Shuffle!game 0912 01.txt
<00000200:n> Kaede
<000001F8:t> "Fireworks?"
<00000238:t> Kaede tilts her head after hearing my suggestion.
<00000280:n> Rin
<00000278:t> "Yeah. It's kind of late for the season, but it's still summer on the calendar."
<000002C0:n> Rin
<000002B8:t> "We've never done that this year. We should finish this summer with them."
<000002F8:t> As I say that, I put a set of small fireworks and some skyrockets I just bought on the table.
<00000428:n> Kaede
<00000420:t> "You're right. We should try that since summer is almost over."
<00000550:n> Kaede
<00000548:t> "I've been through so much this summer."
<00000588:t> Kaede looks at the firework and smiles.
<000006B8:n> Kaede
<000006B0:t> "Okay, we'll do this after dinner."
<000006F0:t> I guess fireworks in summer mesmerize people.
<00000890:t> Kaede trots out of the room joyously.
<000008D8:n> Rin
<000008D0:t> "......"
<00000910:t> I see her going just silently.
<00000B08:n> Kaede
<00000B00:t> "It's... beautiful..."
<00000B40:t> Kaede indulges in the firework.
<00000B80:t> The firework glitters in seven colors in her hand. Those flickering lights make us feel surreal.
<00000BC0:t> I like big fireworks at festivals, but these small ones we do in our own garden are nice too.
<00000C00:t> It makes me feel more sentimental about summer's end because of its subtlety.
<00000C40:t> This view is exactly the same as that day.
<00000C80:t> We've grown up. We no longer see the people from those days.
<00000CC0:t> Despite those differences, this view looks exactly like that day.
<00000D08:n> Rin
<00000D00:t> "Hey, Kaede."
<00000D78:n> Kaede
<00000D70:t> "Yes?"
<00000DB8:n> Rin
<00000DB0:t> "We're together as promised, right?"
<00000E80:n> Kaede
<00000E78:t> "What...?"
<00000EB8:t> She looks startled.
<00000EF8:t> I'm glad at her reaction, because it means she remembered the promise.
<00000F38:t> I continue holding my excitement within.
<00000F80:n> Rin
<00000F78:t> "This is just like that day."
<00000FC0:n> Rin
<00000FB8:t> "That summer night, we promised in this place."
<00001030:n> Kaede
<00001028:t> "You... remember it...?"
<00001070:n> Rin
<00001068:t> "How could I forget that important promise?"
<000010A8:t> I smile.
<000010E8:t> When we both were small, in the Fuyou family's garden, with the lights shining in seven colors...
<00001128:t> We promised.
<000011A0:n> Kaede
<00001198:t> "I thought... you'd forgotten it..."
<000011D8:t> Kaede mutters while looking stiff in surprise.
<00001250:n> Kaede
<00001248:t> "I thought you'd forget because you suffered very much..."
<00001290:n> Rin
<00001288:t> "It's actually the opposite."
<000012D0:n> Rin
<000012C8:t> "I'm here because we made that promise."
<00001310:n> Rin
<00001308:t> "I thought... you'd forget too."
<00001380:n> Kaede
<00001378:t> "I'd never forget..."
<000013F0:n> Kaede
<000013E8:t> "I could never forget..."
<00001428:t> She shakes her head.
<00001468:t> Her voice is shaking, but it has strength.
<000014E0:n> Kaede
<000014D8:t> "For me, that promise was... the last bridge..."
<00001550:n> Kaede
<00001548:t> "I couldn't forgive myself... I thought I should never be close to you... and I thought of giving up many times..."
<000015C0:n> Kaede
<000015B8:t> "But because of that promise..."
<00001630:n> Kaede
<00001628:t> "I've been lying to myself to keep that promise..."
<000016A0:n> Kaede
<00001698:t> "To be with you..."
<00001710:n> Kaede
<00001708:t> "That promise was my last excuse to be with you..."
<00001748:t> I can feel her feelings through her words.
<00001788:t> I'll never let her go. I want to hold her strongly in my arms.
<000017C8:t> I should honestly tell her my feelings as well.
<00001810:n> Rin
<00001808:t> "... I've been keeping this promise until now, and I want to keep this promise after this day."
<00001850:n> Rin
<00001848:t> "I want to be with you forever."
<00001890:n> Rin
<00001888:t> "I want to accept you... and I want you to accept me..."
<000018D0:n> Rin
<000018C8:t> "Am I not good enough...?"
<00001938:t> Kaede looks down.
<00001978:t> After a little bit of hesitation, she opens her mouth.
<00001A80:n> Kaede
<00001A78:t> "I couldn't forgive myself..."
<00001AF0:n> Kaede
<00001AE8:t> "I hated you very much without thinking..."
<00001B60:n> Kaede
<00001B58:t> "It's easy to say that I was just a child, but I can't deny what I'd been doing..."
<00001BD0:n> Kaede
<00001BC8:t> "You were sacrificing yourself for me..."
<00001C40:n> Kaede
<00001C38:t> "And I'd been rejecting you for no reason..."
<00001C80:n> Rin
<00001C78:t> "But you understood me later. Even though I didn't say anything, you understood me."
<00001CB8:t> Kaede shakes her head with a self-scorning smile.
<00001D30:n> Kaede
<00001D28:t> "I love you. That's why I wanted to take care of you, and I've been doing so."
<00001DA0:n> Kaede
<00001D98:t> "And I want to continue that if you want..."
<00001E10:n> Kaede
<00001E08:t> "But I realized..."
<00001E80:n> Kaede
<00001E78:t> "Even though my feelings toward you are real, I have another thought in the back of my head."
<00001EF0:n> Kaede
<00001EE8:t> "I wanted to forgive myself by serving you..."
<00001F60:n> Kaede
<00001F58:t> "If I loved you and you loved me, I thought I could forgive myself..."
<00001FD0:n> Kaede
<00001FC8:t> "I was using my feelings and your feelings for my own ego!"
<00002040:n> Kaede
<00002038:t> "I wanted you to love me so I could forgive myself!"
<000020B0:n> Kaede
<000020A8:t> "I couldn't stand that...!"
<000020E8:t> Maybe she's punishing herself that way.
<00002128:t> She's punishing her immaturity, and herself.
<00002168:t> Since nobody has forgiven her yet, she can't forgive herself.
<000021A8:t> This is Kaede's punishment for herself.
<00002220:n> Kaede
<00002218:t> "That's why... I thought I shouldn't be loved by you..."
<00002290:n> Kaede
<00002288:t> "That's why... I tried not to be loved, even though I loved you..."
<00002300:n> Kaede
<000022F8:t> "Otherwise, I thought I couldn't be with you..."
<00002370:n> Kaede
<00002368:t> "I made that borderline because I always wanted to be with you..."
<000023E0:n> Kaede
<000023D8:t> "Because I stole you... and I couldn't believe..."
<000025E4:t> Kaede sheds tears endlessly, and runs to me.
<00002624:t> I hold her thin body tightly.
<00002664:t> I hold her tight so that she can tell the borderline isn't necessary.
<000026DC:n> Kaede
<000026D4:t> "I couldn't want you anymore because of that...!"
<0000274C:n> Kaede
<00002744:t> "I'm scared... to be rejected by you..."
<000027BC:n> Kaede
<000027B4:t> "I never want you to reject me!"
<0000282C:n> Kaede
<00002824:t> "I wanted you to need me... I wanted you to think that I was necessary...!"
<00002864:t> She is crying. Probably she's been crying since her childhood.
<000028A4:t> Since she lost her loving mother, since the friction between me, and since she realized her true emotion, she's been crying.
<000028E4:t> She's been crying with a smiling face, and it tore her heart apart.
<00002924:t> She confesses everything while exposing her deep wound with tears.
<00002964:t> She looks at me with tearful eyes. I can see her anxiety and fear.
<000029DC:n> Kaede
<000029D4:t> "Will you... forgive me...?"
<00002A44:t> I just smile gently.
<00002A84:t> Naturally, I just smile.
<00002B2C:n> Rin
<00002B24:t> "You never learn."
<00002B6C:n> Rin
<00002B64:t> "All the things you've done..."
<00002BA4:t> I send her back my feelings.
<00002BEC:n> Rin
<00002BE4:t> "I've forgiven all of them long time ago."
<00002C5C:n> Kaede
<00002C54:t> "Rin...kun..."
<00002C9C:n> Rin
<00002C94:t> "Why don't we make that promise again?"
<00002CDC:n> Rin
<00002CD4:t> "The same promise we made that day."
<00002DA4:n> Kaede
<00002D9C:t> "... Yes... yes!"
<00002DDC:t> We kept the promise since the time we made it, with neither of us forgetting.
<00002E1C:t> So, we smile at each other one more time.
<00002E5C:t> In the same place, while doing the same thing.
<00002E9C:t> With the same words we used...
<00002EDC:t> We renew that promise.
<00002F24:n> Rin
<00002F1C:t> "Will you stay with me forever...?"
<00002F94:n> Kaede
<00002F8C:t> "Please... stay with me forever..."
