Chapter 69: Making A Difference Translated by : Kaori Hasegawa Sponsored and brought to you by : Alberto Mazzetto Story and Art by : Masakazu Katsura <106> Ai: If you're not related to it at all, then why are you taking responsibility? <107> Takashi: No... Maybe not directly, but i caused it, too... Boy: The money I borrowed from Yamada got bigger than I thought it would, so i could hardly pay him back, therefore, he was blackmailing me... Boy: And he said... If I managed that girl, then he said he would forget about the money, so... And you said, "I don't care about that girl," so... Takashi: If there weren't a typhoon that day, what were you going to do? Moemi-chan wouldn't be alone. Boy: Then... <108> Sound: Gu. Takashi: Tell me everything!! Now! Sound: Gu. Boy: U. Boy: Then... I'd do something else... At first I would call her and tell her, as your message, "Come right now," and... Boy: I call her just in case that day, too... Sound: Guwa. Boy: Wuwa!! Sorry!! Forgive me!! Takashi: Break up... Takashi: The band is breaking up... <109> Takashi: The band broke up, I broke up with my girlfriend, and I lost my best friend... Horrible... Takashi: But it's all my fault, so I can't complain... Like that guy in our band said, it's true I said I didn't care about Moemi... Takashi: But, I made a difference, so I feel refreshed... Takashi: I feel fine now. Ai: I wonder... If I made a difference, then I would be refreshed, as well. <110> Youta: It's been two weeks since I was told, "Say by me," by Moemi-chan... I don't feel good... Youta: I'm sure my mind came first in protecting Moemi-chan, but I can't get further than one step. I'm beginning to know the reason... Youta: I think that's the reason why I don't go to school... Moemi: Gee, you could've waited for me inside. <111> Youta: Ah... I feel embarrassed, so... Moemi: For others to see you as my boyfriend? Youta: No! No! Moemi: Oh yeah. Moemi: Oh no, this is a bad one. Moemi: I should have looked more when I bought it. Youta: You have the receipt, don't you. Let's go exchange it later. <112> Moemi: Well... Sound: Gasa gasa. Moemi: Next week is fine. Moemi: I'll go exchange it next week, so would you go with me? Youta: Eh... Yeah, sure. Sound: Fu. Sound: Niko niko. Youta: What's up? You're smiling... Moemi: I'm happy about that promise, it's like a small guarantee, but furthermore... I feel...relaxed... <113> Youta: Oh... Youta: But... The promise has... Youta: Ha. Youta: Well... I'll go to the bathroom. Moemi: O-Okay. Sound: Gata. <114> Youta: "The promise has no guarantee on the process of love." Youta: Why do I have to say such a thing... Such a thing that makes her sad... Youta: I'm putting a break on getting deeper. If I were told something nice... I can't face her no matter what, is it because... <115> Moemi: It's boring being with me... Youta: Eh. Moemi: But, I'm used to it, so... Moemi: Niimai-kun was the same way. Youta: I think...I'm going to school...tomorrow. <116> Moemi: Oh! You finally decided to go to school. Youta: yeah... I'm thinking about meeting Nobuko-chan. Moemi: Eh? Youta: It's for us... Youta: We ended it unclearly, so I want to make it pronounced... I think I can get...some kind of answer if I see her... <117> Moemi: ...Some kind of answer... Aren't you sure? Then you feelings may return to her? Sound: Doki doki. Youta: Honestly, I won't know myself unless I see her, so... I don't want to give you a deep answer for it... Youta: But, I asked you to go out, and... I don't want to make you sad, so... I can't tell you not to worry, but... <118> Moemi: ...I trust you, so... Moemi: I... I trust you. Youta: I'll make it clear... I'll wait at the back gate after school, so we can go home together. <119> Youta: Are you going without eating breakfast. Ai: Yeah... I don't have an appetite recently... Ai: Hey! Are you going to school!! You decided!! Ai: I see, I see! Good, good! Sound: Gui gui. Youta: I'll go make a difference... Ai: Eh? <120> Youta: I wonder...how Nobuko-chan will react...when she sees me... Nobuko: Talk? I have nothing to say to you now. Youta: She'll act cold like that... Or... Nobuko: How can you come to see me!! After you hurt me so much! I can't believe this!! Youta: She might complain, or... Youta: Either way, it won't be easy... Can I get an answer like that? ...But what if, 0.001%... Nobuko: How have you been? Senpai... Youta: If she smiles and forgives me for everything... Youta: My feelings might move... Is this the right thing to do... To see her now... Ai: What a depressed looking face! Throw out your chest! Your chest!! Sound: Ban. Youta: Oh, yeah... Ai: Everyone makes a difference... Difference, huh... <121> Youta: I finally got to school... In the last minute, I'm very tense... Youta: I came to school after a long absence, so people are looking at me like they're looking at a national monument, and giving me more pressure... Youta: Anyway, I'm afraid of whether or not my feelings will move, and honestly, this is a pain... Ai: Ah... Here she comes. Sound: Doki. Youta: Y-Yeah... Sound: Doki doki. Sound: Doki doki doki. Sound: Doki... Youta: Nobuko-chan... <122> Nobuko: Oh, no! It's you!! Long time no see!!! Youta: Wh-What...!? Nobuko: Hey, look, look. Nobuko: Don't you think my breasts got bigger. Nobuko: It's because you massaged them,. Youta: Eh? Sound: Kaa. Nobuko: Kyahaha, So cute, you turned red. <123> Nobuko: As I talk about it, this is where I confessed my love... At that time, you said, "This Saint Monster can protect our school, but not us..." It was true, it didn't save us... Youta: ...yeah... It's an unexpected reaction... I don't know how to act now... I might no be able to distinguish... Nobuko: Senpai... Did you start liking someone? Youta: ...Yeah... Nobuko: Oh... It's a little shocking. Youta: S-Sorry... Nobuko: No, don't apologize. We broke up, so. Youta: I see... She's clear-cut about this. Nobuko: Oh, I know. That's why you cam e to... Oh, now I know... <124> Nobuko: You worry too much. There's that part in you! Nobuko: I thought you were a loose person, but... It's not like that, you're just doing your best for anybody. But... Either way, I think it's not nice! Nobuko: If you have someone you like no, then love only her with all your might! Youta: Nobuko-chan... Nobuko: I want to say that... But i was treated cruelly by you, and I can't calm down! Let me hit you once! Then you can love her with all your might. Youta: S-Sure... Nobuko: Good! Nobuko: Then, ready! Youta: Sure, go ahead! <125> Youta: Um? Nobuko: Don't mind about me anymore! I've revenged my feelings with it! Okay! Senpai! Youta: It was magic, to make fine a cloudy sky. My mind was surprisingly calm, and my whole body was like the blue sky. It's like the stuck hurdle disappeared and now I can run straight. Without looking around, straight... Of course the goal is Moemi-chan's smile... End of Chapter