Ashita mo Kitto Koishiteru 1

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MITSUKI is on top of the world when IMAI, her former tutor and sister's friend, agrees to begin dating her. Even with the seven year age gap, she's determined to make it work, even though she hardly ever gets to see him. But her happiness slowly gives way to doubts when a year passes without ever breaking down the barrier she feels between them. Does Imai-san even like her at all? Or is the person he's really in love with her older sister and he's just going out with her because he didn't have the heart to turn her down? Maybe he doesn't take her seriously because she's still in high school? When she's with him, he always seems more of the serious type---but what is this about his playboy past?!

Title: Ashita mo Kitto Koi Shiteru [i'll Still Be in Love With You Tomorrow]
Mangaka: Fujii Akemi

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

Pg 9:
Mitsuki: (...Talk about bad timing!)
Mitsuki: (I don't even have enough time to go home and change)
//slam//
//Sorry!//
Mitsuki: (Ughhhh this sucks!)
[bell reads: 5pm---
I'll be waitin---]
Mitsuki: (//sighs//)
Mitsuki: (He finally sends me the message I've been waiting for so long, and THIS is what happens?---)
Mitsuki: (Not to mention, It's my first time in two weeks seeing him too!)
//clang clang//
Mitsuki: Ah...
[sign reads "Tea"]

Pg 10:
Mitsuki: Imai-san!
Imai: ...Mitsuki
Mitsuki: Sorry, I'm late. I had some stuff to do at school.
//Welcome back!//
Mitsuki: (I'm glad he's not mad)
//sigh of relief//
Mitsuki: (Well, it's not like I've ever seen him mad anyways)
//laughs//
Imai: Did you run all the way here?
What do want to drink? [sL: You're probably thirsty, aren't you?]
Mitsuki: [sL: Ah, yeah] I'd like an orange soda please
Mitsuki: (The suit looks really nice on him,
he looks like, how do you put it...all mature, you know?)
Mitsuki: (I'm always nervous when I'm around him...)

Pg 11:
Mitsuki: Are you drinking
iced coffee?
Imai: Yeah.
Mitsuki: ...Could I have a sip?
Imai: Sure,
but I didn't put any sugar in it
Mitsuki: I-I
can still drink it!
//laughs//
Imai: ...Go ahead.
Mitsuki: (Yayy! I guess this is what you call an indirect kiss. Haha]
//clank//
Mitsuki: (This is so couple-like!)
Imai: Did you get your ears pierced?
Mitsuki: What?
Mitsuki: Oh!

Pg 12:
Mitsuki: Y-Yeah...I got it done last week
Imai: Was your school okay with it? [apparently alot of Japanese schools are really uptight about hair length/style, piercings, jewellery, yada-yada-yada. Some schools ban piercings, and this is why he's asking her this ^^]
Mitsuki: The place I got it done told me that I shouldn't take it off for at least 3 weeks,
so I've been putting a bandaid over it.
And anyway, my sister got hers done in grade 11....
Mitsuki: (Maybe I don't look good with it...?)
Imai: Oh, right...
yeah, Chizuka comes across as the type to like that kind of stuff
Imai: How is she anyway?
//I haven't seen her around lately//
Mitsuki: ....She's been...doing great...
Mitsuki: (...I wonder what's the punishment
for telling a lie?)

Pg 13:
Mitsuki: (I think Imai-san
might've been in love with my older sister)
Mitsuki: (While he was going to uni, he was my tutor,
but originally, he was a classmate of my sister's, who's seven years older than me)
[papers read: English Exams
Practice Sheet for Entrance Examinations]
Mitsuki: (They seemed to be really close.)
Mitsuki: (There's no way a kid like me could match up to someone like her)
Mitsuki: (She was already dating someone else at that time,
but I was too afraid to tell him how I felt)

Pg 14:
Mitsuki: (And then as time passed and he graduated and started working,
I saw less and less of him)
Mitsuki: (About half a year ago,
I saw how close they still were despite them working different jobs)
//Yayyyy! I'm homeee//
//Imai: I'm sorry, a bunch of our friends from university got together and she had a bit too much to drink//
//Imai: I'll be leaving now
Sister: Okayyy! Thanks for cominnngg!
Mom: Now, now.//
Mitsuki: (That time, my sister had just broken up with her boyfriend)
Mitsuki: I---
Imai-san?!
Mitsuki: (That's why I....)
Mitsuki: M---My
sister has a new boyfriend already!
Imai: Huh...?

Pg 15:
Mitsuki: She has someone she likes already,
Mitsuki: so why
Mitsuki: not me? Or am I not good enough?
Mitsuki: I really like you...
Mitsuki: (It was because...)
Mitsuki: (I was afraid my sister would take him away from me)
//clang clang//
//thank you very much!//

Pg 16:
Mitsuki: (It's not that I wanted to lie to you)
//honk honk//
Imai: ...It's seven.
I guess seeing a movie's out.
Imai: Want to go somewhere to eat?
//What do you want to have?//
Mitsuki: I can go home a bit late! They won't mind!
Imai: No.
Imai: You have to get back by 9, right?
And anyway, I can't go walking around with a high school girl late at night
//tap//
Imai: Today I came straight from work so I don't even have my car with me
so we should head back even earlier than usual.
//stab...//
Mitsuki: (...But...this is the first time we've seen each other in two whole weeks
well yeah....you have your work, and I understand that....but didn't you miss me...?)
Mitsuki: (Weren't there ever times that you wanted to see me...?)
//honk honk//
Imai: ...Everything okay?

Pg 17:
Mitsuki: ....Do you....
Mitsuki: think I look like Chizu-chan? [her sister]
//What?//
Imai: Why are you asking?
You don't. Not at all.
//stab//
Mitsuki: (He's treats me really kindly...)
Mitsuki: (We've been going out for half a year. We haven't been able to spend that much time together,
but we haven't fought once. We've even kissed a couple of times)
Mitsuki: (...but still,
he's never told me that he liked me)
//squeeze//

Pg 18:
Mitsuki: (Whenever he's around me
I smell the faint scent of cigarettes)
Mitsuki: (But...)
Mitsuki: (I wonder if this smell...
really belongs to me?)
//click//
[sign read "Kawano"]
Mitsuki: I'm back....
ah.
Chizu: Welcome back, Mitsuki
Mitsuki: Hey, you're heading out? At this time of night?
Chizu: //chuckles// I'm going on a date.

Pg 19:
Mitsuki: (...I'm so jealous...
she gets to see the guy she likes whenever she wants...)
Mitsuki: What kind of guy are you dating anyway?
Chizu: That's a secret //giggle//
Mitsuki: What...?
//sniff sniff//
Chizu: You don't smell.
Mitsuki: [sL: Smell?] Of what?
Chizu: Cigarettes
Mitsuki: Huh?
Chizu: Imai-kun smokes, doesn't he?
Chizu: Has he done anything to you that'd make his smell stick to you?
//blushes//
Mitsuki: WHATTT!
Mitsuki: He wouldn't!! He's not like that!
You pervert!!
//hahaha//
Chizu: Tell them I won't be back tonight!
//See ya!//

Pg 20:
Mitsuki: She won't be...
//blushes//
//slam//
Mitsuki: (....If)
Mitsuki: (I was a grown up like my sister,
would I be able to spend more time with him?
...If
I was her....)
Mitsuki: ("You don't. Not at all")
Mitsuki: (I don't know if that time,
she had someone she liked.)
Mitsuki: (I wonder if, Imai-san's going out with me because I'm her sister?)
//throb//
Mitsuki: Ow...

Pg 21:
Mitsuki: (I can't shake this feeling of guilt)
Girl: //Wow!// A ring!
//noise noise//
Girl: From your boyfriend?!
Girl #2: Yup, but it's a cheap one.
But it's more about his feelings, you know?
Girl #3: Yeah, you're totally right
//Wowww I'm soo jealous!//
//Wowww//
Girl: What kind
of rock is it?
Girl #2: It's a fake topaz.
//Wowww//
Girl: When I broke up with my ex-boyfriend though, I couldn't figure out what I should do with all the jewellery I got from him.
It's like, they were a sign that I was his, you know? Especially the rings.
//I was seriously creeped out//
//ahaha hahaha//
//munch munch//
Girl #2: Hey! Don't rain on my parade!
Girl #3: //Ah// I don't mind if it's something
that's really good quality!
Girl #2: You just be quiet.

Pg 22:
Mitsuki: She's so lucky....
Girl: What?
Mitsuki: I want a ring too....
Girl: Why? You have so many already.
Your sister works at a jewellery store, doesn't she?
Mitsuki: Yeah, but they're all hers.
I don't mean like, generally, but more like, you know....
Girl: Why not try asking your boyfriend?
Your birthday's coming up soon, isn't it?
Mitsuki: I can't.
Girl: But he's already graduated uni and started working, right? I'm sure he'd give you one if you asked
//You are his girlfriend, after all//
Mitsuki: (Yeahh...but if I ASK him, then there's no point in it...)
Mitsuki: He's really nice....
//sighhh//
//Well woo-hoo for you//
Girl: GEEEZZ~ Are you trying to pick a fight with me? You went out yesterday night too, didn't you?
It must be so great having a grown up boyfriend~
Girl: He probably teaches you a lot of things, doesn't he? //hehe//
You know, like "grown up play"?
//Nooo~~My virgin ears~//
//snap//
Mitsuki: Imai-san's not like that.

Pg 23:
Mitsuki: He makes sure to take me back to my house at least five minutes before my curfew,
and whenever he's with me he doesn't smoke OR drink,
and he won't let me into his apartment because he lives alone
//he said it wouldn't be safe//
//clatter//
[bag of chips reads "Good Potatoes" ^^]
Girl: WHATTTT! NOOO WAYYY!
Woww now THAT'S a tough cookie to crack!
//Maybe there's something wrong with him?//
//snap//
Mitsuki: But those are the things I like about him!
Girl: Oh...
really?
//What's the point in all this?//
//beep beep//
Mitsuki: Ah! [sL: That's me]
Girl: Your bell?
Mitsuki: Yeah
Girl: Did you stop carrying around your cell?
Mitsuki: Imai-san doesn't like talking on the phone.
I knew it. It's from Imai-san.
Girl: [sL:...Oh, really?]
[reads: "I have to work late tonight, so I won't be able to see you. Imai"]
Mitsuki: (If he's busy)

Pg 24:
Mitsuki: (then I'll be the one to go and see him!)
Mitsuki: (I want to see him everyday if I can,
even if it's just to see his face.)
//woww...//
Mitsuki: (Ummm...)
//sliddee//
Mitsuki: (Ah!)
Mitsuki: (Great timing!)
Mitsuki: (This is awesome!)
Mitsuki: Imai---
sa-----
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
//thump//

Pg 25:
Imai: Mitsuki...?!
Imai: Is everything okay? Didn't you get my message?
Mitsuki: I did. But I was just hanging around with my friends near here and so I thought....
Mitsuki: (----I don't know why,
but he seemed really far away,
even though he was wearing the same suit he always does)
//stare stare//
Mitsuki: ...I'm sorry...
Mitsuki: (I did something really stupid...)
Mitsuki: I shouldn't have come and got in your way
Mitsuki: (He's working and I...)
Imai: ---Sorry,
I can't take a break right now.
Mitsuki: No, that's okay---
Imai: I'll walk you to the station.

Pg 26:
Mitsuki: It's okay. Really, I can go there by mysel---
//thump//
Imai: Mitsuki?
Mitsuki: Ah, it's nothing.
Mitsuki: I can go home by myself.
Imai: But---
Mitsuki: Really. I'll be okay.
I'm sorry to bother you at work.
//See you//
Mitsuki: (...I shouldn't have come here in my school uniform)
Mitsuki: (All I did was embarrass him.
I even look out of place standing next to him)
Imai: Mitsuki!
Imai: I'll leave
Imai: tomorrow open!

Pg 27:
Imai: So think about where you want to go to eat!
Mitsuki: ...Okay!
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...!)
Mitsuki: (Yayy! We're going on a date!)
Mitsuki: (I can be with him all day!)
//honk honk//
//swipe swipe//
Mitsuki: ...I don't look weird, do I?

Pg 28:
Mitsuki: (These are Chizu-chan's clothes,
so I think they look a bit grown up...)
Mitsuki: (even though I'm lacking in the chest department...)
Mitsuki: NOW we'll look like a real couple!
//hey hey//
Guy: Are you waiting for someone?
//smiles//
Guy: If you're not doing anything, want to hang out?
Mitsuki: My boyfriend will be coming soon
Guy: We saw you here standing here alone for a pretty long time.
Why don't you just dump that boyfriend and hang out with----
Mitsuki: ...Ah

Pg 29:
Imai: Does that happen to you a lot?
Mitsuki: What?
Imai: ...Guys hitting on you.
Mitsuki: Ah....
sometimes.
//When I'm hanging out with friends//
Imai: ...Oh...
Mitsuki: ...Are you mad?
Imai: Why would I be?
Mitsuki: (...Aww....
so he's not jealous?)
//snaps out of it//
Mitsuki: AHHHH!
Mitsuki: (He's not wearing a suit!!)
Imai: What?
Mitsuki: N-Nothing!!

Pg 30:
Mitsuki: (I'm such an idiot!
It's a SUNDAY. Of course he wouldn't be wearing a suit!
You idiot! You retard!
Ugghhh I TOTALLY missed the mark...)
//depressed//
Mitsuki: (I should've just worn that dress I bought a couple of weeks ago)
//hahahahaha//
//thud//
Mitsuki: Ah...
//pulls//
Mitsuki: (My back feels hot...)
Mitsuki: (With the scent of cigarettes
my heart beats faster...)

Pg 31:
Mitsuki: That was AMAZING!!
Imai: You enjoyed it?
Mitsuki: Definitely!
//This is dessert//
//laughs//
Imai: You showed off some pretty impressive eating skills there.
It was worth taking you here.
Mitsuki: It's my first time eating at a place like this!
//whisper//
Mitsuki: But, is this really okay? I mean, it's probably super expensive.
I wouldn't have minded going out to eat ramen, or to some fast food joint.
Imai: Haha, don't be silly
Imai: Even if you ate enough for three people, I have enough
to get us by
Mitsuki: I don't eat THAT much...
//blush//
Imai: [sL: Here] Do you want this too?
Mitsuki: Yeah!
Mitsuki: (Yayyy! I'm so happy!)
Mitsuki: This is great!
Imai: Today was partly to make it up to you too

Pg 32:
Mitsuki: [sL: Huh?] "Make it up to me"?
Imai: I have to head off to Kyushu tomorrow for work,
so I won't be able to see you for a while.
Mitsuki: (What...)
Mitsuki: U-
Until when...?
Imai: I'll be gone for a week. I'm planning to be back by Saturday night
Mitsuki: (I won't be able to see him again...)
Mitsuki: But....that's...
//clank//
Mitsuki: (One whole week...?)
Imai: I'm really sorry
Mitsuki: (But....
next week....
next Friday is my...)
Mitsuki: Oh...yeah...
....well....
Mitsuki: (is my....)
//stab stab//
Mitsuki: Well, it's work. There's not much you can do about it.
Yeah, thanks for letting me know
Mitsuki: (Oh no...I feel like I'm going to start crying...)
Imai: ...I know it's a little early----

Pg 33:
//tap//
Imai: but here's your birthday present
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
Mitsuki: (no way...)
//thump thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: Is this...from Chizu-chan's store?
Imai: Yeah, I don't really know any jewellery store besides hers.
Mitsuki: (...Don't tell me...)
Mitsuki: (this is....)
Mitsuki: C-Can I...
open it?
Imai: ...Go ahead.
Mitsuki: (Is it----)

Pg 34:
Mitsuki: (They're earrings...)
Imai: Sorry, do you not like it that much?
//snaps out of it//
Mitsuki: N-No, no. I do!
Mitsuki: I was just a bit surprised because I'd never gotten something this expensive!
Mitsuki: (I feel so stupid)

Pg 35:
Mitsuki: It's so cute!
Thanks, I'll take good care of it!
//stab stab//
Mitsuki: (I was disappointed because I thought it would be a ring.
....I'm being too greedy.
God's going to punish me for wanting too much.)
Mitsuki: I'll be able to take the ones I have in right now off in about a week,
so the next time I see you, I'll wear these, okay?
Imai: ...Okay
Mitsuki: (...Still)
Mitsuki: ("A sign that I'm his")
Mitsuki: (Still...)
Imai: Oh, it's about time you head back.
Imai: Let's go

Pg 36:
Mitsuki: (Imai-san,
if I hadn't gotten my ears pierced,
would you have gotten me a ----?)
Mitsuki: (Or...)
Imai: ...Mitsuki?
//clank//
Mitsuki: (Do you like me?
Do you like me
enough to want to keep me to yourself?)
Mitsuki: (Do you like me...more than my sister?)
Mitsuki: I...
Mitsuki: don't want to....
Mitsuki: go home...
yet.

Pg 37:
//thump thump thump//

Mitsuki: I-I...told them I'd be late today...
Mitsuki: (Do you like me
as much as
I like you?)
Mitsuki: So....
//tap//

pg 38:
Imai: I-diot.
//tears up//
Imai: You're still in high school. You shouldn't be hanging around at night.
You have school tomorrow, don't you?
//tap//
Mitsuki: (Why....)
Imai: ...perfume...?
Mitsuki: What?
Imai: Are you wearing something tonight?
Mitsuki: No, not really....
Imai: Ah.

Pg 39:
Mitsuki: Maybe it's the clothes?
Imai: Your clothes?
Mitsuki: Yeah, these are Chizu-chan's,
and she always wears perfume, so maybe---
Imai: Oh...
Imai: right....
so it's Chizuka's....
//throb//
Mitsuki: (---I did something stupid again)
//squeeze//

Pg 40:
Mitsuki: (even if I try to be like my sister
and copy her clothes...her piercings...and her hairstyle....)
Girl: ...Mitsuki,
you're not going home yet?

Pg 41:
Mitsuki: Nooo....
Girl: [sL: Whoa] You're not looking too good [sL: Are you okay?]
Mitsuki: Yeah, I'm fine. I just didn't sleep that much last night
Girl: [sL: Well, as long as you're okay] Are you sure you don't have to head home?
It's your birthday, isn't it? Didn't you make any plans with your boyfriend?
Mitsuki: ....No,
he's away on business.
Girl: No way!
Mitsuki: (...He hasn't phoned me)
Mitsuki: (I haven't heard his voice in over five days)
Mitsuki: (I know he doesn't like talking on the phone)
Mitsuki: (but still....
even if it's just to say hi....
at the very least, he could leave a message on my bell...)
Girl: Well that's a bummer.
Then wanna hang out somewhere? [sL: The bill's on me]
Girl: Oh, but
is he gonna call you? You know, like give you a birthday call?
//snaps out of it//
//clatter//
Girl: WHOA!

Pg 42:
Mitsuki: Sorry! I'm gonna go home!
//dashes off/
Girl: Mitsuki?!
Mitsuki: (That's right!
It's my birthday!
He'll definitely call me today!)
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (He'll definitely call me....
I'm sure he will...
I'm sure he will...)

Pg 43:
Mitsuki: (...Why?)
Mitsuki: ...idiot...
Mitsuki: (I wonder if he ever thinks of me at all.
Everyday, all I think of is him,
and I'm always wanting to hear his voice,
but is it different for him?)
Mitsuki: Why....
why....
Mitsuki: (Maybe this is my punishment....
to not be loved as much as I love him...)
//ring ring//
//ah!//

Pg 44:
//ring ring//
//click//
Mitsuki: Hello?
Imai: ...Mitsuki?
Mitsuki: ...I---
//thump//
Mitsuki: ..mai-sann......
Mitsuki: (...I want to see you)
Mitsuki: Imai-san...
Imai: Mitsuki
Mitsuki: //hiccup// Imai-sann....
Imai: Mitsuki,
sorry I couldn't call you sooner.
Mitsuki: Imai-san....//hiccup//
Imai: Yeah....
Mitsuki: (I want to see you.
I want to see you)

Pg 45:
Imai: Happy 17th birthday
Mitsuki: (If I'm just hearing your voice,
I can't smell the scent of cigarettes)
Mitsuki: Imai-san...
//hiccup//
Imai: I'll be heading home tomorrow
Mitsuki: C-Can I...
come pick you up?
Imai: ...No, it's okay. I'm not sure about the exact time.
Mitsuki: (But... I want to see you)
Mitsuki: Then I'll wait for you at your place....
Mitsuki: (Even if it's 10 minutes...even if it's 5...)
Imai: No, it'll be late.
Mitsuki: ...but...
but....
Imai: ...Mitsuki...//sigh//
//thump//
Mitsuki: (Even if it's just for a minute...)

Pg 46:
Imai: I'll call you when I get back
Mitsuki: (all I want is to see you...)
//throb//
Mom: Mitsuki,
what're you walking around holding the phone for?
//If you're going to use it, hurry up and use it!//
Mitsuki: Okay, okayy
//walks back and forth//
Mitsuki: (I wonder if he's back yet?)
Mitsuki: (He did say he would call me...)
Chizu: I'm back~

Pg 47:
Mom: Chizuka!
Where were you last night?!
Chizu: [sL: Sorry~] I crashed at my friend's place
Mom: Couldn't you have at least phoned home?
It was Mitsuki's birthday yesterday, you know!
Chizu: AH!
Chizu: Mitsuki!
Mitsuki-chan~ I'm soooo sorry!
Mitsuki: What're you looking so happy for?
You're creeping me out
//thud//
Chizu: Happy birthday!
Mitsuki: Chizu-chan...
what is this...? [sL: A diamond ring?]
Chizu: Ah...
Mitsuki: Don't tell me you're...

Pg 48:
Chizu: Keep it a secret for a while longer, won't ya?
Mitsuki: (The smell of cigarettes...?)
Chizu: I'm starving~
Mitsuki: (This smell....)
Mitsuki: ("Has he done anything to you that'd make his smell stick to you")
Mitsuki: (...No, it can't be)

Pg 49:
Mitsuki: (He's away on business...
there's no way they could've been together...)
Mitsuki: (There's just no way...)
Mitsuki: ("Yeah, I don't really know any jewellery store besides hers")
Mitsuki: ("Tell her I won't be back tonight")
Mitsuki: ("No, it'll be late")
Mitsuki: ("Keep it a secret...")
//clank//
Mitsuki: (No...that would never happen...)
//ding dong ding dong//
[sign reads "Imai"]

Pg 50:
Imai: Who is it...?
//I got it, I got it//
//click//
Imai: Mitsuki..?!
//wheeze wheeze//
Mitsuki: ....Why
are you here?
Mitsuki: You said...
you'd call me as soon as you got back...
//tears up//
Imai: Yeah...
but I just came back...
Mitsuki: (the scent of cigarettes can be found anywhere)
Imai: In any case, come on in.

Pg 51:
Imai: Why are you out so late at night?
It's already past 10:30
Mitsuki: ...Is it a bother for me to be here?
Imai: I didn't mean it like that.
What did you tell your parents when you were heading out? I'm sure they're worried
Mitsuki: ...It's my first time seeing you smoke.
Imai: Huh?
Oh, sorry...
//sizzle//
Mitsuki: Why are you stopping?
You smoke in front of my sister, don't you? //mumble//
Imai: What...?
//rustle rustle//
Imai: Once you're finished drinking that, I'll take you home
Mitsuki: (No...)
//thump//

Pg 52:
Mitsuki: ...Let me stay for the night
//clank//
Imai: ...No.
I'll go home with you and we can apologize together. [sL: Come on, stand up]
Mitsuki: Y-You don't have to!
I said I'd be staying over at my friend's house!
//thump//
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...)
Mitsuki: So okay? Can I stay here?
Imai: No. Go home.
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: Why?!
Imai: Mitsuki!
Mitsuki: No! I'm staying here!

Pg 53:
Imai: I SAID GO HOME!
//tense//
//tremble tremble//
[sL: Imai: Geez...]
//tense//
Mitsuki: (...He's mad)
Imai: Let's go.

Pg 54:
Mitsuki: (I can't believe he snapped at me...)
//click//
Imai: Get in.
Imai: Mitsu---
Mitsuki: ...Were you really away on business?
Imai: What's that supposed to mean?
Mitsuki: T-Tell me
the truth! You knew this whole time about my lie, didn't you?!
Mitsuki: You both knew about it and you guys were just making fun of me, weren't you?!
Mitsuki: About me telling you that Chizu-chan didn't have a boyfriend...

Pg 55:
Imai: A lie...?
Mitsuki: B-But....
Mitsuki: if I didn't tell you that...
I thought you wouldn't look at me otherwise!
Mitsuki: (It's not that I wanted a ring)
Mitsuki: (I just wanted to have his feelings in a form that I could see)
Imai: What are you---
Mitsuki: (because I would begin to doubt myself otherwise)
Imai: Mitsuki---
what's---
Mitsuki: NOO!
Mitsuki: (Because I didn't have any confidence in myself)
//NOOOO//
//tense//

Pg 56:
Mitsuki: No....
Imai: Mi---
Mitsuki: I'm....
tired of this....
Mitsuki: I want this...
to end...
Mitsuki: I'm always the one....to be jealous and to be doubtful
and to want to see you

Pg 57:
Mitsuki: It makes me really tired...
Mitsuki: I'm so tired...
so just let me go....
Mitsuki: (Is this what I get for lying?)
Mitsuki: (But...all I did was like him)
Mitsuki: I'm---

Pg 58:
Mitsuki: (All I wanted, was for him to like me back)
//slam//

Pg 59:
Mitsuki: (---I fell in love, in the summer of grade 10)
Mitsuki: I don't need one!
//No wayyyy!//
Chizu: No, dad asked me to find someone.
Imai-kun!
//Come over here!//
//bows//
Imai: Hi,
I'm Imai Nobuyoshi.
Imai: Nice to meet you.
Mitsuki: (He smiled at me, introducing himself politely to a kid seven years younger than him)

Pg 60:
Mitsuki: (And it was that moment that I...)
//slip//
//splat//
Mitsuki: O-Ow....
//wheeze wheeze//
//cough cough//
Mitsuki: (There's no way a love based on lies could last)
//wheeze wheeze//
//cough cough//
Mitsuki: (because from the very beginning, there was nothing to believe in)
//cough cough//

Pg 61:
//cough//
//wheeze//
//throb throb throb//
Mitsuki: (But it's true I liked him.)
Mitsuki: (I did. I really did)
Mitsuki: Wahhhh....

Pg 62:
Mitsuki: (That was the one truth in all of this)
//wahhhh//

Pg 63:
Man: And now, the Sunday morning news report---
Mitsuki: ...Ugly pig!
Mitsuki: Ughhhh....
I look like a little kid
//oink oink//
Mitsuki: Idiot!
Retard!
Mitsuki: (He ended up...
not noticing my earrings...)

Pg 64:
Mitsuki: (Oh, right. There's no way he would've noticed
in the first place...)
//throb//
//hmmm///
Chizu: Looks like I lost this time around [sL: And I call myself a pro?]
//tense//
Mitsuki: O-onee-chan....
Chizu: Those are from Imai-kun, right?
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
//tense//
Chizu: I recommended he get you the gold ones. [sL: Since you're always wearing my gold ones, and the platinum gets damaged really easily]
but he was really set on getting you those ones
Mitsuki: W-Well...it's not like I look good in either.....
Mitsuki: (I should've just
taken these off...)
Chizu: Hey, that's not true

Pg 65:
Chizu: It fits you perfectly.
It fits you better than the flashy ones I wear
Chizu: He has a good eye, I have to admit
Mitsuki: (What...?)
//giggles//
Chizu: But to think a player like him could change so much~
he's like a mother hen
Mitsuki: Huh?
Mitsuki: (A "player"...?)
//ding dong//
Mom: Mitsuki---Chizuka---
could someone get the door? [sL: I'm a bit busy right now!]
Mitsuki: Okay!
//click//
Mitsuki: Yes?
Who is---

Pg 66:
Mitsuki: (...Wh---)

Pg 67:
//thud//
Chizu: Ow!
Mitsuki: (Imai-sa---)
Mitsuki: (Why....?)
Chizu: Hey, Imai-kun!
come on in!
//tense//
Mitsuki: (No! Why?!
After last night, I don't have the guts to face him!)
Mitsuki: (What am I going to do?!)
Mitsuki: (What am I going to do?!)
//dash//
//whoa//
Chizu: Hey!
Mitsuki?!
Where are you---
Imai: Mitsuki.

Pg 68:
Mitsuki: What...?
//blank look//
Mitsuki: (What is...this)
Imai: It's non-refundable, so don't even try.
//grabs//

Pg 69:
Mitsuki: (W-Wait! Wait!)
Mitsuki: I-Imai-san?!
//awawawawa//
Mitsuki: Imai-sa---
Mitsuki: (What the heck is...)
Imai: Please excuse me!
Mom: Oh, Imai-san!
We haven't seen you in a while---
Mitsuki: (Eh...?)
Imai: I'm sorry to intrude on you like this out of the blue,
Imai: but I came here today because I had something I'd like to ask of you

Pg 70:
Imai: Please let me
Imai: go out with your daughter! [To be more specific, he's asking them he wants to go out with Mitsuki with the intention of eventually getting married [so in other words, a courtship, in olden times XD]
//wow//

Pg 71:
//turns to stone//
Mitsuki: ....Wh....
Mitsuki: What are you...
saying...
//thump//
Mitsuki: Imai-san...?
Mitsuki: (No way....
this has got to be some kind of joke...)
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: What did you...
just say...?
Mitsuki: (No way....)
Imai: I'm the one who's filled with doubts.
You're still in high school, so I was worried you'd run out on me.

Pg 72:
Imai: I thought if I got jealous,
you'd get scared and hate me.
Imai: If you hadn't told me you liked me that day,
I probably never would've been able to make the first move.
Imi: I'm sorry.
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...)
Mitsuki: ...So you
like me?
Mitsuki: (You've always liked me...?)

Pg 73:
Imai: I love you
Mitsuki: (Imai-san....)

Pg 74:
Mitsuki: You've got your ordering all messed up! [she means that he should've told her he loves her BEFORE asking for her parents permission for her hand in marriage XD ^^]
Mitsuki: (Don't let me go!)

Pg 75:
//snaps out of it//
Chizu: Well not like I mind,
Chizu: but looks like she got around to it before me [sL: For now, anyway]
//geez, she got first bids?//
Mitsuki: (More than any eternal promises,)
Mitsuki: (continue to love me everyday.)
//rip//
//wait a second! You're still too young for that!//
//Oh, why not? Quite frankly, I'm relieved!
W-Wha-wha---//
Mitsuki: (Please love me tomorrow too)

Pg 76:
Mitsuki: (because everyday,
I think of only you)
Imai: (...If I was to be completely honest)
Chizu: Geezz~and to think the only one I could find was a player like you![sL: The only good thing about you, is you get good grades]
I'll kill you if you make my sister cry!
//mumble mumble//
Imai: You've gotta be kidding me.
I'm not THAT desperate that I'd lay a hand on some brat in middle school
Imai: (Back then,
even if I didn't fall in love,
I had no troubles finding women to date)
Chizu: My sister's really cute, so I'm worried!
Imai: Yeah, but she's a kid, isn't she?
//miii miii// [cicadas crying]

Pg 77:
Imai: (---That day)
Chizu: This is my little sister, Mitsuki.
Mitsuki: Nice to meet you
Imai: (I was caught hook, line, and sinker)
Imai: (I'll never be able to tell anyone
that it was my first time falling in love though)

END OF CHAPTER 1