Clannad VN:SEEN5430

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#character '＊Ｂ'
#character 'Miyazawa'
#character 'Sunohara'
#character 'Voice'
#character 'Young Man'
#character 'Yuu'
#character 'Female Student'
#character 'Teacher'
#character 'Man'
#character 'Woman'
#character "Yuu's Mother"
#character 'Ryou'
#character 'Boy'
#character 'Entire Class'
#character 'Girl'

<0000>
// Yukine
<0001>
// Somehow it feels like I've been commuting here every day now...
<0002>
// \{\m{B}} "Today sure is peaceful..."
<0003>
// I look around the room.
<0004>
// ... Miyazawa isn't here.
<0005>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Miyazawa-!"
<0006>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0007>
// \{\m{B}} "I thought she'd make something for me this lunch so I came empty-handed..."
<0008>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0009>
// She didn't seem to be hiding; she really wasn't here.
<0010>
// \{\m{B}} "Can't be helped..."
<0011>
// As I turn around to go to the cafeteria, I suddenly stop.
<0012>
// \{\m{B}} "Guess I'll make something myself..."
<0013>
// I gather the ingredients and cookware.
<0014>
// Usually Miyazawa would be standing here, doing all the work.
<0015>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0016>
// There's a white case placed by my feet.
<0017>
// \{\m{B}} (I see... this is the cooler box, huh...)
<0018>
// As I open the lid, I find frozen food stuffed inside.
<0019>
// \{\m{B}} (So all this'll be for stir-frying with the frying pan, huh...)
<0020>
// Sizzle!
<0021>
// The sound of frying rice echoed in the room.
<0022>
// \{\m{B}} "No good, the fire isn't strong enough..."
<0023>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, I am holding a portable stove model so... it's not exactly a luxury..."
<0024>
// Suddenly, I hear the sound of the door opening in the back.
<0025>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah... \m{B}-san."
<0026>
// \{\m{B}} "Heya, Yukine, welcome back."
<0027>
// I greeted her back, pretending to have an intimate relationship with her.
<0028>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah... haha... I'm back now."
<0029>
// Miyazawa smiles as if she's being tickled.
<0030>
// \{\m{B}} "You're a bit late today, aren't you?"
<0031>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes, I was on duty today."
<0032>
// \{\m{B}} "I see. It's still noon, right?"
<0033>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes, it is."
<0034>
// \{\m{B}} "I made some fried rice for the two of us, so please have a try."
<0035>
// \{Miyazawa} "Okay, thanks for the food."
<0036>
// We face each other eating the fried rice.
<0037>
// \{Miyazawa} "It's really delicious."
<0038>
// \{\m{B}} "It's only simple stir-frying."
<0039>
// \{Miyazawa} "As I thought, devotion brings out the taste."
<0040>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I put everything into it." 
<0041>
// \{Miyazawa} "Thank you very much."
<0042>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, if I do this, wouldn't it taste better?"
<0043>
// I take a spoon with fried rice and stretch my hand towards Miyazawa's mouth.
<0044>
// \{Miyazawa} "Haha... this is embarrassing."
<0045>
// \{\m{B}} "It's all right, open your mouth."
<0046>
// \{Miyazawa} "Then... ahh--"
<0047>
// Gulp.
<0048>
// The moment my spoon was in her mouth...
<0049>
// Slam.
<0050>
// \{Sunohara} "Yahoo! Yukine-chan!"
<0051>
// \{Sunohara} "Gack, HEAAARTTTBREAAAAAKKK!!"
<0052>
// S-s-s-s-liiiipppp--!
<0053>
// The happy-going Sunohara comes in, and with force, he slides onto the floor.
<0054>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah, welcome, Sunohara-san."
<0055>
// The sinful angel greets him with a smile.
<0056>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<0057>
// Sunohara responds with a silence, his body still.
<0058>
// \{Sunohara} "I never knew you two had developed that kind of relationship..."
<0059>
// \{Miyazawa} "Excuse me?"
<0060>
// \{Sunohara} "You're so mean \m{A}-kun... getting ahead of me like that..."
<0061>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, that really didn't have any deep meaning whatsoever."
<0062>
// \{Sunohara} "Liar!"
<0063>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm telling the truth. Right, Miyazawa?"
<0064>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes!"
<0065>
// \{Sunohara} "Really...? Can I believe... those words?"
<0066>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, sure."
<0067>
// \{Sunohara} "I-I'm glad..."
<0068>
// \{Miyazawa} "Here, I'll give you some back. Please say 'Ahhhh.'" 
<0069>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay, gulp."
<0070>
// S-s-liiiipppp--!
<0071>
// Sunohara again, falls onto the floor.
<0072>
// \{\m{B}} "You'll make all the dust fly, so stop doing that."
<0073>
// \{Miyazawa} "It's okay. I clean the floor every day..."
<0074>
// \{Miyazawa} "So, please feel free to lie down wherever you like."
<0075>
// \{\m{B}} "Man, Sunohara's such a kid."
<0076>
// \{Miyazawa} "I think it's wonderful if there are people in this school who are naughty like that."
<0077>
// \{\m{B}} "He's just an idiot."
<0078>
// \{Miyazawa} "Not at all. I think Sunohara-san holds dear the mindset of a child."
<0079>
// \{\m{B}} "By the way, how long are you gonna lie down there?"
<0080>
// \{Sunohara} "... I won't be getting up for a while."
<0081>
// \{Miyazawa} "Why is that, Sunohara-san...?"
<0082>
// \{\m{B}} "I think we might need a spell."
<0083>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah, you're right."
<0084>
// She takes out her usual book from her pocket.
<0085>
// \{Miyazawa} "Is this okay, Sunohara-san?"
<0086>
// \{Sunohara} "What is it...?"
<0087>
// \{Miyazawa} "Please place the palm of your dominant hand onto your forehead, as if to check your temperature."
<0088>
// \{Sunohara} "Okay..."
<0089>
// \{Miyazawa} "Then, in your mind, 'With A Warm Look, With A Warm Look, With A Warm Look...'"
<0090>
// \{Miyazawa} "Please think that three times."
<0091>
// \{Sunohara} "Okay..."
<0092>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<0093>
// \{Miyazawa} "Are you done?"
<0094>
// \{Sunohara} "I am..."
<0095>
// \{Sunohara} "So... what effect does this have?"
<0096>
// \{Miyazawa} "Well, let's see..."
<0097>
// \{Miyazawa} "Other people's happiness will become your happiness."
<0098>
// Slip! 
<0099>
// He made a somersault this time.
<0100>
// \{Sunohara} "That is a spell that makes you declare that you're a loser yourself, right?"
<0101>
// \{\m{B}} "Are you happy now, Sunohara?"
<0102>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm extremely sad!"
<0103>
// \{Miyazawa} "Looks like you weren't pleased with it..."
<0104>
// Miyazawa's disappointed voice.
<0105>
// \{Miyazawa} "Somehow, only Sunohara-san seems to be down, so..."
<0106>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'd like you to feel more like \m{B}-san just a little..."
<0107>
// \{Sunohara} "Ah... well... I'm really happy you feel that way, Yukine-chan..."
<0108>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'm sorry, for doing the exact opposite..."
<0109>
// \{Sunohara} "I really do feel better now."
<0110>
// \{Miyazawa} "Really?"
<0111>
// But...
<0112>
// \{\m{B}} (This is how Miyazawa plans to study what makes people happy, isn't it...?)
<0113>
// \{\m{B}} (She's spontaneously thickheaded...)
<0114>
// \{\m{B}} (Though as usual, she still ended up being popular spontaneously...)
<0115>
// \{\m{B}} (I wonder if I should tell her that...)
<0116>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah, I'm feeling better."
<0117>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'm so glad!"
<0118>
// \{\m{B}} (Nah, leaving it like this is fine...)
<0119>
// Miyaza's smile immediately came back as I think of that.
<0120>
// During that day.
<0121>
// While we had an amusing conversation with Miyazawa, we heard the sound of the windows open.
<0122>
// It's another one of Miyazawa's friends.
<0123>
// That's what I thought as I turn around to the opened window as the breeze comes in. However, there was no one there.
<0124>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh? No one came in just now?"
<0125>
// I ask Miyazawa.
<0126>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes?"
<0127>
// A shadow quietly creeps up from behind Miyazawa.
<0128>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah..."
<0129>
// \{Voice} "Don't move!"
<0130>
// A high pitched voice.
<0131>
// The shadow puts its arm around Miyazawa.
<0132>
// \{Miyazawa} "Eh, okay..."
<0133>
// Miyazawa replies obediently.
<0134>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0135>
// \{Voice} "That's it... stay still..."
<0136>
// \{Miyazawa} "Okay."
<0137>
// \{\m{B}} "Well..."
<0138>
// \{\m{B}} "It's just a kid."
<0139>
// No matter how you look at this, it's a kid. Seems to be still growing up, and you can't tell the gender with such an androgynous face.
<0140>
// The hair's cut short and trimmed, you can see that he's a boy (well, he might also be a girl with short hair). 
<0141>
// \{Miyazawa} "Is that so?"
<0142>
// \{Miyazawa} "But, I can't see him and I can't move."
<0143>
// \{\m{B}} "It's all right. He's unarmed and won't be able do anything at that level."
<0144>
// \{Miyazawa} "No, that's not the problem, it's a problem of being sincere."
<0145>
// \{Boy} "Are you making fun of me?" 
<0146>
// \{Miyazawa} "We're not."
<0147>
// It's pretty much like Miyazawa to answer him clearly...
<0148>
// \{Boy} "Then, you'll listen to what I have to say?"
<0149>
// \{Miyazawa} "If it's something I can do."
<0150>
// \{Miyazawa} "But, don't ask for any weird favors, okay?"
<0151>
// \{Boy} "It's not a favor, it's an order."
<0152>
// \{Boy} "It's a threat, after all."
<0153>
// \{Miyazawa} "It worries me if you say it like that."
<0154>
// \{Miyazawa} "It looks like I'll end up listening to your strange favors too."
<0155>
// \{\m{B}} "I won't let him do anything perverted."
<0156>
// \{Boy} "As if I would!"
<0157>
// \{\m{B}} "Ohh... he's mad, he's mad."
<0158>
// \{Miyazawa} "Then, what would you have me do?"
<0159>
// \{Boy} "Huh, well..."
<0160>
// \{Boy} "Oh..."
<0161>
// \{Boy} "I want you to give back... my sister."
<0162>
// \{Miyazawa} "Huh?"
<0163>
// \{\m{B}} "Ahh, well this is a misunderstanding."
<0164>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, how about telling us your story, while we have some coffee."
<0165>
// \{Miyazawa} "No, I'll do it, so \m{B}-san, please have a seat."
<0166>
// Miyazawa immediately gets up, lifting along the kid that's behind her.
<0167>
// \{Boy} "Uwaah!"
<0168>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ahh, I'm sorry. How thoughtless of me." 
<0169>
// \{Boy} "I told you not to move didn't I?!"
<0170>
// \{Miyazawa} "But, I'm only going to make some coffee. I'll be back soon."
<0171>
// \{Miyazawa} "You'll still see me, so it'll be okay."
<0172>
// \{Boy} "That's not the problem!"
<0173>
// \{Miyazawa} "Then, would you like to ride on my back?"
<0174>
// \{Boy} "........."
<0175>
// \{Boy} "Fine, I get it!"
<0176>
// He finally separates his arm from Miyazawa.
<0177>
// \{Boy} "In return, when you're done with the coffee, we'll return to the same positions."
<0178>
// \{Miyazawa} "All right, I understand."
<0179>
// \{Boy} "........."
<0180>
// \{Boy} "Tch..."
<0181>
// The kid clicks his tongue as he watches her back.
<0182>
// He's perfectly keeping pace with Miyazawa.
<0183>
// \{\m{B}} (Doesn't matter what you do, everyone would end up dancing to this girl's tune...) 
<0184>
// \{Miyazawa} "Would you like any sugar?"
<0185>
// \{Boy} "I don't."
<0186>
// Sip.
<0187>
// \{Boy} "Unnng..."
<0188>
// He made a bitter face as he drank the coffee.
<0189>
// \{Miyazawa} "Let's introduce ourselves, first."
<0190>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'm Miyazawa Yukine."
<0191>
// Miyazawa looks my way.
<0192>
// \{\m{B}} "\m{A}."
<0193>
// And then, the two of us put our coffee cups down as we look at the boy.
<0194>
// \{Boy} "... Yuu."
<0195>
// He didn't say his last name. He's probably being cautious.
<0196>
// \{Miyazawa} "So it's Yuu-kun?"
<0197>
// \{Miyazawa} "Then, Yuu-kun."
<0198>
// \{Miyazawa} "Would you like us to listen to what you have to say?"
<0199>
// \{Yuu} "........."
<0200>
// \{Yuu} "I..."
<0201>
// \{Yuu} "I want you to give back... my sister."
<0202>
// \{\m{B}} "We heard that just a while ago."
<0203>
// \{\m{B}} "We want to know what happened to that sister of yours, man."
<0204>
// \{Yuu} "She started playing with some strange guys."
<0205>
// \{\m{B}} "Strange guys...?"
<0206>
// \{Yuu} "Those guys with some strange hair colors."
<0207>
// \{\m{B}} "Students?"
<0208>
// \{Yuu} "Yeah... students from another school."
<0209>
// \{\m{B}} "And, how is Miyazawa related?"
<0210>
// \{Yuu} "Someone suggested I talk to her."
<0211>
// \{\m{B}} "Who did?"
<0212>
// \{Yuu} "My friend's brother."
<0213>
// I look at Miyazawa's face.
<0214>
// Miyazawa waves her hand in front of her face, denying it.
<0215>
// \{Yuu} "I don't really know, but supposedly the girl who controls these guys is here."
<0216>
// \{Yuu} "He said that the only way to escape from that world is to cut off your own finger!"
<0217>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0218>
// \{\m{B}} "That's uh...."
<0219>
// \{\m{B}} "Quite interesting."
<0220>
// \{Miyazawa} "It's not interesting at all."
<0221>
// \{\m{B}} "But he's reckless, you know."
<0222>
// \{Miyazawa} "We can't really joke about this."
<0223>
// \{\m{B}} "But you know, I don't understand this misunderstanding."
<0224>
// \{\m{B}} "Since all the delinquents around here adore you."
<0225>
// \{Miyazawa} "Just some of them."
<0226>
// \{\m{B}} "Even then, it's the same. Since they only come here to rely on you."
<0227>
// \{Miyazawa} "Well that might be so, but..."
<0228>
// \{\m{B}} "And also, you might also be an acquaintance with the people who know his sister."
<0229>
// \{Miyazawa} "Certainly I can't deny that, can I?"
<0230>
// \{\m{B}} "All right, let's bring those guys around here right now."
<0231>
// \{Yuu} "Ehh, really?!"
<0232>
// \{Miyazawa} "Isn't that great?"
<0233>
// \{\m{B}} "No, you'll be calling them."
<0234>
// \{Miyazawa} "How would I?"
<0235>
// \{\m{B}} "Somehow I feel that, if we go with a plan where you suddenly shout, they'd all come rampaging in here."
<0236>
// \{\m{B}} "'What'd you say?! Sis is in trouble?!'"
<0237>
// \{\m{B}} "'All right, you guys. Let's go! Yeeeaaahhh---!!'" 
<0238>
// \{\m{B}} "Something like that."
<0239>
// \{Miyazawa} "\m{B}-san, you really are funny." 
<0240>
// Not really.
<0241>
// \{Yuu} "If that's the case then... this person really is the boss, isn't she?"
<0242>
// \{Miyazawa} "He was only saying that as a joke."
<0243>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, while I'm not exactly serious, it might be true since the result would almost be like that." 
<0244>
// \{Yuu} "But, you know a lot of these bad people, right?"
<0245>
// Miyazawa picks up a sugar stick pack and cuts it by the top edge. 
<0246>
// \{Miyazawa} "They're not bad."
<0247>
// And then, she pours its contents in the boy's cup.
<0248>
// \{Miyazawa} "It's just that society has labeled them as bad."
<0249>
// \{Miyazawa} "There are times when they become rude and reckless."
<0250>
// \{Miyazawa} "And there are times other people will put the blame on them."
<0251>
// \{Miyazawa} "However, though everyone of them shows themselves to be macho, they're really kind people."
<0252>
// That kind of thinking is wrong...
<0253>
// Society calls them bad because they are 'bad'. 
<0254>
// And there isn't anyone who's willing to accept them.
<0255>
// That's probably why they come around here.
<0256>
// They want to be accepted.
<0257>
// And as such, they want to think of it that way.
<0258>
// \{Yuu} "In that case, you probably don't know the guys she's hanging around with..."
<0259>
// \{Miyazawa} "I can't really say more about it but, I don't think there's a rule saying that they mustn't tempt women."
<0260>
// \{Yuu} "I see..."
<0261>
// It seems like he now believes in Miyazawa's words.
<0262>
// After that, the boy takes away his hand, his head hanging down.
<0263>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, don't feel so depressed."
<0264>
// \{\m{B}} "I'll make some pilaf."
<0265>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah, that's a good idea."
<0266>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yuu-kun, would you like some?"
<0267>
// \{Yuu} "Well... I do want some, but my mom makes my own food..."
<0268>
// \{\m{B}} "That's fine, all you need to say is you ate somewhere else then head up to your room on the second floor, right?"
<0269>
// Just like those drama scenes.
<0270>
// \{Yuu} "She'll get mad at me... plus, my room is on the first floor..."
<0271>
// \{\m{B}} "Idiot, you're a man, what are you getting scared about?"
<0272>
// \{\m{B}} "Isn't it because of that, that your sister doesn't come to play with you?"
<0273>
// \{Yuu} "I wonder..."
<0274>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, I'll go cook then."
<0275>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'll help you."
<0276>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, thanks."
<0277>
// We cook side by side, just a bit behind the bookshelves.
<0278>
// When I turn around, I see the boy's picked up some comic, and began reading it.
<0279>
// \{Miyazawa} "Somehow, when we're like this, we look like a family."
<0280>
// Slam.
<0281>
// \{Sunohara} "Yahoo! Yukine-chan!"
<0282>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh, AAAATTT HOOOOOOMMMMEEEE!!!"
<0283>
// S-s-s-s-liiiipppp--!
<0284>
// The easy going Sunohara came in, slipped and went spinning into the floor.
<0285>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah, Sunohara-san, welcome."
<0286>
// Sunohara raises his screwed-up face up.
<0287>
// \{Sunohara} "That kid reading the comics there, are you both his parents?!"
<0288>
// \{\m{B}} "Idiot, like that can happen."
<0289>
// \{Miyazawa} "Nothing like that is possible."
<0290>
// \{Yuu} "Ahaha, he completely misunderstood."
<0291>
// \{Sunohara} "Then you three shouldn't laugh at me like that."
<0292>
// \{Miyazawa} "It's because Sunohara-san is quite funny."
<0293>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh? Really? Ahahaha..."
<0294>
// \{\m{B}} "This kid came in all of a sudden from the window."
<0295>
// \{Sunohara} "Then, what? He got lost or something? We should hand him over to the teacher."
<0296>
// \{Miyazawa} "Actually, he came here on his own to see me."
<0297>
// \{Sunohara} "Hah?"
<0298>
// \{Sunohara} "What the hell is this? You like older women?"
<0299>
// He's threatening a kid...
<0300>
// \{Sunohara} "Brats should go home!"
<0301>
// \{Yuu} "Uwah..."
<0302>
// \{Yuu} "And she even told me that the people she knew were kind..."
<0303>
// \{Miyazawa} "It's okay, Sunohara-san is also a kind person."
<0304>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah, to you, I'm kind." 
<0305>
// \{Sunohara} "But I'm strict with kids."
<0306>
// \{\m{B}} "You act more like a brat than him."
<0307>
// \{Sunohara} "How am I?! Look me in the face and say it!"
<0308>
// \{Yuu} "This guy seems the type who'd take my sister."
<0309>
// \{Yuu} "His hair's also yellow."
<0310>
// \{Sunohara} "What's he talking about...?"
<0311>
// \{Miyazawa} "Well about that..."
<0312>
// He listens to Miyazawa's explanation.
<0313>
// \{Sunohara} "Why? Isn't that a false accusation? Then, isn't he at fault?"
<0314>
// \{Miyazawa} "No one's at fault."
<0315>
// \{Sunohara} "I wonder."
<0316>
// \{\m{B}} "Sunohara is at fault."
<0317>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm an outsider no matter how you look at it, dammit!"
<0318>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't talk while spitting some pilaf on the table."
<0319>
// \{Sunohara} "That's because you always butt in!"
<0320>
// \{Sunohara} "All right then, I'll have to teach this naive one some things."
<0321>
// \{Sunohara} "You know what, you have a simple sister complex."
<0322>
// Sunohara began his one-sided preaching to Yuu.
<0323>
// \{Sunohara} "You can't always play with her forever."
<0324>
// \{Sunohara} "If you grow up, you'll have to stand on your own, and will feel like socializing with other people."
<0325>
// \{Sunohara} "If you just go up against them, and tell them to give her back, you'd be barking up the wrong tree, man."
<0326>
// It's kinda rare for Sunohara to give his opinion.
<0327>
// \{Sunohara} "You're also a man so you shouldn't always go after your sister."
<0328>
// \{Sunohara} "Be independent, like me."
<0329>
// \{Yuu} "Is this guy independent?"
<0330>
// \{\m{B}} "No he isn't."
<0331>
// \{Sunohara} "Let me have some dignity for a moment!!"
<0332>
// \{\m{B}} "But you know, what Sunohara said wasn't really far from the truth."
<0333>
// \{Yuu} "Eh... is that so..."
<0334>
// \{Yuu} "Is that what you think, big sis?"
<0335>
// He asks Miyazawa.
<0336>
// \{Miyazawa} "Well, let me think. The way he speaks is a bit rude, but I think so as well."
<0337>
// \{Miyazawa} "Don't you think that you'll also be in the same situation someday, Yuu-kun?"
<0338>
// \{Sunohara} "That's growing up... it means changing oneself."
<0339>
// \{\m{B}} "But you haven't changed from primary school one bit."
<0340>
// \{Sunohara} "Could you please stop adding crap to everything I say?"
<0341>
// \{\m{B}} "You were talking so seriously and it's giving me a rash. It's a kind of disease, so sorry."
<0342>
// \{Sunohara} "That's the worst disease, huh."
<0343>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm, well, that's how it is."
<0344>
// \{Yuu} "........."
<0345>
// I watch as the boy carefully scoops the pilaf with his spoon.
<0346>
// \{Yuu} "........."
<0347>
// All of a sudden, tears come flowing from his eyes.
<0348>
// Miyazawa immediately gets up, pulls out a handkerchief and brings it to the boy's cheek.
<0349>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh, the talk about the disease was scary?! It's a total lie, all right?!"
<0350>
// \{\m{B}} "You idiot, he isn't crying because of that crap."
<0351>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yuu-kun has finally understood."
<0352>
// \{Miyazawa} "About how he's been torn away from his sister."
<0353>
// After she dries his tears, she embraces his head.
<0354>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'm sure... he's spent a lot of fun times with his sister."
<0355>
// \{Miyazawa} "But, it'll be all right."
<0356>
// \{Miyazawa} "Even if she ends up changing..."
<0357>
// \{Miyazawa} "New relationships will be waiting at the new place." 
<0358>
// \{Miyazawa} "That's what that means."
<0359>
// We've also searched for that same meaning.
<0360>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... you're right."
<0361>
// Though I didn't really have the right to say that right now though.
<0362>
// But, I'm here in this place too.
<0363>
// Since when, though?
<0364>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey boy... \wait{1200}you're a spore from a flower."
<0365>
// \{Sunohara} "From here on, fly where the wind blows you to."
<0366>
// \{Sunohara} "To meet new people, and to go to new places."
<0367>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<0368>
// \{\m{B}} "On the other hand, Sunohara... \pYou're a \g{booger}={This is a pun with 'spore from a flower' from the previous line, and its equivalent Japanese wording is 'hana no houshi' while booger means 'hana kuso.'}."
<0369>
// \{Sunohara} "That's disgusting!"
<0370>
// \{\m{B}} "Just a flick of a finger, and you'll be traveling away." 
<0371>
// \{Sunohara} "I'll fall down immediately!" 
<0372>
// \{Miyazawa} "I think it's actually quite wonderful."
<0373>
// \{Sunohara} "To be a booger!?"
<0374>
// \{Miyazawa} "The spore example, that is."
<0375>
// \{Sunohara} "Y-yeah, that one!"
<0376>
// \{Miyazawa} "That's right. Yuu-kun is a flower spore."
<0377>
// \{Miyazawa} "The wind will strongly sweep you into time."
<0378>
// \{Miyazawa} "But, all of that is so Yuu-kun can go to a new place."
<0379>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'm sure it'll be a wonderful place-"
<0380>
// Miyazawa always wraps everything up with kindness.
<0381>
// And then, the next day.
<0382>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<0383>
// \{Voice} "Eh, is that Sunohara-kun's younger brother?"
<0384>
// \{Voice} "Oh, didn't know he had such a cute thing."
<0385>
// \{Voice} "... So, why's that kid around this school?"
<0386>
// \{Voice} "It might be that his big brother forgot something and he's here to deliver it?"
<0387>
// \{Voice} "He's stupid so I bet he's causing trouble for his little brother..."
<0388>
// \{Voice} "How sad... having that kind of big brother..."
<0389>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey you, I heard all that!"
<0390>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, chill out, Sunohara."
<0391>
// \{Sunohara} "How can you calm down in a situation like this..."
<0392>
// \{Sunohara} "Also, why are you here too?"
<0393>
// Behind Sunohara is the kid from yesterday, Yuu.
<0394>
// \{\m{B}} "This kid's trying with all his might to stand by himself, you know."
<0395>
// \{\m{B}} "He skipped school to come here, isn't that brave?"
<0396>
// I tell it like it is, but all he did was look up Sunohara's back.
<0397>
// He seems prepared to follow Sunohara wherever.
<0398>
// \{\m{B}} "You were also preaching to him, so you should look after him too."
<0399>
// \{Sunohara} "What do you think this looks like?"
<0400>
// \{Sunohara} "Is it all right if I teach him bad things?"
<0401>
// \{Sunohara} "Or make use of him?"
<0402>
// \{\m{B}} "Any of that's fine."
<0403>
// No need for rules. Sunohara's with us together and even bad things will be a good learning experience for Yuu.
<0404>
// If he wants to change into something, then all of it is for the best.
<0405>
// \{Sunohara} "All right, then..."
<0406>
// Sunohara rubs his hands.
<0407>
// \{Female Student} "Kyaa, Sunohara-kun looks like he's going to do something perverted to his little brother-!"
<0408>
// \{Sunohara} "I still haven't done anything yet!"
<0409>
// Sunohara looks over his shoulder angrily as he walks off.
<0410>
// And following behind him is Yuu.
<0411>
// They jump inside the strange land.
<0412>
// Ding Dong Dang Dong 
<0413>
// The empty reference room.
<0414>
// I lean my body against the wall, picking up an old magazine.
<0415>
// Sunohara lies down and also took a similar magazine as he distanced himself a bit.
<0416>
// \{Yuu} "Hey, the bell has rung."
<0417>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah, it has."
<0418>
// \{Yuu} "Doesn't that mean classes have started?"
<0419>
// \{Sunohara} "It has."
<0420>
// \{Yuu} "Is it okay not to leave?"
<0421>
// \{Sunohara} "It's alright to miss classes if there's something that you should do. This is normal in society."
<0422>
// \{Yuu} "Is there something that he should be doing now?"
<0423>
// \{\m{B}} "No, there isn't."
<0424>
// \{Sunohara} "Aren't you the same!?"
<0425>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm aware of that."
<0426>
// \{Yuu} "... Could it be, you guys are dropouts?"
<0427>
// \{\m{B}} "This guy might be, but I'm not."
<0428>
// \{Sunohara} "Neither am I!"
<0429>
// \{\m{B}} "He's a guy that's not aware he's obnoxious. Remember that."
<0430>
// \{Sunohara} "Hahahaha, you really know yourself all too well don't you, \m{A}." 
<0431>
// \{Yuu} "Yeah!"
<0432>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, don't look at me and agree like that!"
<0433>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't make so much noise, the teacher'll hear it."
<0434>
// \{Sunohara} "If that happens, we'll apologize like men and head back."
<0435>
// Sunohara says that as his eyes return to the magazine.
<0436>
// \{Yuu} "Is that what being a man is?"
<0437>
// \{Sunohara} "The most important thing of all is being able to accept your own mistakes."
<0438>
// \{\m{B}} "But in his case, he's just being a sad loser. Remember that."
<0439>
// \{Yuu} "Okay!"
<0440>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, like I said, you brat! Don't agree with him!"
<0441>
// \{Sunohara} "And besides, \m{A}! Don't screw around with my educating the kid!"
<0442>
// \{\m{B}} "That was educating him...?"
<0443>
// \{Sunohara} "You know what the words 'learn from bad example' mean? I know I do."
<0444>
// \{\m{B}} "Do you know what it means then?"
<0445>
// \{Sunohara} "I don't really know it well, but don't these idioms sound cool?" 
<0446>
// \{Sunohara} "Well, anyway, stop blabbering and just follow my lead."
<0447>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0448>
// I think he's an idiot, but I have come this far in helping him out...
<0449>
// \{Sunohara} "I'll turn you into a fine man. You'll grow big if you watch me."
<0450>
// \{Yuu} "Okay!"
<0451>
// \{Sunohara} "All right, good answer."
<0452>
// Well, as long as he's observing such a terrible example, it's quite certain he'll become a good boy because of it.
<0453>
// Clatter... clatter... clatter... clatter...
<0454>
// \{\m{B}} "This is bad... the footsteps are getting closer..."
<0455>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh? Eh? Is it coming here?" 
<0456>
// \{\m{B}} "Let's hide."
<0457>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh, ah, o-okay."
<0458>
// Sunohara quickly hides under the desk.
<0459>
// He left Yuu behind.
<0460>
// \{Yuu} "Eh? Eh? Eh?"
<0461>
// \{\m{B}} "Come over here!"
<0462>
// \{Yuu} "O-okay!"
<0463>
// I take in Yuu under another table and hide.
<0464>
// Damn... that idiot Sunohara... despite hiding under that table, doesn't he know that his butt is visible from the door entrance once it opens?
<0465>
// Rattle...
<0466>
// \{Teacher} "Hm...? Hey, what are you doing there?"
<0467>
// He easily finds Sunohara.
<0468>
// Having said that, it'd be strange if he wasn't found.
<0469>
// However, it seems he hasn't found me yet, so I remain still.
<0470>
// Shudder... shudder... shudder... shudder...
<0471>
// Slam!\shake{2}
<0472>
// \{Sunohara} "Oww!"
<0473>
// Bonk!\shake{1}
<0474>
// Sunohara shrieked as he got kicked at the butt.
<0475>
// And at the same time, he hits his head at the table as he rises up.
<0476>
// \{Teacher} "It's you, huh... class has already started."
<0477>
// \{Sunohara} "Yes, I'm sorry. I was playing hide and seek, so I kinda forgot the time."
<0478>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, \m{A}, let's head back to class."
<0479>
// This is terrible... he plans to get me involved too.
<0480>
// \{Teacher} "There's someone else?"
<0481>
// \{Sunohara} "Ahahahahaha, he always acts like a brat. He hides pretty well though."
<0482>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0483>
// \{Yuu} (Onii-chan...?)
<0484>
// \{\m{B}} (Just keep quiet. We'll head back soon.)
<0485>
// \{Yuu} (Okay...)
<0486>
// Just to make sure Yuu's safe, I also come out from under the table.
<0487>
// \{Teacher} "Is there anyone else?"
<0488>
// \{\m{B}} "Nope."
<0489>
// \{Teacher} "I see. In that case, I'll take you to the guidance room first and have some tea before I escort you to your classroom."
<0490>
// \{Sunohara} "We'll pass on that since we're really late attending class now."
<0491>
// \{Teacher} "You can't expect to be able to turn your results around in just an hour."
<0492>
// \{Sunohara} "Ahahahaha, I guess you're right."
<0493>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0494>
// I wonder what will Yuu learn from watching Sunohara...
<0495>
// Well, he is a bad example...
<0496>
// He's probably learning a lot...
<0497>
// \{Sunohara} "Please excuse us-!"
<0498>
// Rattle... clamp...
<0499>
// Our persistent sarcasm went over thirty minutes...
<0500>
// The bell that ends class rang and finally, we were dismissed.
<0501>
// \{Sunohara} "Whew, I'm beat. I didn't think we'd be busted."
<0502>
// Pow!\shake{2}
<0503>
// I hit him in the back of his head with all my might.
<0504>
// \{Sunohara} "What is it?! Don't take your anger out of me!"
<0505>
// \{\m{B}} "It's your damn fault I'm angry, you loser!"
<0506>
// \{Sunohara} "Getting caught alone's a bit unfair, you know!"
<0507>
// \{\m{B}} "Wipe your own ass, damn you!"
<0508>
// \{Sunohara} "I wipe my own! Don't make a fool of me!"
<0509>
// \{Sunohara} "If you want to, why don't we go to the toilet now so I could show you?!"
<0510>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, isn't that perverted?!"
<0511>
// \{\m{B}} "You're the one getting the wrong idea here!"
<0512>
// Damn it... if I keep arguing with him, I might also become an idiot...
<0513>
// I sigh and turn around.
<0514>
// \{Sunohara} "H-hey, where are you going?"
<0515>
// \{\m{B}} "The reference room. We left Yuu all alone there, right?"
<0516>
// \{Sunohara} "Oh yeah, that's right. I forgot."
<0517>
// \{\m{B}} "... Learn from bad example, huh..."
<0518>
// \{Sunohara} "Hmm? What did you say to me?"
<0519>
// \{\m{B}} "Nothing, just saying you're cool."
<0520>
// \{Sunohara} "Really? Thank you-!"
<0521>
// When we came back to the reference room...
<0522>
// A visitor was there.
<0523>
// It's a stern man with a gaudy look.
<0524>
// Yuu was doing sitting down on his knees in front of the man and somehow, listening to him with enthusiasm.
<0525>
// \{Sunohara} (W-Who's that?)
<0526>
// \{\m{B}} (He's Miyazawa's acquaintance, right?)
<0527>
// \{Sunohara} (They seems to be engrossed in some discussion.)
<0528>
// \{\m{B}} (Yeah.)
<0529>
// Just what exactly were they talking about?
<0530>
// \{Man} "All right, do it."
<0531>
// \{Yuu} "O-okay."
<0532>
// \{Man} "You're reply is wrong, right?"
<0533>
// \{Yuu} "Y-yah!"
<0534>
// ... He seems to be giving him strange ideas...
<0535>
// Yuu stands up and looks at us.
<0536>
// He seems to have noticed we came back.
<0537>
// He looks at me carefully... then at Sunohara...
<0538>
// He walks to us.
<0539>
// He puts his hands into his pockets and stoops backward...
<0540>
// To be honest, he looks nothing but ridiculous.
<0541>
// \{Sunohara} "W-woah... somehow he looks a bit overwhelming..."
<0542>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0543>
// He's the only idiot here who's overwhelmed by a grade school student...
<0544>
// Yuu passes by my side and continues towards Sunohara.
<0545>
// And then he looks up at Sunohara's face... no glaring, like he's someone that doesn't need be taken seriously.
<0546>
// \{Sunohara} "W-what is it?"
<0547>
// He's shaking in his boots...
<0548>
// \{Yuu} "Ummm... Try jumping."
<0549>
// \{Sunohara} "Uh, what?"
<0550>
// Jump, jump.
<0551>
// Clatter... clatter...
<0552>
// I think it's the sound of coins coming from his pocket.
<0553>
// Yuu's eyes abruptly shines.
<0554>
// \{Yuu} "So there's still some left, huh!?"
<0555>
// \{Sunohara} "Eek! So no foreplay, and straight to extortion for the second half of this?!"
<0556>
// As he says that, he hands over some coins to Yuu from his pocket...*
<0557>
// This guy is even showing his unsightly side to a kid...?
<0558>
// \{Man} "Good performance."
<0559>
// The man claps his hands, satisfied.
<0560>
// \{\m{B}} "What are you actually teaching the kid, huh?"
<0561>
// \{Man} "Hah? He was asking me how to become like a man, so I told him whatever."
<0562>
// \{\m{B}} "And how is taking money from someone being a man?"
<0563>
// \{Yuu} "Onii-chan, I can use this money to buy food and give it to the cat that's been abondoned in the rain, right?"
<0564>
// \{Man} "That's right. After that, leave your own umbrella with the cat and go home all wet."
<0565>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0566>
// Like a man...
<0567>
// \{Man} "That honor student you saw will fall in love with you, so remember this."
<0568>
// \{Yuu} "Yah!"
<0569>
// \{Man} "Well then, well, guess I'll go."
<0570>
// He puts his hands on his knees as he gets up.
<0571>
// \{\m{B}} "Didn't you come here to see Miyazawa?"
<0572>
// \{Man} "I have some business to attend to now... it's just that I thought I'd go visit Yuki-nee."
<0573>
// \{Man} "I guess I came at the wrong time." 
<0574>
// \{Man} "Well... that's life..."
<0575>
// The man makes his leave through the window.
<0576>
// \{Man} "Hey kid. Make use of what I told you."
<0577>
// \{Yuu} "Yah!"
<0578>
// \{Man} "See ya!"
<0579>
// As he says that, the man, holding an iron pipe, jumped out through the window.
<0580>
// \{Sunohara} "... That guy... where is he gonna go now...?"
<0581>
// \{\m{B}} "... Who knows."
<0582>
// There surely are some worlds that we would be better off not knowing...
<0583>
// \{Sunohara} "Oh yeah, that's right. Hey brat, gimme back my 300 yen!"
<0584>
// \{Yuu} "Eh? No way. I'll use this to buy a food for a cat so that an honor student will fall in love with me."
<0585>
// \{Sunohara} "There's no way a dream-like situation like that will happen, you know."
<0586>
// \{Yuu} "It might happen."
<0587>
// \{Sunohara} "Damn this brat~! Hurry up and take out that money!"
<0588>
// \{Yuu} "Wah-wah! Stop it-!"
<0589>
// Sunohara pushes down the child.
<0590>
// And then...
<0591>
// Rattle. 
<0592>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah..."
<0593>
// Miyazawa cocks her head as she looks at Sunohara holding down Yuu.
<0594>
// \{Miyazawa} "What's wrong here?"
<0595>
// \{Sunohara} "There's nothing really wrong here."
<0596>
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}, explain it to her."
<0597>
// \{\m{B}} "Sunohara's trying to steal money from a kid."
<0598>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey! You've left the first half of the story of what all happened."
<0599>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, I thought that part wasn't important anyway."
<0600>
// \{Sunohara} "I'll look like a bum if you leave that out!"
<0601>
// \{Miyazawa} "I see... so, Sunohara-san is having some problems with money, right?"
<0602>
// \{Sunohara} "Um, like I said, it's not like that..."
<0603>
// \{Miyazawa} "But you shouldn't take money from other people."
<0604>
// \{Miyazawa} "Sunohara-san, if you need some money, I'll lend you some. Here."
<0605>
// Miyazawa says that as she takes out a 1000 yen bill, and gives it to Sunohara.
<0606>
// \{Sunohara} "Ah... like I said, you see..."
<0607>
// \{Miyazawa} "I think you have a reason for this. It's okay not to tell if it's hard to."
<0608>
// \{Miyazawa} "But if talking will make you feel at ease, please let me hear your story."
<0609>
// \{Miyazawa} "I might become your source of strength too..."
<0610>
// \{Miyazawa} "Though I know it's against our school rules, I could introduce you to a part time job..." 
<0611>
// \{Sunohara} "... U... uwaaaaa---! Damn it---!"
<0612>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah..."
<0613>
// Sunohara grabs the 1000 yen bill while he jumps out of the room.
<0614>
// \{Miyazawa} "So he had such problems, didn't he...?"
<0615>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah.... actually, the truth is..."
<0616>
// As expected Miyazawa pitied Sunohara crying like that so I tell her the truth.
<0617>
// \{Miyazawa} "Is that so... I did something quite inexcusable to Sunohara-san."
<0618>
// \{\m{B}} "Nah, it's fine. He's childish, that's how it is."
<0619>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'll apologize later."
<0620>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, if you want to, it's fine I guess."
<0621>
// \{Miyazawa} "But before that..."
<0622>
// Miyazawa looks at Yuu who's sitting a bit far away from her.
<0623>
// And then she comes in front of him, and sits down on her knees.
<0624>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yuu-kun."
<0625>
// She looks up at him and call his name tenderly.
<0626>
// \{Miyazawa} "You can't take any money from other people."
<0627>
// \{Yuu} "But, If I buy food with that money and give it to a cat, I'll be like a man..."
<0628>
// \{Miyazawa} "Are you happy with buying food that was bought by taking money from others?"
<0629>
// \{Yuu} "That's... well..."
<0630>
// \{Miyazawa} "Or the food you bought using your money from working hard? Which do you think is better?"
<0631>
// \{Yuu} "... Working hard..."
<0632>
// \{Miyazawa} "Isn't that right?"
<0633>
// Miyazawa bears a sweet smile.
<0634>
// \{Miyazawa} "The taste is the same, but it's more pleasant to buy it with the money you earned from work."
<0635>
// \{Miyazawa} "The most important thing is the feeling."
<0636>
// \{Miyazawa} "If you take money, the people you take them from will feel sad."
<0637>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yuu-kun, don't you also hate people who take stuff from you like that?"
<0638>
// \{Yuu} "Yeah..."
<0639>
// \{Miyazawa} "Everyone feels the same way. That's why you don't do things that you don't want them to do to you."
<0640>
// \{Yuu} "... Okay..."
<0641>
// Yuu nods, hanging his head.
<0642>
// Miyazawa holds his hands and smiles at him.
<0643>
// \{Miyazawa} "Well then, shall we go look for Sunohara-san?"
<0644>
// \{Miyazawa} "We'll both apologize to him properly, all right?"
<0645>
// \{Yuu} "Okay."
<0646>
// Miyazawa is really this persuasive even when it comes to teaching the basics of interacting with people, huh.
<0647>
// Well... this is unexpected... Miyazawa might have come this far by doing this simple preaching.
<0648>
// It's actually quite difficult to explain common sense in simple terms.
<0649>
// She's not changing people, she's bringing them back...
<0650>
// She's saying the truth in good faith, making them recognize themselves.
<0651>
// It's something so simple, yet difficult.
<0652>
// \{Sunohara} "Ah, about that thing. I guess I have an open heart? I really don't care about something like that."
<0653>
// During lunch break, Sunohara came with a good sense of humor while stuffing himself with pilaf.
<0654>
// \{Sunohara} "Nevertheless, Yukine-chan's pilaf is the best!"
<0655>
// \{Sunohara} "Doesn't it feel like the ultimate meal?"
<0656>
// \{Miyazawa} "It's only food I warmed up from the fridge, but what you say makes me happy."
<0657>
// \{Sunohara} "Non, non! Cooking is Love! Your devotion's brought out the best taste in this!"
<0658>
// Yuu and I who're eating pilaf distanced ourselves from Sunohara who's merrily making grains of rice fly off from his mouth.
<0659>
// After that, Yuu gets up, leaving his dish.
<0660>
// \{Yuu} "Um... onii-chan..."
<0661>
// \{Sunohara} "Huh?"
<0662>
// \{Yuu} "Um... here."
<0663>
// As he says that, he takes three 100 yen coins out of his pocket and presents them to Sunohara.
<0664>
// \{Yuu} "I'm sorry."
<0665>
// \{Sunohara} "Ahh, don't worry about it. I was a bit childish, after all."
<0666>
// \{Sunohara} "It means we're both at fault."
<0667>
// \{Sunohara} "Well, just go buy some juice or give a cat some food, all right?"
<0668>
// \{Yuu} "Eh? Is that okay?"
<0669>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah! I don't really care. Ahahahaha-!"
<0670>
// \{Miyazawa} "Sunohara-san, you're quite an adult, aren't you?"
<0671>
// \{\m{B}} "This is a surprising reaction."
<0672>
// Honestly, I thought he'd start another unreasonable preaching...
<0673>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey kid. Become a man like me, okay?"
<0674>
// \{Yuu} "Yeah!"
<0675>
// \{\m{B}} "By the way, Sunohara."
<0676>
// \{Sunohara} "Hmm? What is it?"
<0677>
// \{\m{B}} "Yuu has given back your 300 yen which means you, too, should give back Miyazawa's cash."
<0678>
// \{Sunohara} "...?"
<0679>
// \{\m{B}} "Miyazawa's 1000 yen bill, right?"
<0680>
// \{Sunohara} "Ah, ahaha, a-about that..."
<0681>
// \{Sunohara} "I don't have it anymore."
<0682>
// \{\m{B}} "... Huh?"
<0683>
// \{Sunohara} "I drowned myself with juice from the vending machine. Thanks a bunch, Yukine-chan." 
<0684>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah, no, it was my pleasure."
<0685>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0686>
// \{\m{B}} "Yuu, come here for a second."
<0687>
// \{Yuu} "What is it?"
<0688>
// \{\m{B}} "Just come here..."
<0689>
// \{\m{B}} "Grow up to be any kind of person except him, all right?"
<0690>
// \{Yuu} "Eh?"
<0691>
// \{\m{B}} "Just agree with me."
<0692>
// \{Yuu} "O-okay."
<0693>
// It's evening and we're on the way back home from school.
<0694>
// Sunohara's walking and behind, following him, is Yuu.
<0695>
// Miyazawa and I were also lined up behind them.
<0696>
// ... Such a strange group...
<0697>
// \{Miyazawa} "If you look at them, they look a lot like siblings."
<0698>
// \{\m{B}} "Those two?"
<0699>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes."
<0700>
// \{\m{B}} "... That's pretty terrible."
<0701>
// \{Miyazawa} "Really?"
<0702>
// \{\m{B}} "Of course, him being an older brother would be bad."
<0703>
// \{Miyazawa} "But, I think Yuu-kun doesn't think of it that way."
<0704>
// \{Miyazawa} "If not, he wouldn't be following him because of that."
<0705>
// \{\m{B}} "Is it like that?"
<0706>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes."
<0707>
// Miyazawa bears a sweet smile, looking at the two from behind.
<0708>
// \{Miyazawa} "They really look like brothers..."
<0709>
// She has a kind look on her face as if she's reminiscing something.
<0710>
// \{Voice} "Yuu!"
<0711>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<0712>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah..."
<0713>
// Sunohara stopped immediately.
<0714>
// Yuu also stopped at the same time, no, he stepped back.
<0715>
// A woman had caught up with the two.
<0716>
// \{Woman} "You didn't come to school, what are you doing in this place!?" 
<0717>
// It looks like Yuu's mother.
<0718>
// It seems she found out that he skipped school.
<0719>
// \{Sunohara} "Could that be your mother?"
<0720>
// \{Yuu} "Y... yeah...."
<0721>
// He nods and hides behind Sunohara.
<0722>
// \{Yuu's Mother} "I got a call from the school. What exactly have you been doing?!"
<0723>
// \{Yuu} "Um... that's... well..."
<0724>
// \{Yuu's Mother} "... Were you all accompanying Yuu?"
<0725>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh? Us?"
<0726>
// The focus of the argument changed...
<0727>
// Yuu's mother was staring at us.
<0728>
// She was, in particular, looking straight at Sunohara.
<0729>
// \{Yuu's Mother} "How can your hair be dyed like that... Yuu's a child that shouldn't be with people like you."
<0730>
// \{Yuu's Mother} "Yuu's never been late up until now... then suddenly, finding out he skipped class..."
<0731>
// \{Yuu's Mother} "I don't know what kind of ideas you've been giving him, but please don't come near Yuu anymore."
<0732>
// \{Sunohara} "I-I didn't do any..."
<0733>
// \{Yuu's Mother} "If anything more happens, I'm contacting your school directly!"
<0734>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<0735>
// Sunohara couldn't say anything after Yuu's mother said that.
<0736>
// \{Yuu's Mother} "Yuu, you're not like your sister."
<0737>
// \{Yuu's Mother} "You should properly go to school and study so you'll become a civilized person."
<0738>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0739>
// The way she said it sounds like we're not normal students.
<0740>
// Such annoying words...
<0741>
// \{Yuu's Mother} "We're going home. Hurry up and come here."
<0742>
// \{Yuu} "Ah..."
<0743>
// Yuu stayed behind Sunohara, tightening his grip on Sunohara's hand.
<0744>
// \{Miyazawa} "Um..."
<0745>
// Miyazawa steps forward and stops in front of her.
<0746>
// \{Yuu's Mother} "What is it?"
<0747>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yuu-kun is a good child."
<0748>
// \{Yuu's Mother} "Huh...?"
<0749>
// \{Miyazawa} "He came to us because he was really worried about his sister."
<0750>
// \{Miyazawa} "He may have taken a day off from school today, but Yuu-kun has been thinking about that too."
<0751>
// \{Yuu's Mother} "No matter what you think, if he did something wrong, it's the parent's duty to take care of it."
<0752>
// \{Miyazawa} "I don't think there's something wrong with Yuu-kun's thinking."
<0753>
// \{Miyazawa} "I certainly think that Yuu-kun already knew that taking a day off school is bad."
<0754>
// \{Miyazawa} "But, despite knowing that, he managed to change himself and came here."
<0755>
// \{Miyazawa} "That is a kind of lesson that school wouldn't really teach."
<0756>
// \{Miyazawa} "Thinking and acting on his own; if he somehow makes a mistake, he'll learn from it."
<0757>
// \{Miyazawa} "The most important thing for Yuu-kun is how he acts."
<0758>
// \{Miyazawa} "I don't think teaching him something that will only turn him into a person who always nods obediently is good."
<0759>
// \{Miyazawa} "He did something bad and it couldn't be helped that you'd get angry."
<0760>
// \{Miyazawa} "But, please don't deny everything he did right now."
<0761>
// \{Miyazawa} "Please."
<0762>
// Miyazawa bows down at the end.
<0763>
// Yuu's mother stood there, completely speechless.
<0764>
// \{Yuu's Mother} "A... anyway, please, just don't come near Yuu."
<0765>
// That was a sharp remark to leave with.
<0766>
// She then said something else incoherently before taking Yuu away.
<0767>
// Miyazawa looked behind Yuu, quite lonely.
<0768>
// I decide to put my hand on her head.
<0769>
// \{Miyazawa} "\m{B}-san...?"
<0770>
// \{\m{B}} "You're pretty amazing."
<0771>
// \{Miyazawa} "Eh?"
<0772>
// \{\m{B}} "People wouldn't normally say something like that to other people's parents."
<0773>
// \{Miyazawa} "No, it's not something that's really meant to be praised."
<0774>
// \{Miyazawa} "I might have been forcing my own opinion upon someone after all..."
<0775>
// \{\m{B}} "But, that's the way you think and act, isn't it?"
<0776>
// \{Miyazawa} "Eh? Y-Yes."
<0777>
// \{\m{B}} "Then that's okay, right? Even if you make a mistake, you'll still learn something, right?"
<0778>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes."
<0779>
// Miyazawa nodded, with a small smile returning to her face.
<0780>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, even if your words didn't reach his mother, it still reached Yuu, right?"
<0781>
// \{\m{B}} "That's what you want to say after all."
<0782>
// \{Miyazawa} "Then I'm glad."
<0783>
// \{Sunohara} "Ahhhhhh--! Damn it, what was with that old hag?! How annoying!" 
<0784>
// \{Sunohara} "She came here treating us like rascals!"
<0785>
// \{Sunohara} "That brat only came on his own!"
<0786>
// \{Sunohara} "Those that can't exercise control have only themselves to blame!"
<0787>
// \{Sunohara} "That kid will stray from his path even if we're not with him. Yeah, there's no mistake."
<0788>
// \{\m{B}} "Sigh..."
<0789>
// \{Miyazawa} "A-ahaha..."
<0790>
// I give a sigh while Miyazawa puts on a dry laugh.
<0791>
// \{Sunohara} "Hm? What? What's wrong?"
<0792>
// He's the only one here who really can't be helped...
<0793>
// Miyazawa was sitting in the chair with her eyes closed but she didn't notice that I came in.
<0794>
// I wonder if she's sleeping?
<0795>
// Miyazawa opens her eyes when she notices I've passed in front of her.
<0796>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah... \m{B}-san, welcome."
<0797>
// \{\m{B}} "It's okay, you can stay like that."
<0798>
// \{\m{B}} "I'll make my own coffee."
<0799>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'm sorry."
<0800>
// She's obedient today. Usually she'd get up and do it herself anyway.
<0801>
// \{\m{B}} "Do you want anything?"
<0802>
// \{Miyazawa} "Please, if you don't mind."
<0803>
// \{\m{B}} "Here's your order."
<0804>
// I put down both of our coffees, facing each other as I sit.
<0805>
// \{\m{B}} "You seem kind of tired today."
<0806>
// \{Miyazawa} "Not at all, I'm just thinking about a lot of things."
<0807>
// Well... she seems kind of tired.
<0808>
// She must be having doubts about Yuu growing up.
<0809>
// \{\m{B}} "You want to... try a spell?"
<0810>
// \{Miyazawa} "Huh?"
<0811>
// \{\m{B}} "The spell you told me about before. The one where you pour in the genki dama... that was really embarrassing, though."
<0812>
// \{Miyazawa} "Haha.... yes, that was quite embarrassing, right?"
<0813>
// Miyazawa takes the book out of her shirt pocket, and turns the page.
<0814>
// \{Miyazawa} "Right now, the perfect one is..."
<0815>
// \{Miyazawa} "This one."
<0816>
// \{\m{B}} "Found it?"
<0817>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes."
<0818>
// \{Miyazawa} "Would you like me to tell you how to do it?"
<0819>
// \{\m{B}} "Sure. No matter how embarrassing it is, I'll give it a shot."
<0820>
// \{Miyazawa} "Then, please stay where you are. I'll go next to you."
<0821>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay."
<0822>
// Miyazawa stands up, and walks parallel to the desk as she heads to me.
<0823>
// She then pulls a chair that's beside me and sits down.
<0824>
// \{\m{B}} "And then?"
<0825>
// \{Miyazawa} "Please move your chair a little bit."
<0826>
// \{\m{B}} "Like this?"
<0827>
// I moved the chair a bit to the side.
<0828>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes."
<0829>
// \{Miyazawa} "Now, please excuse me."
<0830>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"
<0831>
// Miyazawa lies down the upper part of her body right beside me.
<0832>
// And then she puts her head on my lap.
<0833>
// So, she's someone who'd sleep in someone's lap.
<0834>
// \{\m{B}} "And then...?"
<0835>
// I asked her as I shook off the weight of that reality.
<0836>
// \{Miyazawa} "Please tell me a folktale."
<0837>
// She says that as she closes the book.
<0838>
// \{\m{B}} "Anything is fine?"
<0839>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes."
<0840>
// \{\m{B}} "Then, I'll tell you a normal one..."
<0841>
// \{\m{B}} "Once upon a time, an old man and lady went out to hunt demons."
<0842>
// \{Miyazawa} "Those two are strong, right?"
<0843>
// \{\m{B}} "I was thinking of something short so I ended up thinking of this one."
<0844>
// She giggles and smiles.
<0845>
// \{Miyazawa} "Please continue."
<0846>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay."
<0847>
// \{\m{B}} "During the trip, a monkey, dog, pheasant, and Momotarou join them."
<0848>
// \{Miyazawa} "Momotarou-san is a minor character, isn't he?"
<0849>
// \{\m{B}} "I kinda forgot. I just happen to remember him just now, so I've added him as well."
<0850>
// \{Miyazawa} "They're quite lively."
<0851>
// \{\m{B}} "Sure is."
<0852>
// \{Miyazawa} "Please continue."
<0853>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay."
<0854>
// .........
<0855>
// ......
<0856>
// ...
<0857>
// \{\m{B}} "And they lived happily ever after."
<0858>
// \{\m{B}} "The End." 
<0859>
// I don't know since when did she fall asleep.
<0860>
// \{\m{B}} "She really was that sleepy..."
<0861>
// \{\m{B}} "The old man was really busy, and all Momotarou did was shout, 'Now, old man!'..." *
<0862>
// \{\m{B}} "You were smiling the entire time, huh..."
<0863>
// \{\m{B}} "Is this a written special spell of some sort that would make someone sleep while smiling?"
<0864>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Miyazawa."
<0865>
// \{Miyazawa} "........."
<0866>
// I tried calling out to her, but she didn't look like she was about to wake up.
<0867>
// \{\m{B}} "... So, what should I do in this situation?"
<0868>
// Wake her up 
<0869>
// Stay like that 
<0870>
// \{\m{B}} "Come on, Miyazawa. If you fall asleep, the spell won't have any effect." 
<0871>
// I shake Miyazawa's shoulder.
<0872>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah..."
<0873>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'm sorry."
<0874>
// She wakes up and moves a bit.
<0875>
// \{Miyazawa} "It seems I fell asleep."
<0876>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't worry, it was just for a bit."
<0877>
// \{\m{B}} "So, was the spell effective?"
<0878>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes, I feel quite rested."
<0879>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, you ended up sleeping."
<0880>
// \{\m{B}} "That should be fine though."
<0881>
// \{Miyazawa} "I don't think I should trouble you anymore, should I, \m{B}-san?"
<0882>
// \{\m{B}} "No, no, it's fine."
<0883>
// And then, I see the half-asleep girl off at the school gate. 
<0884>
// I feel it might be bad to take her off my lap. 
<0885>
// I'll wait until she wakes up.
<0886>
// \{\m{B}} "So... what exactly is this spell?"
<0887>
// \{\m{B}} "This spell is really written in the book too, right?"
<0888>
// The spell book falls out of Miyazawa's hand.
<0889>
// I open it up and look over the notes.
<0890>
// \{\m{B}} "This one is for rheumatism..."
<0891>
// \{\m{B}} "And this one's for dry skin..."
<0892>
// \{\m{B}} "This one's for those who's sensitive to cold..."
<0893>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, it looks like the effect a hot spring would give you..."
<0894>
// \{\m{B}} "Looks like a bunch of lies some female student made up..."
<0895>
// I keep looking and looking, but in the end, I can't find the spell.
<0896>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm so naive..."
<0897>
// \{\m{B}} "You were simply tired, weren't you...?"
<0898>
// \{\m{B}} "Even more, you didn't have a pillow so you're using my lap, huh..."
<0899>
// \{\m{B}} "I've never been used like this."
<0900>
// \{\m{B}} "How spoiled..."
<0901>
// Zzzzzz...
<0902>
// A small sleeping breath.
<0903>
// \{\m{B}} (I guess you really are tired...)
<0904>
// \{\m{B}} (Her guard is down if she's like this...)
<0905>
// \{Miyazawa} "........."
<0906>
// Miyazawa's mouth moved a bit.
<0907>
// It doesn't seems like she'll be waking up any sooner.
<0908>
// \{\m{B}} (Sleep talking, huh...)
<0909>
// Almost as if she had no voice.
<0910>
// ... Onii-san...
<0911>
// I only hear those words.
<0912>
// \{\m{B}} (... She has an older brother?)
<0913>
// Ah... in other words, that's how it is.
<0914>
// Miyazawa has an older brother and she's on good terms with him, and I'm like a substitute to that brother of hers.
<0915>
// \{\m{B}} (I don't really mind...)
<0916>
// For a while, I was amazed by how quiet I had remained there.
<0917>
// And then, another sound rang, softly waking her up. I escort the half-asleep girl up to the school gates.
<0918>
// \{\m{B}} "Think you can go home?" 
<0919>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes... I'm sorry~"
<0920>
// She walked ahead, her steps staggering around.
<0921>
// \{\m{B}} (Well, I doubt there are any idiots that'll come and attack her...)
<0922>
// After all, even on a dangerous night, she has a lot of friends.
<0923>
// \{\m{B}} (Daily routine, daily routine...)
<0924>
// The next day, I went to the old school building again.
<0925>
// My destination is the reference room.
<0926>
// I open the door.
<0927>
// \{Miyazawa} "Welcome!"
<0928>
// Miyazawa's smile.
<0929>
// At the same time, an aroma ran through my nose, making me hungry.
<0930>
// It seemed like I came into a party.
<0931>
// Cooked food of various colors were set up on the table.
<0932>
// \{\m{B}} "What's with all this...?"
<0933>
// \{Miyazawa} "Um..."
<0934>
// \{Miyazawa} "I wanted to apologize for yesterday."
<0935>
// She hung her head low. 
<0936>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"
<0937>
// \{Miyazawa} "Well... it's just that, I caused you some trouble..."
<0938>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh... you mean sleeping on my lap?"
<0939>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes... the truth is I meant to do that for just a bit." 
<0940>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes..." 
<0941>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't really mind, so lift your head."
<0942>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'm very sorry."
<0943>
// \{\m{B}} "However you put it, I'm happy. I'm a man after all."
<0944>
// \{Miyazawa} "Is that so?"
<0945>
// \{\m{B}} "Kind of..."
<0946>
// \{\m{B}} "Besides, I don't like you hanging your head like that."
<0947>
// \{Miyazawa} "For that... I also apologize."
<0948>
// \{\m{B}} "Let that be the last one."
<0949>
// \{Miyazawa} "Okay."
<0950>
// Her smile returns.
<0951>
// If it's Miyazawa, then any argument with her would last for only ten seconds and we would be on good terms right away again.
<0952>
// \{\m{B}} (It wasn't even an argument to begin with...)
<0953>
// \{Miyazawa} "Well, besides that, this is... just my thanks."
<0954>
// \{Miyazawa} "For the, folktale."
<0955>
// \{\m{B}} "Looks great."
<0956>
// \{Miyazawa} "Of course, I did my best cooking this."
<0957>
// So, letting her sleep in your lap means you get to have her home made cooking, huh.
<0958>
// Any man would take the initiative and announce their candidacy with that... 
<0959>
// And then, because it's her, she'll probably accept it.
<0960>
// Then in the end, all of them will come here to do the same.
<0961>
// If I wasn't here, and Sunohara was, I'm sure he'd get a warm reception.
<0962>
// \{\m{B}} (And then, he'd misunderstand what's happening in many ways...)
<0963>
// Like that.
<0964>
// \{\m{B}} "I'd like to give some advice."
<0965>
// I talk as I sit down and begin to eat my meal.
<0966>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes?"
<0967>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't think it's a good idea to fall asleep defenseless in front of a guy."
<0968>
// \{Miyazawa} "Haha... I guess you're right."
<0969>
// \{Miyazawa} "You're probably right."
<0970>
// \{Miyazawa} "I just lacked sleep yesterday."
<0971>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess."
<0972>
// \{Miyazawa} "Plus, I was relieved when it was you, \m{B}-san." 
<0973>
// \{\m{B}} "Do I seem similar to your brother?"
<0974>
// \{Miyazawa} "Eh...?"
<0975>
// \{Miyazawa} "You surprised me. You knew?"
<0976>
// \{\m{B}} "You were talking in your sleep, you know."
<0977>
// \{Miyazawa} "Oh.... so I did?"
<0978>
// \{Miyazawa} "Please excuse me for saying that."
<0979>
// Miyazawa gives a bitter smile.
<0980>
// \{Miyazawa} "It's just the atmosphere."
<0981>
// \{Miyazawa} "\m{B}-san is \m{B}-san."
<0982>
// I should probably follow up.
<0983>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."
<0984>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't really mind if I'm substituting your brother, though."
<0985>
// \{\m{B}} "And you haven't shown your weak side to anyone in this school too."
<0986>
// \{Miyazawa} "No, it's okay."
<0987>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, I think you really were kinda tired."
<0988>
// \{Miyazawa} "Is that so..."
<0989>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't be so reserved."
<0990>
// \{\m{B}} "I'll lend you my lap at any time."
<0991>
// \{Miyazawa} "Um... the truth is, I'm really a spoiled person..."
<0992>
// \{Miyazawa} "That's why... it's certainly a bother..."
<0993>
// \{\m{B}} "Not at all."
<0994>
// \{Miyazawa} "........."
<0995>
// \{Miyazawa} "It really isn't a problem...?"
<0996>
// It's fun watching your face that seems to be tempting me.
<0997>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah. In any case, I'm glad."
<0998>
// \{Miyazawa} "Why's that?"
<0999>
// \{\m{B}} "Shouldn't you know that quite well yourself?"
<1000>
// \{Miyazawa} "Eh...?"
<1001>
// \{\m{B}} "Your head's spinning round and round, right?" 
<1002>
// \{\m{B}} "Though I don't know anything."
<1003>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah... yes, that's right."
<1004>
// \{Miyazawa} "If so... I'll take up your offer."
<1005>
// She walks towards me...
<1006>
// Puff. 
<1007>
// She places her head on my shoulder.
<1008>
// I close my arm around her small body and hold her. 
<1009>
// \{Miyazawa} "........."
<1010>
// I smell the fragrance of Miyazawa's soft hair...
<1011>
// \{\m{B}} (If her colleagues saw me like this, I wonder what I'd do...?)
<1012>
// \{\m{B}} (My life'll be in danger... holding her, huh...)
<2417>
//
<1013>
// I spent my time thinking about that.
<1014>
// \{Sunohara} "Hahahaha!"
<1015>
// \{Sunohara} "You're only so close to her because you're similar to her brother!"
<1016>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm pretty certain that's the only thing going on between you two."
<1017>
// \{\m{B}} "That's good for you then."
<1018>
// \{Sunohara} "Well, I'm sorry for you, but this is an advantage for me."
<1019>
// \{Sunohara} "Being a substitute for her brother means you're not her love interest."
<1020>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess."
<1021>
// \{\m{B}} "But, even if you say our friendship is like that, doesn't that mean I'm in a higher position than you?"
<1022>
// \{Sunohara} "That's true. Since you're like her brother."
<1023>
// \{\m{B}} "In short, it means that even your relationship with Miyazawa is something I can control."
<1024>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh...?"
<1025>
// \{\m{B}} "It means I can tell her 'you can't be with such a person', yup."
<1026>
// \{\m{B}} "Even more, this is where you get to be two-faced, yup."
<1027>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<1028>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, tomorrow will be quite fun."
<1029>
// \{Sunohara} "Umm..."
<1030>
// \{\m{B}} "What?"
<1031>
// \{Sunohara} "My good brother, if you would be kind..." 
<1032>
// He bows his head and touches the table with his forehead.
<1033>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, you sure don't have any pride, do you?"
<1034>
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}, let's go to the reference room."
<1035>
// \{Sunohara} "Well, there..."
<1036>
// \{Sunohara} "I'll be calling you my older brother from now on." 
<1037>
// \{\m{B}} "Stop that."
<1038>
// \{Sunohara} "Now, now, don't be shy. From now on, I'll make sure you feel good when I call you that way."
<1039>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't make such arrangements..." 
<1040>
// \{\m{B}} "Why, anyway?" 
<1041>
// \{Miyazawa} "I wonder why."
<1042>
// That's love... \pthat's how I see it.
<1043>
// And that's what I think from my instinct.
<1044>
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}, damn you, you're getting ahead of me again aren't you?!"
<1045>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh? Yeah. Since you were away."
<1046>
// \{Sunohara} "There are times when I'm busy too, you know!"
<1047>
// \{\m{B}} "What? You were just playing pachinko games, weren't you?"
<1048>
// \{Sunohara} "Ugh..."
<1049>
// \{\m{B}} "Got you there, huh."
<1050>
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}... lemme give you a bit of trivia."
<1051>
// \{\m{B}} "What is it?"
<1052>
// \{Sunohara} "Pachinko shops... \wait{2000}don't let minors come in."
<1053>
// \{Sunohara} "Heh~! Heh~! Heh~! Heh~! Heh~!"
<1054>
// \{\m{B}} "Even grade school kids know that..."
<1055>
// \{Sunohara} "In other words, we're talking about something else. I was busy with other things, you know."
<1056>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, really."
<1057>
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}, let's go, to the reference room."
<1058>
// \{Sunohara} "I won't forgive you if you get ahead of me today!"
<1059>
// \{\m{B}} "What are we going to do about lunch?" 
<1060>
// \{Sunohara} "It feels bad making her cook our food so I'll bring my own."
<1061>
// \{\m{B}} "Bread?"
<1062>
// \{Sunohara} "Eating bread in front of a girl makes you look poor, you know?"
<1063>
// \{Sunohara} "I'll be taking the cafeteria's set lunch with me."
<1064>
// \{\m{B}} "I think taking the tray with the cafeteria's set lunch and walking around within the school looks much worse."
<1065>
// \{Sunohara} "It's not like Yukine-chan will see me."
<1066>
// \{\m{B}} "So, you don't mind if other students see you, huh?" 
<1067>
// \{Sunohara} "Come on, my older brother, go on ahead." 
<1068>
// He's becoming like a younger brother...
<1069>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah..."
<1070>
// As always, Miyazawa was alone reading a book.
<1071>
// \{\m{B}} "Yo!"
<1072>
// \{Miyazawa} "Welcome, you two."
<1073>
// \{Miyazawa} "As always, you guys get along well."
<1074>
// \{Sunohara} "Because we're like siblings, after all."
<1075>
// \{\m{B}} "He has bad humor."
<1076>
// \{Miyazawa} "Lunch today is... oh, you brought something?"
<1077>
// \{Miyazawa} "Is that from the cafeteria?"
<1078>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah, it's the special today."
<1079>
// \{Sunohara} "I also have one for you, Yukine-chan."
<1080>
// \{\m{B}} "You're not ashamed to be in the rough performance group, huh."
<1081>
// It's really tricky for Sunohara to be carrying two set-dish trays like that. 
<1082>
// \{Miyazawa} "I must apologize. Thanks for the food."
<1083>
// \{Sunohara} "Since your brother is always looking after me."
<1084>
// \{\m{B}} "Brother?"
<1085>
// I look off to the wall.
<1086>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm talking about you!"
<1087>
// \{Sunohara} "It seems that he was taking care of you during my absence, huh?"
<1088>
// \{\m{B}} "Taking care?"
<1089>
// I look off to the wall.
<1090>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm talking about you!"
<1091>
// \{Miyazawa} "Giggle, giggle... as always, you two are quite the comedic pair."
<1092>
// \{Sunohara} "We will continue to make Yukine-chan smile."
<1093>
// \{\m{B}} "All right, I'll pour hot water on you today too so she'll feel much better."
<1094>
// \{Sunohara} "I mean by talking! Just talking!"
<1095>
// \{\m{B}} "How are you going to make her smile if you don't stretch your body to its limit?"
<1096>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm going to show you my smarter side today."
<1097>
// Rattle.
<1098>
// The window opens again.
<1099>
// From there, a man whose school uniform has been stained in mud enters the room.
<1100>
// \{Man} "Yuki-nee..."
<1101>
// \{Man} "Yuki-nee... you here...?"
<1102>
// Falling down to the floor, the man strains his voice.
<1103>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes, I'm here."
<1104>
// Miyazawa hurries to him, and supports his body.
<1105>
// \{Man} "Cough..."
<1106>
// \{Sunohara} "Looks like something big happened again..."
<1107>
// \{Man} "I've been betrayed, Yuki-nee..."
<1108>
// \{Man} "I... can't hold on much longer..."
<1109>
// \{Man} "I... can't stand up any... more..."
<1110>
// \{Miyazawa} "It's all right... no matter what happens, please don't throw away your hope."
<1111>
// \{Man} "Yuki-nee..."
<1112>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes... what is it?"
<1113>
// \{Man} "I'm... glad I got to meet you..."
<1114>
// \{Miyazawa} "Okay..."
<1115>
// \{Man} "Yuki-nee..."
<1116>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes..."
<1117>
// \{Man} "Thank... you..."
<1118>
// ......... \pPlop. 
<1119>
// .........
<1120>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<1121>
// \{Sunohara} "Well... he's not moving anymore..."
<1122>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess..."
<1123>
// \{Sunohara} "The lunch... is getting cold now, right...?"
<1124>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess..."
<1125>
// \{Sunohara} "By the way, this is, the reference room, right?"
<1126>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess..."
<1127>
// \{Sunohara} "Lunch break's gonna end soon, right...?"
<1128>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess..."
<1129>
// \{Sunohara} "If lunch break ends... we'll surely, wake up from this dream, right...?"
<1130>
// \{\m{B}} "It'd be good if we do..."
<1131>
// Di---ng, do---ng...
<1132>
// The bell echoes.
<1133>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<1134>
// \{Sunohara} "Nothing really changed, right...?"
<1135>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess..."
<1136>
// \{Sunohara} "By the way, \m{A}."
<1137>
// \{\m{B}} "What..."
<1138>
// \{Sunohara} "... I suddenly feel like taking a walk."
<1139>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, please do so..."
<1140>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<1141>
// \{Sunohara} "\bUWWWAAAAHHHH---! SOMEONE DIEEEEDDD-----!!\u"
<1142>
// \{\m{B}} "Shut up!"
<1143>
// Kapow!\shake{2}
<1144>
// Sunohara receives my kick and rolls onto the floor.
<1145>
// \{Sunohara} "Guh, \m{A}..."
<1146>
// Sunohara only lifts his head as he looks at me.
<1147>
// \{\m{B}} "What?"
<1148>
// \{Sunohara} "Me... meeting you... \wait{3000}was the worst thing ever..."
<1149>
// \{\m{B}} "I think so too, Sunohara."
<1150>
// Twitch.
<1151>
// \{\m{B}} "Crap..."
<1152>
// \{\m{B}} "It seems there's another victim here too..."
<1153>
// \{Miyazawa} "Um, \m{B}-san."
<1154>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"
<1155>
// \{Miyazawa} "Could you help me, carry, this person here?"
<1156>
// \{\m{B}} "Sure, but... is he okay?"
<1157>
// \{Miyazawa} "He's tired so he's only sleeping."
<1158>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh really... that really threw us off..."
<1159>
// \{\m{B}} "Is the school infirmary okay with it?"
<1160>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes, I'll talk directly with the nurse."
<1161>
// \{\m{B}} "I see..."
<1162>
// Miyazawa and I go down the corridor, carrying the male student from another school down to the infirmary.
<1163>
// \{\m{B}} "Aren't you always having problems?"
<1164>
// \{Miyazawa} "Excuse me?"
<1165>
// \{\m{B}} "I mean meeting those guys."
<1166>
// \{Miyazawa} "Of course it's a problem too."
<1167>
// \{Miyazawa} "But, there are a lot of good things about it as well."
<1168>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, even if I tell you, I know you won't listen..."
<1169>
// \{\m{B}} "It's just that, you're cute and have a good personality..."
<1170>
// \{\m{B}} "If you do something better than this, you can surely gain something..."
<1171>
// \{\m{B}} "I was just thinking that you're always putting yourself at a disadvantage."
<1172>
// \{Miyazawa} "Thank you for your concern." 
<1173>
// \{Miyazawa} "But, I'm okay with how I am right now."
<1174>
// \{Miyazawa} "Because I like it this way..."
<1175>
// She says that, putting her hand to her chest.
<1176>
// \{Miyazawa} "I always, always want to be this way... that's what I think."
<1177>
// \{\m{B}} "I see..."
<1178>
// \{Miyazawa} "How were your lessons?"
<1179>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, I forgot. We have lessons."
<1180>
// \{Miyazawa} "Then, how about we return to our classrooms?"
<1181>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess."
<1182>
// I walk alongside Miyazawa.
<1183>
// Her height's just about that of my shoulder.
<1184>
// There are a lot of people who rely on that small body of hers...
<1185>
// But there's no one in this school she can rely on...
<1186>
// I wonder if it'd be all right... if I become one...
<1187>
// It's all right 
<1188>
// No, it's not 
<1189>
// If I can become one, then I want to be... That's what I think. 
<1190>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh yeah, that's right."
<1191>
// Just as we're about to part, I turn to face Miyazawa.
<1192>
// \{\m{B}} "You already know what you like to do for yourself now so..."
<1193>
// \{\m{B}} "If you feel tired at all or you feel sad, please don't hold yourself back."
<1194>
// \{Miyazawa} "Eh...?"
<1195>
// \{\m{B}} "You don't get the luxury of relying on someone, right?"
<1196>
// \{\m{B}} "Since there's no one who will, I don't mind lending my shoulder or my lap whenever you want..."
<1197>
// \{\m{B}} "... Or maybe, if I feel you're doing too much, I'll go and lend you my lap myself."
<1198>
// \{Miyazawa} "........."
<1199>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, I'll also lend you my shoulder from time to time."
<1200>
// \{Miyazawa} "........."
<1201>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1202>
// \{Miyazawa} "........."
<1203>
// \{\m{B}} "... Miyazawa...?"
<1204>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah, s-sorry. I must have been daydreaming there."
<1205>
// \{\m{B}} "You want me to lend you my lap?"
<1206>
// \{Miyazawa} "No, it's not that I was tired... well..."
<1207>
// \{Miyazawa} "That's the first time I've been told that."
<1208>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah, haha... I'm sorry, I didn't really know what to answer after that."
<1209>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, sorry. I guess the things I said bother you."
<1210>
// \{Miyazawa} "No, you're wrong. It didn't bother me at all."
<1211>
// \{Miyazawa} "It would bother me if it bothered me... 
<1212>
// Huh? Well..."
<1213>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1214>
// \{Miyazawa} "Well, thank you very much."
<1215>
// Miyazawa bows down her head, her facial expression has a mixture of happiness and embarrassment.
<1216>
// Anyway, it doesn't seem I made her feel unpleasant, so I'm kind of relieved.
<1217>
// I wave my hand as I head inside the room. 
<1218>
// I wonder if it's for my self-satisfaction... 
<1219>
// She's been living like this so far.
<1220>
// So, I probably don't need to support her.
<1221>
// That's what I felt.
<1222>
// At the same time classes ended... 
<1223>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<1224>
// Sunohara appears as if he's a ghost.
<1225>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh sorry, I forgot about you."
<1226>
// \{Sunohara} "It's all right... Since that's what you always do."
<1227>
// \{Sunohara} "Yukine-chan is different though. I acted as if I was sick and I was nursed by her."
<1228>
// \{Sunohara} "She said 'Please wake up, Sunohara-san' as she gently shook me."
<1229>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... gently, huh..."
<1230>
// \{\m{B}} "An hour had passed already though."
<1231>
// \{Sunohara} "... Eh?"
<1232>
// \{Sunohara} "Lunch break's over now, right?"
<1233>
// \{\m{B}} "Since fifth period is over."
<1234>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<1235>
// \{\m{B}} "It means you've been forgotten for an hour."
<1236>
// \{Sunohara} "I guess Yukine-chan knows how to play pranks too, doesn't she?" 
<1237>
// \{\m{B}} "If I really force myself to think so, I could say your personality is quite envious."
<1238>
// \{\m{B}} "Anyway, a guy like you could be called a clown."
<1239>
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}..."
<1240>
// His tone suddenly changed.
<1241>
// \{\m{B}} "What?"
<1242>
// \{Sunohara} "You surely said the word you shouldn't have..."
<1243>
// Is he talking about the clown thing?
<1244>
// \{\m{B}} "What do you mean?"
<1245>
// \{Sunohara} "Today is the day..."
<1246>
// \{Sunohara} "Where I'll swear to seriously beat you and this will continue through the coming future!"
<1247>
// Is it okay having such a stupid reason?
<1248>
// Slam!!
<1249>
// The sound of the desk falling over echoes.
<1250>
// It continues with the voice of a girl's scream.
<1251>
// \{Ryou} "S-Sunohara-kun, p-please stop...!!"
<1252>
// \{Sunohara} "Ugaaahhhh!!"
<1253>
// Not sooner than that, a desk came flying towards me.
<1254>
// Clatter! Slam! Rattle! 
<1255>
// I roll over someone's desk to avoid getting hit while the wild noises roamed about.
<1256>
// Why the hell is he going nuts over something stupid?!
<1257>
// \{Sunohara} "Stop avoiding my throws!!"
<1258>
// \{\m{B}} "Stop joking around, man!"
<1259>
// \{Sunohara} "This isn't a joke!!"
<1260>
// This time a chair flew by.
<1261>
// I managed to avoid it.
<1262>
// \{Young Man} "Guaah!"\shake{1}
<1263>
// Looks like it hit someone else.
<1264>
// I'm not that all surprised that he collapsed.
<1265>
// The atmosphere of the classroom was frozen.
<1266>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1267>
// \{Sunohara} "........." 
<1268>
// \{Entire Class} "........."
<1269>
// \{Sunohara} "It's all your fault!"
<1270>
// \{\m{B}} "Why are you saying that with your face down?!"
<1271>
// Slam!
<1272>
// \{Teacher} "What the hell's going on?!" 
<1273>
// The rumbling voice of the teacher comes in, as expected.
<1274>
// \{Girl} "S-Sunohara-kun suddenly went crazy..."
<1275>
// \{Teacher} "What? Again... Sunohara! \wait{4000} \m{A}!" 
<1276>
// \{\m{B}} "What? Me too?!"
<1277>
// .........
<1278>
// ......
<1279>
// ...
<1280>
// It's dark outside the window. 
<1281>
// I sit down on the floor and rest my back at the bed and watched Sunohara who's kneeled down before me.
<1282>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1283>
// \{Sunohara} "........." 
<1284>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, you dumbass."
<1285>
// \{Sunohara} "... Yes...?"
<1286>
// \{\m{B}} "Thanks to you we got suspended for three days..." 
<1287>
// \{Sunohara} "... Yeah..."
<1288>
// That's right... after that, we were taken to the staff room, and without any explanation they suspended us from school for three days.
<1289>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1290>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<1291>
// \{\m{B}} "Is it all right if I hit you with all my might?"
<1292>
// \{Sunohara} "With the 'Paper' hand (from 'Rock, Paper, Scissors')?"
<1293>
// \{\m{B}} "With the radio cassette player."
<1294>
// \{Sunohara} "Please, give me a break."
<1295>
// \{\m{B}} "Geez..."
<1296>
// I sighed as looked up at the ceiling.
<1297>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, whatever..."
<1298>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh? You'll forgive me?"
<1299>
// \{\m{B}} "Everyone has words that they don't want to hear."
<1300>
// \{Sunohara} "Hmmm~ At first, it was supposed to be a joke though..."
<1301>
// \{\m{B}} "... Huh...?"
<1302>
// \{Sunohara} "I tried to fall into a daze going all wild and stuff, well~ It seems I was really into it."
<1303>
// Tonk!\shake{1}
<1304>
// \{Sunohara} "Ouch! You hit me with 'Rock'!" 
<1305>
// Slap!\shake{1}
<1306>
// \{Sunohara} "It hurts with 'Paper' too!"
<1307>
// Biff!\shake{2}
<1308>
// \{Sunohara} "Gyaaah! My eyes!"
<1309>
// I used 'Scissors' and poked his eyes to complete it.
<1310>
// \{\m{B}} "Sigh... can I kick you too?"
<1311>
// \{Sunohara} "You hit me, slapped me, and poked me in the eyes and you're still not content?!"
<1312>
// \{\m{B}} "Of course."
<1313>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm begging you, please give me a break..."
<1314>
// Sunohara said that as he bows down touching the floor with his forehead.
<1315>
// \{\m{B}} "Sigh... I'm going home."
<1316>
// \{Sunohara} "You won't stay here overnight with me?"
<1317>
// \{\m{B}} "Being suspended from school is like house arrest, isn't it?"
<1318>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, I don't think I'll get caught, but I think I'll take a break for a day."
<1319>
// \{Sunohara} "Sigh~ It sure is happy to have a home, huh~"
<1320>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm in a dorm, so it's more or less like a prison here." 
<1321>
// \{\m{B}} "That's what you call karma."
<1322>
// \{Sunohara} "I guess we can't even go to see Yukine-chan, huh."
<1323>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1324>
// Right... our daily routine of going to the reference room is suspended too...
<1325>
// \{Sunohara} "Ah! That's right! This is a romance plot!"
<1326>
// \{Sunohara} "We always see each other but then, suddenly we couldn't anymore."
<1327>
// \{Sunohara} "She'll be thinking 'I wonder why...' as she gets worried, and the hole in her heart will widen up from the loss as she remembers."
<1328>
// \{Sunohara} "And with that, we'll understand the meaning of sadness."
<1329>
// \{Sunohara} "She'll go, 'Ahh... since when have I been unable to stand on my own anymore without Sunohara-san', right?" 
<1330>
// \{Sunohara} "And then, the next time we see each other again, she'll dive to my chest."
<1331>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey... I've been thinking about this lately... I guess you really are a happy person..."
<1332>
// \{Sunohara} "Really? Thank you!"
<1333>
// I look at the watch as I woke up... it was eleven o'clock.
<1334>
// I crawl out of the blanket and reach out for my my school uniform.
<1335>
// \{\m{B}} "......... Oh..."
<1336>
// I forgot, I'm suspended from school today...
<1337>
// I put down my hand and stare for a bit.
<1338>
// House arrest... huh... I have nothing to do then...
<1339>
// ... It's free time...
<1340>
// I don't like to stay at home... I guess I'll go to Sunohara's place...
<1341>
// Putting on normal clothes for the day, I walk that familiar path.
<1342>
// None of the people passing by looked at me in particular.
<1343>
// Except for those people wearing school uniforms though... 
<1344>
// I guess just a little more time, and it will be lunch break. 
<1345>
// I walk as I think about that for a while.
<1346>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Sunohara. I'm coming in."
<1347>
// I say so and open the door.
<1348>
// ... He's not here.
<1349>
// \{\m{B}} "Tch... he's always going out here and there..."
<1350>
// \{\m{B}} "We sure share the same thing."
<1351>
// I close the door. 
<1352>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1353>
// I change directions as I walk.
<1354>
// Going on paths which people don't frequent as much as possible.
<1355>
// I feel like a spy.
<1356>
// I'm out of place if you look at me, so if I get found out, it'll probably become a problem.
<1357>
// I put my back against the wall, and advance carefully while trying not to get caught.
<1358>
// And then...
<1359>
// Clutter...
<1360>
// \{\m{B}} "Umph." 
<1361>
// I struddle up at the window frame as I arrive at my destination.
<1362>
// Miyazawa's at the reference room as usual.
<1363>
// \{Miyazawa} "\m{B}-san?"
<1364>
// \{\m{B}} "Yo."
<1365>
// It seems she's quite surprised seeing that I've come through the window.
<1366>
// \{Miyazawa} "You've used a different method coming in here today haven't you?"
<1367>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess we all have our reasons."
<1368>
// \{Miyazawa} "I see. By the way, have you already eaten lunch?"
<1369>
// \{\m{B}} "No, not yet, that's why I thought I'd come here to eat."
<1370>
// \{Miyazawa} "All right."
<1371>
// As always, Miyazawa brings out some frozen pilaf from the cooler box, and starts up the portable stove.
<1372>
// ... No \g{tsukkomi}={Usually means 'straight man' but the usage is actually all purpose, it derived from the Japanese word 'tsukkomu' which literally means 'to butt in
<1373>
// I hear the sound of the pilaf being fried.
<1374>
// \{Miyazawa} "You had a fight?"
<1375>
// Miyazawa asks while facing her back towards me. 
<1376>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?"
<1377>
// \{Miyazawa} "There was a notice from the office."
<1378>
// \{Miyazawa} "It said that you and Sunohara-san were suspended for three days."
<1379>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh... so you found out about it."
<1380>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes, sorry I found out."
<1381>
// Miyazawa showed me a teasing smile as she turns around.
<1382>
// I give her a bitter smile.
<1383>
// \{\m{B}} "It wasn't really a fight at all. I was 100% the victim."
<1384>
// \{\m{B}} "Sunohara's getting what he deserves, though." 
<1385>
// \{Miyazawa} "Is that so?"
<1386>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<1387>
// The flame went off from the portable stove as she turns it off.
<1388>
// \{Miyazawa} "Sorry to keep you waiting."
<1389>
// She puts the pilaf on a paper plate and brings it to me.
<1390>
// \{\m{B}} "Thank you."
<1391>
// She gives me the plate and then sits next to me.
<1392>
// And then...
<1393>
// \{Miyazawa} "........."
<1394>
// She's staring at me.
<1395>
// \{\m{B}} "...? What's wrong?"
<1396>
// \{Miyazawa} "Oh, nothing. Don't mind me, so please, eat."
<1397>
// \{\m{B}} "? Well, thanks for the food."
<1398>
// \{Miyazawa} "Please, help yourself."
<1399>
// \{\m{B}} "Chomp... chomp..."
<1400>
// \{Miyazawa} "........."
<1401>
// \{\m{B}} "Munch... munch..."
<1402>
// \{Miyazawa} "........."
<1403>
// \{\m{B}} "... Munch..."
<1404>
// \{Miyazawa} "........."
<1405>
// \{\m{B}} "Well..."
<1406>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes?"
<1407>
// \{\m{B}} "It's kinda hard to eat while being stared at, you know...?"
<1408>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah, I'm sorry."
<1409>
// She takes her eyes away from me after I say that.
<1410>
// \{\m{B}} "... Is there something on my face?"
<1411>
// \{Miyazawa} "A grain of rice."
<1412>
// \{\m{B}} "Rice?"
<1413>
// I brush my hand over my lips.
<1414>
// \{Miyazawa} "No, over here."
<1415>
// Miyazawa stretches her arm and touches my lips.
<1416>
// It tickles, but at the same time my heart beats a bit.
<1417>
// \{Miyazawa} "It's off."
<1418>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, okay, thank you."
<1419>
// \{Miyazawa} "........." 
<1420>
// She looks at the grain of rice for a long while. 
<1421>
// And then she eats it. 
<1422>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah..." 
<1423>
// \{Miyazawa} "Even a single grain of rice is really tasty."
<1424>
// \{Miyazawa} "The frozen foods these days have been delicious, haven't they?"
<1425>
// \{\m{B}} "I-I guess..."
<1426>
// I become a bit restless seeing Miyazawa's sweet smile.
<1427>
// So she'd be defenceless... when it comes to people who resembles her brother...
<1428>
// Feels a bit complicated...
<1429>
// In the end, she stared at me until I finished my plate.
<1430>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm done."
<1431>
// \{Miyazawa} "Okay."
<1432>
// Miyazawa takes the four empty plates and puts them in the garbage bin by the chairs.
<1433>
// And then she sits by my side again and looks at me.
<1434>
// \{\m{B}} "What's with the staring?"
<1435>
// \{Miyazawa} "Um..."
<1436>
// \{Miyazawa} "\m{B}-san,"
<1437>
// \{\m{B}} "What's wrong?"
<1438>
// \{Miyazawa} "If you don't mind, may I...?"
<1439>
// \{\m{B}} "May I what?"
<1440>
// \{Miyazawa} "May I indulge myself?"
<1441>
// I look at my lap as she ask that.
<1442>
// And then, she nods at me.
<1443>
// The chair scratches a bit as I move it a little.
<1444>
// \{\m{B}} "Is this enough?"
<1445>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes."
<1446>
// \{Miyazawa} "Then, excuse me."
<1447>
// Miyazawa lies down the upper part of her body right beside me.
<1448>
// And then she puts her head on my lap.
<1449>
// \{\m{B}} "Another folktale?"
<1450>
// \{Miyazawa} "No."
<1451>
// \{Miyazawa} "Just like this is fine for today..."
<1452>
// \{\m{B}} "All right."
<1453>
// I say that and gently pat her head.
<1454>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah..."
<1455>
// \{\m{B}} "Am I messing your hair up?"
<1456>
// \{Miyazawa} "No, it's just that my brother would usually pat my head too..."
<1457>
// \{\m{B}} "... I see..."
<1458>
// I seem to be at a place where I am unexpectedly linked with Miyazawa's older brother.
<1459>
// This behaviour with 'Me' = 'Big Brother' has become quite powerful.
<1460>
// To be honest, it was a complicated feeling.
<1461>
// We stayed in this position without talking.
<1462>
// And then the first bell rang, indicating the end of lunch break.
<1463>
// \{\m{B}} "...?"
<1464>
// Miyazawa didn't move one bit.
<1465>
// Listening carefully, I hear very faint snoring.
<1466>
// \{\m{B}} "... She really fell asleep..."
<1467>
// Defenseless, huh... or rather, she's confident...
<1468>
// This really is a complicated feeling.
<1469>
// Wake her up 
<1470>
// Let her sleep 
<1471>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey Miyazawa, wake up." 
<1472>
// I shrug her shoulders.
<1473>
// \{Miyazawa} "Unn..."
<1474>
// Miyazawa slowly opened her eyes.
<1475>
// She absent-mindedly looks up at my face, her head still on my lap.
<1476>
// \{Miyazawa} "........."
<1477>
// She remained in that seemingly eternal defenseless state.
<1478>
// \{\m{B}} "... The bell rang."
<1479>
// \{Miyazawa} "Bell..."
<1480>
// \{Miyazawa} "........."
<1481>
// \{Miyazawa} "... Ah...!"
<1482>
// Miyazawa immediately lifts her head and moves off.
<1483>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'm sorry. I fell asleep..."
<1484>
// \{\m{B}} "Didn't you plan on falling asleep on my lap?"
<1485>
// \{Miyazawa} "No, I really didn't mean to."
<1486>
// \{Miyazawa} "I only planned on resting for a bit..."
<1487>
// \{Miyazawa} "When you pat me on the head, it felt really warm..."
<1488>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'm sorry."
<1489>
// \{\m{B}} "It's all right, I don't really feel bad about it."
<1490>
// \{\m{B}} "If this lap of mine is fine with you, then I'll lend it to you anytime."
<1491>
// \{Miyazawa} "... Is that okay?"
<1492>
// \{\m{B}} "If that's what you wish for."
<1493>
// \{Miyazawa} "Giggle..."
<1494>
// \{\m{B}} "What is it?"
<1495>
// \{Miyazawa} "\m{B}-san, you really do seem like my brother."
<1496>
// \{\m{B}} "Really?"
<1497>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes."
<1498>
// ... Ah-... somehow, I'm becoming a "good person", aren't I... 
<1499>
// It feels like like I'm moving away from being a romantic object... 
<1500>
// \{\m{B}} "........." 
<1501>
// I gently pat her head.
<1502>
// She doesn't seem to be waking up.
<1503>
// I guess she really was tired...
<1504>
// Although lessons are about to start, I'll feel sorry if I go wake her up.
<1505>
// ... Well, I wonder if that's just an excuse...
<1506>
// Or it might be that I don't want this moment to end...
<1507>
// \{\m{B}} "An older brother, huh..."
<1508>
// What kind of guy is he...?
<1509>
// ... Having said that, how did I know about Miyazawa's brother again...?
<1510>
// Being adored by her delinquent companions...
<1511>
// Never making friends in school, and always spending time in the reference room...
<1512>
// If I were her older brother...
<1513>
// I wouldn't want this... right?
<1514>
// Ding, dong, dang, dong.
<1515>
// \{\m{B}} "The second bell, huh..."
<1516>
// \{Miyazawa} "... U..nn..."
<1517>
// Miyazawa stirs a bit.
<1518>
// Did she wake up...
<1519>
// \{Miyazawa} "Zzz.... zzz..."
<1520>
// No, she only moved around a bit...
<1521>
// She's dead asleep...
<1522>
// Moreover, it feels nice to feel something heavy and warm in my thigh.
<1523>
// And I've already filled my stomach with lunch...
<1524>
// This is somehow making me feel kind of sleepy as well.
<1525>
// .........
<1526>
// ......
<1527>
// ...
<1528>
// Ding, dong, dang, dong...
<1529>
// \{\m{B}} "Unnn..."
<1530>
// As always, the sound of the bell wakes me up.
<1531>
// And just in front of me is...
<1532>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1533>
// \{Miyazawa} "........."
<1534>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1535>
// \{Miyazawa} "I hope you slept well."
<1536>
// \{\m{B}} "Thanks." 
<1537>
// ... Miyazawa lying on my lap.
<1538>
// It seems she's been awake for some time, but her head is still placed on my lap.
<1539>
// \{Miyazawa} "I kind of skipped class."
<1540>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<1541>
// \{Miyazawa} "I was sound asleep."
<1542>
// \{\m{B}} "Seemed that way."
<1543>
// \{Miyazawa} "But, I saw your sleeping face, \m{B}-san."
<1544>
// \{\m{B}} "I also saw yours."
<1545>
// \{Miyazawa} "We're even then?"
<1546>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, we're even."
<1547>
// Saying that, we both smile.
<1548>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'll attend sixth period."
<1549>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, that's a good idea."
<1550>
// \{\m{B}} "I should probably be getting back too."
<1551>
// \{Miyazawa} "You're under house arrest, right?"
<1552>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<1553>
// \{Miyazawa} "I felt relieved when you came."
<1554>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh..."
<1555>
// \{Miyazawa} "Because when I saw the suspension notice on the bulletin board, I was thinking whether you might be injured in a fight."
<1556>
// \{\m{B}} "A-Ahhh... Is that why?"
<1557>
// \{Miyazawa} "We still have a little time before the chime rings again..."
<1558>
// \{Miyazawa} "Is it all right for me to be still here?"
<1559>
// \{\m{B}} "It's all right, you were here from the start after all."
<1560>
// \{\m{B}} "And it's not like I'm gonna refuse, right?"
<1561>
// \{Miyazawa} "Then, perhaps I shall."
<1562>
// Miyazawa gives a gleeful smile, lying her head down on my lap again.
<1563>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, sleeping on my lap again...?"
<1564>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah, sorry, I unconsciously..."
<1565>
// She immediately lifts her body, and gently bows down apologetically. 
<1566>
// \{\m{B}} "It's okay, I'll let you."
<1567>
// \{Miyazawa} "Is that okay...?"
<1568>
// \{\m{B}} "Just, don't drool on me, okay?"
<1569>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'll apologize when that happens."
<1570>
// \{\m{B}} "How about saying you won't..."
<1571>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes, I won't."
<1572>
// Miyazawa giggles on my lap.
<1573>
// I also smile.
<1574>
// Miyazawa leaves herself in the care of my lap up until the sixth period bell rings.
<1575>
// The school becomes peaceful as lessons start.
<1576>
// I guess it's okay to sneak away now.
<1577>
// I move towards the window.
<1578>
// Rattle...
<1579>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<1580>
// The window open before even I touch it.
<1581>
// After that, a stern looking man, stooped over and straddles the window frame as he enters the room.
<1582>
// \{Man} "Woah there... if this window were a little smaller, it'd be a problem..." 
<1583>
// Grumbling, he dusts off his pants, and then looks at me.
<1584>
// \{Man} "........."
<1585>
// He's looking closely at me.
<1586>
// Not that he's glaring, nor is he trying to start a fight.
<1587>
// It looks like he's examining me as though I'm some commodity.
<1588>
// \{\m{B}} "What is it?"
<1589>
// \{Man} "Dude... I haven't seen you before."
<1590>
// \{\m{B}} "Speaking of that, you're not a student of this school, right?"
<1591>
// \{Man} "Aren't you too?"
<1592>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm a student from here."
<1593>
// \{Man} "Aren't those normal clothes?"
<1594>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm suspended from school."
<1595>
// \{Man} "Suspended? So there are actually idiots that get themselves suspended in this top-ranking school?" 
<1596>
// \{\m{B}} "Are you trying to start a fight?"
<1597>
// \{Man} "Well, not really. It's just that this school has a lot of strange people."
<1598>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess."
<1599>
// \{Man} "Well?"
<1600>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"
<1601>
// \{Man} "Dude, what are you to Yukine?"
<1602>
// \{\m{B}} "What am I...? Hey, it bugs me when you ask."
<1603>
// \{Man} "Are you by chance, her boyfriend?"
<1604>
// \{\m{B}} "... No... I'm not."
<1605>
// \{Man} "Indeed. If you were, you'd probably be dead right now, yeah."
<1606>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1607>
// He just said something quite frightening...
<1608>
// I wonder if the only thing they treasure is Miyazawa...
<1609>
// Or maybe, they're on implicit understanding that no one should get ahead...
<1610>
// The man continues to look at me as he sits down on a chair nearby.
<1611>
// \{\m{B}} "What...?"
<1612>
// \{Man} "I saw it."
<1613>
// \{\m{B}} "Saw what?"
<1614>
// \{Man} "Yukine sleeping on your lap."
<1615>
// \{Man} "Seeing that, I can't enter even though I wanted to... damn it..."
<1616>
// \{\m{B}} "Since when did you see that...?"
<1617>
// \{Man} "Since you started eating that pilaf."
<1618>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1619>
// It seems he's seen everything...
<1620>
// So it means that he's been standing at the window for more than an hour watching us...?
<1621>
// \{Man} "Well?"
<1622>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"
<1623>
// He puts his elbow on his knee, holding his head with a fist and a glint in his eye.
<1624>
// \{Man} "So, what are you to Yukine?"
<1625>
// The question from earlier.
<1626>
// \{\m{B}} "... A senior. That's all..."
<1627>
// \{Man} "Sleeping on the lap of a mere senior, huh..."
<1628>
// He snickers through his nose.
<1629>
// \{Man} "It's been a while since I saw Yukine indulge herself with someone..." 
<1630>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, isn't it just because there's no one letting her?"
<1631>
// \{Man} "I guess. Since we couldn't be his substitute." 
<1632>
// \{\m{B}} "His substitute?"
<1633>
// \{Man} "Or let's say, because we're the ones indulging in her instead."
<1634>
// \{Man} "If you think about it a lot, it's definitely a strange story."
<1635>
// \{Man} "Back in the old days she was a really spoiled child..."
<1636>
// \{Man} "Though the truth is, we couldn't make her indulge with us at all..."
<1637>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't get one bit of what you're saying."
<1638>
// \{\m{B}} "What do you mean by 'his subtitute' to begin with?"
<1639>
// \{Man} "You don't know anything, do you?"
<1640>
// \{\m{B}} "...?"
<1641>
// \{Man} "Not even about her brother?"
<1642>
// \{\m{B}} "Miyazawa told me that the atmosphere with me is so much like her brother."
<1643>
// \{Man} "Ahh... I see now."
<1644>
// The man nods his head twice, as if he understood everything.
<1645>
// And then he looked carefully at me.
<1646>
// \{Man} "... Do you really look so much like him in her eyes...?"
<1647>
// \{\m{B}} "As if I'd understand if you ask me."
<1648>
// \{Man} "Well, I guess I can't really compare, huh..."
<1649>
// \{\m{B}} "... Do you know anything about her brother? Or what's happened to him?"
<1650>
// \{\m{B}} "If I would be a brother to her, I wouldn't want this."
<1651>
// \{Man} "I agree, even he, wouldn't want it to be this way."
<1652>
// \{\m{B}} "He's not planning on stopping her?"
<1653>
// \{Man} "That's... impossible you see."
<1654>
// \{\m{B}} "Is he afraid because of his relationship with the delinquents? He sure hasn't got any guts, huh."
<1655>
// Pow!
<1656>
// My world suddenly shook.
<1657>
// It suddenly flashed white then became dark, after that I found myself looking at the floor.
<1658>
// My cheek is kind of hurting too.
<1659>
// \{\m{B}} "You ass... hole...!"
<1660>
// \{Man} "Don't say shit about someone who's dead!" 
<1661>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh...?"
<1662>
// I suddenly stiffen as I was about to get up.
<1663>
// Someone who's dead...?
<1664>
// His clenched fist trembles as he stands and look at me.
<1665>
// He looks as if he's serious about knocking me out with a single hit. 
<1666>
// \{\m{B}} "... M... Miyazawa's brother is..."
<1667>
// \{\m{B}} "Well..."
<1668>
// \{Man} "He's dead. It's been almost a year now."
<1669>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1670>
// I see now...
<1671>
// Miyazawa's brother... isn't around anymore...
<1672>
// \{\m{B}} "... I'm sorry..."
<1673>
// \{Man} "Huh?"
<1674>
// \{\m{B}} "He was your friend as well, right?"
<1675>
// \{\m{B}} "That's why... I'm sorry. I said something inappropriate..."
<1676>
// \{Man} "........."
<1677>
// \{Man} "... Tch..."
<1678>
// He loosen up his clenched fist and then takes a seat.
<1679>
// And then he sighs.
<1680>
// \{Man} "I can sorta understand why Yukine-chan says you're similar."
<1681>
// \{\m{B}} "...?"
<1682>
// \{Man} "You say some shit, but the way you two know where to apologize is the same..." 
<1683>
// \{Man} "He's not someone you could hate, you know... damn it..."
<1684>
// He said that with nostalgic eyes, reminiscing the past...
<1685>
// And then, his eyebrow suddenly twitches.
<1686>
// \{Man} "Someone's coming."
<1687>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh? Who is?!"
<1688>
// \{Man} "Don't just stand there!"
<1689>
// He says that pretty fast and then grabs my hand as he pulls me outside the window.
<1690>
// Rattle...
<1691>
// \{Voice} "Maybe my imagination? I was pretty sure I heard someone in here..."
<1692>
// Looks like the teacher...
<1693>
// We ended up hiding within the thick shrub behind the window.
<1694>
// \{Man} (Whew, that was kinda close.)
<1695>
// \{\m{B}} (Thanks man, you saved me.)
<1696>
// \{Man} (If you're part of this school, you should at least be able to hear footsteps and sense danger.)
<1697>
// \{\m{B}} (... You heard that?)
<1698>
// \{Man} (Dumbass. Listen to it with the ears of your heart.)
<1699>
// \{\m{B}} (.........)
<1700>
// Just what in the world are these guys anyway...? 
<1701>
// \{Sunohara} "Hmm... Yukine-chan's brother, huh..."
<1702>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<1703>
// \{Sunohara} "Even still... You sure are brave."
<1704>
// \{\m{B}} "What do you mean?"
<1705>
// \{Sunohara} "Aren't you under house arrest? You didn't think about what would happen if you were found out by one of the staff?" 
<1706>
// \{\m{B}} "If it happens, it happens."
<1707>
// \{Sunohara} "Well said."
<1708>
// \{Sunohara} "But that's all you are to her... a 'good person' huh..." 
<1709>
// \{\m{B}} "Do you really think so?"
<1710>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah. Yukine-chan sees you as her brother, right?"
<1711>
// \{Sunohara} "And with that, it means you wouldn't be more than being a brother."
<1712>
// \{Sunohara} "You're not her focus for romance."
<1713>
// \{\m{B}} "... So I'm a good pillow..."
<1714>
// \{Sunohara} "What's that?"
<1715>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, nothing, just talking about how she slept in my lap."
<1716>
// \{Sunohara} "When did you do something so envious?"
<1717>
// \{\m{B}} "When you weren't around. Moreover, we wouldn't be able to do such a thing if you're around."
<1718>
// \{Sunohara} "Um... I'm feeling pretty damn jealous, you know?"
<1719>
// \{\m{B}} "It was kinda tiring for some reason, you know."
<1720>
// \{Sunohara} "Ah~ you're right. No matter how hard you try, you'll only be a 'good person' to her, huh."
<1721>
// \{Sunohara} "Or rather, even if you work hard, you'll only be a 'good person.'"
<1722>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1723>
// \{Sunohara} "Anyways, once our suspension ends we'll see the difference between you and me."
<1724>
// \{Sunohara} "Being a 'good person' is an absolute wall which you can't cross over."
<1725>
// \{Sunohara} "Don't cry if you see me and Yukine-chan holding each other, all right?"
<1726>
// \{\m{B}} "If you say so."
<1727>
// Second day of suspension...
<1728>
// I'm in a bit of a pinch.
<1729>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1730>
// I stick myself at the wall and inspect the vicinity.
<1731>
// I hide my breath as I hide.
<1732>
// \{Voice} "I think he came over here."
<1733>
// \{Voice} "Let's split off into two groups."
<1734>
// \{Voice} "All right."
<1735>
// \{\m{B}} (Oh crap...)
<1736>
// Someone's coming this way.
<1737>
// I stand up without making any noise as much as possible.
<1738>
// The washroom's... a blind area, so maybe that's a good place to be...
<1739>
// But it'll probably be much safer in the courtyard...
<1740>
// \{\m{B}} "This is quite bad..."
<1741>
// Yeah... this is the school.
<1742>
// And I'm being chased.
<1743>
// Teacher after teacher.
<1744>
// I got caught while climbing into the window of the reference room.
<1745>
// I thought it was okay to sneak in since it was lunch break...
<1746>
// Ding, dong, dang, dong...
<1747>
// \{\m{B}} "Gah... lunch break's started..."
<1748>
// The situation's becoming worse.
<1749>
// If other teachers have begun searching for me too, I wouldn't be able to run away.
<1750>
// More than that, if the students find me they'll definitely make a fuss.
<1751>
// I guess I should have at least been in a school uniform.
<1752>
// I should still be able to slip through...
<1753>
// Or should I leave the school for now...?
<1754>
// To begin with, why the hell am I compelled to head to the reference room like an idiot?
<1755>
// Not going to meet her for a day isn't going to kill me.
<1756>
// \{Voice} "Let's hurry to the cafeteria!"
<1757>
// \{Voice} "Okay!"
<1758>
// This is seriously bad...!
<1759>
// The school gates are still a distance away from me.
<1760>
// \{\m{B}} "... Tch..."
<1761>
// Going to the reference room is still much safer, huh...
<1762>
// Rattle...
<1763>
// I stoop my body by the window near the courtyard and wait for a while.
<1764>
// There doesn't seem to be a response from inside.
<1765>
// It seems the teachers aren't around for now.
<1766>
// Using the window frame as a fulcrum, I leapt myself into the reference room.
<1767>
// \{Miyazawa} "Welcome."
<1768>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1769>
// She meets me with a smile.
<1770>
// \{Miyazawa} "What's wrong?"
<1771>
// \{\m{B}} "Nothing... just a bit surprised."
<1772>
// \{Miyazawa} "Would you like some lunch again?"
<1773>
// \{\m{B}} "Y-Yeah..."
<1774>
// \{Miyazawa} "Then I'll make some. Today is curry pilaf."
<1775>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay..."
<1776>
// Miyazawa shrugs happily as she carries a frying pan and frozen pilaf towards the portable stove.
<1777>
// I catch my breath, taking a nearby chair and sitting down.
<1778>
// \{Miyazawa} "You're having a hard time, right?"
<1779>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?"
<1780>
// \{Miyazawa} "The teachers found you, didn't they?"
<1781>
// \{\m{B}} "How do you know that?"
<1782>
// \{Miyazawa} "One of them came here earlier, asking if any suspicious people came around."
<1783>
// \{\m{B}} "Suspicious people, huh."
<1784>
// Well, going around in ordinary clothes while lessons are running is kind of suspicious.
<1785>
// \{\m{B}} "But, how did you know it was me?"
<1786>
// \{Miyazawa} "It's just a feeling I had."
<1787>
// She looks at me over her shoulder and says that while she holds the frying pan.
<1788>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'm done!"
<1789>
// She turns off the portable stove.
<1790>
// She then puts a plate of pilaf which is covered with the smell of curry on the table.
<1791>
// \{Miyazawa} "Help yourself."
<1792>
// \{\m{B}} "Thank you."
<1793>
// I take a spoon to the dish.
<1794>
// Miyazawa takes another seat, and just like yesterday she keeps on staring at me.
<1795>
// We had a special kind of relationship.
<1796>
// Even though Miyazawa might be seeing me as her brother right now...
<1797>
// It doesn't mean that she doesn't see me as the opposite sex.
<1798>
// \{\m{B}} (Not supposed to be like that...)
<1799>
// I hide my embarrassment by stuffing myself with pilaf.
<1800>
// \{Miyazawa} "Is it good?"
<1801>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<1802>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'm glad."
<1803>
// \{\m{B}} "I somehow feel bad always making you feed me."
<1804>
// \{Miyazawa} "It's okay, please don't worry about it. It's something I like to do, anyway."
<1805>
// \{\m{B}} "I should be thanking you somehow."
<1806>
// \{Miyazawa} "If you feel the food tastes good, that would be the best way to thank me."
<1807>
// \{\m{B}} "Are you fine with that?"
<1808>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes. That should be enough."
<1809>
// \{\m{B}} "Then, you don't want to sleep on my lap anymore?"
<1810>
// \{Miyazawa} "Eh?"
<1811>
// I give a smirk as I say that.
<1812>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah, that's... well..."
<1813>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'd like it..."
<1814>
// \{Miyazawa} "I feel really at ease... and it's warm..."
<1815>
// \{Miyazawa} "That's why..."
<1816>
// I put my hand on top of the stuttering Miyazawa.
<1817>
// \{\m{B}} "Then, once I've finished my food."
<1818>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah..."
<1819>
// \{Miyazawa} "Okay."
<1820>
// She nods happily, blushing.
<1821>
// It was a peaceful moment.
<1822>
// The faint aroma of curry in a room with two people.
<1823>
// No words are spoken.
<1824>
// But there was warmth.
<1825>
// It's not like both of us are in contact yet... 
<1826>
// Even then, we could feel each other's warmth.
<1827>
// But it's not enough.
<1828>
// Instead...
<1829>
// It tightens my chest more...
<1830>
// I wonder if I'm not satisfied...
<1831>
// What... I wonder what I want...?
<1832>
// Will I always be her brother's substitute...?
<1833>
// \{Miyazawa} "... \m{B}-san?"
<1834>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?"
<1835>
// Miyazawa was staring at me from my lap.
<1836>
// \{\m{B}} "You didn't sleep?"
<1837>
// \{Miyazawa} "No."
<1838>
// She nods, blushing.
<1839>
// \{\m{B}} "... I see..."
<1840>
// \{Miyazawa} "What are you thinking about, \m{B}-san?"
<1841>
// \{\m{B}} "What... you say?"
<1842>
// Miyazawa slowly raised her body and turns to look at me.
<1843>
// \{Miyazawa} "You were blankly looking at the space."
<1844>
// \{Miyazawa} "Are you worried about something?"
<1845>
// \{\m{B}} "It's nothing like that at all."
<1846>
// \{Miyazawa} "Would you feel at ease if you say it?"
<1847>
// \{\m{B}} "I wonder about that..."
<1848>
// I smile.
<1849>
// It could break me apart if I say it.
<1850>
// It might end everything if I say it through my lips.
<1851>
// It probably has something to do with the time now...
<1852>
// Her friends that gather around here must surely know about that.
<1853>
// And they should be pretty patient people.
<1854>
// Ding, dong, dang, dong...
<1855>
// \{Miyazawa} "It seems that lunch break is over..."
<1856>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, it is."
<1857>
// Miyazawa slowly raised her body up and stands up out of the chair and made a stretch.
<1858>
// I also do the same, stretching my body to relieve myself.
<1859>
// \{Miyazawa} "\m{B}-san."
<1860>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<1861>
// \{Miyazawa} "About tomorrow... will you come again?"
<1862>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, if it isn't a problem..."
<1863>
// \{Miyazawa} "If you can, by all means."
<1864>
// \{Miyazawa} "Though I know you'll be having a hard time if the teachers see you... I still want you to come."
<1865>
// \{\m{B}} "...? I don't really understand why, but I'll come."
<1866>
// \{Miyazawa} "Thank you very much."
<1867>
// She says that and puts her hand to her chest as if she's relieved.
<1868>
// \{\m{B}} "I'll make sure I won't be found out by the teachers tomorrow."
<1869>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes. But please, don't overdo things."
<1870>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<1871>
// She lowers her head and smiles at my answer.
<1872>
// The main bell rings, and I become alone in the reference room. 
<1873>
// I checked the situation a little bit so I wonder if I should leave school.
<1874>
// I grab an old magazine to kill some time and sit on a chair.
<1875>
// Rattle...
<1876>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"
<1877>
// The sound of the window being opened.
<1878>
// Someone's coming again, so I stare at the window for a while.
<1879>
// A familiar blonde-haired head sprung up.
<1880>
// \{\m{B}} "... Sunohara...?"
<1881>
// \{Sunohara} "... Yo..."
<1882>
// \{\m{B}} "You just came now? Lunch break's already over, you know."
<1883>
// \{Sunohara} "I came during lunch break."
<1884>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?"
<1885>
// \{Sunohara} "It's not like I could just barge in with that kind of atmosphere."
<1886>
// Sunohara sulks as he says that.
<1887>
// \{\m{B}} "... How long have you been watching us?"
<1888>
// \{Sunohara} "Around the time Yukine-chan was lying down her head in your lap."
<1889>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1890>
// Seems he saw everything...
<1891>
// \{Sunohara} "Damn it~... though I know you're just being a substitute for her brother, I'm still jealous."
<1892>
// \{Sunohara} "Or rather, it's definitely worrisome if someone saw all of that."
<1893>
// \{\m{B}} "What do you mean?"
<1894>
// \{Sunohara} "I mean, you might someday turn into a wolf for going after Yukine-chan's weakness."
<1895>
// \{\m{B}} "What stupid words... I wouldn't be able to walk on the street from that day on if I do that."
<1896>
// \{Sunohara} "That's probably true."
<1897>
// If I think about Miyazawa's friends who come here to adore her, I surely won't be able to do that.
<1898>
// To be honest, letting her sleep in my lap is walking the thin red line...
<1899>
// \{Sunohara} "So, what will you be doing tomorrow?"
<1900>
// \{\m{B}} "You were listening well, weren't you..."
<1901>
// \{Sunohara} "I was just watching you if you're going to pull something strange."
<1902>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm not gonna."
<1903>
// \{Sunohara} "The result wouldn't be like that, huh."
<1904>
// \{Sunohara} "Well, if it was me, I think I wouldn't be able to control myself."
<1905>
// He says that without any pride and shrugs his shoulders.
<1906>
// \{Voice} "Oh...? What is it that you wouldn't be able to control?"
<1907>
// A grim voice echoed in the room.
<1908>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh?! Eh?! Where?!"
<1909>
// I also look around in confusion.
<1910>
// \{Man} "Here."
<1911>
// And under the table is the stern looking man making an appeareance.
<1912>
// Sunohara's face cramps up. I also take a step back.
<1913>
// \{\m{B}} "S-since when were you?!"
<1914>
// \{Man} "Ah~... man... I've been chatting with Yukine since the beginning of lunch break..."
<1915>
// \{Man} "A staff member suddenly came, so I ended up hiding."
<1916>
// \{Man} "And after that, you came."
<1917>
// He glares at me with a glitter.
<1918>
// \{Man} "Beyond that, you made an atmosphere the same as yesterday..."
<1919>
// \{Man} "So I couldn't just come out... Damn it..."
<1920>
// I... I didn't notice...
<1921>
// So it means...? That while Miyazawa was sleeping on my lap, this guy is just at my feet, hiding...?
<1922>
// \{Man} "Yukine is Yukine too... she's completely forgotten about me..."
<1923>
// He stretches and hits his hips that must be aching from squatting for a long time with his fist.
<1924>
// \{Man} "... Well..."
<1925>
// Letting his shoulders rest, he breathes on Sunohara... no, he glares at him.
<1926>
// \{Man} "What is it that you wouldn't be able to control, huh?"
<1927>
// \{Sunohara} "E-Eek! T-T-That's... well..."
<1928>
// Sunohara motions his eyes at me, appealing me to save him.
<1929>
// \{\m{B}} "Isn't it becoming a wolf?"
<1930>
// \{Sunohara} "Guaah, damn you, \m{A}-!"
<1931>
// \{Man} "Hey blondie! Come here for a bit!"
<1932>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey wait, don't pull my clothes, they'll rip... hey, to the window?!"
<1933>
// The man drags Sunohara by the scruff and heads towards the window.
<1934>
// Several second after they disappeared from the window frame...
<1935>
// \{\m{B}} "Uwaahh..."
<1936>
// A striking sound which is hard to put into words echoes around...
<1937>
// \{Man} "Whew... man..."
<1938>
// After he's done, the man straddles back into the room.
<1939>
// \{\m{B}} "... Where's Sunohara?"
<1940>
// \{Sunohara} "Feeling this pain means I'm alive, right...?"
<1941>
// I saw a trembling hand accompanied by a faint voice beyond the window.
<1942>
// \{Man} "Well...?"
<1943>
// The voice of the man turning around.
<1944>
// \{Man} "You'll be coming tomorrow too, right?"
<1945>
// \{\m{B}} "... 'Too?' Speaking of that, what's the occasion tomorrow?"
<1946>
// If I think about it very well, Miyazawa told me that first.
<1947>
// He answered me with sorrowful eyes as I asked that question.
<1948>
// \{Man} "... You'll know if you come."
<1949>
// \{Man} "Well, you shouldn't look like an idiot getting chased around by the staff like you were today." 
<1950>
// \{\m{B}} "I won't."
<1951>
// \{\m{B}} "Besides, all of you will come tomorrow too?"
<1952>
// \{Man} "Ah? Well, yeah."
<1953>
// So it means, it's not like she invited me specially because it's me.
<1954>
// \{Man} "What? Why do you have that disappointed look on your face?"
<1955>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm not really disappointed."
<1956>
// \{Man} "Perhaps, you were thinking 'it's not like I'm the only one she specially invited.'"
<1957>
// \{\m{B}} "... Ugh..."
<1958>
// The way he's so accurate bothers me.
<1959>
// \{Man} "... I think you're pretty special, you know..."
<1960>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?"
<1961>
// \{Man} "You're special since you were invited despite being outside the group."
<1962>
// \{\m{B}} "Is something happening tomorrow?"
<1963>
// \{Man} "........."
<1964>
// \{Man} "... You'll know if you come..."
<1965>
// He says that as he walks towards the window.
<1966>
// \{\m{B}} "You're heading back?"
<1967>
// \{Man} "Hmm? Well, Yukine ain't coming back here today."
<1968>
// He puts his leg through the window, and turns my way.
<1969>
// \{Man} "See you tomorrow."
<1970>
// So he informs me quickly, and then leaves through the window.
<1971>
// \{Sunohara} "Gyaah!"
<1972>
// \{Man} "Ah, my bad, stepped on you there."
<1973>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1974>
// \{Sunohara} "Ow ow ow..."
<1975>
// Sunohara groans as he soaks his face in a towel.
<1976>
// \{\m{B}} "Seems painful."
<1977>
// \{Sunohara} "It's freaking painful!"
<1978>
// \{\m{B}} "Since it made a loud sound."
<1979>
// \{Sunohara} "It would have been better if you saved me!"
<1980>
// \{\m{B}} "Nah, I didn't really feel like doing it."
<1981>
// \{Sunohara} "Just do it a bit! We're friends!"
<1982>
// \{\m{B}} "Ahahahahahaha!"
<1983>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, should you even be laughing at this part?!"
<1984>
// \{\m{B}} "That's the part where I shouldn't really agree, right?"
<1985>
// \{Sunohara} "I'll cry..."
<1986>
// \{\m{B}} "Cry all you want."
<1987>
// I totally flat out refused him as I take out a magazine.
<1988>
// Sunohara starts to cry in sorrow.
<1989>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Sunohara."
<1990>
// \{Sunohara} "Sniff... what... I don't need your comfort now..."
<1991>
// \{\m{B}} "You're an eyesore so why don't you go cry further in the corner." 
<1992>
// \{Sunohara} "You sure don't have blood or tears, do you?!"
<1993>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, take it as a joke."
<1994>
// \{Sunohara} "... Was that really a joke?"
<1995>
// \{\m{B}} "The chance of it being a joke is less than 1%."
<1996>
// \{Sunohara} "Sniff... sniff... sniff, sniff..."
<1997>
// He started his sorrowful cry again.
<1998>
// I'll ignore him for now and advance our topic.
<1999>
// \{\m{B}} "What do you think about tomorrow?"
<2000>
// \{Sunohara} "Sniff... no way I'd know... sniff..."
<2001>
// \{\m{B}} "... I guess so..."
<2002>
// Even if I say so myself, I was stupid to ask...
<2003>
// \{Sunohara} "...Sniff ...sniff, sniff... sniff, sniff..."
<2004>
// \{\m{B}} "... It's depressing even if you're in the corner, so could you please leave the room?"
<2005>
// \{Sunohara} "This is my room!"
<2006>
// Yukine
<2007>
// The third day of suspension from school...
<2008>
// Technically, it's still house arrest up to today.
<2009>
// Thump...
<2010>
// \{\m{B}} "... Umph."
<2011>
// I change into my school uniform and adjust my necktie.
<2012>
// This is my answer to yesterday's mistake.
<2013>
// Blend in with the people during lunch break.
<2014>
// Even if the teachers find me, it'll probably be all right.
<2015>
// I look at my watch. It's about time.
<2016>
// When I arrive during lunch break, the school is filled with energy.
<2017>
// I give an innocent look as I walk.
<2018>
// Though I'm being suspended, I think only a few people would recognize both my name and face.
<2019>
// No one should suspect me, and all thanks to the uniform I'm wearing.
<2020>
// \{Voice} "Eh? You've been cleared from suspension, \m{A}?"
<2021>
// Found out by a classmate, I remain silent as I dash away from him.
<2022>
// I guess it's better to pay a little bit of attention to my surroundings...
<2023>
// Rattle...
<2024>
// I open the door to see Miyazawa sitting down in a chair.
<2025>
// She immediately lifts her head to see me.
<2026>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah..."
<2027>
// \{\m{B}} "Yo, I'm here."
<2028>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes, thank you very much."
<2029>
// She bows her head with a smile.
<2030>
// \{Miyazawa} "Would you like to have lunch?"
<2031>
// \{\m{B}} "Yes, please."
<2032>
// \{Miyazawa} "Do you have any requests?"
<2033>
// \{\m{B}} "Then, how about omelet rice?"
<2034>
// \{Miyazawa} "Okay, understood."
<2035>
// She nods and smile then takes out the frying pan and moves toward the portable stove.
<2036>
// \{\m{B}} "You actually can?!"
<2037>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes. The chicken rice inside would be from the usual frozen food though." 
<2038>
// She takes out the cooler box she gets pilaf from all the time, and instead pulls out a package of chicken rice.
<2039>
// And then, two eggs.
<2040>
// \{Miyazawa} "When you first came here, \m{B}-san, you asked for omelet rice, and so I made preparations so I'll be able to make it if you say it again."
<2041>
// \{\m{B}} "It would have been better if you said so..."
<2042>
// \{Miyazawa} "No, the food tastes best the moment when you think you want to eat it."
<2043>
// \{\m{B}} "But eggs are perishable, wouldn't it be a waste when you rarely cook them?"
<2044>
// \{Miyazawa} "It's all right. I always bring them home and eat them at the same day."
<2045>
// \{\m{B}} "You'll build up a lot of cholesterol."
<2046>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'm still young, so it's okay."
<2047>
// She gives a sweet smile as she says that.
<2048>
// She skillfully makes the omelet rice.
<2049>
// It may be frozen food, but on the outside it looks homemade.
<2050>
// It has a different flavor from before, so it became a first-class lunch.
<2051>
// \{Miyazawa} "Okay, I'm done."
<2052>
// She places a paper dish with omelet rice in front of me.
<2053>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, delicious!"
<2054>
// \{Miyazawa} "You haven't eaten yet, though."
<2055>
// \{\m{B}} "I can understand even without eating. This is definitely delicious."
<2056>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ahaha, please, help yourself."
<2057>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<2058>
// I take a convenience store spoon in my hand and eat the steaming omelet rice.
<2059>
// \{Miyazawa} "\m{B}-san."
<2060>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<2061>
// \{Miyazawa} "After you're done with your meal, there's something I'd like to ask of you."
<2062>
// \{\m{B}} "Chomp, chomp... gulp..."
<2063>
// \{\m{B}} "What is it? Lying on my lap?"
<2064>
// \{Miyazawa} "No, a spell."
<2065>
// \{\m{B}} "I'll be doing it?"
<2066>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes... well, it's something one person can't do."
<2067>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2068>
// \{\m{B}} "Pouring in genki dama?"
<2069>
// \{Miyazawa} "That's okay too."
<2070>
// Miyazawa giggles as she smiles.
<2071>
// \{Miyazawa} "But today would be bit different."
<2072>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't mind doing it if it isn't embarrassing."
<2073>
// \{Miyazawa} "........."
<2074>
// Her smile freezes.
<2075>
// \{\m{B}} "Is it embarrassing...?"
<2076>
// \{Miyazawa} "Eh, um, haha, a little."
<2077>
// \{\m{B}} "How bad is it compared to the genki dama?"
<2078>
// \{Miyazawa} "It's a hundred times worse, I think."
<2079>
// \{\m{B}} "... How is it 'a little'..."
<2080>
// Speaking of which... I wonder what she wants me to do...?
<2081>
// \{Miyazawa} "But, it should have an immediate effect."
<2082>
// \{\m{B}} "... Well... you made omelet rice so there's no way I can refuse..."
<2083>
// \{Miyazawa} "If you don't like it, I don't mind if you don't want to."
<2084>
// \{\m{B}} "I'll think about what to do once I hear it."
<2085>
// I say that as I eat the omelet rice.
<2086>
// I quickly finish up the last remaining pieces...
<2087>
// And then--...
<2088>
// \{\m{B}} "Thanks for the food."
<2089>
// \{Miyazawa} "It was nothing."
<2090>
// I finished eating.
<2091>
// Taking in all of that omelet rice, I become ready.
<2092>
// \{\m{B}} "All right, now about that spell."
<2093>
// \{Miyazawa} "Y-yes... if you will."
<2094>
// Miyazawa's face blushes as she quickly bows her head.
<2095>
// \{\m{B}} "So, what should I do?"
<2096>
// \{Miyazawa} "... Umm..."
<2097>
// \{Miyazawa} "........."
<2098>
// \{Miyazawa} "... Please... hold me..."
<2099>
// \{\m{B}} "?!?!"
<2100>
// I suddenly look around the room with those words.
<2101>
// I imagined all of my hair standing up all of a sudden.
<2102>
// I wonder if anyone heard that?
<2103>
// There's no one hiding under the desk just like yesterday, right?
<2104>
// There's no one outside the window, right?
<2105>
// \{Miyazawa} "I want to do that thing from before." 
<2106>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh? Ah... You mean holding you?" 
<2107>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes."
<2108>
// She nods, her face blushing heavily.
<2109>
// I felt a little relieved.
<2110>
// \{Miyazawa} "And then, we'll close our eyes together, and chant 'Look Ahead, Look Ahead, Look Ahead' three times in our mind."
<2111>
// \{\m{B}} "What kind of effect does this have?"
<2112>
// \{Miyazawa} "You'd become stronger for today."
<2113>
// \{Miyazawa} "And no matter what happens, you won't lose yourself..."
<2114>
// \{Miyazawa} "You won't get distracted and you'll be able to stand straight..."
<2115>
// \{Miyazawa} "You'll be able to hold on."
<2116>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2117>
// \{Miyazawa} "Can I ask you for help with this?"
<2118>
// \{\m{B}} "... Is it all right if I hug you?"
<2119>
// \{Miyazawa} "Is it all right...?"
<2120>
// I respond by spreading out both my hands slowly.
<2121>
// Miyazawa smiles as she sees that.
<2122>
// \{Miyazawa} "Then, if you don't mind..."
<2123>
// She slowly walks straight in front of me.
<2124>
// And then, just like before, she places her head on my shoulder.  
<2125>
// I slowly close my arms around her.
<2126>
// And gently wrap up that small body of hers as if I'm embracing her warmth tightly so it won't escape.
<2127>
// \{Miyazawa} "Please close your eyes."
<2128>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay."
<2129>
// Saying that, I close them.
<2130>
// A dark world...
<2131>
// I think to myself as if the warmth in my arms was the only thing that existed.
<2132>
// I can hear Miyazawa's heartbeat throughout my body.
<2133>
// My heartbeat also begins to race, which is a little bit embarrassing.
<2134>
// The smell of her soft hair is making me dizzy...
<2135>
// Yeah... this is certainly embarrassing when she said it was...
<2136>
// \{Miyazawa} "In your mind..."
<2137>
// She surprised me with her sudden words.
<2138>
// Miyazawa's warmth almost made me forget my purpose...
<2139>
// \{Miyazawa} "... Please chant it three times in your mind."
<2140>
// Look Ahead, Look Ahead, Look Ahead...
<2141>
// I chant it three times in my mind...
<2142>
// A peaceful and quiet spell.
<2143>
// How long should I hold her like this...?
<2144>
// Is it okay to let go now...?
<2145>
// But, it doesn't seem like Miyazawa will let go any moment now.
<2146>
// My lips touched her hair as I slowly retreat my chin.
<2147>
// I softly pushed my lips at her head so she wouldn't notice.
<2148>
// It's ticklish...
<2149>
// It's soft...
<2150>
// She smells nice...
<2151>
// I wonder what would happen if a colleague of hers saw us...
<2152>
// This really is a life threatening spell...
<2153>
// Ding, dong, dang, dong...
<2154>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2155>
// \{Miyazawa} "........."
<2156>
// The bell echoes, indicating the end of lunch break.
<2157>
// I let my arms go from Miyazawa, though I regret losing that warmth.
<2158>
// \{\m{B}} "... Miyazawa...?"
<2159>
// But Miyazawa didn't move away.
<2160>
// Her head was still placed at my shoulder as if she's stiffened.
<2161>
// \{\m{B}} "Lunch break is over."
<2162>
// \{Miyazawa} "... Yes..."
<2163>
// \{\m{B}} "You have to return to class."
<2164>
// \{Miyazawa} "........."
<2165>
// \{\m{B}} "Miyazawa...?"
<2166>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'm leaving early today."
<2167>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?"
<2168>
// \{Miyazawa} "There's a place I have to go to now."
<2169>
// \{Miyazawa} "I want to take you there, \m{B}-san..."
<2170>
// \{Miyazawa} "And also, I want you to come there today."
<2171>
// \{\m{B}} "Where are we going?"
<2172>
// \{Miyazawa} "........."
<2173>
// Miyazawa slightly frowns at the question.
<2174>
// A smile filled with sadness and loneliness... that kind of face...
<2175>
// \{Miyazawa} "... A graveyard."
<2176>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2177>
// After saying that, the smile from her face disappears.
<2178>
// ... It seemed painful... she showed me a facial expression that I haven't seen before.
<2179>
// That spell from before...
<2180>
// Now I understand why she wishes to have strength for today...
<2181>
// \{Miyazawa} "Today is... the day my brother died."
<2182>
// \{\m{B}} "... I see..."
<2183>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'm sorry for suddenly telling you something like this..."
<2184>
// \{\m{B}} "It's okay, I'm at fault for keeping quiet..."
<2185>
// \{Miyazawa} "About what?"
<2186>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm... about knowing that your brother had passed away..."
<2187>
// \{Miyazawa} "Eh?"
<2188>
// \{\m{B}} "Another guy came here and told me while you weren't around."
<2189>
// \{\m{B}} "And... he told me that I was certainly similar to your brother."
<2190>
// \{Miyazawa} "Is that so?"
<2191>
// Miyazawa smiles a little bit.
<2192>
// Even then, it was fleeting the way she was just now...
<2193>
// I wished so strongly that her smile would never fade.
<2194>
// I wanted to... hold her.
<2195>
// \{\m{B}} "... Miyazawa..."
<2196>
// I shortened our distance with a single step.
<2197>
// Rattle...
<2198>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<2199>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah..."
<2200>
// I saw the window suddenly open, with two people coming in.
<2201>
// \{Sunohara} "U-umm, I'm sorry for interrupting but..."
<2202>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2203>
// \{Sunohara} "Eek! D-don't give me that serious face!"
<2204>
// \{Sunohara} "Anyway, it's almost time... and this person is..."
<2205>
// \{\m{B}} "This person is...?"
<2206>
// \{Man} "That's how it is."
<2207>
// \{\m{B}} "Woah..."
<2208>
// The man from yesterday appeared right beside Sunohara.
<2209>
// And in his hand, he's holding... a flower.
<2210>
// \{Man} "Yukine. It's time to go."
<2211>
// The man passed the flower in his hand to Miyazawa as he said that.
<2212>
// \{Miyazawa} "Okay."
<2213>
// The blue sky spreading out in the early afternoon.
<2214>
// Sunohara and I walk on the road in our school uniform.
<2215>
// And walking in front of us was the man in normal clothes and Miyazawa...
<2216>
// The guy glares at me with suspicious eyes from time to time as if he's her grandmother, being suspicious. It can't be helped.
<2217>
// Of course, we're normally supposed to be in class at this time.
<2218>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2219>
// \{\m{B}} "... What is it...?"
<2220>
// \{Sunohara} "It looks like you're walking on a tightrope with your life, huh."
<2221>
// \{\m{B}} "What do you mean?"
<2222>
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2223>
// \{Sunohara} "I was outside the window during lunchtime."
<2224>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2225>
// So he saw us again...
<2226>
// \{Sunohara} "At the same time, that person was also with me."
<2227>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh...? Serious?"
<2228>
// I look at the man walking beside Miyazawa and slowed down my pace.
<2229>
// \{Sunohara} "Humans can smash stones just by grabbing it, huh..."
<2230>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2231>
// They saw everything, huh...
<2232>
// I wonder if I can return home alive today...?
<2233>
// \{Voice} "Hey, Yukine."
<2234>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah, Arai-san."
<2235>
// A man from another street came with flowers and calls of Miyazawa.
<2236>
// He didn't look spirited at all.
<2237>
// He only greeted her with a sad facial expression.
<2238>
// \{Voice} "Yuki-chan."
<2239>
// \{Miyazawa} "Kusakari-san, you were waiting here?"
<2240>
// \{Man} "Yeah. I was thinking we should go together."
<2241>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes, let's do that."
<2242>
// \{Man} "These are the sweets that he liked."
<2243>
// \{Miyazawa} "Thank you very much. I believe he'd surely be fine with this."
<2244>
// As we continued on the road, the number of people in our group grew.
<2245>
// And they all have a bright and cheerful voice with them, but loneliness is printed somewhere in their facial expression.
<2246>
// \{\m{B}} "... It seems everyone here was a friend of Miyazawa's brother..."
<2247>
// \{Sunohara} "You're right. Somehow, I'm wondering if it's okay for us to even be here...?"
<2248>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2249>
// We certainly do seem out of place...
<2250>
// Each and every one of the guys gathering around now all had memories of Miyazawa's brother, and came to mourn.
<2251>
// But for someone who I had never met face to face, all I could do was sympathize and say as little as possible.
<2252>
// I wonder why Miyazawa invited me...?
<2253>
// I wonder why she wanted to do that spell that involves holding her...?
<2254>
// It'd be nice if she could at least properly explain her reasons.
<2255>
// It'd also be nice if I change into a clown for being overly self-conscious...
<2256>
// By the time we had arrived at the graveyard, there were already other people gathered there.
<2257>
// Everyone greeted Miyazawa.
<2258>
// Sunohara and I decide to distance ourselves a little further from there and watches the situation.
<2259>
// The people who came to visit left some things in front of the tombstone as they said what they are doing 'now.'
<2260>
// --I'm attending a specialist college right now--
<2261>
// A single incense stick was left there...
<2262>
// --Actually, I have a child now and I'm also married too--
<2263>
// And another one...
<2264>
// --I'm working now, it's physical labor but it's fulfilling--
<2265>
// And another one...
<2266>
// --You always run after our fight even when you're winning, isn't it--
<2267>
// One by one, they increased...
<2268>
// --I wanted to have more fun with you--
<2269>
// White smoke rises up to the sky...
<2270>
// \{Miyazawa} "\m{B}-san."
<2271>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm? What is it?"
<2272>
// \{Miyazawa} "Here."
<2273>
// Saying that, she hands me a lit incense stick.
<2274>
// \{Miyazawa} "Would you offer this to my brother?"
<2275>
// \{\m{B}} "Sure."
<2276>
// I receive it from Miyazawa, and continue in front the grave.
<2277>
// I leave the incense stick in front of the polished and clean tombstone, in the crevice where all the other sticks are. 
<2278>
// Even still, I was careful not to break the others' incense sticks as I put my incense stick together with them.
<2279>
// And then, I put my hands together and close my eyes...
<2280>
// The things I'll tell him...
<2281>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2282>
// --Your sister is working hard every day.
<2283>
// --And she's being adored by various people, without indulging herself...
<2284>
// --She's stronger now, and is moving forward.
<2285>
// \{Miyazawa} "Would you hear me out?"
<2286>
// I open my eyes, startled by her sudden voice.
<2287>
// I don't know whether or not she was talking to me or she was talking to everyone here.
<2288>
// It's just that everyone in this place gave their attention.
<2289>
// \{Miyazawa} "It's a story about my family."
<2290>
// \{Miyazawa} "I had a brother."
<2291>
// \{Miyazawa} "My brother would always fight with my parents whenever he was at home."
<2292>
// \{Miyazawa} "We were raised in a family that was quite strict..."
<2293>
// \{Miyazawa} "And also... I always remembered those unhappy things."
<2294>
// \{Miyazawa} "Why is it that we have to follow the road that our parents decided for us?"
<2295>
// \{Miyazawa} "We should be more free..."
<2296>
// \{Miyazawa} "Because there should be plenty of roads out there..."
<2297>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes, he was on a stray path..."
<2298>
// \{Miyazawa} "While I followed my parents' decisions, I made accomplishments, I studied hard and grew."
<2299>
// \{Miyazawa} "My brother became violent when he grew up..."
<2300>
// \{Miyazawa} "And I became polite when I grew up..."
<2301>
// \{Miyazawa} "We grew up in opposite ways, like a mirror."
<2302>
// \{Miyazawa} "Even though we were like that, I got along with my brother."
<2303>
// \{Miyazawa} "As if we were lovers."
<2304>
// \{Miyazawa} "And when my brother entered high school, he made a lot of friends, and never came back home."
<2305>
// \{Miyazawa} "And then society started calling him..."
<2306>
// \{Miyazawa} "A delinquent."
<2307>
// \{Miyazawa} "But I sometimes met with my brother to see if he was doing fine."
<2308>
// \{Miyazawa} "He told me that though our home was awful, it was fun outside and that he couldn't help it."
<2309>
// \{Miyazawa} "My brother made a lot of friends."
<2310>
// \{Miyazawa} "No matter what other people had said, my brother was proud of them."
<2311>
// \{Miyazawa} "I haven't met my brother's friends before then."
<2312>
// \{Miyazawa} "And back then, I really was just an ordinary girl..."
<2313>
// \{Miyazawa} "Those types of people would usually frighten me."
<2314>
// \{Miyazawa} "My brother found his own place by himself and lived the way he liked."
<2315>
// \{Miyazawa} "At that time, my brother was almost as if he was disowned..."
<2316>
// \{Miyazawa} "He started a quarrel with our parents when he met them, and left just like that."
<2317>
// \{Miyazawa} "That's why my brother decided to live on his own, without seeing our parents."
<2318>
// \{Miyazawa} "But, he always came to see only me."
<2319>
// \{Miyazawa} "And he brought me a lot of sweets as a present."
<2320>
// \{Miyazawa} "There were a lot of things I wasn't allowed to eat at home."
<2321>
// \{Miyazawa} "Even though I might get cavities, I ate them."
<2322>
// \{Miyazawa} "The times we spent together were really fun."
<2323>
// \{Miyazawa} "We would eat together the lunch that I made..."
<2324>
// \{Miyazawa} "I'd sleep in my brother's lap..."
<2325>
// \{Miyazawa} "It was very fun... and I was really at ease."
<2326>
// \{Miyazawa} "But... even those times wouldn't continue on forever."
<2327>
// \{Miyazawa} "My brother got into an accident... he was still someone who had no home to return to."
<2328>
// \{Miyazawa} "Even at that time, it seems he protected some friend of his."
<2329>
// \{Miyazawa} "My parents mourned... together with those people."
<2330>
// \{Miyazawa} "I didn't really know all that well back then."
<2331>
// \{Miyazawa} "What was right..."
<2332>
// \{Miyazawa} "It's just that..."
<2333>
// \{Miyazawa} "... I believe my brother was great."
<2334>
// \{Miyazawa} "And a lot of people..."
<2335>
// \{Miyazawa} "Who were friends of his came to his funeral."
<2336>
// \{Miyazawa} "They were wearing different uniforms and had a bad attitude..."
<2337>
// \{Miyazawa} "But even still... all of them looked really serious in front of my brother."
<2338>
// \{Miyazawa} "There were people that were crying too..."
<2339>
// \{Miyazawa} "Those people are, people who have a deep relationship with my brother."
<2340>
// \{Miyazawa} "That's why, I..."
<2341>
// \{Miyazawa} "I took the courage and called out to them."
<2342>
// \{Miyazawa} "Saying that I'm Miyazawa Kazuto's sister..."
<2343>
// \{Miyazawa} "I talked to them a little..."
<2344>
// \{Miyazawa} "Then, I got acquainted with those people who he parted with..."
<2345>
// \{Miyazawa} "And then..."
<2346>
// \{Miyazawa} "The people who lived together with the brother that I loved..."
<2347>
// \{Miyazawa} "Filled the open hole in my heart..."
<2348>
// \{Miyazawa} "At that time, I remembered..."
<2349>
// \{Miyazawa} "It's because, these people are..."
<2350>
// \{Miyazawa} "They are similar to my brother."
<2351>
// \{Miyazawa} "Not looking beyond, you'll only see their violent side and not their honest side..."
<2352>
// \{Miyazawa} "And, they'll show kindness by being reckless for others."
<2353>
// \{Miyazawa} "To me... I saw the same thing."
<2354>
// \{Miyazawa} "But, it became difficult as I thought more than that."
<2355>
// \{Miyazawa} "Because, I was a normal girl..."
<2356>
// \{Miyazawa} "My strength is no more than that... I'm someone who's powerless..."
<2357>
// \{Miyazawa} "I came and went to the place where my brother spent his time."
<2358>
// \{Miyazawa} "And then, I talked to a lot of people around there."
<2359>
// \{Miyazawa} "I was refused plenty of times."
<2360>
// \{Miyazawa} "I also made scary memories."
<2361>
// So Miyazawa felt out of place at that time...
<2362>
// And then she thought how weak her existence was.
<2363>
// Even though it was good meeting them by chance...
<2364>
// If so, they should be able to be together.
<2365>
// \{Miyazawa} "When winter came, I knitted everyone their own gloves as a present."
<2366>
// \{Miyazawa} "It acted like a warm sweet red-bean soup as the night became colder."
<2367>
// \{Miyazawa} "Everyone was really sweet despite having a bad reputation..."
<2368>
// \{Miyazawa} "When Christmas came, I brought over homemade cake, and we ate it."
<2369>
// \{Miyazawa} "I was the only one who looked like Santa..."
<2370>
// \{Miyazawa} "We were a bit festive, but..."
<2371>
// \{Miyazawa} "Even then, everyone... ate it."
<2372>
// \{Miyazawa} "And while eating we'd make sounds as if understanding each other..."
<2373>
// \{Miyazawa} "And everyone would be grateful for the food afterward..."
<2374>
// \{Miyazawa} "And then they'd ask if I'd come again..."
<2375>
// \{Miyazawa} "And then a lot of people gathered around me."
<2376>
// \{Miyazawa} "That gave me a warm feeling..."
<2377>
// \{Miyazawa} "Before I knew it... that place became a place where my heart feels at ease."
<2378>
// \{Miyazawa} "It became one of my place..."
<2379>
// As if feeling tired from finishing her speech, Miyazawa closed her eyes.
<2380>
// Or maybe, she's trying to imagine those tender sceneries.
<2381>
// But, if she opens her eyes, that place would be here now too...
<2382>
// ... In this place.
<2383>
// \{Miyazawa} "Right now, I'm being supported by a lot of people."
<2384>
// It felt like those words intensified everything she said.
<2385>
// Is this how Miyazawa has lived up until now?
<2386>
// \{\m{B}} "I see... well, you're already all right now, right?"
<2387>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes, if I feel anxious because of this, it would be inexcusable to everyone."
<2388>
// \{Miyazawa} "Because the happiness of being surrounded by people who support you, is surely not everywhere."
<2389>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess..."
<2390>
// To support and be supported...
<2391>
// This is surely a cycle...
<2392>
// And before realizing it, you gather a lot of people...
<2393>
// \{\m{B}} (I'm one of them, huh...)
<2394>
// I narrowed my eyes as it I was hit by radiant sunlight. 
<2395>
// And from there, a single white light is fluttering over her head just now, as if it was just born.
<2396>
// As if it was watching over her from above.
<2397>
// I stretch my hand out.
<2398>
// The light softly descends, and buries itself into my hand.
<2399>
// It felt warm as it spread out.
<2400>
// As if I shared the same feelings as Miyazawa.
<2401>
// \{Miyazawa} "I apologize, I was quite serious, wasn't I?"
<2402>
// No one could say anything, even a single word.
<2403>
// They were just standing there with flowers in their hands.
<2404>
// I wonder what kind of feeling everyone is having right now.
<2405>
// They should be sharing that single feeling, I guess.
<2406>
// \{\m{B}} "In that case, how about I try out a climactic spell?"
<2407>
// I was thinking of a single idea.
<2408>
// \{Miyazawa} "Eh, is there such a thing?"
<2409>
// \{\m{B}} "Every person here would surely start a fuss though."
<2410>
// \{Miyazawa} "O-okay. In that case, if you will."
<2411>
// \{\m{B}} "Then, please excuse me..."
<2412>
// I embrace that small body... and kiss her.
<2413>
// No sooner than that... \pthey started a big uproar.
<2414>
// So I thought.
<2415>
// Yeah...
<2416>
// To fall for her...
<2417>
// Really means... \wait{600}risking your life...\wait{4400}
<2418>
// Yukine Epilogue
<2419>
// The reference room as always.
<2420>
// The faint scent of pilaf still floated around.
<2421>
// I take some after meal coffee and look outside the window as I drink it.
<2422>
// Next to me was Miyazawa, who was reading her book of spells.
<2423>
// And speaking of Sunohara...
<2424>
// \{Sunohara} "Listen... girls that act like a strong-willed person actually miss someone."
<2425>
// \{Yuu} "Really?"
<2426>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah... That's why, they're weak against broad-minded men who spoil them."
<2427>
// \{Sunohara} "Well, to make a long story short, they're weak against a person like me."
<2428>
// \{Yuu} "Really?"
<2429>
// \{\m{B}} "In the end, he's the type who gets treated lightly."
<2430>
// \{Sunohara} "Who cares if I get treated lightly! I just want to date girls!"
<2431>
// How is he able to say those thing with the kid behind his back...
<2432>
// \{\m{B}} "By the way, Yuu, what about your school?"
<2433>
// \{Yuu} "Today's the school anniversary."
<2434>
// \{\m{B}} "Does your school have this every week...?"
<2435>
// \{Yuu} "Yeah."
<2436>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2437>
// So he says...
<2438>
// He's become tough, hasn't he?
<2439>
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah, Sunohara-san, I have a good spell for you."
<2440>
// \{Sunohara} "Eh? What? A spell so I can get a girlfriend?"
<2441>
// \{Miyazawa} "How about this. But this is like a spell that tells you if a person is compatible with you."
<2442>
// \{Sunohara} "How do I do it?"
<2443>
// \{Miyazawa} "Umm, first place both your hands on your partner's shoulder."
<2444>
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}, if you don't mind, help me test this."
<2445>
// \{\m{B}} "I somehow don't like to test my compatibility with you..."
<2446>
// Sunohara went in front of me as he ignored my complaint.
<2447>
// And then he puts both his hands on my shoulders.
<2448>
// ... This is kind of gross...
<2449>
// \{Sunohara} "What's next then?"
<2450>
// \{Miyazawa} "Your partner should then close his eyes."
<2451>
// \{Sunohara} "That's what she said."
<2452>
// \{\m{B}} "This is an unpleasant composition..."
<2453>
// For now I close my eyes as told while I imagine the third person looking at us at that time.
<2454>
// \{Miyazawa} "And then close your eyes as well."
<2455>
// \{Sunohara} "Okay, okay!"
<2456>
// \{Miyazawa} "Leave your face like that..."
<2457>
// The atmosphere in front of me is stirring up.
<2458>
// I have a bad feeling about this...
<2459>
// The sound of Miyazawa turning the page.
<2460>
// \{Miyazawa} "Umm... if you can thoroughly kiss him while your eyes are closed, you'll both become perfectly happy."
<2461>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, what?!"
<2462>
// I quickly open my eyes and just in front is Sunohara's face.
<2463>
// \{\m{B}} "This is bad!!"
<2464>
// I quickly retreat my face and hit Sunohara in the nose with my forehead.
<2465>
// \{Sunohara} "Bwaaaaah!!" \shake{3}
<2466>
// Sunohara, who got thrown on the floor by my forehead, is looking up at me with a nosebleed.
<2467>
// \{\m{B}} "That was dangerous..."
<2468>
// \{Sunohara} "... Indweed... I'm in danger right now..." 
<2469>
// His body twitches and groans as he lies on the floor.
<2470>
// \{Miyazawa} "Oh, these are instructions written for those in love."
<2471>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm not in that sort of situation yet!" 
<2472>
// He rises and shouts that as he cries.
<2473>
// \{Sunohara} "Ah... my nose sure hurts..."
<2474>
// \{\m{B}} "Since it made a sound."
<2475>
// \{Sunohara} "Somehow the inside of my eyes are flickering or something..."
<2476>
// \{\m{B}} "Flickering... huh..." 
<2477>
// I look at my own palm after Sunohara said that.
<2478>
// That was... light... or more like it felt weightless...
<2479>
// \{Miyazawa} "What's wrong?"
<2480>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, well..."
<2481>
// \{\m{B}} "During the time we were at your brother's tombstone."
<2482>
// \{\m{B}} "At that moment, there was a light flying around above your head."
<2483>
// \{\m{B}} "I wonder if nobody saw it."
<2484>
// \{Sunohara} "Speaking of which, you stretch out your hand, right... to that?"
<2485>
// \{\m{B}} "That's right. I stretched out my hand to that light. You were watching, right?"
<2486>
// \{Sunohara} "Well... You look like you were trying to pick something, but there wasn't anything so I was wondering what you were doing."
<2487>
// \{\m{B}} "It was there, that light that looked like a sphere."
<2488>
// \{Sunohara} "Wait a second..."
<2489>
// \{Sunohara} "Could that be... a soul...?"
<2490>
// \{\m{B}} "No way that can be..."
<2491>
// \{Sunohara} "But it's a graveyard, right?"
<2492>
// \{Sunohara} "It wouldn't be strange if something like that is wandering around."
<2493>
// \{Sunohara} "Besides, what happened with that sphere of light anyway?"
<2494>
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm... it fell down and it was absorbed by my hand."
<2495>
// \{Sunohara} "This guy here is possessed!"
<2496>
// \{Sunohara} "This person talking right now isn't \m{A}, it's a ghost!"
<2497>
// \{\m{B}} "As if that is true."
<2498>
// \{Sunohara} "Then, prove it."
<2499>
// \{Sunohara} "... Oomph!"\shake{3}
<2500>
// I give him a kick in the stomach.
<2501>
// \{Sunohara} "With that kind of mercy... you're certainly \m{A}..."
<2502>
// \{Sunohara} "Surely... that ghost would be... \wait{2100}much \wait{1000}nicer \wait{1000}wouldn't \wait{1000}it..."
<2503>
// Sunohara falls flat on the table.
<2504>
// \{Miyazawa} "Are you okay, Sunohara-san?"
<2505>
// \{\m{B}} "Just leave him be. It's always like this every day."
<2506>
// \{Miyazawa} "Is that so?"
<2507>
// Below Sunohara's head was a folded towel in place of a pillow.
<2508>
// And then I turn around.
<2509>
// \{Miyazawa} "Is it about the light..."
<2510>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<2511>
// \{Miyazawa} "That light was seen long ago."
<2512>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh...... serious?"
<2513>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes. That's why, I think what you were talking about is true, \m{B}-san."
<2514>
// \{\m{B}} "Do you know anything about that, Miyazawa?"
<2515>
// \{Miyazawa} "Here's a book chronicling the legends of this town, and this legend has been passed down over the centuries." 
<2516>
// \{Miyazawa} "Would you like to read it?"
<2517>
// \{\m{B}} "No, I'm no good at reading... I'd like to hear it from you, Miyazawa."
<2518>
// \{Miyazawa} "Okay. Even then, I don't know all the details that were written."
<2519>
// \{Miyazawa} "They just have a guess that it's a thistledown of some plant or a type of dragonfly."
<2520>
// \{Miyazawa} "But, there's one thing common about it all..."
<2521>
// \{Miyazawa} "And that is... ever since then... that thing was called a symbol of happiness."
<2522>
// \{Miyazawa} "When something good happens, you'll catch a sight of them."
<2523>
// \{Miyazawa} "If it finds happiness, it will float there as if it's watching it."
<2524>
// It's perfectly the same...
<2525>
// That scenery around that time, there's no doubt that Miyazawa's happiness right now should've symbolized that scene.
<2526>
// I look at my own palm.
<2527>
// There wasn't anything in there.
<2528>
// \{Miyazawa} "But, because it's a legend, no one right now believes in its existence."
<2529>
// \{Miyazawa} "And that's because no one has seen it before."
<2530>
// \{\m{B}} "But, I saw it."
<2531>
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes, I guess so, that's why I believe you."
<2532>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."
<2533>
// That simple response made me feel relieved. 
<2534>
// \{\m{B}} "But, why was I the only one who saw it?"
<2535>
// \{Miyazawa} "I don't know the reason for that."
<2536>
// \{Miyazawa} "It might be that \m{B}-san is a special person?"
<2537>
// \{Miyazawa} "No, I guess I'm wrong. I guess we're the ones who are special."
<2538>
// \{Miyazawa} "Because people from long ago could see it."
<2539>
// \{\m{B}} "Then why can't it be seen anymore...?" 
<2540>
// \{Miyazawa} "I wonder if it's because people's feelings have changed?"
<2541>
// \{Miyazawa} "Or it might be because we need to be more affectionate about this town."
<2542>
// \{Miyazawa} "Or maybe if we become more attached to this town, plenty of people would be able to see it."
<2543>
// \{Miyazawa} "It surely changed if you compare it with the past..."
<2544>
// \{Miyazawa} "Because people remembered how people lived in the past."
<2545>
// \{\m{B}} "You're so imaginative, huh..."
<2546>
// \{\m{B}} "If so... I'm the same then. Moreover, I'm a person who hates this town."
<2547>
// \{Miyazawa} "Is that so?"
<2548>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."
<2549>
// \{\m{B}} "I dunno about Sunohara, but besides me, you should have been able to see it, I think."
<2550>
// \{Miyazawa} "Then, I wonder why?"
<2551>
// I stop thinking about it.
<2552>
// However...
<2553>
// I'm certain that I just lost the hatred I had towards this town before. 
<2554>
// \{\m{B}} "Hahaha!"
<2555>
// It feels like I've seen this before.
<2556>
// I cracked a smile as I think of that.
<2557>
// And then, I ended up not hating this school anymore.
<2558>
// ... All thanks to someone.

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