Yuzumori-san ch23

p2
>Ririha was in Mimika's room.
>That's all it was...
>and yet...

p3
>Something has definitely changed.
>...That's the hunch I'm getting.

>...

>...Why were those two here?

p4
>Ah, about that... They called out to me yesterday.
>I ended up talking with Isuzu-chan about our favorite manga.
>And then I told them "you can borrow mine" so those two came over today so they could borrow the manga right away...

>And I figured "Since they're here, why don't I have them wait upstairs until Yuzumori-san gets here?"...
>...

>But this is the first time I've ever met any of your friends, Yuzumori-san.
>They're good girls, those two!!

>...

p5
>"The reason she hardly speaks in class"
>"must be because she's suffering from loneliness..."

>...
>Speaking of friends...

>You mentioned before that you didn't really play with your friends.
>Has anything happened after that?

>Do you occassionally
>talk with your classmates...

>or play with them?

p6
>I don't want to talk about school right now!!!

>...

>"Lately, Kaede has been saying "I have plans"..."
>"But she doesn't walk home with anyone and always turns down our invitations to play."

>...So it's true.

p7
>....
>...

>Come to think of it
>if you had such good friends to begin with...
>you should've said so.

p8
>I mean, lately
>we've been meeting up every day, right?
>How should I put it... Hmm...

>I thought that you'd
>probably be lonely during summer vacation, Yuzumori-san.

>So part of the time I spent with you was out of consideration.

>...
>Eh...?

p9
>Man, you've grown up so much, Yuzumori-san...
>It's a bit tough to say
>especially for me, but...

>I think you'd probably have a lot more fun
>talking with kids your age.
>That's the kind of feeling I've been getting every day with you...

>So, um...
>How should I put this?

p10
>If you have friends..
>would you mind playing with them instead?

p11
>...

>...Mimika
>Didn't you say that you "love" me?

>Yes.

p12
>That's what I thought
>at the time.

>But... I'm really sorry.
>Little
>by little
>I've started to realise
>"maybe it's not like that after all".

p13
>...

>Foo...
>...
>...su

p14
>"Oh."
>"I see."

>"I'm sorry. I didn't realise I was just a stray bird to you, Mimika."

>...
>"Thank you for everything up until now."

p15
>...I thought I was gonna cry there.
>Since she has such serious friends, after all.
>...It'll be fine...

p16
>...
>...ng...

>...
>...
>...

>...Uuh....

p17
>Uuh...
>....Uuuh
>Uh...
>Uuuuh...
>Uh...
>Hii...
>Ah
>Aah...

>....!!
>It hurts.

p18
>Inside my
>messed up heart
>I found the part of me that understood.

p19
>"I knew it"
>"I knew this would happen some day."

p20
>Mimika told me that she loved me.
>I knew that wasn't a lie but

>I understood.
>Some day, she would fall out of love with me...

>I knew that would be seperated.

>>Kaede's room.

p21
>People's feelings change, after all.