Too Blue to Call Love ch2

p1
>Do you like strawberries, ma'am?

>I-
>I do...

>All the cakes you were mulling over were strawberry ones, after all.
>Strawberries are great, huh?

p2
>in Café
>I like them too.
>The other day,
>I yelled at the boyfriend of the person I like in my own store.
>There's no alcohol for the likes of you!
>Eep~

>And then I exchange contacts with none other than the person I like, Midori-san,
>and now we're having tea together.

>Is this a dream?
>Is this all a dream???

p3
>I should focus on the cake...
>although I'm probably too nervous to taste anything...

>It's good!

>>in Café
>Do you like sweet things, ma'am?
>Yeah.
>The stores doesn't have any, so I feel like going out to eat them...
>My little brother often buys them for me too.
>The same little brother?

p4
>That's right.
>Even if it's a store that's packed with girls, he'll get in line.
>It really surprised me.
>Which do you want~?

>Were you getting sweets the other day when we ran into each other too?
>Ah, that time we were getting lunch together.
>I'm studying up on lunches too, so we go often.

>Your brother seems nice.

>Yeah, I guess...

p5
>Is she
>interested in Miyako?

>Ah.
>By the way...
>She changed the subject.
>Guess that wasn't it...

>I can't exactly call you "ma'am" in public, so can I call you by your name?
>Eh?
>Ah, of course you can...

>I did have my full name on my mail app, but she probably doesn't remember it.
>Erm, I'm Akagi...

p6
>Kyouko.

>Did I
>get it right?

p7
>Wha-
>How did you!?
>All the other customers call you that.
>I-I see!

>>~At the store~
>Kyouko-chan~ Another~
>Kyouko-chan~
>Kyouko-chan, get me a beer~
>Don't speak all at ooooonce!

>I wasn't really listen so I wasn't certain about it,
>but it was on that note from the fire marshal too.
>You saw that, huh...
>Of course.

>I was drunk, after all!
>>Howzat
>Please take a day off from drinking. Seriously.
>I'll have to stop you soon.
>Ahaha.
>Hey!

p8
>Can I call you by your first name?
>Heh?
>So I don't get mixed up with your brother.
>Ah! I see??

>Yeah, I don't mind...
>What is this?

>Even though I didn't know her name until the other day,
>she knew my name already.
>Alright~
>On top of that, we're having tea in a café together.
>This is
>like a dream...
>I'm Suzumura Mido-...
>Ah, sorry. Phone call.

p9
>Ah.
>Baba-kun.

>Baba-kun?
>>~Midori-san's ex-boyfriend~
>Thank you for looking after Midori.
>A little drink won't hurt.
>Ah.

p10
>So annoying.
>Hanging up.
>>Beep (Declined)
>!!

>Hmm~
>He's still bothering her...?

>Sorry, I just need to reply to a text.
>Eh?
>Ah, take your time(?)

>Are they still fighting...?
>Well, it's only natural. It hasn't been that long since all that happened.
>But for some reason,
>for someone who's allegedly in a fight...

p11
>she seems relatively calm...?

>...No, it can't be...?
>For now, I should eat.
>Ah.
>!!

>This place lets you get cakes to go, right?
>Eh?
>Yeah, that's what it said.
>Thanks.
>To go?

>These are good, so I'm gonna buy extra to take home with me.
>A fourth one...?
>Eh? Could it be?
>Cake? Now of all times? For who?
>She's taking it home?
>Is it for Baba-kun?
>Over text?
>No, it can't be.
>Yeah.
>Cake?
>Sure, okay.

>Eh?
>Sorry for the wait.

p12
>Baba-kun wouldn't shut up about wanting to eat cake.

>So they haven't broken up~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!?

p13
>Why are you still dating that moron!!!!?????
>>At an acceptable volume inside the café
>Eh?

>Hah
>I messed up!!
>I spoke out over a customer's private life...
>Wait, they clearly broke up the other day...
>But she said they had been dating for a while, so it's not that easyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

>We're not dating, though?
>HUUUUUH???
>>At an acceptable etc.

p14
>You got a front row seat to our breakup, didn't you?
>No, but, the cake...

>We're just gonna eat it at home together.
>Doesn't that mean you're dating!!!?????????????????
>No.

>That's not it.

p15
>Explain it then!
>Can I get another coffee over here?
>Please!
>Same here~
>And another cake too.
>Wasn't that the one you were taking to go???
>It's your fourth one!

>4th one
>I've been dating Baba-kun for a really long time.

p16
>I'm already brimming with maternal feelings.
>Off to a good start, I see.

>No, well.
>I think of him as a little brother or something.
>Maternal feelings...

>He's absolutely useless with women,
>but he's a fun guy who's relaxing to be around.
>When other people said I barely reacted to anything,
>he told me "in what way?".

p17
>Even now,
>I still love Baba-kun.

>But it's not romantic love anymore.

>It's not love anymore.

>We're already family.

p18
>I was supposed to be mad about his cheating,
>but I realised that I was more upset that he wouldn't consider marriage as an option with me.
>I was worried about Baba-kun, who had countless relationships with women.

>But I thought that alone wasn't important and we could just get married.
>I yelled at someone like that.
>...
>Even if he cheated, I was just punch him and we'd still be a married couple.
>But

>it's because you were so worried about me, Ma'am,

p19
>that I changed my mind!

p20
>I thought "this isn't love anymore" and broke up with him.
>>Just like that.

>Afterwards, his parents were like "even if you broke up, you're still our daughter~"...
>Ah, that's right.

p21
>His parents will be coming over to the store to apologise.
>What the heck!?
>>Denied
>>At an appropriate etc.
>I'm the one who drank beer in his face and snapped at him!!
>I'm the one who should apologise!
>I'm so sorry!

>You turned Baba-kun into a scared little pomeranian, so I'm grateful.
>It was super funny. Good job!
>Eeh~...

>Seriously, don't worry about it, ma'am.
>It was a good excuse for the both of us.

>...I don't think that's a good reason to excuse me snapping in my own store,
>but if you're okay with it, miss, I guess it's fine.
>I don't really get it myself, but...

p22
>he's someone dear to you,
>so he must have some good points.

>That's right!
>Well, I really don't get it myself.
>Figured as much!
>You figured, huh?

>If I had any complaints about working at a tavern,

p23
>it's that there are times where everyone just vents their problems at you.
>>Got dumped

>No matter how many times you cordially listen to them,

>they never see any need to change their ways.
>And that's fine.

>If you want to cry, you can just cry.
>When you want to drink, you can drink in a healthy way.
>You can scream and shout until you're satisfied.
>That's the kind of place this is.

p24
>And yet...

>"it's because I was so worried about her"?.

p25
>I think I'll die happy...

>Ah.

p26
>I'm the only one who talked in the end.
>I thought I'd get to hear more about you, ma'am.
>Ah, I guess so...

>...

>...Then
>maybe we could
>have tea again sometime...

p27
>I was just thinking the same thing!

>This is definitely a dream~~~
>You're so funny.
>Can I reconsider?

p28
>Ah! I still ended up calling you ma'am!
>Even though I'm the one who brought it up.
>Well, there's no need to rush...
>My heart isn't gonna last...

>In this dreamlike time,

p29
>I wonder when the time will come
>when your name will roll off my tongue.

>>A distinctly happy flavor that makes your tongue tingle.