What happens if you saved a high school girl who was about to jump off
What happens if you saved a high school girl who was about to jump off
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Манга Что произойдёт, если ты спасёшь школьницу, которая собиралась умереть? | What would happen if you saved a high school girl who was about to jump off a cliff? | Tobioriyou to Shiteiru Joshikousei wo Tasuketara Dou Naru no Ka?
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CHAPTER 1 – HOLDING HANDS, HOME COOKING
Alone in Yuuki’s room, Hatsushiro Kotori woke up.
She looked at the clock and startled. The time was 1 p.m. Moreover, today was a weekday.
This is bad, I’m completely late.
The moment she realized it, a familiar angry voice resounced inside her head.
She was suffocating. Her chest hurt.
Scared. She was thoroughly scared.
Tears appeared in the corners of her eyes despite her having done nothing.
She held her chest and put her breathing in order.
It’s fine. It is fine.
This is the home of the boy I met yesterday. It’s not that place.
It took her several minutes to finally calm herself down, and once again, Hatsushiro collapsed onto the futon.
Her body felt heavy like lead.
She couldn’t even muster up the energy to move a single finger.
“I must.. have been tired…”
Looks like I’ve been on my nerves the whole time, finally she realized.
“…I suppose, it’s fine to sleep for a bit more”
Yes… it’s probably.. fine.
This place is safe… I think. At least the place owner, who is probably at school now, is a kind person.
“But… before that”
Hatsushiro somehow managed to move her right hand and set the alarm for 4 p.m.
As expected, I think it’d be rude to not be awake and greet Yuuki when he comes back.
Moreover, Yuuki’s delight when I told him yesterday that I would be his girlfriend was amazing. It even made me happy, too.
If I greet him when he comes back, maybe he’ll be happy again.
Remembering it makes me smile naturally.
Okay, let’s sleep. I wonder when was the last time I could go back to sleep after waking up like this.
Hatsushiro wrapped herself in a blanket, slowly closed her eyes, and relaxed her body.
I got a girlfriend.
I got myself a girlfriend.
I really got myself a girlfriend.
This would make it appear to mean something else1, but anyway, Yuuki Yuusuke’s got himself a girlfriend.
Having his wish realized, Yuuki was so excited that his inner thought was tossing about, but then, he suddenly realized something.
Come to think of it, what are you supposed to do when you get a girlfriend?
Up until now, Yuuki had never been interested in romantic affairs to a degree that was extremely unhealthy for an adolescent boy.
Even the fantasies he has been having for the past three days, too, was what you’d call unclear. It was too abstract of a thing like having a girlfriend (fictitious) next to him, and doing something together that seemed to make you feel happy.
During the morning class, he spent it agonizing and thinking over this in the corner of his mind, but since he still couldn’t come up with any concrete idea when thinking about it on his own, he decided to ask one of the few friends he had, who was sitting behind him, on lunch break.
“Hey, Ootani. What kind of things do boyfriends and girlfriends in this world do?”
“Huh? Did you eat something weird?”
The one who suddenly responded with harsh words was Ootani Shouko. She was a well-built girl to some extent, who wore semi-rimless red glasses (One time, when she was honestly told, “You have a rather plump body,” she rebuked with “Call it well-fleshed”).
As for her appearance, she might give a slightly harsh impression, but she was actually quite refined. If she trimmed a little of fat, she would probably become an incredibly beautiful woman.
By the way, although their names were one character apart, she had no relation to a certain major league baseball player who could play both as a pitcher and fielder2 (dual-wielding). If pressed to say it, she was a dual-wielder of class president and manga club.
“Well, you know, you said you often draw romantic stuff, right. So I just thought you might know more about it”
“What I’m drawing is man-to-man stuffs, though”
“Actually, what, did you get a girlfriend?”
“Eh? Errr… well, umm, something like that”
I thought of hiding it because Hatsushiro also has her own circumstances, but it’d be insincere of me to ask for advice without revealing it, he thought.
Also, he’s at the age where he wanted to brag a little about getting a girlfriend.
His mouth naturally turned into a small smile.
“That smirk of yours is catastrophically annoying”
His expression must’ve been quite relaxed, and he ended up receiving harsh words.
“But you got a girlfriend, huh. I thought you didn’t even have a single atom of interest in something like that, though. What kind of girl?”
“What kind of girl?”
“Uh-huh,” said Yuuki, and he crossed his arms, tilted his head, and thought about it.
“Even if you asked what kind of girl, I only just met with her yesterday”
“What’s that? You met her and decided to date her on the very same day?”
Ootani, who seemed to be amazed, rested her chin on her hand and sighed.
“Well, fine. It’s probably something typical of you, too. And so, what do you do when you’re dating someone, is it?”
“Ye-yeah. That’s right. That. To put it bluntly, because I had no interest in it at all before, I don’t have any clue on what to do”
“I guess so. When it comes to dating, as expected it’s…”
“…Do you have no shyness of a maiden or something”
An immediate reply. And a manly one.
“You’re born from a fertilized egg, so what do you need to be shy about? Or maybe you don’t want to do it?”
“Well, of course I want to do it, but, ”
He was, after all, a healthy seventeen years old. And a human.
“Look, there’s the order of things, right… She probably would also hate it, suddenly jumping into that… Besides, doing that isn’t all that makes a boyfriend and girlfriend, right? There’s also, like, wanting to flirt like this or like that”
“Ooh. You’re surprisingly maidenly”
Is that so? When it comes to guys around my age, do they only think about wanting to do it?
“Oh well. Let’s see, If I were to extract from shoujo mangas, romcom, and er○ge I’ve seen so far, then,”
Let’s pretend I didn’t hear the last one. Yuuki and the others were a wholesome, seventeen years old high school students. It’s compliance.
“It’s probably something like holding hands, I guess. It’s also a popular thing for guys to have their girlfriends make them home-cooked meal, you know”
“Holding hands, and home-cooked meal, huh”
Since there was no part-time job today, for the first time in a while, Yuuki decided to go home right after classes ended. It also has been a while since he returned home by daylight.
“Holding hands… Home cooking… Holding hands… Home cooking…,” muttered Yuuki as he was walking home. I might look quite like a suspicious person, but what Ootani had told me couldn’t get out of my head. Certainly, holding hands with a girlfriend was something I’d quite like to try. It goes without saying home cooking, too. Though, there is a question on how to ask Hatsushiro about this.
Well, since we’re boyfriend and girlfriend, it would probably be fine to say it directly, however, that’d be really embarrassing. Above all, if I were to ask her this while giving her a place to stay, it’d be like I’m forcing her to do something, wouldn’t it, thought Yuuki as he walked, and before he knew it, he had arrived in front of his home.
“…Holding hands… Home cooking… ”
He turned the door knob and opened the front door.
“…Ah. Welcome home, Yuuki-san”
“Holding hands!! Home cooking!!”
“Eh? Ah, wait a sec, just now doesn’t count, it doesn’t count!!”
Perhaps because he hadn’t been told “welcome home” for a long time, instead of saying “I’m home”, Yuuki ended up saying it in an excessively loud voice.
“I see, so that’s how it is”
“…Yes, that’s how it is”
Yuuki was sitting at the table in the living room facing Hatsushiro.
At the front door earlier, Hatsushiro heard the “Things I want to do now that we’re boyfriend and girlfriend” that he slipped out. Since it’d be unnatural to try to gloss it over, he immediately told her about it honestly.
It was also embarrassing to explain it from my own mouth, thought Yuuki, and then at the same time, “…Shall we try it,” Hatsushiro spoke.
“…Shall we try it, holding hands?,” said Hatsushiro, and she held out her right hand on top of the table.
“…Eh, are you really sure about this?”
“Y-yes. Yuuki-san is my boyfriend… after all…,” said Hatsushiro, whose face turned red, perhaps embarrassed to say it herself. Yuuki’s face turned hot, too, at the sight of his girlfriend’s foul play adorableness.
“Th-then, excuse me,” said Yuuki. Then, when he was about to reach out his hand, “Ah, umm,” Hatsushiro spoke in a small voice as if it was about to disappear.
“…If possible… please.. be gentle with me…”
This is something I noticed from yesterday, but Hatsushiro becomes overly frightened whenever someone stretches out their hand to her or uses a slightly stronger tone.
That is why, holding hands must be done slowly, and gently.
Resolving himself for the second time, he extended out his hand.
Yuuki looked at Hatsushiro’s hand placed on the table with the palm facing the ceiling.
It was a white, small, and beautiful hand. It’s not filled with muscles, nor rugged like Yuuki’s.
Yuuki looked at Hatsushiro once again. Yeah, this girl really is beautiful. Gentle and well-ordered facial features, glossy long black hair, a slim but well-balanced figure. Her every single conduct is refined, too. Just about everything is the exact opposite of me, who has a slightly bad expression, short hair cut and evened up appropriately, crude conducts. For that reason, I’m charmed. For that reason, I’m nervous to touch her, thought Yuuki, while extending his hand.
When Yuuki’s hand was about to touch Hatsushio’s hand, Yuuki noticed.
Hatsushiro was closing her eyes and trembling.
Usually, she would give the feeling of being calm and gentle, but right now, she is completely like a puppy afraid of getting punished.
I know the reason.
It’s the bruises and scars clearly visible from the lapel of the young ladies school uniform Hatsushiro is wearing.
These are fresh traces of violence I also saw yesterday.
I can only imagine the exact details of what happened, but Hatsushiro must be helplessly afraid of being touched by other people.
Yuuki’s expression relaxed and he withdrew his hand.
Hatsusushiro raised her face, and looked at Yuuki with eyes wide open.
“You must be scared, right? And yet you tried told hands for me, that makes me happy”
Hatsushiro shook her head.
“…That won’t do, you are letting me stay here… so just that much is…”
“Don’t force yourself. It won’t make me happy unless you’re doing it happily, too”
Hatsushiro cast her eyes down, looking apologetic.
“…I’m… sorry. I’m just so scared… of people… I understand that Yuuki-san is a good person, but…”
“It’s fine. Just take it slowly, little by little,” said Yuuki, and he smiled at Hatsushiro.
“But you know what. Eventually, I do want to have a squeeze hug”
“Yeah. With both hands like this, and then squeeze,” said Yuuki, spreading his arms and hugging the pillow on top of the bed tightly.
Hatsushiro stared in wonder when she saw this.
“…Ah, are you maybe put off by this?”
Hatsushiro let out a small laugh. You’re really cute when laughing, hey. You just make me want to hug you right now, you know.
“…That’s right, I think it might take a little bit of time, but someday when I have sorted out my feelings, please do so, okay…”
“Ah, but, if I may say so in exchange, I will cook something for you since I can cook a little”
Yuuki instantly got excited. It’s only natural. A girlfriend’s home-cooked meal was the romance of all men after all.
“Ah, but I’ve already bought meals from the convenience store”
“Then, I suppose it’ll be on tomorrow morning”
“Guess so. I’m looking forward to it!!”
As usual, Yuuki woke up slightly before six in the morning.
The alarm clock was set exactly at six. However, his body got into the habit of waking up at this hour, so it hasn’t been of much help. He himself was aware of being a reasonably good waker. However, today he got up with more vigour than usual.
“Oh yeah, a girlfriend’s home cooking!!”
His excitement was like that of an elementary school student on the day of a school excursion.
Now then, speaking of the girlfriend, she was still asleep on the futon laid out on the floor of the living room because the alarm hadn’t gone off yet.
Two days prior, Hatsushiro was using the bed, however, this time Hatsushiro told Yuuki to use the bed.
As for Yuuki, he wanted Hatsushiro to use the bed, however, even after he told her he didn’t mind it, Hatsushiro refrained and said “The owner is Yuuki-san, so you should use it”.
Let’s have her cook right away!!
“Hatsushiro, good mor…”
And that Hatshiro, she was asleep while curling and gripping the blanket tightly with her hands. Her expression was stiff, as if she was frightened of something.
“…I’m sorry… mom…,” Hatsushiro murmured in a small voice with her eyes closed.
“…I will… do my best… that’s why.. that’s why”
“…it’s all right, you should go get some rest,” Yuuki said in a small voice and turned off the alarm.
Without making a sound, Yuuki got ready to school, took out the meal he bought from a convenience store yesterday from the fridge, and put in on the table with chopsticks
And then he tore a single page from his notebook and wrote a memo.
“…I’m off,” said Yuuki in a small voice, who then left the room.
Yuuki, who arrived at school one hour before the start of the class as usual, opened up his reference book and started studying, again, as usual.
“You’re working yourself to the bone as ever”
It’s Ootani Shouko, someone with semi-rimless glasses and would probably be a beauty if she lost weight.
“Of course. Like I have time to relax and all that”
In the five available ranks of the scholarship system, Yuuki was at the highest with SA treatment. With SA treatment, he wasn’t just exempted from tuition and facility maintenance fees, but also helped with school excursion funds and rent. For Yuuki, who couldn’t expect any money at all from his parents, this was a welcome opportunity. However, the SA treatment required him to keep placing within the top five in the regular exams.
And to maintain it, it’s required to take an appropriate amount of effort.
“It’s important, isn’t it,” said Ootani as she sat on her seat and started reading a book.
The usual order of arrival at the classroom was always Yuuki in first place, and Ootani second. And then until the start of the class, Yuuki would solve the problems in his reference books in silence, while Ootani would read books silently.
Basically, there would be no words between the two during that time, however, today Ootani started to talk to him.
“So, did it go smoothly?”
“The things from yesterday”
It’s hand-holding and home-cooked meal.
“Err, not yet. We couldn’t do it yesterday”
“Come on, that’s not interesting at all. Even though I took the trouble of telling you”
“…We have our own pace, all right”
“Says someone who confessed right after you met her”
Yuuki became unable to say anything when being told so. When I think about it now, I can only think there’s something wrong with me at that time.
The door of the classroom was opened with great force, and a single male student came flying in.
It’s Fujii Ryouta. One of Yuuki’s few friends, a second year male student and the ace of the baseball club.
He’s an uplifting existence, and the mood maker of the baseball club and his class. By the way, he was so good at shogi that he was able to defeat Yuuki in six moves, and had no relation with a certain professional shogi player3.
This man, excluding his slight noisinness, was within the top ten for brains in his school year. And as for his face, although he couldn’t have too flashy of a hairstyle due to school regulations, it was refreshing and handsome that would put even actors on TV to shame. His personality was also one that didn’t discriminate against anyone. He’s the so-called perfect man, however, he had only one flaw.
This man, not sure what’s in his head, but he’s been making approaches to Ootani Shouko like an idiot. No, Ootani was indeed a nice, easy-to-talk-to, and capable woman, however.
“You look absolutely wonderful today too!! Come date me!!”
“You’re so noisy in the morning. If you don’t shut up, I’ll have you plowed by a dirty old man in my manga”
“Such a spiteful you is also wonderful!!”
The Ootani in question was so unwelcome towards him.
Fujii shrugged his shoulders, and looked towards Yuuki.
“Say, Yuuki. Why do my feelings not get across? Even though I have such passionate feelings”
“Don’t you think it’s because you’re frivolous?,” said Yuuki, looking at Ootani’s direction.
“Because you’re frivolous, noisy, and you are tactless,” Ootani flatly declared. Whoah, this girl’s tough.
Yuuki then spoke to Fujii.
“Hey, if it’s you, you can pick and choose as many as you want, so why do you even continue attacking on someone who so clearly rejects you”
“Hmm? That’s a stupid question. Of course it’s because I love such Shouko-chan. ” declared Fujii in a refreshing manner without a single shred of embarrassment. And this guy’s tough, too.
“There may be plenty of girls, but there’s only one Shouko-chan!! Or perhaps, if Yuuki has a girlfriend and then you get comfortable with another girl, would you break up with your girlfriend or two-timing?”
“I’m absolutely, not your girlfriend”
“In my brain, we’ve even booked a wedding venue, you know”
“I’m really going to make a new story about a baseball club’s ace who gets gang r◯ped by a bunch of homeless old men”
Again, indifferent towards the start of idiotic exchanges of the two, “Uh-huh,” Yuuki crossed his arms.
“There may be plenty of other girls, but there’s only one Shouko… is it. Well, certainly. I also can’t imagine any other woman but her”
“Yes? Eh? That way of putting it, eh, seriously? Yuuki, you got a girlfriend?”
As if it weren’t already enough, Fujii was surprised with eyes very wide open. His precious handsome face was falling apart. If the girls in class were to see this, they’d cry.
Fujii looked at Ootani for confirmation.
“Yeah, that’s right. Surprising, isn’t it”
“…Are you for real”
“It’s nothing to be that surprised about,” grumbled Yuuki. Ootani was the same, but apparently, it was rather shocking news for people who knew Yuuki.
Fujii sighed, returned back to his usual handsome man and spoke.
“Well, I’m happy for you. I was thinking that you should also enjoy your youth a little more, you know”
“Well, I was thinking that you’re too tense after all, you know. I understand that it’s hard to keep up the scholarship student status, though”
“It is. I mean, I never saw you playing around at all”
As a result of immersing himself only in studying and part-time job since his enrollment, Yuuki was not really self-aware of that fact.
“…Actually, are you not going to play baseball again, Yuuki?”
Yuuking scratched his head a little and spoke.
“Well, it’s not like I have the reason to, and I don’t have time for it”
“I see… But well, you better get along with your girlfriend!! Next time let’s have a double-date, okay, Shouko-chan!!”
Fujii was glared at by Ootani with everything she got.
Hatsushiro had a dream.
Inside the dream, her little self was crying and shouting.
I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I was being selfish. I’ll be a good girl, that’s why please, please, that person…
Hatsushiro hugged the futon tightly.
Only when she had something covering her body like this did it feel as if the world was completely separated from her, which made her feel a little better.
When she opened her eyes slightly, she saw the clock.
Hatsushiro grew pale in an instant.
It’s already 5 p.m. Even though I’ve promised to cook for Yuuki.
An angry voice resounded inside her head.
I’ve done it. Feelings of guilt whirled around inside her head. Rather, she wanted to disappear just like that.
“At any rate, I have to get up…”
Even if she disappeared, it didn’t change the fact that she overslept.
She tried to get up, but her body was heavier than yesterday. Apparently, the exhaustion of the past three days had begun to show in earnest.
When she somehow managed to raise her body, she noticed the meal from the convenience store placed on the table. There was even a pair of disposable chopsticks.
And it’s accompanied with a memo on a piece of paper from a notebook.
‘This salmon box meal is super tasty, I recommend it!!’
Aah… He’s so kind.
Her heart, which was turbulent until a short while ago, became calm.
“…Thank you for the meal”
Hatsushiro opened the lid of the convenience store box meal and started eating.
The meal was an industrially mass-produced product and a little cold, but for every bite she took, warmth built up deep inside her chest.
“Thank you very much, Yuuki-san”
That warmth almost brought tears to her eyes.
I think this might be the first time in a long time that I’ve eaten food that I thought was tasty.
“I wonder if there’s something I can do for Yuuki-san…”
I’ve been only on the receiving end of various things since yesterday.
Hatsushiro finished eating her meal. She then got up and walked to the kitchen.
After classes ended, Yuuki immediately headed to his part-time job.
He worked diligently, busting his butt. After finishing work, Yuuki was walking home.
The time was already past 9 p.m.
Waking up early in the morning, going to school and studying, working on a part-time job until this hour, studying again once he got home, then going to sleep. It’s just another day as usual.
“When I think about it this way, I think I might’ve have done nothing but studying and working”
I’m not complaining since I’m just doing what I have to do, but I feel Like I understand why Fujii said that.
“But well!! I do have a girlfriend now!!”
You can’t say I’m not enjoying my youth anymore.
“Well, we still couldn’t do any lover-like things, though. It’ll be from now on, yeah, from now on…,” he mumbled such things as he walked, and then he arrived at his apartment. He climbed up the stairs, and then opened the door to his apartment.
“We-welcome home, Yuuki-san”
Hatsushiro, wearing an apron and with his black hair in a ponytail, greeted him.
Like yesterday, the room which was usually dark when he returned was lit up.
“…Is something the matter?”
“A, aah, no. It’s nothing. I’m home, Hatsushiro”
“…Yes. And so, Yuuki-san… I’m sorry about this morning. Even though I had promised, I ended up oversleeping,” Hatsushiro said in a gloomy voice and bowed deeply.
Her body was also trembling slightly. As for Yuuki, he was the one who turned off the alarm in the first place, so there’s nothing to be angry about. I think it might be better to tell her this immediately.
“I’m not angry, so raise your face”
“…I suppose.. so. Yuuki-san is that kind of person, isn’t it…”
“It’s fine if you make a meal for me when you have time, okay,” said Yuuki, and then Hatsushiro’s expression brightened a little.
“Yes. Everything is ready, so please come on in”
Yuki did as he was told and walked to the living room, following Hatsushiro. And then, the smell of broth was slightly drifting in the air.
“I’ve taken the liberty of using what I found inside the fridge. I couldn’t make anything too elaborate, though”
IT’S A GIRLFRIEND’S HOME COOKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!
Yuuki made a gut pose in his mind.
“Wah, i-is something the matter, so sudden like this”
Apparently, it was not only in his mind, but he actually made a gut pose.
It couldn’t be helped. It’s because, after all.
HOME COOKING!! IT’S HOME COOKING!! A GIRLFRIEND’S HOME COOKING.
Without delay, Yuuki washed his hands, and then sat cross-legged in front of the table.
The menu was stewed noodles.
“Umm, I’m truly sorry… that I couldn’t make anything too elaborate”
“No no, it’s totally fine. I’m totally happy!! I’m really super duper happy!! It’s in the top three of things that have made me happy in my life!!”
“Well then, let’s dig in,” said Yuuki clasping his hands. Then he picked up his chopsticks.
Firstly, tasting the soup.
What’s this, this is just totally different than when I’m making it.
Though, I can’t hide my surprise at the difference in taste in taste between this dish and a typical man’s dish that I cook myself very rarely, which is just defrosting frozen noodles and pouring some noodle soup base. She should be using the same frozen noodles, but how in the hell could it be so different? Each and every ingredient, all of it is soaked in the soup and is delicious.
…Aaa, it touched me. It’s really a heart touching taste.
He’s savouring the happiness of having a girlfriend who can make him eat this kind of food while absorbed in slurping the stewed noodles.
Hatsushiro was staring intently at such a sight of Yuuki with an uneasy expression.
Oh yeah, that’s right, Yuuki realized.
It’s so delicious that I ended up forgetting an important thing.
“It’s incredibly delicious. Thanks, Hatsushiro”
“…Y-yes. Thank you very much. I’m… glad,” said Hatsushiro, who blushed from embarrassment.
OOOH, that’s really cute.
Yuuki looked at him.
Come to think of it, I just realized it this late but she looks so good with her hair in a ponytail and an apron on it’s worth dying for. What’s with this newly-married woman feeling?
I feel my brain being eaten by happiness real hard.
A girlfriend’s home cooking is one hell of an event. I never thought it’d be this much.
And then, he finished eating it in a flash.
“…Tha-that was delicious. Frankly, I want to eat more, though”
“A-as expected of a boy… I thought I had made quite a lot, though. Umm, since we have the ingredients, would you like me to make you another one?”
“Eh? Are you sure?”
If there’s leftovers from the one she made I think it’s fine, but it’d feel awkward to have her cook another one from scratch.
However… yeah, I do still want to eat more. I can’t lie about my feelings in front of this taste.
“Then, a second please”
In that moment, when Yuuki stretched his hand to the bowl wanting to hand it to her and Hatsushiro stretched her hand to the bowl wanting to take it, their hands accidentally touched.
And then, without either of them knowing it, their palms came together. The soft sensation of Hatsushiro’s hand was transmitted through his palm.
Hatsushiro’s hand that came into contact was indeed trembling, though slightly.
Yuuki tried to pull his hand away, however to his surprise, Hatsushiro’s fingers wrapped his hand.
Surprised, he raised his face and looked at Hatsushiro.
“…I would be lying, if I say I’m not scared…,”said Hatsushiro, with a face that was even redder than before.
“But, more than that, I’m happy…”
“…Yes, I am. That’s why, can we stay like this, a little longer…”
SIlence gently enveloped the living room. On the other hand, if we were to sum up Yuuki’s thoughts in one word.
What the hell, isn’t my girlfriend just too cute. We’re finally holding hands, too. Aah, is this going to be fine? Am I going to die today?
And then Hatsushiro, without knowing Yuuki’s inner thoughts, tightly squeezed their joined hands. And finally, with a pleasant, happy, and at ease expression, “…It’s warm,” she muttered this.
CHAPTER 2 – I WANT TO GIVE A PRESENT
My girlfriend is too cute.
My girlfriend is just too cute.
My girlfriend really is just too cute.
“…Hey, my girlfriend is just too cute. What do you think I should do?”
Yuuki was brushed aside by Ootani who was reading manga after he asked such a thing during lunch break.
However, Yuuki, who was in high excitement, didn’t stop there.
“But you know, just please look at this, look,” said Yuuki, as he pointed at the lunch box on top of his desk.
It was an ordinary, yet courteous and warm homemade lunch box with fried egg, sautéd and simmered burdocks and carrots, fried meat, stir fried vegetables, and rice covered with minced chicken.
“It does look delicious”
“You’re wrong!! It is crazy delicious, I tell you!!”
He felt that Ootani had said something, however, Yuuki decided to ignore it.
By the way, it didn’t stop with just this lunch box. Everyday Hatsuhiro prepared breakfast, dinner, and his own lunch box ever since the day she first cooked for him. Thanks to this, his physical condition became awfully good these past few days. Convenience store meals really were unbalanced in all sorts of ways.
Today too, Hatsushiro would probably be waiting for him in his room with the lights on and warm food cooked for him when he got home from his part-time job.
“I truly, truly am grateful”
I can’t thank her enough.
“And well, I want to do something for her as a thank you, you see. Something that girls will be happy about”
“Hmm, then how about giving a present or something?,” said Ootani, showing the manga she was reading to him.
In it was a girl drawn with a fine touch happily hugging a stuffed bear, which was a gift from her boyfriend.
“I see, that’s certainly…”
I certainly have heard that girls love cute things.
Inside his brain, Yuuki replaced the heroine in the manga with Hatsushiro.
She received the stuffed toy given to her while blushing, and then, ‘Thank you very much (hugging the stuffed toy tightly).’
“…AIN’T THAT EXTREMELY CUTE. ”
“You really are extremely annoying lately…”
“A stuffed toy for a present, is it?”
“Yeah, as a thank you for always cooking me food and all”
In the evening of the very same day, Yuuki decided to talk to Hatsushiro about the matter of the present during dinner without delay.
However, “No, such a thing, you really don’t have to…,” Hatsushiro said immediately as she shook her head.
“I’m already having you pay the food expenses for two people… I can not afford to burden you any more than this…”
“Well, you really don’t have to worry about it. It might appear so, but I don’t have other things to do, so all I’ve been doing was working and studying. And so I’ve got a good amount of savings”
At precisely this point, it’s perfectly sufficient to pay for food and utility expenses for the two of them for about another six months.
However, “No, even so… it’s fine really, for someone like me…,” said Hatsushiro, hanging her head down.
I thought she’d be happy, but I had never thought she’d be feeling so sorry like this.
Even so, she said “Someone like me”, but Hatsushiro’s look is cute, her personality is also calm and gentle, and she’s also making me this delicious food everyday.
By the way, today’s menu was omurice. The egg was nicely seasoned and extremely delicious. You could eat it endlessly. She’s a wonderful girlfriend, that merely buying a stuffed toy or two, or even no matter how many stuffed toys were bought it wouldn’t feel like it’s wasted.
“Ah well, in that case let’s do this. You can look up what you want on your phone or something later. Anything is fine as long as it’s not that expensive, okay… wait, that reminds me, you said you didn’t have a phone, didn’t you”
That’s right, Hatushiro didn’t have a phone in this day and age. According to what he’d heard from her, it’s not that she left it at her home, but she never had it to begin with.
“Actually, aren’t you not having anything to do when I’m at school or work?”
He said it himself, however, Yuuki’s room was what you’d call bleak. Anyway, it didn’t have many things in it.
There were only reference books, a desk, and a table, with nothing there as an entertainment to pass time.
If she has a smartphone to play games or surf the web, I think she could avoid boredom, though.
“I’m borrowing your reference books to study, so I’m fine”
“You said that, but aren’t you bored with only that?”
“Fufufu, are you saying that, Yuuki-san”
“I can’t say anything if you told me that. I’ve been called something like ‘a man with grayful youth’ by that Ootani too, after all”
Anyhow, he was a boring human who had done nothing but study and work, a fact recognized by himself and others.
“It’s just, well… I think it’s not gray now. After all, you’re there when I get home. It’s really a nice thing, you know, to have someone there when you get home,” said Yuuki, slowly taking Hatsushiro’s hand.
Hatsushiro also grasped back the hand with her slender fingers.
Ever since the first day they held hands, Hatsushiro had become able to do no more than holding hands together like this.
“…The time I spent cooking and cleaning while waiting Yuuki-san to come home, I like it, you know”
DAMN IT!! SHE’S REALLY A GOOD GIRL, I REALLY WANT TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE HER HAPPY. Yuuki shouted in his heart.
On the way home from school, Yuuki visited a phone store in a nearby shopping mall.
“Uh-huh. I came here thinking about buying one for Hatsushiro, but on second thought, minors have to get parental consent to buy one, don’t they”
Actually, how is it that she has been at my place for almost a week now yet there’s no particular commotion about it? Do her parents not file a missing person report or something? Even a school would probably take action if you didn’t go to school for a while.
“Wait, in the first place, when I consider the base price or the basic rate, Hatsushiro will definitely refrain, won’t she. Even a stuffed toy already makes her feel awfully sorry”
I think it’s wonderful that she’s an incredibly good girl, but I also think she’s unfortunately too much of a good girl. It’s fine for her to be a little more selfish, however…
“Sheesh, guess I’ll just go buy it without telling her. Hmmm, but if I do that, it might make Hatsushiro feel too sorry and make it hard for her to be there at home”
I want to express my daily gratitude for her in some form, but it’s meaningless if she’s not pleased about it.
While thinking such things, Yuuki, who was walking aimlessly around the shopping mall looking for something good to buy, stopped his feet when he saw an advertisement.
“…If it’s this I think it might be fine”
“Welcome home, Yuuki-san”
As usual, Hatsushiro greeted Yuuki when he got home.
“You mentioned that you didn’t have a part-time job today, which is unusual, but you were a little late, isn’t it”
“Yeah, I just had some something to buy”
Hatsushiro tilted her head.
Yuuki took out the thing he bought in the shopping mall toy section from the paper bag.
“…A game console, is it?”
“Yeah. A game I played in the past got a remake, you see. I got so nostalgic that I ended up buying it. Well, I was thinking maybe I could take a breather from studying. Leaving that aside, I guess food comes first. I’m starving”
“Ah, of course. It’s grilled fish today”
Hatsushiro’s repertoire was centered around Japanese-style food. What could be said was that it’s carefully seasoned and reminded him of his own grandmother, which made him feel at ease when eating.
Today’s dinner was also delicious.
“Well then,” said Yuuki, as he plugged it into the monitor’s port.
What Yuuki bought was a hardware called PW4 and a software called “The Legend of The Sacred Spear 3.”
It was a game he played when he was still quite small at a friend’s house, and he remembered having a lot of fun playing it.
By the way, this monitor was something Ootani pushed to him before as she no longer needed it and had been collecting dust without being used at all.
“Oh, here it comes”
The opening movie was shown on the monitor.
Hatsushiro, who probably had never seen a game much herself before, was watching the video with really great interest.
“…It’s pretty, isn’t it”
“I guess so. The one I played in the past was in pixel art, and the characters weren’t even voiced. So it really surprised me how far technology has come lately”
Well, I like the old pixel arts because they have their own charm, though.
Yuuki picked up the controller.
“All right, let’s do this. Here, Hatsushiro”
Hatsushiro’s eyes blinked repeatedly when she saw the controller of the second player I held out to her.1
“This game, it can be played by two people. Since I’ve already bought it, can we play together?”
Hatsushiro timidly extended her hand to the controller. It’s completely like she’s thinking if it’s okay for her to touch such a thing.
“Please, Hatsushiro… okay?”
When I asked her once again with the softest tone possible, Hatsushiro took the controller.
It was irresistibly cute seeing her fiddling all over it with a great interest despite being slightly at loss by the first time feeling.
“Well then, game start”
As it turned out, Hatsushiro was really seriously a beginner at games.
First, she didn’t know the basic standard of the A button and B button. If you were the same generation as Yuuki, anyone would at least know that the A button was for confirming, and B button was for cancelling, and it’s only natural that your hands would move naturally, however, Hatsushiro made mistakes many times, and bowed her head with “I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
Therefore, the controlling itself was outrageously incongruous.
Even now, they’re in the middle of battle and Hatsushiro’s chosen human beast character was endlessly swinging combos where no one else was. It was a bizarre behaviour as if he had taken Tam◯flu.
“I-I’m sorry, Yuuki-san. I will go there immediately!! Err, yah. ” said Hatsushiro, tilting the stick heartily with her whole body.
This action resulted in Hatsushiro’s human beast character to somehow run in the opposite direction of the enemies and keep on moving forward in front of a rock at the edge of the stage. I wonder where she intends to go. Could it be H◯warts?
“Phew. That’s close. Somehow managed to take it down”
Yuuki somehow managed to kill the enemy alone. His HP was in the red.
“The enemies are also getting stronger from this point, huh. Ah, a goddess statue that can heal. What a generous design. The timing is just right, so let’s wrap it up here for today,” said Yuuki, saving the game and then turning off the power.
“…Uuu, I’m sorry. I was only dragging you down”
It was Hatsushiro, who had been apologizing for a while now.
“Well, that’s just how it is at first. So, how was it?”
Being asked this, Hatsushiro was fiddling her long black hair with her right hand, looking a bit troubled.
Though he just grasped it recently, this was a habit of hers when she’s hesitating whether it’s fine to say what she’s thinking. Yuuki had decided to patiently wait until Hatsushiro’s made up her mind.
Before long, Hatsushiro opened her small mouth and spoke apologetically.
“Umm… I have troubled you many times and I think It would be imprudent of me to say this, but… umm… it was fun”
Hearing this, Yuuki was, YESS. making a guts pose in his mind.
“Umm, Yuuki-san. Is something the matter? Making a guts pose all of sudden like this”
“Eh? Ah, no no, it’s nothing, don’t mind it. Well, but, you know what, you’re really bad at this, huh”
“So there you go. You should practice using other save data if you feel like it. You see, this is a game where you can advance through the scenario by yourself”
“Eh, ah, yes. You’re right. I can’t afford to inconvenience you again”
“Yeah, that’s it, Now then, I’m going to take a bath now,” said Yuuki as he stood up and stretched his body, seemingly satisfied.
With this, she should be able to pass the time while alone for a bit.
Besides, I had fun myself. Aah, come to think of it, I wonder how long it’s been since I played a game and had fun…
I ended up cutting my study time a little, but this kind of time is not bad, thought Yuuki.
“Ooh, a girlfriend and a game, huh”
The next day after playing a game with Hatsushiro.
On lunch break at school as usual. Ootani commented while eating the school store’s cutlet sandwich.
“Yeah. I’m glad that Hatsushiro seemed to be enjoying herself, too. And she’s perhaps practicing right about now… hmm? What’s wrong, making surprised look like that”
“Well, that you’re being thoughtful like that is just surprising”
“Hold on a sec. Doesn’t that make me completely sound like a thoughtless person usually”
“Hey, stop that taken aback face as if you’re saying ‘Did he really not have self-awareness?’”
“I’m just joking. You’re hard to understand, but you regularly pay attention to other people. You’re truly hard to understand, though. You’re as hard to understand as the difference between the Shounan-Shinjuku Line to Takasaki and Shounan-Shinjuku Line to Kagohara”
“That analogy is hard to understand!!”
But well, certainly, I did go to Tokyo once and when returning I made a mistake by getting on a train car to Kagohara, though.
“And this time, I guess you came out as easy to understand. Your girlfriend… Hatsushiro-san was it? You bought the game for that girl, right? You took the trouble to make her not refrain herself by saying things like ‘I feel nostalgic myself, so play with me’ or ‘You should practice for the next time we play together’”
Ootani perfectly hit the bull’s eye and Yuuki became a little embarrassed.
“Was I being meddlesome?”
“I don’t think you were. That aside, that Hatsushiro girl, doesn’t she seem to at least have more than a little bit of problems?”
“Yeah, do you think so, too?”
“A girl in this day and age not having a phone, or having played a game for the first time is just not normal. Moreover, She’s been staying at your home for many days, but it’s beyond me how not a single word is coming from her parents or school…”
It’s certainly as Ootani had said. She never talked about her attempt to jump off from the rooftop of the abandoned building, nor about the bruises and scars visible under her clothes. Nevertheless, it was abnormal enough.
Yuuki decided to talk about what he had been thinking.
“And you know, she’s an incredibly good girl, but I do think she’s too much of a good girl”
“Guess so. What kind of life she was even having before she stayed at your place… right? If I remember correctly, that girl goes to the nearby young lady’s school, right? I have an acquaintance over there. Should I try to look it up?,” said Ootani. However, I thought for a bit, then shook my head.
“…Hatsushiro just won’t talk about herself. You know, I really like Hatsushiro who is now cooking dinner and waiting for me every night. That’s why I think it might be better to quietly leave it alone until she naturally sorts out her feelings about her past and feel like talking about it”
“Haah, yes yes. Thanks for the happiness aura. It did give me a heartburn”
Ootani sighed as though she’s exasperated.
“Well, you’re the type who doesn’t want to forcibly meddle with others too, after all. Even so, in this world there’s a lot of people who actually want to say something but can’t, and that kind of people are subconsciously waiting for someone else to meddle unnecessarily with their lives, you know. Especially for girls, you see”
“Is that how it is?”
“That is how it is,” said Ootani as she made a slight distant look.
“Want to say something but can’t… is it”
On the way home from part-time job, Ootani’s words were stuck deep inside his chest.
And, well, even Yuuki was curious about Hatsushiro’s past.
As he was walking with a slightly gloomy feeling, he arrived in front of his home before he realized it.
“But well, it also seems like she’s been really comfortable in my room lately.”
Even her slightly awkward smiling face at the beginning had turned into something incredibly natural now.
In particular, her smiling face when she greeted Yuuki with “welcome home” when he got home like this was completely just like an angel’s…
“…We-welcome home… Yuuki-san”
Yuuki slightly knitted his brows when he saw Hatsushiro coming out of the kitchen.
I feel like her complexion looks slightly bad. Moreover, she also somehow appears to be slightly giddy.
“Is something the matter? Yuuki-san”
“Hatsushiro… Did something happen?”
At Yuuki’s words, Hatsushiro slightly averted her eyes and then spoke.
“No, umm… there’s nothing in particular…”
“…I see. Tell me if anything comes up, okay”
“Ye-yes. Ah, today we’re having curry”
Afterwards, it was as usual.
The curry Hatsushiro made was very delicious, and she also didn’t seem to have any particular oddities.
Since he returned late that day because it was busier than usual at his part-time job, Yuuki went to sleep without playing a game.
Since that day, though little by little, Hatsushiro’s physical condition deteriorated.
The person in question said that it’s not a big deal and she’s fine, but she’s obviously not looking well.
Ootani’s words kept on coming back to him.
‘in this world there’s a lot of people who actually want to say something but can’t, and that kind of people are subconsciously waiting for someone else to meddle unnecessarily with their lives, you know. Especially for girls, you see’
It’s precisely when his part-time job had been getting busy these past few days and making him come home later than usual, which caused Yuuki to be all the more impatient.
And then, at night on a certain day.
Hatsushiro, who got up to wash the dishes after dinner, suddenly collapsed on the spot.
Yuuki hurriedly rushed to her. Regret was whirling inside his head.
As I thought, there was something wrong with Hatsushio these past few days. Couldn’t I have done more before it came to this?
That’s wrong, it’s more important to call the ambulance right n….
When Yuuki tried to pick up the collapsed Hatsushiro, “…Zzz …Zzz,” he could hear a peaceful breathing sound.
“…Zzz.. Ma〇 Sanctuary… W〇sp… Vusc〇v…”
What Hatsushiro’s muttering, if I remember correctly, sounds like terms that come up in “The Legend of The Sacred Spear 3.”
Yuuki put Hatsushiro on the bed, and then started up “The Legend of The Holy Spear 3,” which he hadn’t played since he first played it.
And then, his eyes opened wide.
“The heck is this”
Below save data 1, which was the save data that Yuuki and Hatsushiro had played together, was save data 2, which had been fully completed.
“Play time is 60 hours…”
And It’s only been four days since I bought it, too.
“In other words, it’s that, huh. This is just… lack of sleep?”
“…Hnnnn, Ninja Mast〇, is difficult…,” said Hatsushiro while having a nightmare.
At noon the next day. Today was a day off.
“So that’s it, huh. Looks like you’ve been playing all day long. And you’re also doing it stealthily in the dead of night,” said Yuuki to Hatsushiro, who had been sleeping soundly for 12 hours.
“…Yes. Yuuki-san sleeps very easily, and it was also because you didn’t even seem to wake up if I was playing with the sound off,” said Hatsushiro, sitting upright and hanging her head in front of Yuuki.
Certainly, Yuuki could fall asleep very easily, perhaps because he usually came home heavily exhausted from his part-time job and studying. He’s the type of person who wouldn’t wake up at the slightest noise.
“Regardless, you played a whole lot, huh. Look, even like the equipment is basically complete, isn’t ít”
Ah, this character’s equipment looks like this in the remake, huh.
Seeing other equipment in CG like this gives a different impression and it’s really refreshing.
Hatsushiro’s depressed state was severe.
From Yuuki’s point of view, it’s not like you did anything very bad, he thought. However…
“…I ended up causing you to be worried. I was also not even able to make you breakfast this morning, and above anything else… while Yuuki-san was working hard in studying and part-time job, I was spending all my time playing”
That’s right. Hatsushiro was that kind of girl.
She’s too much of a good girl, who, even for something like this, would think about the other person’s situation and strongly reflect on it.
Her voice was trembling. Completely like a child who broke a window glass and got scolded by her parents.
Even now, she looked like she was on the verge of crying. Fear, regret, or perhaps she’s frightened of the other person’s anger that she believed would come after this. Although it’s not clear why she ended up like this, Hatsushiro was excessively scared of others’ anger.
Then Hatsushiro squeezed out her voice.
“…I will never play a game again. That’s why”
“Yeah, I’m glad. I’m glad that you’re enjoying it that much”
Yuuki spoke in a bright voice.
Hatsushiro was dumbfounded with an expression as if she didn’t understand what was being said.
“What now, is there something on my face?”
“No, umm, that’s not what I meant”
“You even played for 60 hours, that means it must’ve been fun, right?”
Although Hatsushiro remained still for a moment, she eventually replied in a small voice.
And in a fearful state, “…Are you not angry?,” Hatsushiro asked.
Yuuki let out a single sigh, and approached Hatsushiro. He then put his own hand over her trembling hand.
“Like even something like this would make me angry. In the first place, I bought this game so that you could enjoy yourself during your free time after all”
“Eeh, that was, I had been thinking that perhaps might be the case somehow, but…”
“That’s why I’m happy you’re enjoying yourself. That’s all there’s to it. Ah, but I guess I’d be happy if you just remember to properly make food for me. After all eating Hatsushiro’s food has become kind of a reason for living for me lately”
“Whah!? What’s wrong?”
Suddenly, Hatsushiro began to cry like a child. What, what happened? Did I hold her hand too strongly?
And then Yuuki hurriedly tried to take his hand away. However, Hatsushiro held his hand.
“…Yuuki-san… why are you, being so kind to me…,” said Hatsushiro while shedding tears.
Instead of being kind, Yuuki himself simply just wanted to do something for Hatsushiro. He had never thought that she would cry so much so he got all flustered.
But well, if he were to tell the reason why, “I’m your boyfriend after all, Hatushiro.”
Hearing this, water flowed out of Hatsushiro’s tear glands again with even more intensity.
Yuuki was a little lost, but he tenderly stroked the head of the crying Hatsushiro.
The texture of Hatsushiro’s hair feels nice to the hand, it’s comforting.
For a while like this, Hatsushiro’s crying voice reverberated inside the quiet room.
“…It’s all right, it’s all right. Let’s play together once you’ve calmed down, okay,” repeated Yuuki, again and again. Then Yuuki continued to stroke Hatsushiro’s head until she stopped crying.
Since Hatsushiro had calmed down, they decided to play the game before his part-time job in the evening.
They loaded save data 1, which they played on the first day he bought it.
Now then, if we were to speak the ability of Hatsushiro who had been making effort without sparing time for sleep in these past four days, “Ah, Yuuki-san, I will do something about this enemy (whack whack whack whack)”, “Ye-yeah.”
She-she’s so good. With almost never receiving the enemy’s counter attack, she overwhelmed the mid-boss with mysterious combos that Yuuki didn’t even know how it was done.
“Tsk, I have received an attack I could have avoided instead, huh. How impudent…”
Uh-huh, looks like it’s better for me to stick to support so I don’t drag her down, thought Yuuki, as Hatsushiro’s controlled human beast character got so strong. While Yuuki was captivated by her magnificent play, the mid-boss suddenly exploded and scattered in all directions.
“Phew… five minutes and thirteen seconds. I ended up losing five more seconds compared to the previous time because of the failure of avoiding one attack. It’s the greatest mistake in my life. I’m really sorry for showing you something embarrassing”
“No, that was splendid enough that I didn’t even understand what you’re doing, you know”
Actually, this is not supposed to be a game where you compete for time, though
“Ah, from this map you should go to the back of the corridor here, not the one you entered. I think that this is probably a technical mistake, but we’ll be able to go the town we’re supposed go a little later, and we’ll be able to buy stronger equipment”
Somehow, she even discovered what looks like a secret method. Her 60 hours of play time in four days isn’t just for show.
“Fufufu, a rare enemy came out. I’ll be earning the money”
Hmm, but yeah, I guess so. It makes me feel a bit lonely, thought Yuuki while pleasantly looking at Hatsushiro who seemed to be enjoying the game.
Somehow, I feel like she’s making the most sparkling energetic smile to date. Being jealous of the game, sad to say, makes me a close-minded man I guess, and he ridiculed himself.
“Ah, Yuuki-san. It’s almost time for your part-time job, isn’t it. I think we should leave it here”
“Yeah, you’re right”
So said Hatsushiro, and then Yuuki saved the game and turned it off.
The beautiful pictures and sound disappeared. Inside the room that had become quiet, only Yuuki and Hatsushiro remained, sitting side by side in front of the monitor.
There’s still a bit of time left before I have to go to work. I want to talk to her while staying like this for a bit longer, thought Yuuki.
“Looks like you’ve become really good at this, Hatsushiro. All I could do was following you around, you know”
And at the same time.
“Umm… Your shoulder”
My shoulder?, thought Yuuki who then looked at his own shoulder. However, there’s nothing in particular on it either.
Hatushiro was fidgety, but she eventually talked timidly.
“Can I lean on your shoulder?”
“Eh? Ye-yeah. Fine by me”
Yuuki was a little surprised by the unexpected request.
“But, are you going to be okay?”
After all, it was Hatsushiro, who was so scared of being touched by other people that she couldn’t even touch hands at first.
“I-I would be lying if I said I wasn’t scared… but, I want to, do it…,” said Hatsushiro, slightly trembling.
I see, Hatsushiro tries to move forward despite being scared, huh.
“I see, come here then”
“Y-yes, I’ll do it now…”
Afterwards, Hatsushiro hesitated and remained still a bit.
And before long, pomf, a warm feeling came on Yuuki’s shoulder.
“…Hey, Yuuki-san. It seems like you’ve been home late lately. Is your work getting busy?”
“Yeah, a bit. But the busy period is over now”
“Is that so… I’m glad to hear it,” said Hatsushiro, in a truly relieved voice. She then put her own hand over Yuki’s.
“…Umm, I know that it’s not good for me to feel this way about Yuuki-san who is working hard at studying and working outside, but the truth is, I would be happy if you come home early”
Hatsushiro placed her head on her shoulder.
“Playing a game is fun, but… umm, as expected, I’m happier when I spend time like this with you, Yuuki-san…”
Her blushing appearance, perhaps because she got embarrassed saying it herself, is adorable.
…Now I’m starting to feel like taking a day off from work today.
I want to stay like this for another 60 hours.
As we continue to date as boyfriend and girlfriend, I begin to see the various sides of Hatushiro, thought Yuuki.
At the beginning, I had the impression of her being a dark and depressed girl, and then when I tried to talk to her a bit, I found out that she’s a refined, family-oriented, and an incredibly good girl, and on the contrary, she’s too much of a good girl that she would become scared more than necessary. And she’s also enthusiastic about games and enjoys it.
“That kind of girlfriend is also just too cute, though. What do you think I should do?”
“Yes yes, how happy it is”
When he talked about it to Ootani the next day, Yuuki was brushed aside in a monotone while she stuffed her cutlet sandwich into her mouth.
CHAPTER 3 – INTRODUCING A FRIEND
“Come to think of it, Hatsushiro”
During breakfast, Yuuki talked about something that had been bothering him since before.
“Do you have anything you want? I mean, look, all of the your daily necessities are my spares and all”
For the time being, she seemed to have the bare minimum, as she had sanitary products and a school issued jersey inside the bag she was carrying on the day he saved her.
“…Hmm, I’m not sure. I don’t have any particular inconvenience, however”
Hatsushiro was a girl. She hadn’t said anything in particular, so Yuuki hadn’t said anything either. However, I wonder if she originally had necessities, he thought.
“Yes. Ah, Yuuki-san, would you like a second helping?”
Hatsushiro received Yuuki’s rice bowl and walked to the kitchen.
The way she behaved didn’t seem to indicate that she was forcing herself in any way.
“Hey, Ootani, what do you think?”
“I do think it’s strange”
An immediate affirmation came when he consulted about it to Ootani after school.
“We are girls only one year apart, but she only has a piece of uniform and jersey each as something to wear, and without any make-up. And speaking of hobby-like things it’s only the game you bought. It’s so crazy how that doesn’t bring up any dissatisfaction at all. There’s seriously something wrong”
“To that extent, huh”
“Yeah. If it was a guy, it’s as strange as not becoming frustrated from not doing m◯turbation at all”
That would be a huge strangeness.
“But, the person in question doesn’t look like she really has any dissatisfaction either. She also doesn’t look like she is forcing herself. I don’t think that I’m good at guessing these stuffs, though”
“…Guess so. This is just my guess, but it could also be that she didn’t get along with other girls her age before she stayed at your place. From what I’ve heard, that girl is too lacking in desire”
Ootani took out a bright blue, round-shaped flat case from her bag.
“This is cream for skin care. It’s an all-in-one product that has everything you need for all sorts of skin care. It’s reasonably priced, and it doesn’t feel bad to use. There are also lots of girls I’ve recommended it to who keeps using it”
“Ooh, I don’t really care about that kind of thing at all, so it’s refreshing. Ah, the smell is soothing, isn’t it”
“That, too, is what’s nice about this. it can be difficult to recommend the one that has a strong smell since people have different tastes… and there’s that. If you’re among girls of the same age, you’d have that kind of conversation everyday. In that case, naturally you’d want one too, right?”
I see, Yuuki nodded his head.
Well, similar to how Yuuki had been until recently, it shouldn’t be impossible that she had something she had to do no matter what and had no interest in anything else.
However, Yuuki’s also self-aware that there was practically no one who was like him in his age group.
At the present condition, it’s a quite unlikely person to find.
Hatsushiro was a good girl, however she’s quite delicate. She’s considerably scared of people, and would become unnecessarily considerate so others wouldn’t get angry. In addition, in the current condition where they’re living together in Yuuki’s room, even though they’re boyfriend and girlfriend and had done nothing wrong, there wouldn’t be a small number of people who would be suspicious of them.
Isn’t it hard to find a girl I can trust who seems to be able to associate themself with Hatsushiro after understanding those aspects?
Yuuki looked at Ootani, who was facing him across the desk.
Ootani quickly averted her eyes and got up from her seat.
“Now then, guess I’ll go home and continue with Scarlet F◯gments”
Yuuki grabbed the hem of Ootani’s jacket as she was about to leave.
“…Ootani, I have a request for you as a ‘mundane’ woman”
“Half a year worth of lunch”
“You’re asking too much all of a sudden!! For something like this maybe two weeks or something”
“I guess it won’t happen then”
“Ah, wait a sec. Two months worth, how does two months worth sound?,” Yuuki said in a panic. And then Ootani broadly smiled.
“A reasonable man is wonderful you know, Yuuki”
“And so, I will invite a friend here tomorrow”
Yuuki, who had finished eating dinner and done studying more or less after he got home after school and his part-time job, was sitting leaning against the bed, with his body and Hatsushiro’s leaning against each other.
It had become a habit of those two to talk about trivial things while feeling each other’s body temperature before going to sleep.
“…And then, am I going to go out only on that occasion?”
“Aah well, you don’t have to force yourself to. She knows our circumstances and all. And actually I’ve been consulting with her about various things regarding you,” said Yuuki, which, for some reason, made Hatsushiro wrinkle her brows a little.
“…This person called Ootani-san is a woman, right?”
“Yeah, that’s right. She’s my classmate. And actually she’s sitting on the seat behind me”
“What kind of woman is she?”
Hmmm, Yuuki thought a little and then spoke.
“I do think she’s someone capable and easy to talk to. She’s basically a serious person but can also tell jokes. She’s also good at taking care of others. She seems to be reading only manga or novels a
all the time, but she’s also studying diligently and got good grades”
“…You speak of her rather highly, isn’t it”
“Well, she’s my only female friend. If there’s any kind of dissatisfaction about her, then yeah… If I must say it, even now she’s still pretty popular, but if she just does a little bit of dieting, I really think she’d become an incredible beauty. I think she’s just doing what she wants, but looking from the outside I really feel like it’s a waste after all”
“…Oooh, hmmm, I see I see,” said Hatsushiro, who suddenly separated from Yuuki’s body and turned away.
His right shoulder became lonely as it grew cold, losing her body temperature.
“What’s wrong, Hatsushiro”
“Who knows,” said Hatsushiro, making a sullen look. What is it now?, thought Yuuki in confusion.
Why did she suddenly become pouty? I’m just talking about how Ootani is usually a good person, though…
Do-don’t tell me… this is.
Yuuki’s brain, which was at the top of regular exams, came to a certain conclusion.
He received a shock as though he had been struck by lightning.
I see, I get it now. Well, certainly, if your boyfriend’s speaking highly of another girl too much in front of you it wouldn’t feel too good, isn’t it? But I see… Jealousy, huh.
Oh Yeaaaah. I do feel sorry, but it makes me happy because it’s proof that Hatsushiro is indeed thinking about me. As expected, I can’t say that, though.
“…Why are you smiling, Yuuki-san”
“Well, the fact that Hatsushiro gets jealous makes me happy because it feels like you’re thinking about me… Ah, I said it”
I ended up casually telling her everything.
Hatsushiro blushed and her cheeks ballooned.
“…Yuuki-san’s an idiot… take this”
“Pfft. Wait, stop poking your finger on my side, it’s ticklish… Pfft”
For a while afterwards, Yuuki’s side continued to be poked by Hatsushiro.
Yuuki and Ootani came to the front of Yuuki’s room after school, which was only half a day of classes due to the teaching staffs’ circumstances.
“Speaking of which, it’ll be my first time inside, isn’t ít. I did come until this point once when bringing the monitor, though”
“Now that you mentioned it, you’re right”
Ootani, who once went home after school, came with a different bag, though still in her uniform. I wonder what’s inside?
“Well then, time to meet this Hatsushiro-chan or something whose stories I’ve been made to hear so much about that it’s unpleasant. You’ve been blabbing about how she’s this cute and that cute that much now I got curious”
“Hmph, those words were not lies… after all, Hatsushiro is the world’s cute”
“Sorry for barging in”
Ootani opened the door and went inside without delay, perhaps sensing that Yuuki had started to brag about his girlfriend.
And then as they entered the entrance way, Hatsushiro came out from the living room in her uniform as usual.
“We-welcome home, Yuuki-san”
“Yeah, I’m home. Err, let me introduce her. She’s Ootani Shouko from my class”
Hatsushrio looked slightly nervous. Even though she had heard about it from Yuuki, she’s probably still afraid to talk face to face with anyone other than Yuuki.
“Ye-yes. Nice to meet you… I’m Hatsushiro… Kotori…”
Oh look, her voice was gradually shrinking.
Now on the other hand, Ootani, “….,” opened her eyes really wide and frozen solid, as though she had seen something unbelievable.
“Hey, what’s wrong?”
“…No way… why…,” Ootani muttered, and shook her head.
What’s with this unusual reaction… no, wait a sec.
A certain possibility came up inside Yuuki’s brain.
Could it be… that Ootani knows about Hatsushiro?
Come to think of it, Ootani said that she had an acquaintance at the school Hatsushiro goes to. And could it be that by chance she knows about Hatsushiro through that connection?
If that’s the case, then what kind of relationship would cause this level of reaction?
“…I mean, this is just… plain impossible…”
Ootani staggered, and placed both of her hands on the front door.
It’s a reaction as if she’d seen a ghost.
Don’t tell me, could it be that she is the spitting image of a friend who disappeared when she was really young? There’s supposed to be that kind of development in a manga Otani had made me read before.
In any case, Hatsushiro looks worried, too. I guess I have to leave it here for a moment, go outside, and ask Ootani what happened.
“Hey, Ootani. Let’s go outside a bit”
“Why, why is this oaf’s girlfriend such a long-black-haired super beauty? Are you making fun of the world?”
Thud. Yuuki fell down with a thud.
“That’s the problem. You’re really misleading!!”
Ootani looked down at Yuuki with eyes as though she’s looking at an idiot.
“…Why are you making an idiotic-like reaction?”
“I don’t want to be told that only by you…”
However, to see this kind of reaction from other people made Yuuki realize again that Hatsushiro was indeed a considerable beauty.
Ootani faced Hatsushiro and greeted her with her usual firm voice.
“Nice to meet you, Hatsushiro-san. I’m Ootani Shouko. I’m a classmate of this third-rate reactionary comedian”
It was a cruel thing to be said.
“Ye-yes. It’s nice to meet you, Ootani-san”
“Umm, is something the matter? Staring intently at my eyes like that… Is there something that’s bothering you?”
“Hmm, looks like there’s no heart marks or the like in your eyes, nor that the color is gone from your eyes”
Hatsushiro looked clueless as to what was going on.
“Yuuki, show me your smartphone. I’ll check whether there’s something like h◯nosis app”
“I’m joking, just joking. For about 30%”
The seriousness factor was much higher than expected.
“Well, enough of that. Hatsushiro-san”
“Without even telling you I think you understand it, but this guy is a good person even though he’s hard to understand. He’s hard to understand, though. To be specific, it’s as hard to understand as Shounan-Shinjuku Line’s”
“I’ve already heard that before”
Just how hard to understand is it, this Shounan-Shinjuku Line.
“And so, if you can understand the good points of that kind of guy, I think you’re a girl who has eyes for people. And I do like girls who have eyes for people. So, if I’m good enough for you… would you mind if I be friends with you?,” said Ootani and she held out her right hand.
Slightly confused, Hatsushiro looked at Yuuki. And Yuuki nodded silently.
Seeing that, Hatsushiro then timidly took Ootani’s right hand with her own hand and gave it a handshake.
“…Please treat me, well”
It seems that the first contact went well.
I’m really glad, on the other hand however, Yuuki felt a little vexed because it took him a little while before she could hold his hand.
“…Umm, is something the matter, Yuuki-san?”
Hatsushrio was worrying about him, perhaps because it’s showing on his expression.
“…No, it’s nothing. I was just a little, you know, thinking that it’s really easy for a girl to get along with other girl”
Hearing what Yuuki had said, Hatsushiro made a surprised look.
“…Yuuki-san. Are you perhaps, feeling jealous?”
“Eh? No, it’s not like I’m jealous or anything…”
“Fufu, is that so… fufu”
Hatsushiro smiled happily.
Uurgh, this is certainly very vexing.
“Hold on, the heck is this… Am I going to be watching this sugar-cube-shaped scene for some time after this?,” said Ootani, seemingly a little fed up.
After the introduction, they went to the living room for the time being.
The first thing Ootani said was, “There’s not many things here, isn’t it.”
Hatsushiro never expressly said it, but having few things in your own room really is unusual, isn’t it, thought Yuuki once again.
“Ootani-san, here is a tea for you”
“Oh my, how very thoughtful of you. You’re really a capable girlfriend”
“Right!? Hatsushiro is a really great girlfriend. She’s attentive, she’s thoughtful, and a good cook, too”
“…It’s fine to boast about your girlfriend to other people, but the praised girlfriend’s face is turning bright red, you know?”
Ootani was right. When he looked at Hatushiro’s face, it was bright red, which she was hiding behind the tray she used to bring the tea.
Well, if you’re praised highly right in front of you, of course it’d make you embarrassed, wouldn’t it.
“I’m sorry, Hatsushiro. I ended up wanting to boast about you”
“…Geez, Yuuki-san is so…”
I wonder if it’s boyfriend bias that made Hatsushiro look slightly happy despite saying that.
And Yuuki’s expression also slackened on its own.
When he looked at Ootani, her face looked like she had just drunk a cup full of gum syrup.
“You’re not aware, huh… It’s nothing. I just thought I might catch a lifestyle disease from being around you guys”
Not understanding the meaning, Yuuki and Hatsushiro tilted their heads.
“Oh well,” said Ootani while rummaging through the inside of her bag, taking out chocolate, chips, ramune soda, gummies… long story short, snacks.
Yuuki looked at those and then spoke.
“Well, I often bring snacks with me when I go to a friend’s place”
“You’re really. that’s why you better lose some we”
Under the table, Ootani’s front kick exploded into Yuuki’s shin.
“Hmm? What’s wrong, Hatsushiro-san, staring at the snacks like that”
Seeing Hatsushiro’s behaviour, Yuuki noticed something.
“Did you perhaps never eat one before?”
“…Yes, I remember that I’ve certainly eaten one when I was a child, though”
Next to the fact that she didn’t have a phone, this was also quite surprising.
Although Ootani was also surprised, blinking her eyes.
“I see,” she muttered a brief comment and tore the packaging of consommé-flavored potato chips from the back, and placed it on the table. It was an opening method that allowed everyone to reach for it.
“Here you go, Hatsushiro-san”
Told by Ootani, Hatsushiro took a piece of it cautiously, completely as though she’s doing poison tasting.
“Tha-thank you very much”
Hatsushiro opened her mouth and bit the edge of the potato chip.
And Ootani watched her intently.
She let out a single comment with a slightly surprised face, giving her honest impression of it.
Seeing it, “Mm-hmm,” said Ootani, nodding her head.
“Here, come take another one”
At the same time, Ootani also picked up a piece of potato chip and threw it into her mouth.
“For things like this, it’s proper etiquette not to be reserved”
Hatsushiro, with another polite “Thank you very much,” picked up another one and ate it.
And so, this time her face slackened and turned into a smile. It’s an honest reaction that conveyed well the happiness she felt from eating delicious things.
And after that, as if lured by Ootani, who kept taking another on and eating it, Hatsushiro also reached for the potato chip and brought it to her mouth.
Ootani smiled when she looked at Hatsushiro, who was munching with her small mouth and looking happy with a snack worth about a hundred yen at most.
Ootani then leaned over the table and patted Hatsushiro’s head.
Hatsushiro was a little surprised.
“Yeah, I see it now. Yuuki, I feel like I understand why you sad Hatsushiro-san’s this cute and that cute”
“…Tha-that’s, I’m flattered. Ootani-san is also, cool and beautiful…”
“If an already cute girl like you said that it’s going to come off as sarcastic, you know… But since you’re cute I give it a pass!!”
And then she patted her head some more. Despite being slightly confused being patted by Ootani, she didn’t seem to be that scared.
At that moment, the doorbell rang.
I’ll have you two to get along.
“A newspaper salesman really sounds like a tough job”
They stood and talked outside the front door for at least ten minutes.
It was a pretty good looking university-student-like woman. He had said that he didn’t need it and declined, but she persisted with the special offer of detergent and an amusement park complimentary ticket and such. There’s probably easily-pressured people who ended up signing up.
Yuuki opened the front door and went back into the room.
But I’m really glad I brought Ootani along.
Hatsushiro also looked happy. This should naturally allow her to get to know how a typical girl is from Otani, thought Yuuki as he returned to the living room.
“Sorry, the newspaper salesman was really persistent”
“What do you think, Hatushiro-san? I really think this coupling between Shuusuke and Akira is hot”
“Hey stop right there”
Ootani made Hatsushiro read a manga with two handsome men with their bodies pressed together and their faces pressed against each other.
“What, it’s properly for all ages with no bedroom scene”
“No, that’s not the problem, all right. I do want you to teach her about mundane stuffs, but I never did say I want you to spread your germs”
“What are you saying? This is exactly the taste of a lady. There’s no such thing as woman hating BL”
“You’re just too biased there”
“So how is it? Hatsushiro-san?”
“Umm, I think I might not understand it quite well,” said Hatsushiro while reading the manga that had been faithfully handed to her.
See, said Yuuki to Ootani with his eyes and Ootani regrettably dropped her shoulders.
And then Hatsushiro spoke, looking slightly confused.
“I wonder why… when I see men with their faces pressed together… somehow, I felt something welling up in my chest”
It seemed to have reached a boiling point.
And then Ootani spoke with eyes as if she had just witnessed the birth of a new life.
“…That’s wonderful, Hatsushiro-san. I’m sure you’ll be a splendid lady. Ah, and this smartphone game called FBO is very popular right now”
“Hey, hold on. I heard that stuff can be pretty expensive”
“It’s not that much. At most, it’s just a monthly sacrifice of one or two 10.000 bill to the holy grail”
“That’s a nightmare enough for my ATM!!”
It might be a mistake to bring Ootani along, thought Yuuki.
By the way, Hatsushiro didn’t have a phone so she couldn’t play FBO.
Those three had a chat while eating snacks for a while, and then Ootani looked at the clock and stood up.
“Guess it’s already time. Shall we go?”
Ootani replied to Yuuki’s question.
“Of course, to the nearby shopping mall. To buy clothes for Hatsushiro-san”
Aah, I see, so that’s why, nodded Yuuki in understanding.
However, Hatsushiro spoke with a surprised face.
“To… to buy clothes for me?”
“That’s right. As expected, you can’t just always have a uniform and jersey like now, can you?”
“I’m actually not really bothered about it that much. Ah, but having another pair might make it easier to do laundry, though”
“…No, that’s not what I meant. I’ve already heard about it from Yuuki, but you really don’t have desire, don’t you”
Well, even Yuuki, who was self-aware of not having that much materialistic desire, was surprised.
At the rate this was going, she would probably be concerned and feeling sorry about Yuuki’s expenses again.
“…Besides, since I’m allowed to live here, I don’t think I can talk about luxury too much…”
She really said what I’d expected. The fact that Hatsushiro is so considerate of other people’s circumstances is lovable, but she could be a little more selfish, Yuuki thought, always.
“Aah, is that so. Really regrettable, isn’t it. Yuuki”
Ootani started to talk in monotone.
“Well, some time ago in class Yuuki said he really wanted to see his girlfriend dressed up fashionably”
What is it now so suddenly, thought Yuuki. However, Ootani was appealing to him with her eyes.
Play along, it conveyed.
I wished she’d spare me from the set-up of me running my mouth in class, but it can’t be helped since it’s for Hatsushiro.
Hatsushiro also looked at him as if to confirm it.
“Yeah, that’s right. I really want to see Hatushiro look different,” Yuuki said with a serious expression, and then Hatsushiro blushed.
“…Umm, okay. Then, I would be happy if you could buy me new clothes”
“All right. Then let’s go,” Ootani said with a satisfied look on her face and strode towards the entrance.
“Now then, we should get going, too”
However, there’s one thing he had to ask first.
“Hey, Hatsushiro… would you be fine?”
“Heey, come on get going,” Ootani called out from the front door. Yuuki and Hatsushiro also walked towards the entrance.
Yuuki put on his shoes in a familiar manner that he had done hundreds of times since he started living here, and then opened the front door.
On the other hand, Hatsushiro stared intently at the school slip-on shoes she had worn on the day she came here at the entrance. Seeing her like that, Ootani, who had gone outside earlier, spoke up.
“What’s wrong, Hatsushiro-san?”
“No, it’s nothing. I’m sorry… I’m going now”
“…It’s all right… it’s fine,” said Hatsushiro in a way that sounded like she was convincing herself. She put on her shoes, and then stood up.
And finally, as she was about to walk outside from the entrance, her body suddenly slumped forward.
Ootani was surprised by the suddenness of the situation.
Yuuki, who had been waiting next to her beforehand, supported Hatsushiro’s body with both hands.
“…As expected, it’s still difficult, huh”
“…Yuuki-san. Thank you very much”
“Yuuki, what do you mean by as expected?”
Hatsushiro replied to Ootani’s question in a slightly trembling voice.
“…I’m sorry for worrying you. Embarrassingly, when I try to go outside, I’m just a little…”
That’s right. Hatsushiro hadn’t been able to go outside ever since she came to Yuuki’s apartment. Perhaps it was something that had happened before she came here, but as she put on her shoes and stood up at the entrance, she would find her body losing strength.
No matter how many times she tried, it didn’t change. Ever since Hatsushiro came here, the only time she had been outside was when she stepped out on the balcony to dry the laundry.
For that reason, Yuuki would buy the ingredients for meals at a nearby supermarket after having Hatsushiro prepare a memo of the ingredients.
Yuuki had been thinking that he couldn’t just leave it like this doing nothing, but since he didn’t want her to push herself, he didn’t particularly address it and planned to let her take her time and relax.
Since it’s been almost two weeks, he had thought that this time she’d finally be able to go outside, but maybe it was still too early. Yuuki explained it briefly to Ootani.
Hearing this, Ootani’s eyes opened wide, and her expression turned indescribably apologetic.
“…I’m sorry, Hatsushiro-san”
“…No, it’s not something Ootani-san has to worry about”
Yuuki felt it anew. Due to her smiling a lot lately, he had started forgetting it, but Hatsushiro was probably a girl who had a considerable painful past. The scars were so big that it made it even impossible for her to do what a normal person could do, which was to go outside.
Of course, it didn’t change the fact that she’s his cute and beloved girlfriend.
“For now let’s just stay in the room and chat some more today. Though maximum for two players, we do have games”
Ootani also agreed.
“That’s right, we can go shopping another time”
For a brief moment, Hatsushiro remained silent while hanging her head.
Since it’s her, she’s probably full of feeling sorry.
Hatsushiro raised her face, and then said something unexpected.
The words that were squeezed out of Hatsushiro’s mouth surprised Yuuki.
Her expression looked anxious, but serious.
“…I can’t let myself be spoiled by Yuuki-san forever”
“Besides,” Hatsushiro made a small smile before continuing.
“…If it will make Yuuki-san happy, then I want you to see me dressed fashionably”
That smile of hers was a kind of hollow bravado shown in the midst of suffering, but only there was a mixture of fear and determination in her eyes.
Hatsushiro took about five deep breaths. She then stood up, although wobbly.
“Yuuki-san… would you mind holding my hand?”
“Yeah. I won’t let it go no matter what”
“…Thank you very much. Even though I just said I can’t keep getting spoiled, but I’m going now”
“It makes me happy, you know, that I can spoil Hatsushiro. And you can be more selfish, you know,” said Yuuki, and then Hatsushiro put her forehead on Yuuki’s shoulder for a moment.
“…I love you, Yuuki-san”
Hearing those words, Yuuki realized.
Aah, come to think of it, it’s the first time, isn’t it. Coming from my girlfriend, from Hatsushiro, the words that she loves me.
Yuuki’s body suddenly became hot.
He’s too happy to say anything.
Hatsushiro stopped putting her forehead on Yuuki’s shoulder and took a deep breath once more.
She took a step forward. She took a step forward with staggering feet.
Their hands still connected, she then took another step forward.
They naturally intertwined their fingers with each other. It’s not just the usual overlapping of palms. It’s the so-called lover’s bond, in which they could feel each other’s existence more closely.
And then, one more step forward.
The line separating the outside and the entrance was before her eyes.
Hatushiro squeezed his hand tighter. Either anxiety or fear was transmitted.
That’s why Yuuki also gripped it back tightly. It’s all right. I’m with you, it conveyed.
Hatsushiro took another deep breath.
She took the one last step.
It’s been roughly two weeks. Hatsushiro, who hadn’t been to the outside world for the first time in a while, let out a small breath.
And then, she looked at Yuuki who was holding her hand tightly.
“…Thank you very much”
“Yeah, you did we”
Interrupting Yuuki, Ootani walked up to Hatsushiro and patted her head.
“You really did great. I’m proud of you!!”
Hatsushiro was bewildered for being patted a little roughly, but there was a bright smile on her face.
“Speaking of which, how did the two of you start talking?”
“There’s nothing special about it. We just started talking after he picked up a book I accidentally dropped in the first year”
“It was shocking for me, though”
“What do you mean?”
TRAPPED IN THE CAGE OF LOVE…
‘Because the book you dropped was a hard SM BL book!!’
Источники информации:
- http://readmanga.io/chto_proizoidet__esli_ty_spasesh_shkolnicu__kotoraia_sobiralas_umeret_/
- http://lightnovelreader.org/what-happens-if-you-saved-a-high-school-girl-who-was-about-to-jump-off/volume-1/chapter-1
- http://lightnovelreader.org/what-happens-if-you-saved-a-high-school-girl-who-was-about-to-jump-off/volume-1/chapter-2
- http://lightnovelreader.org/what-happens-if-you-saved-a-high-school-girl-who-was-about-to-jump-off/volume-1/chapter-3