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<1729>
// And then the next day...
<1730> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Uwaaahhh--!"
<1731>
// All of a sudden, Sunohara comes running down the hallway, crying towards me.
<1732>
// Thud!\shake{1}
<1733> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Gawf!"
<1734>
// So I kicked him over.
<1735>
// The feeling of a nice impact returned through the sole of my feet in return.
<1736>
// It felt pretty good.
<1737> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What the hell are you doing all of a sudden?"
<1738> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "That's my line--!"
<1739> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You know, can you imagine a guy crying first thing in the morning?"
<1740> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's terrible."
<1741> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Even worse is that it's Sunohara Youhei."
<1742> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I feel like I wanna die."
<1743> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Saying that much... doesn't make me feel like I have much hope living..."
<1744> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "So what does the guy who has an unrequited love with a man want at this time?"
<1745> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "What the hell's that?!"
<1746>
// Sunohara opens his eyes wide.
<1747>
// A rare vigor of his.
<1748> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hiiragi-chan has... Hiiragi-chan has..."
<1749> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What happened to Kappei?"
<1750> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "... Please don't say the first name..."
<1751>
// ... He's... still concerned about that...
<1752> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "See... Hiiragi-chan... is so mean..."
<1753> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "He kept on talking to me while I was sleepy."
<1754> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "About Ryou-san, Ryou-san..."
<1755>
// Oh yeah, that's right... he's still hanging out in his room...
<1756> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "And then at the end he told me how \bsoft\u her lips were, yeah?!"
<1757> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "What's that to me? Is he tempting me? Is he supposed to lure me?"
<1758> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "My heart's broken into powder!"
<1759> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's quite a problem."
<1760> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Seriously, listen to me!"
<1761> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "If something like this is gonna keep on going on and on every night..."
<1762> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Ahhhh!! I'm definitely gonna say something like, "Can I touch your lips?" or something!"
<1763> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1764>
// This guy... is quite troubled...
<1765> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... You know, Sunohara, you should think this through."
<1766> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Pant, pant... about what?"
<1767> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "See, Ka\bppe\u... Hiiragi's been telling you about Fujibayashi, right?"
<1768> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah, that's true."
<1769> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "In other words, he trusts you."
<1770> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "... Trusts?"
<1771> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "To put it simply, he thinks of you as a man greater than a friend."
<1772> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "G-greater than a friend?!"
<1773> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<1774> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "... T, that's, could it be...!"
<1775> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hiiragi-chan... really wants me to feel jealous?!"
<1776> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1777>
// ... What?
<1778> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "... That's it... that's what it is!"
<1779>
// Oh man... he's a realy disturbed guy to imagine something beyond that...
<1780>
// ... Did he misinterpret my words...?
<1781> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "In that case, it shouldn't be a problem for me to hug him tonight? Right?"
<1782> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1783> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Alright--! I'll do it--! I'll definitely do it--!"
<1784>
// I no longer say anything...
<1785>
// .........
<1786>
// Lessons end and then after school...
<1787> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Alright--! Come at me--!"
<1788>
// Sunohara screams something strange as he leaves the classroom.
<1789>
// I guess I'll go home.
<1790> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "\m{B}-\bkun\u!"
<1791> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ah?"
<1792>
// I turn around...
<1793>
// Thud!\shake{1}
<1794> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Uwaah!"
<1795>
// Someone hugs me all of a sudden.
<1796>
// It's pitch black in front of me.
<1797> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Guh... who is it?!"
<1798>
// I pull off with all my might.
<1799> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "Waah!"\shake{1}
<1800>
// The culprit ends up tumbling on the floor.
<1801> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Kappei?"
<1802> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ow, ow, that's mean, \m{B}-\bkun\u!"
<1803> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "People will do that when they turn around and someone suddenly flies into them, right?"
<1804> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Of course not. It if was Ryou-san, she wouldn't mind it at all."
<1805> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Are you suddenly bragging now, damn it..."
<1806> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ah, not at all. I had something big to tell you so I was looking for you today."
<1807> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "For me?"
<1808> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Of course."
<1809>
// Kappei's face smiles as he seizes my hand.
<1810> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "My job's been decided."
<1811> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh...?"
<1812>
// Which curious employer would it be...?
<1813> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "It's amazing. This type of job directly links with human life after all."
<1814> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh...?"
<1815> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Do you want to know? Do you \breally\u want to know?"
<1816> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If you want to say it, hurry up and say it."
<1817> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Geez, can't be helped~ I'll say it just for you, \m{B}-\bkun\u."
<1818>
// ... Just say it...
<1819> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "See, I'm going to be a rehabilitation assistant at a hospital."
<1820> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Forget it."
<1821>
// I pat his shoulders while saying that just as he finished talking.
<1822> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ahahaha, \m{B}-\bkun, that tsukkomi didn't even take 0.5 seconds!"
<1823> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Hey, why do you say forget it?!"
<1824>
// He glares back with his eyes opening wide as a returning tsukkomi.
<1825> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I don't really think of you as suitable for that."
<1826> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Or rather, you'd be a danger to the patients."
<1827> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Not at all. I'm used to hospitals after all."
<1828> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What do you mean by used to?"
<1829> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I-in many, ways."
<1830> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Besides... in one way or another, it's better for me to be at one..."
<1831> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Huh?"
<1832> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I-it's nothing! For now, my job's been decided. Just praise me politely."
<1833> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ah~... well, for now, congratulations. Isn't that great?"
<1834> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But what'll you be doing as an assistant?"
<1835> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Well let's see, helping patients on the support bars when they're in trouble,"
<1836> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Switching the power on and off for electrical therapy,"
<1837> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Manage a person's recovery schedule, stuff like that."
<1838> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "And then there's unfastening the stretcher and massaging people."
<1839>
// He counts his fingers remembering each one as he says that.
<1840> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Isn't there something about that?"
<1841> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Eh?"
<1842> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I mean the assistant job. You seem to know a lot about it."
<1843> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Eh, well, I guess I just have a bit of background in it, I guess."
<1844> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ohh?"
<1845> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "So, besides that happening, I'll have to thank Sunohara-\bkun\u for his hospitality tonight."
<1846> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You got an apartment?"
<1847> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Yup. I found a cheap one."
<1848> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... That's fast."
<1849> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "It's my lucky day for everything to go down."
<1850> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Is it close by?"
<1851> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Of course it is. Otherwise, Ryou-san wouldn't be able to come at all, right?"
<1852>
// He strikes his thumb up, while wearing a sweet smile.
<1853> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... I, see..."
<1854> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "See, I told Ryou-san that when my house was decided, she could come and make dinner."
<1855> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Home cooking, you know, home cooking. Ryou-san's home cooking!"
<1856> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Yeah... those delicate white fingers, cooking..."
<1857>
// Kappei grips a hard fist that he throws into the air as if triumphant.
<1858> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Well, what should I say now, her cheeks are quite enchanting, aren't they?"
<1859> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ah, what'll be for desert? Maybe it'll be \bthat\u? I'll be eaten maybe... uwaah! I shouldn't be happy about something like that!"
<1860>
// Having built up so much tension from that, he begins to attract attention from around.
<1861>
// I take a step back, and shortly after distancing myself from him, I glance as if I were an outsider.
<1862>
// The sky's quite blue today.
<1863>
// And then the next day...
<1864> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "So slow today..."
<1865>
// I move on to the next classroom for classes.
<1866>
// I walk down the hallway with all the materials in hand.
<1867>
// Because Sunohara hasn't come yet, I was alone.
<1868>
// ... I'd like to come during lunchtime too...
<1869>
// Slide, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap!
<1870> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}-----!!"
<1871>
// Slam!\shake{1}
<1872> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Oomph!"
<1873>
// In return, I counter with a textbook into Sunohara's face, who was running down the hallway.
<1874> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You've been following a strict pattern lately."
<1875> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "W, what you give back has also been a strict pattern..."
<1876>
// Wiping his mouth with the back of his hand, he gets up.
<1877> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "So you came now?"
<1878> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah... a lot of things happened..."
<1879> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Our next class is at Chemistry Lab No. 2."
<1880> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "That's not the problem!"
<1881> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hiiragi-chan has... Hiiragi-chan has...!"
<1882> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Something happened to Kappei again?"
<1883> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hiiragi-chan!"
<1884>
// He's still quite persistent about that...
<1885> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "You see... I've always had that chance..."
<1886> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "While he stayed at my room... I didn't get any flags..."
<1887> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sigh, that's a pain..."
<1888> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Even then... even then...!"
<1889>
// I close my regretful eyes as I grip my fist and give Sunohara a tsukkomi punch.
<1890> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "The next morning when I woke up, there was a letter!"
<1891>
// His screaming eyes say that.
<1892> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "It said 'Thank you for your help up until now.', you know!"
<1893> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Ahhh! Why'd he leave so quietly?!"
<1894> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Even though it might have been impatient to do so yesterday, I could have apologized!"
<1895> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "He could have forgiven me!"
<1896> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If he left, it's because he got a new apartment, I think."
<1897> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "... Eh?"
<1898> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "He told me he got a job."
<1899> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "So you knew about it?!"
<1900> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm? About what?"
<1901> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "That Hiiragi-chan left my room?"
<1902> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm, well, that's the first I've heard of that."
<1903> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "... Then what exactly? I'm the only one who didn't know?"
<1904> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Not really anything in particular I can say."
<1905> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Then, I guess it's not because he hates me."
<1906> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1907> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Sigh~ I'm glad~"
<1908>
// With a hand to his chest, Sunohara sighs as if his heart were relieved.
<1909> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "So... Sunohara, what were you doing?"
<1910> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Eh?"
<1911> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You said something about being in a hurry yesterday, right?"
<1912> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "W-well, Chemistry Lab No. 2, is it? Let's hurry or we'll be late."
<1913>
// Pull!
<1914> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Come on now, spill it. What were you doing? Hmm?"
<1915> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I'm begging you, don't ask me--! The walls have ears--!"
<1916> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Ah... \m{A}-kun... Sunohara-kun..."
<1917> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Ahhh! Class rep, save me! \m{A}'s doing something I don't like!"
<1918> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Eh? Uh, umm... if you don't hurry... classes will start."
<1919> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Good timing, Fujibayashi, you should hear this too."
<1920> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Eh?"
<1921> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It looks like he was doing something to your boyfriend."
<1922> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Gyaaa--! Stop it--! Class rep, I'm heading off to chemistry lab before you--!"
<1923> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "........."
<1924>
// Tug...
<1925>
// Fujibayashi pulls on his sleeve.
<1926>
// Her eyes were a bit scary...
<1927> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Sunohara-kun... what were you doing to Kappei-san?"
<1928> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Uwaah! Don't say Kappei! Don't say the first name--!"
<1929> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, in other words, this guy has an unrequited love for Kappei."
<1930> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "You asshole--! How can you say that here--?!"
<1931> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Sunohara-kun's... that kind of person...?"
<1932> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Come on, look! She's got the wrong idea now--!!"
<1933> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Actually that's the truth..."
<1934> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, damn you \m{A}, saying that with such a serious face---!"
<1935> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "... I see... ah, but there are people like that... I think."
<1936> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "The mangas that Onee-chan reads... has them..."
<1937> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I'm not happy being appreciated like that--!"
<1938> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "But..."
<1939>
// She strengthens her grip on his sleeve.
<1940> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Kappei-san is \boff-limits\u..."
<1941> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "O-okay."
<1942>
// Sunohara nods quickly under Fujibayashi's pressure.
<1943> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "So, what were you doing to Kappei? Hmm?"
<1944> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "N... nothing..."
<1945> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Well maybe it's like you couldn't hold yourself back so you pushed him down or something?"
<1946> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "B, b-b, but, he looked so hot coming from the shower, right?!"
<1947> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Are you serious..."
<1948> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Sunohara-kun..."
<1949> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Ah..."
<1950> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "B, but, he hit me in the chin before I could, so is it a crime?"
<1951>
// Sunohara desperately tries to defend himself.
<1952>
// I put my hand on Fujibayashi's shoulder.
<1953> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Let's go, Fujibayashi."
<1954> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Okay..."
<1955> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Uh... eh? Hey, you guys...?"
<1956> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You should go and console Kappei."
<1957> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "... Okay..."
<1958> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hey? Wait, hey~?"
<1959> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "\m{B}-\bkuuuunn\u!"
<1960>
// I dodge Kappei, who was jumping at me.
<1961> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Uwaah!"
<1962>
// Slam!\shake{0}
<1963>
// He hit a telephone pole.
<1964> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... What is it now, is it popular to jump into people when you pass by?"
<1965> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ow, ow, what do you mean?"
<1966> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Uh... nothing."
<1967> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "So, what's up?"
<1968> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "What's up?"
<1969> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If you were jumping, you had some business with me, right?"
<1970> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ahahaha, not really anything at all."
<1971> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I just saw you , \m{B}-\bkun\u, so I thought I might greet you."
<1972> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I, see..."
<1973> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh yeah, how's your job? Has it started yet?"
<1974> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "No, it will be soon."
<1975> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Not in the morning?"
<1976> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I do go in the morning. But since it's a hospital, there's a morning and afternoon shift."
<1977> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "It feels like a long lunch break."
<1978> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ahh, I see."
<1979> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "And, was the morning shift alright?"
<1980> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Absolutely perfect!"
<1981>
// His smiling face fills with pride as he gives a thumbs up.
<1982> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Being a rehab assistant is a job worth working for!"
<1983> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I'm helping people so that they're not alone trying to walk or move their body."
<1984> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ah~... that certainly is worth doing."
<1985> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Yup, yup, me being there is the difference between life and death for them now, that sort of feeling~"
<1986> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "It feels really amazing."
<1987> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<1988> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I'll do my best."
<1989> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ah... yeah, do that."
<1990>
// The healthy Kappei runs off.
<1991>
// I suppose you could end up finding such a nice job in this town...
<1992>
// ... Though it does seem tiring...
<1993>
// Time passed for a while as Kappei settled down in this city.
<1994>
// He was surprisingly busy with the hospital job, so we didn't meet as much as before.
<1995>
// I believe this was the difference between those who were students and those who were not.
<1996>
// Thinking carefully about it, in another year I'll have to work in society, won't I?
<1997>
// When that happens, I won't be at ease as much as I am now, will I...?
<1998>
// I was aware of it while watching Kappei.
<1999>
// -- Should have been aware...
<2000>
// Sometime later--...
<2001>
// At lunch...
<2002>
// I ate with Sunohara in the courtyard.
<2003> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh... by the way..."
<2004> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hmm?"
<2005> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2006> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Nah, forget it."
<2007> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Don't stop in the middle of talking. Feeling bad causes indigestion, right?"
<2008> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's what I had hoped to do, so that's fine."
<2009> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Simply giving me crap huh..."
<2010> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<2011> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Fine. I don't feel like listening anyway."
<2012> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I don't really feel like saying it either."
<2013> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hmph."
<2014> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2015> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2016> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "And so."
<2017> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "You're saying it?!"
<2018> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, truth is that I felt I should tell you, even though I stopped myself."
<2019> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "If it's for me, then hurry up and say it."
<2020> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I hate stuff being finished halfway through."
<2021> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You in denial?"
<2022> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "What do you mean?"
<2023> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Get a dictionary."
<2024> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Nah, it's okay. So, what did you want to tell me?"
<2025> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, well, just wanted to talk about how Kappei's doing and all."
<2026> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Don't say the first name-------!!"
<2027> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Come on, man."
<2028> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I'm already done with him..."
<2029> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Nothing ever started."
<2030> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "In my dream, there were the three of us, with a child..."
<2031> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2032> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, don't look at me with such pitiful eyes------!"
<2033> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well... I can't really think of any other choices other than to pity you..."
<2034> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "You decided to joke with me, didn't you...?"
<2035> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, what's with those difficult eyes----!"
<2036> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If it's you, I don't think I could imagine you doing that."
<2037> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "... Ah, that's right, I had something to tell you as well."
<2038> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What?"
<2039> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2040> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Nah, forget it."
<2041> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm, I see."
<2042> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2043> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2044> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "......"
<2045> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "......"
<2046> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "..."
<2047> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "..."
<2048> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I apologize... please listen..."
<2049> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You don't really have to force yourself to say anything."
<2050> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Well, it's about Hiiragi-chan, the medicine that..."
<2051>
// Ruffle, ruffle... ruffle, ruffle...
<2052> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<2053> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Someone there...?"
<2054>
// Ruffle.
<2055> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Whew... eh? Where am I?"
<2056> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Kappei?"
<2057> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hiiragi-chan?"
<2058> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ah, \m{B}-\bkun\u and~........."
<2059> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "... Umm... what was your name again?"
<2060> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Even though you were sticking around with me!!"
<2061> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ah, oh, right, I remember, sorry Akihara-\bkun\u."
<2062> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Close!"
<2063> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Not at all!!"
<2064> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Besides that, long time no see."
<2065> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Yeah, it's been a while."
<2066> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "My existence's like that isn't it...?"
<2067> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "So what are you doing here anyway?"
<2068> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Only students are here so, if you get caught by the teachers it'll be a problem."
<2069> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ah, yeah. I'm not here for anything in particular, so I won't be long."
<2070> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I promised Ryou-san, after all."
<2071> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Fujibayashi? About what?"
<2072> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Heh heh heh, well, look."
<2073>
// He boasts an object wrapped in a napkin in front of me.
<2074> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... What's this?"
<2075> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ryou-san's home-made lunch."
<2076> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "My beloved wife... no, she isn't yet, so lover... no, she's a loving person so... a loving lunch box?"
<2077> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Uwaah... somehow, my heart beat's echoing~..."
<2078> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well... that's a bit strange so..."
<2079> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Or rather, you snuck in here so you could get it in particular?"
<2080> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "The more obstacles there are, the more violent the flames of love will burn them down."
<2081> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Couldn't you have gotten it in the morning instead?"
<2082> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You could have visited her house before she came to school."
<2083> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I-I can't do that. If I did, I'd end up going to school with Ryou-san."
<2084> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "In what way I mean by that, I can't really say..."
<2085> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Nah... I don't really want to ask so..."
<2086> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I-I want to hear!"
<2087> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "The futon's been completely pulled down in my room~"*
<2088> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Woah--! Suggestive----!!"*
<2089> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Besides that, listen. Ryou-san's lunch is really good."
<2090> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hearing someone bragging about it is boring so I don't want to hear it."
<2091> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Every time the food goes into my mouth, it feels cold to the touch in my stomach~..."
<2092> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Oh man~... my heart's beating really fast now..."
<2093> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "As expected it feels like a life crisis, when a flying bird begins to fall."
<2094> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Maybe love is testing me... ahahaha..."
<2095>
// A story of hardship...
<2096> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Alright now, after lunch I'll have to do my best at work."
<2097> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That hospital job is still going on, isn't it?"
<2098> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Yup, sure is."
<2099> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hospital? What do you mean? You have a job at the hospital?"
<2100> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "As a rehab assistant."
<2101> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ah, that's right! If you guys have time today, you should come!"
<2102> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I'll show you how reliable of an assistant I can be."
<2103> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I'm a master at handling electrical therapy switches."
<2104> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Oh nice... I'd love for Hiiragi-chan to put me to sleep..."
<2105> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You want to help him?"
<2106> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Eh? With what?"
<2107> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Go as if you were taking rehab."
<2108> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "We can make it so you'll have three ribs broken, right?"
<2109> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Yup, definitely."
<2110> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Oh yeah, that'd be great..."
<2111> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "What the hell am I saying, that can't be right-------!!"
<2112> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Tch, as expected, you realized it."
<2113> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ahaha, you guys never change."
<2114> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Well then, I'll be going now."
<2115> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ah? Yeah, be careful. Don't get caught by the teachers."
<2116> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Sure, I'll just kick them down and run so it'll be fine."
<2117>
// Uh... that would indeed be...
<2118> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Later, \m{B}-\bkun\u and... um..."
<2119> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "........."
<2120> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ah, Natsuhara-\bkun\u."
<2121> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Close! You're getting there!"
<2122> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "It's not getting there, nor is it close at all!"
<2123>
// And so, he appeared and disappeared at unexpected times and places.
<2124>
// In the end, he lived free as a bird, with nothing blocking his way.
<2125>
// He seems to be doing alright with his job, as well as with Fujibayashi.
<2126>
// You could say the gist of it was alright, in one way or another.
<2127>
// I was sometimes envious of those easygoing days.
<2128> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Hey, \m{B}-\bkun\u."
<2129> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm?"
<2130> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I guess, this town really is nice."
<2131> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Didn't you say that before?"
<2132> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Yeah, but I just thought of it again."
<2133> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I see."
<2134> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I've gone around to a lot of towns before, but it's not easy for me to be familiar with this place."
<2135> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I guess you could say that, since Ryou-san is here, I wouldn't mind which town it was..."
<2136> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ah, or rather since Ryou-san is here, you could say this town is nice."
<2137> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... I, see..."
<2138> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "But, the beginning of this goal was when I made friends with you, \m{B}-\bkun\u."
<2139> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "...? Is that so?"
<2140> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Hey, I'm shy and violent, right?"
<2141> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........"
<2142> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Isn't that funny?"
<2143> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's not amusing at all."
<2144> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ahahaha, \m{B}-\bkun\u, you have harsh words."
<2145> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "But I like that sort of thing."
<2146> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm not happy when a guy likes what I say."
<2147> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Sure about that? I thought doing people a courtesy isn't a bad thing."
<2148> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Just don't say those words again, will you?"
<2149> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Then I shall not."
<2150> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "It's not really strange to like such things though."
<2151> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ah, if you thought I meant that I liked you and stuff, then I apologize."
<2152> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I have Ryou-san, so I can't do that."
<2153> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "And if she wasn't, that'd be fine...?"
<2154> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ahahaha, I feel that depends."
<2155> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "For now, I'll just have fun."
<2156> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That definitely sounds good."
<2157>
// And then time passed.
<2158>
// The rainy days continue as the sakura falls...
<2159>
// The hot sunlight falls as the rain stops.
<2160>
// As we pass into the hot season, I begin to hear the sounds of the insects...
<2161>
// We were still the same...
<2162>
// In such a summer.
<2163> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2164>
// I lie down, reading a magazine.
<2165>
// As soon as I put it on the side of the bed, Sunohara reads it.
<2166> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Hmm..."
<2167> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Is it okay for us to remain like this...?"
<2168> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2169> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Even though the eye colors of those taking the exam around us don't change..."**
<2170> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It feels like we've been alienated recently in school..."
<2171> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2172> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, you asleep?"
<2173> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "uu..."
<2174> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Uu?"
<2175> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "\size{40}Uwaaaaaaahhhhhh!!\size{}"
<2176>
// \size{30}Shudder!\size{}\shake{4}
<2177>
// The wall shook.
<2178> \{Giọng Nói} ""
// \{Voice} "Shut up!"
<2179> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "...?"
<2180>
// The normally quivering Sunohara freezes up, troubled by the magazine he's reading.
<2181> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What's in there?"
<2182> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2183> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Pass it over."
<2184>
// I pick up the magazine.
<2185>
// Today's headline is... \phey, this is for girls...
<2186>
// Umm... the one I'm seeing here is...
<2187> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... An interscholastic athletic meet from the past...?"
<2188>
// There doesn't seem to be anything in particular that's interesting--... \phmm?
<2189> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... The tragic idol sprinter..."
<2190> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2191> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hiiragi Kappei...?"
<2192> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Don't say that name---!!"
<2193> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "My chest--!"
<2194> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "My heart is in agony--!"
<2195>
// \size{30}Shudder!\size{}\shake{4}
<2196>
// The walls shook again.
<2197>
// Disregarding that, I read the magazine.
<2198>
// ... A tragedy... hey, what's that mean...?
<2199>
// "Final match on the high school grounds..."
<2200>
// "Recommended as a scholarship student for university, Hiiragi Kappei was in a contest for first place, and tumbled just before reaching the goal."
<2201>
// "Lately his leg has been hurting, but he seems to have been hiding it in public."
<2202>
// "While on the grounds, he was sent to the hospital."
<2203>
// "The diagnosis indicated his fibula was--..."
<2204> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... eh...?"
<2205>
// I read the article, dumbfounded...
<2206>
// Taking a close look at the portrait... this was the same Kappei that I know.
<2207> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Sunohara..."
<2208> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Uu... I thought I got over this..."
<2209> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I guess I'm really delicate about things like this... hahaha..."
<2210> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Stop sulking at the name and read the damn article!"
<2211> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "... If the name isn't blotted out in black, I won't read it..."
<2212> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Just read it!"
<2213> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Damn it... you're bullying me..."
<2214>
// Crying, Sunohara's eyes fall upon the article once again.
<2215>
// And, he looks up immediately.
<2216>
// If he was into this exercise, this much information would have been obvious...
<2217> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}... this article... is a lie, right...?"
<2218> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Have you... seen him recently...?"
<2219> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "No... I haven't... I thought he was just really busy with work..."
<2220> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2221> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2222>
// Knock, knock...
<2223>
// The sound of the knock on the door broke through the silence between us.
<2224> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "\m{A}, you here~?"
<2225> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Eh? Y-yeah."
<2226>
// The voice slightly grazes by me.
<2227>
// As soon as the door opens, Misae-san peeps in.
<2228> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Hmm? What's wrong?"
<2229> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ah... nothing..."
<2230> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2231> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Well, anyways, you have a guest."
<2232> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... For me?"
<2233> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "A girl. You're pretty good."
<2234>
// I have a bad feeling, hearing it's a girl.
<2235>
// I remember the magazine I just saw.
<2236>
// Sunohara also looks at it.
<2237> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Okay, here you go."
<2238>
// She invites that "guest" to our hospitality.
<2239> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2240>
// Looks like my gut feeling... was right on the dot.
<2241>
// Fujibayashi notices the magazine that Sunohara's holding.
<2242>
// At the same time, her body trembled...
<2243> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "\m{A}... kun..."
<2244> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2245> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Uu... uwaaaahhh!"
<2246>
// Seeing my face, she falls into my chest, crying.
<2247> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Uh... umm..."
<2248> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "\m{A}, you're good."
<2249> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2250>
// I couldn't... say anything...
<2251>
// I don't want to believe the magazine I read just now...
<2252>
// ... But...
<2253>
// I realize everything in there is true, with Fujibayashi shivering in my arms...
<2254>
// ... What was written in the magazine was...
<2255>
// --"osteosarcoma"...
<2256>
// In other words--... \pcancer...
<2257> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2258> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2259> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2260>
// The three of us hang our heads, having nothing to say...
<2261>
// No... rather, we couldn't say anything...
<2262> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "... I'll go... get some tea..."
<2263>
// Saying that, Sunohara gets up, leaving the room.
<2264>
// I'm sure he couldn't stand this atmosphere.
<2265>
// Truth is... I also want to run away...
<2266>
// But...
<2267> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2268>
// There's no way I could do that...
<2269> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Fujibayashi..."
<2270> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2271> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Fuijbayashi."
<2272> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Ah... yes..."
<2273> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Where is... Kappei right now...?"
<2274> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2275> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "A hospital... in the neighbouring city..."
<2276> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... I see..."
<2277> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2278> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Since when did you find out...?"
<2279> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Just recently..."
<2280> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "He took his usual medicine... and I thought it a bit strange..."
<2281>
// Medicine... speaking of which, he was taking something...
<2282> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "I didn't know what medicine it was..."
<2283> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "But... then I saw it..."
<2284> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "The medicine that Kappei-san was taking..."
<2285> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "... is called codeine..."
<2286> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Codeine...?"
<2287> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "... It's a painkiller..."
<2288> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Taking something like that is... really bad, isn't it...?"
<2289> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "... Osteosarcoma is... a condition where, once diagnosed, you have to take the operation as soon as possible..."
<2290> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah..."
<2291> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "But... Kappei-san..."
<2292> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "The operation..."
<2293> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "He won't... take it..."
<2294> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "He won't take it?! But, won't the condition be completely cured if taken early?"
<2295> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "........."
<2296> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "...~~~..."
<2297> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "F-Fujibayashi...?"
<2298> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "\m{A}... kun..."
<2299> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "~~..."
<2300>
// I think that pretty soon... as soon as she has that crying face...
<2301>
// She quickly comes into my chest again.
<2302> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Uu... uwa... ah... sniff..."
<2303> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Uwaaahhhh!"
<2304> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh? F-Fuijbayashi...? Wait..."
<2305> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "I'm sorry...! I'm sorry!"
<2306> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "I might have been wrong in relying on you, \m{A}-kun!"
<2307> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "But... there's no one else I can ask!"
<2308> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "I'm sorry...!"
<2309> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Why... why is Kappei refusing the operation...?"
<2310> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "He doesn't want to..."
<2311> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "He couldn't... bear losing his leg..."
<2312> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Apologizing... he told me that..."
<2313> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Kappei..."
<2314> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "I... don't want Kappei-san to die!"
<2315> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Even if he loses his leg, I want him to live!"
<2316> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "If he lives... I'm sure there will be a lot of good things!"
<2317> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "That's why... that's why..."
<2318> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "\m{A}-kun... please..."
<2319> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Please convince Kappei-san to take the operation...!"
<2320> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "... I don't think I can tell him to..."
<2321> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "So... please..."
<2322> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Fujibayashi..."
<2323>
// Those painful words go against me with her small body...
<2324>
// I put my hands on her trembling shoulders as if to calm her down.
<2325> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Sniffle... hic... \m{A}... kun..."
<2326> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'll go see him for now."
<2327> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'll try to convince him."
<2328> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "\m{A}-kun..."
<2329> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Uu... ah... hic..."
<2330> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Waaaahhh! Uwaaaaahhhh!"
<2331>
// I wonder if I can calm her with my words at all...?
<2332>
// Fujibayashi cried out with a loud voice.
<2333>
// I tighten my hold on her shoulders, holding her as she cries on my chest.
<2334>
// Clatter...
<2335> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Sorry, I was a bit late..."
<2336> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2337> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Sniffle... sniffle..."
<2338> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Ah... um... was, I in the way...?"
<2339>
// We seem to have got misunderstood...
<2340>
// The next holiday--...
<2341>
// Fujibayashi and I came to the hospital in the neighboring town.
<2342>
// Tap... tap... tap... tap...
<2343>
// We walk down the hallway with a tense look on our faces.
<2344> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Sunohara doesn't want to come."
<2345> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "... Yes... though I never intended on extorting him..."
<2346> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well... maybe he didn't want to see Kappei so weak..."
<2347> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "I'm sorry..."
<2348> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It's okay, I don't mind it at all."
<2349> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Instead... I just want to have a word or two with him."
<2350> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Thank you so much."
<2351> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Fujibayashi, you've been worried about him every day?"
<2352> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Yes."
<2353> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I see. It must be difficult."
<2354> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "No, it's not like that at all..."
<2355> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "The real difficult thing is... Kappei-san after all..."
<2356> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... I guess so..."
<2357> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, do you want to be with me when I talk to him?"
<2358> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "No... if possible, just you ,\m{A}-kun..."
<2359> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "I think that the talk may work out better between two guys somehow..."
<2360> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Alright."
<2361>
// Well, she never forced me to come with her.
<2362>
// And then, the two of us walked down the hallway silently to Kappei's hospital room.
<2363>
// Click, clack... the sound of the linoleum shoes tapping. It feels as if something was put there.
<2364>
// As we continue on, the disappearing sounds of the footsteps begin to increase in number...
<2365>
// I become filled with anxiety.
<2366> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Umm... \m{A}-kun."
<2367> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh...?"
<2368>
// Fujibayashi stopped several steps behind me.
<2369>
// And then I see the door.
<2370>
// Room number 307...
<2371>
// A name is written on the in-patient plate.
<2372>
// "Hiiragi Kappei"...
<2373>
// I end up staring at the door.
<2374>
// Again I think... yeah, he really is ill.
<2375>
// Can I somehow convince him at all...?
<2376>
// Such a heavy... responsibility...
<2377> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Ah......"
<2378>
// With an anxious-like... no, she was completely anxious.
<2379>
// She looks at me, as if her eyes cling onto me.
<2380> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "P... please go ahead..."
<2381> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah... I'll try my best."
<2382>
// I say that with all that I have.
<2383>
// Knock, knock...
<2384> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Come in."
<2385>
// Clatter...
<2386> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Yo."
<2387> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Eh..."
<2388>
// I could see the upper half of Kappei, who was on top of the bed looking at me.
<2389>
// Comparing him with the Kappei I usually saw... he's obviously gone thinner...
<2390> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ah... eh...? Huh? Huh? Umm, eh? \m{B}-\bkun\u? Why?"
<2391> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Been a while."
<2392> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ah, yeah, sure, has been."
<2393> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I'm surprised. How did you know I was here?"
<2394> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Fujibayashi told me."
<2395> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ryou-san did?"
<2396> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<2397> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Which means... you know everything, don't you..."
<2398> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Yeah..."
<2399> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Umm... ahaha, I'm troubled..."
<2400> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Why won't you?"
<2401> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Eh?"
<2402> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Why won't you take the operation?"
<2403> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Could it be... you came here to persuade me?"
<2404> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah."
<2405> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I see..."
<2406>
// Taking a deep breath, he looks towards the door.
<2407>
// He probably noticed Fujibayashi is there...
<2408> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "For now, have a seat, \m{B}-\bkun\u."
<2409> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "You'll get tired from standing around, right?"
<2410> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Yeah."
<2411>
// Saying that, I put my hand on the pipes on the side of the bed.
<2412>
// Making sure it wasn't necessary to sit down, I lean my back on them.
<2413>
// Kappei stares at me.
<2414> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Hey \m{B}-\bkun\u, did you already hear from Ryou-san the reason why I won't take the operation?"
<2415> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Because you couldn't bear the loss of your leg, right?"
<2416> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Of course that's something painful but, isn't your life more important?"
<2417> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "........."
<2418>
// He quietly shakes his head.
<2419> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Sorry..."
<2420> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "It's just as important as my life."
<2421> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Why, man?! If you die, it'll be all over!"
<2422> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "This leg is... everything to me."
<2423> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... You're..."
<2424> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Hmm?"
<2425> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Talking about your track career...?"
<2426> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Eh...?"
<2427> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I'm surprised... I didn't expect you'd know, \m{B}-\bkun\u..."
<2428> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... I read it in a magazine..."
<2429> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Magazine?"
<2430> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, there was a past feature on the interscholastic athletic meet."
<2431> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Stuff was written about you, with the heading reading the 'Tragic Sprinter'."
<2432> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I see..."
<2433> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Those days... bring back memories..."
<2434>
// Looking at his knee, Kappei says that, being a bit lonely.
<2435> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "... I guess... talking to you like this is better, \m{B}-\bkun\u..."
<2436>
// Glancing at the door, he returns to look at me.
<2437> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "\m{B}-\bkun\u... you see..."
<2438> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "... I'm an orphan..."
<2439> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?"
<2440>
// I look up at Kappei's face at those abrupt words.
<2441>
// That facial expression and those eyes were calm... yet filled with loneliness.
<2442> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "As soon as I was born, it seems I was taken to an institution."
<2443>
// And he continues on.
<2444> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "At that place, there were a lot of kids in similar circumstances."
<2445> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "The truth was, there were a lot of us kids that were in doubt about the meaning of our existence."
<2446> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "But for me, that way may have been better."
<2447> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Besides, I was thrown away like that, not knowing my parents... my family's warmth."
<2448> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I guess it was inside me after all."
<2449> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Receiving cruel punishment from my parents, and as a result, ended up as a child in that institution."
<2450> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "... No, rather, there were a lot of kids like that."
<2451> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "We were born with nothing... with very little."
<2452> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "A life with no blessing..."
<2453> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Living in denial like that is a sad existence."
<2454> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "One day, a television station came to the institution."
<2455> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "There was a bit of a documentary running, and a musician going around that I was a fan of, see."
<2456> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I really liked listening to that musician's music."
<2457> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Living as if those feelings pushed against me, that sort of song."
<2458> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "At that time, I got to talk to that musician."
<2459> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "And that person told me..."
<2460> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "If there's one thing you believe in, push on with it."
<2461> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "For that person, it was their music."
<2462> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "That's what that person told me."
<2463> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "It was really persuasive."
<2464> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "The one thing I believe in is the distance far ahead of me."
<2465> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "That's what I thought."
<2466> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "And that I should believe in that thing I can do."
<2467> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "What I was proud of..."
<2468> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Like that person, giving people something a lot like hope and courage."
<2469> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "And then I realized."
<2470>
// He tapped his knee.
<2471> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "That I had this leg."
<2472> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "When I ran back in my day, I lost to no one."
<2473> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "That's why I ran."
<2474> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Running... farther than anyone else can..."
<2475> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Keeping myself up with my own power..."
<2476> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Doing that, a lot of people would speak well of me."
<2477> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I was duly recognized by them."
<2478> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "And built up my will to live."
<2479> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "That really was... the best of my times..."
<2480> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Running... was what I liked..."
<2481> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Not holding anything else other than my pride..."
<2482> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "That was everything for me..."
<2483> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "That's why..."
<2484> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "When I was diagnosed, I had died."
<2485> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You died...? You're alive, aren't you?"
<2486> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "No... I can't run anymore..."
<2487> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I didn't know of anything else that could keep me alive..."
<2488> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Kappei..."
<2489> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "... I wasn't alive anymore, and instead waited for death..."
<2490> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Just, with the time I have left..."
<2491> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I want to spend the rest of my days with this leg."
<2492> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Taking in that pain, even if I can't run, I can at least walk."
<2493> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "That's why I went to a lot of places."
<2494> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "And then, I came to this town, and met you, \m{B}-\bkun\u."
<2495> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Ryou-san, as well."
<2496>
// Saying that, he looks at the door.
<2497> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "And what'll you do about Fujibayashi?"
<2498> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Eh?"
<2499> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If you die now, she won't recover from that."
<2500> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "........."
<2501> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Can't just living for her sake support you at all?"
<2502> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "........."
<2503> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "... I can't."
<2504> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Losing my leg... would be an inconvenience..."
<2505> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I'd be a problem for Ryou-san."
<2506> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I don't want to be such a burden."
<2507> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Something like that--...!"
<2508> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "\m{B}-\bkun\u..."
<2509> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "... Would you want to put someone you like through such painful days and be with them?"
<2510> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Kappei..."
<2511> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "That's my answer."
<2512> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "In that case..."
<2513> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Why did you go out with her?"
<2514> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Why did you spend time with her, even though you knew she'd be sad?"
<2515> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "... I guess, that's too bad..."
<2516> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I just... did it on the spur of the moment..."
<2517> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Even though it was cruel... really..."
<2518> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "It's inexcusable."
<2519> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2520> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "But..."
<2521> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "With time... even sadness will pass over..."
<2522> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Even in the institution, it was like that..."
<2523>
// What eyes... what sad things he's telling me...
<2524>
// As if... those eyes understood everything...
<2525> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Even then... I want for you to live..."
<2526> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "... \m{B}-\bkun\u..."
<2527> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "There's no way friends can just keep quiet and let someone die."
<2528> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Friends...?"
<2529> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah. It's just as you say."
<2530> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "........."
<2531> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Even though there's a chance you'll live..."
<2532> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "To abandon something like that..."
<2533> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Just running isn't all that you are."
<2534> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I..."
<2535> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Never thought of you as running."
<2536> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "The Hiiragi Kappei I know is..."
<2537> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Someone who does as he pleases, getting along well with people..."
<2538> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Talking about strange fairytales..."
<2539> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... And sometimes being a poet..."
<2540> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "And jumping into me all of a sudden..."
<2541> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Someone like that is my friend..."
<2542> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "........."
<2543> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "... Thank you..."
<2544> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Thank you, \m{B}-\bkun\u..."
<2545> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm happy... really..."
<2546> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I guess so... I've shown you the Hiiragi Kappei of now haven't I, \m{B}-\bkun\u..."
<2547> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "Not knowing I could meet you like this in the past..."
<2548> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "For a friend to tell me that..."
<2549> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "I'm really..."
<2550> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "... Really happy."
<2551> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "... That's why..."
<2552> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "... I'm sorry..."
<2553> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Kappei!"
<2554> \{Kappei} ""
// \{Kappei} "... Sorry..."
<2555> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "--..."
<2556>
// .........
<2557>
// ......
<2558>
// ...
<2559>
// I sit down at the bench...
<2560>
// Fujibayashi's seated by me, with nothing to say.
<2561>
// I also... have nothing to say...
<2562>
// In the end, I wasn't able to convince Kappei...
<2563>
// We were just kids who didn't know how to convince people to live...
<2564>
// I realized that my words had no power at all.
<2565>
// After that, Fujibayashi cried outside the room...
<2566>
// She shook her head greatly, apologizing.
<2567>
// Apologizing to me many, many times...
<2568> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "\m{A}-kun..."
<2569>
// A small voice came from her face.
<2570> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Is it okay... if I could borrow your chest..."
<2571> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Fujibayashi..."
<2572> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Please..."
<2573> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "... Just for a... little while..."
<2574> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "........."
<2575>
// I didn't know of any words to refuse that in such a time.
<2576>
// For a minute, she jumped into me, as I wrapped my arms lightly around her.
<2577> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Uu...... uwa... sniff... a..."
<2578> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Uwaaaaahhh!"
<2579> \{Ryou} ""
// \{Ryou} "Aaaaahhhh! Uwaaaahhhh!!"
<2580>
// Her voice pierced into my chest...
<2581>
// Her tears were heavy...
<2582>
// Her small hands held onto my clothes...
<2583>
// Her thin shoulders trembling...
<2584>
// Her tears falling down her cheeks...
<2585>
// My arms were dyed with sadness all over inside.
<2586>
// Those feelings being confined within my arms.
<2587>
// I tightly embrace Fujibayashi's shivering body.
<2588>
// If I don't, I may end up crying as well...
<2589>
// At the very least, right now... I don't want to give her my tears...
<2590>
// ... I can't cry...
<2591>
// My eyes trembled...
<2592>
// Not wanting to bear tears... I looked up.
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