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<1776>
// Buzzzzz...
<1777>
// My eyes awoke to a nostalgic sound not heard in a long time.
<1778> \{Gi?ng Noi} ""
// \{Voice} "You're still sleeping!"
<1779>
// I heard a cute voice.
<1780> \{Gi?ng Noi} ""
// \{Voice} "Wake up!"
<1781>
// She shook me back and forth.
<1782> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... It's bright..."
<1783>
// Before I knew it, the curtain was opened up, letting the morning sunlight come through.
<1784>
// Barely opening my eyes, I looked towards where the voice came from.
<1785>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "It's morning already!"
<1786>
// And there was a girl with a vacuum cleaner in hand.
<1787> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} (... Oh, that's right, she ended up staying here...)
<1788>
// I remembered that with sleepy eyes.
<1789> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Sleepy..."
<1790>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Wah, you can't go to sleep again!"
<1791>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I'm already vacuuming!"
<1792>
// Buzzzzz...
<1793>
// The noise of the vacuum drew close to my ear.
<1794>
// But, it didn't surpass my sleepiness.
<1795>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Geez, it's time to wake up."
<1796>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I'm drying the futon, so please wake up!"
<1797> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "As far as I'm concerned, it's still sleeping time."
<1798>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "You can't!"
<1799>
// Buzzzzz...
<1800> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Shut up..."
<1801>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Then wake up."
<1802> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Besides, while I'm this sleepy, Mei-chan is..."
<1803>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I'm doing what?"
<1804> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ah, well..."
<1805>
// Because there's a girl in the house, sleeping while stressed is bad.
<1806>
// I gulp down my words hard.
<1807>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "You're not going to do anything?"
<1808> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "All right, it's all my fault."
<1809> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I see that now, so let me deal with the futon."
<1810>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Sigh... can't be helped."
<1811>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Then, we'll leave the top cover alone."
<1812> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm..."
<1813>
// I beat it with my hand.
<1814>
// Then I rolled the bed up as if it were a rough scroll.
<1815>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "You're pretty good..."
<1816>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Then, we'll be drying the futon."
<1817>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Wah, there's so much dust!"
<1818>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "When was the last time you cleaned this?"
<1819> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I forget..."
<1820>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Geez, after this, we'll have to clean the top cover as well!"
<1821>
// The wind coming from the opened window was cold.
<1822>
// Even then, with the futon wrapped it, it was comfortable.
<1823>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Oh right, I've prepared something to eat."
<1824> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Breakfast..."
<1825>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "What is it?"
<1826> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I want to eat breakfast..."
<1827>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Then, come to the kitchen."
<1828> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, I wanna sleep..."
<1829>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "So selfish..."
<1830> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Don't you think it's lovely for someone to be sleepy while eating breakfast?"
<1831>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I think it's scary."
<1832> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Not at all. It's quite fun..."
<1833>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "... Sigh..."
<1834>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Then, just today."
<1835>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I'll have to wash my hands..."
<1836>
// Taking a breath as if amazed, she leaves the room.
<1837>
// A while later, she returns with a delicious smell.
<1838>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "All right, you can eat here."
<1839> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Amazing."
<1840>
// On top of the tray was toast, omelette, bacon, and coffee.
<1841>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I think it's good."
<1842> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, it looks pretty damn good."
<1843> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "So... good..."
<1844>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Don't go back to sleep!"
<1845>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Can't be helped..."
<1846> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm...?"
<1847>
// I heard the clanging sounds of the fork.
<1848>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Here, please say ahh..."
<1849> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ahh..."
<1850>
// ... Chomp.
<1851> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "The toast's great..."
<1852>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Okay, what would you like next?"
<1853> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Omelette..."
<1854>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "The omelette is difficult..."
<1855>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I'll have to go softly so as to not break it..."
<1856>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Here, hurry up, the futon will get dirty!"
<1857> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ahh..."
<1858>
// ... Chomp.
<1859> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Delicious..."
<1860> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'd like to drink coffee next."
<1861>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Coffee's the most difficult thing."
<1862>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "First, I'll have to cool it so it doesn't burn you."
<1863>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Blow, blow..."
<1864>
// Mei-chan probably saw everything from the beginning of this tiring morning as stupid.
<1865>
// Even then, she really was well raised, so it was a bit fun.
<1866>
// I finally became quite awake around noon.
<1867>
// Mei-chan put on some ironed clothes and left the room.
<1868>
// Most obviously to go and see Sunohara and Sanae-san on their date.
<1869>
// The place they planned to meet at was the same park from yesterday...
<1870> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "We're a little bit early..."
<1871>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Ah, onii-chan's here."
<1872>
// Sunohara was one step ahead, waiting at that place.
<1873>
// Even though he had a lot of time, he was still checking the time.
<1874>
// He kept on clearing his throat and fixing his hair.
<1875>
// It was obvious that he was tense.
<1876> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Try calling from behind, Mei-chan."
<1877>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Eh, me?"
<1878> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "He might think it's Sanae-san, and get freaked out for no reason."
<1879>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "But, my voice is so different."
<1880> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, the way he is now he's definitely not calm."
<1881>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Then, I'll try it."
<1882>
// Tatter, tatter, she comes up to his back.
<1883>
// And then she stand on her toes, clapping his shoulders.
<1884>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I've been waiting for you!"
<1885> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Ah, hahaha, you came just now, didn't you?"
<1886> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Ah... before the date, please have this!"
<1887> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I have a present here that'll let you buy meals three times!"
<1888>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Thank you very much!"
<1889>
// Slip!
<1890>
// He drops his wrapped package.
<1891> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "M-Mei..."
<1892> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Actually, three meals is at least 1500 yen. Cheap!"
<1893> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "It's filled with love, so isn't that fine?!"
<1894> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "So, why are you going on a date in your school uniform?"
<1895> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Being formal's fine, isn't it?!"
<1896> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "All your other clothes are wrinkled and smell strange, right?"
<1897> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I was the one who cleaned your room yesterday, remember?"
<1898> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Kuh... you guys came all the way here just to give me that crap?!"
<1899> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Shouldn't you relax yourself a bit? You're tense."
<1900>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Onii-chan, you're all gritty."
<1901> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I'm relaxed!"
<1902> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Whichever it was, you were on edge so you came early, didn't you?"
<1903>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Wah, \m{A}-san, there are a lot of these empty cans scattered about!"
<1904>
// A large number of empty coffee cans were scattered at Sunohara's feet.
<1905> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Since when were you waiting?"
<1906> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hah, this is a mission!"
<1907> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "When Sanae-san comes, she'll see me, right?"
<1908> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Doing that, it'll be like, 'You waited \bthis\u long... kyuuun', see."
<1909> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Nah, she'll just think you're thirsty."
<1910> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}, you're still so inexperienced."
<1911> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "See, this is a man's tool at the game you call love..."
<1912> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Something like a Boys Love game."
<1913>
// So it's become a boys' game.
<1914>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "But onii-chan, what's with all these cans?"
<1915> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Probably found them from around."
<1916> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "There's no way he could have drunk from all these."
<1917>
// If he did, he'd be a \breal\u idiot.
<1918> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Oh crap, I have to go to the washroom for a bit!"
<1919>
// He \bis\u a real idiot!
<1920>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "It's quite troublesome for it to be all scattered here..."
<1921>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I'll go and clean it."
<1922>
// Although he had gone through the trouble for this mission, Mei-chan threw them into the garbage can.
<1923> \{Gi?ng Noi} ""
// \{Voice} "I'll help as well!"
<1924>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Ah, thank you!"
<1925>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "This is such a problem already..."
<1926> \{Gi?ng Noi} ""
// \{Voice} "Not at all..."
<1927>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Ah, \m{A}-san. Good afternoon."
<1928> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yo."
<1929> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Whew..."
<1930>
// There, Sunohara had returned.
<1931>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Good afternoon, Youhei-san."
<1932> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Ah, good afternoon."
<1933> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Oh, crap----!!"
<1934>
// A man, coming at the worst possible time.
<1935>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Please treat me well today too, okay?"
<1936> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Okay..."
<1937>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "........."
<1938>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Oh my, perhaps you're an acquaintance of his?"
<1939>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Eh, ah... yes!"
<1940>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I'm the younger sister of the Sunoharas... Mei."
<1941>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "The younger sister?"
<1942>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Nice to meet you, I'm Furukawa Sanae."
<1943>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Sanae-san..."
<1944>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Ah, umm... perhaps you're the Sanae-san that onii-chan..."
<1945>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Yes, that's right."
<1946>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Youhei-kun's girlfriend!"
<1947>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "........."
<1948>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "... Is that, for real?"
<1949>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "It is."
<1950>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "C-can I touch you?"
<1951>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Sure!"
<1952>
// She nervously touches her.
<1953>
// And patted around as if to check.
<1954>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "It's real..."
<1955>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "This is, for real..."
<1956>
// And then, she glances up.
<1957>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "... You're beautiful."
<1958>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Thank you very much!"
<1959>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "For someone this beautiful to be with onii-chan..."
<1960>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "With onii-chan, with onii-chan...!"
<1961>
// Thud.
<1962>
// She clinged her small body onto Sanae-san.
<1963>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "U-uuu..."
<1964>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "What compassion you have..."
<1965> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "What's that supposed to mean?!"
<1966>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Mei-san. You shouldn't say things about your older brother like that."
<1967>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "There are also a lot of good things about Youhei-kun."
<1968>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "If you're his younger sister, you should know, right?"
<1969>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I know nothing at all though..."
<1970> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Mei..."
<1971>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Aren't I right... \m{A}-san?"
<1972> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Nope, simply none at all."
<1973> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Don't agree to that!"
<1974>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Now, now... well, we shall see from here on out."
<1975>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "And, don't start any arguments."
<1976>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Today's a date after all."
<1977> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Y-yeah... I suppose."
<1978> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hahaha, we should leave these guys be and go, right?"
<1979>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "We shouldn't leave them alone. Shall we leave?"
<1980> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, wait, Sunohara."
<1981> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Eh, what?"
<1982> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Come here for a sec."
<1983>
// I call him to stop, just as he was about to leave.
<1984>
// I grab his arm and pull him to one of the ends of the park.
<1985> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, don't you think this far's good enough?"
<1986> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Eh, right now's the performance, isn't it?"
<1987>
// ... This guy's gotten something wrong, hasn't he?
<1988> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You know, what's our objective again?"
<1989> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "To show that you're deep in love with a girlfriend, right?"
<1990> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "That's true..."
<1991> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Then, we've achieved that objective, haven't we?"
<1992> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "There's no point continuing this play anymore."
<1993> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Sigh... you don't know, do you, \m{A}?"
<1994> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Certainly, my objective towards Mei's been cleared."
<1995> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "But, Sanae-san and I are getting along!"
<1996> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Yesterday was a rehearsal but, I'm really fired up..."
<1997> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "At this rate with the date coming up, afterwards..."
<1998> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Uhyooooo---! I'm gonna have a nosebleed!"
<1999> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Temple!"
<2000>
// Thunk!\shake{4}
<2001> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Haghh!"
<2002> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hey, finally hitting the head this time?!"
<2003> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You know... you're thinking about really strange things there."
<2004> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sanae-san's going to help you to the end, isn't she?"
<2005> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I already know about that."
<2006> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Well, Mei will also be following too so... I think another push should be fine."
<2007> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It'll be fine if you overdo it without blowing your cover."
<2008>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Umm, what seems to be the problem?"
<2009> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Ah, nothing!"
<2010> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Let's go, Sanae-san!"
<2011>
// With a hurrying figure, he returns to Sanae-san.
<2012>
// As the two give each other a smile, they leave the park.
<2013> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} (Geez...)
<2014>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "\m{A}-san, we should go as well."
<2015> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You're going to follow them after all?"
<2016>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Yes, if possible."
<2017> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, tagging along on their date is kinda, I dunno..."
<2018>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "If you think of it as a double date, it's not strange at all."
<2019> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That would mean I'd be with..."
<2020>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Obviously you and me, \m{A}-san."
<2021> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I suppose..."
<2022>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Ah, they're going to disappear on us."
<2023>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Come on, let's go!"
<2024>
// She tugs on my sleeve.
<2025>
// My legs were heavy, following behind her.
<2026>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Ah, they held hands!"
<2027>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Ah, their hands are swinging!"
<2028>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Onii-chan's blushing..."
<2029>
// In front of us was Sunohara and Sanae-san.
<2030>
// Mei-chan and I were following not too far away.
<2031>
// Sunohara was certainly tense, but even then Sanae-san continued giving a smile.
<2032>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Hmm... though they seem to get along."
<2033> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I... suppose."
<2034>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I'm a bit envious..."
<2035>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Are we getting along as well?"
<2036> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Getting along...?"
<2037>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "There!"
<2038> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Owaah!"
<2039>
// She clung onto my arm as if she was jumping.
<2040> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Stop it!"
<2041>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Ah, you're also blushing a bit, \m{A}-san."
<2042> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Don't fool around."
<2043>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Haha... I'm sorry."
<2044>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I've been longing a bit for something like this."
<2045> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Come on, let go."
<2046>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Okay~"
<2047>
// With a slightly disappointed voice, Mei-chan took her hands off.
<2048>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Oh..."
<2049>
// And then, she looked at her palms for some reason.
<2050> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What are you doing?"
<2051>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Ah, nothing, nothing..."
<2052>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I just thought you were a man and all."
<2053> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Uh, I'm not really all that great."
<2054>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Even then, you're a lot like a man."
<2055>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Your arm's built up and all..."
<2056>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Your chest also feels rugged and stuff."
<2057> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Your chest feels flat, you know."
<2058>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Ah, you're cruel!"
<2059>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "It'll be getting bigger from now on!"
<2060>
// As the two of us bickered over that, the figure of the two became smaller.
<2061>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Wah, they're going to disappear. Let's chase after them!"
<2062>
// She went after them in haste.
<2063>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "But... where does onii-chan feel like going on a date?"
<2064>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "What would you do at a time like this, \m{A}-san?"
<2065> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Don't ask me."
<2066>
// It's not like I'm really experienced with this.
<2067> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, well... I guess at this time you'd go for food first, right?"
<2068> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I think I'd go for some stylish restaurant..."
<2069>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Does onii-chan know such a place?"
<2070>
// I take a look at how the two are doing.
<2071>
// Sunohara had just brought up an excited voice.
<2072> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "U-umm... Sanae-san,"
<2073>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Yes?"
<2074> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I-it's already noon."
<2075>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "It is, isn't it?"
<2076> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Well... what do you think? There's a restaurant pretty close by we can go to."
<2077> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "We should eat first... haha..."
<2078>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Ah..."
<2079>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I'm sorry, I already ate at home."
<2080> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Ehhh----..."
<2081>
// A problem has arisen.
<2082>
// Well now, how will you counterattack?
<2083>
// Even now, it is not an exaggeration to say the man named Sunohara Youhei has his abilities tested...
<2084> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "........."
<2085>
// Dash!
<2086> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "So you're coming over here instead?!"
<2087> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "\m{A}! What should I do?!"
<2088> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Don't you have the book, 'Men's Guide to Losing your Cherry'?"
<2089> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I don't have that book on me!"
<2090>
// You read it?
<2091>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Onii-chan, Sanae-san's troubled~"
<2092> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Mei, you think too!"
<2093> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Actually, you shouldn't rely on your sister."
<2094> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Oh whatever... hey, Sunohara,"
<2095> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "For now, just go to the restaurant as planned."
<2096> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "But..."
<2097> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You can drink coffee there together."
<2098> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "For now, go along with that small thing, and whet your appetite."
<2099> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I-I see. You're amazing, \m{A}!"
<2100> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Good luck, Minimum Heart."
<2101> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Don't say Minimum Heart!"
<2102>
// He runs off, rushing right back to where Sanae-san was.
<2103>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Perhaps... you hadn't eaten anything yet?"
<2104> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "No, nothing like that at all!"
<2105> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "W-well... for now, let's go get some tea from the shop!"
<2106>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Tea is fine?"
<2107> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Eh? It's a place I know pretty well, so there's no need to be scared about it!"
<2108>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "You're a regular customer?"
<2109> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "A regular customer... or rather, an influence?"
<2110> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Well... it's like as if it were my own shop."
<2111> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} (Where is Sunohara exactly planning on taking her to...?)
<2112> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "This is my favorite restaurant!"
<2113>
// The same snack shop!
<2114>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Ahh... onii-chan..."
<2115>
// Mei-chan also held her head.
<2116> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "At the very least, there's are places where you don't go to for dates..."
<2117> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I recommend the pork cutlets!"
<2118> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "It's so damn good! You could eat it three times a day!"
<2119> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Well, because it's such a good restaurant, generally almost all the students come here!"
<2120> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} (Hey, hey, that's not true...)
<2121>
// Look, Sanae-san's pulling back as well...
<2122>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "........."
<2123>
// Instead of her pulling back, she has somewhat sad eyes.
<2124>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "... Youhei-kun,"
<2125>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Do you eat here all the time?"
<2126>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Pork cutlets every day?"
<2127> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Almost, yeah."
<2128> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Though usually, every once in a while, I finish it off with bread!"
<2129> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} (Not once in a while, you mean almost every day...)
<2130>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "You don't cook for yourself?"
<2131> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "No, I don't."
<2132>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "You have to."
<2133>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Eating only one thing isn't good for your body..."
<2134>
// Sanae-san's such a good person...
<2135>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Where do you live, Youhei-kun?"
<2136> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "The dormitory in front..."
<2137>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "That's a relief."
<2138>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Then... let's not eat here, shall we?"
<2139> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Eh, but..."
<2140>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Instead..."
<2141>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I'll cook something!"
<2142>
// She taps her chest with a small fist.
<2143>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Even though you're a guy, your room is quite clean, isn't it?"
<2144> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I was really working hard cleaning this up."
<2145>
// No, I was the one who did that.
<2146>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I'm done!"
<2147>
// She places a platter on top of the kotatsu.
<2148>
// There was rice, miso soup, pork, vegetables, and Japanese pickles.
<2149>
// It really looked like a balanced, delicious meal.
<2150>\{M?i Ng??i} ""
// \{Everyone} "Thanks for the food!"
<2151>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Okay, please help yourselves!"
<2152>
// For now, I'll give it a try.
<2153> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Delicious."
<2154>
// Everything had an exquisite flavor.
<2155>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "It's very delicious!"
<2156> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Sanae-san, this is the best!"
<2157>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Thank you so much!"
<2158>
// Well, certainly the food is great. Sanae-san's smile was beautiful.
<2159>
// But, this scene is...
<2160> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, Sunohara,"
<2161> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "This is... a date, isn't it?"
<2162> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "It's a date!"
<2163> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Your girlfriend comes home, and makes you your meal."
<2164> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Like this is a date, isn't it? Right, everyone?!"
<2165> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sorry, please pass the soy sauce."
<2166>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Here you go."
<2167>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Sanae-san, how did you season this miso soup?"
<2168> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Don't be so calm!"
<2169> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hahaha, my bad, my bad. Papa's just in our little circle here."
<2170> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Who's papa?!"
<2171> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Well... I guess that would be the future between me and Sanae-san!"
<2172> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "A husband and wife, a daughter... and then, a servant?"
<2173> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "And the servant wouldn't be me would it?"
<2174> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hey, get me the food."
<2175> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Okay, I shall!"
<2176> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "No, wa------it!!"
<2177>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Onii-chan, don't make noise while eating!"
<2178>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "You have to eat while sitting."
<2179> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Ugh..."
<2180>
// Being ganged on by the ladies, he reluctantly sits down.
<2181> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "It'll get cold, so eat."
<2182> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I know..."
<2183> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Ahh, Sanae-san's cooking is delicious..."
<2184>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Thank you very much."
<2185>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "But, Youhei-kun, you shouldn't just eat meat. You have to eat vegetables as well."
<2186> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I hate the green pepper."
<2187> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Are you a grade school student?"
<2188>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I know you may not like it, but it's good for your body."
<2189>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "And, if you try hard to eat it, you'll definitely end up liking it."
<2190> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "If you put it that way, then..."
<2191>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Yes, that's the spirit!"
<2192>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Be sure to eat a lot of vegetables from now on!"
<2193>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Also, try to avoid going out to eat. If you can, cooking for yourself is better."
<2194>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I made a lot of miso soup today."
<2195>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I also made some extra which I've put into the refrigerator..."
<2196>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Be sure to warm it up tonight for dinner!"
<2197>
// She was very polite.
<2198>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Sanae-san..."
<2199>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Yes, what is it?"
<2200>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "You're such a kind person, Sanae-san."
<2201>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Thank you so much."
<2202>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "And you're so beautiful."
<2203>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "A lovely woman."
<2204>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "But, even then, with onii-chan, with onii-chan...!"
<2205>
// The tears build up at her eyes.
<2206>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Sanae-san...!"
<2207>
// She gripped her chest hard.
<2208>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "You're so compassionate!"
<2209> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Could you please not say compassionate?!?!"
<2210>
// Knock, knock.
<2211>
// A sound from the door.
<2212>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "A guest?"
<2213> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah, I'll get it."
<2214>
// Sunohara answers as such, opening the door. Misae-san peeps in.
<2215> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "It's quite busy here again, isn't it?"
<2216>
// Sanae-san greets her while seated. Perhaps the two had already greeted each other before she cooked?
<2217> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Umm, this place here is quite closed up, isn't it? You could use the cafeteria as it's bigger."
<2218>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "What should we do, Youhei-kun?"
<2219> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Well, here's a bit..."
<2220> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "At home's nice, heheh!"
<2221>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "That's probably true."
<2222> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Sigh... nothing fits with that..."
<2223> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "And yet you have the smell of someone's cooking around you..."
<2224> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Well, if you like it, then that's fine."
<2225> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "After that, here."
<2226>
// Saying that, she brought out a wrap basket.
<2227> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "When you're invited over, don't just cook things, okay?"
<2228> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Here's some refreshments."
<2229>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Thank you very much."
<2230>
// Inside the basket was fried food, decorated with lettuce and cherry tomatoes.
<2231>
// It's become a most gracious lunch.
<2232>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Would you like to join us as well, Sagara-san?"
<2233> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Nah, I already ate before, so it's fine. Plus, there's nowhere to sit here."
<2234>
// It seems Misae-san and Sanae-san were about the same age.
<2235>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I'll come again another time."
<2236> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "I suppose, when the guys aren't around."
<2237> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Yeah, even then, this is an unbelievable scene."
<2238> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "What is?"
<2239> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Because such a cute girl and beautiful person is here after all."
<2240> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "This might be the only time I'll get to see this, so do you mind if I take a photo?"
<2241> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Hah, from now onward, you'll see this anytime."
<2242> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Because Sanae-san and I are going out, after all!"
<2243> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "........."
<2244> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Sorry... I imagined I heard something. Could you say that again?"
<2245> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Sanae-san and I are going out!"
<2246> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "You know..."
<2247> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "If those words are Japanese, then it's a very, very frightening reality."
<2248> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, those polished words just now meant, 'I can take care of the place on my own!'"
<2249> \{Misae} ""
// \{Misae} "Yeah, I knew it. Pretty good, Sunohara."
<2250> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Believe me!"
<2251>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I guess normal people will end up having this kind of response."
<2252> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "They can't look at reality."
<2253> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "What kind of person am I..."
<2254>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "That was delicious."
<2255> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I suppose."
<2256>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Sanae-san told me a lot of things about cooking!"
<2257>
// Finishing lunch, we left the dorm yet again.
<2258>
// The two of us continued walking in the town during the early afternoon.
<2259>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Sanae-san really is such a kind person."
<2260>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Even more, she's beautiful, and she cooks so well..."
<2261>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I couldn't believe someone like her is onii-chan's girlfriend."
<2262> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I suppose..."
<2263>
// Because, she's not a real girlfriend...
<2264>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "We still have a lot of time right now though... where do you feel like going this time?"
<2265>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Since it's you, \m{A}-san, where would you go?"
<2266> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Me again...?"
<2267> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Well, movies or buying something."
<2268>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "That sort of thing?"
<2269> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Rare places are bad, aren't they?"
<2270> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If I told you 'Let's go to a stoneware reference room', what would you think?"
<2271>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Haha... I'd refuse."
<2272> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Of course. I think it's better to be somewhere safe to begin with."
<2273>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I see..."
<2274> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Even though it seems safe, there are places that one shouldn't go to either."
<2275> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Many couples met tragedy heading to such abominable places..."
<2276> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, even so, there are men who are attracted to such worlds..."
<2277>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "T-that's...!"
<2278>
// ... Gulp.
<2279> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "The name of that darkness... is the arcade."
<2280>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "The... arcade?"
<2281>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "But, if it's just the arcade..."
<2282> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Weak!"
<2283>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Uuuu, I'm sorry!"
<2284> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Do you have a game console, Mei-chan?"
<2285>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Umm... onii-chan had one left behind."
<2286>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "But, it couldn't get all the way into the closet..."
<2287> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, normally guys like games."
<2288> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, there are a lot of girls that aren't like that."
<2289> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Try imagining how you'd feel watching someone play fighting games."
<2290>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "If you put it that way, it's probably boring..."
<2291> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Even more, it's normal for guys to be really crazy about it."
<2292>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I don't want such a date."
<2293> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Having said that, don't get a guy like that, Mei-chan."
<2294>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Okay, I'll be careful."
<2295> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Okay? Guys that call you to an arcade are the worst."
<2296>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "The worst?"
<2297> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's right, they're losers! Freaks!"
<2298>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Losers? Freaks?"
<2299> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Now, where will Sunohara go..."
<2300>
// In front of us, we see the two there.
<2301> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Sanae-san, let's go to the arcades!"
<2302>
// Slip!
<2303>
// The two of us fall over.
<2304>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "The arcades? It's my first time!"
<2305> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Ahh... Sanae-san, you mustn't go..."
<2306> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} (Well... if it's a UFO Catcher game or something that involves a lot of people, I don't think there'll be a problem...)
<2307>
// I think that while gazing at the lonely arcade in the middle of the shopping district.
<2308> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Sanae-san, this, this!"
<2309>
// Sunohara rushes up to the newest virtual DJ machine.
<2310>
// Especially of all things, something like this...
<2311> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I'll show you how cool my scratch is!"
<2312>
// Whaaaatever man, it's your scratch after all.
<2313>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I'm looking forward to it!"
<2314>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "... She seems really eager."
<2315> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Let's hope that he doesn't go too far."
<2316> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "If he does though, Sanae-san will also get tired I think..."
<2317>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "But, if it ends so fast, it means he really sucks."
<2318> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "That's just about how difficult this is."
<2319>
// I don't think Sunohara would be capable of such a feat.
<2320>
// There was a good pick-up hip-hop rhythm flowing from the machine.
<2321> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "It's here, it's here, it's here, it's here---!"
<2322> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "YO! YO!"
<2323>
// MISS! \pMISS! \pMISS! \pMISS!
<2324>
// Clatter!
<2325> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "... Ah."
<2326>
// A sound came with the wire screen disappearing, with the words "GAME OVER".
<2327>
// Following that, I could hear booing.
<2328> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} (Sunohara... you sucked at the worst possible level there...)
<2329> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "What the hell's with this machine?! Doesn't it know my beat?!"
<2330>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Ahh, onii-chan's getting angry at the screen!"
<2331> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Besides, why isn't Bomb A Head in here?!"
<2332> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "If it were, I'd get perfect!"
<2333>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Youhei-kun, you mustn't."
<2334>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "You'll be a bother to the shop attendants if you break it."
<2335> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Tch..."
<2336> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Let's forget this stupid arcade, and go to the CD shop."
<2337> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "I'll give you Bomb A Head as a present!"
<2338>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Ahh, behaving like that, getting one wound after another..."
<2339> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "There aren't any actually, are there...?"
<2340> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "None..."
<2341>
// And then we went to check the old, second-hand CDs in the major used shops.
<2342>
// Mei-chan watched the two from outside...
<2343> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Why is Bomb A Head not here?!"
<2344> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "This shop is messed!"
<2345>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Surely it must be popular."
<2346>
// Sunohara, getting carried away with his talking.
<2347>
// Sanae-san tolerated it, giving such a polite answer.
<2348> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Ahh, even though they just restocked..."
<2349> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "It's that popularity survival thing, isn't it?"
<2350>
// It's revival.
<2351>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Sigh..."
<2352>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "It's confusing me more and more..."
<2353>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Why is such a good person with onii-chan..."
<2354> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Indeed."
<2355>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Onii-chan today was absolutely terrible."
<2356>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "... Though he did look a little cool."
<2357> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Eh?"
<2358> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Did you... say... he looked cool?"
<2359>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Ah... haha... nothing."
<2360>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "L-let's go take a look at the CDs as well."
<2361>
// We came close to the wall of CDs.
<2362>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "What kind of music do you like, \m{A}-san?"
<2363> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I don't really listen."
<2364> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'm not too familiar with what might be popular nowadays."
<2365>
// Looking quickly at the group of albums, I could count how many there were.
<2366> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What genre do you like, Mei-chan?"
<2367>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Hmm..."
<2368>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Rock I guess?"
<2369> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Heh... a bit surprising."
<2370>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Ah, I don't just listen to that though."
<2371>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "There are just a lot of artists I like. Like this person..."
<2372>
// No matter how many CDs she picked up, I sadly did not know any of them.
<2373>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Uwaah... this album's still around?"
<2374> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What's this one?"
<2375>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I really like it."
<2376>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "But, right now you can't really get it anymore..."
<2377>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Something like this is here..."
<2378> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Did the recording company go bankrupt?"
<2379>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "No, not really but... you don't know, \m{A}-san?"
<2380>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "It's really old, but it really made the news..."
<2381> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "No, I didn't..."
<2382>
// The title of the album was written in such strange lettering, that at one glance I couldn't read it well.
<2383>
// Below it was the artist's name in English.
<2384> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Umm..."
<2385>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Ah, onii-chan's come out!"
<2386>
// While we were doing that, Sunohara and Sanae-san were leaving the store.
<2387>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Let's go!"
<2388>
// In a hurry, we put the CDs back. I helped as well.
<2389>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "But, where do they plan on going this time?"
<2390> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Whichever it is, it's certainly a place that isn't good at all."
<2391>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I suppose..."
<2392>
// We both sigh.
<2393>
// We're already getting fed up with this.
<2394>
// Finally, the day begins to darken, and the surroundings become orange.
<2395>
// Sanae-san's going through such a harsh, painful date.
<2396>
// Even then, she put on a smile, not wavering once.
<2397> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} (Sanae-san, you're amazing...)
<2398>
// My admiration for her was already growing.
<2399>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "It's already become so dark..."
<2400> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "What are you talking about? The date's just getting started!"
<2401> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Let's go take a night view, shall we?"
<2402>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "A night view? Sounds great!"
<2403>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "But, well.."
<2404> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Y-you can't?"
<2405>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Hmm, let's see..."
<2406>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "... Just for a bit!"
<2407> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "All right!"
<2408>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "... Onii-chan still feels like pulling her around."
<2409> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Shouldn't Sanae-san head back home soon?"
<2410>
// It'll be evening soon.
<2411>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Is that so? Oh my..."
<2412>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Then, let's stop this."
<2413> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Please do that, and free Sanae-san..."
<2414>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Okay."
<2415>
// With a bitter smile, she approaches those two.
<2416>
// However, along the way, she stopped as if she realized something.
<2417> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Mei-chan?"
<2418>
// Looks like she was staring at something.
<2419>
// What she was looking at wasn't Sunohara or Sanae-san.
<2420> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What is it?"
<2421>
// Coming closer, I called her.
<2422>
// Mei-chan was silent.
<2423>
// All she did was grip my sleeve hard.
<2424>
// Is there something in her eye?
<2425>
// I turned to see the place that she was staring at.
<2426>
// There was crying from a child across the street.
<2427>
// Is it a junior from grade school? Boys had formed a circle round there.
<2428>
// In the center was a much younger girl.
<2429>
// She was sobbing, her hands rubbing her eyes.
<2430>
// It was a scene involving kids bullying kids.
<2431> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You worried?"
<2432>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "... Yes."
<2433>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "It's... terrible."
<2434>
// For Mei-chan, she had put on a rare, sad face.
<2435> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... Can't be helped."
<2436>
// It feels immature dealing with kids like this but, let's go stop them.
<2437> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I'll go there for a bit."
<2438>
// And, just as I cross the road... something grabbed my sleeve.
<2439>
// Obviously that was because of Mei-chan.
<2440>
// She was silent, but it was as if she wanted me not to go.
<2441>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "........."
<2442>
// Holding me back, she glances at her brother's figure.
<2443>
// Sunohara and Sanae-san appear to have noticed it as well.
<2444>
// Is she expecting something of Sunohara?
<2445>
// She looked at her brother for a while. And then...
<2446> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Well, Sanae-san, shall we go?"
<2447>
// A bright voice from him.
<2448> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} (Sunohara, you plan on ignoring this...?)
<2449>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Ah, well..."
<2450>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I suppose I do want to see the night view."
<2451>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "But, before that..."
<2452> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Ahh, you should just leave that alone, shouldn't you?"
<2453> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Something like that is just a fight between kids, isn't it?!"
<2454>
// No matter how you look at it, one wouldn't say it was a fight.
<2455> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Besides, if we don't hurry, we'll be out of time."
<2456>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "But, I guess..."
<2457> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Anyways, it's stuff kids do."
<2458> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "We should spend our time as adults!"
<2459>
// This guy is...
<2460>
// Shocking as it is, with a single word, he stepped forward.*
<2461>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Onii-chan!"
<2462>
// Leaving that aside, Mei-chan's voice echoed.
<2463>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "What are you doing?!"
<2464> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "You know, Mei, you shouldn't get in the middle of a date."
<2465>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "There's something you have to do before the date, right?!"
<2466> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You know, you really suck."
<2467> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "What, you too, \m{A}?"
<2468> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Come on, hurry up and go. Sanae-san wants that too..."
<2469>
// The moment I said that, that sobbing was there.
<2470>
// Her voice was becoming louder. Is she being pushed around?
<2471>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "... Ah!"
<2472>
// No one else but Sanae-san charged in first.
<2473>
// As if playing an instrument, she cut straight through the road.
<2474> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Sanae-san, it's dangerous!"
<2475>
// My voice didn't reach her at all, as she had crossed the road.
<2476>
// And then, coming close to the group of kids, she brought up her voice.
<2477>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Hey!"
<2478>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "You can't bully a girl!"
<2479>
// I could hear her loud voice so clearly from over here.
<2480>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "... It's fine, now."
<2481>
// She calms down the sobbing girl with her gentle voice.
<2482>
// Sanae-san's roar had scattered about the bullying kids.
<2483>
// I was the only one who had seen that.
<2484>
// Sure Sunohara did but, I felt terrible.
<2485>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "What's your name? Where's your mother?"
<2486>
// Standing silent there, I could hear her soft voice mixed with the girl's crying.
<2487>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Mei-san."
<2488>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Ah... yes?!"
<2489>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I'm sorry but... could you take care of this girl for a while?"
<2490> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "What is it?"
<2491>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "She got lost from her mom it seems."
<2492>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "She might have gone really quickly to the kindergarten over there."
<2493>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Besides, the name she told me, I heard it from a nursery school I know that I called."
<2494>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "So, please take care of her for a bit."
<2495>
// She quickly ran off to the kindergarten.
<2496>
// Mei-chan was bewildered for a while, and eventually formed a smile.
<2497>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "H-Hello there!"
<2498>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "I'm Mei. Umm, your name is by chance...?"
<2499> \{Co Gai} ""
// \{Girl} "........."
<2500> \{Co Gai} ""
// \{Girl} "Fueeeeeeeehhhhhh..."
<2501>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Wah, why are you crying?!"
<2502>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "W-what should I do...?"
<2503> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "For now, hug her I guess... there."
<2504> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Woah, she's pretty heavy!"
<2505> \{Co Gai} ""
// \{Girl} "Sniff, fueehhhh...!"
<2506> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Don't be so violent!"
<2507>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "D-don't scratch him!"
<2508> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Owwwwww---!!"
<2509> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "This is why I hate kids."
<2510> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "What is it with you two?"
<2511>
// I didn't know what to do. Eventually, Sanae-san came back.
<2512>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Okay, okay... I'm here."
<2513>
// She clung to her chest, crying loudly.
<2514>
// It was just so out of there.
<2515> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "How'd it go?"
<2516>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "It's a problem."
<2517>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "The kindergarten's on a holiday."
<2518>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I tried calling another kindergarten but... they're almost all on holidays."
<2519> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Yeah, it is Sunday after all."
<2520>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "... What should we do?"
<2521> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Hmm..."
<2522> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Wouldn't it be better to let the police handle this?"
<2523> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "What is it with you guys?!"
<2524>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Now, now..."
<2525>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "But, I was thinking of the police as well."
<2526>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I'm sure she'll also be afraid of them."
<2527> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "She cried just from Mei-chan talking so..."
<2528>
// The girl stuck close to Sanae-san, not wanting to let go.
<2529>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Umm, I'll split off and search!"
<2530> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, if you search randomly, you won't find her, will you?"
<2531> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "We don't know where she came from at all."
<2532> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Wait for a bit. We should think of a better method..."
<2533>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I suppose..."
<2534>
// As we worried for a bit, Sanae-san abruptly brought up her voice.
<2535>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I suppose we should really ask the kindergarten and nursery school."
<2536> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "But, they're on holiday, aren't they?"
<2537>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "There is a chance one of them is still working."
<2538>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I think we should get in contact with the people in charge there and let them handle it."
<2539> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "B-but... if there's nothing but janitors left, what'll we do?"
<2540>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "We'll ask the houses nearby."
<2541>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "If there's a child there, they'll surely hand this girl over to the nursery school's custody."
<2542>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "And then they'll get in touch with the people in charge."
<2543> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "... You sure?"
<2544>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Yes."
<2545>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Let's start with the kindergarten in front."
<2546>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "We'll ask the houses around."
<2547> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "W-wait a second!"
<2548> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "I understand this is good but, if something goes wrong..."
<2549> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "You know how many nursery schools there are in this city? Are we going to go around all of them?"
<2550>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I don't know how many there are but, let's go around and look."
<2551>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Come, let's go!"
<2552>
// She began walking, taking the girl with her.
<2553>
// We were dumbfounded for a while.
<2554>
// With how normal and calm Sanae-san was.
<2555>
// She had such unimaginable willpower.
<2556>
// We went all the way until late at night, but Sanae-san was able to find her parents.
<2557>
// The happy, yet crying again child headed back to her home.
<2558>
// The mother we found bowed many times, while crying.
<2559>
// Sanae-san was just like that, giving her a smile as though it was nothing.
<2560>
// ... Only that this wasn't nothing at all.
<2561>
// It was something that Sanae-san had to do.
<2562>
// Honestly, she was really impressive.
<2563>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I'm sorry."
<2564>
// She spoke as such, leaving us.
<2565>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "For having you come with me this late..."
<2566> \{\m{B}} ""
// \{\m{B}} "Don't worry about such things."
<2567>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "We were completely useless."
<2568>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Not at all."
<2569>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Because you did your best, I'm sure that she's become happy."
<2570>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I'm sure she'll be glad."
<2571>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "... Yeah."
<2572>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Youhei-kun as well... although this was a date, I'm sorry."
<2573>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "We didn't get to have our night view."
<2574> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "... Nah, it's fine."
<2575>
// He answered quietly, glancing away.
<2576>
// It was obvious he was getting fed up.
<2577>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "... Are you angry?"
<2578> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Not really but..."
<2579> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Well, because it was our date after all."
<2580>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "Onii-chan, are you still saying that?!"
<2581> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Yeah, yeah, I should just shut up, right?"
<2582>\{Mei} ""
// \{Mei} "........."
<2583>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "... Youhei-kun,"
<2584>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "You shouldn't pout like that."
<2585>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Of course today ended up like this but..."
<2586>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "If you're fine with it, we can have another date again, Youhei-kun."
<2587> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "Serious?"
<2588>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "... Yes."
<2589>
// Sanae-san softly reaches out her hand.
<2590>
// She put it on Sunohara's head, brushing his hair through it gently as to scatter it around.
<2591>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I'll always be going out with you."
<2592>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Because we know each other."
<2593>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I'm happy that you feel the time we spend together is important."
<2594>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "But... there are times and moments when we can't."
<2595>
// That's certainly to help other people, isn't it?
<2596>
// Sunohara blushed a little bit. He brushed his forehead.
<2597>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I'm sure you're a child that can do that, Youhei-kun."*
<2598>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "But it's bad to end up forgetting about it once in a while."*
<2599>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I'm sure that's because you lack experience."
<2600>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "Even then, I'm sure you can do it."
<2601>\{Sanae} ""
// \{Sanae} "I believe in that."
<2602>
// A piercing, kind voice.
<2603>
// If she whispered to me in that tone, I would definitely nod without knowing it.
<2604>
// But, Sunohara...
<2605> \{Sunohara} ""
// \{Sunohara} "... Eheheh..."
<2606>
// Smiled.
<2607>
// Probably thinking about how soft her breath is, and how nice she smells.
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