~Matendou Sonata 19~ Celestial Sonata 19 Amagi Sayuri Princess Comics/ Akita Shoten 1993 ISBN 4-253-07652-1 Contents Chapter 25 Gaea (finale) p. 5 Chapter 26 Day of Destruction p. 49 [not to be read in a bad mood] Please give me warmth p.142 [Pronoun confusion: a few times, Gaea is referred to by the male pronoun "kare." However, I may have accidentally called him "her" once or twice since...well, he looks like a girl, and Gaea is supposed to be female in mythology.] Chapter 25 Gaea (finale) <> Micael : And that is everything that Gaea told me. Filla : I see... Micael : So that's why I said those things and got mad at you. Filla : Does the Archangel-sama know? Micael : Yes, Gaea visited the Temple of God as well. Filla : Wasn't there a prophecy that humankind would be destroyed in 1999? By Nostrawhosit? Micael : Nostradamus. Filla : Yeah, that's him. <> Micael : He warned people a long time ago...I wonder what he'd say if he saw the world now. Filla : It'll be all right. The prophecy won't necessarily come true; after all, you didn't have to fight Satan-sama. There's still seven years left, and it looks like the number of nuclear weapons in the world is gradually decreasing. I think humans are starting to realize their mistakes. <> Filla : Even if there's nothing else we can do, we can trust them, and pray. You've got a fever...I'll get you some ice. Micael : Filla! Filla : Hm? Micael : What would you have done? <> Micael : If you were the ruler of Hell, and I was the Moon Tear, what would you have said? Filla : If my own life wasn't good enough...then I probably wouldn't have tried to stop Gaea. It's cruel and arrogant, but... <> Filla : I care about you more than all of humanity. If I still have you in my arms, then I don't need anything else. I could never give you up, even if it meant destroying humanity. Micael : But--I feel the same way! But I'm not an angel any more! I'm not Micael Lenan! <> Micael : Sorry...I'm sorry, Filla... Filla : Don't apologize. I'm sure you're the one who's right. Micael : Why? Filla : You were chosen by God to lead Hell for a reason. I'd choose my one lover over all of humanity because I couldn't live without you, because I'm selfish and weak. You're different...you have to live for hundreds of years more. <> Filla : You'll be able to keep on living after I'm dead. Micael : Are you saying that's because my feelings for you aren't as strong? Filla : No...it's just that we love in different ways. Don't you understand? You really have a strong heart. The one who has to stay behind has to be much stronger than the one who leaves... Micael : I don't understand! <> Micael : I can't believe that you wouldn't be here any more... I want to be with you forever. All I want is to live forever with you... <> Micael : Why can't the one wish I have come true? Filla : Micael... Micael : As someone chosen by God, I'm a failure. <> Micael : It's not for Gaea that I want humans to stop destroying themselves. It's not to save him from eternal death, or for humanity's sake. It's for you! It's because I don't want to lose you! <> Micael : I'm weak and selfish too...so why did I say that? The Earth is so blue and beautiful, it made me think it mustn't be broken. It can't be broken just because of my wanting not to lose you. <> Filla : I understand that. I hope that the humans, the Earth, and you and me can all be happy. Micael : Mm... Filla : I'm back. Fall : Welcome back, Filla! Filla : It's been a long time, Fall. Fall : Yeah, I just got here. How's Micael? Filla : He's fine. Fall : Good. Filla : But he faints so easily. Fall : What do you mean? <> Filla : He really should take it easy... Beelze : A while back, he didn't want to see you, did he? Filla : Yeah...for about half a year. I went to the castle a lot of times, but he wouldn't talk to me. Beelze : And you would run around in a panic, or stay in your room all day... Filla : Sorry if I worried you. Fall : Well, what was the reason? Filla : I don't really know. But it's OK, he's back to normal now. Fall : Really? Filla : Really. Fall : You two shouldn't be apart. You've gotta stay together. There must have been something heavy weighing on Micael's heart for that half year. Filla : Fall... Fall : 'Cause it's really strange that he wouldn't want to see you! <> Michael : So you told Fillanzea... Micael : He said that we should have faith, and pray. Michael : Yes, we cannot give up hope yet. Do you remember the last part of the prophecy about you? Micael : Yes. "Ruling the endless sky and the sea of life As the 'Blue Emperor,' and finally Awaken a new Gaea." Michael : I do not know the true meaning of those words, but I am certain that you will be able to save the world. Micael : Archangel-sama... {Awaken a new Gaea...} <> Filla : Say...what would you do, if I died? Beelze : Are you sick or something? Filla : It's just hypothetical. Fall : Don't say weird stuff, Filla! I wouldn't let that happen! Beelze : If you died, Micael wouldn't be able to live, would he? Filla : He would. He's very strong. <> Filla : I'm glad that I was born here, and that I met all of you... Beelze : Filla, you're acting weird. Did something happen to you? Filla : Nothing happened! I've just been more keenly aware of my own happiness lately. Among humans, there are a lot of kids who kill themselves while they're still young, but even for them, I think that a time in the future was coming... <> Filla : When they could have said "I'm glad I was born." That time's always sleeping somewhere in the future...so it's wasteful to throw away your life halfway through. Beelze : Yeah...I'm glad I was born too. I'm glad that I met you... Fall : I think so too. 'Cause I love all of you. <> Fall : I hope we can all be happy together! {Let's pray that we can all be happy, and give thanks for our lives.} {And let's pray for people to stop killing each other, to live according to nature's bounty and build a world filled with light, without destruction and needless death.} <> {Believe in a shining future. Believe that the sea and the sky and the earth will always stay beautiful.} <> {Everything starts with hearts that love.} Sachiko : Dear, it seems that things are heating up in the Middle East again. Masato : It looks that way. There won't be any progress while no one is concerned about anything but their own country. <> Sachiko : This is the year mentioned in the prophecy--it's scary. I wonder what's going to happen to the world. Masato : All we can do is live for today. Sachiko : I suppose so... Masato : Let's go cherry blossom viewing on our next vacation, with Mahito. Mahito : Really? Sachiko : Lucky you, Mahito-chan. Mahito : Yeah, yeah, a trip! <> Asako : {Sister...} The cherry blossoms are beautiful this year. I'll be a mother this autumn... Shuu : Morning, Asako! Asako : Morning, Shuu. Shuu : It's spring already. Do you want to go visit Tsuyuko's grave next Sunday? Asako : Can you take a day off? Great! I hope all the cherry blossoms won't have fallen off by then. What is it? Shuu : It must just be my imagination...that angel in the painting's seemed sad lately. Asako : You think so too, Shuu? So do I! It's strange...I wonder why? He looked so much nicer when Tsuyuko drew him. Shuu : Maybe the angels in Heaven are weeping over the sin in the world...like a statue of Mary, crying tears of blood. <> Asako : The cherry blossoms are blooming, and at first glance, it seems peaceful...but the human race might be destroyed this year. Shuu : With all that humans have done to the Earth, it will be our own fault if God destroys us. The nuclear waste that the former Soviet Union dumped in the ocean is leaking... <> Asako : It's just awful. The sea is alive too, but humans can kill it without a second thought. {Blue Cherubim: Love of the Sea and Sky. That was the title Tsuyuko gave this painting. I'm sure she met this angel, the blue angel that protects the sea and sky.} <> Asako : {Is he sad just because the sea and sky are becoming so polluted? I'm sorry that I can't do anything... I'm really sorry, angel-san.} <> Micael : There's no time left, Archangel-sama. The humans remain unrepentant. The pollution just spreads more and more. Michael : Be strong, Emperor. All we have left is faith. Micael : Things look bad in the Middle East again. Why do people repeat the same mistakes over and over? Michael : It's all right. It won't be serious this time. <> Michael : They won't repeat the same mistakes. {I said that to Lucifa, too...before the second World War...} Micael : I hope you're right. Michael : I don't know any other words to ease your mind. Gabriel : History repeats itself. You've watched over the earth with Satan enough to know that. <> Gabriel : There's no hope left. Michael : Gabriel! Fillanzea's life is at stake. Gabriel : That's why I'm saying it. Humanity should just accept their fate; they're going to be destroyed. It's not worth throwing away the Moon Tear's life trying to save them. Or am I wrong? Why should the Emperor have to suffer for the humans' sins? <> Gabriel : You must know, better than anyone, what it feels like to lose someone you love. Michael : A person must atone for his own sins. I have no desire to stop Gaea. {Please help, Lucifa, so that Micael won't have to lose Fillanzea.} <> Michael : {I don't want him to feel as I did.} --Emperor!? Micael : {Gaea's in pain...rage and sadness are stabbing at his heart. The pain I've felt before was nothing compared to this...} <> --At six am Japan time, the army of Country A invaded Country C. In a display of anxiety about war, sanctions have been levied against Country A. --Oh dear, is there going to be another war? --Is Japan in danger? --That prophecy might really come true... <> July 1999. Humans foolishly start another war. Unable to wait for the deadline of 2000, Gaea breaks his silence! Gaea : I will wait no longer, foolish humans. You have asked for the end of the world with you wars. I shall destroy my own decayed body to bring back the beautiful Earth. <> Gaea : I shall destroy myself for the sake of a new world. <> --An earthquake! <> Gaea : See how many living things will die because of your sins. <> Gaea : I shall purify everything! <> Mahito : {Masato...} <> Michael : Gaea wants to destroy everything. The year 2000 hasn't even come yet! Gabriel : The wars have pushed Gaea to his limit. He would be happier to be reborn in a new earth than to suffer in pain. <> Gabriel : The heavens will go on with the new earth. Michael : So you're saying we should just watch as the Earth dies? Gabriel : We do not have the power to stand up to Gaea. Michael : I'd like to use my white magic to reduce the damage, at least a little bit. Gabriel : What can you do, when you're fighting against the Earth itself? Michael : That's true...but it's the planet we've protected for so long. <> Gabriel : All right, I'll gather the angels. But I'm unwilling to sacrifice any lives to save the humans. I'd never forgive humanity if I lost you. I'd even fight against Gaea. Michael : Very well. I know my own limits. <> Micael : Stop this, Gaea! The time limit isn't even up yet! Gaea... <> --He's fighting against the negative energy? --It looks like his defenses are falling...at this rate, his spirit will be destroyed. --Let's put up a barrier, Mahito! --Right! <> Filla : {Micael?} <> Beelze : When did you get that kind of power? Filla : Take care of the rest. Beelze : Hey, Filla! I can't do this myself, it's dangerous! Filla : Sorry! I have to go, Micael's in pain! <> Beelze : All right, go quickly. Filla : Sorry, Beelze. Beelze : {Something's happened on Earth again...every time humans start killing each other, the Monsters' Forest gets more noisy.} Beelzebub : Why are all these natural disasters happening? All the destructive energy of the Earth is drawing together... Azyusha : Hmm...there's something disquieting about the air. The sealed Darkness is starting to move...something must have happened on Earth. <> Azyusha : I may not have any power left in me, but...Baal-dono, I will pray for the planet you protected. Sleep, Darkness. You have been sealed in for all eternity. <> Lucifer : Earthquakes. Tsunamis. Volcanic eruptions. It's strange for so much natural destruction to happen at once. There must be some larger power at work. Leo : Lucifer-sama! Lucifer : What is it, Leo? Leo : It's Lethe... <> Lucifer : What does this mean? This has never happened before in all the long years I've protected Lethe! Come with me to calm Lethe, Leo! Leo : Yes! <> Micael : Gaea! Why are you doing this? Gaea : Why? I should be the one asking that question. Why did they only cause more wars, after I granted them a reprieve until the year 2000? Gaea : This is humanity: foolish beasts that repeat their destruction and slaughter, and that forgoe healing the Earth in favor of space exploration so that they can someday leave their polluted planet and live amongst the stars. You cannot protect them any longer. I will purify the Earth. <> Gaea : The new Earth will have no more humans. This time it will be a well-ordered world with only plants and animals, living in harmony with nature. It will always be a beautiful, blue, living planet! <> Filla : Micael! Micael : Filla! Filla : Are you all right? Micael : What are you doing here? Filla : I heard your voice. Gaea : The Moon Tear of Gold... Filla : Are you Gaea? <> Gaea : Do you want to save humanity too? Why do you not understand my suffering? Filla : We were born to protect *this* Earth, no matter how ugly or polluted it may be. And we must protect it. <> Filla : Look...the angels and sorcerors on Earth are trying to weaken the natural energy, even if only a bit. <> Fall : {It's no use. There's nothing I can do.} Wari : Fall! I told you not to push yourself! You've already lost your magic power once. Fall : But Wari, the forest's burning. Why did so many volcanoes erupt? <> Fall : {It's as if the Earth's angry.} Gaea : Their efforts are for nothing. They cannot stand up to my power. Filla : Are you really going to destroy the Earth yourself, no matter what? Gaea : It's necessary, for a new rebirth. <> Filla : I won't allow it. Gaea : What? Filla : I won't die to heal you. I'll fight and destroy you. <> Gaea : You fool. Micael : {Filla!} Gaea : Very well. <> Gaea : I will take the light of your life. <> Micael : Filla, no! <> Lucifer : {Why is the destruction on the Earth having such a large effect on Lethe? The terrible energy of the flames...} <> Lucifer : {The Earth...the flames of magma...is this the wrath of the Earth?} Micael : Stop this! You're no match for him! Filla : Let me go, Micael. Micael : Don't go! Gaea's serious. You'll be killed! Filla : I won't run away. Micael : Filla... Filla : Oh, don't look at me like that. I'll be fine. Micael : Filla... How did you get so much power? Filla : I don't know, but I'm not going to let myself lose! <> Gaea : You blocked that well, but this time will be the end. <> Lucifer : {It's no use. I can't control it.} Leo : Lucifer-sama! <> Lucifer : Leo! <> Lucifer : Leo! That was stupid! Why did you try to protect me? Leo : Lucifer-sama... Leo : I care about you... Lucifer : Leo? Leo! <> Lucifer : {The world has gone crazy.} <> Micael : Filla! Gaea : Don't interfere! <> Gaea : Sleep quietly. I have no desire to fight with anyone else. Filla : {This is the planet that Satan-sama protected, the planet that Micael must protect. I won't let it be destroyed!} Gaea : You blocked my power twice...I should have expected as much from the Moon Tear. But you've exhausted your power by now. As promised, I will take your light to heal my pain. <> Gaea : {Emperor!} Filla : {Micael...} Micael : Gaea, remember the time when humanity loved you, when they held graditude for you in their hearts. Gaea : Silence. That is nothing more than an illusion from the past; that time will not come again. <> Micael : Yes, it will. So don't let yourself be controlled by the fear of eternal death. <> Micael : We love you, and the angels love you, and we will all pray to help relieve your suffering a little. I think that we can help you, at least a bit. Filla : Gaea... Gaea : Your prayers cannot help me. <> Gaea : I will never trust humans again! --Watch out! <> Fall : {Filla? Micael?} <> Gaea : {The Moon Tear's light will be mine.} <> Gaea : {What!?} Gaea : {A golden aura...} It seems that you are even stronger than I expected. <> Gaea : {This man is...} <> Wari : What is it, Fall? Fall : Filla's fighting...against a really strong power! Wari : A strong power? Fall : {Filla!} Filla : {Fall?} <> Fall : {I'll give you some of my power! The power of the two Moon Tears will resonate. Be strong, Filla!} <> Fall : {Filla?} Gaea : Are you still going to try to stand? <> Gaea : Do you still dare resist me, in that body? Fall : {Don't lose, Filla!} <> Filla : By the Moon Tear, I pray for this soul, enslaved by sadness and rage... <> Filla : To be purified! <> Gaea : {Why?} <> --The natural disasters have stopped! --London, Paris, New York, and Tokyo have sustained a great deal of damage, and a number of cities have been submerged. <> Micael : {Filla...} Filla : {Thank you, Fall.} Micael : Filla! <> Micael : Filla! Filla, wake up! Filla : Micael...is the Earth all right? Micael : Yes, it was a miracle. You saved it. I'll heal your wounds... Filla : Things might've gotten peaceful faster if I'd just died quietly...a lot of living things must have died on Earth while I was fighting. <> Filla : But I didn't want to die without doing anything...I took that one in a million chance...so that we could always be together. Micael : Yes, we will be, from now on. Gaea wasn't destroyed...I think that you and Fall managed to purify him. I think that he'll trust and protect humanity now. Filla : I think that humanity learned a lesson too. <> Filla : Some people were saying it was a divine punishment... I wonder how many people survived... Micael : Don't talk, Filla. Filla : That's enough, Micael. You're very weak...don't use any more magic. Micael : But I was able to save Leo and Mahito! <> Filla : It's no use...I know my own body. I wish it wasn't so, but... Micael : Don't be ridiculous! Filla : If things had to turn out this way, I wish that I could have made love to you, just once. Micael : Don't be silly. You can make love to me as much as you want when you get better. <> Filla : Mica... Micael : Take my aura, Filla. {God...} <> Filla : Micael, could you...tell me you love me? Micael : No. Not until you get better. {Please, God, save Filla!} Filla : Don't be mean...I'm already going to die... <> Micael : No! {Please don't take Filla away from me...} Filla : You're going to have to go on living as Emperor for a long time. But please don't forget...I'll always be calling your name. Remember me after I'm gone. <> Filla : Remember that you are "Micael," and that I love you. <> Filla : Micael... Micael : Filla...? <> Micael : Filla!? Filla! <> Micael : No! I won't let this happen! Why did you have to leave me? Wake up! Wake up, Filla! <> Micael : Filla! <> [The long author's notes here are about the memorial album, which came out around this time, I guess.] <> Kazuyo : Winter's going to be here soon...I hate winter. I despise it. Kazuyo : It's always so cold. --Are your hands cold, Naruse? Kazuyo : Yes...sorry. --You're sure sensitive to the cold. It's only October. Toshihiko : (suppressed laughter) <> Kazuyo : {Sawada-kun? Sawada Toshihiko...I don't know why, but I think he has a grudge against me.} Kazuyo : {He's always quiet, and I haven't even talked to him yet... but the name "Sawada" makes my heart hurt.} I'll go get the class journal, Izumi. Katsuhiko : Excuse me, is Sawada Toshihiko here? Oh, Naruse! I haven't seen you in a while. Kazuyo : Hello. <> Katsuhiko : I was surprised, I didn't even know you went to this school. Kazuyo : {Senpai...} Toshihiko : Katsuhiko! Katsuhiko : Toshihiko! --Is that Sawada-kun's older brother? He's cute! --I know! He's an 11th grader in the arts club, and he just won a prize for his art. Toshihiko : What is it? Katsuhiko : You forgot your lunch. Toshihiko : Don't come here for a stupid reason like that! Katsuhiko : Don't get mad, I was just trying to be nice! Toshihiko : You call this nice? You're so insensitive! Toshihiko : I told you not to come to my classroom! Kazuyo : {Why's he getting so angry?} Katsuhiko : Who do you think you are, talking to your older brother that way? Kazuyo : Sawada-senpai, congratulations on your award for your oil painting. <> Katsuhiko : Thanks. Don't you paint any more, Naruse? Kazuyo : No, I don't. Katsuhiko : Come to the art room any time if you ever feel like painting. I'll be waiting for you. Toshihiko : Katsuhiko! If you've got nothing else to do here, go home. Katsuhiko : You don't have to tell me! Kazuyo : I didn't know that you were senpai's brother, Sawada-kun. Toshihiko : Shut up, it's none of your business! Kazuyo : It's not something to get mad about! {This is the first time I've talked to Sawada-kun...} <> --Kazuyo, are you close to Sawada-kun's brother? Kazuyo : He was my senpai in art club in middle school. --Is that all? Kazuyo : Of course! --Hmm...What's his name? Kazuyo : Katsuhiko-san. "Katsu" like the first character in "victory." --Katsuhiko-san...cool! Why didn't you join art club, Kazuyo? Kazuyo : I didn't really have any good reason for joining it before... I was bad at it. --Even if you're bad at it, you can still have fun in a club, right? <> Kazuyo : It's all right. I can draw on my own time. --Oh...does Sawada-senpai have a girlfriend? Kazuyo : I don't know, but he said there was somebody he likes. --Really? Who is it? Kazuyo : I don't know! {Yes, there's someone that Katsuhiko-senpai likes. The winter before last...my first love melted away with the snow.} <> Kazuyo : {It was on Saint Valentine's Day, with senpai's gradution just around the corner.} Katsuhiko : I'm sorry, I can't accept this. There's already somebody who I like. Kazuyo : Oh, I see... {My hands are cold...} <> Kazuyo : But that's all right! I made them myself, so please take them, senpai! {So cold...} Katsuhiko : All right...thank you. Kazuyo : I'm sorry for saying that to you... Katsuhiko : It's all right. Your hands are all red. Are they cold? Kazuyo : I'm fine...they're always like this. I forgot my gloves today... Katsuhiko : Come to think of it, you were blowing on your hands at the club. Kazuyo : I can't really hold a brush with gloves on... Katsuhiko : Here. Kazuyo : Huh? Katsuhiko : I put them in my pocket this morning, but I don't need them, so you can have them. Kazuyo : But... Katsuhiko : Go ahead, try them on. <> Katsuhiko : They're perfect for you. Kazuyo : {Senpai said that and smiled. His smile was warm, but my hands were as cold as ice. Even with senpai's gloves, they were so cold they hurt. I thought they would fall off.} <> Kazuyo : {I hate winter. I just hate it.} --Kazuyo, I've got to stay after for English, so you go home ahead of me. Kazuyo : OK, 'bye! Kazuyo : {No one's here yet. The smell of painting supplies...this sure brings back memories...I really do like the art room!} <> Kazuyo : {This picture must be senpai's...you can tell by the use of blue.} --Are you going to enter the one you're painting now? Kazuyo : {Uh oh, I'd better leave by the back entrance.} Katsuhiko : Yeah, but I don't think it'll be accepted. <> --Why not? Katsuhiko : It's a portrait. --That is unusual for you. You mostly paint abstracts. Reika-chan, right? <> Kazuyo : {Reika?} Katsuhiko : What? --Don't be embarrassed! The picture just screams, "Reika, I love you!" Katsuhiko : No way! --Reika's a cute kid. When she was in that accident, I skipped art club to go see her in the hospital. <> --If you ever dump her, I wonder if she'd be my girlfriend. Katsuhiko : Sorry, but I won't give her up even if I die! Kazuyo : {"Come to the art room any time if you ever feel like painting."} <> Kazuyo : {"I'll be waiting for you." I've watched senpai from the shadows since starting high school, wondering who it was that he liked. I really wanted to know who it was, but I was scared to know...} <> Kazuyo : {The girl in that painting was so beautiful, she looked as if she were alive. Goodbye, Sawada-senpai.} <> --I wish we could've gone to Disney Land! Kazuyo : I like temples. Field trips should be refined and tasteful. --We'll start the customary training sketches! Draw however you like, in whatever place you like. You'll have to hand in your drawings when you come back, so be sure not to skip. Dismissed! Kazuyo : Man, I wish I were enrolled in art class. --You'll do well at music too. Kazuyo : But it's hard! --Whoa! Kazuyo, you're good! Kazuyo : You think? --Definitely! Why didn't you choose to take art? Kazuyo : Too many people enrolled, it was overflowing. But music is fun too. --Really? It makes me sleepy. --You're really unlucky, Kazuyo, having that happen on a field trip! Kazuyo : No kidding! <> --Hey, Naruse-san, is there a guy you like? Kazuyo : No. --Really? --Satomi, don't you like Sakurai-kun? --What's wrong with that? Isn't your boyfriend at the bottom of the class? --Well, Sakazaki-kun's nice! --Kazuyo...? <> --What are you doing? Kazuyo : Just out to the garden, to draw. --The garden? But it's dark! Kazuyo : There's a pretty little bridge over the pond. We're leaving tomorrow, so I wanted to draw it while I still could. <> Kazuyo : {It's nice and bright because of the moon.} Toshihiko : {What's she doing by herself?} Kazuyo : {Ow, my stomach hurts. Maybe I should just go back.} Ah! Toshihiko : Hm, I'm better than you. Kazuyo : {Sawada Toshihiko!} Well, of course! I'd laugh if I was better than Sawada-senpai's little brother! Toshihiko : Well, unlike my brother, I like soccer better than drawing. Kazuyo : Give that back! Toshihiko : No! <> Kazuyo : Come on, give it back! Toshihiko : Let me have it. Kazuyo : Why would I do that? Toshihiko : Naruse! <> Toshihiko : What happened? Kazuyo : It's your fault! {Ow...} Toshihiko : Naruse? What's wrong? Come on, stand up. Kazuyo : My stomach hurts...I can't walk. <> Toshihiko : Sensei, she has a stomachache! <> --Don't worry, she's not sick. Toshihiko : But she's in a lot of pain! Are you sure it's not serious? --It's all right. It's just something that often happens to girls. Toshihiko : {I see...} --She shouldn't get cold, so I'll go get something to warm her up. Watch her for a little while, OK? Kazuyo : {This is awkward...say something...} Toshihiko : Look, I'm sorry my brother's so insensitive. Kazuyo : Huh? <> Toshihiko : I told him not to come to our classroom, but he just didn't care. Kazuyo : {Then...} You knew? That I liked senpai? Toshihiko : Yeah. Naruse! Toshihiko : Naruse, I'm sorry! It's just that I... --Sorry for keeping you waiting. Here's a hot water bottle. Toshihiko : Bye, Sensei! <> --Are you feeling better? Kazuyo : Yeah, I'm fine now, thanks. <> Kazuyo : {I've gotta tell Sawada-kun...I wonder if he's mad.} <> Kazuyo : {I've gotta thank him...why can't I? His hands were so warm...} <> Kazuyo : {Sawada-kun was guiet again after that.} --You're still not wearing gloves, Kazuyo? You'll get frostbite! Kazuyo : I'm cold whether I wear them or not. Um... <> --That was rude! Kazuyo : {I'm so stupid! It's like there's snow piled up on my heart... It's cold every day.} <> Kazuyo : {Red gloves...they look warm. Our exams are finished...so I won't be able to see Sawada-kun any more.} Toshihiko : You must be cold, Naruse. <> Toshihiko : It's really cold up on the roof. You could get bad frostbite. Kazuyo : {Sawada-kun...} Thanks for helping me out, at Nikkou. Toshihiko : I'm sorry for hitting on you. Kazuyo : {He smiled...his face looks so gentle when he smiles.} Toshihiko : I've always watched you... <> Toshihiko : While you were watching my brother...ever since we started middle school, I've watched you. Are you cold? Kazuyo : Yeah...it started snowing. Toshihiko : This is for you. Kazuyo : Why? Toshihiko : 'Cause it's Christmas! Just open it! <> Kazuyo : {Gloves...} Toshihiko : I thought that red would look good on you, and your hands always seem to be cold. Kazuyo : {Sawada-kun...} <> Kazuyo : Like Santa Claus... Toshihiko : Hey, why are you crying? Kazuyo : Becase...{I'm happy.} <> Kazuyo : {When I put on the red gloves, I felt a little bit warmer...and I've gotten to like winter a bit.}