Clannad VN:SEEN5430P3

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<0924>
// The next day, I went to the old school building again.

<0925>
// My destination is the reference room.

<0926>
// I open the door.

<0927> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Welcome!"

<0928>
// Miyazawa's smile.

<0929>
// At the same time, an aroma ran through my nose, making me hungry.

<0930>
// It seemed like I came into a party.

<0931>
// Cooked food of various colors were set up on the table.

<0932> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What's with all this...?"

<0933> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Um..."

<0934> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "I wanted to apologize for yesterday."

<0935>
// She hung her head low. 

<0936> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"

<0937> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Well... it's just that, I caused you some trouble..."

<0938> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh... you mean sleeping on my lap?"

<0939> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes... the truth is I meant to do that for just a bit." 

<0940> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes..." 

<0941> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I don't really mind, so lift your head."

<0942> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "I'm very sorry."

<0943> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "However you put it, I'm happy. I'm a man after all."

<0944> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Is that so?"

<0945> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Kind of..."

<0946> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Besides, I don't like you hanging your head like that."

<0947> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "For that... I also apologize."

<0948> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Let that be the last one."

<0949> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Okay."

<0950>
// Her smile returns.

<0951>
// If it's Miyazawa, then any argument with her would last for only ten seconds and we would be on good terms right away again.

<0952> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} (It wasn't even an argument to begin with...)

<0953> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Well, besides that, this is... just my thanks."

<0954> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "For the, folktale."

<0955> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Looks great."

<0956> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Of course, I did my best cooking this."

<0957>
// So, letting her sleep in your lap means you get to have her home made cooking, huh.

<0958>
// Any man would take the initiative and announce their candidacy with that... 

<0959>
// And then, because it's her, she'll probably accept it.

<0960>
// Then in the end, all of them will come here to do the same.

<0961>
// If I wasn't here, and Sunohara was, I'm sure he'd get a warm reception.

<0962> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} (And then, he'd misunderstand what's happening in many ways...)

<0963>
// Like that.

<0964> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'd like to give some advice."

<0965>
// I talk as I sit down and begin to eat my meal.

<0966> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes?"

<0967> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I don't think it's a good idea to fall asleep defenseless in front of a guy."

<0968> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Haha... I guess you're right."

<0969> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "You're probably right."

<0970> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "I just lacked sleep yesterday."

<0971> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I guess."

<0972> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Plus, I was relieved when it was you, \m{B}-san." 

<0973> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Do I seem similar to your brother?"

<0974> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Eh...?"

<0975> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "You surprised me. You knew?"

<0976> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You were talking in your sleep, you know."

<0977> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Oh.... so I did?"

<0978> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Please excuse me for saying that."

<0979>
// Miyazawa gives a bitter smile.

<0980> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "It's just the atmosphere."

<0981> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "\m{B}-san is \m{B}-san."

<0982>
// I should probably follow up.

<0983> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."

<0984> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I don't really mind if I'm substituting your brother, though."

<0985> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "And you haven't shown your weak side to anyone in this school too."

<0986> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "No, it's okay."

<0987> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, I think you really were kinda tired."

<0988> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Is that so..."

<0989> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Don't be so reserved."

<0990> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'll lend you my lap at any time."

<0991> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Um... the truth is, I'm really a spoiled person..."

<0992> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "That's why... it's certainly a bother..."

<0993> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Not at all."

<0994> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "........."

<0995> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "It really isn't a problem...?"

<0996>
// It's fun watching your face that seems to be tempting me.

<0997> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah. In any case, I'm glad."

<0998> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Why's that?"

<0999> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Shouldn't you know that quite well yourself?"

<1000> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Eh...?"

<1001> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Your head's spinning round and round, right?" 

<1002> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Though I don't know anything."

<1003> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah... yes, that's right."

<1004> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "If so... I'll take up your offer."

<1005>
// She walks towards me...

<1006>
// Puff. 

<1007>
// She places her head on my shoulder.

<1008>
// I close my arm around her small body and hold her. 

<1009> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "........."

<1010>
// I smell the fragrance of Miyazawa's soft hair...

<1011> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} (If her colleagues saw me like this, I wonder what I'd do...?)

<1012> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} (My life'll be in danger... holding her, huh...)

<2417>
//

<1013>
// I spent my time thinking about that.

<1014> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hahahaha!"

<1015> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "You're only so close to her because you're similar to her brother!"

<1016> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I'm pretty certain that's the only thing going on between you two."

<1017> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's good for you then."

<1018> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Well, I'm sorry for you, but this is an advantage for me."

<1019> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Being a substitute for her brother means you're not her love interest."

<1020> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I guess."

<1021> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, even if you say our friendship is like that, doesn't that mean I'm in a higher position than you?"

<1022> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "That's true. Since you're like her brother."

<1023> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "In short, it means that even your relationship with Miyazawa is something I can control."

<1024> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Eh...?"

<1025> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It means I can tell her 'you can't be with such a person', yup."

<1026> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Even more, this is where you get to be two-faced, yup."

<1027> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."

<1028> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, tomorrow will be quite fun."

<1029> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Umm..."

<1030> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What?"

<1031> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "My good brother, if you would be kind..." 

<1032>
// He bows his head and touches the table with his forehead.

<1033> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, you sure don't have any pride, do you?"

<1034> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}, let's go to the reference room."

<1035> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Well, there..."

<1036> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I'll be calling you my older brother from now on." 

<1037> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Stop that."

<1038> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Now, now, don't be shy. From now on, I'll make sure you feel good when I call you that way."

<1039> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Don't make such arrangements..." 

<1040> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Why, anyway?" 

<1041> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "I wonder why."

<1042>
// That's love... \pthat's how I see it.

<1043>
// And that's what I think from my instinct.

<1044> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}, damn you, you're getting ahead of me again aren't you?!"

<1045> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh? Yeah. Since you were away."

<1046> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "There are times when I'm busy too, you know!"

<1047> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What? You were just playing pachinko games, weren't you?"

<1048> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Ugh..."

<1049> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Got you there, huh."

<1050> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}... lemme give you a bit of trivia."

<1051> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What is it?"

<1052> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Pachinko shops... \wait{2000}don't let minors come in."

<1053> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Heh~! Heh~! Heh~! Heh~! Heh~!"

<1054> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Even grade school kids know that..."

<1055> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "In other words, we're talking about something else. I was busy with other things, you know."

<1056> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, really."

<1057> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}, let's go, to the reference room."

<1058> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I won't forgive you if you get ahead of me today!"

<1059> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What are we going to do about lunch?" 

<1060> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "It feels bad making her cook our food so I'll bring my own."

<1061> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Bread?"

<1062> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Eating bread in front of a girl makes you look poor, you know?"

<1063> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I'll be taking the cafeteria's set lunch with me."

<1064> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I think taking the tray with the cafeteria's set lunch and walking around within the school looks much worse."

<1065> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "It's not like Yukine-chan will see me."

<1066> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "So, you don't mind if other students see you, huh?" 

<1067> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Come on, my older brother, go on ahead." 

<1068>
// He's becoming like a younger brother...

<1069> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah..."

<1070>
// As always, Miyazawa was alone reading a book.

<1071> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yo!"

<1072> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Welcome, you two."

<1073> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "As always, you guys get along well."

<1074> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Because we're like siblings, after all."

<1075> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "He has bad humor."

<1076> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Lunch today is... oh, you brought something?"

<1077> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Is that from the cafeteria?"

<1078> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah, it's the special today."

<1079> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I also have one for you, Yukine-chan."

<1080> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You're not ashamed to be in the rough performance group, huh."

<1081>
// It's really tricky for Sunohara to be carrying two set-dish trays like that. 

<1082> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "I must apologize. Thanks for the food."

<1083> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Since your brother is always looking after me."

<1084> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Brother?"

<1085>
// I look off to the wall.

<1086> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I'm talking about you!"

<1087> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "It seems that he was taking care of you during my absence, huh?"

<1088> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Taking care?"

<1089>
// I look off to the wall.

<1090> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I'm talking about you!"

<1091> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Giggle, giggle... as always, you two are quite the comedic pair."

<1092> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "We will continue to make Yukine-chan smile."

<1093> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "All right, I'll pour hot water on you today too so she'll feel much better."

<1094> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I mean by talking! Just talking!"

<1095> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "How are you going to make her smile if you don't stretch your body to its limit?"

<1096> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I'm going to show you my smarter side today."

<1097>
// Rattle.

<1098>
// The window opens again.

<1099>
// From there, a man whose school uniform has been stained in mud enters the room.

<1100>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Yuki-nee..."

<1101>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Yuki-nee... you here...?"

<1102>
// Falling down to the floor, the man strains his voice.

<1103> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes, I'm here."

<1104>
// Miyazawa hurries to him, and supports his body.

<1105>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Cough..."

<1106> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Looks like something big happened again..."

<1107>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "I've been betrayed, Yuki-nee..."

<1108>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "I... can't hold on much longer..."

<1109>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "I... can't stand up any... more..."

<1110> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "It's all right... no matter what happens, please don't throw away your hope."

<1111>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Yuki-nee..."

<1112> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes... what is it?"

<1113>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "I'm... glad I got to meet you..."

<1114> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Okay..."

<1115>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Yuki-nee..."

<1116> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes..."

<1117>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Thank... you..."

<1118>
// ......... \pPlop. 

<1119>
// .........

<1120> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."

<1121> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Well... he's not moving anymore..."

<1122> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I guess..."

<1123> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "The lunch... is getting cold now, right...?"

<1124> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I guess..."

<1125> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "By the way, this is, the reference room, right?"

<1126> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I guess..."

<1127> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Lunch break's gonna end soon, right...?"

<1128> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I guess..."

<1129> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "If lunch break ends... we'll surely, wake up from this dream, right...?"

<1130> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It'd be good if we do..."

<1131>
// Di---ng, do---ng...

<1132>
// The bell echoes.

<1133> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."

<1134> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Nothing really changed, right...?"

<1135> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I guess..."

<1136> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "By the way, \m{A}."

<1137> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What..."

<1138> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "... I suddenly feel like taking a walk."

<1139> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, please do so..."

<1140> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."

<1141> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "\bUWWWAAAAHHHH---! SOMEONE DIEEEEDDD-----!!\u"

<1142> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Shut up!"

<1143>
// Kapow!\shake{2}

<1144>
// Sunohara receives my kick and rolls onto the floor.

<1145> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Guh, \m{A}..."

<1146>
// Sunohara only lifts his head as he looks at me.

<1147> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What?"

<1148> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Me... meeting you... \wait{3000}was the worst thing ever..."

<1149> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I think so too, Sunohara."

<1150>
// Twitch.

<1151> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Crap..."

<1152> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It seems there's another victim here too..."

<1153> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Um, \m{B}-san."

<1154> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"

<1155> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Could you help me, carry, this person here?"

<1156> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sure, but... is he okay?"

<1157> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "He's tired so he's only sleeping."

<1158> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh really... that really threw us off..."

<1159> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Is the school infirmary okay with it?"

<1160> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes, I'll talk directly with the nurse."

<1161> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I see..."

<1162>
// Miyazawa and I go down the corridor, carrying the male student from another school down to the infirmary.

<1163> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Aren't you always having problems?"

<1164> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Excuse me?"

<1165> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I mean meeting those guys."

<1166> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Of course it's a problem too."

<1167> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "But, there are a lot of good things about it as well."

<1168> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, even if I tell you, I know you won't listen..."

<1169> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's just that, you're cute and have a good personality..."

<1170> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If you do something better than this, you can surely gain something..."

<1171> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I was just thinking that you're always putting yourself at a disadvantage."

<1172> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Thank you for your concern." 

<1173> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "But, I'm okay with how I am right now."

<1174> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Because I like it this way..."

<1175>
// She says that, putting her hand to her chest.

<1176> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "I always, always want to be this way... that's what I think."

<1177> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I see..."

<1178> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "How were your lessons?"

<1179> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, I forgot. We have lessons."

<1180> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Then, how about we return to our classrooms?"

<1181> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I guess."

<1182>
// I walk alongside Miyazawa.

<1183>
// Her height's just about that of my shoulder.

<1184>
// There are a lot of people who rely on that small body of hers...

<1185>
// But there's no one in this school she can rely on...

<1186>
// I wonder if it'd be all right... if I become one...

<1187>
// It's all right 

<1188>
// No, it's not 

<1189>
// If I can become one, then I want to be... That's what I think. 

<1190> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh yeah, that's right."

<1191>
// Just as we're about to part, I turn to face Miyazawa.

<1192> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You already know what you like to do for yourself now so..."

<1193> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If you feel tired at all or you feel sad, please don't hold yourself back."

<1194> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Eh...?"

<1195> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You don't get the luxury of relying on someone, right?"

<1196> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Since there's no one who will, I don't mind lending my shoulder or my lap whenever you want..."

<1197> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Or maybe, if I feel you're doing too much, I'll go and lend you my lap myself."

<1198> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "........."

<1199> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, I'll also lend you my shoulder from time to time."

<1200> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "........."

<1201> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<1202> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "........."

<1203> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Miyazawa...?"

<1204> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah, s-sorry. I must have been daydreaming there."

<1205> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You want me to lend you my lap?"

<1206> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "No, it's not that I was tired... well..."

<1207> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "That's the first time I've been told that."

<1208> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah, haha... I'm sorry, I didn't really know what to answer after that."

<1209> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh, sorry. I guess the things I said bother you."

<1210> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "No, you're wrong. It didn't bother me at all."

<1211> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "It would bother me if it bothered me... 

<1212>
// Huh? Well..."

<1213> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<1214> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Well, thank you very much."

<1215>
// Miyazawa bows down her head, her facial expression has a mixture of happiness and embarrassment.

<1216>
// Anyway, it doesn't seem I made her feel unpleasant, so I'm kind of relieved.

<1217>
// I wave my hand as I head inside the room. 

<1218>
// I wonder if it's for my self-satisfaction... 

<1219>
// She's been living like this so far.

<1220>
// So, I probably don't need to support her.

<1221>
// That's what I felt.

<1222>
// At the same time classes ended... 

<1223> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."

<1224>
// Sunohara appears as if he's a ghost.

<1225> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh sorry, I forgot about you."

<1226> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "It's all right... Since that's what you always do."

<1227> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Yukine-chan is different though. I acted as if I was sick and I was nursed by her."

<1228> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "She said 'Please wake up, Sunohara-san' as she gently shook me."

<1229> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... gently, huh..."

<1230> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "An hour had passed already though."

<1231> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "... Eh?"

<1232> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Lunch break's over now, right?"

<1233> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Since fifth period is over."

<1234> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."

<1235> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It means you've been forgotten for an hour."

<1236> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I guess Yukine-chan knows how to play pranks too, doesn't she?" 

<1237> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If I really force myself to think so, I could say your personality is quite envious."

<1238> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Anyway, a guy like you could be called a clown."

<1239> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}..."

<1240>
// His tone suddenly changed.

<1241> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What?"

<1242> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "You surely said the word you shouldn't have..."

<1243>
// Is he talking about the clown thing?

<1244> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What do you mean?"

<1245> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Today is the day..."

<1246> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Where I'll swear to seriously beat you and this will continue through the coming future!"

<1247>
// Is it okay having such a stupid reason?

<1248>
// Slam!!

<1249>
// The sound of the desk falling over echoes.

<1250>
// It continues with the voice of a girl's scream.

<1251> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "S-Sunohara-kun, p-please stop...!!"

<1252> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Ugaaahhhh!!"

<1253>
// Not sooner than that, a desk came flying towards me.

<1254>
// Clatter! Slam! Rattle! 

<1255>
// I roll over someone's desk to avoid getting hit while the wild noises roamed about.

<1256>
// Why the hell is he going nuts over something stupid?!

<1257> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Stop avoiding my throws!!"

<1258> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Stop joking around, man!"

<1259> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "This isn't a joke!!"

<1260>
// This time a chair flew by.

<1261>
// I managed to avoid it.

<1262>\{Chàng Trai} ""
// \{Young Man} "Guaah!"\shake{1}

<1263>
// Looks like it hit someone else.

<1264>
// I'm not that all surprised that he collapsed.

<1265>
// The atmosphere of the classroom was frozen.

<1266> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<1267> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........." 

<1268>\{Cả Lớp}
// \{Entire Class} "........."

<1269> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "It's all your fault!"

<1270> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Why are you saying that with your face down?!"

<1271>
// Slam!

<1272> \{Giáo Viên} ""
// \{Teacher} "What the hell's going on?!" 

<1273>
// The rumbling voice of the teacher comes in, as expected.

<1274> \{Cô Gái} ""
// \{Girl} "S-Sunohara-kun suddenly went crazy..."

<1275> \{Giáo Viên} ""
// \{Teacher} "What? Again... Sunohara! \wait{4000} \m{A}!" 

<1276> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What? Me too?!"

<1277>
// .........

<1278>
// ......

<1279>
// ...

<1280>
// It's dark outside the window. 

<1281>
// I sit down on the floor and rest my back at the bed and watched Sunohara who's kneeled down before me.

<1282> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<1283> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........." 

<1284> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, you dumbass."

<1285> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "... Yes...?"

<1286> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Thanks to you we got suspended for three days..." 

<1287> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "... Yeah..."

<1288>
// That's right... after that, we were taken to the staff room, and without any explanation they suspended us from school for three days.

<1289> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<1290> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."

<1291> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Is it all right if I hit you with all my might?"

<1292> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "With the 'Paper' hand (from 'Rock, Paper, Scissors')?"

<1293> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "With the radio cassette player."

<1294> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Please, give me a break."

<1295> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Geez..."

<1296>
// I sighed as looked up at the ceiling.

<1297> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, whatever..."

<1298> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Eh? You'll forgive me?"

<1299> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Everyone has words that they don't want to hear."

<1300> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hmmm~ At first, it was supposed to be a joke though..."

<1301> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Huh...?"

<1302> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I tried to fall into a daze going all wild and stuff, well~ It seems I was really into it."

<1303>
// Tonk!\shake{1}

<1304> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Ouch! You hit me with 'Rock'!" 

<1305>
// Slap!\shake{1}

<1306> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "It hurts with 'Paper' too!"

<1307>
// Biff!\shake{2}

<1308> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Gyaaah! My eyes!"

<1309>
// I used 'Scissors' and poked his eyes to complete it.

<1310> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sigh... can I kick you too?"

<1311> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "You hit me, slapped me, and poked me in the eyes and you're still not content?!"

<1312> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Of course."

<1313> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I'm begging you, please give me a break..."

<1314>
// Sunohara said that as he bows down touching the floor with his forehead.

<1315> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sigh... I'm going home."

<1316> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "You won't stay here overnight with me?"

<1317> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Being suspended from school is like house arrest, isn't it?"

<1318> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, I don't think I'll get caught, but I think I'll take a break for a day."

<1319> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Sigh~ It sure is happy to have a home, huh~"

<1320> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I'm in a dorm, so it's more or less like a prison here." 

<1321> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's what you call karma."

<1322> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I guess we can't even go to see Yukine-chan, huh."

<1323> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<1324>
// Right... our daily routine of going to the reference room is suspended too...

<1325> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Ah! That's right! This is a romance plot!"

<1326> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "We always see each other but then, suddenly we couldn't anymore."

<1327> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "She'll be thinking 'I wonder why...' as she gets worried, and the hole in her heart will widen up from the loss as she remembers."

<1328> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "And with that, we'll understand the meaning of sadness."

<1329> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "She'll go, 'Ahh... since when have I been unable to stand on my own anymore without Sunohara-san', right?" 

<1330> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "And then, the next time we see each other again, she'll dive to my chest."

<1331> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey... I've been thinking about this lately... I guess you really are a happy person..."

<1332> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Really? Thank you!"

<1333>
// I look at the watch as I woke up... it was eleven o'clock.

<1334>
// I crawl out of the blanket and reach out for my my school uniform.

<1335> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "......... Oh..."

<1336>
// I forgot, I'm suspended from school today...

<1337>
// I put down my hand and stare for a bit.

<1338>
// House arrest... huh... I have nothing to do then...

<1339>
// ... It's free time...

<1340>
// I don't like to stay at home... I guess I'll go to Sunohara's place...

<1341>
// Putting on normal clothes for the day, I walk that familiar path.

<1342>
// None of the people passing by looked at me in particular.

<1343>
// Except for those people wearing school uniforms though... 

<1344>
// I guess just a little more time, and it will be lunch break. 

<1345>
// I walk as I think about that for a while.

<1346> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Sunohara. I'm coming in."

<1347>
// I say so and open the door.

<1348>
// ... He's not here.

<1349> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Tch... he's always going out here and there..."

<1350> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "We sure share the same thing."

<1351>
// I close the door. 

<1352> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<1353>
// I change directions as I walk.

<1354>
// Going on paths which people don't frequent as much as possible.

<1355>
// I feel like a spy.

<1356>
// I'm out of place if you look at me, so if I get found out, it'll probably become a problem.

<1357>
// I put my back against the wall, and advance carefully while trying not to get caught.

<1358>
// And then...

<1359>
// Clutter...

<1360> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Umph." 

<1361>
// I struddle up at the window frame as I arrive at my destination.

<1362>
// Miyazawa's at the reference room as usual.

<1363> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "\m{B}-san?"

<1364> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yo."

<1365>
// It seems she's quite surprised seeing that I've come through the window.

<1366> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "You've used a different method coming in here today haven't you?"

<1367> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I guess we all have our reasons."

<1368> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "I see. By the way, have you already eaten lunch?"

<1369> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "No, not yet, that's why I thought I'd come here to eat."

<1370> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "All right."

<1371>
// As always, Miyazawa brings out some frozen pilaf from the cooler box, and starts up the portable stove.

<1372>
// ... No \g{tsukkomi}={Usually means 'straight man' but the usage is actually all purpose, it derived from the Japanese word 'tsukkomu' which literally means 'to butt in

<1373>
// I hear the sound of the pilaf being fried.

<1374> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "You had a fight?"

<1375>
// Miyazawa asks while facing her back towards me. 

<1376> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?"

<1377> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "There was a notice from the office."

<1378> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "It said that you and Sunohara-san were suspended for three days."

<1379> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh... so you found out about it."

<1380> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes, sorry I found out."

<1381>
// Miyazawa showed me a teasing smile as she turns around.

<1382>
// I give her a bitter smile.

<1383> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It wasn't really a fight at all. I was 100% the victim."

<1384> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sunohara's getting what he deserves, though." 

<1385> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Is that so?"

<1386> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."

<1387>
// The flame went off from the portable stove as she turns it off.

<1388> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Sorry to keep you waiting."

<1389>
// She puts the pilaf on a paper plate and brings it to me.

<1390> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Thank you."

<1391>
// She gives me the plate and then sits next to me.

<1392>
// And then...

<1393> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "........."

<1394>
// She's staring at me.

<1395> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "...? What's wrong?"

<1396> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Oh, nothing. Don't mind me, so please, eat."

<1397> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "? Well, thanks for the food."

<1398> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Please, help yourself."

<1399> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Chomp... chomp..."

<1400> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "........."

<1401> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Munch... munch..."

<1402> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "........."

<1403> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Munch..."

<1404> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "........."

<1405> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well..."

<1406> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes?"

<1407> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's kinda hard to eat while being stared at, you know...?"

<1408> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah, I'm sorry."

<1409>
// She takes her eyes away from me after I say that.

<1410> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Is there something on my face?"

<1411> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "A grain of rice."

<1412> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Rice?"

<1413>
// I brush my hand over my lips.

<1414> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "No, over here."

<1415>
// Miyazawa stretches her arm and touches my lips.

<1416>
// It tickles, but at the same time my heart beats a bit.

<1417> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "It's off."

<1418> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, okay, thank you."

<1419> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "........." 

<1420>
// She looks at the grain of rice for a long while. 

<1421>
// And then she eats it. 

<1422> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ah..." 

<1423> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Even a single grain of rice is really tasty."

<1424> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "The frozen foods these days have been delicious, haven't they?"

<1425> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I-I guess..."

<1426>
// I become a bit restless seeing Miyazawa's sweet smile.

<1427>
// So she'd be defenceless... when it comes to people who resembles her brother...

<1428>
// Feels a bit complicated...

<1429>
// In the end, she stared at me until I finished my plate.

<1430> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm done."

<1431> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Okay."

<1432>
// Miyazawa takes the four empty plates and puts them in the garbage bin by the chairs.

<1433>
// And then she sits by my side again and looks at me.

<1434> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What's with the staring?"

<1435> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Um..."

<1436> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "\m{B}-san,"

<1437> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What's wrong?"

<1438> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "If you don't mind, may I...?"

<1439> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "May I what?"

<1440> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "May I indulge myself?"

<1441>
// I look at my lap as she ask that.

<1442>
// And then, she nods at me.

<1443>
// The chair scratches a bit as I move it a little.

<1444> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Is this enough?"

<1445> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes."

<1446> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Then, excuse me."

<1447>
// Miyazawa lies down the upper part of her body right beside me.

<1448>
// And then she puts her head on my lap.

<1449> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Another folktale?"

<1450> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "No."

<1451> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Just like this is fine for today..."

<1452> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "All right."

<1453>
// I say that and gently pat her head.

<1454> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah..."

<1455> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Am I messing your hair up?"

<1456> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "No, it's just that my brother would usually pat my head too..."

<1457> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... I see..."

<1458>
// I seem to be at a place where I am unexpectedly linked with Miyazawa's older brother.

<1459>
// This behaviour with 'Me' = 'Big Brother' has become quite powerful.

<1460>
// To be honest, it was a complicated feeling.

<1461>
// We stayed in this position without talking.

<1462>
// And then the first bell rang, indicating the end of lunch break.

<1463> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "...?"

<1464>
// Miyazawa didn't move one bit.

<1465>
// Listening carefully, I hear very faint snoring.

<1466> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... She really fell asleep..."

<1467>
// Defenseless, huh... or rather, she's confident...

<1468>
// This really is a complicated feeling.

<1469>
// Wake her up 

<1470>
// Let her sleep 

<1471> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey Miyazawa, wake up." 

<1472>
// I shrug her shoulders.

<1473> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Unn..."

<1474>
// Miyazawa slowly opened her eyes.

<1475>
// She absent-mindedly looks up at my face, her head still on my lap.

<1476> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "........."

<1477>
// She remained in that seemingly eternal defenseless state.

<1478> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... The bell rang."

<1479> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Bell..."

<1480> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "........."

<1481> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "... Ah...!"

<1482>
// Miyazawa immediately lifts her head and moves off.

<1483> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "I'm sorry. I fell asleep..."

<1484> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Didn't you plan on falling asleep on my lap?"

<1485> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "No, I really didn't mean to."

<1486> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "I only planned on resting for a bit..."

<1487> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "When you pat me on the head, it felt really warm..."

<1488> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "I'm sorry."

<1489> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's all right, I don't really feel bad about it."

<1490> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If this lap of mine is fine with you, then I'll lend it to you anytime."

<1491> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "... Is that okay?"

<1492> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If that's what you wish for."

<1493> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Giggle..."

<1494> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What is it?"

<1495> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "\m{B}-san, you really do seem like my brother."

<1496> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Really?"

<1497> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes."

<1498>
// ... Ah-... somehow, I'm becoming a "good person", aren't I... 

<1499>
// It feels like like I'm moving away from being a romantic object... 

<1500> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........." 

<1501>
// I gently pat her head.

<1502>
// She doesn't seem to be waking up.

<1503>
// I guess she really was tired...

<1504>
// Although lessons are about to start, I'll feel sorry if I go wake her up.

<1505>
// ... Well, I wonder if that's just an excuse...

<1506>
// Or it might be that I don't want this moment to end...

<1507> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "An older brother, huh..."

<1508>
// What kind of guy is he...?

<1509>
// ... Having said that, how did I know about Miyazawa's brother again...?

<1510>
// Being adored by her delinquent companions...

<1511>
// Never making friends in school, and always spending time in the reference room...

<1512>
// If I were her older brother...

<1513>
// I wouldn't want this... right?

<1514>
// Ding, dong, dang, dong.

<1515> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "The second bell, huh..."

<1516> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "... U..nn..."

<1517>
// Miyazawa stirs a bit.

<1518>
// Did she wake up...

<1519> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Zzz.... zzz..."

<1520>
// No, she only moved around a bit...

<1521>
// She's dead asleep...

<1522>
// Moreover, it feels nice to feel something heavy and warm in my thigh.

<1523>
// And I've already filled my stomach with lunch...

<1524>
// This is somehow making me feel kind of sleepy as well.

<1525>
// .........

<1526>
// ......

<1527>
// ...

<1528>
// Ding, dong, dang, dong...

<1529> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Unnn..."

<1530>
// As always, the sound of the bell wakes me up.

<1531>
// And just in front of me is...

<1532> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<1533> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "........."

<1534> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<1535> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "I hope you slept well."

<1536> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Thanks." 

<1537>
// ... Miyazawa lying on my lap.

<1538>
// It seems she's been awake for some time, but her head is still placed on my lap.

<1539> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "I kind of skipped class."

<1540> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."

<1541> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "I was sound asleep."

<1542> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Seemed that way."

<1543> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "But, I saw your sleeping face, \m{B}-san."

<1544> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I also saw yours."

<1545> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "We're even then?"

<1546> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, we're even."

<1547>
// Saying that, we both smile.

<1548> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "I'll attend sixth period."

<1549> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, that's a good idea."

<1550> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I should probably be getting back too."

<1551> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "You're under house arrest, right?"

<1552> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."

<1553> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "I felt relieved when you came."

<1554> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh..."

<1555> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Because when I saw the suspension notice on the bulletin board, I was thinking whether you might be injured in a fight."

<1556> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "A-Ahhh... Is that why?"

<1557> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "We still have a little time before the chime rings again..."

<1558> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Is it all right for me to be still here?"

<1559> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's all right, you were here from the start after all."

<1560> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "And it's not like I'm gonna refuse, right?"

<1561> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Then, perhaps I shall."

<1562>
// Miyazawa gives a gleeful smile, lying her head down on my lap again.

<1563> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, sleeping on my lap again...?"

<1564> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Ah, sorry, I unconsciously..."

<1565>
// She immediately lifts her body, and gently bows down apologetically. 

<1566> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's okay, I'll let you."

<1567> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Is that okay...?"

<1568> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Just, don't drool on me, okay?"

<1569> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "I'll apologize when that happens."

<1570> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "How about saying you won't..."

<1571> \{Miyazawa} ""
// \{Miyazawa} "Yes, I won't."

<1572>
// Miyazawa giggles on my lap.

<1573>
// I also smile.

<1574>
// Miyazawa leaves herself in the care of my lap up until the sixth period bell rings.

<1575>
// The school becomes peaceful as lessons start.

<1576>
// I guess it's okay to sneak away now.

<1577>
// I move towards the window.

<1578>
// Rattle...

<1579> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"

<1580>
// The window open before even I touch it.

<1581>
// After that, a stern looking man, stooped over and straddles the window frame as he enters the room.

<1582>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Woah there... if this window were a little smaller, it'd be a problem..." 

<1583>
// Grumbling, he dusts off his pants, and then looks at me.

<1584>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "........."

<1585>
// He's looking closely at me.

<1586>
// Not that he's glaring, nor is he trying to start a fight.

<1587>
// It looks like he's examining me as though I'm some commodity.

<1588> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What is it?"

<1589>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Dude... I haven't seen you before."

<1590> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Speaking of that, you're not a student of this school, right?"

<1591>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Aren't you too?"

<1592> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm a student from here."

<1593>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Aren't those normal clothes?"

<1594> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm suspended from school."

<1595>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Suspended? So there are actually idiots that get themselves suspended in this top-ranking school?" 

<1596> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Are you trying to start a fight?"

<1597>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Well, not really. It's just that this school has a lot of strange people."

<1598> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I guess."

<1599>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Well?"

<1600> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"

<1601>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Dude, what are you to Yukine?"

<1602> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What am I...? Hey, it bugs me when you ask."

<1603>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Are you by chance, her boyfriend?"

<1604> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... No... I'm not."

<1605>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Indeed. If you were, you'd probably be dead right now, yeah."

<1606> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<1607>
// He just said something quite frightening...

<1608>
// I wonder if the only thing they treasure is Miyazawa...

<1609>
// Or maybe, they're on implicit understanding that no one should get ahead...

<1610>
// The man continues to look at me as he sits down on a chair nearby.

<1611> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What...?"

<1612>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "I saw it."

<1613> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Saw what?"

<1614>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Yukine sleeping on your lap."

<1615>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Seeing that, I can't enter even though I wanted to... damn it..."

<1616> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Since when did you see that...?"

<1617>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Since you started eating that pilaf."

<1618> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<1619>
// It seems he's seen everything...

<1620>
// So it means that he's been standing at the window for more than an hour watching us...?

<1621>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Well?"

<1622> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"

<1623>
// He puts his elbow on his knee, holding his head with a fist and a glint in his eye.

<1624>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "So, what are you to Yukine?"

<1625>
// The question from earlier.

<1626> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... A senior. That's all..."

<1627>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Sleeping on the lap of a mere senior, huh..."

<1628>
// He snickers through his nose.

<1629>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "It's been a while since I saw Yukine indulge herself with someone..." 

<1630> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, isn't it just because there's no one letting her?"

<1631>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "I guess. Since we couldn't be his substitute." 

<1632> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "His substitute?"

<1633>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Or let's say, because we're the ones indulging in her instead."

<1634>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "If you think about it a lot, it's definitely a strange story."

<1635>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Back in the old days she was a really spoiled child..."

<1636>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Though the truth is, we couldn't make her indulge with us at all..."

<1637> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I don't get one bit of what you're saying."

<1638> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What do you mean by 'his subtitute' to begin with?"

<1639>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "You don't know anything, do you?"

<1640> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "...?"

<1641>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Not even about her brother?"

<1642> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Miyazawa told me that the atmosphere with me is so much like her brother."

<1643>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Ahh... I see now."

<1644>
// The man nods his head twice, as if he understood everything.

<1645>
// And then he looked carefully at me.

<1646>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "... Do you really look so much like him in her eyes...?"

<1647> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "As if I'd understand if you ask me."

<1648>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Well, I guess I can't really compare, huh..."

<1649> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Do you know anything about her brother? Or what's happened to him?"

<1650> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If I would be a brother to her, I wouldn't want this."

<1651>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "I agree, even he, wouldn't want it to be this way."

<1652> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "He's not planning on stopping her?"

<1653>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "That's... impossible you see."

<1654> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Is he afraid because of his relationship with the delinquents? He sure hasn't got any guts, huh."

<1655>
// Pow!

<1656>
// My world suddenly shook.

<1657>
// It suddenly flashed white then became dark, after that I found myself looking at the floor.

<1658>
// My cheek is kind of hurting too.

<1659> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You ass... hole...!"

<1660>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Don't say shit about someone who's dead!" 

<1661> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh...?"

<1662>
// I suddenly stiffen as I was about to get up.

<1663>
// Someone who's dead...?

<1664>
// His clenched fist trembles as he stands and look at me.

<1665>
// He looks as if he's serious about knocking me out with a single hit. 

<1666> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... M... Miyazawa's brother is..."

<1667> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well..."

<1668>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "He's dead. It's been almost a year now."

<1669> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<1670>
// I see now...

<1671>
// Miyazawa's brother... isn't around anymore...

<1672> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... I'm sorry..."

<1673>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Huh?"

<1674> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "He was your friend as well, right?"

<1675> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's why... I'm sorry. I said something inappropriate..."

<1676>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "........."

<1677>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "... Tch..."

<1678>
// He loosen up his clenched fist and then takes a seat.

<1679>
// And then he sighs.

<1680>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "I can sorta understand why Yukine-chan says you're similar."

<1681> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "...?"

<1682>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "You say some shit, but the way you two know where to apologize is the same..." 

<1683>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "He's not someone you could hate, you know... damn it..."

<1684>
// He said that with nostalgic eyes, reminiscing the past...

<1685>
// And then, his eyebrow suddenly twitches.

<1686>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Someone's coming."

<1687> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh? Who is?!"

<1688>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} "Don't just stand there!"

<1689>
// He says that pretty fast and then grabs my hand as he pulls me outside the window.

<1690>
// Rattle...

<1691> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "Maybe my imagination? I was pretty sure I heard someone in here..."

<1692>
// Looks like the teacher...

<1693>
// We ended up hiding within the thick shrub behind the window.

<1694>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} (Whew, that was kinda close.)

<1695> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} (Thanks man, you saved me.)

<1696>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} (If you're part of this school, you should at least be able to hear footsteps and sense danger.)

<1697> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} (... You heard that?)

<1698>\{Người Đàn Ông} ""
// \{Man} (Dumbass. Listen to it with the ears of your heart.)

<1699> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} (.........)

<1700>
// Just what in the world are these guys anyway...? 

<1701> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hmm... Yukine-chan's brother, huh..."

<1702> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."

<1703> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Even still... You sure are brave."

<1704> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What do you mean?"

<1705> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Aren't you under house arrest? You didn't think about what would happen if you were found out by one of the staff?" 

<1706> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If it happens, it happens."

<1707> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Well said."

<1708> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "But that's all you are to her... a 'good person' huh..." 

<1709> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Do you really think so?"

<1710> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah. Yukine-chan sees you as her brother, right?"

<1711> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "And with that, it means you wouldn't be more than being a brother."

<1712> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "You're not her focus for romance."

<1713> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... So I'm a good pillow..."

<1714> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "What's that?"

<1715> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, nothing, just talking about how she slept in my lap."

<1716> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "When did you do something so envious?"

<1717> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "When you weren't around. Moreover, we wouldn't be able to do such a thing if you're around."

<1718> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Um... I'm feeling pretty damn jealous, you know?"

<1719> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It was kinda tiring for some reason, you know."

<1720> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Ah~ you're right. No matter how hard you try, you'll only be a 'good person' to her, huh."

<1721> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Or rather, even if you work hard, you'll only be a 'good person.'"

<1722> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<1723> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Anyways, once our suspension ends we'll see the difference between you and me."

<1724> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Being a 'good person' is an absolute wall which you can't cross over."

<1725> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Don't cry if you see me and Yukine-chan holding each other, all right?"

<1726> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If you say so."

<1727>
// Second day of suspension...

<1728>
// I'm in a bit of a pinch.

<1729> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."

<1730>
// I stick myself at the wall and inspect the vicinity.

<1731>
// I hide my breath as I hide.

<1732> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "I think he came over here."

<1733> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "Let's split off into two groups."

<1734> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "All right."

<1735> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} (Oh crap...)

<1736>
// Someone's coming this way.

<1737>
// I stand up without making any noise as much as possible.

<1738>
// The washroom's... a blind area, so maybe that's a good place to be...

<1739>
// But it'll probably be much safer in the courtyard...

<1740> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "This is quite bad..."

<1741>
// Yeah... this is the school.

<1742>
// And I'm being chased.

<1743>
// Teacher after teacher.

<1744>
// I got caught while climbing into the window of the reference room.

<1745>
// I thought it was okay to sneak in since it was lunch break...

<1746>
// Ding, dong, dang, dong...

<1747> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Gah... lunch break's started..."

<1748>
// The situation's becoming worse.

<1749>
// If other teachers have begun searching for me too, I wouldn't be able to run away.

<1750>
// More than that, if the students find me they'll definitely make a fuss.

<1751>
// I guess I should have at least been in a school uniform.

<1752>
// I should still be able to slip through...

<1753>
// Or should I leave the school for now...?

<1754>
// To begin with, why the hell am I compelled to head to the reference room like an idiot?

<1755>
// Not going to meet her for a day isn't going to kill me.