With You, I Can Sing For Tomorrow ch9-1: Someday, A Prince Will... (Part 1)

Hey.

Quit getting cocky.

Struggling forward to save her dear friend... The story heads towards its climax!!

Huh...? What's this?
Kabedons aren't exactly all the rage these days.
Don't look down on me.
You've been making a fool of us.
Huh? So you not only fuck around but like to shift the blame too?
All you needed to do is not cheat.

Yuzuki...

Yuzuki loved you.
"That's why I love Kengo too."

It's got nothing to do with you.
Of course it does!
It's for her sake that I...
No, seriously.

It's really got nothing to do with you.

Why are you so on edge?
"My feelings are mine and mine alone."

I'll admit being a scumbag if you want,
but Yuzuki said she's fine with it, right?

Too bad for you. She loves even someone like me.

You say it's for Yuzuki's sake,
but you just want to make yourself feel better.

It's creepy to get so emotional over another girl.
You some crazy psycho lesbian?
Ow...

Hah
The boundary between your self and others is so blurred it's crazy.

...He may be right.

"Of course he is."
I get too carried away when it comes to Yuzuki.
I only looked at Yuzuki through my own filter.

I decided the current Yuzuki is powerless and unhappy,
but maybe Yuzuki just wanted to savor a simple kind of "happiness".

"You're always like this, Terada-san."

"Terada-san", huh...

She won't call me Hinata.

Makes sense. I'm the only one who thought we were friends,
when Yuzuki only thought of me as a mere bandmate.

What even are friends anyway?
Philosophy...
You're lovers if they accept your confession after the third date.
Then what about friends?

Well, whatever.
Erm, my umbrella...

Hm?

Yuzuki's earphones.
I must've packed them in when she came over the other day.

...Yuzuki's gone home with Kengo,
so that'd be awkward.
They're too expensive to just leave in her shoe locker either.

Can't be helped...
Erm...
It should be around here.

Oh, here it is.

Come to think of it, it's my first time coming to Yuzuki's house.

Osamu-san!!!

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Ah.. I'm sorry.
I thought the mistress had returned...
Eh? Right... Sorry.
What? Is there still something going on with thise house?

I'm Terada. I had Yuzuki-san in my care the other day.
I came to deliver something Yuzuki-san forgot.

Oh my. Sorry you had to come all this way.
And right after having her sleep over too. Honestly, that girl.
She's in the bath right now.
Hm? They're not on as bad terms as I thought?

Hey, Yuzuki-chan! Get out soon!
Can't you even greet a guest?
Eh?
Ah, no, it's fine! It can't be helped if she's in the bath!

That so? Then at least wait a moment.

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Here, take this.
Eh? It's no big deal, really.
Those are some pricey-looking snacks.

I can't believe that girl would leave you empty-handed.
Aah... Yeah... There's no mistaking it.

I'm really sorry. She just lacks common sense.

I'm taking good care to raise her, but she gets all rebellious because I'm not her real mother.
I bet she's always causing trouble at school, right? I wonder how she turned out like this?
If only I had my own child, but that's just not possible, is it? Yet I still have to get along with both the family and the in-laws.
It's really despicable. Most women wouldn't be able to bear such an unfair duty, but this is the role I've been given as a wife and mother.
Even with all the kindness I show, that girl never smiles at home. I bet she's emotionless outside the house too, right?

Being friends with such a girl is a lot of trouble, right? But there's no way a girl as lacking in kindness and sympathy as her would have friends, right? You're just with her for the sake of it, right?
Seriously, how did things turn out like this? All this time, money and love spent on her isn't worth the reward.

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Yuzuki is a good girl.
To me, she's irreplaceable.
I think of her as my best friend.

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Excuse me. I'll be taking my leave.
That so...

How nice that girl has a friend who would say that.
I never had anyone like that.

...You are Yuzuki's mother, right?
Then you should just become free too.

mumble...

Eh?
It's nothing...
Um, just one more thing.

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