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The Summer You Were There

· @manga_collector· Yuama (ゆあま)

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Chapter 15

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1. "Ha..." 2. "...Done."

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3. Thoughts. Words. Turned into letters.

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1. "You're already done!?" 2. "Eh?" 3. "It's still impressive!" 4. "It's short, so..." 5. "So fast!!" 6. "I was sure it'd take much longer!" 7. "So, can I? Can I read it?" 8. "I've been really wanting to read something by you!" 9. "I didn't think you'd be so excited..." 10. "um..."

1. "Go..." 2. "Go ahead." 3. "..."

1. I can't calm down. 2. It's the first time I've had someone read my novel in front of me. 3. I don't know what I should be doing. 4. The turning of pages sounds so loud. 5. And time passes so slow.

1. Her eyes sure move fast... 2. Long eyelashes...

1. She's so picturesque. 2. "Ah... thanks for reading..." 4. "I'm done reading! Thanks." 5. "I could tell how much you want to apologize to Ruri-chan." 6. "It was so good." 7. "The writing really felt like yours..."

1. "...Yeah." 2. "Weren't you going to call me by my first name?" 3. "Anyways... um..." 4. "Asaka-san, I want you to help me make it into a letter..." 5. "Hm?" 6. "Fufu. You got it. I'll help." 7. "...K-Kaori."

1. "Yeah..." 2. "It's like... I can't organize what I want to convey..." 3. "Hmm..." 4. "So you're saying it'll be hard to turn this into a letter?" 5. "Eh..." 6. "Really?" 7. "Yeah." 8. "It seems like you're already set on what you want to convey." 9. "Trying to put it into letter is a good idea, but..." 10. "...I don't know." 11. "How sincerely you want to apologize shows in your novel." 12. "So you should also be able to convey that to Ruri-chan in writing." 13. "You can!"

1. "For example, for this sentence here you could..." 2. "What if you like... took your novel and tried changing the tone to be more like a letter?" 3. "Hmm, I see..." 4. "But I'm bad at writing to convey something to others..." 5. "here" 6. "ah, thank you!" 7. "Hold on, I'll move over there." 8. "it's hard to see..." 9. "Ah... okay." 10. "sorry" 11. "Ah."

1. Wait, what am I thinking... 2. Asaka-san's fragrance... 3. ...so here... 9. "...I wonder if it doesn't sound too much like excuses." 10. "Eh?" 11. "Well, I tried putting what I want to convey into the form of a letter, but..."

1. A long list of excuses. 2. This is just me listing all the things in the past I want to reflect on and apologizing. 7. "It's like a reflection statement that you'd write at school..." 8. "Hmm..." 9. "I guess it does start to sound like a reflection statement if it's too long..." 10. "this is difficult" 11. Can such a formal statement of apology 12. really be called a letter? 13. "..." 14. "What if you just made it really simple?" 15. "Eh?"

1. "Wouldn't just that alone be more than enough to convey it?" 2. "But..." 3. "is "I'm sorry for that time", right?" 4. "What you want to convey" 5. "It's not like it's a test." 6. "isn't that too short...?" 7. "Long or short," 8. "what's important is conveying what you want with words that you choose." 9. "You don't have to worry about word count."

1. For some reason, 2. "It's okay." 3. When Asaka-san says it I feel like it'll really be okay. 4. On a sheet of loose-leaf,

1. An endless cycle of piling up words 2. only to erase them and rewrite 3. All to convey myself in writing. 4. over and over.

1. "It's done..." 2. Thinking of words to convey myself is so exhausting... 3. "Yeah." 4. "Alright, after you revise it into a letter it'll be finished."

1. "Good job." 2. "You worked hard." 3. "..." 4. "That's why I was able to put it into writing..." 5. "It's because you helped me, Asa-... Kaori..."

1. "...Thank you." 2. "You're welcome." 3. "Hm?" 4. "I wonder if it'll really be okay." 5. "..." 6. "I'm glad you were able to write something you're satisfied with."

1. I ended up using mostly simple words. 2. Can they convey what I want without any misunderstandings? 3. "Will this letter alone really get it across..." 4. "...Wait." 5. "We don't even know if she'll read it in the first place..." 6. "..." 7. "...I have" 8. "an idea."

1. "What if you met Ruri-chan and gave her the letter in person?" 2. "Yeah. I know her contact information." 3. "...Is that possible?"

1. "But there's a way to contact her and set a date to meet and give her the letter." 2. "...I don't know whether or not she'll meet us herself." 3. "...If you're okay with that, that is." 4. In person...

1. "..." 2. I'm sure that 3. Ruri-chan hates me. 4. I wonder if it's okay for me to meet her. 5. Will I end up hurting her again? 6. Will she push me away? 7. "But if you meet in person so she can see your face," 8. "it'll be easier for her to tell what kind of feelings you're conveying in your letter." 9. "...This is just my opinion."

1. "It's also a chance for you to talk to Ruri-chan." 2. "What do you want to do?" 3. "...If it's too much, by mail is fine too." 4. A chance that Asaka-san created for me. 5. One that will likely never come again. 6. A chance to properly apologize. 7. "..."

1. "but I want to apologize properly." 2. "It's scary," 3. "...I want to meet Ruri-chan and give the letter to her in person." 4. I don't want to waste it. 5. The chance that Asaka-san gave me. 6. "...Okay." 7. "I'll contact Ruri-chan later then." 8. "You got it."

1. "Yeah, that's fine." 2. "Uh..." 3. "Are you fine with planning around her schedule?" 4. "...Yeah." 5. "I'll go with you." 6. "'Kay?" 7. "...It'll be alright."

1. "Sorry! I gotta get going." 2. "Ah. Okay." 3. "Eh? Ahh, the time..." 4. "Oh crap. I think it's my sister calling." 5. "Shi-zuku," 6. "see you tomorrow." 7. "Cya..."

1. "..."

1. "K-" 2. "Kaori!" 3. "I... I'll see you off."

1. "It... It's dangerous, and late." 2. "...Are you sure?" 3. "Just to the station... it's dark too." 4. "So..." 5. We spent all day together, but it feels like it still wasn't not enough. 6. Even though I mean all of it 7. somehow it ends up sounding like excuses when I say it.

1. "...In that case, let's get going!" 2. "...Yeah." 3. "Fufu~ Just kidding!" 4. "N... No way..." 5. "Eh." 6. "You're being kind of assertive, huh, Shizuku." 7. "Almost like we're a real couple."

1. "We're just pretending, after all." 2. "...Right." 3. It's like my feet aren't on solid ground. 4. This vague, uncomfortable feeling. 5. If I wrote about it in a novel, could I put it into words properly?

1. I guess if it's only for summer vacation... 2. "We'll play this game of pretend love until summer vacation ends." 3. ...Until summer vacation ends, 4. huh...

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