Koishikawa-san ch23: Ten Years Later

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>Eh~ Well then, let's begin our Class 3-C reunion~
>Don't drink before the toast!
>This brings back memories. How long has it been since we graduated?

>Oh, there she is.

>Ten years later

>You're late, Chika!!
>Long time no see, Kumi-chan and co~!

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>Late to the reunion too I see, Nishimura.
>Ah! Uehara-sensei! You're here too?
>Oh yeah. You always were late, Chika.

>I've forgotten all that old stuff~ Cheers!
>Beer, beer!
>Ahaha. We're all grown up too, huh?

>Whaddaya mean grown up? You're only 20!

>Oh yeah, what about that girl?
>She's...
>Nishimura Chika!!

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>Nishimuraaa!! The truth is, I've always loved you!!
>Eh? I'm sorry!
>Thank you very muuuuuuch!

>Ah, there it is. The "I've always love you" class reunions are famous for.
>But Chika's living with someone already~
>Eh!?
>Go ahead and cry.
>A cruel overkill.

>Eeh~!? Living together!?

>Who is it? Who is it?

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>Well... Y'know...
>It's Akane-cha-... Koishikawa-san from our class...

>Koishikawa-san?
>That Koshikawa-san!?

>Eh? Eh?
>So you two girls are...
>Ehehe...

>That's so moving!! You have my support!!
>Th-Thanks...

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>Nishimura and Koishikawa, huh? What a surprising pair.
>Come to think of it, is Koishikawa-san not coming today?
>It seems she's busy with work.

>Koishikawa-san, huh...

>She seemed scary the first time I met her.
>Totally scary.
>But before I realized it, she had fit right into the class.

>That's thanks to Chika's hard work.
>Oh yeah, that's right.
>So you've been like that since back then, huh...
>Hey... I didn't...
>>Chika-chan

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>Koishikawa-san, huh...
>She was a surprisingly normal girl, huh?

>That's right.
>No different from the rest of us.

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>Oh? What're you looking so ecstatic for?
>Wah, you've got it wrong!

>Come to think of it, when's your wedding, Sensei?
>Uh, about that...
>Eeeh!?

>S-Sensei
>is getting married to Ageha-senpai!?
>>Poyo~

>You laid your hands on a student!?
>Hyeh
>N-No! I didn't!!

>She laid her hands on me...!
>She did it!?

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>Fuyu Momo

>Last orders.
>Let's hit another bar~

>Sensei will take Ageha-san home, so you lot hurry home too.
>Let's all hang out again some time.
>I'm bad with gyarus.

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>You going to karaoke, Chika?
>I'm gonna take my leave.
>Bring Koishikawa-san along next time!
>Okay~

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>Ooh...
>A future I could've never imagined ten years ago.

>Today is
>a full moon, huh?
>Nobody knows
>what will happen in the future.

>Koishikawa-san.
>The moon is so pretty.

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>I may not know
>what'll happen with us
>from now on, but
>I hope we can always be together
>just like the moon and the Earth.

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>But that night,
>Koishikawa-san never came home.
>Nor the day after.
>Nor the days since...

>50 years later...