Clannad VN:SEEN7000
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// Resources for SEEN7000.TXT
#character '＊Ｂ'
#character 'Akio'
#character 'Sanae'
#character 'Nagisa'
#character 'Kids'
#character 'Yoshino'
#character 'Voice'
#character 'Tamura'
#character 'Housewife'
<0000>
// During the beginning of June, my place of work moved to an area near Furukawa's parents' home.
<0001>
// Watching that during my break, I decided to visit Sanae-san at the Furukawa household.
<0002>
// Sanae
<0003>
// Pops was talking to someone at the front of the store.
<0004>
// It was a young man in a suit, about the same age as me.
<0005>
// I waited for awhile to see what would happen.
<0006>
// After a short while, the man bowed to pops, and departed.
<0007>
// In his place, I entered the store.
<0008>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey."
<0009>
// \{Akio} "... oh, it's you."
<0010>
// \{Akio} "I thought it was Sanae, don't scare me like that."
<0011>
// \{\m{B}} "Why? Did you do something to feel guilty about again?"
<0012>
// \{Akio} "It's nothing."
<0013>
// \{Akio} "Well, what the hell you want?"
<0014>
// \{Akio} "In your working clothes, nonetheless."
<0015>
// \{\m{B}} "No, I don't really have any reason for being here..."
<0016>
// \{Akio} "Heh... just browsing?"
<0017>
// \{\m{B}} "Where's Sanae-san?"
<0018>
// \{Akio} "She went out to a neighborhood meeting."
<0019>
// \{\m{B}} "So I came at a bad time."
<0020>
// \{Akio} "Heh, so Sanae is your goal...?"
<0021>
// \{Akio} "Don't just come to talk to her all the time. Why don't you come and see me once in a while?"
<0022>
// \{\m{B}} "... do you want me to?"
<0023>
// \{Akio} "Yeah, I want you to."
<0024>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay then, let me test that."
<0025>
// I turned around, and left the store.
<0026>
// And then, from there I turned and entered again.
<0027>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey."
<0028>
// \{Akio} "... oh, it's you."
<0029>
// \{Akio} "I thought it was Sanae, don't scare me like that."
<0030>
// \{\m{B}} "You got it wrong. It's just me, \m{B}"
<0031>
// \{Akio} "Well, what do you want?"
<0032>
// \{\m{B}} "I was wondering how you were..."
<0033>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, I can't just say that!"
<0034>
// \{Akio} "Heh... even I'm ashamed."
<0035>
// \{\m{B}} "Where's Sanae-san?"
<0036>
// \{Akio} "She went out to a neighborhood meeting."
<0037>
// \{\m{B}} "So I came at a bad time."
<0038>
// \{Akio} "You're not her husband, asshole...."
<0039>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't think that's got anything to do with this..."
<0040>
// \{\m{B}} "I came today... to get a \bgood\u look at how well you're doing!"
<0041>
// \{Akio} "Okay, from now on, you're going to work naked---!"
<0042>
// \{Akio} "Damn, that would be so bad, it would make the customers run away---!"
<0043>
// \{\m{B}} "You're one to talk."
<0044>
// \{Akio} "That's enough, go back to normal."
<0045>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I think I've reached my limit too..."
<0046>
// \{Akio} "So, are you going to wait for Sanae?"
<0047>
// \{\m{B}} "Nah, I don't have the time, I'll be going soon."
<0048>
// \{Akio} "I see... well, do whatever you want."
<0049>
// Pops went back inside the store.
<0050>
// I followed behind him.
<0051>
// \{Akio} "Whew..."
<0052>
// \{Akio} "Damn thirsty... you take care of the store."
<0053>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't ask me something like that."
<0054>
// \{Akio} "Just a moment!"
<0055>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't ask me for just a moment!"
<0056>
// Ignoring what I had said, he went further into the house.
<0057>
// Before that, something was placed on top of the register counter.
<0058>
// My eyes casually looked towards it.
<0059>
// It was a set of A4-sized documents stapled together.
<0060>
// ... Tamura Tutoring School - Opening Information.
<0061>
// That title was there.
<0062>
// \{\m{B}} "... tutoring?"
<0063>
// \{Akio} "What the hell you peeping at?"
<0064>
// Pops came back with a bottle of tea in his hand.
<0065>
// \{\m{B}} "What's this tutoring open house thing?"
<0066>
// Pops remained silent, pouring into the two glass cups on top of the register counter.
<0067>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, pops!"
<0068>
// \{Akio} "Here!"
<0069>
// He thrusts one of them at me.
<0070>
// \{\m{B}} "Y-yeah... thanks."
<0071>
// We both sipped our tea together.
<0072>
// \{Akio} "Whew... the tea that Sanae makes is delicious."
<0073>
// \{\m{B}} "Agreed."
<0074>
// \{Akio} "........."
<0075>
// \{\m{B}} "So, what's this tutoring?"
<0076>
// \{Akio} "Dang, you know..."
<0077>
// \{Akio} "It's usual for a woman to be keeping secrets..."
<0078>
// \{\m{B}} "That's not it."
<0079>
// \{\m{B}} "I really take this house to heart."
<0080>
// \{\m{B}} "That's all."
<0081>
// \{Akio} "Tch... you said something damn good."
<0082>
// \{Akio} "... don't say this to anyone yet, 'kay?"
<0083>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<0084>
// \{Akio} "You've encountered them many times during the time you lived in this house, haven't you...?"
<0085>
// \{Akio} "That Sanae's been holding a tutoring school."
<0086>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<0087>
// \{Akio} "There weren't any good tutors 'round here either."
<0088>
// \{Akio} "But, that one does well."
<0089>
// \{\m{B}} "It's nearby?"
<0090>
// \{Akio} "Yeah, if you walk around."
<0091>
// \{Akio} "Just a while ago, some teacher brought that and greeted her and stuff."
<0092>
// \{Akio} "Knew that Sanae was running this tutoring."
<0093>
// \{\m{B}} "What'd they say?"
<0094>
// \{Akio} "First off, they requested Sanae to come as a lecturer."
<0095>
// \{Akio} "And, the students she's teaching right now were also taken along."
<0096>
// \{Akio} "In other words, they're planning to pull Sanae and the students away from her own tutoring school."
<0097>
// \{\m{B}} "That's... something unforgivable..."
<0098>
// \{Akio} "Nope, it's different. What you're thinking is surely different."
<0099>
// \{\m{B}} "Why's that?"
<0100>
// \{Akio} "See he's... \wait{2000}someone Sanae taught."
<0101>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh...?"
<0102>
// \{Akio} "Sanae told you before, didn't she? In the past, she was part of a teaching faculty."
<0103>
// \{Akio} "He's the one she taught from that time."
<0104>
// \{Akio} "Looks like he made a promise with Sanae when it came to graduation."
<0105>
// \{Akio} "Something about coming back to this city, and also teaching the kids here."
<0106>
// \{Akio} "He left the city, studied in university, and got his teaching license..."
<0107>
// \{Akio} "And then, he came back to this city again."
<0108>
// \{Akio} "It ain't pretty."
<0109>
// \{Akio} "That's why from his viewpoint, he'll be granting the wish Sanae had from before he had vowed on."
<0110>
// \{Akio} "Even for Sanae, he was speaking of it as simply a much better environment for the kids to learn."
<0111>
// \{Akio} "He was also thinking of this city, taking the kids to heart."
<0112>
// \{Akio} "Though he still hadn't met Sanae..."
<0113>
// \{Akio} "What would Sanae say, hearing that..."
<0114>
// \{\m{B}} "Maybe she'd go...?"
<0115>
// \{Akio} "She ain't going. If she does, the shop's gonna fall apart!"
<0116>
// \{Akio} "Everyone's been coming into the store because she's here."
<0117>
// \{Akio} "You should at least understand that much, damn it."
<0118>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... guess so."
<0119>
// I don't think that's all it is, but pops didn't think it necessary to cause ill feelings in Sanae-san.
<0120>
// \{Akio} "Besides, she also likes bread."
<0121>
// \{Akio} "Because we've been working hard up until now."
<0122>
// \{Akio} "She ain't thinking of going."
<0123>
// \{\m{B}} "So..."
<0124>
// \{Akio} "Yeah."
<0125>
// \{Akio} "She might just... turn over the students."
<0126>
// I also think that's likely.
<0127>
// \{\m{B}} "But... Sanae-san wants to continue, doesn't she?"
<0128>
// \{Akio} "Yeah. Of course."
<0129>
// \{Akio} "But, see, she's not one to say selfish things either..."
<0130>
// Yeah.
<0131>
// I should always be worrying about the same things as her.
<0132>
// The same goes for Nagisa.
<0133>
// That's why, I understand pops' conflict right now.
<0134>
// \{Akio} "Well, what shall we do?"
<0135>
// In the end, he blew off the gloomy atmosphere, smiling while saying that.
<0136>
// The next day, sneaking out during my break again, I went to the Furukawa household.
<0137>
// It should be okay to meet her today.
<0138>
// The grade schoolers formed a group, walking up front.
<0139>
// After they passed, I finally noticed Sanae-san waving her hand in front of Furukawa Bakery.
<0140>
// \{\m{B}} (Sanae-san's students, huh...)
<0141>
// If you look carefully, I wonder if they have a familiar face?
<0142>
// \{Sanae} "Oh my, \m{B}-san."
<0143>
// \{Sanae} "Good afternoon!"
<0144>
// \{\m{B}} "Yo."
<0145>
// \{\m{B}} "You're done now?"
<0146>
// \{Sanae} "Yes. Are you still at work, \m{B}-san?"
<0147>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah. We're kinda close by, so I snuck out during my break."
<0148>
// \{\m{B}} "If I talked with you, I figured I might blow off some steam."
<0149>
// \{Sanae} "If you're fine with talking with someone as old as me, I'll talk as much as you like."
<0150>
// \{\m{B}} "Like that's such a thing. I feel like I'm talking with a girl a little older than me."
<0151>
// \{Sanae} "A girl? I'm happy about that."
<0152>
// Sanae-san really hasn't changed.
<0153>
// She would always be that type of person, remaining a female student, becoming a housewife...
<0154>
// \{\m{B}} "Tch... those guys have it good."
<0155>
// \{Sanae} "What do you mean?"
<0156>
// \{\m{B}} "The ones who are learning under you, Sanae-san."
<0157>
// \{Sanae} "Would you like me to teach you as well, \m{B}-san?"
<0158>
// \{\m{B}} "Of course."
<0159>
// \{Sanae} "Thank you so much. But, as expected, that alone is too big and unreasonable."
<0160>
// \{Sanae} "What I teach goes as far as studying for exams."
<0161>
// \{\m{B}} "Even though, isn't that amazing?"
<0162>
// \{Sanae} "It's not amazing."
<0163>
// \{Sanae} "Besides, you don't need to study that anymore, \m{B}-san."
<0164>
// \{\m{B}} "Studying for exams, huh..."
<0165>
// \{Sanae} "There isn't anything beyond studying for exams that I could teach you, is there?"
<0166>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0167>
// --hey, Sanae. How about you teach him?
<0168>
// I abruptly remember pops' words.
<0169>
// \{\m{B}} (Certainly, that joke was... when Nagisa called me incompetent...)
<0170>
// If there was one thing that she would teach me, it would be that...
<0171>
// \{\m{B}} "NOOOOOOO--!"
<0172>
// \{Sanae} "What?"
<0173>
// I'm sorry. I'm the worst man.
<0174>
// I apologize from the bottom of my heart.
<0175>
// \{\m{B}} "Haha... that so? What a shame."
<0176>
// \{Sanae} "Besides, this is going to end pretty soon."
<0177>
// .........
<0178>
// ... eh?
<0179>
// \{\m{B}} "What'd you say just now?"
<0180>
// \{Sanae} "I said that my tutoring school here will be ending."
<0181>
// \{Sanae} "There's a much better one nearby."
<0182>
// \{Sanae} "The ones I've been teaching are being moved there now."
<0183>
// \{\m{B}} "I-is that so...?"
<0184>
// Though I should be a lot more surprised having heard this for the first time but...
<0185>
// I've already...
<0186>
// On the contrary... I felt pity for Sanae, who had decided to back out of this...
<0187>
// \{Sanae} "You don't seem to be in a good mood."
<0188>
// \{\m{B}} "That's because..."
<0189>
// \{\m{B}} "For you to have decided this so simply..."
<0190>
// \{Sanae} "It wasn't simple at all."
<0191>
// \{Sanae} "If you see it as such, it's worrisome."
<0192>
// Even though she says that with a smile...
<0193>
// But, that's Sanae-san for you.
<0194>
// \{Sanae} "But... I guess that way might be better."
<0195>
// \{\m{B}} "That's... even if you ignore the promise you made with him?"
<0196>
// \{Sanae} "... you knew, didn't you?"
<0197>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm sorry. Pops told me."
<0198>
// \{\m{B}} "It's okay for him to tell me, right?"
<0199>
// \{\m{B}} "There will always be kids around. There's nothing to turning them over!"
<0200>
// \{Sanae} "But, the parents' opinions differ."
<0201>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh...?"
<0202>
// \{Sanae} "I'm a bakery owner."
<0203>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... that's true..."
<0204>
// \{Sanae} "I've been weaving time to run tutoring in-between my work in the bakery."
<0205>
// \{Sanae} "That's why the parents want to relieve me of that, by having the kids transfer over to a new tutoring school."
<0206>
// \{\m{B}} "But, you like it, don't you? Couldn't you explain that to them?"
<0207>
// \{Sanae} "Yes, I have."
<0208>
// \{\m{B}} "Then, why don't they understand...?"
<0209>
// Sanae-san... was so easy to push around like that.
<0210>
// But... \pyeah, if it were pops,
<0211>
// \{\m{B}} "Pops is around, right? If it were him, he'll tell them straight up."
<0212>
// \{Sanae} "\m{B}-san,"
<0213>
// She suddenly called my name.
<0214>
// \{\m{B}} "Y-yes...?"
<0215>
// \{Sanae} "Please listen, \m{B}-san."
<0216>
// She was just like Nagisa.
<0217>
// \{\m{B}} "Yes... I'm listening."
<0218>
// When she says it like that, I'm bound to give in.
<0219>
// \{Sanae} "Somehow, I've been of some use."
<0220>
// She was looking straight at me.
<0221>
// \{Sanae} "But, if someone like me were to fall into a situation where I was no longer needed..."
<0222>
// \{Sanae} "This would be the best thing... that's what I think."
<0223>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0224>
// \{\m{B}} "You really are okay with this, Sanae-san...?"
<0225>
// \{Sanae} "Yes. I'm fine with it now."
<0226>
// As much as I selfishly asked her, for her part, she never said any more than that.
<0227>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0228>
// It was soon becoming time to head back.
<0229>
// This couldn't be a discussion with such short time.
<0230>
// But, if I had longer time...
<0231>
// It was already too late to be able to convince Sanae-san, who had decided.
<0232>
// I don't have such confidence.
<0233>
// I realized how powerless I was.
<0234>
// Even though I knew Sanae-san for such a long time, being beside her, I should have seen this coming...
<0235>
// Just that, I probably wouldn't have been too happy about it.
<0236>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Nagisa. I have something to discuss."
<0237>
// During the evening that day, at the dinner table, I cut in.
<0238>
// \{Nagisa} "Yes, what is it?"
<0239>
// She puts down her chopsticks.
<0240>
// \{\m{B}} "No, you don't have to put away your chopsticks. Let's talk while we eat."
<0241>
// \{Nagisa} "Sure."
<0242>
// Again holding the chopsticks, she puts boiled lotus roots in her mouth.
<0243>
// \{\m{B}} "I went to your house during the day."
<0244>
// \{Nagisa} "What were you doing there?"
<0245>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, because it was close during work, I snuck out during break."
<0246>
// \{Nagisa} "Is that so?"
<0247>
// \{\m{B}} "And I talked with Sanae-san."
<0248>
// \{Nagisa} "Ah. What did you discuss? I'd be happy if you would tell me."
<0249>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, that's what I want to do."
<0250>
// I talk about the newly opened tutoring school, and what Sanae-san decided.
<0251>
// \{Nagisa} "I didn't know."
<0252>
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, that's cruel of you to be going into my family's problems..."
<0253>
// \{Nagisa} "You should have asked me immediately."
<0254>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, sorry..."
<0255>
// \{Nagisa} "Ah... well, I'm not really condemning you like that."
<0256>
// \{Nagisa} "I would have liked to think together on this."
<0257>
// \{\m{B}} "I suppose... like this, if the students get turned over, it'd be sad for Sanae-san."
<0258>
// \{Nagisa} "........."
<0259>
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, you like my mother."
<0260>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I do. Isn't that normal? She's your mother."
<0261>
// \{\m{B}} "Actually, it couldn't be that you're jealous or anything?"
<0262>
// \{Nagisa} "Ah... no, definitely nothing like that."
<0263>
// \{Nagisa} "Let's work hard, \m{B}-kun."
<0264>
// \{\m{B}} "Well, I dunno what to work with..."
<0265>
// \{Nagisa} "That's right. We can't just think about it."
<0266>
// For a while, the two of us groaned while eating.
<0267>
// \{Nagisa} "How about this?"
<0268>
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, you thought of something?"
<0269>
// \{Nagisa} "Yes. Let's talk with the students that my mom's teaching."
<0270>
// \{Nagisa} "I'm sure everyone doesn't want her to stop teaching, so there's surely friends we'll find."
<0271>
// \{\m{B}} "And then, visit their parents and persuade them."
<0272>
// \{Nagisa} "Yes, that's right."
<0273>
// \{\m{B}} "Maybe... It's simple, but it might be the best way."
<0274>
// \{Nagisa} "Let's do that. Can you make time, \m{B}-kun?"
<0275>
// \{\m{B}} "I suppose... I'm going to have holidays soon."
<0276>
// The next holiday.
<0277>
// We began moving in the afternoon.
<0278>
// Because it's Saturday, the kids should also be coming back home.
<0279>
// \{Nagisa} "I asked dad so that I'd borrow the name list."
<0280>
// \{Nagisa} "We'll be going house to house."
<0281>
// \{\m{B}} "But you know..."
<0282>
// \{\m{B}} "We're not quite ready to meet with each and every one of the kids' parents."
<0283>
// \{Nagisa} "Ah, yes. That's a weak spot with this plan."
<0284>
// \{\m{B}} "Let's grab one and have them assemble together."
<0285>
// \{Nagisa} "Ah, \m{B}-kun, you have a good idea!"
<0286>
// Nagisa uses a public telephone, getting in contact with a single student.
<0287>
// She then came out.
<0288>
// \{\m{B}} "How'd it go?"
<0289>
// \{Nagisa} "Yes, they're calling each other now and will be coming in a group."
<0290>
// And then, thirty minutes later.
<0291>
// It became quite busy around us.
<0292>
// \{Kids} "What is it? We're kind of busy."
<0293>
// \{Kids} "Should we hang out with these guys?"
<0294>
// T-these guys...
<0295>
// \{Kids} "Are you hanging out with this dude, sister?"
<0296>
// ... your Japanese is off.
<0297>
// \{Nagisa} "Ah... well... you say hanging out...?"
<0298>
// \{Kids} "You're not hanging out?"
<0299>
// \{Nagisa} "Well... I am..."
<0300>
// \{Kids} "Sis, you're getting it on! Huff, huff!"
<0301>
// The kids all got up into a bustle.
<0302>
// \{\m{B}} "Shut up, you guys!"
<0303>
// \{Kids} "What's with him? If you made a girlfriend, you should be more confident about it."
<0304>
// \{Kids} "We're flattering you with you going out. Didn't you notice?"
<0305>
// \{\m{B}} "You rats, if you say that one more time... you'll be talking real funny when I'm through with you..."
<0306>
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, you shouldn't get angry at the kids!"
<0307>
// \{\m{B}} "You fine admitting that with the kids?!"
<0308>
// \{Kids} "Technically without a doubt. Would you agree with us kids?"
<0309>
// \{\m{B}} "How old are you assholes?!"
<0310>
// \{Kids} "Sis is in a pi-----nch!"
<0311>
// Thud!\shake{2}
<0312>
// \{\m{B}} "Come on, stop talking with her! Stop making this out to be more than it is!"
<0313>
// \{\m{B}} "Actually, you're still using the same thing from last year, aren't you?!"
<0314>
// \{\m{B}} "Woah there, fall!"*
<0315>
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, please calm down!"
<0316>
// \{Kids} "Yup, yup, just as the sister says!"
<0317>
// Didn't you just go "Huff huff" just now?
<0318>
// \{Nagisa} "Well, today, the reason why we had you all gather today..."
<0319>
// The kids choose to quiet down as Nagisa begins talking.
<0320>
// \{Nagisa} "It's about my mom."
<0321>
// \{Nagisa} "You've heard from her that you'll be moving to a new tutoring school."
<0322>
// \{Nagisa} "Isn't that right?"
<0323>
// \{Kids} "Yeah, about right."
<0324>
// Nagisa, you can become their teacher.
<0325>
// \{Nagisa} "That's the result of everyone's mom thinking of not troubling mine any more than they should."
<0326>
// \{Nagisa} "But, my mom would really like to continue to teach all of you."
<0327>
// \{Nagisa} "You all also want to learn under her as well, right?"
<0328>
// \{Kids} "That's true..."
<0329>
// \{Nagisa} "What's wrong? Is something the matter?"
<0330>
// \{Kids} "Just that... Sanae-san seems to have been tired lately..."
<0331>
// \{Nagisa} "Eh...?"
<0332>
// Nagisa was at a loss of words at that.
<0333>
// \{Kids} "It's like she hasn't had sleep either..."
<0334>
// \{Kids} "Yeah..."
<0335>
// The ones that noticed weren't just the parents, but also them...?
<0336>
// But, I couldn't imagine these kids becoming worried about Sanae-san's fatigue.
<0337>
// I looked at Nagisa's face.
<0338>
// \{Nagisa} "I never noticed..."
<0339>
// \{\m{B}} "About?"
<0340>
// \{Nagisa} "If you think about it, you'd understand. It's thoughtless."
<0341>
// \{\m{B}} "So, what is it...?"
<0342>
// \{Nagisa} "When I left, mom was burdened with a lot of things."
<0343>
// \{Nagisa} "The bakery, the housework, the tutoring..."
<0344>
// Besides, that's the neighborhood's job, isn't it...?
<0345>
// I heard from pops about that particular thing.
<0346>
// Yes, it's like Nagisa says. When you think about it, you do understand.
<0347>
// Even I hadn't once thought about it.
<0348>
// To begin with, the amount of work a housewife is able to do will disappear.
<0349>
// In that case, even I am responsible.
<0350>
// I took away Nagisa.
<0351>
// But, Sanae-san never once said anything about that.
<0352>
// What kind of indebted eyes did she have towards us?
<0353>
// And we dug up that problem on our own... knowing things we don't want to know...
<0354>
// Those were things that Nagisa and I definitely did not want to know.
<0355>
// Reflecting back, it was fine. During the school days, she must have been busy enough making lunch for Nagisa.
<0356>
// At the time where I had been working in Furukawa Bakery, I should have been fine with doing what I could...
<0357>
// Considering Sanae-san's personality, even if she were more burdened in the past, it would have been a good dream.
<0358>
// However inferior she felt, that was probably going to continue on forever.
<0359>
// And now, this.
<0360>
// She's probably thinking of quitting.
<0361>
// \{Kids} "That's... what even we wanted to tell Sanae-sensei."
<0362>
// \{Kids} "Ta-chan, that's not something you should be saying."
<0363>
// ... that's why I asked how old you guys were.
<0364>
// Separating with the kids, we returned once again to the Furukawa Bakery store front.
<0365>
// \{Nagisa} "Thank you, dad."
<0366>
// \{Akio} "Oh yeah."
<0367>
// Pops receives the name list from Nagisa.
<0368>
// \{Akio} "You guys are quite capable of doing things for someone's sake up 'til now."
<0369>
// \{Nagisa} "But, truth is, we wanted to do something."
<0370>
// \{Akio} "I know. We're grateful."
<0371>
// \{Akio} "But, how do you think it'll turn out?"
<0372>
// \{Nagisa} "Well, that's... what's troubling."
<0373>
// \{Akio} "Hmm?"
<0374>
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, pops,"
<0375>
// \{\m{B}} "If you had covered it up a lot more, Sanae-san could have been continuing her tutoring, couldn't she?"
<0376>
// I said what I wanted to say.
<0377>
// \{Akio} "What, you saying I'm doing nothing, watching with envy?"
<0378>
// \{Nagisa} "Dad's definitely not that kind of person."
<0379>
// \{Akio} "Well, I did watch with envy."
<0380>
// \{\m{B}} "You are such a person, aren't you---?!"
<0381>
// Without thinking, I grabbed him by the collar and yelled at him.
<0382>
// \{Akio} "Come on, chill!"
<0383>
// \{Akio} "It's not like I'm supporting his school or something, I just don't care..."
<0384>
// \{Akio} "But you know... the two of us have been baking bread..."
<0385>
// \{Akio} "That's the most important job that's kept our family together."
<0386>
// \{Akio} "You understand, don't you, Nagisa...?"
<0387>
// \{Nagisa} "Yes..."
<0388>
// \{Nagisa} "That's not something mom will ever stop."
<0389>
// \{Akio} "Yeah... even if you told her, it'd be useless."
<0390>
// \{Akio} "It's already too late for the two of us to do anything about it..."
<0391>
// \{Akio} "It's a pretty damn difficult topic."
<0392>
// \{\m{B}} "You're fine with this, pops...?"
<0393>
// \{Akio} "Hmm?"
<0394>
// \{\m{B}} "You're fine with the one you like most... not being able to do what she does?"
<0395>
// \{Akio} "Obviously I give a damn!"
<0396>
// \{Akio} "But you know, with Sanae's personality..."
<0397>
// \{Akio} "Trying to push her won't give a very good result, will it?"
<0398>
// \{Akio} "Well, for someone like you, you probably won't know."
<0399>
// Certainly... pops would be the one who should know best about Sanae-san.
<0400>
// A week passed since then.
<0401>
// It was the last day of lessons for Furukawa Tutoring.
<0402>
// There was nothing that could be done anymore at this point.
<0403>
// I knew that.
<0404>
// But....
<0405>
// \{Yoshino} "Hey, where are you going?! What about lunch?!"
<0406>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't need it!"
<0407>
// I ran off to Furukawa Bakery during break.
<0408>
// .........
<0409>
// As always, pops was nowhere to be seen; only Sanae-san was tending to the shop alone.
<0410>
// \{\m{B}} "Yo."
<0411>
// \{Sanae} "Good afternoon."
<0412>
// \{\m{B}} "Where's pops?"
<0413>
// \{Sanae} "He went off holding a bat."
<0414>
// \{\m{B}} "He's such a carefree guy at this time...? Geez."
<0415>
// \{Sanae} "At this time? What kind of time?"
<0416>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh? Well..."
<0417>
// When you ask me as such, I kinda lose my words.
<0418>
// Is Sanae-san playing dumb?
<0419>
// Or possibly I was the only one who didn't know that I was this worried about this...
<0420>
// \{Sanae} "You've been coming quite a lot recently, haven't you, \m{B}-san?"
<0421>
// \{\m{B}} "Y-yeah..."
<0422>
// \{Sanae} "Are you keeping this secret from Nagisa?"
<0423>
// \{\m{B}} "Well... it seems a bit like skipping out on work..."
<0424>
// \{Sanae} "To go that far just to meet here..."
<0425>
// \{Sanae} "Maybe I've become likable to you, \m{B}-san?"
<0426>
// Thump...
<0427>
// My chest throbbed.
<0428>
// How should I answer...?
<0429>
// Yeah
<0430>
// Not exactly...
<0431>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... you have."
<0432>
// That's... really what I thought.
<0433>
// Nagisa might see it as an understanding but...
<0434>
// But, those were my honest feelings.
<0435>
// I liked Sanae-san.
<0436>
// \{Sanae} "Thank you so much."
<0437>
// \{Sanae} "I also like you as well, \m{B}-san."
<0438>
// \{\m{B}} "Haha... thank you very much."
<0439>
// Mutual love... \pfeeling such a thing, I was thankful.
<0440>
// Two confessing to each other.
<0441>
// It's really like Sanae-san's a female student...
<0442>
// A nostalgic feeling... as if coming back to those school days...
<0443>
// An embarrassing feeling.
<0444>
// Sanae-san came in front of me.
<0445>
// After showing me a smile...
<0446>
// She wrapped her arms around my back, and hugged me.
<0447>
// \{\m{B}} "Sanae-san..."
<0448>
// \{\m{B}} "My clothing's dirty..."
<0449>
// \{Sanae} "I'm wearing an apron, so it's fine."
<0450>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0451>
// Sanae-san's body... was warm.
<0452>
// My nose touched her neck.
<0453>
// It was a really nice smell.
<0454>
// Ahh... Nagisa will \bdefinitely\u get a big misunderstanding from this...
<0455>
// Or rather, this isn't a misunderstanding, is this...?
<0456>
// We're doing something we shouldn't be...
<0457>
// If I don't separate, this'll be bad...
<0458>
// But, Sanae-san again hugged me strongly.
<0459>
// And then, brushed my hair with one hand.
<0460>
// As if... \pwe were children.
<0461>
// \{Sanae} "I can't teach you how to study, but I can at least do this."
<0462>
// \{Sanae} "Even though, you're such a grown kid."
<0463>
// It's embarrassing to me, personally...
<0464>
// \{Sanae} "Could I ask about your mother?"
<0465>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."
<0466>
// \{Sanae} "What kind of person was she?"
<0467>
// \{\m{B}} "I don't remember a thing."
<0468>
// \{\m{B}} "She's been gone for as long as I can remember..."
<0469>
// \{Sanae} "I thought I could at least do the same thing she did..."
<0470>
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, there was one thing."
<0471>
// \{Sanae} "Which was?"
<0472>
// \{\m{B}} "She gave me a big kiss."
<0473>
// \{Sanae} "Really?!"
<0474>
// Saying that seems so mischievous, so taking it as a joke, Sanae-san laughed.
<0475>
// \{\m{B}} "I'm serious!"
<0476>
// I returned to an unreasonable kid.
<0477>
// \{Sanae} "What a helpless child."
<0478>
// Taking her hand off my head, we came face to face.
<0479>
// \{Sanae} "Where at?"
<0480>
// She asked that, breathing into the tip of my nose.
<0481>
// \{\m{B}} "The mouth's fine."
<0482>
// I'm such a stupid kid.
<0483>
// Just like those kids.
<0484>
// But, I wanted to be like this.
<0485>
// In front of Sanae-san, surely...
<0486>
// This might make a scene... that's what I think.
<0487>
// \{Sanae} "For it to be mouth to mouth, you've grown up too fast, \m{B}-san."
<0488>
// \{Sanae} "Having said that..."
<0489>
// ... chuu.
<0490>
// A warm and moist feeling on the tip of my nose.
<0491>
// Sanae-san stood on tiptoe, kissing my nose.
<0492>
// How much time has passed with her hugging me?
<0493>
// Probably a great deal.
<0494>
// Even after we separated, the part that Sanae-san touched felt like her scent was still there.
<0495>
// \{Sanae} "Keep this a secret from Akio-san, okay?"
<0496>
// \{\m{B}} "Haha, of course... he'll kill me."
<0497>
// Even though I'm worried about her...
<0498>
// I'm the one who was comforted.
<0499>
// But, was that the difference over a year?
<0500>
// Was it my tolerance over parents?
<0501>
// ... something I don't know.
<0502>
// I left the store.
<0503>
// \{Voice} "Um, \m{B}-san!"
<0504>
// A voice from behind.
<0505>
// When I turned around, Sanae-san was also outside.
<0506>
// \{\m{B}} "Yes?"
<0507>
// \{Sanae} "Work hard at your job, okay?"
<0508>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay."
<0509>
// \{\m{B}} "You too, Sanae-san..."
<0510>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't give up, and work hard."
<0511>
// I could only say that.
<0512>
// Even though there were a lot of things I wanted to say...
<0513>
// Even though I'm all whirled up inside...
<0514>
// I could only say that.
<0515>
// \{Sanae} "Yes?"
<0516>
// \{\m{B}} "It's fine if you just remember what I said."
<0517>
// \{\m{B}} "Even I think of it as such..."
<0518>
// \{\m{B}} "Just like Nagisa and pops."
<0519>
// \{Sanae} "........."
<0520>
// \{Sanae} "Okay!"
<0521>
// Sanae-san's smile.
<0522>
// Also leaving a smile that at least won't lose, I left that place.
<0523>
// Up ahead...
<0524>
// \{Yoshino} "Yo."
<0525>
// Yoshino-san was there.
<0526>
// \{Yoshino} "Recently when I thought you weren't around, it was like this, wasn't it...?"
<0527>
// \{Yoshino} "We still have some time. Mind introducing me?"
<0528>
// \{\m{B}} "Yes?"
<0529>
// \{Yoshino} "What are you playing dumb for?"
<0530>
// \{Yoshino} "It's your girlfriend, right?"
<0531>
// \{\m{B}} "Who do you mean?"
<0532>
// \{Yoshino} "You met her just now, didn't you?"
<0533>
// \{\m{B}} (Guaah...)
<0534>
// Cold sweat dripped out all over my body.
<0535>
// \{\m{B}} (It couldn't be... he saw her hugging me in front of the store...?!)
<0536>
// \{Yoshino} "You're still quite green."
<0537>
// \{Yoshino} "As someone who's supervising your work, you could say I'm in custody of your life."
<0538>
// \{Yoshino} "I didn't even get a chance to see your girlfriend's face, right?"
<0539>
// \{Yoshino} "I'd also like to directly meet her in good faith."
<0540>
// \{Yoshino} "I'd like to make sure that your most important person feels at ease."
<0541>
// \{Yoshino} "That's why I asked for you to introduce me."
<0542>
// \{\m{B}} "W-well..."
<0543>
// I feel someone coming from behind.
<0544>
// \{Sanae} "Good afternoon, nice to meet you."
<0545>
// \{\m{B}} (Guahh--!)
<0546>
// \{Sanae} "Your co-worker came, \m{B}-san?"
<0547>
// \{Yoshino} "Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Yoshino."
<0548>
// Is this what they call carnage...?
<0549>
// \{Yoshino} "I've been watching over him."
<0550>
// \{Sanae} "I'm Furukawa Sanae. I work here."
<0551>
// \{Sanae} "Be sure to take care of \m{B}-san from now and onward, okay?"
<0552>
// \{Yoshino} "Yes, please leave it to me."
<0553>
// Would it be fine to clear the misunderstanding by explaining this as "This is my girlfriend's mother"...?
<0554>
// If he saw what was happening inside the shop...
<0555>
// \{\m{B}} (Without a doubt, this would be seen as a forbidden relationship...)
<0556>
// I did nothing else other than sweat off terribly, standing silent.
<0557>
// \{\m{B}} (Please let this end soon...)
<0558>
// \{\m{B}} (To begin with, Yoshino-san is one of few words... this should end so...)
<0559>
// \{Yoshino} "Furukawa-san..."
<0560>
// \{\m{B}} (That Yoshino-san is bringing up an exaggerated speech?!)
<0561>
// \{Sanae} "Yes, what is it?"
<0562>
// \{Yoshino} "A guy like him is someone that needs you..."
<0563>
// He's breaking straight into the worst topic one can think of...
<0564>
// \{Yoshino} "Nothing good comes of people like us who live alone."
<0565>
// \{Yoshino} "We'll end up living for nothing..."
<0566>
// \{Yoshino} "But, if you are here, he'll risk sweat and life to earn income."
<0567>
// \{Yoshino} "Though it's for his sake..."
<0568>
// \{Yoshino} "It'll become for the sake of others."
<0569>
// \{Sanae} "That's... very beautiful."
<0570>
// \{Yoshino} "That's right. It's wonderful."
<0571>
// \{Yoshino} "That's why, if you will..."
<0572>
// \{Yoshino} "Let \m{A}..."
<0573>
// \{Yoshino} "Forever let him live for your happiness."
<0574>
// \{Sanae} "Eh?"
<0575>
// \{Sanae} "\m{B}-san is living for my happiness?"
<0576>
// \{Yoshino} "Of course."
<0577>
// Yoshino-san promised that on my behalf!
<0578>
// \{Sanae} "Really? Thank you so much!"
<0579>
// \{Sanae} "But, that'd be tough for \m{B}-san. Is that fine?"
<0580>
// \{Sanae} "It doesn't matter if he forgets me or not."
<0581>
// \{Yoshino} "Eh?"
<0582>
// \{Sanae} "Having said that, the first person..."
<0583>
// \{Sanae} "He'd have to give happiness to, is Nagisa."
<0584>
// \{Yoshino} "........."
<0585>
// \{Yoshino} "... just a question, Furukawa-san."
<0586>
// \{Sanae} "Yes?"
<0587>
// \{Yoshino} "Who's... \wait{2000}this Nagisa?"
<0588>
// \{Sanae} "Ah, yes. She's living together with \m{B}-san."
<0589>
// \{Yoshino} "Then... you are...?"
<0590>
// \{Sanae} "Ah, her mother."
<0591>
// \{Yoshino} "........."
<0592>
// Yoshino-san's profile turned pale in an instant...
<0593>
// \{Yoshino} "Hey, \m{A}..."
<0594>
// \{\m{B}} "Y-yes...?"
<0595>
// \{Yoshino} "Living alone, you lose your footing..."*
<0596>
// Leaving just that, he ran like the wind.
<0597>
// \{Sanae} "He's such an honest supervisor of yours!"
<0598>
// \{\m{B}} "He may become a scary one from hereforth..."
<0599>
// \{\m{B}} "Well... it's not really that I like you but..."
<0600>
// \{Sanae} "So you didn't...?"
<0601>
// \{\m{B}} "No, of course I do..."
<0602>
// \{\m{B}} "But for you to say it like that, Nagisa might get the wrong idea..."
<0603>
// \{Sanae} "Ah, is that so?"
<0604>
// \{Sanae} "I'm sorry for asking something strange."
<0605>
// \{\m{B}} "Not at all..."
<0606>
// After that, our talk was here and there.
<0607>
// About how Isogai-san next door's started a cooking school, about how he showed up on the first day...
<0608>
// About how Isogai-san's baking is a lot better than this bakery's, and how it was a bit of a shock...
<0609>
// In the end, we didn't even bring up the topic about the tutoring.
<0610>
// It seemed as if Sanae-san had been not worrying about it at all.
<0611>
// Or possibly, she's acting like it.
<0612>
// We didn't bring it up.
<0613>
// I left the shop.
<0614>
// \{Sanae} "Umm, \m{B}-san!"
<0615>
// A voice from behind.
<0616>
// When I turned around, Sanae-san was also outside.
<0617>
// \{\m{B}} "Yes?"
<0618>
// \{Sanae} "Work hard at your job, okay?"
<0619>
// \{\m{B}} "Okay."
<0620>
// \{\m{B}} "You too, Sanae-san..."
<0621>
// \{\m{B}} "Don't give up, and work hard."
<0622>
// I could only say that.
<0623>
// Even though there were a lot of things I wanted to say...
<0624>
// Even though I'm all whirled up inside...
<0625>
// I could only say that.
<0626>
// \{Sanae} "Yes?"
<0627>
// \{\m{B}} "It's fine if you just remember what I said."
<0628>
// \{\m{B}} "Even I think of it as such..."
<0629>
// \{\m{B}} "Just like Nagisa and pops."
<0630>
// \{Sanae} "........."
<0631>
// \{Sanae} "Okay!"
<0632>
// Sanae-san's smile.
<0633>
// Also leaving a smile that at least won't lose, I left that place.
<0634>
// \{Nagisa} "It's tomorrow..."
<0635>
// Nagisa abruptly murmured.
<0636>
// Just from that, I knew what she wanted to say.
<0637>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."
<0638>
// \{\m{B}} "In the end, we couldn't do anything..."
<0639>
// \{Nagisa} "Not at all. As I thought, you're kind, \m{B}-kun."
<0640>
// \{\m{B}} "Why?"
<0641>
// \{Nagisa} "Because we gathered the children and listened to what they had to say."
<0642>
// \{\m{B}} "Just that...?"
<0643>
// \{Nagisa} "You also went to see mom today."
<0644>
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?"
<0645>
// \{Nagisa} "Mom gave me a phone call."
<0646>
// \{Nagisa} "Telling me, 'thank you very much'."
<0647>
// \{\m{B}} "So... what does that mean?"
<0648>
// \{Nagisa} "When you came back home, \m{B}-kun, I noticed."
<0649>
// \{Nagisa} "Like perhaps, you went to encourage her on your own or something."
<0650>
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<0651>
// \{Nagisa} "You really are kind, \m{B}-kun."
<0652>
// \{\m{B}} "But, in the end... we couldn't do anything."
<0653>
// \{\m{B}} "I was the one who got comforted instead..."
<0654>
// \{Nagisa} "Not at all, your kindness must have reached my mom."
<0655>
// \{Nagisa} "All the more reason why she called to thank you."
<0656>
// \{\m{B}} "But..."
<0657>
// \{\m{B}} "The situation hasn't changed..."
<0658>
// \{\m{B}} "When tomorrow comes, Furukawa Tutoring will end..."
<0659>
// \{\m{B}} "It's not just a problem for Sanae-san."
<0660>
// \{\m{B}} "Because everyone had decided this..."
<0661>
// \{\m{B}} "And those stupid kids..."
<0662>
// That's why...
<0663>
// ... there's nothing to do about it.
<0664>
// I didn't encourage Sanae-san at all.
<0665>
// I just comforted her.
<0666>
// And then...
<0667>
// Without resisting, the end comes.
<0668>
// The next day, the final class was taking place.
<0669>
// I wanted to see this to the very end, so I ran as hard as I could.
<0670>
// The figure of a young man in a suit stood there.
<0671>
// He's the new tutoring teacher, as well as the one Sanae-san once taught.
<0672>
// \{Sanae} "Tamura-kun."
<0673>
// Sanae-san called his name.
<0674>
// \{Tamura} "Yes?"
<0675>
// \{Sanae} "From here on out, please take care of these children."
<0676>
// \{Tamura} "Yes, with my life."
<0677>
// \{Sanae} "That's pretty exaggerated!"
<0678>
// \{Tamura} "Haha... I suppose."
<0679>
// \{Tamura} "Just taking them in from your wing, Furukawa-sensei, I'm quite tense."
<0680>
// \{Sanae} "You're not so tense. You're also quite a capable leader."
<0681>
// \{Tamura} "I'm still a long way away. This is just the beginning."
<0682>
// \{Tamura} "Having said so, when you put it as such, I'll do my best."
<0683>
// \{Sanae} "Yes, please do."
<0684>
// \{Kids} "........."
<0685>
// The kids at her feet.
<0686>
// \{Kids} "I... might cry... sniff...!"
<0687>
// \{Kids} "Come on, if you cry now, Furukawa-sensei will be worried again!"
<0688>
// \{Kids} "Keep your tears inside, we have to... bring out our smiles until the end..."
<0689>
// \{Kids} "Just like always... haha!"
<0690>
// ... you guys are actually grown up, aren't you?
<0691>
// \{Voice} "Sniff..."
<0692>
// Behind me was the sound of a large nose.
<0693>
// \{Nagisa} "It's such a sawnd parfing!"
<0694>
// \{\m{B}} "The kids held up this much, so you shouldn't cry!"
<0695>
// \{Nagisa} "But..."
<0696>
// \{\m{B}} "If someone grown up like you cries, there wouldn't be any meaning to them putting up with this, would there...?"
<0697>
// \{Nagisa} "O-okay... I'll holl up."
<0698>
// \{Housewife} "Furukawa-san, we are indebted to you for helping these children."
<0699>
// The parents of the one she taught, one by one, thanked Sanae-san.
<0700>
// \{Sanae} "Not at all, it was fun!"
<0701>
// And then...
<0702>
// The time to part came.
<0703>
// \{Sanae} "Well then, everyone, take care."
<0704>
// Pops' filthy mouth had mentioned that Sanae-san would have been really crying but...
<0705>
// She was smiling this whole time.
<0706>
// That's Sanae-san.
<0707>
// It's too much like Sanae-san... watching this was painful.
<0708>
// It would have been better if she said something a lot more selfish.
<0709>
// "No matter how awkward they are..."
<0710>
// "Teach these children as if they're your own..."
<0711>
// It would have been better if she said that with all her might.
<0712>
// If she did that, surely, no one would blame her.
<0713>
// --But, if someone like me were to fall into a situation where I was no longer needed...
<0714>
// This would be the best thing... that's what I think.
<0715>
// \{\m{B}} (That's wrong, Sanae-san...)
<0716>
// I couldn't bring out those words but... even I knew just how wrong it was.
<0717>
// The kids were... being taken away.
<0718>
// They were following behind their new tutor.
<0719>
// Everyone remained silent, dressed calmly.
<0720>
// Sanae-san was always waving her hand.
<0721>
// And then...
<0722>
// The kids turned around once again...
<0723>
// \{Sanae} "........."
<0724>
// Sanae-san cried.
<0725>
// Bringing a hand to her eye... she cried like a female student.
<0726>
// \{Nagisa} "Mom..."
<0727>
// Pops was quicker than Nagisa, quickly coming to her.
<0728>
// And then, he brought his hands around Sanae-san's trembling shoulders.
<0729>
// \{Akio} "Sanae..."
<0730>
// \{Sanae} "........."
<0731>
// \{Akio} "I think this is wrong..."
<0732>
// \{Akio} "The one that decides what's best..."
<0733>
// \{Akio} "Is not other people."
<0734>
// \{Akio} "You should just decide this yourself."
<0735>
// Yeah...
<0736>
// Pops brought out the words that meant no ill will from himself.
<0737>
// He really was the only person who understood.
<0738>
// \{Akio} "No matter how awkward it is..."
<0739>
// \{Akio} "You should just push on, okay?"
<0740>
// \{Akio} "And at times when you're all beat and stuff..."
<0741>
// \{Akio} "You can take a break."
<0742>
// \{Akio} "That's all there is to it."
<0743>
// \{Akio} "Such a tutoring school like this Furukawa Tutoring is fine, ain't it?"
<0744>
// \{Sanae} "........."
<0745>
// \{Akio} "So, yell out."
<0746>
// \{Akio} "Yell out as selfishly as you can."
<0747>
// \{Akio} "Tell them, 'Please come to me'."
<0748>
// \{Akio} "Come on..."
<0749>
// \{Akio} "You want to, right?"
<0750>
// \{Sanae} "........."
<0751>
// \{Sanae} "... yes."
<0752>
// \{Sanae} "... I want to."
<0753>
// Sanae-san quickly said.
<0754>
// \{Akio} "Okay, go!"
<0755>
// Thump, pops pushes her from behind, and she staggers.
<0756>
// But, as soon as her feet hit the ground, she charged forward.
<0757>
// Right into the kids from behind.
<0758>
// \{Sanae} "Everyone!"
<0759>
// And then, she yelled.
<0760>
// Everyone turned around.
<0761>
// \{Tamura} "Furukawa-sensei, what's wrong?"
<0762>
// \{Sanae} "U-umm..."
<0763>
// \{\m{B}} "Hang in there, Sanae-san!"
<0764>
// \{Nagisa} "Please hang in there, mom!"
<0765>
// We took the opportunity and yelled.
<0766>
// At least we can push her from behind.
<0767>
// \{Sanae} "Well..."
<0768>
// \{Sanae} "I'll be saying something selfish now!"
<0769>
// \{Tamura} "What?"
<0770>
// \{Sanae} "I..."
<0771>
// \{Sanae} "I want to teach these kids!"
<0772>
// \{Sanae} "I want to continue as their teacher!"
<0773>
// \{Sanae} "It's an awkward tutoring school, but..."
<0774>
// \{Sanae} "At times, I may look like I'm tired but..."
<0775>
// \{Sanae} "But even then!"
<0776>
// \{Sanae} "Even then, I want to continue!"
<0777>
// \{Sanae} "I want to do that!"
<0778>
// \{Sanae} "That's the most important thing to me!"
<0779>
// \{Sanae} "That's why, please..."
<0780>
// \{Sanae} "Please follow me!"
<0781>
// She said.
<0782>
// \{Housewife} "........."
<0783>
// The parents were bewildered.
<0784>
// But, the kids...
<0785>
// Might have been that bad of a bunch...
<0786>
// But just now, they were honest.
<0787>
// As if to start a fight, they rushed in towards Sanae-san.
<0788>
// \{Kids} "Sanae-sensei--!"
<0789>
// \{Kids} "Is it okay for us to continue to bother you?!"
<0790>
// \{Sanae} "I don't really care about you bothering me at all!"
<0791>
// \{Sanae} "That's something I would ask of you as well!"
<0792>
// \{Sanae} "Even though I've said something selfish, is it okay?"
<0793>
// \{Kids} "Of course!"
<0794>
// \{Kids} "Yahoo---! Sanae-sensei's the best---!"
<0795>
// \{Kids} "I'm gonna fall in love!"
<0796>
// \{Kids} "You happy---?!"
<0797>
// \{Kids} "Sanae, Bom-Ba-Ye!"
<0798>
// Everyone brought out joy and delight as they pleased, jumping around Sanae-san.
<0799>
// For the kids to like an adult this much, there could be no other.
<0800>
// There surely isn't. Even if you looked downtown.
<0801>
// And I wasn't the only one who felt that.
<0802>
// Everyone who was present probably thought the same thing.
<0803>
// That's why, the bewildered faces of the parents, finally changed to that of smiles...
<0804>
// The children gathered around Sanae-san...
<0805>
// Before we knew it, they formed a ring, watching over her.
<0806>
// \{Tamura} "Furukawa-sensei,"
<0807>
// The man named Tamura first began talking.
<0808>
// \{Tamura} "Sensei, you really should be aiming at my goal."
<0809>
// \{Sanae} "Not at all... I just want to do what I want to do."
<0810>
// \{Tamura} "But, that dream is so genuinely straight ahead."*
<0811>
// \{Tamura} "For the kids to have such smiles, it's so simple to see it."*
<0812>
// \{Sanae} "Even so, I'm also a kid."
<0813>
// \{Tamura} "That's something beautiful."
<0814>
// \{Tamura} "Please be like this as much as you want to."
<0815>
// \{Sanae} "Okay!"
<0816>
// With this... the kids, and Furukawa Tutoring won't be taken away, will it?
<0817>
// \{Nagisa} "I'm so glad!"
<0818>
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<0819>
// \{Akio} "Well then... back to the shop."
<0820>
// Stretching, pops went back inside the store.
<0821>
// Certainly this was a perfect conclusion, as the kids' feast won't definitely end.*
<0822>
// \{\m{B}} "Nagisa, I also have to get back to work."
<0823>
// \{Nagisa} "Okay, I'll make some dinner and wait for you."
<0824>
// That night, Sanae-san gave a phone call.
<0825>
// After Nagisa talked with her, I took the call.
<0826>
// It was gratitude for today, and what she will go up against from here on out.
<0827>
// About how it was thanks to us, we gave her courage.
<0828>
// About how she was able to grab it as if it were a dream.
<0829>
// Sanae-san's comfortable voice. As I continued to nod, I silently listened.
<0830>
// Beside me, Nagisa looked at my face with a calm expression.
<0831>
// I touched her hand.
<0832>
// Entwining our fingers, we tightened them.
<0833>
// From the receiver, Sanae-san started talking about the best dream from now on.*
<0834>
// She thought of herself in the Furukawa family...*
<0835>
// as a happy person.*
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