I Regret It ch19: The Place I Can Return Home To Is By Your Side.

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>>It's been a while since that confession on the bridge...

>Miss Landlady!
>I've got a job...!
>It's at a consumer games company!

>No misunderstandings this time! They said to come by starting next month!
>Congratulations.

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>I did it!

>>The final chapter of these two's story which began with their bodies!

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>You sure did.
>I'm glad too.
>Thank you!

>It's all because of your support, Miss Landlady...!

>Hey,
>Miss Landlady...

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>I've been thinking a lot...
>about what you said on the bridge the other day.

>I won't ask you to go out with me.

>In this one month until my job starts,
>let's do the things you want to do, Miss Landlady.
>And then, when we finish our contract...

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>I, who will no longer be under contract... want you to hear my feelings.

>...

>It'll be fine...
>Don't worry!

>Okay.

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>Alright~... What shall we do first?
>...

>Th-
>There's a lot of places...
>that I want to go with you, Kozuka-san... like the planetarium...

>I hear you loud and clear!

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>So this one's for the planetarium...
>This is for the aquairum...
>Going for a drive...

>...Huh?
>There's a few boxes here and there that got filled for reasons I don't know about...

>They're for overpayment.
>Overpayment!?

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>It's enough of a reward just having you around, Kozuka-san.
>Isn't my value to society a bit too high!?

>I'm kidding. It's true, though.
>Which is it!?

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>...The truth is
>I wanted to ask you what your feelings were sooner, Kozuka-san...

>As long as you're a contractor, I can't move forward either...

>...

>It's getting late.
>How about... we take a bath?

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>Kozuka-san.

>Could you... dry my hair?
>It'll be your final service.

>S-Sure...

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>I've dried your hair like this before, haven't I?

>Yeah...
>...It was a big help.

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>It says it's gonna snow tomorrow.
>Eh!?
>Think it'll pile up...?

>If it does pile up, we'll shovel the snow...
>and then have hotpot for dinner.
>Uhah...! Hotpot...

>Fufu...
>You really wanna do hotpot, huh...
>...

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>All done.
>Th-Thank you very much.

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>Your contract is comple-...
>No.

>No way!
>I wanna do this every day!!
>Eh...?

>I wanna dry your hair every day.
>I want to spend every day talking about what we'll have for dinner the next day...!
>These are... um... my feelings...!!
>Please...

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>Be by my side forever...!

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>Forever...
>Yeah...
>Forever...!

>...But
>...it's my first time falling in love with a girl, so...
>these feelings of love might waver if something unexpected were to happen...
>so there might be times where I might cause you worry...

>To be honest...
>it's scary...

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>But I...!
>No...

>Knowing you, Kozuka-san... I think you'll continue to love me regardless of what might happen.

>Eh...?

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>...Please be by my side forever.

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>Thank you!
>I'm really, really happy!
>Hey... Kozuka-san...! I can't breathe...

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>Thank you for believing in me...

>I'm happy too.

>What are you doing?
>Mm~
>I figured this'd be the part where we kiss.

>Geez...
>Let's sleep!
>Eeh!?
>I wanted... to immerse myself in the flirting a little longer!


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>I feel chilly after that bath...
>so could you come over here...?

>Ah...

>Erm...
>This is that flirting thing...
>If it's alright with you, Kozuka-san...

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>...I want to do it...

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>Kozuka-san...

>Kozuka-san...

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>Say my name.

>...Chiyo-san...

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>Hah...

>Nghah...
>Hah...

>Hah...

>I couldn't do anything at all...!!

>Did you look down on me because we're both girls?

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>Your moans...
>were amazing, Chiyo-san.

>From now on, we'll learn more about each other...
>a little at a time...
>Yeah...

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>Ehehe

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>Can we do it again?
>Eh...
>Can we...?
>Okay...

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>One month later

>Yummy~
>The miso soup you make... is so good, Ritsuka.
>Thank you as always.
>It's nothing...

>...But I've found something I want to do.
>It might cut down on the chores I can do.
>Something you want to do!?
>What is it?

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>Please don't laugh...

>I want to go to a cookery school...
>and open my own store...

>I was thinking a café...
>based on the stars...

>How...
>does that sound...?

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>That's great~!!

>Really...?
>Yeah! I know you can do it, Ritsuka!

>I know it's a café, but please serve miso soup~
>Fufu. You're a funny girl.
>I'll do my best.

>Alright, looks like it'll be my turn to cheer you on next.

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>I'll make this a plkace that you can safely return home to!

>...

>I'll also look forward...
>to the game you're working on, Chiyo-san.
>Leave it to me!
>Thanks for the food!

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>...Let's make it together.
>A place we can return home to.

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>Take care.
>Mm.

>Mm~

>Fufu

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>I'm heading off!