Fumio Aya - Unfinished Prologue

Fumio Aya - Unfinished Prologue

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	>Unfinished Prologue
	>Ferry
	[How well-said, the phrase "Anywhere but here."]
	[When every day feels the same]
	[sometimes you just suddenly]
	[get hopelessly sick of it all, you know?]
	[That's why I ran away from home on an impulse――]
	(...that's all fine and dandy, but)
	(what should I do now?)
	(Maybe I should go home after all...)
	(But coming all this way and just turning back would be kind of...)

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	>Unfinished Prologue
	>Fumio Aya
	[Standing alone and gazing at the sea,]
	[she truly was the image of 'a woman with a past'.]

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	[Honestly,]
	[my first thought was "Score!"]
	What was your name again...?
	Risa.
	What are you having, Risa?
	Ah, a black coffee...
	Here you go.
	Ah, umm...
	Mieko.
	Mieko, I'll pay for the drink.
	Oh, it's okay.

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	But I got you to pay for my fare as well, so...
	(That was my plan in the first place, though.)
	...you really helped me out.
	I wasn't sure if they would sell me a ticket by myself.
	>SFX: swallow
	Don't worry about it.
	It's not my money anyway.
	>SFX: shudder
	Let's go outside.
	Eh- o-okay...
	(A married woman with a past...)
	>Drama~~

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	[Well, if she has her own secrets]
	[she won't pry too much in my affairs either.]
	(Not that I really have anything to hide...)
	[Even I think]
	[running away from home was a bit too much.]
	Aww~!
	Seagulls!
	Look how many there are!
	>Aww~~
	(She's pretty carefree...)
	There!!	Look, look! The sea! The sea!
	Yeah, I can see. There's nothing *but* the sea.
	What are you getting excited about... don't be such a little kid.
	Ehh~

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	Well,
	it's been a while since I've seen the sea.
	Is that so?
	It's true~ you could even say it's been a long time since I've been out of the house at all...
	Ah-
	Something splashed in the distance! A fish, I suppose?
	You really are
	like a little kid.

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	I'm tired~
	Because you were jumping around like that...	※Left bubble first
	I couldn't help it~
	>SFX: flip up
	>Ummm...
	Wh-
	Why were you gazing at the sea before, anyway?

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	Ah, I mean-
	If you don't want to talk about it, then...
	Um-
	I ran away from home too...
	Sometimes you just suddenly want to be someplace else, you know?
	I mean,
	what am I saying, um...
	Anyway!
	I didn't mean to pry.
	Kids these days are pretty mature for their age.
	...please don't patronize me like that.
	...Well...
	I just
	couldn't stand being at home anymore.

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	So I ran away.
	Childish of me, isn't it?
	Well, to be precise, *they* ran away from me first.
	I just got tired... of cooking every day
	and cleaning the house
	for someone who wasn't coming back.
	I guess I...
	wanted to go someplace else, too.

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	We're the same. Us two.
	Yeah.
	But,
	I wouldn't have had the courage to board this ferry by myself.
	>SFX: touch
	It's all thanks to you, Risa.
	Thank you.

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	Ah-
	Perfume...
	>SFX: sniff
	and the smell of the ocean...
	>SFX: lick
	Hey!?
	Risa!?
	>Ah-
	>SFX: jump
	Ah~ I just thought you might taste of salt,
	I couldn't help myself.
	>SFX: stare

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	W-
	Wait...!
	We can't...
	We only just met.
	So...
	And yet,

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	you don't
	>SFX: soft thud
	seem to mind.

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	Sorry.
	Did I wake you?
	Ah- no. It's fine.
	You really look different with your hair down.
	Do I?

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	It's kinda sexy.
	Eh-!?
	Just joking.
	(Actually, I wasn't.)
	It looks more natural that way, I like it.
	Mieko, I want to eat the food you cook.
	Eh?
	I mean, it's a waste, isn't it―
	I know! Why don't we live together like this, two runaways of a kind?
	I'll work a part-time job.
	Ah--
	I'm actually good at housework too...

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	I can't really imagine...
	what you're usually like at home, Risa.
	What I'm usually like?
	Exactly the same as I am now.
	I'm completely normal, you know?
	Just living a life so dull I can't stand it...
	going to school every day,
	coming home, watching TV, and then sleeping.
	.....
	Is something wrong?
	No, nothing.
	Come on, it's late. Time to sleep.
	Around an hour till we get there―
	Such a short time, but it feels so long...
	The view is the same as always, isn't it.
	Ah, look.
	Seagulls are flying, seagulls.

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	The first thing we should do is find a place to stay.
	And then...
	Playing runaway is over.
	Eh?
	When we reach port, call your parents.
	Get them to pick you up.
	Or let me drop you off at home.
	What are you talking about?

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	What do you think?
	You know as well as I do this won't last forever, Risa.
	And your parents must be worried about you.
	I'm talking about *us*.
	Don't try and play the grown-up all of a sudden.
	I'm sorry.
	But...
	You're still young, Risa.
	And I'm an adult.
	So I have to...
	What will you do, Mieko?
	I have to go back home, too.

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	Go back... and then what?
	Then... I...
	Why are you putting up a front?
	You're not good at it, you know.
	I mean, here you are running away right now, aren't you?
	For someone trying so hard, you haven't got your act together at all.
	You can't just decide by yourself that "it's over".
	>SFX: squeeze
	Then I'll get my act together.
	I'll get my act together...

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	So...
	When we're both really adults...
	then,
	will you come for me...?

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	Shouldn't that be "*I'll* come for *you*?"
	Honestly...
	Mieko, you really are hopeless, you know?
	I'm so mad at you.
	You're right, I have no excuse...

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	>SFX: unravel
	By the way,
	I really do prefer your hair down.
	Okay then.
	I'll come for you.

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	So wait for me, okay?
	*phone ringing*
	...Hello?
	Ah, it really went through.
	>Sign: Real Estate
	Giving your phone number to a girl you just happened to meet... you really should be more careful.

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	Eh- but...
	So, how is it going? Made any progress after that?
	Well... um...
	Little by little...
	If you don't hurry up, I'll get tired of waiting and come over myself, you know~
	Eh!?
	Just joking.
	But,
	you're the one who said "come for me", Mieko.
	So you'd better brace yourself, got it?
	I-
	I'll do my best...