Slow Start ch62

p4
>...
>And then,
>Shion-chan also...

>Chirp?

>Mom.
>What's that noise...?
>Ah.
>It's a budgie.
>A budgie!

>It got lost and ended up on our veranda the other day.

p5
>We filed a lost bird report, but no one seems to have called in.
>How long has it been there?
>That bird.

>Hmm
>About a month.
>A month!

>Eh~ Eh~ I wanna see it!
>I hope you can send me a photo~
>Oh, are you sure?
>?

>...I mean, last year, you would've been...
>You're having fun living with a bird while I'm away~
>I'm not needed anymore~
>I've been abandoned by Mom and Dad~
>Waah~
>saying stuff like that.
>I wouldn't say stuff like that!!!

>I'm pretty sure the Hana-chan from a year ago would've said that...
>As expected on a mother.
>You too, Shion-chan!?

>Hana
>Hana!

p6
>"Hana"?
>Eh? Is that budgie named Hana-chan too?
>Eh~
>Ah~ erm~

>I guess she feels like a bird Hana?
>Eeeeh

>Ah! She spilled the water over!
>Sorry, Hana! I'll have to call you back later!
>Ah! Mom!

>A bird Hana-chan...
>Am I
>Am I really not needed after all...?
>Waaah
>Honestly, Hana-chan...

>I'm home~
>Ah, welcome back.
>Yay, souvenirs~
>I'm home.
>Did you talk with Hana again today?

p7
>Yeah, just now.
>Anything different with Hana? Is she okay?
>Ahaha. She's fine. Just like she was yesterday.

>Come to think of it, that Hana...
>Hana
>Hana

>Oh!
>Nuts, did you just say Hana?
>Ahaha
>It's because we keep saying "Hana, Hana" every day.
>Looks like she's remembered that more than her actual name.

>Eh~ Do we say it that much?
>We sure do.

>Keep it a secret from Hana, okay? She'll worry that we're talking about her so much because we're lonely or something.
>Haha, okay, got it.

>Hana!

p8
>Mizohata Tsukuru
>Tsukkun.
>She seems anaemic, but doesn't actually have a weak consitution. She just neglects her health.
>Chouno Tsuzuri
>Tsuzu.
>Gets along best with older people, but understands the distance between people the same age as her the least.

p9
>It's sweet...

>Oh.

>You got up earlier than I expected.
>Good morning.
>No.
>I just got up to drink some water.

>I'm going back to sleep.
>Then I'll wake up, eat dinner, and sleep again.
>Eh~

p10
>How boring~
>And it's a day off and everything.
>It's because it's a day off that I want to rest.
>I'm exhausted and I want to use this day off to sleep.

>Hmm~

>Ah, then if you kiss me right now, you can sleep in for the entire day.
>Okay, come here.
>Wow, that's an amazing appetite.

>Geez, you're really looking forward to slacking off.
>Just shut up
>and do it.

>Hah
>Hah
>Mm
>Hah
>Ah
>Kiyose-sa...

>Eiko...
>Ah
>Yah

p11
>...There appears to be an unfamiliar face here.
>Ehehe.
>I called her over to teach us how to cook.
>It's Tamate-chan~
>Ehehe
>Momochi here. Pardon the intrusion.
>Momochi MochiMochi

>Ah.
>H-Hello, Sensei.
>Hana.
>I've brought you some tea.
>Ah, thank you, Kamuri-chan.

>I have cake too.
>Thank you, Kamuri-chan.

>You can have all of Sensei's portion too.
>Eeeh
>...

>...I'm gonna sleep...
>Okay~
>Good night, Kiyose-san~

>When you wake up, Eiko-chan will have made you something delicious.
>Probably.
>Ahaha.
>Probably.
>...Kay...

>Hah~
>You sure get along, huh.
>Aha
>Kiyose-san's cute, right?
>I've never understood that part of you for the longest time, Eiko-chan.
>Eh~ You think so?

p4
>And that
>was the dream I had.

>Ahahahahahahahahahahaha
>Th-Th
>That was a surprising dream talk...

>Oh.

>Alright, Tamate-chan.
>While you're at it, why don't you go tell Sensei all about that dream too?
>Alrighty!

p5
>Hey. Don't screw with me, Tokura.
>Eeh~
>Even with that setup, I'm still the one you get upset with?
>Incomprehensible

>But y'know, it's kinda disappointing.

>Even though it was my dream, I was totally in a supporting role.
>I was the star?

>If I'm gonna be in my own dream, I want to be the star
>and go Bahyoon Bahyoon!
>Bahyoon bahyoon?
>What sound is that?

>The supporting role sounds nice...

>Hana-chan?
>The supporting role is better...

>Being the star of your own dream is just...

>Is just...
>Uuh
>What kind of dreams do you usually have, Hana-chan?

p6
>Still, it's amazing to see a dream so clearly like that.
>Sounds fun~
>Eh?
>What are your dreams like, Eiko-chan?
>Maybe abstract painting-like stuff?

>I don't think I've had any dreams.
>Eh?
>Or maybe I just don't remember them.
>Then what do you do while you're asleep?

>Hmm... I sleep, I guess.
>Well, yeah...
>It's like, I go to sleep, and when I open up my eyes, it's morning.
>I see.

>So I guess you're a really deep sleeper then, huh?
>Dreams are something you see when you're sleeping lightly.
>Is that so?

>What kind of dreams do you have,
>Kamu-chan?

>Kamuri's Dream
>Kamuri-chan
>Kamuri-chan

>Play with us~
>Yep.
>Me too~
>Yep.
>Yay~ Yay~ We love you, Kamuri-chan~

>Here, eat this entire giant cake~
>Yep.
>There's this huge katsudon too~
>Yep.
>There's seconds too~
>Yep. Seconds, please.

p7
>Kamuri-chan Kamuri-chan
>Forever~
>...

>I don't have
>dreams.
>Ah, then you're the same as me, then.
>I guess you two are just heavy sleepers.

>Ah.
>We're switching classrooms in the afternoon.
>We better get going then.
>Yep.

>...

>What's wrong, Tama-chan?
>Well, actually...
>It's about my dream.
>Yeah?

>Dreams have a high chance of coming true, right...?
>Eh?

>Ah

p8
>Sensei~
>Oh.

>Do you have dreams when you sleep?
>Well, sometimes I do.

>Do I show up in them?
>No, you don't. Why would you even show up in them?

>Eh~ Lemme be in them~
>No way.
>Just for a little bit~
>I'll just be the supporting role~
>The heck is a supporting role?
>I don't need something like that.
>Shut up.
>>Hey Hey Hey Hey etc.

>Anyway, quit it with that persistant way of speaking.
>If it sticks in my memory, you really will show up in my dreams.
>Aha.
>That's what I'm aiming for.

>Why you...
>Ehehe~
>Look forward to tonight<3

>...
>Eiko.

>Yes?

p9
>Tonight,
>if you dare show up in my dream,

>I'll make you cry.

>...I won't cry.
>No, you'll cry.
>You'll definitely cry.
>Eh~...

>...
>Mmm...
>Ah.
>Good morning, Nee-san.

>Mm
>Fwah
>Good morning, Mikki...
>Wah

>Hey, Nee-san.
>What's wrong?
>Eh~?

p10
>Ah.
>Huh?

>Ahaha.
>She really did make me cry.
>Ahaha. She's amazing, that one.
>Kuhaha
>?
>?

>I wonder what kind of dream it was?
>It's a shame I can't remember.

>...
>So annoying...