I was betrayed.. by a bookstore!
WARRRHGHGHHHAAAAAAAARRR!!! I went to Kino last week to buy HtY 19, but it wasn't there. Thinking that it hadn't arrived yet, I went home and checked their shipping schedule. No HtY on the list. Okay, maybe there was a delay or something, I thought. After waiting another week, HtY still wasn't in the list of imports. So I went down to the stupid Orchard store to try my luck and if it wasn't there, ask them where the hell HtY was. And there it was, HtY. BUT IT WAS issue 20!!! Which means 19 never got imported?! Or did I miss it? wtf. Even though I checked their bloody announcement page everyday?? Curse youuuuu Kinokuniyaaaaaa!!! Now I have an incomplete HtY collection. And I was so looking forward to the furoku too ;_; A furuba marker set.. I was so disappointed I had half a mind to not buy HtY anymore.. so I loitered at the japanese magazine section checking out the other mags. But in the end I still picked up issue 20.. because it came with a V.B.Rose, Nosatsu Junky, Meine Liebe and Fullhouse Kiss drama cd :p There was also HtY Plus but I didn't have enough cash with me :/ One of Kaori Yuki's works is on the cover.. damn it looked pretty. There's also a special short story by Natsuki Takaya in it argh!! There were only 2 copies left so i'm quite sure it'll be sold out by tomorrow. Curse you Kinooooooo for wasting my time!!! There was no mention of HtY or HtY Plus anywhere in your list *hisssss*
裏切りものめ！！ >:O
Momiji’s mother is watering the plants when she realizes someone’s standing there. Momiji wishes her a good morning...
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Flashback start
Akito runs to Momiji and begs for him not to leave her now that the curse has been lifted. Momiji looks cold.. which is pretty un-Momiji like, but I guess it’s because he has a lot on his mind. He tells Akito to go home for now, and that he will go see her tomorrow instead so they can talk.
Flashback end
In school (I think it’s lunch break), Haru asks Yuki if he’s seen Momiji anywhere. Yuki asks if he’s absent, but Haru says he came but was late for school. He senses that something’s not right with Momiji, but can’t quite put his finger on it. Then Tohru comes and he asks her about Momiji, which leads her to think that something has happened and goes into typical panic mode :) Yuki reprimands Haru for scaring her and tells Tohru that it isn’t the truth. Tohru suddenly falters and blushes and Yuki sees the cause of it; Kyou is approaching.
Yuki says “Aa.. it’s you.” And Kyou says “Aa?” *veinpop* but doesn’t stay long to chat. From a distance, Momiji observes Tohru looking at Kyou and blushing when he passes. Kyou later finds him there and also realizes something’s different with him, to which Momiji replies “That’s because the curse has been lifted off me” with a really alien expression. Kyou looks surprised and Momiji acts as if he was pulling the other's leg. “Kidding~ Were you shocked?” Then he says that Tohru would be much happier if the curse got lifted off Kyou, compared to him. Kyou realizes the implication of what he’s just said. Momiji says “You understand now, don’t you? The one who’s frustrated.. is me.” And he walks away. Kyou is rooted to the spot, mortified, telling Momiji that he doesn’t want to know something like that, while having flashbacks of Kyoko’s accident, and of Tohru. Then he says “despicable...” and I’m not sure if he’s referring to Momiji telling him that he has feelings for Tohru, or himself not being able to tell Tohru about his feelings because of something that happened in the past. I’d interpret it as the latter. I think for some reason he feels responsible for Kyoko’s death.
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At the main house, Momiji goes to see Akito and apologizes for asking her to leave the previous day. He tells her that he’s been thinking about a lot of things since then, like why it was only him who was lifted from the curse and that he still doesn’t have a conclusion for that, but one thing he is sure of is that he can’t continue to be by Akito’s side anymore. Akito slaps him and calls him a traitor and says that even if he left he doesn’t even have any place to go back to, that there’s no way his parents will welcome him back into their home, that there’s no way he’ll find happiness. Momiji says he knows all that. “Even though I’m this free now, I’ve become so lonely...”
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Momiji’s mother asks if this was the way to his school and he replies that it wasn’t and that he was just taking a different route today. His mother says he’s grown up so much she didn’t recognize him at first, which prompts him to ask about his sister. She says Momo’s still very much a child, and something about going abroad for the summer break and her being very excited. Then she asks if Momiji’s family is going anywhere during the summer break...
narrative: A happiness in a faraway place, that I’m not a part of.
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Momiji says that now that he was free and though he feels disheartened, happiness may be in the future waiting in store for him, so Akito shouldn’t decide so selfishly that it isn’t possible. He says that finally he can walk forwards on his own path from now on and asks how long Akito is going to stay where she is.
Momiji: “The one who’s most afraid of not having a place to go back to and not being able to find happiness is-“
Akito: “SHUT UP.. shut up... get lost......”
Momiji exits the room and cries silently at the door. Akito looks uncertain.
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Momiji says it’s about time that he went on his way, and his mother wishes him off and tells him to be careful. Momiji waves goodbye with a bright smile.
“うん”
Family, bonds, a place to return to. Even if these things are lost, as long as there is hope, we can walk forwards. With feelings of a newborn...
END.
Wow.. this chapter made me really, really, really saaaad. The curse is really a double-edged sword. I’m worried for Momiji and how he will cope, having to start from the beginning. And it’s really hard to see him distancing himself from the others.. especially Tohru. Argh! I should be happy for him. He can lead a normal life from now on. Seeing him so strong and positive in spite of everything makes me want to support him with every fiber of my being!!!! Don’t worry, Momiji!!! Soon every one will have their curses lifted, and you can all start your lives afresh together! That’s what I want to believe. Pleaseeee Takaya-sensei, give him a happy ending....
裏切りものめ！！ >:O
Momiji’s mother is watering the plants when she realizes someone’s standing there. Momiji wishes her a good morning...
* * *
Flashback start
Akito runs to Momiji and begs for him not to leave her now that the curse has been lifted. Momiji looks cold.. which is pretty un-Momiji like, but I guess it’s because he has a lot on his mind. He tells Akito to go home for now, and that he will go see her tomorrow instead so they can talk.
Flashback end
In school (I think it’s lunch break), Haru asks Yuki if he’s seen Momiji anywhere. Yuki asks if he’s absent, but Haru says he came but was late for school. He senses that something’s not right with Momiji, but can’t quite put his finger on it. Then Tohru comes and he asks her about Momiji, which leads her to think that something has happened and goes into typical panic mode :) Yuki reprimands Haru for scaring her and tells Tohru that it isn’t the truth. Tohru suddenly falters and blushes and Yuki sees the cause of it; Kyou is approaching.
Yuki says “Aa.. it’s you.” And Kyou says “Aa?” *veinpop* but doesn’t stay long to chat. From a distance, Momiji observes Tohru looking at Kyou and blushing when he passes. Kyou later finds him there and also realizes something’s different with him, to which Momiji replies “That’s because the curse has been lifted off me” with a really alien expression. Kyou looks surprised and Momiji acts as if he was pulling the other's leg. “Kidding~ Were you shocked?” Then he says that Tohru would be much happier if the curse got lifted off Kyou, compared to him. Kyou realizes the implication of what he’s just said. Momiji says “You understand now, don’t you? The one who’s frustrated.. is me.” And he walks away. Kyou is rooted to the spot, mortified, telling Momiji that he doesn’t want to know something like that, while having flashbacks of Kyoko’s accident, and of Tohru. Then he says “despicable...” and I’m not sure if he’s referring to Momiji telling him that he has feelings for Tohru, or himself not being able to tell Tohru about his feelings because of something that happened in the past. I’d interpret it as the latter. I think for some reason he feels responsible for Kyoko’s death.
* * *
At the main house, Momiji goes to see Akito and apologizes for asking her to leave the previous day. He tells her that he’s been thinking about a lot of things since then, like why it was only him who was lifted from the curse and that he still doesn’t have a conclusion for that, but one thing he is sure of is that he can’t continue to be by Akito’s side anymore. Akito slaps him and calls him a traitor and says that even if he left he doesn’t even have any place to go back to, that there’s no way his parents will welcome him back into their home, that there’s no way he’ll find happiness. Momiji says he knows all that. “Even though I’m this free now, I’ve become so lonely...”
* * *
Momiji’s mother asks if this was the way to his school and he replies that it wasn’t and that he was just taking a different route today. His mother says he’s grown up so much she didn’t recognize him at first, which prompts him to ask about his sister. She says Momo’s still very much a child, and something about going abroad for the summer break and her being very excited. Then she asks if Momiji’s family is going anywhere during the summer break...
narrative: A happiness in a faraway place, that I’m not a part of.
* * *
Momiji says that now that he was free and though he feels disheartened, happiness may be in the future waiting in store for him, so Akito shouldn’t decide so selfishly that it isn’t possible. He says that finally he can walk forwards on his own path from now on and asks how long Akito is going to stay where she is.
Momiji: “The one who’s most afraid of not having a place to go back to and not being able to find happiness is-“
Akito: “SHUT UP.. shut up... get lost......”
Momiji exits the room and cries silently at the door. Akito looks uncertain.
* * *
Momiji says it’s about time that he went on his way, and his mother wishes him off and tells him to be careful. Momiji waves goodbye with a bright smile.
“うん”
Family, bonds, a place to return to. Even if these things are lost, as long as there is hope, we can walk forwards. With feelings of a newborn...
END.
Wow.. this chapter made me really, really, really saaaad. The curse is really a double-edged sword. I’m worried for Momiji and how he will cope, having to start from the beginning. And it’s really hard to see him distancing himself from the others.. especially Tohru. Argh! I should be happy for him. He can lead a normal life from now on. Seeing him so strong and positive in spite of everything makes me want to support him with every fiber of my being!!!! Don’t worry, Momiji!!! Soon every one will have their curses lifted, and you can all start your lives afresh together! That’s what I want to believe. Pleaseeee Takaya-sensei, give him a happy ending....