~And you should have told me when you met me all these things I should know. And I should have asked
1)Well, Tennenouji came out with the final demo for the new game...and I have no idea how to respond to the inclusion of tentacle/snake kink scenes.
2)Posting this early, since tommorow will be too busy with attending a birthday party. Yeeesh
[...Let's see, you're teasing me aren't you?]
This guy, has been like that since long ago. For being a quiet unsociable person, since the time we where students he'd show a detestable side from time to time like this.
[You did well at realizing it]
[This...]
Drawing in one of my legs above the stool, I reclined my head above the knee.
What Teruaki points out as, ''Are you not (just) being used?''.
Wrong. Norizane, isn't a man like that.
...No, I can't say there haven't been times I've suspected that maybe Norizane had betrayed me.
Once we gradute, I won't be able to be by his side. That the days we spend apart, would one day pass the days we had spent together at some point was something I was aware of since the time we were students.
The heart of a human--My own heart, isn't that strong. For this reason, I'd think of what I can do, and.
...However, once I'd talk to him like this, I notice that even something like that doesn't matter to me.
If he used me, then let him. If he's betraying me, well then that too is fine with me. That 'If Norizane is changing, well then it's because there was a need to', the me who can keep believing that.
--Geez.
Mitsunobu closes his eyes.
Why is it, that people can't be more honest/simple? Just what is it that I wish to do with this man, who'd bring out emotions that would feel like overwhelming/saturation me simultaniously.
[...Tsuchida?]
The conversation was suddenly paused.
[Tsuchida, what's wrong?]
[...I was recalling various things]
Hearing a reply, I feel relief.
[Various? For example...?]
[Mostly about the days we where students. Thanks to you, I had no spare time to feel at ease]
[Probably]
Remembering it, me cheeks slackens naturally.
[--Kaneko]
[Hm?]
[I'm looking forward to the day, I read a novel that was written by you]
It was a kind, and deep voice. Concealing the sudden arise of shivers, I ask.
[What is this about, all of a sudden?]
[As I thought, being a writer suits you more]
[As I said, what are you...?]
[Sorry. I kept quiet about it until now but, during the time we were stundets, there is a time I had read a little of something you had written.]
「…………」
[You probably left it behind at the storehouse, Certainly...it was during the time Kinoshita quit school, was it? While going there to search for you, I saw it by chance]
...I see.
'Sorry', it's like I could picture Norizane bowing his head by the receiver. Strength left from the whole of my body.
[That's detestable]
[Sorry]
[I see, so that was why you complained that much about my career choice]
『…………』
Norizane's silence, in most cases, is affirmation. This hasn't changed since long ago.
[However, you, are misunderstanding. That was the thing people call amusing oneself to kill time. Since, that I would succeed my father had been decided long before before I entered that school]
If I'm asked if it was the furure I wished for myself, it wasn't. At the time I heard Norizane say he's joining the army, it's also the thing I resolved myself to.
However, even if that was not the case, I probably wouldn't have become a writer like that. There was something I had to pass through for the sake of that, and for the me of that time, it was insufficient.
[I was always wondering, if I hadn't screwed up your life]
[...Moron, what are you saying]
Mitsunobu shook his head. It's not like he wished to be thought of like that. Neither had he wished to become a burden.
'That a woman prepared for his own sake is heavy', he thought about Hinako.
If I think that, perhaps Norizane too was savoring these feelings, my insides grew cold. That is completely wrong!
Naturally, my voice grows offended.
[I told you to 'not misunderstand' before as well, didn't I? It's not like I picked my current path for your sake. Don't be conceited]
As I'd strongly say that, Norizane oddly, and surprisingly quickly agreed.
[Is that so?]
[It indeed is]
[However, you, become a writer]
[...Are you even listening to what people are saying?]
As usual, he's a man that's stubborn at odd places. Mitsunobu twists his lips.
[You see, I've had enough of living in poverty. Therefore, I won't become something like a writer]
[Too modest]
[What do you mean by that?]
[You intend to become a writer that must live in poverty? You're not that much of an admirable man]
[Unfortunately, I'm more modest than you think me to be]
[Oh?]
A sigh that would be similar to tickling my ears.
--This guy, is daring to laugh.
Mitsunobu, curses while facing the brass-made receiver.
[Hey, don't laugh! It's eerie if that sour face of yours laughs]
[Humans, no matter who they are, are something that will laugh if they're amused]
Norizane is oddly cheerful. As I'd listen to his laughter, gradually, being angry at him turned to feel stupid.
Seriously, I give up.
[Fine. I get it, so. ...I will write, once this war ends that is]
[Is that true?]
[Aa, I'll promise. The you who wouldn't read much during our student days, is saying that he'll read it. There's no way I wouldn't write]
[...I see]
His voice is tender. Somehow I feel like sulking. If we talk like this, of course I'd feel like wishing to see his face.
However, that's not an option. If I look up at the wall clock placed on the wall of the corridor, it's already late into the night.
[...It's ended up being quite long, hasn't it]
[Indeed. I was in the middle of being preached at by sir father. I must return as well soon]
Feeling kinda relieved yet kinda dissapointed about Norizane being the one to give the excuse to hang up, while being in quite a difficult mood I half-rise to my feet.
Norizane, said he was going to be at home till the next naval operation. In that case, there are probably still chances to meet.
[Kaneko]
[What is it?]
[...No, it's nothing. More important that that]
--Inside this long time of association, the voice resounding in a way I haven't heard once until now, said.
[Live freely]
Geez, what is he suddenly saying?
Mitsunobu is bewildered, while looking at the receiver. While it is Norizane's bad habbit to hang up, the moment his business is over but even for that, it is sudden.
The inside of my chest was uplifted, and after a long time I was feeling refreshed. However just what is, this, swelling inside the innermost depths of my heart?
Truly, it isn't like him. Speaking strange things, telling stuff at this late hour. Moreover, his reason for calling is ''Because I wished to hear your voice'', is what he said.
That man who doesn't even have a splinter of romance, said ''Because I wished to hear your voice''--
「…………」
Mitsunobu seizes his chest.
The throbbing had become violent.
The palm of his hands tightly held his necktie and shirt on their own.
[--Tokieda]
I rush out of the telephone booth.
[Tokieda!]
I raise my voice. Tokieda appeared immediately.
[Did you call, Mitsunobu-sama?]
[I have a request for you]
After heading for the entry hall at a fast pace, I ordered.
[Do you remember Tsuchida Norizane, of the same school I went to?]
[Yes]
[Which warship is he assigned to, what naval operations is he following, please investigate it immediately. As quickly as possible]
[Understood. And where is Mitsunobu-sama (going)?]
[It's my own business!]
Leaving the entry hall, crossing the entranceway, towards the garage. As I'd pick up the nearest key in the waiting room of the chauffeurs, I climbed into the car.
I flew out from the gates, opened by the servants who rushed outside in a hurry.
When I went there countless times before, I was walking in line with Tsuchida. Will I really know the way?
--It was unlike Tsuchida.
Inside the uneasiness that would feel like it's tearing apart my heart, I grip the handle. I felt like cursing my own foolishness.
Wsn't it just, too much unlike him?
Something that was settled long ago--Saying something he hadn't mentioned ever again since the time of graduation, such--!,
Norizane's house, which I barely managed to reach somehow, even had it's light's off
The balsam that was lively red when I came here during summer, missing the season, was withering already.
[Tsuchida!]
I strike at the door.
[Tsuchida, Tsuchida...Tsuchida-!]
Even if I strook it many times, the glass door would only make the sound of rattling.
Probably because he was being too loud, the inhabitant of the neibhoring houses would yell at him while appearing from the window, is it that they recognized Mitsunobu's car and personal appearance, their features softened.
[Excuse me, Tsuchida. The man of this house, right now-]
[If it's about Tsuchida-san, it seems he left yesterday evening. Asking to take care of the house, since it's possible that he'll be absent for a long time.].
--Well then, that phonecall by itself, was not something done from this house.
Though I felt like crumbling down at the spot, my self-respect didn't allow it.
I don't know even if I had drived properly.
Reaching home, the me who said something while showing a smile to Hikaruko who seemed to have waited for me while worried, is the me of which world exactly?
Seriously, what an insensitive guy. Dissapearing without even meeting me, after making such a call. It's just as if--
Without even turning on the light, as I'd fall down on the bed, the sound of knocking by the door of the adjoining room.
[...Come in]
[Excuse me]
The one to appear from the doors he had left wide open of the bedroom, was Tokieda. Mitsunobu would sluggishly get up, and sit down on the bed. Tokieda did slightly frown but, he returned to his usual expression soon after.
[I've finished investigating, about the case you instructed me to]
[...Tsuchida is?]
[Seems to be boarding the ship supplying food to Gashima]
Gashima--Guadalcanal. Isn't it the site of the bloody battle?
[...Really, an insensitive guy isn't he]
A dry laugh spilled out. Tokieda is making a puzzled look.
[No...it's nothing. Sorry about disturbing you in the middle of the night. Please rest]
[...Good night]
[Aa, 'night
The door would close, and the original darkness returns.
It didn't seem likely at all, that I'd be able to sleep.
TBC - Accidental reunion
Welp, and there went Tsuchida. Exit - stage left for another 10 chapters?
2)Posting this early, since tommorow will be too busy with attending a birthday party. Yeeesh
[...Let's see, you're teasing me aren't you?]
This guy, has been like that since long ago. For being a quiet unsociable person, since the time we where students he'd show a detestable side from time to time like this.
[You did well at realizing it]
[This...]
Drawing in one of my legs above the stool, I reclined my head above the knee.
What Teruaki points out as, ''Are you not (just) being used?''.
Wrong. Norizane, isn't a man like that.
...No, I can't say there haven't been times I've suspected that maybe Norizane had betrayed me.
Once we gradute, I won't be able to be by his side. That the days we spend apart, would one day pass the days we had spent together at some point was something I was aware of since the time we were students.
The heart of a human--My own heart, isn't that strong. For this reason, I'd think of what I can do, and.
...However, once I'd talk to him like this, I notice that even something like that doesn't matter to me.
If he used me, then let him. If he's betraying me, well then that too is fine with me. That 'If Norizane is changing, well then it's because there was a need to', the me who can keep believing that.
--Geez.
Mitsunobu closes his eyes.
Why is it, that people can't be more honest/simple? Just what is it that I wish to do with this man, who'd bring out emotions that would feel like overwhelming/saturation me simultaniously.
[...Tsuchida?]
The conversation was suddenly paused.
[Tsuchida, what's wrong?]
[...I was recalling various things]
Hearing a reply, I feel relief.
[Various? For example...?]
[Mostly about the days we where students. Thanks to you, I had no spare time to feel at ease]
[Probably]
Remembering it, me cheeks slackens naturally.
[--Kaneko]
[Hm?]
[I'm looking forward to the day, I read a novel that was written by you]
It was a kind, and deep voice. Concealing the sudden arise of shivers, I ask.
[What is this about, all of a sudden?]
[As I thought, being a writer suits you more]
[As I said, what are you...?]
[Sorry. I kept quiet about it until now but, during the time we were stundets, there is a time I had read a little of something you had written.]
「…………」
[You probably left it behind at the storehouse, Certainly...it was during the time Kinoshita quit school, was it? While going there to search for you, I saw it by chance]
...I see.
'Sorry', it's like I could picture Norizane bowing his head by the receiver. Strength left from the whole of my body.
[That's detestable]
[Sorry]
[I see, so that was why you complained that much about my career choice]
『…………』
Norizane's silence, in most cases, is affirmation. This hasn't changed since long ago.
[However, you, are misunderstanding. That was the thing people call amusing oneself to kill time. Since, that I would succeed my father had been decided long before before I entered that school]
If I'm asked if it was the furure I wished for myself, it wasn't. At the time I heard Norizane say he's joining the army, it's also the thing I resolved myself to.
However, even if that was not the case, I probably wouldn't have become a writer like that. There was something I had to pass through for the sake of that, and for the me of that time, it was insufficient.
[I was always wondering, if I hadn't screwed up your life]
[...Moron, what are you saying]
Mitsunobu shook his head. It's not like he wished to be thought of like that. Neither had he wished to become a burden.
'That a woman prepared for his own sake is heavy', he thought about Hinako.
If I think that, perhaps Norizane too was savoring these feelings, my insides grew cold. That is completely wrong!
Naturally, my voice grows offended.
[I told you to 'not misunderstand' before as well, didn't I? It's not like I picked my current path for your sake. Don't be conceited]
As I'd strongly say that, Norizane oddly, and surprisingly quickly agreed.
[Is that so?]
[It indeed is]
[However, you, become a writer]
[...Are you even listening to what people are saying?]
As usual, he's a man that's stubborn at odd places. Mitsunobu twists his lips.
[You see, I've had enough of living in poverty. Therefore, I won't become something like a writer]
[Too modest]
[What do you mean by that?]
[You intend to become a writer that must live in poverty? You're not that much of an admirable man]
[Unfortunately, I'm more modest than you think me to be]
[Oh?]
A sigh that would be similar to tickling my ears.
--This guy, is daring to laugh.
Mitsunobu, curses while facing the brass-made receiver.
[Hey, don't laugh! It's eerie if that sour face of yours laughs]
[Humans, no matter who they are, are something that will laugh if they're amused]
Norizane is oddly cheerful. As I'd listen to his laughter, gradually, being angry at him turned to feel stupid.
Seriously, I give up.
[Fine. I get it, so. ...I will write, once this war ends that is]
[Is that true?]
[Aa, I'll promise. The you who wouldn't read much during our student days, is saying that he'll read it. There's no way I wouldn't write]
[...I see]
His voice is tender. Somehow I feel like sulking. If we talk like this, of course I'd feel like wishing to see his face.
However, that's not an option. If I look up at the wall clock placed on the wall of the corridor, it's already late into the night.
[...It's ended up being quite long, hasn't it]
[Indeed. I was in the middle of being preached at by sir father. I must return as well soon]
Feeling kinda relieved yet kinda dissapointed about Norizane being the one to give the excuse to hang up, while being in quite a difficult mood I half-rise to my feet.
Norizane, said he was going to be at home till the next naval operation. In that case, there are probably still chances to meet.
[Kaneko]
[What is it?]
[...No, it's nothing. More important that that]
--Inside this long time of association, the voice resounding in a way I haven't heard once until now, said.
[Live freely]
Geez, what is he suddenly saying?
Mitsunobu is bewildered, while looking at the receiver. While it is Norizane's bad habbit to hang up, the moment his business is over but even for that, it is sudden.
The inside of my chest was uplifted, and after a long time I was feeling refreshed. However just what is, this, swelling inside the innermost depths of my heart?
Truly, it isn't like him. Speaking strange things, telling stuff at this late hour. Moreover, his reason for calling is ''Because I wished to hear your voice'', is what he said.
That man who doesn't even have a splinter of romance, said ''Because I wished to hear your voice''--
「…………」
Mitsunobu seizes his chest.
The throbbing had become violent.
The palm of his hands tightly held his necktie and shirt on their own.
[--Tokieda]
I rush out of the telephone booth.
[Tokieda!]
I raise my voice. Tokieda appeared immediately.
[Did you call, Mitsunobu-sama?]
[I have a request for you]
After heading for the entry hall at a fast pace, I ordered.
[Do you remember Tsuchida Norizane, of the same school I went to?]
[Yes]
[Which warship is he assigned to, what naval operations is he following, please investigate it immediately. As quickly as possible]
[Understood. And where is Mitsunobu-sama (going)?]
[It's my own business!]
Leaving the entry hall, crossing the entranceway, towards the garage. As I'd pick up the nearest key in the waiting room of the chauffeurs, I climbed into the car.
I flew out from the gates, opened by the servants who rushed outside in a hurry.
When I went there countless times before, I was walking in line with Tsuchida. Will I really know the way?
--It was unlike Tsuchida.
Inside the uneasiness that would feel like it's tearing apart my heart, I grip the handle. I felt like cursing my own foolishness.
Wsn't it just, too much unlike him?
Something that was settled long ago--Saying something he hadn't mentioned ever again since the time of graduation, such--!,
Norizane's house, which I barely managed to reach somehow, even had it's light's off
The balsam that was lively red when I came here during summer, missing the season, was withering already.
[Tsuchida!]
I strike at the door.
[Tsuchida, Tsuchida...Tsuchida-!]
Even if I strook it many times, the glass door would only make the sound of rattling.
Probably because he was being too loud, the inhabitant of the neibhoring houses would yell at him while appearing from the window, is it that they recognized Mitsunobu's car and personal appearance, their features softened.
[Excuse me, Tsuchida. The man of this house, right now-]
[If it's about Tsuchida-san, it seems he left yesterday evening. Asking to take care of the house, since it's possible that he'll be absent for a long time.].
--Well then, that phonecall by itself, was not something done from this house.
Though I felt like crumbling down at the spot, my self-respect didn't allow it.
I don't know even if I had drived properly.
Reaching home, the me who said something while showing a smile to Hikaruko who seemed to have waited for me while worried, is the me of which world exactly?
Seriously, what an insensitive guy. Dissapearing without even meeting me, after making such a call. It's just as if--
Without even turning on the light, as I'd fall down on the bed, the sound of knocking by the door of the adjoining room.
[...Come in]
[Excuse me]
The one to appear from the doors he had left wide open of the bedroom, was Tokieda. Mitsunobu would sluggishly get up, and sit down on the bed. Tokieda did slightly frown but, he returned to his usual expression soon after.
[I've finished investigating, about the case you instructed me to]
[...Tsuchida is?]
[Seems to be boarding the ship supplying food to Gashima]
Gashima--Guadalcanal. Isn't it the site of the bloody battle?
[...Really, an insensitive guy isn't he]
A dry laugh spilled out. Tokieda is making a puzzled look.
[No...it's nothing. Sorry about disturbing you in the middle of the night. Please rest]
[...Good night]
[Aa, 'night
The door would close, and the original darkness returns.
It didn't seem likely at all, that I'd be able to sleep.
TBC - Accidental reunion
Welp, and there went Tsuchida. Exit - stage left for another 10 chapters?