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// Resources for SEEN3514.TXT Thành Viên Bóng Bầu Dục #character '*B' #character 'Kyou' #character 'Ryou' #character 'Nữ Sinh 1' // 'Female Student 1' #character 'Nữ Sinh 2' // 'Female Student 2' #character 'Nữ Sinh 3' // 'Female Student 3' #character 'Sunohara' #character 'Nữ Sinh' // 'Female Student' #character 'Giọng Nói' // 'Voice' #character 'Thành Viên Bóng Bầu Dục' // 'Rugby Member' #character 'Botan' <0000> // May 14 (Wednesday) <0001> // Dozing off felt very nice, though I was kind of sluggish... <0002> // Lying here on the pillow, <0003> // I tried to look at the alarm clock. <0004> // I'm still feeling lethargic. <0005> // Peering blearily at the glowing numbers on the clock, I saw the time was already eleven o'clock. <0006> // The familiar scene of the road, devoid of even one other person in uniform. <0007> // Of course, I state the obvious to myself. <0008> // I'm the only one who attends school this late. <0009> // Quite frankly, I didn't want to go to school at all. <0010> // But... <0011> // Why am I walking on this road...? <0012> // Was I expecting something...? <0013> // ......... <0014> // Oh yeah... walking on this path, what usually comes up is--... <0015> // \size{20}Pat, pat-pat, patpat-pat...\size{} <0016> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "--?!" <0017> // I turn around to the familiar sound. <0018> // Patpat-pat, patpat-pat, pat... <0019> // I turn around to see a black scooter pass by... <0020> // Of course, Kyou isn't on it... <0021> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Sigh..." <0022> // I smile without a thought, shrugging my shoulders. <0023> // What am I expecting... <0024> // I slam my fist into my chest to slow my racing heart, sighing to myself. <0025> // I'm really hurting myself... aren't I... <0026> // By the time I reach school, the morning classes have all already finished. <0027> // There were students that left school to grab some bread from the shop before returning, and those hung about in the hallway. <0028> // A bustling atmosphere pervaded the corridors of school. <0029> // In the middle of lunch. <0030> // I walk down the hallway, holding my bag. <0031> // Arriving at a time like this is quite inappropriate. <0032> // "Is he leaving early? Is he late?" ... with one look, they'd know. <0033> // Of course, I'm headed towards the classroom, so I'm late, aren't I... <0034> // If I go to the classroom, would Ryou be there? <0035> // I didn't want to see her, to be honest... <0036> // I didn't know what kind of face I should put up. <0037> // My look at the window mixes with a sigh. <0038> // Someone's down below at the garden. <0039> // Where Ryou and I were eating yesterday... <0040> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "...??" <0041> // Two familiar figures by the stone wall. <0042> // Two girls were sitting on the bench together; one with long hair and one with short... <0043> // Kyou and... Ryou... <0044> // A heart-wrenching picture of two people... <0045> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0046> // What are they talking about...? <0047> // They're together, so I think they're just remaining silent... <0048> // I suddenly recall the incident from yesterday. <0049> // About how I hugged Kyou in the rain... <0050> // About how Ryou hugged me when I was soaking wet... <0051> // About how painfully I knew the two of their feelings, as well as mine... <0052> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... hmm?" <0053> // For now, as I look down at the garden from above, their glances change. <0054> // They're... waving at me? <0055> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0056> // Kyou's faced towards me, waving her hand. <0057> // And then continuing, Ryou does the same. <0058> // Meaning Kyou's calling for me. <0059> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "~~~..." <0060> // I certainly... can't run away from this... <0061> // I immediately leave the classroom, and head down the hallway. <0062> // And then I walk down the stairway, and progress on the first floor... <0063> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Yo, you're terribly late." <0064> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "...... Kyou...?" <0065> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Ryou was so lonely, she was saying how she had put so much effort into making lunch, and then you didn't come, \m{B}." <0066> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Y... yeah... kinda overslept a bit." <0067> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I thought of taking it for myself, but that'd probably do no good." <0068> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I guess it's really bad for someone else to be eating lunch that's meant for a girl's boyfriend~" <0069> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0070> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Ah, she hasn't eaten lunch yet." <0071> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... eh? Is that so?" <0072> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Yup." <0073> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I was telling her that you were usually late at this time, so she'd have to wait." <0074> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "And if I didn't come, what did you think would happen?" <0075> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Hmm, I guess, I'd beat you dead until you can't move anymore." <0076> // She pulls out a Chinese-Japanese dictionary out of nowhere. <0077> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I wouldn't forgive you for making my dearest sister go on an unnecessary diet, see." <0078> // She faces me with a cackling, carefree smile. <0079> // What is it with this cheerfulness.. <0080> // There wasn't a trace of the weak, feminine Kyou that I saw from yesterday. <0081> // Before... <0082> // The Kyou from before, when the "rumors" were being spread. <0083> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Now that that's settled, hurry up and go to the garden!" <0084> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Ryou's waiting for you." <0085> // Clap... she taps my shoulder beside me, and quickly passes by me. <0086> // When she does that, I feel a touch of warmth sink into me... <0087> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "...--Kyou!" <0088> // Without thinking, I turn around. <0089> // Kyou, with her back turned on me, stops instantly. <0090> // I didn't know what'd be good to say. <0091> // I didn't know what'd be good to do. <0092> // As if driven by some unknown force, I called out to her. <0093> // That short silence... for one or two seconds. <0094> // Kyou lowers her head a little. <0095> // And then she turns around, looking at me. <0096> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Hm? What is it?" <0097> // --a normal smile. <0098> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ah..." <0099> // I can't say anything... <0100> // With that sort of face... I can't say anything... <0101> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "If it's nothing, I'll be going then, okay?" <0102> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yeah... my bad..." <0103> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Then, hurry up and go to the garden." <0104> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "If you make Ryou wait any longer, I'll strangle your neck with a piano string and show you a quick shortcut to the window." <0105> // Smiling, she says that... <0106> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Come on, you'll be out of time to eat lunch if you don't hurry, so go, go!" <0107> // Why is she smiling, I wonder? <0108> // Did she just blow off what happened yesterday...? <0109> // If that's so, then what's with that face she's putting on? <0110> // If Kyou smiles anymore, will I not be able to smile...? <0111> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah, \m{B}-kun." <0112> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yo." <0113> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "You're late." <0114> // Again, she faces me with a smile. <0115> // In the end, she never asked me about what happened yesterday. <0116> // All she did was hug me while I was soaking wet. <0117> // Doing that, she remained completely silent, as if to warm my body... <0118> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Did you sleep in?" <0119> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yeah... something like that." <0120> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Is that so. I'm glad it isn't a sickness or anything." <0121> // She gives her usual smile. <0122> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "By the way, have you eaten lunch yet?" <0123> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "No... when I woke up, I came straight to school." <0124> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Then, not yet?" <0125> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yeah." <0126> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I'm glad. That takes care of having to bring lunch home, then."た」 <0127> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "You made this again today?" <0128> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Yes. I have to do what I can, as your girlfriend." <0129> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... I see." <0130> // A slicing pain in my chest... <0131> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "You've always been taking bread, \m{B}-kun." <0132> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "That's why I think you should take this lunch instead, and get your nutrition." <0133> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Having said that, there's a lot of vegetables here." <0134> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "If you really don't like it, you don't have to force yourself to eat it but..." <0135> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "If you do, then try not to leave anything behind." <0136> // Why are these two smiling in front of me anyway...? <0137> // It's like nothing happened in the last few days... <0138> // Alone, I worry about this... <0139> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "\m{B}-kun?" <0140> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0141> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Um... what's wrong...?" <0142> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... eh?" <0143> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "You were just staring at the lunch box there..." <0144> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Perhaps, there's something... you don't like?" <0145> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "No, it's nothing like that." <0146> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Just thought it might be delicious or something..." <0147> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Though saying it bluntly like that would seem kinda childish." <0148> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "\m{B}-kun... I feel that's too much of a compliment..." <0149> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Oh? I did plan on doing that though." <0150> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Really...?" <0151> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "You think I'd lie?" <0152> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "........." <0153> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "No, thank you very much." <0154> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Then, I'm digging in." <0155> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Okay!" <0156> // The latter half of the lunch break came close. <0157> // We took our usual, slow lunch. <0158> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... hmm? What's this pork cutlet...?" <0159> // I bring it close to my mouth, and stop at the aroma. <0160> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah, that's..." <0161> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... soy sauce...?" <0162> // Kyou's original pork cutlet... <0163> // But the flavor seemed a bit different. <0164> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah... um... that one... I'm still trying to figure out how to make it..." <0165> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I tasted it myself already but... maybe I haven't really done it well..." <0166> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0167> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah... b-but, I think you'll be fine eating it!" <0168> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "It's flavor is... umm... a bit different from my sister's..." <0169> // Chomp... <0170> // Munch, munch... munch, munch... <0171> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah..." <0172> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "It's good." <0173> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "R-really?" <0174> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yeah. It's a little watered down compared to Kyou's but... \pit's good." <0175> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I-I'm glad." <0176> // She breathes a sigh of relief. <0177> // We talked about trivial things as we ate lunch. <0178> // During that time... <0179> // As I moved my mouth, I couldn't take in this hazy feeling that was in my chest. <0180> // The scene I saw from the window. <0181> // The two girls that I shouldn't be worried about... <0182> // Should I ask... <0183> // Or should I keep quiet... <0184> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0185> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... hey, Ryou..." <0186> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Yes?" <0187> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Kyou was here a while ago, right?" <0188> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Yes, she was." <0189> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "What were you two talking about?" <0190> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "...?" <0191> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "It looked like you two were talking before I got here." <0192> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I was thinking I might have gotten in the way or something." <0193> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I don't think you really were getting in the way or anything." <0194> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "My sister was only talking to me until you came, \m{B}-kun." <0195> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Talking about what?" <0196> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "........." <0197> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "About you, \m{B}-kun." <0198> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "About me...?" <0199> // My heart skips a beat, as she says that. <0200> // I think for a little bit. <0201> // Thinking back on yesterday's event... <0202> // Hugging Kyou... <0203> // Being hugged by Ryou... <0204> // To be honest, if they were talking about \bthat\u, it'd be scary hearing the exact details. <0205> // But... <0206> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I... see." <0207> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Yup." <0208> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... what things were said about me?" <0209> // I ask that, worried, though I didn't want to look like I was running away. <0210> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... do you want to know?" <0211> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "That's... well, if you guys are gossiping about me, wouldn't I be worried?" <0212> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "That's true." <0213> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "But... it's a secret." <0214> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "A secret?" <0215> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Yes." <0216> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "It's a girl's secret, after all." <0217> // Saying that, she faces me with a carefree smile. <0218> // I couldn't pry any further with that kind of face. <0219> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Besides that, we should hurry and finish the food--..." <0220> // Ding, dong, ding, dong... <0221> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah..." <0222> // The bell rings. <0223> // There was still about forty percent left in the box. <0224> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Don't worry, it's only the first bell." <0225> // Grabbing ahold of my chopsticks, I start chugging down the remaining leftovers. <0226> // May 15 (Thursday) <0227> // I look up at the sky... holding a lunchbox in one hand and chopsticks in the other. <0228> // The usual Ryou who's always beside me. <0229> // ... And, a crowd of people... <0230> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0231> // I glance beside me. <0232> // The female students surround her, so I can't see her at all. <0233> // I only hear their voices. <0234> // I look at that bunch, as I eat alone. <0235> // Eating from Ryou's homemade lunch. <0236> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Umm... you'll have a better chance of confessing on a clear day by the shoe rack, so give it your best." <0237> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "Oh, I see. Thanks, Fujibayashi-san." <0238> \{Nữ Sinh 2} "" // \{Female Student 2} "Isn't that great, Yuki-chan?" <0239> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "Yup. The rainy days are far away~" <0240> // Somehow, when there's a gap between the girls, she peeps through and our eyes meet. <0241> // And she gives a glance, saying "I'm sorry". <0242> // I continue with the chopsticks. <0243> // Unable to get away... <0244> // I felt trapped by my own thoughts. <0245> \{Nữ Sinh 3} "" // \{Female Student 3} "Ryou-chan, Ryou-chan, do my fortune next." <0246> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Okay, what kind would you like?" <0247> \{Nữ Sinh 3} "" // \{Female Student 3} "Umm, actually... let me whisper it." <0248> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "...? Yes?" <0249> \{Nữ Sinh 3} "" // \{Female Student 3} "Whisper, whisper, whisper... and, whisper, whisper... like that." <0250> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "T-that's a bit troublesome..." <0251> \{Nữ Sinh 3} "" // \{Female Student 3} "Yup, that's why I'm begging you, please do that." <0252> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Okay, if you say so, then I'll give it my best." <0253> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0254> // What is it... I'm really worried... <0255> // Shuffle, shuffle... shuffle... shuffle... <0256> // The skillful sound of the tarot cards. <0257> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Umm... a new and starting path... one-sided... remaining still..." <0258> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Okay, hmm..." <0259> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "........." <0260> \{Nữ Sinh 3} "" // \{Female Student 3} "So, how'd it go?" <0261> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah!" <0262> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Try leaving the place you've been searching up until now." <0263> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "If you do that, you may end up at an unexpected place." <0264> \{Nữ Sinh 3} "" // \{Female Student 3} "The place I've been searching up until now..." <0265> \{Nữ Sinh 3} "" // \{Female Student 3} "I see... guess I should check \bthat\u place out then." <0266> \{Nữ Sinh 3} "" // \{Female Student 3} "Thanks, Ryou-chan!" <0267> // They don't seem to be engaged in some sort of deep conversation... <0268> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "Hey, \m{A}-kun." <0269> // A few of the girls who were surrounding Ryou come my way. <0270> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Hmm?" <0271> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "Is that Fujibayashi's homemade lunch?" <0272> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Well, yeah." <0273> \{Nữ Sinh 2} "" // \{Female Student 2} "Then it's true then!" <0274> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "...? What is?" <0275> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "That you, \m{A}-kun, and Fujibayashi-san are going out?" <0276> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Well, yeah." <0277> \{Nữ Sinh 2} "" // \{Female Student 2} "Hey, hey, I knew it!" <0278> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "It wasn't just a rumor!" <0279> // They clamor around beside me. <0280> \{Nữ Sinh 2} "" // \{Female Student 2} "But it's a bit surprising~" <0281> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "Yeah, yeah. But \m{A}-kun's such a good person." <0282> \{Nữ Sinh 2} "" // \{Female Student 2} "Yup, you said it." <0283> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... I'm... a good person?" <0284> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "Yup. Because you remained behind with your girlfriend even in such a situation!" <0285> // I look over as she says that. <0286> // Over to where the girls stood a moment ago. <0287> // The gallery lineup of Ryou's fortune telling is there. <0288> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "If it were me, I'd wander off, I'm sure." <0289> // No... actually, I wanted to get away... <0290> \{Nữ Sinh 2} "" // \{Female Student 2} "Umm, could I ask something?" <0291> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "What?" <0292> \{Nữ Sinh 2} "" // \{Female Student 2} "Umm, how did you bring it up with her?" <0293> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "How did... what do you mean?" <0294> \{Nữ Sinh 2} "" // \{Female Student 2} "I'm talking about how you're going out." <0295> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0296> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "U... um... I-I'm sorry... it must be troubling... to suddenly tell you this..." <0297> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I know it must be a problem... but... not saying anything is painful..." <0298> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I feel like my chest's in pain..." <0299> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Well... yesterday... I decided to give it my best so..." <0300> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... So..." <0301> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "~~~--..." <0302> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "--\m{A}-kun...! W-would you go out with me?" <0303> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "Ain't that something \m{A}-kun decided~" <0304> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "Certainly Ryou-chan wouldn't say anything like that." <0305> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "When I asked her, her face blushed so red!" <0306> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "Right? Isn't that right, \m{A}-kun?" <0307> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... No, it's not exactly like that." <0308> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "... Eh?" <0309> \{Nữ Sinh 2} "" // \{Female Student 2} "So... that means...?" <0310> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "She was the one who was bold enough to do it, despite what you all think." <0311> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "Ehhh?! Then, um, what, what, the one who brought it up was... Fujibayashi-san??" <0312> \{Nữ Sinh 2} "" // \{Female Student 2} "No way?! Fujibayashi-san's so cool!" <0313> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Wawawawa, what are you talking about, \m{B}-kun??" <0314> // All of a sudden, the people crowding around Ryou jump up and down, looking this way. <0315> // Her face was blushing red. <0316> // Seems that they were able to hear us over here. <0317> // But, before Ryou could come over, the other girls were already all around her. <0318> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Wah, wawa, what's going on??" <0319> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "Geez~ Fujibayashi-san with that quiet face~" <0320> \{Nữ Sinh 2} "" // \{Female Student 2} "Speaking of which, she's been kind of active recently~" <0321> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah... wawa... t, t-t-... that's not... really so..." <0322> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "Well, hurry up and come over here!" <0323> \{Nữ Sinh 2} "" // \{Female Student 2} "When you do, you're gonna tell us \bexactly\u what happened, m'kay~" <0324> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "You'll come with us wherever, right~" <0325> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah... uu... \m{B}-kuun!" <0326> // Ryou, being dragged away. <0327> // I see her off, waving my hand. <0328> // Certainly, seeing Ryou as she is, those girls are having trouble imagining how she confessed to begin with. <0329> // Fact is, back during that time I didn't have any words to say. <0330> // I blushed as well, almost to the point where I could have fallen apart. <0331> // And... my answer was... <0332> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "... Do you like her?" <0333> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Eh?" <0334> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "I'm asking if you like Fujibayashi Ryou, since, well, you're going out with her, right?" <0335> // Sunohara's words from that time... <0336> // The time when I couldn't give him an answer... <0337> // Even now, I haven't changed. <0338> // No... it's changed... <0339> // I finally... can give an answer. <0340> // But--... <0341> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "Come on, come on~ how did you confess to \m{A}-kun~?" <0342> \{Nữ Sinh 2} "" // \{Female Student 2} "Did you two kiss? Where'd you guys date?" <0343> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah... wawa... \m{B}-kun~ save me~" <0344> // Somehow it seems the fortune telling's taking a break. <0345> // The interest's shifted from the fortune telling to about Ryou now. <0346> // They keep pressuring her with questions from all around. <0347> // Again she is surrounded by those girls, now as bullies rather then as suppliants. <0348> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah... uu... uuu~" <0349> // A crack through the crowd of people reveals a troubled face, asking for my help. <0350> // But... somehow she seems happy... <0351> // Maybe she likes being surrounded by people, telling them things? <0352> // About how she and I are lovers... things like that... <0353> // ... How could I... betray such a girl anyway...? <0354> // Being given someone like this just once, only to push them away... could I do that...? <0355> // Is it okay to say something... that will change that smile to a teary face...? <0356> // When I'm with Ryou, I really am at peace. <0357> // A happiness that doesn't need anyone... <0358> // That isn't a lie. <0359> // It'd be good if this could continue... I think those words, they aren't a lie... <0360> // But... <0361> // ... The way I am now... <0362> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "Hey, hey, how do you think you guys will do from now on?" <0363> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Eh? Ah, how we'll... do?" <0364> \{Nữ Sinh 2} "" // \{Female Student 2} "Let's try the fortune telling." <0365> \{Nữ Sinh 3} "" // \{Female Student 3} "Ah, that'd be great!" <0366> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah... um... using the tarot cards on myself is a bit..." <0367> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "You can't?" <0368> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah... uu... well... it's not like I'm saying... that I can't..." <0369> \{Nữ Sinh 2} "" // \{Female Student 2} "Ah, then how about we try something else instead?" <0370> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Something else...?" <0371> \{Nữ Sinh 2} "" // \{Female Student 2} "Yup. If you won't tell your own fortune, Fujibayashi-san~..." <0372> // She glances in my direction. <0373> // And everyone else seems to follow suit. <0374> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Eh? Me?" <0375> // An atmosphere not unlike peer pressure... <0376> // Ryou and I are in the center, with the girls making a circle round us... <0377> // A cage we can't escape from... <0378> // A scene that looks a lot like we're being bullied... <0379> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Eh... um... then I'll start..." <0380> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Okay..." <0381> // Ryou begins my love fortune telling... <0382> // But it also concerns her... <0383> // Shuffle, shuffle... shuffle.. shuffle... <0384> // She puts down the cards. <0385> // Everyone holds their breath, watching carefully. <0386> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Oh? What, what? What's this group?" <0387> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Wah..." <0388> // Clatter... <0389> // Ryou loses her focus, hearing that abrupt voice. <0390> // The cards fall down to the ground. <0391> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Hmm...? Oh, Ryou's doing it for \m{B}...?" <0392> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "Kyou-chan, you came at a good time!" <0393> \{Nữ Sinh 2} "" // \{Female Student 2} "You sure did. Your sister's predicting \m{A}-kun's luck." <0394> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Oh? Is that so?" <0395> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0396> // H... how could she come at a time like this... <0397> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Yo, \m{B}." <0398> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Y-yeah..." <0399> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "How do you feel? Was it a good result?" <0400> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Uh... we're not exactly done yet." <0401> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Ohhh. Then, lemme have a look!" <0402> // Kyou carelessly says that, as she looks at Ryou, who's beside me. <0403> // After picking up the tarot cards, she looks back as well. <0404> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0405> // My stomach feels painful... <0406> // It feels like I'm sitting on a needle or something, doesn't it...?" <0407> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "It'd be good if the results are good, right?" <0408> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Yeah." <0409> // Kyou smiles at her. <0410> // What's the meaning of this smile...? <0411> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... I'm sorry..." <0412> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... I'm sorry... I... like you..." <0413> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "That's why... don't be kind to me..." <0414> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I'm an... idiot, see... it's wrong to be nice to me..." <0415> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "If you... keep on being this nice to me... I won't be able to take it any longer..." <0416> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0417> // Since then, Kyou hasn't shown me that smile. <0418> // Has she gotten over it already? <0419> // Or is she trying to force herself to smile...? <0420> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Hmm? What? What's wrong?" <0421> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "No... it's nothing." <0422> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Don't look away, you have to look at Ryou." <0423> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yeah..." <0424> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... Umm... \m{B}-kun." <0425> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Yeah?" <0426> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I'll begin the fortune telling." <0427> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Okay." <0428> // Shuffle, shuffle... shuffle... shuffle... <0429> // She skillfully puts down the cards. <0430> // And then shows them to me. <0431> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Please cut the deck." <0432> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0433> // I look carefully at the tarot cards... and neatly split them in two. <0434> // She arranges the cards to pick for me, facing up. <0435> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Umm... this will be a hexagram-spread fortune telling." <0436> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Each of the cards on this hexagram shape represents: past, present, future, state, solution, and true feelings..." <0437> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "With this, you can gain a result." <0438> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... I see..." <0439> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I'll set them up..." <0440> // She sets each of the tarot cards in front of me. <0441> // One... <0442> // Two... <0443> // Three... <0444> // ......... <0445> // ...... <0446> // ... <0447> // And then she places the last, seventh card, forming the hexagram. <0448> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0449> // No one says anything. <0450> // We only stare at the cards. <0451> // Kyou, who's beside the group... gulps down hard. <0452> // Everyone's feeling tense. <0453> // Just a while ago, they were all fooling around... even Kyou... <0454> // Even me... <0455> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "........." <0456> // Ryou takes a quiet, deep breath as she checks each one of the cards. <0457> // She slowly brings her hand away from her mouth. <0458> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "First off... the card representing the past..." <0459> // Everyone concentrates on that small voice. <0460> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "The reverse of 'Death'... inevitable..." <0461> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0462> // All of a sudden, this terrible card... <0463> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "The second card representing the present... the reverse of 'Strength'." <0464> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "The meaning is hesitation, and weak-hearted..." <0465> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0466> // Thrust... I feel as if something stabbed into my chest... <0467> // I could almost say it was painful. <0468> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "The third card, representing the future... the reverse of 'The Hanged Man'." <0469> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "This one is ego... meaning selfishness and desperation..." <0470> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0471> // It feels like she's said something bad... <0472> // Everyone looks with cold, heartless eyes... <0473> // But... I knew it was all true, and so each word pained me... <0474> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "The fourth card represents the solution to the problem." <0475> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "The reverse of 'The Hierophant'... meaning assistance and support." <0476> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "The fifth card representing the state of being around you..." <0477> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "The reverse of 'The Chariot'... the meaning is a rival, a dilemma, and defeat." <0478> // Whispering starts building up amongst the students. <0479> // I could only stare at the cards. <0480> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "The sixth card, representing your inner conscience, your desire, is the reverse of 'The Hermit'." <0481> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "The meaning is... mistrust, unrequited love..." <0482> // Again, the whispers around us. <0483> // I realized that Kyou was glancing at us. <0484> // I was still looking at the cards when I noticed that. <0485> // The six cards up until now... the last card... sits in the middle... <0486> // The Wheel of Fortune... <0487> // That card was placed there, faced down. <0488> // It's the same result from a week ago... wasn't it...? <0489> // Certainly, Ryou said that the meaning of the card, is fate or chance or a new development... <0490> // If that's the case... what's the reverse meaning...? <0491> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "The seventh card... represents the result." <0492> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "The reverse of the 'Wheel of Fortune'..." <0493> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "The meaning is, disagreement, and jumping to conclusions..." <0494> // When everything ended, everyone remained quiet. <0495> // We were buried in a gloomy atmosphere. <0496> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "These are all the cards that will lead \m{B}-kun's future..." <0497> // Ryou raises her head, looking at me. <0498> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "It's possible for you to look inside yourself to search for your true weakness, regret, and anxiety." <0499> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Remember that you are not alone." <0500> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "You may feel disagreement and impatient, but that is just one path." <0501> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "If you're true to your feelings, you'll be able to return to the same path." <0502> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Meaning?" <0503> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "We should be fine." <0504> // Smiling, Ryou says that. <0505> // But... <0506> // ... The response from around us was gloomy. <0507> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} \size{20}"... What just... happened just now...?"\size{} <0508> \{Nữ Sinh 2} "" // \{Female Student 2} \size{20}"... The cards' meanings didn't seem to bode very well..."\size{} <0509> \{Nữ Sinh 3} "" // \{Female Student 3} \size{20}"... Doesn't a bad result mean something good won't happen?"\size{} <0510> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} \size{20}"... But, Fujibayashi-san said in the end that it was good, wasn't it?"\size{} <0511> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0512> // I wonder what I should be saying... <0513> // Ryou was self-conscious of her own fortune telling as it ended. <0514> // Even more, she said the results herself... <0515> // But, was what she said really the correct results? <0516> // It isn't just the voices around us, but by taking the meaning of the cards, I couldn't think of how the results could be any good... <0517> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "What's wrong, \m{B}-kun?" <0518> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ah... um, how should I say this... well..." <0519> // I can't really say anything good... <0520> // What should I say instead? <0521> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "That fortune telling just now... um..." <0522> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "It's all right." <0523> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "...?" <0524> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Fortune telling is fortune telling, after all." <0525> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0526> // How should I... take those words...? <0527> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "We'll be fine." <0528> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Isn't that right, \m{B}-kun...?" <0529> // Saying that, she glances at Kyou. <0530> // I notice Kyou catching her breath, seeing that. <0531> \{Nữ Sinh} "" // \{Female Student} "Ah, oh yeah, Fujibayashi-san. Could you also do my fortune as well?" <0532> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Eh? Ah, okay, sure." <0533> \{Nữ Sinh 1} "" // \{Female Student 1} "Ah! You're cruel! I thought I was next!" <0534> \{Nữ Sinh 2} "" // \{Female Student 2} "Oh ho, you said it." <0535> // A circle again forms around Ryou for the second time. <0536> // Kyou and I stand outside, silent. <0537> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0538> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "........." <0539> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Hey... that fortune telling just now... how do you think I should take it...?" <0540> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... There's no other way to take it, is there?" <0541> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "...Eh?" <0542> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Ryou's fortune telling's accurate this time." <0543> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "That's why you should be by her side." <0544> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0545> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Well then, I'm gonna get going now." <0546> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I have to prepare so I can move classes during fifth period." <0547> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Okay." <0548> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Later then." <0549> // She makes a quick pace towards the school building, looking at me with a smile. <0550> // My eyes follow her back. <0551> // She doesn't look over her shoulder once, and disappears into the school. <0552> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Whew..." <0553> // I let out a big breath I didn't know I had been holding... <0554> // At the end of lunch, I break through the group of people, to let Ryou know... <0555> // Kyou <0556> // They always continued to echo in my head. <0557> // Those three... <0558> // Three words... <0559> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "We'll be fine." <0560> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Ryou's fortune telling's accurate this time." <0561> // I fade in and out of consciousness... <0562> // I repeat it over and over in my head, as if torturing myself... <0563> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Isn't that right, \m{B}-kun...?" <0564> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "That's why you should be by her side." <0565> // Closing my eyes, the image of their two faces disappear. <0566> // A smiling face... <0567> // ... A shy face... <0568> // ...... A troubled face... <0569> // ......... <0570> \{Giọng Nói} "" // \{Voice} "Hey, \m{A}!" <0571> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Eh?" <0572> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Where you plan on going?" <0573> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "The classroom's here." <0574> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ah..." <0575> // I look where I'm standing. <0576> // I went five steps ahead of the classroom door... <0577> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Where are you staring, man?" <0578> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Did you fall asleep while walking?" <0579> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "No... just thinking about stuff..." <0580> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Ohh..." <0581> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0582> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "About which Fujibayashi?" <0583> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "?!" <0584> // I suddenly white out in my head. <0585> // I open my eyes wide without thinking, looking at Sunohara. <0586> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Uwaah, what's with that scary face?" <0587> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Sorry..." <0588> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "You've been really troubled." <0589> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Well, I don't really know how you feel." <0590> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0591> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Sigh..." <0592> // Sighing, Sunohara narrows his eyes at me... <0593> // I wonder how I look to him right now? <0594> // I probably look like some hesitant loser... <0595> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Are you gonna attend class even though you're late?" <0596> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Huh?" <0597> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Well come on, we're already an hour late anyway." <0598> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Let's have our lunch break earlier today." <0599> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "H... hey, Sunohara?" <0600> // Ding, dong, ding, dong... <0601> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Ah, it's the bell." <0602> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yeah... I guess..." <0603> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "It's been a while since we've been late to classes like this, hasn't it?" <0604> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "We only sleep in class anytime we attend, anyway." <0605> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "I guess so." <0606> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0607> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "And?" <0608> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Huh?" <0609> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Did you solve your problems?" <0610> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0611> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "They're sisters, even more, twins." <0612> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "It probably would have been a lot better if they were complete strangers, though." <0613> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Hey..." <0614> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Hmm?" <0615> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "If it were you, what would you do?" <0616> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "If I were in your shoes?" <0617> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Well, ain't that obvious?" <0618> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Get both of them!" <0619> // With a refreshing smile, he gives a thumbs up, saying that. <0620> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "You want me to hit you 'till you can't move?" <0621> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "I'm sorry, I was joking." <0622> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "If you want me to be serious... I guess..." <0623> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Look for the best way that doesn't hurt them?" <0624> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "That's kinda difficult..." <0625> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Really? I think it's kinda simple, though." <0626> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "How is it?!" <0627> // I unintentionally raise my voice. <0628> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "That's because you're talking about it as another person!" <0629> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "You'll say whatever!" <0630> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "\m{A}...?" <0631> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I already know how bad this is!" <0632> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Even then, Ryou isn't lying when she says she wants to be with me!" <0633> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "But she hasn't realized it!" <0634> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I don't even know what the hell I'm supposed to do anymore!" <0635> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... I don't know..." <0636> // For a while, I take in the spitting image of the ground into my chest. <0637> // I take in a deep breath, one by one, to cool my head. <0638> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Sorry..." <0639> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I didn't mean to aim at you..." <0640> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Nah, don't worry about it." <0641> // Sunohara answers with his usual tone of his. <0642> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Well, a lover's problem is kinda difficult, isn't it?" <0643> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yeah..." <0644> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "It's quite a bother." <0645> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "...Yeah..." <0646> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "To be honest, I wouldn't want that at all." <0647> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... I guess..." <0648> // I close my eyes, gulping down... <0649> // My mind becomes calm, as I take a deep breath to cool off. <0650> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... If it's like this..." <0651> // If it's like this, I'm better off... keeping a distance from those two... <0652> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "But you know, thinking of keeping a distance from those two would be the worst thing some asshole could do." <0653> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... --..." <0654> // I twitch, looking up at Sunohara. <0655> // He read my mind at that moment. <0656> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Hey, you couldn't have been thinking of keeping yourself clean with that, were you?" <0657> // He says that in one breath. <0658> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "I think you'll just cause another misunderstanding by doing that." <0659> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Wh... at?" <0660> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "You know, no matter what you do right now, there's no way you can't hurt one of them, you know?" <0661> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... That's......" <0662> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "I told you already to find the best way not to hurt them." <0663> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "The premise you're taking on right now is which one to hurt." <0664> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... I..." <0665> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Even more, it's absolutely impossible for you to keep your hands clean at all." <0666> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0667> // I know... <0668> // I already... know that... <0669> // ... I know that I can't hurt either of them... <0670> // Either of them... or rather who... <0671> // And I knew, if I did anything, one of them was going to get hurt... <0672> // But I... <0673> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Look, if you're too slow in giving an answer, you're only going to hurt them more deeply." <0674> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Yeah." <0675> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Besides that... could I say something?" <0676> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Yeah?" <0677> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "You're so damn lucky having to worry about this crap!!" <0678> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0679> // I decided my feelings... <0680> // All that's left is to be brave and take a step forward. <0681> // ... Sunohara was right in saying that. <0682> // I had only thought of... keeping myself clean in the end... <0683> // --Not willing to cry... <0684> // --Not willing to hurt... <0685> // --Just staying like this... <0686> // That's how complicated all of my own feelings are, as I try to make excuses... when facing Ryou and thinking of her feelings. <0687> // Those feelings are definitely not a lie. <0688> // But, in the end, I was still trying to save myself. <0689> // Even now... I wouldn't be able to stop anyone from getting hurt, including myself. <0690> // I kept holding back everything, pitiful as it is... <0691> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (First off... the card representing the past...) <0692> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (The reverse of 'Death'... inevitable...) <0693> // Kyou had told me to meet Ryou in the garden. <0694> // Then I accepted her confession... <0695> // Not saying "I like you" and reciprocating any feelings, we began going out... <0696> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (The second card representing the present... the reverse of 'Strength'.) <0697> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (The meaning is hesitation, and weak-hearted...) <0698> // Kyou's state, hearing those words, yesterday... <0699> // My swaying and indecisive feelings... <0700> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (The third card, representing the future... the reverse of 'The Hanged Man'.) <0701> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (This one is ego... meaning selfishness and desperation...) <0702> // The future... what I'll do from now on... <0703> // That's right... once accepting Ryou, I run to Kyou... <0704> // That's what they call ego... <0705> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (The fourth card represents the solution to the problem.) <0706> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (The reverse of 'The Hierophant'... meaning assistance and support.) <0707> // The problem is, how was this picked in the end? <0708> // Exactly what kind assistance and support was I given as a solution...? <0709> // If it's like that... <0710> // Sunohara's words just now... <0711> // That might have been the "assistance" I needed to decide and prepare myself... <0712> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (The fifth card representing the state of being around you...) <0713> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (The reverse of 'The Chariot'... the meaning is a rival, a dilemma, and defeat.) <0714> // The state of being around me... in other words, Ryou's state... <0715> // Ironically, her rival would be her twin sister... <0716> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (The sixth card, representing your inner conscience, your desire, is the reverse of 'The Hermit'.) <0717> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (The meaning is... mistrust, unrequited love...) <0718> // The thoughts in my mind that I can never tell anyone. <0719> // No way I could... <0720> // The one who was responsible for putting me with Ryou... her older sister... <0721> // ... Her twin sister... <0722> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (The seventh card... represents the result.) <0723> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (The reverse of the 'Wheel of Fortune'...) <0724> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (The meaning is, disagreement, and jumping to conclusions...) <0725> // And the result... <0726> // The fate I'll meet... <0727> // Disagreement... jump to a conclusion... <0728> // Maybe the meaning's what I know right now, isn't it...? <0729> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (These are all the cards that will lead \m{B}-kun's future...) <0730> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (It's possible for you to look inside yourself to search for your true weakness, regret, and anxiety.) <0731> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (Remember that you are not alone.) <0732> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (You may feel disagreement and impatient, but that is just one path.) <0733> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (If you're true to your feelings, you'll be able to return to the same path.) <0734> // Ryou... your fortune telling... the meaning of the tarot cards has all been accurate... <0735> // Not one thing is off... <0736> // But... <0737> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} (We should be fine.) <0738> // Those words are, not the result of the fortune telling, but your opposition, isn't it? <0739> // You knew that my feelings would be swayed, didn't you...? <0740> // Ding, dong, ding, dong... <0741> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Hmm? Fourth period's over." <0742> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yeah... it is..." <0743> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "What'll you do for lunch?" <0744> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I'll..." <0745> // Take Ryou's homemade lunch again... maybe? <0746> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "You wanna go with me to the cafeteria?" <0747> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yeah... it's been a while..." <0748> \{Giọng Nói} "" // \{Voice} "\m{B}-kun!" <0749> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "...!" <0750> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Ah..." <0751> // Someone comes running our away from the school, holding something to her chest. er chest, so it has nothing to do with something on his chest. -Amoirsp <0752> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Ehh, umm... later!" <0753> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Eh!? H-hey?!" <0754> // Understanding this hell, Sunohara waves his hand and withdraws from the garden. <0755> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Pant, pant... whew... \m{B}-kun, you skipped fourth period, didn't you?" <0756> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ah, well... once in a while." <0757> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "You can't do that. I'll be troubled when the teacher asks." <0758> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yeah, sorry." <0759> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Was Sunohara-kun with you?" <0760> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Hmm... he was, yeah." <0761> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Indeed, I did see someone here with yellow hair." <0762> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Where would you like to go?" <0763> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Probably eat lunch in the cafeteria." <0764> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Is that so?" <0765> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... Ah..." <0766> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Hmm?" <0767> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... You mean... come to the cafeteria.. and eat lunch with you and Sunohara-kun?" <0768> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Something like that." <0769> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "To make it a little bit more enjoyable?" <0770> // I'm at a... loss for words. <0771> // Sure, you could say it was to make things more enjoyable, but I feel that "running away" would be a proper way of describing that. <0772> // In other words... she'll realize that our current position is terrible... <0773> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0774> // Not saying anything... huh... <0775> // I'm thinking of how not to hurt her... <0776> // I'm selfishly thinking of a way that will end this relationship without hurting her... <0777> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... \m{B}-kun?" <0778> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ryou..." <0779> // I may be deciding this by myself but... if I let this continue, I'll continue hurting Ryou... <0780> // Inevitably... I think by not wanting her to get hurt, it became my reason to continue to stay with her... <0781> // But if I'm by her side, I would always keep thinking the same thoughts about her sister... <0782> // -- And would still end up hurting her... <0783> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah, this is today's lunch." <0784> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Fried eggs, wrapped up in seaweed." <0785> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Though I did mess up wrapping it three times in a row." <0786> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "The ones in here should be neatly--..." <0787> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "...-- Ryou..." <0788> // With a bitter sigh, I call her name. <0789> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "It's okay, I don't need lunch..." <0790> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... Eh... y...you're not feeling well...?" <0791> // Uneasy, she holds the lunch box to her chest tightly... <0792> // She's seriously worried about me... <0793> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Umm, if you have a cold, it's probably better for you to go to the nurse's office..." <0794> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "No... that's not it..." <0795> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... Um... then..." <0796> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0797> \{Nữ Sinh} "" // \{Female Student} "Ah, Fujibayashi-san, we've found you!" <0798> // Behind me, a group of girls had come. <0799> \{Nữ Sinh} "" // \{Female Student} "We'd like for you to do some more fortune telling so," <0800> \{Nữ Sinh} "" // \{Female Student} "If you don't mind, could you eat lunch with us here?" <0801> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0802> \{Nữ Sinh} "" // \{Female Student} "Ah, \m{A}-kun, do you want to eat with us too?" <0803> \{Nữ Sinh} "" // \{Female Student} "Are you an idiot? Ryou-chan's already been set up with \m{A}-kun, right?" <0804> // A bustling circle formed around us... <0805> // Soon, the throng of girls became unbearable... <0806> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah, um... well..." <0807> // Ryou looks at me, troubled. <0808> // I kept quiet as well. <0809> // Looking down at the ground, I pass by Ryou, walking towards the school. <0810> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah..." <0811> // That small voice echoes loudly in my ears... <0812 \{Nữ Sinh} ""> // \{Female Student} "Uh... huh? \m{A}-kun?" <0813> \{Nữ Sinh} "" // \{Female Student} "Perhaps we interrupted you, Fujibayashi-san...?" <0814> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... No, not at all." <0815> // I know the tone of that voice... <0816> \{Nữ Sinh} "" // \{Female Student} "But... isn't that lunch for \m{A}-kun...?" <0817> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "No, this is... um... already empty." <0818> // She tries her best to smile... <0819> // It's all a lie... <0820> // She acts normally, bottling up her uneasiness. <0821> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "\m{B}-kun already ate lunch while skipping fourth period." <0822> \{Nữ Sinh} "" // \{Female Student} "Ahaha, he shouldn't be doing that!" <0823> \{Nữ Sinh} "" // \{Female Student} "Yeah, yeah, he should try to be a good example for his girlfriend, right?" <0824> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Hehe, indeed." <0825> // I grip my fist tightly while walking. <0826> // I feel like I'm about to cry... <0827> // I... understood Ryou that much... to the point where I knew that. <0828> // I can't say that I've spent a long time with her... <0829> // Even then, my very being's changed greatly... <0830> // There was no mistaking that at all. <0831> // Feeling an uncomfortable nausea as if the bottom of my stomach was lifted up... <0832> // But even then, in my mind, not having to see Ryou's painful face anymore gave me a sense of a relief. <0833> // That's how uncomfortable I felt... <0834> // I go around in circles... <0835> // Uncomfortable... <0836> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Huh?" <0837> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Kyou..." <0838> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "What are you doing? You haven't eaten lunch yet?" <0839> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "No... I haven't..." <0840> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "?" <0841> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I thought Ryou went to the garden holding lunch?" <0842> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yeah... right now, she's doing fortune telling, surrounded by a bunch of students." <0843> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Oh ho, and then, it looked terrible like what happened yesterday, so you ran?" <0844> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "You don't have to be that shy~" <0845> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "That's proof everyone approves of you two." <0846> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0847> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Hmm? What's wrong?" <0848> // One uneasy thing... <0849> // Breaking up with Ryou... <0850> // After that, what will I do...? <0851> // Run to Kyou...? <0852> // Would Kyou even take such a man who has hurt her sister...? <0853> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... \m{B}...?" <0854> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Hey... if I broke up with Ryou... what would you do?" <0855> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Eh...?" <0856> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0857> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Wait a...? What are you talking about?" <0858> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "You're joking...?" <0859> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0860> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "\m{B}!" <0861> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yeah... I'm joking..." <0862> // I breathe a lie... <0863> // I don't really have much of a choice... <0864> // Kyou saw those painful eyes in me. <0865> // Bearing that glance, I walk away. <0866> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Ah... wait!" <0867> // I stop. <0868> // But I don't turn around. <0869> // Kyou comes around in front of me. <0870> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "What the... hell are you thinking...?" <0871> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0872> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... You couldn't be thinking that..." <0873> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Don't say it's because you're worried about me...?" <0874> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0875> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I don't want that..." <0876> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I... couldn't think of being with you if you made someone else cry." <0877> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0878> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I don't like people who hurt others..." <0879> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Yeah..." <0880> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "........." <0881> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I... \pthought so as well." <0882> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "...?!" <0883> // I started walking. <0884> // I really wanted to run away from here but, I didn't really feel like it... <0885> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "\m{B}!" <0886> // A sharp, bitter voice pierces through my back, stabbing my chest... <0887> // But I don't stop, and don't turn around. <0888> // Step by step, continuing forward, I firmly prepare myself in my mind... <0889> // The afternoon classes... <0890> // Obviously, I close my eyes, lying down on my desk. <0891> // But I'm restless... <0892> // Only hesitation and anxiety swelled up in the dark world I was in. <0893> // I suddenly hear Ryou's voice. <0894> // Maybe she was picked by the teacher... <0895> // I hear fluent English. <0896> // I don't know what she's saying. <0897> // But... <0898> // Just her voice alone hurts my chest... <0899> // Just thinking about that from now on made me feel like crying... <0900> // I'm... <0901> // -- Betraying Ryou... <0902> // And then, after school... <0903> // Homeroom ends, and each of the students leave, one by one. <0904> // I sit in my chair, my bag still left in my desk. <0905> // The people disappear... <0906> // One... <0907> // By one... <0908> // People going to club activities... <0909> // People returning home... <0910> // Before long, only the two of us are left... <0911> // Me... <0912> // And Ryou... <0913> // This wasn't by chance. <0914> // Rather... Ryou was waiting for me... <0915> // Waiting to see what would happen... <0916> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0917> // Let's... do this. <0918> // Breathing deeply, I put my hand on the table. <0919> // And stand up. <0920> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... \m{B}-kun..." <0921> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "..." <0922> // Getting up, Ryou came in front of me. <0923> // She looks at me, the light in her eyes becoming overshadowed. <0924> // She knows... <0925> // About how I'm lost...? <0926> // Or what I'm about to say...? <0927> // Aware of that, she still waited for me in class... <0928> // And came in front of me... <0929> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "It's just the two of us, isn't it?" <0930> // Her unchanging usual tone as she says that. <0931> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yeah... I guess." <0932> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I feel a bit tense." <0933> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "It's like a manga, where there's only two people in the classroom after school..." <0934> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Um... and went k... kissing in the classroom." <0935> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0936> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "It's even more tense since probably nobody's looking." <0937> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Heh, I'm saying something strange, aren't I?" <0938> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ryou..." <0939> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Uh... umm!" <0940> // She stops my words by raising her voice. <0941> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Umm..." <0942> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... You won't... kiss, will you..." <0943> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0944> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Even though it's really tense, you'll calm down." <0945> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I'm, by your side, \m{B}-kun... that's how relieved I really am." <0946> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Even when you close your eyes, I'll be close, \m{B}-kun..." <0947> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Right now, at this moment, no one else is close by, \m{B}-kun..." <0948> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Relieved... peaceful... happy..." <0949> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Really tense..." <0950> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "You'll feel happiness like this." <0951> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ryou..." <0952> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "What do you think, \m{B}-kun?" <0953> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Ryou... I..." <0954> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "\m{B}-kun...!" <0955> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0956> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "You also feel... really excited, don't you, \m{B}-kun?" <0957> // Painful... <0958> // Ryou's posture tells me she's desperate. <0959> // She's trying hard to keep up a smile, but... <0960> // She's looking at me, smiling but... <0961> // She's already crying. <0962> // That's what she's telling me... <0963> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Ryou... listen to me..." <0964> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "........." <0965> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... I don't want to..." <0966> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Please..." <0967> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "........." <0968> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... I--..." <0969> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "-- I..." <0970> // She still interrupts my words. <0971> // Her voice was timid and quiet, it sounded as though she was forcing it... <0972> // ... Even then, I could hear it clearly... <0973> // My tongue caught in my mouth... <0974> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I've... always thought about this..." <0975> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I don't want to lose..." <0976> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... I don't want to give you up..." <0977> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "...?" <0978> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... I don't want to lose to onee-chan..." <0979> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <0980> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... I knew..." <0981> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "That onee-chan was watching someone, long ago..." <0982> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I knew that... even though I liked you, \m{B}-kun..." <0983> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I knew my sister's feelings, yet I asked her about you, \m{B}-kun..." <0984> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "In the beginning, she was surprised..." <0985> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "But... soon she smiled and told me..." <0986> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "That she'd take care of everything..." <0987> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I've... been so mean." <0988> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Knowing my sister's personality..." <0989> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Asking her for advice, onee-chan... bottled up her feelings and helped me..." <0990> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... I knew it all, but..." <0991> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I knew it all but... I asked her for advice..." <0992> // As if truly regretting her past, she shut her lips strongly. <0993> // Even now, the uneasiness caused tears to build up in her eyes. <0994> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Even though it was mean, I still want to be by your side, \m{B}-kun..." <0995> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... Is it...no good...?" <0996> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I can't... be like onee-chan...?" <0997> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ryou..." <0998> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Because... I'm trying to be more like her..." <0999> // How could I hear such sad words... <1000> // This single girl, denying her "own" existence... <1001> // Becoming a different person... just to be with me... <1002> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I'll talk about more and more things!" <1003> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Because... I'm her twin sister..." <1004> // ... Wrong... <1005> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "You said it before, \m{B}-kun." <1006> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Because we're twin sisters, if I tried to be more positive..." <1007> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "That I'd become... more like onee-chan..." <1008> // ... You're wrong... <1009> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... I'm doing my best..." <1010> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I'll lengthen my hair." <1011> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "And study a lot of cooking." <1012> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "If that's not enough, please tell me." <1013> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Because... I'm doing my best..." <1014> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "So I can be the girl you want, \m{B}-kun..." <1015> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... So, I can take onee-chan's place...!" <1016> // ... You're wrong... <1017> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I like you... \m{B}-kun..." <1018> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... I want to be with you..." <1019> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <1020> // ... It was painful. <1021> // Just hearing this, I felt more and more hateful... <1022> // Seeing the reflection of my face in the tears building up in her eyes, I wonder what she sees...? <1023> // What kind of eyes is she looking at me with? <1024> // If she's already said that she likes me, why is she chasing me...? <1025> // If it's Ryou, no matter what happens she'll be with me? <1026> // If I break up with Ryou here, will she tell Kyou to be with me? <1027> // Isn't the possibility of losing both of them very high...? <1028> // If that's so... <1029> // Then it's probably okay... how it is... <1030> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "........." <1031> // She grabs the chest of my school uniform with her white hands. <1032> // And tugs on it weakly. <1033> // My body gets dragged down by her. <1034> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... \m{B}-kun..." <1035> // She brings her face close... <1036> // And quietly closes her eyes. <1037> // She's waiting for me... <1038> // I've seen this face many times... <1039> // The face that I didn't want to see... <1040> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <1041> // My will falters... <1042> // If I... wish for Ryou here, that'll be how I'll live from now on... <1043> // She'd definitely be my girlfriend... <1044> // My girlfriend... <1045> // Ryou betraying me...は──…。 <1046> // I stop moving my face. <1047> // Biting my lips, I hold her shoulders. <1048> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "\m{B}... kun...?" <1049> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "This is wrong..." <1050> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... Eh...?" <1051> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I just can't do this..." <1052> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... \m{B}-kun..." <1053> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ryou. I......" <1054> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I........." <1055> // The words won't come out. <1056> // The tears build up in her eyes, as if she's frightened. <1057> // If I don't say it... <1058> // If I don't say it here, I'll only hurt her more... <1059> // I knew that but... why wouldn't the words come out...! <1060> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ryou... I--..." <1061> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "...!" <1062> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ah..." <1063> // Ryou shakes off my hands, and runs out of the classroom. <1064> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ryou!!" <1065> // My eyes burn as I call her name out. <1066> // My legs won't chase after her. <1067> // Even if I don't hold myself back, I don't have anything to say to her. <1068> // Pathetic... <1069> // Even though I was prepared for this, in desperation I still thought of making up excuses to keep myself clean. <1070> // In the end, I couldn't say anything, and left Ryou with... a painful, terrible pain. <1071> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Guh...!" <1072> // I hit the wall hard. <1073> // If only I didn't feel this painful, these feelings wouldn't rise up. <1074> // I hit the wall again. <1075> // A dull, hot pain slices through my body. <1076> // There wasn't anyone else around who was this pathetic... <1077> // I really am... the worst... <1078> // I fully realized my heart had broken apart... <1079> // Kyou <1080> // Even now, if I close my eyes and fall into pitch blackness, I could see Ryou's crying face. <1081> // Accompanied with an oppressive ringing in my eyes that continued... <1082> // I become hot, almost like I've seen a nightmare... <1083> // I feel more and more uncomfortable, more and more disturbed. <1084> // I imagine Kyou's face... <1085> // A painful face... <1086> // Actually, even now, probably her crying face as well. <1087> // And she looks at me with condemning eyes. <1088> // The feeling was mutual--... and this kept repeating, as if flashing before me. <1089> // Those restless mornings... <1090> // My heavy walking. <1091> // For what reason am I walking this path? <1092> // Exactly where am I headed...? <1093> // I continue along in the same direction with the other students donning the same uniform. <1094> // With every step I make towards the school, I begin to feel down. <1095> // Getting closer and closer, the chance of meeting those girls is high. <1096> // If I enter the classroom, I'll have no choice but to meet Ryou... <1097> // I don't even know what to say. <1098> // Surely, even with that crying face from before, I didn't say anything... <1099> // If she greets me with a smiling face... I guess I really wouldn't say anything... <1100> // I've become a useless person... <1101> // Fully realizing that, I still walk. <1102> // As always, this pacing was short... <1103> // While in class... <1104> // The voice of the teacher's questions and that of the classmate answering... <1105> // I wrap my arms around as a pillow and lie my head down on the desk, hearing that. <1106> // Closing my eyes, sleep came upon me. <1107> // In the darkness, feeling the buzzing in my ears, I would have preferred some other accompanying noise. <1108> // But... <1109> // When I met Ryou and had to answer her, <1110> // When her voice reached my ears, <1111> // My hazy consciousness forces itself to wake up... <1112> // Pressing my forehead against my arms, I open my eyes, not changing my posture. <1113> // In my hazy vision, I immediately see a wooden desk in front of me as I hear a voice... <1114> // Surely... whenever I try to sleep, I'll feel like waking up... <1115> // It was difficult... <1116> // Even now, I'd hear her voice condemning me with whatever words she picked. <1117> // Ryou couldn't say such things, I already knew that... <1118> // Even then, I still felt guilty inside, for pushing this onto her as I wanted... <1119> // I was surprised at myself for knowing about how weak I was... <1120> // Lessons end, followed by homeroom... <1121> // I leave the classroom quickly. <1122> // When the time came to go home together, I felt it necessary not to say anything at all... <1123> // Perhaps, if she came close to me, I might have been driven off by fear... <1124> // That's why I skip homeroom, and leave the classroom ahead of everyone else. <1125> // Rather... <1126> // Continuing to run away like this, I cowardly think that everything will blow over. <1127> // I wash down this grief I have in my throat with bitter coffee. <1128> // I tremble from the familiar taste. <1129> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "So... why are you in my room?" <1130> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Oh, welcome back." <1131> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Yeah, I'm back." <1132> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Wait a minute! Isn't homeroom still going on?!" <1133> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Well during homeroom, I'm with them whether I'm there or not, right?" <1134> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "No way it's like that!" <1135> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "No one will think of it like that if you disappear right during homeroom, even if you're in during fourth period." <1136> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "They'll definitely think you've gone to the toilet, and wait for you to come back, won't they?" <1137> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I see." <1138> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Thanks to that, homeroom'll probably be extended, waiting for you to come back late." <1139> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "That'll be a shame." <1140> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Ryou-chan, being the class representative, will go looking around for you, right?" <1141> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... I see..." <1142> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "........." <1143> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "What...?" <1144> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Hey, you decided something after school yesterday, didn't you?" <1145> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Decided...?" <1146> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Because, a situation was created with just the two of you, right?" <1147> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <1148> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "You told her you were gonna break up?" <1149> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <1150> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Not really that easy, I think." <1151> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... I didn't get to say it..." <1152> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "That's what I thought." <1153> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "You're kind about these strange things." <1154> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "But that's also your weak point." <1155> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "This time, the situation's really painful." <1156> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Doesn't it feel like it's gonna keep hurting and digging into you?" <1157> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <1158> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "So, what'll you do in the end?" <1159> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Will you still go out with Ryou-chan like this?" <1160> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <1161> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Well, if it were me, I wouldn't mind either way." <1162> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Ah, or maybe I'll aim at Fujibayashi Kyou!" <1163> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "I'll say something cheap that'll make her heartbroken." <1164> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "If it goes well, I'll have you call me 'onii-san' from now on." <1165> // Slam!\shake{1} <1166> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Ow!! That's not a English-Japanese dictionary you're hitting a person with, is it?!" <1167> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "It's almost as good as the real thing!" <1168> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "You're a brute, just like Fujibayashi Kyou..." <1169> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <1170> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "If it bothers you that much, hurry up and break up with Ryou!" <1171> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Do that, and I'll aim my attack at her!" <1172> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "If it goes well, I'll have you call me 'onii-san'!" <1173> // Slam!\shake{1} <1174> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Gaaaaah! Too muchh!! That really hurts!!" <1175> // \size{40}Knock, \shake{1}\wait{100}knock, \shake{1}\wait{100}knock!!\shake{1}\size{} <1176> \{Giọng Nói} "" // \{Voice} "Shut up! This room again?!" <1177> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Eek! That's from the rugby club!" <1178> // \size{40}Knock, \shake{1}\wait{100}knock, \shake{1}\wait{100}knock!!\shake{1}\size{} <1179> \{Giọng Nói} "" // \{Voice} "Open up the door! I'll show you how to live in a community!" <1180> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Ah, don't open it! I really don't want to know!" <1181> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Hmmm... that's a shame." <1182> // Clatter. <1183> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Hey, what the hell was that for?!" <1184> // The rugby member slides through the opening door. <1185>\{Thành Viên Bóng Bầu Dục} "" // \{Rugby Member} "Hey, which one of you was screaming?" <1186> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "This guy!" <1187> // Sunohara points straight at me. <1188> // The rugby member scowls. <1189> // Silently, I wave my finger slowly at Sunohara. <1190>\{Thành Viên Bóng Bầu Dục} "" // \{Rugby Member} "Come here a second." <1191> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "What, why me-----?!" <1192> // Sunohara gets dragged out of the room. <1193> // I put my two hands together, praying for Sunohara's safety. <1194>\{Thành Viên Bóng Bầu Dục} "" // \{Rugby Member} "Oh wait... hey, you're \m{A}-- aren't ya?" <1195> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Huh? Yes, I am." <1196>\{Thành Viên Bóng Bầu Dục} "" // \{Rugby Member} "Fujibayashi was looking for you." <1197> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "......... Which one?" <1198>\{Thành Viên Bóng Bầu Dục} "" // \{Rugby Member} "Which? Oh... the younger one, I think." <1199> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I see... thanks..." <1200>\{Thành Viên Bóng Bầu Dục} "" // \{Rugby Member} "Alright, you come with me." <1201> \{Sunohara} "" // \{Sunohara} "Nooo! Save me...\p <1202> // Ngff!" <1203> // He makes a swift punch to Sunohara's stomach, rendering him silent. <1204> // After that, he carries him on his shoulder, and leaves the room. <1205> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Sigh..." <1206> // I sigh by myself. <1207> // Ryou was... looking for me... <1208> // I can't just not go, can I... <1209> // ......... <1210> // No... it's useless... <1211> // It's not good to keep holding this back, is it... <1212> // I have to tell her clearly... <1213> // "I can't... be with you..." <1214> // Right now, not thinking of Kyou or what happened... <1215> // ......... <1216> // But... <1217> // Yesterday, the way I handled it... <1218> // ......... <1219> // For now, I should meet her... <1220> // I really can't just leave it like this... <1221> // If I do, I'll keep hurting Ryou... <1222> // And that wound will never heal... <1223> // No, even then, I'll still keep hurting them... <1224> // I can only say so much... <1225> // As the pain continues, Ryou can only be with me for so long... <1226> // If I'm really thinking about her... <1227> // Even if it becomes like a curse... <1228> // Now, I have to help her "recover her wounds"... <1229> // Because that's the only thing I can do, and doing nothing is not an option. <1230> // She... needs me... <1231> // Thinking that for a long time by myself, my mind becomes at ease... <1232> // I didn't think I could feel this happy. <1233> // If it's her... <1234> // If it's Ryou, it'll probably go fine... <1235> // That's what I really thought. <1236> // -- But, I realized... <1237> // That I had changed directions, and kept those feelings to myself... <1238> // And then turning my eyes away towards those impossible feelings... <1239> // I take out the package that's been sleeping inside my bag for so long... <1240> // ... The violet stone pendant that I bought the day before Ryou's date... <1241> // This is... actually the one that Kyou wanted... <1242> // The one I remembered was this one, wasn't it... <1243> // I walk alone to the school building... <1244> // Is Ryou still in the school...? <1245> // I walk around... <1246> // First place I should go to is my own classroom... <1247> // And then I continue to the courtyard... <1248> // The cafeteria... <1249> // The campus... <1250> // The front garden... <1251> // I peep in through the first floor. <1252> // Next is the second year classrooms... <1253> // And then the third year classrooms... <1254> // How many times have I come back to the same place...? <1255> // How many times have I gone up and down the stairs...? <1256> // I run and chase after any girl I find that has a similar hairstyle. <1257> // Running, I look out the hallway window, and out of the classroom window. <1258> // Looking for Ryou... <1259> // So far, my memories of her have been going round and round... <1260> // Her smile comes back in my mind. <1261> // Her blushing, shy face... <1262> // Her fitting fortune telling face... <1263> // And... her sad face... <1264> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <1265> // I shake my head. <1266> // If I falter with those feelings, the same thing as yesterday will happen. <1267> // I have to tell her clearly. <1268> // The one that I like. <1269> // And after, that Ryou can't be with me... <1270> // Dropping my eyes slowly, my shadow begins to lengthen. <1271> // The red, setting sun dyes the linoleum hallway. <1272> // Why is it that this intense color that's supposed to be "red", ends up looking so sad right now...? <1273> // My knees shake from running so much, I stop them with my hands and lean my back against the wall. <1274> // No good... I can't find her...? <1275> // Is she really in the school...? <1276> // I breathe... <1277> // The only thing with me are these deep... deep breaths... <1278> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <1279> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "...?!?!" <1280> // The moment I look out the window, I feel as if my blood's stopped cold. <1281> // The shape of a person dyed in the red courtyard. <1282> // The familiar hair blown by the wind! <1283> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} (--Ryou!) <1284> // Not feeling tired anymore, I move my legs. <1285> // I run down the hallway. <1286> // I know that after this will be a painful scene, but I keep going on and on. <1287> // So I can tell her we're breaking up... <1288> // I run to the courtyard... <1289> // The wind blows. <1290> // The cold... cold wind blows in this reddened scenery. <1291> // Hustle, hustle, the sound of the greenery swaying around me... <1292> // As if enclosing around my body... as if cutting through my body... <1293> // A blowing wind that freezes my heart. <1294> // And then, in that wind, we both firmly stand there. <1295> // We say nothing, only our eyes meeting... <1296> // As if I see the same sad color in both of our eyes. <1297> // At the same time I say it... <1298> // She prepares herself... <1299> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ryou..." <1300> // I say her name... <1301> // Her shoulders shiver ever so slightly, keeping quiet. <1302> // Seeing that figure, my feelings overwhelm me. <1303> // I can't let these words remain unsaid... <1304> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <1305> // I close my eyes... <1306> // And one by one, remember the times I was with Ryou... <1307> // Her figure when doing fortune telling... <1308> // Her figure when running away with a blushing face... <1309> // Sitting side by side, eating lunch... <1310> // Passing through town during the holidays... <1311> // Knowing warmth... <1312> // Everything was fresh... yet I missed it... <1313> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... These three weeks have been... really fun..." <1314> // I slowly... open my eyes, saying that. <1315> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Not needing anyone else, you helped bring me happiness..." <1316> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "The time we spent... seeing things... hearing things..." <1317> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Every day was fresh..." <1318> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... It really..." <1319> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "It really was... fun." <1320> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I'd like for it to keep continuing this way." <1321> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "No... it's possible for it to continue this way." <1322> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "If it's you, it'll still go all right..." <1323> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... But... I... realized..." <1324> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Through you... I saw someone else..." <1325> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I knew it was the worst thing to do." <1326> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I was spoiled." <1327> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I indulged myself in your kindness..." <1328> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "And as time passed, I continued to hurt you." <1329> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I was the worst, being unfair to you." <1330> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "If I don't tell you this right now... I'll only continue to keep hurting you..." <1331> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Being by you... seeing you..." <1332> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "--I......" <1333> // My words get stuck in my throat. <1334> // The most... important words wouldn't come... <1335> // My lips shiver... <1336> // I have to say it... <1337> // Now... right here... <1338> // I have to settle everything... <1339> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ryou...... I'm sorry..." <1340> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "The one I like is..." <1341> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Your..." <1342> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <1343> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "...... Sister..." <1344> // Ryou shivers... <1345> // Biting her lips, even now she looks at me with tearful eyes... <1346> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... I like Kyou..." <1347> // Thump... \pa hard strike comes against my chest. <1348> // And a salty feeling spreads in my mouth. <1349> // My lips stop with a wet and soft feeling. <1350> // I didn't know what was happening at this moment. <1351> // In front of me was her tearful face. <1352> // Tightly closing her eyes, the tears flow and fall over her lips. <1353> // A deep... deep kiss, filled her feelings... <1354> // This taste was... very sad... <1355> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Mm.. ph...! S-stop!!" <1356> // I turn my face away, separating us. <1357> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ryou! Stop! I... mmph!!" <1358> // She forces my head around with her hands towards herself. <1359> // And then another kiss. <1360> // Holding onto me tightly. <1361> // Rude and violent... taking her feelings, and pushing it onto me. <1362> // Even so, I turn my head away. <1363> // I refuse her tearful kiss. <1364> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Mmph...... Ryou! Stop it!" <1365> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "The one I like is Kyou!" <1366> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Your older sister!" <1367> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I think of her when I see you!" <1368> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "You should know that's the worst!" <1369> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Being with you will only continue to hurt you, so you can't!" <1370> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "That's why--..." <1371> \{Giọng Nói} "" // \{Voice} "\m{B}..." <1372> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Eh...?" <1373> // She called my name... <1374> // And I felt my lips close again. <1375> // My mind completely whites out. <1376> // What... did she just say...? <1377> // What... did she call me? <1378> // Whose... \pvoice was that...? <1379> // The warmth from my lips fades away. <1380> // I see her face, soaked with tears. <1381> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... I like you..." <1382> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... You... can't be..." <1383> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I... also like you, \m{B}..." <1384> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ky... Kyou?!" <1385> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Wha... eh? Why?! Hey... your hair...?!" <1386> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "...She said not to run away..." <1387> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Eh...?" <1388> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Ryou said not to run away..." <1389> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Ryou... did...?" <1390> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "She told me that, if I really did like you, \m{B}, that I shouldn't run away..." <1391> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... I got yelled at by her..." <1392> // A troubling... yet somehow happy smile. <1393> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "She said... she was sorry." <1394> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "To you..." <1395> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "And... to me..." <1396> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "She said it was really painful." <1397> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "About only thinking of herself, and hurting us..." <1398> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "About how she indulged in your kindness, and mine..." <1399> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "And... how she caused so much trouble..." <1400> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "No! The one who caused that was me!" <1401> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "The one who kept hurting and indulging in it on was completely me!" <1402> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Trying to remain at peace, treading on both you and your sister..." <1403> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Bringing nothing but painful feelings..." <1404> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "The real coward was me!" <1405> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "No..." <1406> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "You're wrong..." <1407> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "No one did any wrong..." <1408> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Nothing good or bad..." <1409> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "When she liked the person I did, I knew who had to be hurt..." <1410> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "That's why..." <1411> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... To make Ryou smile, I thought I had to bear it..." <1412> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I thought it would have been better... for her to confess to you..." <1413> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Giving the cold shoulder and hurting you, I thought I had to bear with it..." <1414> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "But..." <1415> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... It was useless..." <1416> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I couldn't continue, turning on my own feelings." <1417> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "And then, I couldn't stop myself..." <1418> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I couldn't run away..." <1419> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "And I gave up..." <1420> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Doing that, Ryou got mad at me." <1421> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "She told me not to run away." <1422> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "She told me if I fall into the same pit, that I'll be rejected in the same way..." <1423> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "She said at that time, we'd cry together..." <1424> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Ryou... with tearful eyes... still told me that, smiling." <1425> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "That's why...!" <1426> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "That's why... I..." <1427> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I can... no longer..." <1428> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Kyou..." <1429> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "\m{B}..." <1430> // Kyou closes her eyes tightly. <1431> // Somehow hesitating... <1432> // As if throwing something away... <1433> // She slowly takes a deep breath, and slowly breathes out... <1434> // She opens her eyes. <1435> // And then... with a strong will in her eyes, she stares at me. <1436> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I like you." <1437> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... I've always..." <1438> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I've always... liked you, \m{B}." <1439> // Those direct feelings stab through me. <1440> // Slamming into my chest, a warmth goes around my body. <1441> // I take out of my pocket the pendant package, and show it to Kyou. <1442> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I thought I was buying this for Ryou, but... the stone's different..." <1443> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I... remembered the stone you wanted instead..." <1444> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Thinking back... even back during that time, the answer was probably already there..." <1445> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I really am helpless... seriously..." <1446> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "\m{B}..." <1447> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "But..." <1448> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "If you're okay with me, I'd like to be by your side." <1449> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "No... \pthat's wrong." <1450> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I like you." <1451> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I want to be with you." <1452> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "--\m{B}!" <1453> // Kyou comes again, hugging me. <1454> // I too, close my eyes, hugging her body. <1455> // Now, we take our first step, as lovers... <1456> // Firmly taking in this warmth... <1457> // ... We strongly, \p <1458> // Hug each other...\wait{5000} <1459> // Ryou <1460> // Calming down, I stand by the window, in the setting sun passing through the classroom. <1461> // I can't let this just pass by... <1462> // If I run away from this, I can't continue... <1463> // If I... don't tell her... I'll remain a coward... <1464> // Clatter clatter clatter... <1465> // The classroom door slowly opens. <1466> // I turn around, called by that sound. <1467> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "........." <1468> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yo..." <1469> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "\m{B}... kun..." <1470> // How many days have I been right next to her...? <1471> // When I went out with Kyou, no matter what I couldn't see her face anymore. <1472> // Maybe it was the same for Ryou... <1473> // We both didn't talk to each other up until now. <1474> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "You did well with the committee." <1475> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Not at all... today, it went on for quite some time." <1476> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I see..." <1477> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Ah, are you waiting for onee-chan? If so, she'll come to the classroom soon, I think." <1478> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "No... I was waiting for... you, Ryou..." <1479> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... For... me...?" <1480> // Nodding, Ryou's face slightly tightens up. <1481> // I slowly... certainly take a deep breath. <1482> // And then I lower my head deeply." <1483> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I'm sorry." <1484> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "\m{B}-kun...?" <1485> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I've... only been indulging myself in your kindness..." <1486> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Even though you may not forgive me, I still want to apologize... so... I'm sorry..." <1487> // I tell her that, lowering my head. <1488> // I planned on taking all the blame. <1489> // It might not all go away, but, I felt I had to apologize. <1490> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "........." <1491> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "...I can't..." <1492> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <1493> // My chest tightened at those words. <1494> // Even then, I didn't lift my head... <1495> // I could only apologize... <1496> // Because this was a judgment... <1497> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I don't want to forgive you..." <1498> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "So... please don't apologize..." <1499> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <1500> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "If you apologize, I will have to forgive you." <1501> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Eh...?" <1502> // I unintentionally lift my head, feeling calm from her words. <1503> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "... I... had fun spending time with you, \m{B}-kun." <1504> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "We went to a lot of places." <1505> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "We ate lunch together." <1506> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "You bought my pendant." <1507> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "We kissed." <1508> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "And, made a lot of memories." <1509> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "If you apologize... and I forgive you... I believe those times would all be lies..." <1510> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "I hold those memories very dear..." <1511> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "That's why, please don't apologize." <1512> // Ahh... I see... <1513> // The one I should be apologizing... is to myself, isn't it... <1514> // The pain really did stop... <1515> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Ryou..." <1516> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "Yes?" <1517> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Thank you." <1518> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "You're welcome." <1519> \{Ryou} "" // \{Ryou} "\m{B}-kun, I would like to thank you as well." <1520> // Ryou says that, looking down at my face. <1521> // I again drop down mine. <1522> // The word "sorry" wasn't one that turned my back, it was one that gazed forward. <1523> // Now, we returned to being friends. <1524> // Kyou Epilogue <1525> // Spring ends, summer passes by, and a cool wind blows. <1526> // Fall--... <1527> // Somehow, it felt like a lonely season... <1528> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... Hmm? What?" <1529> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Hmm? What is it?" <1530> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "You were just staring at me, weren't you?" <1531> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Yeah, it's nothing too big." <1532> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I was just thinking... your hair is growing out." <1533> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Ahh, my hair... huh." <1534> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "It was so long, so it was such a waste." <1535> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Well, I just wanted to hear your motive, so isn't that fine?" <1536> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "What do you mean by motive?" <1537> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Hmm~? I'm talking about when you were with Ryou, and your feelings were faltering." <1538> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... Speaking of which, what did make me distinct from Ryou was my hair, now that I think about it." <1539> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "T-that's... um..." <1540> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Calmly thinking about it, don't you think that's a bit of a shock?" <1541> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Kyou. I love you." <1542> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I know that." <1543> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Or rather, don't love the wrong girl, okay?" <1544> // I failed to throw her off... <1545> // Or rather, I'm digging my own grave... <1546> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Well, I kinda knew that anyway when I fell in love with you." <1547> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "...Knew what?" <1548> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "A nasty, impulsive thinking idiot." <1549> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... That's not really praising me." <1550> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "You don't think so?" <1551> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I couldn't even be happy with those words, you know?" <1552> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Hm~... I guess... then..." <1553> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "There's one thing you should try your best at." <1554> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "It's especially something that's for the sake of someone." <1555> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "When that happens, you'll have to do it so Ryou doesn't get hurt anymore... just think that." <1556> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Surely, you shouldn't think about yourself or myself..." <1557> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... Even myself..." <1558> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "........." <1559> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "...? What's wrong?" <1560> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Hmm... somehow... something annoying came up..." <1561> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Don't use such dangerous words." <1562> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "At least say that you're jealous." <1563> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Isn't that okay? If I find it annoying, that's proof I love you, right?" <1564> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "That's... I guess so." <1565> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "By the way, did you know? Ryou got a new boyfriend." <1566> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Eh? Really?" <1567> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Yup. She met him at her part-time job at the hospital. He has a pretty cute face."」 <1568> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Hmm... Ryou's got a boyfriend, huh..." <1569> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "You feeling jealous?" <1570> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Not really jealous... more complicated, I guess." <1571> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... Hey, \m{B}." <1572> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Hmm?" <1573> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Are you really, okay with me?" <1574> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "........." <1575> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Don't you think you felt more at peace... when you were with Ryou...?" <1576> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Hey now..." <1577> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Are you pissed?" <1578> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Yeah... I'm pissed." <1579> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "...?" <1580> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I'm pissed inside, knowing that you love me anyway." <1581> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "... Idiot." <1582> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Uwaah, cruel... how could you call your girlfriend an idiot?" <1583> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I'm not gonna use some boring method to check how someone feels." <1584> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "But, jealousy's the clearest feeling, you know." <1585> // She slightly pouts, saying that. <1586> // I sigh, looking at Kyou. <1587> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "You worry too much." <1588> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Ugh..." <1589> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... Then... could I use an easier way to check?" <1590> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Which is?" <1591> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Mm..mm...??" <1592> // At the same time I lift my face, something closes my lips. <1593> // It was warm and soft... \pin front of me was Kyou's face... <1594> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... Heheh..." <1595> // Our lips separate, and she blushes, smiling mischievously. <1596> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Come on now... in a place like this again...?" <1597> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "What's wrong with doing it here?" <1598> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "If someone saw us, what'll you do?" <1599> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Just be a bit embarrassed." <1600> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "It's not just a bit..." <1601> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Then, if there isn't anybody around, is it okay to do it a lot?" <1602> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "If it's like that, it's not just gonna end at the kissing."らな」 <1603> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "That's~... well... how should I say this..." <1604> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "........." <1605> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "... If there's really no one around..." <1606> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "OK!"」 <1607> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Wha?! What's with that fresh smile?!" <1608> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "That's a good answer." <1609> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Hey wait a second, it's probably something dirty, isn't it?!" <1610> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "It's your imagination." <1611> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "It's definitely something dirty!" <1612> \{Botan} "" // \{Botan} "Puhi~" <1613> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Woah there, looks like we meet." <1614> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Eh? Ah, Botan!" <1615> \{Botan} "" // \{Botan} "Puhi, puhi~" <1616> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Looks like he's been following us up until now." <1617> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I guess." <1618> \{Botan} "" // \{Botan} "Puhi~" <1619> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Hey, come on, don't cling onto my legs." <1620> \{Botan} "" // \{Botan} "Puhi~ puhi~" <1621> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "There!" <1622> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "Hey, now you're clinging on to my arm?" <1623> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Hey, \m{B}," <1624> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "What is it?" <1625> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I'll grow my hair out again." <1626> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "...?" <1627> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "You did say you liked long hair, right?" <1628> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "That's why I think, if I grow my hair longer and longer, you'll love me more." <1629> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I love you the way you are anyway." <1630> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "I want to be loved more." <1631> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "That's why, I'm gonna hurry and grow my hair." <1632> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "You don't have to be in such a hurry." <1633> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "Nope, I want it to grow out fast." <1634> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "I see. Well, give it your best." <1635> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "\m{B}." <1636> \{\m{B}} "" // \{\m{B}} "What is it?" <1637> \{Kyou} "" // \{Kyou} "It's because I love you!"\wait{4000}
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