Matsuri Special 18

Matsuri Special chapter 18

*edit* Added puntuation =P

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Battle 18: its not like we were trying to fool you

So it was you...

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the one who saved me
in the gym that night.

And the “Honey Princess“who wrestled at that match I saw, by the beach in Chiba.

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Wataru: Hanyuu Matsuri

it
was you.

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Hanyuu: he found me…..

Masao: what?
who’s this Matsuri?

friend of yours?

Mimi: Hanyuu~
there you are!

you were great at the fight today!

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even you can do well, when you try-

no way...

Morokado...

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W: you guys...

fooled me pretty well this whole time, didn’t you...

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Arata: hey wait!!
its not like that.

it was wrong not to say anything...

but its not like we were trying to fool you.

W: not trying to fool me eh?
that time I was looking through all those karaoke places...

seeing me so disappointed, was that fun for you?

whats the story
hanyuu?

H: hanyu…

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I’ve always wanted to hear
that name being called by someone I love...

but not in a situation like this.

I…

I’m sorry.

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please forgive me.

M: …wait a sec...
why are you apologizing hanyuu?

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blaming her for things before you even hear her out...
and you call yourself a man!?

you looking to get yourself hurt again?

W: hey back off!
this has nothing to do with you.

I’m not finished yet.

hanyuu

H: y--yes!

W: thank you.

H: no please, I’m so sorry!

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W: that night...

they were gonna break my nose.

thanks to you, it didn’t happen.

A: what?

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did he...
just say thank you?

W: since then...
I haven’t been able to get it out of my head.

the girl from that night.

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A: mimi maru

yoshimoto
masao

lets finish packing up the stage.

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H: Wataru’s face is flushed...

hes having trouble finding the words to say...

the sight was so hard to believe,

that I just stood there frozen, as if In a dream.

and so...

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I didn’t have any time to think of shigematsu

as he quietly disappeared...

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A: hello?

oh...
dad.

yeah im good.
whats that?

next month?

ok, got it.

alright.
bye.

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pretty tough huh…
all of this…

Tencho: Good after-
hmm?

wow whats this…I see you’ve brought someone?

H: he…
hello...

W: shut up boss.

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sit wherever you like.

H: o--ok.

yesterday…

W: its Sunday tomorrow, got any plans?

H: no.
nothing.

W: that place I used to work at...
remember it?

H: whats this?

this is kinda like…a date!?

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W: what would you like?

H: ah!
I’ll have tea please.

W: hey, do you still have the Lupicia tea here

T: yes we do~ hehehe...

W: whats that face for?

H: it smells so nice!

cherries?

W: yeah its flavored tea.

H: wow…

my home is a big, messy family full of guys...

so ive never had tea that smelled this lovely.

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ごきゆ　ごきゆ
*glorp glorp*

in summer we like…drink right out of the spout of a big aluminum kettle!

W: wow…

H: crap!

why am I telling him stuff like that...

thanks for the drink!

ぐいつ
*glug*

shit that’s hot!

W: you’re an interesting girl...

I used to have absolutely no interest
in types like you.

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I wonder why?

H: oh...
well...

maybe its because we’re so uncommon.

side text: usually its girls like this

W: yeah.
that’s probably it.

like…a rare species or something.

ガン
*jaw drops*
珍獣
rare species

but...
ever since that incident in the gym,
I completely lost interest in the types I’d been going out with until then.

so maybe…

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I was waiting...
for a girl like you.

one time, that Arata guy said to me
“I never would have guessed, but you really don’t understand girls do you”

H: oh…

Arata…

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“I like you”

I never gave him an answer...

hey wait!


what?

what exactly happened yesterday?

before I noticed, everyone had disappeared.

W: hey.

you ok?

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H: what?
oh! im fine!

sorry!!

W: well you look kinda green.

H: what am I doing daydreaming...!?

wataru is sitting right in front of me!

im totally cool!

im crazy to be thinking of other things.

behind the beautiful scent of this tea...

is the person ive been in love with all this time.

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Shigematsu is fine.

even if I turned him down, things wont change between us.

thanks a lot!

T: oh, you’re leaving already?

W: shes got practice.

T: practice? what kind?

badminton.

right?

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H: I really feel like im going to float away...

other the other hand, this exhausted feeling is probably normal for doing 500 squats.

A: hey!

H: god~
this brain of mine keeps going to prowrestling!

A: Hanyuu!

H: ah!

A: boss is wondering where you’re going off to, skipping practice and stuff.

H: shigematsu...

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A: had a big fancy date eh?

H: yeah…I guess you could say that.

A: I see...

that’s nice.

H: y…yeah...

um...
you know...

shigematsu

about the other day...

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A: oh
its ok, don’t say it.

if anything, I should be the one to apologize.

H: but why?

A:nah…
well I knew, you see

H: knew what?

A: that wataru was into you.

I knew it but I couldn’t tell you.

H: you should have told me…stupid...

A: yeah I know.

H: I hurt him...

this whole time.

why am I always so dense?

A: Hanyuu...

remember this spot?

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H: what about it...
this is our neighborhood.

A: I was coming home from school one day, around the time I transferred here...
I was walking down this road...

there were some people right by the bridge there.

it looked like maybe a fight was happening
then in an instant,

three guys went flying through the air.

I thought “what kind of dude are they fighting?”

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and standing there was this tiny girl, from my class.

hanyuu

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keep wrestling...

and someday...

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show me a “matsuri special”

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and if you keep wrestling seriously,
I know your mother will come back.

that’s the reason you’ve been fighting this whole time...
isn’t it?

H: shigematsu!

what are you saying...

A: good luck
hanyuu.

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H: shigematsu...

this feels just like a “goodbye”

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things between us wont change...

right?

Masao: Princess
did you see arata? you might have just missed him.

H: oh.
yeah. just now, by the river.

M: I see…its too bad, really...
he was just like a little brother to me, that guy.

H: wait?

what do you mean, too bad?

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M: what…you know arata was living alone right?

he said it was just while his parents were away because of work...

and theyre coming back next week, so hes going to go live with them again.

theyre moving back to Hokkaido it looks like.

well…at that age its not easy to live apart from your parents...
so I guess it’s a good thing, but still…

H: we aren’t going to change...

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right?