} "Look for the best way that doesn't hurt them?"
<0624>
// \{\m{B}} "That's kinda difficult..."
<0625>
// \{Sunohara} "Really? I think it's kinda simple, though."
<0626>
// \{\m{B}} "How is it?!"
<0627>
// I unintentionally raise my voice.
<0628>
// \{\m{B}} "That's because you're talking about it as another person!"
<0629>
// \{\m{B}} "You'll say whatever!"
<0630>
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}...?"
<0631>
// \{\m{B}} "I already know how bad this is!"
<0632>
// \{\m{B}} "Even then, Ryou isn't lying when she says she wants to be with me!"
<0633>
// \{\m{B}} "But she hasn't realized it!"
<0634>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't even know what the hell I'm supposed to do anymore!"
<0635>
// \{\m{B}} "... I don't know..."
<0636>
// For a while, I take in the spitting image of the ground into my chest.
<0637>
// I take in a deep breath, one by one, to cool my head.
<0638>
// \{\m{B}} "... Sorry..."
<0639>
// \{\m{B}} "I didn't mean to aim at you..."
<0640>
// \{Sunohara} "Nah, don't worry about it."
<0641>
// Sunohara answers with his usual tone of his.
<0642>
// \{Sunohara} "Well, a lover's problem is kinda difficult, isn't it?"
<0643>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."
<0644>
// \{Sunohara} "It's quite a bother."
<0645>
// \{\m{B}} "...Yeah..."
<0646>
// \{Sunohara} "To be honest, I wouldn't want that at all."
<0647>
// \{\m{B}} "... I guess..."
<0648>
// I close my eyes, gulping down...
<0649>
// My mind becomes calm, as I take a deep breath to cool off.
<0650>
// \{\m{B}} "... If it's like this..."
<0651>
// If it's like this, I'm better off... keeping a distance from those two...
<0652>
// \{Sunohara} "But you know, thinking of keeping a distance from those two would be the worst thing some asshole could do."
<0653>
// \{\m{B}} "... --..."
<0654>
// I twitch, looking up at Sunohara.
<0655>
// He read my mind at that moment.
<0656>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, you couldn't have been thinking of keeping yourself clean with that, were you?"
<0657>
// He says that in one breath.
<0658>
// \{Sunohara} "I think you'll just cause another misunderstanding by doing that."
<0659>
// \{\m{B}} "... Wh... at?"
<0660>
// \{Sunohara} "You know, no matter what you do right now, there's no way you can't hurt one of them, you know?"
<0661>
// \{\m{B}} "... That's......"
<0662>
// \{Sunohara} "I told you already to find the best way not to hurt them."
<0663>
// \{Sunohara} "The premise you're taking on right now is which one to hurt."
<0664>
// \{\m{B}} "... I..."
<0665>
// \{Sunohara} "Even more, it's absolutely impossible for you to keep your hands clean at all."
<0666>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0667>
// I know...
<0668>
// I already... know that...
<0669>
// ... I know that I can't hurt either of them...
<0670>
// Either of them... or rather who...
<0671>
// And I knew, if I did anything, one of them was going to get hurt...
<0672>
// But I...
<0673>
// \{Sunohara} "Look, if you're too slow in giving an answer, you're only going to hurt them more deeply."
<0674>
// \{\m{B}} "... Yeah."
<0675>
// \{Sunohara} "Besides that... could I say something?"
<0676>
// \{\m{B}} "... Yeah?"
<0677>
// \{Sunohara} "You're so damn lucky having to worry about this crap!!" 
<0678>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0679>
// I decided my feelings...
<0680>
// All that's left is to be brave and take a step forward.
<0681>
// ... Sunohara was right in saying that.
<0682>
// I had only thought of... keeping myself clean in the end...
<0683>
// --Not willing to cry...
<0684>
// --Not willing to hurt...
<0685>
// --Just staying like this...
<0686>
// That's how complicated all of my own feelings are, as I try to make excuses... when facing Ryou and thinking of her feelings.
<0687>
// Those feelings are definitely not a lie.
<0688>
// But, in the end, I was still trying to save myself.
<0689>
// Even now... I wouldn't be able to stop anyone from getting hurt, including myself.
<0690>
// I kept holding back everything, pitiful as it is...
<0691>
// \{Ryou} (First off... the card representing the past...)
<0692>
// \{Ryou} (The reverse of 'Death'... inevitable...)
<0693>
// Kyou had told me to meet Ryou in the garden.
<0694>
// Then I accepted her confession...
<0695>
// Not saying "I like you" and reciprocating any feelings, we began going out...
<0696>
// \{Ryou} (The second card representing the present... the reverse of 'Strength'.)
<0697>
// \{Ryou} (The meaning is hesitation, and weak-hearted...)
<0698>
// Kyou's state, hearing those words, yesterday...
<0699>
// My swaying and indecisive feelings...
<0700>
// \{Ryou} (The third card, representing the future... the reverse of 'The Hanged Man'.)
<0701>
// \{Ryou} (This one is ego... meaning selfishness and desperation...)
<0702>
// The future... what I'll do from now on...
<0703>
// That's right... once accepting Ryou, I run to Kyou...
<0704>
// That's what they call ego...
<0705>
// \{Ryou} (The fourth card represents the solution to the problem.)
<0706>
// \{Ryou} (The reverse of 'The Hierophant'... meaning assistance and support.)
<0707>
// The problem is, how was this picked in the end?
<0708>
// Exactly what kind assistance and support was I given as a solution...?
<0709>
// If it's like that...
<0710>
// Sunohara's words just now...
<0711>
// That might have been the "assistance" I needed to decide and prepare myself...
<0712>
// \{Ryou} (The fifth card representing the state of being around you...)
<0713>
// \{Ryou} (The reverse of 'The Chariot'... the meaning is a rival, a dilemma, and defeat.)
<0714>
// The state of being around me... in other words, Ryou's state...
<0715>
// Ironically, her rival would be her twin sister...
<0716>
// \{Ryou} (The sixth card, representing your inner conscience, your desire, is the reverse of 'The Hermit'.)
<0717>
// \{Ryou} (The meaning is... mistrust, unrequited love...)
<0718>
// The thoughts in my mind that I can never tell anyone.
<0719>
// No way I could...
<0720>
// The one who was responsible for putting me with Ryou... her older sister...
<0721>
// ... Her twin sister...
<0722>
// \{Ryou} (The seventh card... represents the result.)
<0723>
// \{Ryou} (The reverse of the 'Wheel of Fortune'...)
<0724>
// \{Ryou} (The meaning is, disagreement, and jumping to conclusions...)
<0725>
// And the result...
<0726>
// The fate I'll meet...
<0727>
// Disagreement... jump to a conclusion...
<0728>
// Maybe the meaning's what I know right now, isn't it...?
<0729>
// \{Ryou} (These are all the cards that will lead \m{B}-kun's future...)
<0730>
// \{Ryou} (It's possible for you to look inside yourself to search for your true weakness, regret, and anxiety.)
<0731>
// \{Ryou} (Remember that you are not alone.)
<0732>
// \{Ryou} (You may feel disagreement and impatient, but that is just one path.)
<0733>
// \{Ryou} (If you're true to your feelings, you'll be able to return to the same path.)
<0734>
// Ryou... your fortune telling... the meaning of the tarot cards has all been accurate...
<0735>
// Not one thing is off...
<0736>
// But...
<0737>
// \{Ryou} (We should be fine.)
<0738>
// Those words are, not the result of the fortune telling, but your opposition, isn't it?
<0739>
// You knew that my feelings would be swayed, didn't you...?
<0740>
// Ding, dong, ding, dong...
<0741>
// \{Sunohara} "Hmm? Fourth period's over."
<0742>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... it is..."
<0743>
// \{Sunohara} "What'll you do for lunch?"
<0744>
// \{\m{B}} "I'll..."
<0745>
// Take Ryou's homemade lunch again... maybe?
<0746>
// \{Sunohara} "You wanna go with me to the cafeteria?"
<0747>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... it's been a while..."
<0748>
// \{Voice} "\m{B}-kun!"
<0749>
// \{\m{B}} "...!"
<0750>
// \{Sunohara} "Ah..."
<0751>
// Someone comes running our away from the school, holding something to her chest. er chest, so it has nothing to do with something on his chest. -Amoirsp
<0752>
// \{Sunohara} "Ehh, umm... later!"
<0753>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh!? H-hey?!"
<0754>
// Understanding this hell, Sunohara waves his hand and withdraws from the garden.
<0755>
// \{Ryou} "Pant, pant... whew... \m{B}-kun, you skipped fourth period, didn't you?"
<0756>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, well... once in a while."
<0757>
// \{Ryou} "You can't do that. I'll be troubled when the teacher asks."
<0758>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, sorry."
<0759>
// \{Ryou} "Was Sunohara-kun with you?"
<0760>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm... he was, yeah."
<0761>
// \{Ryou} "Indeed, I did see someone here with yellow hair."
<0762>
// \{Ryou} "Where would you like to go?"
<0763>
// \{\m{B}} "Probably eat lunch in the cafeteria."
<0764>
// \{Ryou} "Is that so?"
<0765>
// \{Ryou} "... Ah..."
<0766>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<0767>
// \{Ryou} "... You mean... come to the cafeteria.. and eat lunch with you and Sunohara-kun?"
<0768>
// \{\m{B}} "Something like that."
<0769>
// \{Ryou} "To make it a little bit more enjoyable?"
<0770>
// I'm at a... loss for words.
<0771>
// Sure, you could say it was to make things more enjoyable, but I feel that "running away" would be a proper way of describing that.
<0772>
// In other words... she'll realize that our current position is terrible...
<0773>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0774>
// Not saying anything... huh...
<0775>
// I'm thinking of how not to hurt her...
<0776>
// I'm selfishly thinking of a way that will end this relationship without hurting her...
<0777>
// \{Ryou} "... \m{B}-kun?"
<0778>
// \{\m{B}} "Ryou..."
<0779>
// I may be deciding this by myself but... if I let this continue, I'll continue hurting Ryou...
<0780>
// Inevitably... I think by not wanting her to get hurt, it became my reason to continue to stay with her...
<0781>
// But if I'm by her side, I would always keep thinking the same thoughts about her sister...
<0782>
// -- And would still end up hurting her...
<0783>
// \{Ryou} "Ah, this is today's lunch."
<0784>
// \{Ryou} "Fried eggs, wrapped up in seaweed."
<0785>
// \{Ryou} "Though I did mess up wrapping it three times in a row."
<0786>
// \{Ryou} "The ones in here should be neatly--..."
<0787>
// \{\m{B}} "...-- Ryou..."
<0788>
// With a bitter sigh, I call her name.
<0789>
// \{\m{B}} "It's okay, I don't need lunch..."
<0790>
// \{Ryou} "... Eh... y...you're not feeling well...?"
<0791>
// Uneasy, she holds the lunch box to her chest tightly...
<0792>
// She's seriously worried about me...
<0793>
// \{Ryou} "Umm, if you have a cold, it's probably better for you to go to the nurse's office..."
<0794>
// \{\m{B}} "No... that's not it..."
<0795>
// \{Ryou} "... Um... then..."
<0796>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0797>
// \{Female Student} "Ah, Fujibayashi-san, we've found you!"
<0798>
// Behind me, a group of girls had come.
<0799>
// \{Female Student} "We'd like for you to do some more fortune telling so,"
<0800>
// \{Female Student} "If you don't mind, could you eat lunch with us here?"
<0801>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0802>
// \{Female Student} "Ah, \m{A}-kun, do you want to eat with us too?"
<0803>
// \{Female Student} "Are you an idiot? Ryou-chan's already been set up with \m{A}-kun, right?"
<0804>
// A bustling circle formed around us...
<0805>
// Soon, the throng of girls became unbearable...
<0806>
// \{Ryou} "Ah, um... well..."
<0807>
// Ryou looks at me, troubled.
<0808>
// I kept quiet as well.
<0809>
// Looking down at the ground, I pass by Ryou, walking towards the school.
<0810>
// \{Ryou} "Ah..."
<0811>
// That small voice echoes loudly in my ears...
 <0812>
// \{Female Student} "Uh... huh? \m{A}-kun?"
<0813>
// \{Female Student} "Perhaps we interrupted you, Fujibayashi-san...?"
<0814>
// \{Ryou} "... No, not at all."
<0815>
// I know the tone of that voice...
<0816>
// \{Female Student} "But... isn't that lunch for \m{A}-kun...?"
<0817>
// \{Ryou} "No, this is... um... already empty."
<0818>
// She tries her best to smile...
<0819>
// It's all a lie...
<0820>
// She acts normally, bottling up her uneasiness.
<0821>
// \{Ryou} "\m{B}-kun already ate lunch while skipping fourth period."
<0822>
// \{Female Student} "Ahaha, he shouldn't be doing that!"
<0823>
// \{Female Student} "Yeah, yeah, he should try to be a good example for his girlfriend, right?"
<0824>
// \{Ryou} "Hehe, indeed."
<0825>
// I grip my fist tightly while walking.
<0826>
// I feel like I'm about to cry...
<0827>
// I... understood Ryou that much... to the point where I knew that.
<0828>
// I can't say that I've spent a long time with her...
<0829>
// Even then, my very being's changed greatly...
<0830>
// There was no mistaking that at all.
<0831>
// Feeling an uncomfortable nausea as if the bottom of my stomach was lifted up...
<0832>
// But even then, in my mind, not having to see Ryou's painful face anymore gave me a sense of a relief.
<0833>
// That's how uncomfortable I felt...
<0834>
// I go around in circles...
<0835>
// Uncomfortable...
<0836>
// \{Kyou} "Huh?"
<0837>
// \{\m{B}} "... Kyou..."
<0838>
// \{Kyou} "What are you doing? You haven't eaten lunch yet?"
<0839>
// \{\m{B}} "No... I haven't..."
<0840>
// \{Kyou} "?"
<0841>
// \{Kyou} "I thought Ryou went to the garden holding lunch?"
<0842>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... right now, she's doing fortune telling, surrounded by a bunch of students."
<0843>
// \{Kyou} "Oh ho, and then, it looked terrible like what happened yesterday, so you ran?"
<0844>
// \{Kyou} "You don't have to be that shy~"
<0845>
// \{Kyou} "That's proof everyone approves of you two."
<0846>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0847>
// \{Kyou} "Hmm? What's wrong?"
<0848>
// One uneasy thing...
<0849>
// Breaking up with Ryou...
<0850>
// After that, what will I do...?
<0851>
// Run to Kyou...?
<0852>
// Would Kyou even take such a man who has hurt her sister...?
<0853>
// \{Kyou} "... \m{B}...?"
<0854>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey... if I broke up with Ryou... what would you do?"
<0855>
// \{Kyou} "Eh...?"
<0856>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0857>
// \{Kyou} "Wait a...? What are you talking about?"
<0858>
// \{Kyou} "You're joking...?"
<0859>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0860>
// \{Kyou} "\m{B}!"
<0861>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... I'm joking..."
<0862>
// I breathe a lie...
<0863>
// I don't really have much of a choice...
<0864>
// Kyou saw those painful eyes in me.
<0865>
// Bearing that glance, I walk away.
<0866>
// \{Kyou} "Ah... wait!"
<0867>
// I stop.
<0868>
// But I don't turn around.
<0869>
// Kyou comes around in front of me.
<0870>
// \{Kyou} "What the... hell are you thinking...?"
<0871>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0872>
// \{Kyou} "... You couldn't be thinking that..."
<0873>
// \{Kyou} "Don't say it's because you're worried about me...?"
<0874>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0875>
// \{Kyou} "I don't want that..."
<0876>
// \{Kyou} "I... couldn't think of being with you if you made someone else cry."
<0877>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0878>
// \{Kyou} "I don't like people who hurt others..."
<0879>
// \{\m{B}} "... Yeah..."
<0880>
// \{Kyou} "........."
<0881>
// \{\m{B}} "I... \pthought so as well." 
<0882>
// \{Kyou} "...?!"
<0883>
// I started walking.
<0884>
// I really wanted to run away from here but, I didn't really feel like it...
<0885>
// \{Kyou} "\m{B}!"
<0886>
// A sharp, bitter voice pierces through my back, stabbing my chest...
<0887>
// But I don't stop, and don't turn around.
<0888>
// Step by step, continuing forward, I firmly prepare myself in my mind...
<0889>
// The afternoon classes...
<0890>
// Obviously, I close my eyes, lying down on my desk.
<0891>
// But I'm restless...
<0892>
// Only hesitation and anxiety swelled up in the dark world I was in.
<0893>
// I suddenly hear Ryou's voice.
<0894>
// Maybe she was picked by the teacher...
<0895>
// I hear fluent English.
<0896>
// I don't know what she's saying.
<0897>
// But...
<0898>
// Just her voice alone hurts my chest...
<0899>
// Just thinking about that from now on made me feel like crying...
<0900>
// I'm...
<0901>
// -- Betraying Ryou...
<0902>
// And then, after school...
<0903>
// Homeroom ends, and each of the students leave, one by one.
<0904>
// I sit in my chair, my bag still left in my desk.
<0905>
// The people disappear...
<0906>
// One...
<0907>
// By one...
<0908>
// People going to club activities...
<0909>
// People returning home...
<0910>
// Before long, only the two of us are left...
<0911>
// Me...
<0912>
// And Ryou...
<0913>
// This wasn't by chance.
<0914>
// Rather... Ryou was waiting for me...
<0915>
// Waiting to see what would happen...
<0916>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0917>
// Let's... do this.
<0918>
// Breathing deeply, I put my hand on the table.
<0919>
// And stand up.
<0920>
// \{Ryou} "... \m{B}-kun..."
<0921>
// \{\m{B}} "..."
<0922>
// Getting up, Ryou came in front of me.
<0923>
// She looks at me, the light in her eyes becoming overshadowed.
<0924>
// She knows...
<0925>
// About how I'm lost...?
<0926>
// Or what I'm about to say...?
<0927>
// Aware of that, she still waited for me in class...
<0928>
// And came in front of me...
<0929>
// \{Ryou} "It's just the two of us, isn't it?"
<0930>
// Her unchanging usual tone as she says that.
<0931>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... I guess."
<0932>
// \{Ryou} "I feel a bit tense."
<0933>
// \{Ryou} "It's like a manga, where there's only two people in the classroom after school..."
<0934>
// \{Ryou} "Um... and went k... kissing in the classroom."
<0935>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0936>
// \{Ryou} "It's even more tense since probably nobody's looking."
<0937>
// \{Ryou} "Heh, I'm saying something strange, aren't I?"
<0938>
// \{\m{B}} "Ryou..."
<0939>
// \{Ryou} "Uh... umm!"
<0940>
// She stops my words by raising her voice.
<0941>
// \{Ryou} "Umm..."
<0942>
// \{Ryou} "... You won't... kiss, will you..."
<0943>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0944>
// \{Ryou} "Even though it's really tense, you'll calm down."
<0945>
// \{Ryou} "I'm, by your side, \m{B}-kun... that's how relieved I really am."
<0946>
// \{Ryou} "Even when you close your eyes, I'll be close, \m{B}-kun..."
<0947>
// \{Ryou} "Right now, at this moment, no one else is close by, \m{B}-kun..."
<0948>
// \{Ryou} "Relieved... peaceful... happy..."
<0949>
// \{Ryou} "Really tense..."
<0950>
// \{Ryou} "You'll feel happiness like this."
<0951>
// \{\m{B}} "Ryou..."
<0952>
// \{Ryou} "What do you think, \m{B}-kun?"
<0953>
// \{\m{B}} "... Ryou... I..."
<0954>
// \{Ryou} "\m{B}-kun...!"
<0955>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0956>
// \{Ryou} "You also feel... really excited, don't you, \m{B}-kun?"
<0957>
// Painful...
<0958>
// Ryou's posture tells me she's desperate.
<0959>
// She's trying hard to keep up a smile, but...
<0960>
// She's looking at me, smiling but...
<0961>
// She's already crying.
<0962>
// That's what she's telling me...
<0963>
// \{\m{B}} "... Ryou... listen to me..."
<0964>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<0965>
// \{Ryou} "... I don't want to..."
<0966>
// \{\m{B}} "Please..."
<0967>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<0968>
// \{\m{B}} "... I--..."
<0969>
// \{Ryou} "-- I..."
<0970>
// She still interrupts my words.
<0971>
// Her voice was timid and quiet, it sounded as though she was forcing it...
<0972>
// ... Even then, I could hear it clearly...
<0973>
// My tongue caught in my mouth...
<0974>
// \{Ryou} "I've... always thought about this..."
<0975>
// \{Ryou} "I don't want to lose..."
<0976>
// \{Ryou} "... I don't want to give you up..."
<0977>
// \{\m{B}} "...?"
<0978>
// \{Ryou} "... I don't want to lose to onee-chan..."
<0979>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0980>
// \{Ryou} "... I knew..."
<0981>
// \{Ryou} "That onee-chan was watching someone, long ago..."
<0982>
// \{Ryou} "I knew that... even though I liked you, \m{B}-kun..."
<0983>
// \{Ryou} "I knew my sister's feelings, yet I asked her about you, \m{B}-kun..."
<0984>
// \{Ryou} "In the beginning, she was surprised..."
<0985>
// \{Ryou} "But... soon she smiled and told me..."
<0986>
// \{Ryou} "That she'd take care of everything..."
<0987>
// \{Ryou} "I've... been so mean."
<0988>
// \{Ryou} "Knowing my sister's personality..."
<0989>
// \{Ryou} "Asking her for advice, onee-chan... bottled up her feelings and helped me..."
<0990>
// \{Ryou} "... I knew it all, but..."
<0991>
// \{Ryou} "I knew it all but... I asked her for advice..."
<0992>
// As if truly regretting her past, she shut her lips strongly.
<0993>
// Even now, the uneasiness caused tears to build up in her eyes.
<0994>
// \{Ryou} "Even though it was mean, I still want to be by your side, \m{B}-kun..."
<0995>
// \{Ryou} "... Is it...no good...?"
<0996>
// \{Ryou} "I can't... be like onee-chan...?"
<0997>
// \{\m{B}} "Ryou..."
<0998>
// \{Ryou} "Because... I'm trying to be more like her..."
<0999>
// How could I hear such sad words...
<1000>
// This single girl, denying her "own" existence...
<1001>
// Becoming a different person... just to be with me...
<1002>
// \{Ryou} "I'll talk about more and more things!"
<1003>
// \{Ryou} "Because... I'm her twin sister..."
<1004>
// ... Wrong...
<1005>
// \{Ryou} "You said it before, \m{B}-kun."
<1006>
// \{Ryou} "Because we're twin sisters, if I tried to be more positive..."
<1007>
// \{Ryou} "That I'd become... more like onee-chan..."
<1008>
// ... You're wrong...
<1009>
// \{Ryou} "... I'm doing my best..."
<1010>
// \{Ryou} "I'll lengthen my hair."
<1011>
// \{Ryou} "And study a lot of cooking."
<1012>
// \{Ryou} "If that's not enough, please tell me."
<1013>
// \{Ryou} "Because... I'm doing my best..."
<1014>
// \{Ryou} "So I can be the girl you want, \m{B}-kun..."
<1015>
// \{Ryou} "... So, I can take onee-chan's place...!"
<1016>
// ... You're wrong...
<1017>
// \{Ryou} "I like you... \m{B}-kun..."
<1018>
// \{Ryou} "... I want to be with you..."
<1019>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1020>
// ... It was painful.
<1021>
// Just hearing this, I felt more and more hateful...
<1022>
// Seeing the reflection of my face in the tears building up in her eyes, I wonder what she sees...?
<1023>
// What kind of eyes is she looking at me with?
<1024>
// If she's already said that she likes me, why is she chasing me...?
<1025>
// If it's Ryou, no matter what happens she'll be with me?
<1026>
// If I break up with Ryou here, will she tell Kyou to be with me?
<1027>
// Isn't the possibility of losing both of them very high...?
<1028>
// If that's so...
<1029>
// Then it's probably okay... how it is...
<1030>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<1031>
// She grabs the chest of my school uniform with her white hands.
<1032>
// And tugs on it weakly.
<1033>
// My body gets dragged down by her.
<1034>
// \{Ryou} "... \m{B}-kun..."
<1035>
// She brings her face close...
<1036>
// And quietly closes her eyes.
<1037>
// She's waiting for me...
<1038>
// I've seen this face many times...
<1039>
// The face that I didn't want to see...
<1040>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1041>
// My will falters...
<1042>
// If I... wish for Ryou here, that'll be how I'll live from now on...
<1043>
// She'd definitely be my girlfriend...
<1044>
// My girlfriend...
<1045>
// Ryou betraying me...は──…。
<1046>
// I stop moving my face.
<1047>
// Biting my lips, I hold her shoulders.
<1048>
// \{Ryou} "\m{B}... kun...?"
<1049>
// \{\m{B}} "This is wrong..."
<1050>
// \{Ryou} "... Eh...?"
<1051>
// \{\m{B}} "I just can't do this..."
<1052>
// \{Ryou} "... \m{B}-kun..."
<1053>
// \{\m{B}} "Ryou. I......"
<1054>
// \{\m{B}} "I........."
<1055>
// The words won't come out.
<1056>
// The tears build up in her eyes, as if she's frightened.
<1057>
// If I don't say it...
<1058>
// If I don't say it here, I'll only hurt her more...
<1059>
// I knew that but... why wouldn't the words come out...!
<1060>
// \{\m{B}} "Ryou... I--..."
<1061>
// \{Ryou} "...!"
<1062>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah..."
<1063>
// Ryou shakes off my hands, and runs out of the classroom.
<1064>
// \{\m{B}} "Ryou!!"
<1065>
// My eyes burn as I call her name out.
<1066>
// My legs won't chase after her.
<1067>
// Even if I don't hold myself back, I don't have anything to say to her.
<1068>
// Pathetic...
<1069>
// Even though I was prepared for this, in desperation I still thought of making up excuses to keep myself clean.
<1070>
// In the end, I couldn't say anything, and left Ryou with... a painful, terrible pain.
<1071>
// \{\m{B}} "Guh...!"
<1072>
// I hit the wall hard.
<1073>
// If only I didn't feel this painful, these feelings wouldn't rise up.
<1074>
// I hit the wall again.
<1075>
// A dull, hot pain slices through my body.
<1076>
// There wasn't anyone else around who was this pathetic...
<1077>
// I really am... the worst...
<1078>
// I fully realized my heart had broken apart...
<1079>
// Kyou 
<1080>
// Even now, if I close my eyes and fall into pitch blackness, I could see Ryou's crying face.
<1081>
// Accompanied with an oppressive ringing in my eyes that continued...
<1082>
// I become hot, almost like I've seen a nightmare...
<1083>
// I feel more and more uncomfortable, more and more disturbed.
<1084>
// I imagine Kyou's face...
<1085>
// A painful face...
<1086>
// Actually, even now, probably her crying face as well.
<1087>
// And she looks at me with condemning eyes.
<1088>
// The feeling was mutual--... and this kept repeating, as if flashing before me.
<1089>
// Those restless mornings...
<1090>
// My heavy walking.
<1091>
// For what reason am I walking this path?
<1092>
// Exactly where am I headed...?
<1093>
// I continue along in the same direction with the other students donning the same uniform.
<1094>
// With every step I make towards the school, I begin to feel down.
<1095>
// Getting closer and closer, the chance of meeting those girls is high.
<1096>
// If I enter the classroom, I'll have no choice but to meet Ryou...
<1097>
// I don't even know what to say.
<1098>
// Surely, even with that crying face from before, I didn't say anything...
<1099>
// If she greets me with a smiling face... I guess I really wouldn't say anything...
<1100>
// I've become a useless person...
<1101>
// Fully realizing that, I still walk.
<1102>
// As always, this pacing was short...
<1103>
// While in class...
<1104>
// The voice of the teacher's questions and that of the classmate answering...
<1105>
// I wrap my arms around as a pillow and lie my head down on the desk, hearing that.
<1106>
// Closing my eyes, sleep came upon me.
<1107>
// In the darkness, feeling the buzzing in my ears, I would have preferred some other accompanying noise.
<1108>
// But...
<1109>
// When I met Ryou and had to answer her,
<1110>
// When her voice reached my ears,
<1111>
// My hazy consciousness forces itself to wake up...
<1112>
// Pressing my forehead against my arms, I open my eyes, not changing my posture.
<1113>
// In my hazy vision, I immediately see a wooden desk in front of me as I hear a voice...
<1114>
// Surely... whenever I try to sleep, I'll feel like waking up...
<1115>
// It was difficult...
<1116>
// Even now, I'd hear her voice condemning me with whatever words she picked.
<1117>
// Ryou couldn't say such things, I already knew that...
<1118>
// Even then, I still felt guilty inside, for pushing this onto her as I wanted...
<1119>
// I was surprised at myself for knowing about how weak I was...
<1120>
// Lessons end, followed by homeroom...
<1121>
// I leave the classroom quickly.
<1122>
// When the time came to go home together, I felt it necessary not to say anything at all...
<1123>
// Perhaps, if she came close to me, I might have been driven off by fear...
<1124>
// That's why I skip homeroom, and leave the classroom ahead of everyone else.
<1125>
// Rather...
<1126>
// Continuing to run away like this, I cowardly think that everything will blow over.
<1127>
// I wash down this grief I have in my throat with bitter coffee.
<1128>
// I tremble from the familiar taste.
<1129>
// \{Sunohara} "So... why are you in my room?"
<1130>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, welcome back."
<1131>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah, I'm back."
<1132>
// \{Sunohara} "Wait a minute! Isn't homeroom still going on?!"
<1133>
// \{\m{B}} "... Well during homeroom, I'm with them whether I'm there or not, right?"
<1134>
// \{Sunohara} "No way it's like that!"
<1135>
// \{Sunohara} "No one will think of it like that if you disappear right during homeroom, even if you're in during fourth period."
<1136>
// \{Sunohara} "They'll definitely think you've gone to the toilet, and wait for you to come back, won't they?"
<1137>
// \{\m{B}} "I see."
<1138>
// \{Sunohara} "Thanks to that, homeroom'll probably be extended, waiting for you to come back late."
<1139>
// \{\m{B}} "That'll be a shame."
<1140>
// \{Sunohara} "Ryou-chan, being the class representative, will go looking around for you, right?"
<1141>
// \{\m{B}} "... I see..."
<1142>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<1143>
// \{\m{B}} "What...?"
<1144>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, you decided something after school yesterday, didn't you?"
<1145>
// \{\m{B}} "Decided...?"
<1146>
// \{Sunohara} "Because, a situation was created with just the two of you, right?"
<1147>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1148>
// \{Sunohara} "You told her you were gonna break up?"
<1149>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1150>
// \{Sunohara} "Not really that easy, I think."
<1151>
// \{\m{B}} "... I didn't get to say it..."
<1152>
// \{Sunohara} "That's what I thought."
<1153>
// \{Sunohara} "You're kind about these strange things."
<1154>
// \{Sunohara} "But that's also your weak point."
<1155>
// \{Sunohara} "This time, the situation's really painful."
<1156>
// \{Sunohara} "Doesn't it feel like it's gonna keep hurting and digging into you?"
<1157>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1158>
// \{Sunohara} "So, what'll you do in the end?"
<1159>
// \{Sunohara} "Will you still go out with Ryou-chan like this?"
<1160>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1161>
// \{Sunohara} "Well, if it were me, I wouldn't mind either way."
<1162>
// \{Sunohara} "Ah, or maybe I'll aim at Fujibayashi Kyou!"
<1163>
// \{Sunohara} "I'll say something cheap that'll make her heartbroken."
<1164>
// \{Sunohara} "If it goes well, I'll have you call me 'onii-san' from now on."
<1165>
// Slam!\shake{1}
<1166>
// \{Sunohara} "Ow!! That's not a English-Japanese dictionary you're hitting a person with, is it?!"
<1167>
// \{\m{B}} "It's almost as good as the real thing!"
<1168>
// \{Sunohara} "You're a brute, just like Fujibayashi Kyou..."
<1169>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1170>
// \{Sunohara} "If it bothers you that much, hurry up and break up with Ryou!"
<1171>
// \{Sunohara} "Do that, and I'll aim my attack at her!"
<1172>
// \{Sunohara} "If it goes well, I'll have you call me 'onii-san'!"
<1173>
// Slam!\shake{1}
<1174>
// \{Sunohara} "Gaaaaah! Too muchh!! That really hurts!!"
<1175>
// \size{40}Knock, \shake{1}\wait{100}knock, \shake{1}\wait{100}knock!!\shake{1}\size{}
<1176>
// \{Voice} "Shut up! This room again?!"
<1177>
// \{Sunohara} "Eek! That's from the rugby club!"
<1178>
// \size{40}Knock, \shake{1}\wait{100}knock, \shake{1}\wait{100}knock!!\shake{1}\size{}
<1179>
// \{Voice} "Open up the door! I'll show you how to live in a community!"
<1180>
// \{Sunohara} "Ah, don't open it! I really don't want to know!"
<1181>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmmm... that's a shame."
<1182>
// Clatter.
<1183>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, what the hell was that for?!"
<1184>
// The rugby member slides through the opening door.
<1185>
// \{Rugby Member} "Hey, which one of you was screaming?"
<1186>
// \{Sunohara} "This guy!"
<1187>
// Sunohara points straight at me.
<1188>
// The rugby member scowls.
<1189>
// Silently, I wave my finger slowly at Sunohara.
<1190>
// \{Rugby Member} "Come here a second."
<1191>
// \{Sunohara} "What, why me-----?!"
<1192>
// Sunohara gets dragged out of the room.
<1193>
// I put my two hands together, praying for Sunohara's safety. 
<1194>
// \{Rugby Member} "Oh wait... hey, you're \m{A}-- aren't ya?"
<1195>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh? Yes, I am."
<1196>
// \{Rugby Member} "Fujibayashi was looking for you."
<1197>
// \{\m{B}} "......... Which one?"
<1198>
// \{Rugby Member} "Which? Oh... the younger one, I think."
<1199>
// \{\m{B}} "I see... thanks..."
<1200>
// \{Rugby Member} "Alright, you come with me."
<1201>
// \{Sunohara} "Nooo! Save me...\p
<1202>
// Ngff!"
<1203>
// He makes a swift punch to Sunohara's stomach, rendering him silent.
<1204>
// After that, he carries him on his shoulder, and leaves the room.
<1205>
// \{\m{B}} "... Sigh..."
<1206>
// I sigh by myself.
<1207>
// Ryou was... looking for me...
<1208>
// I can't just not go, can I...
<1209>
// .........
<1210>
// No... it's useless...
<1211>
// It's not good to keep holding this back, is it...
<1212>
// I have to tell her clearly...
<1213>
// "I can't... be with you..."
<1214>
// Right now, not thinking of Kyou or what happened...
<1215>
// .........
<1216>
// But...
<1217>
// Yesterday, the way I handled it...
<1218>
// .........
<1219>
// For now, I should meet her...
<1220>
// I really can't just leave it like this...
<1221>
// If I do, I'll keep hurting Ryou...
<1222>
// And that wound will never heal...
<1223>
// No, even then, I'll still keep hurting them...
<1224>
// I can only say so much...
<1225>
// As the pain continues, Ryou can only be with me for so long...
<1226>
// If I'm really thinking about her...
<1227>
// Even if it becomes like a curse...
<1228>
// Now, I have to help her "recover her wounds"...
<1229>
// Because that's the only thing I can do, and doing nothing is not an option.
<1230>
// She... needs me...
<1231>
// Thinking that for a long time by myself, my mind becomes at ease...
<1232>
// I didn't think I could feel this happy.
<1233>
// If it's her...
<1234>
// If it's Ryou, it'll probably go fine...
<1235>
// That's what I really thought.
<1236>
// -- But, I realized...
<1237>
// That I had changed directions, and kept those feelings to myself...
<1238>
// And then turning my eyes away towards those impossible feelings...
<1239>
// I take out the package that's been sleeping inside my bag for so long...
<1240>
// ... The violet stone pendant that I bought the day before Ryou's date...
<1241>
// This is... actually the one that Kyou wanted...
<1242>
// The one I remembered was this one, wasn't it...
<1243>
// I walk alone to the school building...
<1244>
// Is Ryou still in the school...?
<1245>
// I walk around...
<1246>
// First place I should go to is my own classroom...
<1247>
// And then I continue to the courtyard...
<1248>
// The cafeteria...
<1249>
// The campus...
<1250>
// The front garden...
<1251>
// I peep in through the first floor.
<1252>
// Next is the second year classrooms...
<1253>
// And then the third year classrooms...
<1254>
// How many times have I come back to the same place...?
<1255>
// How many times have I gone up and down the stairs...?
<1256>
// I run and chase after any girl I find that has a similar hairstyle.
<1257>
// Running, I look out the hallway window, and out of the classroom window.
<1258>
// Looking for Ryou...
<1259>
// So far, my memories of her have been going round and round...
<1260>
// Her smile comes back in my mind.
<1261>
// Her blushing, shy face...
<1262>
// Her fitting fortune telling face...
<1263>
// And... her sad face...
<1264>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1265>
// I shake my head.
<1266>
// If I falter with those feelings, the same thing as yesterday will happen.
<1267>
// I have to tell her clearly.
<1268>
// The one that I like.
<1269>
// And after, that Ryou can't be with me...
<1270>
// Dropping my eyes slowly, my shadow begins to lengthen.
<1271>
// The red, setting sun dyes the linoleum hallway.
<1272>
// Why is it that this intense color that's supposed to be "red", ends up looking so sad right now...?
<1273>
// My knees shake from running so much, I stop them with my hands and lean my back against the wall.
<1274>
// No good... I can't find her...?
<1275>
// Is she really in the school...?
<1276>
// I breathe...
<1277>
// The only thing with me are these deep... deep breaths...
<1278>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1279>
// \{\m{B}} "...?!?!"
<1280>
// The moment I look out the window, I feel as if my blood's stopped cold.
<1281>
// The shape of a person dyed in the red courtyard.
<1282>
// The familiar hair blown by the wind!
<1283>
// \{\m{B}} (--Ryou!)
<1284>
// Not feeling tired anymore, I move my legs.
<1285>
// I run down the hallway.
<1286>
// I know that after this will be a painful scene, but I keep going on and on.
<1287>
// So I can tell her we're breaking up...
<1288>
// I run to the courtyard...
<1289>
// The wind blows.
<1290>
// The cold... cold wind blows in this reddened scenery.
<1291>
// Hustle, hustle, the sound of the greenery swaying around me...
<1292>
// As if enclosing around my body... as if cutting through my body...
<1293>
// A blowing wind that freezes my heart.
<1294>
// And then, in that wind, we both firmly stand there.
<1295>
// We say nothing, only our eyes meeting...
<1296>
// As if I see the same sad color in both of our eyes.
<1297>
// At the same time I say it...
<1298>
// She prepares herself...
<1299>
// \{\m{B}} "Ryou..."
<1300>
// I say her name...
<1301>
// Her shoulders shiver ever so slightly, keeping quiet.
<1302>
// Seeing that figure, my feelings overwhelm me.
<1303>
// I can't let these words remain unsaid...
<1304>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1305>
// I close my eyes...
<1306>
// And one by one, remember the times I was with Ryou...
<1307>
// Her figure when doing fortune telling...
<1308>
// Her figure when running away with a blushing face...
<1309>
// Sitting side by side, eating lunch...
<1310>
// Passing through town during the holidays...
<1311>
// Knowing warmth...
<1312>
// Everything was fresh... yet I missed it...
<1313>
// \{\m{B}} "... These three weeks have been... really fun..."
<1314>
// I slowly... open my eyes, saying that.
<1315>
// \{\m{B}} "Not needing anyone else, you helped bring me happiness..."
<1316>
// \{\m{B}} "The time we spent... seeing things... hearing things..."
<1317>
// \{\m{B}} "Every day was fresh..."
<1318>
// \{\m{B}} "... It really..."
<1319>
// \{\m{B}} "It really was... fun."
<1320>
// \{\m{B}} "I'd like for it to keep continuing this way."
<1321>
// \{\m{B}} "No... it's possible for it to continue this way."
<1322>
// \{\m{B}} "If it's you, it'll still go all right..."
<1323>
// \{\m{B}} "... But... I... realized..."
<1324>
// \{\m{B}} "Through you... I saw someone else..."
<1325>
// \{\m{B}} "I knew it was the worst thing to do."
<1326>
// \{\m{B}} "I was spoiled."
<1327>
// \{\m{B}} "I indulged myself in your kindness..."
<1328>
// \{\m{B}} "And as time passed, I continued to hurt you."
<1329>
// \{\m{B}} "I was the worst, being unfair to you."
<1330>
// \{\m{B}} "If I don't tell you this right now... I'll only continue to keep hurting you..."
<1331>
// \{\m{B}} "Being by you... seeing you..."
<1332>
// \{\m{B}} "--I......"
<1333>
// My words get stuck in my throat.
<1334>
// The most... important words wouldn't come...
<1335>
// My lips shiver...
<1336>
// I have to say it...
<1337>
// Now... right here...
<1338>
// I have to settle everything...
<1339>
// \{\m{B}} "Ryou...... I'm sorry..."
<1340>
// \{\m{B}} "The one I like is..."
<1341>
// \{\m{B}} "... Your..."
<1342>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1343>
// \{\m{B}} "...... Sister..."
<1344>
// Ryou shivers...
<1345>
// Biting her lips, even now she looks at me with tearful eyes...
<1346>
// \{\m{B}} "... I like Kyou..."
<1347>
// Thump... \pa hard strike comes against my chest.
<1348>
// And a salty feeling spreads in my mouth.
<1349>
// My lips stop with a wet and soft feeling.
<1350>
// I didn't know what was happening at this moment.
<1351>
// In front of me was her tearful face.
<1352>
// Tightly closing her eyes, the tears flow and fall over her lips.
<1353>
// A deep... deep kiss, filled her feelings...
<1354>
// This taste was... very sad...
<1355>
// \{\m{B}} "Mm.. ph...! S-stop!!"
<1356>
// I turn my face away, separating us.
<1357>
// \{\m{B}} "Ryou! Stop! I... mmph!!"
<1358>
// She forces my head around with her hands towards herself.
<1359>
// And then another kiss.
<1360>
// Holding onto me tightly.
<1361>
// Rude and violent... taking her feelings, and pushing it onto me.
<1362>
// Even so, I turn my head away.
<1363>
// I refuse her tearful kiss.
<1364>
// \{\m{B}} "Mmph...... Ryou! Stop it!"
<1365>
// \{\m{B}} "The one I like is Kyou!"
<1366>
// \{\m{B}} "Your older sister!"
<1367>
// \{\m{B}} "I think of her when I see you!"
<1368>
// \{\m{B}} "You should know that's the worst!"
<1369>
// \{\m{B}} "Being with you will only continue to hurt you, so you can't!"
<1370>
// \{\m{B}} "That's why--..."
<1371>
// \{Voice} "\m{B}..."
<1372>
// \{\m{B}} "... Eh...?"
<1373>
// She called my name...
<1374>
// And I felt my lips close again.
<1375>
// My mind completely whites out.
<1376>
// What... did she just say...?
<1377>
// What... did she call me?
<1378>
// Whose... \pvoice was that...?
<1379>
// The warmth from my lips fades away.
<1380>
// I see her face, soaked with tears.
<1381>
// \{Kyou} "... I like you..."
<1382>
// \{\m{B}} "... You... can't be..."
<1383>
// \{Kyou} "I... also like you, \m{B}..."
<1384>
// \{\m{B}} "Ky... Kyou?!"
<1385>
// \{\m{B}} "Wha... eh? Why?! Hey... your hair...?!"
<1386>
// \{Kyou} "...She said not to run away..."
<1387>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh...?"
<1388>
// \{Kyou} "Ryou said not to run away..."
<1389>
// \{\m{B}} "... Ryou... did...?"
<1390>
// \{Kyou} "She told me that, if I really did like you, \m{B}, that I shouldn't run away..."
<1391>
// \{Kyou} "... I got yelled at by her..."
<1392>
// A troubling... yet somehow happy smile.
<1393>
// \{Kyou} "She said... she was sorry."
<1394>
// \{Kyou} "To you..."
<1395>
// \{Kyou} "And... to me..."
<1396>
// \{Kyou} "She said it was really painful."
<1397>
// \{Kyou} "About only thinking of herself, and hurting us..."
<1398>
// \{Kyou} "About how she indulged in your kindness, and mine..."
<1399>
// \{Kyou} "And... how she caused so much trouble..."
<1400>
// \{\m{B}} "No! The one who caused that was me!"
<1401>
// \{\m{B}} "The one who kept hurting and indulging in it on was completely me!"
<1402>
// \{\m{B}} "Trying to remain at peace, treading on both you and your sister..."
<1403>
// \{\m{B}} "Bringing nothing but painful feelings..."
<1404>
// \{\m{B}} "The real coward was me!"
<1405>
// \{Kyou} "No..."
<1406>
// \{Kyou} "You're wrong..."
<1407>
// \{Kyou} "No one did any wrong..."
<1408>
// \{Kyou} "Nothing good or bad..."
<1409>
// \{Kyou} "When she liked the person I did, I knew who had to be hurt..."
<1410>
// \{Kyou} "That's why..."
<1411>
// \{Kyou} "... To make Ryou smile, I thought I had to bear it..."
<1412>
// \{Kyou} "I thought it would have been better... for her to confess to you..."
<1413>
// \{Kyou} "Giving the cold shoulder and hurting you, I thought I had to bear with it..."
<1414>
// \{Kyou} "But..."
<1415>
// \{Kyou} "... It was useless..."
<1416>
// \{Kyou} "I couldn't continue, turning on my own feelings."
<1417>
// \{Kyou} "And then, I couldn't stop myself..."
<1418>
// \{Kyou} "I couldn't run away..."
<1419>
// \{Kyou} "And I gave up..."
<1420>
// \{Kyou} "Doing that, Ryou got mad at me." 
<1421>
// \{Kyou} "She told me not to run away."
<1422>
// \{Kyou} "She told me if I fall into the same pit, that I'll be rejected in the same way..."
<1423>
// \{Kyou} "She said at that time, we'd cry together..."
<1424>
// \{Kyou} "Ryou... with tearful eyes... still told me that, smiling."
<1425>
// \{Kyou} "That's why...!"
<1426>
// \{Kyou} "That's why... I..."
<1427>
// \{Kyou} "I can... no longer..."
<1428>
// \{\m{B}} "Kyou..."
<1429>
// \{Kyou} "\m{B}..."
<1430>
// Kyou closes her eyes tightly.
<1431>
// Somehow hesitating...
<1432>
// As if throwing something away...
<1433>
// She slowly takes a deep breath, and slowly breathes out...
<1434>
// She opens her eyes.
<1435>
// And then... with a strong will in her eyes, she stares at me.
<1436>
// \{Kyou} "I like you."
<1437>
// \{Kyou} "... I've always..."
<1438>
// \{Kyou} "I've always... liked you, \m{B}."
<1439>
// Those direct feelings stab through me.
<1440>
// Slamming into my chest, a warmth goes around my body.
<1441>
// I take out of my pocket the pendant package, and show it to Kyou.
<1442>
// \{\m{B}} "I thought I was buying this for Ryou, but... the stone's different..."
<1443>
// \{\m{B}} "I... remembered the stone you wanted instead..."
<1444>
// \{\m{B}} "Thinking back... even back during that time, the answer was probably already there..."
<1445>
// \{\m{B}} "I really am helpless... seriously..."
<1446>
// \{Kyou} "\m{B}..."
<1447>
// \{\m{B}} "But..."
<1448>
// \{\m{B}} "If you're okay with me, I'd like to be by your side."
<1449>
// \{\m{B}} "No... \pthat's wrong."
<1450>
// \{\m{B}} "I like you."
<1451>
// \{\m{B}} "I want to be with you."
<1452>
// \{Kyou} "--\m{B}!"
<1453>
// Kyou comes again, hugging me.
<1454>
// I too, close my eyes, hugging her body.
<1455>
// Now, we take our first step, as lovers...
<1456>
// Firmly taking in this warmth...
<1457>
// ... We strongly, \p
<1458>
// Hug each other...\wait{5000}
<1459>
// Ryou
<1460>
// Calming down, I stand by the window, in the setting sun passing through the classroom.
<1461>
// I can't let this just pass by...
<1462>
// If I run away from this, I can't continue...
<1463>
// If I... don't tell her... I'll remain a coward...
<1464>
// Clatter clatter clatter...
<1465>
// The classroom door slowly opens.
<1466>
// I turn around, called by that sound.
<1467>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<1468>
// \{\m{B}} "Yo..."
<1469>
// \{Ryou} "\m{B}... kun..."
<1470>
// How many days have I been right next to her...?
<1471>
// When I went out with Kyou, no matter what I couldn't see her face anymore.
<1472>
// Maybe it was the same for Ryou...
<1473>
// We both didn't talk to each other up until now.
<1474>
// \{\m{B}} "You did well with the committee."
<1475>
// \{Ryou} "Not at all... today, it went on for quite some time."
<1476>
// \{\m{B}} "I see..."
<1477>
// \{Ryou} "Ah, are you waiting for onee-chan? If so, she'll come to the classroom soon, I think."
<1478>
// \{\m{B}} "No... I was waiting for... you, Ryou..."
<1479>
// \{Ryou} "... For... me...?"
<1480>
// Nodding, Ryou's face slightly tightens up.
<1481>
// I slowly... certainly take a deep breath.
<1482>
// And then I lower my head deeply."
<1483>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm sorry."
<1484>
// \{Ryou} "\m{B}-kun...?"
<1485>
// \{\m{B}} "I've... only been indulging myself in your kindness..."
<1486>
// \{\m{B}} "Even though you may not forgive me, I still want to apologize... so... I'm sorry..."
<1487>
// I tell her that, lowering my head.
<1488>
// I planned on taking all the blame.
<1489>
// It might not all go away, but, I felt I had to apologize.
<1490>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<1491>
// \{Ryou} "...I can't..."
<1492>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1493>
// My chest tightened at those words.
<1494>
// Even then, I didn't lift my head...
<1495>
// I could only apologize...
<1496>
// Because this was a judgment...
<1497>
// \{Ryou} "I don't want to forgive you..."
<1498>
// \{Ryou} "So... please don't apologize..."
<1499>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1500>
// \{Ryou} "If you apologize, I will have to forgive you."
<1501>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh...?"
<1502>
// I unintentionally lift my head, feeling calm from her words.
<1503>
// \{Ryou} "... I... had fun spending time with you, \m{B}-kun."
<1504>
// \{Ryou} "We went to a lot of places."
<1505>
// \{Ryou} "We ate lunch together."
<1506>
// \{Ryou} "You bought my pendant."
<1507>
// \{Ryou} "We kissed."
<1508>
// \{Ryou} "And, made a lot of memories."
<1509>
// \{Ryou} "If you apologize... and I forgive you... I believe those times would all be lies..."
<1510>
// \{Ryou} "I hold those memories very dear..."
<1511>
// \{Ryou} "That's why, please don't apologize."
<1512>
// Ahh... I see...
<1513>
// The one I should be apologizing... is to myself, isn't it...
<1514>
// The pain really did stop...
<1515>
// \{\m{B}} "Ryou..."
<1516>
// \{Ryou} "Yes?"
<1517>
// \{\m{B}} "Thank you."
<1518>
// \{Ryou} "You're welcome." 
<1519>
// \{Ryou} "\m{B}-kun, I would like to thank you as well."
<1520>
// Ryou says that, looking down at my face.
<1521>
// I again drop down mine.
<1522>
// The word "sorry" wasn't one that turned my back, it was one that gazed forward.
<1523>
// Now, we returned to being friends.
<1524>
// Kyou Epilogue
<1525>
// Spring ends, summer passes by, and a cool wind blows.
<1526>
// Fall--...
<1527>
// Somehow, it felt like a lonely season...
<1528>
// \{Kyou} "... Hmm? What?"
<1529>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm? What is it?"
<1530>
// \{Kyou} "You were just staring at me, weren't you?"
<1531>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, it's nothing too big."
<1532>
// \{\m{B}} "I was just thinking... your hair is growing out."
<1533>
// \{Kyou} "Ahh, my hair... huh."
<1534>
// \{\m{B}} "It was so long, so it was such a waste."
<1535>
// \{Kyou} "Well, I just wanted to hear your motive, so isn't that fine?"
<1536>
// \{\m{B}} "What do you mean by motive?"
<1537>
// \{Kyou} "Hmm~? I'm talking about when you were with Ryou, and your feelings were faltering."
<1538>
// \{Kyou} "... Speaking of which, what did make me distinct from Ryou was my hair, now that I think about it."
<1539>
// \{\m{B}} "T-that's... um..."
<1540>
// \{Kyou} "Calmly thinking about it, don't you think that's a bit of a shock?"
<1541>
// \{\m{B}} "Kyou. I love you."
<1542>
// \{Kyou} "I know that."
<1543>
// \{Kyou} "Or rather, don't love the wrong girl, okay?"
<1544>
// I failed to throw her off...
<1545>
// Or rather, I'm digging my own grave...
<1546>
// \{Kyou} "Well, I kinda knew that anyway when I fell in love with you."
<1547>
// \{\m{B}} "...Knew what?"
<1548>
// \{Kyou} "A nasty, impulsive thinking idiot."
<1549>
// \{\m{B}} "... That's not really praising me."
<1550>
// \{Kyou} "You don't think so?"
<1551>
// \{\m{B}} "I couldn't even be happy with those words, you know?"
<1552>
// \{Kyou} "Hm~... I guess... then..."
<1553>
// \{Kyou} "There's one thing you should try your best at."
<1554>
// \{Kyou} "It's especially something that's for the sake of someone."
<1555>
// \{Kyou} "When that happens, you'll have to do it so Ryou doesn't get hurt anymore... just think that."
<1556>
// \{Kyou} "Surely, you shouldn't think about yourself or myself..."
<1557>
// \{Kyou} "... Even myself..."
<1558>
// \{Kyou} "........."
<1559>
// \{\m{B}} "...? What's wrong?"
<1560>
// \{Kyou} "Hmm... somehow... something annoying came up..."
<1561>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't use such dangerous words."
<1562>
// \{\m{B}} "At least say that you're jealous."
<1563>
// \{Kyou} "Isn't that okay? If I find it annoying, that's proof I love you, right?"
<1564>
// \{\m{B}} "That's... I guess so."
<1565>
// \{Kyou} "By the way, did you know? Ryou got a new boyfriend."
<1566>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh? Really?"
<1567>
// \{Kyou} "Yup. She met him at her part-time job at the hospital. He has a pretty cute face."」
<1568>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm... Ryou's got a boyfriend, huh..."
<1569>
// \{Kyou} "You feeling jealous?"
<1570>
// \{\m{B}} "Not really jealous... more complicated, I guess."
<1571>
// \{Kyou} "... Hey, \m{B}."
<1572>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<1573>
// \{Kyou} "Are you really, okay with me?"
<1574>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1575>
// \{Kyou} "Don't you think you felt more at peace... when you were with Ryou...?"
<1576>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey now..."
<1577>
// \{\m{B}} "Are you pissed?"
<1578>
// \{Kyou} "Yeah... I'm pissed."
<1579>
// \{\m{B}} "...?"
<1580>
// \{Kyou} "I'm pissed inside, knowing that you love me anyway."
<1581>
// \{\m{B}} "... Idiot."
<1582>
// \{Kyou} "Uwaah, cruel... how could you call your girlfriend an idiot?"
<1583>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm not gonna use some boring method to check how someone feels."
<1584>
// \{Kyou} "But, jealousy's the clearest feeling, you know."
<1585>
// She slightly pouts, saying that.
<1586>
// I sigh, looking at Kyou.
<1587>
// \{\m{B}} "You worry too much."
<1588>
// \{Kyou} "Ugh..."
<1589>
// \{Kyou} "... Then... could I use an easier way to check?"
<1590>
// \{\m{B}} "Which is?"
<1591>
// \{\m{B}} "Mm..mm...??"
<1592>
// At the same time I lift my face, something closes my lips.
<1593>
// It was warm and soft... \pin front of me was Kyou's face...
<1594>
// \{Kyou} "... Heheh..."
<1595>
// Our lips separate, and she blushes, smiling mischievously.
<1596>
// \{\m{B}} "Come on now... in a place like this again...?"
<1597>
// \{Kyou} "What's wrong with doing it here?" 
<1598>
// \{\m{B}} "If someone saw us, what'll you do?"
<1599>
// \{Kyou} "Just be a bit embarrassed."
<1600>
// \{\m{B}} "It's not just a bit..."
<1601>
// \{Kyou} "Then, if there isn't anybody around, is it okay to do it a lot?"
<1602>
// \{\m{B}} "If it's like that, it's not just gonna end at the kissing."らな」
<1603>
// \{Kyou} "That's~... well... how should I say this..."
<1604>
// \{Kyou} "........."
<1605>
// \{Kyou} "... If there's really no one around..."
<1606>
// \{\m{B}} "OK!"」
<1607>
// \{Kyou} "Wha?! What's with that fresh smile?!"
<1608>
// \{\m{B}} "That's a good answer."
<1609>
// \{Kyou} "Hey wait a second, it's probably something dirty, isn't it?!"
<1610>
// \{\m{B}} "It's your imagination."
<1611>
// \{Kyou} "It's definitely something dirty!"
<1612>
// \{Botan} "Puhi~"
<1613>
// \{\m{B}} "Woah there, looks like we meet."
<1614>
// \{Kyou} "Eh? Ah, Botan!"
<1615>
// \{Botan} "Puhi, puhi~"
<1616>
// \{\m{B}} "Looks like he's been following us up until now."
<1617>
// \{Kyou} "I guess."
<1618>
// \{Botan} "Puhi~"
<1619>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, come on, don't cling onto my legs."
<1620>
// \{Botan} "Puhi~ puhi~"
<1621>
// \{Kyou} "There!"
<1622>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, now you're clinging on to my arm?"
<1623>
// \{Kyou} "Hey, \m{B},"
<1624>
// \{\m{B}} "What is it?"
<1625>
// \{Kyou} "I'll grow my hair out again."
<1626>
// \{\m{B}} "...?"
<1627>
// \{Kyou} "You did say you liked long hair, right?"
<1628>
// \{Kyou} "That's why I think, if I grow my hair longer and longer, you'll love me more."
<1629>
// \{\m{B}} "I love you the way you are anyway."
<1630>
// \{Kyou} "I want to be loved more."
<1631>
// \{Kyou} "That's why, I'm gonna hurry and grow my hair."
<1632>
// \{\m{B}} "You don't have to be in such a hurry."
<1633>
// \{Kyou} "Nope, I want it to grow out fast."
<1634>
// \{\m{B}} "I see. Well, give it your best."
<1635>
// \{Kyou} "\m{B}."
<1636>
// \{\m{B}} "What is it?"
<1637>
// \{Kyou} "It's because I love you!"\wait{4000}

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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
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