I did my best to translate this, I really have to ask my brother for help... Let's see how it goes.
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Chigusa had served them tea to Kantarou, her husband, and whom cared her daughter, Khamsin and Kazumi. The same cared baby was now resting on her crib. While they were in the dining room.
After Kantarou tell anecdotes of his work, Chigusa was devoted to 'know better' them. "And tell me, Kazumi-chan, how many times have you care a baby?." Chigusa asked smiling.
"Um ... This was my first time." Kazumi answered with some embarrassment.
"I see ... What about you, Khamsin-kun?." Chigusa stares at the Flame Haze.
"Ah, same here, ma'am." Khamsin replied with indifference, even thinking about what was going to ask Kazumi.
"Is it true that my Miyu take fond of you?." Kantarou dare to ask laughing a bit.
"It doesn't seem to be very difficult in someone like you." Add Chigusa talking about Khamsin but looking at Kazumi. The girl just look away.
After the talk, Khamsin and Kazumi get out from the Sakai's residence, Chigusa goes to say goodbye with a humble smile. In all the talk she just wanted to know more about the two of them, Khamsin just ignored the situation while Kazumi was uncomfortable, not only because they wanted to know, but because they were the parents of the Mystes that she ever loved. Now he doesn't exist for them, every moment they lived and everything that they gave to Yuuji Sakai, vanished. And just think about it, it's pretty painful for the girl. Khamsin knows it.
And almost dark, they were both walking toward the Yoshida's residence, again creating that uncomfortable silence that Kazumi was not aware of it, she was very concentrated remembering her interrupted opportunity to know the truth, but this was her chance, she wouldn't use it and she didn't know why.
Although…
"Ah, what do you wanted to know?." Asked Khamsin.
Kazumi 'jump' and think of an answer that is away from the truth."U-Um...I .. This ... " She continued rambling."I-I kinda forgot ... " mutters vaguely.
"I see, I guess it wasn't important, then." Khamsin knew the importance, but also knew that Kazumi would tell him when she feels ready.
Khamsin left Kazumi on the doorstep without going with her, with a little cold farewell. The girl comes home with the intention to take a bath and rest, but her intentions are interrupted when is received by her classmates. Himiko Nakamura, Harumi Fujita, Ogata Matake and Yukari Hirai.
"Welcome Home, Kazumi Yoshida-san!" exclaimed the four.
"W-what are you doing here?." Asked Kazumi altered.
"A 'Girls night surprise' in our house." Ken responds with disgust behind the girls. Kazumi starts laughing awkwardly walking away from her residence occupied. But it is stopped by Hirai who suddenly takes her hand and 'crawling' to her room.
"No you can escape this, Kazumi. I have to pay my absence to the compromise of this Morning." Hirai says as she takes her friend.
"N-No, Yukari-chan, it's okay. It is not necessary to compensate nothing." Kazumi tries to get free of Hirai's hand, but it can't because of the force applied by the girl. When they reached the room, Kazumi is 'free'. Closed the door and some girls sitting on the floor, when Hirai just sits in the bed of her friend who is still standing.
"Then how did it go with your job?." Asked Ogata from the ground.
"F-Fine." Kazumi answered with her awkward smile.
"Fine? Did you ask for help?." Asked Hirai. Kazumi kept silence for a few seconds, wondering if to answer the truth or the lie. How would they react if she said Khamsin helped her ?. Rather not find out.
"N-No, nothing like that. I could take care of the baby alone." maintains her awkward smile.
Hirai laughs a little as she drops out of the bed and sit on the floor as well, accompanied by Kazumi, which follows her steps. "Very well, then, let's start our evening with a simple and humble game." Hirai mentioned with a malicious smile that got Kazumi altered. Take a box of goodies Pocky's."Each one have to take out one of this, depends on the side that touches you, you must answer a question or meet a challenge. If any of you touches the covered side, will have to make a simple challenge." Stops to laugh. "And if they have the other side, they must answer a question. Okay, start." Each of the girls reached into the candy box, taking one of the sticks.
Kazumi, Nakamura and Hirai have the stick covered. While Fujita and Ogata not.
Kazumi altered stared at the candy in her hand, chocolate covered. So she have to meet a challenge. Her fear was ... The challenge. And if she don't accomplish the challenge, what would be her punishment?.
They started first by the question for Fujita, then the challenge for Nakamura, and continued with the question for Ogata.
Hirai was next.
"Very well, Yukari-chan, I dare you to ... " Ogata stops to think."Got it!" exclaims snapping her fingers. She approaches Hirai and whispers something in her ear. Hirai smiles mischievously and accepts whatever she said to her.
"Kazumi ... " Start calling Hirai. Kazumi steps back.
"Y-Yukari-chan?."
"I'll ... " Keeps her malicious smile."I'll challenge you..." continues.
"Huh? Challenge? But still you don't accomplish your challenge." says Yoshida.
"This is my challenge." Hirai says, laughing a bit. Kazumi 'jump' and gets up squealing.
With trembling knees she dares to ask."W-What if I refuse to do the challenge?."
Nakamura supports their hands on Yoshida's breast."We will punish you." Says Nakamura while listening to Yoshida's groan.
"W-Well ... What is my challenge?." Asked the girl, bowing her head and sat down again.
Hirai begins to think."You must ... " Create an environment suspensive."You must get a Khamsin-san's kiss." Hirai ends snapping her fingers and winking. Kazumi scream again accompanied by her face completely red.
Nakamura again approaches her."Ah, so you don't want to?." Asked in an intimidating manner. Kazumi again bowing her head.
"W-well, maybe yes ... " says softly ." B-But Khamsin-san is not here." Made an excuse.
"That's a lie, Kazumi, I saw him on your rooftop." Hirai says." You should go on your roof and get your kiss. I don't think it's something so difficult." says.
"It's more difficult than you think ... " mutters Kazumi."Why a kiss? Can not be a hug, caress or words of support?." Provides bothered.
Ogata starts laughing."It is not a challenge if it were that easy, girl." She says.
"Now go! If you don't want to be reviewed by Nakamura." Fujita added laughing a bit.
"It seems that I have no alternative. Why they have to be so meddlesome?." Think Yoshida while gets up from the ground and goes to the roof. While she's going up, she can't help noticing that the girls are behind her watching. "Do they have to follow me?." Asked with some discomfort.
" We must be present in the challenge. But we promise not interrupt." Hirai replied.
Kazumi hesitates for a moment."Where the kiss have to be?." Asked the girl.
"No, but it would be great if you were to get one in your pretty lips. Don't you?" Laugh Hirai. Kazumi ignore their laughter and begins to go up. Reaching the roof she can see from across the hooded figure sitting with his Hougu, Mekest. Kazumi walks slowly, hesitating in every moment. She could have endured the punishment and avoided this awkward situation, but ... Perhaps it is because a part of her wants this.
And she was close enough to him. She could see him sitting there, without seeing his face, but noting that didn't react to her presence. She bends down and rests her hand on his shoulder."Khamsin-san ... " She called, but this doesn't react."Khamsin-san?" She get more closer to him to see the reason for the absence of his reaction. His eyes were closed, his look of complete rest. This afternoon looked tired, maybe everything that happen exceed the endurance of the Flame Haze. Kazumi couldn't stop for a moment to appreciate not having to see his face so serious. She could see the tenderness in him, which rarely get to see.
Still, Khamsin reacted to her presence, a bit slow for his break but he was waking up and the first thing he looks at is the face of the girl who was near him. "Good night." says the girl smiling.
"Ah, something happens?. " Asked the boy half asleep.
Kazumi lowers her head concealing her blush."N-Nothing ... I just wanted to ... be with you." She says very quietly remembering the purpose.
"Ah,I see." Khamsin says while looking at the buildings that are beyond the house. "Maybe you remembered what you didn't tell me this afternoon." He mentions. Kazumi pressed her lips without looking at the boy.
"N-No ... Nothing like that ..." She answers without realizing, immediately corrects herself. "I don't remember that." laughs awkwardly.
"Ah, I understand ... " he responds still without looking at her."And what about the people who are below us?." Asked.
For a moment she decides to calm down."They are some friends who wanted to spend the night here." replied calmly.
"That meddlesome girls?" Khamsin asks looking at the girl.
Kazumi can't help but laugh a bit. "Yes, them." She sighs, feeling the silence of the moment, for a second forgetting what she had to do. "It's nice to start a conversation with him, other than those seriously topics." She says to herself.
"Ah, it's good to hear that ..." mutters Khamsin.
"Hear what?." Kazumi asks confused.
"Your laugh" Khamsin answers, looking into her eyes. Kazumi stares at him, surprised by the response with her flushed cheeks. "Ah, Kazumi Yoshida-san ..." Start saying."I kissed your lips." confesses the Flame Haze with the same tone. Kazumi almost frozen at the sudden confession of the serious boy, her flushed cheeks became a completely red face.
"Hmph, when you fell asleep, you began to mourn and my contractor did what he could to comfort you." Add Behemoth.
"W-What he ... C-could?." Yoshida stutters slightly touching her lips.
"Ah, it's what I wanted, I might have disrespected you, but know honestly I wouldn't hesitate a second to do it again." Khamsin continues saying.
Kazumi doesn't know what to say, how to react, only covered her face with the palm of her hands, she could feel the heat of her flushed face. "W-Why?" The embarrassed girl murmurs.
"Because I care ... I want you." Khamsin avoiding the answering of the girl, to say something, he approaches her.
Kazumi move away without still not understanding."Khamsin-san ... Stop ... " whispers the girl but this ignores. The girl was moving back and Khamsin above her, was almost pushing. Kazumi falls on the rooftop ground while trying to separate."Khamsin-san ... " she Says.
"I ... " Keep saying the girl, who opens her eyes and saw a totally different surrounding, the same as earlier, her room, the girls around her, sitting on the floor.
"Thank you for awakening sleeping beauty." says Nakamura.
"Awakening?." Yoshida seems that what she lived a moment ago was nothing more and nothing less than a dream. She's still agitated, confused but sighs of relief ... "It was obvious ... It had to be a dream, Khamsin-san would not show such affection. But it was so real." Yoshida thinks while slashing her lips with her fingertips.
"Yeah, when I was doing my challenge, you were sleeping like a baby." Answer Hirai.
"Hirai do her challenge? Which it means ... that my challenge was also part of the dream." still thinking Yoshida relieved.
"Well, Kazumi, take care of that baby really has wasted you." Fujita says in a worried tone.
"But that will not save you from the challenge ... " Laugh Hirai.
"U-Uh ... Let's say ... I left something pending." Kazumi exposes a clumsy excuse. "This morning I had to cancel something to take care of the baby and had left for tonight. If I fail in this, I am seriously in problems." She says, although practically it is true, she had canceled training with Khamsin.
All the girls stare at her a few seconds. The silence is interrupted by a snap of Hirai. "Do you mean what you were doing yesterday on the rooftop of the school?." Hirai gives a sly look. Kazumi remembered her training with Khamsin on the rooftop, and the ending of it ... The moment between them. The girl can't stop blushing.
"Ha! Gotcha!." Hirai exclaims, pointing to the girl.
"N-Not that ... "
"What do you mean the rooftop?." Asked Fujita.
"Kazumi, What happened?." Ogata continued.
"Ah, Kazumi, you are such a crazy girl ." Nakamura laughs.
"Yukari-Chan!" Yoshida Complains.
" Well, well ... I've confused. Kazumi, I give you the permission to accomplish with your compromise." Hirai said in a joking tone. But still, really gives that permission.
Kazumi sighs. "Thank you, Yukari-chan. I'm sorry I ruined the visit." Kazumi answer kindly but tired.
"No, it's okay, tomorrow we will fix that." Hrai says smiling.
And the girl sighs again.
The visit was over, Yoshida goes up to the roof of her house to see the Flame Haze who stood there. Having dreamed that, it is quite uncomfortable to see his face. The boy this time it reacts to her presence, turns before the girl tries to get his attention. She had already called his attention. "Ah, do you need something?." Asked Khamsin.
"N-Nothing!" Kazumi exclaims awkwardly hiding her discomfort with a smile.
"Hmph, that was unexpected." Behemoth says surprised at the reaction of the girl.
"Ah, perhaps you remembered what you have not told me this afternoon." Khamsin says, what he said in that dream, making Kazumi be altered.
"N-No! N-Nothing like that!" She answered the same in that dream but with a little more tension. Realizing this, immediately cover her mouth with her hand, Khamsin note that gesture.
The Flame Haze raises an eyebrow while watching the girl."Ah, are you fine?." Asked suspiciously.
The girl 'uncovers' her mouth."Y-Yeah, Why should I be mad?." With her strained laughter answered.
Khamsin ceases to look to appreciate the view of the buildings that are a little further than the house. "Anyway, there's something I wanted to inform you." begins saying the boy. Kazumi eyes open, her legs trembling, takes a step back, not wanting to hear the same confession was heard in her dream. "Ah, it's about the training."Khamsin said. Kazumi to hear different words that she expected, in surprise, stumbles and falls on the floor of the roof. Khamsin turns to see her without changing his attitude indifferent. "Ah, are you okay?" He asks.
Kazumi smiling with a little more calm, sighing with relief."Y-Yes. What about training?."
"Ah, it is useless your desire to learn more skills." Khamsin says.
"Hmph, although you have proved you are capable of so much." Adds Behemoth.
"We don't want to add to your life an unnecessary responsibility for the circumstances." Khamsin explains.
"But ..." Kazumi is no longer relieved."I want to do it, want to be more than ... this." The volume of her voice is descreasing."Can't let Khamsin-san fight alone just because of me. If Khamsin-san doesn't help me in this, I have to find another way to fight." She said to herself.
"Ah, there's nothing you can do but trying to survive." imposes the Flame Haze.
"You lie." Kazumi stands against Khamsin."I-I can do much more, you know it. You said I have to become stronger. Why don't you help me then? ." Discussed.
"Ah, if you really want it, you will not need my approval."
"Khamsin-San is right, I wasn't taking a decision, I was only finding his approval. But now it will be different." Kazumi closes her fists and look the person she wants to protect.
"Ah, I think you should go to rest, it has been a tough week for you." Khamsin try to change his harsh tone on one a little softer. The girl nods and enters to the home without another word. The boy saw her leave, let out a sigh.
"Hmph, is completely determined." says his contractor.
"Ah, she tries." He responds. Khamsin wanted somehow found Yoshida found her objective, formed and be determined about it, but if her goal is to risk her life for him. He will never accept it, not if that complicates him to fulfill his own objective.
But he have to. She trusts him, should trust herself so as he.
He trusts her.
- I have faith in you, my friend .-
Gyuki: Weird...
CrimsonDreams: I know, right? It could be more weird but I changed it.
On the next chapter, they will hate me you people.
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