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// Resources for SEEN6422.TXT
#character '＊Ｂ'
#character 'Furukawa'
#character 'Tomoyo'
#character 'Sunohara'
#character 'Fuuko'
#character 'HR Teacher'
#character 'Ryou'
#character 'Kyou'
#character 'Nagisa'
#character 'Teacher'
#character 'Koumura'
#character 'Female Student'
#character 'Nishina'
<0000>
// ... Morning.
<0001>
// Last night I went to bed late, so it really sucks to wake up now.
<0002>
// Despite my efforts, my eyes won't open.
<0003>
// For a while it seemed only half my body was awake.
<0004>
// \{\m{B}} (If I'm not there... I wonder if she'll know what to do...)
<0005>
// I get out of bed, still drowsy.
<0006>
// \{Furukawa} "Good morning."
<0007>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, good morning..."
<0008>
// \{Furukawa} "You seem tired."
<0009>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I'm pretty sleepy.
<0010>
// \{Furukawa} "\m{A}-san, you look like you'll fall asleep during class."
<0011>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I'll fall asleep for sure."
<0012>
// \{Furukawa} "I'm sleepy, too."
<0013>
// \{\m{B}} "You are, too?"
<0014>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes, last night I was thinking about a lot of stuff, so I couldn't really get to sleep."
<0015>
// \{\m{B}} "What were you thinking about?"
<0016>
// \{Furukawa} "How to get the student council to recognize the drama club's activities."
<0017>
// \{\m{B}} "Really?"
<0018>
// \{Furukawa} "I was thinking about collecting signatures or something. What do you think?"
<0019>
// \{Furukawa} "If I were to get a lot, the student council would be forced to consider it."
<0020>
// \{\m{B}} "Dealing with them isn't so easy."
<0021>
// \{Furukawa} "But they're students, too. I'm sure they'll understand."
<0022>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't know..."
<0023>
// I'm glad that she's optimistic now, despite the fact she was struggling so much yesterday.
<0024>
// But I never thought such a method would work.
<0025>
// \{\m{B}} "You probably won't be able to collect very many signatures at a school with the way things are."
<0026>
// \{\m{B}} "I mean, the drama club was disbanded in the first place because nobody wanted to join it."
<0027>
// \{Furukawa} "I guess... you're right."
<0028>
// \{Furukawa} "I was being a little naive."
<0029>
// \{\m{B}} "No, that's not it..."
<0030>
// A wave of students ascends the hill.
<0031>
// In their midst, a lone figure is standing still.
<0032>
// And looking up at the remaining green leaves of a cherry blossom tree.
<0033>
// I remember something as I look at her.
<0034>
// Oh... I almost forgot.
<0035>
// I was thinking, if only she was there...
<0036>
// Talk to Tomoyo
<0037>
// Walk past
<0038>
// \{\m{B}} "Furukawa, wait here, okay?"
<0039>
// \{Furukawa} "Eh? O-Okay."
<0040>
// Leaving Furukawa behind, I hurry towards her.
<0041>
// \{\m{B}} "Tomoyo!"
<0042>
// I call out her name.
<0043>
// \{Tomoyo} "Hmm...?"
<0044>
// \{Tomoyo} "\m{A}? Good morning."
<0045>
// \{\m{B}} "I have a request. I'm begging you, please help me."
<0046>
// \{Tomoyo} "........."
<0047>
// Tomoyo looks around stealthily.
<0048>
// \{Tomoyo} "Is that guy up to no good again?"
<0049>
// \{\m{B}} "No. That idiot has nothing to do with it."
<0050>
// \{Tomoyo} "Really?"
<0051>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<0052>
// \{Tomoyo} "A request from you?"
<0053>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, it's from me."
<0054>
// \{Tomoyo} "I see... you sure are a helpless person."
<0055>
// \{Tomoyo} "If it's your request, I don't have any problem listening to it."
<0056>
// \{Tomoyo} "So what is it?"
<0057>
// \{\m{B}} "Please change the student council."
<0058>
// \{Tomoyo} "I'm not sure what you mean..."
<0059>
// \{Tomoyo} "I'm not even on the student council yet. I'm just running for it."
<0060>
// \{Tomoyo} "What did you want me to do anyway?"
<0061>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, first of all, join the student council."
<0062>
// \{\m{B}} "Right away."
<0063>
// \{Tomoyo} "You..."
<0064>
// \{Tomoyo} "Do you have any idea how one gets on the student council?"
<0065>
// \{Tomoyo} "You can't just join right away."
<0066>
// \{\m{B}} "So when can you join, then?"
<0067>
// \{Tomoyo} "The campaigning begins this weekend."
<0068>
// \{Tomoyo} "But the election itself doesn't actually take place until May 9th."
<0069>
// \{Tomoyo} "The inauguration ceremony is the next day."
<0070>
// \{\m{B}} "I see... so we'd better hurry up then..."
<0071>
// \{Tomoyo} "And there's something else."
<0072>
// \{Tomoyo} "I might not win."
<0073>
// \{\m{B}} "No, you'll win for sure."
<0074>
// \{Tomoyo} "Do you have any proof?"
<0075>
// \{\m{B}} "Nope."
<0076>
// \{Tomoyo} "Thought so."
<0077>
// \{\m{B}} "But once you're elected and are on the student council, will you be able to change it?"
<0078>
// \{Tomoyo} "About that, what did you want me to change?"
<0079>
// \{\m{B}} "I want you to approve club member recruitment, even at this time of year."
<0080>
// \{Tomoyo} "What, are you forming a club?"
<0081>
// \{\m{B}} "Not exactly, just rebuilding. There used to be a drama club at this school."
<0082>
// \{Tomoyo} "... A drama club?"
<0083>
// Tomoyo's eyes scanned from the top of my head to the soles of my feet and back again.
<0084>
// \{Tomoyo} "Well, you're tall, and pretty good looking..."
<0085>
// \{Tomoyo} "You might be good on stage."
<0086>
// \{Tomoyo} "Yeah... I think that's a good idea."
<0087>
// \{Tomoyo} "I'll help you for sure."
<0088>
// \{\m{B}} "Well no, it's not for myself exactly."
<0089>
// \{Tomoyo} "What? It isn't?"
<0090>
// \{Tomoyo} "Then, who's it for?"
<0091>
// \{\m{B}} "Her."
<0092>
// Turning my head, I indicate Furukawa, who's faithfully standing at the same spot.
<0093>
// \{Furukawa} "........."
<0094>
// \{\m{B}} "Furukawa, come here!"
<0095>
// \{Furukawa} "O-Okay."
<0096>
// Being called upon so suddenly, she answers frantically while running this way.
<0097>
// \{Furukawa} "Um, I'm Furukawa Nagisa from 3rd year."
<0098>
// \{Furukawa} "Thank you very much for your help."
<0099>
// She bowed with great respect.
<0100>
// \{Tomoyo} "S-sure... it's my pleasure..."
<0101>
// \{Tomoyo} "\m{A}..."
<0102>
// Tomoyo's tugging on my arm.
<0103>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"
<0104>
// \{Tomoyo} "Can you come over here?"
<0105>
// \{\m{B}} "What the matter?"
<0106>
// Leaving Furukawa behind, we're alone again.
<0107>
// \{Tomoyo} "What's your family name?"
<0108>
// \{\m{B}} "\m{A}."
<0109>
// \{Tomoyo} "........."
<0110>
// \{Tomoyo} "That girl just said her name was Furukawa."
<0111>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, that's because it's her name."
<0112>
// \{Tomoyo} "........."
<0113>
// \{Tomoyo} "Then... she's not your younger sister..."
<0114>
// \{\m{B}} "No, she isn't."
<0115>
// \{Tomoyo} "........."
<0116>
// \{\m{B}} "What's wrong?"
<0117>
// \{Tomoyo} "It's just that..."
<0118>
// \{Tomoyo} "I'm surprised you have... \wait{500}someone like that."
<0119>
// \{\m{B}} "What're you talking about?"
<0120>
// \{Tomoyo} "Well..."
<0121>
// \{\m{B}} "She's not a bad person, so please help us out."
<0122>
// \{\m{B}} "See? She's still patiently waiting for us."
<0123>
// We both look back at Furukawa.
<0124>
// \{Furukawa} "Ehehe!"
<0125>
// She's smiling at us.
<0126>
// \{\m{B}} "She's not being any trouble at all."
<0127>
// \{Tomoyo} "I feel like she's already intruding..."
<0128>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"
<0129>
// \{Tomoyo} "Never mind, I'm just kidding..."
<0130>
// \{\m{B}} "Come on, talk to her."
<0131>
// \{Tomoyo} "Y-yeah, okay..."
<0132>
// \{Tomoyo} "I'm Sakagami Tomoyo."
<0133>
// \{Furukawa} "Sakagami-san, right? It's nice to meet you."
<0134>
// \{Tomoyo} "........."
<0135>
// \{Tomoyo} "Is it fun hanging around with \m{A}?"
<0136>
// \{Furukawa} "Eh?"
<0137>
// \{Tomoyo} "I'm asking if it's fun."
<0138>
// \{Furukawa} "Oh... yes!"
<0139>
// \{Furukawa} "Of course it is!"
<0140>
// \{Furukawa} "Every day is really fun!"
<0141>
// \{Tomoyo} "Is it really?"
<0142>
// ... What are you trying to ask?
<0143>
// \{Tomoyo} "Then, do your best."
<0144>
// \{Furukawa} "Eh?"
<0145>
// \{Tomoyo} "I'm aiming to join the student council."
<0146>
// \{Tomoyo} "You're aiming to remake the drama club."
<0147>
// \{Tomoyo} "Let's both face our goals and move forward."
<0148>
// \{Tomoyo} "You got that?"
<0149>
// \{Furukawa} "Sakagami-san, you're trying to get on the student council?"
<0150>
// \{Furukawa} "Please do your best, no matter what!"
<0151>
// \{Furukawa} "Because I'll be doing my best, too!"
<0152>
// \{Tomoyo} "Sure... you're a nice girl."
<0153>
// \{Furukawa} "No, not really... you're a much better person than I am."
<0154>
// You're two years older than her.
<0155>
// \{Furukawa} "Since you're aiming for something as important as the student council..."
<0156>
// \{Tomoyo} "Let's both do our best."
<0157>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes."
<0158>
// \{Tomoyo} "Bye for now."
<0159>
// Tomoyo went up the hill.
<0160>
// We watched her as she went.
<0161>
// \{Furukawa} "Thanks for your help, \m{A}-san."
<0162>
// \{Furukawa} "I feel a lot better now."
<0163>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0164>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, that's not it at all!"
<0165>
// I came back to myself.
<0166>
// \{Furukawa} "What's not it?"
<0167>
// \{\m{B}} "What're you going to do about recruiting members?"
<0168>
// \{\m{B}} "Aren't things more complicated for you now?"
<0169>
// \{\m{B}} "It's useless if you don't ask for her help."
<0170>
// \{Furukawa} "But, I couldn't bother her..."
<0171>
// \{Furukawa} "Sakagami-san's got to be really busy too."
<0172>
// \{Furukawa} "Because she's trying to get on the student council. This has to be a busy time for her."
<0173>
// \{\m{B}} "You know... I think you really overestimate the student council."
<0174>
// \{Furukawa} "Well, I think it's a pretty big thing..."
<0175>
// \{Furukawa} "Because a lot of people have joined it, and it's a group of specially chosen people."
<0176>
// This girl... really couldn't have had any contact with the student council or its staff members.
<0177>
// Though stuff like that is just a small job of sorts, isn't it?
<0178>
// I guess it's too late to explain it to her at this point...
<0179>
// Just as I'm about to give up, the bell rings.
<0180>
// \{Furukawa} "Oh, it's the first bell."
<0181>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, let's get going."
<0182>
// And together, we begin climbing the hill.
<0183>
// We find ourselves within a large group of students.
<0184>
// But the two of us are different.
<0185>
// This thought makes me feel good.
<0186>
// Since I'm with Furukawa, it's a bit awkward to talk to her.
<0187>
// \{Furukawa} "Is something wrong?"
<0188>
// \{\m{B}} "No... c'mon, let's go."
<0189>
// \{Furukawa} "Okay."
<0190>
// So without stopping, we climb the hill.
<0191>
// And we pass right by her.
<0192>
// She didn't seem to notice me.
<0193>
// Together we begin climbing the hill.
<0194>
// We find ourselves within a large group of students.
<0195>
// But the two of us are different.
<0196>
// Thinking of this made me feel pretty good.
<0197>
// Lunch break.
<0198>
// \{Furukawa} "They've been taken down after all."
<0199>
// \{\m{B}} "Ignore it. We can just stick them back up."
<0200>
// \{Furukawa} "I don't want to put them back up anymore."
<0201>
// \{\m{B}} "Why not?"
<0202>
// \{Furukawa} "I feel kinda sorry for them..."
<0203>
// \{\m{B}} "For who?"
<0204>
// \{Furukawa} "The Big Dango Family."
<0205>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0206>
// I raise an eyebrow as I hear this.
<0207>
// \{\m{B}} "... Excuse me?"
<0208>
// \{Furukawa} "If they're torn down and stuck back up over and over again, it's like they're nothing more than just tools."
<0209>
// \{\m{B}} (Well, that's what they are...)
<0210>
// I guess she wouldn't be able to understand that.
<0211>
// \{Furukawa} "So, I think we should just stop."
<0212>
// \{\m{B}} "So what'll we do? The exposition is next week, right?"
<0213>
// \{\m{B}} "If we don't have anything posted, then anyone thinking of joining would have their doubts."
<0214>
// \{\m{B}} "They'd think the club's on break, or disbanded."
<0215>
// \{Furukawa} "I guess you're right..."
<0216>
// \{\m{B}} "What're you going to do, president?"
<0217>
// \{Furukawa} "Well, um..."
<0218>
// \{Furukawa} "........."
<0219>
// \{Furukawa} "I guess we have no choice but to keep putting these up."
<0220>
// \{Furukawa} "Even if we end up doing the same thing over and over."
<0221>
// \{\m{B}} "I was giving that some thought."
<0222>
// \{\m{B}} "If we happen to get people's attention by doing that, all the better."
<0223>
// \{Furukawa} "... I understand."
<0224>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay, let me borrow the master copy. I'm going to run off some more copies."
<0225>
// \{Furukawa} "Eh?"
<0226>
// \{\m{B}} "What's wrong?"
<0227>
// \{Furukawa} "\m{A}-san, don't you have it?"
<0228>
// \{\m{B}} "I gave it to you yesterday. I told you that was the master copy, and that you should hold onto it."
<0229>
// \{Furukawa} "T... that was the master copy?"
<0230>
// \{\m{B}} "That's right. Where'd you put them?"
<0231>
// \{Furukawa} "I posted it."
<0232>
// \{\m{B}} "Excuse me?"
<0233>
// \{Furukawa} "Well, there were some bulletin boards where there were no posters on it yet, so..."
<0234>
// \{\m{B}} "Gah... are you really stupid or something?!"
<0235>
// \{\m{B}} "I told you that one was the one we needed to take good care of..."
<0236>
// \{Furukawa} "Oh, I... remember it now."
<0237>
// \{Furukawa} "I was daydreaming when I posted those. I was hoping that lots of people would see them."
<0238>
// \{\m{B}} "Which means..."
<0239>
// \{\m{B}} "We need to draw that again."
<0240>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes... that's what it looks like."
<0241>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, get drawing."
<0242>
// \{Furukawa} "Okay. I'll do my best. I'll do my best and draw a lot."
<0243>
// \{\m{B}} "Of what?"
<0244>
// \{Furukawa} "Dango."
<0245>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, that's..."
<0246>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes?"
<0247>
// \{\m{B}} "Just draw one at most..."
<0248>
// \{Furukawa} "It's a big family, so there's a lot of them."
<0249>
// \{Furukawa} "They help each other out."
<0250>
// \{\m{B}} "It's okay. There's lonely dango too."
<0251>
// \{\m{B}} "He hopped on his bike and went on a big trip. That's it, let's do that."
<0252>
// \{Furukawa} "Dango don't do that."
<0253>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, every family has its rebels."
<0254>
// \{Furukawa} "The Big Dango Family doesn't."
<0255>
// \{Furukawa} "They may fight from time to time,"
<0256>
// \{Furukawa} "But in the end, they always pull together."
<0257>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, let's just leave it at that, whether they're friends or not."
<0258>
// \{Furukawa} "We can't leave it like that, since they always get along."
<0259>
// \{Furukawa} "That's why..."
<0260>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0261>
// \{Furukawa} "That's why I like them..."
<0262>
// \{Furukawa} "Because the Big Dango Family... every one of them gets along together."
<0263>
// It seems as though she likes them for more than their cuteness.
<0264>
// \{\m{B}} "... I see."
<0265>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes, that's the way it is."
<0266>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, time to get drawing..."
<0267>
// I don't really understand why I'm getting worked up about this.
<0268>
// \{\m{B}} "Here we go."
<0269>
// I take a poster about 'automobile safety' off the wall.
<0270>
// I turn it around and thrust it at Furukawa.
<0271>
// \{\m{B}} "Use this. You can draw a bunch."
<0272>
// \{\m{B}} "It's big, so you can draw about 10,000."
<0273>
// \{Furukawa} "There aren't that many."
<0274>
// Knock knock.
<0275>
// \{\m{B}} "That doesn't matter, just draw them."
<0276>
// \{Furukawa} "That's too many."
<0277>
// \{\m{B}} "Then draw them really big."
<0278>
// Knock knock!
<0279>
// \{Furukawa} "That's embarrassing..."
<0280>
// \{\m{B}} "I said just draw them."
<0281>
// \size{40}BAM!\size{}\shake{4}
<0282>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes...?"
<0283>
// Furukawa turns her head and before her is Sunohara, his foot against the wall.
<0284>
// \{Sunohara} "I've been knocking for quite a while... but I guess I'm just a nuisance."
<0285>
// He looks my way with cold eyes while fluttering a piece of paper around in his hand.
<0286>
// \{Furukawa} "Oh, it's the Dangos."
<0287>
// Please, call it a poster.
<0288>
// \{Furukawa} "Thank you very much."
<0289>
// Furukawa goes to get it.
<0290>
// \{\m{B}} "What'd you come here for..."
<0291>
// Brushing that aside, I stand and face Sunohara.
<0292>
// \{Sunohara} "What d'ya think, I've come to get my free buffet of awesome bread."
<0293>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm sick of the school bread, too."
<0294>
// \{Sunohara} "My name's Sunohara. Please take care of me."
<0295>
// He ignores me, greeting Furukawa who's behind me.
<0296>
// \{Furukawa} "Ah... yes, pleased to meet you."
<0297>
// \{Furukawa} "Um... 'Please take care of me' means..."
<0298>
// \{Furukawa} "Sunohara-san, does this mean you're joining the drama club?"
<0299>
// \{Sunohara} "No, I'm not interested in that at all."
<0300>
// \{Furukawa} "It's really fun to be in a play with lots of people."
<0301>
// \{Sunohara} "Anyway, there's something I wanted to ask you."
<0302>
// \{Sunohara} "You're running a business out of your house, right? What is it again?"
<0303>
// \{Furukawa} "What? My house?"
<0304>
// \{Furukawa} "It's a bakery."
<0305>
// \{Sunohara} "Yes!!"
<0306>
// Getting the response he's looking for, he confirms that my story's no lie.
<0307>
// \{\m{B}} (Well, you're looking for the lie in the wrong place...)
<0308>
// \{Furukawa} "And... did something happen there?"
<0309>
// \{Sunohara} "No, nothing. Anyway, I saved you with that thing, right?"
<0310>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes, you sure did."
<0311>
// \{Sunohara} "Some guy from the student council was going around taking them down, so I saved that one."
<0312>
// \{Furukawa} "I see. Thanks you very much."
<0313>
// \{Furukawa} "Um... \m{A}-san."
<0314>
// Hugging the poster to her chest, she turns to me.
<0315>
// \{Furukawa} "I guess I don't want to put this one up after all. I want to save it and treasure it."
<0316>
// \{\m{B}} "You're... going to 'treasure' that poster...?"
<0317>
// \{Furukawa} "Since it's something I worked hard on, together with \m{A}-san..."
<0318>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0319>
// She's investing way too much emotion into this, as if she'd cry if someone took this thing away from her.
<0320>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, then what're you going to do?"
<0321>
// \{Furukawa} "That's..."
<0322>
// \{Furukawa} "Umm... what should I do..."
<0323>
// \{Sunohara} "Hm? What're you talking about? If something's the matter, let me in on it."
<0324>
// \{\m{B}} "You just go on home."
<0325>
// \{Furukawa} "\m{A}-san, I think that's a very rude thing to say to a friend."
<0326>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah, that's rude."
<0327>
// \{\m{B}} (Damn it...)
<0328>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, why don't you leave this rude guy by himself and come talk to me?
<0329>
// \{Furukawa} "No, \m{A}-san might say some bad things, but he's a very kind person..."
<0330>
// \{Furukawa} "He's been a source of strength for me."
<0331>
// \{Furukawa} "So I can't do something selfish like that, and I really wouldn't want to."
<0332>
// She replies very seriously.
<0333>
// \{Sunohara} "Heh... you're doing pretty well."
<0334>
// \{Sunohara} "Looks like this'll be an all-you-can-eat buffet for you."
<0335>
// \{Furukawa} "A buffet...?"
<0336>
// \{Sunohara} "Oh nothing, just talking to myself."
<0337>
// \{Sunohara} "Anyway, I'll be your strength, too. So, let's just talk."
<0338>
// \{Furukawa} "No... I couldn't let you do something like that..."
<0339>
// \{Furukawa} "But I'd like to talk to you. And you saved these dangos, after all."
<0340>
// \{Furukawa} "\m{A}-san, it's okay with you, isn't it?"
<0341>
// \{\m{B}} "Sure..."
<0342>
// With that, I stop keeping an eye on Sunohara. He's as persistent as a snapping turtle, so there's nothing I can do about it.
<0343>
// \{\m{B}} (Ahhh... do whatever you want...)
<0344>
// \{Sunohara} "I see..."
<0345>
// \{Sunohara} "That's pretty simple."
<0346>
// \{Furukawa} "Eh, do you have a better way to do it?"
<0347>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah, I don't know anything about the head of the student council but..."
<0348>
// \{Sunohara} "We'll take care of him."
<0349>
// \{Furukawa} "What do you mean by 'take care of him'?"
<0350>
// \{Sunohara} "Hmmm... How about making him say 'ughh, gyafun'?"
<0351>
// \{Furukawa} "Eh... How'll we do that?"
<0352>
// \{Sunohara} "We'll lure him to the back of the school building and surround him like this..."
<0353>
// Sunohara moves his foot back and forth.
<0354>
// \{Furukawa} "Doing something like that would be wrong!"
<0355>
// She immediately made him stop making that gesture.
<0356>
// ... Look at the difference in values between these two.
<0357>
// \{Sunohara} "Huh? You don't like my idea?"
<0358>
// \{Furukawa} "The student council members haven't done anything bad to us..."
<0359>
// \{Furukawa} "Even if we wanted to do something like that, violence is wrong..."
<0360>
// \{Sunohara} "So you want to talk it over with them? That's not really my style..."
<0361>
// \{Furukawa} "No, just them listening to what I had to say was enough."
<0362>
// \{Furukawa} "So, thank you very much."
<0363>
// She bows her head politely.
<0364>
// \{Sunohara} "Hmmm... well, I'll just leave it to you two then."
<0365>
// \{Sunohara} "I'll be there for you. When something happens, I'll give you a hand."
<0366>
// \{\m{B}} "The only thing you're good at is causing trouble, so go home."
<0367>
// \{Furukawa} "\m{A}-san, that's a very rude thing to say to a friend."
<0368>
// \{Sunohara} "That's right, it's rude."
<0369>
// \{\m{B}} (Damn it...)
<0370>
// I was afraid that this was going to happen.
<0371>
// This pain in the ass has gotten himself involved.
<0372>
// \{\m{B}} (Oh, if only there were choices I could make, like in an RPG.)
<0373>
// "Sunohara Youhei" wishes to join your party!\r
<0374>
// Attack
<0375>
// Steal
<0376>
// Magic
<0377>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, why isn't there the choice to let me into your party?!"
<0378>
// Slash!\shake{3}
<0379>
// \{Sunohara} "Gyaaaaaaaa-------!"
<0380>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, why isn't there the choice to let me into your party?!"
<0381>
// Slit!\shake{2}
<0382>
// \{Sunohara} "My wallet!!!!"
<0383>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, why isn't there the choice to let me into your party?!"
<0384>
// Bam!
<0385>
// \{Sunohara} "My head's on fire!!!?!"
<0386>
// ... If only that were the case, this would be much more enjoyable.
<0387>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, what're you grinning about?"
<0388>
// \{\m{B}} "Um... it's nothing."
<0389>
// \{Sunohara} "So, what should we do now? Lunch break is just about over."
<0390>
// \{Furukawa} "\m{A}-san, what should we do?"
<0391>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, that's right..."
<0392>
// \{\m{B}} "How about we ask somebody who actually knows about this school stuff...? We don't really know anything about it, do we?"
<0393>
// \{Sunohara} "Haha, and how many years have you been here, huh?"
<0394>
// \{\m{B}} "You're in the same boat as us."
<0395>
// For now, we leave the hallway.
<0396>
// \{\m{B}} (Speaking of which... I wonder if that girl's there...)
<0397>
// I see the closed door right next to our club room.
<0398>
// Talk to Fuuko
<0399>
// Leave her alone, of course
<0400>
// \{\m{B}} (Seriously...?)
<0401>
// I have the feeling she's the least useful person to talk to around here...
<0402>
// \{\m{B}} (But there's always the chance that we'll be surprised...)
<0403>
// \{Fuuko} "Fuuko understands your situation..."
<0404>
// \{Fuuko} "Fuuko will act as your attorney and fight against the student council."
<0405>
// \{Fuuko} "Fuuko objects!!\wait{1000} For some reason."
<0406>
// \{Fuuko} "Fuuko objects!!\wait{1000} Fuuko has a hunch."
<0407>
// \{Fuuko} "Fuuko objects!!\wait{1000} Fuuko just wanted to try saying it."
<0408>
// \{Fuuko} "Fuuko objects!\wait{1000} Fuuko is properly paying the adult fare for the train."
<0409>
// \{\m{B}} "Nah... she'll just be a burden...
<0410>
// Just thinking about it is really depressing.
<0411>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes?"
<0412>
// Anyway, she's a freshman who just entered the school. What would she know...
<0413>
// I decide to leave her alone.
<0414>
// \{\m{B}} (Well, that was pretty obvious anyway...)
<0415>
// \{Furukawa} "Who should we talk to?"
<0416>
// Yeah, who...
<0417>
// Talk to the Fujibayashi sisters
<0418>
// Ask the homeroom teacher
<0419>
// \{\m{B}} "If we've got a question about the school, a teacher would be the first one to know the answer."
<0420>
// \{\m{B}} "In other words, we should ask our homeroom teacher."
<0421>
// \{Furukawa} "Your class's homeroom teacher?"
<0422>
// \{\m{B}} "No, yours would be fine too."
<0423>
// \{Furukawa} "Either one is fine with me."
<0424>
// \{\m{B}} "Who's the homeroom teacher for Class B again?"
<0425>
// \{Furukawa} "The home room teacher for fine arts is Shinohara-sensei."
<0426>
// \{Sunohara} "That guy's really scary, and he's got a face like an iron mask..."
<0427>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes, he doesn't change his facial expression very often."
<0428>
// \{Sunohara} "Isn't our homeroom teacher better? He's not that reliable, but he's not a bad guy."
<0429>
// \{Furukawa} "What's his name?"
<0430>
// \{\m{B}} "The math guy... umm... what's his name..."
<0431>
// \{Sunohara} "I think he had a name that sounds like an animal or something..."
<0432>
// I feel bad for that teacher...
<0433>
// \{\m{B}} "Was it 'neko' (cat) or 'inu' (dog)?"
<0434>
// \{Sunohara} "It might be 'kuma' (bear) or 'zou' (elephant)."
<0435>
// \{\m{B}} "There aren't any names with 'zou' (elephant) in them, are there?"
<0436>
// \{Sunohara} "That's not true, there's something like Zoumoto and Zouda and Zoushirusu."
<0437>
// \{\m{B}} "That last one you said... is it a family name?"
<0438>
// \{Sunohara} "It's a family name!"
<0439>
// \{Sunohara} "Aah, it's Zoushirusu. I just remembered it now and it sounds familiar, there's no mistaking it."
<0440>
// Did you really remember his name when I said it? Isn't that the name of some quiz show host?
<0441>
// \{Furukawa} "I don't know that teacher."
<0442>
// \{Sunohara} "Well, he's not that bad a guy. Let's go talk to him."
<0443>
// \{\m{B}} "Hasn't he been putting you through the wringer nonstop, recently?"
<0444>
// \{Sunohara} "He's already wrung me out, so he won't get anything from me right now."
<0445>
// \{\m{B}} "That's some pretty amazing positive thinking."
<0446>
// We get to the front of the staff room.
<0447>
// \{Sunohara} "Hmm, he's not here."
<0448>
// Sunohara, peeping into the room tells us that, with his back still turned.
<0449>
// I stare down the hallway. With perfect timing, a door opens and my homeroom teacher appears.
<0450>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, he's over here. He just left the principal's office."
<0451>
// He walks towards us.
<0452>
// \{HR Teacher} "Oh, do you guys have business in the staff room?"
<0453>
// He asks once he discovers us.
<0454>
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah, we've got some business with you, Zoushirusu-sensei."
<0455>
// Bonk! He tumbles clumsily to the ground. *
<0456>
// \{HR Teacher} "Who's that!? I'm Inui!"
<0457>
// My poor homeroom teacher.
<0458>
// \{HR Teacher} "Anyway, what is it? I hope you're not up to something..."
<0459>
// \{HR Teacher} "Hmmm... that's something new. You've got a girl with you."
<0460>
// \{HR Teacher} "Hey, these two aren't deceiving you, are they? Are you okay?"
<0461>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, don't tarnish my reputation, we're just helping her out."
<0462>
// You already have a bad reputation to begin with.
<0463>
// \{Furukawa} "I'm okay. These two are helping me."
<0464>
// \{HR Teacher} "Hmm? What do you mean?"
<0465>
// So we explained our situation.
<0466>
// \{HR Teacher} "I see, that's pretty tough..."
<0467>
// \{HR Teacher} "Well to get recognized as a club, the first thing you need is an advisor."
<0468>
// \{Furukawa} "An advisor... like a teacher?"
<0469>
// \{\m{B}} "That's easy enough. So all we need to do is to find the previous advisor of the drama club."
<0470>
// \{\m{B}} "There was a drama club last year so that teacher should still be here."
<0471>
// \{Furukawa} "That's... right. I'll start looking."
<0472>
// \{HR Teacher} "That won't be enough."
<0473>
// \{Sunohara} "What else, spit it out, Zoushirusu."
<0474>
// \{HR Teacher} "It's Inui!"
<0475>
// \{HR Teacher} "On top of that, didn't you just fail to address me politely?"
<0476>
// \{Sunohara} "Oh, that must be your imagination."
<0477>
// \{HR Teacher} "I wonder..."
<0478>
// \{Furukawa} "You said that it won't be enough?"
<0479>
// \{HR Teacher} "Oh yeah, there's one more thing you need."
<0480>
// \{HR Teacher} "You need at least three members in your club."
<0481>
// \{HR Teacher} "Well, it looks like you've got that one covered."
<0482>
// The homeroom teacher looks at us three.
<0483>
// \{Furukawa} "........."
<0484>
// Furukawa stiffens.
<0485>
// \{HR Teacher} "There's still time, so do you want to go find the previous drama club advisor?"
<0486>
// \{HR Teacher} "If you ask around, I'm sure you'll find him pretty quick."
<0487>
// \{Furukawa} "Please wait... a second!"
<0488>
// \{HR Teacher} "What's the matter?"
<0489>
// \{Furukawa} "Um, well..."
<0490>
// \{Furukawa} "The number of members who are interested..."
<0491>
// \{HR Teacher} "What? You don't have enough?"
<0492>
// He glances at us again.
<0493>
// \{HR Teacher} "I see... it's not like they're planning to do drama, huh..."
<0494>
// He sighs from being thoughtless.
<0495>
// \{HR Teacher} "If that's the case, it's going to be tough."
<0496>
// \{HR Teacher} "The club was disbanded because of a lack of members in the first place after all."
<0497>
// \{Furukawa} "So that's how it was..."
<0498>
// \{HR Teacher} "Oh, I need to head back."
<0499>
// \{HR Teacher} "Sorry about that. If you have any more questions, come and talk to me."
<0500>
// This he directs only to Furukawa, as he returns to the staff room.
<0501>
// And we're left standing in the corridor.
<0502>
// \{Furukawa} "It looks like I need to find two more people."
<0503>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0504>
// The problem is that the student council won't let us do any recruiting in the first place, so that seems like a Catch-22.
<0505>
// But if we can find people want to join, and get an advisor...
<0506>
// And maybe that advisor would argue on our behalf in front of the student council.
<0507>
// After all, we're already prepared for anything.
<0508>
// If it turns out like that, even the student council would have a hard time refusing us outright.
<0509>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Furukawa."
<0510>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes?"
<0511>
// \{\m{B}} "How about we pretend that we're club members?"
<0512>
// And so I told her my plan.
<0513>
// No matter how you look at it, this is what needs to be done.
<0514>
// \{\m{B}} "I mean, otherwise, we won't be able to get enough real members, right?"
<0515>
// \{Furukawa} "Well then..."
<0516>
// \{Furukawa} "Would you, please?"
<0517>
// Furukawa turns to Sunohara and asks.
<0518>
// \{Sunohara} "As long as you don't make us into real members, it's fine with me."
<0519>
// \{Furukawa} "All right. It's a promise."
<0520>
// \{\m{B}} "Now that that's been decided, lets hurry up and find an advisor."
<0521>
// \{Furukawa} "Okay."
<0522>
// As I open the sliding door, Furukawa suddenly becomes still.
<0523>
// \{Furukawa} "But..."
<0524>
// \{Furukawa} "That means we have to lie to a teacher, doesn't it..."
<0525>
// \{Furukawa} "That's not a good thing to do."
<0526>
// \{\m{B}} "It's okay. If we actually find an advisor, we'll want to join the drama club for real."
<0527>
// \{\m{B}} "But after finding an advisor, we'll act as if we came to dislike the club and leave."
<0528>
// \{\m{B}} "And in our place, new members will appear."
<0529>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay? Think of it that way."
<0530>
// \{Furukawa} "Ummm, who will be the new members?"
<0531>
// \{\m{B}} "Idiot, you're going to recruit them."
<0532>
// \{Furukawa} "I guess that's right."
<0533>
// \{Furukawa} "But..."
<0534>
// \{Furukawa} "Even if I find two new members, I want both of you to stay in the drama club."
<0535>
// \{Furukawa} "From the bottom of my heart."
<0536>
// \{Furukawa} "I really think you'll enjoy it."
<0537>
// \{Sunohara} "Is this girl stupid...?"
<0538>
// Sunohara covers his mouth and whispers behind Furukawa's back.
<0539>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey... the truth is, you're complaining about the plan, aren't you?"
<0540>
// \{Furukawa} "Huh?"
<0541>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, never mind. Let's just focus on finding an advisor for now."
<0542>
// \{Furukawa} "Oh, okay."
<0543>
// I throw the staff door open.
<0544>
// \{Sunohara} "The sisters... let's avoid the older one. Just the younger one will do."
<0545>
// \{Furukawa} "Who're you talking about?"
<0546>
// \{\m{B}} "My class rep."
<0547>
// \{Furukawa} "Class representative... that's an impressive position."
<0548>
// \{\m{B}} "There's nothing impressive about it at all. She's doing it because nobody else wanted to."
<0549>
// \{Furukawa} "That can't be right. I bet she's really popular."
<0550>
// \{\m{B}} "I wonder about that..."
<0551>
// As we approach the door to the classroom, Sunohara peeks inside.
<0552>
// \{Sunohara} "Woah, just as I thought... the older sister's there too."
<0553>
// I grab Sunohara's shoulder, pulling him back.
<0554>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, just go and get the younger sister, okay?"
<0555>
// I whisper to Sunohara so Furukawa can't hear.
<0556>
// \{Sunohara} "How am I going to do that..."
<0557>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, for instance..."
<0558>
// \{\m{B}} "Just say that someone wants to confess to the class rep, that way even her older sister would be reluctant to tag along."
<0559>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, that's good!"
<0560>
// \{Sunohara} "Okay, here I go."
<0561>
// Sunohara enters the room triumphantly.
<0562>
// Inside, Fujibayashi is sitting at her seat telling fortunes, surrounded by a bunch of girls.
<0563>
// Sunohara forces his way through and begins his speech.
<0564>
// The girls all look over at me in unison.
<0565>
// \{\m{B}} (Oh crap!)
<0566>
// I quickly hide myself.
<0567>
// \{\m{B}} (Now they all think it's me...)
<0568>
// \{Sunohara} "Here she is!"
<0569>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<0570>
// \{\m{B}} "That worked well..."
<0571>
// Even though it was my plan, I'm still pretty impressed.
<0572>
// \{\m{B}} "Come here, Furukawa!"
<0573>
// I call Furukawa over, who's patiently waiting behind me.
<0574>
// \{Furukawa} "O-okay..."
<0575>
// \{\m{B}} "Introduce yourself."
<0576>
// \{Furukawa} "Okay..."
<0577>
// \{Furukawa} "I'm Furukawa Nagisa, from Class 3-B."
<0578>
// \{Furukawa} "Nice to meet you."
<0579>
// \{Ryou} "Oh, y, ye, yes... I'm, Fujibayashi Ryou, Class D..."
<0580>
// \{Furukawa} "You're the class representative, aren't you?"
<0581>
// \{Ryou} "Y... yes."
<0582>
// \{Furukawa} "That's amazing. I couldn't do something like that, so I admire people like you."
<0583>
// \{Ryou} "N, no... it's nothing... really..."
<0584>
// \{Furukawa} "Um, I have something I'd like to ask you. Can you please hear me out?"
<0585>
// \{Ryou} "Ah... pl, please, wait... a second..."
<0586>
// \{Ryou} "I'm not really ready for this..."
<0587>
// \{Ryou} "Well, I really wasn't expecting it to be a girl..."
<0588>
// \{Furukawa} "Huh? Is that weird or something...?"
<0589>
// \{Ryou} "Oh, no, Furukawa-san... you're a very cute girl."
<0590>
// \{Ryou} "But, going to... well... how should I say it..."
<0591>
// Ahh... I feel like drawing some roses for such a scene between these two.
<0592>
// \{Sunohara} "Man, this is turning me on."
<0593>
// \{\m{B}} "You got that right..."
<0594>
// \{Furukawa} "Well, actually... I'm..."
<0595>
// Furukawa begins to speak.
<0596>
// \{Ryou} "Yes..."
<0597>
// The class rep readies herself.
<0598>
// \{Furukawa} "I wanted to start a drama club."
<0599>
// \{Ryou} "........."
<0600>
// \{Ryou} "... Um, okay."
<0601>
// Thump! The throng of girls crowded by the entrance to the classroom crumple to the floor.
<0602>
// \{Kyou} "You guys have some nerve, making fun of someone's little sister like this, don't you?!"
<0603>
// Kyou stands up from amongst the pile of girls.
<0604>
// \{Kyou} "Are you one of their friends?"
<0605>
// She draws close to Furukawa.
<0606>
// \{Furukawa} "Oh, yes, they're my friends."
<0607>
// \{Kyou} "You're being tricked. You shouldn't hang around with these guys."
<0608>
// \{Kyou} "You might catch their idiocy, and you'd never be able to return to normal again."
<0609>
// \{Furukawa} "No... they're not bad people at all."
<0610>
// \{Kyou} "........."
<0611>
// And she glares in our direction.
<0612>
// Her eyes look as though they're saying, 'You guys sure managed to win her over, huh.'
<0613>
// \{Kyou} "Are these guys your only friends around here?"
<0614>
// \{Nagisa} "Yes..."
<0615>
// \{Kyou} "Well, okay."
<0616>
// \{Kyou} "Then from now on, we'll be your friends."
<0617>
// \{Kyou} "Um... Furukawa Nagisa, right? Can I call you Nagisa?"
<0618>
// \{Nagisa} "Umm, well..."
<0619>
// \{Kyou} "C'mon, let's go."
<0620>
// Grabbing her hand, she led her away.
<0621>
// \{Sunohara} "Ahhh! My bread..."
<0622>
// Hey, Furukawa made a friend...
<0623>
// I guess she doesn't need me anymore...
<0624>
// ... H A P P Y E N D
<0625>
// \{\m{B}} (Yeah right...)
<0626>
// \{Furukawa} "W-wait!"
<0627>
// Furukawa shakes her hand free of Kyou's grip.
<0628>
// \{Kyou} "Eh? What's wrong?"
<0629>
// \{Furukawa} "The three of us are trying our best right now."
<0630>
// \{Furukawa} "It's my wish... my dream..."
<0631>
// \{Furukawa} "We're going to fulfill that dream together."
<0632>
// \{Furukawa} "I can't just leave them behind!"
<0633>
// She's appealing to her desperately.
<0634>
// Somehow... I feel grateful and relieved.
<0635>
// Because it means not everything she did up until now was meaningless...
<0636>
// \{Furukawa} "I mean... I'm very grateful... for your kindness..."
<0637>
// \{Kyou} "Umm... are you talking about the drama club?"
<0638>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes."
<0639>
// \{Kyou} "Are these guys really going to help you make one?"
<0640>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes, they really are."
<0641>
// \{Kyou} "Hmmmm...?"
<0642>
// \{Kyou} "Well, it looked like you were about to confess to my sister just a moment ago."
<0643>
// \{\m{B}} "That's Sunohara's fault."
<0644>
// \{Sunohara} "Isn't it your fault?!"
<0645>
// \{Kyou} "See~? They've already started playing innocent."
<0646>
// \{Kyou} "I don't really see how these guys would really want to help you."
<0647>
// \{\m{B}} "He's helping out for the bread."
<0648>
// \{Sunohara} "Don't blow my cover!"
<0649>
// \{Kyou} "They're getting more and more suspicious, aren't they..."
<0650>
// \{Sunohara} "Tch... fine, I just need to admit my guilt, right?"
<0651>
// \{Sunohara} "That's right, this is all my fault."
<0652>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, that's it exactly."
<0653>
// \{Sunohara} "I admitted my guilt so you should admit yours too!"
<0654>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay, okay, fine. I guess I'm somewhat at fault too."
<0655>
// \{Sunohara} "Going easy on yourself, huh?"
<0656>
// \{\m{B}} "We just had a question for the class rep and wanted to talk to her alone."
<0657>
// \{\m{B}} "It wasn't something we wanted a lot of people involved in, so..."
<0658>
// ... I'd like to say that we wanted to avoid you, but you might rip our lips off.
<0659>
// \{\m{B}} "So anyway, please listen to what she has to say."
<0660>
// \{Kyou} "... Is that okay, Ryou?"
<0661>
// \{Ryou} "Y, yeah... that's fine."
<0662>
// \{Kyou} "You heard her."
<0663>
// \{Furukawa} "Okay."
<0664>
// We've taken up a lot of time... \pI guess it's my own fault, though.
<0665>
// \{Ryou} "Well, perhaps..."
<0666>
// The class rep begins to speak quietly once Furukawa finishes explaining the situation.
<0667>
// \{Kyou} "Perhaps?"
<0668>
// \{Ryou} "You should get an advisor, I think."
<0669>
// \{Kyou} "Yeah, that's right."
<0670>
// \{Furukawa} "An advisor... so, we need a teacher?"
<0671>
// \{Ryou} "That's correct. If you have an advisor, you'll be able to be recognized as a club..."
<0672>
// \{Ryou} "And they'll probably be able to give you some protection from the student council as well..."
<0673>
// \{\m{B}} "That's easy enough. So all we need is to find an advisor."
<0674>
// \{\m{B}} "There was a drama club last year, so that teacher should still be around."
<0675>
// \{Furukawa} "That's... right. I'll start looking."
<0676>
// \{Ryou} "But... I'm pretty sure there's something else."
<0677>
// \{Furukawa} "Oh, what's that?"
<0678>
// \{Ryou} "You need at least... three interested club members."
<0679>
// \{Kyou} "Well, it looks like you're okay on that front."
<0680>
// Kyou looks at the three of us.
<0681>
// \{Furukawa} "........."
<0682>
// Furukawa stiffens.
<0683>
// \{Kyou} "How about we go to the staff room?"
<0684>
// \{Furukawa} "Please wait... a second!"
<0685>
// \{Kyou} "What's wrong?"
<0686>
// \{Furukawa} "Well, um..."
<0687>
// \{Furukawa} "The number of interested members ..."
<0688>
// \{Kyou} "Eh? Don't you have enough?"
<0689>
// She looks at the three of us again. Sunohara looks out the window, hiding his face.
<0690>
// \{Kyou} "It looks like you have enough with you."
<0691>
// \{Furukawa} "Uh... well..."
<0692>
// \{Furukawa} "I'm one member..."
<0693>
// Saying that, she indicates herself.
<0694>
// \{Kyou} "Yeah, and who else--...?"
<0695>
// \{Furukawa} "That's it."
<0696>
// \{Kyou} "........."
<0697>
// She looks over at us again.
<0698>
// \{Kyou} "You guys just told me you were helping her out."
<0699>
// \{Kyou} "So why aren't you club members?"
<0700>
// \{Sunohara} "We're just helping her make the club. Do I look like someone who'd be interested in plays?"
<0701>
// Sunohara cuts to the chase.
<0702>
// \{Kyou} "Sigh... you sure are useless, huh..."
<0703>
// \{Ryou} "W... well... if you only have one member... you'll probably be rejected."
<0704>
// \{\m{B}} "Well that's why we're consulting you. Isn't there something we can do?"
<0705>
// \{Kyou} "I'm saying it's impossible."
<0706>
// \{Sunohara} "Sigh... you sure are useless, huh..."
<0707>
// SLAP! \shake{2}
<0708>
// \{Sunohara} "OUCH!"
<0709>
// \{Sunohara} "I was just quoting you, why'd I get slapped for that?"
<0710>
// \{Kyou} "I saw a scarab beetle flying around."
<0711>
// \{Sunohara} "If you slapped a scarab beetle on my face, it'd splatter all over my cheek!"
<0712>
// \{Kyou} "Yeah, yeah."
<0713>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm bleeeeeding!"
<0714>
// \{Ryou} "Well, despite that..."
<0715>
// During the commotion, Fujibayashi hangs her head and begins to speak.
<0716>
// \{Ryou} "You've got three people with you..."
<0717>
// \{Ryou} "It would be best to find an advisor anyway, even if they're just pretending to be club members."
<0718>
// \{Ryou} "Since there's only a few teachers left who aren't already club advisors..."
<0719>
// \{Furukawa} "... I understand."
<0720>
// Furukawa gives a big nod and faces us.
<0721>
// \{Furukawa} "Umm..."
<0722>
// \{Furukawa} "Can I ask you for a favor?"
<0723>
// She looks at me and Sunohara.
<0724>
// \{Sunohara} "As long as you don't make us into real members, it's fine with me."
<0725>
// \{Furukawa} "Okay. It's a promise."
<0726>
// \{Furukawa} "But that means we have to lie to a teacher, doesn't it..."
<0727>
// \{Furukawa} "That's not a good thing to do."
<0728>
// \{\m{B}} "It's alright. If we actually find an advisor, we'll want to join the drama club for real."
<0729>
// \{\m{B}} "But after finding an advisor, we'll act as if we came to dislike the club and leave."
<0730>
// \{\m{B}} "And in our place, new members will appear."
<0731>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay? Think of it that way."
<0732>
// \{Furukawa} "Ummm, who'll the new members be?"
<0733>
// \{\m{B}} "Idiot, you're going to recruit them."
<0734>
// \{Furukawa} "I guess that's right."
<0735>
// Furukawa's walk begins to slow.
<0736>
// \{Furukawa} "But..."
<0737>
// \{Furukawa} "Even if I find two new members, I want both of you to stay in the drama club."
<0738>
// \{Furukawa} "From the bottom of my heart."
<0739>
// \{Furukawa} "I really think that you'll enjoy it."
<0740>
// \{Sunohara} "Is this girl stupid...?"
<0741>
// Sunohara covers his mouth and whispers behind Furukawa's back.
<0742>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey... the truth is, you're complaining about the plan, aren't you?"
<0743>
// \{Furukawa} "Huh?"
<0744>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, never mind. Let's just focus on finding an advisor for now."
<0745>
// \{Furukawa} "Okay."
<0746>
// She begins to walk quickly again.
<0747>
// Finding a teacher I recognize, I ask him the name of the previous year's drama club advisor.
<0748>
// \{Teacher} "Oh, that's Koumura-sensei, the literature teacher. You know him, right?"
<0749>
// \{\m{B}} "Uh huh."
<0750>
// I knew him pretty well, but I didn't know he used to be the drama club advisor.
<0751>
// I guess there really weren't much club activities after all.
<0752>
// \{\m{B}} "... Where is he?"
<0753>
// We search the staff room. He's nowhere to be found.
<0754>
// \{Teacher} "He might be in the guidance counsellor's office."
<0755>
// \{Furukawa} "Okay. I'll go check."
<0756>
// \{Teacher} "In any case, this is really a big shock."
<0757>
// \{Furukawa} "What is?"
<0758>
// \{Teacher} "To think that a nice girl like you would team up with those two problematic kids..."
<0759>
// \{Teacher} "Is everything okay?"
<0760>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes. Because we're friends."
<0761>
// Furukawa replies with a strong tone in her voice.
<0762>
// Several teachers look over in our direction, in reaction to her words.
<0763>
// Although they had an incredulous expression on their faces, once they looked over at me they went back to their work.
<0764>
// \{Furukawa} "And I'm a bit of a problem child too."
<0765>
// \{Teacher} "Huh...?"
<0766>
// \{Furukawa} "Thank you very much."
<0767>
// Furukawa bows her head, ending the conversation.
<0768>
// \{Sunohara} "You know, the only time I ever come into the staff room is when I'm getting yelled at..."
<0769>
// \{Sunohara} "You saw their faces, right? They looked like they were thinking 'What is it this time?'"
<0770>
// \{Sunohara} "Of course I've been there for normal reasons as well."
<0771>
// \{Sunohara} "Damn it!"
<0772>
// He violently kicks the door.
<0773>
// \{\m{B}} "Knock it off. We're leaving."
<0774>
// \{Sunohara} "Where to?"
<0775>
// \{\m{B}} "The guidance counsellor's office. Right, Furukawa?"
<0776>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes, that's right."
<0777>
// \{Sunohara} "I don't really want to go somewhere like that, but..."
<0778>
// And just as we turn the corner...
<0779>
// Koumura exits the guidance counsellor's office with perfect timing.
<0780>
// \{Sunohara} "Lucky! Great timing, Yobojii!"*
<0781>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, gramps. Doing well?"
<0782>
// \{Koumura} "Hmm... what do you want?"
<0783>
// He turns his deeply wrinkled face towards us.
<0784>
// Koumura was my homeroom teacher when I was a freshman. It's thanks to him that I got as far as I have in this school.
<0785>
// \{\m{B}} "Here."
<0786>
// I push Furukawa before Koumura.
<0787>
// \{Furukawa} "Um, I'm Furukawa Nagisa from class 3-B."
<0788>
// \{Koumura} "Oh, okay."
<0789>
// \{Furukawa} "Well... I wanted to... well... try to bring the drama club back... and I wanted to know if you could be its advisor."
<0790>
// \{Koumura} "I see..."
<0791>
// \{\m{B}} "Gramps, we're reviving the drama club. This is a big thing, so please help us."
<0792>
// \{Koumura} "I see, I see..."
<0793>
// What an irritating response.
<0794>
// \{Sunohara} "You just need to give us the nod okay, grampa."
<0795>
// Sunohara impatiently places his hand on the teacher's head and tries to make him nod by force.
<0796>
// \{Furukawa} "Sunohara-san, please don't."
<0797>
// \{Sunohara} "Huh?"
<0798>
// \{Furukawa} "We have to ask him sincerely or this won't be any good."
<0799>
// \{Sunohara} "I'm sincere, it's just that my methods are a little rough."
<0800>
// \{Furukawa} "If you know it's rough, then please do it properly."
<0801>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey... who am I doing this for anyway...?"
<0802>
// \{Furukawa} "Please..."
<0803>
// \{Sunohara} "Tch."
<0804>
// He removes his hands.
<0805>
// \{Furukawa} "Umm, sensei... What do you think? Will you help us revive the drama club?"
<0806>
// \{Koumura} "Okay..."
<0807>
// \{Furukawa} "Thank you very much!"
<0808>
// \{Koumura} "Nah..."
<0809>
// \{Furukawa} "Eh...?"
<0810>
// \{Sunohara} "Which is it?!"
<0811>
// \{\m{B}} "Gramps, is there a problem? Tell us already."
<0812>
// \{Koumura} "Hmmm..."
<0813>
// \{Koumura} "There's a second-year student named Nishina... could you talk to her?"
<0814>
// \{Sunohara} "Who's that?"
<0815>
// \{Furukawa} "I got it. I'll go look."
<0816>
// She quickly ends the conversation without asking any questions as if she wants to get Sunohara away from Koumura.
<0817>
// \{\m{B}} "What class is she in? That's all I need to know."
<0818>
// \{Koumura} "If I'm not mistaken... I think it was class B."
<0819>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay! Thanks."
<0820>
// \{Koumura} "Or maybe it was class C..."
<0821>
// \{Sunohara} "Which is it?!"
<0822>
// \{Koumura} "I'm sure it's C. Hmm, there's no mistaking it."
<0823>
// \{Furukawa} "Thank you very much. We'll be back later."
<0824>
// \{Sunohara} "Practice talking faster before we come back, alright?"
<0825>
// With those as our last words, we leave.
<0826>
// As we went up the stairs, the bell rang, signaling that lunch break was over.
<0827>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh... it's already time."
<0828>
// \{Sunohara} "I didn't even notice..."
<0829>
// We must have all been focused on this.
<0830>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess we'll finish this up after school..."
<0831>
// Class 2-C. We stand beneath the plate.
<0832>
// The students preparing to go home all glance at us with suspicion.
<0833>
// When three upperclassmen are blocking the entrance, it must be difficult to get out of the room and go home.
<0834>
// \{\m{B}} "You go ask, Furukawa. Sunohara and I will wait here."
<0835>
// \{Furukawa} "Okay."
<0836>
// She nods obediently, and then gently makes her way into the classroom.
<0837>
// She gets the attention of one of the girls and asks her a question.
<0838>
// Then the girl points towards the window.
<0839>
// Another girl is sitting there.
<0840>
// Furukawa thanks her and bows, and then walks towards the window.
<0841>
// Then she begins to speak to the girl there.
<0842>
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, you."
<0843>
// \{Sunohara} "You were just staring at us, weren't you?"
<0844>
// Trying to pass the time, Sunohara tries to pick a fight with a male student trying to get around us.
<0845>
// I just watch Furukawa.
<0846>
// Drawing up a smile, she frantically appeals to the girl as she gestures with her hands.
<0847>
// After a while, Furukawa's the one who's listening.
<0848>
// She nods repeatedly, listening to the calm-looking girl's words.
<0849>
// Finally, the two of them are alone in the classroom.
<0850>
// \{Sunohara} "It's alright to go in now, isn't it?"
<0851>
// Sunohara asked me.
<0852>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I guess so."
<0853>
// We go inside too.
<0854>
// \{Sunohara} "Hi, we're from the drama club."
<0855>
// Sunohara gives a coercive greeting.
<0856>
// \{\m{B}} "Sorry for the intrusion."
<0857>
// \{Female Student} "Oh, not at all."
<0858>
// The girl looks down as she lowers her face.
<0859>
// \{\m{B}} "So what's up, Furukawa?"
<0860>
// \{Furukawa} "Well... um... there's a problem."
<0861>
// \{\m{B}} "What is it?"
<0862>
// \{Furukawa} "Nishina-san wants to start a chorus club."
<0863>
// \{Furukawa} "And she's in the same position as us, looking for an advisor..."
<0864>
// \{Furukawa} "And so she asked Koumura-san yesterday."
<0865>
// \{Furukawa} "However, at the time she didn't have enough members interested in joining her club, but now..."
<0866>
// \{Furukawa} "Since then, she's managed to find three members at that day too."
<0867>
// \{Furukawa} "Nishina-san worked very hard for this."
<0868>
// \{Furukawa} "........."
<0869>
// \{\m{B}} "I see... Well, that's a problem."
<0870>
// \{Furukawa} "Yes. We wanted Koumura-san to be our advisor."
<0871>
// \{Furukawa} "But Nishina-san wants the same thing."
<0872>
// \{Furukawa} "What should we do?"
<0873>
// \{Furukawa} "........."
<0874>
// Furukawa stares into my face.
<0875>
// \{\m{B}} "I guess we should find another teacher..."
<0876>
// I try to compromise.
<0877>
// \{Nishina} "I looked around, but..."
<0878>
// Still hiding her face, the chorus girl begins to speak.
<0879>
// \{Nishina} "The only teachers who aren't club advisors already are Koumura-san, and people like the principal and vice-principal."
<0880>
// \{Nishina} "........."
<0881>
// \{Sunohara} "Well that's a problem."
<0882>
// \{Sunohara} "But you know, we're upperclassmen."
<0883>
// \{\m{B}} "Cut it out."
<0884>
// \{Furukawa} "Sorry for troubling you."
<0885>
// \{Furukawa} "We need to discuss this... so we'll come back again."
<0886>
// \{Furukawa} "Please excuse us."
<0887>
// She quickly lowers her head, bowing to the second year, then pushes us out of the classroom.
<0888>
// \{Sunohara} "Like I just said, we're the upperclassmen here."
<0889>
// \{Sunohara} "If we just stand up to her, she'll back down."
<0890>
// \{Furukawa} "We can't do that."
<0891>
// \{Furukawa} "We're all equal here."
<0892>
// \{Furukawa} "We all start at the same starting line."
<0893>
// \{Furukawa} "So just because we're a little older than she is doesn't mean that we automatically win."
<0894>
// \{Furukawa} "And also, I'm the only one joining the club..."
<0895>
// \{Furukawa} "I had to lie to that girl."
<0896>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0897>
// \{Furukawa} "That girl worked hard, and did her best to find those three members."
<0898>
// \{Furukawa} "We might have started at the same point, but she may already have won this one."
<0899>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, you're working your hardest too. I know that quite well."
<0900>
// \{Furukawa} "........."
<0901>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't give up, keep on trying. There has to be something you can do."
<0902>
// \{Sunohara} "I wonder about that..."
<0903>
// \{\m{B}} "Listen, you..."
<0904>
// \{Sunohara} "Oops, slip of the tongue."
<0905>
// \{Sunohara} "Sorry, sorry. Hey, don't look at me like that."
<0906>
// \{Sunohara} "Anyway, I'm going to be leaving you guys at this point."
<0907>
// \{Sunohara} "Give my regards to your parents."
<0908>
// \{Furukawa} "Eh... ah, okay."
<0909>
// \{Furukawa} "Thanks for your help today."
<0910>
// Sunohara disappears after giving his farewells to Furukawa.
<0911>
// \{\m{B}} "Tch... that guy... seriously."
<0912>
// \{Furukawa} "But today was really a lot of fun."
<0913>
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"
<0914>
// \{Furukawa} "We were all aiming for the same goal and we did our best. I think doing that is a lot of fun."
<0915>
// We didn't even accomplish a single one of our goals...
<0916>
// Considering that, I don't see how we could still laugh after all of this.
<0917>
// \{Furukawa} "Ehehe..."
<0918>
// But if Furukawa's okay with it, then...
<0919>
// It feels as if our hectic day was worth it.
<0920>
// Then...
<0921>
// That feeling suddenly ends as soon as I see someone's tiny back leaning out of a classroom door at the end of the hall.
<0922>
// \{\m{B}} (That girl...)
<0923>
// Nobody was there when I came out through the entrance.
<0924>
// This is a difficult time of the day, when those going home have already left and those in clubs are already busy with their activities.
<0925>
// \{\m{B}} (I'm going home...)
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