Wandervogel

p1
>Okuda-sensei, I'm...
>in love with you.

>Uh.
>Eh?
>Eh?
>Ah.
>Right.

p2
>Why is she saying that in the staff room...?
>E-Er~~~m...
>It's Shimura.
>Shimura-san.
>My my...
>Oh my

>Let's head outside for a bit.

>Which do you like?
>Orange, apple, peach...
>I'll have orange.
>Sensei.
>Also vegetable juice...
>Okuda-sensei.

>My friends laughed at me.
>Saying that I've mistaken my admiration of you for love.

p3
>But it's the truth.
>I haven't mistaken anything.
>I really do love you, Sensei... That's why...
>Shimura-san is so cute.

>Thank you, Shimura-san.
>I appreciate it... but I'm sorry. I can't right now.

>...If, by chance, you graduate college and become an adult
>and you're still in love with me by then,
>would you come and pick me up?

p4
>When that time comes, I want to answer your feelings.
>...and she ran away in tears before I could even finish saying that.

>...I also
>wanted to answer Shimura-san's feelings.
>She was so cute...
>But even if she comes to understand that in tiny birdcage of a world,
>that little bird will one day go flying out of its cage and forget all about me.
>...That would be painful.

>...So?

p5
>"Come back when you become an adult" of all things

>was a pretty selfish excuse.
>That was worse than simply putting on airs.
>That's harsh...

>...But y'know, I wanted to try believing
>that if that girl's feelings were genuine,
>then she might actually come to pick me up.

>The one who goes around saying that stuff is the annoying one.
>Thanks.
>Hahaha, that's true.

p6
>But look, you really didn't forget about me,
>you really did return to my side,
>and you really did come to pick me up, didn't you,
>Shimura-san?

>Sensei, I'm back to pick you up.