#omofuri

p1

Akari: Today is the day off we get in exchange for the school festival, and Yuna, Rio, Inui-kun and I have come to an amusement park.

Akari: If you want to know why it's the four of us...

p2

Akari: Ahhh! Yuna congrats! How amazing, he felt the same way!

Yuna: Thanks!

Akari: You really worked hard. (How great!)

Yuna: Eheheh.

Akari: So tomorrow will you be going on a date?

Yuna: No, I mean... I already promised to spend tomorrow with you!

Akari: What? We can just do something some other day!

p3

Yuna: B--but... the two of us going out alone is...

Yuna: (I was so overwhelmed just holding his hand!) There's no way!

Yuna: I don't know how... how "girlfriend" and "boyfriend" is supposed to work...

Akari: ......

Akari: And thus, here we are.

Akari: (A stroke of luck that both the boys were available today.)

p4

Akari: Yuna should be good if it's the four of us.

Akari: (Or at least...)

Akari: (So I thought.)

Yuna: Boyfriend! And! Girlfriend!

Akari: Don't be so nervous! Try going over and holding Rio's hand!

Yuna: HAND?

Rio: Man. This is the first time I've held someone's hand and felt this worked up.

Yuna: (AAAAAUGH! Just remembering makes me all giddy again!)

p5

Yuna: (What if I do something weird because I'm so nervous? I don't even know what to do normally...)

Yuna: (I don't know anything! I don't even know how to walk!)

Akari: Hey! Could you give Yuna some help here? Being a player should make you good in these situations!

Rio: I'm not being a player anymore.

Rio: (But it's true.)

Rio: (I have to do better, now.)

p6

Rio: Here, Yuna-chan.

Rio: Grab hold.

Yuna: !!

Yuna: Thanks... but... no thanks.

Rio: Huh?

sfx: SHOCK

Yuna: (How embarassing!)

Akari: (Oh my.)

p7

Akari: (I've got to be a support here.)

Kazu: Are you okay on rollercoasters, Yamamoto-san?

Akari: Huh? Yes! I like them.

Kazu: Me too! It's been a while since I've come to an amusement park, so this is great.

Kazu: Thanks for inviting me.

Akari: (I'm-- I'm glad I invited him!)

Announce: The ride will now commence.

p8

Akari: (Oh right. I totally forgot about those two. I got carried away...)

Akari: (And what's with that distance?)

p9

Akari: (I've gotta do something.)

Akari: Heyyy! You guys! Let's do this next!

sign: HAUNTED HOUSE

Akari: (Mwahaha.)

Akari: (Now I just need to give Yuna a big push... and then...)

p10

Akari: (But isn't this super scary?) [STILL AT THE ENTRANCE] (There could be ghosts around any corner...!!) [IT'S THAT KIND OF ATTRACTION]

Akari: (NO WAY)

sign: ESCAPE EXIT

Akari: (Sorry, Yuna. I want to be where the sun can shine on me... It's so warm and bright...)

Kazu: Yamamoto-san.

Akari: Huh? You gave up too, Inui-kun?

p11

Kazu: Nah, I thought it would be better to leave those two alone.

Akari: (He's got this considerate side.)

Akari: (He really isn't an unthinking person.)

Akari: (But at the same time, it's not like he's calculating... I can't read him.)

p12

Kazu: I'm going to go buy a drink.

Kazu: Do you want anything?

Akari: Oh--

Akari: A call from Ryousuke-kun.

Akari: I don't need anything, thanks.

Kazu: Oh, okay.

Akari: Yes, hello? Yeah I can talk.

p13

Kazu: (That Ryousuke guy... what does he want? Shouldn't he be at school? Just go to class already.)

Kazu: (I wonder if they're calling each other often?)

Kazu: (Not that this is something that should concern me.)

Akari: Yeah. Okay then. Bye.

Kazu: (It really shouldn't, but..)

Akari: Welcome back!

Kazu: Oh, are you off the phone?

Kazu: (But it does make me wonder.)

p14

Akari: Yeah. He wanted to thank me for inviting him to the festival.

Kazu: Hunh. That's all?

Akari: And also-- oh!

Akari: They're back!

Akari: I'm sorry! I gave up!

Kazu: (She didn't finish her thought.)

Akari: So how was the haunted house?

p15

Rio: Mmmmn, well, reasonably scary.

Yuna: Yeah.

Akari: (Huh? Rio, somehow... he looks down.)

Akari: (They don't look any closer than before.)

p16

Akari: Doesn't Rio seem a little strange?

Akari: Did something happen?

Yuna: I have no idea. Just...

Yuna: It may be frustrating for him that I'm so bashful.

Yuna: I even know I'm doing it! But when I think about it, I just get more awkward.

Yuna: I don't know what to talk about at all. It's like I regressed.

p17

Yuna: What do I do? I don't want him to hate me!

Yuna: How do I stop being nervous?

Akari: (She's stuck in a vicious circle.)

Akari: Yu---na. Calm down!

Akari: If you tell him what you just said to me, I think he'll feel better too.

p18

Rio: How ya doing?

Rio: Any progress?

Kazu: Huh? No not really.

Rio: Oh? And you were all alone together, too. Why not go for it?

Kazu: ... I guess I didn't tell you.

Kazu: Yamamoto-san confessed to me the day of the summer festival. And I turned her down.

p19

Rio: What? For real? You never said! So why would you--

Rio: Erk

Rio: I........... right. You still thought I was into Akari back then.

Rio: It's... my fault.

Kazu: Nah, things like this aren't anybody's fault.

p20

Kazu: And right afterwards she told me, "I don't feel anything anymore."

Kazu: So it's not like there's going to be progress.

Rio: So it's my fault for sure.

Kazu: It's not!

Kazu: It was just bad timing. That's all it is.

Rio: But...

p21

Kazu: More importantly, what about you?

Kazu: You're in really low spirits.

Kazu: What happened? You worn out?

Rio: Nnnn... Probably.

Akari: I want to go on this next!

p22

Akari: I've never been on a ferris wheel!

Kazu: Is that right? Then let's do it, let's do it!

Dude: For four?

Akari: Oh, um...

Kazu: Sorry, could we ride in pairs of two?

Dude: Not a problem!

Akari: He just said what I was going to say...

Kazu: Thanks.

p23

Akari: (Good luck Yuna!)

Akari: You were looking out for them too! Thanks!

Kazu: Uh..... er...

Kazu: Well.... right.

p24

SILENCE

Rio: Um... Yuna-ch--

Yuna: I'm sorry I've been so nervous today!

p25

Yuna: I know this is tedious for you! And when I think that, I just...

Yuna: I don't know how it is I'm supposed to act as a girlfriend

Rio: Yu--

Yuna: Before this, the feelings I had were always one sided, and I got along that way...

p26

Yuna: So for the person I like to feel the same as I do...

Yuna: I never imagined such an amazing thing could happen to someone like me!

Yuna: This is all so new to me, I just can't take it all in...

Yuna: I mean...

p27

Yuna: No one ever told me there was an even greater feeling than happiness.

Yuna: So before I get used to these feelings...

p28

Yuna: Please don't come to hate me.

Yuna: I would be really grateful if you'd take the long view...

Rio: Haaaa.

p29

Rio: There isn't a single guy that wouldn't be happy hearing something like that.

Rio: Any anyway

Rio: I didn't for a single second think this was tedious.

Yuna: But you got all dispirited a while ago... I thought it was because of me...

p30

Rio: I was pissed at myself that I couldn't make things easier for you.

Rio: Especially in the haunted house.

Yuna: Huh?

Rio: The truth is I was so scared, I don't remember most of it.

Rio: Ugh, how uncool.

Yuna: You don't remember at all?

p31

Yuna: You protected me the whole time, you didn't know?

Rio: Whaaaat. No way. I couldn't have done something that impressive.

Yuna: You did! I was really happy.

Yuna: But then... so it was all unconscious?

Yuna: Then I'm even more happy.

p32

Yuna: You don't need to worry about trying to guide me.

Yuna: Just so long as you're at my side and we're having fun together, that's all I want!

Yuna: (To have the person you love love you back...)

Rio: I want to hold hands with you.

p33

Yuna: (I'm)

Yuna: (To hold hands)

Yuna: (My heart can just explode, fine!)

Rio: No, not like this.

Rio: This way.

Yuna: (And this happiness)

Rio: I'll only hold hands like this with you, Yuna-chan.

p34

Rio: I love you.

Yuna: (Is something that Rio taught me.)

Kazu: (I just can't stop thinking about that phone call.)

Kazu: (We were in the middle of talking about it, but bringing it up now.... but still...)

Kazu: So like...

p35

Kazu: What... what's wrong?

Akari: I didn't know myself, but... It seems...

Akari: Ferris wheels and I don't get along. I'm scared...

Akari: My feet are all wobbly and we're so high up! And we have to go so slowly to get back down! It's hell on earth!

Akari: WHAT WHAT WHAT

Akari: ARE WE FALLING?

p36

Kazu: Sorry I startled you.

Akari: Eh? Inui-kun?

Kazu: It's all right now.

Kazu: You're fine. You're fine.

Akari: (This isn't exactly fine.)

p37

Akari: You're right.

Akari: If I'm touching someone... It's not as bad.

Akari: Thank you.

p38

Akari: (But this)

Akari: (is probably because it's Inui-kun.)

Kazu: [DOKIDOKIDOKI]

Akari: Hm?

p39

Akari: Oh? It's really not scary anymore.

Akari: Maybe if I open my eyes, I'll be okay?

Akari: Let me try.

Kazu: Huh?

Akari: One, two!

p40

Akari: AUUGHHHH, no it's too scary!

Akari: We're back home, finally!

Rio: I wanted to go on the roller coaster one last time!

Akari: I liked the go carts!

p42

Akari: (Those two seem to be okay again.)

Akari: (And I unexpectedly had Inui-kun patting me on the back.)

Akari: What a good day!

Ryousuke: Yamamoto.

p43

Akari: Oh

p1 Overflowing, Unending Emotions

p2 Yuna: (Where are you, Rio-kun?)

Yuna: (I have to find you quickly.)

Yuna: (I have to tell you how I feel.)

Rio: It's so dark, I can't really see...

p3 Someone: The birth of a new couple!

Everyone: Congrats! Woohoo!

Rio: (Huhh. It's not Yuna-chan.)

Rio: (It's really bad I don't have my phone with me.)

Rio: Oh!

Rio: (Confessions could happen at the back of the school!)

p4 Rio: (Ah.)

Rio: (Yuna-chan?)

Rio: (...It's.. not.)

Yuna: Eh.

Yuna: Wah!

Rio: WAH!

p5 Yuna: I'm sorry I ran into you... but I finally caught up.

Rio: Yuna-chan!?

Yuna: Umm, yes. It's me.

Yuna: (I don't want him to see my dirty uniform....)

Rio: What's wrong?

p6 Yuna: I'm sorry to bother you when you're in a hurry.

Rio: Eh?

Yuna: You don't have to turn around--just please listen to something I want to tell you.

sfx: heartthump

Rio: Huh? ....What?

Yuna: My gratitude... you could say.

Rio: .......

Rio: Eh? Hm?

Rio: Gratitude... I see.

p7 Yuna: Rio-kun, you said I've changed... since you first met me, right?

Rio: ? Yeah...

Yuna: I... I think that about myself, too.

Yuna: And that... I think a big reason for that... is because I was able to confess my feelings to you.

p8 Yuna: Until that point I could never have imagined myself confessing to someone!

Yuna: But I did it!

Yuna: Ahh... though I was turned down. And I cried, too...

Rio: ... right. (Gratitude like going to a confessional?)

Yuna: But now, I don't care about that anymore. It was so important to me that I was able to do it.

p9 Yuna: And after that, I wanted to be able to talk to you as a friend.

Yuna: I think I did my very best.

Rio: ... Yeah.

Yuna: I... like myself a lot better now, more than who I was. And it's thanks to you I can feel that way.

p10 Yuna: So thank you. I always wanted to thank you.

Yuna: (And so... it's time for the me now, who is different from the me then, to say one more time--)

Yuna: And...... and one more thing....

Rio: Now hold on! This isn't right!

p11 Rio: You're telling me something so good, so why can't you even look me in the eyes? That's not right!

Rio: (For you to tell me through my back)

Rio: You have to look me in the face and say it properly

Rio: (And then go off to some other guy to confess your feelings)

Rio: Otherwise it's no good!

Rio: (Why?)

p12 Rio: (Why would you leave.)

Yuna: I'm sorry!

Yuna: My uniform is dirty, and I kind of didn't want anyone to see.

Rio: I want to see.

Rio: I want to look you in the eyes.

p13 Rio: (Right now, I want to see your face more than anyone else on Earth.)

p14 Rio: You finally let me see you.

p15 Yuna: I'm... I'm sorry.

Rio: Eh? Why?

Yuna: Rio-kun, you were looking for someone just now weren't you?

Yuna: But I have something else to say. So... if you have a little more--

Rio: Yes I was.

p16 Rio: I was, but I'm not anymore.

Yuna: ?

Rio: I was searching for you, Yuna-chan.

Yuna: Eh... why?

p17 Rio: ......

[sfx fidgets]

Rio: ~~~~~~~~

Rio: I can't do it!

Rio: Having seen you, I don't want to let you leave!

p18 Rio: I thought it would be fine so long as you knew how I felt

Rio: But that's not true at all. It's not enough at all.

Rio: Even if you start right now, I just want you to like me.

Rio: I don't want you to go confess to anyone else.

Rio: That's how much

p19 Rio: I like you.

Rio: So I don't want you to go.

Rio: I just wish you would like me again.

p20 Rio: If you did, I would treat you well.

Rio: I would treat you better than anyone else.

Rio: Anyway, I don't know what kind of guy the guy you like is, but I'm definitely way better than--

Rio: !!

p21 Rio: Ah! No... I wasn't trying to diss the guy you like... I mean, probably.

Yuna: I finally

Yuna: Got up the courage to confess at tonight's gathering.

Rio: ......I'm sorry.

Yuna: I mustered up the courage and ran everywhere, so I could do it.

Yuna: I searched everywhere for you.

p22 Rio: ......... What?

Yuna: I really wanted to tell you one more time--now that I'm a better version of myself--that I like you.

p23 Rio: Re--really? Really?

Yuna: I'm so sorry I can't give up. But I've liked you all this time, Rio-kun.

p24 Rio: It's fine.

Rio: I have a feeling I'll be just as stubborn about you.

p25 Rio: I'll be in your hands.

Yuna: Me too.

p26 Kano: Ah! Akari! Over here!

Akari: I'm sorry everybody!

Kano: What's wrong? You asked us to miss the train and wait for you. Did we forget something?

Akari: I.. I...

Akari: I have something I've been needing to say for a long time!

p27 Kano: N? What? What is it?

Akari: When it was time for me to move...

Akari: I was honestly really upset. I didn't want to be separated from you, it was terrible.

Akari: I wanted to be with you forever!

p28 Kano: Uh... why now?

Akari: I couldn't say it back then. I know it's late but I wanted to tell you. You're too important to me.

Kano: Well now. You're getting all worked up.

Kano: Honestly, after all this time...

Kano: I was sure you'd never say anything like that.

p29 Kano: I thought it was just us feeling sad about it.

Kano: You should've said something sooner. Silly.

Akari: It's true. I'm sorry.

p30 Akari: It's like you said, Ryousuke.

Akari: I really only say important things after everything's passed.

Kano: Hmm? Ryousuke, did you say something to Akari?

Kano: Because you really--

Akari: Wait.

Akari: It's because of Ryousuke that I realized

p31 Akari: I really want to be more forthright in my feelings from now on.

Ryousuke: I'm sorry.

Ryousuke: The things I said to you today, they were really about myself.

p32 Ryousuke: It's really me who gets embarrassed if I share things and the people I share them with don't feel the same.

Ryousuke: So before someone ends up hating me for that, it's better if I hate them myself.

Ryousuke: If I didn't look down on you, I wouldn't have been able to keep it up.

p33 Akari: I see.

Akari: We really were just the same.

Ryousuke: Yeah, we really were.

Ryousuke: I'm glad I came today. I'm glad I saw you. It was a really good time.

p34 Ryousuke: And not just today. When we were dating

Ryousuke: I had fun.

Ryousuke: I'm sorry I didn't try harder.

p35 Akari: (And with that... I've caught up to Yuna just a little.)

p36 Kazu: Oh

Kazu:Yamamoto-san!

Kazu: Did it go okay?

Akari: Yeah.

Kazu: I'm glad. I was worried I might have gone too far.

Akari: Inui-kun

p37 Akari: Thank you for giving me the push I needed.

Akari: (I'll try a little harder, push together everything inside me, so I have some substance...)

Akari: (And then, I'll become...)

Akari: (Become someone who can tell you properly. Just wait.)

p38 Rio: Oh

Rio: The folk dance has started. ... Well, oh well.

Rio: Hey

Yuna: Yeah?

Rio: .......

Rio: How come you haven't said much?

Yuna: Well... I still can't quite believe it. Am I dreaming?

p39 Rio: (She's so... so cute...)

Rio: (I wanna kiss her so bad.)

Rio: (But I just said I'd treat her well.)

Rio: (Gotta hold it in.)

Rio: (But.)

Rio: (I wanna.)

Yuna: U...m...

Yuna: There's something... I'd like to ask you to do...

Rio: (You want me to do?)

Rio: (No way, could she also want....)

Rio: Eh? Wh-what?

p40 Yuna: It's really embarrassing for me to say something like this...

Rio: (Here... it comes.)

Rio: It's okay.

Rio: I was thinking the same thing.

p41 Yuna: W-wait! Your face is too close!

Rio: (Hn?)

Yuna: That startled me!

Rio: (Uh... Isn't that the right opening for a kiss?)

Yuna: I want... y-you to hold my hand.

Rio: (Oh.)

Rio: Nn.

Rio: (But...)

p42 Rio: (I'm so happy.)

Yuna: (Wahhh!!)

Yuna: (The way your heart races when you hold hands as boyfriend and girlfriend)

Yuna: (Is on a totally different level than before!)

Yuna: (Oh no, my heart can't handle it. I need him to let go!)

Yuna: Uh--uhmm...

Rio: Man. This is the first time I've held someone's hand

Rio: And felt this worked up.

p43 Rio: I want to keep holding your hand just like this forever.

Yuna: (I wonder if my heart can handle this.)

p1 Love makes progress during the cultural festival! It's finally time to head to the night party--

I'm filled with nerves, but still want to reach out this hand.

p2 Message: I have something I need to tell you, Akari.

Akari: .......

Akari: Yuna--? Are you here?

p3 Yuna: Akari-chan...

Akari: Yuna---! There you are! Yuna: Akari-chan!!

Yuna: Akari-chan!! Akari: Whoa Yuna: Akari-chan!! Akari: What-- what happened?

Yuna: I-- Agatsuma-kun..... confessed to me...

p4 Shiba: Oh!

Shiba: I got a message from Agatsuma. Rio: Eh?

Message: Sorry! I had the key. I managed to get off the handcuffs. I'm heading back to class now.

Shiba: "I'm heading back to class now," he says.

Shiba: What's with that! He had the key all along! We searched for it so hard. Well, so long as it was found, right?

p5 Rio: .... Yeah.

Yuna: I... I....!

Yuna: This is the first time in my life I've ever had someone confess to me!

Yuna: And I... was so surprised... And... um... and then...

Akari: Don't worry, don't worry. Take a breath. Here.

p6 Yuna: :breathes out:

Yuna: Agatsuma-kun said...

Yuna: Let's go together to the night party...

Akari: (Kyaaa! I thought so! I thought he liked her!!)

Yuna: I was concerned about Rio... I was feeling kind of down because of it... And Agatsuma-kun noticed how I felt.

p7 Yuna: I always knew he was a nice guy, but that made me think it even more.

Yuna: To have someone like that confess to you is honestly a really wonderful feeling. Akari: Yes, yes! Of course it is! Anyone would be happy!

Akari: So... are you saying... What did you answer him?

Yuna: .......

p8 Yuna: I turned him down.

Yuna: I know he's a really great guy.

Yuna: But, I really do love Rio.

Yuna: But... it seems as though Rio is going to tell someone he likes them, at the night party.

p9 Yuna: I'm such an idiot and so stubborn about it.

Akari: That's not true at all! Akari: The fact that you know yourself so well right now is really, really amazing, Yuna!

Yuna: You always say such nice things about me.

Yuna: I had a feeling you'd say something like that.

p10 Yuna: I probably told you because I wanted to hear it.

Yuna: You're my safe space.

Akari: (But I really think that.)

Akari: (The things I don't have enough of, you have so completely. I think that's so amazing.]

Yuna: Akari-chan.

Akari: ? Yes!

p11 Yuna: I've decided I have to tell Rio one more time how I feel.

Yuna: Before he confesses to someone else, I need to convey my feelings.

Akari: Eh? Today? Right now?

Yuna: [nods]

p12 Yuna: I just turned down Agatsuma, and his confession influenced me... It makes me want to tell Rio.

Yuna: Is that terrible?

Akari: ......

Akari: You probably know what I'm going to say, don't you?

p13 Akari: Of course I'm on your side. So go do your best!

Yuna: .....

Yuna: Okay! Thank you!

[LINE msg sounds]

Akari: Oh, it's from kano.

p14 Kazu: Oh, Yamamoto-san's here.

Akari: Heyy!

Kazu: Huh? Wasn't Yuna with you? Akari: Oh yeah. She has something to do. She said she isn't coming back to class, just heading straight to the night party.

Kano: Sorry to call you back, Akari.

Kano: We're about to head home, so we wanted to say bye. Akari: No problem! I should say sorry for being so all over the place. Where's Ryousuke?

Kano: He's already out at the front gate.

p15 Akari: Thanks for coming today. I'll call! Kano: Sure! Come out our way sometimes, too. Akari: Bye!

Announcement: The cultural festival is now closing.

p16 Kazu (?): Let's clean up a little before the party tonight. Akari (?): Suuure. Someone: Are these okay to take down?

Akari: ........

Akari: Oh.

Kazu: That didn't get a prize. It's too bad. I thought it was a first place entry.

Akari: Yeah... me too.

p17 Akari: Inui-kun. Kazu: Hm?

Akari: Will you give me a push?

Kazu: Eh? Like this? Eyy. Akari: This is such an old joke.

Akari: When I realized I would have to move, and I'd be split from my friends...

p18 Akari: How I really felt about it...

Kana: I don't really want to go! I want to be with you guys forever! Why is this happening?

Akari: Even though I want to be like that, and I want to be able to say things openly...

Akari: I'm so scared someone will say, "What's with you all of a sudden?"

Kazu: [PUSH] Akari: Wha-!

p19 Akari: Um, you know... Kazu: [PUSH]

Akari: Eh? Eh... Kazu: [PUSH, PUSH, PUSH]

Akari: What in the world. Is this a thing now? I don't get it.

Kazu: So what if someone says that? I mean, you want to say it, don't you? So go do it.

p20 Akari: ....... One more time.... please.

[A request for more support.]

Kazu: No matter what anyone says to you, you've got me.

Akari: Eh?

p21 Kazu: Ah... um...

Kazu: Me... and Yuna and Rio are here for you, so what do you have to be afraid of?

Kazu: Nothing should scare you.

Akari: [I have it too.]

Yuna: You're my safe space.

Akari: [A place that will accept me unconditionally.]

p22 Akari: [It's right here.]

Akari: I'll be back!

p23 Shiba: Ah! Agastuma---!

Agatsuma: I'm back!

Rio: !

Shiba: You took a long time, considering you said you'd be right back. Agatsuma: Oh, sorry, sorry. I ran into some little kids and played with them a little.

Agatsuma: Is everyone out of their costumes already? Shiba: Like a long time ago.

Agatsuma: And...

p24 Agatsuma: Looks like you have something you wanna ask me, Rio.

Agatsuma: And I have something I have to tell you, too.

Agatsuma: So.......... yeah. I told her how I feel.

Agatsuma: I have a feeling you already kinda knew.

Rio: [suspense]

Rio: ...... Yeah.

p25 Agatsuma: So, I was turned down.

Rio: Eh?

Agatsuma: She says she has someone she likes. Rio: !! Eh! Who?

Agatsuma: She didn't tell me. But Ichihara-san...

p26 Agatsuma: Intends to tell him during the night party. Rio: HA?!

Agatsuma: Somehow I gave her the courage. She thanked me. Rio: (Yuna-chan)

Rio: (Has someone she likes.)

Rio: (And she's even going to confess soon.) Rio: No way.

p27 Agatsuma: Aaaaaaah. Both our chances close tonight along with the festival.

Yuna: (What should I do?)

Yuna: (I'm so nervous I can't move.)

p28 Yuna: (I have to go find Rio now, before he goes and tells someone else his feelings.)

Yuna: (I've been saying this to myself since Akari left!)

Yuna: (Wahhh... my nerves keep building...)

Yuna: [grip]

Yuna: (I was so fired up just a little bit ago! Get that back, me!)

p29 Yuna: (Ughhh but it's so scary.)

Yuna: (I mean, if I think this through, he has the intention of confessing to someone, so a confession from me would just be a bother. And he's already turned me down once.)

Yuna: (Aren't I awful?)

Yuna: (Ahhh... There's the sound of my courage deflating... Wait-- don't leave me--)

p30 Yuna: Forget this! I'm going!

Yuna: (Before my courage is gone completely....!)

Yuna: !!

[SPLASH] Yuna: It... it's cold...

p31 Yuna: Haha... It's... cold...

Yuna: (Even though I'd just made the decision to wrangle up my courage... This is horrible.)

Yuna: (How could I confess to Rio-kun, who sparkles so much, in a messed up outfit like this?)

p32 Yuna: (Is this an omen that I shouldn't do it?)

Yuna: (Maybe it is. If I don't do it, I could stay his friend forever. Yes, yes.)

Yuna: (Ah... That's made me feel so much calmer.) Yuna: .... And...

Yuna: I'm pathetic.

p33 Yuna: So pathetic. I hate myself.

Yuna: Akari even told me I was amazing, and here I am.

p34 Rio: No, I can't.

Agatsuma: Eh?

Rio: I'm not done yet.

Rio: I haven't said anything yet.

Rio: It doesn't matter who she likes. But before her confession

p35 Rio: I have to at least let her know how I feel.

Agatsuma: Eh?

Agatsuma: Rio!

Agatsuma: ........

p36 Kazu: Rio?

Kazu: Are you looking for someone? Rio: Oh Kazu!

Rio: Is-- Is Yuna-chan here?

Kazu: No, she's not in the class. Rio: What, for real?

p37 Rio: (Where could she be? There's no time. I'll ask her through LINE where she--) !!

Rio: (Damn, I left my phone in my locker.)

Rio: (At a time like this? Should I go get it? But...) Kazu: What's wrong? Are you okay?

Rio: (Right! If I get Kazu to send her a message--) Rio: KAZU! Kazu: Yeees?

Rio: Could you Announcement: The night party will commence shortly. Rio: WA-- Rio: UWA Kazu: ? Announcement: All students please report to the grounds.

p38 Announcement: I repeat. The night party will commence shortly. Yuna: I have to hurry.

Announcement: All students--

Rio: Damn, I have to hurry.

Both: (Once the party starts---)

p39 Kazu: Oh come to think of it, Yuna had something to do.

Rio: (Something....) Kazu: She's going straight to the party without stopping by the classroom, I heard. She might already be down at the grounds.

Rio: Got it! Thanks!

Rio: (I messed up-- for her to not be in the classroom--)

p40 Rio: (It's not that I want to get in her way. It's okay if she doesn't accept me.)

Rio: (I just want her to know.)

p41 Yuna: (I want to say it again.

Yuna: (I'm so much better than I was back then. And a feeling as strong as this--)

p42 Both: (I can't let it end without saying it out loud.)

EXTRA PAGES Shiba: (Two of my friends have fallen for the same girl.)

Shiba: (Yamamoto Rio. He's completely aware of his good looks so he's kind of a show off. He's the kind that some people would get annoyed at. But he's a totally great guy.)

Shiba: (Agatsuma Haruto. He's a gentle type that packs a punch. The kind of guy that girls look straight through. But he's a totally great guy.)

p2 Shiba: (If I were Ichihara-san---!) Shiba: WHICH SHOULD I CHOOSE? I like both! Shiba: (They're both my friends!)

Agatsuma & Rio: So have both?

Shiba: Eh? There's no way that could work...

p1 Yuna: Uh... um! Wait a moment, Agatsuma-kun!

p2 Agatsuma: Hm?

Yuna: Holding hands is kind of... it’s embarrassing... so...

Agatsuma: .....

Agatsuma: Okay! But it’s dangerous like this so please stay close. Yuna: Okay.

p3 Rio: Oh.

Rio: Kazu, look there. Kazu: Hm? Rio: That’s Akari’s ex.

p4 Akari: Oh, Rio.

Rio: Heyy. Girl: Hey how have you been? Rio: I’m good.

Girl: Whoa! You’re cosplaying? Look at you!

ExBF: [chuckle] Rio: What’s with that.

p5 Rio: If you have something to say, say it. ExBF: Nah nothing.

Akari: Oh.

Akari: This is Inui-kun, from my class! Kazu: Nice to meet you.

Akari: And these guys are classmates of mine from middle school. Girl1: Hello! Girl2: Thank you for taking care of the Yamamoto siblings!

ExBF: ........ Hello.

p6 Rio: Weird guy, isn’t he? Ryousuke. He’s really low energy.

Kazu: But he was pretty cool. And tall. Rio: Ugh. [Cares about his height.]

Rio: Well, anyway, Akari and that guy are a thing of the past. Don’t worry about it.

Kazu: (To be a thing of the past... the same could be said of me.)

p7 Girl1: Hey Akari!

Girl1: You haven’t spoken with Ryousuke at all! Akari: Well! It’s been so long, I have no idea what to talk about...

Girl1: We had Ryousuke be the one to call you, just so that wouldn’t happen!

p8 Akari: It’s no big deal. You guys don’t need to worry so much about the two of us. Girl2: WHAT?

Girl2: It’s too late to say something like that! We’ve always worried! Girl1: Gatherings like this, we’re always wondering if we should invite you or not!

Girl1: It’s such a pain!

p9 Akari: The two of them went to get their fortunes read! But... well, I thought we shouldn’t leave you alone, so...

Ryousuke: I see. Akari: (Looks like he doesn’t want to talk...)

Akari: If you didn’t want to come, you could have refused...

Ryousuke: I didn’t really have a reason to say no.

p10 Akari: I... I see.

Ryousuke: Before I came...

Akari: (Oh, he finally feels like talking to me?)

Ryousuke: I wondered just how far it was to get here.

Ryousuke: It’s really not that far, is it.

p11 Akari: Well, for a high school student, even a small distance like this feels huge...

Ryousuke: But the reason we broke up wasn’t just because of the distance, was it.

Ryousuke: It had to do with our feelings too.

Akari: “Our”... The one who wanted to break up was you, wasn’t it? Akari: Let me be clear.

p12 Akari: When you told me you wanted to break up, I still liked you.

Ryousuke: [sigh]

Akari: (He... he’s sighing?) Ryousuke: You see?

Ryousuke: You never say the important things when they need to be said. You say things once the time to say it has already passed.

p13 Ryousuke: Back then, did you ever show me any of what you felt?

Ryousuke: You’re always like that.

Ryousuke: If someone can’t show you the exact same feelings, you think it’s way too embarrassing.

p14 Ryousuke: So you always put on this attitude of “I’m not that serious about it,” don’t you. So that you don’t look uncool. Like if you’re not looking down on others, you can’t deal with yourself.

Ryousuke: You’re too empty.

p15 Ryousuke: I think that’s what I couldn’t stand.

Rio: Eh?

p16 Rio: What are you doing, Shiba? Making such a mess... Shiba: Oh Rio!

Shiba: I can’t find the key to the handcuffs!

Rio: The key to the cuffs? Why are you looking for them? Shiba: ... well actually...

p17 Rio: e x c u s e m e. Why would you do something like that.

Rio: So where are they now? Shiba: I got a message over LINE just now that they went somewhere to get out of the crowd.

Shiba: I’m so sorry I didn’t think about it! I didn’t have any intention of taking sides!

Rio: It’s fine. I’ll look for them.

p18 Yuna: Shiba-kun is taking a while...

Yuba: I wonder if he can’t find it.

Agatsuma: I’m so— Yuna: I’m sorry.

p19 Agatsuma: Huh?

Yuna: Earlier, I made it seem like holding your hand was unappealing...

Yuna: I’m sorry I said something so self-conscious.

Yuna: B-but if the person you liked saw us like that, wouldn’t it be depressing?

p20 Agatsuma: I wouldn’t be bothered.

Yuna: Eh? Did you say something? I’m sorry, I didn’t catch it.

Agatsuma: Well, do you have someone you like?

p21 Yuna: ...Yes.

Agatsuma: O—oh. Yuna: (He probably would be repulsed if he thought I still like Rio...)

Agatsuma: And does that person like you? Yuna: No not at all! Yuna: (He already turned me down after all!)

p22 Yuna: And anyway, the folk dance... (The way he was acting earlier...)

Yuna: It seems like... he might have someone he’s going to ask.

Yuna: (I was just starting to think... it would be nice if I could tell Rio again, how I feel.)

Agatsuma: Then go with me to the night party.

p23 Yuna: Huh?

Agatsuma: If you’re lonely enough to make a face like that, go with me.

p24 Yuna: You don’t have to pity me...! Agatsuma: I’m not saying it because of empathy.

Agatsuma: Sorry. Here.

p25 Yuna: The key! But... why?

Agatsuma: I wanted spend some time with you alone. I’m sorry. So earlier...

Agatsuma: I didn’t say it out of pity. I want to be there with you, at the night party.

p26 Agatsuma: Without these... I would like to hold your hand, fair and square.

p27 Kazu: Which image should we print? Girl: Ah, which should we pick? Guy: Both are great, it’s hard to choose!

Kazu: Yamamoto-san, which do you thi--?

p28 Kazu: Yamamoto-san.

Akari: Oh! Sorry! I was just spacing out!

Kazu: You’ve been acting strange since your break. Did something happen?

Akari: No, nothing.

p29 Kazu: If that’s the case, then do your work properly.

Akari: (Really, it’s 100% true.)

Akari: (I can’t let that show right now.)

Kazu: Right. Now we don’t have any customers.

p30 Kazu: If you want, I’ll be an ear to any complaints you have.

Akari: (This is so very like him.)

Akari: It’s not a complaint really. Ryousuke said—

p31 Akari: I have an attitude where I look down on others, and I’m an empty person.

Kazu: What the hell!

Akari: Oh... no. I think he was spot on.

Akari: It feels like he guessed right at something I haven’t been able to put my own finger on. Ryousuke: [You never say the important things when they need to be said. You say things once the time to say it has already passed.]

p32 Akari: (Come to mention it, it was the same at the summer festival.) Akari: [Then, do you want to try dating?]

Akari: [Don’t you like me, Inui-kun?] Akari: (I didn’t say what I was thinking.)

Akari: (It’s always once something is over.) Akari: [I didn’t confess that day with light intentions.]

Akari: [Back then, I really did like you.] Akari: (I didn’t say what I felt.)

Akari: (I act like I’m not the person who’s involved.)

p33 Akari: I never wanted to feel like someone didn’t need me. And it hurt to think that someone wouldn’t feel as strongly for me as I do for them.

Akari: So I would do what I could to not be uncool like that.

Kazu: I don’t think that means you’re empty at all.

p34 Kazu: But if you think that you’re empty, Yamamoto-san, then you have plenty of room to fill yourself up. So don’t be down on yourself! You’re fine!

Akari: T—thank y...

p35 Akari: [CRYING]

Kazu: If you need it...

Akari: (I wonder if he means for me to wipe my eyes...)

p36 Akari: Thanks...

Kazu: Sure.

Akari: When I was in elementary school...

Akari: My parents stopped getting along. But I thought if I said I didn’t want them to, my parents wouldn’t get divorced. That wasn’t true.

Akari: I asked my father, “I’m not important to you?” But nothing helped.

p37 Akari: I tried to be someone he needed... but when I understood he didn’t, it was an incredible shock.

Akari: I’m just like I was in elementary school.

p38 Akari: (Inui-kun’s hand...)

p39 Akari: (Is so kind.)

Akari: (But... what do I do.)

Both: (My heart’s beating so hard. When is the right time to let go??)

p40 Akari: Oh I got a LINE message! Kazu: YES, LINE.

Akari: It’s from Yuna.

Message: Do you have time to talk?

Rio: UGH!

p41 Rio: Why can’t I find them?

p1 [Kazu panting]

p2 Friend: Huh? What’s with you, Rio? You’re different than yesterday.

p3 Friend: You didn’t want to be seen wearing that at all. You changed your mind?

Rio: Yeah, well...

Yuna: [Why? You look so cool! I thought you looked like my first love!]

Friend: You know you look a hell of a lot better than me, right. Rio: Yeah... sorry. Friend: Oh!

Friend: Then are you going to go like that to the night party?

p4 Rio: No way!

Friend: Eh! Why not! Rio: I said no way!

Friend: [pouts]

Rio: (I could never wear such a stupid outfit to the night party.)

Rio: (After all, at the night party...)

Girl: Aaahh! I heard that too, from a sempai!

p5 Girl: Ohh, what is it? What are we talking about?

Girl: The folk dancing at the night party! Girl 2: Oh, that silly thing.

Girl: It was at one point. Girl: At our night party, the boys find the girls they like and ask them to be their dance partners.

Girl: It’s supposed to be an event for love confessions!

Girl: What! No way! Girl: Public confessions! Girl: That’s so great!

p6 Girl: I didn’t know we did things like that! Girl: The boys have to get up the courage. Girl: But that’s so hot! Boy: .........

Boy: Either way you look at it you only want the hot guys to do it! Boy: [can’t read it]

Boy: There’s nothing fun about it for us.

Kazu: I suppose.

p7 Kazu: Looks like we have a guest.

Kazu: Yamamoto-san, we have a guest. Let’s go. Akari: Okay!

Boy: Hey...

Boy: Doesn’t it seem like Kazu’s gotten a little more... manly lately? Boy: Right? I thought so too. Boy: How unfair!

p8 Girl: Right then, let’s open up! Girl: Ichihara-san, you pass out these flyers on this floor. I’ll go to the floor above us.

Rio: Yuna-chan.

Yuna: Rio-kun, good morning.

Yuna: You’re actually in the building today! Rio: Yeah, I’m fine today.

Rio: It’s because of you.

p9 Yuna: But I didn’t really do— Girl: Oh look! A prince! Girl: For real! How funny! His tights are really tight!

Yuna: (Is it funny?)

Rio: That’s the normal reaction.

Rio: But you think I look handsome, right? Yuna: Yes!

p10 Rio: Then that’s all I need.

Rio: Oh, but I’ll be changing for the night party. Sorry, even though you complimented it.

Yuna: Really? That seems a shame.

p11 Rio: Well... No matter what, I won’t be able to wear something silly that night.

Yuna: (Oh... maybe Rio-kun...)

Yuna: (Will be confessing to someone... I wonder.)

Agastuma: Oh!

Someone: Excuse me!

p12 Boys: Please stamp our papers for us!

Agatsuma: Oh... sure. Here you go.

Boys: We finally got a third stamp!

Girl: W-what will you do?

p13 Girl: Um.... Girl: Well, I guess this is fine? Girl: Sure. Akari: Oh but...

Akari: Isn’t your jump a little off, here?

p14 Girl: But we’ve taken it so many times... and eaten up your time, so... Akari: Oh!

Akari: You don’t have to worry about us! Kazu: That’s right! This is a contest, after all!

Girl: Thanks, but we don’t really care about entering the contest!

p15 Girl: We just wanted a good memory together, right? Girl: Yeah!

Akari: You guys are second years, though?

Girl: Oh, I’m going to a new school next month. Girl: I have to move due to things at home.

p16 Akari: Then let’s take it one more time, for you! Akari: After all, it’s an important memory!

Girl: Is that really okay? Girl: We won’t be a bother? Akari: Let’s do it!

p17 Girl: This is it! Isn’t this one good?

Girl: Yes! We got a great one! Girl: Wow that feels good!

p18 Girl: Kana....

Kana: I don’t really want to go! I don’t want to change schools. I want to be with you guys forever! Why is this happening?

Kana: I don’t want to go...

p20 Girl: We don’t want you to go either. Girl: We don’t want to be separated from you, Kana!

Akari: (Oh...)

Akari: (My heart is doing it again... clenching...) (It’s the same feeling I get when I look at Yuna.)

Akari: (Seriously... what is this.)

p21 Girl: Why are you crying with us!

Akari: Like I could be unaffected by something like that!

Kazu: Hey... Let’s take a picture of you guys like this, too.

Girl: Eh?

p22 Girl: No way! Girl: How embarrassing! Our faces are all ugly. Kazu: Ehh? But the emotion is important.

Girl: Well... if you have to...

Kazu: I’m glad we got that last shot. Though I don’t know why we were all in it.

p23 Akari: It’s really wonderful we were able to be part of such an important memory.

Kazu: (The hell. All this running has been totally pointless.)

p24 Kazu: (Man.)

Akari: I’m a little jealous.

Kazu: Huh? About what? Akari: Those girls... I transferred schools a lot too.

Akari: I always thought it was nothing I could do anything about, since it was something already decided. I never said anything like she did.

Kazu, remembering: [“I don’t want to go!”]

p25 Akari: I should have said something.

Akari: (My heart is clenching.)

Akari: I wonder why I didn’t.

p26 --no words—

p27 Kazu: (That was close. There’s no way I can put my hand on her head. There’s something I have to do first...)

Kazu: I... have something I need to do.

p28 Rio: Seriously, what is it.

Rio: Why did you pull me out here to a place like this without even saying anything. You realize I’m working right now, right.

Kazu: Um... Yeah. Sorry.

Rio: Is it something that hard to s—

p29 Rio: (Uh... this atmosphere...)

Rio: (I seriously remember something like this...) Kazu: Um...

Rio, remembering: (I like Yuna too. I’m sorry.) Rio: (It’s the same as back then.)

Rio: (No way.)

Kazu: I’m sorry, Rio... I...

Rio: (There it is!)

p30 Kazu: I like Yamamoto-san too! I’m sorry!

Rio: (?!)

Kazu: I didn’t want to say it, because I kept thinking of the way it is for you— Rio: Hey wa— Kazu: But going running all the time wasn’t helping at all— Rio: Wha? Running?

Kazu: So I thought the only thing to do was tell you— Rio: Sto—wait Kazu—STOP

p31 Rio: Akari’s not the one I’m into. Kazu: WHAT?!

Kazu: Just when did you start liking Yuna? Rio: I could say the same. Just when did you start liking Akari? Rio: But really, this is kind of a relief.

p32 Rio: WAIT

Rio: The other day, in your room (in your futon) there was a girl?! Kazu: That was Yamamoto-san.

Rio: WHAAAAAAAAAAT

Kazu: Nothing happened, just so you know. Rio: Huh? Kazu: It’s nothing like that, at all.

Rio: (Whoa. So they’re still just friends.) Rio: I... I see.

p33 Rio: Are you gonna tell her? At the night party? There’s that thing.

Kazu: Right now, it’s just... not the right time, too soon... bad timing, I guess. Kazu: (Or rather, too late.)

Rio: Oh, that’s right, Akari’s ex is supposed to come today. Kazu: Yeah, I know.

Kazu: So what are you going to do, for the night party?

p34 Rio: Well... I guess, I want to tell her.

Kazu: ?

Rio: [this is a bit messy so hard to read but:] (Agastuma will be there too, to make a move... he’s probably thinking that. Or even... making his move before that.)

Guy: Hey

p35 Guy: I’m thinking about asking Konishi-san. Guy: What? The folk dance?

Agatsuma: (Rio probably...) Guy: But Kitahara is also thinking about asking Konishi, I heard. Guy: Seriously! No way!

Guy: I can’t wait until the night party then, I gotta do it now. Agatsuma: (Huh?)

p36 Agatsuma: Shibaaaaaa! Ichihara-saaaaaaan! Shiba: Oh, Agatsuma.

Agastuma: Rio... isn’t with you? Shiba: Nope. Yuna: I only saw him this morning.

Shiba: You’re searching for him? Agastuma: Well... no not exactly.

p37 Yuna: I heard you guys won’t be wearing your costumes to the night party. Agatsuma: Yeah.

Yuna: Everyone looks so good in them, that’s really a waste!

Yuna: Rio said he’s definitely changing.

p38 Yuna: (It’s really possible that Rio will be approaching someone...)

Agastuma: (He totally is going to do it.)

Yuna: What! Agastuma: ?!

Agastuma: What

Agastuma: What are you doing, Shiba?

p39 Shiba: Well yanno. When you’ve got something like this you wanna see them used!

Yuna: Oh!

Agastuma: Oh—be careful!

p40 Agastuma: Is your wrist hurt? Are you okay? Yuna: I’m... I’m fine...

Shiba: Man, that’s troublesome... You should take them off. Sorry. Agastuma, the key.

Agatsuma: It’s in the classroom.

p41 Agastuma: It’d be hard for us to walk through the crowd like this. Sorry, Shiba, but could you go get it for us? Shiba: Sure!

Agastuma: .....

p42 Agastuma: There are a lot more people than yesterday. I guess it’s Sunday, after all. Yuna: Yeah.

Agastuma: The halls are full of people. It’d be bad if that happened to us again.

Agastuma: Let’s go somewhere else. Yuna: Huh?

Yuna: But what about Shiba-kun? Agastuma: I’ll LINE him. Yuna: Oh, okay.

Agastuma: Let’s walk like this, so it’s not so dangerous. Yuna: Eh...