Kikumaru Eiji - Happy Ending
A/N: Please note that for all of the translations (mixed with a bit of plot by me), it is sometimes roughly translated because not all Japanese can be 100% converted directly into English. Also, the name of the heroine was also selected by me, so replace it with whatever you want in your head LOL
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BONUS EVENT TRANSLATION! (to start off)
As Kikumura finally came down from his high of discovering the UFO mystery circle next to the river, he glanced down at his companion and his eyes grew larger than their usual cat-like shapes. Quietly, he bent down to pick up a long and thin branch by his feet.
Aya gazed at Kikumura with a puzzled expression. "Kikumaru-san, what are you planning to do with that branch? We're not collecting wood back for camp, are we?"
He gave her a half-hearted grin, his eyes trained on the ground near her feet instead. "Just something," he replied nonchalantly, before whipping the branch down at Aya's feet - a fleeting whoosh and then a sharp crack resonated in her ears.
"Uwah!" she jumped at the rush of air near her face, but Kikumaru immediately placed a hand on her shoulder to keep her still.
"Don't move," he said with a serious expression, eyes still turned downwards. Aya froze. "What's wrong?" she asked.
After a few silent moments, Kikumaru let go of her shoulder, breathing a sigh of relief. "Phew," he said, "There was a snake next to your feet, but it just left, so you're good now."
Aya's brain only focused on one word in that sentence. "SNAKE?" she yelped loudly, before leaping into Kikumaru's arms, burying her face into his shirt and praying to God that the snake would go away.
She heard a chuckle rumble from his chest up to his throat, though she did not notice the blush that was dotting his cheeks. "It's gone now, I'm sure of it. You're safe now."
Aya mumbled into his chest, "Really?"
He nodded, looking down at the top of the girl's head. "Yes, really."
She slowly pulled away from him, looking sheepish. "Okay," she said, "Thank you very much."
Kikumaru simply grinned awkwardly, a hand running through his trademark red hair. "Don't worry about it. Let's go back to camp."
And as the sun was beginning to sink below the horizon, the two turned back the way they came, albeit with a slightly awkward and slightly changed atmosphere between them.
"Kikumaru-san?" Aya inquired curiously from behind the boy. He turned to her with a grin, having recognized her voice.
"Hey there!" he greeted her happily.
"What are you..." Aya peered around him, and her eyes lit up. "Are you making jam?"
Kikumaru nodded excitedly. "Yup! It was a great opportunity since we picked so many raspberries today!"
Aya thought for a second, before offering, "Could I help too? I've made jam before as well."
"Of course!" Kikumaru's grin grew even wider, and his eyes were soft with affection. They set to work together. Almost synchronized like the Golden Pair on the tennis court, Kikumaru and Aya each took up their respective responsibilities and moved around the kitchen almost wordless, but always complementing the other's tasks...
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"We're done!" Kikumaru hopped around the kitchen in his excitement. Aya grinned back. "We just have to cool it and then put it in a jar to preserve it now."
Kikumaru smiled. "And tomorrow we can bake some bread for everyone to try the jam."
His companion clapped her hands together in anticipation. "That sounds delicious!" Now, let's go find that jar... Aya rustled around in the cabinets to find some clean-looking empty jar for the jam.
When she finally got a decent-looking container, she was about to scoop the jam into it, but Kikumaru stopped her with a mischievous grin.
"What is it?" she asked, confused.
He replied, "Well, of course, before we store it, we have to taste test it, right?" Without further ado, Kikumaru stuck a spoon lightly into the completed sweetness and popped it into his mouth. The corners of his lips turned upwards, and he nodded vigorously. "Mmmmm! It's so good~" he said blissfully.
Aya copied his motions, grabbing another spoon and taste testing it for herself as well. "Oh wow!" she said with surprise coloring her voice. It was even better than some of the jams she had bought in the market back home. Maybe it's because we made it ourselves... she said with a fond smile, before her eyes grew wide.
Kikumaru had taken another taste of the jam, but that wasn't what alarmed Aya the most. "Kikumaru-san!" she yelped.
"What?" he turned to look at her, the spoon still in his mouth.
"That spoon... I..." Aya couldn't even get any more words to come out, she was just stunned and lost as to how to react.
Kikumaru looked at her, took the spoon out and looked at it, and then back at her, before returning his gaze to the jam. When he saw another spoon next to the jar, everything clicked and his eyes widened as well. Oh crap...
He looked back at Aya, her spoon awkwardly in his hand. "Ha...ha... I guess, it's an indirect, kiss?" he asked half-jokingly, half-awkwardly. But she only blushed furiously, and said nothing in return.
He sighed. Oh my God this is awkward... "Ah..hahhh..." Kikumaru attempted to laugh and lighten the mood. Aya offered him her best attempt at a non-blushing smile.
"L-let's just jar up the jam now, yeah?"
"O-okay."
And Kikumaru and Aya got back to working and putting the jam into containers, though both of them now were flushing with a mixture of half embarrassment and half sweet happiness. The silence between them remained slightly awkward, as they continued putting their finished sweet product away for the night...
Aya clasped her hands together, her gaze turned towards the ocean. She watched the waves flow on and off the shore, praying, hoping. I really really wish that Kikumaru-san will come...
"Ya-ho!" A loud voice from behind her made her jump, but her face quickly broke into a smile as she turned to see Kikumaru Eiji.
"Eiji-san," Aya greeted him with a beam. "Good morning."
"Morning to ya," he replied. "I heard from Tsujimoto-san that you wanted to talk?"
The beam on Aya's face quickly dropped into a tense expression full of anxiety. "Um, yes. That is, well..."
Kikumaru's eyes widened slightly as he realized what was happening, and then he closed his eyes and put a hand up to stop her. "Hold it, just for a bit!"
"Eh?" Aya's mouth dropped halfway open, her brain in "pause" mode due to his words.
"Before you say anything else," Kikumaru continued with a small smile, "Could you listen to a request I have first?"
"O-okay..." she gave a small nod in reply. "What is it?"
Kikumaru blurted out. "I want you to give me your contact information and number!" Before Aya could have any possible reaction, he continued sadly, "You're going home today, right?"
Aya's brain was slowly processing the current situation, and she reached slowly into her pocket to take out a slip of paper she had prepared beforehand, still stunned slightly. "Here you are," she said, passing it to the boy.
"Thank you~" he said happily, his eyes almost slits in joy. "Then in return, here's mine. It's my number and email address."
"Huh?" Aya looked down at the paper she had just received, still confused. "Is it okay to take this?" She said while looking up at Kikumaru with eyes as large as saucers.
"What do you mean 'okay'? If you don't know it, we're not going to be able to stay in touch right?" he replied without any hesitation, his signature smile on his countenance.
"T-that's true..."
"Oh, and also - in 17 days it's going to be Nationals, and I hope you can come support us at the tournament."
"O-okay."
"And after that's over, let's go on tons of dates together!"
"H-huh?! Dates?" Aya's head was still spinning, and Kikumaru's whirlwind of requests was not helping her sift through it any easier.
"What?" Kikumaru cocked his head to the side slightly. "Is that weird? I thought it would pretty normal, if you're a couple anyways," he said matter-of-factly.
"C-couple?" Aya couldn't wrap her head around the situation. "I haven't even confessed yet..."
"Eh?" Kikumaru asked, before a lightbulb went off in his head. "AHHHH! I-I'm sorry! Did I make a mistake?"
Aya was about to interject to calm his alarm, but Kikumaru continued in his distress, "I-for some reason-already thought we were dating or something! Did I not say that I love you yet?"
"T-that's the first time I'm hearing that..." Aya said slowly.
"C-crap..." Kikumaru said, his eyes drooping in regret. "I just screwed up super badly, didn't I?"
Aya shook her head furiously, waving her hands to make him understand. "No, no! Because I also love you, Eiji-san!"
"O-oh." He breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank God..."
"Hahaha..." Aya chuckled at the almost messy confession/situation that just unfolded between the two of them.
Kikumaru straightened up and looked her in the eye. "Okay, I'm going to redo this. Now, for the second time, I'd like to say that - I love you. So please go out with me."
Aya said firmly, with a broad grin, "Yes, I would love to!"
"Yes!" Kikumaru whooped with joy, picking Aya up and swinging her in the air, as he listened to her giggles and laughter ring out to the ocean below...
Kikumaru sprang up from behind his girlfriend, kissing her cheek. "Hey, sorry to make you wait."
"Eiji-san!" Aya laughed, both hands on one of his arms wrapped around her shoulders.
"Did you wait long?" he asked.
"No," she shook her head. Her hair brushed against Eiji's cheeks as she did so. "I just got here too."
"Phew," he said. "I'm glad. It's so cold, so it would've been bad to make you wait out here."
Aya nodded, smiling. She then turned around and took something out of her school bag. "Eiji-san, this is for you."
He took it in his hands, his eyes wide and a smile slowly beginning to stretch across his face. "Is this... Valentine's Day chocolate?"
"It's not just chocolate though," Aya replied with a grin.
Kikumaru tilted his head in curiosity. "Can I open it?" The excitement in his tone was impossible to conceal, as Aya nodded in reply.
He carefully, but quickly, tore open the wrapping paper and opened the box. His cat-like eyes lit up in delight as he took in the present she had given him. "Oh wow! It's a scarf!" As he examined it a bit more, he brought his gaze back up from the present to his girlfriend. "And you made it yourself...?"
She nodded with a smile, a light blush sprinkled across her cheekbones. "Yeah, I made it barely in time."
Kikumaru felt the material with the tips of his fingers, a huge grin on his face. "It feels so warm~" He then wrapped it around his neck in a matter of seconds, and continued to rub the scarf on his face, basking in the fluffiness and warmth that was coming from both the scarf and his pounding heart inside of his chest.
"It looks good on you," Aya said with a relieved smile.
"Really? I'm so happy," he replied.
"I'm happy that you like it!" Aya said emphatically. Really, she thought, Thank goodness he loves it; it was so worth it.
They gazed at each other with gentle smiles on their faces for a few moments, when a spot of cold landed on Kikumaru's nose and he looked up - Aya's gaze following his upwards into the sky. "Oh!" they said together. "It's snowing..."
Kikumaru quickly looked back down at Aya and asked worriedly, "Are you cold at all?"
She admitted quietly, "Maybe a little bit."
"Well then..." Kikumaru said with a grin. And before Aya knew it, the scarf that she had made for him was now wrapped on both of their necks... and she was in her boyfriend's embrace again, his arms wrapped around her from behind.
"Not cold anymore now, right?"
"Yes, I'm extremely warm!" Aya chirped back at him.
"Me, too," Kikumaru agreed. "Whenever I'm with you," he mused, "Both my heart and my body always get really warm."
"Eiji-san..." Aya said with a small, embarrassed smile.
"I love you, Aya-chan," he said, placing a quick kiss on her temple. She blushed even deeper.
"I love you, too..."
A/N: Okay, admittedly, Eiji was not my favorite, but I tried to do him justice. It's just... UGHHHH I love the other roles that his seiyuu plays but Kikumaru Eiji is so cat-like it's almost weird.
Hopefully to whoever requested/wanted this at all, it's to your satisfaction! If not, I can add in different events that happened - although honestly Konami Inc didn't really give Eiji any good ones like Tezuka/Ryoma got...
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