Bokura wa Itsumo - [Chapter 45]

Translator: Sarah

Chapter 45: Where do our skies connect?

The chapter starts with Mio looking out at the sky from her hotel window. She looks sadly at a couple on the street, and there's a pulled out shot showing her in a big chair next to her crutch (she looks to be wearing pajamas). Her phone rings, and the chapter picks up with Takatsuki calling Mio. She tells Mio that Haruna just took someone who appeared to be his girlfriend into the house. Mio doesn't respond, and after a moment, Takatsuki asks if she's there (while wondering if she was too direct). Finally, Mio asks, “That person... was she an energetic, short-haired girl?” Takatsuki tells Mio that she didn't get that good of a look at her, then asks Mio what she wants her to do.

The chapter switches to Nori and Haruna, with Haruna still holding Nori and resting his forehead on her shoulder. Nori says, “Haruna, umm...” and he asks to stay like that just a little longer. But, his hand is slipping down on her chest... Nori turns red and shoves him away, yelling, “You can't just feel my chest!!!!” Haruna explains that he wasn't feeling it, he just accidentally put his hand there. So he's saying it wasn't his plan to massage her chest? Don't call it massaging... Speaking of which, why did she have to shove him away? Couldn't she have just told him the problem? Haruna walks back over to Nori, telling her he doesn't really understand, but... can she mentally prepare herself for the reason he asked her to come into his house? Nori starts to sweat and closes her eyes, as Haruna draws close. Can she prepare herself for... his homemade health juice drink? Nori gives it a try, and her face shows her distaste. She tries to think of something positive to say, and can only come up with that it's subtle... Haruna says, “You drank it? All right, I'll give it a try, too,” and takes a sip. Nori yells, “Are you using me to taste for poison?” Haruna looks on affectionately as Nori takes a second sip, then puts on a more serious face. As he says, “Nori,” her phone rings. It's from her mother, telling her she needs to head home right away. She explains to Haruna that Yuu can't be alone, so she has to go. Haruna looks a little worried, and asks if he has another fever. Nori tells him yes, but this one seems different from his usual condition. Nori apologizes for having to go, and spots a piece of paper by the door on her way out. Haruna realizes that it's the paper Mio gave him and starts to look a little sick when Nori picks it up. However, Nori just says it looks like he dropped something, and hands it to him without reading it. He takes it, and Nori starts out the door, then turns back again. She glares at him and says, “You're going to clean up those boxes, right?” He says yes, and she smiles and waves good bye. The chapter cuts back to Takatsuki asking Mio what she wants her to do, and Mio tells her not to do anything. If she says anything, it will only make Haruna angry at Mio. So, she's done well; Takatsuki should come back. Takatsuki looks confusedly at her phone, and Mio tells her, “It's all right. Haruna-kun will, without a doubt, come to me.” There's an image of Haruna looking at the hotel address, cut with Mio looking back up at the sky.

The scene changes to Saeka, who's thinking that the whole time Nori was meeting with Haruna, she was riding on a bumpy train. Getting off the train, she notes that it's already dark out. She looks at her watch, and sees it's 10:30. This is might be a problem... As Saeka settles in to wait, a guy comes up and says, “You're really cute. Are you waiting on someone?” Saeka doesn't respond, and he just smiles and tells her that he's waiting on someone, too. He suggests they chat until the people they're meeting arrive, and Saeka tells him she'd rather not. Smiling, he leans in and asks if she's in high school. She must be pretty popular, huh? She says she'd prefer not to talk, and he tells her it's fine – they're just talking, right? Is she waiting for her boyfriend? She asks him to please wait someplace else, and he says, “What, are you too good for me? Boring girl.” Just then, Yanaidu appears and calls her name. She hurries up to him, and hides behind his arm as Yanaidu asks that guy if he needs something. No, he's leaving... Saeka starts to say, “Sensei, I'm sorry about that...” He responds, “For getting hit on?” Saeka gives him a withering look, and tells him that was not flirting... He was trying to lure her to a dark building to buy a facial massager, and then force her into a bad loan. He figured she was an easy mark from the country... Honestly, the city sure is scary. Yanaidu laughs, and tells her that she's definitely amusing. She mentally compares his comment to the guy who was pestering her before saying she was boring, but tells him (as usual) to stop calling her amusing. Yanaidu puts his hand on her head and apologizes. He said he wanted her to come in the first place, so he paid the train fare. Saeka asks if that was really all right, since he doesn't seem to be making much money. He just replies, “Hey, now...” Saeka walks along behind him, thinking that he came to greet her, and he's treating her like a girlfriend. He turns around and asks her if she told anyone from her house where she'd be staying today. For the time being, he paid for her room in a business hotel, but... Saeka blushes and looks down, saying she told them she was staying at Nori's. Yanaidu givers her a slightly disapproving look. So, she lied and said she was staying at a friend's house... That's like a naughty high school student. Saeka reminds him that she is in high school, and he looks away. That's right; they are in high school...

They walk a bit, then Yanaidu turns around and asks, “Is Murakami-kun all right?” Saeka's eyes widen, and he asks, “Can I take it that, since you came here, you chose me?” Saeka isn't sure what to say, recalling how Kyou told her earlier that he was giving up, and just wanted her to be happy. He sees that Saeka looks upset, and says that he guesses that isn't something she wants to talk about, after just coming all the way here. He starts walking again, asking if there's any place she'd like to go to eat, and Saeka suddenly asks if it snowed here today. He tells her that he doesn't think it's snowed there – has it already snowed in her town? Why is she suddenly asking? Saeka thinks that she came to see Sensei. She's still upset she hurt Kyou's feelings, but she did it because she wanted this. Blushing, she says, “Sensei, can we get closer? I can't move [as fast as] you, so...” He responds by suddenly hugging her, and Saeka wraps her arms around him after the initial surprise. She looks up, thinking that being here, where the snow hasn't fallen, it feels like she's under a completely different sky. Saeka pulls away a little, leaning against the wall of a building, and the chapter ends as Yanaidu leans down and kisses her.

Translator's Notes: I plan to keep summarizing these, but it feels increasingly pointless with no images available. This series especially relies on more images than text, and I don't have much of a talent for describing them. Anyway, I enjoy Mio, because it takes a rare blend of privilege, loneliness, and low self-esteem to enact a plan like hers. Thinking back to Chapter 26 or so, Saeka's mom was pretty disapproving of Saeka even having a crush on Yanaidu, so I'll be disappointed if there isn't some conflict soon.

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