Sakuranbo Syndrome - Cupid no Itazura II 52

SAKURANBO SYNDROME #52

tl by molokidan

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Asou Sayako (26) - A senior of mine at work. Strong, with a cool demeanor...but she actually gets very lonely. We're lovers.

Chapter 52 - I can never be myself.

66)
1: ...it...

67)
1: It says project, but it's just one idea that I came up with.
2: Like a springboard.
3: It needs more work in order to look like a real set of project documents.
4: That's why I wanted your help...
5: Then it'd basically be your project.
6: So...
7: So...?
8: ...when did I ever ask you to pull me over to the publicity department?

68)
1(2b): Do...I look like I'm having that much trouble...
2: with business?
3: Do I look that much like I want to...
4: escape?
5: Agawa-san...
6: Things like this
7: are only possible because the publicity department's doing better than us...

69)
1: Looks like I damaged your "male pride" somehow.
2: Ah...
3: ...ah...

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1-2: rip
3: Asou-san...
4: I...
5: understand...how you feel...
6: ...but
7: there were probably...other ways to say it...
8: Asou-san...
9: I know how you really feel about Agawa-san...

71)
1: Shut up!!
2: You're just a kid! Stop acting like you know what's going on here!!

72)
1: That's what you get for sticking your nose where it doesn't belong.
2: I'm going home...

73)
1: I haven't seen Agawa-chan today.
2: He's been coming in every day recently.
3: Because you all ganged up on him and shaved down his vitality!!
4: Agawa?
5: It's pretty rare to see you eating lunch in here.
6: I've been busy with the report for the boss...
7: Ah.

74)
1: Kago-chan?
2: Ohhh, so you were here after all.
3: I was woried about you,
4: so I snuck out during lunch.
5: Y-you mean you took the day off at the department store?
6: No.
7: Why did you just come here, without sending a mail?
8: What do you want?
9: ...or should I say,
10: what are you planning?
11: Eheheh.
12: Hmm, I dunno. What do you think?

75)
1: Reiko!
2: Wanna go get something to eat after practice?
3-4: Huh?
5: Really?
6: I kept having to say no so many times,
7: so I'll treat you.
8: Tadaaaashi! You owe us too, man!
9: You made us pay for you at that party last week!
10: Because I hadn't gotten paid yet...

76)
1: Reiko looks made now that we're ganging up on Shibue.
2: Hyahyahya! She's so cute!
3: vibrate
4: Agawa-san...
mail: Agawa Munenori
Tonight
Looks like I'll be late again...
Wait at the apartment.
5: During lunch,
6: Kago-chan came all the way out here to the office.

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1: I feel guilty always being treated so well by you,
2: so the other girls and I started talking about how we all want you to take us out.
3: That was probably a lie.
4: I knew exactly what she wanted from the start.
5: This is my apartment.

78)
1: ...where is everyone?
2: Hmmmmm...
3: Looks like they all suddenly had business to attend to, so they aren't coming.
4: I hope
5: my homemade cooking will be enough to satisfy you.

79)
1: Here's an ashtray.
2: Thank you.
3: I'm going to go change.
4: The bathroom...?

80)
1: This little game we're playing is so transparent.
2: Does she really think I've fallen for it...?
3: Ta-daaaa!
4: Take this!
5: Naked aproooooon!

81)
1: Cough, cough
2: I'm such an idiot...
3: There's absolutely nothing positive about this, but my mind has expectations.
4: She probably just wants to torment me like she did before.
5(2b): Should I play along...? Wait, first I'll see how she's going to try and torment me!
6: It'll be ready in no time.
7: Heh...she's dressed so normally...
8: that it's actually kind of exciting.

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1: You really know what you're doing.
2: Eheheh.
3: Cooking's about the only thing I can really do.
4: Asou Sayako-san...
5: ...eh?
6: I could never work as well as she does.
7: I've always liked this stuff, so it's all I could ever become good at.

83)
1: There's nothing bad about being good at cooking.
2: You should be really proud about yourself.
3: And besides, you're good at your work, too.
4: At the very least, you're top class compared to the other beauty assistants I deal with.
5: Really?
6: If only you could get rid of that capriciousness,
7: you could become the best BA there is.
8: Capriciousness?
9: You're sounding really harsh right now, Agawa-san, unlike when we're at work!
10: Yeah.
11: I'm actually a pretty honest person.

84)
1: Is this all your way of getting back at me for what I did?
2: Oh, so you actually feel some guilt over what you did to me?
3: ...you're completely opposite of me, then.
4: Huh?
5: Ohh.
6: The opposite of an honest person, then?
7: Yeah.
8: That's it.
9: I'm not honest.
10: Even if there's someone I like,
11: I can never be myself.

85)
1: I can never be myself, but I want them to pay attention to me,
2: so I always end up teasing them.