Vol 1 Chapter 6 (1/2)

Asakura Souji’s funeral was not a grand one The scale was s his faawa Mayuki

In front of Souji who had entered the coffin was his family with faces dyed in sadness Unlike Souji, his older brother, Koichi, lead a bright social life, but his usual expression was gone, and his dumbfounded expression was as if he wore a Noh maskSi happened to his mother and father No, her mother was the only one who couldn’t endure it as she sobbed and wetted her handkerchief

Having lived in the same house as family of four, it could be understood that Souji was loved frorandhtly late because she lived in the country, was pounding the coffin as she let out a grieving voiceHaving seen their pained appearances, Mayuki couldn’t endure it and went out On the way, she heard Koichi’s shout, but she didn’t stop

She clenched her teeth, and as if this was just a dreaht ahead Gatsuh, she fell because she stuAs she slowly looked up, the ht wrist entered her vision It was so created by Souji for Mayuki with leftover thread from the Academy’s Home Economic class‘It’s okay even if it’s just a wish’There was the anecdote where rant a wish if it was cut Even without that, Mayuki was happy because it was so Souji created for her

Since then she alore it, but even if he noticed it, it never became a topic of conversationEven so, Mayuki was very pleased because she could feel his gentle warether ever since childhood

Although their fa pretty well After becohtly distant, but her mother said it was just his puberty and told her he’d recover sooner or later, so she decided to endure itBut, he interacted with other girls normally That irls ate the lunch he cooked, and her dissatisfaction only increased

However, when she complained to him, she was shocked because he said are you my ht that remark was too cruelAt least she tried to endure it without saying anythingIt was because if they could interact normally, Souji would smile at her And that’dsuited her, Mayuki never erased her smile

She believed that would make Souji happy When she asked if she could call hi, he anshat’s with that as he laughedThat’s why she decided to smile to make him smile However…“No more… … I can’t smile anymore… … Sou- …-kun…”He was no longer here She could no longer by his side No longer… … able to smileA commotion appeared when the accident happened in the acade the commotion However the truth was even crueler His involve just injured Due to the accident, he lost his life He died instantlyShe didn’t understood what happened after that She didn’t have the memory of how much time had passed She also didn’t come to the academyHis funeral was held, her feet unconsciouslyto confirm it To confirm if it was just one of his pranks

She thought it was just his ht she’d indeed be angry and crying this time

However, the him inside the coffin was as cold as ice Nowas returnedIn the end, the cold reality was crueler“Sou-kun… … Sou-kun… … Sou-kun… … Sou-kun… … Sou-kun… … -kun… …-n”Mayuki repeated that round However, no answer caradually became wet It was as if even the sky lamented Souji’s deathWearily, she returned to her home, and her parent’s words of comfort entered her ears She shut herself inside her roo that decorated her desk A photograph of Souji with a wry smile of embarrassmentAlready, she couldn’t endure it The tears that stopped were flowing again as they cah until now her tears had fell because of the sudden event, it was the first time Mayuki let out her voice“I hate it… … I don’t want this! Come back! Sou-kuuuuuuun! Uwaaaaaaaaah!”After that, she cried for so ht her tears had not dried up, but she believed it’d dried up someday, and she raised her voice

Having seen Mayuki’s face that swollen because of tears, her ed her Her ht of Souji as her own sonFrom her irl Apparently, the girl only ended up with light bruises That was the result of Souji firmly held her‘It’s just like Sou-chan’Although her , she said that in joyHaving resulted in hiht he was truly a fool For a while, Mayuki shut herself and didn’t attend the academy, and her friends visited her because they orried about her

Gradually she resuh she was at least able to smile towards her friends, her mind was still shackled It was as if there was a chain insideAfter a year had passed since his death, Mayuki, as a sophorave alone“Sou-kun…”She couldn’t get accustoht of him But at that time, there was a presence behind her and she suddenly turned around

There was a girl she had never seen before Maybe because the girl was shaken when Mayuki was crying, she dropped flowers in her hand and she tried to run away from there“Ah, wait!”Mayuki spontaneously grasped her arm“I-I a to visit Sou-kun’s grave?”Even though she heard that, the girl kept averting her face No, the gripped arirl’s face was as if she was scared of so

Her wavy, brown hair was cut short But, the thing that caught attention was the lovely, small face that equipped with her blue eyesThen, tears flowed from those blue eyes“Eh!? Ah, that… … did I do so?”

“N-No! It was Seila’s… … my fault”Mayuki was troubled about how to treat the girl who suddenly sat down and cried Mayuki changed their place to calht at the vending machine“Th-Thank you very much…”The girl said her gratitude in a sirl’s name was Hoshi+in That’s why her eyes were blue

Moreover, she said she attended the sarade as Mayuki“About Sou-kun… … do you know him?”

“ … … … that’s… … eu”Maybe because it was so painful to say, she always looked down Because of this, she soht of her like that, and Mayuki also needed considerable courage to ask herGokuri, Mayuki gulped,“U-Uirlfriend?”

“Gi-girlfriend!? Th-th-th-th-th-th-that’s wrong! Th-that can’t be-!”(note: I couldn’t translated of the last sentence)Seila shook her head as she blushed Although Mayuki felt she was so cute when she bit her tongue, she was relieved that she wasn’t his girlfriend“Th-That’s right! I don’t have boyfriend, so it isn’t possible for Sou-kun to have a girlfriend! Aha, ahaha!”Mayuki let out an unnatural laugh as if to s over“Ah, then what? A friend?”

“Umm… … Seila is…”Then, she began to weep again Mayuki didn’t understand what happened and puzzled by it Following that…“ … sor… ry”

“ … eh?”

“I am… … sor… … ry”

“ … why are you apologizing?”She said that out of curiosity Then, the girl began to talk about a surprising thing純粋な興味から聞いた。そして驚くべきことを彼女が話し出した。“ … … … at that time, Asakura-san… … helped me”

“ … eh?”

“I am sorry… … I am rossy…”(note : either it was intended or typo… dunno)

“ … … … maybe, the one Sou-kun helped… … was you?”Seila nodded while her body trembled Silent continued for a while, and then Seila started to apologize again“Because of Seila’s carelessness… … that’s why… … that’s- h!?”Mayuki hugged Sarah with all of her ht Seila was stiffened while her eyes opened wide“ … thanks for being safe”