Cherry Blossoms and Kase-san Part 3

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>I'll never forget this feeling.

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>Eh?
>If it weren't for you, Kase-san,
>I don't think I would've been able to have such a fun spring like this.

>Mikawacchi already said this but
>it feels like I'm only able to be here like this because you kept giving me a push.

>No.
>I didn't do anything, Yamada.

>It's all because you tried your absolute hardest.
>I may have been by your side,
>but you made it this far because of your own strength.

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>Congratulations on graduating, Yamada.
>I'm also glad
>that we can continue being together!

>Kase-san...

>>fuwa~

>Huh?

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>Excuse me for a moment, Kase-san.

>Eh?
>What is it?
>Just stay still for a bit.

>There's something in her hair.

>Ah.

>Cherry blossom petals!
>You brought some cherry blossoms with you, Kase-san!

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>I guess they stuck onto you earlier!
>giggle
>It really feels like spring!

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>"Yui".

>...Do you mind if I call you by your first name?
>Yamada?

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>...Wanna do it?
>Eh?

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>Wanna do it?
>..."Yui"?

>>unfasten

>Ah

>...Wanna do it?

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>It feels like...

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>the cherry blossoms are falling
>The warm cherry blossoms...

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>It gets kinda cold when it gets dark, huh.

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>>bonk

>Think you'll make it on time?
>To catch the train.
>Yeah, just about.
>Hah~
>Why does my dorm have to have a curfew?
>With roll call to boot

>Next it'll be my turn to pay you a visit.
>Eh? To my dorm?
>I have a roommate, y'know?
>No, I mean go somewhere close by for tea...
>Tea?

>Tea...
>That, huh?
>Hah
>Having tea at a café is a must for girls, Kase-san!

>By the way, Kase-san.

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>The tulips at our old school just bloomed.
>Eh?
>The ones we planted?
>Sensei just sent me a photo.

>Here, look!
>The red ones are the ones you planted, Kase-san!

>Oh!
>Amazing!

>Alright!
>They really bloomed!
>From those round whatchamacallits...
>They're bulbs.
>Oooh
>Wow! I wanna see them in person!

>We should go check on them some day, like during the holidays.
>Kase-san.

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>Yama-...
>Yui, won't you call me by my first name, too?
>While we're at it.
>Eh

>T-
>Tomoka...
>chan?

>Chan?

>giggle
>It sounds like a completely different person!
>I'm not used to it!
>Ahaha

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>Mind if I take my time with it?
>I'll practise a lot!
>Tomoka-san
>Tomoka-chan!

>Sure.

>...Kase-san.

>I promise to always be with you.
>Now and forever.
>I swear an oath on the cherry blossoms!

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>An oath?
>Yeah! On the cherry blossoms!

>As a plant appointee, an oath made on flowers is absolute!
>I'm serious, okay?

>Then I'll swear an oath on the track.
>Fight on!
>giggle
>On the track, huh?
>That sounds kinda amazing!
>So straight-laced!

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>The truth is, Kase-san,
>ever since that summer,
>that day before our second high school summer break,

>I've been swearing the same oath this entire time.

>On the morning glories,

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>the sunflowers,
>the hydrangeas,
>the tulips,

>and all the other flowers at school.
>I would always...

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>swear an oath
>that "me and Kase-san will always be together"
>as I did my weeding after school...