Shun:    That summer, I wrote Suka-chan a letter from home.
              In the letter, I told him about my family, Reina, Yui, the customers in the inn--
������������� --everything, even how I felt on the tiniest detail.
              I wonder...

~ a sketch of a letter on top of a desk with a hand beside it ~

������������� ...if I'll ever mail it.
������������� Or...if he'll even understand the reason why I wrote it.

~ he looks out the window to the clear sky ~

~ room 210 ~

Suka:    Ahh! Summer has come and gone!

Shun:    (unpacking) How was your summer, Suka-chan?

Suka:    (stretching) Boring. I spent a lot of time indoors and doing homework.
            You? You must have a lot of stories, ne?

Shun:    (turning to him with wide eyes) Ohhh~!
            We had a weird customer once who stayed for only 3 hours.
            But she was sca~ry! And she asked us...
             ...if we would sell Yui to her for 700,000 yen. GAH~!

Suka:    *sweatdrop* That must be scary.

Mitsu:    (opening the door) Hey, I'm going out to buy food. You two want anything?

Suka:    Ah! Sempai, I'll go with you. I forgot to buy something yesterday. (gets up to get coat)

Mitsu:    (is closing door again) So hurry!

Suka:    (getting his wallet) Be back in a while, Shun!

Batan!

~ Shun looks down at his unpacked letter and sighs ~

Twee Twee

~ Suka and Shun are walking through the streets after first day of school ~

Suka:    At the end, Sonoda-sensei cancelled our summer homework...what a waste!
            Hey, Shun, Mia's coming over next week so we can go to the pool. I hope it won't rain.

Shun: Why are you thinking of rain on a date in line with the same thought of the one you love? @_@

Suka:    Gah! Hey, I--!

~ Shun suddenly stops and turns to him ~

Shun:    Ne, Suka-chan.
            How did you know...you like Igarashi?

Suka:    Eh?
            Oh...I don't know.
            (smiling) Maybe it was because she always looked so sad, and I wondered...
            ...if she smiled, she must look pretty, and I would like to protect that smile.
            In any case, I didn't know I liked her that much...

Shun:    Why did you even think of telling her?

Suka:    (surprised) Oh, well, I thought...
            (focus on the sky) I can't grow up thinking I might regret never telling her how I feel.
            Even if it won't work out, because it's too important...
            ...these feelings.

Shun:    Oh. (looks down at his shoes)

Suka:    Uhm...why do you ask? (curious)

Shun:    Because...Suka-chan...
            ...I think...

Suka:    N?

Shun:    (turning to Suka) I think I like you!!

~ two panels of Suka and Shun staring at each other in silence ~

Suka:    (shouting) WHY DID YOU HAVE TO TELL ME?! (turns and runs away)

Shun:    (looks stunned) ......
            (turns away, then grins!) Well then, I should buy those instant noodles Tochizawa asked me to! Now, let's see...

~ author: ^^' It's that simple for Shun... ~

~ Greenwood ~

Pata pata pata pata!

~ room 212 ~

Shin:    (not looking up from book) Open the door.

~ door bursts open just as Mitsu jumps away from it ~

Mitsu:    GYAA~AH!!!

Suka:    (shouting) KISARAGI SHUN JUST SAID HE LIKES ME!!!

Shin:     (nonplussed) Oh.

Suka:     (wailing) What am I gonna do? (pounding head on table)

Mitsu:    (closing door, sweatdropping) Oy, that's our table. What did you tell him?

Suka:    He shouldn't have told me! He should have kept it to himself!!

Mitsu:    Idiot! (slaps Suka's head)
            Shun won't put it off because he'll regret it for the rest of his life!

Suka:    But...things were easier when he didn't say it!

Shin:    Oh? (turning)
            I was under the impression that confessing...
            ...was a way to enlighten the burden off one's shoulders.

Suka:    But...but... T_T
            Shun...he...

Mitsu:    It's like how you wanted to tell Igarashi-san how you felt--
            --so you won't feel so pent up anymore.
            No matter what comes out of it.

Shin:    It's not a matter of you have already or what you don't want.
            It's just Shun's way of relieving his stomach to tell you.

Suka:    (blinking) Don't you mean "heart"?

Shin:    I meant "stomach".

Mitsu:    But, hey, don't let it bother you so much.
            Except if you feel the same way, then go right ahead and tell him!
            Although I might complain at the noises you might make at night--

Suka:    (stands with a nosebleed) GAK! (runs out of the room)

Shin:    You shouldn't put ideas in his head.

Mitsu:    (sighing) Good luck, Shun.

~in the bathroom ~

Suka:    (staring at the mirror) Maybe he didn't mean it that way.

Shun:    I think I like you...!

Suka:    (shaking his head and wiping nose) What does he mean by "like" anyway?
            As a friend? Or more?
            He should've written a letter. It would have been easier.
            Ack! How am I supposed to act now?! (worry, worry T_T)

~ walks back to the room and sits on his bunk ; one panel of silence ~

Kata Batan

Shun:    I'm hoo~ome!
            (with shopping bag) Ah! I bought a lot of noodles!
            It was supposed to be for only Tochizawa-san, but I thought we might starve as well!
            Ne, Suka-chan... (looks up at the bunk were Suka looks at him weirdly) is something wrong?

Suka:    (twitch) He's acting like nothing happened! Ah, nothing!

Shun:    Well, I'm going to bring Tochizawa the noodles first and then we'll go to Mitsuru-sempai's to study--
              --the Literature course because I didn't finish my homework at all--

Suka:    Shun is weird sometimes. I have to go for now. (jumps down and goes out)

Batan

~ Shun sighs again, looks at the noodles, then stares at the bookshelf where the letter is hidden ~

Shun:    Haah...

Twee Twee

~ walking to school the next day, Shun in front with Suka behind ~

Shun:    I didn't even get to study for the Math test today. @_@
            Wah! I shouldn't have watched that video in Mitsuru-sempai's room!

Suka:    Well, it's all your fault then!

Shun:    (cute effect) But...but...I'd regret it if I didn't watch it!

Suka:      (stopping suddenly) Regret...

Mitsu:    Shun won't put it off because he'll regret it the rest of his life!

Suka:    I see. It's so simple.
            (watching Shun walk) Mitsuru and Shinobu-sempai were right.
            It's not a question of returning it, but the question of "What if..." in the future.
            But...
            ...but...

Shun:    (turning to him) Suka-chan, is something wrong?

Suka:    (smiling) Shun, I think I--

Shun:    (reaching out to touch Suka's hand) Kazuya-kun.
            Please don't say it if you'll end up regretting it.
            Besides, I think I already know. And I understand.

Suka:    It's that simple...
            (smiles) ...always simple, with Shun.
            Yes. (Shun smiles back)

~ holds Shun's hand and they walks on ~

~ an empty room 210 except for things ~

Shun:    In the end...
           I called him "Kazuya-kun", and he understood.
           ...And there was more reason to love him.

~the letter is in the wastebasket, unopened, unread ~

it would be just like shun to regret not watching the video and not his not doing his homework. this fic was written around the time of "la carta", so they have the same theme. ^^'

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