Published 2000 by Margaret Comics ISBN 4-08-847307-8

*******Part 17*******

**Pg. 4**

Kayano's thoughts: Even if you can't go back, you can do it over again. Over and over.

**Pg. 5**

Kayano's thoughts: If the love is there.

Takeru's words: "There is"

//sura...// [Kayano sleeping]

Kayano's thoughts: Let's make up.

Yuzuru: ...heavy...

**Pg. 6**

Yuzuru: Heavy...

Kayano: ...huh?

Yuzuru: I said you're heavy!

//gaba// [Kayano gets up]

Kayano: Wah! Whoa! S, sorry.

Kayano's thoughts: I fell asleep after watching him sleep. I'm such an idiot.

//kaaaa// [Kayano turning red]

Kayano: Are you okay to get up now, Yuzuru-kun?

Yuzuru: ...yeah....where's my brother?

Kayano: Huh...? Oh, he was just here a second ago.

**Pg. 7**

Kayano's thoughts: Oh no, where did he go...? He said that he would stay until Yuzuru-kun woke up...

Yuzuru: I wonder if he went home...

Kayano: I don't think so. He'll be right back. He probably went to the restroom. Oh yeah, aren't you thirsty since you just woke up?

//gata// [Kayano gets up]

Kayano: I'll go get something to drink...

Yuzuru:  Kayano-san...I'm sorry for all I've done...

**Pg. 8**

//tokun// [Kayano's heart thumps lightly]

Kayano's thoughts: Yuzuru-kun...

Yuzuru: I just wanted attention from my brother...and I thought that if I trouble you, my brother would have no choice but to look my way...so I did all those things to you...

Kayano: It's alright, Yuzuru-kun.

**Pg. 9**

Kayano: I'm actually happy. Because now I know that you really love Takeru-kun. So don't worry about it, okay?

Kayano's thoughts: Let's get along.

//gara// [Takeru slides open door]

**Pg. 10**

Kayano: Takeru-kun! Where did you go...?

//dosa// [Taker throws down some cans]

Kayano: Is this for Yuzuru-kun...?

//pushi// [Takeru opens can]

Takeru: Yeah. I wanted to drink some coffee too.

**Pg. 11**

Kayano's thoughts: Takeru-kun...

Yuzuru's thoughts: Brother...

Takeru: ....What!? You guys are both looking at me the same way. You don't want it!?

Kayano's thoughts: I'm sure he's feeling the warmth of Takeru-kun. Even though it's just a little.

**Pg. 12**

Kayano's thoughts: They can understand each other. I'm sure of it.

//kiiin kooon// [school bell rings]

Kayano's thoughts: Alright.

//suku// [Kayano gets up]

Kayano: I'm gonna go back to class now.

**Pg. 13**

Takeru:  Huh? Oh, okay...

Kayano: Later, Yuzuru-kun! You get spoiled by Takeru-kun, okay!?

Yuzuru: O...okay.

//ta// [Kayano takes off]

Yuzuru: ...Brother...

**Pg. 14**

Yuzuru: Kayano-san really cares for people. She really worried about us.

Takeru: She worries too much about other people.

Yuzuru: ...huh?

Takeru: She only worries about other people...she gets mad and ends up slapping me. And then she starts crying after that. She's so much trouble.

Yuzuru: ...brother...

**Pg. 15**

Yuzuru: Don't you love Kayano-san...?

//ta ta// [Kayano walking]

Kayano's thoughts: Everything's alright now...Takeru-kun...he won't be by himself anymore. He won't go far away....

**Pg. 16**

Kayano's thoughts: I'm glad...

Nachan: Oh! Haru, it's Kayano.

Haru: Hey, where did you go, Kayano!? We were worried about you...

//haaa// [Kayano out of breath]

//uuuu// [Kayano starts to cry]

Haru: What happened!? Did something happen again?

Kayano: ...No, it's not that!

Kayano's thoughts: Oh no...I'm...

Kayano: After feeling relieved...all of a sudden...

**Pg. 17**

//petan// [Kayano falls to the floor]

Haru: Hey, Kayano!? Are you alright!? Whoa! Pull yourself together!!

//kute// [Kayano passes out]

Haru: Teacher!! Kayano passed out!

Shiina Sensei: Then I'll take Yuzuru back home. You can go back to class.

Yuzuru: Bye brother...

Takeru: ...alright.

Nachan: Oh! There he is! Haru!

**Pg. 18**

Haru: Takeru-kun, it's about Kayano! She passed out!

Takeru: ...passed out?

Yuzuru: Brother...!

Takeru: Alright! Then I'll see ya later, Yuzuru!

Yuzuru: O...okay.

//bata bata// [Takeru and Haru run off]

Takeru: Where is she at?

Haru: The teacher took her!

**Pg. 19**

Shiina Sensei: What a busy day today is...

Yuzuru: ...Shiina-san...I'm sorry for causing you trouble...

Shiina Sensei: ...It's alright. As long as you're fine now.

//su// [Shiina Sensei gives him back the pictures]

Shiina Sensei: You go to school tomorrow, okay?

**Pg. 20**

Kayano's thoughts: Hm? What happened to me...?

Takeru's words: "Kayano....Kayano!"

Kayano's thoughts: Takeru-kun? I'm right here...Takeru-kun...

Kayano: ...kun...

Takeru: Huh?

**Pg. 21**

//gyaaaaaaa// [Kayano shrieks]

//kiiiiin// [Takeru's ears blown]

Takeru: You're so damn loud!

Kayano: What...!

//kyoro kyoro// [Kayano looking around]

Kayano: What!? My room!?

Takeru: Don't be passing out with stress when you're only 17.

Kayano's thoughts: What...?

**Pg. 22**

Kayano's thoughts: I passed out?

Kayano: You carried me?

Takeru: Who else is going to carry you!?

Kayano: I...I'm sorry. I was heavy, wasn't I?

Takeru: VERY.

Kayano's thoughts: He's...he's so straight-forward!

//u...// [Kayano crying]

Kayano's thoughts: Wait a second...if he carried me...

Kayano: Did you...carry me like a princess...?

Takeru: ...Yeah.

Kayano's thoughts: Why don't I remember!?

Takeru: Alright, just go to sleep. You have a fever!

//pote// [Kayano's head lays on the pillow]

**Pg. 23**

Kayano's thoughts: Fever...? Well, when he mentions it...I do feel kinda dull...I can't believe I passed out...how shameful...when I didn't even do anything.

//su// [Takeru takes Kayano's water pillow]

Takeru: I'm going to change the water.

Kayano: What!?

//gaba// [Kayano gets up]

Kayano: It's alright, Takeru-kun. I'll do that myself.

Takeru: Just go to sleep!

//dokin// [Kayano's heart thumps]

Kayano's thoughts: What...?

//pishyan// [Takeru slams the door shut]

**Pg. 24**

Kayano's thoughts: Takeru-kun...?

//gako// [Takeru getting some ice]

//gashyan// [Takeru getting ice]

Kayano: Um...Takeru-kun...are you mad? I...I'm sorry. I'm always causing you trouble....

Takeru: ...You worry too much about unnecassary things. That's why you pass out like this.

**Pg. 25**

//zukin// [Kayano hurt emotionally]

Kayano's thoughts: Unnecessary things...

Kayano: It's not because I was worried...

Takeru: That's the only thing there couuld be if it's stress. Geez! You can't even take care of your own health!?

Kayano's thoughts: What...

Kayano: You don't have to say it like that!

**Pg. 26**

Kayano's thoughts: What's with him!? Stupid Takeru-kun!

Kayano:  I'm fine. I was just worried on my own. Who cares if I pass out...!

Takeru: I don't want that!

**Pg. 27**

Takeru: You're the one who said don't do too much to the point where you can drop!

Kayano: Takeru-kun...are you...worried for me?

Takeru: ...Enough of this. Go to sleep.

**Pg. 28**

Takeru: ...Why do you cry?

//hi// [Kayano crying]

Kayano: Because...I'm happy...

Takeru: That's why I told you that I can't handle you!

Kayano's thoughts: It's such a wonderful thing to have someone care for you, Takeru-kun. It's even greater when it's someone you love.

**Pg. 29**

Kayano's thoughts: Huh!?

//gui// [Takeru picks up Kayano in his arms]

Takeru: Just go to sleep quietly.

//kaaaa// [Kayano turning red]

Kayano: Y, yes!

//dosu dosu// [Takeru stomping]

Kayano's thoughts: Oh my gosh!! He's carrying me like a princess!

Takeru: You're REALLY HEAVY!

Kayano's thoughts: He always...

**Pg. 30**

Kayano's thoughts: Doesn't say too much and can't say things nicely, but that kindness that he shows every once in awhile always makes me happy.

//shyaki// [Kayano appearing sharp]

//nigi nigi// [Takeru moving his hands]

**Pg. 31**

//ki// [Kamijou lookin sharp]

Kamijou: You guys!! Tomorrow is finally the match with Shuuei High School! We're going to play with all our might!

Teammates: ALRIGHT!!

Kayano: Takeru-kun! Aren't you glad that you're hand healed before the match? Good luck.

Takeru: Thanks.

Kayano: And...since it's your first match, I made you a charm...

**Pg. 32**

Kayano: It's this...

//moaaan// [the charm having a dark aura]

Takeru: I definitely don't want it.

Kayano: That's messed up!! Mushrooms are my trade mark!

Rika: Hey! Don't interfere with practice. Why don't you work or something? Will you go shopping!? 4 bottles of 2-liter water!

Kayano: Y, yes...

**Pg. 33**

Kayano's thoughts: It's cold. It's heavy. Takeru-kun is mean. Triple handicap.

Yuzuru: Kayano-san.

Kayano: Yuzuru-kun. What's up? Takeru-kun's at practice right now.

Yuzuru: Okay...that's alright...Um, Kayano-san, I got rid of all those pictures. The negatives and all those that I spread around school too.

**Pg. 34**

Yuzuru: I'm really sorry.

Kayano: I told you it's okay, Yuzuru-kun. Anyway, there's a basketball game tomorrow. Takeru-kun's playing, so you should come and cheer for him.

Yuzuru: It's okay if I go?

Kayano: Of course!

**Pg. 35**

Kayano:  I'm sure Takeru-kun will be happy too.

//zawa zawa// [murmuring of crowd]

Kamijou: Play with all your might, alright!?

Kayano: Takeru-kun!!

**Pg. 36**

Kayano: Good luck! Yuzuru-kun is going to come and cheer for you too!

Takeru: ...You told him to come?

//dokin// [Kayano's heart thumps]

Kayano: Was that a bad idea?

Takeru: No...besides that...

Takeru's dad: Takeru! Hey!

Takeru: Tell that old man to take down that sign right now!

Kayano: Wow, Takeru's dad spent a lot of money!

Takeru: I'm going to kill him! Old man!

//gan gan// [Takeru runs off]

Takeru's dad: Hey! Kayano-chan! I'm right here!

Yuzuru: What are you doing? That's embarassing.

**Pg. 37**

Yuzuru: Brother's going to be embarassed.

Takeru's dad: Yu...Yuzuru!!

//gaba// [Takeru's dad hugs Yuzuru]

Yuzuru: L...let me go! That's creepy!

Takeru's dad: You've grown so much since I haven't seen you in awhile! I heard that you're seeing Takeru a lot lately. That's grea that you guys are getting along...

**Pg. 38**

Takeru's dad: I'm so happy!

Yuzuru: Let me go!!

//piiii// [whistle blows]

Kayano's thoughts: With this love, this time, instead of resisting it, let's run forward with it!

**Pg. 39**

//dan// [basketball bounces]

Kayano's thoughts: And then...

**Pg. 40**

Kayano's thoughts: I'm sure the future that we haven't seen yet isn't that far away.

**Pg. 41**

//waaaaa// [crowd cheering]

//piiiii// [whistle blows]

**Pg. 42**

Teammates: Thanks for your hard work!

Teammates: Let's go eat!

Teammate: Are you going to treat us, Captain!?

Kayano: Yuzuru-kun! Takeru-kun wants to know if you wanna go eat with us!

Yuzuru: Aren't you happy, brother?

**Pg. 43**

Yuzuru: Everybody was passing the ball to you.

Kayano: Yeah, yeah.

Yuzuru: And that 3P shoot!

Kayano: That was so awesome!!

Yuzuru: I should've brought my camera.

Takeru's thoughts: What's with these guys...scary...

Yuzuru: I want to play basketball too...

Kayano's thoughts: That's right...Yuzuru-kun's body isn't too healthy...

Takeru: Why don't you play? You're health is fine now.

**Pg. 44**

Yuzuru: Okay...

Kayano's thoughts: Takeru-kun...hm?

Kayano: Hey, Takeru-kun, your hand hasn't healed yet?

Takeru: Damn it. This loud one found out.

Kayano's thoughts: I knew it!

Kayano: And you played in the game...why do you do that?

**Pg. 45**

Kayano: If your wound were to open...

Takeru: Geez, shut up. Nothing happened, so it's fine.

Kayano: What!? Takeru-kun!

Takeru: Enough already. Let's go eat.

Kayano's thoughts: Whaaat!? I'm just worried!!

Yuzuru: Kayano-san, you shouldn't worry about it too much. He's just a little shy.

Kayano's thoughts: Huh?

**Pg. 46**

//ni// [Yuzuru smiles]

Takeru's words: "She cares too much for other people"

Yuzuru's words: "...brother...don't you love Kayano-san...?"

Takeru's words: "...she gets on my nerves. I feel like I'm a kid when I'm with her"

//pan// [Kayano slaps Takeru]

Kayano's words: "What's 'alright', Takeru-kun!?"

**Pg. 47**

Kayano's words: "...You know, right?" "Say something, Takeru-kun!"

Takeru's words: "When I'm with you, I get scared that my true feelings are going to come out"

Kayano's words: "Because...I'm happy"

Kayano: What do you mean he's "shy", Yuzuru-kun?

**Pg. 48**

Yuzuru: Brother's a perverse person.

Takeru: I can hear you, Yuzuru!

Kayano's thoughts: I have no idea what he's talking about...

Takeru: Stop talking about useless things and walk!

Yuzuru's thoughts: Why does he get shy?

**Pg. 49**

//byu// [cold wind blows]

Takeru: Kayano!

**Pg. 50**

//ta// [Kayano catches up to Takeru and Yuzuru]

*******Part 18*******

**Pg. 53**

Kayano's thoughts: The long 2nd semester ended and it's the first winter with Takeru-kun since I met him.

Girls: Are you free on the 24th?

**Pg. 54**

Girls: There's going to be a party. You can bring your friends too. Let's hang out together, Takeru-kun.

Kayano's thoughts: It's common to want to spend Christams with the one you love.

//pito// [Kayano against the wall]

Kayano's thoughts: Damn it! They asked him first!

Takeru: Sorry, but I have other plans.

//doki// [Kayano's heart thumps]

Kayano's thoughts: What!!?

**Pg. 55**

Kayano's thoughts: No way! Wait a second!

Girls: Shit! He definitely has a girlfriend!

Girls: That's why I told you that Christmas Eve is going to be sad.

Kayano's thoughts: Takeru-kun! Who do you have plans with!!?

Takeru: What's with that look on your face?

//para// [Takeru flipping basketball magazine]

Kayano's thoughts: Does he possibly like someone else...?

Kayano: Ta...Takeru-kun!! About the 24th...

//dokin dokin// [Kayano's heart beating]

Takeru: Oh, about that...

Kayano's thoughts: Possibly!?

**Pg. 56**

Takeru: You're open on the 24th, aren't you?

Kayano's mom: Kayano!?

//biku// [Kayano jumps]

Kayano's mom: How long are you going to stay up...?

//sura// [Kayano's mom opens Kayano's door]

Kayano's mom: Wh...what are you doing!?

Kayano: Huh? S...stretching?

**Pg. 57**

Kayano's mom: You're so weird...Don't stay up too late. Hurry to bed, alright?

Kayano: O, okay...Oh, Mom! I'm going out with my friends tomorrow.

Kayano's mom: Oh! I told you that we're going to the Christmas party at Mamoru-san's house.

Kayano: Yeah, so I'll be back by then.

//dokin dokin// [Kayano's heart beating]

Takeru's words: "Tomorrow at 1 in front of the clock"

Kayano's thoughts: I didn't think that...

Kayano's mom: Alright then. Don't be late. It's at 7.

Kayano: Okay. Good night.

Kayano's thoughts: ...Takeru-kun would ask me out...

**Pg. 58**

//patan// [Kayano's mom shuts the door]

Kayano's thoughts: She didn't notice...I'm so glad that my mom's naive!! I wonder if Takeru-kun will take this...this is the first time I'm going to spend Christmas with the one I love.

Takeru's words: "Sorry, but I have other plans"

Kayano's thoughts: ...That means he was planning to be with me in the first place...? No way!!

Kayano: Oh no! I better hurry or else I won't have it done in time!

Kayano's thoughts: It's like...

**Pg. 59**

//da da// [Kayano running]

Kayano's thoughts: I overslept!!

Kayano: Takeru-kun!

Takeru:  You're late!

Kayano: S, sorry!

Kayano's thoughts: I'm so stupid!! I worked on the scarf 'til morning...

**Pg. 60**

Kamijou: Sorry! We're late. Sorry! I went to go get her.

Haru: Hey, Kayano!

Kayano: Haru! Kamijou-kun!?

Kayano's thoughts: What...?

Takeru: The other guys said that they're going first.

Kamijou: Alright then, let's go.

Kayano's thoughts: Other guys? What!? What's going on? I don't get what's going on here!

Kayano: Um...where are we going?

**Pg. 61**

Kamijou: Hm? You didn't hear from Edogawa? We're having a party for our basketball team.

Takeru: ....Oh...I didn't tell you?

//hyuuuu// [wind blows]

Kayano's thoughts: It wasn't a date!?

Team: Cheers!

**Pg. 62**

Kamijou: Keep on putting in some songs!

Teammates: Yeah! Merry Christmas! Can you get the remote?

Kayano's thoughts: When he said he had other plans, he was talking about this...

//gakkushi// [Kayano down emotionally]

Kayano's thoughts: And on top of that...he's super far away.

Teammates: Ha ha ha!

Youhei: Takeru-kun, what are you drinking?

Teammate: Go Takanashi-kun!

Kamijou: Harukawa! Put in a song. Here.

**Pg. 63**

Haru: No, 'cause I'm an outsider.

Kamijou: Dont' worry about it. Here.

Teammate: Captain, why don't you sing something together!?

//hyuuuu// [Teammates whistling]

Teammate: You're so nice!

Kamijou: What!? Shut the hell up!....Do you want to sing together?

Kayano's thoughts: They're so lucky that they're close. On the contrary...

Youhei: Takeru-kun, let's sing together.

Takeru: What?

Rika: Hey, Youhei! Sing on your own!

**Pg. 64**

Kayano's thoughts: He won't even look my way...

//jiiii// [Kayano staring at Takeru]

//kusu// [Rika chuckles at Kayano]

//mukkaa// [Kayano gets mad]

Kayano: What kind of laugh was that!?

Rika: Hey Youhei, get that thing out.

Youhei: Oh...okay!! Here, Takeru-kun!

Takeru: ...What is this?

**Pg. 65**

Youhei: It's a Christmas present from me and Rika-chan!

Rika: Open it. We picked something that matches you.

//paka// [Takeru opens box]

Takeru: A ring...? Isn't this expensive?

Rika: It's fine 'cause we split the cost.

Youhei: Me and Rika-chan went around looking for it the whole day.

Takeru: Hmmm....Thanks.

Kayano's thoughts: Oh...he looks so happy.

//dokin// [Kayano's heart thumps]

Teammate: They get along so good.

Teammate: They're childhood friends.

Kayano's thoughts: When should I give mine..?

//dokin dokin// [Kayano's heart thumping]

**Pg. 66**

Teammate: Talking about presents...there's girls that give scarves, right? They even give sweaters that they knit on their own nowadays.

Teammate: Whaaat? I doubt there's anyone like that nowadays.

Kayano's thoughts: There's one right here!

Teammate: There isn't one, right, manager!?

//biku// [Kayano jumps]

Kayano: What!? I...I'm not sure?

Kayano's thoughts: Why do you ask me!?

//sa sa// [Kayano shoves the present]

Kayano's thoughts: Can they read my mind?

Teammate: And hand-knit presents are the most presents that are bothersome too...

Teammate: Ha ha ha! Yeah, I'd definitely not be happy about it.

**Pg. 67**

Kayano's thoughts: R...really....? When I think about it...Takeru-kun didn't even take the charm I made for him...

//dokin dokin// [Kayano's heart thumping]

Kayano's thoughts: I can't believe that I didn't even realize that.

Haru: What's wrong, Kayano?

Kayano: What!?

**Pg. 68**

//dokin// [Kayano's heart thumps]

//gatan// [Kayano gets up]

Kayano: Sorry! I'm gonna go to the restroom real quick.

Haru: What? Oh, okay.

//batan// [Kayano shuts door]

**Pg. 69**

//ta ta ta// [Kayano walking]

Kayano: This is so stupid...

Kayano's thoughts: I can't give him this.

Takeru: What are you standing there for?

**Pg. 70**

Kayano: Takeru-kun!

Takeru: You're not going back to the room?

Kayano's thoughts Oh no...Why?

Kayano: Oh...y, yeah. I'll be right there.

//dokin dokin// [Kayano's heart beating]

//jiiii// [Takeru staring at Kayano]

Takeru: Hey...what are you carrying?

Kayano's thoughts: What!!?

Kayano: Nothing.

Takeru: You have something. That thing. The paper bag.

Kayano: It's nothing.

Takeru: Then show it to me.

Kayano's thoughts: Does Takkeru-kun know...?

**Pg. 71**

Takeru: Come one.

Teammate's words: "the presents that is most bothersome..."

//kaaaaa// [Kayano turning red]

Kayano's thoughts: Oh no!

//don// [Kayano pushes Takeru]

Kayano: I told you it's nothing! Just leave me alone. Go back to Youhei-kun and everyone else!

**Pg. 72**

Takeru: Oh, I see...you're pouting?

//fu// [Takeru laughs lightly]

//kaaaaa// [Kayano turns red]

Kayano: N...NO!

//da// [Kayano walks away]

Kayano's thoughts: He's making fun of me!!

**Pg. 73**

//gako// [Kayano throws the present in the trash]

Kayano's thoughts: Of course I'm pouting!! What's with "Oh, I see"!? I thought it was a date and then it's a party! And I can't even talk to him!! He doesn't understand a young girl's feelings at all! And it's Christmas!!

Haru: What a face.

**Pg. 74**

Kayano: HUH?

Haru: What's wrong? Did you have a fight with Takeru-kun or something?

Kayano: ...No...it's not a fight...it's like I'm the only one who's mad.

Takeru: Ha ha ha

//zukin// [Kayano hurt emotionally]

Kayano's thoughts: It might be different for him...

**Pg. 75**

Kayano's thoughts: Takeru-kun probably doesn't think of me like I think of him...

Teammate: What about the game center?

Teammate: Whaaat!? I don't have anymore money.

Teammate: Then what do you want to do?

Kayano's thoughts: I just want to go home.

Takeru: Let's play hide-n-seek.

**Pg. 76**

Teammates: ....Huh?

Kayano's thoughts: Takeru-kun?

Takeru: There was a forest-like park in front of the station. It won't cost anything and we can make the loser do something.

Teammate: ...Sounds fun. Let's do it.

Teammate: It's like we're in elementary school or something. Ha ha ha.

Teammate: Then, let's do it with some Christmas spirit...the last person that doesn't get caught can kiss anyone he/she wants to. How about that?

**Pg. 77**

Kayano's thoughts: Kiss?

Guys: Alright, Christmas!

Kayano's thoughts: Whaaaaaat!? We're really going to do this?

**Pg. 78**

//jiiiii// [all the guys staring at Haru]

Guys: Alright!!

Kamijou: Wh...What kind of cheering is that!?

Teammates: Guys' basketball team's kiss contest hide-n-seek!!

Teammates: Rock, paper, scissors!

**Pg. 79**

Kamijou: The one who loses doesn't even have the chance to win!

Takeru: Yuu-chan, count to 100, alright?

Haru: Ka...Kamijou!! You dumb-ass!

Guys: Alright, let's go and hide!

Teammates: We're going to start now!

Kamijou: Shit!

Kamijou's thoughts: I'm going to find them no matter what!!

Kamijou: One!

//ta ta// [Kayano running]

Kayano's thoughts: ...What am I doing?

//pata pata// [Rika running]

Kayano's thoughts: That Rika-san is running!

Kayano's thoughts: I just gotta hide!!

**Pg. 80**

Kayano's thoughts: The cold wind...I wonder why Takeru wanted to play hide-n-seek.

**Pg. 82**

//gasa gasa// [Takeru going into the bushes with Kayano]

Kayano: What...! What are you doing, Takeru-kun!?

Takeru: Shhh. If you're loud, Yuu-chan will find us.

Kayano's thoughts: What...?

**Pg. 83**

Kayano: Yeah, but...if we're here together...

//dokin dokin// [Kayano's heart beating]

Takeru: ...What? I thought you wanted to be alone?

//dokin// [Kayano's heart thumps]

Takeru's words: "Let's play hide-n-seek" "Oh, I see...you're pouting"

Kayano's thoughts: What's with you?...Stupid Takeru-kun.

Kayano: Yes...I wanted to...

**Pg. 84**

Kayano: I wanted to be alone with you!

Kayano's thoughts: He always makes me say things with that smiling face.

//dokin dokin// [Kayano's heart thumping]

Kayano's thoughts: He even...

**Pg. 85**

Kayano's thoughts: ...Makes me do things like this. I can never win.

//gasa// [bushes move]

**Pg. 86**

Kamijou: I found you!! Don't be fooling around, man!

//kaaaa// [Kayano turning red]

Kayano's thoughts: With Kamijou-kun's tenacity, he found everyone pretty fast. Where is the destiny?

Teammates: Alright, Uezumi-kun, you can pick your partner!

Youhei: Rika-chan...

Rika: NO! DEFINITELY NO!

**Pg. 87**

Youhei: That's messed up...I wasn't found 'til the end...

//jiwa// [Youhei about to cry]

Rika: You always cry...

Youhei: Just the cheek...

Youhei: N!

Kayano's thoughts: This event that wasn't expected to happen now closes.

Kamijou: I'm so glad.

Haru: H....Hey! Kamijou!! Everyone's looking!

Kamijou: Oh! I forgot.

**Pg. 88**

Kamijou: Saitou, the worker at the karaoke place gave me this.

Kayano: What?

Kamijou: He said that it was probably important.

Kayano's thoughts: I threw that away!!

Kamijou: This is yours, right? I saw you carrying it before.

Kayano: No, no! Oh!

//pasa// [bag falls]

Teammates: ...a hand-knit scarf?

//saaaaaa// [Kayano turns pale]

**Pg. 89**

Kayano's thoughts: I'm so embarassed!!

Kayano: It's not mine...

Takeru: Sorry, this is mine.

**Pg. 90**

Kayano's thoughts: A moderate happiness falls on Christmas.

//tokun tokun// [Kayano's heart beating]

Takeru: Good evening!

Kayano's thoughts: If everyone's good, I'm sure everyone else will be happy too.

Takeru's dad: Merry Christmas!! Ho ho ho!

**Pg. 91**

Kayano: Mr. Edogawa....

Takeru's dad: I'm not Mr. Edogawa, I'm Santa! Ho ho ho!

//beri// [Takeru rips off the beard]

Takeru's dad: ....Ow.

//shiiiiin// [silence]

Kayano's mom: I'm glad you were with Takeru-kun because I was getting worried about you, Kayano.

Kayano: ...Sorry.

**Pg. 92**

Takeru: We were at a basketball party, Tokiko-san.

Kayano's mom: Oh, really? I thought she went out on a date since she went out on Christmas Eve.

//gobo// [Kayano spits in her drink]

Takeru's dad: What? Do you have a boyfriend, Kayano-chan?

//dokin dokin// [Kayano's heart thumping]

Kayano: No, no.

Kayano's mom: You better introduce him when you get a new boyfriend, okay?

**Pg. 93**
Kayano: O...okay. Ha ha ha.

Kayano's thoughts: If I could do that, I wouldn't go through all this trouble, Mom.

Takeru: Tokiko-san, you're a great cook.

Kayano's mom: Oh, Takeru-kun. You're embarassing me.

Takeru's dad: Ha ha ha. Aren't you happy, Takeru? You can eat this great food everyday pretty soon.

**Pg. 94**

Kayano: ...Huh? What do you mean soon?

Takeru's dad: I thought I'd have you and your mom move in with us by spring.

Kayano's thoughts: The sweet...

**Pg. 95**

Kayano: WHAAAT!?

Kayano's thoughts: ...and dangerous scent will be drifting about together with the spring air soon.