Vol 2 Chapter 3 (1/2)

[BOKUs.h.i.+NU V2] CUT 3 – TODAY I WENT ON A VACATION, BUT YOU THREW A TANTRUM

Translated by: Bored AF Translator.

Edited by: 恋愛_ing

It happened suddenly.

“Huh?”

When I woke up, I saw that I was in my dimly-lit room, sitting in front of my computer.

My right hand’s holding the mouse, a tissue in my left hand, and a smiling, pretty 2D girl was displayed on the computer screen right in front of me. A soothing BGM could be heard from the earbuds I’m wearing. Sigh, I get it, it’s happening again.

It looks like Hikari Yumesaki’s using the summer break to pull all-nighters to conquer a galgame. The color of the sky outside and the sudden sluggish feeling that surged in me explained the situation. While she was immersed in her game, 4:59 AM arrived, and I took over.

I glanced at the tissue in my left hand, and realized that there’s snot and tear dripping down my face, so I gathered that she was probably playing a tragic galge. Seriously though, I clearly wrote a rule to go to sleep at 4:59 AM. Every time that idiot gets really into something, she starts making really stupid decisions.

I wiped off my snot, grabbed my cellphone to turn off the alarm, and was about to sleep for a bit when—

…….Huh?

“4…54?”

I stared at the screen…No, no, no, it can’t be.

“…….How……?”

On that day in early August, 4:54 AM.

An unexpected problem has intruded into our chaotic mutual life.

“You’ve got to be kidding me…”

This cruel reality dawned along with the five minutes reduction of Hikari Yumesaki’s time.

“Hmm? My time is decreased by five minutes? Really~? Are you sure? Oh you~ This is probably just one of your hasty conclusions, Sakamoto☆ You’re still going to have that terrifying look on your face today anyways!”

Two days later, I opened the notebook, saw the entry, and bit my lip.

“What’s going on?”

Two days before, a mysterious phenomenon suddenly appeared.

The time I switched over with Hikari Yumesaki changed from 4:59am to 4:54am, five minutes earlier. I thought it was weird, so I immediately gave Kazes.h.i.+ro a call, informing him of the situation. Kazes.h.i.+ro was Hikari Yumesaki’s friend when she was still alive, and the only one who knew about our personality swap. He’s a relatively calm and rational handsome guy, but he’s also an idiot who fell in love with Hikari Yumesaki.

Last morning, I woke up thanks to the alarm I set at 4:30, and while I was feeling terrified, I remained on the phone with Kazes.h.i.+ro as I waited for the switch to occur. The result was—

But I’ll leave that aside for now. Kazes.h.i.+ro and I discussed this inexplicable occurrence for a while, and we agreed on a plan that on the next morning, I’ll call Kazes.h.i.+ro while waiting for 4:54 to arrive. If the time Hikari Yumesaki switched with me was in fact earlier than 4:59, then it just meant that the time when we switch over was simply brought forward. However, if the time when Hikari Yumesaki switches with me didn’t changed……

Last morning, I woke up thanks to the alarm I set at 4:30. Carrying dread, I stayed on the phone with Kazes.h.i.+ro as I waited for that moment when the switch occurred. And the result was—

“The switching time is still 4:59. Are you sure you weren’t just tired and mistaken, Sakamoto?”

“So it didn’t…change.”

The time when Hikari Yumesaki switches with me remains at 4:59am.

Even though Hikari Yumesaki’s entry looked optimistic, this wasn’t really the case, especially since this meant that—

“Kazes.h.i.+ro, what do you think?”

I held my cellphone in one hand, and gave Kazes.h.i.+ro a call. I asked him tentatively, and the response was—

“……Although I don’t want to think too much about this, it looks like Hikari’s time has been shortened.”

So it was true.

The conclusion Kazes.h.i.+ro and I arrived upon was, a.s.suming it wasn’t a simple matter of us getting the times wrong, that we were dealing with a serious problem. That is, Hikari Yumesaki’s time has been decreased by five minutes, and in turn my time has been increased by five minutes.

“Sakamoto, how shall we explain it to Hikari?”

“There’s nothing really to hide, so let me talk to her first. If the me tomorrow gives you a call, then you can clarify it for her.”

“Ok. However, it could just be what Hikari said, that we simply messed up the time. Anyways, we should call each other every day before 5 o’clock for this week. That way we can investigate it further.”

“Alright, sorry about that.”

As expected of the guy who was willing to give up his life for Hikari Yumesaki; I couldn’t decide whether if it was his self-sacrificing spirit or if it was his activeness at work here. He really likes Hikari Yumesaki, and it’s really admirable.

I ended the call, and put my elbows onto the table as I let out a deep sigh.

Dammit, didn’t that black-robed b.a.s.t.a.r.d clearly said it was half of my life? What’s going on now?

“Really? Did Hikari really lose five minutes? You’re joking right~ You knew Hikari’s been wasting her time lying in bed, so now you’re just purposely trying to push her around! Well I won’t fall for it! Hmph!”

“Sigh…….”

Two days later, this reply was written in the notebook.

I wrote a comprehensive explanation on the situation two days ago. I was wondering what her response would be once I suddenly dropped this matter on her. Looking at how it stands, although she was startled, she doesn’t seem to have fully grasped the seriousness of this incident. There’s even a cute ill.u.s.tration of an angry Hikari Yumesaki on the diary.

“Even if it’s true, it’s just a ‘bug’, right? Don’t think too hard about it. No problem, no problem☆”

“Sigh…”

Maybe it really was as Hikari Yumesaki said. This whole occurrence could never be explained scientifically in the first place, so maybe what was happening right now was like an error. Even though I rea.s.sured myself with those words, I switched with Hikari Yumesaki at 4:54am.

“Maybe there really is no problem.”

Feeling unsettled, I was at my wits’ end. This day quickly went by.

“……We switched at 54 again. Doesn’t this look really bad?”

“……It does look pretty bad.”

Two days later, I opened the notebook, and mumbled to myself upon seeing those words. This situation isn’t exactly bad for myself since my time was increased. However, Hikari Yumesaki’s time was decreased. This was quite a problem. While her time’s reduced by five minutes for now, what if the time is reduced by ten minutes, or even fifteen minutes—

“This is bad… I’m scared that I might just die. I’m sorry Sakamoto, I couldn’t help but to give in to my impulses and recklessly buy so much anime merchandise… and bolsters…”

“Spending to ward off your anxieties…”

With the words in the journal conveying such obvious unease, Hikari Yumesaki had no way of concealing her anxiety. Kazes.h.i.+ro’s email from yesterday were as such.

“It’s alright. It’s only five minutes.”

“I’ll find a way.”

All of his emails were encouraging. Hikari Yumesaki was feeling so down, Kazes.h.i.+ro could not help but send her these kinds of emails to a.s.sure her.

“What should I do…”

“………(I don’t wanna get out of bed, I just wanna sleep).”

“It’s no use. She’s really feeling down now…”

Two days later, this was all that Hikari Yumesaki wrote in the journal. The page even included a small sketch of Hikari Yumesaki lying gloomily in bed. Dammit. Even though I can’t tell if she’s seriously depressed or just joking around, she’s probably trying to express her lack of motivation in her own way. It’s really hard to understand her true feelings.

“Kazes.h.i.+ro, how are things on your end?”

“Not good. Honestly, I can’t find anything.”

A numb, feeble voice came out from the phone speaker.

Kazes.h.i.+ro and I were currently searching for solutions, but we didn’t have a clue as to how to investigate this unbelievable incident. We looked up all kinds of urban legends on the internet and went around town to find that black-robed stranger. But in the end it was all fruitless. No wonder Kazes.h.i.+ro is all worn-out.

“Guess I’ll try searching in the library today. That way, I can leaf through every book to see if there’s a clue. Give me a week, and I can probably go through every book in the library.”

“Sure, can you do it?”

Wouldn’t you need an entire year?

“What are you saying? Hikari is in serious danger right now. Nothing is impossible for me.”

Amazing. As expected from the guy who’s willing give everything for Hikari Yumesaki. Unrequited love is seriously amazing.

I ended the call, and prepared to head out. I intended to look for that black-robed guy once again.

But once again, I couldn’t find a clue.

Two days later, Hikari Yumesaki finally fell apart.

“Yaaaaaaaahoooooooooooo! Delicious————! Spicy food is the best!”

“Kazes.h.i.+ro! The me yesterday went crazy again!”

She’s s.c.r.e.w.i.n.g around during this serious situation!

In contrast to my unsettled self, a weeping voice came out of the phone.

“Sakamoto… Hikari said she can’t handle it anymore…Sob…”

“What happened yesterday!?”

“She suddenly called and yelled ‘I don’t want to live anymore, I just wanna die already——!’ She’s already lost herself… Sob sob, so pitiful…”

Kazes.h.i.+ro why didn’t you retort her with “But you are already dead”?

“Basically, she was just yelling out some random things all the time, and I didn’t really understand most of it. Like ‘But this season has way too many anime!’, ‘But all the new works I’m looking forward to are going to be on sale!’, ‘I really want to make out with cute little kids~~~~Dammit!’ and stuff like that.”

Sigh, no matter what happens, that girl will always be that comical, although I think she’s actually taking this quite seriously.

“Is there anything else?”

“I don’t know. After she ended the call, I tried my best to call her again. Sometimes she would pick up, but sometimes she would not… Once when she picked up, I heard her shout, ‘Singing karaoke by myself is the best——!’, and then she started enthusiastically singing some really old, heart-wrenching songs. She’s already given up on herself… Dammit… Can’t I do anything for her…”

Not good, Kazes.h.i.+ro has reached his limit.

“Kazes.h.i.+ro, I’ll call you back, you should wipe off your tears first.”

Sigh, I’ve had enough. I have absolutely no idea what should I do about this.

“Adam Adam Adam Adam Adam! I wanna see Adam! I really wanna pet his soft, cuddly body!”

It looks like she has gone crazy.

Hikari Yumesaki told me before that Adam was the cat she was raising at home. It seems that moron really loves her cat, and Adam’s name would show up in the notebook infrequently. Although I really wish she would tell me why she would choose this name.

“She’s really throwing a tantrum now.”

Written back in the journal was this incredibly short explanation.

“Important newsflas.h.!.+ With nothing to lose, Hikari has decided to cast off her image as a pure and innocent heroine!”

“Pure and innocent, you?”

A pure and innocent heroine who uses vulgar words like “virgin” and slang would be a fraud right?

“What should I do… Dammit…”

Having just woken up, I’m getting all kinds of weird thoughts, I just want to vent out all of my frustration and anxiety. Why am I feeling down right now? Not good!

“I should go wash my face first.”

I decided to set this issue aside, and closed the notebook to keep my emotions in check.

However, as I said before, I was merely delaying the issue for the time being.

I would later to realize that I had to deal with it properly.

“Huh?”

This morning, my cellphone suddenly received a message. I shot a glance, and saw that it was—

“Kinos.h.i.+ta…”

That boy’s so beautiful I thought he was born the wrong s.e.x. His message made me swallow my drool with disgust. Dammit, it’s all Yukiko’s fault for carelessly telling him my phone number and email address, and he’s been constantly calling me and texting me often. But I have to pick up. If I don’t answer, I’ll be subjected to a flurry of calls throughout the entire day.

“Sigh… h.e.l.lo…?”

“Ah, good morning, b-bro.”

From the other side of the phone came a cute voice that no one would ever expect came from a middle school boy. Had he been a girl, then I would have definitely been giddy with joy. Now then, why did he call this time?

“I-Is it convenient now?”

“Yeah, now’s fine. What’s up?”

“I saw the email bro sent yesterday… and I was really happy.”

Huh? Email?

“Bro finally has that same kind of feeling towards me, and that makes me so happy. It’s alright, after a few more simulations at you, you’ll definitely be able to satisfy me.”

“Eh? Ah? Huh?”

Simulation?

“Bro… Hehe~…I’m looking forward to it…Hehe…”

“!!? Hey wait, what…”

Just when I was about to ask, “What are you talking about?”

“Ah”

Another phone call came. The caller was—Kasumi?

“Ah, sorry, Kinos.h.i.+ta, please hold for a second. Something suddenly came up; I’ll talk to you later.”

“S-Something? Something you have to do huh… hehe.”

What the, how did it come to this!?

Kinos.h.i.+ta’s voice is giving off an ominous vibe that’s leaving me chilled with gooseb.u.mps, so I hurriedly ended the call and answered Kasumi. What happened, why’s she calling so early?

“h.e.l.lo?”

“Sakamoto, is now an okay time? You’re not busy are you? Well?”

“Ah, now’s fine. No problem. What’s up?”

I felt that she’s being a little bit more a.s.sertive than before.

“I want to ask about that email you sent last night.”

“Email?”

Now that I think about it, Kinos.h.i.+ta also mentioned something like that.

“You did send it to me last night, right?”

“H-Hold on! Give me a second!”

I quickly opened up my email on my cellphone. Ok, so just what did I do yesterday huh?

I opened up my sent mail folder with dread. It’s probably another one of those weird…

“Right now, my heart yearns only for you. I want to hold you tightly in my arms, and let our pa.s.sions run wild.”

“…………HIKARI YUMESAKI YOU’VE DONE IT NOW!”

Another troublesome email! In fact, this email was sent not only to Kinos.h.i.+ta and Kasumi, but also to more than 30 girls, including all of the girls in my cla.s.s! Even Yukiko got one!

“h.e.l.lo?”

“Oh, sorry about that. About that, uh, email…”

How should I go about this?

“Sakamoto, I’m really happy. I never knew you felt this way about me. If you want to hold me in your arms…that means you want to do those kind of things right?”

“No, that’s…”

“And you even feel so pa.s.sionate about it. It looks like you really are an M, hehehe~…”

What with that profoundly meaningful giggle…?

“However, Sakamoto, did you know?”

“Huh? What?”

“If you send an email to multiple people on your phone, then the people receiving it can also see who else you sent the email to, you know.”

Oh, so the email addresses will be included, so—

“So then, Sakamoto, when I saw the email that Sakamoto sent—”

Oh…

“—I also saw a list of all of the other email addresses that were included. You’re amazing, Sakamoto, to send such an erotic email to 30 girls at once.”

“Aaaaahhhhhhhhh———————!!”

Oh sh—!

“Don’t worry, I’m not mad at all, nope, nope, not at all.”

No, if you talk to me with that cold voice…

“Although I haven’t investigated it, the girl you like is on this list. If I’m to look through them…one by one, then maybe…”

WAIT, WAIT! STOP! STOP! CAN YOU CALM DOWN FOR A SECOND!?

While I was having this thought, another phone call came…Oh, it’s my cla.s.smates… Not only that, but there was a knock on the door, which was accompanied by Yukiko’s lonely voice asking, “Brother, are you awake? Yukiko can’t sleep, she doesn’t feel so well…”

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!

“SPARE ME ALREADY……!!”

I glance at the notebook lying opened on the table, and saw the words at the bottom:

“Before I die, I’m going to establish my own harem kingdom!”

The sound of the phone ringing, Kasumi’s constant “h.e.l.lo? h.e.l.lo?”, and my little sister’s lonely “I’m prepared now…” entrapped me from all sides. I helplessly raise my head towards the ceiling, and thought to my heart:

Sigh, maybe I should just hang myself…

“Thank you for the food!”

After an entire morning of incoming calls, I finally managed to appease all of the girls that were interrogating, and I was fatigued as lunchtime approached.

As mom was out, I had no choice but to put on the ap.r.o.n, and prepare lunch for Yukiko and me.

However, there was something that bothered me…

“Brother, what’s wrong? Hurry up and eat.”

“Oh, okay.”

Yukiko was sitting beside me. In front of me was a table that could seat four, and normally, she would be sitting opposite me.

You’re probably thinking that this doesn’t matter. But then how do you explain this? There’s only two of us eating lunch, but we’re not sitting face to face; instead we’re eating side by side. Don’t you find it strange? Am I thinking too much into this? Also,

“What’s wrong?”

“N-Nothing.”

“……(glances)”

It was clear that Yukiko was stealing some glances at me. What do you want now?

After lunch, Yukiko continued to act suspiciously. Basically, she sat beside me, glancing at me with a solemn look from time to time. When I moved to the sofa, she proceeded to sit beside me, and her sidelong face showed signs of excitement. Whenever I moved, she would basically cling to me. Seeing as how she was quietly looking at me, it’s obvious that she had something to say. However, I couldn’t read her thoughts at all. During dinner, she even stuck a piece of rice on her face, and it was really uncomfortable since no matter how I looked at it, it was definitely on purpose.

And then, when it was almost time to go to sleep.

“Big brother, I want you to clean my ears for me!”

“Huh? Why?”

“Don’t ask why, just do it!”

Yukiko forcefully put an ear swab into my hand. Why do I have to clean her ear?

I’m sitting on the sofa, and Yukiko’s lying down on her side, resting her head on my lap. She’s wearing a cute, summer-style pajamas, and the moist hair let off a nice, sweet scent. Of course, since she wanted me to clean her ears, she’s tilting her face towards me the entire time. Why are you doing this?

“Does it itch anywhere?”

“……Yes.”

“Where?”

“……My cheek.”

……You can scratch that place by yourself.

That’s not what I mean. I’m talking if it itches inside your ear

“Alright, Yukiko, time for the other ear.”

Yukiko turned around, and now she had positioned herself with her face facing my stomach. Then she turned her cheek towards me again. What’s wrong? Do you really want to show me the side of your face that badly?

However, not knowing what I was supposed to do, I simply continued my task of cleaning out her ears. I end it off by blowing into her ears lightly, and my job was done. Erm, this is enough right?

“………Grr”

Well, she seems annoyed here.

Yukiko’s blus.h.i.+ng furiously, and a scornful look very similar to mine slowly appeared on her face.

“Uh, so… Yukiko, why don’t you help me by cleaning out my ears—”

“You can clean it yourself! Yukiko is such an idiot for expecting anything from you!”

Slam—!

With those words, she ran back to her room and locked herself in. What happened this time?

Left in a daze, I suddenly remembered, “Oh right, there might be something updated on the blog.”, and so I quickly returned to my own room, switched on the computer, and entered the website. And then—

“Stupid big brother, yesterday he was saying, ‘If I can’t have Adam, then I’ll just have to eat up Yukiko! Let’s go with rubbing Yukiko’s cheeks!’ and then he even touched my cheeks. But he didn’t notice Yukirin today… So lonely, so sad. It looks like yukirin will need to take the initiative… No, I can’t…”

“That idiot…”

So this is what you meant by casting off your appearance of a “pure and innocent” heroine.

“Although, big brother’s cold demeanor was also really cool☆”

Upon seeing that line, I immediately closed the blog without a second thought. Then I opened the notebook, and groaned. Sigh, enough already, she’s drumming up more trouble than I can handle.

“In any case, I need to wait for her to cool down.”

If this continues, I don’t even want to think about the kind of misfortunes that will happen to me. However, how much of my rea.s.surance will she listen to? Ugh, what will tomorrow’s me be doing when I wake up again?

“Sigh…”

Two days later, I let out a sigh as I stared at the notebook.

“Hmph, you got a problem? Hikari’s precious life time is five minutes shorter! Why don’t you just let Hikari do what she wants! Hikari is just a pitiful child!”

Two days ago, I wrote, “I understand that you’re upset, but calm down a bit. Right now, Kazes.h.i.+ro and I are looking for a method to resolve this”, but that was her reply. She also wrote, “Since I’m stuck in this mess, surely you can understand if I let loose a little right~? If you’re still hung up about this, Sakamoto, then the n.o.ble image of you in my heart will be shred to pieces you know~”.

It looks like Hikari Yumesaki was not only capitalizing on the trouble she made, but also using the fact that her time was cut short by five minutes to do whatever she wanted. She really doesn’t feel uneasy at all, does she?

“Changing the subject, Hikari wants to learn how to swim before she dies! To play in the water with cute girls and hot guys!”

She continues on. Ah, that’s fine, that isn’t a bad idea. Considering Hikari Yumesaki’s level of idiocy, this is still acceptable. However, the problem came next,.

“That’s why, I used Yukiko’s vacation tickets and booked a three days, two nights tour for sea bathing! If you cancel the reservation now, you’ll have to pay the full cancellation fee, so you have to go! It said up to three people can go, so you better start inviting some people now!”

“Sigh, enough already…you want to go on a trip using this body…”

I remember I had obtained a ticket for a three days, two nights tour from Yukiko, and it looks like the me yesterday made her reservation. But since this body would switch personalities every day, it would’ve been best to avoid traveling with other people.

“Sigh, am I out of ideas?”