Today’s start up message is ハッピーバースデー!今日は一番大切な人が生まれた日。すーき!
That’s
actually quite cute.
I shifted
the time exactly 1 day ahead so that Kenji can have his celebration while I’m
still free.
Kenji meets Manaka at the school courtyard.
愛花:健二くん。
健二:マナカ姫。なに?
愛花:自分のお誕生日を忘れちゃったの?そう…じゃあこれはあげない。
健二:ちょっと待った!いる!プレゼント!
愛花:ふふふ!じゃあ、約束してくれる?わたしのお誕生日を忘れないこと!
Lady,
that’s three days after the wingman’s birthday. If Kenji doesn’t remember, I’ll
make sure he does. That's assuming I don't graduate first, though.
健二:…うん。
愛花:その間はなぁに?…ふふっ、でも許してあげる。
Manaka takes out the nicely-wrapped present box from
behind her.
愛花:あなたが生まれてきてくれた、ステキな日だもんね?はい、どうぞ。
健二:サンキュ!大切にするよ。
愛花:うん。お誕生日おめでとう。あなたにとって、いい1年になりますように。
Kenji looks at his present. It’s a glass pair. Of
course as is usual, Manaka most likely kept one of them. What's interesting is
that they emit the exact same frequency when struck, or so the description
says.
A review of
the presents received shows an interesting pattern: they are all pairs, where
presumably one half is kept by Manaka.
Anyway,
here’s a quote from exactly one year ago:
“No guarantees
here. I’ll be in university by then, and by then it is possible I would have a
real girlfriend. The only thing that would remind me is that her birthday is
three days away from mine.”
Huh. That
was overly optimistic. I’m changing my forecast to within 5 years from now, but
I still think it might be too optimistic.
Kenji then goes for his test.
健二:今のテスト、まぁまぁだな。
After his test, he receives a call from Manaka.
健二:もしもし。
愛花:もしもし。わたし、愛花だよ。今いい?
健二:いいよ、どうした?
愛花:あのね…。週末、デートしよう?ここでいいかな?(室内プール)
Sure, why
not?
健二:うん。いいよ。
愛花:じゃあ、持ち合わせは何時にしようか?
健二:そうだな…。
Late
afternoon?
健二:4:00PM
愛花:うん、それでいいよ。
健二:じゃあ、PM4時0分に新とわの駅で。
愛花:ふふ、決まりね。やった。
健二:うん。
愛花:じゃ、またね。
健二:うん。じゃあ、また。
…
愛花:ほら。電話、切ろうよ。
健二:そっちだって。
愛花:切りたくないな…。じゃあ…好き!〈ビッ〉
健二:え!?(び、びっくりした)
After the call, Kenji receives a text from Manaka
about that sudden invitation.
愛花:突然誘って、ごめんね。健二くんとデートしたくて、ガマンできなくなっちゃった
健二:〈愛の言葉〉
愛花:わたしも…わたしも同じ気持ちだから
And another text regarding the upcoming cultural
festival on 1 November.
Definitely
confirmed that there was an ulterior motive to Kenji sleeping in.
愛花:な?って…ダメ、こんなところで。
健二:いいじゃん。な?
愛花:もう…。
Kenji moves in to kiss Manaka.
愛花:うん、待ってた。ふふ。
Kenji then kisses Manaka.
愛花:あなたは、わたしのすべて。…なんて。
…
愛花:ふぅ…。
健二:ハァー。
愛花:いや。もう、恥ずかしいよ…。
They walk to school together, this time discussing
about what kind of pet he would like to rear.
愛花:ねぇ、動物を飼うなら何がいい?
I like
little parrots. Feisty little creatures, but really cute.
健二:俺の部屋、ペット飼っちゃいけないからな…。
And that’s
why if I ever get a chance to own (not rent) a house, I will take it. No landlords
to take instructions from.
愛花:じゃあ「もし」飼うなら?
健二:現実的に考えると、金魚か亀かな。場所とらないし世話も楽しそうだし。
Used to
keep goldfish, but they dirty the fish tank very quickly. Moved on to more
local fish like gourami but never had them ever since the tank burst. Decided
on chiclids after reconstructing the tank.
愛花:亀なら、ウサギのほうがいいよ。
健二:「ウサギとカメ」か。いいかもな、鳴かないし。
Well that
definitely crosses out parrots, then?
愛花:じゃあ、ウサギ!飼うなら、ウサギに決定だね?
A bit
rushed, aren’t we?
健二:「もし」の話だよな?
They hold hands and kiss as they walk to school together.
During lunch break…
健二:なあ、あれから親御さんたち、仲直りした?
愛花:うーん…完全には、まだ。
I’m pretty
sure there is supposed to be context, but I’m not seeing it.