9thseason
“Hey, why are you still so badly bruised here!”
Rina exclaimed in exaggerated shock in the trolley car that passed through the school.
It was the change of season, and Keisuke, who was wearing short sleeves, still had a large scar on his right wrist from the last accident.
“Isn’t it top handsome? Looks like a tattoo.”
“What a silly thing to say, and it won’t be so obvious after a while.”
“What the hell, its boring.”
“You really…”
While farting, Keisuke’s mind repeatedly echoed what Jyuri said last time.
‘The most important thing is to be honest with yourself, yo.’
(Being honest with yourself, what does that mean?)
Because he didn’t understand what she was referring to, Keisuke had been troubled for the past few days.
(Was it honest to do that with Rena?) Or…)
Last time he deliberately didn’t answer her words.
But when I was dating Chiho, and now when I’m dating Rena, I can’t get the image of her out of my mind.
He had been thinking about his feelings over and over again, and had to struggle with his own heart. Maybe, he would have to give in to his own meanness─thinking about it, Keisuke was a bit afraid of his own honesty.
(So-called honesty requires the courage to mess up?)
He couldn’t help but take some mental issue with the earnest but horny nurse.
“┅Hey.”
(Bump!)
Imagine punches Keisuke lightly on the cheek.
“What exactly are you thinking of that you’re hiding from Rina?”
“Nothing.”
“Yes?”
Rina’s eyes held suspicion as she held Keisuke’s face closer to her side with both hands.
Keisuke’s heart thumped a little in the face of Rina’s sappy face up close.
“Then take good care of me, you’ll be rewarded with love for doing so, yo.”
“What, what, love reward?”
Against his lips, Rina suddenly gave him a French kiss.
“That’s the reward of love lo.”
“You’re so, so embarrassed to be in a trolley.”
Although he acted disgusted, Keisuke was greatly impressed.
(For this, such a lovely girl… I, for one…) What else do I have against Rina?) I couldn’t help but feel angry at myself for this slight feeling of happiness, and my expression became a little embarrassed.
“What do you do if someone you know sees you?”
When he said that, Keisuke turned his face away from Rina as if nothing had happened. It’s better not to let Rina see this kind of embarrassing face.
On that side… there was a beautiful girl sitting alone.
(Huh?)
The beautiful girl sat in her seat as if she was reading a novel.
The shiny black hair was knotted with a bright yellow ribbon. Shapely eyebrows, a detailed and straight nose, and skin as white as the first snow and lovely pink cherry lips.
“Miracle”-this was the third time such words had appeared in Keisuke’s mind.
Both the first and the second time, the object of the miracle… was the young girl who was now reading the novel.
（Pull yourself together, Keisuke!)
Keisuke was a little shaken.
(It’s not like that’s your girlfriend! Isn’t it Rena that you like?) While he was talking to himself, the train arrived at the station.
‘The next stop is Camellia Park Station, Camellia Park Station…’
At the end of the announcement in the car, the tram stopped. A few passengers got off, and the young girl followed.
“Ah…”
Rina, who didn’t know anything about it, asked Keisuke, who couldn’t help but make a noise, “Why are you making that stupid noise? Hey, let’s get off.”
“Huh? …ah, ah, yeah.”
Keisuke, who had a happy smile on his face, stepped out of the train.
But feelings of anger and regret at himself that he couldn’t catch were eating away at him. Keisuke could no longer escape his honest emotions.
“┅Know, know, thank you. Thank you solemnly… Don’t worry, I’m not interested. Didn’t I tell you? You’re the only one for me. Bye… Ah, good night.”
At Toshiya’s house.
Cutting the power to his cell phone, Toshiya turned to Keisuke.
“I see where that beautiful girl you were talking about is coming from.”
“Really!?”
“This time you remember well that the uniform is the important key… you’d better listen to me first.”
Toshiya’s expression added a bit of seriousness. He was a man who was only serious about relationships from before.
“That girl’s name is Misa, and she’s a second-year student at Kamimuzu Academy.”
“Kamimukizuki Academy?”
It was the sacred school that all male high school students in the city of Four Seasons aspired to live in. Kamimizuki Academy. It’s one of the few girls’ schools that is very high class, with strict teaching and management, and high tuition fees.
Of course, the girls are also of outstanding caliber, so there is a saying that “a girl of Kamimuzu’s caliber” refers to a beautiful girl who has both talent and color.
Kamimuzu Academy gathers high caliber beautiful girls, and of course the competition rate to woo these girls is quite high.
It’s true – there’s more than 20 times the competition rate compared to the average looking girls on other campuses.
“And this young girl named Misa is one of those who can be considered a great beauty.”
Toshiya, who has done considerable research on girls’ high school students, said.
“For the last thirty weeks or less, she’s been number one in the beauty rankings for girls’ high school students in Four Seasons. But because she’s so regal, very few people actually hit on her. And as if she’s the daughter of the president of some big company, she’s pretty much incompatible with all the boys. So very few people targeted her, thus the competition rate was unexpectedly low… I’m afraid that the actual competition rate was perhaps dozens of times behind the others.”
(Whoa!)
Keisuke was sitting but felt dizzy.
“Why am I treating such a super noble girl…”
Unable to resist letting out a sigh, he saw Toshiya’s eyes.
“What’s wrong with a girl like that… that’s so noble?”
“Why…”
“You don’t need to be angry, just say it. It’s obvious to the discerning eye that you’re still deceiving yourself.”
“┅”
“Tell me properly, how are you doing with that Misa girl?”
Toshiya’s voice was gentle, but it didn’t allow him to be perfunctory.
After thinking about it, Keisuke answered.
“I… I fell in love with her at first sight.”
“It was from the first time I saw her in early spring that I fell in love with her at first sight. But I didn’t realize it at that time…”
“Didn’t you already say love at first sight back then?”
“That was just a metaphor. But I didn’t realize that I was really infatuated with her, and I didn’t realize that I was still… just afraid to admit it until now.”
Although he didn’t see the mirror, Keisuke felt his face turn an ironic color.
While thinking about Chiho and Rina, there were several times when Misa’s face came to mind.
Now that I think about it, that was comparing Misa, whose mind was already mesmerized by it, to Chiho and Rina.
When he hugged Chiho, and when he kissed Rina, his heart often saw the face of Misa, whom he had only met once.
Realizing this clearly now, Keisuke’s heart heaved even more in disgust with himself.
“But that girl… whenever she saw Misa, her heart fluttered inside her. Like this morning, even though Rina was with her, she was mesmerized by looking at her.”
“┅”
Toshiya didn’t say anything, as if he was waiting for Keisuke to spill his heart out completely.
“I didn’t expect to like someone so much before I even spoke to them. Up until now it’s used the ‘I’m dating other girls’ excuse to fool myself.”
“┅”
“I’m such a useless coward…”
“Stupid.”
Toshiya spoke for the first time.
“Being obsessed with a girl is timid but courageous, and once you’re obsessed there’s nothing you can do about it.”
“You’re right…”
“It’s not like you’ve decided to marry Rina yet. Is it okay to regret it for the rest of your life if you miss out on the woman you adore?”
“No…”
“Besides, it’s more pathetic for Rina to date guys who do things halfway instead. And I won’t allow that to happen, because both of you are my good friends.”
“┅”
Keisuke couldn’t return a word. There was absolutely no denying what Toshiya had said, and it was like he said he was a good friend.
“Just go after it and see. If it succeeds forget it, even if it becomes a success I’ll send your bones back to Rina again.”
Toshiya’s expression collapsed as the rail picked up the note paper that was sitting next to the phone and handed it to Keisuke.
“This is a map that leads Misa to the piano classroom. It seems like she goes there every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to practice the piano, so you can decide on a day to ask her out by talking to your part-time job.”
“Toshiya, you…”
“What’s wrong?”
In response to Toshiya’s query, Keisuke said with a thankful but unkind feeling, “What you said just now: ‘You’re both my good friends’, if Rina heard it, she would definitely reply back to you like this: ‘You’re so bad, Toshiya, for saying such a serious thing! ‘.”
“Stupid.”
Toshiya answered him with a bitter smile, “I would never say that to that guy.”
Fridays every other week.
“She seems to go straight home except on days when she has piano lessons, so don’t let the opportunity escape.”
Keisuke took Toshiya’s advice to heart.
(After all these days, just for a look back. Let’s grab the chance to give it a good try.) Keisuke thought this in his mind. He found a place to hide where he could see the entrance and exit of the piano classroom.
The only way to speak to Misa was the moment when she walked out of the classroom after her piano practice. Keisuke waited for that moment to come.
Finally…
“I’ll go first, then.”
(…coming! )
Hearing her noble voice for the first time, there was no mistaking it. Just at this moment, it was Misa who opened the door and stepped outside correctly!
(Go, go, go!)
Keisuke panicked and stepped out of the shielding.
But… the body cannot move.
(Ah, ah?)
This time it wasn’t being tied up by Lenko or Mr. Maru playing a trick on him, it was purely his own flinching.
（When will you tell me if you don’t tell me now? Why did I come here? Misa, Misa’s gone!)
The mind is a mess. Jurisprudence was well aware of the situation, but was completely unable to follow through emotionally and physically.
And with that, bound and helpless, he sent Misa home.
At this time…
“Ah really, stop gawking! If you’re a man, go forward!”
(┅ Huh? Is that Mr. Maru’s voice?)
Unbelievable is a split second, thud!
“Whoa!”
It was as if Keisuke was suddenly pushed out from behind by someone.
“Who? Who pushed me… Wow!”
Knock!
Once again being pushed from behind, Keisuke flew out of the shield when he couldn’t take it.
“I don’t suppose it’s Mr. Maru this time, too?”
No answer, but…
Knock, knock, knock!
“Woah woah woah woah!!!”
After being pushed out several times in a row, he finally fell forward to the ground.
“It hurts… The bruises from the last time I fell down the stairs are just getting better, and now this…”
While grumbling, Keisuke raised his face with a very painful look.
Standing there was the beautiful girl who should have left the classroom.
“Ah, are you okay…”
“Ms. Misa…”
Keisuke held his breath at the unexpected.
It must have been the sight of her fall that made Misa come back here again.
(It’s a shame to be like this all of a sudden…)
Unconsciously, Keisuke’s face was red from embarrassment. Misa squatted down with a puzzled expression on her face.
“You know my name?”
“Ah, yes, yes!”
Jumping up as if bouncing, Keisuke shouted out at the top of his lungs.
“Over at Camellia Park Station, I’ve run into you on the trolley several times!”
In a generous tone, Misa said in a surprised manner, “I’m… I’m sorry. I have a bad memory, so I can’t remember much. But I did see you on the train. A few days ago, you were with a girl…”
（I can’t believe I remembered that.)
A startled Keisuke, he was nothing more than a passerby to Misa, her memory was amazing.
In any case, there will never be another opportunity like this one.
Finally Keisuke decides to confess to her.
“My name is Keisuke. I fell in love with you the first time I met Misa!”
“Ah…”
Misa’s eyes widened slightly. Keisuke didn’t mind and continued, “If it’s okay, can I be friends with you?”
Finally, he got the last word in, and held his breath waiting for an answer. Misa seemed to take a moment to take in the state of affairs.
After a moment’s silence, he slowly said, “It’s like this… I feel honored to be told that.”
“I’ve been going to Godless Moon since I was a little girl, and I’ve never had the chance to be friends with boys at all. Therefore, I’m happy for you to ask for such a favor.”
For all the joy in her words, Keisuke was a bit frustrated instead.
(Wait a minute, she didn’t say ‘I’m sorry, I can’t’… but that’s what happened…) Even so, there was no way out.
I’ve already gone after her, I can’t just give up – after being discouraged, Keisuke regrouped and finished listening to Misa’s words.
“Then in that case, I’d appreciate it.”
“No, me too, it bothers you to make such a sudden request… Huh?”
Keisuke, who wanted to apologize, blushed.
“Aaah… I’m sorry… what are you talking about now?”
“Um, because from now on hopefully as friends with me.”
Misa’s expression didn’t make it seem hypocritical, which meant that it was possible to go on a date with her, and Keisuke perked up his ears to listen.
“Really, really?”
“Eh.”
“Can I really?”
“I intend to answer you this way… And, aren’t you the one who asked to be friends?”
“Ah, yes.”
Looking at Misa’s surprised face, Keisuke shook his head vigorously.
“I, please, be my friend!”
“In that case, no problem.”
Misa smiled slightly, then extended her right hand.
“As a sign of engagement…”
“Oh, yes, yes, yes!”
After vigorously wiping the sweat from his hands towards his pants, Keisuke slowly took Misa’s hand in his.
As if it’s about to ascend to heaven.
On the road near the piano classroom towards the sunflower station, the two were talking and laughing as they walked.
Two people in completely different situations almost disagree a bit. One out of every three times, they will ask each other to clarify the meaning of their words, a very hard dialog.
But it wasn’t boring at all. In response to Misa’s incomprehensible words, Keisuke just felt a sense of surprise filled with freshness.
There are few things that make you happier than meeting a young girl as pure and innocent as Misa.
”Maybe the personality is bad, what should I do then?” Toshiya-esque annoying statement, as if that was something that would happen in the future.
After exchanging phone numbers on their way home and agreeing to get in touch in the near future, Keisuke and Misa parted ways.
Keisuke thought everything was going well, but…
“Alas, there really is a God!”
Keisuke looked as if he was in a dream, with an exuberant face.
“Just said ‘I’ll see you again, take care’ when we parted phew, it’s good to be alive!”
Moods soared, rejoicing at the inexplicable. Mr. Maru approached Keisuke like that.
“There is not a God, but by the gift of angels!”
“What?”
“The one who pushed Junior Boy from behind so that you could talk to Misa was me. To be able to do something like that is a strength I have as a ghost.”
“┅You, why did you do that all of a sudden?”
“Aww, don’t give me that angry face!”
Mr. Maru shivered at the sight of Keisuke, who all of a sudden had an angry look on his face. However, Keisuke’s anger dissipated at once.
“But didn’t you top that with Misa?”
“Eh, ah yes, yes. Spare you this time.”
“Wow! So in love with you, Junior Boy!”
“Don’t you get in your face!”
Although he cursed angrily, he was happy in his heart. But such Keisuke had another old problem in his heart that he couldn’t let go of.
Mr. Maru pointed out calmly.
“But, what is Rina going to do?”
“Woo…!”
10thseason
“Hey, Keisuke.”
“Eh, how’s it going, Rina?”
“Are you, from before, so cheerful?”
“Why did you wait until now to ask such a question?”
“Ughhh, because you look a little different.”
“What did you say? That’s really weird! Hahaha.”
A cold sweat broke out.
Keisuke, who was smiling awkwardly, and Rina, who was tilting her head frequently.
When Toshiya saw that, he said to Keisuke as if nothing had happened, “Keisuke, let’s go pee together.”
“Huh? I don’t want to right now…”
“Never mind! Stay with me!”
He forcefully pulled Keisuke into the restroom and said with a look of anxiety, “Keisuke, help! I’m not telling you that you’re in two relationships. I’ve been with five or six girls at a time.”
“Huh? Then why pull me in so suddenly?”
Keisuke still doesn’t understand why, and Toshiya warns him gravely.
“Because, if you had acted well I wouldn’t have come to warn you… You’d better not have your feet in two boats!”
“┅”
Finally understanding what it meant to be said that way, Keisuke’s expression became serious.
“Can’t act at all. You, you have a rather unnatural expression when you talk to Rina.”
“Ah, still unnatural, huh?”
He himself was very careful not to raise his eyebrows, but the more attention he paid to it, the more it backfired. Realizing his unnaturalness, Keisuke looked troubled.
“Anyway, you might as well settle this early. If you want to stay with Rina, stay with Rina, and if you want to switch to Misa, switch to Misa, you’ll be miserable if you don’t make a move.”
“Ah, ah, I know…”
Keisuke replied ambiguously and left the restroom.
A slip and fall at the entrance.
Toshiya sighed and said, “Are you okay?”
“Hey, hey, Misa? This is Keisuke. I’m sorry to call you out of the blue.”
“You mustn’t mind. Thank you very much for talking to me about many happy things.”
From the phone came Misa’s voice, still as gentle and generous as a while ago.
With a slight tone as if nothing had happened, Keisuke made a quiet gesture of refueling and continued to have to step forward to the second stage.
“It’s very tangential, but to ask if you’re free this Sunday?”
“Yes, I haven’t scheduled anything else.”
The second stage is clear.
“So, is it possible to meet this Sunday?”
“Yeah can, where do we have to rendezvous?”
Final stage, complete!
(Great!)
Another cheering gesture.
“Misa, where is better?”
“Anywhere, preferably like a park… I want to go to a place with natural beauty…”
“So, how about Sakuragaoka Park?”
“Ah, that park with the pond… at this time of year, there are many new leaves growing, and it feels quite nice, I want to go there!”
“Then, it’s decided. I’ll be waiting for you on the bench in Sakuragaoka Park at ten o’clock on Sunday morning, yo.”
“I know, I’ll look forward to it. So, take care…”
When he was sure and the phone hung up, he quietly put the microphone down.
Then──like a soccer player who had decided on a goal, he made a cheering gesture!
“Great! Great! Great! Great.”
Keisuke himself hadn’t expected her to agree to the invitation so easily.
Of course there was no talk of a date with Misa, it would be horrible to get it that easily instead.
“Ah, I wish Sunday would come earlier… No, no, no, it’s not okay to be this happy from now on.”
Keisuke was still unchanged in his excitement. As soon as he calmed down, it turned into a deep frown.
“┅Even if that’s the case, what will Rina do? As it is now, it’s impossible to even see her.”
Although I knew it was for Rina’s own good, I didn’t have the courage to tell her. The thought that I might even lose my best friend Rina made me feel mixed up.
“How confusing. Really, why did you fall in love with Misa at first sight?”
Moods are up and down, and Keisuke’s been pretty busy lately.
The results didn’t come out with an answer and had to be inconclusive for a while.
“It can’t be helped, not until after Sunday’s appointment!”
But by then it was too late.
The Saturday before the date.
“Keisuke come along to the ‘East Wind’!”
Facing Rina, who was excitedly inviting him, Keisuke said with an apologetic face, “Sorry, I have to work part-time today.
”
“Why, don’t you have Saturday off?”
“That’s right, but it’s understaffed, so it’s switched shifts with the Sunday at the end of the month.”
“What the hell…”
Rina is a little pissed off that the reservation is going to change.
“Well then, I’m going home. Keisuke, you’re going home too, right? Let’s go together.”
“Uh-huh.”
Condemned by his sense of guilt, Keisuke nodded clumsily.
“Hey, what’s wrong? The sudden silence is a bit puzzling.”
While walking the two home, Keisuke opened his mouth uneasily. However, Rina’s ironic face had a stiff expression.
Didn’t look like he wanted to talk at all.
Usually they talked on the train, but now they were speechless, and Keisuke was oblivious.
Perhaps a bit of unease does exist.
(Did things fall apart with Misa?) But, if that was the case she would have gotten angry a long time ago.
So what’s going on?)
Various speculations floated before Keisuke’s eyes, and Rina stopped in her tracks.
“Hey, Keisuke.”
Then facing him, as if with the sight of an elephant arrow, she met Keisuke’s eyes squarely.
“How, what’s wrong?”
Facing the frightened man, Rina said in a stiff voice, “Are you… hiding something from me?”
(Woah!)
Keisuke accidentally bit his teeth.
There was no need to wonder, Rina had sensed something was wrong!
“Have you changed a bit lately? You’re often restless and seem to be avoiding me… Is there something you can’t tell me?”
“No, no, nothing…”
Keisuke said in direct reaction to the evasion.
At this point, Rina’s tone became sharp.
“I’ve known you for a few years now, and I know all of what you’re saying so clumsily! Hey, tell me the truth properly! Is there something wrong?”
“┅”
Rina turned pale in the blink of an eye, and Keisuke dared not breathe at her anger.
（It’s about time!)
Keisuke’s rationality screamed inside him.
(This is the best chance to confess to Rina.) Be honest! For Rina, for myself!) .
He knew very well that he had to do it. The very moment he was about to speak, he was intending to speak the truth.
But what you actually said was…
“No, no, I recently got stomatitis. I haven’t been able to talk because it hurts, and I can’t hit boo…”
Snap!
Unexpectedly, Keisuke was slapped on the cheek by Rina.
“Whoo!”
In a split second the body shook slightly and immediately saw Rina. Her breathing was rapid and her cheeks were wet with tears.
“You’re lying…!”
At her comment, Keisuke’s chest prickled with pain, more painful than any knife stab.
“We’ve been together since elementary school days, haven’t we? Why, Keisuke, are you still hiding it from me?
What’s so embarrassing about talking to me? Why make me cry? Didn’t you yourself not want to be a man who makes girls cry? The real truth is that you cheated on me just to keep me from crying. Do you think you’re a good man in this way? Hurry up and answer me!”
It’s like machine gun fire after machine gun fire.
“Rina…”
“┅You are nothing but a ‘gentle man’!”
Facing Keisuke, who was unable to answer, Rina hung her head and spat out these words in despair.
And then collapsed on the spot.
“Huh?”
In that moment Keisuke was at a loss. Did you faint because you were crying? No, no, it didn’t look right!
He approached Rina distractedly.
“What’s wrong? Rina!?”
Putting his hand on her forehead was quite hot.
“Belly…”
Rina was now looking rather poorly and moaning.
Keisuke finally realized that the change in Rina’s face just now was due to the intense abdominal pain.
Is it appendicitis? Or some other disease? The thought of any eventuality made Keisuke panic.
(What to do? You’ve been holding back since just now?)
The pain of collapsing without warning was really unbearable. Rina frowned from the pain and managed to spit out a sentence.
“Keisuke, don’t come here…”
“So far so good.”
Keisuke, who called an ambulance by phone, said to her, “I’ll tell you the truth later! For now, don’t think too much!”
There was no answer, and Rina breathed heavily, then lost consciousness.
“Yikes! I’ve kept you waiting!”
After ten minutes, you finally came.
A college student with glasses.
I purposely stifled a laugh and pouted.
“You’re late.”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, it’s your birthday and it took a while to find a present.”
As you said that, you held out a pair of earrings made of emerald to me.
“Indeed, using a birthstone would be nice, wouldn’t it? I have bad taste, so I can only use it this way.”
…very popular styles… It’s just modesty to say that you don’t have good taste.
With gratitude for your simplicity I darted toward your bosom.
“Thanks! I’m so happy!”
“If you’re happy, I’m happy. For me, there is only you, Rina.”
Your voice echoes in my chest.
A thick sound that puts me at ease.
Gentle you.
Heads up great for you.
Good taste you.
You who can take care of people.
I love you so much like that.
You’re the only one in my heart.
And you said it was just me.
Why, on your chest is there the perfume of another woman?
“Uh…”
When she woke up from her dream, Rina was lying in the ward of the Four Seasons Memorial Hospital.
“Huh? Why am I lying here?”
No sensation in lower abdomen, but a little stiffening pain. Feeling with my hand, it seems like gauze is attached.
“What’s that?”
Rina felt incredulous as she whispered, and a familiar voice rang in her ears.
“That’s a surgical scar, you’ve got appendicitis.”
“What? It’s Keisuke.”
Keisuke, who was sitting on the iron pipe chair next to the bed, smiled bitterly and said, “You troublesome fellow.”
Afterward it yawned as if it were sleepy.
“You’ve been taking care of me?”
“It’s only one night, and it’s already Sunday.”
Keisuke replied in a low voice, then said something that made Rina misunderstand.
“I can’t stay long… I have a woman I must meet waiting for me.”
Rina closed her eyes. In order to accept the truth, it always takes a little time.
“┅Who is it?”
“The girl named Misa, do you remember? That beautiful girl that I was so enamored with in early spring, ah.”
Rina kept staring into the eyes of Keisuke, who was speaking.
It was obvious from the way Keisuke shifted away, but he decided not to avoid her gaze anymore.
Rina forced a small smile and said, “Yo, you’ve made a lot of progress. You’re dating the girl of your dreams.”
Immediately not receiving an answer, Keisuke lowered his head slightly.
“I’m sorry that I can no longer relate to you as a lover. I’ve had my foot in both camps before, and I apologize.”
In fact, Rina wasn’t angry at all at Keisuke’s change of heart.
What I was angry about yesterday was that Keisuke was hiding the truth from himself… just like Rina’s ex-lover who had broken up with him.
Rina, who prides herself on being a likable girl, can’t help it if she has a change of heart of some sort.
Besides, it was Rina’s own wishful thinking that she was dating Keisuke in the first place. To her, it was a shame that he had a new girlfriend, but there was no anger.
Then Rina covered her head with the sheet and spat out a word from her mouth.
“Bugger, don’t forgive you.”
“Rina…”
“To celebrate my release from the hospital, I’ll forgive you if you treat me to fruit ice cream at ‘East Wind’.”
Then only his eyes peeked out beyond the sheet.
After realizing Rina’s true intentions, Keisuke smiled bitterly and punched her in the jaw with a loud “Kuang”.
“Idiot, if you eat like that when you’ve only just gotten sick, you’ll run out of cream from the incision… and you’ll be laughed at by Toshiya who’s coming to console you in the morning.”
Keisuke rose from his chair.
Rina pulled his neck in with her hand, only her body moving closer to Keisuke’s head, and slowly wrapped her arms around Keisuke, who was feeling slightly confused.
“Hey, don’t mess around, you’ve only just had an operation.”
“I hate gentle men…”
The eyes of Rina, who was whispering from Keisuke’s ear, were slightly glistening with tears.
“┅Honest men, too, hate．”
11thseason
The sky, covered by heavy clouds, looked as if it was about to rain.
（I thought it was going to be a nice day.)
Keisuke holds a grudge against the weather column of the newspaper.
Keisuke, who had come out of the hospital, hurriedly made his way to Sakuragaoka Park.
He was wearing his school uniform and had gone straight to the hospital because of Rina’s acute illness and had not returned home.
Keisuke’s heart was “cleared”, to say the least.
Being messed with by Rina’s kind of behavior brought him more damage than he could imagine.
(I’ll surely fall into hell if I get screwed by that annoying guy.) Self-deprecating while walking.
But the more this happens, the more Keisuke is compelled to go to his appointment with Misa.
If it wasn’t, Rina would be too sorry for her.
(Smile, Keisuke! Don’t show Misa a gloomy face!)
Keisuke, who was practicing his smirk while muttering to himself, hurriedly made his way to the park.
That face… was suddenly hit by large drops of rain.
“Oops?”
Keisuke didn’t even have time to be surprised.
Perk!
In an instant, the bright light of thunder illuminated the entire city of Four Seasons. The rain that began to fall next was as intense as a downpour.
“No way! We’re on an outdoor date, so wouldn’t this be a lost cause?”
Keisuke, who was rushing to get out of the rain, couldn’t find anyone to be angry with.
It was all he could do to make a face that he couldn’t stand.
There was only a little time left before the appointed time.
Didn’t even have time to buy an umbrella.
“┅No! If we keep dodging the rain like this, we’ll be too late!”
He made up his mind, and darted out into the heavy rain.
“There’s no place to hide from the rain in Sakuragaoka Park. In case, Misa didn’t bring an umbrella either… Damn, it would have been nice to have a date somewhere else.”
Repentance.
Anyway Keisuke aimed for the park and he ran forward with all his might.
As they reached Sakuragaoka Park, the rain became more intense and fell like a waterfall. Keisuke adjusted his breathing and accelerated his steps in the direction of the chair.
“Ha, ha… When it rains so much two like this, you can’t date no matter where you wait.”
Even with an umbrella you’ll get soaked.
And it seems like it’s inching along, too.
“Could Misa have gone back already. If she’s here, she must be all wet.”
At this point, if not to take refuge in the nearby department store… As soon as he thought of this, Keisuke finally arrived at the chair.
At that moment…
Keisuke could barely breathe.
“Why? Misa?”
The figure sitting quietly on the chair was clearly Misa. And… was not holding an umbrella!
Fully clothed in a lovely dress, soaked by the rain and so transparent that you could almost see your panties.
Almost unbelievable scene, Keisuke stood there dumbfounded. After confirming her figure Misao stood up from her chair, a smile floating on her face.
“Ah, Keisuke, good morning. I seem to have come too early.”
Her expression was as gentle as ever.
But Keisuke’s face couldn’t express his state of mind. His eyes were wide open as he asked Misa.
“Why are you still here when it’s raining!?”
Seeing the look on his face, Misa stared at him as if she was simply incredulous.
“┅Isn’t this chair the place to meet? If we don’t wait here, won’t Keisuke not be able to find me?”
“It doesn’t matter what happens to me!”
Keisuke said, “What if I catch a cold! It’d be better if we sheltered from the rain somewhere!”
But Misa shook her head flatly.
“Absolutely not. It was my fault for not bringing an umbrella, and breaking a pact to get out of the rain is something I wouldn’t consider.”
“┅”
I didn’t realize that she actually kept saying unexpected things one after the other.
“Or am I causing you trouble by staying here?”
“Why do you say that!?”
Keisuke was surprised as he desperately tried to explain his true feelings.
“I’m really worried about your health! My business aside, it’s better if you go and hide from the rain or go home!”
But Misa continued to ask.
“Ah, does it confuse you that Keisuke… takes care of me?”
“Ah, no no! Don’t you take my words out of context!”
Keisuke was almost in a semi-crazed state. But Misa smiled at the situation.
“I have no problem with that aspect. I look forward to talking with Keisuke, I felt very happy on the way home from the piano class last time, and I get a lot from you.”
“┅”
“Besides, the rain is warm today, isn’t it? It’s the first time I’ve been hit by rain since elementary school, and I always feel like a character appearing in a musical, so it feels very good.”
Miso looked as if she was in a good mood looking at the rainy sky and slowly turned around on the spot.
This one represents the nature of a beautiful girl, too innocent.
Keisuke realized that she was an innocent girl… who didn’t suspect others
That’s Miso.
From the meeting outside the piano classroom to today’s date─it seemed to be going well, and Misa didn’t seem to have any doubts about Keisuke at all.
(A girl like this… a girl as simple as this, does she really exist in the world!) Such deep emotion hit Keisuke’s chest.
“Ah!”
Unexpectedly…
Fusha, who had slewed on the spot, lost his balance and staggered.
“Danger!”
Keisuke reflexively reached out and caught her body.
“Are you okay?”
“Okay… thank you.”
Unexpectedly shortening the distance, the two faces faced each other in close quarters.
At that time…
Keisuke’s hand felt Misa’s body heat very clearly.
(┅Body gets cold!)
And it’s kind of shaking.
Misa realizes that Keisuke is blaming himself for saying ‘because of me’, but instead says ‘today’s rain is warm’.
Upon realizing this, all the emotions Keisuke had been holding back finally poured out.
“Mai, Miso!”
“Ah!”
Keisuke didn’t let Misa stand up, letting her maintain a semi-crouching position holding her tightly.
“Ah, ah, Keisuke…”
Facing a confused Misa, Keisuke called out.
“Misa, I’m sorry! I’m really, really sorry for making you cold in this rain!”
“It’s okay, I’m fine…”
Misa didn’t blame him.
“I lied! I didn’t intend to go out with you as a friend in the first place!”
Keisuke still told her honestly.
“Huh… is that what it looks like?”
The sudden confession caused a surprised expression to appear on Misa’s face.
“What I’m really thinking is that I want to go beyond friends and relate to you as a lover, that’s why I approached you.”
“How…”
She seemed a little disbelieving.
“The moment I saw Misa, I… I fell in love with you at first sight! And I didn’t realize for a moment that while I was dating other girls, I was always in love with you!”
“┅”
“Since I fell in love at first sight with Misa, I’ve dated two girls… both of whom I spoiled, and they were quite nice girls…”
Unexpectedly…
Chiho and Rina’s faces swirled in her mind, and quite naturally, tears flowed from Keisuke’s eyes.
“But… but, even when I was seriously dating them, Misa’s figure still appeared in my mind all the time! From the first time I saw you, you were the only thing in my mind! The moment I met you again, I was so excited!!!”
He still said what was on his mind in full.
“Keisuke…”
Keisuke, who had been staring at Misa, gradually burst into tears.
“I, who only wanted to go out with you, dumped Rina, who was always in love with me! I… I’m such a big useless fool! Why did I meet you… why, why did I fall in love with you! Why… why…”
He finally spilled his guts and couldn’t go on with his words after that. Kai Sheng hugged Misa tightly, tears that could not be restrained kept flowing down.
Joy, regret, emotion, self-abuse…
All the feelings that turned into liquid were exuded with the tears.
And Yu…
And it hit the two silent people relentlessly, and it just kept going down… all the time…
Lastseason
From the day it rained…
Keisuke then didn’t see Misa again. That day, he left the park as if running away from Misa.
(Miso may have, already, no feelings for me.)
Keisuke came to a painful realization.
Because the trauma in your heart is so deep that it will take some time to recover.
But there was nothing that could be done about it. Misa didn’t refuse to be held by Keisuke that day, so at least that was something to take comfort in.
Keisuke, who had entered the school gates, stretched his color.
(Yesterday, Rena should have been discharged from the hospital…)
If there are no particular problems, they should be coming to school today.
But…
What face should I use to face Rina?
Can we really be honest and tell her that it’s over between her and Misa?
It might be rude to Rina to say something. But it was quite difficult to hide it from her, who had a very sharp sixth sense.
I couldn’t say something like, “Please continue to date me because it’s over with Misa”.
“Why don’t you just stilt naked from now on.”
Although driven by the urge to escape, Keisuke entered the classroom.
And then…
He actually saw a surprising scene.
“The following question has a prize. The following three people, please put them in order of their weight!”
(1) Gen. Chiho of Kisaragi Academy.
(2) Rina of the May School.
(3) Miso of the Kamimuzu Gakuen.
“We’ll now ask Keisuke-san, who has hugged these three people, to answer!”
Rina asked Keisuke in a very spirited voice, pointing to the quiz standing on the board, and Keisuke nearly fell over on the spot.
“What are you, what are you, what are you doing?”
He could barely speak.
“Ah, good morning Keisuke-san! How was your date with Ms. Misa?”
Rina’s voice was as if nothing had happened as she screamed at Keisuke, “Answer the question!”
But how… how could he answer?
Rina answered for him again.
“Just look. Who’s the lightest among the girls Keisuke’s been with? Just ask you.”
“You…”
Keisuke glared at Rina with a murderous glare.
Inside the classroom, everywhere students were looking at him and then at the blackboard and gossiping quietly.
“You even wrote your own name on it and desperately pressed me! See! The classroom is laughing!”
Keisuke felt a little embarrassed himself.
“What does it matter. Since they’re Toshiya’s good friends, everyone will be able to understand.”
“Who did this?”
“Who’s the lightest? It’s Rina-san, isn’t it?”
“No, I don’t know.”
Keisuke was really kind of embarrassed.
“┅You’ve gone too far. Keisuke! Didn’t you hug me! And the two of us spent the night alone in the hospital, have you forgotten?”
Rina deliberately pulled it off with him.
“Don’t you talk nonsense!”
“It’s not like I’m lying!”
“Don’t you say such things that will be misunderstood!”
The two were just arguing with each other in your words.
Toshiya, who came to school right after Keisuke, is happy to join the referee.
“You guys need to stop with the retaliation bickering, you guys look like you’re having a good laugh.”
Toshiya said helplessly.
“But this man is too much.”
Rena said, “I promised to treat me to a dozen of fruit ice creams when I was going to dump me, but I haven’t had a single cup so far.”
“Didn’t you just get out of the hospital yesterday?”
“You two are quite affectionate!”
Toshiya couldn’t help but laugh bitterly.
They should have broken up… Although they didn’t say anything to each other, they have returned to their old relationship again.
And Keisuke held the feelings of thanks from Tokusuke for Rina who made the same action as usual.
But…
Those two yards are something else.
“You might as well rip the paper off first!”
“Don’t don’t.”
Rene seemed to ignore him.
“You guys!”
To Keisuke, who was still calculating, Toshiya had something important to convey.
“Hey, there’s a guy who wants to see you, what are you going to do?”
He seemed to be selling out.
“Someone wants to see me?”
Keisuke looked confused.
“Ah, the name seems to be called… Misa.”
Toshiya deliberately messed with him.
“┅Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
He rushed off to get a glimpse of what was going on.
At the entrance of the May School stood a beautiful girl.
Her figure was very striking in combination with the uniform of the Godless Moon Academy, and she was quite a dazzling girl.
Keisuke, along with Rina and Toshiya who were following closely behind, walked up to her. Misa smiled with a slight nervousness as she confirmed it was him.
“Good morning, Keisuke-san! I’m really very sorry for looking for you at such a busy time in the morning.”
“I… I’m not related! Misa-san is the one who is! You’ve asked for a vacation from school, haven’t you?”
“Um… I’ve been worried for a few days now, and there’s something I want to say to you right away… about school… well! It doesn’t matter, as soon as I’ve finished, I’ll go back to class.”
Despite what Misa said, it was still a long way from here to her school, and it was obvious that she was bound to be late.
In that case, what does she want to say?
“┅”
Keisuke was about to ask
I didn’t realize she’d just said it.
“I was shocked by what Keisuke-san said last time, confessing to me very honestly, I didn’t expect you to say those things, and since I was a child, I haven’t accepted any confession from anyone…”
As she said it, her face turned red.
“Actually… well! I have to say sorry to you about that time too. Because my mind was so confused, I didn’t care if it bothered you or not, so I said everything I wanted to say.”
To Misa, who lowered her head, Keisuke simply said it in a cheerful tone, and with a pleasant expression.
(There’s no way around being dumped, at least in a dignified manner.) “┅”
It was as if he had come to full realization.
But Wonderful seemed as if he was easily impressed.
“No, you don’t have to apologize. I haven’t made my feelings fully known. It is true that I have never dated a boy. However, the idea of adoring someone else is common to both men and women, I think. Regarding what Keisuke said at that time, that you were so in love with me and my former lover, I can fully understand that, and I am also very touched. Therefore…”
Misa’s cheeks flushed.
“Uh…”
Not understanding what she meant, Keisuke was a bit slow at this time.
“┅Therefore, with regard to Keisuke-san’s hope of being able to interact as more than friends, I feel honored from the bottom of my heart.”
“Mi… Misa-san…”
Bewildered Keisuke…
Toshiya and his ex-lover, Rina, follow behind him.
Their eyes met as they heard the unbelievable “come-from-behind victory”.
(With such… such an outpouring of emotion, was her heart…?)
The words that Keisuke wanted to say but was dead set on not being able to, came out of Misa’s smiling mouth.
“Such as I am, if it’s possible, would you please go out with me? Â Â Of course, more than friends.”
“┅”
In front of the red-faced Misa, Keisuke stood there as if he had lost his mind. Immediately a mocking voice sounded behind him.
“Hey, hurry up and answer.”
“Make people wait! Girls get embarrassed.”
At this time…
There was a sudden shouting noise above his head.
“Hurry up and go! Answer it quickly, Junior!”
The voice was the annoying, but sometimes adorable, spooky uncle, and this time it was really thanks to his great help.
(┅You watchers, you’re so noisy!)
Keisuke thought silently in his mind.
Of course, he understood that it was with all these people watching that he had been able to make it this far on his own.
Because of the meddling of Uncle Ghost, Rina, and Junya… everyone, Keisuke was able to keep from going against the grain regarding Misa’s adoration, as well as his own heart.
“May I?”
Keisuke stared into the beautiful eyes of Misa, who asked again, and he spoke with determination, “I understand. I want you to know how I feel…”
After the melancholy rainy season, Hatsumomo comes to visit the city of Four Seasons – a cozy city full of sincere feelings.
[End of text]