“I love you too, Kusuba-san”

Translated by Raze
Edited by Lieer

 

Her eyes started to water.

 

 A teardrop ran down her cheek.

 

Just before her crying face could be seen, Tachibana took out a handkerchief and covered her face with it.

 

“Ah, are you alright?”

 

“I-I’m fine…it’s…it’s…”

 

Thankfully, there was no one staring at us.

 

Everyone was too focused on what they were doing and didn’t look over here.

 

That’s right. Even I was only focusing on Tachibana.

 

 

 “…It’s different.”

 

“Eh?”

 

“…This time you are not talking as a friend or a person, are you…?”

 

 As she said that, I remembered the many times I had been with Tachibana.

 

 …Ahh, at the yakiniku

 (TL: The barbecue chapter)

 

“…I’m not. I like a girl called Tachibana Rika.”

 

“…Is that…right…?”

 

“…Ah”

 

 After that, Tachibana continued to cry uncontrollably for some time.

 

 As I thought, I couldn’t stand seeing her like that anymore so I gently stroked her hair.

 

 After stroking her hair for a while, Tachibana took some deep breaths and finally calmed down.

 

She removed the handkerchief and turned to face me, her face with teary eyes yet still insanely beautiful came into view

 

“…I cried”

 

Oh. I mean, what? It’s alright now”

 

“It’s not alright…I want to give you a proper reply…”

 

Reply.

 

 As she said those words, I felt a sharp pain in my chest.

 

A confession, obviously, has to be answered.

 

I was so engrossed with confessing that I completely forgot about it.

 

“N-no, wait. I’m not ready for…”

 

“How can you say that after you didn’t let me prepare either.”

 

“That’s…well…that’s right…”

 

“So as a punishment, I’m going to ask you why you like me so much.”

 

 

 “What?! Y-you already understand what I’m talking about!”

 

“I don’t. Please explain it to me. In proper words.”

 

 

 Damn…

 

 No, but If she’s telling the truth, it’s probably the right thing to do.

 

Understand?

 

 What a lazy, insincere, and poisonous thing to say.

 

 

 “…Turn around the other way.”

 

 “Nope, I need to know what your expressions will look like.”

 

 

 “Damn it…”

 

 

 As I cleared my throat, Tachibana’s expression became serious.

 

 Both of her teary eyes were now staring at me.

 

“…I prefer to be alone when I do what I love. It’s more fun that way. I don’t get disturbed and can concentrate properly.”

 

 

 “…That’s right”

 

“If you really want to have fun, it’s best to be alone. That’s what I’ve always thought. I always assumed that.”

 

“…Yes”

 

“But lately, I’ve been thinking that maybe it’s not always like that…it’s weird. It’s weird because it’s never happened to me before.”

 

 

 “Yes”

 

“But…I’ve changed. Because of you, I’ve changed a bit. Maybe, that must be it.”

 

“…”

 

“If I said being with someone is more fun than being alone…Eating good food and thinking it’s better with 2 people. Watching a movie with someone and it becomes more interesting.”

 

Tachibana was crying once again.

 

 I think I was tearing up a bit as well.

 

“That’s because the person I’m with is more important than what I’m doing. It’s because I suppose I like that person more. It’s because I’m with that person, I want to do what I want to.”

 

What happened, Tachibana.

 

 I thought you were supposed to be looking at me.

 

 But now you’re just hiding your face with a handkerchief.

 

“I want to do more things with you, Tachibana. Even if I can do them by myself, or even if I can enjoy them by myself. It’s because, Tachibana, I like you.”

 

“…”

 

 

 “…”

 

 

 I heard a sniffing sound and saw Tachibana put away the handkerchief.

 

 I wiped my own tears as well.

 

 

“…yes, I understand it very clearly now.”

 

“…That’s right.”

 

 

 “…”

 

 

 “…So, what’s the answer?”

 

 

 “Huh, T-that’s right!”

 

 

 “Hey…”

 

 

 Seems like she completely forgot about it.

 

 Tachibana straightened her back suddenly and exhaled deeply.

 

“…That’s why…let’s start over again.”

 

 

 “What?!”

 

 

 “In such things, proceeding naturally is very important, you know? And if you remember, you 

have only said ‘I like you’ yet”

 

 

 “Eh…”

 

…ah, that’s right.

 

It’s true that I just told you how I feel.

 

 To be more precise, this was only a confession of my feelings, what I really want to say is…

 

 

 “…Tachibana”

 

 

 “…Yes”

 

 

 “…I love you. I want to make you my girlfriend.”

 

“…It’s so typical of Kusuba-san, to choose such a place for a confession.”

 

“…it can’t be helped. It was my first time.”

 

“Fufu….it’s going to be a bit troublesome because of these firsts it seems.”

 

 

 “…just say it properly.”

 

I glare at Tachibana in a joking manner.

 

 She chuckled and wiped the last tears from her eyes.

 

“Kusuba-san, you are really kind. I hope you can be loved more.”

 

Tachibana was beautiful.

 

Without a doubt, she was the most beautiful girl I’ve ever met.

 

 

 “But, if that doesn’t happen. If people don’t realize how you actually are. Can I still just love you?”

 

 

 “Ahh…I…”

 

“I love you too, Kusuba-san. Let’s be a couple.”

 TL:

FINALLYYYYYYYYY
like damn….I didn’t know Tachibana could have a sadistic side.

And then Kusuba making her cry again (Revenge?)

or that’s just my brain ig.

 

I remember translating ‘“I want to do more things with you” as “I want to do it with you” and then realizing what I just did lmao.

Anyway, that’s the last chapter for VOL 1. There’s an epilogue for 2 parts, 1 character sheet and 1 authors note. Then Vol 2.

And by Vol 1 and 2 I’m not talking the same as the Light novel, I mean the web novel. I just use the format of Vol-Chapter-part because of the website but it’s more like Part-Section-chapter. i.e. Part 1 has 11 sections with about 5-7 chapters each.

I’ll try finishing the 2 chaps and the other stuff by next week and start with vol 2 then.