<1640>
// May 7 (Friday)
<1641>
// Pain greeted me in the morning.
<1642>
// As I thought, I had muscular pains all over.
<1643>
// I can't do anything. I want to sleep.
<1644>
// I close my eyes again.
<1645>
// Ahh, how comfortable.
<1646>
// I don't want to think of anything else.
<1647>
// I'll just be like this...
<1648>
// .........
<1649>
// Zzzzzzz...
<1650>
// I heard a small sleeping sound.
<1651>
// I look at the neighboring futon.
<1652> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (Nagisa...)
<1653>
// I'm sure if I were alone, I couldn't do anything.
<1654>
// I'd continue to be late, just like during school...
<1655>
// And without someone such as Koumura to restrain me in class...
<1656>
// Lose my job...
<1657>
// Continue on depraved...
<1658>
// And what would happen at the end?
<1659>
// I thought about that, while watching Nagisa's sleeping face.
<1660>
// But, right now I have someone I want to protect...
<1661> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (Guess I'll work hard...)
<1662>
// Beating my body, I pulled out of bed.
<1663> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... good morning."
<1664>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "You came on time."
<1665>
// Yoshino-san sat in front of me, coming out from the conversation.
<1666> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, I did come. I did seriously decide on working."
<1667>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "Your body doesn't ache?"
<1668> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1669>
// Parts of it did.
<1670>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "Even though it does, hang in there with the job."
<1671>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "We'll be going out soon, so get changed."
<1672>
// No kind words.
<1673>
// Though I felt it yesterday, it was kinda like the way he addressed me before when I helped him out was different.
<1674> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (I guess it's normal, since I'm a subordinate of his...?)
<1675> \{\m{B}} ()
// \{\m{B}} (But, that seems a bit lonely...)
<1676>
// I think as such, while changing into some sooted clothes.
<1677>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "\m{A}."
<1678>
// He caught me by the sleeves, calling me.
<1679>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "Put this on you."
<1680> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What's this?"
<1681>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "A compress."
<1682> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, thank you very much."
<1683>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "Don't mind me. I'm also the same way."
<1684> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I see..."
<1685>
// Though I nodded, I couldn't imagine Yoshino-san having muscle pains.
<1686>
// The place we went to work at was the same as yesterday's.
<1687> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "The same place, isn't it?"
<1688>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "Yeah. There've been few cars passing by here recently."
<1689>
// Today's job was to remove a broken street light and have it replaced.
<1690>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "Okay, let's start."
<1691> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "All right, then."
<1692>
// Holding the street light in my arms, I went up the ladder.
<1693>
// Though yesterday was simple work, today was different.
<1694>
// My entire body shrieked.
<1695>
// Gritting my teeth against the pain, I focused on the job.
<1696>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "You're holding the spanner wrong. You can't put power into it that way."
<1697> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1698>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "That's why you have to support the screw and driver with your middle finger."
<1699> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1700>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "You've screwed that in too hard."
<1701> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1702>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "Didn't you do that yesterday?"
<1703> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1704>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "Concentrate. If you lose focus, you'll get injured."
<1705> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1706>
// He had been more angry than he was yesterday.
<1707>\{Yoshino} ""
// \{Yoshino} "All right, we're done. Let's go."
<1708> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1709>
// I was not in the mood to answer.
<1710>
// More than having lost my strength, I felt depressed.
<1711>
// I crumbled down in the passenger seat of the light truck.
<1712>
// I've finally come home.
<1713>
// I felt the fatigue from yesterday as well as that of today piling up.
<1714>
// Will the day I get used to this come...?
<1715>
// I shiver at if this pain would continue.
<1716> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm back..."
<1717>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Welcome back."
<1718>
// Just like yesterday, Nagisa was standing in the kitchen.
<1719>
// I didn't have the energy to offer my help today.
<1720>
// I cut to the back of the room, dragging my body, and fall limp.
<1721>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, are you okay?"
<1722>
// Nagisa stopped her hand, seeing how I was.
<1723> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, I am..."
<1724>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Are you feeling bad?"
<1725>
// She kneeled down beside me, asking that.
<1726> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's okay, I'm just really tired..."
<1727>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Is that so...?"
<1728>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I bought some pork to give you some stamina."
<1729>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Eat up and get some rest."
<1730> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... I will..."
<1731>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Well then, please wait a little while longer."
<1732> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, sorry for not helping out."
<1733>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Not at all, I'm fine with it."
<1734>
// She got up, and went back.
<1735>
// I feel like Nagisa's supporting me.
<1736>
// She came running straight for me, worried sick about me having fallen completely dead.
<1737>
// That was probably just how god damn disappointing I was.
<1738>
// Without falling apart, I was able to move.
<1739>
// When we ate dinner, Nagisa simply chimed in with a topic.
<1740>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "\m{B}-kun, you're very tired."
<1741> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?"
<1742>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "I'm sorry for holding a one-sided conversation, even though you're tired."
<1743>
// God damn it.
<1744> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's fun just listening to you, so I'll listen to as much as you want."
<1745>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Well, I think listening will make you tired."
<1746>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Besides, listening to me... is boring..."
<1747> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hell it isn't."
<1748>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Thank you so much."
<1749>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "That said, let's sleep early today."
<1750> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1751> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."
<1752>
// I honestly nodded.
<1753>
// So that I can talk to Nagisa a lot more tomorrow.
<1754>\{Nagisa} ""
// \{Nagisa} "Well, good night."
<1755> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Good night."
<1756>
// The lights were out an hour earlier than yesterday.
<1757>
// At the same time, I fell into a deep sleep.