Hanayui no Shou 28-4H

The duty of a friend - 4

[Home Ec room]

SHI: You keep saying it's for Minowa's sake, but you're just running away from telling her the truth!

SHI: Isn't being honest something comrades are supposed to do!? Isn't that the duty of a friend!?

Tou: SHIZUKU... You might be correct.

SON: We want to save Mino-san too. If it's something we can do...

SON: So we kept thinking about what would be the best thing to do all this time...

SHI: First of all, do you people think Minowa's that much of a dumbass?

Tou: Huh?..

SHI: She probably... Has a faint idea about it already...

SON/Tou: ...

SHI: And there are some quick-witted people amongst the others too... Even if we stay quiet, they'll probably...

SON: ...You might be right.

SHI: Ah?

SON: Maybe they knew and were leaving the decision up to me and Wasshi.

Tou: Leaving us to decide whether to tell Gin or to keep quiet about it...

Tou: Even if they feel that this isn't true kindness, like SHIZUKU does... They're just watching over us till the very end.

SON: That must be... A form of their kindness...

SHI: I don't understand... what's supposed to be kind about that.

Tou: You don't need to. But... If you try to tell Gin anything now...

Tou: I'll do everything in my power to stop you.

SHI: ...

SON: Sorry... But we just wanted you to keep that in mind.

SHI: I don't understand you. But... If in that world Minowa defended with all her strength...

SHI: If in the world she laid her life down for... She trusts her friends...

SHI: I'm not gonna do anything to betray that trust.

SON: Thanks, SHIZUSHIZU. I'm trusting you.

Tou: I'm sorry for raising this painful subject...

SHI: ...I'm used to pain.

SON: Wanting to tell the truth... Feeling bad for someone not knowing...

Tou: Huh?

SON: Remember how I did that to you and Yuuyu back then?

Tou: Sonocchi...

SON: When you have to tell someone the truth... It's really hard to find the right words...

Tou: Yeah... What  would be best... When I look at Gin, doubts cloud my mind.

SON: But... There's little time left, so we need to make a decision already...

Tou: Yeah. You're right...