Slow Start ch24

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>Mm.
>What is this? There's a sweet scent
>coming from somewhere.
>What scent is
>this
>It's like I'm dreaming while sleeping with a bouquet of flowers in my face...

>What the hell is this!?

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>Wha-
>Th-This is my place, right?
>Hey, Tokura!
>Wake up, Tokura!
>Uweh

>Mmmm...
>Hm?

>Oh, I fell asleep.
>Good morning, sensei.

>Ah.
>Sorry, could you take this off me?
>Ah,
>sure.

>Ah, I'm gonna borrow your bathroom.

>What's going on here?

>Thank you kindly.
>...

>Kiyose-san?
>Hey.
>Why the hell are you here?

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>Eh~?
>You don't remember?
>Ah, I see.
>Hmm, in that case...

>Sensei suddenly kidnapped me and forced herself upon...
>Hey.

>The hell do you mean by "in that case"?
>Oh whoops. Slip of the tongue.

>Enough with the mini-dramas, tell me the truth already.
>Ahn.

>Erm...

>Oh.
>Enami-sensei.
>Good afternoon.
>Y-
>Yeah...
>Oh?
>Is this one of your students, Enami?
>No, not really.

>Ah yes, hi there.
>Yay, lucky me!
>Huh?
>Yeah...

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>This girl gets smashed really easily.
>It's funny how weak she can be with that appearance.
>Ahaha.
>Shut it...

>Well then, I need to fetch something I left back at the bar.
>Sorry, but can I ask you to take Enami home for me?
>Ah, sure.

>Erm...
>You know that black apartment building up there?
>She's in room 301.
>Ah, okay, got it.

>Man, thanks, you're a real help.
>Later, Enami.
>It's no problem.
>...Yeah...

>Erm, is this it?
>Sensei, we're here. Please open the door.
>Yeah...
>Huh?

>You look a lot like Tokura today, Nishimura.
>Why is that?
>Well.
>Maybe I'm Tokura herself?

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>I see.
>Tokura...
>Yes, I'm Tokura.

>...Tokura is one of my students...
>Ah, continuing the conversation from earlier...

>...
>She's one of my students.
>Eh?
>Is that all?

>...Hey.
>Is Tokura-san cute?

>Nah.
>She ain't cute at all.
>Wow, immediate response.
>How mean.
>Tokura is...

>What exactly
>do I think of her?
>What indeed?

>There is
>one thing I can say about her.
>Yes?

>She ain't cute...
>Woah.
>You really forced an answer there...
>How mean.

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>Here, sensei.
>Some water.

>Yeah...
>Water...
>Well then, I need to get going.
>Make sure you lock up.

>You're going home?
>Yeah, I'm going home.
>It's a school night after all
>You're going home...
>Do you want me to stay?

>Do I want you to stay?
>That's what I'm asking.

>...
>If you want me to stay I will.

>...
>I'm here, okay?
>You're here...

>Come on.
>Please lie down.
>This is a sofa cover.
>Mm...

>...You're
>gonna draw on my face while I'm asleep, aren't you?
>Eh~ I wouldn't do that<3

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>No, I don't trust you.
>Eh?
>Are you talking about Nishimura-san or Tokura?

>Alright.
>I'll tie you up.
>Eeh?

>Just stick out your hands already.
>Okay~

>And that's more or less what happened.

>...
>...

>No, you're right.
>This was completely my fault.
>All my fault.

>But you could've put up more of a resistance...
>Why'd you just let me tie you up?
>Aha

>Well y'know.
>I thought it was kind of interesting.
>You'd be fine with anything if it was interesting, huh?
>More or less.

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>That kind of thinking is gonna wreck your body someday...
>Save that bothersome stuff until after graduation. It's annoying.
>No, well.
>It would depend on the partner.
>How mean.

>Ah...

>...Tokura.
>Yes?
>...I'm sorry for troubling you with this.

>Ahahaha! Sensei's being so modest! Ahahaha!
>Ahahahahaha!
>Tokura, you little...

>...Wait.

>You didn't stay overnight without informing your parents, did you, Tokura?
>Ah.
>Don't worry.

>I told them I was sleeping over at a friend's house.

>I see.
>...?

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>Tokura.
>Weren't you tied up the entire time?
>How did you contact them?
>Ah, well.

>I just move my hands like this and...

>There!
>Like that.
>...Tokura.

>You could take it off yourself!?
>Let's see you get out
>of this!
>Ahahahahahaha
>Eek! My stomach hurts!

>You little...
>Ehe.

>Ah, geez. I need to quit drinking...
>Eh?
>But you were so cute when you were drunk.
>Shut it.

>Whoops.
>I need to get home and change into my uniform.
>If you're gonna be late, don't hold back and put it on.
>Okay~

>Hmm. I wonder if I have enough time for a shower?
>I must stink of sweat.
>Hm?

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>No really.
>You smell kinda nice, y'know?

>Ah.
>Is that so?
>That's good then.
>Ahaha.

>Well then, I best be off.
>See you at school.
>Yeah.
>Get outta here.


>What...
>What is this?
>Just as I thought I was winning
>it was like she turned it around in the final innings.
>Ah, geez.

>I mean, geez!
>It's so frustrating!
>And yet you still look really happy when you say that.
>I was wondering what that sleepover alibi was all about.

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>Nishimura Hajime (male)
>Enami-sensei's classmate in high school.

>Why'd you dump me on a student?
>Nishimura...
>You little...
>Ahaha
>Did you make it home safely?

>By the way, your little student
>was really cute, Enami.
>She doing well?
>Ah?

>Nishimura...
>There must be something wrong with your eyes...
>No, your head...
>Your brain?
>Why is it so bad to say that?

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>*See Tsubakimori-san... Page 51

>Tsubakimori-san Start

>...Hm?
>Sachi?
>Ah.
>Eiko-chan, you're awake...

>Ahaha, did I fall asleep?
>Sorry for doing that at your place.
>Ah.
>No problem...
>For some reason I just drifted off after taking a sip of that coffee you put out.
>I wonder if I was tired?

>Wah!
>What the hell?

>Oh dear, did I get kidnapped or something? What a dunce.
>Sorry, could you take this off, Sachi?
>O-
>Okay...

>Erm...

>Why are you riding on top of me, Sachi?
>Um, erm,
>I-I fell...

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>Mmm

>Oh my, look at the time.
>I need to walk my dog.
>You have a dog, Eiko-chan?

>Yeah.
>He's still a puppy, so he's a bit mischievious.
>Well, that's cute in its own way.

>But y'know.

>Ah.

>If you bully me too much
>I'll have to think of a punishment, okay...?

>Y-
>Yes!
>Kay.
>Good girl.

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>Ah, that was scary.
>But this kinda thrill ain't bad...