Warikitta 11

Warikitta Kankei desu kara.

It's a Detached Relationship.

NOTE: Text outside bubbles come after "-", otherwise, ">"

Chapter 11
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p149
>Yoru and I grew up in a district overlooking the sea.

p150
>Yoru... she's
>right before my eyes.

>It's almost like a dream...

>She's not with her husband?
>Why'd she come back?

>Aahh...
>I have so many things I want to ask her...!

p151
>I don't remember contacting you.

>Ah

>I still have my SNS account from back in high school...
>A-and I was the class representative, so I have quite a few followers...

>I happened to hear about you
>so I...

>......

>Oh, no
>BADUMP
>It's been so long
>BADUMP
>What do I even say to her...?

>Calm down!
>BADUMP
>BADUMP
>GRAB
>BADUMP
>BADUMP
>You can do this! (SHIZUMARE, SHINZOU!!! LIT: Be still, my beating heart!!! Sounds so hammy in English)

p152
>"I missed you!"
>"It's been a while!"
>Can I even say those things
>like nothing happened?

-SLUMP

>...Sei?
>Uhh..

p153
>The song's...
>already started, you know.
>High School First Year - Spring

>It's my first time doing karaoke...
>Eh
>For real!?
-A national treasure... (NOTE:"天然記念物" [Tennenkinenbutsu] means natural monument, and is similar in meaning to national parks in America)
>I have strict parents...

>Do you know this song?
>...Just a little.

>Well,
>let me teach you then, so you can have fun here too!<3

p154
>GRAB

-You're pretty good!

>...Yoru
>I have to tell you something. Don't be surprised, okay?

>Yoru, I...!
>I love you!

>Eh?
>But...
>I'm a girl.
>You know that, right?

p155
>Sorry
>...can I just
>stay friends with you?

>If you don't mind
>having me around,
>I'd like that very much too.

-High School Second Year - Winter

>Sei...!
>That office worker I started dating...
>He was cheating on his wife! (NOTE: For some reason, this is not 100% exactly how the dialog flowed in chapter 9, but hey)

-SMILE

p156
>If I were in his shoes
>I would have never made you sad, Yoru.

>I'm the one...

>who loves you the most.

>I'll say it again and again.

>I love you, Yoru.

p157
BOARD: I'll be back at 5 AM - Mom

-YAWN
>Yeah, hello?

>Ah
>Yeah.
>Hey, wait a sec!

p158
>Hm?
>I'm at my friend's place.

>Eh?
>My voice?
>Well, I had to sleep on the sofa...

>Tonight?
>Let me think about it.

-Yooooruuuu!
>You really should stop lounging around in your panties in other people's houses, you know!

>Is it another office worker?
>Nope.

p159
>I've had enough of them.

-Hey...
>Gimme back my phone-

p160
>What'cha smilin' about there, Yoru?
>It's nothing!

>Um...
>Excuse me.

>Are you Yoru's friend?
>I recognized the uniform.

>Huh?

>...you want me to break up with her?

p161
>That's quite sudden.
>Why would I want to do that?

>I mean, we've been going out for three months now,
>and it's really going well for us.
>Care to explain?

>...Hasn't she told you?
>I'm... not just Yoru's friend.

>I'm actually... her girlfriend.

>Ah, so you two are...
>How do I say it?

>experimenting...?
>Ah, that's rude of me.
-Forget I said that

>You know
>That kind of thing happens a lot in high school...

p162
>Please don't patronize me.
>You and I...
>we're both
>the same.

>We're both...
>just playing around with her.

>Sei
>It's over.
>He broke up with me.

p163
>Happy now?

>...I'm sorry.
>I can't go out with you.

p164
>There's no way that he and I were the same.
>I know that in my heart.

>...I don't mind if I'm not your number one.
>Of course, I wanted to be her only one. (LIT: Of course I'm not fine with not being her number one.)
>I've been lying to myself from the start.

>She will never, ever belong to me,
>even if I wait forever.

p165
>I was never able to break free from my curse...

>But now, looking at her makes me feel so pathetic,
>that it made me want to forget about it all. (To be honest, I need a little help with this. I'm not exactly sure what she's saying here. I know the literal TL is supposed to be something like: "I was not able to break free, but now, her shape seemed so clumsy and comical that I wanted to forget about it so much." but that doesn't seem the best way to write it. The "clumsy and comical" part is what really gets me here, since Sei doesn't really think badly of Yoru even after this scene.)

p166
>I never would have imagined that you'd be the one I see when I came back here, Sei.

>Did you know I got married?
>...sorry, you probably do.
>I think I was the first one in our year.
>SFX of luggage wheels rolling and sounds of footsteps on page(ROLL and STEP)

p167
>I wanted to stay with my husband
>So I moved with him to Kyushu.

>But every now and then,
>I still miss this place.

>The sea breeze here is the same as ever...
>Our place is also close to the beach, but- (NOTE: she implies that the breeze is different)
>......

>Hey,
>You're being awfully quiet there.

p168
>...I

>...was wondering
>how I would face you today,
>Yoru.

p169
>I hurried...
>and got on the first train I could,
>but when I saw you,
>I just couldn't find the words...

>Heeh... (NOTE: Maybe replace this? Too sleepy to think about an English equivalent)
>That's not like you,
>Class Rep.

>But I guess I don't know
>what to say, either...

p170
>Sei?

p171
>BRRRR
>BRRRR

>Hello?
>Sei-chan?

>Why don't you come home once in a while?
>Mom...
>I'm sorry, I wasn't trying to avoid it. (LIT: "I'm sorry, I'm being ungrateful" Any better ideas here?)
>Are you at the station?

p172
>Yeah
>I had to go out today.
>Ah, I see.

>Come visit us here sometimes. I want us to spend time together as a family.
>Your father wants to see you too.
-Right, darling?

>Well
>it's not that far
>so I can just visit you anytime, right?

>I'm busy...
>with work too.

>A Rapid Express train will be arriving shortly at Platform 3.
>Passengers headed for Toukimachi, please--

p173
>Oh
>That's on the way here, right? (LIT: That announcement... Aren't you the side of the station that goes in the direction of our house?)

>Sei-chan?

>Haaah...
>Haah...

>...Sorry
>I have to switch trains right now
>I'm hanging up, okay?

>Ah, right!
>If you find a boyfriend,
>come intro-
>TAP

p174
>I don't
>care about getting a boyfriend.

>Yoru's...
>as nice as ever.

p175
>Ah
>...Welcome home.
>Sorry, I'm still making dinner.

>I didn't know what time you'd get back,
>so I just made some stew.

>Eh?
>Cake?

>BEEP
>As if.
-Fufu<3

>I wonder if she likes sweets.
-Thank you very much!

p176
>What do I even say to Aya...?

-KA-CHA-

-KA-CHA-
-KA-CHA-

>She's not here... huh?
-FLICK
>Do you ever stop and think about it?

p177
>Did you really think that I
>will keep doing this with you forever?

>I'll cool my head off outside.

>That's what I get...
>for always getting ahead of myself.

p178
>Ah
>It's Sunday...

>Of course she wouldn't come; it's not a school day.

>Why aren't you here?
-DUM--MY!

>Who're you calling dummy? (LIT: Who's the stupid one here?)
>Dummy.