1 x 1/2 ch16-3

p1
>..
>Mm...

>>slap

>Hah

p2
>Waah! It's raining!!
>>downpour
>When did that happen!?

>Geez~ They said it would be sunny today!
>That lying weather reporter!!

>H-Huh...?
>How do I use the dryer again...?
>Like this...?

>Uwah!
>>twitch
>>rumble

>...
>Aah...

>You're the only person in the world who would slap my face with all of their might like that...
>>sting sting
>Ow~
>Hah Hah Hah
>Quit joking around. Don't do that so suddenly.

p3
>So,
>do you get it now?
>What am I supposed to get...?

>It was completely different, wasn't it?
>Compared to her.

p4
>Mom

>~~~
>>blush

>Hah...
>...Honestly.

>What's all this about these emotions being natural for a mother?
>You're too old to be complicating what is basically puppy love! It's embarrassing!
>>tap
>!

p5
>Just listen to what I've been telling you from the start...
>By taking the stance of a parent, you've just been harshly swinging that girl around up until now.
>As you are now, using morals and ethics as an excuse to run away is pretty selfish, don't you think?

>Sure, the one who fell in love with you is a blood relative.
>Even I know that's a pretty major issue.
>But that's something the two of you can worry about as much as you want later.
>There's an even bigger problem right in front of you right now, isn't there?

>If you have the time to be fighting with your self-conscious, then you should just start dating that girl already.
>If you don't...

p6
>that girl
>will just wind up getting needlessly hurt.
>...

>>creak

>...
>>silence...
>Come to think of it...

p7
>Mom hasn't left the house at night even once until now.
>>open
>She's late home from work sometimes, but...
>even then she has Rui's place look after me...

>For the past 17 years, that woman

>has thrown away
>so many things for my sake.
>>To Asuka, I'm sleeping over at Akira's place tonight.

>...
>She's overprotective...
>>grip...
>>clack
>>twitch

p8
>Eh... No way...?
>>twitch twitch
>>ladle
>Is it a burglar...?

>!

>Mom!
>I'm home.

>What's this all about?
>I thought you were staying over at Akira-chan's place tonight...
>>step step
>That was the plan, but...
>What are you holding...?

>I've finished my business there.

>?
>I see.

p9
>How was Akira-chan's place, by the way?
>It was a skyscraper in Shinagawa, right?
>Sounds nice~ Maybe I'll just show up to hang out next time...
>Asuka.

>I love you.

p10
>...Huh?