Nozoki Ana 86

And dropped.



Nozoki Ana Chapter 86

Page 01

Chapter 86: Delusion

Page 02

Upon dawn I returned to my own room.
My cell phone, which I left there, had a message from Madoka-chan.
12 missed calls and 30 mails. // Her words of worry for me
(*beep*) Ahem. Come back before you freeze.
(*beep*) Are you stopping by somewhere? I'm waiting.
(*beep*) Did something happen? Call me.
(*beep*) What's wrong, Kido-kun?
(*beep*) .... *clack*
slowly changed into words of uneasiness and doubt. It pained my heart...
The last 10 empty mails to pressure me into responding
(From: Madoka // Subject: No title)
were like a shout from her heart....

Page 03

Kido-kun // over here!
I was hungry, so I already started to eat. // Sorry.
*munch*
...

Page 04

Madoka-chan...! // Last night....
Why don't you order something? // I'll add a fruits parfait.
This is really good. // Want a bite?
...
Sorry for not replying...
I was away from my cell...
Ah, don't worry about it.
Everyone has a time when he wants to be alone.
I was sticking pretty close to you lately, // so I need to give you a bit of freedom. // Right
Y- // You're wrong...

Page 05

Please don't be so understanding... // Because I'm just keep on lying and make you worry...
I... // Last night, I...
I won't lie to Madoka-chan anymore....!
Emiru // had a fever...
So...
Madoka-chan...
A bit to the toilet... // Guess I drank to much.

Page 06

...Damn
Don't get relieved when she leaves...!
I have no guts...
I killed her beloved person...
I didn't say anything after that...
but what was that all about...
"Killed"... // I guess it's another of her usual indications?
Thanks for the wait.
Otherwise she wouldn't be able to live a normal life...
"Tsugumi-san" who suddenly visited and claimed to be Emiru's sister.
And Emiru collapsed when seeing her...

Page 07

Our "peeping" is over, yet...
My thoughts are still a mess because of Emiru...
You're... // Kido Tatsuhiro, right.

Page 08

Oh geez, from close up you look even uglier.
I'm way better. // Yeah.
....Huh?
Who's that?
Ah, I forgot to introduce myself. // You know, I'm--
Don't lean over, idiot...
Watari Madoka's.... // new boyfriend!
!?

Page 09

Because you're so lousy, // I took her.
*smirk*
....Wha--
H- Hey,
what are you doing, Seiji!
Go away. // Sorry, Kido-kun.
Well, that was a joke, // but I really love Madoka.
Hey.

Page 10

I- I already rejected you!
You're rather gloomy these days. // It's because of your looser boyfriend, right?
That's why... // I hate you.
.....!
Thanks for your patronage.
Oh my, don't worry about that.
He's in my class, you know.
He's called Miyahara Seiji and he's quite cheeky.
Even though he's four years younger than me... // He's always teasing me...
H- Hee...
Then, he's just one year younger than me...

Page 11

You... are close. // You call each other so casually.
Eh?
Oh please, Kido-kun. // I only think of him as a little brother as he's 4 years younger.
I'm also // 3 years younger than you...
but I get a -kun...
But he confessed to you, right. // I'm worried for when I graduate...
I'll get to see you less. // So I won't know what you two are doing....
Like you and Emiru?

Page 12

.....!!
S- Sorry, Kido-kun. // I wasn't trying to....
imply... // anything...
....
Should we....
take some... distance...

Page 13

...
Kido-k---
That....
was a lie... // Just a lie...
...
...Ah
It's like she said.
We should take some distance for a while...

Page 14

At this rate, it'll only go worse...
Me getting blamed is all fine...
But...
I don't want Madoka-chan to hate herself because of it...!
I reap what I sow... // Actually, it wouldn't have been strange to get dumped there...
Actually, she could have run off to that "Seiji"...
Hah
Hah

Page 15

Don't tell me you believed that? // The stuff about me being rejected by her...
We're doing just fine.
You're flirting behind her back too, right? // With that peeping girl.
You make yourself out to be innocent, but doubt me...
That's unfair, Kido-kun.
Ah // Ah
If it doesn't get exposed... // Ah.
Everything I do is fine, right?

Page 16

It's you who started it, Kido-kun!
If you secretly want to peep... // then peep to your heart's content!
Uh...
....Hii

Page 17

I have a delusion on my own...
and get disgusted on my own. I'm beyond help. // I was about to poke.
I remembered about Kotobiki-san....
I peeped at an unknown side of her
and the trauma from that...
Madoka-chan is different.
*grip*
I know that the best...
Maybe Madoka-chan is also thinking // the same as me...

Page 18

Having a delusion of some things that might happen at a place she doesn't know of....
And maybe getting hurt deeply...
Always... every day...
Since she got to know about the hole...
I need to apologize for just now.
Right now...!
*brrrr*
!
Madoka-chan...!?

Page 19

!
From Tsugumi-san..?
(Tsugumi here.)
Where did she get my number... // Did she look it up herself last night...?
"Thanks for lending my clothes last night"
(Thanks for lending my clothes last night. How was... Emiru after that?)
"How was... Emiru after that?"
"Kido-kun... I want to talk with you about the hole in the wall."
"Right now."