Slow Start ch53

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>Look!
>Cats!

>Yep.
>Cats cats
>Wanna try hugging them, Kamu?
>No.
>I-I'll just stroke them.
>Fufu.
>Go ahead then.

>Ehehe.
>Cute, right?

>Yep...

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>Cute.
>Super duper looper cute.
>Ahaha.
>I know, right?
>Cats are nice...

>Hah.
>Ah, I'm just gonna go drink some water.
>Could you wait with the cats?
>Sure.

>Ah!

>Wait!
>Where are you going?
>Stop!
>We've got to wait here for Eiko!

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>Ah

>Kamu!

>Gya!

>...
>E-
>Eiko...?

>Ah, you scared me.
>Ahahahahahahaha

>The mud around here is pretty slippery so be careful!
>Ahaha, but still, you surprised me.
>You okay, Kamu-chan?
>Your clothes didn't get dirty, did they?
>Aha

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>No.
>I'm fine.
>I see. That's good.

>Eiko
>on the other hand...
>Woah.
>You're right.
>I'm covered in it.

>But look, the cat's safe.
>So it's all good.

>Wah!

>Y-
>You can't! You'll get dirty too, Kamuri-chan!
>Kamu.
>Eh?

>K-Kamu.
>Let go.
>I'm filthy!
>No.
>I won't.

>muddy
>Aah...
>I-I'm sorry, Kamu...
>It's not your fault, Eiko.
>But I'm the one who invited you.
>I'm the one who got dirty.
>Ah, you got so much dirt on you...


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>Hey, Kamu.
>Won't your folks get mad if you go home wearing dirty clothes...?

>...I don't know.
>Something like this
>has never happened before...

>They said I shouldn't play outside cos I could get hurt or dirty.
>So...
>I see...

>...

>...Hey.
>If your house close by, Kamu?
>Yep.
>You can walk there from here.

>Ah, then could I borrow your bathroom?
>Eh? The school toilets are right over there...
>I can't use the school toilets very well!
>Eh?
>What's the difference?

>Please!
>Take me to your bathroom!
>O-
>O-Okay...

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>This is my house.
>Uwah
>It's huge...

>The one of there is my father.
>Uwah.
>He's totally different from my dad...
>Hahaha Eiko-chan

>Kamuri-chan!?

>Oh dear.
>Why are you so covered in mud?
>Uh
>Ah
>U-Um
>Kamuri-chan, I really need the bathroom!

>Eh?

>Hurry up and take me there.
>I can't hold it in much longer.
>Eh?
>Oh, is that so, Kamuri-chan?
>N-No
>Eiko is...
>Hurry it up!
>Hurry hurry!
>It's an emergency!

>Eh? Oh dear, Kamu-chan. It sounds bad.
>Eh?
>Eh?
>What's wrong, Kamuri?
>Why do you look like that?
>Please hurry it up!

>Hah...

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>...
>...

>K-Kamuri-chan's dad!
>Um, um...
>I-
>I'm sorry! I forced Kamuri-chan to play outside with me and got her dirty!

>It's entirely my fault that she got dirty! Please don't punish Kamuri-chan!
>Okay, I said it.
>...

>Um.
>But...

>The stray cats and the flowers outside
>your hands get dirty if you touch them.
>I'm not entirely sure if those are dirty things
>but...

>They're not just dirty.
>They're warm...
>they're soft...
>and they make you happy...

>They're not just bad things.
>Um
>So, um...
>...
>...
>>Intimidating

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>I-
>I'm sorry!!!
>Ah
>Hey, you...

>F-Father!
>Where's Eiko?
>That girl just now?
>She went home.
>Eh?
>She blamed herself for getting you dirty and asked that I not punish you.
>Eh?

>Kamuri?
>No.
>That's wrong.
>Eiko did nothing wrong.
>Oh dear.
>Kamuri-chan.
>I'm
>the one who...
>E-
>Eiko
>Eiko...



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