Chapter 2 (1/2)
Part two of the after-story
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This is the true end of the Onani Master Kurosawa story Thank you for reading!
Notes:
1 CERO is the Coaames from the US
2 “assa” is an expression that Tsuruya from the Haruhi series likes to use
3 Forgot a line before “Sugawa…” added it in The description is really odd of her legs, he literally says they’re “white like fresh eggs” 「新鮮な卵のように白い」 but that’s really weird, so I changed it to pale white… maybe “white as snow” is a better way to put it?
The second day of our trip, we planned to spend the day at Universal Studios japan, and froht ould enjoy ourselves completely
Visiting this place is popular a school trips, and to me, it is a place with many deep hts has looked forward to this revisit It wouldn’t be exaggerating to call this the centerpiece of our trip this time
However…
What’s the deal with this aard atmosphere?
Ever since what happened last night, it looks like the gears that are Nagaoka and Takigawa don’t fit together well any nature, see place between those two Kitahara has on her usual expression, in that I can’t tell what she’s thinking Because I know everybody’s secrets, I have really have no idea how I should interact with Nagaoka, Takigawa, and Pizza-ta
Prior to entering through the gate, there was an atmosphere around everyone as if we had all just watched a really boringcontinued for a while
“Heeey, Seki-dono! Over there’s a billboard of that guy who’s famous on the internet, Spider-Man~”
“Hey, hey, Kitahara-san, there’s Snoopy! He’s so cute!”
“It-it’s a little hot… so, I’ll go eat soht”
Everyone behaved as if they were enjoying theht, that happiness seemed hollow somehow The more everyone forced theroup Since it was thewith people enjoying the so aardly?
“…This is pretty aard”
“It certainly is”
The only person whouard down around was that sarcastic Kitahara The fact that we both knew everyone else’s secrets was the only thing that we had in common
While we ate lunch at a restaurant, thoughts swirled around in e was the relationshi+p between the leaders of our group, Nagaoka and Takigawa With the both of theines would get fired up
Be that as itthat can be resolved in just a day That’s why things are still strained between theued Besides, this is not really so that I can intervene in
And so, this is how things wound up In the end, without having discovered a solution, we resu the attractions
“Ah, look, the worker there is selling raincoats It’d be bad if we got soaked to the skin again Kitahara-san, let’s go buy soet on the Jurassic Park ride!”
Takigawa…!!
Not only do you have to reatest pleasure too…?! Please, have some mercy…!
My as not granted, and the hours passed by cruelly
If we didn’t leave the park by 5:30, then ouldn’t be able to catch the bullet train ho place, and went off in our oays to visit the gift shops
I was the first person to arrive at the designatedspot
I don’t think that there are very many people ould be overjoyed to receive a souvenir froawa I couldn’t guess ouldstuff was pretty painful For the tis that a person could display in their roos that a family could eat, and time passed in a flash
I wonder what I could give Sugawa toher a souvenir would be enough to return to her good graces, but that was the only thing that I could think of
Discouraged, I sat down on a bench at the ain
There was no reply to the e-mail I sent yesterday, nor to the one I sent today This could very well be full-blown hate Why the hell is it so easy to make people mad, and so difficult to make them smile? I don’t understand the theory behind love, and all I do is fail
Facing the gradually clouding sky, I sighed
As I did, I heard a familiar, lovely voice in front of me
“What’s troubling you, Literature Boy?”
“Takigawa…”
She grinned atthat her hands could barely encircle
Takigawa took a seat next to me, and e burden with a thud
“I bought so tons of stuff I’ll have them mailed later”
“Where’s Nagaoka? Wasn’t he with you?”
“Yeah I wanted to think so over, so I ditched him and came here first”
“I see…”
Even though we’ve been together for two days, it feels like it’s been a while since it’s been just the two of us talking together Noraoka, we don’t have very many chances to talk face to face Soic
“Is it Nagaoka you’re thinking about?”
As I asked, Takigawa appeared surprised, and said, “How did you know?”
“I could tell just by looking”
“Looks like the secret’s out, huh?”
“That was a good time to reveal it anyways”
After I said that, Takigawa added, “I guess I’hed in an embarrassed manner
Nagaoka and Takigawa are the type of people who aren’t good at lying or hiding things froardless of what the details are, when so happened between the two of theure it out Because of that, when I would approach them on the next day as if to rate them like CERO, in contrast to how happy they looked, I was the one whose heart would sink
However, because of these two, I can laugh with and connect to other people Because they are this clus aside, they are precious to me
“Kurosawa-kun, what’s troubling you? It looked like you were sighing”
”Does it look like so me?”
“Seeood time to reveal it anyways~”
“Looks like I’m no match for you”
A smile crept out spontaneously That er of any concern to me
Naturally, what resulted was that I told Takigawa about the quarrel that had taken place between Sugawa and awa about our trip this time until just before I left How that had offended her How I haven’t heard back fro
Rather than a serious discussion about love, it felt as if ere having a pleasant chat at a café The way s ca them aloud from a book
After I had finished, Takigawa thought about it for a while, put on a meek face, and said flatly:
“That was your fault, Kurosawa-kun”
I hadn’t expected her to sy it asserted so clearly toin its oay
“I-it was…?”
“That’s right This trip ot to tell her about iht before!”
Well, it looks like I’ve co that Sugawa’s anger is soawa told le reply tochildish, orit on purpose…
“It’s surely just jealousy I think she’s probably frustrated because Kurosawa-kun is on such good ter left out”
“Ah…”
I see
Whenever I talked about Takigawa and the rest of the face and only give indifferent replies like “Uh-huh,” and “Really” It wasn’t that she didn’t have any interest in h her shell and showof the day of the trip, she did so “Take me with you-!”
For uys and chatting it up, I would feel terrible My chest would probably start to ache, and I’d feel like she was suddenly going farther and farther away from me
I really didn’t realize human relationshi+ps were so si all those books, and beco able make it to the third round for a newco how human relationshi+ps work really sho much of a newbie I am and how much experience I still lack
“Ah, geez If it’s like this, then no matter how much time passes, I won’t even be able to hold hands, et a kiss…”
“Uh, I’m not sure if those are related to the matter at hand…”
Leave it to Takigawa to get us out of this uncomfortable situation with her bitter smile and those words
“Well, how should I say this? You’ve gotta really treasure the person that you’re with”
Takigawa stood straight up as if she had , stretched, and ot to, as well”
Her gaze was fixed on Nagaoka and the others, ere cos full of souvenirs I’m a little reluctant to call it quits, but it looks like our conversation is co to an end here
However, I’ve got to say one last thanks for having listened to my story
“Hey, Takigawa”
“What is it?”
The Takigawa that turned to face me had on a smile that was filled with a certainAs I thought, putting on a serious face suited me more than it did her
“Thanks for listening You try your best, too”
“…Yeah”
In the end, that’s all I could say
Even knowing the circuawa, I couldn’t work out a solution
However, given enough time, I’m sure that she will be able to work out a coaoka He’ll definitely work things out better than a third party like ination run wild The tero ith those two
That single word response was h to convince me
We wrapped up our trip by taking a commemorative photo
Five people, standing in a line, inside the around displayed the words “Universal Studios japan”
This composition looks pretty familiar, doesn’t it?
To tell the truth, the reason e planned the trip was to take this picture
——Ever since that day as a third year middle school student, it’s been my dream
On the bullet train ho room of the train
After so tone, the voicemail service kicked in
I wonder where Sugawa is right now, and what she’s doing I wonder what she thinks of , this unease hasn’t stopped I had no idea that not knowing her schedule well and having our communication cut off would be so painful forto properly tell her about all ardless of how trivial they may be
“Uh… hello, it’s Kurosawa Right now, I’m on the bullet train; I think I’ll be back around 8:30 I haven’t eaten dinner yet If it’s all right with you, let’s go so your reply”
Before I had even had ti into the voiceo as smoothly as I had liked it to, but I had done all I could
I put my cell phone back into the pocket of
I sat facing the third row of seats, where everyone was nodding off and snoring Everyone had enjoyed themselves to the point of exhaustion and fallen asleep, just like on the school trip
All except Kitahara, who remained awake, just like last time
Although she stared out theat the passing scenery as if she weren’t talking to me, I didn’t do likewise
“…Hey, Kitahara”