Ashita mo Kitto Koishiteru Volume 4

Title: Ashita mo Kitto Koi Shiteru [I'll Still Be in Love With You Tomorrow]
Volume: 4 (of 4)
Mangaka: Fujii Akemi
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: September 2, 2008

Legend:
// - action
[] - translator's notes
() - character's thoughts

Pg 7:
Ashita mo Kitto Koi Shiteru [I'll Still Be in Love With You Tomorrow]
Fujii Akemi

Pg 8:
Imai: ...Sorry about last night.
//heat wave//
//clatter//
Mitsuki: I said forget it, okay?
You had to go out because of your friend from high school, right?
Imai: ...Still, I'm sorry.
Mitsuki: ("A phone call. It was from a chick.")

Pg 9:
Mitsuki: Arrghh, you can be such a dope sometimes, Imai-san!
You only have four days left of your break!
Imai: Huh?
Oh yeah, right...
Mitsuki: I'll forgive you for breaking our promise,
but only if you do whatever I tell you for the rest of your break!
Mitsuki: That's your punishment!
Mitsuki: ...Okay?
Mitsuki: (...I'd be lying if I said it didn't bother me.)

Pg 10:
Mitsuki: (But I don't want to spend what time I do have to be with him
fighting.)
Mitsuki: Um, and so yeah. I want to go to this fireworks display they're doing tonight!
Imai: A fireworks display?
Mitsuki: Yeah...
you don't to...?
Imai: You said I had to listen to whatever you said, right?
//chuckles//
Imai: I just thought what a cute request that was.
I was worried you were going to go all out.
Mitsuki: W-Well, I'm still not done yet! So don't be so quick to let your guard down!
//hahaha//
Imai: Okay, got it.

Pg 11:
Imai: Then why don't we have a quick bite to eat first then?
Let's go. //clatter//
Mitsuki: Eh...?
But isn't it still a bit too early?
Imai: I'm pretty sure Yasuaki's probably gone out by now,
so let's go to my place.
Imai: You're going to cook up a meal for me, right?
Mitsuki: ...Yeah!

Pg 12:
//cicadas crying//
Mitsuki: ...It's so hot!
Imai: Want me to hold that for you?
Mitsuki: No, that's okay.
//rustle rustle//
Mitsuki: Hehe!
//jumps//
Imai: What?
Mitsuki: Nothing!
Mitsuki: (It's like we're a newly married couple!)
Mitsuki: (Hehe...just kidding!)
//giggles//
//click//
Imai: Hey...
he's still....
Imai: Hey, Yasuaki! You're STILL here?!
//slam//
Mitsuki: Huh?

Pg 13:
Yasuaki: Yeahhh~
Woman: Welcome back,
Imai-kun.
Mitsuki: (What?)
Imai: Yuri...
Mitsuki: ("Yuri")
//thump//

Pg 14:
Yuri: I'm sorry I came over here without asking first.
Imai: No that's okay...I'm surprised you knew where I lived though
//rustle//
Yuri: I asked Yasuaki-kun over the phone. I didn't know we lived so close to each other.
I'm so glad I got a chance to see you though. I was just about to leave.
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (What...is going on...?)
Yuri: Come on now, Kaoru. Say your thanks
for yesterday.
Kaoru: Thank you!
Imai: I'm glad your fever's gone down. Don't be going wandering off somewhere by yourself again, all right now?
Kaoru: Yeah
Yasuaki: Yo, get in here and close the door already. [SL: You're bringing the heat waves in]

Pg 15:
Mitsuki: Ah...
Imai: Mitsuki, come over here.
Mitsuki: Y--Yeah....
//step//
Yuri: Well....I'll be leaving now.
Imai: Thanks for coming over.
Mitsuki: Ah....
//bows//
//bows//
Mitsuki: (What...?)

Pg 16:
Yuri: Well, see you soon!
Yasuaki: Yo, shorty. See ya.
//Bye bye//
Imai: Be safe out there.
Yuri: Thanks. Bye.
//click//
Imai: Yasuaki...!
Yasuaki: What? She asked if she could stay until I had to leave. What else was I supposed to do?
//scratch scratch//
Imai: That's not the problem! You answered the phone again, didn't you?!
//rustle//
Yasuaki: Well yeah, 'cause she just kept on calling!
Try listening to your answering machine. [SL: She left 4 messages!]
Imai: I have the beers she brought for you in the fridge.
//opens fridge door//
//tense//

Pg 17:
//rustle rustle//
Yasuaki: Hey, maybe she still has the hots for you?
She said she went through the trouble of looking up your number.
Imai: ...Don't be ridiculous.
You were about to leave, right? So go already.
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (What should I do...)
Mitsuki: (I'm starting to feel a bit dizzy...)
//thump thump//
Yasuaki: Maybe she moved over here after her divorce 'cause of you, huh?
Imai: Yasuaki!

Pg 18:
Yasuaki: Yeah, but when you think about it, she was the first chick that dumped you, wasn't she?
And you weren't exactly hating on her either.
Imai: Yasuaki!
Yasuaki: [SL: Clicks tongue] Fine, fine. I'll leave.
Come on.
Imai: ...What?
Yasuaki: Lend me some money, bro!
Imai: JUST LEAVE ALREADY!!~!!
Yasuaki: Thanks, see ya soon!

Pg 19:
Imai: [SL: Geez] ---That brat.
//glances//
//thud//
Imai: //exhales//
Mitsuki: Was she that friend from high school
you were talking about?
Imai: ...Yeah...
Mitsuki: (So you were over at her place yesterday?
...Even though you made plans with me?)
//stab//
Mitsuki: ...Can I ask why you were with her?

Pg 20:
Imai: ...I got a phone call from her saying that her son disappeared.
Mitsuki: What?!
Imai: I was helping her look for him.
I can't go into the little details, because that's her business.
Mitsuki: (Her son...?)
Imai: And it's not like I know that much either about what's going on.
Mitsuki: (...But still...)
Mitsuki: (even with that happening...)
Mitsuki: (why did she phone Imai-san...?)
Mitsuki: ("Maybe she still has the hots for you?")

Pg 21:
Mitsuki: That's it?
Imai: ...Yeah
Mitsuki: Really?
Imai: really.
Mitsuki: ("She's the first chick that dumped you")
Mitsuki: I'm going to trust you.
Imai: Yeah.
Mitsuki: ...But I'm still going to feel a bit jealous.
Mitsuki: (Imai-san....)
//squeeze//
Imai: Yeah....I'm sorry.

Pg 22:
Mitsuki: Don't go see her again without telling me, okay?
Imai: Okay....
Mitsuki: (I remembered back to what Michiru-chan told me.)
Mitsuki: ("It's more difficult to believe in someone than it is to question their feelings for you.")
Mitsuki: (I knew it. I'm always the one whose heart fills up with doubts.)

Pg 23:
Mitsuki: (I wonder how important I am to you?)
Mitsuki: (It's not a lie
when I say I believe in these arms and these eyes,
but still...)
//fireworks lighting up the sky//
//sqish//
//wobble wobble//
Mitsuki: (Ow...)
//wobble//

Pg 24:
//wobble//
//hey//
Imai: Wait a sec.
Mitsuki: Huh?
Mitsuki: What?!
What's going on?!
Imai: Let me take a look.
Mitsuki: I-Imai-san?! [SL: Wahhh!]
Imai: Just listen to what I say, and have a seat over there.
It hurts, doesn't it?
Mitsuki: Ah....
//blushes//
Imai: You've got sores on your feet from your sandals rubbing against them...you should've said something earlier.
Mitsuki: It's because...they're new...
but don't worry about me. I'll be fine!
Imai: Don't be ridiculous. Your skin's peeling. //Look//
Mitsuki: What?!
//fireworks going off//
//pat pat//
Imai: There should be a pharmacy on main street.
Wait for me here.

Pg 25:
Mitsuki: N-No, that's okay...
//WAHHH!//
//WAHHH!//
Woman: [SL: Oh no] You tripped?
Are you okay, do you hurt anywhere?
//crouches down//
//WAHHH//
Imai: Hey....
Mitsuki: Huh?
Yuri: Kaoru!!

Pg 26:
Mitsuki: Ah...
//fireworks going off//
//wheeze//
Yuri: Imai-kun...!
Kaoru: Mommy! [SL: I dropped my candy!]
Yuri: I told you so many times to stay by my side!
Why don't you ever listen to a word I say?
Kaoru: //hicc//
Yuri: Here, blow your nose.
Kaoru: Yeah
//blows//
Yuri: Don't cry. You're a big boy now.
...I'm sorry, did he cause you some trouble again?
Imai: No, I just spotted him as he fell.
Yuri: Oh...good evening.
Mitsuki: G-Good evening...

Pg 27:
Yuri: I'm so glad I ran into you though!
I didn't get a chance to talk with you at all this afternoon!
Yuri: To be honest, I came here because I was hoping I'd bump into you! //chuckles//
//tense//
//squeeze//
Imai: Here, have a seat here.
I'll be right back.
Mitsuki: Okay...
Yuri: Is something wrong?
Imai: Sorry, I just need to go buy some medicine.
See you.
//noise noise//
//sigh of relief//

Pg 28:
Mitsuki: (I don't want Imai-san to be with this person...)
Yuri: Imai-kun's kind, isn't he?
//noise noise//
//now, now, be a good boy//
Yuri: There were a lot of girls who labelled him off as a "cool" person since he's not that much of a talker,
but he really is a nice guy.
Yuri: ...I heard that you made plans to see him yesterday? I heard it from Yasauki-kun.
I'm sorry. Did Imai-kun tell you what happened?
//throb throb throb//
Mitsuki: ...No...
he said because it's your business he didn't have a right to tell me...

Pg 29:
Yuri: ...Did he now?
Yuri: He hasn't changed a bit...
//chuckles//
Yuri: Two nights ago, I put my son to sleep and left for work,
but when I came back in the morning, he was gone.
//throb throb throb//
Yuri: I thought maybe my ex-husband had taken him,
and I didn't know where to turn, so I ended up calling Imai-kun
Yuri: That's all that happened that day.
So don't be too hard on Imai-kun, okay?
Mitsuki: (Why do I have to
hear this from her?)

Pg 30:
Yuri: I heard there's a seven year difference between you and Imai-kun?
Mitsuki: What?...
Oh, yes...
Yuri: Is that right...
it must be difficult for you.
Mitsuki: Not really....
Mitsuki: (What's her point?)
Yuri: I married someone older. Eight years older in fact.
But it ended up not working out.
//giggles giggles//
Yuri: It really is hard.
Yuri: When I think back to it now, I can't help but think,
why didn't I choose Imai-kun?

Pg 31:
Mitsuki: What....
Yuri: He's back...
//fireworks going off//
Yuri: If I can...
Yuri: I'd like to go back and redo things....

Pg 32:
Mitsuki: (What is she...)
//cicadas crying//
Imai: What do you want to drink?
Mitsuki: Iced tea.
//slam//
Imai: Got it
//dashes off//

Pg 33:
//rustle//
Mitsuki: (...She)
Mitsuki: (seems a bit different from Chizu-chan and his co-worker.)
Mitsuki: (I have a really bad feeling about this...)
//tense//
//beep beep beep beep//
Mitsuki: Ah...
Mitsuki: What should I do...
//click//
Mitsuki: Imai-san, phone ca--
//beep beep beep beep//

Pg 34:
//thump thump thump thump
//beep beep beep//
//click//
Yuri: ...Hello, Imai-kun?
It's Yuri.
Yuri: I'm sorry to call you so many times,
but I'd really like to see you again.
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (Why?)
Mitsuki: (Why...?!)
Yuri: There's no one else I can rely on---
Mitsuki: ...Hello?
Yuri: What?

Pg 35:
Yuri: Um...Imai-kun?
Mitsuki: ...No
Yuri: I'm sorry. This must be the wrong number. click
//beep beep beep//
//click//
Imai: Sorry, they only had milk tea [SL: It's so hot in here]
//tense//
Mitsuki: Ah
Thanks...
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: I-I'm sorry...
I used your cell phone...
//thump thump//
Imai: Hmm?
Where'd you call? Your home?
Mitsuki: I'm sorry...
//slam//
Imai: Hey, don't worry about i---

Pg 36:
Imai: ...What's wrong?
Mitsuki: ...Nothing.
Mitsuki: ("I'd really like to see you again.")
<--bed hair
//scrach scratch//
Yasuaki: Huh?
If you're looking for my bro, he left a while back.
Yasuaki: I thought he went over to your place to pick you up?

Pg 37:
Mitsuki: I know. I told my parents to let him know that I'll call him in a bit
//cicadas crying//
Mitsuki: I knew if I didn't come here I wouldn't be able to see you.
Yasuaki: Oh? You're pretty bold, you know that?
You're not really my type, but I wouldn't mind making an exceptio n this time around
Mitsuki: T-That's not why I came!!
//grins//
Mitsuki: Do you know her phone number?!
Yasuaki: Whose?
Mitsuki: That woman who came over here two days ago.
Mitsuki: I thought you would know.

Pg 38:
Yasuaki: Even if I did, what's it to you?
Yasuaki: Don't tell me you guys are gonna go at it?!
Whoa~a one-on-one fight?! [SL: Chicks can be friggin' scary!]
Mitsuki: Don't make a joke out of this!
Yasuaki: I said so before, didn't I?
Yasuaki: She was someone that dumped by bro a long time ago.
Yasuaki: Lots of chicks came on to my bro, but she's the only one that dumped him.
That's the only reason why I remember her.

Pg 39:
Yasuaki: It'd probably be better for you if you don't mess with her.
Yasuaki: You never know. He might be up to stuff behind your back.
//thump...//

Pg 40:
Mitsuki: ...He said I could trust him...
Mitsuki: (...His eyes...
his arms...)
Mitsuki: And I believe in him....
Yasuaki: ...Then what's the problem? Why are you bothered by her then?
At the end of the day though, you're accusing him of doing something, right?
Mitsuki: (...There might be some truth in that.)
Mitsuki: (But I honestly did think that I'm going to believe in him.)
Mitsuki: The reason why I feel this way,
is because I don't have enough confidence in myself.

Pg 41:
Mitsuki: ...The only thing is, I don't know what she's up to.
Mitsuki: (That's why I want to test out the waters myself.)
Mitsuki: I want to stop
being scared of something I don't know.
Mitsuki: (Love isn't just made up of kindness.)

Pg 42:
//scrath scratch//
Yasuaki: ...I don't know her phone number...
Mitsuki: Huh...
Yasuaki: But I do know the area she lives in.
You still wanna know?
Mitsuki: ---!!

Pg 43:
Mitsuki: (The dark side of me, the pathetic side of me,
I discovered all these sides to me for the first time being in this relationship.)
//ding dong//
Yuri: Yes?
Who is it?
//click//
Yuri: Hey aren't you...

Pg 44:
Yuri: Here you go.
Mitsuki: ...Thank you.
Mitsuki: (This is really nerve-wracking...)
Yuri: ...Don't tell me.
You were the one who picked up the phone last night?
//tense//
Mitsuki: ...Um....
Kaoru: Mommy!
//slide//
//rubs//
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
Yuri: You woke up, Kaoru?
I'm having a talk now with a visitor, so go play over there, okay?
//smiles//
Mitsuki: Hi.
//blushes//
Kaoru: ...Hi.

Pg 45:
//dashes off//
Yuri: What was it that you wanted to talk about?
Mitsuki: Eh?
Ah...um...
//thump//
Mitsuki: Um....
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: ...Please
don't see Imai-san anymore.
Yuri: Why not?
Yuri: That's up to Imai-kun to decide.
I don't know anyone else in this neighborhood. What's so wrong with me being friends with him?
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: Is that all there really is?

Pg 46:
Yuri: ...Fine, I'll be honest with you.
Yuri: Please, give me back Imai-kun.
Mitsuki: (What...)
//dizzy//
Mitsuki: ...What...
Mitsuki: do you mean....
//thump//
Mitsuki: (What...is she saying...?)
Yuri: I want to start over with him again.
It's not as if we broke up because we didn't like each other anymore.

Pg 47:
Yuri: Back then, I thought my older boyfriend would be able to protect me more,
but we could never make up for the age difference.
Yuri: Even if things are going well with you two now, it'll only be a matter of time before---
Mitsuki: ...Don't...
Mitsuki: Don't say stuff like that!
Mitsuki: Don't talk about us by comparing us to you and your ex-husband!
Mitsuki: Me and Imai-san aren't the same
as you and your ex-husband!
Mitsuki: (I'm not looking for someone to protect me.)

Pg 48:
Mitsuki: Yeah, I might still be a kid,
but I don't think my feelings for him and our age gap are related.
Mitsuki: Even during the times it's really hard, and it really hurts, I can't stop my feelings for him!
Mitsuki: (There's no one in this world that could replace Imai-san!)
//ding dong//
//snaps out of it//

Pg 49:
//clatter//
Yuri: ...Yes?
Who is it---
//click click//
//swish//
Yuri: Ah....
Mitsuki: (Eh...?)
Mitsuki: (Imai-san---?!)

END OF CHAPTER 12

Pg 50:
//click//
//step//
//wheeze//
Yuri: ...Ah
//looks up//

Pg 51:
Yuri: Here, Imai-kun.
Yuri: Come on in.
Imai: No, that's oka--
Mitsuki: ...Why
Mitsuki: are you here?
Mitsuki: (...You said you wouldn't see her again.)
Mitsuki: (I came all the way out here
BECAUSE I didn't want you to see her!)
Imai: What did you ask Yasuaki?

Pg 52:
Imai: Why did you go and see him?
I told you not to go by yourself to see him!
Mitsuki: W-Why are you mad?!
Mitsuki: I only asked for this address, and some stuff about you.
What? Am I not allowed to know about you?!
Imai: You should've asked me.
Or did you not trust me enough?
//click//
Mitsuki: ...No!
Mitsuki: It's not that....
Mitsuki: (It's because...)

Pg 53:
Imai: ...Let's go.
//step//
//click//
Imai: Sorry that you had to---
Yuri: Wait.
Yuri: Don't go, Imai-kun.
Yuri: Stay by my side.

Pg 54:
Yuri: I still love you...
Yuri: I want us to start over again...
Mitsuki: (No...)
//dizzy//

Pg 55:
Yuri: On that day....
Yuri: I was planning on giving up if you didn't come
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: (Stop it...)
Yuri: but you did. If you still have even a trace of a feeling for me...
then please...be by my side
Mitsuki: (STOP IT!!)

Pg 56:
Mitsuki: Stop it!
Mitsuki: Why are you---
Imai: ...Sorry,
but I have no plans on doing that.
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
Yuri: I know I'm being selfish.
Yuri: But I couldn't forget about you.
...Do you not like me anymore? Do you hate me for what I did?

Pg 57:
//tense//
Imai: ...I don't not like you. And I don't hate you.
Mitsuki: (No...)
Yuri: Then....
Imai: But it's not like I was in love with you. Even back then.
Mitsuki: (What...?)

Pg 58:
Yuri: You...
Yuri: can say some pretty cruel things...
Imai: It didn't matter who I was dating.
I didn't care much about the women I dated.
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...?)
//thump//
Imai: But now, I have her.

Pg 59:
Imai: She's the first person I ever fell for.
Imai: No one can replace her.

Pg 60:
Mitsuki: ...ally...?
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (No...way...)
Mitsuki: Really...?
Did you really mean what you just said...?
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: ("She's the first person I ever fell for")
Imai: I don't have any plans on letting you go.
...Even if you don't trust me.

Pg 61:
Imai: I said I wouldn't let go you, didn't I?
Mitsuki: (---To Imai-san,
I was the one person more special to him than anyone else.)

Pg 62:
//clatter//
Yuri: ...hy...
Why...?!
//snivels//
Yuri: Why doesn't it ever work out?
Yuri: I want to be happy too....
so why don't things ever go the way I want it to?
Yuri: Why am I always the one to...
Yuri: I don't want to be alone anymore.
Help me.
Yuri: Someone, please help me.

Pg 63:
Yuri: I want to be loved by somebody too....
someone, please....
Yuri: Imai-kun...please, stay here!
Yuri: Stay here with me. Please!
//throb...//

Pg 64:
Imai: ...Yuri
Mitsuki: (No...)
//thud//
Imai: Ow
//rattle rattle//

Pg 65:
//throws//
//thud//
Kaoru: GO!
Kaoru: Go home!
Yuri: Kao...
//kik//
Kaoru: Go home!
//sobs//

Pg 66:
//GO HOMEEE!!//
Yuri: Kaoru!
Kaoru, stop this!
Kaoru: Uuuuu!!!
Yuri: Kaoru...
Kaoru: Uuu....
Kaoru: Are you okay?
Kaoru: Mommy, are you okay?
//touches//
//chuckles//
Yuri: ...Yeah
Yuri: I'm fine.
Yuri: Thanks...

Pg 67:
Yuri: That's right...
I have you by my side.
Yuri: I'm so sorry Kaoru....
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
//click//
Yuri: ...Imai-kun, you've changed a bit.

Pg 68:
Yuri: You were always kind, but I knew you were the type to never be fixated with someone,
so I thought it'd be easy being with you.
Yuri: I was so tired of caring about someone....
Yuri: I'm sorry...

Pg 69:
Mitsuki: (---All this time,)
Mitsuki: (I thought I was the only one
with feelings of doubt and jealousy.)
Mitsuki: (Imai-san never said anything,
and he always gave off this care-free attitude because he's older.)
Mitsuki: (...But)

Pg 70:
Mitsuki: Imai-san...
are there ever times when you're in doubt?
//heat wave//
Mitsuki: Have you ever felt lonely
because you couldn't see me?
Imai: ...I'm always in doubt.
Imai: It's hard being away from you.
Sometimes I get worried that you might fall for someone else because I'm always having to make you put up with things you might not have to if it were someone else

Pg 71:
Mitsuki: Do you...ever feel jealous...?
//thump thump thump//
//frowns//
Imai: ...Of course.
Imai: If there are guys around you that I don't know about, then it gets on my nerves.
//thump thump//
Imai: ...I don't even want Yasuaki to be around you.
Mitsuki: ...Even though he's your brother?
//thump//
Mitsuki: (...Imai-san)
Imai: ...He's quick when it comes to coming onto girls //mumbles//
//looks the other way//
Mitsuki: (I feel like this is the first time I've been able to stand on the same ground that you're on.)

Pg 72:
Mitsuki: (Even if someone gets hurt,
even if I get hurt,)
Mitsuki: ...There's no one in this world who could ever replace you, Imai-san.
//leans in//
Imai: ...Even when I know that, I can't help but be jealous.

Pg 73:
Mitsuki: Yeah, that's understandable...
//giggle//
Mitsuki: (I'm in love. What can you do?)
Mitsuki: (But,
my love for him gives me strength.
His love for me gives me strength.)

Pg 74:
Mitsuki: (Maybe this is what it means to become stronger?)
[tag reads "Imai"]
//pissed off//
Yasuaki: I'm leaving!
Mitsuki: Wha---
Mitsuki: What happened to your face?!

Pg 75:
Yasuaki: You can't tell by looking at it?!
He suddenly came swinging at me yelling "What did you tell Mitsuki"!!
Yasuaki: What did I ever do to deserve this?! [SL: LOOK! LOOK AT MY PAIN!]
Imai: ...I said I'm sorry.
//scratches//
Yasuaki: Shut up! Sorry's not enough!
I'm leaving, is that what you want?!
Yasuaki: Then go. [SL: You're being too loud]
I'm going to be heading back to Kyoto tomorrow anyway, so they're goin to cut off the water and the electricity.
//grrrrr//
Yasuaki: Some chick is more important to you than your brother who you haven't seen in years?!
You ass!
Imai: You're the one who showed up out of the blue.
Yasuaki: What'd you just say?!

Pg 76:
Yasuaki: Argh, your personality is the equivalent of a mud puddle!
I'm going! For real this time. See ya!
//rustle rustle//
//kicks//
Imai: Hey, don't go taking my clothes.
//giggles//
Mitsuki: You two must be really close.
Yasuaki: What're you talking about?!
Mitsuki: (It's as if I'm watching a kids' fight.
This person must really...)
Mitsuki: You must really love your brother. //giggles//
//smiles//
<---completely serious
Yasuaki: Wha....
//taken aback//

Pg 77:
//blushes//
//wobble wobble//
Imai: [SL: Yeah] When we were kids he used to follow me around all the time.
Mitsuki: I never knew that //giggles//
Yasuaki: S-Shut the hell up!!!
//grabs//
Yasuaki: Damnit!
Yasuaki: I'm never gonna come here again!
//SLAM//
Mitsuki: Ah!

Pg 78:
Imai: He left without cleaning up //complain complain//
Mitsuki: A-are you okay with just letting him leave like that?
//He really did leave. He's gone//
Imai: Don't worry about it. He's always like this.
Mitsuki: //giggles// ...Yasuaki-kun
reminds me of you back when you were still in university.
//frowns//
Imai: I was never that stupid.
//giggles giggles//
Mitsuki: Yeah, you were a bit more down-to=earth.
But I don't know...maybe it's because you're family?
Imai: Last time you were here...
you spent a whole day with Yasuaki. What'd you guys do?

Pg 79:
Mitsuki: ...Are you being jealous?
//rustle rustle//
//grrr...//
Imai: ...Yeah.
Mitsuki: It's a secret!
//thud//
Mitsuki: (Heh heh)
Imai: Hey!
Mitsuki: I'll make you some dinner since the vegetables we bought yesterday won't last.
So let's eat here, okay?
Mitsuki: Okay?
Mitsuki: (Stay jealous for a little while longer, Imai-san.)

Pg 80:
Mitsuki: (You said you'd listen to anything I'd say
for the duration of the time you were here, right?)
Imai...Ah
Imai: You better get going.
I'll drive you home, so get ready.
Imai: Come on, Mitsuki.
Mitsuki: ...No.
Imai: Mitsuki...what's wrong?
Mitsuki: ...I'm staying over at Michiru-chan's tonight.
Imai: Huh...?

Pg 81:
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: So I don't have to go home.
Imai: What....
Mitsuki: You said you'd listen to anything I said, remember?
Mitsuki: (My whole body feels hot)
Imai: ...Don't be ridiculous.
You making up some story about staying over at some friend's house is another story.
Mitsuki: ....But....
Mitsuki: you're going back to Kyoto tomorrow...

Pg 82:
Mitsuki: I want to be with you for as long as I can...
....or do you...not want me to?
Imai: ...I won't be able to let things slide this time.
Are you okay with that?
//blush//
Mitsuki: (The back of my head feels like it's squeezing)
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: I-
Mitsuki: I'm scared...
....but it's not because I don't want to...
Mitsuki: (Before I'm not able to see you again)

Pg 83:
Mitsuki: If my dad finds out about this,
be there so that he can get mad at both of us, and not just me, okay?

Pg 84:
Imai: Okay....
Mitsuki: (Don't ever let me go.)

Pg 85:
Mitsuki: (Today, tomorrow, or the day after.)
Mitsuki: (I'm sure I'll still love you.)
Mitsuki: (If it's the same way for you, Imai-san,
then there's nothing for me to be worried about anymore.)

Pg 86:
Mitsuki: (Even then, there might be times I cry because I'm feeling doubts.)
(Still....
If I still love you today,
and I still love you tomorrow,
one day, our love will become an eternal one, right?)

Pg 87:
[sign reads "Pre school"]
Woman: ...Ms. Kouno!
Woman: Ms. Kouno!
See you tomorrow!
Mitsuki: Okay, see you!

Pg 88:
Mitsuki: Sorry, you still there, Michiru-chan?
Michiru: Are you okay being on the phone?
Mitsuki: Yeah, don't worry. I'm finished for today anyway.
You were saying you got into a fight with Ootsuka-kun again?
Mitsuki: He was acting all depressed saying you wouldn't forgive him.
//giggles//
Michiru: That idiot...he phoned you up again?
Maybe he still hasn't given up on you?
Mitsuki: Haha, no, I'm sure he has.
[sign reads: Division Cherry Blossoms
Ms. Kouno Mitsuki]
Michiru: Just ignore that retard.
Hey, why don't we go out for a drink tonight?
Mitsuki: Sorry, I've already made plans.
Michiru: ooh~he's back from his business trip?
[tag reads "Imai"]
Mitsuki: Yeah, he got back yesterday.
//rustle//

Pg 89:
Michiru: He's busy as always it seems.
You guys still haven't tied the knot?
Mitsuki: Nnn...no, he hasn't mentioned anything like that. //giggles//
I'm having a great time doing this job anyway.
Mitsuki: (---In the summer of my 14th year,
I was able to meet my soul mate.)
Mitsuki: He still has the ring [SL: I just hope he hasn't lost it]
//giggles//

Pg 90:
//click//
Mitsuki: (Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow)
Mitsuki: (and all the days after that,)
//turns//
Mitsuki: (for always,
this love will carry on.)
//slam//
<<THE END>>


<<END OF CHAPTER 13>>
<<END OF ASHITA MO KITTO AISHITERU>>

92:
The After School Liar

Pg 93:
Takahara: (It happened three days ago.)
//rustle//
//rustle rustle//
//rustle rustle rustle//
Takahara: Where'd it go...
Shit, where'd I put it.....
Takahara: (If someone finds it and reads it, I'm so dead...)
//tense//
Asada: //knock knock// Ta-ka-ha-ra
//taken aback//
Asada: Is this what you're looking for?
[letter reads: Chiba Sayaka]

Pg 94:
Takahara: A-Asada....
//clatter//
Takahara: Wha....
what-----
Asada: You had Bio fifth block, right?
You dropped it in the science room while you were in there.
Takahara: Wha---
Takahara: D-Don't tell me you....
Asada: The addresser should always write his name down on the envelope.
It's common sense! Especially when it comes to LOVE LETTERS //you didn't even seal it up//
//WHATTT!//
Takahara: You read it?!
Asada: Hey, Chiba Sayaka's that girl in Div 5 with the Size E chest, right?
//swish//
Asada: I never knew you were into girls like that!

Pg 95:
Takahara: Shut up! It's got nothing to do with you!
Now give it back to me already!
//wheeze wheeze//
Asada: Hey, I went through the trouble of picking this up for you and this is how you thank me?
You know, it wouldn't hurt to give me a "thank you" for my selfless act.
Takahara: Don't tell me you want me to pay you?!
Asada: Oh don't be silly. I'd never ask you to do something like that.
...All I want you to do is help me out on something for a bit. After that, I'll give this back to you.
Takahara: You've gotta be kidding me! Why do I have to help you---
Takahara: (What's going through her mind anyway?!)

Pg 96:
Asada: "Dear Chiba-san,
My name is Takahara Yuugo, and I'm a grade 11 student in div 1."
Asada: "To be honest with you, I've been in love with you ever since grade 10----"
Takahara: ASADA!!!
Asada: Will you listen to my request now?
//nods nods//
Asada: Honestly?
Asada: ("The first time I saw you last spring under the cherry blossoms that were in full bloom, I---")
Takahara: PLEASE LET ME HELP YOU OUT!!!
Takahara: (Did she memorize the whole friggin' thing?!)

Pg 97:
Asada: Thanks! I knew you'd be up to it!
Takahara: Come on now.
Asada: What?
Takahara: ...Please give me back my letter.
Asada: What're you saying?
I'm not going to give this back to you until you finish helping me out.
Takahara: What?!
//shocked//
Takahara: (She....She...)
//where'd she stick it...//
//pats//
Asada: Don't worry. I'm not one to go around telling people someone's business.
Takahara: Hey, that's not fair!

Pg 98:
Asada: As long as you'll stick with me after school until I say it's okay,
I'll give it back to you. I promise.
//smiles//
Takahara: (What?!)
Takahara: (...After that,)
Takahara: (I've been practically at her beck and call
everyday after school.)

Pg 99:
Takahara: (This is so pathetic...but there's no getting around it...)
Takahara: (because she's got...the...)
Takahara: (ARRGHH! Why did I drop it?!)
Takahara: (No, wait...)
Takahara: (Why did I even write it anyway?!)
Takahara: (Just because I couldn't conjure up the courage to talk to Chiba-san....
Am I a retard?!)
//The screams from the heart//
Takahara: (If she shows it to someone, I'm gonna die of embarrassment!!)

Pg 100:
Takahara: (I didn't have a chance to talk to her much until now,
but I never thought she'd turn out to be like this.)
//clank//
Asada: ...Geez
Takahara: (At school, she's acting all stuck up like she's some genius! Hah!)
Asada: What're you looking at?
I'm not the one who dropped my love letter on the ground.
Takahara: Hey, SHUT UP!!
Takahara: And anyway,
what's the point in us having tea here everyday?!
//snaps out of it//
Takahara: (D-Don't tell me...)
Asada: What...are you looking at me like that for?

Pg 101:
Takahara: No...I was just thinking...
are you doing this because you like me...?
//thump thump thump//
Asada: ...That's a riot.
Asada: Why don't you decide what you're going to order already?
Takahara: (Shit--! Shit---!)
Takahara: Geez, give me a sec!
Takahara: What's this?
Orange Tea Soda?
[menu reads: Orange Tea Soda ~This store's speciality~]
//taken aback//
Asada: Hey!
Don't order that!
Takahara: Why not? Is it that bad? [SL: It says here it's their speciality]
Asada: Nooo that's not what I meant.

Pg 102:
Asada: There's a superstition attached to it.
Takahara: Huh? A superstition?
Asada: If two people drink Orange Tea soda at this cafe,
they'll fall for each other.
Takahara: ....Give me a break...
//sigh of exasperation//
//pissed off/
Asada: Then why don't you try ordering it, big shot?!

Pg 103:
Takahara: ...I'll have a milk tea.
Waitress: Okay
//shuts menu closed//
Takahara: It's the cheapest thing they have on the menu!
Asada: Did I say something?
//rattle rattle//
Waitress: Welcome!
Please have a seat wherever you'd like!
Takahara: ...Hey, who're you waiting for?
//tenses//

Pg 104:
Takahara: You always have your eyes glued to the entrance.
Is that why you're here?
//pissed off//
Takahara: What does some guy have to do with me?
If you don't tell me what you want me to help you out with, then how am I supposed to know?
Takahara: //moment of realization// ...Don't tell me you're trying to buy his affections?
I'm not that rich, you know.
Asada: Hey, don't go around imagining stuff that aren't true!
//mumble mumble//
Takahara: Then what?
Asada: ...I want him to be jealous.
Takahara: ...What?
Jealous?
Asada: There's this person I've known since I was a kid who used to live right next door to me.
Takahara: Wha?

Pg 105:
Asada: But he moved out when he started working, so I rarely get to see him now.
...He was saying how he stops by this place a lot after work.
Asada: I want you to pretend to be my boyfriend in front of him.
Takahara: What the...?
Takahara: ("Pretend" to be your boyfriend?)
Asada: And anyway, it's not like you have a choice!
As long as we're here, you have to act like you really REALLY like me, got it?
And I play the part of the girl who's just going out with you because I didn't have the heart to turn you down!
//Grrr//
Takahara: What kind of story is that? [SL: Have you no pride?]
What would you get out of acting that---
Takahara: ...Hey, don't tell me you're in love with that guy?

Pg 106:
Takahara: ...Yo
Takahara: (Whoa...she's turning bright red...)
Asada: You think I'm an idiot, don't you?
Asada: Well, what else can I do?!
If I could tell him how I feel straight to his face, I would!
Asada: But he's always treated me like I'm his little sister.
That might change though once he seems me with some other guy!

Pg 107:
Takahara: ...Asada [SL: Calm down]
//Be quiet//
//clatter//
Asada: ...If I confess to him now out of the blue, if he turns me down we'll never be able to go back to the way things were before.
I don't want that to happen....
Takahara: (...I never knew
she could look like this...)
Takahara: (So she does have a cute side to her afterall...)
Asada: Takahara
//glares//

Pg 108:
Asada: Since I opened up to you like this, I really want you to take this seriously
Takahara: ...Fine.
Takahara: (I don't know if things'll work out in your favor though)
Takahara: Yeah but you don't even know when he's gonna come here, right?
Can't you just go see him yourself? //mumble mumble//
Takahara: (Let's just get this done and over with!!)
Asada: I can't do something like that.
Asada: I'm aiming for the coincidence factor!
//thump thump//
Takahara: (Damnit...)
Takahara: Then why don't you give me back my letter...?
I promise I'll help you out on this!
Takahara: Okay?

Pg 109:
//ignores//
Asada: No!
//slide//
Asada: It's better for me if I hold on to your weak point, don't you think? [SL: You're always doing the opposite of what I say regardless anyway]
Takahara: (I-I...
can't believe her nerve...!!)

Pg 110:
Takahara: (I have to do something about this.)
//pisssed off//
Takahara: (As long as Asada's in the picture, I'll never be free.)
Takahara: (...Who cares if she spreads the letter to the entire school?)
Takahara: (They'll probably never be able to find out who wrote it anyway)
Takahara: (Even if someone DID find out I wrote it, there'd be no proof I did)
//mumble mumble//
Takahara: (No...but if she makes copies of the letter to hand out to people, then they'll be able to recognize my handwriting...)
Takahara: She just might be capable of doing something like that...[SL: Since her personality's pretty rotten]
//THUMP!//

Pg 111:
//rattle rattle rattle//
Takahara: (Chiba-san...!!)
//THUMP THUMP THUMP TUMP//
Takahara: (T-This is my big chance!)
//slide//
Chiba: Ah
Asada: Here you go.
Yeah, I know. This door can be a bit tricky to open.
//Here ya go//
//slide//
Chiba: Thanks.

Pg 112:
//slides door closed//
Asada: Hey, is that you Takahara?
...What're you doing on the ground? [SL: Ugh, I really don't want to have to deal with this right now]
//tears sliding down face//
Takahara: Y-You....little...
Takahara: Just 'fess up! You've been harboring some hate towards me, haven't you?!
Asada: Huh?
Takahara: (Damnit!)
Asada: Forget that. Didn't you see who just passed through here? It was Chiba-san.
You should've helped her out. Have you no brains?
//Geez//
Takahara: Shut the hell up!
Takahara: (I've made up my mind!)
Takahara: (I've made my decision!)
Takahara: I-I'm not gonna go along....with you anymore...
Asada: What?
//sweat drop//
Takahara: Do whatever you want with the letter.
If you think I'm gonna be your whipping boy forever, you're dead wrong!
Takahara: (I have to tell Chiba-san I like her before she goes spreading the letter around the whole school!)

Pg 113:
Asada: ---Oh, really?
//rattle rattle//
Asada: "Ever since I first saw your size E chest under the full bloom of the cherry blossoms, every night since I've---"
Takahara: I never wrote that!!
//dashes//
Takahara: (---Shit...
Shit...
SHIT!!!)

Pg 114:
Takahara: (Ugh, I still end up being here)
//depresed//
Asada: You never know when you give up, do you?
I said I'd help you out with Chiba-san once this is over, didn't I?
Takahara: How can I trust you?! //grumble grumble//
Asada: ...What's your problem?
You can't even talk to her!
//pissed off//
Takahara: Shut the hell up!
Why me anyway?! Couldn't you find someone else to do this?!
Asada: ...I thought you were kind of like him. In atmosphere, I mean.
Takahara: Huh? With who?
Asada: With Yuu-chan. The guy I've known since I was a kid.
Takahara: Eh...?
//thump//

Pg 115:
Asada: I thought like, hey, if I'm going to do it, I might as well find someone similar to him, right?
But as it turns out, you weren't like him. AT ALL.
Takahara: Well So-rry!
Takahara: (What's with her anyway?!)
Waiter: This is for the person who ordered ice tea---
Takahara: Ah, here. [SL: That's me.]
Waiter: Thanks for waiting.
Asada: ...Takahara, you're a romantic, aren't you?
//blush//
Takahara: What?!
Asada: You believe in that story about the Orange Tea Soda, don't you?
You never order it. //grins//
//tenses//
Takahara: W-Whatever!

Pg 116:
Asada: Well I guess I should've expected it since you DID write the love letter that you did
//SPURTS//
//cough cough//
Asada: Ew! Don't spray me! //It's coming out from your nose!//
Takahara: W-Well, So-rry!
Takahara: (It's not as if I wrote that letter to you!)
Takahara: Will you stop making fun of me every single chance you get?!
Asada: There's nothing for you to apologize for.
I like people like you.

Pg 117:
Takahara: (Don't tell me...)
Takahara: (she really does like me....?)
//thump thump//
//tense//
Asada: Takahara?

Pg 118:
Asada: Was that Chiba-san just now? [SL: Wow what a coincidence]
Takahara: (Did...)
Takahara: S-She saw us...
Takahara: She saw us.....
Takahara: (our eyes meet just now?!)
Takahara: She saw us!!!! Oh shit! She's gonna get the wrong idea, I just know it!!
Takahara: Noooooo! Why?! And with you of all people?!
//NOOOOOOOO//
//pissed off//
Asada: Be quiet.
She probably doesn't even know who you are.
Takahara: Err...

Pg 119:
//deflating//
//slurrrp//
Takahara: (Damnit...)
Takahara: W-Well...what about you then?! Is that guy of yours
ever gonna show up here?
Takahara: It's gonna be spring break soon.
Don't tell me you're gonna make me---
Takahara: (This better not be some story she just made up.)
Yuu: Hiro?

Pg 120:
Yuu: Hiro! Long time no see!
Asada: Y-Yuu-chan?!
Takahara: (Huh?)
Yuu: What a coincidence running into you like this! Did you stop by here after school?
Asada: Y-Yeah!
//clatter//
Yuu: How's everyone? Are they doing good?
Asada: Yeah!
Takahara: (....Oh...
so he really did show up...)

Pg 121:
Takahara: (The way she acts around me, and the way she acts around him, are completely different.)
//Am I that fat?//
Takahara: (He's a geezer...)
Takahara: (....Not that I care or anything.)
Yuu: Is this your boyfriend?
//thump!//
Takahara: (Oh shit...!)
Takahara: Ah....
//clatter//
Asada: Y-Yeah....kind of...
//smiles//
Yuu: Oh really?
Well, nice to meet you.
Takahara: ...Nice to meet you.
Takahara: (Um....
he's not getting jealous...like, at all...)
//nods//
Yuu: Talk about great timing!
I have something to tell you.
Asada: Huh?
Yuu: [SL: Ah] Hey! Over here!
//rattle rattle//

Pg 122:
Woman: Good evening.
Takahara: (What...?)
Yuu: I'm about to go and meet her parents for the first time.
We've decided to get married...
Takahara: (WTF?!)
Takahara: (...Seriously?!)
//glances over//
Takahara: (Holy shit...)
Takahara: (So this is how things turn out?
Whoa...)
Yuu: You'll attend our wedding, won't you, Hiro?

Pg 123:
//thump//
Yuu: Since you are like a baby sister to me, it'd be great if you can come.
Takahara: (Err...this doesn't look good...
what is she gonna do...?)
//thump thump thump//
Takahara: (Don't tell me she's gonna let the waterworks loose...?)
//thump//
Asada: ...Yeah

Pg 124:
Asada: Congrats, Yuu-chan!
//stab//
//honk honk honk//

Pg 125:
Guy: //whispers// Did you see
//step step//
Guy: that girl just now? //whisper//
//stops//

Pg 126:
Takahara: Asa---
//slap//
Takahara: ----....

Pg 127:
//shoves away//
//squeeze//
Takahara: (...What is she, an idiot or something?!)
//stab...//

Pg 128:
Takahara: (If she was gonna end up crying this much,
she should've told him she liked him.
You're always acting the hot-shot around me,
if you cry like this, how am I supposed to react?
Why'd you smile anyway? Are you a retard?
....I didn't think
she'd cry like this.)
//stab stab//

Pg 129:
Asada: ...Ow....
Asada: You're walking too fast!
Takahara: Huh...?
//wheeze//
Asada: Your walk! //wheeze//
//wheeze wheeze//
Takahara: Wha...?
Oh, right...
//sigh of relief//
//thud//

Pg 130:
Takahara: (Ah....
her hand...)
//sits down//
//thump thump thump//
Takahara: (....Her hand's so cold...)
Takahara: (Maybe it's just because it's cool outside today?
I wonder if her hand's always this cold...?)

Pg 131:
//snaps out of it//
Asada:...Takahara,
your hand's really warm.
Takahara: ...It's only 'cause yours is really cold.
Takahara: (Her voice sounds like she's about to start crying again...)
Asada: ...You think?
//wipes//
Takahara: (...Shit.
How am I supposed to "comfort" her anyway?
I don't know what I'm supposed to say in these kind of situations.)
Takahara: (Ah...err....)
Takahara: (Um...)
Asada: ...Thanks.

Pg 132:
Takahara: No prob....
Takahara: (...I guess, I'll just stay like this then until her hand warms up too...)
//squeeze//
Teacher: [SL: Let's see here] The only absence is
Asada, is that right?
//noise noise//
Teacher: The flu's been going around lately, so be extra careful everyone!

Pg 133:
Teacher: Okay, well let's start off with some information about the closing ceremony being held tomorrow---
Takahara: (I wonder if she's still hung up about it?)
Takahara: (...She didn't really catch a cold, did she?)
Takahara: (I wonder if she cried lots after that...)
//stab...//
Guy: ---go
Yuugo!
Takahara: Wha?
Guy: We're setting up a konpa. Wanna come? [basically where a bunch of girls & guys get together to hang out and meet new people, possibly new romantic interests as well ^^]
If you want, I can set you up with anyone you're kinda interested in.
//eyes snap open//

Pg 134:
Takahara: No way?!
When?!
Guy: Tomorrow near sunfall.
//You don't have to go to sports clubs tomorrow, right?//
//clatter//
Takahara: Y-Yeah, count me in!
Ah....
Takahara: (...Asada)
//thump...//
Takahara: ("Stick with me after school until I say it's okay")
Waitress: Hello!
//clank clank//

Pg 135:
//glances around//
Takahara: (I guess there's no way she'd be here...)
//wheeze wheeze//
//creak//
Takahara: (I wonder if she's gonna give up after all?
Well yeah, I guess there's nothing she can do if they're gonna get married...)
Takahara: (...I wonder if she's okay by herself?)
Takahara: I don't know her phone number or where she lives...//shit...//
Takahara: (I never realized it up 'til now,
but I know almost nothing about her...)
//pat//
Yuu: Mind if I sit here?

Pg 136:
Yuu: You're Hiro's boyfriend, aren't you?
Takahara: (Oh shit!)
//smiles//
Takahara: Ah...
Yuu: I'm waiting for someone to come too.
Excuse me, I'll be switching seats!
Waitress: Okay!
//What?!//
Takahara: (Yo, y' geezer!)
//smiles//
Yuu: Hiro will be coming soon too, right?
Takahara: ("Hiro" my ass.
What's he acting like he's so happy and shit?!)

Pg 137:
Takahara: (I wonder how he'd react if I told him she was so traumatized by what he told her that she hasn't showed up to school)
//pissed off//
Waitress: Thank you for waiting!
This is for the person who ordered Orange Tea Soda!
Yuu: Oh, right here.
//taken aback//
Takahara: (T-That's....)
Takahara: ("If two people drink Orange Tea Soda at this cafe, they'll fall for each other")
Takahara: (H-Hold up! W-Well...it's not like...something's gonna end up happening between me and him...
Takahara: T-That's....
Yuu: [SL: What?] Oh, this is this cafe's specialty.


Pg 138:
Yuu: I have fond memories related to this,
so whenever I come here, I just end up always ordering this.
Takahara: What...?
//clank//
Yuu: Back in college, when I told my current girlfriend how I felt about her, we were both drinking this.
Hiro always laughs at me saying I'm such a romantic though.
Takahara: ("I like people like you")
Takahara: (...What "jinx"?
That idiot...)

//squeeze//

Pg 139:
Yuu: But it was the first time Hiro ever introduced me to a guy.
It really surprised me.
Yuu: And it seemed like only the other day when she was still a little kid
Yuu: She always been close to me for as long as we've known to each other.
She's almost like family to me.
//ice melting//
Yuu: She's a good girl.
Yuu: At first glance, she might seem like she's really strong,
but she gets hurt easily.
Yuu: Just don't make her cry, okay?
Yuu: I'm counting on you...
//clatter//

Pg 140:
Takahara: I don't have to take this from you!
Takahara: (He friggin' pisses me off...)
Takahara: (Don't act like you know everything about her!)
Takahara: (You're the one that's making her cry!)

Pg 141:
Takahara: (And what's with her and "Orange Tea Soda" anyway?!")
Takahara: ("I just thought you two were a bit alike")
Takahara: (Are you an idiot or something?)
Takahara: (Don't put me in the same box as him!)
Takahara: (Damnit!)
Takahara: (Why am I so pissed off anyway?)
//school chime//
[board reads: Closing Ceremony
9:30 at the Gym]

Pg 142:
Takahara: (She's here...)
//ahahaha//
Asada: I heard you ran into Yuu-chan yesterday?
//noise noise//
Takahara: Huh...?
Asada: He was worried that he got you all riled up.
What happened?

Pg 143:
Takahara: You...met with him?
Asada: Ah...
yeah, he came over yesterday....
Takahara: (...What the hell?)
Asada: ...I heard you went to the cafe? Sorry I wasn't there.
I'm going to go today though, so why don't you come too? I have something I want to talk to you about too...
Takahara: (You cried Niagara falls and you...)
Girl: Those of you who're still here, you should think about heading down to the gym---

Pg 144:
//kick//
Takahara: (First him, and now her?)
Takahara: Get off your high horse.

Pg 145:
Takahara: I have nothing to do with any off this! So leave me the fuck alone!
Takahara: (I feel like such an idiot worrying about her!)
Asada: Taka...
//clatter//
Takahara: If you wanna spread the letter around, then do whatever the hell you want!
Do it! See if I care! This is a fucking waste of time.
Takahara: (Do whatever the fuck you want.)

Pg 146:
Takahara: (Me getting pissed off,
ugh, give me a fucking break.
What do I have to do with any of this anyway?)
Takahara: (It doesn't matter
a single
bit
what she does....
...I've got nothing to do with this anymore.)

Pg 147:
Takahara: (I don't have that much free time
that I have to be pulled this way and that over someone else's shit.)
Asada: I was planning on giving you this back today.
...I didn't read the whole thing.
Asada: You're a nice guy,
so I knew you wouldn't be able to say no if I was a little pushy.
Asada: ...I'm sorry.
Asada: ...I'll put an end to this.
Takahara: (...Huh?)

Pg 148:
Asada: I'm going to tell him how I feel tonight.
//thump//
Takahara: (What...)
Asada: I heard you were gonna go to a konpa tonight?
Asada: They've invited Chiba-san along too, right?
...I gave you back your letter, so why don't you tell her how you feel?
//slide//
Guy: Yo Yuugo!
//Sorry to keep ya waiting//

Pg 149:
Asada: See ya
Guy: Huh?
Okay.
//thump//
Guy: What? Were you guys going at it again?
Why've you guys been acting like this lately anyway?
//crumple//
Takahara: ...It's nothing.
//thump thump thump//
Takahara: ("I'm going to put an end to this")
[letter reads: Chiba]
Takahara: (...If I just let this go, then we'll go into Grade 12 and we'll end up in different classes.)
Takahara: ("I'm going to tell him how I feel")

Pg 150:
Takahara: (It's not like we were friends i nteh first place.
It's gonna be great not having to see her face anymore...)
//pissed off//
//clicks togue//
[SL: Takahara: They suck]
Chiba: Um....Takahara-kun,
mind if I sit here?
Takahara: Wha...
ah....
Takahara: errr...
//blush//
Chiba: I'm Chiba. Do you know me?
Takahara: Y-Yes!
Chiba: Really? I'm glad. //giggles//
Takahara: (Whoaaaa)

Pg 151:
Takahara: (No way!)
Takahara: (Take that Asada!)
//thump thump//
Takahara: (Chiba-san knows about me!)
Chiba: Don't tell me you and Asada-san are going out?
//chokes//
Chiba: [SL: Kya!] Are you okay?!
//cough cou//
Takahara: Y-Yeah, sorry.
Takahara: W-We're not like that.
Takahara: (She was just blackmailing me!)
Chiba: Oh really? Well that's a relief...
//thump!//
Takahara: Huh...?
Takahara: (Don't tell me...
could this be...)
Girl: Hey, what time is it right now?
//snaps out of it//
Guy: It's almost 9 [SL: We've still got plenty of time]

Pg 152:
//click click//
Takahara: ("I'm going to tell him how I feel tonight")
Takahara: (...I wonder if she did, for real.)
//thump...//
Takahara: (I wonder what happened?
I wonder if she cried again?
Or did she...)
//squeeze//
Takahara: ("Takahara, your hand's so warm")
Takahara: ...Damnit...
Takahara: (What's with me?)

Pg 153:
Takahara: (Why am I thinking so much abotu her...)
Guy: Anyone wanting anything else, speak up right now!
Guy #2: Yo, get us some fries!
Girl: I'd like some Orange tea soda!
Chiba: Ah, me too!
Takahara: (Not even an idiot would let a chance like this slide.)
Takahara: (Taking a good look at her, Chiba-san sure is cute...)

Pg 154:
Takahara: (Her face is cute, and her voice is cute...)
//clank clank//
Waitress: Hello!
Takahara: (Her personality's even cute, and not to mention...)
//clatter//
Takahara: (she's got a size E chest!)
//wheeze wheeze//
Takahara: Where is he?

Pg 155:
Takahara: Didn't you tell him
how you felt?
//wheeze//
//grrr//
Waitress: Hello, have you decided what you'd like?
Takahara: [SL: Ah] Could you give me a sec...
Asada: ...Are you out of your mind?
There's no way I could tell him after everything that's happened
Takahara: Eh...?
Asada: What?
Asada: You're the one to blame, you know!

Pg 156:
Asada: Y-You get serious all of a sudden...
you didn't have to get so mad like you did...
Asada: I said I'm sorry, but you wouldn't even talk to me.
Asada: And anyway, you were supposed to keep after school free,
and you just went and promised to go to some konpa!
Takahara: Don't throw garbage at me....
//splat splat//
//squeeze//
Takahara: Then what was the point of you being here this whole time?
//turns//
Asada: ...Shut up.
What happened with you and Chiba-san anyway?
I gave you back your letter, didn't I?
Takahara: I threw it away.
Takahara: (She sure is a strong-willed chick.)

Pg 157:
Asada: What...?!
Takahara: How could I give it to her after all that's happened, anyway?
I told you I don't need it anymore.
Asada: I-I'm sorry....
Takahara: ...Aren't you going to ask how it turned out?
Asada: D-Did you tell her how you felt about her...?
Takahara: (Geez.
Am I...
an idiot or what...)
Waitress: Excuse me!

Pg 158:
Waitress: We'll be taking last orders. Would you like anything?
Asada: A...
Takahara: Then I'd like to have an Orange Tea Soda please
Asada: WHAT?!
Hey...!
Takahara: What?
Or do you want a letter instead?

Pg 159:
Takahara: (...to think she's cuter than Chiba-san?)
Waitress: Will that be everything?

Pg 160:
Takahara: ...So what's it gonna be?
Takahara: (I don't believe in superstitions)
//blush//
Asada: ...Orange Tea Soda please!
Takahara: (but it might not be so bad to make some superstitions of my own.)

THE END

Pg 161:
G-Line Romance

Pg 162:
Mizuuchi: (It's barely above the line.)
Mizuuchi: Ah, this one's pretty good
Nakamura: Which one?
Mizuuchi: This one.
Mizuuchi: Ah, it was okay. I went to the previews.
Mizuuchi: Eh? No way. So you like, sent in a postcard?
Nakamura: ...She did.
Mizuuchi: Ah...

Pg 163:
Mizuuchi: (Every Wednesday and Friday after school,
we pass time by hanging out like this in the class room.)
Mizuuchi: (---Until Nakamura's girlfriend finishes work.)
Mizuuchi: (As for me, I've got nothing better to do,
and since it's pretty fun talking to Nakamura--)

Pg 164:
Mizuuchi: (---but it's not like we made a promise to hang out or anything)
//blinks//
Nakamura: Mizuuchi,
there's something in your hair
Mizuuchi: What? A thread or something?
Mizuuchi: Where is it?
Nakamura: No, not there. It's---
//tense//

Pg 165:
//beep beep//
//thump!//
//beep beep//
//click//
Nakamura: ...Hello?
Nakamura: Oh, okay,
you're all finished?
Nakamura: Yeah,
then I'll leave right now.
Nakamura: Yeah, see ya.
//blows//

Pg 166:
Nakamura: Well,
I'm gonna go. What about you?
//clatter//
Mizuuchi: Nnn...I guess I'll stay for a bit more. [SL: Since I don't have much to do]
Nakamura: Take care of yourself out there!
//waves//
//fading footsteps//
Mizuuchi: (...We always have canned black coffee.)

Pg 167:
Mizuuchi: (How many times has it been?
In the very beginning, I had something I had to do,
and I ended up staying here pretty late, and by coincidence Nakamura was still here.
Now that I think about it, that was the first time I talked to him.)
Mizuuchi: What!
Mizuuchi: So you always wait here until your girlfriend finishes work?
Nakamura: Only on Wednesdays and Fridays.
If I go home, then my parents are gonna bitch at me if I try to leave.
Mizuuchi: Wow, you guys must be really close!
Mizuuchi: What does she do? Since, you know, that's a pretty long time.
Nakamura: Nah, not that long. Like two hours.
She's tutors a cousin of hers that lives close to here.
Mizuuchi: Whoaaa! She must be really smart.

Pg 168:
//opens can//
Nakamura: That kid's only in grade 1 //hahaha//
//thump!//
//turns//
Nakamura: ...What?
Mizuuchi: Ah...nothing.
Mizuuchi: I just thought how nice your hands are.
Nakamura: Huh?
Mizuuchi: Err...nevermind.
Sorry.
//What am I saying?//
//blushes//
Mizuuchi: (It's big and all sinewy,
a guy's hand for sure.)
//snickers//

Pg 169:
Nakamura: ...Want it?
//school chime//
Mizuuchi: (I've never had a chance to touch those hands.)

Pg 170:
Mizuuchi: (Since I knew from the very beginning that he belonged to someone else,
it's not like I want to.)
//pourrr//
//squeak//
//hahaha//
Mizuuchi: (Ah...)
Girl: [SL: Ah!] Let me borrow your hairbrush later
Girl #2: Okay!
Mizuuchi: (She's Nakamura's....)
Girl: Yeah, and like,
since Haruhi's not good with horror and blood and gore and stuff along those lines, he was like so pale!
//thump!//

Pg 171:
Girl #2: Really?
//iggles//
Girl: Yeah, and two nights ago I watched this movie with Haruhi, and like---
//giggles//
//slam//
Mizuuchi: (So he went over to her place
afterwards.)
Mizuuchi: (He's not good with horror but he still likes it? What a weirdo?)
Mizuuchi: (She does seem like she's pretty smart.
It's the first time I've seen her up close.
So she calls him "Haruhi"....)
//thud//
Mizuuchi: OW!

Pg 172:
//heh//
Nakamura: Wait [SL: It's gonna fall]
//turns//
Nakamura: Devil!
Ogre!
Nakamura: Yo, Mizuuchi!
Tomo-chan!
//THUMP!//
Mizuuchi: (Geez....)
Mizuuchi: What is this junk anyway?
It's got dust all over it //cough//
Nakamura: It's garbage.
I had to help out a teacher clean up the supplies room

Pg 173:
Mizuuchi: Oh, so what'd he bribe you with so that you'd help out?
//tense//
Nakamura: ...two canned coffees....
Mizuuchi: And?
Nakamura: ...he'd cover lunch next Friday.
Mizuuchi: Okay, understandable.

**
//thump//
Mizuuchi: (His arms look pretty strong, even though he's a bit on the skinny side.)
Mizuuchi: (You couldn't tell when he's wearing long sleeves though.(
//step//
Nakamura: Hey
Nakamura: It's like Wednesdays and Fridays've
become some kind of routine, huh?

Pg 174:
Nakamura: You know....
Mizuuchi: ...What/
Nakamura: ...I forgot.
//rustle rustle//
Mizuuchi: What? That makes no sense.
//thump...//
Nakamura: Whoa,
my hands're black.
Mizuuchi: (---Does he touch her with these hands?)

Pg 175:
Mizuuchi: (I wonder if he embraces her? He probably does.)
Mizuuchi: ("Two days ago, me and Haruhi---")
Mizuuchi: (...I wonder)
Mizuuchi: (what it would be like to be in his arms?)
//kyaa! kyaa!//
//thud!//

Pg 176:
//splash//
Nakamura: Hey!!
//thump...//
Guy: Sorry!
Girl: Oh no.
//thump thump//
Nakamura: Did you get wet?
Mizuuchi: ...I'm fine.
//thump thump//
Mizuuchi: (T-That...caught me off guard...)
Nakamura: Oh...
whoops...

Pg 177:
Nakamura: My bad!
Mizuuchi: Huh?!
Nakamura: You've got a black handprint on your back! [SL: It's so obvious!]
//AHAHAHA//
Mizuuchi: WHAT?!
//taken aback//
Mizuuchi: (What?!)
Mizuuchi: No way!
Get it off!
Nakamura: You should wash your hands first before touching it //heh//
Mizuuchi: //grr// Shut up! Whose fault is this anyway?!
Mizuuchi: (Arrghh! You idiot!)
[sign reads "Women's Washroom"]

Pg 178:
//creaakk//
Nakamura: Did it come off?
//snickers//
//turns around//
//glares//
Nakamura: Sorry.
Mizuuchi: (What am I supposed to do...)
//rustle//
Nakamura: Here.
//throws//
Mizuuchi: (Huh...?)

Pg 179:
Nakamura: Wear this.
Mizuuchi: What?
No, that's okay.
Nakamura: Don't worry about it. Just wear it.
Mizuuchi: (N-No way...)
Nakamura: Aw man,
next block's math.
//school chime//
Mizuuchi: (Nakamura...)
Nakamura: Hury!
Mizuuchi: Wait for me!
//fading footsteps//
Mizuuchi: (Nakamura,)
Mizuuchi: (-----why?)

Pg 180:
Mizuuchi: (I wonder if he does this kind of stuff no matter who it is?)
//thump thump//
Mizuuchi: (...I can smell his scent slightly wafting from his shirt.
He's probably even nicer to his girlfriend.
...I know that, but still...)
//thump thump//

Pg 181:
Mizuuchi: (It feels like I'm in his arms,
and the spot the heat coming from the spot where he touched me on my back
won't fade.)
//beep beep//
//rustle//
Mizuuchi: Okay!

Pg 182:
Mizuuchi: ...Whoa, this is big.
//thump//
Mizuuchi: (...His parts are completely different from mine.)
Mizuuchi: It smells like soap...
//smells//
Mizuuchi: (I though he might've figured out how I felt
that time...)
Mizuuchi: ("Haruhi")

Pg 183:
Mizuuchi: ("Want it?")
//rustle//
//squeeze//
Mizuuchi: (I'm not stupid enough to want someone who belongs to someone else)
//school chime//
Mizuuchi: Ah

Pg 184:
Mizuuchi: Nakamura,
you came?
Mizuuchi: You didn't show up to class,
what're you...
Mizuuchi: What happened to you?
Nakamura: Huh?
...Er, yeah.
Mizuuchi: Did something happen...?
Don't tell me it had something to do with your girlfriend?
Nakamura: Yeah...
No....


Pg 185:
Mizuuchi: So? Which is it?
Mizuuchi: Nakamura? [SL: Yoo?]
Mizuuchi: ...Your girlfriend wasn't the one who punched you, was she?
Nakamura: ...She's a really nice girl.
Nakamura: She's a really nice girl.
Nakamura: I know that...but....
//thump//
Mizuuchi: (...So,
they fought.)
Mizuuchi: Wanna go to the classroom?
You're gonna wait for her right? Since it's Friday.

Pg 186:
Mizuuchi: You're going to buy me coffee, right?
Nakamuraaaa
//rustle//
Mizuuchi: Heyyy
//stab//
Mizuuchi: ...Haruhi~ [SL: Yooo]
//stab...//
Mizuuchi: (His hair looks so soft...)
//tense//
Mizuuchi: (---This is hers too.)
Mizuuchi: (I wonder what it would be like
to be cared so must for by him.)

Pg 187:
Mizuuchi: Well,
I'm off.
Mizuuchi: You still owe me a drink on Wednesday. [SL: I'm sure you guys'll patch things up soon enough]
Mizuuchi: (...I don't know why, but my throat feels like its tightening.)
Mizuuchi: Oh yeah, and thanks for this.
I washed it.
Mizuuchi: (It's the first time I've seen Nakamura like this...)

Pg 188:
//rustle//

Pg 189:
//thump thump thump thump//
Mizuuchi: I...dropped your shirt
//tense//
//rustle//
//thump//

Pg 190:
//squeeze//
Nakamura: ...I broke up with her
Nakamura: just now.
Mizuuchi: (Huh...?)

Pg 191:
Nakamura: Thanks
//thump//
//shake shake//
//thump//
Mizuuchi: (What...?)
Mizuuchi: (What is he saying...?)
Mizuuchi: ("I broke up with her")
//thump...//
Mizuuchi: No way....
Mizuuchi: Why did he....
Mizuuchi: (But...)

Pg 192:
Mizuuchi: (I thought you were always going to be hers.
Your hands,
your voice, your gaze,
everything real about you.)
Mizuuchi: (I'm not stupid enough to fall for someone with a girlfriend.)

Pg 193:
Mizuuchi: (...But)
//thump!//
Mizuuchi: (I never thought things would turn out like this.)
Mizuuchi: (I never thought a day would come
when he doesn't belong to someone else.)
//thump thump//
//clank//

Pg 194:
Mizuuchi: (I can't look him straight in the face)
Mizuuchi: (What was he thinking when he...)
Mizuuchi: (...I'm starting to feel dizzy.
What should I do...?)

Pg 195:
Mizuuchi: ("Thanks")
("I broke up with her")
Nakamura: Mizuuchi!

Pg 196:
Nakamura: Sorry 'bout yesterday.
Here's the coffee I owe you.
Mizuuchi: I don't want any.
Nakamura: Mizuuchi...?
Nakamura: Mizuuchi, yo?
Nakamura: Hold on.
Nakamura: What're you so mad over?

Pg 197:
Mizuuchi: ...I'm not mad.
Nakamura: ...Then why won't you look me in the face?
Mizuuchi: (...His big hands...)
Nakamura: ...Mizuuchi?
Mizuuchi: (His body heat close to mine,
the feeling of being wrapped up in his shirt,)
Nakamura: //heh// ...Here.
I said I'd buy you one, right?
Mizuuchi: (My words are stuck in my throat...)

Pg 198:
Mizuuchi: I said I don't want any!!!
//clank//
//roll roll//
Mizuuchi: (Ah...)
Nakamura: ...What's your problem?

Pg 199:
Nakamura: Why're you so mad?
Mizuuchi: No!
//thud//
Nakamura: Mizu...
Mizuuchi: ....Why
Mizuuchi: did you say what you did?
Is it your idea of a sick joke?
Mizuuchi: (I feel so stupid.)

Pg 200:
Mizuuchi: She's wearing your shirt!
You didn't break up with her!
//stab stab//
Mizuuchi: I thought you were being honest when you said you broke things off with her!
Mizuuchi: ...If I'm just being a bother to you, you should've just said so!
Then I wouldn't have waited with you all this time...
//stab stab//
Mizuuchi: It's not like I---
Nakamura: Mizuuchi...

Pg 201:
Mizuuchi: Don't touch me with the same hands
you use to hold her!
//pushes back//
Mizuuchi: (My throat's so tight,
I can't breathe...!)
Mizuuchi: (I wonder what I was hoping for?)

Pg 202:
Mizuuchi: (In the end, he's still hers.)
Mizuuchi: (His hands, his gaze,
everything real about him.)
Mizuuchi: (A jealousy that burns through the heart,
the close gaze,
his body heat,
the strength of his arm as he grabs hold of you,)

Pg 203:
Mizuuchi: (None of that will ever be mine)
Mizuuchi: Uuu....
Mizuuchi: (To be honest, it was always painful.)
Mizuuchi: (For a long long time.
Ever since that time,
I wanted him to touch only me)

Pg 204:
Mizuuchi: (with those hands)
Announcement: We'll be closing up
//school chime//
Announcement: Those still in the classrooms,
please make your way to the exits.
Mizuuchi: (It's almost surprising how I've been able to act all normal up til now)

Pg 205:
Mizuuchi: (Even with things the way they are,
I can't give up on these feeligns.)
Mizuuchi: (There's nothing
that I can do to put a stop to it...)
//creakk//
//thump!//

Pg 206:
Nakamura: ...I got it back from her.
She said she wanted to keep it as a keepsake.
Nakamura: ...There's nothing I can do to put a stop to it anymore.

Pg 207:
Nakamura: ...I don't want to be with anyone else but you.
Nakamura: ...So don't run away anymore.
Mizuuchi: (...Haruhi)
//thump thump//
Nakamura: You've felt the same way about me too
from the very beginning, didn't you?
Mizuuchi: (Haruhi)

Pg 208:
Nakamura: If you want me, just say it,
now!
Mizuuchi: (The words that were stuck in the back of my throat
for so so long...)

Pg 209:
Mizuuchi: ...want you...
Mizuuchi: I want you!!
Mizuuchi: ("Please touch only me with those hands."
---We were barely above the line with our eyes closed.)

Pg 210:
Mizuuchi: (We opened up our frightened eyes,
and as we went beyond the boundary line right in front of us,
finally,
the romance began.)

<<THE END>>

<END OF CHAPTER 15>