Clannad VN:SEEN4501
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#character '＊Ｂ'
#character 'Furukawa'
#character 'Ryou'
#character 'Kyou'
#character 'Sunohara'
#character 'Audience 1'
#character 'Audience 2'
#character 'Audience 3'
#character 'Audience'
#character 'Kotomi'
#character 'Audience'
<0000>
// May 1 (Thursday)
<0001>
// I suddenly woke up.
<0002>
// The cheerfulness of my room is different from usual.
<0003>
// I leave the curtain open.
<0004>
// Shining through the windows is a whitish blot of light.
<0005>
// It's quite strange that I woke up early.
<0006>
// Though I seemed to be dreaming, I don't remember it.
<0007>
// It was a somewhat depressing feeling.
<0008>
// Coming to my senses...
<0009>
// \{\m{B}} "It's Kotomi's recital, huh..."
<0010>
// I lie down on the futon one more time to recover my strength.
<0011>
// \{\m{B}} "..............."
<0012>
// Once I start getting worried, there's nothing that can be done about it.
<0013>
// I got up of my bed and slowly started to change my clothes.
<0014>
// There still wasn't anyone when I looked inside the school gates.
<0015>
// \{\m{B}} "Anyway... am I too early?"
<0016>
// I say to myself with a small voice, yet the quietness grew.
<0017>
// I walk up to the front yard.
<0018>
// Some baseball players with no numbers that were heading to the ground passed by me.
<0019>
// Their morning practice will probably start now.
<0020>
// The only time I went to school this early was the first time I attended school.
<0021>
// I'm worried about Kotomi and that serious talk.
<0022>
// I wonder what she's been doing after what happened yesterday?
<0023>
// If it's really nothing, then...
<0024>
// She'll surely be practicing playing the violin this morning. It's Kotomi we're talking about here after all.
<0025>
// I immediately head towards the drama clubroom as I wear my indoor shoes.
<0026>
// If she's already come, then she should be carrying the violin.
<0027>
// There were two familiar girls standing in front of the drama clubroom in the hallway as I arrive.
<0028>
// \{Furukawa} "Ah... \m{A}-san, good morning."
<0029>
// \{Ryou} "Ummm... good morning."
<0030>
// \{Ryou} "You're... ummm... really early today..."
<0031>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, good morning. Setting that aside, you're much earlier than me."
<0032>
// \{Furukawa} "But it seems Kotomi-chan came in much earlier..."
<0033>
// \{\m{B}} "Just as I thought..."
<0034>
// I expected it, but I was a bit happy too.
<0035>
// \{\m{B}} "Well? What are you two doing?"
<0036>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0037>
// \{\m{B}} "What is... that?"
<0038>
// I point at the thing they were pasting on the wall and ask.
<0039>
// \{Furukawa} "It's a poster."
<0040>
// \{Ryou} "Nagisa-chan drew it."
<0041>
// I look at the poster again.
<0042>
// "Ichinose Kotomi's Violin Recital"
<0043>
// "Today after school, in the front garden"
<0044>
// "Entrance is Free"
<0045>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0046>
// And also, in the small remaining whitespace on the paper are a bunch of round objects fluttering about.
<0047>
// Anyway... why is the Big Dango Family here too? Furukawa...
<0048>
// \{Furukawa} "We'll be able to gather a big audience with this."
<0049>
// \{Furukawa} "I'm sure lots of people will come."
<0050>
// \{Ryou} "And after that, if Kotomi-chan plays the violin..."
<0051>
// Casualties will appear one after another, perhaps.
<0052>
// \{Furukawa} "It cheers me up just by thinking about it."
<0053>
// \{Ryou} "This will surely be a big success..."
<0054>
// An unprecedented disaster is in the making with her in a trance and aided by two terrorist girls hoping to make her dream come true.
<0055>
// \{\m{B}} "I'll confirm it just once, but... that's the only poster, right?"
<0056>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes. We didn't have enough time to waste, that's why I could only draw one."
<0057>
// \{\m{B}} "I see..."
<0058>
// Peel, peel, peel.
<0059>
// I take off the scary poster that's sticking on the wall.
<0060>
// \{Furukawa} "Ummm... well..."
<0061>
// \{\m{B}} "Not many people will see this poster if you paste it on this wall, right?"
<0062>
// \{\m{B}} "So, I'll put it in the most suitable place."
<0063>
// I rolled up the poster after that random speech of mine.
<0064>
// \{Furukawa} "I understand. If so, we'll leave this up to you."
<0065>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, leave this up all to me."
<0066>
// I feel sorry for the dango too, but this is for the peace of the campus.
<0067>
// I'll quietly put it in a place where even the sun doesn't reach.
<0068>
// \{\m{B}} "That's right... when did you part with Kotomi yesterday?"
<0069>
// \{Furukawa} "Yesterday?"
<0070>
// She exchanges glances with Fujibayashi.
<0071>
// \{Furukawa} "Well... there wasn't any place where she could play the violin, so we went everywhere to search but then..."
<0072>
// \{Ryou} "There was a broadcast from the staff room for Kotomi-chan, so she immediately went there."
<0073>
// \{Ryou} "Then after she went there, I think she returned home by herself."
<0074>
// \{\m{B}} "I see..."
<0075>
// That girl neglected something she had to do again, huh...
<0076>
// \{Furukawa} "After that, Ryou-chan and I went back to the clubroom but..."
<0077>
// \{Furukawa} "We thought it would be bad if we woke you up, so we just went home."
<0078>
// \{\m{B}} "You don't really need to worry about that."
<0079>
// \{Ryou} "But... well... onee-chan was sleeping too so..."
<0080>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?! She was sleeping too?!"
<0081>
// Yesterday, I think she said something like, "I've been waiting forever for you to wake up."
<0082>
// \{Ryou} "We tried waking her up, but she still didn't wake up."
<0083>
// \{Ryou} "And so we thought it would better if we just left."
<0084>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0085>
// \{Furukawa} "We're sorry... we went home without your permission."
<0086>
// \{\m{B}} "It's all right. It's our fault for sleeping."
<0087>
// \{Ryou} "Well... we have to go now, Nagisa-chan..."
<0088>
// Fujibayashi timidly said that as she carried her bag.
<0089>
// \{\m{B}} "You have any other things to do?"
<0090>
// \{Furukawa} "We're going to work out something for Kotomi-chan, since she didn't really practice much yesterday."
<0091>
// \{\m{B}} "Have you found a place where she could practice?"
<0092>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes, we found a place that no matter how loud the noise is, nobody will find it."
<0093>
// \{\m{B}} "Is there really such a useful place like that in this school?"
<0094>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes... but... well..."
<0095>
// \{Ryou} "Kotomi-chan told us to keep it a secret from \m{A}-san..."
<0096>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0097>
// I'm ridiculously hated...
<0098>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, fine. I'm counting on you then."
<0099>
// \{\m{B}} "And if you can't endure it anymore, it's okay to cover your ears."
<0100>
// I smile at both them as I said that.
<0101>
// \{Furukawa} "It's all right, since Kotomi-chan is doing her best."
<0102>
// \{Ryou} "I think the sound she makes will surely be good after school."
<0103>
// \{\m{B}} "I'll believe in that then."
<0104>
// Ding, dong, dang, dong...
<0105>
// Lunch break has finally arrived.
<0106>
// \{\m{B}} "Huaaaaa..."
<0107>
// I made a big yawn as I stand up.
<0108>
// Without any willpower to enter the bread contest, I slug myself over to the door.
<0109>
// I happen to bump into Fujibayashi, who was carrying a lunch box bundle, as I was about to leave the room.
<0110>
// \{\m{B}} "Are you going to eat lunch with Furukawa?"
<0111>
// \{Ryou} "Yes... with Kotomi-chan too."
<0112>
// Talking in a hurry, she made haste.
<0113>
// I'm thinking it's good to have friends, but it felt like I am a stranger.
<0114>
// Thud!!
<0115>
// \{Kyou} "What is that clouded face for?"っ！」
<0116>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0117>
// \{\m{B}} "You surely are energetic and violent today too, Kyou."
<0118>
// \{Kyou} "Why of course. Tomorrow and the next day, I'm violent... \wait{3100}
<0119>
// And who are you talking about?!"
<0120>
// \{\m{B}} "Ohhh... what a splendid tsukkomi."
<0121>
// \{Kyou} "Ah geez, you're making me lose my rhythm because of your stupidity!"
<0122>
// \{\m{B}} "As if it's my fault!\p And who are you calling stupid?!\p And also, you're always out of it!"
<0123>
// \{Kyou} "You too can pull off a string of three tsukkomi jokes, you know."
<0124>
// \{\m{B}} "No, no... I'll still lose to you."ける」
<0125>
// \{Kyou} "Let's have have a match then."
<0126>
// \{\m{B}} "Anyway... it's kinda absurd to do a tsukkomi doubles match, you know."
<0127>
// \{Kyou} "You're right. And it would look like a lover's quarrel in the end."
<0128>
// \{\m{B}} "Well... what do you want?"
<0129>
// \{Kyou} "Isn't that obvious? It's about today after school."
<0130>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't tell them to stop now, okay? They're really eager."
<0131>
// \{Kyou} "I won't stop them. Since we promised, too."ら」
<0132>
// \{\m{B}} "The one who promised is not me, but you."
<0133>
// \{Kyou} "That girl's husband is not me, but you."
<0134>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't really care... but can you explain to me in full details where did that 'husband' thing came from?"
<0135>
// \{Kyou} "That is a secret between\wait{1650} Kotomi\wait{525} and\wait{500} I."
<0136>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0137>
// \{Kyou} "Setting that aside... I want you to help too."
<0138>
// \{\m{B}} "About what?"
<0139>
// \{Kyou} "I want you to gather an audience today."
<0140>
// \{\m{B}} "Audience?"
<0141>
// \{Kyou} "You can say a \bsacrifice\u in this situation."
<0142>
// \{\m{B}} "I toast to your dreadful side for telling me to go and gather some strangers, even though you know what will happen."
<0143>
// \{Kyou} "You talk too much. Aren't we the only ones who haven't done anything for her?"
<0144>
// \{Kyou} "And also, isn't it a good chance to get her used to other people?"
<0145>
// \{\m{B}} "You know more people than me though."
<0146>
// \{Kyou} "I'm busy too, see. I also have to talk directly to the student council..."
<0147>
// \{\m{B}} "Student council... you're purposely going there to get permission for her musical performance?"
<0148>
// \{Kyou} "We don't really need permission. It's not that we're going to do something bad here."
<0149>
// \{Kyou} "Also, wouldn't she feel disappointed if one of them complains while she's playing?"
<0150>
// \{Kyou} "That's why I'm going to give them a little greeting."
<0151>
// \{\m{B}} "You're really good at making such arrangements, huh."
<0152>
// \{Kyou} "Well then, I'll be counting on you too~"
<0153>
// She quickly leaves after saying the things she only wants to say.
<0154>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess it can't be helped..."
<0155>
// I immediately begin to choose the applicants.
<0156>
// However... this is nothing more than "Let's watch hell together."
<0157>
// There's no one who would take in such special mission like that, but the face of a single person floats in my mind. *
<0158>
// As I glanced ahead, I see a desk where there's no one sitting.
<0159>
// He's probably in high spirits and went off to get some bread.
<0160>
// Ruffle, ruffle...
<0161>
// I took out the specially made Big Dango Family poster that I acquired early this morning.
<0162>
// And from there, I carefully walk towards that empty desk.
<0163>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't have something to use to paste this..."
<0164>
// \{\m{B}} "Is there anyone here who has some Sellotape or thumbtacks? Even glue or double-sided tape is fine too."
<0165>
// \{Sunohara} "If you're looking for thumbtacks, you can find some at the back of the classroom."
<0166>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh... excuse me, can you get some for me?"
<0167>
// \{Sunohara} "Here..."
<0168>
// \{\m{B}} "Thanks."
<0169>
// I spread out the poster and stick it with the thumb tacks.
<0170>
// Stab, push~~... stab, push~~
<0171>
// Stab, push~~... stab, push~~
<0172>
// \{\m{B}} "This should be fine."
<0173>
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}, can I ask something?"
<0174>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah. What is it?"
<0175>
// \{Sunohara} "What is this?"
<0176>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't you see? It's a notice for a violin recital."
<0177>
// \{Sunohara} "Why are you putting it on my desk and not on the wall?"
<0178>
// \{\m{B}} "You sure are an idiot... it would somehow be terrible if I put this on the wall."
<0179>
// \{Sunohara} "I don't really understand what you're talking about."
<0180>
// \{\m{B}} "Read this first if you don't understand."
<0181>
// \{Sunohara} "Ichinose Kotomi's Violin Recital."
<0182>
// \{Sunohara} "Today after school, in the front garden."
<0183>
// \{Sunohara} "Entrance is Free."
<0184>
// \{\m{B}} "And that's it."
<0185>
// \{Sunohara} "And what do you mean by it!?"
<0186>
// \{\m{B}} "You're bad at understanding as always..."
<0187>
// \{Sunohara} "And besides, Ichinose Kotomi is an ominous name to me."
<0188>
// \{\m{B}} "Why is it?"
<0189>
// \{Sunohara} "In the library before, I was to~~~~~~\wait{4500}tally ignored by her."
<0190>
// \{\m{B}} "That's right, something like that had happened..."
<0191>
// \{Sunohara} "And she appeared in my dream too..."
<0192>
// \{\m{B}} "What kind of dream was it?"
<0193>
// \{Sunohara} "She suddenly introduced herself and told me, 'Please be friends with me.'"
<0194>
// \{Sunohara} "You appeared after that, telling me that it was just a dream..."
<0195>
// \{Sunohara} "Then when I came to, I found myself collapsed on the hallway instead of being inside the classroom."
<0196>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm..." vous tone. - Kinny Riddle
<0197>
// \{Sunohara} "I had a terrible headache for a while after that."
<0198>
// \{\m{B}} "That must have been a disaster, huh..."
<0199>
// \{Sunohara} "Well, even if she appears in my dream, I wouldn't bother myself with Ichinose Kotomi."
<0200>
// Saying all that, his eyes swim around somehow.
<0201>
// It seems it turned into a severe trauma for him.
<0202>
// It can't be helped, so I guess I have to come up with a more direct way to do this.
<0203>
// \{\m{B}} "Let's set that aside... well, listen Sunohara."
<0204>
// \{\m{B}} "You see, this poster... is especially made just for you."
<0205>
// \{\m{B}} "Since she's a very shy person, the only way she can express her love is in this kind of form."
<0206>
// \{Sunohara} "Love...?"
<0207>
// Sunohara's ears, which are always hungry for love, made a sudden but subtle movement.
<0208>
// \{\m{B}} "That's right. It's love... love."
<0209>
// \{\m{B}} "'I want Sunohara-kun to hear my feelings by all means.'"
<0210>
// \{\m{B}} "'No matter what audience there is, I will only play for Sunohara-kun.'"
<0211>
// \{\m{B}} "She has a firm heart."
<0212>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, she's showing how wishy-washy her feelings are, right? Especially with the dango around this."
<0213>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<0214>
// He stares at the partying dango as if eating into it.
<0215>
// \{Sunohara} "If you say so... then I might surely go along..."
<0216>
// Sunohara started to feel something that ordinary people wouldn't understand.
<0217>
// He's someone that will easily buy into anything.
<0218>
// \{Sunohara} "I see, I see... I get it now..."
<0219>
// \{Sunohara} "Kotomi-chan, thinks about me like that..."
<0220>
// \{\m{B}} "You changed your way of calling her by her full name to calling her by her name with a -chan, huh."
<0221>
// \{Sunohara} "But you know..."
<0222>
// Sunohara laughs ominously.
<0223>
// \{Sunohara} "Today after school is no good~"
<0224>
// \{\m{B}} "What did you say?"
<0225>
// \{Sunohara} "I have an appointment, you see."
<0226>
// He says that with a triumphant expression.
<0227>
// \{Sunohara} "Fujibayashi Kyou told me a while ago in the hallway..."
<0228>
// \{Sunohara} "That someone really beautiful is waiting for me at the front garden after school."
<0229>
// \{Sunohara} "It seems she somehow wants to ask me a definite question."
<0230>
// \{Sunohara} "Kyou said that she's a really shy girl, so she couldn't tell me directly."
<0231>
// \{Sunohara} "This is surely nothing but an exciting confession, right?"
<0232>
// Well... I probably think Kyou just wants you to listen to a live musical performance.
<0233>
// \{Sunohara} "Even though she took the bread I just bought as a price for hearing that message, strangely, I don't feel irritated at all~"
<0234>
// And extort you at the same time...
<0235>
// \{Sunohara} "If Kotomi-chan is also waiting for me, then it'll be a double-booking..."
<0236>
// \{Sunohara} "So this is what the hardship of being popular means, huh..."
<0237>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0238>
// This guy is a genuine idiot.
<0239>
// .........
<0240>
// ......
<0241>
// ...
<0242>
// Suddenly, after school came.
<0243>
// The surroundings and atmosphere are obviously different as I head to the front garden.
<0244>
// There are five, maybe six people sitting on the ground cross-legged for some reason.
<0245>
// In the middle is a long haired girl, and standing beside are her two guardian angels.
<0246>
// \{Kyou} "You're late! We can't start if you're not here, you know?!"
<0247>
// \{\m{B}} "And you're too enthusiastic."
<0248>
// Kyou glances at the audience that seems to have gathered as I answered.
<0249>
// They all looked like remnants of a defeated army about to be sent to a POW camp.
<0250>
// \{\m{B}} "How did you gather them?"
<0251>
// \{Kyou} "Isn't that obvious? I gathered them using a woman's weapon."
<0252>
// \{\m{B}} "I see... with a fist, huh..."
<0253>
// \{Kyou} "Do you want me to call a doctor for you?"
<0254>
// \{\m{B}} "Well... thanks, but no thanks."
<0255>
// \{Kyou} "That's not it... I brought them here in a \bproper\u way."
<0256>
// Those helpless sacrifices that Kyou gathered up were talking to each other in a whisper that Kyou wouldn't hear.
<0257>
// \{Audience 1} "What did you do?"
<0258>
// \{Audience 2} "I just skipped my cleaning duty the day before yesterday."
<0259>
// \{Audience 1} "As for me, I just forgot my homeroom printouts. But how did it end up like this...?"
<0260>
// \{Audience 3} "I just made a short speech half a year ago, you know."
<0261>
// \{Audience 1} "Hey, weren't you in a different class with our representative during your second year?"
<0262>
// \{Audience 3} "But even still... she says, a sin is a sin."
<0263>
// \{Audience} "........."
<0264>
// It seems there's a broad interpretation of the class representative's powers, and it seems it can pull in just about any minor offenders.
<0265>
// Just a little bit further away from those people are Kotomi and the others.
<0266>
// \{\m{B}} "Yo! Have you improved?"
<0267>
// \{Kotomi} "..............."
<0268>
// She looked as stiff as a life-sized figure.
<0269>
// \{\m{B}} "For now, just calm down, okay?"
<0270>
// \{Kotomi} "I'll be all right."
<0271>
// \{Kotomi} "I just need to write \bperson\u in my palm and swallow it in times like this."
<0272>
// \{Kotomi} "And then, it would feel like the audience are pumpkins."
<0273>
// \{Kotomi} "Bathing in a lukewarm water or aromatherapy or massage is very effective too."
<0274>
// \{Kotomi} "I can give myself a stimulus by pressing the 'Baihui' in my forehead and the 'Laogong' in the centre of my palm with my fingertips."
with her finger will give stimulus. -DG1
<0275>
// \{Kotomi} "The second kind of psychotropic drug, flunitrazepam, is usually taken in dosages of four milligrams during the daytime."
<0276>
// \{Kotomi} "And also..."
<0277>
// All she can do to alleviate her nervousness is to remember the things that she remembers that will reduce nervousness.
<0278>
// \{\m{B}} "Anyway... good luck!"
<0279>
// And just near her are Fujibayashi, holding the violin case, and Furukawa, both of whom are standing still.
<0280>
// \{\m{B}} "Has she improved her playing?"
<0281>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<0282>
// \{Furukawa} "........."
<0283>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey? Fujibayashi, Miss President?!"
<0284>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey! Can you hear me~?!"
<0285>
// \{Ryou} "Umm... well... sorry..."
<0286>
// \{Furukawa} "My ears have been ringing ever since lunch break..."
<0287>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0288>
// I feel like escaping.
<0289>
// \{Kyou} "Here's one for you."
<0290>
// \{\m{B}} "? What the hell is that?"
<0291>
// \{Kyou} "Earplugs."
<0292>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0293>
// My heart wants to do a tsukkomi, but my body is wishing for that thing.
<0294>
// \{\m{B}} "I'll take it now."
<0295>
// \{Kyou} "300 yen."
<0296>
// \{\m{B}} "What are you, a businesswoman?!"
<0297>
// \{Kyou} "Isn't that obvious?"
<0298>
// \{Kyou} "If you're going to buy, make it quick. Other customers are waiting for me."
<0299>
// \{\m{B}} "How many earplugs do you have...?"
<0300>
// \{Kyou} "I have a dozen."
<0301>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0302>
// \{Kyou} "Buying in bulk is really cheap. It couldn't be helped."
<0303>
// \{\m{B}} "What couldn't be helped? Explain it in a sentence that everyone can understand."
<0304>
// \{Kyou} "Buy? Or no buy?"
<0305>
// I take out my wallet.
<0306>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0307>
// \{\m{B}} "However... it somehow feels like I'm selling my soul to the devil if I buy it..."
<0308>
// \{Kyou} "I understand. You'll try to endure hell without earplugs."
<0309>
// \{Kyou} "You're quite amazing--- it's the power of love, right?"
<0310>
// \{\m{B}} "Excuse me... I guess I'll have one, please."
<0311>
// \{Kyou} "3000 yen."
<0312>
// \{\m{B}} "Why did the price go up ten times in just 30 seconds..."
<0313>
// \{Kyou} "I don't mind if you don't want to buy. There are a lot of other people who want these anyway."
<0314>
// She went towards them as though she was selling life jackets in a sinking luxury boat.
<0315>
// \{\m{B}} "You really are a terrible person."
<0316>
// \{Kyou} "Earplugs~ this is your companion for this exciting concert! How about some earplugs?"
<0317>
// \{\m{B}} "What kind of concert is this!"
<0318>
// \{Sunohara} "Huh...? Why are you here, \m{A}?"
<0319>
// The next to appear was the idiot.
<0320>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey... isn't it quite crowded here? If there are a lot of people here, then my important moment of confession will be spoiled..."
<0321>
// He brushes off his hair with both hands as he says some nonsensical line.
<0322>
// It seems the person himself decided to plan this himself. *
<0323>
// \{\m{B}} "Kyou! Easy prey's come."
<0324>
// \{Kyou} "Oh my, welcome~"
<0325>
// \{Sunohara} "Where's that shy and beautiful girl who's waiting for me?"
<0326>
// \{Kyou} "All right, come here Kotomi~"
<0327>
// \{Kotomi} "Usually, turquoise stones are comprised of hydrated copper and aluminum, and they look like phosphoric acid salt..."
<0328>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey Kotomi! Return to your normal self!"
<0329>
// \{Kotomi} "???"
<0330>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't look like a pigeon who got hit by a peashooter... come here and introduce yourself."
<0331>
// Nods.
<0332>
// Tatter, tatter, tatter.
<0333>
// Tap.。
<0334>
// \{Kotomi} "Hello, nice to meet you."
<0335>
// \{Kotomi} "I'm Ichinose Kotomi of Class 3-A."
<0336>
// \{Kotomi} "My hobby is reading."
<0337>
// \{Kotomi} "I'd be happy if you could become my friend."
<0338>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<0339>
// Sunohara looks at Kotomi like a stupid kid with his mouth wide open.
<0340>
// \{Sunohara} "S-somehow... it feels like this has happened before..."
<0341>
// It seems he's having a strong deja vu.
<0342>
// \{Sunohara} "..............."
<0343>
// \{Sunohara} "Could it be that this is... a dream?"
<0344>
// \{Kyou} "Yes, it's a dream. Here's your earplugs then. It's 30000 yen."
<0345>
// \{Sunohara} "I don't have such money even if it's just a dream..."
<0346>
// \{Kyou} "I'll take everything inside your wallet then."
<0347>
// He looks dumbfounded as he takes some bills and coins from his wallet and obediently passes it to Kyou.
<0348>
// And in exchange, he gets the earplugs.
<0349>
// He then slowly puts them in his ears.
<0350>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<0351>
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}, how do I wake up from this dream?"
<0352>
// \{\m{B}} "Sorry, but this is reality."
<0353>
// \{Sunohara} "..............."
<0354>
// It doesn't look like he can hear me anymore.
<0355>
// \{Kyou} "Well then, let's begin. Everyone give a round of applause~"
<0356>
// Clap, clap, clap, clap...
<0357>
// \{Kyou} "What's with that lifeless applause!? Do it louder!"
<0358>
// Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap!!
<0359>
// \{Kyou} "It doesn't look like all of you understand the situation, so I'll tell you from the beginning..."
<0360>
// \{Kyou} "Those earplugs are your weapons of last resort!"
<0361>
// \{Kyou} "Punishment awaits those who are spineless enough to use them for no reason!"
<0362>
// Some of them quickly remove their earplugs as if they sensed danger.
<0363>
// Kyou continues to act like a trainer giving lectures to the new recruits... and then the recital finally started.
<0364>
// Kotomi stands in front of the audience with her hand on the violin.
<0365>
// \{Kotomi} "........."
<0366>
// \{Kotomi} "I'm Ichinose Kotomi..."
<0367>
// \{Kotomi} "Well..."
<0368>
// \{Kotomi} "Today is my..."
<0369>
// \{Kotomi} "Umm........."
<0370>
// \{Kotomi} "..............."
<0371>
// Gyo~~~~~~~~~ng!!
<0372>
// The first music piece has begun.
<0373>
// Her finger moves with difficulty as she plays a simple melody that sounds like a children's song. *
<0374>
// I can say that she's improved if I compare it to the first time she played it.
<0375>
// And, it was thrilling since she sometimes makes absurd sounds.
<0376>
// Gyuyowaaa~~~~~~~~~ng!!
<0377>
// Gyuaa~~~~~~~~~~ng!!
<0378>
// Gyuang!
<0379>
// \{Kotomi} "Whew..."
<0380>
// The first music piece had ended.
<0381>
// \{Kyou} "A round of applause!"
<0382>
// Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap!!
<0383>
// \{\m{B}} "I think she's much better now, but that sure is a complicated line."
<0384>
// \{Ryou} "Kotomi-chan was able to do it properly during practice."
<0385>
// \{Furukawa} "But it looks like she gets nervous just thinking about letting someone listen to her..."
<0386>
// \{\m{B}} "And so, she ends up putting pressure in her playing..."
<0387>
// \{Kotomi} "Um..."
<0388>
// \{Kotomi} "And now my second piece."
<0389>
// Gyuyowaaa~~~~~~~~~ng!!
<0390>
// Gyuaa~~~~~~~~~~ng!!
<0391>
// Gyuyowaaa~~~~ng!...
<0392>
// \{Kotomi} "Whew..."
<0393>
// \{Kyou} "Another round of applause!"
<0394>
// Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap!
<0395>
// The audience has already turned into clapping machines.
<0396>
// It seems that Kotomi has calmed down a little, and it looks like she's finally going to talk.
<0397>
// The way she plays still needs some improvement though...
<0398>
// \{Kotomi} "Well then, I would like to introduce to you my special guests."
<0399>
// \{Kotomi} "Castanets, Furukawa Nagisa-san."
<0400>
// \{Kotomi} "Triangle, Fujibayashi Ryou-san."
<0401>
// \{Kotomi} "Both are my treasured friends."
<0402>
// \{Kyou} "All right! Give them a big round of applause~!"
<0403>
// Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap!!
<0404>
// Furukawa and Fujibayashi stood beside Kotomi.
<0405>
// And holding in their hands respectively are the triangle and castanets.
<0406>
// \{\m{B}} "So this is what they were planning...?"
<0407>
// \{Kotomi} "Well then, please listen to us."
<0408>
// Gyoaaaaaang, Byoaaaaang, Gigogigogigogiogiiiiiii...
<0409>
// Cling, cling, cling, cling, cling, cling, cling, cling, cling.
<0410>
// Ding.
<0411>
// \{Audience} "..............."
<0412>
// \{Kyou} "Modern music...?"
<0413>
// \{\m{B}} "Anyway... can you really call this music?"
<0414>
// Gyoaaaaaaang, Byoaaaaaaang...
<0415>
// Cling, cling, cling, cling...
<0416>
// Ding.
<0417>
// .........
<0418>
// ......
<0419>
// ...
<0420>
// \{Kotomi} "We're already at the last part."
<0421>
// Kotomi faces the audience having used up all her energy, introducing the final song.
<0422>
// \{Kotomi} "This is a tune I like the best."
<0423>
// \{Kotomi} "Please listen to it."
<0424>
// Lightly closing her eyes, she sets up the violin.
<0425>
// Compared to everything up until now, she was more cautious with the bow touching the string.
<0426>
// I thought the sounds have changed.
<0427>
// Was she putting too much power into it? The sound is steady but clumsy.
<0428>
// She looked exactly like a child who's working really hard.
<0429>
// She moves the bow up and down, as if following the notes carefully.
<0430>
// She doesn't move the fingers of her left hand that much, as she presses down the strings of the violin.
<0431>
// A simple, but somehow warm melody.
<0432>
// I wonder why do I feel nostalgic with this violin's tune?
<0433>
// I closed my eyes as I think of that.
<0434>
// .........
<0435>
// ......
<0436>
// ...
<0437>
// I opened my eyes.
<0438>
// \{Kotomi} "\m{B}-kun, \g{good afternoon}={The original Japanese line is Ohayou, but ohayou can also be used as a greeting to someone who have just woken up.}."
<0439>
// Kotomi was looking at me.
<0440>
// \{Kyou} "You really sleep well, huh..."
<0441>
// From behind, Kyou had an amazed look.
<0442>
// \{\m{B}} "Was I sleeping...?"
<0443>
// I was just planning on closing my eyes for a couple of seconds.
<0444>
// \{\m{B}} "Has it ended?"
<0445>
// \{Kyou} "That's right. It ended while you were sleeping too."
<0446>
// \{\m{B}} "What was the reaction of the audience?"
<0447>
// \{Kyou} "It was great~"
<0448>
// \{Kyou} "Because of this, everyone won't forget things or skip cleaning duty."
<0449>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0450>
// \{Kotomi} "\m{B}-kun, well..."
<0451>
// Kotomi approaches me as she holds the violin and the bow.
<0452>
// \{Kotomi} "How was it?"
<0453>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess you need to practice harder, huh?"
<0454>
// \{Kotomi} "Yup..."
<0455>
// She looks a little disappointed as she hung her head down.
<0456>
// \{\m{B}} "Though the last piece was soothing."
<0457>
// \{\m{B}} "It made me feel good, such that I end up sleeping before I knew it. Sorry."
<0458>
// \{Kotomi} "Not at all..."
<0459>
// \{Kotomi} "I'm rather glad."
<0460>
// She smiles earnestly.
<0461>
// \{Furukawa} "Me too... I think you really played that last piece well."
<0462>
// \{Ryou} "Yes. Kotomi-chan was playing with all her heart."
<0463>
// \{Kyou} "I have to say this though, your performance was out of the question."
<0464>
// \{Ryou} "Onee-chan, that's harsh..."
<0465>
// \{Furukawa} "Well... we would have been better if we had more time..."
<0466>
// \{Kotomi} "I have to practice some more..."
<0467>
// As she arranges the violin to play it again...
<0468>
// \{Kotomi} "Ahh..."
<0469>
// The violin fell out of her left hand.
<0470>
// \{\m{B}} "Woah...!"
<0471>
// I instinctively reached out for it.
<0472>
// I somehow manage to catch it before it hits the ground.
<0473>
// \{Furukawa} "Are you all right?"
<0474>
// \{Ryou} "Kotomi-chan, your hand..."
<0475>
// \{Kotomi} "Well, it's nothing."
<0476>
// \{Kyou} "Come on, just show it to us!"
<0477>
// Kyou forcibly pulls out Kotomi's hand that she tried hiding behind her back and has a look at it.
<0478>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... wawa... it's become a little swollen..."
<0479>
// \{Kyou} "Try making a fist."
<0480>
// \{Kotomi} "Okay..."
<0481>
// \{Kyou} "........."
<0482>
// \{Kyou} "It hurts when you try, right?"
<0483>
// She nods.
<0484>
// Knowing about the violin, she shouldn't be able to play it if she can't grip it.
<0485>
// We're talking about Kotomi here, so she must have been practicing ever since this morning.
<0486>
// It's obvious that it would turn out this way.
<0487>
// \{\m{B}} "I'll take her to the nurse's office..."
<0488>
// \{Kyou} "Everyone will go with you, isn't that right?"
<0489>
// \{Ryou} "Yes."
<0490>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes. Let's go."
<0491>
// \{Kotomi} "Everyone, thank you very much for today."
<0492>
// At the usual place, Kotomi bows as always.
<0493>
// The compress on her left hand was pitiful.
<0494>
// It doesn't look too bad, and it should heal in about two to three days if taken care of.
<0495>
// \{Ryou} "Kotomi-chan... well... sorry for not noticing."
<0496>
// \{\m{B}} "Neither of you need to worry about it."
<0497>
// \{Furukawa} "But... because we were there, Kotomi-chan pushed herself too much..."
<0498>
// \{\m{B}} "It's her fault for not saying anything."
<0499>
// \{Ryou} "But..."
<0500>
// \{Kyou} "The recital ended peacefully, so it's all right."
<0501>
// The atmosphere returns to normal with Kyou's optimistic words.
<0502>
// I was watching the hair of the four girls swaying in the dusk-filled wind.
<0503>
// \{Kyou} "Okay, dismissed! Well, Kotomi... your usual farewell."
<0504>
// \{Kotomi} "Ryou-chan, see you tomorrow."
<0505>
// \{Ryou} "Yes. See you tomorrow."
<0506>
// \{Kotomi} "Nagisa-chan, see you tomorrow."
<0507>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes. See you tomorrow."
<0508>
// \{Kotomi} "Kyou-chan, see you tomorrow."
<0509>
// \{Kyou} "Yeah, yeah, see you tomorrow. Be sure not to use your hand tonight, you hear?"
<0510>
// \{Kotomi} "Yup."
<0511>
// They wave their hands and went different directions.
<0512>
// And from there, I walk beside Kotomi.
<0513>
// No words were spoken, but I didn't really feel bad about that.
<0514>
// It was a strange and empty feeling, like after a break, or after a festival.
<0515>
// I remember something about Kotomi when she put the violin back into its case. *
<0516>
// About how she carefully wiped its wooden surface, which has fading varnish, many times over.
<0517>
// About how she put the violin in the case, how she slowly closed it, and how she flipped its snap fastener.
<0518>
// \{Kotomi} "\m{B}-kun, do you remember?"
<0519>
// Kotomi speaks all of a sudden.
<0520>
// I got startled for no reason.
<0521>
// \{\m{B}} "About what?"
<0522>
// \{Kotomi} "Tomorrow is the day that we'll eat lunch together."
<0523>
// \{\m{B}} "That's right, tomorrow's Friday."
<0524>
// \{Kotomi} "Will you be fine, even if you sneak out during lessons?"
<0525>
// \{\m{B}} "That should be fine, but..."
<0526>
// \{\m{B}} "Your hand is hurt, so you don't need to force yourself to make boxed lunches, okay?"
<0527>
// \{Kotomi} "Yup..."
<0528>
// \{Kotomi} "Well then, I'll also take bread tomorrow."
<0529>
// \{\m{B}} "We'll be the first ones there again, so choose anything you like."
<0530>
// \{Kotomi} "Okay. I'm really looking forward to it."
<0531>
// She faces me and smiles peacefully.
<0532>
// \{Kotomi} "And once we eat lunch..."
<0533>
// \{Kotomi} "I'll go return the violin."
<0534>
// \{Kotomi} "\m{B}-kun, will you be coming with me?"
<0535>
// \{Kotomi} "I might end up crying if I'm alone so..."
<0536>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<0537>
// I slowly put my hand on Kotomi's head.
<0538>
// \{\m{B}} "We'll go together."
<0539>
// And with that, I embarrassingly stroke her hair.
<0540>
// \{\m{B}} "Here's your bag. Can you hold it?"
<0541>
// As I hand over her heavy bag, she holds it to her chest as if to protect her left hand.
<0542>
// I was going to ask, "Should I escort you home?", but ended up swallowing that down.
<0543>
// \{Kotomi} "\m{B}-kun, see you tomorrow."
<0544>
// \{\m{B}} "See you tomorrow, Kotomi."
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