[Kuroto]
(…......hm.........?)
[Kuroto]
(Hanashiro.........?)
[Hanashiro]
“Hey, Kuroto, how have you been?”
[Kuroto]
“.........you're here again.”
[Hanashiro]
“Yep, I'm here again.”
[Kuroto]
“Is it really okay for you to be playing around like this all the time? Weren't you here not that long ago?”
[Hanashiro]
“It's fine, I'm making sure to do my work. I'm free to do whatever I want with my time after that.”
[Kuroto]
“.........what sort of work is that?”
[Hanashiro]
“........................well.........in other words, playing around is my work.”
[Kuroto]
“.....................”
[Hanashiro]
“Ah, what's with that look!?”
[Kuroto]
“Nothing, I'm just a little shocked is all. Hey, come in. It's cold, isn't it?”
[Hanashiro]
“Yeah, sorry for the intrusion.”
[Hanashiro]
“Oh, what are you doing now, Kuroto? Preparing for your life as shut-in during the winter?”
[Kuroto]
“I'm not going to be a shut-in all winter.”
[Hanashiro]
“So hibernation!?”
[Kuroto]
“.........what am I, a bear?”
[Hanashiro]
“Can't you not go outside much during the winter up in this mountain? Even going down to the village would be difficult.”
[Kuroto]
“That's why I'm doing these preparations.”
[Hanashiro]
“.........I see.”
[Kuroto]
“Here, drink this and sit still over there. I don't have time for you to get in the way.”
[Hanashiro]
“.........hmmm.........isn't there anything I can help with?”
[Kuroto]
“.........it's fine, you don't have to.”
[Hanashiro]
“Huh, don't tell me you're still bitter that I broke your coop the other day?”
[Kuroto]
“Not really, I've just learned my lesson.”
[Hanashiro]
“.........lesson?”
[Kuroto]
“I've decided not to let you touch anything in my home.”
[Hanashiro]
“Uwah, what the heck, so mean, even though I did my best~”
[Kuroto]
“Who's the one who put a hole in the roof when they got in a fight with a chicken?”
[Hanashiro]
“.........I knew you were still bitter.”
[Hanashiro]
“But, how nice, staying in all winter, seems interesting. I kind of want to try spending winter in these mountains too.”
[Kuroto]
“.........huuuh. Why don't you then?”
[Hanashiro]
“.........huh.........can I? I was just joking though.”
[Kuroto]
“Living in the mountains is very difficult, I could teach you just how much in one winter.”
[Hanashiro]
“.........uwah, you look excited, Kuroto.”
[Kuroto]
“.........what's with that reaction?”
[Hanashiro]
“Maybe not then. Even though I'm interested in your mountain-living lessons, I would hate spending an entire winter with that stupid bird. Besides, I really do have a little work to do.”
[Kuroto]
“.........I see.”
[Hanashiro]
“Too bad though. I won't get to see Kuroto live like a bear.”
[Kuroto]
“.........why am I bear?”
[Hanashiro]
“Ahaha, I didn't say you were a bear, I said you were like a bear!”
[Kuroto]
(…......I.........remember this.........)
[Kuroto]
(…......this was the first winter after meeting him.........)
Once I met Hanashiro, he would visit me often, but for some reason he never tried to kill me.
Somehow, without either of us ever revealing our true identities, the days merely went by.
I knew who he was, and there was no way he didn't somehow realize who I was.
I thought he was getting close to me out of curiosity, or to observe me, and when the time came, he would fulfill his purpose.
…......that's why I just let him be.
[Kuroto]
(…......besides, that guy was unusually friendly.........)
[Kuroto]
(…......and being cautious was a pain)
…......even so.........
---
[Hanashiro]
“...............winter is coming again, huh.”
[Kuroto]
“.........yeah.”
[Hanashiro]
“Still, it's basically winter now though. It's already snowing like this, it came early this year.”
[Kuroto]
“.........indeed.”
[Hanashiro]
“This is the third winter since we've become friends. I won't be able to come here for a while again though.”
[Kuroto]
“.........I see.”
[Hanashiro]
“.........hey, Kuroto.”
[Kuroto]
“........hm?”
[Hanashiro]
“Do you plan on living here forever, Kuroto?”
[Kuroto]
“........what's this all of a sudden?”
[Hanashiro]
“I was just wondering. I think this is a nice place, but living here must be difficult.”
[Kuroto]
“I've never really thought about the future.”
[Hanashiro]
“.........I see.”
[Kuroto]
“What about you, what are you going to do?”
[Hanashiro]
“.........huh?”
[Kuroto]
“Are you just going to continue to goof off for the rest of your life?”
[Hanashiro]
“.........I....................”
[Hanashiro]
“I'd rather settle down here, jeez.”
[Kuroto]
“.........what?”
[Hanashiro]
“Then I could live here and help you.
It'll be difficult, but fun. Your cooking is good too.”
[Kuroto]
“Isn't that only because I'm the one making it?”
[Hanashiro]
“Plus, you're so interesting, Kuroto.”
[Kuroto]
“.........what sort of reason is that?”
[Hanashiro]
“.........I can't?”
[Kuroto]
“...............Hanashiro.”
[Hanashiro]
“What?”
[Kuroto]
“Is there really.........nothing else you have to do?”
[Hanashiro]
“.........like what?”
[Kuroto]
“...............you already know the truth, don't you?”
[Hanashiro]
“What are you talking about?”
[Kuroto]
“Don't play dumb. This snow probably won't stop.
…......you know it too, don't you?”
[Hanashiro]
“.....................”
[Kuroto]
“...............but, if you.........”
[Hanashiro]
“.........sorry, I'm going home.”
[Kuroto]
“Hanashiro.........”
[Hanashiro]
“I'll come again, so until then, take care.”
[Kuroto]
“.........hey, wait a sec!”
[Hanashiro]
“Kuroto.”
[Kuroto]
“.........hm?”
[Hanashiro]
“Kuroto, do you like me?”
[Kuroto]
“...............what.........?”
[Hanashiro]
“I like you, you're a good friend. And, I feel close to you.”
[Kuroto]
“.....................”
[Hanashiro]
“That's all I wanted to say.........bye.”
[Kuroto]
“............., …......kh.........damn it.........”
…......even so, getting close like this.........
[Kuroto]
(…..................)
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