??
September, unknown day
Kenji walks home from school. He sees Manaka at the
bookstore.
健二：（あれ？あそこにいるの、高嶺じゃ…）
Kenji: (Huh? That’s Takane…)
愛花：小島くん。
Manaka: Kojima-kun.
健二：オッス、高嶺、寄り道？
Kenji: What’s up, Takane? Stopping on the way home?
愛花：違うの！ちょっと、本屋さんでお買いものしただけでこれは…。
Manaka: That’s not it! I just had something I needed to
buy at the bookstore…
健二：冗談だから、落ち着いて…で、なに買ったの？
Kenji: I was joking. Calm down… So what did you buy?
愛花：“とわのウォッチャー”っていう、雑誌を。
Manaka: A magazine called “Towano Watcher”.
健二：あぁ、レジャー情報誌だろ？どっか行くの？
Kenji: I see. A leisure magazine, right? Are you going
somewhere?
愛花：わたし、お隣の小学生のお勉強、とこどき見てあげてるんだけど、その子の成績が上がったご褒美に、どこかに連れて行ってあげようと思って、それで。
Manaka: Sometimes I tutor the next door grade-schooler.
As a reward for getting her grades up, I thought I’d take her somewhere.
健二：へぇ…で、どこ行くの？
Kenji: Is that so…? So, where are you going to go?
愛花：それを雑誌で…だって、下見に行っておくべきだと思うの。よそ様の子を預かるでしょ？だから。今度の日曜に。
Manaka: That’s why I bought the magazine… I thought I
should check out some places before deciding. I’m looking after someone’s
child, after all. So I’ll go this Sunday.
健二：（高嶺って、本当に真面目だな…ん？もしかして…）その下見ってさ、一人で行ったりする？
Kenji: (Takane is so serious about this… Hm… I wonder…)
Are you going by yourself?
愛花：…ええ、そのつもり。
Manaka: …Yes, that’s the plan.
健二：俺も一緒に行っちゃだめ？
Kenji: I can come along with you, can’t I?
愛花：どうして？
Manaka: Why?
健二：ちょっと日曜、ヒマだなぁって思ってたから。ダメ？
Kenji: I just happen to be free this Sunday. Is that
okay?
愛花：でも、それじゃまるで、その、人から見たら…。
Manaka: But, in that case, from other people’s
perspectives…
健二：デートみたいってこと？
Kenji: It would look like a date?
愛花：…。
Manaka: …
健二：俺、レジャースポットくわしいよ？そんな雑誌なんかよりさ。ダメ？
Kenji: I’m pretty knowledgeable when it comes to leisure spots.
Maybe even more so than that magazine. So how about it?
愛花：本当？
Manaka: Really?
健二：うん。
Kenji: Yeah.
愛花：じゃあ…お願いします。
Manaka: Then… if you would.
健二：よし、じゃあまた、日曜な？
Kenji: All right. Then I’ll see you this Sunday?
愛花：うん…日曜。
Manaka: Yeah… Sunday.
Manaka takes her leave.
健二：（ちょっと強引だったか…スポット、ちゃんと調べとこう）
Kenji: (I was a bit aggressive there… I should go and
check out some spots.)
But you did manage to get Manaka to go out with you, right?
No need to get too worried about it.
No need to get too worried about it.
Later that Sunday…
?? September,
Sunday
The two arrive at the hills.
健二：さ、着いたぞ！
Kenji: All right, we’ve arrived!
愛花：空が高くて気持ちいい…紅葉もきれい…。
Manaka: It feels nice looking up at the sky… The leaves
are also beautiful…
健二：まあな。きれいだけど…歩く腹減りそうだな？
Kenji: Yeah, it’s beautiful, but… all that walking has
made me hungry.
Looks like all that walking has made Kenji slightly
hungry. Not to worry: Manaka came prepared.
愛花：ふふ…わたし、お弁当作ってきたから、良かったらどうぞ？
Manaka: Hehe… I made a lunch box. Would you like some?
健二：やった！なんかデートみたいだな？
Kenji: Hooray! Somehow, doesn’t this seem like a date?
Kenji is happy that Manaka has made bento for the both
of them, but it really looks like they are having a date. Manaka suggest they
go off-track then, so that no one would notice the two so much.
愛花：うん、だから少し、離れて歩きましょう？
Manaka: Well, in that case, we’d better walk away from
the crowds.
Wouldn’t
that look even more like you two are having a date, Manaka?
健二：（そこは違うんだ…）
Kenji: (That’s not what I meant…)
So you
think so as well, Kenji. Keep quiet and enjoy your picnic.
After having their picnic, they walk for a while more
before having tea at the riverside restaurant.
健二：高嶺って、料理得意なんだな？ごちそうさま。
Kenji: Takane, I’ve never known that you were this good
at cooking. Thanks for the meal.
愛花：いいえ、お粗末さまでした、ふふ！
Manaka: Don’t mention it; it was my pleasure, hehe!
健二：紅葉もきれいだったし、楽しかったな？
Kenji: The autumn leaves were beautiful. It was fun,
right?
愛花：うん、ちょっと後ろめたいみたい。
Manaka: Yeah, but I feel a bit guilty now.
健二：なんで？
Kenji: Why?
愛花：だって、今日はユミちゃんのための下見に来たのに、ダメね？
Manaka: Because I was just supposed to come today for
Yumi-chan’s sake. So this is not good, right?
健二：いいだろ、楽しいってわかったんだし。高嶺って、ほんっとに真面目だな？
Kenji: It’s fine because now you know how much fun it is.
Hmm… You are really serious about everything, Takane.
愛花：…。
Manaka: …
健二：ん？
Kenji: Hm?
愛花：…ごめんなさい。
Manaka: …I’m sorry.
健二：どうして？
Kenji: …For what?
愛花：自分でもね、あぁ、わたしってずれてるなって思う、本当よ？いけないことはいけないこと。でも、それだけじゃ窮屈って、わかってる。わたし、そういうの、みんなみたいに上手くコントロール出来なくて…。だから、ごめんなさい。わたしと一緒だと、窮屈だって、わかってるから。
Manaka: You know, I also think to myself “Ah, I’m just so
odd.” It’s true. I don’t do things that I’m not allowed to. But I’m still well
aware of how withdrawn I am. Unlike everyone else, I’m just not good at
expressing myself… So, I’m sorry. I know that being together with me must be
tiring for you.
Lady, Kenji has a
wingman who routinely wins awards for being odd. I seriously don’t think it’s
tiring for him to be with you as it is being stuck with me.
Kenji evaluates his options:
- 窮屈なんて、思わないよ (You are not like that at all.)
- やっぱり、固いな (Yeah, you’re a bit withdrawn.)
- それが高嶺のいいところだろ？ (But that’s Takane’s good point, right?)
He chooses the third option, since he likes how Manaka
is focused at what she does. Besides, he’s not one to sugarcoat things.
健二：真面目で悪いなんて、そんなのおかしいだろ。
Kenji: And how can being diligent be a bad thing? I just
don’t agree.
愛花：でも…。
Manaka: But…
健二：俺は、それでいいと思う。
Kenji: Personally, I think you’re fine as you are.
愛花：…。
Manaka: …
They walk together to the Oku-Towano station.
愛花：小島くん。
Manaka: Kojima-kun.
健二：ん？
Kenji: Hm?
愛花：わたしね、今、やっと気がついちゃった。もし今日わたし一人だったら、きっと、この帰り道も、すごく寂しかったろうなって。だから、一緒に来てくれたんだよね？
Manaka: I’ve just realised it. If I had gone alone today,
I would’ve felt very lonely on my way home. You knew that, so that’s why you
offered to come with me, right?
健二：どうだったっけな？
Kenji: I wonder if that’s the case…
Don’t act blur,
Kenji.
愛花：…優しいね。
Manaka: …You are so kind.
健二：困った時はお互い様、だろ？
Kenji: Always help out one another when in need, right?
愛花：うん、ありがとう。
Manaka: Yeah… Thank you.
They return to New Towano station.
健二：じゃあ、またな？
Kenji: So, see you later?
愛花：うん…あの、ダブルスも、がんばろうね？
Manaka: Um, well… For the mixed doubles match, let’s do
our best, okay?
健二：そうだな。
Kenji: Okay.
愛花：練習、がんばらなくちゃ…。
Manaka: We really have to practice hard…
健二：ああ、じゃあ、もう遅いから…。
Kenji: Right. Oh, it’s getting pretty late…
愛花：あの…もし良かったら…ううん。またね？
Manaka: Um… If you want to, maybe… Never mind. Bye.
健二：（…？俺も、練習がんばらなきゃな…）
Kenji: (…? Well… I have to practice extra hard…)
Moonstone’s notes
Like the flashback
pages from earlier, the date denoted is calculated backwards from the date of
the confession (14 October), so it will definitely be before I started the
game. However, the resultant date is unknown for these two days because I did
not record down the day number the events happened, so I was unable to
calculate backwards.
Translations are
adapted from the English fan translation of Love Plus. I’ve changed the
translations slightly so that it sounds more natural (at least to me).
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