Aku no Hana 35

I'm on a roll



Aku no Hana Chapter 35

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Chapter 35: Avoiding the distant sky

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One, two....
Three!

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For real? That girl?
Ah, we both took the same.
Right, isn't she nice.
Hey,
join us, Kasuga.
Ah.. Yeah...
What will be the next theme?
How about "Want as a little sister?"
Great!
Okay! Are you ready!?
One, two...
Ah.

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Tokiwa-san...
The karaoke before was so much fun...
Yeah...
Tokiwa-san was really good at singing.
I want to go again.

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Who are the guys with her?
They are from Tokiwa-san's class.
Damn... Why aren't I in the same class as her...
They are getting so friendly with her...
You have no chance.
But didn't we all hit it off quite well before?
Actually,
doesn't she have a boyfriend?
I bet she does.
Yeah...
I'm sure they're going at it....

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See ya.
Yo.

Page 07

Hi, welcome!
We're having an end of year bargain sale!
Please take this.
Uh, so cold.

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Welcome.

Page 09

Hah...
*dong* // *clatter*

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....Aw.
Ah...
Sorry...

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Hey, dude~
What are you trampling over Tetsu-san's oden for!?
...I...
I'm sorry...
Ah... Ehm...
I.. I'll compensate for it...
Compensate!? // You think it'll be all okay if you pay up!?
You're the worst!!

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...
I'm... sorry...
Well, well.
We aren't devils.
Let's just talk over there for a bit.
Okay?

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Okay,
give us all the money you're carrying.
Eh...
I'm really shocked now that I can't eat my oden.
So it's only natural, isn't it?
C'mon.
Eh... // No... Well...
But.. that's...

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Agh
Stop mumbling. // I don't understand anything!!
Just get the money out, man!!
....

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Huh!? That's all!?
Hopeless.
Man, fuck.
Well, whatever.
Get your ass moving. // C'mon.
Is it fun?

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You seem to have fun.
Living without a care.
I'm so envious.
I...
don't get it.

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I... // died
back then. // I lost everything...
But I'm still alive. // I'm still breathing ugly.
For no reason at all... Haha // I'm like a zombie.
Hey... Can you tell me? // How I should live?
What should I do... // in order to live without shame?

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Tell me,
shiteaters.
....Hey.
Yeah.

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Gah
Pft

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I hate naive kids like you the most.
Just go die if you're only causing troubles, you trash.
Let's go eat.
Sure.

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Hah

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Yeah,
he's right.
I..
ought to die...

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A bookstore
in a place like this...
...Hah.
Books, huh...

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Tokiwa-san.

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That... // That's...
Les Fleurs du mal.... Why!?
...Eh!? // Ah... it's you from karaoke?
Your face... You're hurt?
You know about Les Fleurs du mal!?
Answer!!

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...Huh!?
What's that so suddenly...
WHY!!?
Hey... You're freaking me out!!
Calm down!!
...Ah..

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Sorry...
I just..
...
What's up?
Did something happen?
....No.. // It's just my first time seeing one reading Les Fleurs du mal...
So I just...
Sorry for that sudden outburst.
Forget it, really.

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It was just by chance.
I was just reading some novel // and Baudelaire's poem solved the riddle in it.
So I just found Les Fleurs du mal now, // wondered what it is like and took it.

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What?
Do you like books?
I...
used to.

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Back in middle school, I read a ton.
I was always carrying Les Fleurs du mal with me... // It got all battered from all the rereading...
But... I threw it away..
The other books too... I threw them all away before moving here.
Ever since then... // I haven't read a single page.
...But

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I just wondered how it would be...
if I read again...
If you want,
I can lend you it.
....Eh?

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That novel in which
Baudelaire's poem appears.

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....Okay.

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