1 x 1/2 ch11

p2
>I really hated you.

>Eh~ You serious?

p3
>There.
>All done!

>Yep! Very nice, if I do say so myself!
>It really suits you.
>You're like a doll<3
>...Thank you.

>Okay, I'll call your mother over so just wait right there.
>Kay.

>...
>...Pretty nice...
>>More or less likes her own face
>Asuka.
>Mo-...

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>Ah
>Kya~

>Oh.

>Don't you look nice.
>Cute<3
>Can I take a picture?
>...M-
>Mom...

p5
>Let's go home right away!!
>Uwaaaahn
>Eh?

>A few days earlier

>A wedding?

>Yeah.
>Next Sunday.
>A classmate she took the same seminar with, apparently.

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>A classmate from college, huh... They must've known each other for a long time then.
>Pharmacist?
>Yep.
>Her partner?
>A doctor.
>A surgeon.
>Wow.
>Talk about birds of a feather.

>I guess?
>Hah...
>I don't really care about the wedding, but...

>That means Mom won't be around during the weekend.
>You should come shopping with me, Rui.
>Since I'll have nothing better to do.
>So I'm Ayako-san's substitute?
>That's pretty rude.

>...Or rather
>[Rautashi.]

>Can't you just go?
>To that wedding?
>Rather cute.
>Correct.
>Huh?

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>Why should I go?
>You don't normally bring your kids along.
>No.
>It's a wedding, right? And you're not gonna be Ayako-san's bodyguard?
>Why the heck would she need a bodyguard...
>It's not a marriage hunting party or anything...

>Naive!

>Looking for marriage partners at a friend's wedding is common knowledge in this industry.
>What industry?
>You're pretty close.

>The heck? You're way too unmotivated.
>How boring.

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>Have you finally moved on from your mothercon phase?
>I told you
>I'm not a mothercon...
>...
>...Even Mom

>sometimes has times like these
>when she gets worried, right?

>...
>If you say so.

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>Aw man.
>Still, it's too bad.
>I wanted to see Ayako-san in a dress too.
>I wonder if she'd look pretty.

>And surgery is that, right?
>An experience like the American Football club, right?
>And you wanna let Ayako-san go alone to a place like that.
>It's like throwing a sheep into a pack of wolves~
>Not that I care lol

>Erm. What was ushirometashi again?
>N-No, but.
>It's not good to have those kinds of prejudices...

>...What if...

>The date got changed and she couldn't get home
>Help me, Asuka~
>Mom
>*Image
>bonk bonk Geez~

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>And so.
>Congratulations~

>In the end...
>I came along...

>Still...

>Ah... I need to buy detergent on the way home...

>W-Well whatever!
>I've got lots of photos...
>I just gotta send them to Rui.

>Oh?
>Is that you, Kisaragi-san?

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>Long time no see!

>Sensei. I haven't heard from you in so long.
>Fufu... I'm Mori now, though.
>Ah, is that so? Sorry. I can never get used to it.

>Is that Asuka-chan?
>She's really grown!
>It has been ten years, after all~
>...Good afternoon.

>Ten years... It's been that long, huh.
>Are you still standing on the podium, Sensei?

>Nah.
>These days I'm in the lab and rarely show my face.
>I only ever see my students at flashy events like weddings and class reunions.

>Actually, I'm kinda at an impasse with my career at the moment.
>I'm thinking of starting up a new research team next year, but...
>I haven't really been able to find many recruits.
>Is that so...
>?
>It's gotten noisy all of a sudden...
>Kya

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>Geh

>?
>What's wrong, Asuka...
>Kya~~~ Mori-sa~~~n<3<3
>Eh?
>Yes?
>Me?

>How long are you back for?
>Geez~ You should've told us you were coming home~
>Aw~ Sorry~
>You should be~ You disappeared so suddenly I was so lonely~
>You should come hang out at my place again some time. Everyone's waiting for you~
>Yeah yeah. I'll swing by if I'm in the neighborhood.

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>...
>Woah

>Asuka, let's go somewhere else.
>Yeah.
>Hey Hey Hey~
>Your relative's here!

>Akira...
>Why are you here...?
>I came because I was invited, of course!
>[It's only natural there'd be doctors here]

>Weren't you banned from the reception?
>[Officially it's private so it doesn't count.]
>What the heck?

>...Mom
>I'm gonna wash my hands.
>Do you know where to go?
>Yeah.
>Okay.

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>Ah.

>Perfect timing, Akira-chan.
>Watch over Mom for me!
>Roger.

>What was that about?
>Hm?

>I'm not telling you, Ayako.

>...
>Ah

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>...
>Ah...

>...I knew it.
>This is non-alcoholic.
>I was wondering why you hadn't had a single drop.
>Man~
>The girls kept reccomending stuff to me and I couldn't choose.
>Tahaha

>So how did things go with Asuka after that?
>Thanks.

>Did you find out who her ex-boyfriend was?
>It's not like
>I was gonna search or anything...

>...
>Either way...
>>Non-alocholic cocktail

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>Never mind Asuka.
>I'm not even sure what's going on with myself...

>Ah...
>...

>I got a little dizzy from the crowd...
>Phew
>I'm not good with crowded places.

>Lovely ceremony, wasn't it?

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>Arai-san was so pretty~
>How nice~ I want to have a wedding at a nice hotel like this someday.
>You have to find someone to marry before that, right?
>Hey, you don't have to say that.

>..
>...Hers was

>a student marriage...
>She told me she didn't have a ceremony or anything like that, but...
>I'm sure Mom

>had also yearned
>for something like that.

>>Eh?
>Why?
>I haven't thought about it at all.

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>She'll probably just say something like that.
>[It's getting cold, after all.]

>...Eh?
>Asuka-chan?

>Miyuki...
>senpai...?