Hatsukoi Limited 7

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Hatsukoi Limited
Chapter 7: More Beloved Than Anything In The World
[insert text: As long as I have my brother... // ...there's nothing else I need!]

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[side text: Last issue: Arihara was a little cold to her brother.]
Koyoi: Hey, wake uuup! // You're on duty today, right? So you need to get to school quickly!
Yoshihiko: Nnnnhhh......
Koyoi: If you don't get up right now... / I'll have to give you a wake-up kiss!

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Yoshihiko: Waaaghh!! Please, not that, anything but...!
[sFX: hack, splutter]
Koyoi: Just kidding! Honestly, you just can't take a joke, can you...? // Onii-chan!!
Yoshihiko: This isn't the time to be hanging around telling jokes! I've gotta go!
[sFX: slam]
Koyoi: Ah, wait up, Onii-chan, your lunch! / Oh, and...
[sFX: catch]

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Koyoi: There! All tied up.
[sFX: tie]
[sFX: eheh]
Koyoi: Just like a newlywed - / Ahh!
[sFX: plonk]
Yoshihiko: Ah, dammit......!! With all that messing around, I'm gonna be late!
[box: My name's Bessho Koyoi... // ...and I love my Onii-chan.]

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Koyoi: I'd better get ready too...
[box: Looks like he'd kinda forgotten because he was in such a rush, but... / Starting today, it's going to be just the two of us around here.]
Koyoi: To our mother in heaven... // I pray that our father's new work placement can last even a day longer...!!
[sFX: pra~y]
Ayumi: I just don't get it!

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Ayumi: How the heck can you actually see your brother as a member of the opposite sex?! It's ridiculous!! / Ahhh, you just made me think of MY brother like... aghhhhh!
Rika: Tell me about it... I've got an older brother too, but we just don't get on, you know...
Ayumi: Seriously! There's no way anyone could get on with that kind of stupid, self-important, stinky-footed menace!!
Rika: Mmm...
Ayumi: And if you get in a fight... it's like a total war! Like, a giant battle, kill or be killed!!
Rika: I think you could be in the minority there, Ayumi... / I mean, we don't get on THAT badly at my place.
Koyoi: See, see~?
Ayumi: Whaaaaat?! / Chikura-chan! What about your place, Chikura-chan?! [aside]You have a brother, right?[/aside]

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Kei: Ah, but Chikura's brother is a total hottie! // If Chikura fell for her brother, I could understand that, but with Koyoi's... I mean, he's pretty plain... or really, just useless...
Ayumi: H - hey, Kei-chan, not in front of her!
Kei: Oh - oh, sorry... I mean, it's not like he's anywhere near as bad as Ayumi's brother!!
Ayumi: What's with that?!
Koyoi: Thank goodness... / I was just kind of thinking it would be terrible if any of you guys went and fell for my Onii-chan! // But it sounds like I don't have to worry about that! Thank goodness!♥
Rika: Oh, well... no, I don't think you have anything to worry about there. / Not if he's as plain as Enomoto is making out.
Kei: D - Dobashi!! / I - I didn't go that far, really~~~!

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[sFX: ka-chunk]
Yoshihiko: I'm ho~me!
Koyoi: I humbly welcome you back.
[sFX: bow]
Koyoi: Would you prefer to dine first, or should I prepare a bath?
Yoshihiko: ............What the hell? / You're not carrying on with that whole "newlywed" game of yours from this morning, are you...? // [aside]Kinda shuddering here...[/aside]
Koyoi: Don't you remember?! Starting today, it's just going to be the two of us living together... [hugetext]all alone[/hugetext]!

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[sFX: ah...]
Yoshihiko: Oh - oh, yeah... maaaan, what a drag...!!
[sFX: pull pull pull]
Koyoi: Well, then, first we shall have dinner! Come, this way!
[sFX: Ta-daaa]
Koyoi: Since it's the first day, I put in lots of effort!
Yoshihiko: WHAT THE HEEELL?!!! If it's the first day, shouldn't you be trying to economise?!! How the hell much did it cost to make all this stuff?!! [aside]Is that SPINY LOBSTER you've got there?!![/aside] // Come to think of it, stop going so over-the-top with my lunch, too, spelling out "LOVE" with the food and stuff...! // ......

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Yoshihiko: ...No... I shouldn't be saying that, you're the one who goes to all the trouble of making lunch for me every day... I'm sorry. // You're really good at this stuff, aren't you, Koyoi... it's always tasty and stuff! // But, hey, you know! // From now on I'm going to try to start doing some of the cooking myself, too, so -
Koyoi: I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, ONII-CHAN!!!
Yoshihiko: Guahh! // Oh no, not this situation again... [aside]*gulp*[/aside] / Look, the food!! We ought to eat up before it gets cold! Yeah?!
Koyoi: Uh-hu~~h... // Onii-chan, say "ahhhh"!♥
Yoshihiko: Look, I can eat it myself, okay?!

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Yoshihiko: ......... / This is totally screwed-up......
Koyoi: Hmmm? Did you say something~~~?
[sFX: scrub scrub]
[sFX: mutter mutter]
Yoshihiko: It's gotta be weird, brothers and sisters doin' this kinda stuff... // Listen, we're only doing this this once, okay!! Don't randomly start saying you want to wash my back again!
Koyoi: Yes, yes...
Yoshihiko: I mean, we have to start imposing our own rules now that Dad's not around...
[sFX: brring-ring-ring / brring-ring-ring / brring-ring-ring]
Koyoi: Ahh, the phone!

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Koyoi: Hello, this is the Bessho residence...
Yamamoto: Ahh... well... // Listen... / Is Yoshihiko-kun around?
Koyoi: ......Yes?
Yamamoto: Ah, my name is Yamamoto! / Is Yoshihiko-kun in right now?
Koyoi: Hm? / ...Are you sure you aren't thinking of a different Bessho-san?

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Koyoi: After all, "Bessho Yoshihiko" is a pretty common name around the place, I'm sure...
Yoshihiko: ?!
Koyoi: No, no, I'm sure our Yoshihiko doesn't have any female acquaintances... / Are you listening to me, Yamamoto-san...?! // Yama...
[sFX: SLAM]
[sFX: GRAB]
Yoshihiko: Hello there, it's me......!!! // Ah - Ya - Yamamoto-san?! Good evening!! / Hm? No, no, that wasn't a girlfriend or anything. // More importantly, how did you get my home phone number? / Oh, I see, the class register......right.

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Yoshihiko: Huh, tomorrow? / ...Well, that should be fine, I guess...
[sFX: thump thump thump]
Yoshihiko: Well, then, we'll talk more about it then...
[sFX: ka-chunk]
Koyoi: (Onii-chan... // ...That girl... you couldn't be......? // No!! This aura of happiness coming from his back!!)
[sFX: Eheheheh... / Eheheheh...]
Koyoi: (So far!! Somehow he seems so far away!)

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Koyoi: (B - but no! // She doesn't have to be his girlfriend, there could be another explanation! // If it's just a one-sided thing, there could still be something I can...)
Yoshihiko: Ah! That's right, Koyoi! // I'm gonna be going out tomorrow, okay? / D'you think "Unikero" will still be open...?
[Equation]
Phone call from a girl
+
Going out tomorrow
+
Buying new clothes
=
DEFINITELY A DATE
[/Equation]
[sFX: Ka-CHUNK]
[sFX: ahh!]
Koyoi: I... I'm sure it might be open...?
Yoshihiko: I see, I see!♪
[sFX: ka-chunk]
Koyoi: (You just have to bear with it, Koyoi! If you start asking questions now, it will just make things awkward...!!)

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Koyoi: (First I have to scope out the area. // I have to see what kind of enemy I'm dealing with!
[sFX: ka-thump, ka-thump, ka-thump etc.]
Staff: Welcome!
Koyoi: A - a chocolate parfait, please. (*talking as quietly as possible*) // [aside]heheh...[/aside] (Tailing successful! // Hm?)
[sFX: chatter]
Guys: Hey, check it out, hottie at twelve o' clock! / Well, why don't you try calling out to her? [aside]Ehhhh? No way, I couldnt![/aside]

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[sFX: click / click / click / click (footsteps)]
Koyoi: (Whoa... that is a "hottie"......)
Yoshihiko: Ah! // Yamamoto-san! Over here, over here!
Koyoi: (EHH?!)
[TN: pwnt.]

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[sFX: ahhh...]
Yamamoto: I'm sorry, I must have kept you waiting...
Yoshihiko: Oh, no, I just got here......
[sFX: thump thump thump etc]
Koyoi: (What should I do?! She's got all sorts of things I don't... [aside]Like a chest, and sex appeal...[/aside] // I can't believe this is the girl my Onii-chan likes...)
Yoshihiko: Ah - / H - hey, Yamamoto-san...
[sFX: thump thump thump etc]

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Yoshihiko: Isn't it a little weird to sit around in a family restaurant eating candy? / I mean, it's a restaurant, after all...
Yamamoto: You're right... but... // Ever since then, I just can't stop thinking about both of them... // Lollipops... // And Arihara...

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Yamamoto: You and Arihara are always together, aren't you? // I was wondering if you could tell me anything... you know... / About his love life... whether there's anyone he likes... that sort of thing.
[TN: pwnt again.]
[sFX: bounce]
Koyoi: Yaaaay~~~~~!♡
[sFX: hm?]

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Koyoi: Wheeew, that's such a relief~! // Yamamoto-san likes someone else~ Yamamoto-san likes someone else! // (But still... // I am happy that this didn't work out... // But since Onii-chan just got rejected......) // Okay! / I'll have to make him those hamburgers he loves so much tonight!
Yoshihiko: What did I tell you about economy...?! // What were you thinking, with these 100% Matsusaka beef hamburgers?!!
[sFX: sob sob sob sob]
[side text: Still a long way from having to let go of her Onii-chan...?]
[bottom text: Next issue, a wild rampage?! To be continued in "Pure-hearted Afro"!!]