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Title: Ashita mo Kitto Koi Shiteru [I'll Still Be in Love With You Tomorrow]
Volume: 4 (of 4)
Mangaka: Fujii Akemi
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: September 2, 2008

Legend:
// - action
[] - translator's notes
() - character's thoughts

Pg 7:
Ashita mo Kitto Koi Shiteru [I'll Still Be in Love With You Tomorrow]
Fujii Akemi

Pg 8:
Imai: ...Sorry about last night.
//heat wave//
//clatter//
Mitsuki: I said forget it, okay?
You had to go out because of your friend from high school, right?
Imai: ...Still, I'm sorry.
Mitsuki: ("A phone call. It was from a chick.")

Pg 9:
Mitsuki: Arrghh, you can be such a dope sometimes, Imai-san!
You only have four days left of your break!
Imai: Huh?
Oh yeah, right...
Mitsuki: I'll forgive you for breaking our promise,
but only if you do whatever I tell you for the rest of your break!
Mitsuki: That's your punishment!
Mitsuki: ...Okay?
Mitsuki: (...I'd be lying if I said it didn't bother me.)

Pg 10:
Mitsuki: (But I don't want to spend what time I do have to be with him
fighting.)
Mitsuki: Um, and so yeah. I want to go to this fireworks display they're doing tonight!
Imai: A fireworks display?
Mitsuki: Yeah...
you don't to...?
Imai: You said I had to listen to whatever you said, right?
//chuckles//
Imai: I just thought what a cute request that was.
I was worried you were going to go all out.
Mitsuki: W-Well, I'm still not done yet! So don't be so quick to let your guard down!
//hahaha//
Imai: Okay, got it.

Pg 11:
Imai: Then why don't we have a quick bite to eat first then?
Let's go. //clatter//
Mitsuki: Eh...?
But isn't it still a bit too early?
Imai: I'm pretty sure Yasuaki's probably gone out by now,
so let's go to my place.
Imai: You're going to cook up a meal for me, right?
Mitsuki: ...Yeah!

Pg 12:
//cicadas crying//
Mitsuki: ...It's so hot!
Imai: Want me to hold that for you?
Mitsuki: No, that's okay.
//rustle rustle//
Mitsuki: Hehe!
//jumps//
Imai: What?
Mitsuki: Nothing!
Mitsuki: (It's like we're a newly married couple!)
Mitsuki: (Hehe...just kidding!)
//giggles//
//click//
Imai: Hey...
he's still....
Imai: Hey, Yasuaki! You're STILL here?!
//slam//
Mitsuki: Huh?

Pg 13:
Yasuaki: Yeahhh~
Woman: Welcome back,
Imai-kun.
Mitsuki: (What?)
Imai: Yuri...
Mitsuki: ("Yuri")
//thump//

Pg 14:
Yuri: I'm sorry I came over here without asking first.
Imai: No that's okay...I'm surprised you knew where I lived though
//rustle//
Yuri: I asked Yasuaki-kun over the phone. I didn't know we lived so close to each other.
I'm so glad I got a chance to see you though. I was just about to leave.
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (What...is going on...?)
Yuri: Come on now, Kaoru. Say your thanks
for yesterday.
Kaoru: Thank you!
Imai: I'm glad your fever's gone down. Don't be going wandering off somewhere by yourself again, all right now?
Kaoru: Yeah
Yasuaki: Yo, get in here and close the door already. [SL: You're bringing the heat waves in]

Pg 15:
Mitsuki: Ah...
Imai: Mitsuki, come over here.
Mitsuki: Y--Yeah....
//step//
Yuri: Well....I'll be leaving now.
Imai: Thanks for coming over.
Mitsuki: Ah....
//bows//
//bows//
Mitsuki: (What...?)

Pg 16:
Yuri: Well, see you soon!
Yasuaki: Yo, shorty. See ya.
//Bye bye//
Imai: Be safe out there.
Yuri: Thanks. Bye.
//click//
Imai: Yasuaki...!
Yasuaki: What? She asked if she could stay until I had to leave. What else was I supposed to do?
//scratch scratch//
Imai: That's not the problem! You answered the phone again, didn't you?!
//rustle//
Yasuaki: Well yeah, 'cause she just kept on calling!
Try listening to your answering machine. [SL: She left 4 messages!]
Imai: I have the beers she brought for you in the fridge.
//opens fridge door//
//tense//

Pg 17:
//rustle rustle//
Yasuaki: Hey, maybe she still has the hots for you?
She said she went through the trouble of looking up your number.
Imai: ...Don't be ridiculous.
You were about to leave, right? So go already.
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (What should I do...)
Mitsuki: (I'm starting to feel a bit dizzy...)
//thump thump//
Yasuaki: Maybe she moved over here after her divorce 'cause of you, huh?
Imai: Yasuaki!

Pg 18:
Yasuaki: Yeah, but when you think about it, she was the first chick that dumped you, wasn't she?
And you weren't exactly hating on her either.
Imai: Yasuaki!
Yasuaki: [SL: Clicks tongue] Fine, fine. I'll leave.
Come on.
Imai: ...What?
Yasuaki: Lend me some money, bro!
Imai: JUST LEAVE ALREADY!!~!!
Yasuaki: Thanks, see ya soon!

Pg 19:
Imai: [SL: Geez] ---That brat.
//glances//
//thud//
Imai: //exhales//
Mitsuki: Was she that friend from high school
you were talking about?
Imai: ...Yeah...
Mitsuki: (So you were over at her place yesterday?
...Even though you made plans with me?)
//stab//
Mitsuki: ...Can I ask why you were with her?

Pg 20:
Imai: ...I got a phone call from her saying that her son disappeared.
Mitsuki: What?!
Imai: I was helping her look for him.
I can't go into the little details, because that's her business.
Mitsuki: (Her son...?)
Imai: And it's not like I know that much either about what's going on.
Mitsuki: (...But still...)
Mitsuki: (even with that happening...)
Mitsuki: (why did she phone Imai-san...?)
Mitsuki: ("Maybe she still has the hots for you?")

Pg 21:
Mitsuki: That's it?
Imai: ...Yeah
Mitsuki: Really?
Imai: really.
Mitsuki: ("She's the first chick that dumped you")
Mitsuki: I'm going to trust you.
Imai: Yeah.
Mitsuki: ...But I'm still going to feel a bit jealous.
Mitsuki: (Imai-san....)
//squeeze//
Imai: Yeah....I'm sorry.

Pg 22:
Mitsuki: Don't go see her again without telling me, okay?
Imai: Okay....
Mitsuki: (I remembered back to what Michiru-chan told me.)
Mitsuki: ("It's more difficult to believe in someone than it is to question their feelings for you.")
Mitsuki: (I knew it. I'm always the one whose heart fills up with doubts.)

Pg 23:
Mitsuki: (I wonder how important I am to you?)
Mitsuki: (It's not a lie
when I say I believe in these arms and these eyes,
but still...)
//fireworks lighting up the sky//
//sqish//
//wobble wobble//
Mitsuki: (Ow...)
//wobble//

Pg 24:
//wobble//
//hey//
Imai: Wait a sec.
Mitsuki: Huh?
Mitsuki: What?!
What's going on?!
Imai: Let me take a look.
Mitsuki: I-Imai-san?! [SL: Wahhh!]
Imai: Just listen to what I say, and have a seat over there.
It hurts, doesn't it?
Mitsuki: Ah....
//blushes//
Imai: You've got sores on your feet from your sandals rubbing against them...you should've said something earlier.
Mitsuki: It's because...they're new...
but don't worry about me. I'll be fine!
Imai: Don't be ridiculous. Your skin's peeling. //Look//
Mitsuki: What?!
//fireworks going off//
//pat pat//
Imai: There should be a pharmacy on main street.
Wait for me here.

Pg 25:
Mitsuki: N-No, that's okay...
//WAHHH!//
//WAHHH!//
Woman: [SL: Oh no] You tripped?
Are you okay, do you hurt anywhere?
//crouches down//
//WAHHH//
Imai: Hey....
Mitsuki: Huh?
Yuri: Kaoru!!

Pg 26:
Mitsuki: Ah...
//fireworks going off//
//wheeze//
Yuri: Imai-kun...!
Kaoru: Mommy! [SL: I dropped my candy!]
Yuri: I told you so many times to stay by my side!
Why don't you ever listen to a word I say?
Kaoru: //hicc//
Yuri: Here, blow your nose.
Kaoru: Yeah
//blows//
Yuri: Don't cry. You're a big boy now.
...I'm sorry, did he cause you some trouble again?
Imai: No, I just spotted him as he fell.
Yuri: Oh...good evening.
Mitsuki: G-Good evening...

Pg 27:
Yuri: I'm so glad I ran into you though!
I didn't get a chance to talk with you at all this afternoon!
Yuri: To be honest, I came here because I was hoping I'd bump into you! //chuckles//
//tense//
//squeeze//
Imai: Here, have a seat here.
I'll be right back.
Mitsuki: Okay...
Yuri: Is something wrong?
Imai: Sorry, I just need to go buy some medicine.
See you.
//noise noise//
//sigh of relief//

Pg 28:
Mitsuki: (I don't want Imai-san to be with this person...)
Yuri: Imai-kun's kind, isn't he?
//noise noise//
//now, now, be a good boy//
Yuri: There were a lot of girls who labelled him off as a "cool" person since he's not that much of a talker,
but he really is a nice guy.
Yuri: ...I heard that you made plans to see him yesterday? I heard it from Yasauki-kun.
I'm sorry. Did Imai-kun tell you what happened?
//throb throb throb//
Mitsuki: ...No...
he said because it's your business he didn't have a right to tell me...

Pg 29:
Yuri: ...Did he now?
Yuri: He hasn't changed a bit...
//chuckles//
Yuri: Two nights ago, I put my son to sleep and left for work,
but when I came back in the morning, he was gone.
//throb throb throb//
Yuri: I thought maybe my ex-husband had taken him,
and I didn't know where to turn, so I ended up calling Imai-kun
Yuri: That's all that happened that day.
So don't be too hard on Imai-kun, okay?
Mitsuki: (Why do I have to
hear this from her?)

Pg 30:
Yuri: I heard there's a seven year difference between you and Imai-kun?
Mitsuki: What?...
Oh, yes...
Yuri: Is that right...
it must be difficult for you.
Mitsuki: Not really....
Mitsuki: (What's her point?)
Yuri: I married someone older. Eight years older in fact.
But it ended up not working out.
//giggles giggles//
Yuri: It really is hard.
Yuri: When I think back to it now, I can't help but think,
why didn't I choose Imai-kun?

Pg 31:
Mitsuki: What....
Yuri: He's back...
//fireworks going off//
Yuri: If I can...
Yuri: I'd like to go back and redo things....

Pg 32:
Mitsuki: (What is she...)
//cicadas crying//
Imai: What do you want to drink?
Mitsuki: Iced tea.
//slam//
Imai: Got it
//dashes off//

Pg 33:
//rustle//
Mitsuki: (...She)
Mitsuki: (seems a bit different from Chizu-chan and his co-worker.)
Mitsuki: (I have a really bad feeling about this...)
//tense//
//beep beep beep beep//
Mitsuki: Ah...
Mitsuki: What should I do...
//click//
Mitsuki: Imai-san, phone ca--
//beep beep beep beep//

Pg 34:
//thump thump thump thump
//beep beep beep//
//click//
Yuri: ...Hello, Imai-kun?
It's Yuri.
Yuri: I'm sorry to call you so many times,
but I'd really like to see you again.
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (Why?)
Mitsuki: (Why...?!)
Yuri: There's no one else I can rely on---
Mitsuki: ...Hello?
Yuri: What?

Pg 35:
Yuri: Um...Imai-kun?
Mitsuki: ...No
Yuri: I'm sorry. This must be the wrong number. click
//beep beep beep//
//click//
Imai: Sorry, they only had milk tea [SL: It's so hot in here]
//tense//
Mitsuki: Ah
Thanks...
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: I-I'm sorry...
I used your cell phone...
//thump thump//
Imai: Hmm?
Where'd you call? Your home?
Mitsuki: I'm sorry...
//slam//
Imai: Hey, don't worry about i---

Pg 36:
Imai: ...What's wrong?
Mitsuki: ...Nothing.
Mitsuki: ("I'd really like to see you again.")
<--bed hair
//scrach scratch//
Yasuaki: Huh?
If you're looking for my bro, he left a while back.
Yasuaki: I thought he went over to your place to pick you up?

Pg 37:
Mitsuki: I know. I told my parents to let him know that I'll call him in a bit
//cicadas crying//
Mitsuki: I knew if I didn't come here I wouldn't be able to see you.
Yasuaki: Oh? You're pretty bold, you know that?
You're not really my type, but I wouldn't mind making an exceptio n this time around
Mitsuki: T-That's not why I came!!
//grins//
Mitsuki: Do you know her phone number?!
Yasuaki: Whose?
Mitsuki: That woman who came over here two days ago.
Mitsuki: I thought you would know.

Pg 38:
Yasuaki: Even if I did, what's it to you?
Yasuaki: Don't tell me you guys are gonna go at it?!
Whoa~a one-on-one fight?! [SL: Chicks can be friggin' scary!]
Mitsuki: Don't make a joke out of this!
Yasuaki: I said so before, didn't I?
Yasuaki: She was someone that dumped by bro a long time ago.
Yasuaki: Lots of chicks came on to my bro, but she's the only one that dumped him.
That's the only reason why I remember her.

Pg 39:
Yasuaki: It'd probably be better for you if you don't mess with her.
Yasuaki: You never know. He might be up to stuff behind your back.
//thump...//

Pg 40:
Mitsuki: ...He said I could trust him...
Mitsuki: (...His eyes...
his arms...)
Mitsuki: And I believe in him....
Yasuaki: ...Then what's the problem? Why are you bothered by her then?
At the end of the day though, you're accusing him of doing something, right?
Mitsuki: (...There might be some truth in that.)
Mitsuki: (But I honestly did think that I'm going to believe in him.)
Mitsuki: The reason why I feel this way,
is because I don't have enough confidence in myself.

Pg 41:
Mitsuki: ...The only thing is, I don't know what she's up to.
Mitsuki: (That's why I want to test out the waters myself.)
Mitsuki: I want to stop
being scared of something I don't know.
Mitsuki: (Love isn't just made up of kindness.)

Pg 42:
//scrath scratch//
Yasuaki: ...I don't know her phone number...
Mitsuki: Huh...
Yasuaki: But I do know the area she lives in.
You still wanna know?
Mitsuki: ---!!

Pg 43:
Mitsuki: (The dark side of me, the pathetic side of me,
I discovered all these sides to me for the first time being in this relationship.)
//ding dong//
Yuri: Yes?
Who is it?
//click//
Yuri: Hey aren't you...

Pg 44:
Yuri: Here you go.
Mitsuki: ...Thank you.
Mitsuki: (This is really nerve-wracking...)
Yuri: ...Don't tell me.
You were the one who picked up the phone last night?
//tense//
Mitsuki: ...Um....
Kaoru: Mommy!
//slide//
//rubs//
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
Yuri: You woke up, Kaoru?
I'm having a talk now with a visitor, so go play over there, okay?
//smiles//
Mitsuki: Hi.
//blushes//
Kaoru: ...Hi.

Pg 45:
//dashes off//
Yuri: What was it that you wanted to talk about?
Mitsuki: Eh?
Ah...um...
//thump//
Mitsuki: Um....
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: ...Please
don't see Imai-san anymore.
Yuri: Why not?
Yuri: That's up to Imai-kun to decide.
I don't know anyone else in this neighborhood. What's so wrong with me being friends with him?
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: Is that all there really is?

Pg 46:
Yuri: ...Fine, I'll be honest with you.
Yuri: Please, give me back Imai-kun.
Mitsuki: (What...)
//dizzy//
Mitsuki: ...What...
Mitsuki: do you mean....
//thump//
Mitsuki: (What...is she saying...?)
Yuri: I want to start over with him again.
It's not as if we broke up because we didn't like each other anymore.

Pg 47:
Yuri: Back then, I thought my older boyfriend would be able to protect me more,
but we could never make up for the age difference.
Yuri: Even if things are going well with you two now, it'll only be a matter of time before---
Mitsuki: ...Don't...
Mitsuki: Don't say stuff like that!
Mitsuki: Don't talk about us by comparing us to you and your ex-husband!
Mitsuki: Me and Imai-san aren't the same
as you and your ex-husband!
Mitsuki: (I'm not looking for someone to protect me.)

Pg 48:
Mitsuki: Yeah, I might still be a kid,
but I don't think my feelings for him and our age gap are related.
Mitsuki: Even during the times it's really hard, and it really hurts, I can't stop my feelings for him!
Mitsuki: (There's no one in this world that could replace Imai-san!)
//ding dong//
//snaps out of it//

Pg 49:
//clatter//
Yuri: ...Yes?
Who is it---
//click click//
//swish//
Yuri: Ah....
Mitsuki: (Eh...?)
Mitsuki: (Imai-san---?!)

END OF CHAPTER 12

Pg 50:
//click//
//step//
//wheeze//
Yuri: ...Ah
//looks up//

Pg 51:
Yuri: Here, Imai-kun.
Yuri: Come on in.
Imai: No, that's oka--
Mitsuki: ...Why
Mitsuki: are you here?
Mitsuki: (...You said you wouldn't see her again.)
Mitsuki: (I came all the way out here
BECAUSE I didn't want you to see her!)
Imai: What did you ask Yasuaki?

Pg 52:
Imai: Why did you go and see him?
I told you not to go by yourself to see him!
Mitsuki: W-Why are you mad?!
Mitsuki: I only asked for this address, and some stuff about you.
What? Am I not allowed to know about you?!
Imai: You should've asked me.
Or did you not trust me enough?
//click//
Mitsuki: ...No!
Mitsuki: It's not that....
Mitsuki: (It's because...)

Pg 53:
Imai: ...Let's go.
//step//
//click//
Imai: Sorry that you had to---
Yuri: Wait.
Yuri: Don't go, Imai-kun.
Yuri: Stay by my side.

Pg 54:
Yuri: I still love you...
Yuri: I want us to start over again...
Mitsuki: (No...)
//dizzy//

Pg 55:
Yuri: On that day....
Yuri: I was planning on giving up if you didn't come
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: (Stop it...)
Yuri: but you did. If you still have even a trace of a feeling for me...
then please...be by my side
Mitsuki: (STOP IT!!)

Pg 56:
Mitsuki: Stop it!
Mitsuki: Why are you---
Imai: ...Sorry,
but I have no plans on doing that.
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
Yuri: I know I'm being selfish.
Yuri: But I couldn't forget about you.
...Do you not like me anymore? Do you hate me for what I did?

Pg 57:
//tense//
Imai: ...I don't not like you. And I don't hate you.
Mitsuki: (No...)
Yuri: Then....
Imai: But it's not like I was in love with you. Even back then.
Mitsuki: (What...?)

Pg 58:
Yuri: You...
Yuri: can say some pretty cruel things...
Imai: It didn't matter who I was dating.
I didn't care much about the women I dated.
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...?)
//thump//
Imai: But now, I have her.

Pg 59:
Imai: She's the first person I ever fell for.
Imai: No one can replace her.

Pg 60:
Mitsuki: ...ally...?
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (No...way...)
Mitsuki: Really...?
Did you really mean what you just said...?
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: ("She's the first person I ever fell for")
Imai: I don't have any plans on letting you go.
...Even if you don't trust me.

Pg 61:
Imai: I said I wouldn't let go you, didn't I?
Mitsuki: (---To Imai-san,
I was the one person more special to him than anyone else.)

Pg 62:
//clatter//
Yuri: ...hy...
Why...?!
//snivels//
Yuri: Why doesn't it ever work out?
Yuri: I want to be happy too....
so why don't things ever go the way I want it to?
Yuri: Why am I always the one to...
Yuri: I don't want to be alone anymore.
Help me.
Yuri: Someone, please help me.

Pg 63:
Yuri: I want to be loved by somebody too....
someone, please....
Yuri: Imai-kun...please, stay here!
Yuri: Stay here with me. Please!
//throb...//

Pg 64:
Imai: ...Yuri
Mitsuki: (No...)
//thud//
Imai: Ow
//rattle rattle//

Pg 65:
//throws//
//thud//
Kaoru: GO!
Kaoru: Go home!
Yuri: Kao...
//kik//
Kaoru: Go home!
//sobs//

Pg 66:
//GO HOMEEE!!//
Yuri: Kaoru!
Kaoru, stop this!
Kaoru: Uuuuu!!!
Yuri: Kaoru...
Kaoru: Uuu....
Kaoru: Are you okay?
Kaoru: Mommy, are you okay?
//touches//
//chuckles//
Yuri: ...Yeah
Yuri: I'm fine.
Yuri: Thanks...

Pg 67:
Yuri: That's right...
I have you by my side.
Yuri: I'm so sorry Kaoru....
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
//click//
Yuri: ...Imai-kun, you've changed a bit.

Pg 68:
Yuri: You were always kind, but I knew you were the type to never be fixated with someone,
so I thought it'd be easy being with you.
Yuri: I was so tired of caring about someone....
Yuri: I'm sorry...

Pg 69:
Mitsuki: (---All this time,)
Mitsuki: (I thought I was the only one
with feelings of doubt and jealousy.)
Mitsuki: (Imai-san never said anything,
and he always gave off this care-free attitude because he's older.)
Mitsuki: (...But)

Pg 70:
Mitsuki: Imai-san...
are there ever times when you're in doubt?
//heat wave//
Mitsuki: Have you ever felt lonely
because you couldn't see me?
Imai: ...I'm always in doubt.
Imai: It's hard being away from you.
Sometimes I get worried that you might fall for someone else because I'm always having to make you put up with things you might not have to if it were someone else

Pg 71:
Mitsuki: Do you...ever feel jealous...?
//thump thump thump//
//frowns//
Imai: ...Of course.
Imai: If there are guys around you that I don't know about, then it gets on my nerves.
//thump thump//
Imai: ...I don't even want Yasuaki to be around you.
Mitsuki: ...Even though he's your brother?
//thump//
Mitsuki: (...Imai-san)
Imai: ...He's quick when it comes to coming onto girls //mumbles//
//looks the other way//
Mitsuki: (I feel like this is the first time I've been able to stand on the same ground that you're on.)

Pg 72:
Mitsuki: (Even if someone gets hurt,
even if I get hurt,)
Mitsuki: ...There's no one in this world who could ever replace you, Imai-san.
//leans in//
Imai: ...Even when I know that, I can't help but be jealous.

Pg 73:
Mitsuki: Yeah, that's understandable...
//giggle//
Mitsuki: (I'm in love. What can you do?)
Mitsuki: (But,
my love for him gives me strength.
His love for me gives me strength.)

Pg 74:
Mitsuki: (Maybe this is what it means to become stronger?)
[tag reads "Imai"]
//pissed off//
Yasuaki: I'm leaving!
Mitsuki: Wha---
Mitsuki: What happened to your face?!

Pg 75:
Yasuaki: You can't tell by looking at it?!
He suddenly came swinging at me yelling "What did you tell Mitsuki"!!
Yasuaki: What did I ever do to deserve this?! [SL: LOOK! LOOK AT MY PAIN!]
Imai: ...I said I'm sorry.
//scratches//
Yasuaki: Shut up! Sorry's not enough!
I'm leaving, is that what you want?!
Yasuaki: Then go. [SL: You're being too loud]
I'm going to be heading back to Kyoto tomorrow anyway, so they're goin to cut off the water and the electricity.
//grrrrr//
Yasuaki: Some chick is more important to you than your brother who you haven't seen in years?!
You ass!
Imai: You're the one who showed up out of the blue.
Yasuaki: What'd you just say?!

Pg 76:
Yasuaki: Argh, your personality is the equivalent of a mud puddle!
I'm going! For real this time. See ya!
//rustle rustle//
//kicks//
Imai: Hey, don't go taking my clothes.
//giggles//
Mitsuki: You two must be really close.
Yasuaki: What're you talking about?!
Mitsuki: (It's as if I'm watching a kids' fight.
This person must really...)
Mitsuki: You must really love your brother. //giggles//
//smiles//
<---completely serious
Yasuaki: Wha....
//taken aback//

Pg 77:
//blushes//
//wobble wobble//
Imai: [SL: Yeah] When we were kids he used to follow me around all the time.
Mitsuki: I never knew that //giggles//
Yasuaki: S-Shut the hell up!!!
//grabs//
Yasuaki: Damnit!
Yasuaki: I'm never gonna come here again!
//SLAM//
Mitsuki: Ah!

Pg 78:
Imai: He left without cleaning up //complain complain//
Mitsuki: A-are you okay with just letting him leave like that?
//He really did leave. He's gone//
Imai: Don't worry about it. He's always like this.
Mitsuki: //giggles// ...Yasuaki-kun
reminds me of you back when you were still in university.
//frowns//
Imai: I was never that stupid.
//giggles giggles//
Mitsuki: Yeah, you were a bit more down-to=earth.
But I don't know...maybe it's because you're family?
Imai: Last time you were here...
you spent a whole day with Yasuaki. What'd you guys do?

Pg 79:
Mitsuki: ...Are you being jealous?
//rustle rustle//
//grrr...//
Imai: ...Yeah.
Mitsuki: It's a secret!
//thud//
Mitsuki: (Heh heh)
Imai: Hey!
Mitsuki: I'll make you some dinner since the vegetables we bought yesterday won't last.
So let's eat here, okay?
Mitsuki: Okay?
Mitsuki: (Stay jealous for a little while longer, Imai-san.)

Pg 80:
Mitsuki: (You said you'd listen to anything I'd say
for the duration of the time you were here, right?)
Imai...Ah
Imai: You better get going.
I'll drive you home, so get ready.
Imai: Come on, Mitsuki.
Mitsuki: ...No.
Imai: Mitsuki...what's wrong?
Mitsuki: ...I'm staying over at Michiru-chan's tonight.
Imai: Huh...?

Pg 81:
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: So I don't have to go home.
Imai: What....
Mitsuki: You said you'd listen to anything I said, remember?
Mitsuki: (My whole body feels hot)
Imai: ...Don't be ridiculous.
You making up some story about staying over at some friend's house is another story.
Mitsuki: ....But....
Mitsuki: you're going back to Kyoto tomorrow...

Pg 82:
Mitsuki: I want to be with you for as long as I can...
....or do you...not want me to?
Imai: ...I won't be able to let things slide this time.
Are you okay with that?
//blush//
Mitsuki: (The back of my head feels like it's squeezing)
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: I-
Mitsuki: I'm scared...
....but it's not because I don't want to...
Mitsuki: (Before I'm not able to see you again)

Pg 83:
Mitsuki: If my dad finds out about this,
be there so that he can get mad at both of us, and not just me, okay?

Pg 84:
Imai: Okay....
Mitsuki: (Don't ever let me go.)

Pg 85:
Mitsuki: (Today, tomorrow, or the day after.)
Mitsuki: (I'm sure I'll still love you.)
Mitsuki: (If it's the same way for you, Imai-san,
then there's nothing for me to be worried about anymore.)

Pg 86:
Mitsuki: (Even then, there might be times I cry because I'm feeling doubts.)
(Still....
If I still love you today,
and I still love you tomorrow,
one day, our love will become an eternal one, right?)

Pg 87:
[sign reads "Pre school"]
Woman: ...Ms. Kouno!
Woman: Ms. Kouno!
See you tomorrow!
Mitsuki: Okay, see you!

Pg 88:
Mitsuki: Sorry, you still there, Michiru-chan?
Michiru: Are you okay being on the phone?
Mitsuki: Yeah, don't worry. I'm finished for today anyway.
You were saying you got into a fight with Ootsuka-kun again?
Mitsuki: He was acting all depressed saying you wouldn't forgive him.
//giggles//
Michiru: That idiot...he phoned you up again?
Maybe he still hasn't given up on you?
Mitsuki: Haha, no, I'm sure he has.
[sign reads: Division Cherry Blossoms
Ms. Kouno Mitsuki]
Michiru: Just ignore that retard.
Hey, why don't we go out for a drink tonight?
Mitsuki: Sorry, I've already made plans.
Michiru: ooh~he's back from his business trip?
[tag reads "Imai"]
Mitsuki: Yeah, he got back yesterday.
//rustle//

Pg 89:
Michiru: He's busy as always it seems.
You guys still haven't tied the knot?
Mitsuki: Nnn...no, he hasn't mentioned anything like that. //giggles//
I'm having a great time doing this job anyway.
Mitsuki: (---In the summer of my 14th year,
I was able to meet my soul mate.)
Mitsuki: He still has the ring [SL: I just hope he hasn't lost it]
//giggles//

Pg 90:
//click//
Mitsuki: (Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow)
Mitsuki: (and all the days after that,)
//turns//
Mitsuki: (for always,
this love will carry on.)
//slam//
<<THE END>>


<<END OF CHAPTER 13>>
<<END OF ASHITA MO KITTO AISHITERU>>

92:
The After School Liar

Pg 93:
Takahara: (It happened three days ago.)
//rustle//
//rustle rustle//
//rustle rustle rustle//
Takahara: Where'd it go...
Shit, where'd I put it.....
Takahara: (If someone finds it and reads it, I'm so dead...)
//tense//
Asada: //knock knock// Ta-ka-ha-ra
//taken aback//
Asada: Is this what you're looking for?
[letter reads: Chiba Sayaka]

Pg 94:
Takahara: A-Asada....
//clatter//
Takahara: Wha....
what-----
Asada: You had Bio fifth block, right?
You dropped it in the science room while you were in there.
Takahara: Wha---
Takahara: D-Don't tell me you....
Asada: The addresser should always write his name down on the envelope.
It's common sense! Especially when it comes to LOVE LETTERS //you didn't even seal it up//
//WHATTT!//
Takahara: You read it?!
Asada: Hey, Chiba Sayaka's that girl in Div 5 with the Size E chest, right?
//swish//
Asada: I never knew you were into girls like that!

Pg 95:
Takahara: Shut up! It's got nothing to do with you!
Now give it back to me already!
//wheeze wheeze//
Asada: Hey, I went through the trouble of picking this up for you and this is how you thank me?
You know, it wouldn't hurt to give me a "thank you" for my selfless act.
Takahara: Don't tell me you want me to pay you?!
Asada: Oh don't be silly. I'd never ask you to do something like that.
...All I want you to do is help me out on something for a bit. After that, I'll give this back to you.
Takahara: You've gotta be kidding me! Why do I have to help you---
Takahara: (What's going through her mind anyway?!)

Pg 96:
Asada: "Dear Chiba-san,
My name is Takahara Yuugo, and I'm a grade 11 student in div 1."
Asada: "To be honest with you, I've been in love with you ever since grade 10----"
Takahara: ASADA!!!
Asada: Will you listen to my request now?
//nods nods//
Asada: Honestly?
Asada: ("The first time I saw you last spring under the cherry blossoms that were in full bloom, I---")
Takahara: PLEASE LET ME HELP YOU OUT!!!
Takahara: (Did she memorize the whole friggin' thing?!)

Pg 97:
Asada: Thanks! I knew you'd be up to it!
Takahara: Come on now.
Asada: What?
Takahara: ...Please give me back my letter.
Asada: What're you saying?
I'm not going to give this back to you until you finish helping me out.
Takahara: What?!
//shocked//
Takahara: (She....She...)
//where'd she stick it...//
//pats//
Asada: Don't worry. I'm not one to go around telling people someone's business.
Takahara: Hey, that's not fair!

Pg 98:
Asada: As long as you'll stick with me after school until I say it's okay,
I'll give it back to you. I promise.
//smiles//
Takahara: (What?!)
Takahara: (...After that,)
Takahara: (I've been practically at her beck and call
everyday after school.)

Pg 99:
Takahara: (This is so pathetic...but there's no getting around it...)
Takahara: (because she's got...the...)
Takahara: (ARRGHH! Why did I drop it?!)
Takahara: (No, wait...)
Takahara: (Why did I even write it anyway?!)
Takahara: (Just because I couldn't conjure up the courage to talk to Chiba-san....
Am I a retard?!)
//The screams from the heart//
Takahara: (If she shows it to someone, I'm gonna die of embarrassment!!)

Pg 100:
Takahara: (I didn't have a chance to talk to her much until now,
but I never thought she'd turn out to be like this.)
//clank//
Asada: ...Geez
Takahara: (At school, she's acting all stuck up like she's some genius! Hah!)
Asada: What're you looking at?
I'm not the one who dropped my love letter on the ground.
Takahara: Hey, SHUT UP!!
Takahara: And anyway,
what's the point in us having tea here everyday?!
//snaps out of it//
Takahara: (D-Don't tell me...)
Asada: What...are you looking at me like that for?

Pg 101:
Takahara: No...I was just thinking...
are you doing this because you like me...?
//thump thump thump//
Asada: ...That's a riot.
Asada: Why don't you decide what you're going to order already?
Takahara: (Shit--! Shit---!)
Takahara: Geez, give me a sec!
Takahara: What's this?
Orange Tea Soda?
[menu reads: Orange Tea Soda ~This store's speciality~]
//taken aback//
Asada: Hey!
Don't order that!
Takahara: Why not? Is it that bad? [SL: It says here it's their speciality]
Asada: Nooo that's not what I meant.

Pg 102:
Asada: There's a superstition attached to it.
Takahara: Huh? A superstition?
Asada: If two people drink Orange Tea soda at this cafe,
they'll fall for each other.
Takahara: ....Give me a break...
//sigh of exasperation//
//pissed off/
Asada: Then why don't you try ordering it, big shot?!

Pg 103:
Takahara: ...I'll have a milk tea.
Waitress: Okay
//shuts menu closed//
Takahara: It's the cheapest thing they have on the menu!
Asada: Did I say something?
//rattle rattle//
Waitress: Welcome!
Please have a seat wherever you'd like!
Takahara: ...Hey, who're you waiting for?
//tenses//

Pg 104:
Takahara: You always have your eyes glued to the entrance.
Is that why you're here?
//pissed off//
Takahara: What does some guy have to do with me?
If you don't tell me what you want me to help you out with, then how am I supposed to know?
Takahara: //moment of realization// ...Don't tell me you're trying to buy his affections?
I'm not that rich, you know.
Asada: Hey, don't go around imagining stuff that aren't true!
//mumble mumble//
Takahara: Then what?
Asada: ...I want him to be jealous.
Takahara: ...What?
Jealous?
Asada: There's this person I've known since I was a kid who used to live right next door to me.
Takahara: Wha?

Pg 105:
Asada: But he moved out when he started working, so I rarely get to see him now.
...He was saying how he stops by this place a lot after work.
Asada: I want you to pretend to be my boyfriend in front of him.
Takahara: What the...?
Takahara: ("Pretend" to be your boyfriend?)
Asada: And anyway, it's not like you have a choice!
As long as we're here, you have to act like you really REALLY like me, got it?
And I play the part of the girl who's just going out with you because I didn't have the heart to turn you down!
//Grrr//
Takahara: What kind of story is that? [SL: Have you no pride?]
What would you get out of acting that---
Takahara: ...Hey, don't tell me you're in love with that guy?

Pg 106:
Takahara: ...Yo
Takahara: (Whoa...she's turning bright red...)
Asada: You think I'm an idiot, don't you?
Asada: Well, what else can I do?!
If I could tell him how I feel straight to his face, I would!
Asada: But he's always treated me like I'm his little sister.
That might change though once he seems me with some other guy!

Pg 107:
Takahara: ...Asada [SL: Calm down]
//Be quiet//
//clatter//
Asada: ...If I confess to him now out of the blue, if he turns me down we'll never be able to go back to the way things were before.
I don't want that to happen....
Takahara: (...I never knew
she could look like this...)
Takahara: (So she does have a cute side to her afterall...)
Asada: Takahara
//glares//

Pg 108:
Asada: Since I opened up to you like this, I really want you to take this seriously
Takahara: ...Fine.
Takahara: (I don't know if things'll work out in your favor though)
Takahara: Yeah but you don't even know when he's gonna come here, right?
Can't you just go see him yourself? //mumble mumble//
Takahara: (Let's just get this done and over with!!)
Asada: I can't do something like that.
Asada: I'm aiming for the coincidence factor!
//thump thump//
Takahara: (Damnit...)
Takahara: Then why don't you give me back my letter...?
I promise I'll help you out on this!
Takahara: Okay?

Pg 109:
//ignores//
Asada: No!
//slide//
Asada: It's better for me if I hold on to your weak point, don't you think? [SL: You're always doing the opposite of what I say regardless anyway]
Takahara: (I-I...
can't believe her nerve...!!)

Pg 110:
Takahara: (I have to do something about this.)
//pisssed off//
Takahara: (As long as Asada's in the picture, I'll never be free.)
Takahara: (...Who cares if she spreads the letter to the entire school?)
Takahara: (They'll probably never be able to find out who wrote it anyway)
Takahara: (Even if someone DID find out I wrote it, there'd be no proof I did)
//mumble mumble//
Takahara: (No...but if she makes copies of the letter to hand out to people, then they'll be able to recognize my handwriting...)
Takahara: She just might be capable of doing something like that...[SL: Since her personality's pretty rotten]
//THUMP!//

Pg 111:
//rattle rattle rattle//
Takahara: (Chiba-san...!!)
//THUMP THUMP THUMP TUMP//
Takahara: (T-This is my big chance!)
//slide//
Chiba: Ah
Asada: Here you go.
Yeah, I know. This door can be a bit tricky to open.
//Here ya go//
//slide//
Chiba: Thanks.

Pg 112:
//slides door closed//
Asada: Hey, is that you Takahara?
...What're you doing on the ground? [SL: Ugh, I really don't want to have to deal with this right now]
//tears sliding down face//
Takahara: Y-You....little...
Takahara: Just 'fess up! You've been harboring some hate towards me, haven't you?!
Asada: Huh?
Takahara: (Damnit!)
Asada: Forget that. Didn't you see who just passed through here? It was Chiba-san.
You should've helped her out. Have you no brains?
//Geez//
Takahara: Shut the hell up!
Takahara: (I've made up my mind!)
Takahara: (I've made my decision!)
Takahara: I-I'm not gonna go along....with you anymore...
Asada: What?
//sweat drop//
Takahara: Do whatever you want with the letter.
If you think I'm gonna be your whipping boy forever, you're dead wrong!
Takahara: (I have to tell Chiba-san I like her before she goes spreading the letter around the whole school!)

Pg 113:
Asada: ---Oh, really?
//rattle rattle//
Asada: "Ever since I first saw your size E chest under the full bloom of the cherry blossoms, every night since I've---"
Takahara: I never wrote that!!
//dashes//
Takahara: (---Shit...
Shit...
SHIT!!!)

Pg 114:
Takahara: (Ugh, I still end up being here)
//depresed//
Asada: You never know when you give up, do you?
I said I'd help you out with Chiba-san once this is over, didn't I?
Takahara: How can I trust you?! //grumble grumble//
Asada: ...What's your problem?
You can't even talk to her!
//pissed off//
Takahara: Shut the hell up!
Why me anyway?! Couldn't you find someone else to do this?!
Asada: ...I thought you were kind of like him. In atmosphere, I mean.
Takahara: Huh? With who?
Asada: With Yuu-chan. The guy I've known since I was a kid.
Takahara: Eh...?
//thump//

Pg 115:
Asada: I thought like, hey, if I'm going to do it, I might as well find someone similar to him, right?
But as it turns out, you weren't like him. AT ALL.
Takahara: Well So-rry!
Takahara: (What's with her anyway?!)
Waiter: This is for the person who ordered ice tea---
Takahara: Ah, here. [SL: That's me.]
Waiter: Thanks for waiting.
Asada: ...Takahara, you're a romantic, aren't you?
//blush//
Takahara: What?!
Asada: You believe in that story about the Orange Tea Soda, don't you?
You never order it. //grins//
//tenses//
Takahara: W-Whatever!

Pg 116:
Asada: Well I guess I should've expected it since you DID write the love letter that you did
//SPURTS//
//cough cough//
Asada: Ew! Don't spray me! //It's coming out from your nose!//
Takahara: W-Well, So-rry!
Takahara: (It's not as if I wrote that letter to you!)
Takahara: Will you stop making fun of me every single chance you get?!
Asada: There's nothing for you to apologize for.
I like people like you.

Pg 117:
Takahara: (Don't tell me...)
Takahara: (she really does like me....?)
//thump thump//
//tense//
Asada: Takahara?

Pg 118:
Asada: Was that Chiba-san just now? [SL: Wow what a coincidence]
Takahara: (Did...)
Takahara: S-She saw us...
Takahara: She saw us.....
Takahara: (our eyes meet just now?!)
Takahara: She saw us!!!! Oh shit! She's gonna get the wrong idea, I just know it!!
Takahara: Noooooo! Why?! And with you of all people?!
//NOOOOOOOO//
//pissed off//
Asada: Be quiet.
She probably doesn't even know who you are.
Takahara: Err...

Pg 119:
//deflating//
//slurrrp//
Takahara: (Damnit...)
Takahara: W-Well...what about you then?! Is that guy of yours
ever gonna show up here?
Takahara: It's gonna be spring break soon.
Don't tell me you're gonna make me---
Takahara: (This better not be some story she just made up.)
Yuu: Hiro?

Pg 120:
Yuu: Hiro! Long time no see!
Asada: Y-Yuu-chan?!
Takahara: (Huh?)
Yuu: What a coincidence running into you like this! Did you stop by here after school?
Asada: Y-Yeah!
//clatter//
Yuu: How's everyone? Are they doing good?
Asada: Yeah!
Takahara: (....Oh...
so he really did show up...)

Pg 121:
Takahara: (The way she acts around me, and the way she acts around him, are completely different.)
//Am I that fat?//
Takahara: (He's a geezer...)
Takahara: (....Not that I care or anything.)
Yuu: Is this your boyfriend?
//thump!//
Takahara: (Oh shit...!)
Takahara: Ah....
//clatter//
Asada: Y-Yeah....kind of...
//smiles//
Yuu: Oh really?
Well, nice to meet you.
Takahara: ...Nice to meet you.
Takahara: (Um....
he's not getting jealous...like, at all...)
//nods//
Yuu: Talk about great timing!
I have something to tell you.
Asada: Huh?
Yuu: [SL: Ah] Hey! Over here!
//rattle rattle//

Pg 122:
Woman: Good evening.
Takahara: (What...?)
Yuu: I'm about to go and meet her parents for the first time.
We've decided to get married...
Takahara: (WTF?!)
Takahara: (...Seriously?!)
//glances over//
Takahara: (Holy shit...)
Takahara: (So this is how things turn out?
Whoa...)
Yuu: You'll attend our wedding, won't you, Hiro?

Pg 123:
//thump//
Yuu: Since you are like a baby sister to me, it'd be great if you can come.
Takahara: (Err...this doesn't look good...
what is she gonna do...?)
//thump thump thump//
Takahara: (Don't tell me she's gonna let the waterworks loose...?)
//thump//
Asada: ...Yeah

Pg 124:
Asada: Congrats, Yuu-chan!
//stab//
//honk honk honk//

Pg 125:
Guy: //whispers// Did you see
//step step//
Guy: that girl just now? //whisper//
//stops//

Pg 126:
Takahara: Asa---
//slap//
Takahara: ----....

Pg 127:
//shoves away//
//squeeze//
Takahara: (...What is she, an idiot or something?!)
//stab...//

Pg 128:
Takahara: (If she was gonna end up crying this much,
she should've told him she liked him.
You're always acting the hot-shot around me,
if you cry like this, how am I supposed to react?
Why'd you smile anyway? Are you a retard?
....I didn't think
she'd cry like this.)
//stab stab//

Pg 129:
Asada: ...Ow....
Asada: You're walking too fast!
Takahara: Huh...?
//wheeze//
Asada: Your walk! //wheeze//
//wheeze wheeze//
Takahara: Wha...?
Oh, right...
//sigh of relief//
//thud//

Pg 130:
Takahara: (Ah....
her hand...)
//sits down//
//thump thump thump//
Takahara: (....Her hand's so cold...)
Takahara: (Maybe it's just because it's cool outside today?
I wonder if her hand's always this cold...?)

Pg 131:
//snaps out of it//
Asada:...Takahara,
your hand's really warm.
Takahara: ...It's only 'cause yours is really cold.
Takahara: (Her voice sounds like she's about to start crying again...)
Asada: ...You think?
//wipes//
Takahara: (...Shit.
How am I supposed to "comfort" her anyway?
I don't know what I'm supposed to say in these kind of situations.)
Takahara: (Ah...err....)
Takahara: (Um...)
Asada: ...Thanks.

Pg 132:
Takahara: No prob....
Takahara: (...I guess, I'll just stay like this then until her hand warms up too...)
//squeeze//
Teacher: [SL: Let's see here] The only absence is
Asada, is that right?
//noise noise//
Teacher: The flu's been going around lately, so be extra careful everyone!

Pg 133:
Teacher: Okay, well let's start off with some information about the closing ceremony being held tomorrow---
Takahara: (I wonder if she's still hung up about it?)
Takahara: (...She didn't really catch a cold, did she?)
Takahara: (I wonder if she cried lots after that...)
//stab...//
Guy: ---go
Yuugo!
Takahara: Wha?
Guy: We're setting up a konpa. Wanna come? [basically where a bunch of girls & guys get together to hang out and meet new people, possibly new romantic interests as well ^^]
If you want, I can set you up with anyone you're kinda interested in.
//eyes snap open//

Pg 134:
Takahara: No way?!
When?!
Guy: Tomorrow near sunfall.
//You don't have to go to sports clubs tomorrow, right?//
//clatter//
Takahara: Y-Yeah, count me in!
Ah....
Takahara: (...Asada)
//thump...//
Takahara: ("Stick with me after school until I say it's okay")
Waitress: Hello!
//clank clank//

Pg 135:
//glances around//
Takahara: (I guess there's no way she'd be here...)
//wheeze wheeze//
//creak//
Takahara: (I wonder if she's gonna give up after all?
Well yeah, I guess there's nothing she can do if they're gonna get married...)
Takahara: (...I wonder if she's okay by herself?)
Takahara: I don't know her phone number or where she lives...//shit...//
Takahara: (I never realized it up 'til now,
but I know almost nothing about her...)
//pat//
Yuu: Mind if I sit here?

Pg 136:
Yuu: You're Hiro's boyfriend, aren't you?
Takahara: (Oh shit!)
//smiles//
Takahara: Ah...
Yuu: I'm waiting for someone to come too.
Excuse me, I'll be switching seats!
Waitress: Okay!
//What?!//
Takahara: (Yo, y' geezer!)
//smiles//
Yuu: Hiro will be coming soon too, right?
Takahara: ("Hiro" my ass.
What's he acting like he's so happy and shit?!)

Pg 137:
Takahara: (I wonder how he'd react if I told him she was so traumatized by what he told her that she hasn't showed up to school)
//pissed off//
Waitress: Thank you for waiting!
This is for the person who ordered Orange Tea Soda!
Yuu: Oh, right here.
//taken aback//
Takahara: (T-That's....)
Takahara: ("If two people drink Orange Tea Soda at this cafe, they'll fall for each other")
Takahara: (H-Hold up! W-Well...it's not like...something's gonna end up happening between me and him...
Takahara: T-That's....
Yuu: [SL: What?] Oh, this is this cafe's specialty.


Pg 138:
Yuu: I have fond memories related to this,
so whenever I come here, I just end up always ordering this.
Takahara: What...?
//clank//
Yuu: Back in college, when I told my current girlfriend how I felt about her, we were both drinking this.
Hiro always laughs at me saying I'm such a romantic though.
Takahara: ("I like people like you")
Takahara: (...What "jinx"?
That idiot...)

//squeeze//

Pg 139:
Yuu: But it was the first time Hiro ever introduced me to a guy.
It really surprised me.
Yuu: And it seemed like only the other day when she was still a little kid
Yuu: She always been close to me for as long as we've known to each other.
She's almost like family to me.
//ice melting//
Yuu: She's a good girl.
Yuu: At first glance, she might seem like she's really strong,
but she gets hurt easily.
Yuu: Just don't make her cry, okay?
Yuu: I'm counting on you...
//clatter//

Pg 140:
Takahara: I don't have to take this from you!
Takahara: (He friggin' pisses me off...)
Takahara: (Don't act like you know everything about her!)
Takahara: (You're the one that's making her cry!)

Pg 141:
Takahara: (And what's with her and "Orange Tea Soda" anyway?!")
Takahara: ("I just thought you two were a bit alike")
Takahara: (Are you an idiot or something?)
Takahara: (Don't put me in the same box as him!)
Takahara: (Damnit!)
Takahara: (Why am I so pissed off anyway?)
//school chime//
[board reads: Closing Ceremony
9:30 at the Gym]

Pg 142:
Takahara: (She's here...)
//ahahaha//
Asada: I heard you ran into Yuu-chan yesterday?
//noise noise//
Takahara: Huh...?
Asada: He was worried that he got you all riled up.
What happened?

Pg 143:
Takahara: You...met with him?
Asada: Ah...
yeah, he came over yesterday....
Takahara: (...What the hell?)
Asada: ...I heard you went to the cafe? Sorry I wasn't there.
I'm going to go today though, so why don't you come too? I have something I want to talk to you about too...
Takahara: (You cried Niagara falls and you...)
Girl: Those of you who're still here, you should think about heading down to the gym---

Pg 144:
//kick//
Takahara: (First him, and now her?)
Takahara: Get off your high horse.

Pg 145:
Takahara: I have nothing to do with any off this! So leave me the fuck alone!
Takahara: (I feel like such an idiot worrying about her!)
Asada: Taka...
//clatter//
Takahara: If you wanna spread the letter around, then do whatever the hell you want!
Do it! See if I care! This is a fucking waste of time.
Takahara: (Do whatever the fuck you want.)

Pg 146:
Takahara: (Me getting pissed off,
ugh, give me a fucking break.
What do I have to do with any of this anyway?)
Takahara: (It doesn't matter
a single
bit
what she does....
...I've got nothing to do with this anymore.)

Pg 147:
Takahara: (I don't have that much free time
that I have to be pulled this way and that over someone else's shit.)
Asada: I was planning on giving you this back today.
...I didn't read the whole thing.
Asada: You're a nice guy,
so I knew you wouldn't be able to say no if I was a little pushy.
Asada: ...I'm sorry.
Asada: ...I'll put an end to this.
Takahara: (...Huh?)

Pg 148:
Asada: I'm going to tell him how I feel tonight.
//thump//
Takahara: (What...)
Asada: I heard you were gonna go to a konpa tonight?
Asada: They've invited Chiba-san along too, right?
...I gave you back your letter, so why don't you tell her how you feel?
//slide//
Guy: Yo Yuugo!
//Sorry to keep ya waiting//

Pg 149:
Asada: See ya
Guy: Huh?
Okay.
//thump//
Guy: What? Were you guys going at it again?
Why've you guys been acting like this lately anyway?
//crumple//
Takahara: ...It's nothing.
//thump thump thump//
Takahara: ("I'm going to put an end to this")
[letter reads: Chiba]
Takahara: (...If I just let this go, then we'll go into Grade 12 and we'll end up in different classes.)
Takahara: ("I'm going to tell him how I feel")

Pg 150:
Takahara: (It's not like we were friends i nteh first place.
It's gonna be great not having to see her face anymore...)
//pissed off//
//clicks togue//
[SL: Takahara: They suck]
Chiba: Um....Takahara-kun,
mind if I sit here?
Takahara: Wha...
ah....
Takahara: errr...
//blush//
Chiba: I'm Chiba. Do you know me?
Takahara: Y-Yes!
Chiba: Really? I'm glad. //giggles//
Takahara: (Whoaaaa)

Pg 151:
Takahara: (No way!)
Takahara: (Take that Asada!)
//thump thump//
Takahara: (Chiba-san knows about me!)
Chiba: Don't tell me you and Asada-san are going out?
//chokes//
Chiba: [SL: Kya!] Are you okay?!
//cough cou//
Takahara: Y-Yeah, sorry.
Takahara: W-We're not like that.
Takahara: (She was just blackmailing me!)
Chiba: Oh really? Well that's a relief...
//thump!//
Takahara: Huh...?
Takahara: (Don't tell me...
could this be...)
Girl: Hey, what time is it right now?
//snaps out of it//
Guy: It's almost 9 [SL: We've still got plenty of time]

Pg 152:
//click click//
Takahara: ("I'm going to tell him how I feel tonight")
Takahara: (...I wonder if she did, for real.)
//thump...//
Takahara: (I wonder what happened?
I wonder if she cried again?
Or did she...)
//squeeze//
Takahara: ("Takahara, your hand's so warm")
Takahara: ...Damnit...
Takahara: (What's with me?)

Pg 153:
Takahara: (Why am I thinking so much abotu her...)
Guy: Anyone wanting anything else, speak up right now!
Guy #2: Yo, get us some fries!
Girl: I'd like some Orange tea soda!
Chiba: Ah, me too!
Takahara: (Not even an idiot would let a chance like this slide.)
Takahara: (Taking a good look at her, Chiba-san sure is cute...)

Pg 154:
Takahara: (Her face is cute, and her voice is cute...)
//clank clank//
Waitress: Hello!
Takahara: (Her personality's even cute, and not to mention...)
//clatter//
Takahara: (she's got a size E chest!)
//wheeze wheeze//
Takahara: Where is he?

Pg 155:
Takahara: Didn't you tell him
how you felt?
//wheeze//
//grrr//
Waitress: Hello, have you decided what you'd like?
Takahara: [SL: Ah] Could you give me a sec...
Asada: ...Are you out of your mind?
There's no way I could tell him after everything that's happened
Takahara: Eh...?
Asada: What?
Asada: You're the one to blame, you know!

Pg 156:
Asada: Y-You get serious all of a sudden...
you didn't have to get so mad like you did...
Asada: I said I'm sorry, but you wouldn't even talk to me.
Asada: And anyway, you were supposed to keep after school free,
and you just went and promised to go to some konpa!
Takahara: Don't throw garbage at me....
//splat splat//
//squeeze//
Takahara: Then what was the point of you being here this whole time?
//turns//
Asada: ...Shut up.
What happened with you and Chiba-san anyway?
I gave you back your letter, didn't I?
Takahara: I threw it away.
Takahara: (She sure is a strong-willed chick.)

Pg 157:
Asada: What...?!
Takahara: How could I give it to her after all that's happened, anyway?
I told you I don't need it anymore.
Asada: I-I'm sorry....
Takahara: ...Aren't you going to ask how it turned out?
Asada: D-Did you tell her how you felt about her...?
Takahara: (Geez.
Am I...
an idiot or what...)
Waitress: Excuse me!

Pg 158:
Waitress: We'll be taking last orders. Would you like anything?
Asada: A...
Takahara: Then I'd like to have an Orange Tea Soda please
Asada: WHAT?!
Hey...!
Takahara: What?
Or do you want a letter instead?

Pg 159:
Takahara: (...to think she's cuter than Chiba-san?)
Waitress: Will that be everything?

Pg 160:
Takahara: ...So what's it gonna be?
Takahara: (I don't believe in superstitions)
//blush//
Asada: ...Orange Tea Soda please!
Takahara: (but it might not be so bad to make some superstitions of my own.)

THE END

Pg 161:
G-Line Romance

Pg 162:
Mizuuchi: (It's barely above the line.)
Mizuuchi: Ah, this one's pretty good
Nakamura: Which one?
Mizuuchi: This one.
Mizuuchi: Ah, it was okay. I went to the previews.
Mizuuchi: Eh? No way. So you like, sent in a postcard?
Nakamura: ...She did.
Mizuuchi: Ah...

Pg 163:
Mizuuchi: (Every Wednesday and Friday after school,
we pass time by hanging out like this in the class room.)
Mizuuchi: (---Until Nakamura's girlfriend finishes work.)
Mizuuchi: (As for me, I've got nothing better to do,
and since it's pretty fun talking to Nakamura--)

Pg 164:
Mizuuchi: (---but it's not like we made a promise to hang out or anything)
//blinks//
Nakamura: Mizuuchi,
there's something in your hair
Mizuuchi: What? A thread or something?
Mizuuchi: Where is it?
Nakamura: No, not there. It's---
//tense//

Pg 165:
//beep beep//
//thump!//
//beep beep//
//click//
Nakamura: ...Hello?
Nakamura: Oh, okay,
you're all finished?
Nakamura: Yeah,
then I'll leave right now.
Nakamura: Yeah, see ya.
//blows//

Pg 166:
Nakamura: Well,
I'm gonna go. What about you?
//clatter//
Mizuuchi: Nnn...I guess I'll stay for a bit more. [SL: Since I don't have much to do]
Nakamura: Take care of yourself out there!
//waves//
//fading footsteps//
Mizuuchi: (...We always have canned black coffee.)

Pg 167:
Mizuuchi: (How many times has it been?
In the very beginning, I had something I had to do,
and I ended up staying here pretty late, and by coincidence Nakamura was still here.
Now that I think about it, that was the first time I talked to him.)
Mizuuchi: What!
Mizuuchi: So you always wait here until your girlfriend finishes work?
Nakamura: Only on Wednesdays and Fridays.
If I go home, then my parents are gonna bitch at me if I try to leave.
Mizuuchi: Wow, you guys must be really close!
Mizuuchi: What does she do? Since, you know, that's a pretty long time.
Nakamura: Nah, not that long. Like two hours.
She's tutors a cousin of hers that lives close to here.
Mizuuchi: Whoaaa! She must be really smart.

Pg 168:
//opens can//
Nakamura: That kid's only in grade 1 //hahaha//
//thump!//
//turns//
Nakamura: ...What?
Mizuuchi: Ah...nothing.
Mizuuchi: I just thought how nice your hands are.
Nakamura: Huh?
Mizuuchi: Err...nevermind.
Sorry.
//What am I saying?//
//blushes//
Mizuuchi: (It's big and all sinewy,
a guy's hand for sure.)
//snickers//

Pg 169:
Nakamura: ...Want it?
//school chime//
Mizuuchi: (I've never had a chance to touch those hands.)

Pg 170:
Mizuuchi: (Since I knew from the very beginning that he belonged to someone else,
it's not like I want to.)
//pourrr//
//squeak//
//hahaha//
Mizuuchi: (Ah...)
Girl: [SL: Ah!] Let me borrow your hairbrush later
Girl #2: Okay!
Mizuuchi: (She's Nakamura's....)
Girl: Yeah, and like,
since Haruhi's not good with horror and blood and gore and stuff along those lines, he was like so pale!
//thump!//

Pg 171:
Girl #2: Really?
//iggles//
Girl: Yeah, and two nights ago I watched this movie with Haruhi, and like---
//giggles//
//slam//
Mizuuchi: (So he went over to her place
afterwards.)
Mizuuchi: (He's not good with horror but he still likes it? What a weirdo?)
Mizuuchi: (She does seem like she's pretty smart.
It's the first time I've seen her up close.
So she calls him "Haruhi"....)
//thud//
Mizuuchi: OW!

Pg 172:
//heh//
Nakamura: Wait [SL: It's gonna fall]
//turns//
Nakamura: Devil!
Ogre!
Nakamura: Yo, Mizuuchi!
Tomo-chan!
//THUMP!//
Mizuuchi: (Geez....)
Mizuuchi: What is this junk anyway?
It's got dust all over it //cough//
Nakamura: It's garbage.
I had to help out a teacher clean up the supplies room

Pg 173:
Mizuuchi: Oh, so what'd he bribe you with so that you'd help out?
//tense//
Nakamura: ...two canned coffees....
Mizuuchi: And?
Nakamura: ...he'd cover lunch next Friday.
Mizuuchi: Okay, understandable.

**
//thump//
Mizuuchi: (His arms look pretty strong, even though he's a bit on the skinny side.)
Mizuuchi: (You couldn't tell when he's wearing long sleeves though.(
//step//
Nakamura: Hey
Nakamura: It's like Wednesdays and Fridays've
become some kind of routine, huh?

Pg 174:
Nakamura: You know....
Mizuuchi: ...What/
Nakamura: ...I forgot.
//rustle rustle//
Mizuuchi: What? That makes no sense.
//thump...//
Nakamura: Whoa,
my hands're black.
Mizuuchi: (---Does he touch her with these hands?)

Pg 175:
Mizuuchi: (I wonder if he embraces her? He probably does.)
Mizuuchi: ("Two days ago, me and Haruhi---")
Mizuuchi: (...I wonder)
Mizuuchi: (what it would be like to be in his arms?)
//kyaa! kyaa!//
//thud!//

Pg 176:
//splash//
Nakamura: Hey!!
//thump...//
Guy: Sorry!
Girl: Oh no.
//thump thump//
Nakamura: Did you get wet?
Mizuuchi: ...I'm fine.
//thump thump//
Mizuuchi: (T-That...caught me off guard...)
Nakamura: Oh...
whoops...

Pg 177:
Nakamura: My bad!
Mizuuchi: Huh?!
Nakamura: You've got a black handprint on your back! [SL: It's so obvious!]
//AHAHAHA//
Mizuuchi: WHAT?!
//taken aback//
Mizuuchi: (What?!)
Mizuuchi: No way!
Get it off!
Nakamura: You should wash your hands first before touching it //heh//
Mizuuchi: //grr// Shut up! Whose fault is this anyway?!
Mizuuchi: (Arrghh! You idiot!)
[sign reads "Women's Washroom"]

Pg 178:
//creaakk//
Nakamura: Did it come off?
//snickers//
//turns around//
//glares//
Nakamura: Sorry.
Mizuuchi: (What am I supposed to do...)
//rustle//
Nakamura: Here.
//throws//
Mizuuchi: (Huh...?)

Pg 179:
Nakamura: Wear this.
Mizuuchi: What?
No, that's okay.
Nakamura: Don't worry about it. Just wear it.
Mizuuchi: (N-No way...)
Nakamura: Aw man,
next block's math.
//school chime//
Mizuuchi: (Nakamura...)
Nakamura: Hury!
Mizuuchi: Wait for me!
//fading footsteps//
Mizuuchi: (Nakamura,)
Mizuuchi: (-----why?)

Pg 180:
Mizuuchi: (I wonder if he does this kind of stuff no matter who it is?)
//thump thump//
Mizuuchi: (...I can smell his scent slightly wafting from his shirt.
He's probably even nicer to his girlfriend.
...I know that, but still...)
//thump thump//

Pg 181:
Mizuuchi: (It feels like I'm in his arms,
and the spot the heat coming from the spot where he touched me on my back
won't fade.)
//beep beep//
//rustle//
Mizuuchi: Okay!

Pg 182:
Mizuuchi: ...Whoa, this is big.
//thump//
Mizuuchi: (...His parts are completely different from mine.)
Mizuuchi: It smells like soap...
//smells//
Mizuuchi: (I though he might've figured out how I felt
that time...)
Mizuuchi: ("Haruhi")

Pg 183:
Mizuuchi: ("Want it?")
//rustle//
//squeeze//
Mizuuchi: (I'm not stupid enough to want someone who belongs to someone else)
//school chime//
Mizuuchi: Ah

Pg 184:
Mizuuchi: Nakamura,
you came?
Mizuuchi: You didn't show up to class,
what're you...
Mizuuchi: What happened to you?
Nakamura: Huh?
...Er, yeah.
Mizuuchi: Did something happen...?
Don't tell me it had something to do with your girlfriend?
Nakamura: Yeah...
No....


Pg 185:
Mizuuchi: So? Which is it?
Mizuuchi: Nakamura? [SL: Yoo?]
Mizuuchi: ...Your girlfriend wasn't the one who punched you, was she?
Nakamura: ...She's a really nice girl.
Nakamura: She's a really nice girl.
Nakamura: I know that...but....
//thump//
Mizuuchi: (...So,
they fought.)
Mizuuchi: Wanna go to the classroom?
You're gonna wait for her right? Since it's Friday.

Pg 186:
Mizuuchi: You're going to buy me coffee, right?
Nakamuraaaa
//rustle//
Mizuuchi: Heyyy
//stab//
Mizuuchi: ...Haruhi~ [SL: Yooo]
//stab...//
Mizuuchi: (His hair looks so soft...)
//tense//
Mizuuchi: (---This is hers too.)
Mizuuchi: (I wonder what it would be like
to be cared so must for by him.)

Pg 187:
Mizuuchi: Well,
I'm off.
Mizuuchi: You still owe me a drink on Wednesday. [SL: I'm sure you guys'll patch things up soon enough]
Mizuuchi: (...I don't know why, but my throat feels like its tightening.)
Mizuuchi: Oh yeah, and thanks for this.
I washed it.
Mizuuchi: (It's the first time I've seen Nakamura like this...)

Pg 188:
//rustle//

Pg 189:
//thump thump thump thump//
Mizuuchi: I...dropped your shirt
//tense//
//rustle//
//thump//

Pg 190:
//squeeze//
Nakamura: ...I broke up with her
Nakamura: just now.
Mizuuchi: (Huh...?)

Pg 191:
Nakamura: Thanks
//thump//
//shake shake//
//thump//
Mizuuchi: (What...?)
Mizuuchi: (What is he saying...?)
Mizuuchi: ("I broke up with her")
//thump...//
Mizuuchi: No way....
Mizuuchi: Why did he....
Mizuuchi: (But...)

Pg 192:
Mizuuchi: (I thought you were always going to be hers.
Your hands,
your voice, your gaze,
everything real about you.)
Mizuuchi: (I'm not stupid enough to fall for someone with a girlfriend.)

Pg 193:
Mizuuchi: (...But)
//thump!//
Mizuuchi: (I never thought things would turn out like this.)
Mizuuchi: (I never thought a day would come
when he doesn't belong to someone else.)
//thump thump//
//clank//

Pg 194:
Mizuuchi: (I can't look him straight in the face)
Mizuuchi: (What was he thinking when he...)
Mizuuchi: (...I'm starting to feel dizzy.
What should I do...?)

Pg 195:
Mizuuchi: ("Thanks")
("I broke up with her")
Nakamura: Mizuuchi!

Pg 196:
Nakamura: Sorry 'bout yesterday.
Here's the coffee I owe you.
Mizuuchi: I don't want any.
Nakamura: Mizuuchi...?
Nakamura: Mizuuchi, yo?
Nakamura: Hold on.
Nakamura: What're you so mad over?

Pg 197:
Mizuuchi: ...I'm not mad.
Nakamura: ...Then why won't you look me in the face?
Mizuuchi: (...His big hands...)
Nakamura: ...Mizuuchi?
Mizuuchi: (His body heat close to mine,
the feeling of being wrapped up in his shirt,)
Nakamura: //heh// ...Here.
I said I'd buy you one, right?
Mizuuchi: (My words are stuck in my throat...)

Pg 198:
Mizuuchi: I said I don't want any!!!
//clank//
//roll roll//
Mizuuchi: (Ah...)
Nakamura: ...What's your problem?

Pg 199:
Nakamura: Why're you so mad?
Mizuuchi: No!
//thud//
Nakamura: Mizu...
Mizuuchi: ....Why
Mizuuchi: did you say what you did?
Is it your idea of a sick joke?
Mizuuchi: (I feel so stupid.)

Pg 200:
Mizuuchi: She's wearing your shirt!
You didn't break up with her!
//stab stab//
Mizuuchi: I thought you were being honest when you said you broke things off with her!
Mizuuchi: ...If I'm just being a bother to you, you should've just said so!
Then I wouldn't have waited with you all this time...
//stab stab//
Mizuuchi: It's not like I---
Nakamura: Mizuuchi...

Pg 201:
Mizuuchi: Don't touch me with the same hands
you use to hold her!
//pushes back//
Mizuuchi: (My throat's so tight,
I can't breathe...!)
Mizuuchi: (I wonder what I was hoping for?)

Pg 202:
Mizuuchi: (In the end, he's still hers.)
Mizuuchi: (His hands, his gaze,
everything real about him.)
Mizuuchi: (A jealousy that burns through the heart,
the close gaze,
his body heat,
the strength of his arm as he grabs hold of you,)

Pg 203:
Mizuuchi: (None of that will ever be mine)
Mizuuchi: Uuu....
Mizuuchi: (To be honest, it was always painful.)
Mizuuchi: (For a long long time.
Ever since that time,
I wanted him to touch only me)

Pg 204:
Mizuuchi: (with those hands)
Announcement: We'll be closing up
//school chime//
Announcement: Those still in the classrooms,
please make your way to the exits.
Mizuuchi: (It's almost surprising how I've been able to act all normal up til now)

Pg 205:
Mizuuchi: (Even with things the way they are,
I can't give up on these feeligns.)
Mizuuchi: (There's nothing
that I can do to put a stop to it...)
//creakk//
//thump!//

Pg 206:
Nakamura: ...I got it back from her.
She said she wanted to keep it as a keepsake.
Nakamura: ...There's nothing I can do to put a stop to it anymore.

Pg 207:
Nakamura: ...I don't want to be with anyone else but you.
Nakamura: ...So don't run away anymore.
Mizuuchi: (...Haruhi)
//thump thump//
Nakamura: You've felt the same way about me too
from the very beginning, didn't you?
Mizuuchi: (Haruhi)

Pg 208:
Nakamura: If you want me, just say it,
now!
Mizuuchi: (The words that were stuck in the back of my throat
for so so long...)

Pg 209:
Mizuuchi: ...want you...
Mizuuchi: I want you!!
Mizuuchi: ("Please touch only me with those hands."
---We were barely above the line with our eyes closed.)

Pg 210:
Mizuuchi: (We opened up our frightened eyes,
and as we went beyond the boundary line right in front of us,
finally,
the romance began.)

<<THE END>>

<END OF CHAPTER 15>

https://mangahelpers.com/t/oceansportrait/releases/19922 2010-02-14T08:44:45+00:00 oceansportrait admin@mangahelpers.com

Title: Ashita mo Kitto Koi Shiteru [I'll Still Be in Love With You Tomorrow]
Volume: 3 (of 4)
Mangaka: Fujii Akemi
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: September 1, 2008

Legend:
// - action
[] - translator's notes
() - character's thoughts

Pg 7:
Fujii Akemi
Ashita mo Kitto Aishiteru

Pg 8:
Mitsuki: A two-bedroom apartment, huh?
Chizu: Yep
Mitsuki: Wow...so you guys're gonna be getting your own place...
that's so awesome...
//dreamy look//
//exhales//
Chizu: What's so "awesome" about that?
I feel sick just thinking about having to re-organize everything once we move in

Pg 9:
Chizu: I want the place to be livable by wedding day, so we have to start moving our stuff in a little bit at a time
Mitsuki: I'll help!
Chizu: //chuckles// Thanks.
Mitsuki: (Only one month to go
before her wedding day)
Mitsuki: But time sure does fly...
it'll be lonely here without you...
Chizu: I'll still be close by. You can come over anytime.
I'll be sure to stop by here too.
Mitsuki: Yeah! I will!
//chuckles//
Chizu: But I have a feeling your wedding day isn't too far off in the future either.
Mom and Dad'll probably be feeling a lot lonelier when that day comes
//blushes//
Mitsuki: What...!

Pg 10:
Mitsuki: T-That's...
//ding dong//
//blushes//
Chizu: Ah [SL: He's here]
Mom: Oh, hello. Please come on in
//footsteps//
//click//
Ozawa: Good evening!
Mom: Chizuka's just in that room over there
Ozawa: Yo, Chizuka!
How's that baby cookin'? Your stomach getting any bigger yet?
//punch//
Chizu: Idiot! I'm not going to start showing in just one or two days!
Mitsuki: (Chizu-chan's fiance, Ozawa-san
comes over everyday because he worries about how Chizu-chan's doing)
//giggles...//

Pg 11:
Mitsuki: (I do feel a bit jealous seeing how happy they look,
but I'm just as happy as them.)
Mitsuki: Ah...
//ring ring ring ring//
Mitsuki: ...Hello,
Kouno residence.
Imai: ..Mitsuki?
//grins//
Mitsuki: Imai-san!
Where are you right now? At your apartment?
Imai: Yeah, I just got back and took a shower.
Mitsuki: Welcome back!

Pg 12:
Imai: Thanks.
...Mitsuki?
Mitsuki: What?
Mitsuki: Is something wrong?
Imai: No...
Would you be able to meet for a bit tomorrow night?
Mitsuki: Y-Yeah...
Sure!
Imai: ...I have something I have to tell you.
I might be a bit late, but wait for me, okay?
Mitsuki: Okay.
//thump!//
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: (I don't know why, but I'm kinda nervous.
It's not like before,
where I ran off because I started feeling doubts.)

Pg 13:
Mitsuki: (This time, my heartbeat skips a bit,
like it's embarassed, or like it's a bit shy)
Imai: I'll see you at 6 at the place we always go to---
//clank clank//
//looks up//
//sorry!//
//You're late!!//
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
//sigh//
Mitsuki: ...Maybe he's busy with work.

Pg 14:
//clank clank//
Mitsuki: (It's not a particularly special day today,
but I might be the happiest here out of anyone here.)
Mitsuki: I wonder when Imai-san's gonna show up~
//Hmm...//
Mitsuki: (Oh yeah, I wonder what he wanted to talk to me about?)
Mitsuki: (Maybe he wants to tell me when his next long-weekend off's going to be?
...Or maybe it's to say that he's too busy to get a few days off in a row?
Or maybe...)

Pg 15:
Mitsuki: (he wants to say that he wants to go on a vacation with just the two of us again!)
//blushes//
Mitsuki: No, that wouldn't happen...
Imai: Sorry I'm late.
Mitsuki: WHOA!
//thud//
//taken aback//
Imai: Sorry I kept you waiting
//wheeze//
//thump//
Mitsuki: Ah...
Imai: Oh,
I'd like some ice coffee.
//Okay//
//exhale//
Mitsuki: You look like you're busy with work.
Do you want to go out somewhere to eat?
Imai: Oh...
yeah.

Pg 16:
Imai: I can't. I told them I'm just going out to grab a bite to eat.
So I have to get back right after this.
Mitsuki: Eh...?
Imai: Sorry.
Mitsuki: (Oh, so that's how things are gonna be...)
Mitsuki: Oh....
Imai: But I wanted to see you and tell you this---
Mitsuki: Imai-san?
Imai: ...Right.
Yeah.

Pg 17:
Imai: ...I wanted to tell you that I have to go to Kyoto for business.
Mitsuki: What...? Like on a business trip?
Mitsuki: (....Oh.
So it's just about work again...)
Imai: ...No.
Imai: I'm being temporarily transferred over there for half a year to work at the branch office they have there.


Pg 18:
Mitsuki: ...What....
//thump//
Mitsuki: (What...
did he just....)
Mitsuki: What do you mean "temporarily transferred"?
Imai: Huh?
Oh.
Mitsuki: (say...?)
Imai: My responsibilities are still with the main branch. That doesn't change.
Basically, it just means that Kyoto's opened up a branch office
Mitsuki: (Kyoto?)
Imai: and I'm going there to help them out, so to speak.
Mitsuki: (He's going somewhere that far away...?)
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: F-For....
half a year...?
Imai: Yeah
//wobble//

Pg 19:
Mitsuki: (....No.
No!
How could you!)
Mitsuki: (I don't want to be apart from you for half a year!!)
//tense//
Imai: ...Mitsuki
Mitsuki: W-When are you going to go...
//thump//
//squeeze//
Imai: This weekend.
Mitsuki: WHAT!?!
Mitsuki: (No way!)
Mitsuki: That's only in 4 days!
Mitsuki: Why...!

Pg 20:
Imai: ...I only found out yesterday too.
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
//throb..//
Mitsuki: ...But you're going to come back...
right?
Imai: [SL: Chuckles] Of course I'm going to come back.
I'm going to be staying in a dorm over there, so I'm going to be leaving my apartment and car back here
Imai: So you can go on and keep your spare key.
//throb//
Mitsuki: (I can't tell him that I don't want him to go...)

Pg 21:
Mitsuki: (B-But...this is just...too sudden...)
//clank//
Imai: Things are going to get pretty busy in the next few days,
but I'll make sure to go.
Mitsuki: (He's leaving in just four days...!)
//tears up//
Imai: I'm sorry to always have to make you go through things like this.
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...)
Imai: ...Don't cry.
It's only for half a year.
Mitsuki: ...Yeah.
Mitsuki: (No, Imai-san)

Pg 22:
Mitsuki: (You're going to go somewhere far away---)
Michiru: Kyoto?!

Pg 23:
Mitsuki: I never even considered...
Mitsuki: that he might have to go somewhere really far away...
//slide slide//
Mitsuki: (I won't be able to see him...!)
Michiru: Yeah, but it's not like it's NOT within travelling distance.
If you go by bullet train, you know? [SL: Hey, listening?]
Mitsuki: But it's two and a half hours away...
that's far.
Mitsuki: Even when he couldn't see me because he was too busy,
him being here and him being in Kyoto are completely different.
Mitsuki: (Even now,
I'm trying my best to not be selfish, and to hold myself back even though I want to see him)

Pg 24:
Mitsuki: (And just when I thought I've become a bit closer to Imai-san...)
Michiru: A long-distance relationship, huh?
//tense//
Michiru: You guys've have made it through fine up 'til now.
I'm sure you guys'll be fine
Mitsuki: (...Yeah, that's right.
It's not as if we're breaking up.
...But still...)

Pg 25:
Mitsuki: (Still...)
//ring ring//
Mom: Coming,
coming.
//ring ring//
Mitsuki: Wait! I'll get it!
Mitsuki: Hello?!
//click//
Imai: ...Mitsuki?
Sorry to call you so late at night.
//slam//
Mitsuki: ...No, that's okay.
Are you at home right now?
//sigh of relief//

Pg 26:
Imai: I'm still at work.
I'll be able to go home in a little while.
Mitsuki: ....Oh
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...)
//thump//
Imai: ...It's been decided that I'm going to head over there
Saturday morning.
Mitsuki: (Ah....)
Mitsuki: ...Can I come
and see you off?
Imai: ...But you have school that day...
Mitsuki: But still...!
Imai: You can't skip class.
...And anyway, the guys from work are probably going to come.
Mitsuki: (But...)
Mitsuki: (But...)
Mitsuki: ...Then I'll help you pack up...
Imai: I just need to bring necessities, so I'm pretty much set already.
Thanks for the offer though.

Pg 27:
Mitsuki: (If I'm not going to be able to see you anymore,
I want to see you as much as I can right now)
Imai: ...Sorry //exhales//
Imai: I really don't have any time
because I have to get the everything together for the others to take over my work while I'm gone
Mitsuki: (...He sounds really tired)
Mitsuki: ...Yeah,
I know.
Mitsuki: (...I don't want to make you more stressed than you already are.
Since I know you're the one who's feeling the strains over this move)
//rustle//
Mitsuki: ...Are you making sure to eat?
Imai: [SL: Chuckles] I just ate a bento box.

Pg 28:
Mitsuki: Make sure you don't work too hard, okay?
Mitsuki: (The words "Don't Go" caught in my throat,
and it made my chest hurt.)
[sign reads "Imai"]
Mitsuki: ...I better get home
//clink//
//squeeze...//

Pg 29:
//rustle//
//slam//
[letter reads:

Welcome back.
You can put this right into the microwave to warm it up.

Mitsuki.

PS Please call me on my cell even if it's late]
Mitsuki: (At times like this,
I think...only if I were older.)
Mitsuki: (Then I would be able to wait for him without worrying about the time.
Then I would be able to go with him.)
//click click click//

Pg 30:
Guy: Hey, Imai? Is this it--?
Imai: No,
not that one. It's the one with the blue label---
Mitsuki: (It's not like we'll never be able to see each other again.)
Mitsuki: (It's not as if we're breaking up.)

Pg 31:
Mitsuki: (There were even times up 'til now
when I couldn't see him for one or two weeks because he had to go away on bsuiness_)
Mitsuki: (I have faith in his feelings.
Everything'll be okay.
We'll make this long-distance relationship work.)
//looks up//
Mitsuki: ...I wonder why
he isn't calling...?
Mitsuki: ("I promise I'll call")
Mitsuki: (But no matter how busy he is,)

Pg 31:
Mitsuki: It's Friday already....
Mitsuki: (he'll make sure to come and see me before he leaves...right?)
//wheeze wheeze wheeze//
//clink clink//
//dashes//
//wheeze wheeze//
[sign reads "Imai"]
//swish//

Pg 32:
//wheeze...//
[it's the same letter she wrote earlier]
//throb//
[sign reads: Garbage Disposal
Garbage pick-up days are Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Please refrain from using this disposal if you do not live in this ---]

Pg 33:
Mitsuki: (...You won't go, without at least saying goodbye...right?)
//rustle rustle//
Man: Please refrain from rushing into the train as the doors are closing
//beeeeeep//
//swish//
//train moving away//
Mitsuki: (...I'll just be bothering him
if I try and phone him while he's working...)
Mitsuki: (but still...)

Pg 34:
//click//
Mitsuki: (...It'll be just a second.)
Mitsuki: (If it's only to tell him to call me later, then...)
//ring ring//
//ring ring//
//ring ring//
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (I knew it...he's not picking up...)
//click//
//THUMP!//
Mitsuki: Ah!
Mitsuki: U-Um----
Operator: Your call cannot go through at this time.
Please leave a message after the beep
//BEEEEPP//
//th...ump//

Pg 35:
Mitsuki: ...This is Mitsuki
//thump//
Mitsuki: (...Imai-san)
Mitsuki: Um....
//thump//
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...)
//BEEP BEEP//
Man: A train is now arriving at platform 2.
Please stand back from the white line.
Mitsuki: It doesn't matter if...it's in the middle of the night...
please call me on my cell-----
//thump//
//clatter clatter//
Mitsuki: ...I want to see you...!

Pg 36:
Mitsuki: (Are you really going to leave without saying goodbye?)
//knock knock//
Chizu: ..Mitsuki?
Chizu: You should eat.
Chizu: ...Mitsuki, if you're going to act like this, how can Imai-kun leave in peace?
Chizu: This is how work is like.
He's trying his best----
//thud//

Pg 37:
Mitsuki: How would you know?!
You can be with Ozawa-san all the time!
Mitsuki: You can see him everyday!
Chizu: ..Mitsuki
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
Mitsuki: ...Sorry...
//creak//
Mitsuki: Just leave me alone...
Chizu: ...Good night
//click//
Mitsuki: (No...)

Pg 38:
Mitsuki: (It's going to be Saturday already...)
Mitsuki: (I don't care about school anymore...
I should've just asked what time his bullet train's going to be leaving)
Mitsuki: (If....
this might be the last chance to ever see him again...)
Mitsuki: ...No...
Mitsuki: (If he's just going to leave like that...)
Mitsuki: Nooo----

Pg 39:
//ring ring ring ring//
//click//
Mitsuki: Imai-sa----
//sits down//
Imai: ...Sorry, it's Saturday already.
Mitsuki: (...Imai...sa...)

Pg 40:
Mitsuki: ...U....
//splash splash//
Mitsuki: Uuu......
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...)
Mitsuki: (His...)
Mitsuki: (voice....)
Imai: I just heard your message
Mitsuki: Uuu....
Imai: ...Mitsuki,
Imai: look outside your window
//swish//
Mitsuki: (There's no way he would be...)

Pg 41:
//turns//

Pg 42:
Mitsuki: (No way...)
Mitsuki: (No way...)

Pg 43;
Mitsuki: (Imai-san!!)

Pg 44:
//squeeze//
//squeeze//
Mitsuki: Uuu...
Mitsuki: (Imai-san)
Imai: I'll try to come back on my days off as best as I can
Mitsuki: //hicc//
Imai: I'll make sure to be back for Chizuka's wedding
Mitsuki: ...Yeah
Imai: I'll make sure to call too.
Mitsuki: Yeah...
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...)

Pg 45:
Imai: I'll be back in half a year
Mitsuki: ...Okay,
...I'll be waiting...
Mitsuki: (I can't lose you.
The strength of your arms as you embrace me,
your low, quiet voice,
your warmth,
your scent)

Pg 46:
Imai: I love you...
Mitsuki: (everything that makes you you.)
Mitsuki: (...I want to be stronger)
[sign reads: The next train is ___]
//beeeeepp//

Pg 47:
//beeeepp//
Mitsuki: (No matter how far away you are,
my feelings for you won't change, no matter what.
"I love you."
I have to become stronger,
so that I won't be filled with doubts the days you are gone.)

Pg 48:
//clank//
Mitsuki: (So that I can walk along side you
towards the future stretched in front of us)

END OF CHAPTER 8

Pg 50:
Mitsuki: ...He told me over the phone last night that he's settled down a bit there
Mitsuki: His dorm and company are closer together now, so he said it's weight off his back
Michiru: Well, good for him.
I'm surprised though that you're handling this so well. I thought you'd be more depressed about it
//rustle//
//munch//
Mitsuki: Uu....

Pg 51:
Mitsuki: I wouldn't act like that!
//munch munch//
//giggles//
Michiru: Anyway, it looks like things are going pretty well between you two.
And if anything comes up that you want to bitch over, you know where to find me.
Mitsuki: (I promised myself I wouldn't cry anymore.)
Mitsuki: ...Yeah
Mitsuki: (It's been three weeks since Imai-san left for Kyoto,
and he's kept his promise of calling almost everyday.)
Michiru: And anyway, a little storm brewing every once in a while only adds spice to the relationship
//munch munch//
Mitsuki: (Who is she to say...)
//rattle//
Mitsuki: (And anyway, soon it'll be---)
Teacher: Is the class representative here?

Pg 52:
//clatter//
Michiru: Yes?
Teacher: Could you hand these out before today's homeroom?
Michiru: Okay!
Michiru: Oh...right
//scratch scratch//
Mitsuki: What is it?
//rustle//
Michiru: This
[paper reads: Survey of Post-Secondary Plans]
Michiru: I think our school's
pretty late doing this though. Compared to other schools, I mean.

Pg 53:
Michiru: Our school's an escalator school, so most are gonna go to the college associated with it.
Those who're gonna go somewhere else are just a fraction of us
Michiru: If they're wanting to go to high schools where you have to compete with others on entrance exams, then they probably would've taken care of that in grade 11
Mitsuki: ...Yeah...
Mitsuki: (Hmm...I never thought about it at all)
Mitsuki: I might be interested in going to a two-year college....
what about you, Michiru-chan? Have you thought about it?
Michiru: [SL: Hmm?] I'm gonna go to a college outside of our school.
Mitsuki: Whatt!
Mitsuki: Really?!
Michiru: Yeah, since I'm planning on following in my parents footsteps [SL: As a gynecologist]
Mitsuki: Then...
Michiru: Yep, medical school.

Pg 54:
Mitsuki: (No way...)
//schoked//
Mitsuki: W-Whoa....
Michiru: Since my older brother ran off, there's only me now, you know?
Mitsuki: Yeah, and since you're really smart...//sigh//
Ootsuka: What?! Who ran off?!
Michiru: Ew,
Ootsuka!
//hahaha//
Ootsuka: Did you guys just finish school?
Ootsuka: Hey, what were you guys talking about?
//clatter//
Michiru: HEY! What're you sitting down here for?!
Your friends are waiting for you over there!
Ootsuka: Nah, don't worry about it. I just went to sign up for cram school.

Pg 55:
Mitsuki: You're going to go to a cram school?
Ootsuka: What?
Oh, yep! What about you? Want me to introduce you to the place I'm going to?
Mitsuki: Have you already decided what college you want to go to?
Ootsuka: Yeah, for now anyway. But I still haven't cemented down what my first pick's going to be, you know? [SL: It's gonna be tough]
Mitsuki: Right, since you go to East High....
...so everyone's been thinking about it already, huh?....
Mitsuki: (University exams...)
Mitsuki: (But for me, there's nothing really that I want to do,
since I thought I'd be marrying Imai-san.)
Mitsuki: (Now that I think about it, we haven't really made any actual plans.)
Mitsuki: (I wonder what Imai-san's
thoughts are on this?)

Pg 56:
Mitsuki: I wonder what I should do about the survey....
Michiru: You don't have to rush it. It's not due 'till next week.
Ootsuka: If you're planning on taking university-entrance exams, then let's go to the same cram school!
//tense//
//CLATTER//
Ootsuka: This summer's gonna be an important one if you wanna do good!
They're having this open house thing this weekend, so if you wanna go, just say the word!
//slurrrpp//
Michiru: What are you? The cram school representative, or what?
Ootsuka: If you go, then I'll be sure to try my hardest too!
How does Saturday sound?!
Mitsuki: U-Um...I'm still not really sure if I'm going to even take the exams yet...
so tomorrow's a bit...
Michiru: Oh yeah, about the wedding!
Congrats!
Ootsuka: Huh?
Michiru: Imai-san's gonna show up too, right?
Ootsuka: A-A wedding...?
Ootsuka: Err...
what?
//pales//
Ootsuka: Who's marrying who?
Ootsuka: Don't tell me...

Pg 57:
Mitsuki: Yeah
//hehe//
Mitsuki: (Chizu-chan's finally getting married this Saturday,)
Mitsuki: (and I'll be able to see Imai-san for the first time in a while!)
Mitsuki: What?!
You have to go back on the very same day?!

Pg 58:
Imai: Yeah...
Mitsuki: But...it's Saturday! I won't have school the next day
Mitsuki: (Why...)
Imai: ...Sorry.
//wipes away//
Mitsuki: (Don't go there.)
Mitsuki: Sorry. Don't worry about me.
Mitsuki: It'll be great to finally see you though //heheh//
Imai: ...yeah.
//clatter//
Mitsuki: Imai-san, you have to get up early tomorrow, right?
Will you be able to make it in time for the church part?
Mitsuki: (...I'd be lying if I said the days I spend apart from him aren't lonely ones.)

Pg 59:
Imai: I'll definitely be there in time for the reception,
but as for the actual ceremony, I'm still not too sure about that...
Mitsuki: (To tell you the truth,)
Mitsuki: (there were times I cried abit after talking with him on the phone like this.)
Mitsuki: Oh...
well, then I'll be sure to take lots of pictures!
Imai: Yeah...//chuckles//
Mitsuki: (But no matter how little of a time we get to spend together,
I want to spend that time with a smile on my face.)
Imai: So Chizuka's finally making the big leap, huh?
Do you feel lonely?
//opens can//
//thump//

Pg 60:
//thump//
Mitsuki: Y-Yeah...
Mitsuki: ("Marriage")
Mitsuki: (...I don't know...should I ask him about it?)
[paper reads "Survey for Post-Secondary School Education"]
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (But...how?)
//blush//
Mitsuki: Ah....
Mitsuki: (There's no way
I could ask him "When are we gonna get married?" outright.)

Pg 61:
Imai: Mitsuki?
Mitsuki: Ah...um...um...
today, I got this survey thing from school...
Imai: Survey thing?
Mitsuki: Y-Yeah...
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (KYAAA! KYAAA!! I just brought that up out of no where! You idiot!)
Imai: Oh, right. Since you're in your last year of high school, huh?
Mitsuki: A-And...I got all confused because I didn't know what I should write down...
Mitsuki: Michiru-chan said she's gonna go to medical school
Imai: Oh, really?
Mitsuki: Everyone I talked to seemed to have thought it over already. I was really surprised.
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: (Should I write my #1 goal as "getting married"?)
Mitsuki: (Wah...but that would be so embarrassing!)
Imai: Hmm...well,

Pg 62:
Imai: there's no need to rush yourself.
I'll be there for you if you need someone to talk to.
Mitsuki: Eh...?
Mitsuki: (What...?)
Mitsuki: Ah...
y-yeah, okay...

Pg 63:
Mitsuki: (Well...that was...weird.
Maybe I wasn't being clear enough?)
Mitsuki: Thanks...
Mitsuki: (But now, it's even harder to bring it up...)
[same paper as before]
Mitsuki: (...Oh well)
Mitsuki: (It's something important, so I guess I'll talk it over with him once he gets here)
Imai: Well, I'll be there tomorrow.
Mitsuki: Yeah...
Mitsuki: (Since I can't see his face when I'm talking to him on the phone...)

Pg 64:
Mitsuki: (I want to see you)
Mitsuki: (already!)
//bells ringing//
//woww!//

Pg 65:
Woman: Congrats
Woman: Chizuka!
Woman #2: Ozawa-kunnn!
Mitsuki: (She looks so pretty!)
Mitsuki: (Wow...
I'm so jealous!)
Mitsuki: (This is awesome!)
Mitsuki: (I wonder if Imai-san's here yet?)
Mitsuki: (I can't believe he's missing out on this!)
Chizuka: Mitsuki!

Pg 66:
//rustle//
//whoa!//
Mitsuki: (I just know it that Imai-san and me are next!)
[sign reads: Reception Area]
Man: Long time no see.
Congratulations.

Pg 67:
Woman: We'll be starting the reception shortly,
so please have a seat.
Woman: Congratulations on your marriage.
Chizuka: Thank you very much.
Woman #2: Chizu-chan, you look amazing!
//looking back and forth//
Mitsuki: (Imai-san's late...)
Woman #3: Oh Mitsuki-chan! How have you been?
Mitsuki: Ah, hello!
Mitsuki: (Everyone's here already and he's still not...)

Pg 68:
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: Imai-sa---

Pg 69:
Man: [SL: Hey!] There you are!
Woman: [SL: Hi!] Haven't seen you in a while!
Imai: Huh?
Woman #2: Yay, it's Imai-kun! [SL: Kyaa! It's been so long since I've last seen you!]
Man #2: You're late!
Imai: Yeah, long time no see.
Mitsuki: Ah...
//shocked//
Man: I heard you're working in Kyoto now?
Woman: No way! Then you came all the way from there?
Man #2: You should've made it in time for the ceremony.
Pretty amazing, I tell ya.
//noise noise//
Mitsuki: (Imai-san!)
//shocked shocked//
Woman: Mitsuki-chan?! You've grown so much!
Do you rememeber? I'm your aunt from Nagoya!
Woman: How old are you now?
Let me take a good look at you! My, how pretty you've gotten!
Mitsuki: Ah....
//glances away//
Imai: Congratulations.

Pg 70:
Woman: Chizuka, congrats! [SL: Yay!]
Chizuka: Thanks everyone for coming.
//Kyaa!//
Imai: It's been a while.
Congratulations on your marriage.
MC: Everyone please have a seat
Mitsuki: (Imai-san's here)
//noise noise//
Mitsuki: (It's Imai-san.)
Mitsuki: (It's Imai-san!)

Pg 71:
MC: Thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy schedule
to attend this wedding reception banquet to celebrate the marriage between Ozawa Kyouhei-kun and Kouno Chizuka-san.
//glances around//
//glance//
Mitsuki: (...He's sitting so far away from me.)
Mitsuki: (I was so looking forward to this, but he's...)

Pg 72:
Mother: Mitsuki! Pay attention!
//snaps out of it//
Mitsuki: O-Okay!
Mitsuki: (He's right there...)
Mitsuki: (I wish I could talk to you sooner!)
MC: And now, may I welcome the bride and the groom!
MC: Please give a big round of applause!
[sign reads: Afterparty]
Man: Well then,

Pg 73:
Man: let's have a drink to celebrate the bridge and groom!
Bottom's up!
//Cheers!//
//Yay!//
Man: Congrats!
Chizuka: Thanks!
//lonely//
//noise noise//
Mitsuki: (...His friends from university's been sticking to him like glue for this whole time.)
Mitsuki: (I can't even get a word in with him...)

Pg 74:
Mitsuki: (There's no way I could just go up to them and start talking to him...)
Mitsuki: Imai-san...you're not being fair...
Mitsuki: (It's not as if we're keeping the fact that we're dating a secret...
so why can't he just tell them that I'm his girlfriend?)
Man: I never thought you'd get married this early though Ozawa [SL: Blew me away, to be honest]
We're still only 24.
//hahah//
Man: The idea of marriage doesn't really ring any bells, you know?
Kouhei: Haha, you think?
Man: And your wife's only 25, right?
Man #2: Yeah, for me anyway, right now I just wanna be free for a bit longer, you know?
Man #2: I don't want to be tied down yet.

Pg 75:
Man: Retard. You don't even have anyone who wants to tie you down!
//AHAHAHAHA//
//HAHAHA//
//tense//
Chizuka: Are you tired?
Mitsuki: Ah...Chizu-chan
Chizuka: Did you make sure you eat? [SL: I thought it was pretty good]
Chizuka: There's probably alot of people who haven't seen Imai-kun since graduating.
If you go up to them, I'm sure he'll let you in.
Mitsuki: ...I can't.

Pg 76:
Mitsuki: Hey, Chizu-chan
Chizuka: Yeah?
Mitsuki: How did you and him....
Mitsuki: (get married?)
Chizuka: What is it?
Mitsuki: Ah...
nothing.
Woman: Chizuka-sannn!
Let's sing together!
Chizuka: Coming!
Sorry, I'll be right back.
Mitsuki: Yeah.
Mitsuki: ("I'll make sure you'll get to wear one too one day.")
("I'll propose to you however many times it takes.")

Pg 77:
Mitsuki:(There's so many things I want to tell you...)
Man: [SL: What!] You're leaving, already?!
Mitsuki:(What...?!)
//clatter//
Man: Don't tell me you have to work tomorrow!
Woman: No way!
Man: Want us to see you off?
Imai: Nah, I'll just grab a cab.
//thump//
Mitsuki:(N-No...way....)
Man: Hey, Imai's gonna go!
Woman: Imai-kun!

Pg 78:
Mitsuki:(W-Why?!)
[SL: Chizuka: Thanks for coming today.
Kouhei: Be safe out there.]
Mitsuki: (No!)
Mitsuki: (But...
but....
no...!)
//click//
Chizuka: What're you waiting for, Mitsuki?
Go after him.
//tap//
Mitsuki: Y-Yeah!
//click//
Mitsuki: (Imai-san!)

Pg 79:
Mitsuki: Ah....
where'd he go?
//looks around//
Mitsuki: Imai-san...?
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: (No...)
Mitsuki: Imai-san,
where are you?
Mitsuki: (No...)
Mitsuki: Imai-san
Mitsuki: (NO!)
Mitsuki: Ima----
KYAAA!
Imai: Shh!

Pg 80:
Imai: Calm down.
Mitsuki: (Ima...)
Mitsuki: ..y--

Pg 81:
Mitsuki: you really scared me!
//thud//
Mitsuki: I thought you were some crazy person!
Imai: Haha
Mitsuki: (Geez...Imai-san!)
Mitsuki: You really scared me!
Imai: Sorry.
Mitsuki: Idiot!
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...)
Mitsuki: (I thought you really went back!)
Mitsuki: Idiot...

Pg 82:
Imai: Long time no see.
Imai: How've you been doing?
Mitsuki: Good....
//thump thump thump//
//inhale//
Mitsuki: (It's Imai-san's scent...)

Pg 83:
Imai: You know how people can get when they're drunk.
I couldn't slip out unnoticed for a while.
Mitsuki: //giggles// Yeah...
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: (There were so many things I wanted to tell you...
but it doesn't really matter anymore...)
Mitsuki: (I feel so safe just being in your arms.
I can feel you near me.)

Pg 84:
Mitsuki: (Maybe it's because we live apart that I feel it all the more,)
Mitsuki: (but this is what being near each other is like.)
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (You can become happy with just the warmth of another person,
more than a bunch of words ever could.)
//pushes away//

Pg 85:
Imai: I better go.
Mitsuki: A-Already?
Imai: The last train leaves at 9:30.
Sorry.
Imai: ...If I held onto you like this for any longer,
I wouldn't be able to let you go.
Mitsuki: Let's go...
Mitsuki: (I don't want to be apart from you.)

Pg 86:
//beeeeep//
//tense//
Man: Nozomi No. 71 will be arriving at platform 3 shortly.
Please remain behind the yellow line as the train approaches.
Mitsuki: (I want to be with you longer...)
//squeeze//
Mitsuki: (I want to be with you...I want to be with you...)
Mitsuki: (I don't want us to part.)
//beeep//
Imai: Oh yeah,

Pg 87:
//train approaching//
Imai: How're you doing,
with that post-secondary survey?
Mitsuki: Eh...?
//thump!//
Imai: Did you decide on a two-year college?
//train approaching//
Mitsuki: Ah....
about that...
Mitsuki: yeah...
Mitsuki: (No...
what should I say?)
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: I-I've
never given that much thought to the future,
Mitsuki: since I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, you know? [SL: Heh]
Mitsuki: (My heart is beating like crazy.)
Mitsuki: That's why...um...
Mitsuki: I decided that I'll just do whatever you think is best...

Pg 88:
//slide//
Mitsuki: (What...?)
//BEEEEPPP//
Mitsuki: I-Imai...san?
Imai: Mitsuki.
Imai: Don't run away from it.
Think it over carefully.

Pg 89:
Mitsuki: (Wh...at...?)
//slide//
//clank clank//
//train leaving//
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...?)

Pg 90:
[no text]

END OF CHAPTER 9

Pg 91:
Mitsuki: ("Don't run away from it. Think it over carefully.")
Teacher: Well if you keep going as you are now, you're probably looking at a major in English or Japanese literature.
There aren't any particular problems with your grades right now.
Teacher: Just do your best to keep those grades from sliding.
Teacher: Well, that's it. You can go.
Call the next person in , all right?
Mitsuki: Yes....
Mitsuki: (I thought he would say that we should marry right away.)

Pg 92:
Mitsuki: (To think he'd push me away like that...)
Michiru: Why not? If you can go to a college, then you should take that opportunity.
Mitsuki: ....Well that might be good for you and all since you have a goal, but as for me....
Michiru: It's better to go to college than to waste your time doing nothing [SL: Your parents would probably be really worried for you]
Mitsuki: But...Imai-san said to me before...
that we were gonna get married...
Mitsuki: (I didn't expect him...to tell me what he did...)
Michiru: Yeah, but why the rush? There's no need to get married so young.
I don't know about you, but for me, marriage isn't even something I'm considering right now.
Mitsuki: Yeah...but if Imai-san and I marry, then I'd be able to see him everyday!

Pg 93:
Michiru: "Everyday"...?
It's not as if he's going to be hanging around his house all day, you know.
//chomp//
//blush//
Mitsuki: I-I know that...
still...
Michiru: ....Well,
if you're really set on getting married, then it probably doesn't matter WHEN, but you know...
Mitsuki: Imai-san thinks that I'm going to go to college...
//slurrp//
Michiru: He just probably thinks it's still a bit too early.
Don't you WANT to go to college?
Mitsuki: I wouldn't mind going if he told me to go...
but he's not telling me anything...

Pg 94:
Mitsuki: (Just being apart from him like this is making me full of doubts....
I can't read you at all...)
Woman: You're such a baby, as always, I see.
Woman: Long time no see.
Mind if I sit here?
Michiru: Sure
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
Woman: It suddenly started pouring,
and I panicked and ran in here, but it looks like it's not going to let up for a while [sL: And I'm wearing my heels today too!]
//clatter//
Michiru: WHAT! No way?!
We better buy an umbrella! [SL: Geez!]

Pg 95:
Woman: Why all the hate, Mitsuki-chan?
Personally, I've got a soft spot for you, I admit.
Mitsuki: Huh?!
//taken aback//
Woman: I tease you a little and you look like you're gonna cry. It's so cute!
Mitsuki: (I can't read her at all either...)
Woman: How're things with you and him?
You probably wouldn't even notice if he was cheating on you, would you?
Mitsuki: H-He wouldn't do something like that!
Woman: Oh, where does all that confidence come from?
You never know---if some Kyoto beauties work their magic on him...he IS a guy afterall...
Mitsuki: (There's just no way he would...)

Pg 96:
Michiru: Don't tease her too much.
She takes things way too seriously [SL: This girl]
//teary-eyed//
//chuckles//
Woman: Sorry, sorry.
You really don't have eyes on anyone but him. do you?
Mitsuki: W-What's wrong with that?!
//blush//
Mitsuki: (I-It's true what she says. What's wrong with that?!)
Woman: ...I told you before, didn't I?
Woman: If you depend on someone too much,
you'll ultimately end up becoming a burden to that person.

Pg 97:
Woman: ...Just kidding.
You probably think of me as some nosey good-for-nothing who loves to stick their nose where it doesn't belong, don't you?
Woman: But take it from someone who's been there and done that.
Mitsuki: What...?
Woman: I guess though, that your case is a little different.
You're going to see Imai-kun today anyway, aren't you?
Mitsuki: Huh?!
Woman: Oh...didn't he tell you?
He's come back here a bit for business.
//click//

Pg 98:
Imai: Why are you...
//click//
Imai: Where's your key? You should've just waited inside.
Come on in.
//slam//
//rustle//
Imai: You haven't gone home yet?
Imai: How long have you been here?
It's already past 10.
Imai: I'll get the car ready.
Your parents are probably worrie--
Mitsuki: Why didn't you tell me that you'd be coming back?!

Pg 99:
Mitsuki: Didn't you want to see me?
Mitsuki: (Why?)
Imai: I'm going back first thing tomorrow.
Imai: I didn't tell you because I came back for work.
//squeeze//
Mitsuki: (But...)
Mitsuki: To be honest...

Pg 100:
Mitsuki: I really hate being away from you.
I get all these doubts when I can't see you.
Mitsuki: I thought it was something that couldn't be helped...
...but...
Mitsuki: how long will this have to go on?!
Mitsuki: (I feel like I don't understand you anymore)
Imai: ...Mitsuki
Mitsuki: Do you really...
intend on marrying me...?

Pg 101:
Imai: Don't you believe me?
//tense//
Mitsuki: I-It's because...
you said what you did that I....
Mitsuki: Once I graduated...weren't we supposed...to get marri....
Mitsuki: (This is so embarrassing...)
Imai: ...Would you really be okay with that?
Mitsuki: Yeah, I'll do whatever you think is best!
Mitsuki: As long as I can be with you, I don't care about college!
Mitsuki: And anyway, if I went to college, then if you end up having to move to someplace else on business, I wouldn't be able to go with you
Imai: Hold on a second.

Pg 102:
Imai: Didn't you want to be a pre-school teacher?
Mitsuki: Eh...?
Imai: Back when I was your tutor, you mentioned something about it---
//thump//
Mitsuki: ("A pre-school teacher?"
"Yeah, since I like kids."
"Haha, they probably wouldn't be able to tell you guys apart."
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?!")
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
Mitsuki: There....
was a time when I thought that...but now....
Mitsuki: (I said that back then because I didn't think I would be able to ever go out with him.)

Pg 103:
//sigh//
Imai: ...Is that how it is?
//blush//
Imai: ...But,
I can't marry you. Not yet.

Pg 104:
Mitsuki: ....Wh--
Why...?
//thump//
Mitsuki: (Wh---)
Imai: YOU should decide what you're going to do with your life.
Don't let your thoughts wander because of me.
Mitsuki: Why...
are you saying this...?
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (No...way...)
Mitsuki: (Why...)
Imai: ...I'll take you home.
Come on.
//slap//
Mitsuki: NO!
Mitsuki: (Why?!)

Pg 105:
Mitsuki: Liar!
Mitsuki: You said you wouldn't let me go!
Mitsuki: (Then why did we even get engaged?!)
//slam//
Imai: Mitsuki!
//splash splash//
Imai: Mitsuki!
You're going to catch a cold!
//grabs//
Imai: Mi...
Mitsuki: (Liar)
Mitsuki: NO! Don't touch me!
Mitsuki: (Liar!)

Pg 106:
//tense//
Mitsuki: I hate you!
Just go away already!
//splash splash//
Mitsuki: (Why?)
Mitsuki: (I don't get you.)

Pg 107:
Mitsuki: ("I can't marry you. Not yet")
//click//
//whoa!//
Chizuka: Wh...
Mitsuki...?!
Mitsuki: Chizu-ch---
Mitsuki: (Imai-san's hand, that was always held out for me,)
Mitsuki: (suddenly disappeared.)

Pg 108:
Chizuka: I phoned home telling them you're going to be spending the night here
Mitsuki: ...What about Ozawa-san?
//Here, have some dinner//
Chizuka: He's coming back any minute. But don't worry, he'll be fine with you being here.
Chizuka: ...They said Imai-kun called.
Mitsuki: Uu....
//thud//
Chizuka: ...Mitsuki?
Mitsuki: //Uu...// Why is it...
Chizuka: Hm?
Mitsuki: (Once I graduate, there wouldn't be anything in the way of us getting married!)
Mitsuki: He said...that he doesn't want to get married yet!

Pg 109:
Chizuka: Marriage? Did he really say that?
//Uuu....//
Mitsuki: H-He's horrible.
Why would he suddenly go and say something like that?!
Mitsuki: I-I can't trust him ever again...
I...can't---//hiccup//
Mitsuki: Ah...I-I...
//hiccup//
//cough//
Chizuka: Calm down.
//cough cough//
Mitsuki: I don't need anything else but him.
I told him I want to be by his side and he---
//uuu...//
Mitsuki: he started saying stuff like how...I should decide on my own about college.
He probably wasn't even serious about marrying me from the very beginning!
Mitsuki: (How could he?)
Chizuka: ...Mitsuki
Mitsuki: (How could he?)
Mitsuki: Why would he just push me away like that?!
I---
//slap//
Chizuka: Mitsuki!

Pg 110:
Chizuka: Calm down for a bit.
Chizuka: ..Mitsuki
Chizuka: I think you two are a bit too early to get married too.
Mitsuki: W-Why....
//hiccup//
Mitsuki: Why?! You get to do everything,
and I have to wait? It's no fair!
Chizuka: Mitsuki
Mitsuki: I-I'm always the one who's full of doubts...
I just want him to stay by my side...
Mitsuki: I don't want to be apart from him anymore!
Mitsuki: (That's all. So why?)

Pg 111:
Chizuka: Mitsuki, don't you want to go to college?
//uuu....//
//hiccup//
Mitsuki: I...I don't know.
If he tells me to go...I'll go...but...
Chizuka: Get a grip!
//tense//
Chizuka: Putting aside marriage,
whether you want to go to college or not should be YOUR decision!
Mitsuki: B-But....
//thump//
Mitsuki: (But....)
Chizuka: Mitsuki,
what would you do if something happened to Imai-kun one day?

Pg 112:
Chizuka: If he suddenly disappears one day,
are you going to just let someone else decide your life for you?
Chizuka: It's about time you started taking responsibility for your own decisions
Chizuka: If you are trying your hardest to decide, then there's nothing wrong with getting help from others,
but what are you really achieving by shoving your problems onto him like that?

Pg 113:
Mitsuki: ("If you depend on somebody too much, you'll end up becoming a burden to them")
//thump//
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: ("Don't run away")
Mitsuki: ("Don't let your thoughts wander because of me")
Mitsuki: (...I)
Mitsuki: //uu....//
//thump//
Mitsuki: Wh...
Mitsuki: (I...)
Mitsuki: That wasn't what I wanted to do....

Pg 114:
Mitsuki: I thought...if we married...
Mitsuki: we could be together...
that's what I thought...
Mitsuki: (...It wasn't that I wanted to get married right away.)
Mitsuki: (Somewhere in my heart, I was trying to test his feelings for me.)
Mitsuki: ("I want to become a pre-school teacher.")
Mitsuki: (He remembered a little tiny detail like that and I...)
Chizuka: ...You dummy.
Even after marriage, I'm putting in effort so that I can be with him.

Pg 115:
Chizuka: Because I want him to think I'm someone that he needs
Chizuka: more than anyone.
Mitsuki: (I was scared, because I thought he'd suddenly pushed me away.)

Pg 116:
Mitsuki: (Being in his arms feels so warm,
and he was always willing to give a helping hand,
that before I knew it,
I started taking that for granted.)
//noise noise//
Mitsuki: ...Yeah, sorry Michiru-chan.
Tell them I'm sick, okay?
Mitsuki: I promise I'll get back by tonight, so just keep them busy until then, okay?
...Yeah.
//beeeeepp//

Pg 117:
Mitsuki: I'm going to go to Kyoto.
Mitsuki: (I'm always saying I want to become stronger,
but it's all words and never action. I'm still the same person I was before.)
Mitsuki: (I thought that once I graduated, I'd be able to stand on the same level ground as Imai-san.)
Mitsuki: (It's only now that I realized)

Pg 118:
Mitsuki: (that there was never really a time when Imai-san wanted something from me.)
//slam//
//ding dong//
//ding dong//
Mitsuki: (...I knew it. I'm too early.)
//thud//
Mitsuki: (...A foreign city.)
Mitsuki: (So this is where he lives.
It's so far away)
//thump//


Pg 119:
Mitsuki: (I have to apologize to him once I see him...)
Mitsuki: ("I hate you.
Just go away already!")
Mitsuki: (And after that...)
Mitsuki: ("I won't accept returns")
Mitsuki: (I wonder what he does when he's tired? When he's in pain?
I don't know anything,
because I was always the dependent one.)

Pg 120:
Mitsuki: (He was alreadys the one supporting me--)
//ding!//
//click//
//snaps out of it//
//click//
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
//click//
//glances//
//slam//
//rustle rustle//
Mitsuki: (I have to get on the last train home...)
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (...Maybe I should call him afterall.
But...)

Pg 121:
Mitsuki: (...Maybe
he isn't coming home tonight?)
//thump//
Mitsuki: (What am I going to do...)
//thud thud thud//
//squeak//
Imai: Mitsuki!
//wheeze wheeze//

Pg 122:
//qheeze//
Imai: I got a phone call...
saying a girl's waiting in front of my door...
Mitsuki: (...Imai-san)
//thump thump//
Imai: You surprised me //wheeze//
//thump//
Mitsuki: (Imai-san)
Imai: Come on in. //wheeze// //click//
Mitsuki: I-I....
have to get going.
Imai: What?!
Imai: You have to catch the last train?
Then we better hurry
Mitsuki: B-But...
u-um...I-I----

Pg 123:
Imai: First things first. Let's grab a taxi.
We'll talk from there.
//tap//
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...)
//vrooom//
//beep beep//
//vroooommmm//
//vrooomm//

Pg 124:
//thump//
Imai: It's not as if we can't get married
at the same time as you graduate
Imai: but for me personally,
I really don't have the time right now to think about something concrete like marriage
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: ...Imai-san

Pg 125:
Mitsuki: Am I just baggage to you?
Imai: ...No,
you're not. Not at all.
//squeeze//
//thud//
//thump thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: (My "love" for him beats,
at the same rate as my heart.)
Mitsuki: (I love you.)
Mitsuki: (I love you so much.)

Pg 126:
Mitsuki: (If only we were the only people in the world)
//noise noise//
Imai: Take care of yourself
Mitsuki: Um...
I...
//thump thump//
Imai: ...What's up?
Mitsuki: I-I'll...
Mitsuki: think things over about what I'm going to do after high school....
by myself. Properly this time.
//slide//

Pg 127:
Mitsuki: It's not that I'm returning this to you...
...I'm just asking you to hold onto it for a bit.
Mitsuki: I think it's a bit too early for me.
I think I'll end up depending on you too much again if I have this with me.
Mitsuki: (...I might be doing something really stupid)

Pg 128:
Mitsuki: What I'm trying to say is...
Mitsuki: One day....
Mitsuki: until the day you want to propose to me again...
Mitsuki: (I might live to regret this,
but still.
But still.)
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: I'll try really hard so that you will...so...
Imai: ...Okay.
//thump//

Pg 129:
//beeeeep//
//tense//
Train conductor: The doors will be closing. Please watch your---
Mitsuki: ...I---
Mitsuki: I love you!
Mitsuki: (Imai-san.)
Imai: I know.
//slide//
Mitsuki: (Imai-san.)

Pg 130:
//clank clank clank clank//
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
Mitsuki: (...Am I)
Mitsuki: Uuu....
Mitsuki: (someone in this world that you can't live without?)

END OF CHAPTER 10

Pg 131:
Man: How do you like it?
Mitsuki: (The summer that the word "Engagement" disappeared,)
Man: Your face is pretty small, so it suits you well.
It gives off a summer vibe. It looks really cute on you.
Mitsuki: ...Yeah.
Mitsuki: (I can't give in to my doubts.)

Pg 132:
[no text]

Pg 133:
Mitsuki: (I cut off the babying tendencies I used to have
along with my hair.)
Mitsuki: (Our feelings for each other won't waver.)
Imai: I'll be going back tomorrow night.

Pg 134:
Imai: Including Saturday, I've got a 5 day summer vacation. [SL: For the summer festivals]
Mitsuki: What?!
Mitsuki: Why didn't you tell me earlier?!
Imai: I thought I'd surprise you. Did you already make plans?
Mitsuki: No, not at all! Michiru-chan's going to cram school everday so I don't really have much to do
Mitsuki: I'm so happy!
You didn't mention it at all so I thought you were going to be working!!
Imai: [SL: Haha] Sorry.
Is there someplace in particular you want to go?
Mitsuki: (...In the beginning, it was a little awkward,
but he continued to call me everyday even after what happened.)

Pg 135:
Mitsuki: Nah, that's okay. Since you hardly ever get days off, and you know how everywhere's going to be overflowing with people
Imai: Haha, don't treat me like an old man! I've still got years ahead of me.
Mitsuki: Hahaha.
Mitsuki: ...But yeah, seriously.
We should just relax at home.
Mitsuki: (You haven't changed at all)
Mitsuki: I like that idea better than going out.
I want to be with you. Just the two of us.
Imai: ---Okay.

Pg 136:
Mitsuki: Oh yeah, and there's something I want to tell you!
Imai: What?
Mitsuki: Err...I'll wait until you get back to tell you.
Hey, do you want me to cook you something? I've gotten a bit better since last time
Mitsuki: (Even if the loneliness and doubts of not being able to see him haven't completely disappeared,)
Mitsuki: (these calm and kind days continue on.)
Mitsuki: (...I have to become stronger,
so I won't lose these kind of days,
and so that at times, I'll be able to protect Imai-san.)

Pg 137:
Mitsuki: (And one day,
if I could be his wife, how great that'd be...)
//clank clank clank clank//
[sign reads "Imai"]
//sigh//
Imai: It's so hot...
Guy: Yo,
welcome back.
//rustle//
//click//
Imai: Hey....

Pg 138:
//ring ring ring ring ring ring//
Mitsuki: ("I'll call you as soon as I get back tomorrow")
//click//
Guy: ...Hello?
Mitsuki: [SL: Ah!] Imai-san?
Mitsuki: [SL: Heh] Sorry, I couldn't wait.
Where are you right now? On the bullet train?
Mitsuki: ...?
Imai-san, are you there?
Guy: ...I just got back.
Mitsuki: Oh, then I'll just call you back on your home phone
Guy: Come out here.
Mitsuki: Huh?
Guy: Let's see...I'll be waiting for you at the West gates of the train station.
Come right now.

Pg 139:
Mitsuki: O...
Okay!
Guy: See ya. //click//
Mitsuki: Ah!
Mitsuki: (It's rare for him to ask me to go out to see him at a time like this...)
//snaps out of it//
//thud thud thud//
Mitsuki: (I have to hurry!)
Mom: Mitsuki, where are you going?
Mitsuki: To the train station! To Imai-san's place! He said he just came back!
I'm going to go see him for a bit!
Mitsuki: (Yayyy!)
//click//

Pg 140:
Mitsuki: (I thought I wouldn't get to see you until tomorrow!)
//noise noise noise noise//
Mitsuki: (...I wonder what happened to him?)
//glances//
//click//
Mitsuki: (He's still here...)

Pg 141:
Mitsuki: (He's so tall...he's almost the same height as Imai-san.)
Mitsuki: (I don't know why...but he seems kinda scary....)
Mitsuki: (Imai-san, hurry up already!)
//beep beep//
Mitsuki: Maybe I got the wrong gate....
//ring ring ring ring ring//
//beep beep beep beep//
//click//
Guy: ...Hello?
Guy: ...Hello?

Pg 142:
Mitsuki: WHAT?!
//rustle//
Guy: ...Huh?
Mitsuki: Ah...
um....
Guy: Don't tell me
you're the...
Mitsuki: (W-Why?!)
Mitsuki: (Who is this guy?!)
Mitsuki: (What is going on?!)
Guy: You've got to be friggin' kidding me...

Pg 143:
Imai: Yasuaki!
Imai: What the hell do you think you're up to?!
Yasuaki: Whoa
Mitsuki: Imai-sa-----
//pulls//
Imai: Mitsuki!
Yasuaki: I'm surprised you found me
Imai: I called her house!
There's no way I would make her come out here so late at night!
Imai: Don't use my cell without asking!
Mitsuki: (What?)
Mitsuki: (What?!)

Pg 144:
Yasuaki: What're you getting so worked up over? It's not like you.
Mitsuki: (His voice, is kinda...)
Mitsuki: Ah...
um...
//turns//
Imai: I'll take you home. I have my car outside.
Yasuaki: Hey, hey!
Yasuaki: YO!
Don't ignore me!
Yasuaki: If you do, I'll say "Onii-chan"!
ONIIIIIIII-CHAAAA----
//taken aback//
Mitsuki: (What?!)
//slam//
Imai: Cut it out, you're creeping me out.

Pg 145:
Yasuaki: Owww! [SL: Don't resort to violence!]
Imai: What the hell is wrong with you?
Yasuaki: It's cause when I went back home they were saying how you brought some girl with you on New Years!
If that's true, then don't you think you should introduce me to her too?!
Mitsuki: Ima---
Imai-san!
Imai: Ah....
oh right...
Mitsuki: Um....
Imai: He's my younger brother who's three years younger than me.
His name's Yasuaki. He was studying in the US for a long time...[SL: Whether he was actually studying or not is anybody's guess]
//geez....//
Mitsuki: (No way!)
//Ha!//
Mitsuki: (He has two brothers?!)

Pg 146:
Mitsuki: (Wow!)
Mitsuki: N-Nice to meet you! I'm Kouno Mitsuki!
Yasuaki: Mitsuki? Then this is her?! The girl you took with you back home?
How old are you anyway?
Mitsuki: I-I'm in...grade 12...
Yasuaki: Grade 12?!
Mitsuki: (Err....)
Mitsuki: (He seems...
really different from Imai-san....)
Yasuaki: ...Your taste in chicks've changed a lot... [SL: Whoa]
Imai: Just be quiet.
Yasuaki: I never thought you'd lay a hand on a kid like her.
The girlfriends you had in high school were a lot sexier than this.
Mitsuki: (Huh...?)
//thump//
Imai: Yasuaki!!

Pg 147:
Yasuaki: Oh yeah, I heard she divorced.
Things are crazy back at home 'cause of it, or so I've heard.
Mitsuki: ("She"...?)
Yasuaki: You haven't heard, I'm guessing?
//grins//
Imai: Yasuaki.
//throws//
Imai: Go back to my place ahead of me.
And go and get yourself something for us to eat.
Yasuaki: Roger!
//thump...//

Pg 148:
Mitsuki: (It's the first time I've ever heard about his past girlfriends...)
Imai: ...Sorry about that
//honk honk//
//vrooom//
Mitsuki: Huh?
Imai: About Yasuaki. It's already past your curfew, isn't it?
Mitsuki: ...No, that's okay.
I'm just happy I got a chance to see you.
Mitsuki: (What happened in the past is in the past. There's no reason for me to be worried about it.)
Imai: ...You cut your hair.
Mitsuki: Ah, yeah.
...Does it look weird?
Imai: No.

Pg 149:
Imai: It reminded me of the first time we met.
Imai: It was just around this time of year too, wasn't it?
Mitsuki: ...Yeah.
Mitsuki: (It was a really hot day.
Even now, I remember that day clearly.
I never thought,
that the love from that day,
would turn into something I treasure this much.)
Mitsuki: ...Um, yeah,
I decided about what I'm going to do after I graduate.

Pg 150:
Mitsuki: It's a local college, and I'm gonna take the elementary education program.
I think I'll be able to make the cut.
Mitsuki: I put a lot of thought in it, and that's the one thing I kept coming back to.
Imai: ...Is that right?
Mitsuki: Haha, but first I have to get through entrance exams, so I don't even know if I'll be able to take it.
Imai: Try your best.
Mitsuki: Yeah.
Mitsuki: (This is so that I can walk on my own two feet.)
Imai: You know I'll always be there for you.
//vrooom//
Mitsuki: Yeah. Thanks.

Pg 151:
Mitsuki: You know, I really feel bad about before.
So I've decided that I have to stop relying on you so much!
//Yeah!//
Mitsuki: That's why I'm gonna try my hardest!
If I don't decide what I wanna do, who's gonna decide for me, you know?
Mitsuki: (This is so that I'll be able to be at the same wavelength as Imai-san.)
Imai: ...That's good and all, but if you stopped relying on me completely that'd be kind of... //mumbles//
Mitsuki: What?
Imai: We're here.
Mitsuki: Oh, right. Thanks!
Imai: Do you want me to go and say hi to your parents?
Or do you think it wouldn't be a good idea this late?
//slam//
Mitsuki: Don't worry about it. I already told them I'm going to your place beforehand anyway.
Mitsuki: Well, I'll---

Pg 152:
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
Mitsuki: (It's been so long that...this is kinda embarrassing...)
//blush//
Imai: I'll come pick you up tomorrow at 11.
Mitsuki: Yeah...ah,
no, no that's okay. I'll go since we're going to end up going to your place anyway.
Imai: No.

Pg 153:
Imai: Don't come to my place for a while, okay?
Mitsuki: (What...?)
Imai: Don't call me either on my cell.
I'll make sure to call you.
Mitsuki: Wh...
Mitsuki: Why....?
But...
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: (Why is he bringing this up out of the blue...?)
Mitsuki: ...Oh, is it because your brother's there?
Mitsuki: You don't have to worry about me. He's part of your family, so---

Pg 154:
Imai: I said no.
Mitsuki: (Why?)
Yasuaki: Hey, bro. Are you seriously screwing that chick?

Pg 155:
Yasuaki: So you bring her over to this place?
Talk about committing illegal acts! //heh heh//
Yasuaki: How many chicks've you used this bed with anyway? You're fucking sick~
She probably doesn't know any of it, does she?
Imai: Don't tease her too much, okay?
Yasuaki: ...Huh?
Imai: What?
//scrub scrub//
Yasuaki: Nothing~
Well she is still a kid, but her face isn't half-bad. She's not my type though
Yasuaki: ...Hey,
you're not planning on letting me have her?

Pg 156:
Imai: ...Get OFF!
I can't sleep otherwise.
//creak//
//slam slam//
Yasuaki: OW!
What's your problem?! This is where I'm gonna be crashing!
Imai: No you're not. Find some place else on the ground.
Yasuaki: But I'm a GUEST!
Imai: You showed up here without a word. Who're you to say?
Yasuaki: AHLFJDKS?!
//thud//
//rustle//
Yasuaki: ...Fucker...
//mumble mumble//
//You're not even gonna give me a pillow?//
Imai: Don't lay one hand on her.

Pg 157:
Mitsuki: ("Don't come to my place")
Mitsuki: ("Don't call me either")
Mitsuki: (---But still...)
//ring ring ring ring//

Pg 158:
//ring ring ring ring//
Mitsuki: ("I'll come pick you up tomorrow at 11")
Mitsuki: (I wonder what's happened to him...)
//click//
Mitsuki: I can't reach him on his cell...
//splash splash//
Mitsuki: Ah...
Mitsuki: It's starting to rain...
Mitsuki: (You told me not to call...but you won't even call me...)
//click//
Mitsuki: I wonder if something happened?
Mitsuki: ("Don't come to my place")

Pg 159:
Mitsuki: (...Why can't I go over if his brother's there?
He even took me to see his parents,
and he told me that we should go see them again sometime. So why...?)
//thump//
Mitsuki: (Don't tell me...it's because I broke off the engagement?)
//squeeze//

Pg 160:
//clatter//
//pourrr//
//ding dong ding dong//
[name tag reads "Imai"]
Yasuaki: Yo, I'm coming.
How much?
//click click//
Yasuaki: Huh?
Hey, aren't you....
Mitsuki: Ah...

Pg 161:
Yasuaki: NOW I get it! You're the one that's been calling nonstop!
I didn't get it 'cause he told me he's seriously gonna kick me out this time if I answer the phone.
Mitsuki: Ah...
um...is Imai-san here?
Yasuaki: Nah, he's out right now.
Mitsuki: (I knew it...he's not here...)
Mitsuki: Around what time did he leave?
Yasuaki: Huh? Oh, you made plans with him or something?
Mitsuki: Kind of...
Pizza Delivery Guy: Excuse me! This is the Lucky pizza!
Mitsuki: Ah...
Yasuaki: Hey, you're here!
Yasuaki: Well, you might as well come in.
Let's have some lunch!

Pg 162:
//thud//
Yasuaki: Man,
I can't eat another bite!
//munch//
Mitsuki: (He's having beer...in the middle of the afternoon...)
Yasuaki: You eat so slow! It's gonna be all gone if you don't speed up.
//slide//
Mitsuki: Oh, go ahead. I'm pretty full anyway...
Yasuaki: Okay, suit yourself.
//gobble gobble//
Mitsuki: (Wow...
he ate nearly two whole pizzas by himself...)
Mitsuki: (Where did Imai-san go anywya....
don't tell me he's gotten in an accident?)
Yasuaki: ...Hey,
didn't my bro call you or anything?
//lick//
Mitsuki: Ah...
no....

Pg 163:
Yasuaki: Interesting...
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
//sizzle//
//thump//
Mitsuki: (...I didn't notice it yesterday,
but his atmosphere reminds me of Imai-san when he was still in university...)
Mitsuki: (Plus, their voices are really similar...)
Yasuaki: What?
Mitsuki: [SL: Ah] Nothing.
//blush//
Mitsuki: I just thought...how much you remind me of Imai-san.
//Err...//

Pg 164:
//Hah!//
//smoke smoke smoke//
Mitsuki: (Huh?)
//cough cough//
Mitsuki: (Did I say something I wasn't supposed to...?)
Yasuaki: How long've you been going out with my bro?
Mitsuki: (What...?)
Yasuaki: You know he hasn't gone long without a girl since back in middle school?
I wonder what # you are?
//thump//
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (...Am I
just one of the many girls he's gone out with?)

Pg 165:
Yasuaki: He went out with a lot of older chicks.
I didn't go to the same uni as him, so I wouldn't know the details, but he didn't have any problems hooking up with 'em, if you know what I mean.
Yasuaki: And they were all pretty impressive,
it's been that way for a long time. His "possessions"'ve always been superior, you know?
Yasuaki: But he didn't really fix on anything.
If I whined a bit, he let me have most of 'em.
Yasuaki: Sometimes, I stole 'em from him, but he's never said a word about it.
//thump//
//crushes the butt of the cigarette//
Mitsuki: (Wh...)
//chuckles//
//leans in/
Yasuaki: ...I'm pretty interested in you too.
If you marry my bro, that'll make you my sister-in-law, right?
//blush//
Mitsuki: What?!

Pg 166:
Yasuaki: Last night,
I asked him
Yasuaki: if he'd let me be alone with you.
Mitsuki: (No....way...)

Pg 167:
Mitsuki: (Imai-san.....!!!)
Yasuaki: //chuckles//
Yasuaki: Don't take it seriously.
Sorry, but I'm into more of the sexy type.
//chuckles//
//shocked//
Mitsuki: (Wha....Wha...!)
Yasuaki: You're just the way you look.
Don't tell me my bro's the first guy you've ever gone out with?
Mitsuki: (Wahhh!
His personality's nothing like Imai-san!!)
Yasuki: Damnit.
//click//

Pg 168:
Yasuaki: There's nothing good on TV~
It's all news.
Mitsuki: (I wonder what could've happened to him...Imai-san...)
Mitsuki: (This is definitely not normal
for him to not give me a call...)
Yasuaki: ...Yo.
Yasuaki: There's no point in you waiting around here.
I don't think he's gonna be making it back tonight.
Yasuaki: This morning, he got some phone call, and he left right after that.
It was from a chick.
Mitsuki: What...?
//thump//

Pg 170:
//click//
Yasuaki: Hey?
//snaps out of it//
//dashes//
Mitsuki: (He's back!)
Mitsuki: (Imai-san!)
Imai: Why.....
Imai: WHY ARE YOU HERE?!
//grabs//
Mitsuki: ?! Ow!

Pg 171:
Yasuaki: So you're back.
I thought you were gonna be staying over at her place.
Imai: Yasuaki!!
Yasuaki: What? It's not like I called her over or anything.
Imai: Mitsuki! I told you not to come here!
Mitsuki: But...
it's because you didn't show up!
Mitsuki: (Why is he so mad at me?!)
Mitsuki: You're the one that broke a promise that we made first!!

Pg 172:
Imai: I'm sorry....
Imai: Something suddenly came up and I....
//thump//
//...stab//
Mitsuki: ("A phone call.
It was from a chick.")
Imai: ...I'll take you home.
I'm really sorry.
Mitsuki: (Why...?)
Mitsuki: (Why do we have to fight?
This is crazy.)
Mitsuki: (---For us, there's no ring to keep us together anymore.)
//pourrrr//

Pg 173:
Mitsuki: (Still, I always believed in my unwavering love for him.)
//vroooom//
//splash splash//
Mitsuki: What was so important that you couldn't call me?
Imai: ...I'm sorry.
Mitsuki: (This wasn't how it was supposed to work out.)
Mitsuki: (The doubts that I was afraid of,
is slowly starting to take shape.)

END OF VOLUME 3

https://mangahelpers.com/t/oceansportrait/releases/19921 2010-02-14T08:42:56+00:00 oceansportrait admin@mangahelpers.com

Title: Ashita mo Kitto Koi Shiteru [I'll Still Be in Love With You Tomorrow]
Volume: 2 (of 4)
Mangaka: Fujii Akemi
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: August 27, 2008

Legend:
// - action
[] - translator's notes
() - character's thoughts

Pg 7:
Ashita mo Kitto Koi Shiteru
Fujii Akemi

Pg 8:
//honk honk//
//vrooom//
Imai: ...Looks like we're stuck.
I guess there's no helping it. It's the start of the new year. //sigh//
Imai: Well, we'll probably be able to make it before it gets dark--
//tense//

Pg 9:
Imai: There's no need for you to be that nervous.
It's just a vacation
Imai: where we won't need to pay for a place to sleep.
//vrooom//
Mitsuki: B-But...
Mitsuki: (I'm in a huge jam....)
Mitsuki: (I'm nervous just going on a vacation with Imai-san
for three days from December 30th on during the winter break...)

Pg 10:
Mitsuki: T-To your parents place?!
Imai: Yeah, I haven't gone to see them at all since I started working.
Plus, I want to introduce you to them too.
//shocked//
Imai: ...Or would you rather not?
//no, no. I would!//
Mitsuki: (But....)
Imai: It's way out in the countryside, so there's not much to see.
They're probably trapped in snow during this time of year.
Mitsuki: (But...)

Pg 11:
Mitsuki: (I'm not emotionally ready for this...!)
Mitsuki: (Well yeah, we are planning on getting married,
and it's a no-brainer that I'd have to meet them ONE day....
but what if...
they think I'm not good enough for him...?!)
//thump thump thump//

Pg 12:
Mitsuki: (I practiced countless times with my sister,
but I have a feeling I'm going to screw this up....
I might screw it up...
THEN what am I going to do?!)
Imai: ...Mitsuki?
Imai: You don't look too good.
Are you sure you're okay?
Mitsuki: What...?
//dizzy//
Mitsuki: (Wah...?!)

Pg 13:
//THROWS UP//
//rustle rustle//
[sign reads "Imai"]
//screeechh//
Guy: Aniki?! [means "big brother"]
//whoa//
//slam//
Imai: Yousuke!
Open up the front door for me, will ya?!

Pg 14:
Mitsuki: (...uuuu)
Imai: Sorry, could you take off her shoes for me?
I think she got a bit car sick.
I made her throw up once on our way here, but she's not feeling any better
Mother: Oh my!
Mother: What happened,
Nobuyoshi?!
//running footsteps//
Mitsuki: (No...I can't!)
Mitsuki: (I have to...
introduce myself to them...)
Mother: Take her over to the room on the far side to let her sleep
Imai: Okay
Mitsuki: Ah...
//rustle//
Imai: Hey, don't make any sudden movements
Mitsuki: Uuuh.....
Mitsuki: (I feel like I'm going to throw up if I try to talk!)

Pg 15:
Mitsuki: I-I'm...
sorr----
//Ughhh//
//thud//
//pat pat//
Imai: It's okay. Just get some rest.
Mitsuki: (No, it's not okay!)
//wahhh//
Mitsuki: (I have to make sure to properly introduce myself after I wake up!)
Mitsuki: ("Chizu-chan, Chizu-chan! What am I going to do?!"
"Well as long as you make sure to be courteous, it should go over well!")
"Y-Yeah...!"
"Introductions are important too. Make sure to thank them for letting you intrude on their busy schedules!")

Pg 16:
Mitsuki: ("Even if you mess up, you have Imai-kun with you.")
Mitsuki: ("Right. He'll be with me")
//vacuum noise//
Mitsuki: (Yeah, everything'll be okay)
Mitsuki: (Everything will be...)
//running footsteps//
//slam//
//vacuum noise//

Pg 17:
//gets up abruptly//
Mitsuki: (...It's....light outside...)
//vacuum noise//
//running footsteps//
Mitsuki: ...What's that noise...?
Mitsuki: (Someone's vacuuming...?)
//shocked//
Mitsuki: (NO WAY!!)

Pg 18:
Mitsuki: (Don't tell me I slept the whole night through?!)
Mitsuki: (It's probably because I've been so nervous lately that I hadn't been getting much sleep...!
What am I going to do?!)
Mitsuki: (I haven't even properly introduced myself to them yet!)
//awa wawawa//
Mitsuki: I-I have to get up!
Mitsuki: ---and change!
Mitsuki: (They're probably really disappointed!)
Mitsuki: (Why didn't Imai-san just wake me up---)
//looks around//
Mitsuki: (Where are you, Imai-san?!)
Mitsuki: (Imai-sa---)
//thud//
[the box she's holding reads "Gift"]

Pg 19:
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
Guy: Ah...
Mitsuki: (He looks just like Imai-san!)
Mother: Yousuke?
What are you doi---
//vacuum noise//
//looks in//
Mother: Oh, 'morning!
Mother: I was wondering what was going to happen to you last night!
I'm glad you're feeling better!
//Whoa//
Father: Oh, good morning.

Pg 20:
Mitsuki: (Whaaaaaaa! What am I going to do?!)
Mitsuki: Ah.. ah...
Mitsuki: Eh...
Mitsuki: (IMAI-SANNN!!)
//clatter//
Imai: [SL: Heyyy] It's starting to snow again. I did clean up the snow around the house but---
Hey!
Imai: Mitsuki,
you're feeling better?
//sigh of relief//
Mitsuki: (Imai-san!)
Mitsuki: Y-Yes!
Umm....I'm Kouno Mitsuki!
Mitsuki: I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to properly introduce myself until now!
Imai: Hey, what're you apologizing for? You weren't feeling well. It wasn't something you had any control over
//bows//
Mother: Yeah, that's right.
You two must've had to drive for hours by car to get here.

Pg 21:
Mitsuki: (Oh...right...I threw up...in front of Imai-san...)
Mitsuki: (Could this get any worse?!)
Imai: Well you've probably already guessed it already,
but this is my mom and dad
//smiles//
//rustle//
Imai: And this is my little brother, Yousuke. He's a year younger than you, so he's in grade 10
//pulls//
Yousuke: Whoa
Imai: What're you trying to run away for?
Yousuke: S-Shut up! [SL: The oranges are just really heavy!]
Mitsuki: (Wow...even their voices are alike!)
//snaps out of it//
Mitsuki: U-Um...this is for you....
Mother: Why thank you...
//rumble rumble rumble//

Pg 22:
//breaks out into laughter//
[SL: Yousuke: //chuckles//]
Mother: Well it's just about time for lunch anyhow!
Imai: Oh yeah, that's right. You haven't had anything to eat since yesterday, have you?
Mitsuki: (KYAAA!)
//rumble rumble//
Mitsuki: (This wasn't how things were supposed to go!)
Mitsuki: (Ughhh~get a grip!)
Mitsuki: (I'm starting to really doubt...)

Pg 23:
Mitsuki: (deciding to come here...)
//squeak squeak//
[SL: Big Cleanup]
Mother: Mitsuki-channn!
Could you bring me some mochikko from the kitchen? [never heard of this before, but I looked it up on google, and Toshiba makes something called a Mocchiko Rice Cake-Making Machine]
Mitsuki: Ah---
okay!
Mitsuki: (Err...is this how introductions to your fiancee's family's supposed to go?
The way they introduced themselves, and their reactions...
were like...really normal.)
Mitsuki: Mochikko...
maybe she's talking about rice cakes?
//step step//
Mitsuki: (...Or maybe it's just that
they're not taking me seriously at all?)
Mitsuki: (And plus...Imai-san's been leaving me alone by myself...)
//Uuu...// [SL: She's a bit nervous being by herself]
//HAHAHAHA//
Imai: Take that!
GOOO!
//click click click//
//SLAM//
//Whoaaa//
Brother: As if I'd fall for that! Who do you think I am anyway?! //heh//
Imai: What the?!

Pg 24:
Mitsuki: (No fair!
He's playing games while I'm---)
//shocked//
//thud//
Brother: WHOA!
//slam slam//
Imai: Heh!
//click click//
Brother: Hey! You're not playing fair!
YO! [SL: I can't see the screen!]
//AHAHAHAHA//
Brother: HEY!
//thump//
Brother: You wimp!
You wanna win THAT bad that you'd turn to dirty tricks?!
I demand a replay!
//thud//
Imai: It doesn't matter how many times we play it, I'm still gonna end up the winner!
OW!

Pg 25:
Mitsuki: (They get along really well...)
//tense//
Mother: HEY!
You still haven't finished replacing all the papers of the sliding doors!
//SLAP SLAP//
Brother: OW
Mother: What're you fooling around for?!
//SLAP//
Imai: OW!
Mitsuki: (...Haha,
Imai-san's acting like a little kid!
It's so different from the way he usually acts!)
[SL: Brother: Round two is gonna happen later!]
[SL: Imai: Okay]
Imai: [SL: Well then] Let's get to it
Brother: Ah---
//thump//
//turns around//
//ignores//

Pg 26:
Mitsuki: (He....
hates me...)
//shocked shocked//
Mitsuki: (Why?)
Mitsuki: W----OW....
Mitsuki: It's snowing!

Pg 27:
Mitsuki: WOOOWWW!
WOWWWW! [SL: It's snowing so much!]
//WHOAAAA//
Mitsuki: (I didn't even notice until now...!)
Imai: Oh right,
it doesn't snow that much where you live.
//thump//
Mitsuki: Y-Yeah...
Mitsuki: (Oh no...I must've reacted like such a kid...)
//blush//
Imai: Want to go outside for a little walk?
Mitsuki: ...Yeah!
Mitsuki: (Yay!)

Pg 28:
Mitsuki: (I get to be alone with Imai-san!)
[SL: Mitsuki: Wait for me~]
Imai: Did you make sure to dress warm?
//running footsteps/
Mitsuki: Wha!
//pat//
Mitsuki: (I haven't even gotten a chance to talk to him that much
even though we're this close to each other!)
Imai: Your ears are going to get cold.
Wear this.
Mitsuki: Okay.
Mitsuki: (hehe)
//rattle rattle//
Guy: Hello~

Pg 29:
Guy: Whoa! Imai!
//Yo!//
//Whoa//
Guy: So you DID come back home!
Guy #2: Long time no see!
Imai: Hey!
Imai: What's up? Why's everyone here?
Guy: What do you mean what's up?
Why didn't you let us know you were back?
//noise noise//
Guy: We met up with Yousuke earlier today---
Imai: I haven't seen you guys in how long?
How're you guys doing?
//blink//

Pg 30:
Guy: Is that GT-R outside yours?
You must be rolling in money, I tell ya!
Imai: Haha, no. I bought it secondhand.
Guy: Oh yeah~Kokawaji's back too.
He has a kid now [SL: A boy]
Imai: Whoa, seriously?
//Um...//
//blink//
Guy: Hey,
who's she? [SL: She's cute]
//Hi//
Imai: Ah...
Guy: Is she a relative of yours?
Mitsuki: (Whoa...!)
//thump//
Imai: Nah, she's with me.
Guy: Oh~So she's your girlfriend?
//Whoaaa//
//rattle rattle//
Mother: I thought it was rather noisy outside,
oh my.
Guy: Hello.
Mother: Come on in and have some tea!
Guy: Oh, sorry.
We're were just about to go visit Mori-sensei---
Guy: We just came to see if Imai wanted to come with us
Mitsuki: (What?!)

Pg 31:
Mitsuki: (No...)
Guy: He's gonna retire this year.
so all the others are gonna show up too.
Guy #2: Come on, let's go.
There's gonna be lots of beer to go around.
Mitsuki: (He's going to go with them...?)
Imai: Ah...
No, that's okay. I---
//thump!//
Mitsuki: Ah...
Guy: You can bring along your girlfriend if you want.
Imai: No, she's a---
Guy: Why not?
It'll be fine. [SL: He won't care]
Guy #2: Everyone's gonna be waiting for you to come
//stab...//
Mitsuki: ...Imai-san!
Mitsuki: You should go with them. Don't worry about me.
Imai: ...Mitsuki.

Pg 32:
Mitsuki: You haven't seen them in a while, right?
Imai: ...Are you sure?
Mitsuki: Yeah. I'm sure.
Go and have fun.
Mitsuki: (To be honest...I don't really want him to go.)
//squeeze//
Mitsuki: (But...)
Imai: Thanks.
//pat//
Guy: Sorry, we'll be borrowing Imai for abit~
Guy #2: See ya!
//rattle rattle//
Imai: See you later!
//slam//

Pg 33:
Mother: Mitsuki-chan~
Come here and warm up!
//We have snacks too!//
//tense//
Mitsuki: O-Okay!
Mitsuki: (There's nothing I can do about it.
He met his friends for the first time in a while...)
//ignores//
//stab...//
Mitsuki: (...It's not as if we're just here for a casual visit.
I have to be more of a grown up...)

Pg 34:
Mother: We were able to finish cleaning up early
thanks to you.
//Now we can celebrate New Years in peace//
Mitsuki: N-No, it was nothing!
After all the trouble I caused you yesterday, it's the least I could do!
Mother: [SL: Well~] Nobuyoshi didn't mention at all that he'd be bringing home someone with him,
Mother: so we were a bit surprised
Mitsuki: (What...?)
//thump//
//Haha~ Today's---//
Mother: If he's going to go on a vacation, he should've taken you somewhere more exciting,
it's probably not fun for you to be stuck in a boring place like this, is it?
Mitsuki: N-No, that's not true.
All this snow's really beautiful!
//...thump//
Mitsuki: (What...?)

Pg 35:
Mitsuki: (Don't tell me Imai-san didn't tell them...
about our engagement...?)
//stab...//
Mitsuki: (Why...?)
Mitsuki: ("It's just a vacation!")
//stab//
Mitsuki: (Or am I the only one who thought it like that?
Well yeah, it's not like we're going to get married right away.
...Still....then....)
//stab//

Pg 36:
Mitsuki: (Why did he bring me here in the first place?)
Imai: ...tsuki
Mitsuki.
Imai: Sorry,
I'm late.
Mitsuki: Nnn...?
//lifts//

Pg 37:
Mitsuki: Imai-san...?
//snoreeee//
//snoreee//
Imai: [SL: Shhh] Put your coat on,
and let's go
Mitsuki: What time is it now?
//rattle rattle//
Mitsuki: Where are we---
Mitsuki: Whoa! It's so cold!
Mitsuki: It's still dark outside, Imai-san
//squeeze//
Imai: This way.

Pg 38:
Mitsuki: W-where are we going? [SL: It's cold]
//step step step//
Imai: A hill behind my house.
//slide//
Mitsuki: What?
AHHHH!
Imai: Follow my foosteps
//thud//
Mitsuki: AHHH!
Mitsuki: (I wonder where we're going...)
Mitsuki: (Where is he planning on taking me...?)
Imai: Just a little further---
Mitsuki: W-What?! We're still not there yet...?
KYAA!
//qheeze//
//turn//
Imai: Okay!
//rustle//

Pg 39:
Mitsuki: (W-W-What's going on?!)
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: (Why is Imai-san---suddenly---)
//blush//
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
Mitsuki: (W...ow...)
Imai: Look

Pg 40:
Imai: This is the town where I grew up

Pg 41:
Mitsuki: It's so pretty!
Imai: I used to come here and play a lot when I was a kid
Imai: Even when I got older, whenever I wanted to be by myself I used to come here sometimes
Imai: I wanted to show you this
too.
Mitsuki: (Imai-san)

Pg 42:
Imai: Happy New Years.
Mitsuki: (A sparkling morning.)
//Let's hope for another great year!//
Mitsuki: (My overwhelming feelings for him,
melt with the light,
and it's as if it's falling down on the town)

Pg 43:
Mitsuki: (This year---
and next year---
and the year after that----
please don't let go of my hand---)
//vroom vrooom//
//slam//

Pg 44:
Mother: You haven't come home in so long,
and you're leaving already? [SL: And so early in the morning too!]
//yawwwns//
//vrooom//
Mother: You should relax and spend more time here.
Imai: Sorry,
but I have to get back by today
Imai: I'll come again soon.
Mother: Oh really?
Mother: Mitsuki-chan, did you take some medicine to prevent car sickness?
Feel free to come again too.
Mitsuki: Y-Yes, I did. Thank you!
Mitsuki: (Even though I messed up countless times,
I'm glad they turned out to be really nice people)
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
//bows//
//ignores//
Mitsuki: (Uuu...
I'm not gonna give up!)

Pg 45:
Mitsuki: (One of these days, I'm gonna become a woman that even his brother would accept!)
//mumbles//
Brother: ...Take good care of him.
Mitsuki: (This is the house where Imai-san grew up.
It'd be nice if I could come here again---)
Mother: Be safe!
//vrooommm//
Imai: Ah.
//vroom//
Mitsuki: What?
//SQUEEAALL//
Imai: Wait here for a sec.
//click//
Mitsuki: Imai-san?

Pg 46:
Brother: Hey,
Brother: did you forget something?
Imai: Yeah.
She's still in school, so this is gonna be a bit later on down the road
//pokes head out//
[arrow reads "She can't hear what he's saying]
Imai: but I'm planning on marrying her.
That's all I wanted to say. See ya!
Imai: Sorry 'bout that. Let's go
//slam//
Mitsuki: Did you forget something?
Imai: Yeah.

Pg 47:
Mitsuki: Everyone's like, frozen in place.
What happened?
//vrooom//
Imai: Yeah.
Well, with this, the road's clear with my side of the family too.
Mitsuki: (It would be great,
if we could keep making steps forward like this)
Imai: From now on, let's come back here together.

Pg 48:
Imai: You won't be able to run away now.
Mitsuki: (To the far off future,
keep holding onto my hand)

END OF CHAPTER 4

Pg 49:
[no text]

Pg 50:
[no text]

Pg 51:
[board reads "Grade Year Examinations <The Fourth Day> Math"]
Girl: Heyy Heyy, what was the answer for #3?!
//noise noise//
Girl #2: Noo~ I don't want to talk about it
Girl #3: Hold on, I want to send a message to my boyfriend on my bell.
//noise noise//
Mitsuki: (I wonder why there's never a point in happiness when you're truly and completely fulfilled?]
Girl: Let's go home~
Girl #2: See ya!
Girl #3: Hey, wanna stop by somewhere?
Girl #2: Nah, I'll pass. I have a bio exam tomorrow, and I know I'm so totally gonna fail
//noise noise//
//see ya~//
Girl #3: What! So it WASN'T #4?!
Girl #4: [SL: Oh] So you really haven't see him at all?

Pg 52:
Mitsuki: Yeah...we've just talked on the phone for the past two weeks.
Just when I thought he's finally back from his business trip
Mitsuki: he tells me that I shouldn't be going around hanging out at night until I'm finished with my midterms [SL: And since the only time I can see him is at night---]
//see ya//
Girl: Yeah, but it's only until tomorrow. After that, you're all finished with exams
Mitsuki: Yeah....
Girl: Why don't you cool down a bit?
You've even gone to meet his parents, so why can't you be...well...a little less desperate-sounding?
Mitsuki: Because~I've only seen him a handful of times since winter break!

Pg 53:
Girl: Yeah, but seeing him only a few times keeps the relationship fresh, don't you think?
Mitsuki: Well you can say that because you've never been in this kind of relationship
Girl: Well yeah, of course
//Uuu...//
Mitsuki: (Of course,
when we can't meet, he phones me even though he hates using the phone)
Mitsuki: (But I want to be closer to him than ever before.
Is that asking for too much?)
//rustle//
Guy: KOUNO MITSUKI-SAN!
Mitsuki: KYA?!

Pg 54:
//frozen//
Guy: I-I LIKE YOU!
PLEASE GO OUT WITH ME!
Mitsuki: What...?
Guy: IS THAT A NO?!
Mitsuki: (W---
What's going on?!)
Guy: PLEASE!
//tense//
Mitsuki: (Who is he?!)

Pg 55:
Guy: I've liked you ever since I visited Nishijo's school festival last year! [arrow: Mitsuki's school]
Mitsuki: U-Um...
Guy: I guess you could call it love at first sight?!
I just thought you were really cute!
Mitsuki: Um....
Mitsuki: (He's really scary!!)
Mitsuki: M-Michiru-cha....
//wawawa//
//sigh//
Girl: She's already going out with someone.
Guy: T-Then...
//gulps//
//shocked//
Guy: It's true...that you're going out...with an older guy...?
Mitsuki: Y-Yes...?
//nods nods//

Pg 56:
Guy: T-That can't be true...
//shocked//
Guy: No way...
there's just no way you----
Mitsuki: Um....
Mitsuki: I'm really sorry....
Guy: THAT CAN'T BE TRUE!!
//dashes away//
//WHAAAAA!//
Mitsuki: Ah!
Girl: Well I can understand why he'd want to deny the facts, but come on~
//Is he an idiot or something?//
Mitsuki: H-He really surprised me
//thump thump//
Girl: From the looks of his uniform, he probably goes to East High.
Mitsuki, you should be more firm when you're saying no.
Mitsuki: S-Sorry.
It's just...I'm not used to being around guys.
Girl: You have a boyfriend for christ's sake!

Pg 57:
Mitsuki: But...with Imai-san, I feel really safe.
But with other guys...I can't tell what they're thinking, so they're kinda...scary...
and plus...I don't really hang out with any other guys...
Girl: Yeah, I've noticed how you kinda suck at turning guys down
Mitsuki: (But this)
Mitsuki: (kind of reminds me of the time I told my feelings to Imai-san)
Mitsuki: (I've grown to love him)
Mitsuki: (alot more since then though)
Mitsuki: Hmm....

Pg 58:
Mitsuki: I wonder if I should mention what happened today to Imai-san...
//hmmm//
[SL: Study already]
Mitsuki: But since I did turn him down...maybe I shouldn't tell him...
//ring ring//
//click//
Mitsuki: Hello?
Kouno---
//chuckles//
Imai: That was quick.
Are you sure you're studying?
Mitsuki: (Imai-san!!)
Mitsuki: I-I am!

Pg 59:
Mitsuki: U-Um...tomorrow I only have two subjects!
Mitsuki: And then I'll be completely finished,
so----
//roll roll//
Mitsuki: (We can finally see each other!)
Imai: ...Sorry
Mitsuki: What?
Imai: Truth is, I had to go away on a business trip again.
I'm actually calling from Nagoya.
Imai: I should be able to get back though in two to three days
Mitsuki: (But...)
Imai: ...Mitsuki?
Mitsuki: ...I'm here.
//tears up//
Mitsuki: (you said we could meet as soon as my exams were over...)

Pg 60:
Mitsuki: Another business trip, huh? Did you go by yourself again?
Imai: ...No,
a couple of others are with me.
//throb//
Imai: ...I'll be sure to get you some souveniers.
//throb throb//
Mitsuki: (He has to work again.)
Mitsuki: ...No, it's okay. Don't worry about me...
Mitsuki: Take it easy though, okay?
Mitsuki: (Work, again.)
Mitsuki: (...Maybe I am being a bit too selfish...)

Pg 61:
Mitsuki: (I feel like I might blurt out that I want to see him right now...)
//school chime//
Teacher: That's it---
collect the papers from the back
//Kyaaa~//
//rattle//
//rattle//
//FINALLY! It's over!//
Girl: Hey, let's go to Mister Donuts for lunch ["Mister Donuts" is kinda like a Japanese Tim Hortons]
Girl #2: Nah, I'd rather go to Moss Burger~
Mitsuki: Michiru-chan~Let's stop by somewhere on our way home!
Michiru: Err..yeah, sure.
But what about your "Imai-san"?
Mitsuki: ...He's away on a business trip
//depressed//
Michiru: Err...
Michiru: It must be tough going out with a grown up~
Mitsuki: Wahhh! Imai-san, you idiot!

Pg 62:
Mitsuki: I can't see him at all! And to think other people can see him everyday is just...
it's just not fair!
Michiru: But that's at work, right?
Mitsuki: Yeah, I know that!
But I can't help but be a little jealous!
Mitsuki: (I haven't even gotten a chance
to use the key he gave me during Christmas break)
Michiru: If you have nothing better to do, why not go clean up? [SL: You know, his apartment]
Mitsuki: What!
But...don't you think going into his house without permission like that's kinda....
Michiru: Yeah, but a spare key is something you use when he's not home, right?
Michiru: You might find another girl's hair on the floor~ [SL: You never knoww]
Mitsuki: Imai-san's not like that!
Mitsuki: (S-Still....
Imai-san's apartment, huh?)
//looks around//
Michiru: Ohh~you're thinking it over!
Mitsuki: I-I'm not!
Guy: Kouno-san!
//rustle//

Pg 63:
Guy: I just can't believe that you'd be the type of girl to do that kind of stuff!
//taken aback//
Mitsuki: (Him again?!)
Guy: If something's troubling you, you can talk about it with me! I'll try to help!
Guy: So----
Guy: don't do stuff like teenage prostitution!
//he's serious//
Mitsuki: WHAT?!

Pg 64:
Ootsuka: ...I'm Ootsuka from East High.
I'm in Grade 11.
Ootsuka: I-I heard that you were going out with some businessman...so I came to the conclusion that...
sorry....
Mitsuki: Okkay....
Mitsuki: (In the eyes of other people,
is it that odd
for a high schooler and a grown up to be...)
Ootsuka: Um...
how long have you two been going out?
Mitsuki: Huh?
Mitsuki: U-Um...err...
just over a year...
//slurrp//
//rattle//
Ootsuka: T-Then, that means you guys must've already---

Pg 65:
Ootsuka: Well, no duh.
Since he's an adult and all, it shouldn't be that big of a shock.
That perverted geezer, I'll never forgi---
Mitsuki: What?
Ootsuka: Ah! Nothing!
//mumble mumble//
Michiru: Let's get one thing straight. Don't go around spreading rumours that aren't true, got it?
Mitsuki: M-Michiru-chan!
//pissed//
Ootsuka: I wouldn't!
Ootsuka: Why are you even here anyway!
I'm here to talk to Kouno-san!
Michiru: There's no way I can just turn a blind eye when my friend's being harassed by some blubbering idiot!
Mitsuki: Ah...
Mitsuki: U-Umm...
Mitsuki: Err...
Ootsuka: What did you just call me?!
Michiru: What, you got a problem with that?
//beep beep//
//beep beep//
Michiru: [SL: Clicks tongue] It's for me.
I'll be right back.
//clank//
Mitsuki: What?!

Pg 66:
Mitsuki: (N-No way!)
//panicking//
//beep beep//
Mitsuki: M-Michiru-cha----[SL: Um...]
Michiru: Make sure to give him the N-O, got it?
//click//
Michiru: Who is it?
Mitsuki: (D-Don't leave me alone with him!!)
//pissed//
Ootsuka: What a bitch~
Mitsuki: (W-What should I do, Imai-san?!)
Ootsuka: Um...
you don't have exams tomorrow, do you?
Ootsuka: (Now's my chance!)
//tense//
//snaps out of it//
Mitsuki: N-No...

Pg 67:
Ootsuka: Our school doesn't have any tomorrow either!
If you haven't made any plans already, wanna hang out?
//okay?//
Mitsuki: What?
Ootsuka: Is there any place you wanna go?
Mitsuki: ...um....
Ootsuka: Do you like zoos? Or how about an art gallery?
Mitsuki: Ah...
Ootsuka: You don't like either?!
Then why don't we go to the aquarium?
Ootsuka: No? Then where do you wanna go?
Mitsuki: (W-What am I going to do...
he's not even giving me a chance to refuse...)
Ootsuka: Or have you already made plans with your boyfriend?!
//thump//
Mitsuki: No...um...
he's away on business...so...
//Oooh~//
Ootsuka: Well then! Let's hang out tomorrow!
If we hang out as friends, then there's no problem, right?

Pg 68:
Mitsuki: As...
friends...?
Ootsuka: Yep! As friends!
So okay?
Mitsuki: (As friends...)
//thump//
Ootsuka: There's nothing wrong with having guy friends other than your boyfriend!
And it'll give you a chance to hang out with guys who aren't old geezers!
Mitsuki: Imai-san's not an old geezer!
//snap//
Ootsuka: Ah...
s-sorry
Ootsuka: But look at it this way. You'll be able to talk about stuff you wouldn't be able to with him.
You know, the kind of stuff you can tell friends but not someone you're going out with?
Ootsuka: You must have stuff like that, right?

Pg 69:
Woman: Well well...
Mitsuki: (---It's okay, if it's just as friends, right?)
Mitsuki: (It's my first time being friends with a guy.
What was I getting so worked up over anyway?
I'm glad I didn't tell Imai-san about him confessing his feelings to me)
Ootsuka: You've really never been to an arcade before?
Whoa, you don't hear stuff like that everyday.
Ootsuka: Then let's go there tomorrow

Pg 70:
Mitsuki: (If he's a friend, then I don't have to go around letting Imai-san know each and every time.
Since I'm sure Imai-san has friends who are girls...)
Mitsuki: (Plus,
since he's a grown up, he wouldn't mind.
I really am interested in going to an arcade,
and since I can't see Imai-san...)
Mitsuki: I'm back~
Chizu: Where were you, Mitsuki?
Chizu: Imai-san was here just now waiting for you.

Pg 71:
Mitsuki: What....
//thump//
Chizu: He said he had some work left to do, so he went back to his company--- [SL: Here are the gifts he brought back for you)
Mitsuki: (Wh---)
Mitsuki: (No way!)
Mitsuki: No way!
Why didn't you phone me?!
Mitsuki: (He was here?!)
Chizu: Hey, don't blame me.
I tried calling you on your cell.
[SL: Chizu: Try listening to the message I left for you]
Mitsuki: Whattt?!
Oh no, the battery's dead! [SL: Aww]
Chizu: He was here for nearly two hours waiting for you [SL: I can't believe you]
Mitsuki: (No way!)
Mitsuki: Nooo!
Mom: Mitsuki! Don't make such a ruckus!
//dash//

Pg 72:
Mitsuki: (Imai-san!!!)
//ring ring ring ring//
//thump thump//
Imai: ...Hello?
Mitsuki: Imai-san!
Imai: Oh, hey. Mitsuki?
Mitsuki: Imai-san----why?!
Y-You said you had to go away so I---
//chuckles//
Imai: Calm down.
Yeah, I ended up finishing the work early so I came back early. [SL: At around two, I guess?]
Imai: Since I had some souveniers for you, I thought I'd stop by.

Pg 73:
Mitsuki: (I am such an idiot!)
//squeeze//
Mitsuki: I-I'm sorry
I----
Mitsuki: (I wanted to see him...
I wanted to see him so much and I---)
Mitsuki: Are you still at work?
I don't mind going the---
Imai: I don't think I'll be able to go home early tonight
Mitsuki: Ah...
Imai: Tomorrow...if it's around 4-5 I'll be free then.
Let's meet.
Mitsuki: Really?!
I'm---
Mitsuki: (I can see him!)

Pg 74:
Mitsuki: ("Tomorrow at 1 at the West end of the train station")
Mitsuki: (Tomorrow?!)
Imai: ...Mitsuki?
Did you already make plans?
Mitsuki: What?
N-No!
//snaps out of it//
Mitsuki: (I finally get a chance to see him and I---)
Mitsuki: Um...
Mitsuki: Um....
Mitsuki: I-I might be a bit late---
but...
Imai: Did you make plans with someone else?
//thud//
Mitsuki: N-No!
It's okay. I can make it.

Pg 75:
Mitsuki: (What's with me---)
//thump thump thump//
Imai: ...Well, then come over to my place tomorrow. Any time's fine.
You have the key, right?
Mitsuki: Y-Yeah!
Mitsuki: I-I'll definitely come!
Mitsuki: (But...)
Mitsuki: (I can't tell him---!)
//click//

Pg 76:
Woman: Last night, after we split up in front of the train station
Woman: I saw Mitsuki-chan~
at a donut shop
Imai: What?
//grins//
Woman: I'll spill the beans
Woman: so buy me dinner, won't you? [SL: I'm starving]
Mitsuki: (Well...he doesn't seem like a bad guy.
If I just apologize, he'll understand, won't he?
Since he IS a friend...)

Pg 77:
Mitsuki: (And, since Imai-san's going to go home at around sunset,)
Mitsuki: (I have plenty of time.)
Mitsuki: (I'll just meet him for a little bit, explain the situation,
then go to his place---)
Ootsuka: Woohoo!
You really did show up!
//Over here!//
Ootsuka: Kouno-san!

Pg 78:
Mitsuki: Ah....
Ootsuka: Wow! You really are cute! I knew it!
//Wowww//
Mitsuki: U-Um....
Ootsuka: You look really great out of your uniform too!
Mitsuki: Um...
the truth is...I...
//tense//
Ootsuka: First thing's first! Let's go eat lunch somewhere!
Mitsuki: Um...
Ootsuka: I was so psyched that I came here an hour early!
Mitsuki: Ah...
Ootsuka: I'm starving! Let's go!
Mitsuki: (...It's getting...)
Mitsuki: (really hard to tell him the truth now...)
Mitsuki: (Ughh...I'm an idiot...)

Pg 79:
Mitsuki: (I should've just turned him down from the very beginning,
like Michiru-chan told me)
Ootsuka: Then you haven't played any of the games either?
Mitsuki: N-No...
//slide//
Mitsuki: (No matter how you look at it though, I'm the bad guy here!
I have to find a way to fix this problem on my own!)
Mitsuki: Ah!
//clank clank//
//beep beep//
//click click//
//rumble rumble//
Mitsuki: (Wow...it's so noisy!)
Mitsuki: (And it reeks of cigarettes!)
Ootsuka: Hey! There's a Purikura machine! [Purikura are those machines you get into and take pictures that come out as little tiny stickers ^^]
Let's take a pic!
Mitsuki: What?
Ootsuka: Why not?
You've taken purikura shots, haven't you?

Pg 80:
Mitsuki: (I feel really out of place...)
[SL: Here's your share]
[SL: I look so weird]
Mitsuki: (I haven't even taken purikura shots with Imai-san yet...
I want to, but I was afraid of him thinking I'm a kid...)
[SL: I've given him purikura shots of me though]
Mitsuki: (Imai-san's still at work...probably.
...I want to get to his place before he does though.)
[SL: Frog
//Kyaaa//]
Ootsuka: Woohoo!
Mitsuki: (Oh no...it's getting pretty late already...)
Ootsuka: Kouno-san,
you're pretty quiet, huh?
Mitsuki: W-what?

Pg 81:
Ootsuka: You know how there's lots of girls who have that, like, "oh I'm so independent" attitude, you know?
I'm not into girls who are full of themselves.
//Here. I have lots at home//
Ootsuka: I find girls like you cute [SL: Yeah]
You still haven't seen all the things there are to see in the world, you know?
Ootsuka: Hey, what do you talk about with your boyfriend anyway?
Mitsuki: What...?
Ootsuka: Well, he's like a lot older than you, right?
And since you don't talk much, do you guys not talk about a lot?
Mitsuki: W-We do talk a lot!
I-I'm actually not that quiet...we talk about school and....
//beep beep//
//clank clank//
Ootsuka: Whattt!
No way---!
//clank clank//
//beep beep//
Mitsuki: (I can't wait any longer!)
Ootsuka: What do you want to do next?
How about that one over there---
Mitsuki: (I have to tell him!)
Mitsuki: U-Um...!

Pg 82:
Mitsuki: I'm really sorry...
but I already made plans with my boyfriend!
Ootsuka: Huh...?
Ootsuka: But I thought you said he had work?
Mitsuki: Well...yeah...but last night he suddenly phoned me and...
Ootsuka: Hey, but that means I was first---
Mitsuki: I'm really sorry!
Mitsuki: (I know this isn't fair to him either.)
Ootsuka: ...Don't tell me you're just always
changing your plans to fit his?
Mitsuki: N-No---
Mitsuki: (I was the one who wanted to see him!)
Ootsuka: Let me guess, you couldn't tell him
no?

Pg 83:
Ootsuka: I knew it! You're being tricked by him!
Mitsuki: N-No, that's not it, I---
//Arrghhh//
Ootsuka: It's probably easy for a geezer like him to wrap around someone like you around his finger!
Damnit, that bastard!
Mitsuki: (H-He's made a huge misunderstanding...
What am I going to do...?)
//tremble//
Ootsuka: I'm not gonna let you go and see him!!
Mitsuki: (He's not letting me go, Imai-san!)
Mitsuki: (What should I---)

Pg 84:
Imai: What are you doing here, doing something ridiculous like this?!

Pg 85:
//turns//
Mitsuki: Ah...
n-no..I...
Mitsuki: Imai-sa----
//snaps out of it//
Ootsuka: Hey! Wai---
Mitsuki: W-Wait....
//step step setp//
//taken aback//
//thump thump/
Mitsuki: (He's mad...?)
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: I-It's...
Mitsuki: It's...
Mitsuki: because you---
Mitsuki: (Imai-san....!!)

Pg 86:
Imai: What?! If you have a good explanation for this, I'd like to hear it!
//tense//
//thump//
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
//thump thump//

Pg 87:
Mitsuki: I'm...
Mitsuki: sorry...
Mitsuki: (I did something...
really stupid)
Mitsuki: (If Imai-san had done the same thing,
I would've been mad at him too...)
Mitsuki: I'm sorr....
Mitsuki: (I did something really stupid...
I'm so sorry...)

Pg 88:
Imai: Finally, I got to see you...
//vrooom//

Pg 89:
Mitsuki: Oh yeah...Imai-san, didn't you have work?
Are you okay leaving early like that?
Imai: Yeah...today I left the work up to Saeki and the others. They'll be fine.
//thump//
Mitsuki: ...Hey
Mitsuki: how did you know where I was?
Imai: Well....
that's...you know...
Mitsuki: (I wonder if he had to look for me...?)
Imai: ...Mitsuki,
who was that just now?
//thump!//
Mitsuki: What?!
Mitsuki: U-Um...he's...
a friend!
He goes to East High.
Imai: Did you make plans to see him today?
Mitsuki: Y-Yeah...yesterday
when I told him I'd never been to an arcade...he said he'd take me...

Pg 90:
Mitsuki: But I didn't know how to play any of the games so it was pretty boring... [SL: Plus, it was really noisy]
Mitsuki: (Since Imai-san was playing video games with Yousuke-kun,
I wanted to be able to play them too...)
Mitsuki: And because I don't really hang out with guys all that much...
it was kinda scary hanging out with just him....
Imai: ...What about me?
Mitsuki: What?
Imai: Aren't you afraid of me?
Mitsuki: [SL: Whatttt~] I'm not afraid of you at all!
Mitsuki: Because you're really nice,
and you're someone I can trust----
//vrooom//

Pg 91:
Mitsuki: that's why my parents trust y---
//leans over//
Mitsuki: Imai-san? [SL: What?]
Mitsuki: I-Is something wrong?
//sighs//
Imai: ...No
Imai: ...If you want to go to arcades,
I can take you there.
//Eh?//
Mitsuki: Really?!
Mitsuki: (If it's with Imai-san, it'll probably be really fun...)
//splash splash//
Imai: ...I'm not that different from other guys.

Pg 92:
Mitsuki: Eh...?
//turns//
//thump//
//click//
//splash splash splash//
//vrooom//

Pg 93:
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...?)
//thump//
Mitsuki: (I sensed the faint signs...
of an incoming tornado...)

TO BE CONTINUED...


Pg 94:
Mitsuki: (...The rain of early spring was still a bit cold,
so it felt a little too chilly to go out in my favorite clothes.)
Mitsuki: (The start of Spring Break
gave off a faint scent of uneasiness)
Mitsuki: Yeah, and Chizu-chan's decided on her wedding day.
She told me to give this to you.
[Letter reads: Mr. Imai Nobuyoshi]

Pg 95:
Imai: Oh...
May, huh?
//rustle//
Mitsuki: Yeah. Do you think you can make it?
Imai: Don't worry. I'll make sure to leave that day open.
Because I know if I don't, I'm going to end up with an earful from Chizuka
Mitsuki: Oh yeah, and she went in to do her fitting yesterday,
and I went with her.
Mitsuki: Her dress is really simple, but it's awesome!
She looks great in it because she's really tall!
Imai: Haha

Pg 96:
Imai: Girls and their wedding dresses.
I guess that's one of your dreams too, huh?
Mitsuki: Huh?
Mitsuki: W-Well..
//blush//
Mitsuki: (I wonder if I'm going to wear a dress like that one day...)
Imai: I'll make sure you get to wear one too one day.
//thump//
Mitsuki: Y-Yeah...
//blushing//
Mitsuki: (How come he always knows what I'm thinking?)
//rustle rustle//

Pg 97:
Mitsuki: (He's not really talkative,
but he always knows the right things to say.)
Mitsuki: Ah!
Mitsuki: So THAT's where you put my purikura pic!
I got some new pics with Chizu-chan yesterday! Look!
Mitsuki: Hmm...this one's
from a while ago...
Mitsuki: And then this one too....
Imai: Wow...you took all of this?
//rustle//
Mitsuki: W-Well, I can't help it...whenever I see that they have a new frame out.... [for purikura shots, you can choose a frame to go around your picture ^^]
//uuu...//
Mitsuki: (...Is it really childish of me?)
Mitsuki: (But...I wish that I could get a picture with Imai-san...
even if it's just one time...)

Pg 98:
Imai: ...What about this one?
Mitsuki: Eh?
Ah!
Mitsuki: (Oh no....
I forgot I left it in there!)
Mitsuki: U-Um...that....
was the one I took at the arcade...
Mitsuki: Ummmm...
err...
Mitsuki: We took just one pic together....
//scrunch//
Mitsuki: ...Eh?

Pg 99:
//throws//
//speechless//
//rattle//
Imai: We better get going.
Mitsuki: (Imai...san?)
//splash splash//
//pourrr//
Mitsuki: (Oh no...is he mad?)
Mitsuki: Ah...
//thud//

Pg 100:
//splash splash//
Imai: Hmm?
Mitsuki: (...Phew.
He's his normal self.)
//relieved//
Mitsuki: ...Um,
is it okay for me to go over to your place tomorrow?
//tense//
Imai: ...My place?
Mitsuki: Yeah! I'll wait for you to come back!
I don't have any school tomorrow,
so I thought we might be able to spend a bit more time together if we...
Mitsuki: (And, it'll give me a chance to use my spare key!)
Imai: Ah...
Mitsuki: U...m....
//thump//

Pg 101:
Mitsuki: Sorry....
I'll just be in the way if I go over to your place while you're not there, right?
//disappointed//
Imai: ...Ah...no,
that's not it.
Imai: Tomorrow...I think I'll probably be working late
//splash splash//
Imai: ...Maybe next time,
sorry.
//pat//
//thump//
Mitsuki: (I don't know why)

P 102:
Mitsuki: (but lately, he looks at me this way sometimes,)
(like he's mad, or like he's a bit troubled)
Mitsuki: (Did I do something again...?)
Mitsuki: (It's not because of what happened last time...is it?
Since he's not the time the type to drag stuff on like that...)
Mitsuki: Chizu-chan, do you want some?
Chizu: Sure
Mitsuki: (Or maybe he's just...tired because of work)
//pours//
Mitsuki: Yeah, he's been going on a lot of business trips lately. So as long as he doesn't get sick, then everything's fine...

Pg 103:
Mitsuki: Here you go
Chizu: Thanks
Mitsuki: Wow...
that looks delicious!
Mitsuki: You've been buying a lot of
cooking books lately
Chizu: It turns out he knows more about cooking than I do.
He just kept that info from me!
//pissed off//
Chizu: I'm gonna show him who's the better cook!
Mitsuki: Okay...
Mitsuki: (Now that I think about it)
Mitsuki: (maybe Imai-san DOES know how to cook?
He did have cooking stuff in his kitchen,
but he eats out all the time...
I can't cook at all...!)

Pg 104:
Mitsuki: Chizu-chan,
teach me how to cook!
Mitsuki: (Because
if you keep on eating out like this, your body's not going to last.
As thanks for giving me a spare key,
I'll go and surprise Imai-san!)
[sign reads "Imai"]
Mitsuki: ...Aww...

Pg 105:
Mitsuki: (Well I guess there's nothing I can do about it. I came without telling him I would)
Mitsuki: It looks like this is gonna be Christmas Part 2....
Mitsuki: If I don't get home soon I'm dead...
//disappointed//
//clatter//
Mitsuki: Geez....
Mitsuki: (If only we were married,
I wouldn't have to worry about curfew.)
//clank clank//
//turns around//
//click//

Pg 106:
Imai: ...Mitsuki?!
Mitsuki: Welcome back!
Imai: Why are you...
Mitsuki: I'm so glad!
I was just about to go home!
Mitsuki: Did you have dinner already?!

Pg 107:
Imai: No...
I thought I'd just have some beer and snacks...
Mitsuki: I knew it! That's not good for you!
I'll warm this up for you, so wait just abit, okay?
//click//
Mitsuki: (Yay!)
Mitsuki: It's my first time making it, so it might not be any good, but....
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: (This is great!)
Mitsuki: Oh, right.
You probably want to take a bath---
Mitsuki: (...Ah...)
Mitsuki: ...Sorry,
I shouldn't have come here without asking, right?
//thu...mp//

Pg 108:
Imai: ...Don't be silly,
I don't mind.
Imai: ...I was just surprised, that's all.
//smiles//
Mitsuki: (That's a relief!)
Mitsuki: I'll get this ready right away!
Imai: Don't worry about it. I'll take it from here.
Thanks.
Imai: You should get ready to head home.
I'll drive you.
//clank//
Mitsuki: [SL: Whattt!] I can stay for a bit longer!
Imai: No. It'll be past 9 when you get back even if you leave now
Mitsuki: (Imai-san, you're too straight-laced)
//sizzle sizzle//
Mitsuki: I said it's fine...
Mitsuki: It's spring break, and I told them I'd be over at your place.

Pg 109:
Imai: ...Then all the more reason to get you back.
Here, turn that off.
//sizzle sizzle//
Mitsuki: Ehh! Why---?!
Come on, let me just stay for a little longer...
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...)
//squeeze//
Mitsuki: I want to be with you
for just a little longer...
Mitsuki: Please....
Mitsuki: (I'm lonely...)

Pg 110:
Mitsuki: (even though I love you this much,
we hardly ever get to be with each other.
I only want to spend time with you...)
//squeeze//
Imai: ...Mitsuki
Mitsuki: ...Ah
//thump//
Mitsuki: (...Idiot,
I'm just causing trouble for him---)
Mitsuki: Sorr---

Pg 111:
//thump//
Imai: ...don't know anything.
Imai: You don't know anyt--
Mitsuki: (Ima---)

Pg 112:
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: I---
Mitsuki: Imai...san
Mitsuki: (Wh..oa....)
Mitsuki: (W-What should I do?!)
Imai: Who do you think I am anyway?!
Mitsuki: (What?)
Mitsuki: Imai-sa----

Pg 113:
//clatter//
//blushes//
Mitsuki: ...n
Mitsuki: (Ima...)
Mitsuki: (Imai-san!)

Pg 114:
//thud//
Mitsuki: I...
can't breathe....
//wheeze//
//pulls//
Mitsuki: (No....!)
//slide//
Mitsuki: Uu....
Mitsuki: Nn...//wheeze//
//clatter//
Mitsuki: (No way...!)

Pg 115:
Mitsuki: Hey...
Mitsuki: Wa---
//thud thud//
Mitsuki: Wait...
No....
Mitsuki: (No!)
//pulls//
Mitsuki: Ow...
Imai: Be quiet.
//THUMP//

Pg 116:
Mitsuki: N...o...
Mitsuki: (This isn't it...)
Mitsuki: (I'm scared...)
Mitsuki: Stop.....
Mitsuki: (This isn't)
Mitsuki: (like him at all...)
//slam//
Mitsuki: N..o...
Stop
Mitsuki: No....
Mitsuki: (This is scary!)
Mitsuki: NOOOOO!
//slash//

Pg 117:
//wheeze...//

Pg 118:
//THUMP THUMP THUMP//
//trembles//
//TENSE//
//...exhale//
//rustle//
//wheeze...//
//scrunch//
Mitsuki: Ah...
Mitsuki: (Imai...sa...)
//THUMP//
Imai: ...Go home

Pg 119:
Imai: I can't drive you home.
...Sorry.
Mitsuki: Ima---
Imai: GO!
//slam//
Imai: NOW!

Pg 120:
//dashes//
//click//
//slam//
//clatter//
Imai: ...Damnit...
//clink//
//rattle//
//wheeze wheeze//

Pg 121:
//THUMP...THUMP THUMP THUMP//
//wheeze wheeze wheeze//
Mitsuki: (I...)
Mitsuki: (I...)
Mitsuki: (What am I going to do...?!)

Pg 122:
Mitsuki: (I...was so scared...)
//THUMP THUMP///
Mitsuki: What...am I going to....
Mitsuki: (I suddenly got so scared...)
Mitsuki: ("Go home")
Mitsuki: (What am I supposed to do?
He was really mad)
Mitsuki: Uu...//hiccups//
//thump//
Mitsuki: ("Who do you think I am anyway?!")
Mitsuki: Ima...sa...//hiccup//
Mitsuki: (I have no idea...)
Mitsuki: Imai-sann....

Pg 123:
Mitsuki: (I don't know....)
[sign reads "Kouno"]
Chizu: Here. [SL: Ow Ow]
Mitsuki: ...Th...
anks...//hiccup//
Chizu: Have you calmed down a bit now?
//hicc//

Pg 124:
Chizu: ...Mitsuki-chan?
//pat//
Mitsuki: ...I ran away from him...
Mitsuki: (...That time)
Mitsuki: It was as if...
Imai-san wasn't Imai-san....
Mitsuki: (it was as if he suddenly turned into someone I didn't know)
Chizu: ...He really surprised you, didn't he?
//squeeze//
Mitsuki: Yeah...
Mitsuki: ("Be quiet")
Mitsuki: (Because---)

pg 125:
Mitsuki: (he's always gentle
whenever he embraces me...and in his kisses too...)
Mitsuki: (But...)
Mitsuki: ("I'm not that different from other guys")
Mitsuki: ...He hates me now, I know it.
Chizu: Haha, as if! Don't be ridiculous. //chuckles//
Mitsuki: But...
Chizu: Don't worry, Imai-kun understands.
Chizu: ...It's just,
he couldn't hold back some of the steam that he'd been building up...

Pg 126:
Chizu: ...Do you like Imai-kun?
Mitsuki: ...Yeah
Mitsuki: (...I like him.)
//thump...//
Mitsuki: (I love him this much,
and I just...)
Chizu: Then there's nothing for you to worry over.
He'll wait until you're ready.
//pats//
//thump//
Chizu: So you have to
not be afraid, and be understanding of him,

Pg 127:
Chizu: and know that he is a man too
Mitsuki: ("Mitsuki...")
[sign reads "Imai"]
Mitsuki: Maybe he's working overtime again...
Mitsuki: (...That day,
I left my key here.
I can't even go in...)

Pg 128:
Mitsuki: (I'm too scared to calm him...
...and he won't call me.)
Mitsuki: Maybe...
he's on a business trip...
Mitsuki: ("Don't worry, Imai-kun understands")
Mitsuki: (Does he really?
Does he really not hate me?))
Mitsuki: (I'm scared...
...but I want to see him)
Mitsuki: (I want to see you,
Imai-san)

Pg 129:
Mitsuki: (I don't know how I should act when I see you,
but if I get to see you,
if I get to see your face,)

Pg 130:
//thump...//

Pg 131:
//turns//
//tremble tremble//
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
Mitsuki: (What should I do...)
//clink//
Imai: ...You forgot something.

Pg 132:
//cli...nk//
Imai: ...or do you
not need it anymore?
//squeeze//
Mitsuki: (...Imai-san)

Pg 133:
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...)
//hicc//
Mitsuki: Uu...
//hicc//
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...)
//TENSE//
Mitsuki: (---His arms are always
gentle and warm...)

Pg 134:
Mitsuki: (but...)
//THUMP!//
//tremble tremble//
Imai: ...Don't be scared.
//squeeze//
Mitsuki: (I realized,
that wasn't the only side to him.)
//cli...nk//

END OF CHAPTER 6

Pg 135:
Mitsuki: (I couldn't figure out
how I should act around him)
Mitsuki: ...I can talk with him normally over the phone...
Michiru: But you haven't see him?
Mitsuki: He's been busy lately, so I haven't seen him at all
for over ten days
//slurrrpp//
Mitsuki: but...

Pg 136:
Mitsuki: I don't even know
whether I want to see him or not...
Mitsuki: (All I know...is that I'll probably not be able to act like nothing's happened)
Michiru: Let me get this straight, you went over to his place without telling him,
used your spare key,
and then you ran away from him when he tried to make a move on you. Talk about trampling all over his pride
Mitsuki: ...I knew it...I'm the bad guy here...
//deflates//
//Hmm...//
Michiru: Well, it's like
Michiru: You two're going out. And it's not JUST that either. You're talking about marrying the guy.
Can you honestly say you weren't expecting a situation like this to happen?

Pg 137:
//thump..//
Mitsuki: I...
don't know...
Mitsuki: (...I thought I was ready...)
Mitsuki: ("Don't be scared")
Mitsuki: (but when I felt his arms around me
I suddenly got really scared.
Even though Imai-san's Imai-san,
and I was supposed to love every part of him...)

Pg 138:
Girl: WHATTT! You guys STILL haven't done it yet?!
//THUMP!//
Girl: It's been three months since you two've been going out, right?!
Wow, I'm surprised your boyfriend's holding out for so long! [SL: I feel sorry for him!]
Girl #2: It's 'cause he's making it SO obvious that he wants to, you know?
Girl: If you keep brushing him off like that though, he's going to turn to someone else //giggles//
Girl #2: Yeah...
oh well, I guess I might as well just do it...
Mitsuki: (No way...)
Michiru: ...Three months
//bright red//
Mitsuki: M-Michiru-chan...
Michiru: How long have you guys been going out again?

Pg 139:
Mitsuki: B-But...!!
Michiru: I'm just kidding
//beep beep//
Michiru: And anyway, I don't think this kind of stuff's about how much time's passed since you started dating.
But still, you know---ah. Phone call.
//beep beep//
Michiru: Is that for you?
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
Michiru: Answer it already [SL: The person's gonna hang up]
Mitsuki: (Don't tell me it's...)
Mitsuki: Y-Yeah...
//beep beep//
//thump//
Mitsuki: (What am I going to do...)
Mitsuki: H-
Mitsuki: Hello?
//click//
Imai: ...Mitsuki?
It's me.
//th..ump//

pg 140:
Mitsuki: (..Imai-san...)
//school chime//
Imai: Ah...
Imai: Are you still at school?
Sorry.
Mitsuki: No, that's okay.
I was just about to go home.
Mitsuki: Are you still at work?
Imai: ...Yeah.
It looks like I'll be pulling a few all nighters this week.
//thump thump thump//
//sigh of relief//
Mitsuki: O-Oh...
Mitsuki: (...I can't believe
I'm relieved that I won't be able to see him...)
//thump//

Pg 141:
Imai: I'll be free
next Sunday
//tense//
Mitsuki: Eh...?!
//thump//
Mitsuki: ...Ah....
Imai: ..Mitsuki?
//squeeze//
Mitsuki: (What am I going to do?)
Mitsuki: ...I'm sorry,
um....
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (What am I going to do?)
Mitsuki: I already made plans for Sunday...
um...with...Michiru-chan....
//thump//
Imai: Oh, I see.

Pg 142:
Mitsuki: I-I'm sorr--
Imai: That's okay.
I'll call again.
See you.
//click//
Mitsuki: Ah!
Mitsuki: (Wow...)
Mitsuki: No way...
//depressed//
Mitsuki: (I turned him down...)
Michiru: I don't remember making plans with you
Mitsuki: Michiru-chan, what did I just do!!
Michiru: Well, I don't have anything better to do, so I don't mind hanging out with you on Sunday.
Mitsuki: (I---I---)
Mitsuki: I'm really really sorry!
Michiru: But Mitsuki,
cheating isn't something you should rule out completely.

Pg 143:
Mitsuki: Eh...?
Michiru: "Imai-san"'s an adult. He probably doesn't have that short of a fuse,
but because he IS a grown-up, he probably wouldn't be satisfied with just feelings in a relationship
//thu...mp//
Michiru: If you keep avoiding him like this,
his feelings for you might cool down.
Mitsuki: (....No way...)
Mitsuki: ("He'll wait for you until you're ready.)

Pg 144:
Mitsuki: (that wouldn't...)
//exhales//
Woman: Don't bring your personal problems into your work!
Woman: It's a bit early, but have dinner with me.
Imai: ...Are you footing the bill?
Woman: Nice try! [SL: It'll be split right down the middle]
Mitsuki: (...he wouldn't be satisfied with just feelings?)

pg 145:
Mitsuki: ("Don't be scared")
Mitsuki: (The spare key in my hand
feels heavier than before.)
Mitsuki: I'm bac---
//hahaha//
//whatt! no wayy!//
//hahaha//

Pg 146:
Guy: Mitsuki-chan, welcome back. [SL: I'm just visiting]
Chizu: Hey, welcome back!
Mitsuki: ...hello.
Mitsuki: What's everyone doing here?
Mom: Talk about surprises!
We've got something to celebrate about.
Mom: I'm just glad she can still fit into her wedding dress [SL: We only just got her fitting over and done with]
Mitsuki: Wha--
Mom: She's pregnant. With a B-A-B-Y.
Mitsuki: A bab--
Mitsuki: (...what---)
Mitsuki: WHATTTTTT?!
//Well you don't have to be that surprised//

Pg 147:
Mitsuki: (A baby?!)
Mom: Are you going to be okay on your honeymoon?
Chizu: Maybe we should cancel?
Guy: Hey, hey!
Mitsuki: (Chizu-chan's pregnant...?!
I can't believe it...!!)
Mitsuki: (...Then that means she...did THAT...with him!)
Mitsuki: (KYAAA!
WHAAA!)
Mitsuki: (Now that I think about it, she DID stay over at his place a bunch of times)
Mitsuki: (WHAAA!)
//step//
Chizu: Mitsuki

Pg 148:
Chizu: Are you shocked?
Mitsuki: T-That's an understatement!
Chizu: [SL: Hahha] Yeah, it was a pretty big shock for me too. Apparently, I'm three months in
Chizu: We did make our wedding plans before, but talk about having everything in the wrong order! [SL: Geez]
Chizu: I was planning for us to be alone for a bit longer,
but he seems to be pretty ecstatic about starting a family of his own
Mitsuki: ...Ozawa-san?
Chizu: Yeah.
On our way home from the check-up,
he's already started buying baby name books [SL: Look, see?]
Chizu: It hasn't really hit me yet though. Being pregnant, I mean.

Pg 149:
Mitsuki: ...Are you happy?
Chizu: //chuckles//
Mitsuki: ...Congraulations!
//giggles//
Chizu: Thank you very much.
Chizu: But remember! You're still in school!
Don't you try and pull something like this!
Chizu: Make sure that Imai-kun takes every precaution possible!
Mitsuki: C-Chizu-chan!!
//chuckles//
Chizu: What? It's important that you know this!
Chizu: Anyway, good luck.
Everything'll turn out okay in the end.
//rustle//

Pg 150:
Chizu: You can't think about it ever happening with anyone else but him, right?
Chizu: It's the same for me. I can't think of being with anyone else but my fiancee.
That's why I'm happy.
//What are you reading~
Yo!//
Mitsuki: (...Chizu-chan...)

Pg 151:
Mitsuki: ("I'm happy")
//...thump//
Mitsuki: (...If only I were a grown up like Chizu-chan,
I wouldn't be wracking my head over something like this.)
Mitsuki: (Christmas, and before then too,
I thought I was ready for it.)
Mitsuki: (But in reality,
I was always just taking advantage of his kindness and avoiding it.
It was always like that.
Always.)

Pg 152:
Mitsuki: (There's no reason for me to be running away)
Mitsuki: ("I'll call again")
Mitsuki: (And anyway,
I don't know how long Imai-san will wait for me.)
Mitsuki: ("Be quiet")
//THUMP...//
Mitsuki: (---Please)

Pg 153:
Mitsuki: (wait just a little longer...)
Ootsuka: Since it is Sunday after all, I thought it might be a nice day to go outside
//heh//
Ootsuka: The weather's nice, and it's just a great day to be outside!
Mitsuki: ...O...kay?
Michiru: Sorry Mitsuki...

Pg 154:
Michiru: I ran into him at the bookstore in front of the train station, and he stalked me from there.
I thought I managed to lose him, but apparently not!
Mitsuki: Yeah, that's okay...
//hahaha//
Ootsuka: Haha, wow, what a coincidence!
Michiru: What coincidence, you stalker?!
Ootsuka: Where do you guys want to go?
I'm starving!
Michiru: You can go eat by yourself! See ya!
//Let's go
O-Okay...//
Ootsuka: Ah, hey!
Mitsuki: (Oh no...
if Imai-san seems me with him....
it might make him mad again.
If I make the situation more worse than it already is, then...)
Ootsuka: Hey, Kouno-san, are you still going out with that guy?

Pg 155:
Ootsuka: He's no good, I can tell!
He had that look in his eye, you know? And he seemed really violent
//Hmm//
Ootsuka: Well, he is pretty good-looking. I'll give you that.
But he's not good enough for you---
//thump...//
Mitsuki: Imai-san's----
Woman: [SL: AHHH!] I caught you cheating!
Woman: What a coincidence!
...Well I guess you can't really say that about today.
Woman: The company I work for's just over there.
Mitsuki: Ah...

Pg 156:
Woman: It's written all over your face that you didn't want to run into me!
Woman: Am I not liked by someone, you think?
//chuckles//
[SL: Ootsuka: Who's that?
Michiru: Dunno]
Mitsuki: N-No, you've got it wrong---
//glances//
//She's pretty good looking...//
Woman: ...Well, well
Woman: poor Imai-kun.
Woman: You're much more promiscuous than your looks suggest. Cheating on your boyfriend in broad daylight? You've got some guts.
//blushes//
Mitsuki: D-Don't say stuff like that! It's not true!
Woman: He's the boy from before, isn't he?
//Huh?
Mitsuki: What?
Mitsuki: (What is she talking about...?)
Woman: That date you were on last time.
Woman: It was me who ratted you out to Imai-kun.

Pg 157:
Mitsuki: (Wh---)
Mitsuki: Why...!
Woman: Even if it's Imai-kun, he's obviously going to be hurt
if his girlfriend was going around seeing some other guy who knows where. [SL: Geez]
//thump...//
Mitsuki: Ah...
Mitsuki: (...So he
wasn't mad....
he was just...jealous?)
Woman: ...I've noticed though
Woman: that he's been saying yes alot lately when I ask him if he wants to go out drinking

Pg 158:
Mitsuki: What...?
Woman: He always turned me down before, but suddenly he's---
//Hmmm...//
Mitsuki: (...He said he won't get back until late at night...
that wasn't because he was working?)
Woman: Maybe he just
got tired of babysitting you?
//dashes//
Ootsuka: AH!
Ootsuka: Kouno-san?!
Woman: Maybe I went over the line a bit. [SL: Oh well]
//Whoops//
Ootsuka: WHYY!?!

Pg 159:
Ootsuka: KOUNO-SANNN!
Don't gooo! Come bacckkkk! [SL: NOOOO!]
//GYAAAA//
Michiru: Ootsuka
//GRRR//
Ootsuka: WHAT!
Michiru: You're really annoying.
//Shut up//
Mitsuki: (No...!)
//THUMP THUMP THUMP//
Mitsuki: (NO NO NO!!)
Mitsuki: ("If you keep brushing him off like that, he's going to turn to someone else"
"...his feelings for you might cool down")
Mitsuki: (Imai-san!)
[sign reads "Imai"]

Pg 160:
//wheeze wheeze wheeze//
//thump thump//
//rustle//
Imai: ...Mitsuki?
Imai: What's going on?
Imai: I thought you made plans with your friend?
Mitsuki: Ah...
//thu...mp//
//flip//

Pg 161:
Imai: Is coffee okay?
It's instant coffee though.
//tenes//
Mitsuki: ...Yeah.
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (...What should I do?)
//squeeze//
//tremble tremble//
Mitsuki: ("You can't think of doing it with anyone else but him, right?")
//thump thump//

Pg 162:
Mitsuki: (...Imai-san)
//pours//
Imai: What made you decide to come here out of the blue?
Imai: Let's go out to dinner tonight.
Mitsuki: (Imai-san)
Mitsuki: (Imai-san!)
//clatter//
Imai: I only have stuff I bought from the corner store---
//THUD//

Pg 163:
Imai: ...Mitsuki?
//tremble tremble//
//squeeze//
Imai: Mitsuki? Hey....
Mitsuki: (...He smells of cigarettes.)
Mitsuki: (It's Imai-san's scent.)
Mitsuki: ...see you.
Imai: What?
//...thump//
Mitsuki: I wanted to see you.

Pg 164:
Mitsuki: (I'm so stupid.
I wanted to see him so much and I----)
Mitsuki: I-I
won't run this time.
//thump...//
Mitsuki: ...so....
Mitsuki: So....
Mitsuki: p-please don't cheat on me....
Mitsuki: (I'm not scared)
Imai: Mitsuki,
Imai: Hey...
Mitsuki: S-So....
Mitsuki: (Don't be scared.)

Pg 165:
Mitsuki: ...don't hate me!
//squeeze//

Pg 166:
//thump//
//tense//
Imai: Mitsuki...
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: Ah...
Mitsuki: (Oh no...)
Mitsuki: (I can't stop trembling...)
//thump//
Mitsuki: (What should I do...
it's as if my whole body's in sync with every heart beat....
I have to calm down...
Calm down---!!)

Pg 167:
//realization//
Mitsuki: (D-Don't tell me I'm all sweaty?!
I ran all the way here, so I...)
Mitsuki: (No way!
Noo this is so embarassing!)
Mitsuki: (No! No! What am I gonna do?!
B-Before doing something like this, you're supposed to take a shower, right?!)
Mitsuki: (Ugh, I can't believe it! I'm such a loser!)
Mitsuki: ---U-Um...I----
//slam//
Imai: GAH!

Pg 168:
//throb//
Mitsuki: Owwww....
//throb//
Mitsuki: (W-What's going on...)
//blink//
Mitsuki: ...Ah...
Mitsuki: (No way....)
Mitsuki: Oh no...
Mitsuki: I-Imai-san....
//shocked//
Mitsuki: No way...
I am SO sor....
Mitsuki: (I can't believe it!)

Pg 169:
Mitsuki: I-It wasn't supposed to be like this...
Mitsuki: Um...
//Ow ow//
Imai: Ha...
Imai: HAHAHAHAHAHA
Imai: Hahaha [SL: Hahaha]
Imai: Owwww....
Hahaha...
//blushes//
Mitsuki: ---Wh---
Mitsuki: Why are you laughing!
Mitsuki: I can't believe you!
Imai: S-Sorry, it's just..[SL: I can't stop!]
//HAHAHAHA//
Mitsuki: Idiot!

Pg 170:
//grins//
Mitsuki: Y-You're laughing wayy too much!
Mitsuki: (...This is so stupid.)
Mitsuki: (Haha, I can't believe it...)
Imai: Hahaha
//AHAHAHAHA//
Mitsuki: (This is so messed up!)
Mitsuki: Ha---
//pulls//
//thump//
//thud//
Mitsuki: Ah...

Pg 171:
//rustle//
//tense//
//chuckles//
Imai: It's red
//licks//
Mitsuki: Ah!
Mitsuki: Imai---
Mitsuki: sann?!
//blushes//
Imai: Thanks.
Mitsuki: (What...?)

Pg 172:
Imai: You don't have to rush.
Imai: I understand.
Imai: You don't have to push yourself to do something you're not ready to do. Relax,
I won't cheat on you with someone else
Mitsuki: Ah...
//pats//
Imai: Now get off. If we stay in this position any longer, I don't think I'll be able to hold back
Mitsuki: (...Imai-san)
//squeeze//
Mitsuki: (Imai-san)
Mitsuki: ...Imai-san, I really do love you.

Pg 173:
Imai: ...Just don't get me too riled up.
Mitsuki: (...It's true.)

Pg 174:
Mitsuki: (I'm glad I fell for you.
Even when I run off track and I can't find my way back,
you stop to lend me a hand.)
Mitsuki: (Wait for me,
I'll do my best to catch up)
Mitsuki: (I'll make sure I catch up to you)

Pg 174:
Michiru: So you guys
ended up doing nothing?
Mitsuki: Heh heh.
Michiru: Geez, I give up on you guys [SL: Let me go]
Mitsuki: Nooo~ Michiru-chan!
Michiru: Buy me something! [SL: It was hell having to deal with that retard after you left]
Mitsuki: (But
me feeling that there was something a bit to be desired from his gentle kisses and hugs,
is a bit too embarassing to tell him just yet!)
Imai: Kyoto...?
Man: Yes, the other company specially requested you.
Man: And, I'm sure you'll have no trouble fitting in over there. What do you say?

Pg 175:
Man: Say that you'll go and work over there for six months?
Mitsuki: (Chizu-chan,
I can tell you with a straight face,
that right now, I'm just as happy as you)

END OF CHAPTER 7
END OF VOLUME 2

https://mangahelpers.com/t/oceansportrait/releases/19920 2010-02-14T08:40:08+00:00 oceansportrait admin@mangahelpers.com

Title: Ashita mo Kitto Koi Shiteru [I'll Still Be in Love With You Tomorrow]
Volume: 1 (of 4)
Mangaka: Fujii Akemi
Translated by: Oceansportrait
Translation Completed: August 25, 2008

Legend:
// - action
[] - translator's notes
() - character's thoughts

Pg 9:
Mitsuki: (...Talk about bad timing!)
Mitsuki: (I don't even have enough time to go home and change)
//slam//
//Sorry!//
Mitsuki: (Ughhhh this sucks!)
[bell reads: 5pm---
I'll be waitin---]
Mitsuki: (//sighs//)
Mitsuki: (He finally sends me the message I've been waiting for so long, and THIS is what happens?---)
Mitsuki: (Not to mention, It's my first time in two weeks seeing him too!)
//clang clang//
Mitsuki: Ah...
[sign reads "Tea"]

Pg 10:
Mitsuki: Imai-san!
Imai: ...Mitsuki
Mitsuki: Sorry, I'm late. I had some stuff to do at school.
//Welcome back!//
Mitsuki: (I'm glad he's not mad)
//sigh of relief//
Mitsuki: (Well, it's not like I've ever seen him mad anyways)
//laughs//
Imai: Did you run all the way here?
What do want to drink? [SL: You're probably thirsty, aren't you?]
Mitsuki: [SL: Ah, yeah] I'd like an orange soda please
Mitsuki: (The suit looks really nice on him,
he looks like, how do you put it...all mature, you know?)
Mitsuki: (I'm always nervous when I'm around him...)

Pg 11:
Mitsuki: Are you drinking
iced coffee?
Imai: Yeah.
Mitsuki: ...Could I have a sip?
Imai: Sure,
but I didn't put any sugar in it
Mitsuki: I-I
can still drink it!
//laughs//
Imai: ...Go ahead.
Mitsuki: (Yayy! I guess this is what you call an indirect kiss. Haha]
//clank//
Mitsuki: (This is so couple-like!)
Imai: Did you get your ears pierced?
Mitsuki: What?
Mitsuki: Oh!

Pg 12:
Mitsuki: Y-Yeah...I got it done last week
Imai: Was your school okay with it? [apparently alot of Japanese schools are really uptight about hair length/style, piercings, jewellery, yada-yada-yada. Some schools ban piercings, and this is why he's asking her this ^^]
Mitsuki: The place I got it done told me that I shouldn't take it off for at least 3 weeks,
so I've been putting a bandaid over it.
And anyway, my sister got hers done in grade 11....
Mitsuki: (Maybe I don't look good with it...?)
Imai: Oh, right...
yeah, Chizuka comes across as the type to like that kind of stuff
Imai: How is she anyway?
//I haven't seen her around lately//
Mitsuki: ....She's been...doing great...
Mitsuki: (...I wonder what's the punishment
for telling a lie?)

Pg 13:
Mitsuki: (I think Imai-san
might've been in love with my older sister)
Mitsuki: (While he was going to uni, he was my tutor,
but originally, he was a classmate of my sister's, who's seven years older than me)
[papers read: English Exams
Practice Sheet for Entrance Examinations]
Mitsuki: (They seemed to be really close.)
Mitsuki: (There's no way a kid like me could match up to someone like her)
Mitsuki: (She was already dating someone else at that time,
but I was too afraid to tell him how I felt)

Pg 14:
Mitsuki: (And then as time passed and he graduated and started working,
I saw less and less of him)
Mitsuki: (About half a year ago,
I saw how close they still were despite them working different jobs)
//Yayyyy! I'm homeee//
//Imai: I'm sorry, a bunch of our friends from university got together and she had a bit too much to drink//
//Imai: I'll be leaving now
Sister: Okayyy! Thanks for cominnngg!
Mom: Now, now.//
Mitsuki: (That time, my sister had just broken up with her boyfriend)
Mitsuki: I---
Imai-san?!
Mitsuki: (That's why I....)
Mitsuki: M---My
sister has a new boyfriend already!
Imai: Huh...?

Pg 15:
Mitsuki: She has someone she likes already,
Mitsuki: so why
Mitsuki: not me? Or am I not good enough?
Mitsuki: I really like you...
Mitsuki: (It was because...)
Mitsuki: (I was afraid my sister would take him away from me)
//clang clang//
//thank you very much!//

Pg 16:
Mitsuki: (It's not that I wanted to lie to you)
//honk honk//
Imai: ...It's seven.
I guess seeing a movie's out.
Imai: Want to go somewhere to eat?
//What do you want to have?//
Mitsuki: I can go home a bit late! They won't mind!
Imai: No.
Imai: You have to get back by 9, right?
And anyway, I can't go walking around with a high school girl late at night
//tap//
Imai: Today I came straight from work so I don't even have my car with me
so we should head back even earlier than usual.
//stab...//
Mitsuki: (...But...this is the first time we've seen each other in two whole weeks
well yeah....you have your work, and I understand that....but didn't you miss me...?)
Mitsuki: (Weren't there ever times that you wanted to see me...?)
//honk honk//
Imai: ...Everything okay?

Pg 17:
Mitsuki: ....Do you....
Mitsuki: think I look like Chizu-chan? [her sister]
//What?//
Imai: Why are you asking?
You don't. Not at all.
//stab//
Mitsuki: (He's treats me really kindly...)
Mitsuki: (We've been going out for half a year. We haven't been able to spend that much time together,
but we haven't fought once. We've even kissed a couple of times)
Mitsuki: (...but still,
he's never told me that he liked me)
//squeeze//

Pg 18:
Mitsuki: (Whenever he's around me
I smell the faint scent of cigarettes)
Mitsuki: (But...)
Mitsuki: (I wonder if this smell...
really belongs to me?)
//click//
[sign read "Kawano"]
Mitsuki: I'm back....
ah.
Chizu: Welcome back, Mitsuki
Mitsuki: Hey, you're heading out? At this time of night?
Chizu: //chuckles// I'm going on a date.

Pg 19:
Mitsuki: (...I'm so jealous...
she gets to see the guy she likes whenever she wants...)
Mitsuki: What kind of guy are you dating anyway?
Chizu: That's a secret //giggle//
Mitsuki: What...?
//sniff sniff//
Chizu: You don't smell.
Mitsuki: [SL: Smell?] Of what?
Chizu: Cigarettes
Mitsuki: Huh?
Chizu: Imai-kun smokes, doesn't he?
Chizu: Has he done anything to you that'd make his smell stick to you?
//blushes//
Mitsuki: WHATTT!
Mitsuki: He wouldn't!! He's not like that!
You pervert!!
//hahaha//
Chizu: Tell them I won't be back tonight!
//See ya!//

Pg 20:
Mitsuki: She won't be...
//blushes//
//slam//
Mitsuki: (....If)
Mitsuki: (I was a grown up like my sister,
would I be able to spend more time with him?
...If
I was her....)
Mitsuki: ("You don't. Not at all")
Mitsuki: (I don't know if that time,
she had someone she liked.)
Mitsuki: (I wonder if, Imai-san's going out with me because I'm her sister?)
//throb//
Mitsuki: Ow...

Pg 21:
Mitsuki: (I can't shake this feeling of guilt)
Girl: //Wow!// A ring!
//noise noise//
Girl: From your boyfriend?!
Girl #2: Yup, but it's a cheap one.
But it's more about his feelings, you know?
Girl #3: Yeah, you're totally right
//Wowww I'm soo jealous!//
//Wowww//
Girl: What kind
of rock is it?
Girl #2: It's a fake topaz.
//Wowww//
Girl: When I broke up with my ex-boyfriend though, I couldn't figure out what I should do with all the jewellery I got from him.
It's like, they were a sign that I was his, you know? Especially the rings.
//I was seriously creeped out//
//ahaha hahaha//
//munch munch//
Girl #2: Hey! Don't rain on my parade!
Girl #3: //Ah// I don't mind if it's something
that's really good quality!
Girl #2: You just be quiet.

Pg 22:
Mitsuki: She's so lucky....
Girl: What?
Mitsuki: I want a ring too....
Girl: Why? You have so many already.
Your sister works at a jewellery store, doesn't she?
Mitsuki: Yeah, but they're all hers.
I don't mean like, generally, but more like, you know....
Girl: Why not try asking your boyfriend?
Your birthday's coming up soon, isn't it?
Mitsuki: I can't.
Girl: But he's already graduated uni and started working, right? I'm sure he'd give you one if you asked
//You are his girlfriend, after all//
Mitsuki: (Yeahh...but if I ASK him, then there's no point in it...)
Mitsuki: He's really nice....
//sighhh//
//Well woo-hoo for you//
Girl: GEEEZZ~ Are you trying to pick a fight with me? You went out yesterday night too, didn't you?
It must be so great having a grown up boyfriend~
Girl: He probably teaches you a lot of things, doesn't he? //hehe//
You know, like "grown up play"?
//Nooo~~My virgin ears~//
//snap//
Mitsuki: Imai-san's not like that.

Pg 23:
Mitsuki: He makes sure to take me back to my house at least five minutes before my curfew,
and whenever he's with me he doesn't smoke OR drink,
and he won't let me into his apartment because he lives alone
//he said it wouldn't be safe//
//clatter//
[bag of chips reads "Good Potatoes" ^^]
Girl: WHATTTT! NOOO WAYYY!
Woww now THAT'S a tough cookie to crack!
//Maybe there's something wrong with him?//
//snap//
Mitsuki: But those are the things I like about him!
Girl: Oh...
really?
//What's the point in all this?//
//beep beep//
Mitsuki: Ah! [SL: That's me]
Girl: Your bell?
Mitsuki: Yeah
Girl: Did you stop carrying around your cell?
Mitsuki: Imai-san doesn't like talking on the phone.
I knew it. It's from Imai-san.
Girl: [SL:...Oh, really?]
[reads: "I have to work late tonight, so I won't be able to see you. Imai"]
Mitsuki: (If he's busy)

Pg 24:
Mitsuki: (then I'll be the one to go and see him!)
Mitsuki: (I want to see him everyday if I can,
even if it's just to see his face.)
//woww...//
Mitsuki: (Ummm...)
//sliddee//
Mitsuki: (Ah!)
Mitsuki: (Great timing!)
Mitsuki: (This is awesome!)
Mitsuki: Imai---
sa-----
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
//thump//

Pg 25:
Imai: Mitsuki...?!
Imai: Is everything okay? Didn't you get my message?
Mitsuki: I did. But I was just hanging around with my friends near here and so I thought....
Mitsuki: (----I don't know why,
but he seemed really far away,
even though he was wearing the same suit he always does)
//stare stare//
Mitsuki: ...I'm sorry...
Mitsuki: (I did something really stupid...)
Mitsuki: I shouldn't have come and got in your way
Mitsuki: (He's working and I...)
Imai: ---Sorry,
I can't take a break right now.
Mitsuki: No, that's okay---
Imai: I'll walk you to the station.

Pg 26:
Mitsuki: It's okay. Really, I can go there by mysel---
//thump//
Imai: Mitsuki?
Mitsuki: Ah, it's nothing.
Mitsuki: I can go home by myself.
Imai: But---
Mitsuki: Really. I'll be okay.
I'm sorry to bother you at work.
//See you//
Mitsuki: (...I shouldn't have come here in my school uniform)
Mitsuki: (All I did was embarrass him.
I even look out of place standing next to him)
Imai: Mitsuki!
Imai: I'll leave
Imai: tomorrow open!

Pg 27:
Imai: So think about where you want to go to eat!
Mitsuki: ...Okay!
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...!)
Mitsuki: (Yayy! We're going on a date!)
Mitsuki: (I can be with him all day!)
//honk honk//
//swipe swipe//
Mitsuki: ...I don't look weird, do I?

Pg 28:
Mitsuki: (These are Chizu-chan's clothes,
so I think they look a bit grown up...)
Mitsuki: (even though I'm lacking in the chest department...)
Mitsuki: NOW we'll look like a real couple!
//hey hey//
Guy: Are you waiting for someone?
//smiles//
Guy: If you're not doing anything, want to hang out?
Mitsuki: My boyfriend will be coming soon
Guy: We saw you here standing here alone for a pretty long time.
Why don't you just dump that boyfriend and hang out with----
Mitsuki: ...Ah

Pg 29:
Imai: Does that happen to you a lot?
Mitsuki: What?
Imai: ...Guys hitting on you.
Mitsuki: Ah....
sometimes.
//When I'm hanging out with friends//
Imai: ...Oh...
Mitsuki: ...Are you mad?
Imai: Why would I be?
Mitsuki: (...Aww....
so he's not jealous?)
//snaps out of it//
Mitsuki: AHHHH!
Mitsuki: (He's not wearing a suit!!)
Imai: What?
Mitsuki: N-Nothing!!

Pg 30:
Mitsuki: (I'm such an idiot!
It's a SUNDAY. Of course he wouldn't be wearing a suit!
You idiot! You retard!
Ugghhh I TOTALLY missed the mark...)
//depressed//
Mitsuki: (I should've just worn that dress I bought a couple of weeks ago)
//hahahahaha//
//thud//
Mitsuki: Ah...
//pulls//
Mitsuki: (My back feels hot...)
Mitsuki: (With the scent of cigarettes
my heart beats faster...)

Pg 31:
Mitsuki: That was AMAZING!!
Imai: You enjoyed it?
Mitsuki: Definitely!
//This is dessert//
//laughs//
Imai: You showed off some pretty impressive eating skills there.
It was worth taking you here.
Mitsuki: It's my first time eating at a place like this!
//whisper//
Mitsuki: But, is this really okay? I mean, it's probably super expensive.
I wouldn't have minded going out to eat ramen, or to some fast food joint.
Imai: Haha, don't be silly
Imai: Even if you ate enough for three people, I have enough
to get us by
Mitsuki: I don't eat THAT much...
//blush//
Imai: [SL: Here] Do you want this too?
Mitsuki: Yeah!
Mitsuki: (Yayyy! I'm so happy!)
Mitsuki: This is great!
Imai: Today was partly to make it up to you too

Pg 32:
Mitsuki: [SL: Huh?] "Make it up to me"?
Imai: I have to head off to Kyushu tomorrow for work,
so I won't be able to see you for a while.
Mitsuki: (What...)
Mitsuki: U-
Until when...?
Imai: I'll be gone for a week. I'm planning to be back by Saturday night
Mitsuki: (I won't be able to see him again...)
Mitsuki: But....that's...
//clank//
Mitsuki: (One whole week...?)
Imai: I'm really sorry
Mitsuki: (But....
next week....
next Friday is my...)
Mitsuki: Oh...yeah...
....well....
Mitsuki: (is my....)
//stab stab//
Mitsuki: Well, it's work. There's not much you can do about it.
Yeah, thanks for letting me know
Mitsuki: (Oh no...I feel like I'm going to start crying...)
Imai: ...I know it's a little early----

Pg 33:
//tap//
Imai: but here's your birthday present
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
Mitsuki: (no way...)
//thump thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: Is this...from Chizu-chan's store?
Imai: Yeah, I don't really know any jewellery store besides hers.
Mitsuki: (...Don't tell me...)
Mitsuki: (this is....)
Mitsuki: C-Can I...
open it?
Imai: ...Go ahead.
Mitsuki: (Is it----)

Pg 34:
Mitsuki: (They're earrings...)
Imai: Sorry, do you not like it that much?
//snaps out of it//
Mitsuki: N-No, no. I do!
Mitsuki: I was just a bit surprised because I'd never gotten something this expensive!
Mitsuki: (I feel so stupid)

Pg 35:
Mitsuki: It's so cute!
Thanks, I'll take good care of it!
//stab stab//
Mitsuki: (I was disappointed because I thought it would be a ring.
....I'm being too greedy.
God's going to punish me for wanting too much.)
Mitsuki: I'll be able to take the ones I have in right now off in about a week,
so the next time I see you, I'll wear these, okay?
Imai: ...Okay
Mitsuki: (...Still)
Mitsuki: ("A sign that I'm his")
Mitsuki: (Still...)
Imai: Oh, it's about time you head back.
Imai: Let's go

Pg 36:
Mitsuki: (Imai-san,
if I hadn't gotten my ears pierced,
would you have gotten me a ----?)
Mitsuki: (Or...)
Imai: ...Mitsuki?
//clank//
Mitsuki: (Do you like me?
Do you like me
enough to want to keep me to yourself?)
Mitsuki: (Do you like me...more than my sister?)
Mitsuki: I...
Mitsuki: don't want to....
Mitsuki: go home...
yet.

Pg 37:
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: I-I...told them I'd be late today...
Mitsuki: (Do you like me
as much as
I like you?)
Mitsuki: So....
//tap//

pg 38:
Imai: I-diot.
//tears up//
Imai: You're still in high school. You shouldn't be hanging around at night.
You have school tomorrow, don't you?
//tap//
Mitsuki: (Why....)
Imai: ...perfume...?
Mitsuki: What?
Imai: Are you wearing something tonight?
Mitsuki: No, not really....
Imai: Ah.

Pg 39:
Mitsuki: Maybe it's the clothes?
Imai: Your clothes?
Mitsuki: Yeah, these are Chizu-chan's,
and she always wears perfume, so maybe---
Imai: Oh...
Imai: right....
so it's Chizuka's....
//throb//
Mitsuki: (---I did something stupid again)
//squeeze//

Pg 40:
Mitsuki: (even if I try to be like my sister
and copy her clothes...her piercings...and her hairstyle....)
Girl: ...Mitsuki,
you're not going home yet?

Pg 41:
Mitsuki: Nooo....
Girl: [SL: Whoa] You're not looking too good [SL: Are you okay?]
Mitsuki: Yeah, I'm fine. I just didn't sleep that much last night
Girl: [SL: Well, as long as you're okay] Are you sure you don't have to head home?
It's your birthday, isn't it? Didn't you make any plans with your boyfriend?
Mitsuki: ....No,
he's away on business.
Girl: No way!
Mitsuki: (...He hasn't phoned me)
Mitsuki: (I haven't heard his voice in over five days)
Mitsuki: (I know he doesn't like talking on the phone)
Mitsuki: (but still....
even if it's just to say hi....
at the very least, he could leave a message on my bell...)
Girl: Well that's a bummer.
Then wanna hang out somewhere? [SL: The bill's on me]
Girl: Oh, but
is he gonna call you? You know, like give you a birthday call?
//snaps out of it//
//clatter//
Girl: WHOA!

Pg 42:
Mitsuki: Sorry! I'm gonna go home!
//dashes off/
Girl: Mitsuki?!
Mitsuki: (That's right!
It's my birthday!
He'll definitely call me today!)
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (He'll definitely call me....
I'm sure he will...
I'm sure he will...)

Pg 43:
Mitsuki: (...Why?)
Mitsuki: ...idiot...
Mitsuki: (I wonder if he ever thinks of me at all.
Everyday, all I think of is him,
and I'm always wanting to hear his voice,
but is it different for him?)
Mitsuki: Why....
why....
Mitsuki: (Maybe this is my punishment....
to not be loved as much as I love him...)
//ring ring//
//ah!//

Pg 44:
//ring ring//
//click//
Mitsuki: Hello?
Imai: ...Mitsuki?
Mitsuki: ...I---
//thump//
Mitsuki: ..mai-sann......
Mitsuki: (...I want to see you)
Mitsuki: Imai-san...
Imai: Mitsuki
Mitsuki: //hiccup// Imai-sann....
Imai: Mitsuki,
sorry I couldn't call you sooner.
Mitsuki: Imai-san....//hiccup//
Imai: Yeah....
Mitsuki: (I want to see you.
I want to see you)

Pg 45:
Imai: Happy 17th birthday
Mitsuki: (If I'm just hearing your voice,
I can't smell the scent of cigarettes)
Mitsuki: Imai-san...
//hiccup//
Imai: I'll be heading home tomorrow
Mitsuki: C-Can I...
come pick you up?
Imai: ...No, it's okay. I'm not sure about the exact time.
Mitsuki: (But... I want to see you)
Mitsuki: Then I'll wait for you at your place....
Mitsuki: (Even if it's 10 minutes...even if it's 5...)
Imai: No, it'll be late.
Mitsuki: ...but...
but....
Imai: ...Mitsuki...//sigh//
//thump//
Mitsuki: (Even if it's just for a minute...)

Pg 46:
Imai: I'll call you when I get back
Mitsuki: (all I want is to see you...)
//throb//
Mom: Mitsuki,
what're you walking around holding the phone for?
//If you're going to use it, hurry up and use it!//
Mitsuki: Okay, okayy
//walks back and forth//
Mitsuki: (I wonder if he's back yet?)
Mitsuki: (He did say he would call me...)
Chizu: I'm back~

Pg 47:
Mom: Chizuka!
Where were you last night?!
Chizu: [SL: Sorry~] I crashed at my friend's place
Mom: Couldn't you have at least phoned home?
It was Mitsuki's birthday yesterday, you know!
Chizu: AH!
Chizu: Mitsuki!
Mitsuki-chan~ I'm soooo sorry!
Mitsuki: What're you looking so happy for?
You're creeping me out
//thud//
Chizu: Happy birthday!
Mitsuki: Chizu-chan...
what is this...? [SL: A diamond ring?]
Chizu: Ah...
Mitsuki: Don't tell me you're...

Pg 48:
Chizu: Keep it a secret for a while longer, won't ya?
Mitsuki: (The smell of cigarettes...?)
Chizu: I'm starving~
Mitsuki: (This smell....)
Mitsuki: ("Has he done anything to you that'd make his smell stick to you")
Mitsuki: (...No, it can't be)

Pg 49:
Mitsuki: (He's away on business...
there's no way they could've been together...)
Mitsuki: (There's just no way...)
Mitsuki: ("Yeah, I don't really know any jewellery store besides hers")
Mitsuki: ("Tell her I won't be back tonight")
Mitsuki: ("No, it'll be late")
Mitsuki: ("Keep it a secret...")
//clank//
Mitsuki: (No...that would never happen...)
//ding dong ding dong//
[sign reads "Imai"]

Pg 50:
Imai: Who is it...?
//I got it, I got it//
//click//
Imai: Mitsuki..?!
//wheeze wheeze//
Mitsuki: ....Why
are you here?
Mitsuki: You said...
you'd call me as soon as you got back...
//tears up//
Imai: Yeah...
but I just came back...
Mitsuki: (the scent of cigarettes can be found anywhere)
Imai: In any case, come on in.

Pg 51:
Imai: Why are you out so late at night?
It's already past 10:30
Mitsuki: ...Is it a bother for me to be here?
Imai: I didn't mean it like that.
What did you tell your parents when you were heading out? I'm sure they're worried
Mitsuki: ...It's my first time seeing you smoke.
Imai: Huh?
Oh, sorry...
//sizzle//
Mitsuki: Why are you stopping?
You smoke in front of my sister, don't you? //mumble//
Imai: What...?
//rustle rustle//
Imai: Once you're finished drinking that, I'll take you home
Mitsuki: (No...)
//thump//

Pg 52:
Mitsuki: ...Let me stay for the night
//clank//
Imai: ...No.
I'll go home with you and we can apologize together. [SL: Come on, stand up]
Mitsuki: Y-You don't have to!
I said I'd be staying over at my friend's house!
//thump//
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...)
Mitsuki: So okay? Can I stay here?
Imai: No. Go home.
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: Why?!
Imai: Mitsuki!
Mitsuki: No! I'm staying here!

Pg 53:
Imai: I SAID GO HOME!
//tense//
//tremble tremble//
[SL: Imai: Geez...]
//tense//
Mitsuki: (...He's mad)
Imai: Let's go.

Pg 54:
Mitsuki: (I can't believe he snapped at me...)
//click//
Imai: Get in.
Imai: Mitsu---
Mitsuki: ...Were you really away on business?
Imai: What's that supposed to mean?
Mitsuki: T-Tell me
the truth! You knew this whole time about my lie, didn't you?!
Mitsuki: You both knew about it and you guys were just making fun of me, weren't you?!
Mitsuki: About me telling you that Chizu-chan didn't have a boyfriend...

Pg 55:
Imai: A lie...?
Mitsuki: B-But....
Mitsuki: if I didn't tell you that...
I thought you wouldn't look at me otherwise!
Mitsuki: (It's not that I wanted a ring)
Mitsuki: (I just wanted to have his feelings in a form that I could see)
Imai: What are you---
Mitsuki: (because I would begin to doubt myself otherwise)
Imai: Mitsuki---
what's---
Mitsuki: NOO!
Mitsuki: (Because I didn't have any confidence in myself)
//NOOOO//
//tense//

Pg 56:
Mitsuki: No....
Imai: Mi---
Mitsuki: I'm....
tired of this....
Mitsuki: I want this...
to end...
Mitsuki: I'm always the one....to be jealous and to be doubtful
and to want to see you

Pg 57:
Mitsuki: It makes me really tired...
Mitsuki: I'm so tired...
so just let me go....
Mitsuki: (Is this what I get for lying?)
Mitsuki: (But...all I did was like him)
Mitsuki: I'm---

Pg 58:
Mitsuki: (All I wanted, was for him to like me back)
//slam//

Pg 59:
Mitsuki: (---I fell in love, in the summer of grade 10)
Mitsuki: I don't need one!
//No wayyyy!//
Chizu: No, dad asked me to find someone.
Imai-kun!
//Come over here!//
//bows//
Imai: Hi,
I'm Imai Nobuyoshi.
Imai: Nice to meet you.
Mitsuki: (He smiled at me, introducing himself politely to a kid seven years younger than him)

Pg 60:
Mitsuki: (And it was that moment that I...)
//slip//
//splat//
Mitsuki: O-Ow....
//wheeze wheeze//
//cough cough//
Mitsuki: (There's no way a love based on lies could last)
//wheeze wheeze//
//cough cough//
Mitsuki: (because from the very beginning, there was nothing to believe in)
//cough cough//

Pg 61:
//cough//
//wheeze//
//throb throb throb//
Mitsuki: (But it's true I liked him.)
Mitsuki: (I did. I really did)
Mitsuki: Wahhhh....

Pg 62:
Mitsuki: (That was the one truth in all of this)
//wahhhh//

Pg 63:
Man: And now, the Sunday morning news report---
Mitsuki: ...Ugly pig!
Mitsuki: Ughhhh....
I look like a little kid
//oink oink//
Mitsuki: Idiot!
Retard!
Mitsuki: (He ended up...
not noticing my earrings...)

Pg 64:
Mitsuki: (Oh, right. There's no way he would've noticed
in the first place...)
//throb//
//hmmm///
Chizu: Looks like I lost this time around [SL: And I call myself a pro?]
//tense//
Mitsuki: O-onee-chan....
Chizu: Those are from Imai-kun, right?
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
//tense//
Chizu: I recommended he get you the gold ones. [SL: Since you're always wearing my gold ones, and the platinum gets damaged really easily]
but he was really set on getting you those ones
Mitsuki: W-Well...it's not like I look good in either.....
Mitsuki: (I should've just
taken these off...)
Chizu: Hey, that's not true

Pg 65:
Chizu: It fits you perfectly.
It fits you better than the flashy ones I wear
Chizu: He has a good eye, I have to admit
Mitsuki: (What...?)
//giggles//
Chizu: But to think a player like him could change so much~
he's like a mother hen
Mitsuki: Huh?
Mitsuki: (A "player"...?)
//ding dong//
Mom: Mitsuki---Chizuka---
could someone get the door? [SL: I'm a bit busy right now!]
Mitsuki: Okay!
//click//
Mitsuki: Yes?
Who is---

Pg 66:
Mitsuki: (...Wh---)

Pg 67:
//thud//
Chizu: Ow!
Mitsuki: (Imai-sa---)
Mitsuki: (Why....?)
Chizu: Hey, Imai-kun!
come on in!
//tense//
Mitsuki: (No! Why?!
After last night, I don't have the guts to face him!)
Mitsuki: (What am I going to do?!)
Mitsuki: (What am I going to do?!)
//dash//
//whoa//
Chizu: Hey!
Mitsuki?!
Where are you---
Imai: Mitsuki.

Pg 68:
Mitsuki: What...?
//blank look//
Mitsuki: (What is...this)
Imai: It's non-refundable, so don't even try.
//grabs//

Pg 69:
Mitsuki: (W-Wait! Wait!)
Mitsuki: I-Imai-san?!
//awawawawa//
Mitsuki: Imai-sa---
Mitsuki: (What the heck is...)
Imai: Please excuse me!
Mom: Oh, Imai-san!
We haven't seen you in a while---
Mitsuki: (Eh...?)
Imai: I'm sorry to intrude on you like this out of the blue,
Imai: but I came here today because I had something I'd like to ask of you

Pg 70:
Imai: Please let me
Imai: go out with your daughter! [To be more specific, he's asking them he wants to go out with Mitsuki with the intention of eventually getting married [so in other words, a courtship, in olden times XD]
//wow//

Pg 71:
//turns to stone//
Mitsuki: ....Wh....
Mitsuki: What are you...
saying...
//thump//
Mitsuki: Imai-san...?
Mitsuki: (No way....
this has got to be some kind of joke...)
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: What did you...
just say...?
Mitsuki: (No way....)
Imai: I'm the one who's filled with doubts.
You're still in high school, so I was worried you'd run out on me.

Pg 72:
Imai: I thought if I got jealous,
you'd get scared and hate me.
Imai: If you hadn't told me you liked me that day,
I probably never would've been able to make the first move.
Imi: I'm sorry.
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...)
Mitsuki: ...So you
like me?
Mitsuki: (You've always liked me...?)

Pg 73:
Imai: I love you
Mitsuki: (Imai-san....)

Pg 74:
Mitsuki: You've got your ordering all messed up! [she means that he should've told her he loves her BEFORE asking for her parents permission for her hand in marriage XD ^^]
Mitsuki: (Don't let me go!)

Pg 75:
//snaps out of it//
Chizu: Well not like I mind,
Chizu: but looks like she got around to it before me [SL: For now, anyway]
//geez, she got first bids?//
Mitsuki: (More than any eternal promises,)
Mitsuki: (continue to love me everyday.)
//rip//
//wait a second! You're still too young for that!//
//Oh, why not? Quite frankly, I'm relieved!
W-Wha-wha---//
Mitsuki: (Please love me tomorrow too)

Pg 76:
Mitsuki: (because everyday,
I think of only you)
Imai: (...If I was to be completely honest)
Chizu: Geezz~and to think the only one I could find was a player like you![SL: The only good thing about you, is you get good grades]
I'll kill you if you make my sister cry!
//mumble mumble//
Imai: You've gotta be kidding me.
I'm not THAT desperate that I'd lay a hand on some brat in middle school
Imai: (Back then,
even if I didn't fall in love,
I had no troubles finding women to date)
Chizu: My sister's really cute, so I'm worried!
Imai: Yeah, but she's a kid, isn't she?
//miii miii// [cicadas crying]

Pg 77:
Imai: (---That day)
Chizu: This is my little sister, Mitsuki.
Mitsuki: Nice to meet you
Imai: (I was caught hook, line, and sinker)
Imai: (I'll never be able to tell anyone
that it was my first time falling in love though)

END OF CHAPTER 1

Pg 78:
[no text]

Pg 79:
Girl: Wowww! It's a real engagement ring!
Girl: That's so awesome! [SL: It looks super expensive! It's so pretty!]
Mitsuki: I can't wear it while I'm in school [SL: So I keep it like this so I won't lose it]
Girl: So he proposed to you, right?!
What'd he say?!
Mitsuki: (---During the fall of my 17th year)
Mitsuki: (the small rock in my hand
sparkled more than any star)

Pg 80:
Ashita mo Kitto Koi Shiteru

Pg 81:
[no text]

Pg 82:
[text reads: "Summer of 1997. This is the picture on the postcards I sent as replies"]

Pg 83:
[bell reads: "6:30 in front of the train station. Imai"]
Mitsuki: (It took me more time to change than I thought!)
//wheeze//
Mitsuki: ---Phew,
I made it in time [SL: At least, I think]
Mitsuki: (I'm so glad!
If I'm in my school uniform, then it would just embarrass Imai-san)
Mitsuki: (Plus, it wouldn't look good with my ring...)

Pg 84:
Imai: You're grinning.
Mitsuki: Whoa!
Mitsuki: Imai-san!
Imai: I'm a bit late, aren't I? Sorry.
Mitsuki: No, don't worry about it.
I just got here too!
Imai: Where do you want to go?
Imai: You're probably hungry, right?
Mitsuki: (Two months ago,
my boyfriend, who's seven years older than me
proposed to me)

Pg 85:
Mitsuki: (He's busy as always with his work, and we still don't get to meet that much,
but I'm happy just having this ring with me.
I'm so happy I feel light-headed.
My ring finger feels like it has a heartbeat of its own)
Mitsuki: (It's like it's professing out its love for Imai-san on its own)

Pg 86:
Mitsuki: (My feelings for him grow with each passing day,
and I like him more than the day before)
Mitsuki: Yeah, and
apparently my sister's gotten into a fight with her boyfriend again
Mitsuki: She tells me I can't pick up the phone even if it's ringing,
but if I do pick it up and I hang up without letting her know, she yells at me! She's like a little kid
Imai: Haha, it makes me wonder what kind of position she must be in to be thought of as a kid by you?
Mitsuki: Heyy~ what's that supposed to mean?!
Mitsuki: ...But it's the first time I've seen her acting like this to her boyfriends.
Ever since I could remember she was a bit more on the cool side, you know? She's never shown this kind of side to me.

Pg 87:
Imai: It's probably her first time having someone in her life she can let her guard down with.
I'm sure they'll patch things up soon enough
Mitsuki: ...yeah
Mitsuki: (To be honest, even now...
I'm still a bit jealous of him being so close with Chizu-chan)
Imai: Well, we better get going
Mitsuki: Whattt! Why? It's still 8:30!
//Thank you very much!//
Imai: If we don't head back now, we won't make it in time for your curfew
[SL: Imai: since I don't have my car]
//vrooommm//
Mitsuki: ...but it's the first time in three days that we've met....
Mitsuki: (...I don't want to go home yet...)

Pg 88:
Mitsuki: Whenever we talk on the phone, I'm always the one that's doing the talking
...and I don't get to see you that often.
Mitsuki: They wouldn't care if I'm just a teeny bit late...
Mitsuki: (I want to be with you for a bit longer...)
//thump//
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
//squeeze//
Imai: ...Maybe next time
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
//thump//

Pg 89:
Mitsuki: (....I thought he was going to kiss me)
Mitsuki: (He's really nice to me,
but whenever I act like this, he always brushes me off)
Mitsuki: (Doesn't he ever want to be with me?)
Mitsuki: (He always makes sure I get back on time
---and he never goes beyond a kiss)
//blush//
Mitsuki: (---W-Well, it's not like I want MORE than that...but still...)
Imai: Mitsuki?
Mitsuki: Ah!
Sorry!
//dashes//
Woman: Imai-kun?

Pg 90:
Woman: I knew it was you!
Guy: Ah!
Woman: I thought you had important plans?
Were you just heading back?
Imai: Whoa, this isn't good
Mitsuki: Who're they?
Imai: They're guys from work. [SL: Geez]
Mitsuki: Eh...?
//thump//
Mitsuki: (WHATTTT?! What should I do?!)
Imai: Hey
Mitsuki: (I should greet them properly!)
Woman: You're with a girl!
Woman #2: Oh my
//tense//
Guy: So THAT'S why you didn't go out with us tonight?!

Pg 91:
Woman: Is she your little sister...?
//pouts//
Imai: ...No she's not
Woman: Haha, yeah. No, I didn't think she was.
I'm sorry, it's just that you look so young.
//giggles//
//squeeze//
Mitsuki: (I should've dressed more grown up.
...This is embarrasasing)
Guy: Hey---
Guy: isn't she the girl that was in your purikura?! [They're those little tiny photo stickers that are popular in Japan ^^]
She's that high schooler that was in that pic in your notebook!
Woman: [SL: No wayyy!] You're in high school?!
Imai: Hey! When did you see that?!
//blush//
[SL: Guy: Whoops]
Guy: Uhhh...I just got a quick look at it...[SL: I was just curious, that's all]

Pg 92:
Guy: 'Cause you know, you never talk about your girlfriend.
Guy: So I was a bit curious to see what you were hiding!
Mitsuki: (Huh...?)
Mitsuki: (...I talk about Imai-san
to my friends....
so why does he hide the fact he's going out with me...?)
//thump//
Mitsuki: (Is it just because he's a guy and guys don't talk about those sorts of stuff?
...Or is it...)
Guy: You're pretty cute!
What's your name?
//honk honk//
Mitsuki: K-Kouno Mitsuki. [SL: Nice to meet you]
Guy: Your voice is cute too!
Did this bad man try anything on you?
Guy: Like ask to do it with your loose socks still on? [They're these stretchy loose socks that high schoolers wear ^^]
//punch//
Mitsuki: What?
Imai: Saeki!!!
Imai: What are you, a perverted geezer?!
I bet you're drunk! You reek of alochol! [SL: How much did you have?!]
//Owwwww//
Guy: Well, so what?! [SL: Imai-kun! No fair!]
//blinks//
Mitsuki: (I-Imai-san's yelling...)

Pg 93:
Woman: Now, now.
Woman: We're on our way to another bar. Want to come with us?
Imai: Not you too!
Don't go around asking underage girls to a bar.
And anyway, it's about time she went home
//Oww//
Mitsuki: Ah...
Guy: What're you being so uptight for! High schoolers these days are used to hanging out at night
righttt?
Mitsuki: U-Um...
errr...
//tense///
Mitsuki: (ewww..
he reeks of alcohol...)
Mitsuki: I-Imai-san...
Imai: Saeki~~~
//tap tap//
Woman: There, there, Saeki-kun.
We shouldn't intrude on their date!
Guy: Whyyyyy!
Woman: Sorry about that.
Mitsuki: ....Ah.

Pg 94:
//I want to hang out with a high school girl too~//
//So what, we're not enough for you?!//
Woman: Hey, Imai-kun!
The project is probably going to be deliberated on soon.
Imai: Whatt?!
Imai: So soon?
//It's going to get busy, that's for sure!//
//chuckles//
Woman: The section chief's most likely going to bring it up at the meeting tomorrow.
We're expecting that your smooth-talking will win him over!
Imai: Hey, hey, why're you saying it like that?
Who's the REAL smooth-talker here anyway?
Mitsuki: (Are they talking about work...?)
//smiles//
//thump//
//slide//
Woman: I'll see you
tomorrow.
Woman: Good night.

Pg 95:
Mitsuki: (What was that?!
And why did she smile just now?!)
Mitsuki: (What is she, making fun of me?!)
Mitsuki: (She probably thinks I'm just a kid!)
Mitsuki: (Well yeah, maybe to her I am,
and I can't talk to Imai-san about stuff like work...but still....)
//munch//

Pg 96:
Mitsuki: I wonder if Imai-san likes being with me....
//depressed//
Girl: Why are you asking that now?
//rustle//
Mitsuki: ...Because. If I wasn't in high school,
then I could've gone out drinking with them.
Mitsuki: They're people from the company he works at. Even if I wasn't his fiancee, he could've introduced me as his girlfriend at the very least...
Mitsuki: (He didn't even officially introduced me to them...)
Mitsuki: And plus, he never smokes when he's around me
Girl: Maybe he's just worried about the smell getting on your uniform?
Mitsuki: Yeah, but he doesn't smoke when I'm in my normal clothes either
//wipes off//
Mitsuki: ...I'm starting to think that maybe he's embarrassed because I'm a kid....
and that's why he never told them about me.
//rustle//

Pg 97:
Mitsuki: (And maybe that's why he never thinks about wanting to be with me
And maybe that's why he doesn't kiss me that often)
//slap//
Mitsuki: Ow!
Girl: Hey!
Girl: It's harder to believe in someone than it is to doubt them!
Girl: You're taking the stuff you DO have for granted!
//Your diamond ring's about to cry!//
Mitsuki: ...Yeah
Mitsuki: (---I do have this.)
//Hehe//
Mitsuki: ...Even when I'm happy, it's not like my doubts all disappear...
Girl: Ughhhh you're pissing me offf!
//I won't give you anymore!//
Mitsuki: Nooo waitttt!
//Give me the chips!//

Pg 98:
Mitsuki: (That's why
no matter what anyone says,
no matter what happens,
as long as I have this with me
I can be by his side)
Girl: Don't you have a date with him today?
Mitsuki: He's away on business [SL: This time, it's in Kyoto]
//slam//
Girl #2: Heyyy everyone! They're gonna be checking our stuff during the extra long homeroom!
Girl #3: No wayyy!
Girl #4: Hide this!
Mitsuki: (What?! No!)
//Kyaaa Kyaaa//
//beep beep//
Girl #2: Hey, someone's phone is ringing
Girl: Mitsuki, isn't it coming from your locker?
Mitsuki: What?
Really?
//NOOOO waiitt!//
//beep beep//
Mitsuki: Yes?
Hello?
Mitsuki: (I wonder who it is?
Maybe it's my sister?
Since if it was Imai-san, he'd probably call me on the bell...)
[arrow reads "He hates cellphones"]

Pg 99:
Imai: Mitsuki?
Mitsuki: I----
Mitsuki: (No wayy!!)
Mitsuki: Imai-san?!
Imai: Sorry, you're still in school, aren't you?
Mitsuki: W-Why?!
What's wrong?! Where are you right now?
Imai: I'm still in Kyoto,
but it turns out that I can get home sooner than I thought
//noise noise//
Mitsuki: Whattt!
Imai: Would we be able to meet tonight? [SL: I have some souveniers I want to give you]
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: Of course!
Mitsuki: (Woww! Woww!)
Imai; Come to my place once you're finished school
Mitsuki: O-Okay!
//thump//

Pg 100:
Mitsuki: (This is the first time something like this's happened!)
Mitsuki: (I'm psyched!)
//thump thump//
Imai: Let's have dinner together too.
Mitsuki: Ye---
Woman: Imai-kun!
//beep beep//
//clank clank//
Imai: Oh, sorry.
The bullet train's here
Imai: I'll see you soon. //click//
//th...ump...//
Mitsuki: (What.....
was that just now...)
Mitsuki: ("Imai-kun!")
Mitsuki: (It was a woman's voice...?)
//thump//

Pg 101:
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: (...It's okay.
I should have faith in him....
Imai-san...?)
//thump thump//
[sign reads "Imai"]
Imai: Here's the present.
The cookies are for your parents [SL: and Chizuka]

Pg 102:
Mitsuki: ...Okay,
thanks.
Imai: The one for you is oil paper. I heard they're really easy to use.
Girls use that kind of stuff, don't they?
[reads: Kyoto's Oil Blotting Papers"]
Mitsuki: ...Yeah.
Mitsuki: (A woman's...)
Imai: Is everything okay?
Should I have gotten you something else?
Mitsuki: N-No! I'll definitely use it.
Thanks.
Mitsuki: (I must've just heard wrong.
...I'm just)
Imai: Did something happen at school?
Mitsuki: No, it's nothing.
Mitsuki: (overanalyzing things too much)
Imai: ...Mitsuki?
//pat//
//tears up//
Imai: Did I do something wrong...?

Pg 103:
Mitsuki: (There must be something wrong with me
for me to doubt him)
//rustle//
Mitsuki: I-I'm...
sorry...
Mitsuki: It's nothing...
Mitsuki: (...Still)
Mitsuki: (Still...)
//stab//
[paper read's "Kyoto's Oil Blotting Papers"]
Mitsuki: ("Imai-kun!")
//stab//
Mitsuki: ("You never talk about your girlfriend!"
"You're in high school?!")
Mitsuki: ....woman...
Imai: Huh?
Mitsuki: Were you with another woman...?
Mitsuki: (...Why?)
Mitsuki: ...your call...

Pg 104:
Mitsuki: When you called me today...
I heard someone calling out your name....
Mitsuki: (Why are you making me feel insecure about our relationship?)
Imai: Oh...
so that's what this is all about?
Imai: Come on now, don't cry.
Imai: She's someone I work with.
Rememeber? You met her before. She was the one with the short hair
//thump//
Mitsuki: ...Then you really were with her?

Pg 105:
Mitsuki: (No way...)
Mitsuki: That's why you said you were at work...?
//thump//
Mitsuki: (No way....)
Mitsuki: You were with her?
A-Are you always with her on business trips?
Imai: Well, no, there are times I'm with other people too.
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: (All this time that I was thinking of Imai-san,)
Mitsuki: Why didn't you tell me?!
Mitsuki: (he was----)
Imai: Hey, hold on a second.

Pg 106:
Imai: I don't know what kind of misunderstanding you're having,
but it's work!
Mitsuki: B-But....
you could've at least told me..!
Imai: What's the point in talking to you about work?!

Pg 107:
//bites lip//
Imai: ...This is ridiculous. Let's just stop it.
//sigh//
Imai: I don't want to get into a fight with you over something like this.
Mitsuki: (...I knew it.)
//stab//
Mitsuki: (He doesn't need me
as much as I need him)
Mitsuki: Yeah, well

Pg 108:
Mitsuki: I'm an idiot, so what?!
Mitsuki: I wouldn't know what you're talking about if you mention stuff about your work anyway!
Mitsuki: Tell me the truth! You probably want someone grown up like her, don't you?!
Because I'm a kid....because I'm some brat....
Mitsuki: (I don't get him at all)
Imai: Hey, I never said that----
Mitsuki: (Imai-san, do you really like me?)
Mitsuki: That's why you're embarrassed about me enough to not mention me to other people!!

Pg 109:
Imai: That's...because...
Mitsuki: Idiot!
//runs//
Imai: Mitsuki!
Imai: Mitsuki!
Hey!
//slam//
//ring ring//
Imai: Mits---
//ring ring ring ring//

Pg 110:
//step step step//
//wheeze wheeze//
Mitsuki: ...Idiot.
Mitsuki: (I wonder...
if he wants to marry me at all...)
//tense//

Pg 111:
Mitsuki: (Where's my ring?!)
Mitsuki: No....
this can't be happening...
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: ("They're checking our stuff---")
Mitsuki: W-Where...
did I put it...
Mitsuki: (Ah...I almost freaked out for a sec there...)
Mitsuki: I took it off in a hurry and...
I put it...
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: Ah!
Mitsuki: There it is....

Pg 112:
//rustle//
Mitsuki: (It's gone!)
Woman: I'm sorry
to call you out like this.
Woman: You really saved me.
Imai: Don't worry about it. It's work. What can you do?
And anyway, I should've made sure to gather all the materials together, so it's partly my fault
//I'm exhausted!//

Pg 113:
Woman: I bet you made plans to get together with your girlfriend?
I consider myself pretty lucky since I almost never get to go out drinking with you //laughs//
//lights up//
Imai: Yeah well, it's already past her curfew anyway
Woman: Oh, my
Woman: Now that you mention it, she did seem like she'd be a handful
Woman: To be straight out with you, I'm surprised you're going out with someone like her.
I thought you'd be the type to be into a more casual relationship.
Imai: Thanks to you things are going great
Woman: Haha, realllyyy~
your relationship's on the rocks right now?
//laughs//
Woman: If you need a shoulder to cry on, I can lend you mine //chuckles//
Imai: I'll pass
Woman: You didn't even think my offer over!
Don't tell me you're serious about a high school girl like her?
//clank//

Pg 114:
//ring ring//
Chizu: Yes, this is the Kouno residence
Imai: I'm sorry to be calling late. This is Imai---
Chizu: Hey, Imai-kun?
Imai: Oh, hey, Chizuka.
....How's Mitsuki doing?
Chizu: ...What?!
Chizu: Isn't she with you?!

Pg 115:
//dashes//
Woman: Wh---
Woman: Hey---
Imai-kun?!
//clank clank//
//rustle//
Mitsuki: //wheeze//
Mitsuki: //wheeze//
ugh....

Pg 116:
//wheeze wheeze//
Mitsuki: Ah...
//cough cough//
Mitsuki: (This is my punishment...)
//thud//
Mitsuki: //wheeze//
//wipes//
//rustle//
Mitsuki: Nnn...
Mitsuki: (for getting jealous over stupid stuff...
and for acting like a selfish brat...)

Pg 117:
Mitsuki: (This is my punishment...)
Mitsuki: ...No...
//wheeze wheeze//
Mitsuki: No....
Mitsuki: No.....
Mitsuki: (If I don't find it,
I won't be able to be by his side anymore!)
Cell: ...The number you have dialed
cannot be completed as dialed. Please try back another---
//click//
Imai: ...Damnit.

Pg 118:
//tense//
Mitsuki: Ah....
//slap//
Mitsuki: I'm
sorry....
//pulls//

Pg 119:
//sigh of relief//
Imai: ...Don't make me worry.
//tearrs up//
//squeezee//
Mitsuki: Imai-san....
//wahhhhh//
Mitsuki: I----
Mitsuki: I can't...
Mitsuki: I can't find my ringg..!
//wahhh//

Pg 120:
Imai: Your ring?
Mitsuki: I'm so...
sorry...
Mitsuki: I tried...
l-looking...
Mitsuki: all over for it....
//hiccup//
Mitsuki: (...What am I going to do?)
Mitsuki: but I can't
Mitsuki: find it!
Imai: And so you were looking for it this whole time?
Mitsuki: I'm sorry...!
Mitsuki: (Imai-san,
what am I going to do?)
Imai: Yes,
she was just searching for something she lost.
...Yes
Imai: once she calms down, I'll make sure to bring her home.
Okay, goodbye.
//tense//

Pg 121:
//tears falling//
Imai: Hey, if you cry that much your eyes are going to swell up
//chuckles//
Mitsuki: A-Are....
Mitsuki: you...sick of me now...?
//hiccup//
Mitsuki: D-Don't....
Mitsuki: (Please...)
Mitsuki: hate me.....
Mitsuki: Don't hate me, okay?

Pg 122:
//kiss//
Imai: Mitsuki, do you not want to marry me
Imai: if you don't have that ring?
//thump//
Mitsuki: I-I do!

Pg 123:
Mitsuki: B-But you...
don't like me anymore---
//thump thump//
Imai: That's not true.
If I need to, I can buy you another ring,
Imai: and I'll propose to you however many times it takes.
Imai: To be honest with you,
I never want to let you go home.

Pg 124:
Mitsuki: ...I don't need the ring.
This is enough.
Mitsuki: (I'd forgotten.)
Mitsuki: (---I love him---)
Mitsuki: (It wasn't about the ring.)
Mitsuki: I'm sorry!

Pg 125:
Mitsuki: (What he really gave me that day,
was what I'd always wanted.
It was his heart.)

Pg 126:
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: Mmm....
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...)
//thump thump//
Imai: Mitsuki...
Mitsuki: I-Imai-san...
//thump//
//rustle//
Mitsuki: AHHHHHH!
//tense//

Pg 127:
Mitsuki: The ring!
I found it, Imai-san!!!
//Look! Look!//
//gets up//
Imai: Huh...?
Oh...
//KYAAA!//
Mitsuki: No wayyy!
Why is it here!?
//KYAAA!//
Imai: Maybe you dropped it when you were over here earlier today
Mitsuki: I'm so glad....
Mitsuki: (This is great...!)
//squeeze//
Imai: ...Mitsuki
//snaps out of it//
Mitsuki: ...Eh?
Ah....
//thump//

Pg 128:
Mitsuki: (W-What....)
Mitsuki: U-Um....
//blush//
Mitsuki: Errr...
Mitsuki: (just happened...right now...)
Mitsuki: I-I better get home!
Mitsuki: My parents are probably worried about me!
Imai: Ah,
yeah.
Imai: I'll go get my car
Mitsuki: No, that's okay
//thump thump//
Imai: No, it's not safe for you to go home alone.
Mitsuki: Don't worry, I'll grab a cab.
//Plus, you've had something to drink, right?//
//thump thump//
Imai: ...Then I'll walk you there!
//click//
Mitsuki: T-That's okay!
Really!
Imai: Mitsuki---
hey----
Mitsuki: ...Good night.
//slam//

Pg 129:
Imai: What just happened...
Mitsuki: (In my hands is a tiny star)
Mitsuki: (What's sparkling, you ask?
It's Imai-san's feelings for me.)

END OF CHAPTER 2

Pg 130:
[no text]

Pg 131:
Mitsuki: Ah [SL: This looks nice]
Mitsuki: ...if it's this I could probably afford to buy it...
Mitsuki: (It'll probably look really nice on Imai-san)
Mitsuki: But...hmm.....only one necktie...? [SL: Hmmmm...]
[sign reads: Shirt: 17,000 Yen [approx. $170 US] Necktie: 9,800 Yen [approx. $97 US]
Mitsuki: (He always takes me out to dinner, and he always gets me souveniers when he goes away because of work...)
Mitsuki: (and the ring he bought me must've been really expensive too...)

Pg 132:
Mitsuki: (Well, yeah, I know it's the thought that counts,)
Mitsuki: (but this is going to be my first Christmas with him)
Mitsuki: (If I get a part-time job though, I won't be able to see him as much...[SL: And it's probably too late to start anyway])
Mitsuki: (Even though I'm not a Christian,
Christmas IS a big deal
for couples)
Mitsuki: (It'll be a romantic night out in the sparkling city.
I'll be dressed up to the max,
and I won't even care about my curfew.
It'll be a night just the two of us)

Pg 133:
Mitsuki: (A night...)
Mitsuki: ("I don't want to let you go home")
Mitsuki: (I ran away from him that time....
but...) [SL: Maybe....]
//blushes//
Mitsuki: KYAAAA!
//tap//
Woman: Oh, sorry, did I surprise you? [SL: Don't scream]
Mitsuki: (H-Hey...
isn't she....a coworker of Imai-san's...?)
Mitsuki: U-Um....
//thump thump thump//
Woman: I knew it!
Woman: [SL: Errr] Mitsuki-chan, right?
You remember me...don't you?
You were glaring at me that time. //chuckles//
//blush//

Pg 134:
Mitsuki: (I don't like her...)
Woman: [SL: Hey] Do you have time right now? I was thinking of going to get some coffee,
but it'll be boring going by myself. Why don't you come with me? [SL: It's a really great place]
Mitsuki: Whatt...?!
//tense//
Woman: Of course, the drinks are on me.
Mitsuki: U-Um...
I-I....
Mitsuki: (Why do I have to...)
Woman: I'll talk to you about how Imai-kun is at work
Mitsuki: Huh....?
Woman: You're curious to know, aren't you?
//smiles//
Woman: Phew!

Pg 135:
Woman: I'm exhausted from walking around all day. [SL: My feet are swollen, I tell ya!]
Oh, do you mind if I...?
Mitsuki: Oh, no.
Go ahead.
Mitsuki: (...I should've just said no.)
Mitsuki: (I feel like such an idiot...)
//chuckles//
Woman: That necktie you were looking at just now...
were you thinking of getting that for Imai-kun?
Mitsuki: N-No! Um... [SL: Err...]
//blush//
Woman: Oh, was I wrong? You made plans to spend Christmas Eve with him, right? Since you two ARE a couple
//stab...//
Mitsuki: ----Ah....
Mitsuki: umm....
um....
Mitsuki: He hasn't...asked me yet...but...
Woman: Oh? So that's how it is?
Then

Pg 136:
//chuckles//
Woman: maybe I'll ask him out?
Okay?
//thump!//
Mitsuki: WHAT?!
Mitsuki: (W-Why...)
Mitsuki: (is s-she...)
Woman: ...h--
Woman: [SL: HAHAHHAA] I'm just kidding!
Woman: You're too cute! You totally believed I would! [SL: That's hilarious!]
//blush//
Mitsuki: (Wh---!!)
Mitsuki: (I knew it! She's just making fun of me!)
//chuckles//
Woman: Are you about to cry? I'm sorry, I am!
Mitsuki: -----We're...

Pg 137:
Mitsuki: not just a couple!
We're engaged!
Woman: What?
Mitsuki: (That was so mean!
That was so mean!)
Woman: Oh, really?
Woman: Oh, okay.
Yeah, and so what?
Mitsuki: Huh...?
//sizzle//
Woman: Imai-kun's very popular at work [SL: especially with the girls]
Well, with those looks it's a given, but he gives off a nice personality on the surface on top of that, you know?
Woman: There are probably some girls that are serious about him [SL: They're being deceived by him~]
Woman: I do admit that he's pretty sharp,
and yeah, for a 24 year old he's pretty mature
Woman: but I'd say his weak point is, he pouts like a kid when you bug him too much.
Oh, but maybe he only acts that way to his friends?

Pg 138:
Mitsuki: Don' say bad things about Imai-san!!
Mitsuki: (She's gone too far!)
Woman: Oh don't get me wrong. I'm not bad-mouthing him.
That's what I like about him, actually.
Mitsuki: I-Imai-san's....not that kind of person...!
//thump thump thump//
Woman: //chuckles// Do you think of him as your perfect prince?
//blush//
Woman: The cruel, evil sister has a message for
Woman: the princess.
//smiles//
Woman: Falling in love can happen in a flash
//thump thump//
Woman: but if you're serious about keeping the love alive, then you both have to work at it

Pg 139:
Woman: You have to accept
every part of him, the good and the bad.
Woman: Or else, you two won't last.
//thump thump...//
Mitsuki: (...There's...)
Imai: ...Mitsuki?
Are you not feeling hungry?

Pg 140:
//snaps out of it//
Mitsuki: N-No! I'm am! [SL: This is great!]
//munch//
Imai: Really?
//chucklces//
//You don't have to eat so fast//
Imai: I thought you lost your ring again and were feeling down about it
Mitsuki: You're bringing that up again?
I told you, I'm keeping it somewhere safe! I won't lose it again [SL:Geez]
//munch//
//chuckles//
Imai: Why don't you wear it though? [SL: Since it is a ring]
Mitsuki: I decided to only wear it for special occasions!
Imai: Special occasions?
Mitsuki: Yeah, like anniversaries or...Christmas. [SL: Stuff like that]
Mitsuki: ("You two won't last")
Mitsuki: (There's nothing for me to be worried about!
I can't even think of one bad thing about Imai-san!)
Imai: Oh, right. Christmas.

Pg 141:
Imai: What do you want to do on the 24th?
We'll probably have to make reservations for dinner. [SL: Any requests]
Mitsuki: ...Yeah! [SL: Hmm...let's see..]
Mitsuki: (There! See?)
Mitsuki: (He's always the grown up...
and he's always really kind...)
[SL: Imai: Want try going to that restaurant again?]
Mitsuki: (There's no way there'd be something about him that I wouldn't like)
Mitsuki: (The "working hard" part she mentioned must probably be all on my part...)
Mitsuki: (That's right!)
Mitsuki: Imai-san!
I'll make you dinner at your place!
Mitsuki: I'll bake a cake too!

Pg 142:
Mitsuki: We're always going out to dinner,
so if we do this we can spend time just the two of us!
Mitsuki: And---
Mitsuki: (It's our first Christmas together.
I want it to be really special!)
Mitsuki: ...Ah...
or....
//shrivels up//
Mitsuki: would you...rather not...?
Imai: ...I have to work
in the afternoon on the 24th
//clank//
Imai: so I'll leave this with you

Pg 143:
Mitsuki: Eh....
Mitsuki: (Is...this...)
//thump//
Mitsuki: (W...ow....!!
This is Imai-san's spare key!!)
Imai: You can use anything you find in the kitchen.
Imai: I'm looking forward to it.
Mitsuki: (Imai-san's always...)

Pg 144:
Mitsuki: (giving me all sorts of things...)
Mitsuki: Ummmm...
Mitsuki: And now I have to put in...a pinch of salt...
How much is a "pinch"...?
[book title: A Chic Dinner Meal]
Mitsuki: (He's always the one
doing something for me.
Now's my chance to do something for him!)
Chizu: Mitsuki?
Are you okay?
Chizu: I think I smell something burning...
Mitsuki: Onee-chan.....[means "big sister"]
//sizzle sizzle//
//bubble bubble//
[SL: Chizu: What did you make?]

Pg 145:
Mitsuki: (Ugh...I am such a loser...)
//sizzle//
Chizu: [SL: Yeah, that's right] Press it down lightly.
If you press it down too hard the cheese'll come out
Chizu: And now, while that's cooking you can place side dishes on the plate
Mitsuki: Okay!
//sizzle//
Chizu: It'll probably be a good idea for you to bake the main part of the cake the day before
Mitsuki: Okay
//giggles//
Chizu: [SL: Oh, really~] So you're going to have a home-cooked dinner with Imai-kun?
Mitsuki: What are you going to do?
Chizu: I cook year 'round!
So I'm going to get him to take me out somewhere!
//sizzle//
Mitsuki: ...Did you guys have a fight again or something?
Mitsuki: ...Do you have stuff you don't like about your boyfriend?
Chizu: ...Well yeah, of course!
Chizu: He's self-conceited, pushy,
and selfish!

Pg 146:
Mitsuki: Oh...
Mitsuki: but you still like him anyway?
Mitsuki: (Even though they seem to fight alot, and she's always complaining about him,
they seem really happy)
//Err...//
Chizu: ...Mitsuki,
don't tell me Imai-kun's passed on that rotten personality of his on to you too!
Mitsuki: Hey! He doesn't have a rotten personailty!
Chizu: ...It's burning---
//sizzle//
Mitsuki: AH!
Mitsuki: (But....I....)
//squeak//
Mitsuki: Yep,
and I just baked the cake.
Imai: Oh really?
Mitsuki: It turned out really good too! //heh//

Pg 147:
Mitsuki: Oh, but I made it so it's not too sweet.
I'm pretty good at baking sweets.
Mitsuki: Don't expect too much for the main course though. I'm not great in that department
//chuckles//
Imai: I don't mind, as long as it's edible. Even if it's just cup noodles---
Mitsuki: Hey! I did put some effort into learning you know!
//hahaha//
Imai: Then I look forward to it
Mitsuki: ...Even though I don't have that much confidence in it
Imai: Don't worry, I have Tums ready just in case.
//hahahaha//
Mitsuki: Heyyy~
Mitsuki: ...I'm taking really good care
of your spare key
Mitsuki: I'll see you tomorrow
Mitsuki: (I was really happy)
Mitsuki: (Imai-san)

Pg 148:
Imai: I'll try to get back as soon as I can
Mitsuki: Okay. I'll be waiting...
Mitsuki: (Let's make this an unforgettable Christmas!)
[sign reads "Imai"]
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: I-I can...
go in, right?
O-K!
//slide//
//click//
//THUMP!//

Pg 149:
Mitsuki: I-It...
opened...
//thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: I'm coming in...
Mitsuki: (T-This...
is really nervewracking!)
Mitsuki: [SL: Oooh~] He always has everything neatly organized
Mitsuki: I was kinda looking forward to cleaning up too~
//thump!//

Pg 150:
Mitsuki: I-I
better get started on cooking!
//blush//
Mitsuki: (It's as if I'm in a dream)
Mitsuki: (waiting for my boyfriend
in his room,
while he's not there)
Imai: Once I'm done with my rounds I'll be going straight home [SL: I'll leave the rest up to you]
Guy: What! Not you too?! You have date?
//WHATTT//
//Idiot~//
Guy #2: Of course he has a date. This is Imai we're talking about, remember?
//hahaha//
Woman: [SL: Ah!] Imai-kun!
Do you have a sec!
Mitsuki: (I'm filled with butterflies, and my heart's beating like crazy.
I wonder if he's just as happy as I am?
I wonder if his heart's beating as fast as mine?)

Pg 151:
Mitsuki: (If we marry, I wonder if it'll be like this everyday?)
Mitsuki: Err...
Mitsuki: (I feel tingly inside!)
Mitsuki: (Let's make this...
a once-in-a-lifetime Christmas Eve!)

Pg 152:
Mitsuki: ("I'll get back as soon as I can")
[TV: Kyaaa~ The illuminations are so beautiful! This is amazing!]
[TV: The town's filled with couples!
TV: Now I'm feelin a bit jealous!
TV: Why don't we go interview some of them?]
Mitsuki: (W-Well, I'm going to be spending Christmas with Imai-san!)
//click//
//sticks tongue out//
Mitsuki: He's just late because of work!
I have his spare key with me!
Mitsuki: ("Maybe I should ask him out?")
//thump//
Mitsuki: (...Oh, now that I think about it
he's with her at work...)

Pg 153:
Mitsuki: Ughhhhh~
I'll just get started on cooking the hamburger! [In japan "hanbaagu" isn't like the meat-in-between-bread thing, it's just the meat itself with a sauce [usually tomato based, but can be others ^^] over it.]
Mitsuki: (I'm not going to let what she said get to me!)
//KYAAA!//
//The cheeze is burning!//
Mitsuki: (I shouldn't say stupid things
to make him upset again.
I can't be selfish.
Because if I am, he'll think I'm a kid)
Mitsuki: (I have to become a woman who he'd want to show off to his friends!)

Pg 154:
Mitsuki: (Imai-san
knows my good and bad sides, and he accepts it all.
That's why I should be understanding about him and work!)
Mitsuki: I'm hungry~
//thud//
Mitsuki: Imai-sannnnn
Mitsuki: (----Ah)
Mitsuki: (It smells of cigarettes...)
//inhale//
Mitsuki: (...His smell.)
Mitsuki: ("To tell you the truth,
I never want to let you go home.")
Mitsuki: (I-If he continues where he left off that time...)
Mitsuki: (Ahhh~ what am I going to do?!)
//thud thud thud//
//KYAAAAA//
//rumble rumble//
Mitsuki: I'm an idiot! Idiot!
Mitsuki: Ah...

Pg 155:
//stab//
Mitsuki: (---If you...don't hurry...)
Mitsuki: (Christmas Eve is going to be over...Imai-san)
Mitsuki: (..."You two won't last")
Mitsuki: (Come home already...)
//stab//
Mitsuki: (Hurry...)

Pg 156:
Mitsuki: (You promised me you would)
//chirp chirp chirp//
//click click/
//slam//
//click//
Imai: ...Mitsuki?

Pg 157:
Imai: ...Don't tell me...
you've been here since last night...?
Mitsuki: ...Yeah.
Welcome back.
//yawwwnns//
Mitsuki: I just took a quick nap [SL: Hehe]
Imai: ...I'm sorry.
I couldn't get out of work.
Mitsuki: ...Yeah, it's okay. I understand, it's work.
But you're done now, right?
Imai: No...I have to get back as soon as I change.
Mitsuki: (...I can't be selfish)
//stab//
//stab stab//
Mitsuki: ....Oh...
okay....
Mitsuki: (I can't say stupid things...)

Pg 158:
Mitsuki: I...understand...
Mitsuki: (I can't stop myself...)
Imai: ...Mitsuki
//squeeze//
//slap//
Imai: I'm sorr--
Mitsuki: ....y...
Why....
Mitsuki: (How could he?)
Mitsuki: It's always work work for you!
Is it THAT important to you?!
Mitsuki: It was Christmas!
It was our first....
Mitsuki: (How could he?!)

Pg 159:
Mitsuki: It was supposed to be special...
Mitsuki: It was our first Christmas together!
Mitsuki: (I was really looking forward to it...
I was waiting for you....)
Mitsuki: (I believed you would come home...)
Mitsuki: I was waiting for you...!

Pg 160:
//rustle rustle//
Imai: ....right.
Imai: I know work isn't a good excuse.
That was stupid of me. ...I'm sorry.
Imai: How can I get you to forgive me?
//stab//
Mitsuki: (...It's not that
I wanted to make him upset like this)
Mitsuki: (...In my mind)
//stab//
Mitsuki: (I know that...)

Pg 161:
Mitsuki: (I know that things aren't always going to go smoothly
between a high schooler and a grown up...
...but that's why...
that's exactly why....)
//grabs//
Mitsuki: Phone me
Mitsuki: whenever something like this happens.

Pg 163:
Mitsuki: Don't forget.
Even if it's just to tell me you can't make it.
Mitsuki: I want to hear your voice more than a message on my bell.
Even if you don't like cell phones, call me.
Mitsuki: (Don't)
Mitsuki: (make me doubt what we have)
Mitsuki: Even if you don't have time, call me.
Mitsuki: (Because I believe in you)
Mitsuki: Even if I wouldn't understand the stuff you're doing at work,
talk to me about it
Mitsuki: (Let's make an effort
together)

Pg 164:
Imai: Okay,
I promise
Mitsuki: (So that our love will continue to grow)
Mitsuki: ...dinner's
gotten cold
Imai: Sorry.
Mitsuki: I even decorated a tree.
Imai: Yeah,
it looks great.

Pg 165:
Mitsuki: //coughs// I even prepared a present for you
Imai: Sorry.
Mitsuki: Don't think
I've completely forgiven you yet!
Imai: Yeah.
Sorry.
Imai: ----Oh yeah,
did you make sure to call home?
//Errr...//
[sign reads "A kid"]
Mitsuki: ...Imai-san, you're more strict than my dad

Pg 166:
Imai: ...Well I don't want to lose your parents trust
//Hmmm//
Imai: Well, even if that happened, I wouldn't give you up, but still...
Imai: If they're against our relationship,
it'll probably be that much harder for you.
Mitsuki: (It was the first time
I saw him look...a bit shy and a bit sulkish at the same time)
Mitsuki: ...Is that why you force yourself not to smoke or drink in front of me...?
Imai: It's not that I'm forcing myself not to.
Not at all.
//thump//

Pg 167:
Mitsuki: It'd be okay.
Mitsuki: Because I wouldn't give you up either.
//squeeze//
Mitsuki: (Imai-san
always gives me many things)
Mitsuki: (Not just things that can be seen by the human eye,
but something much much more precious...)

Pg 168:
Mitsuki: (something that grabs ahold of my heart)
Imai: Thanks for waiting for me.
Mitsuki: (---Let's celebrate our first Christmas together)

Pg 169:
Mitsuki: (Even though the hamburger was a bit charred and hard,
and the cake was a bit crumbly,
we laughed and ate it all)
//clank clank clank clank//
Mitsuki: You're gonna be a bit late
Imai: Don't worry about it. I did an all nighter yesterday, so they'll understand.
//clank clank//
//yawwwnnn//
Mitsuki: AH!

Pg 170:
Mitsuki: You must've not gotten any sleep!
I-I'm sorry, I---
Imai: Hey, it's not your fault
//chuckles//
Imai: ...Later I'll go to your place and apologize to your parents
Mitsuki: D-Don't worry about it!
It's Winter break, and I did tell them I'd be over at your place. Plus! They trust you
//snaps out of it//
Mitsuki: (W-Whoa....i-is this what they call..."the morning after"?!)
//KYAA! KYAA!//
Mitsuki: (This is super embarrassing!)
Mitsuki: (I wonder if that's what the people around me are thinking?!)
Mitsuki: (---Well yeah, I DID stay over at his place...)
Mitsuki: (but still! But still!)

Pg 171:
Mitsuki: (It's not like we continued on where we left off from "last time"....)
//shakes head//
Mitsuki: (What am I thinking?!)
Imai: Mitsuki?
Your face is red
Mitsuki: WHATT!
//M-Maybe it's the air conditioning!)
Mitsuki: Oh!
Right!
Mitsuki: I better give this back to you
Mitsuki: before I lose it
Imai: Oh, yeah.
Right.
Mitsuki: Here.
Imai: ...Hmm...
//This is a bit hard...//
//clink clink//
Mitsuki: (Well I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a bit disappointed...)
Imai: Mitsuki

Pg 172:
Imai: Here's a present for you
//clink clink//
Mitsuki: (What...?)
Imai: If you have a keychain on it, even if you drop it, you'd realize it, right?
//thump//
Mitsuki: (No...way)
Mitsuki: (No way!)
Mitsuki: I-Is it really okay for me to have this?
Mitsuki: (No way!)
//thump thump thump//
Imai: Of course.
Feel free to come any time.

Pg 173:
Mitsuki: (I'm so happy!)
Man: ---Those getting off at---
Imai: I better get off. [SL: Whoa, it's freezing]
Oh yeah
Imai: I managed to get a 3-day holiday during the winter break!
So let's go on a little vacation!
Imai: I'll call you later.
//slideee//
Mitsuki: ---Huh?

TO BE CONTINUED

END OF VOLUME 1

https://mangahelpers.com/t/ck/releases/3199 2008-09-04T08:44:21+00:00 c_k admin@mangahelpers.com

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You can download the raw here: Volume 1

Quote by summary of manga from mangaupdates:

MITSUKI is on top of the world when IMAI, her former tutor and sister's friend, agrees to begin dating her. Even with the seven year age gap, she's determined to make it work, even though she hardly ever gets to see him. But her happiness slowly gives way to doubts when a year passes without ever breaking down the barrier she feels between them. Does Imai-san even like her at all? Or is the person he's really in love with her older sister and he's just going out with her because he didn't have the heart to turn her down? Maybe he doesn't take her seriously because she's still in high school? When she's with him, he always seems more of the serious type---but what is this about his playboy past?!

Title: Ashita mo Kitto Koi Shiteru [i'll Still Be in Love With You Tomorrow]
Mangaka: Fujii Akemi

Legend:
// - action
[] - translator's notes
() - character's thoughts

Pg 9:
Mitsuki: (...Talk about bad timing!)
Mitsuki: (I don't even have enough time to go home and change)
//slam//
//Sorry!//
Mitsuki: (Ughhhh this sucks!)
[bell reads: 5pm---
I'll be waitin---]
Mitsuki: (//sighs//)
Mitsuki: (He finally sends me the message I've been waiting for so long, and THIS is what happens?---)
Mitsuki: (Not to mention, It's my first time in two weeks seeing him too!)
//clang clang//
Mitsuki: Ah...
[sign reads "Tea"]

Pg 10:
Mitsuki: Imai-san!
Imai: ...Mitsuki
Mitsuki: Sorry, I'm late. I had some stuff to do at school.
//Welcome back!//
Mitsuki: (I'm glad he's not mad)
//sigh of relief//
Mitsuki: (Well, it's not like I've ever seen him mad anyways)
//laughs//
Imai: Did you run all the way here?
What do want to drink? [sL: You're probably thirsty, aren't you?]
Mitsuki: [sL: Ah, yeah] I'd like an orange soda please
Mitsuki: (The suit looks really nice on him,
he looks like, how do you put it...all mature, you know?)
Mitsuki: (I'm always nervous when I'm around him...)

Pg 11:
Mitsuki: Are you drinking
iced coffee?
Imai: Yeah.
Mitsuki: ...Could I have a sip?
Imai: Sure,
but I didn't put any sugar in it
Mitsuki: I-I
can still drink it!
//laughs//
Imai: ...Go ahead.
Mitsuki: (Yayy! I guess this is what you call an indirect kiss. Haha]
//clank//
Mitsuki: (This is so couple-like!)
Imai: Did you get your ears pierced?
Mitsuki: What?
Mitsuki: Oh!

Pg 12:
Mitsuki: Y-Yeah...I got it done last week
Imai: Was your school okay with it? [apparently alot of Japanese schools are really uptight about hair length/style, piercings, jewellery, yada-yada-yada. Some schools ban piercings, and this is why he's asking her this ^^]
Mitsuki: The place I got it done told me that I shouldn't take it off for at least 3 weeks,
so I've been putting a bandaid over it.
And anyway, my sister got hers done in grade 11....
Mitsuki: (Maybe I don't look good with it...?)
Imai: Oh, right...
yeah, Chizuka comes across as the type to like that kind of stuff
Imai: How is she anyway?
//I haven't seen her around lately//
Mitsuki: ....She's been...doing great...
Mitsuki: (...I wonder what's the punishment
for telling a lie?)

Pg 13:
Mitsuki: (I think Imai-san
might've been in love with my older sister)
Mitsuki: (While he was going to uni, he was my tutor,
but originally, he was a classmate of my sister's, who's seven years older than me)
[papers read: English Exams
Practice Sheet for Entrance Examinations]
Mitsuki: (They seemed to be really close.)
Mitsuki: (There's no way a kid like me could match up to someone like her)
Mitsuki: (She was already dating someone else at that time,
but I was too afraid to tell him how I felt)

Pg 14:
Mitsuki: (And then as time passed and he graduated and started working,
I saw less and less of him)
Mitsuki: (About half a year ago,
I saw how close they still were despite them working different jobs)
//Yayyyy! I'm homeee//
//Imai: I'm sorry, a bunch of our friends from university got together and she had a bit too much to drink//
//Imai: I'll be leaving now
Sister: Okayyy! Thanks for cominnngg!
Mom: Now, now.//
Mitsuki: (That time, my sister had just broken up with her boyfriend)
Mitsuki: I---
Imai-san?!
Mitsuki: (That's why I....)
Mitsuki: M---My
sister has a new boyfriend already!
Imai: Huh...?

Pg 15:
Mitsuki: She has someone she likes already,
Mitsuki: so why
Mitsuki: not me? Or am I not good enough?
Mitsuki: I really like you...
Mitsuki: (It was because...)
Mitsuki: (I was afraid my sister would take him away from me)
//clang clang//
//thank you very much!//

Pg 16:
Mitsuki: (It's not that I wanted to lie to you)
//honk honk//
Imai: ...It's seven.
I guess seeing a movie's out.
Imai: Want to go somewhere to eat?
//What do you want to have?//
Mitsuki: I can go home a bit late! They won't mind!
Imai: No.
Imai: You have to get back by 9, right?
And anyway, I can't go walking around with a high school girl late at night
//tap//
Imai: Today I came straight from work so I don't even have my car with me
so we should head back even earlier than usual.
//stab...//
Mitsuki: (...But...this is the first time we've seen each other in two whole weeks
well yeah....you have your work, and I understand that....but didn't you miss me...?)
Mitsuki: (Weren't there ever times that you wanted to see me...?)
//honk honk//
Imai: ...Everything okay?

Pg 17:
Mitsuki: ....Do you....
Mitsuki: think I look like Chizu-chan? [her sister]
//What?//
Imai: Why are you asking?
You don't. Not at all.
//stab//
Mitsuki: (He's treats me really kindly...)
Mitsuki: (We've been going out for half a year. We haven't been able to spend that much time together,
but we haven't fought once. We've even kissed a couple of times)
Mitsuki: (...but still,
he's never told me that he liked me)
//squeeze//

Pg 18:
Mitsuki: (Whenever he's around me
I smell the faint scent of cigarettes)
Mitsuki: (But...)
Mitsuki: (I wonder if this smell...
really belongs to me?)
//click//
[sign read "Kawano"]
Mitsuki: I'm back....
ah.
Chizu: Welcome back, Mitsuki
Mitsuki: Hey, you're heading out? At this time of night?
Chizu: //chuckles// I'm going on a date.

Pg 19:
Mitsuki: (...I'm so jealous...
she gets to see the guy she likes whenever she wants...)
Mitsuki: What kind of guy are you dating anyway?
Chizu: That's a secret //giggle//
Mitsuki: What...?
//sniff sniff//
Chizu: You don't smell.
Mitsuki: [sL: Smell?] Of what?
Chizu: Cigarettes
Mitsuki: Huh?
Chizu: Imai-kun smokes, doesn't he?
Chizu: Has he done anything to you that'd make his smell stick to you?
//blushes//
Mitsuki: WHATTT!
Mitsuki: He wouldn't!! He's not like that!
You pervert!!
//hahaha//
Chizu: Tell them I won't be back tonight!
//See ya!//

Pg 20:
Mitsuki: She won't be...
//blushes//
//slam//
Mitsuki: (....If)
Mitsuki: (I was a grown up like my sister,
would I be able to spend more time with him?
...If
I was her....)
Mitsuki: ("You don't. Not at all")
Mitsuki: (I don't know if that time,
she had someone she liked.)
Mitsuki: (I wonder if, Imai-san's going out with me because I'm her sister?)
//throb//
Mitsuki: Ow...

Pg 21:
Mitsuki: (I can't shake this feeling of guilt)
Girl: //Wow!// A ring!
//noise noise//
Girl: From your boyfriend?!
Girl #2: Yup, but it's a cheap one.
But it's more about his feelings, you know?
Girl #3: Yeah, you're totally right
//Wowww I'm soo jealous!//
//Wowww//
Girl: What kind
of rock is it?
Girl #2: It's a fake topaz.
//Wowww//
Girl: When I broke up with my ex-boyfriend though, I couldn't figure out what I should do with all the jewellery I got from him.
It's like, they were a sign that I was his, you know? Especially the rings.
//I was seriously creeped out//
//ahaha hahaha//
//munch munch//
Girl #2: Hey! Don't rain on my parade!
Girl #3: //Ah// I don't mind if it's something
that's really good quality!
Girl #2: You just be quiet.

Pg 22:
Mitsuki: She's so lucky....
Girl: What?
Mitsuki: I want a ring too....
Girl: Why? You have so many already.
Your sister works at a jewellery store, doesn't she?
Mitsuki: Yeah, but they're all hers.
I don't mean like, generally, but more like, you know....
Girl: Why not try asking your boyfriend?
Your birthday's coming up soon, isn't it?
Mitsuki: I can't.
Girl: But he's already graduated uni and started working, right? I'm sure he'd give you one if you asked
//You are his girlfriend, after all//
Mitsuki: (Yeahh...but if I ASK him, then there's no point in it...)
Mitsuki: He's really nice....
//sighhh//
//Well woo-hoo for you//
Girl: GEEEZZ~ Are you trying to pick a fight with me? You went out yesterday night too, didn't you?
It must be so great having a grown up boyfriend~
Girl: He probably teaches you a lot of things, doesn't he? //hehe//
You know, like "grown up play"?
//Nooo~~My virgin ears~//
//snap//
Mitsuki: Imai-san's not like that.

Pg 23:
Mitsuki: He makes sure to take me back to my house at least five minutes before my curfew,
and whenever he's with me he doesn't smoke OR drink,
and he won't let me into his apartment because he lives alone
//he said it wouldn't be safe//
//clatter//
[bag of chips reads "Good Potatoes" ^^]
Girl: WHATTTT! NOOO WAYYY!
Woww now THAT'S a tough cookie to crack!
//Maybe there's something wrong with him?//
//snap//
Mitsuki: But those are the things I like about him!
Girl: Oh...
really?
//What's the point in all this?//
//beep beep//
Mitsuki: Ah! [sL: That's me]
Girl: Your bell?
Mitsuki: Yeah
Girl: Did you stop carrying around your cell?
Mitsuki: Imai-san doesn't like talking on the phone.
I knew it. It's from Imai-san.
Girl: [sL:...Oh, really?]
[reads: "I have to work late tonight, so I won't be able to see you. Imai"]
Mitsuki: (If he's busy)

Pg 24:
Mitsuki: (then I'll be the one to go and see him!)
Mitsuki: (I want to see him everyday if I can,
even if it's just to see his face.)
//woww...//
Mitsuki: (Ummm...)
//sliddee//
Mitsuki: (Ah!)
Mitsuki: (Great timing!)
Mitsuki: (This is awesome!)
Mitsuki: Imai---
sa-----
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
//thump//

Pg 25:
Imai: Mitsuki...?!
Imai: Is everything okay? Didn't you get my message?
Mitsuki: I did. But I was just hanging around with my friends near here and so I thought....
Mitsuki: (----I don't know why,
but he seemed really far away,
even though he was wearing the same suit he always does)
//stare stare//
Mitsuki: ...I'm sorry...
Mitsuki: (I did something really stupid...)
Mitsuki: I shouldn't have come and got in your way
Mitsuki: (He's working and I...)
Imai: ---Sorry,
I can't take a break right now.
Mitsuki: No, that's okay---
Imai: I'll walk you to the station.

Pg 26:
Mitsuki: It's okay. Really, I can go there by mysel---
//thump//
Imai: Mitsuki?
Mitsuki: Ah, it's nothing.
Mitsuki: I can go home by myself.
Imai: But---
Mitsuki: Really. I'll be okay.
I'm sorry to bother you at work.
//See you//
Mitsuki: (...I shouldn't have come here in my school uniform)
Mitsuki: (All I did was embarrass him.
I even look out of place standing next to him)
Imai: Mitsuki!
Imai: I'll leave
Imai: tomorrow open!

Pg 27:
Imai: So think about where you want to go to eat!
Mitsuki: ...Okay!
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...!)
Mitsuki: (Yayy! We're going on a date!)
Mitsuki: (I can be with him all day!)
//honk honk//
//swipe swipe//
Mitsuki: ...I don't look weird, do I?

Pg 28:
Mitsuki: (These are Chizu-chan's clothes,
so I think they look a bit grown up...)
Mitsuki: (even though I'm lacking in the chest department...)
Mitsuki: NOW we'll look like a real couple!
//hey hey//
Guy: Are you waiting for someone?
//smiles//
Guy: If you're not doing anything, want to hang out?
Mitsuki: My boyfriend will be coming soon
Guy: We saw you here standing here alone for a pretty long time.
Why don't you just dump that boyfriend and hang out with----
Mitsuki: ...Ah

Pg 29:
Imai: Does that happen to you a lot?
Mitsuki: What?
Imai: ...Guys hitting on you.
Mitsuki: Ah....
sometimes.
//When I'm hanging out with friends//
Imai: ...Oh...
Mitsuki: ...Are you mad?
Imai: Why would I be?
Mitsuki: (...Aww....
so he's not jealous?)
//snaps out of it//
Mitsuki: AHHHH!
Mitsuki: (He's not wearing a suit!!)
Imai: What?
Mitsuki: N-Nothing!!

Pg 30:
Mitsuki: (I'm such an idiot!
It's a SUNDAY. Of course he wouldn't be wearing a suit!
You idiot! You retard!
Ugghhh I TOTALLY missed the mark...)
//depressed//
Mitsuki: (I should've just worn that dress I bought a couple of weeks ago)
//hahahahaha//
//thud//
Mitsuki: Ah...
//pulls//
Mitsuki: (My back feels hot...)
Mitsuki: (With the scent of cigarettes
my heart beats faster...)

Pg 31:
Mitsuki: That was AMAZING!!
Imai: You enjoyed it?
Mitsuki: Definitely!
//This is dessert//
//laughs//
Imai: You showed off some pretty impressive eating skills there.
It was worth taking you here.
Mitsuki: It's my first time eating at a place like this!
//whisper//
Mitsuki: But, is this really okay? I mean, it's probably super expensive.
I wouldn't have minded going out to eat ramen, or to some fast food joint.
Imai: Haha, don't be silly
Imai: Even if you ate enough for three people, I have enough
to get us by
Mitsuki: I don't eat THAT much...
//blush//
Imai: [sL: Here] Do you want this too?
Mitsuki: Yeah!
Mitsuki: (Yayyy! I'm so happy!)
Mitsuki: This is great!
Imai: Today was partly to make it up to you too

Pg 32:
Mitsuki: [sL: Huh?] "Make it up to me"?
Imai: I have to head off to Kyushu tomorrow for work,
so I won't be able to see you for a while.
Mitsuki: (What...)
Mitsuki: U-
Until when...?
Imai: I'll be gone for a week. I'm planning to be back by Saturday night
Mitsuki: (I won't be able to see him again...)
Mitsuki: But....that's...
//clank//
Mitsuki: (One whole week...?)
Imai: I'm really sorry
Mitsuki: (But....
next week....
next Friday is my...)
Mitsuki: Oh...yeah...
....well....
Mitsuki: (is my....)
//stab stab//
Mitsuki: Well, it's work. There's not much you can do about it.
Yeah, thanks for letting me know
Mitsuki: (Oh no...I feel like I'm going to start crying...)
Imai: ...I know it's a little early----

Pg 33:
//tap//
Imai: but here's your birthday present
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
Mitsuki: (no way...)
//thump thump thump thump//
Mitsuki: Is this...from Chizu-chan's store?
Imai: Yeah, I don't really know any jewellery store besides hers.
Mitsuki: (...Don't tell me...)
Mitsuki: (this is....)
Mitsuki: C-Can I...
open it?
Imai: ...Go ahead.
Mitsuki: (Is it----)

Pg 34:
Mitsuki: (They're earrings...)
Imai: Sorry, do you not like it that much?
//snaps out of it//
Mitsuki: N-No, no. I do!
Mitsuki: I was just a bit surprised because I'd never gotten something this expensive!
Mitsuki: (I feel so stupid)

Pg 35:
Mitsuki: It's so cute!
Thanks, I'll take good care of it!
//stab stab//
Mitsuki: (I was disappointed because I thought it would be a ring.
....I'm being too greedy.
God's going to punish me for wanting too much.)
Mitsuki: I'll be able to take the ones I have in right now off in about a week,
so the next time I see you, I'll wear these, okay?
Imai: ...Okay
Mitsuki: (...Still)
Mitsuki: ("A sign that I'm his")
Mitsuki: (Still...)
Imai: Oh, it's about time you head back.
Imai: Let's go

Pg 36:
Mitsuki: (Imai-san,
if I hadn't gotten my ears pierced,
would you have gotten me a ----?)
Mitsuki: (Or...)
Imai: ...Mitsuki?
//clank//
Mitsuki: (Do you like me?
Do you like me
enough to want to keep me to yourself?)
Mitsuki: (Do you like me...more than my sister?)
Mitsuki: I...
Mitsuki: don't want to....
Mitsuki: go home...
yet.

Pg 37:
//thump thump thump//

Mitsuki: I-I...told them I'd be late today...
Mitsuki: (Do you like me
as much as
I like you?)
Mitsuki: So....
//tap//

pg 38:
Imai: I-diot.
//tears up//
Imai: You're still in high school. You shouldn't be hanging around at night.
You have school tomorrow, don't you?
//tap//
Mitsuki: (Why....)
Imai: ...perfume...?
Mitsuki: What?
Imai: Are you wearing something tonight?
Mitsuki: No, not really....
Imai: Ah.

Pg 39:
Mitsuki: Maybe it's the clothes?
Imai: Your clothes?
Mitsuki: Yeah, these are Chizu-chan's,
and she always wears perfume, so maybe---
Imai: Oh...
Imai: right....
so it's Chizuka's....
//throb//
Mitsuki: (---I did something stupid again)
//squeeze//

Pg 40:
Mitsuki: (even if I try to be like my sister
and copy her clothes...her piercings...and her hairstyle....)
Girl: ...Mitsuki,
you're not going home yet?

Pg 41:
Mitsuki: Nooo....
Girl: [sL: Whoa] You're not looking too good [sL: Are you okay?]
Mitsuki: Yeah, I'm fine. I just didn't sleep that much last night
Girl: [sL: Well, as long as you're okay] Are you sure you don't have to head home?
It's your birthday, isn't it? Didn't you make any plans with your boyfriend?
Mitsuki: ....No,
he's away on business.
Girl: No way!
Mitsuki: (...He hasn't phoned me)
Mitsuki: (I haven't heard his voice in over five days)
Mitsuki: (I know he doesn't like talking on the phone)
Mitsuki: (but still....
even if it's just to say hi....
at the very least, he could leave a message on my bell...)
Girl: Well that's a bummer.
Then wanna hang out somewhere? [sL: The bill's on me]
Girl: Oh, but
is he gonna call you? You know, like give you a birthday call?
//snaps out of it//
//clatter//
Girl: WHOA!

Pg 42:
Mitsuki: Sorry! I'm gonna go home!
//dashes off/
Girl: Mitsuki?!
Mitsuki: (That's right!
It's my birthday!
He'll definitely call me today!)
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: (He'll definitely call me....
I'm sure he will...
I'm sure he will...)

Pg 43:
Mitsuki: (...Why?)
Mitsuki: ...idiot...
Mitsuki: (I wonder if he ever thinks of me at all.
Everyday, all I think of is him,
and I'm always wanting to hear his voice,
but is it different for him?)
Mitsuki: Why....
why....
Mitsuki: (Maybe this is my punishment....
to not be loved as much as I love him...)
//ring ring//
//ah!//

Pg 44:
//ring ring//
//click//
Mitsuki: Hello?
Imai: ...Mitsuki?
Mitsuki: ...I---
//thump//
Mitsuki: ..mai-sann......
Mitsuki: (...I want to see you)
Mitsuki: Imai-san...
Imai: Mitsuki
Mitsuki: //hiccup// Imai-sann....
Imai: Mitsuki,
sorry I couldn't call you sooner.
Mitsuki: Imai-san....//hiccup//
Imai: Yeah....
Mitsuki: (I want to see you.
I want to see you)

Pg 45:
Imai: Happy 17th birthday
Mitsuki: (If I'm just hearing your voice,
I can't smell the scent of cigarettes)
Mitsuki: Imai-san...
//hiccup//
Imai: I'll be heading home tomorrow
Mitsuki: C-Can I...
come pick you up?
Imai: ...No, it's okay. I'm not sure about the exact time.
Mitsuki: (But... I want to see you)
Mitsuki: Then I'll wait for you at your place....
Mitsuki: (Even if it's 10 minutes...even if it's 5...)
Imai: No, it'll be late.
Mitsuki: ...but...
but....
Imai: ...Mitsuki...//sigh//
//thump//
Mitsuki: (Even if it's just for a minute...)

Pg 46:
Imai: I'll call you when I get back
Mitsuki: (all I want is to see you...)
//throb//
Mom: Mitsuki,
what're you walking around holding the phone for?
//If you're going to use it, hurry up and use it!//
Mitsuki: Okay, okayy
//walks back and forth//
Mitsuki: (I wonder if he's back yet?)
Mitsuki: (He did say he would call me...)
Chizu: I'm back~

Pg 47:
Mom: Chizuka!
Where were you last night?!
Chizu: [sL: Sorry~] I crashed at my friend's place
Mom: Couldn't you have at least phoned home?
It was Mitsuki's birthday yesterday, you know!
Chizu: AH!
Chizu: Mitsuki!
Mitsuki-chan~ I'm soooo sorry!
Mitsuki: What're you looking so happy for?
You're creeping me out
//thud//
Chizu: Happy birthday!
Mitsuki: Chizu-chan...
what is this...? [sL: A diamond ring?]
Chizu: Ah...
Mitsuki: Don't tell me you're...

Pg 48:
Chizu: Keep it a secret for a while longer, won't ya?
Mitsuki: (The smell of cigarettes...?)
Chizu: I'm starving~
Mitsuki: (This smell....)
Mitsuki: ("Has he done anything to you that'd make his smell stick to you")
Mitsuki: (...No, it can't be)

Pg 49:
Mitsuki: (He's away on business...
there's no way they could've been together...)
Mitsuki: (There's just no way...)
Mitsuki: ("Yeah, I don't really know any jewellery store besides hers")
Mitsuki: ("Tell her I won't be back tonight")
Mitsuki: ("No, it'll be late")
Mitsuki: ("Keep it a secret...")
//clank//
Mitsuki: (No...that would never happen...)
//ding dong ding dong//
[sign reads "Imai"]

Pg 50:
Imai: Who is it...?
//I got it, I got it//
//click//
Imai: Mitsuki..?!
//wheeze wheeze//
Mitsuki: ....Why
are you here?
Mitsuki: You said...
you'd call me as soon as you got back...
//tears up//
Imai: Yeah...
but I just came back...
Mitsuki: (the scent of cigarettes can be found anywhere)
Imai: In any case, come on in.

Pg 51:
Imai: Why are you out so late at night?
It's already past 10:30
Mitsuki: ...Is it a bother for me to be here?
Imai: I didn't mean it like that.
What did you tell your parents when you were heading out? I'm sure they're worried
Mitsuki: ...It's my first time seeing you smoke.
Imai: Huh?
Oh, sorry...
//sizzle//
Mitsuki: Why are you stopping?
You smoke in front of my sister, don't you? //mumble//
Imai: What...?
//rustle rustle//
Imai: Once you're finished drinking that, I'll take you home
Mitsuki: (No...)
//thump//

Pg 52:
Mitsuki: ...Let me stay for the night
//clank//
Imai: ...No.
I'll go home with you and we can apologize together. [sL: Come on, stand up]
Mitsuki: Y-You don't have to!
I said I'd be staying over at my friend's house!
//thump//
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...)
Mitsuki: So okay? Can I stay here?
Imai: No. Go home.
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: Why?!
Imai: Mitsuki!
Mitsuki: No! I'm staying here!

Pg 53:
Imai: I SAID GO HOME!
//tense//
//tremble tremble//
[sL: Imai: Geez...]
//tense//
Mitsuki: (...He's mad)
Imai: Let's go.

Pg 54:
Mitsuki: (I can't believe he snapped at me...)
//click//
Imai: Get in.
Imai: Mitsu---
Mitsuki: ...Were you really away on business?
Imai: What's that supposed to mean?
Mitsuki: T-Tell me
the truth! You knew this whole time about my lie, didn't you?!
Mitsuki: You both knew about it and you guys were just making fun of me, weren't you?!
Mitsuki: About me telling you that Chizu-chan didn't have a boyfriend...

Pg 55:
Imai: A lie...?
Mitsuki: B-But....
Mitsuki: if I didn't tell you that...
I thought you wouldn't look at me otherwise!
Mitsuki: (It's not that I wanted a ring)
Mitsuki: (I just wanted to have his feelings in a form that I could see)
Imai: What are you---
Mitsuki: (because I would begin to doubt myself otherwise)
Imai: Mitsuki---
what's---
Mitsuki: NOO!
Mitsuki: (Because I didn't have any confidence in myself)
//NOOOO//
//tense//

Pg 56:
Mitsuki: No....
Imai: Mi---
Mitsuki: I'm....
tired of this....
Mitsuki: I want this...
to end...
Mitsuki: I'm always the one....to be jealous and to be doubtful
and to want to see you

Pg 57:
Mitsuki: It makes me really tired...
Mitsuki: I'm so tired...
so just let me go....
Mitsuki: (Is this what I get for lying?)
Mitsuki: (But...all I did was like him)
Mitsuki: I'm---

Pg 58:
Mitsuki: (All I wanted, was for him to like me back)
//slam//

Pg 59:
Mitsuki: (---I fell in love, in the summer of grade 10)
Mitsuki: I don't need one!
//No wayyyy!//
Chizu: No, dad asked me to find someone.
Imai-kun!
//Come over here!//
//bows//
Imai: Hi,
I'm Imai Nobuyoshi.
Imai: Nice to meet you.
Mitsuki: (He smiled at me, introducing himself politely to a kid seven years younger than him)

Pg 60:
Mitsuki: (And it was that moment that I...)
//slip//
//splat//
Mitsuki: O-Ow....
//wheeze wheeze//
//cough cough//
Mitsuki: (There's no way a love based on lies could last)
//wheeze wheeze//
//cough cough//
Mitsuki: (because from the very beginning, there was nothing to believe in)
//cough cough//

Pg 61:
//cough//
//wheeze//
//throb throb throb//
Mitsuki: (But it's true I liked him.)
Mitsuki: (I did. I really did)
Mitsuki: Wahhhh....

Pg 62:
Mitsuki: (That was the one truth in all of this)
//wahhhh//

Pg 63:
Man: And now, the Sunday morning news report---
Mitsuki: ...Ugly pig!
Mitsuki: Ughhhh....
I look like a little kid
//oink oink//
Mitsuki: Idiot!
Retard!
Mitsuki: (He ended up...
not noticing my earrings...)

Pg 64:
Mitsuki: (Oh, right. There's no way he would've noticed
in the first place...)
//throb//
//hmmm///
Chizu: Looks like I lost this time around [sL: And I call myself a pro?]
//tense//
Mitsuki: O-onee-chan....
Chizu: Those are from Imai-kun, right?
Mitsuki: (Ah...)
//tense//
Chizu: I recommended he get you the gold ones. [sL: Since you're always wearing my gold ones, and the platinum gets damaged really easily]
but he was really set on getting you those ones
Mitsuki: W-Well...it's not like I look good in either.....
Mitsuki: (I should've just
taken these off...)
Chizu: Hey, that's not true

Pg 65:
Chizu: It fits you perfectly.
It fits you better than the flashy ones I wear
Chizu: He has a good eye, I have to admit
Mitsuki: (What...?)
//giggles//
Chizu: But to think a player like him could change so much~
he's like a mother hen
Mitsuki: Huh?
Mitsuki: (A "player"...?)
//ding dong//
Mom: Mitsuki---Chizuka---
could someone get the door? [sL: I'm a bit busy right now!]
Mitsuki: Okay!
//click//
Mitsuki: Yes?
Who is---

Pg 66:
Mitsuki: (...Wh---)

Pg 67:
//thud//
Chizu: Ow!
Mitsuki: (Imai-sa---)
Mitsuki: (Why....?)
Chizu: Hey, Imai-kun!
come on in!
//tense//
Mitsuki: (No! Why?!
After last night, I don't have the guts to face him!)
Mitsuki: (What am I going to do?!)
Mitsuki: (What am I going to do?!)
//dash//
//whoa//
Chizu: Hey!
Mitsuki?!
Where are you---
Imai: Mitsuki.

Pg 68:
Mitsuki: What...?
//blank look//
Mitsuki: (What is...this)
Imai: It's non-refundable, so don't even try.
//grabs//

Pg 69:
Mitsuki: (W-Wait! Wait!)
Mitsuki: I-Imai-san?!
//awawawawa//
Mitsuki: Imai-sa---
Mitsuki: (What the heck is...)
Imai: Please excuse me!
Mom: Oh, Imai-san!
We haven't seen you in a while---
Mitsuki: (Eh...?)
Imai: I'm sorry to intrude on you like this out of the blue,
Imai: but I came here today because I had something I'd like to ask of you

Pg 70:
Imai: Please let me
Imai: go out with your daughter! [To be more specific, he's asking them he wants to go out with Mitsuki with the intention of eventually getting married [so in other words, a courtship, in olden times XD]
//wow//

Pg 71:
//turns to stone//
Mitsuki: ....Wh....
Mitsuki: What are you...
saying...
//thump//
Mitsuki: Imai-san...?
Mitsuki: (No way....
this has got to be some kind of joke...)
//thump thump//
Mitsuki: What did you...
just say...?
Mitsuki: (No way....)
Imai: I'm the one who's filled with doubts.
You're still in high school, so I was worried you'd run out on me.

Pg 72:
Imai: I thought if I got jealous,
you'd get scared and hate me.
Imai: If you hadn't told me you liked me that day,
I probably never would've been able to make the first move.
Imi: I'm sorry.
Mitsuki: (Imai-san...)
Mitsuki: ...So you
like me?
Mitsuki: (You've always liked me...?)

Pg 73:
Imai: I love you
Mitsuki: (Imai-san....)

Pg 74:
Mitsuki: You've got your ordering all messed up! [she means that he should've told her he loves her BEFORE asking for her parents permission for her hand in marriage XD ^^]
Mitsuki: (Don't let me go!)

Pg 75:
//snaps out of it//
Chizu: Well not like I mind,
Chizu: but looks like she got around to it before me [sL: For now, anyway]
//geez, she got first bids?//
Mitsuki: (More than any eternal promises,)
Mitsuki: (continue to love me everyday.)
//rip//
//wait a second! You're still too young for that!//
//Oh, why not? Quite frankly, I'm relieved!
W-Wha-wha---//
Mitsuki: (Please love me tomorrow too)

Pg 76:
Mitsuki: (because everyday,
I think of only you)
Imai: (...If I was to be completely honest)
Chizu: Geezz~and to think the only one I could find was a player like you![sL: The only good thing about you, is you get good grades]
I'll kill you if you make my sister cry!
//mumble mumble//
Imai: You've gotta be kidding me.
I'm not THAT desperate that I'd lay a hand on some brat in middle school
Imai: (Back then,
even if I didn't fall in love,
I had no troubles finding women to date)
Chizu: My sister's really cute, so I'm worried!
Imai: Yeah, but she's a kid, isn't she?
//miii miii// [cicadas crying]

Pg 77:
Imai: (---That day)
Chizu: This is my little sister, Mitsuki.
Mitsuki: Nice to meet you
Imai: (I was caught hook, line, and sinker)
Imai: (I'll never be able to tell anyone
that it was my first time falling in love though)

END OF CHAPTER 1