The Moon On A Rainy Night

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章节 18

1. Chapter 17: Yearning

1. "...It was always such a noisy season. Between the cicadas, the fireworks, and people chatting as they went by..." 2. When I lost my hearing, I started to hate summer. 3. "...Disappeared." 4. Then one day, all that noise just... 5. "So it's been a long time... ...since I had any of those nice summer memories people always talk about." 6. "I don't see that changing this year, either..." 7. ...Made the quiet so much worse. Somehow, knowing what I was missing...

1. "You're more than welcome to do your choir practice here at home." 2. "So, you girls are on summer break." 3. "Mornings, evenings, anytime. Just as long as I don't have a lesson." 4. "On one condition!" 5. "Oh!" 6. "Thanks so much!" 7. "I'm not asking!" 8. "Uh, no thanks..." 9. "I'll be sitting in on your rehearsals when I have time."

1. "Ideally, you would have a singer to rehearse with." 2. "Then again, this is choir we're talking about." 3. "A singer? Uh-oh..." 4. "How on earth do you expect to judge your progress on your own?" 5. "Look at it logically. You need an objective outside opinion!" 6. "Heh heh!" 7. "You've got me here!" 8. "Aren't you all forgetting something?" 9. "Rinne-chan?!"

1. "And in exchange, you're gonna help me study for my entrance exams." 2. "People usually don't say please when they're trying to blackmail someone..." 3. "Seriously. Please help me." 4. "Oh. Uh..." 5. "I'm on summer break, too, so I have time to kill!" 6. "We can hang out aaaalll day!" 7. "Ugh... Thanks, I guess!" 8. "What do you say, kanon?!" 9. "..." 10. "Yay!" 11. "Welp, that's settled then!" 12. "I think maybe it's time I had this piano tuned."

1. "?" 2. "Why can't we just use the piano in the classroom?" 3. "Your mom said it was okay." 4. "It's covered in dust!" 5. "Might need more than a little tuning, though. More like a makeover..." 6. "So we can use it to practice." 7. "Why?" 8. "Everything okay?" 9. "Hello?" 10. "..." 11. "Kanon?" 12. "It'd be way better if we could all practice together." 13. "...I know my mom's right." 14. "It's just..."

1. "But still..." 2. "...I kinda wanted this to be our thing. You know, just the two of us." 3. "Look what my dad sent me!" 4. "Is that..." 5. "Plus, it's embarrassing having my mom help us!" 6. "Oh, and get a load of this!" 7. "Wh-what?!"

1. "Yeah! And guess what?" 2. "...a baton?" 3. "... And the box was 6,000**!" 4. "Holy-" 5. "The baton was 5,000 yen*..." 6. **approx. 40 usd. 7. *approx. 33 usd. 8. "Seriously! I'm going crazy here!" 9. "Might? I'm pretty sure he will..." 10. "He spent over 10,000 yen on these!" 11. "Right?! I mean, it's just a school festival! Talk about overkill!" 12. "If I don't do something, he might even come watch!" 13. "Why, dad?!" 14. "Nooo, don't say that!"

1. "Uh... Were you planning to...?" 2. "Of course not! But—" 3. "Anyway, no pressure, right?" 4. Now I really can't mess up... 5. "Our phones are buzzing." 6. "Wha-" 7. "Hey, whose side are you on?!" 8. "It's from tanabe-san..." 9. "Oh. Group text."

1. "We were so busy chatting, I just-" 2. "Come on! Bus schedule, bus schedule!" 3. "Ack!" 4. "That's right! We told tanabe-san we'd meet her this afternoon!" 5. Just left the house! Think I can still make it in time! 6. "Kanon!" 7. "Where'd I leave my bag?!" 8. "Okay, so from here to the bus stop, it's..." 9. "We can catch that one!" 10. "There's a bus in ten minutes!"

1. "Great!"

1. "You didn't get lost, didja?" 2. "No!" 3. "Sorry, I know we're five minutes late." 5. "Aw, it's fine!" 6. "Kanon-chan! Saki-chan!" 7. "Over heeeere!" 10. "It's ya girl!" 11. "Hey, it's fine." 12. "'cause..." 13. "If I'd just kept my big mouth shut..." 14. If anything... 15. "I made you two come all the way down here..." 16. "...I'm the one who should apologize!" 17. "What?! Why are you apologizing for that?!"

1. "...why we're in this mess in the first place?" 2. ~ before summer break ~ 4. "Aren't you forgetting..." 5. "...I thought it would be great if you decided what you wanted to do!" 6. "But since you're the ones who will be working on this project..." 8. "Oopsie! ☆" 9. "...I totally forgot to pick something!" 11. "..." 12. "Or... Not..." 13. "Ooh, I know! What about something like a maid café?" 14. "Or, like... Actually a maid café?" 15. "What?! I was just trying to lighten the mood!" 16. "A maid café it is, then!"

1. "Uhh..." 2. "Hey..." 3. "If anyone's to blame... ...I'd say it's sekiguchi-sensei and her total lack of planning." 5. "They sure do! I mean, it's cosplay-grade stuff..." 6. "Okay, but does this place have what we want?" 7. "Like... Maid stuff?" 8. "I hardly ever see you outside school, tanabe-san!" 9. "Saki-chan, you're an angel!" 10. "We're here now, right? We might as well have fun!" 11. "Well, never mind! Let's not point fingers!" 12. "Good point!" 13. "...you can find the costumes!" 14. "Since it was your idea..." 15. "Delegated!" 17. "Do you know how much real maid outfits cost?!" 18. "...so it won't be great, but at least it'll be cheap."

3. "Where's muranaka-san?" 4. "Going hard at ping-pong, apparently!" 5. "Wow! It's so hot, though." 7. "Yep!" 8. "No harm in looking." 9. "We don't have to decide today." 12. I've never been here before. 13. It's kind of... 15. What are these places called again? 16. Emporia?

2. "Kaa..." 3. "...non!" 4. "Doing okay?" 6. So many colors! 7. "Ha ha ha! You said it!" 8. "But I think my eyes are going to burn out at this rate!" 9. "My ears are fine." 10. "It's pretty noisy. You sure you're not tired or anything?" 11. "Huh?" 12. "Yeah, I'm fine." 13. "I thought maybe with all the vibrations..." 14. "Glad we're with a pro!" 15. "To the cosplay corner!" 16. "Okay!" 17. "I think it's this way!"

1. Look at all these... 2. "Feast your eyes, ladies!" 4. "Jeez." 5. There's so many styles. 6. "Hmm..." 7. "Question is, what should we go with?" 8. "Uh-huh!" 9. "I guess everyone could afford that." 10. "Three or four thousand yen each?" 11. "Which one do you like, kanon?"

1. "Sorry. Were you saying something?" 3. "They had some try-ons out..." 4. "Guh?" 5. "What's with those ears?!" 7. "It's fine! We can make the ears and tails ourselves!" 8. "What about our budget?!" 9. "Make them?!" 10. "What?!" 11. "Wait, that's it! Let's do a cat-eared maid café!"

2. "...but don't you think we should ask before we make everyone wear cat ears?" 3. "Yeah..." 5. "Was she not the cutest thing ever?!" 6. "You saw her with those cat ears!" 7. "Kanon!" 8. "I think we-" 9. "Huh?" 11. "What was that?" 12. "Oh, sorry." 13. How will we ever decide?! 14. "-should get the white ones..."

1. "So." 2. "That just happened." 3. "Yep!"

1. "Huh?!" 2. Never thought the day would come when I'd wear a maid outfit! 3. "But it was your idea!" 4. A while ago... 5. "...but I at least wanna get an idea..." 6. "I can't decide!" 7. "Ugh, they're all so nice..." 8. "We don't hafta pick one today..." 9. "Why don't we buy them, then?" 10. "I wanna check if they feel okay!" 11. "I know, right?" 12. "I wish we could try these on!"

1. "That's genius!" 2. "Then we'll try them on and report back!" 3. "Three outfits. Three of us. We can each get one." 4. "But I don't want to make you two blow your money on my dumb idea!" 5. "I don't mind! Anyway, it's for school." 6. "So I'd like to help out if I can." 7. "I was happy you suggested it!" 8. "?!" 9. "Yeah, and I've always wanted to know what it's like to work at a cafe. Even if it is just for a school project." 10. "I'm not! I'm not! I mean a normal cafe! Like a regular coffee place!" 11. "I didn't know you were a closet otaku." 12. "You want to work at a maid cafe?!" 13. "For real?!"

1. "I never knew..." 2. "...you wanted to work at a café." 3. "I guess I did sort of bring this on myself, huh! lol" 4. "..." 5. "I was kind of surprised, though." 6. "Ding" 7. "Shoop" 8. "I've seen articles like this before." 11. "You know how I said before that it's hard for me to follow a conversation..." 12. "...with a bunch of different people?" 13. "Apparently, there are places like that in Tokyo."

1. I can't read both your lips at once. 2. Today, I could pretty much figure out what you and Tanabe-san were saying because of your expressions and the general flow of the conversation. 3. I'm lucky that Tanabe-san's so expressive haha. 4. "I'm so sorry! I didn't even think about that!" 5. ...I THINK SHE'S TRYING TO DECIDE WHICH ONE TO CHOOSE. 6. I DIDN'T CATCH THAT, BUT JUDGING BY HER FACE... 7. Nah, it's cool. 8. "Ahh..." 9. I always figured retail work was out for me. 10. You have to talk to new people all the time. 11. So no-go, right? 12. I can make up for my ears with my eyes. 13. And if that's not enough... 14. ...I can think it through. It's exhausting, but I guess I'm used to it. 15. "This is really something!" 16. "I read that article, too."

1. "That’s why I figured..." 3. "I thought it was neat how people can point to stuff to pick a size or ask for takeout!" 4. "...if we could do menus like this for the school festival..." 6. "Yeah, exactly!" 7. "...maybe I could try waiting tables." 8. "I just really liked the idea of that." 9. "For sure!" 10. "We can definitely do that!"

1. "Let's bring it up with Tanabe-san!" 2. "I'll ask her if we can do menus..." 3. "...like this."

1. "No! Don't look!" 2. "Come onnnn!" 3. "Aren't you ready yet?" 4. "I... I'm still trying to figure out how to tie these ribbons!" 5. "Hurry up! We need to take a photo for Tanabe-san!" 6. "10 9 8 7" 7. "No! Wait!" 8. "I'll make you do rehearsal in that outfit!" 9. "Now that'd be a trip!" 10. "Hee hee." 11. "Don't even think about it!" 12. "I said— All right, all right! I'm done!" 13. "My mom wants to sit in on choir practice!" 14. "If you're not here in ten seconds, you'll be sorry!" 15. "Wh-what do you mean?!"

1. "You look adorable!" 2. "Yeah!" 3. "And this fabric is really high quality!" 4. "These are great!" 5. "Just one thing..." 6. "Your skirt's awfully short."

1. "I guess we'll see what Tanabe-san's looks like." 2. "But I think we can count yours out." 3. "Yeah, no kidding!" 4. "Stand back up!" 5. "Plus, the public will be there..." 6. "I guarantee people will give you a hard time about it." 7. "Too bad. It looks super cute on you!" 8. "I mean it." 9. "Now you're in a rush all of a sudden?!" 10. "Hurry up and take the darn picture!" 11. "I think I finally get what Tanabe-san means..." 12. "...with that moe stuff."

1. "ALL RIGHT, SEND AWAY!" 2. "!" 3. "HA HA! THAT POSE!" 4. "TANABE-SAN JUST SENT HERS!" 5. My mom took this! 6. "Kanon-chan, I'll see you at Lit Club, right?" 7. "Can we talk about it then?" 8. "You two are too cute!" 9. "I'm still torn!" 10. "Lemme sleep on it?" 11. "OK!!" 12. "I MEANT TO TELL YOU..." 13. "OH!" 14. "YOU HAVE LIT CLUB TOMORROW?"

1. It's... a story I guess. 2. "Y'know how we have to write this story?" 3. "So I asked everyone if we could work on our stuff together." 4. "I just know I'll never get myself to work on it on my own!" 5. "Well, it's due by the end of break!" 6. "So... what kind of story is it?" 7. "Like everyone in the lit club does?" 8. "Ah, I get it." 9. "I should be home by the time you get done." 10. "You know, piano..." 11. "You have a lesson tomorrow, right?" 12. "That's not even including all our homework..." 13. "Ugh! Don't remind me!" 14. "Argh! Sure doesn't feel like we're on break!" 15. "So we can jump right into rehearsal!" 16. "Ha ha ha!"

1. "Maids?!" 2. "Mom's done with her lesson." 3. "You wanna rehearse or wha-" 4. "Sis?" 5. "Sheesh!" 6. "I almost had a heart attack!" 7. "Just a second, we'll change..." 8. "Sorry!" 9. "Whoa, chill." 10. "It's for the school festival." 11. "Yikes!" 12. "Wh-what's going on in here?!" 13. "I'm bushed!" 14. "Oof!" 15. "..." 16. "...!"

1. ...I started to hate summer. 2. When I lost my hearing... 4. "I can't remember the last time I was this busy." 5. "Story for the contest..." 6. "Choir practice..." 7. "School festival project..."

1. I haven't even had time to hate summer! 3. "Almost forgot!" 4. "Here's the photo." 5. "We make some pretty cute maids!"

1. "Well?! How's it look?!" 2. "You're not the only one who can play dress-up!" 3. "You're a natural."

1. the moon on a rainy night