1. "Ruri-chan!"
2. "Hey."
3. "Kao-chan... are you up?"
4. "Hm?"
5. "Oh, you aren't wearing your uniform."
6. "Yeah."
7. "No club meeting today."
8. "Photography, right?"
9. "You have meetings during summer break too?"
10. "Mhm."
11. "There's a contest coming up, so our advisor looks at my work."
12. "Ooh, a contest!"
13. "What kind of photos do you take?"
14. "Other clubs having practice, flowers in the courtyard... whatever catches my eye."
15. "Uh... Here's one."
16. "Wow, that's gorgeous!"
17. "Heh. Thank you."
1. "Oh, this?"
2. "That's a cute ribbon."
3. "They're all so pretty."
4. "Yep!"
5. "Sh-Shi-zuku-chan...?"
6. "I mention wanting new accessories once, then she shows up with this!"
7. "I just got it from Shizuku."
8. "I was just joking."
1. "I noticed the other day too, but..."
2. "Yeah."
3. "Ehehe. You can tell?"
4. "But you really like it, don't you?"
5. "Kao-chan..."
6. "You look the happiest when you're talking about Shizuku-chan."
7. "Yeah, maybe..."
1. I really admire her...
2. She's... my savior.
3. "Mm..."
4. "You said you wanted me to see what she's like now."
5. "O-Oh, no."
6. "It's okay."
7. "Oh!"
8. "Sorry, didn't mean to get so heavy all of a sudden."
1. "She..."
2. "She's changed, hasn't she."
3. "!"
4. "Yeah!"
5. "You know, I..."
6. "I thought she was a scary person, this whole time."
1. But...
2. Maybe I just haven't been seeing the real her.
3. Maybe that's just the Shizuku-chan in my memories.
4. "I never would've thought she would be visiting you every day..."
5. And she's actually a totally different person now.
6. "Or giving you gifts like this..."
7. I was afraid you'd changed too.
8. "I hadn't heard from you for so long..."
9. "And suddenly you wanted to meet with Shizuku-chan..."
10. "And you, too..."
1. "You were the same, kind Kao-chan... and you'd gotten close with Shizuku-chan."
2. "But..."
3. "You hadn't."
4. "It was weird, seeing you two together..."
5. "S-Sorry, I'm rambling..."
6. "Basi- cally..."
7. "What I'm trying to say is..."
1. "I..."
2. "I feel like maybe I'm stuck in the past."
3. "And I need to just move on."
4. "That maybe I'm the one in the wrong."
5. "I... I just don't know."
1. "No, that's not true."
2. "You're not in the wrong at all."
3. "I don't want you to feel that way. That's not what I meant."
4. "Sorry..."
1. "It's true that she has changed."
2. "She's not the Shizuku you used to know."
3. "I mean, she did terrible things to you, didn't she."
4. "Not like you need me to tell you that."
5. "But..."
6. "That doesn't mean you have to forgive her."
1. "Anyway, I did want you to see what she's like now."
2. "But your feelings are important too."
3. "But..."
4. "..."
5. "You want to start over with her on the right foot, I'll do what- ever I can to help."
6. "If, af- ter seeing how she is now..."
1. "I..."
2. "I want you two to live freely."
3. "So if there's anything I can do... while I still can..."
1. "Kao-chan!"
2. "Just choked on something."
3. "I- I'm fine."
4. "!"
5. "Me and Shizuku-chan will be fine..."
6. "You should be worrying about yourself..."
7. "K- Kao-chan..."
8. Why I want to help you...
9. "No... that's all the more reason..."
1. "I..."
2. "I was told I'd never leave the hospital again."
3. "...!"
1. "So what-ever I can do to help, it'll have to be then!"
2. "Oh, but I'm allowed one night away!"
3. "Kao-chan..."
4. "D-Don't use it for us."
5. "You should use that time for your-self..."
6. "I am."
7. "This is for myself."
1. "I want to help you..."
2. "For my own sake."
3. "You know"
4. "I..."
5. "Okay? So..."
6. "I've never felt so glad to be here."
7. "Don't cry for me."
1. "The beach?"
2. "It's probably too cold to swim, though."
3. "Let's see..."
4. "Hmm, well, how about you take me somewhere I want to go?"
5. "I want to see photos of me taken by you."
6. "Oh..."
7. "Wherever we go, let's take lots of photos, okay?"
1. "Okay..."
2. "Ooh, it's so good..."
3. "Thanks."
4. "Heh."
5. "Can't wait to see what happens next!"
1. I've been trying to stall it as much as possible.
2. But...
3. I already have the plot outlined
4. "How will it end? I'm excited already."
5. "Ending..."
6. "Right..."
7. "Every good novel has an ending!"
8. "It would be a shame otherwise!"
9. "You... want me to end it?"
10. "Of course!"
1. And yet...
2. Every story has an ending.
3. She's right.
4. I started writing this to spend time with her.
5. Our very own romance novel.
7. Plus...
8. I'll lose my excuse to come here every day.
9. If I finish it...
1. What if, when I finish it...
2. She'll be gone?
1. Why can't...
2. Why can't the ending just never come?