Hoshii no wa Hitotsu Dake (I Only Want for One Thing) by Takase Ryou Chapter Nine Nakayoshi October 1999 Disclaimer: This translation is meant as a guide for those who wish to read the manga. Please don't steal this translation or do anything illegal with it. Please don't use this for commercial use or sell it, etc. >.< Another note is that I am translating with Japanese One basic knowledge- there are very well mistakes in this. I welcome all help/corrections. Arigatou, minna. Sore ja! -Meimi Translation by Meimi (KSaintTail@aol.com) October 2, 1999 %thoughts (side notes) [narration] $flashbacks ------------------------------------------------------------ pg 1 cover: purple-themed Rinka with Yano above her She confessed her love! Real Love in 14 Hoshii no wa Hitotsu Dake Chapter Nine Takase Ryou Rinka: Sensei's no fair. Letting me fall in love with him like this. It's sensei's fault, that I...am not me... pg 2: ad pg 3 Rinka: % Yano...?! pg 4 Yano: It doesn't have anything to do with you being a child and me being an adult. I just...can't answer you. pg 5 Yano: I can't. I can't...love you. pg 6 Rinka: Wha...wha...then why...? Rinka: % Why...did he do...all that...? Yano: If everything I did made you feel that way, I'll apologize. Sorry. pg 7 Yano: Just forget about it. Rinka: % What...? pg 8 Kiriko: Takashi's late! Where's Rinka? Yuu: He came back before. Yuu: % I know he dumped her... Yuu: Hey! Let's be even louder! Kiriko: (Kyaaa!) Rinka: % I can't show my face... pg 9 Rinka: % I don't want to... Kiriko: Thanks for today! Takashi, thanks for driving us! Kiriko: Ri-----nka! Can I come in with you? Like back at the ocean! Wasn't the whole thing like a trip? Right? Could we sleep together tonight too? (Just like when we were little?) pg 10 Kiriko: It was really fun, I want to go again! Takashi, he said he'd take me on a trip sometime during summer vacation, but... He changed plans so we couldn't go anywhere overnight... Rinka: % If it had been Oneechan who confessed her love... % If it had been Oneechan...? Kiriko: Oh, right! Rinka! Those red shoes in the shoe box are really cute! Can I borrow them next time? Rinka: N...NO! pg 11 Rinka: % Because that was... Kiriko: What? Those shoes are that special to you? OH! Tetsuta must have given them to you! (Wah!) Rinka: Those shoes are...special. S-Sorry... Kiriko: Red shoes...huh... Rinka, do you remember? Rinka: $ Noooo! Rinka wants red shoes like Oneechan's! pg 12 Rinka: $ I want red shoes just like Oneechan's! Mom: $ Okay, okay, I'll buy them for you too... $ ...Rinka, those are the only ones... Rinka: $ Wha! No, no! I want I want I WANT! $ Oneechan, let me have them, pleaaaase! Kiriko: $ N-no! I like these too! Rinka: $ Rinka too, Rinka too! Mom: $ Oh, oh, both of you... Kiriko: $ ... pg 13 Kiriko: $ I'll give these to you, Rinka. $ Because I'm your Oneechan. $ Oh...I'll give you this too, the ribbon is the same shade of $ red. $ Look! Rinka: $ I'm just like a princess! pg 14 Rinka: $ Oneechan, thank you! I love you so much! Rinka: I remember. I...wanted to have things just like Oneechan's... Kiriko: Mm...Takashi... Rinka: % Why do I still want things just like Oneechan's... % Even to the length of...the Oneechan I love...her loved % person... pg 15 Rinka: % Why... pg 16 Yano: ...and those were the basics for the final semester exam! You have to get at least an average of seventy percent. Guy: Yano-sen, lucky! You got to go to the ocean! Yano: You guys can go as much as you want once the tests are over. Guy: Hey, hey! Tell us this! Guy: What do we study? Yano: If you were listening in class, you should know everything. Guy: Wha~~~~! pg 17 Rinka: Yano-sen... Guy: Hey, tell us just one problem! Yano: No way! Rinka: % Yano...he's avoiding me... pg 18 Rinka: % Would it have been better...if I never said I loved him? Yano: $ Just forget about it. Rinka: % Saying it like that... % Should I have just kept quiet....?! Tetsuta: Oh, your hair's all dried out today! You went to the ocean without telling me! pg 19 Rinka: Tetsuta... Tetsuta: I've been thinking on taking you on a date to the ocean, since I didn't go just now. Hey, how about next Sunday? Rinka: Sorry...I can't... Tetsuta: No way, it's after all the tests, and summer vacation is coming up! (And I can skip club once.) Rinka: I'm sorry...Tetsuta... Tetsuta: Huh? Rinka: I.... pg 20 Rinka: I can't go out with you anymore. Tetsuta: Wha...you're kidding... Rinka: Sorry!! pg 21 Tetsuta: WHY?! What's with this all of a sudden, I don't know why you would! What did I do?! Rinka: It's not your fault! I have... Tetsuta: You fell...in love with some other guy? pg 22 Tetsuta: Who...? Rinka: I don't...want to say. Tetsuta: ....since when? Ever since the beginning? Even before you started going out with me? Then... Then WHY DID YOU GO OUT WITH ME?! Rinka: Then...! I really thought I did love you! Tetsuta: ...! pg 23 Tetsuta: Until now...you've just been THINKING that you loved me?! Rinka: Sorr...Tetsuta, I'm sorry... Tetsuta: I... pg 24 Tetsuta: I was really serious...don't you UNDERSTAND?! I was...so HAPPY yo be going out with you...I...! Tetsuta: $ I'll shoot it ten times, just watch! $ It's not just for basketball, the reason I'm doing my best $ now is all for Rinka! $ Rinka! $ I'm so happy now... Tetsuta: How could you trick me like that... Rinka: I'm sorry...sorry, Testuta. pg 25 Tetsuta: What's with that... HOW CAN I LOVE SOMEONE THIS UNREASONABLE?! pg 26 Tetsuta: I don't know... Girl: ( Hey, wasn't that Tetsuta-senpai? ) Rinka: % I'm sorry...so sorry, Tetsuta. pg 27 Rinka: % I'm sorry... Tetsuta: $ HOW CAN I LOVE SOMEONE THIS UNREASONABLE?! Rinka: % I... pg 28 Rinka: ...I.... I'm wearing the shoes you tricked me with.... pg 29 Rinka: You can't expect me to "just forget about it"! There's nothing else I can do but keep dancing around... So...I won't stop. pg 30 Rinka: I won't give up...! pg 31 Yano: Hikawa...you're... Amazing. Rinka: ....what? pg 31 Kiriko: Takashi? ...Rinka...why...? Those red shoes... pg 32 Kiriko: ...Takashi? Takashi gave Rinka those shoes? Why...? Hey... WHY...?!