章节 17
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1. "Ruri-chan...!"
2. ...This goes without saying, but
3. Next to her is...
4. It must be Ichihara-san, who hit me back then.
5. She's more grown-up than I remember her.
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1. "O-Only because you asked, K-Kao-chan..."
2. "Thank you for coming."
3. "Ruri-chan. Seri-chan."
4. Calm down.
5. "..."
6. Calm down.
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1. ...What do I do?
2. I thought about it so much.
3. But the words won't come out.
1. "...What do you want?"
2. "..."
3. "We have other things to do."
4. "Seri-chan...!"
5. "Se-"
6. Hostility and hatred.
7. I came here to accept those things head on.
8. But I already want to run away.
1. Confronting a past wrongdoing—
4. "I came here to apologize"
5. "for what I did 5 years ago."
2. "Ruri-chan... Ichinose-san, this is for you."
3. "...A letter...?"
4. "... Here ..."
1. Phew
2. She took it...
1. ...Are you kidding me?
2. "Eh...?"
7. "I am truly sorry."
8. "I know it's late, but I apologize for deeply hurting you."
1. "You think you can be forgiven with just this one piece of paper?"
2. "No..."
3. "..."
4. "Seri-chan."
1. It's short because she cut out everything except the words she wanted to convey.
2. "We didn't come here to pick a fight."
3. She's not fooling around.
4. "...Ruri-chan."
1. "Eh? Wait a..."
2. "Seri-chan and I will be over there."
3. "I would be grateful if you talked just once with Shizuku."
4. "Please."
5. "Ruri..."
6. "...Okay."
1. "Sorry for just deciding this on my own."
2. "It's nothing."
3. "...Thank you, Kaori."
4. "You got this."
5. "...Yeah."
1. "Kao-chan."
2. "Why are you here with Hoshikawa san?"
1. "That's not what I meant."
2. "Ah..."
3. "We happened to go to the same high school, so I've been meeting with her recently..."
4. "I'm talking about you, Kao-Chan."
5. "What are you doing in a place like this?"
1. "I thought you couldn't even walk around outside in your condition."
2. "I'm fine."
3. "I feel good today."
4. What does she want?
5. "Hm?"
6. "...And Hoshikawa?"
1. ...She's the same.
2. "Shi-zuku."
3. "Huh?"
4. "Those old wounds don't need to be re-opened..."
5. "That Ruri was pretty affected by what happened."
6. "You must know too."
7. "She already understands"
8. "the weight of what she did."
9. "Shizuku's been really affected by what happened as well."
10. "...That's just what you two want, isn't it?"
11. "and heal their wounds, even if only a little..."
12. "Can get to know each other just a bit more"
13. "...I just hope that"
14. "Both Shizuku... and Ruri-chan too"
1. "She didn't know what to do at first."
2. "At the very least, Ruri-chan doesn't want that."
3. "...We came here today not for Hoshikawa or for Ruri."
4. "But she said she didn't want to decline a request from Kao-chan."
5. "We came because of you."
1. "...Yeah."
2. "..."
3. "...And if you factored that into your calculations, it'd say a lot about you."
4. "After all, that's about all I can do."
5. "No matter what it took, I wanted you to meet Shizuku as she is now."
1. "...You really are"
2. "unfair, you know that?"
1. "..."
2. "..."
3. "Ah... n-no prob- lem..."
4. "Thank you... for uh, coming today..."
5. "...Um."
1. "...About what happened 5 years ago."
2. "I'm really sorry."
3. "I know it's something that can't be forgiven with just an apology."
4. "...And..."
5. This is no good.
6. "...But I've always regretted not apologizing back then."
3. I need to better choose my words...
5. What I'm saying is no different from the apology letter I wrote.
6. "...Shi-Shizuku-chan,"
7. "What do you want me to do?"
8. "Do you want me to say "it's okay"...?"
9. "Eh...?"
1. "I don't want to be forgiven so easily..."
2. "That's not it..."
3. "...No..."
4. I thought it would get better as time passed...
5. Up until Kao-chan contacted me, I was desperately trying to forget everything.
6. ...Ever since it happened
1. "To tell the truth... I didn't want to see you."
2. "I talked a lot with Seri-chan about what to do."
3. "And the school I go to is differ- ent..."
4. "But the things I used to like I now hate."
5. "...I'm sorry."
6. I was too opti- mistic.
1. I knew that she wouldn't forgive me.
2. That it was just me being selfish.
3. The influence I had on Ruri-chan was just that big.
4. Mistakes made in the past can never be erased.
5. But still
6. I thought that just maybe she would forgive me and everything would be better.
7. Why?
8. I guess
9. part of me was just being too optimistic.
1. "It's not that I want you to do something."
2. "I'm sorry..."
3. "I wanted to convey how I felt to you."
4. "That's all..."
1. But someone like me, who just ran away after hurting her, can never understand her pain.
2. That scene has haunted my dreams so many times.
3. It would be wrong for me to tell her that I suffered too.
4. And Ruri-chan is the victim.
5. I'm the one who hurt her.
1. "...Isn't there at least anything I can do...?"
2. "Something to make up for what I did..."
3. "I'm really sorry..."
4. "...No..."
5. "I don't want you to do anything in particular."
6. "I just..."
7. "Want you to leave me alone..."
8. "Shizuku-chan... I... never really liked being around you."
9. "...And even now..."
1. That's what she means.
2. "I don't want anything to do with you anymore."
3. "...Okay."
4. Maybe it was meaningless.
5. Maybe it was a mistake to call her out here.
6. I've troubled her.
7. "...I'm sorry for taking up your time."
8. But still.
9. "Ichinose-san."
1. The opportunity that Kaori gave me.
2. The courage that I found.
3. "Thank you..."
4. And the fact that Ruri-chan came here.
5. "For coming here and listening to me."
6. I refuse to believe that they were all a waste.
1. "I'll go call them back."
2. ...Was she always like this...?
1. "Shi-zuku."
2. "did it go okay?"
3. "Ruri!"
4. "...I was."
5. "Were you able to convey what you wanted?"
6. "I see."
1. "Ruri-chan, sorry for making this request all of a sudden."
2. "Well then..."
3. "Thank you both for coming today."
4. "Don't worry about it... I don't mind if it's for you."
5. "..."
6. But if she's friends with Ruri-chan,
7. I've been wondering.
8. Wouldn't Kaori have a grudge against me...?
9. Are Kaori and Ruri-chan friends...?
10. They went to the same elementary school, so it is possible...
1. Well, Kaori being mysterious is nothing new...
2. "...I'll ask her later."
3. "Ichi-nose-san... Ichihara-san!"
4. "Ruri."
5. "Let's go."
6. "Ah, okay..."
7. "Ah..."
8. "Bye..."
1. "Thank you for coming today!"
1. "Kaori, thanks for today..."
2. It was a bitter experience, but I did what I wanted to.
3. I also know her feelings now.
4. That's enough.
1. "Kaori...?"
2. "...Eh?"
3. "Kaori!?"
4. "Are you okay!?"
5. "Kaori!?"
1. "Kaori!!"
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