Hanazakari no Kimitachi e original story by: nakajou hisaya english translation by: tetris no miko from "Hana to Yume" comics magazine, issue #19 //page 1// mizuki: So…! kadoma: You don’t need to be shy. Back scrubbing is my specialty! I always do it back at my dorm. mizuki: …….!! *flap, flap, flap, flap* Someone tell me this isn’t happeninnnnnnnng!!! kadoma: My senpai tell me that I don’t scrub hard enough, but I’ll try my best! //page 2// kadoma: I’m coming innnnn… mizuki: !!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! sano: HEY! *wheeze* *grab* kadoma: huh? //page 3// sano: Don’t you know it’s bad manners to enter the bathroom while someone else is using it! kadoma: WHAT?! I…I’m so sorry! I didn’t know….! mizuki: Sa….SANO…?! *thumpthumpthumpthump* *slam* mizuki: Tha….Thank GOD…! *siiiiiiiigh* kadoma: …… *silence* //page 4// kadoma: I AM SO SORRY!! *BOW* I…just behaved as normal without considering how you two felt…! mizuki: But….! I’m not mad at you; don’t worry about it! It was careless of me for forgetting to lock the door! sano: …Didn’t I tell ya not to be careless Wellllllll, whatever! It was also my fault for not bringing your attention to the differences in dorm etiquette here. //page 5// sano: How should I put it…. it’s a sort of silent agreement we have. When your roommate is using the bathroom, you can’t enter…If it’s an emergency and you have you use the bathroom, then you should knock first and get the "okay"…So basically, the rules in Dorm #2 are that because we’re living together we need to respect each other’s privacy! Well, I guess Dorm #3 is the same, too mizuki/kadoma: Ohhhh, okay sano: …Don’t you nod, too! mizuki: But anyway, just be careful from now on, okay? kadoma: YES, SIR! They’re so niiiiiiiiice! //page 6// sano: …Dammit, why do I always have to cover for her…! It’s driving me nuts… *grumble, grumble* mizuki: Hey, Kadoma, go take your bath now! Because Sano takes long baths kadoma: Yes, Sir!! I shall use it! *slam* mizuki: …. HWAAAA!! That was sure clooooooose! Daaaaamn, mission failed, mission failed! Because it was Kadoma I took it too easy and let my defenses downnnnn. Font size=-1>Ahhh, I repent, I repent arrow: This coming from a girl who forgot to lock the door sometimes even when she was alone with Sano. //page 7// sano: …… *starrrrrrrrrrrrrre* mizuki: ….wha….What….?! sano: She’s soooo dense! Don’t you know what’ll happen if people find out about you?! *grumble, grumble*…..Hey, it wouldn’t hurt you to become a little more paranoid or someth… *SLAM!* nakatsu: DWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!! //page 8// mizuki: …..NAKATSU?! Wearing a towel?! *wobble, wobble* nakatsu: So…Somebody help meeeeeeee……! nakatsu: Ku!…Ku, Ku, Kujou…..! mizuki/sano: *gulp* KUJOU?! nakatsu: Because of some bullshit about me helping him out by letting him stay in my dorm, he wanted to scrub my back!!! Or more like TEAR IT TO RIVENS!!!! And on top of that, he scrubbed with ALL HIS STRENGTH! *sting, sting, sting, sting* EEEEEEEEE! It hurrrrrrrrts! mizuki/sano: …..You poor soul…. mizuki: ….Is this a custom of Dorm #1…?! //page 9// nakatsu: AND AS IF THAT WEREN’T ENOUGH! JUST WHEN I’M FINALLY GETTING USE TO KAYASHIMA’S YOGA, NOW I HAVE TO DEAL WITH KUJOU’S SITTING IN "ZEN STYLE" AND MEDITATING WITH A GRIN ON HIS FAAAAAACE! I can’t stand it! I can’t stand it! I can’t stand BOTH of them! IT’S FUCKING SCARY! words: Kujou’s grinning meditation VS Kayashima’s impossible yoga. arrow pointing to Kayashima: Mysterious lower-body arrow pointing to Kujou: Archaeic smile Kujou: HMHMHMHMHMHMHMHM! label: *As imagined by outsiders. mizuki: ….. sano: ……. nakatsu: I’ve had all I can take! kujou: AH-HA! So this’s where you were hiding. *smile* nakatsu: *GULP!* eep! kujou: We mustn’t get out half way through our baths now. If you don’t soak up to your shoulders, the stain in your muscles won’t be soothed. *SMACK!* *slide, slide* kujou: Have a nice day. nakatsu: AAAAARRRGGGH! NOOOOO!!! mizuki/sano: He…He sure looks happy….Wow, he can hold Nakatsu back with just one arm… //page 10// kadoma: HUH?! Didn’t I just hear Kujou-senpai’s voice?…! *steam, steam* mizuki/sano: I’m so glad we got Kadoma…..in more ways than one… …….. kadoma: ?…?…? nakajou: Status hot and steamy. mizuki: ….So what I mean to say is that even though you warned me of various things, I failed Tehehe //page 11// umeda: ……..Are you STUPID? mizuki: You’re sure blunt….just like I imagined you would be But! *ting!* At least I made a valiant effort! umeda: Stop bragging. mizuki: GRRRRRRR, but I really regret it not listening to your advice No matter how sweet Kadoma is, he’s still a boy. I shouldn’t have gotten so careless because he’s a friend. umeda: Well, I guess it doesn’t make much difference to me anyway whether or not everyone finds out you’re a girl anyway. mizuki: ….How cruelllll… //page 12// umeda: Ashiya, You seem to have forgotten, so I’ll tell you this once more. Everyone around you is "male". In a place full of only males, you stand alone. Don’t forget you’re like a sheep in a heard of wolves. //page 13// mizuki: Umeda…. *sllllllide* yao: Excuuuuse me, but…. umeda: Yo, what’s up? mizuki: Ya, YAO…?! What happened to YOU? yao: A…Ya….Ashiya-kun…. mizuki: …He used to be drawn so differently; what’s with the shadows?…. That’s not makeup, right? Those’re circles under his eyes!! umeda: What’re your symptoms? yao: Ah, well, you see it’s……*whisper, whisper*, and so…*whisper, whisper*….. umeda: Oh, that’s just stress. //page 14// mizuki: ….Stress?….What happened, Yao? yao: …. WILL YOU LISTEN TO MEEEEE?! mizuki: Uh….yeah….Just calm down; you’re scaring me… yao: ….As you are well aware, we took in students from Dorm #1, and the boy who joined my room…wakes up at 5 in the morning and does voice exercises!!! [*there was a cute pun in here where the japanese polite word, "desu" was replaced with the english word "death" ^_^] I lost 5 pounds in one dayyyy, take a good look at these eyesssss!! *slip!* yao: …He says he’s with the cheerleading club and he can’t ditch practice….*grumble, grumble* But thanks to him, our neighbors are yelling at us, too…*grumble, grumble* Well, as a musician, I understand the importance of voice-exercises, but… arrow: But you’re a base player yao:….Can’t he at least do it outside??…..Oh, but our curfew’s not over until six, so I guess he can’t, can heeee…. umeda: That’s stress, all right. //page 15// yao: ….*grumble, grumble*…..*grumble, grumble*…..*grumble, grumble*….. umeda: He’s not the only one to come to me in this condition….lots of guys from Dorm #1 come here complaining about the guys from Dorms 2 and 3. Like Tennouji mizuki: Wowww… umeda: Never a moment’s peace around here! Well, it must be because dorm customs are different. *scuffle, scuffle* Where’s the bucket! I’ll go take out the traaaash! nakatsu: Wowwww, so it’s hard for the Dorm #3’ers, too, huh…! mizuki: Looks that waaaaay. nakatsu: My back’s still tingling from last night nakao: Isn’t it hard on everybody? You ougghta hear about MY newcomer… forgothisname: Huh? It’s not a problem at all in my room, though? Isn’t that right, Sekime? sekime: Yup. He’s a member of the table tennis club; he’s a pretty nice guy. forgothisname: Yeah, yeah, last night we talked about comedy and manga all night! we finally fell asleep at 2! //page 16// mizukI: Ohhhh, so not everyone’s bad off…well, I guess that’s a given. nakao: Lucky; you guys sure seem to be having fun. forgothisname: What? Is there a jerk in your room, Nakao? nakao: Not realllly….He’s not good, not bad; he’s just an average baseball guy. But I don’t really get along well with sports people anyway not like I want to… arrows pointing to sekime and nakatsu: sports people sekime/nakatsu: …..So THAT’s what you’re really like, huh. sano: Yo. *slam* mizuki: Oh, hi, practice sure ended early today, huh. sano: …not really. //page 17// flashback umeda: "Everyone around you is ‘male’" sano: Were you doing the laundry? mizuki: Uh…Yeah. Sheets and stuff… AAAAHHHH, DAMMIT ALL! Because Umeda said that, now I’m fantasizing things too much…. //page 18// sano: Smells good. mizuki: *BLUSH!* Ah…Yeah, it does, doesn’t it! I had one of the caretakers hang them to dry outside in the sun. Sun-dried is so much better than machine-dried, huh But it’s Sano who smells the best! *pant, pant* sano: Oh, thanks. mizuki: ARRRRGH! This won’t work! This won’t work…! When we’re all alone, things like that just pop into my mind!!….As if I didn’t have enough to worry about already! //page 19// mizukI: But….Up until now, we’ve always been alone together….I never really thought about this since I came here, but…I… //page 20// mizuki: ….I get to be alone with the guy I like… *blush* sano: What? mizuki: *gasp!* //page 21// sano: ? mizuki: *glup* …NOTHING….! I can’t believe it took Kadoma coming here to get me to notice…! I’m sure dense! *pat, pat, pat* *click* kadoma: I have returned!! mizuki: Oh, hiiiii. kadoma: Oh, are you changing the sheets, Ashiya-senpai? I shall help you! mizuki: Yup, I washed your sheets, too. kadoma: WHAT?! You…! You can’t….!! I feel so…ashamed…!!! mizuki: Ahahaha, Don’t worry about it, I washed Sano’s sheets, too. //page 22// mizuki: Well, wanna help? Can you take the other side of this mattress for me? kadoma; YES, SIR! mizuki: now, spread it out… kadoma: like this? sano:……You guys look like SISTERS…. kadoma/mizuki: *giggle, giggle* //page 23// kadoma: …….. *stare* Ashiya-senpai, you look very pretty; like a girl. mizuki: *GULP* WHAT?! sano: *GULP!* mizuki: Whawhawhawhawha, what the hell are you saying! You look like a girl, too! kadoma: But I’m not pretty I’m just small //page 24// sano: Just your imagination, Kadoma. Ashiya’s a big GLUTTON. He’s not like a girl at allll mizuki: Wha, What was that forrrr! I’m not a glutton! sano: Yeah, you are Even more of one than Nakatsu mizuki: Well, then what about you!! sano: I’m just fine. kadoma: …. You two sure are good friends, aren’t you. *perk!* sano: We…we’re just acquaintances, right?… mizuki: Yeah, just acquaintances!! kadoma: Ohhh….Really? *knock, knock* //page 25// kadoma: Kujou-senpai! hi! kujou: Sorry to disturb, but Tennouji wants to hold a meeting…..wonder what he’s congering up this time… kadoma: YES, SIR!! Well, Senpai, I shall return! please forgive me for leaving on the job! *BOW!* mizuki: Have fun. *slam* sano: ahhhhhh, Kadoma sure is a hard-worker, huh…….um…Ashiya, well…..don’t you think…..that you should be more careful…? mizuki: Huh? what do you mean? //page 26// sano: *grr* I mean…! I think you’re taking things too lightly…..damn, that’s why Kadoma says things like you look like a girl. What if people think you’re weird for forgiving Kadoma for walking in on you in the bathroom? You’re even wearing really short shorts right now! *squeeze* mizuki: I had to wear these because all my others were in the wash!….but why are you so mad about it? //page 27// sano: …I’m not mad. mizuki: Yes, you are. sano: why does she have to be so dense… mizuki: And…and about the bath!…I…I don’t care if people see me naked! sano: WHAT?! label: "Give tit for tat" mizuki: …What do you mean people’ll think I’m weird?! Aren’t you the one who’s weird for thinking things like that?! sano: *grr!* //page 28// sano: Then how do you explain this?! You….You kissed that guy named Gil…! mizuki: S…So? In America, that’s just a greeting [*erm, no, it’s not, but we’ll forgive the mangaka b/c she’s Japanese ^_^] I can kiss anyone in that context…! //page 29// *BAM!* sano: Then….! Then you wouldn’t mind kissing me, would you….?! Issue 20… [1]