Ishitsumugi no Shou 9-3N

A matter of the heart - 3

[Sanshuu Middle - Rooftop]

Fuu: So what do you want to talk about? Are you planning on putting me through some Okinawan mental training?

Nat: There's something I want you to hear.

Fuu: Sure. So, what is it?

Nat: When I return to my original world... I'll die.

Fuu: Wh-... W-What's that all of a sudden!?

Nat: It's fact...

Fuu: Q-Quit it! If you want to tell a scary story, then it's a really tactless one! Ahaha!

Nat: It's fact...

Fuu: S-Stop... I'm telling you... I don't want to hear that... Why did you do that!?

Nat: Okinawan people might live long lives, but 300 years is out of the question...

Fuu: Eh? 300 years!? What... It was just about your lifespan? Don't scare me like that, jeez...

Nat: But after I die... I'll wait.

Fuu: Huh? I don't get you. What are you going to wait for and how?

Nat: I want to become a ghost... And wait three hundred years until you're born, Fuu.

Fuu: Wha-...

Nat: Me as a ghost... Would I be scary? Would you faint from seeing me?

Fuu: I-I wonder about that...

[Rooftop entrance]

Tou: I wonder what they're talking about...

Yuu: They're talking about turning into ghosts or something.

Kar: Natsume as a ghost would probably be scary... She'd just float there blankly, without saying a word...

Its: T-That definitely sounds scary...

Nat: Until now, I was vaguely prepared for death... But was still afraid of it deep down. But not anymore.

Fuu: ...I see.

Nat: If I die and become a ghost... We could meet again. That's what I though. But... it'd be a shock for me if you fainted.

Fuu: Well... I bet it'd be...

Nat: So if possible, I want you to get over it while I'm still here... Or I won't be able to die in pe-...

Fuu: Stop it...

Nat: Fuu... It's almost time... And before it comes, there's something I have to tell y-...

Fuu: I'm telling you to stop it, dammit! I don't want to hear anything about dying from a friend, lifespan or whatever else!

Nat: ...

Fuu: I'm begging you... Don't talk about that... to me...