#setoguchi yu

[toranekooo]

tokyo spring session + gen 1 couples ♡

[deus-ex-mona]

thanks for the nagihiyo food, animedia magazine~~~~

very questionable tl under the cut, sorry~~~

Suzumi Hiyori:

Moved to Tokyo from the countryside in order to enrol in Sakuragaoka High School for the sake of continuing to run in her beloved Track and Field Club. Works as the apprentice manager for LIPxLIP.

Shiranami Nagisa:

Hiyori’s childhood friend from her hometown. He was part of the Track and Field Club in Middle School, though he is currently training to become a chef. Has loved Hiyori ever since they were children.

The sporty couple who view each other’s efforts with high regard.  

Yamako: The fact that they have such a high regard for each other’s efforts is their shared charm point. Sporty people, amirite? (laughs) Even though they didn’t end up dating in the anime, due to Hiyori “not wanting to think about love at the moment”, I think that their relationship of supporting each other’s dreams, and then reuniting again someday, is one that has not been portrayed yet till now.

shito: The two of them are childhood friends, and, at first glance, their relationship may seem similar to the one between Enomoto Natsuki and Setoguchi Yu. But when you get into the details of it, those two relationships are pretty different, no? 

Gom: Hiyori and Nagisa are both full of energy, like the students they are, aren’t they? Nagisa’s youthful determination to not throw in the towel, despite the long distance between them, makes him just so cool!

Checking their “love meter”:

Yamako: These two aren’t a couple yet, so…

shito: They sure aren’t, huh? But in Nagisa’s case, he has both feelings of romantic love and friendship towards Hiyori, so I’d put him at 100 for friendship, and 100 for love.

Yamako: Aren’t those values kinda weird? (laughs)

Gom: But that’s what makes Nagisa such a great guy, yeah?

shito: As for Hiyori… I’m sure there are many people who can relate to her in this, but there are times when you only become conscious of someone after they confess to you, right?

Yamako: That’s true, it seems like something will change in her. Following his confession, her confidence in herself grew, and, even though her feelings of friendship for him are already at 100, I get the feeling that her feelings of romantic love towards him will slowly go up from the starting point of 0.

Gom: Hiyori’s still out of her depth in this situation, though. She even sings lines like “It’s still too early for me to fall in love”, which says as much.

In conclusion:

Nagisa: Scores 100/100 in both friendship and romantic love on the love meter.

Hiyori: Scores 100/100 in friendship, but her score for romantic love is increasing from 0.

Things to look out and listen out for in the album!

shito: “The Below-Average Heroine. (by Suzumi Hiyori)” is a song that goes along with the anime, though I wrote it to express the emotions that Hiyori didn’t show in the anime. Also, I wanted people who started out with the anime to know more about Nagisa, so I wrote “I Lied to the Girl I Love. (by Shiranami Nagisa)”. These two songs are just about their present encounters and their past, so it kind of seems like we don’t dare to show you guys what their futures hold yet (lol).

[ymnkino]

KIZNAIVER

chidori takashiro [ cute · sad · op & ed ]

relationships [ katsudori ]

official art | other

CONFESSION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

i’ve always liked you

yu setoguchi [ cute · hot ]

natsuki enomoto [ cute · hot ]

yutsuki | full movie

the moment you fall in love

yu setoguchi [ cute · hot ]

natsuki enomoto [ cute · hot ]

yutsuki

our love has always been 10 centimeters apart

yu setoguchi [ cute · hot ]

natsuki enomoto [ cute · hot ]

yutsuki

vocaloids

confession rehearsal

byoumei koiwazurai 1

byoumei koiwazurai 2

tokyo autumn session

i’ll love you now

confession rival declaration

one minute, one second, you and me

tokyo spring session

tokyo winter session

tokyo summer session

one · two · three · four · five · six

extra

official art | other

DEATH NOTE

misa amane | naomi misora

FINAL FANTASY VII | XV

aerith gainsborough | tifa lockhart

NARUTO · SHIPPUDEN · BORUTO

relationships [ clerith ]

noctis lucis caelum [ noctluna ]

ino yamanaka

genin/kid [ naruto / shippuden ]

teen · war arc · blank period · movies

boruto [ kid · adult ]

rlahnp · games · official art

[frostfires-blog]

🎉Happy Birthday🎉

💙Yū Setoguchi💙

~11 July~

Disclaimer: Only official artwork is used in this post, hence the lack of artist credits.

[rainstormfes]

Honeyworks New Release!

Konyaku Sensou (Engagement War) ft. Setoguchi Yuu (Kamiya Hiroshi), Serizawa Haruki (Suzumura Kenichi), and Mochizuki Souta (Kaji Yuki)

Samishigari Ya (Lonely Person) ft. Shibasaki Aizou (Shimazaki Nobunaga) and Shibasaki Ken (Eguchi Takuya)

This is a new single that features the 3 leading boys of Class 3-2 of Sakuragaoka High School and the 2 brothers, Aizou (part of the idol unit LIP×LIP) and Ken.

Konyaku Sensou will be exploring more of the boys' adventures in love (most likely having a literal 'engagement war' as in who's gonna have the best engagement for their girlfriends LOL)

Samishigari Ya will be exploring the brothers' relationship, probably expanding more on what happened between them as well as how they feel toward each other now

IM SO FRICKIN EXCITED AHHHHHH IVE BEEN WANTING TO HEAR A SONG BETWEEN THE SHIBASAKI BROTHERS FOR SO LONG AFTER SEEING GLIMPSES OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THEIR FAMILY. Also ofc i love the 3 cute couples Honeyworks has introduced to us so OFC i wanna hear abt the boys proPOSING TO THEIR GIRLS FRICKIN FINALLYYYYY

[leparadoxpolyglot]

Character Introduction

1: Natsuki Enomoto 

2: Yu Setoguchi 

3: Akari Hayasaka 

4: Sota Mochizuki 

5: Miou Aida 

6: Haruki Serizawa 

7: Koyuki Ayase 

8: Sena Narumi 

9: Midori Hamanaka 

Sakuragaoka 1st Years 

10: Hina Setoguchi 

11: Kotaro Enomoto 

12: Arisa Takamizawa 

13: Ken Shibasaki 

14: Kodai Yamamoto 

LIPxLIP 

15: Yujiro 

16: Aizo 

Rookie Idol 

17: mona 

Dolce 

18: Fuma Shirayuki 

19: Kazuki Haiga 

20: Sara Toujyou 

21: Kippei Nemuri 

22: Girisha Mameido 

[takanenene]

Aside from the new PV for the anime “Itsudatte Bokura no Koi wa 10cm datta”, HoneyWorks also uploaded the crossfades for both singles for the anime’s OP and ED themes!

ED theme single - Tokyo Winter Session

Tracklist:

- 東京ウインターセッション  / Tokyo Winter Session feat:      Setoguchi Yu (CV: Kamiya Hiroshi)      Enomoto Natsuki (CV: Tomatsu Haruka)      Mochizuki Souta (CV: Kaji Yuki)      Hayasaka Akari (CV: Asumi Kana)      Serizawa Haruki (CV: Suzumura Kenichi)      Aida Miou (CV: Toyosaki Aki) - 聞こえますか / Kikoemasuka feat. Serizawa Haruki (Child) (CV: Koinu/Rinu) - 恋という贈り物  / Koi to iu Okurimono - HoneyWorks meets 天月-あまつき-  (Amatsuki) - Re:初恋の絵本 / Re:Hatsukoi no Ehon feat. Aida Miou (CV: Toyosaki Aki) - Tokyo Winter Session (Instrumental)

OP theme single - Non-Fantasy / Hitsuyou Fukaketsu

Tracklist:

- ノンファンタジー / Non-Fantasy - LIPxLIP (Aizou - CV: Shimazaki Nobunaga / Yuujirou - CV: Uchiyama Kouki) - 必要不可欠 / Hitsuyou Fukaketsu - LIPxLIP  (Aizou - CV: Shimazaki Nobunaga / Yuujirou - CV: Uchiyama Kouki) -  ロメオ - Single Mix - -  LIPxLIP   (Aizou - CV: Shimazaki Nobunaga /Yuujirou - CV: Uchiyama Kouki) - Non-Fantasy (Instrumental) - Hitsuyou Fukaketsu (Instrumental)

Both Singles will be released on December 6th 2017! The anime will start airing for 6 weeks from November 24th 2017!

[ashpiasworldofanime]

“Tokyo Winter Session” by HoneyWorks feat. Yu Setoguchi, Natsuki Enomoto, Sota Mochizuki, Akari Hayasaka, Haruki Serizawa, Miou Aida

Anime - Itsudatte Bokura no Koi wa 10 Centi Datta.

[recentanimenews]

Aniplex of America Offers A Look At HoneyWorks’ "Our love has always been 10 centimeters apart." Anime

Aniplex of America has revealed the subtitled trailer and additional information for HoneyWorks’ new TV series, Our love has always been 10 centimeters apart. on its website. The anime aka “Boku10” is a spin-off of HoneyWorks’ two-part films, I’ve always liked you. and The moment you fall in love. Much like the films, the series is inspired by the music from the popular Vocaloid group’s “Confess Your Love Committee -Romance Series-” which has garnered over 400 million views on Youtube, NicoNico and other platforms.

  Lay-duce (Fate/Grand Order –First Order-) will be animating the series alongside Director Takura Tsukada (Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood) and series composition by Yoshimi Narita from the previous two films.  Our love has always been 10 centimeters apart. begins its six-episode run on November 24th on Crunchyroll.

    They describe the anime:

The coming-of-age, romance series chronicles the relationship between Miou Aida and Haruki Serizawa at Sakuragaoka High School, based on the music video for HoneyWorks’ songs “Hatsukoi no Ehon” (Picture book of first love) and “Ippun Ichibyo Kimi to Boku no” (One minute and one second of you and I).Our love has always been 10 centimeters apart. boasts an incredible all-star cast including Kenichi Suzumura (Fate/Grand Order –First Order-, the Garden of sinners) as Haruki Serizawa, Aki Toyosaki (anohana –The Flower We Saw That Day-, Valvrave the Liberator) as Miou Aida, Hiroshi Kamiya (Blue Exorcist, Durarara!!) as Yu Setoguchi, Haruka Tomatsu (Sword Art Online, WWW.WAGNARIA!!) as Natsuki Enomoto, Yuki Kaji (Occultic;Nine, Nisekoi) as Sota Mochizuki, Kana Asumi (Wagnaria!!, High School Fleet) as Akari Hayasaka, and Hikaru Midorikawa (Fate/Zero, Persona 3) as Saku Akechi.

  Our love has always been 10 centimeters apart. Introduction:

Under the cherry blossom tree at Sakuragaoka High School’s Entrance Ceremony, Miou Aida meets Haruki Serizawa for the first time.

“My name is Miou and it means beautiful cherry blossom.”

“I’m Haruki. It stands for sparkling spring.”

As spring babies, they both feel an unexplainable connection.

  Ever since that day, their eyes chased after each other.

  Miou, who is in the arts club, is reserved, while Haruki, who is part of the movies club, is active and very social. Despite their completely different personalities, they found themselves walking home together after school every day.

  While many mistook them as a couple, their relationship remained a little more than friends, but not yet a couple. Even as their feelings for each other grows stronger…

  As they stop to sit on the steps of a deck on their walk home, Miou cannot help but ask,

“Haruki…do you like anyone?”

Haruki replies,

“I do like someone…what about you?”

  Just 10 centimeters between their hands.

It’s just 10 centimeters, but the distance remains…

  For more details on Our love has always been 10 centimeters apart., please visit: http://ift.tt/2r42FhZ

  STAFF:

Original Works / Music: HoneyWorks

Chief Director: Hitoshi Namba

Director: Takuro Tsukada

Series Composition: Yoshimi Narita

Character Design: Maki Fujii / Kentaro Tokiwa

Animation Production: Lay-duce

Produced By: "Our love has always been 10 centimeters apart." Production Committee

  CAST:

Haruki Serizawa: Kenichi Suzumura

Miou Aida: Aki Toyosaki

Yu Setoguchi: Hiroshi Kamiya

Natsuki Enomoto: Haruka Tomatsu

Sota Mochizuki: Yuki Kaji

Akari Hayasaka: Kana Asumi

Saku Akechi: Hikaru Midorikawa

    ------ Follow on Twitter at @aicnanime

By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com

[deus-ex-mona]

the honeypre startbook ✨character relationships map✨

tl under the cut—

Key: ♥︎ = requited love; ♡ = unrequited love

Old Third Year Students:

Setoguchi Yu

Yu → Natsuki: ♥︎

Yu → Hina: Siblings

Enomoto Natsuki

Natsuki → Yu: ♥︎Confessed to him♥︎

Natsuki → Kotaro: Siblings

Mochizuki Sota

Sota → Akari: ♥︎Confessed to her♥︎

Sota → Koyuki: Influenced by his positive attitude towards love

Hayasaka Akari

Akari → Sota: ♥︎

Akari → Sena: Friends since Middle School

Serizawa Haruki and Aida Miou

Haruki ⇔ Miou: ♡Friends who walk home together every day♡

Ayase Koyuki

Koyuki → Yu: Declaration of Rivalry

Koyuki → Natsuki: ♡Wants to protect her♡

Hamanaka Midori

Midori → Sena: ♥︎

Narumi Sena

Sena → Mona: Sisters

Sena → Midori: ♥︎

Sena → Akari: Friends since Middle School

Old First Year Students:

Setoguchi Hina

Hina → Yu: Siblings

Hina → Hiyori: Senior and Junior from the Track and Field Club

Hina → Koyuki: ♡Has had unrequited feelings for him ever since Middle School, and attends the same High School as him♡

Hina → Kotaro: Soccer idiot

Enomoto Kotaro

Kotaro → Natsuki: Siblings

Kotaro → Hina: ♥︎

Kotaro → Arisa: Worried about how she was isolated from others in her class

Yamamoto Kodai

🧍🏻 (not even Natsuki)

Shibasaki Ken

Ken → Arisa: ♥︎Confessed to her♥︎

Ken → Kotaro: Urged him to help Arisa

Ken → Aizo: Brothers who do not get along

Takamizawa Arisa

Arisa → Ken: ♥︎Confessed to him♥︎

Arisa → Sena: A big fan of hers. Looks up to her.

Arisa → Kotaro: Proof of friendship

New First Year Students:

Suzumi Hiyori

Hiyori → Hina: Senior and Junior from the Track and Field Club

Hiyori → Aizo: His manager

Hiyori → Yujiro: His manager

Shibasaki Aizo

Aizo → Ken: Brothers who do not get along

Someya Yujiro

Yujiro → Mona: Stared at her coldly, thinking that she’s not qualified to be a pro

Narumi Mona

Mona → Sena: Sisters

Mona → Midori: Not pleased about the relationship that he has with her older sister

[frostfires-blog]

🎉Happy Birthday🎉

⚘Natsuki Enomoto⚘

~27 June~

Disclaimer: Only official artwork is used in this post, hence the lack of artist credits.

[rainstormfes]

Konyaku Sensou

Sung by the og couple boys from Honeyworks!!!

QFLAHCKAHJ IM BEYOND HAPPY THAT THEY RELEASED THIS AHHHH

[frostfires-blog]

Happy Valentine's Day 💞Ship Edition: Part 1💞

Anime Ships Edition

-> Part 1

Ships Featured:

•Katsuki Bakugo× Izuku Midoriya (bakudeku, bkdk, katsudeku, ktdk, dynadeku, katsuizu, decchan, dekubaku)

•Shoto Todoroki x Izuku Midoriya (tododeku, tddk)

•Killua Zoldyck x Gon Freecss (killugon)

•Neji Hyuga x Tenten (nejiten)

•Yuzuru Otonashi × Kanade Tachibana

•Yu Otosaka x Nao Tomori

•Gintoki Sakata x Tsukuyo (gintsu, gintsuki)

•Gintoki Sakata x Shinsuke Takasugi (gintaka, takagin)

•Gintoki Sakata x Toshiro Hijikata (ginhiji, hijigin)

•Sougo Okita x Kagura (okikagu)

•Yuji Itadori x Megumi Fushiguro (fushita, itafushi)

•Hideki Hinata x Yui

•Gilbert Bougainvillea x Violet Evergarden

•Shota Kazehaya x Sawako Kuronuma

•Kousei Arima x Kaori Miyazono

•Gin x Hotaru Takegawa

•Toshiro Hitsuguya x Karin Kurosaki

•Tomoe x Nanami Momozono

•Haruki Serizawa x Miou Aida

• Yuu Setoguchi x Natsuki Enomoto

•Souta Mochizuki x Akari Hayasaka

•Shoyo Hinata x Tobio Kageyama (kagehina)

•Koutaro Bokuto x Keiji Akashi (bokuaka)

•Ryuuichi Kashima x Hayato Kamitani

•Ritsuka Uenoyama x Mafuyu Sato (mafuyama)

•Khun Aguero Agnis x Baam (khunbaam)

•Shuumei Sasaki x Yoshikazu Miyano (sasamiya)

•Yuichiro Hyakuya x Mikaela Hyakuya (mikayu)

•Ikoma x Mumei

•Senku Ishigami x Kohaku

•Reki Kyan x Langa Hasegawa (renga)

•Nanjo Kojiro | Joe/Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom (matchablossom)

•Karma Akabane x Nagisa Shiota (karmagisa)

Part 2:

[deus-ex-mona]

Byoumei Koi Wazurai: memory 1

Hi, this is Part 1 of Byoumei Koi Wazurai, which is from the Koiiro ni Sake novel!

Nacchan disaster index for this part: ♥♥♥♥♥

Her unrequited love had lasted for a long time.

The season had been Autumn when Enomoto Natsuki confessed her feelings to her childhood friend, Setoguchi Yu, after her confession rehearsals. 

It was the first Christmas since they began to have the special relationship of “a boyfriend and a girlfriend”, so Natsuki had high expectations for it. But even though she had been making preparations for it with lots of enthusiasm—.

In the living room of the Enomoto household, Yu, his younger sister Hina, as well as Natsuki’s younger brother Kotaro, had gathered in front of the large television. They were engrossed in an old game that they had unearthed from somewhere, with lively voices being raised as they played it.

“Hey, Big Bro. What should I do? I'm gonna die if I take one more hit. Take over, take over!” Hina cried out in a panic.

“Gimme that, you suck!” Kotaro made a grab for the controller from the side.

As the two of them bickered like they always did, the words “Game Over” appeared on the screen.

“You guys know that you’re dead, right?” Yu laughed in amusement from his spot in the corner of the sofa, resting his cheek against his palm.

Natsuki, who had been entrusted with the mission of cutting the Christmas cake at the dining table, was more antsy and curious about what was happening in the living room.

(Aah, that’s my game, but they’re having fun without me!)

“Wait, that’s not the point!” Natsuki found herself countering her own thoughts. The fact that she was not a part of the gaming group was not a big deal to her.

(This is exactly the same as last year’s Christmas!)

Having a Christmas party together was an annual event for the Enomoto and Setoguchi families. Natsuki had no complaints about spending Christmas with Hina, Kotaro, and Yu. 

However, that year was her first Christmas as Yu’s girlfriend. She had also prepared a present for him. She had done her best to prepare food that she was not familiar with cooking.

Yu was preparing for his University entrance exams, so she would not say a word about wanting the luxury to spend it alone with him. She would not say a word about that—.

As Natsuki cut the knife into the cake with her gaze averted from it, the head of a Santa Claus-shaped sugar candy broke off.

“Ah! My Santa!” Natsuki visibly deflated.

Yu, who was seated on the sofa, turned around. “Natsuki?”

“I-it’s nothing!” Natsuki smiled in feigned innocence. “It’s just a little out of shape, but the taste is still the same!”

Natsuki glanced at the cake. It was supposed to have been divided into four equal parts, but the sizes were all different, and one slice had even been turned upside down.

(...They’re all gonna end up in our stomachs, so they’re all the same, right?)

Natsuki told herself as she served the cakes onto the plate. Pretending not to have noticed Yu’s suspicious gaze, she called out to the others. “The cake’s done!”

“I’ll help you, Nacchan,” Hina put down the controller and walked over. Following her lead, Kotaro got up as well.

“Wow, the strawberries look delicious!” Hina’s eyes shone happily. She had said such words even though the slices of cake were misshapen. She really was cute.

Compared to her, however.

“Urgh, just who left you in charge of cutting the cake, Natsuki?!”

“Shut up,” Natsuki poked the head of her cheeky younger brother, and picked up the plate that held the biggest slice of cake. That slice of cake was bigger than the other slices, and came with a bar of chocolate that was decorated with the words “Merry Christmas”. She secured it before it ended up being stolen by Kotaro.

(Alright!)

“Yu!” Natsuki headed for the living room, holding the plate of cake with both of her hands. 

The moment Yu, who was packing up the game console, turned around, Natsuki’s foot tripped on a cord, and she let out a scream. “Aaah!”

“Natsuki!” Yu hurriedly stood up. 

The next thing she knew, Natsuki was diving into Yu’s chest at full momentum.

“Wha-, Nacchan!”

“Natsuki!”

Hina and Kotaro yelled at the same time.

Despite the loud noise that sounded out, Natsuki felt that her body did not hurt as much as she had expected. 

(H-huh?)

She slowly lowered her gaze, to see Yu pinned down beneath her. “Yu!”

“...Ow. Be careful, okay? You’re so careless,” Yu got up, frowning in pain. Whipped cream and a sponge cake slipped off his head as he did so.

“Aah, the biggest slice of cake!”

“That’s what you’re worried about?” Yu dejectedly wiped the whipped cream off his face.

She screwed up—.

With that thought in her mind, Natsuki clapped her palms together and lowered her head. “I’m sorry! I’m really sorry!”

“It’s fine… but more importantly,” Yu’s eyes drifted towards his knees. Natsuki followed his gaze. Realising that she was sitting proudly on top of Yu, she hurriedly retreated with a gasp.

(Just what am I doing?!)

Despite the fact that they were childhood friends, doing such a thing was way too embarrassing.

Natsuki kneeled down on the floor, resting her weight on the soles of her feet, and squeezed her eyes shut.

“How about you, Natsuki?” Yu asked.

“Eh? Me?” she raised her head to see Yu looking at her in concern.

“Are you hurt?”

“N-no, I’m fine! Nothing hurts at all!”

Rather than her, Yu was the one who was decidedly not okay. The shirt that he always wore was covered in cream.

(Ah… even though it’s Yu’s favourite shirt.)

“Don’t look so surprised by that,” Yu placed a hand on his knee as he stood up.

“Nacchan, Big Bro, are you okay?!” Hina rushed over with a towel in her hands.

Natsuki put a hand behind her head as she laughed in feigned innocence. “Ahaha. Sorry for causing such a fuss.”

“Tch, I can’t believe it. What are you gonna do about Yu’s cake?”

“That’s right!” Natsuki stood up upon hearing Kotaro’s words. “Yu, you can just eat my slice! I’ll be… sa-satisfied with just the Santa!”

“It’s fine, I guess. I don’t like sweet things like that.”

“But it’s the cake that you bought just for us, Yu. Ah, in that case, wanna split the slice in half with me?”

Yu looked over at Natsuki and slowly reached out a hand towards her. He then patted her head lightly with that hand of his.

“Y…Yu?” Natsuki called his name in confusion.

Yu’s expression softened. “Then, we’ll be going halves on the slice.”

“Ye…ah,” Natsuki nodded her head slightly.

“I’ll be in your bathroom,” Yu headed towards the door, leaving her behind.

Looking at Yu’s back as he left the room, Natsuki placed a hand on her head, where his gentle touch still lingered. Her cheeks heated up and she looked down. She felt as though she was spinning and soaring all by herself. She was terribly embarrassed about that.

It seemed as though she was the only one conscious about it—.

(Why can Yu remain so calm?)

Yu’s attitude had not changed much from before the “confession” to that present moment. Thus, even though their feelings should be mutual, Natsuki could not help but to feel rather anxious.

(Since that time, he hasn’t told me that he loves me…)

Was the “love” that Yu felt for her really the same as the “love” that she felt for him?

As Natsuki cleaned up the cake that had upended onto the floor, Hina crouched down next to her. “Here!”

“Hi… na,” Natsuki received the offered towel, and looked at Hina

“Kotaro and I will clean up here, so I leave Big Bro to you, Nacchan,” Hina smiled brightly.

“Why do I have to get rid of Natsuki’s mess?” Kotaro frowned. Hina casually jabbed her elbow into his side.

“Thanks, Hina!” Natsuki regained her senses and stood up with the towel in her hand.

It was the first Christmas since they had started to date.

If she kept making mistakes, Yu would be utterly disappointed in her.

(I want him to enjoy himself too—.)

Natsuki left the place to Hina and Kotaro, and chased after Yu.

~✿~

After the party had ended, Natsuki saw Yu and Hina off at the main entrance.

“Then, Nacchan. See ya again!”

“Yeah, see ya!” Natsuki waved a hand to Hina as she opened the door and headed outside.

Yu sat down and tied the laces of his sneakers more carefully than he usually did. Natsuki secretly turned her gaze down towards his cold-looking nape.

(So he really hasn’t bought a muffler yet after all.)

Yu stood up and turned to face her. Their eyes met.

Natsuki wanted to say something to him. However, not a single word left her mouth, as though they were caught in her throat.

“Yu, if you have time, wanna come to my room? You said that there’s a game that you want to play. I’ll lend it to you.”

Natsuki thought about holding him back with such words, but when she thought about it, Yu was an exam student who was in the middle of his studies.

(He doesn’t have the time to play games!)

That day too, even though he was extremely busy, he still forced himself to make time for the party. She could not take any more time away from him.

Yu remained silent as he shoved a hand into a pocket of his pants. It had not fully dried yet after being washed.

(This really isn’t… like me after all!)

Even though they were unable to spend time alone with each other, Natsuki at least wanted to give Yu something tangible. 

But, to be honest, she had no confidence in it. She did not know if Yu would like the colours and the patterns on it.

(But, after all…!)

Natsuki inhaled lightly. “Um, Yu!”

If just she took the plunge and got it out—.

“Then, I’ll be heading back,” Yu’s words overlapped with Natsuki’s.

She swallowed the words that were on the verge of leaving her lips. “I-I see. Yeah, see ya!”

Having missed the timing altogether, she forced a smile on her face.

The moment her front door closed, Natsuki exhaled deeply, releasing her breath from her chest.

(Guess it can’t be helped for today. There’s sure to be another opportunity!)

She told herself such as she grabbed a gift bag that she had placed on the stairs. With the situation as it was, she headed up towards her room.

As Yu walked out onto the road, he turned back to look at Natsuki’s house. 

Upon seeing the lights in Natsuki’s room turn on, he pulled out the hand that he had stuck into his pocket. He had been holding a small box, which was tied with a red ribbon, in his hand the entire time.

“Will it still be fine… after my exams are over?” his muttered words melted into the air along with a sigh.

Slipping the box back into his pocket, Yu immediately returned to his house, which was right next door to Natsuki’s.

[deus-ex-mona]

Sankaku Jealousy: memory 1

Hi, this is Part 1 of Sankaku Jealousy, taken right from the Koiiro ni Sake novel!

Please enjoy the salt as we count down the days to Kotaro’s birthday!

Next part (memory 2)

Ever since he was in kindergarten, Enomoto Kotaro had determined who his rival was. He was Setoguchi Yu, the 2 years older brother of Setoguchi Hina, who lived next door to Kotaro.

Hina, being the brocon that she was, had viewed Yu as her ideal image of a man. As such, she had always been viewing other men as inferior to him.

(Well, he’s her older brother so it can’t be helped.)

Kotaro, too, had looked up to Hina’s older brother. Yu was cool, he was good at sports, he was good at his academics, he was popular with other people, and he had a good reputation in the neighbourhood. 

The only downside to Yu was that he had bad taste in girls. The person he was dating was none other than Natsuki, Kotaro’s older sister.

Ever since he was conscious of it, Kotaro had been aiming to emulate Yu. For instance, he had started to play soccer because Yu was playing soccer. 

If he did not become a “good man” who was better than Yu, Hina would not ever consider him as a potential partner. With that thought in his mind, Kotaro worked hard with all his might.

However, when they were in Middle School, a man appeared in front of Hina. Unlike Yu, he had no presence at all, being like a thin and flimsy shadow in comparison to him.

Ayase Koyuki—-.

He was delicate and fair-skinned, unreliable, had no presence, and there were even times when he walked straight into trash cans.

A rival?

There was no way that such an overly-familiar eyesore could be such a thing. However, Kotaro was completely caught off-guard by him.

Kotaro knew all about Hina. Her bad sides, the foods she disliked, and even the things she did like. He had always been watching over her from his spot next to her. He knew Hina way better than that incomplete knight did.

When Koyuki graduated from Middle School, Kotaro thought that Hina would forget about him immediately. Despite his thoughts, however, Hina had still carried her one-sided feelings with her even after they enrolled in High School. On the contrary, her feelings for him seemed to get stronger every time they met each other.

When he was hanging out with Hina and Yu as a group of three, they happened to see Natsuki and Koyuki walking together. Hina had just quietly watched the two of them leave happily together, completely oblivious to her presence.

Seeing the tears in Hina’s eyes, Kotaro realised how “serious” she was about him.

From that day onwards, Kotaro’s rival was no longer Yu, but rather, Koyuki.

Even so—-.

~✿~

The weather got chillier in mid-November.

The cherry blossom trees planted in the school grounds were cloaked in autumn leaves, with such leaves scattered all over the ground.

After school had ended, Kotaro was digging up soil in the back garden of the school, the yells of the athletic clubs and the vocal practice of the Drama Club resounding in his ears. 

The arm of his that he had been using to swing down the hoe had gotten tired, and he sighed as he decided to take a break. Despite the cold weather, his forehead was drenched in sweat.

When he looked up at the sky, he saw a large grey cloud that looked as though rain was about to fall from it. Such had been the weather as of late, with sunny days having become a rarity.

Kotaro had apparently been sorely mistaken when he had assumed that the Gardening Club would have fewer activities in the Autumn. He took out a dirt-stained memo from the pocket of his jersey. It had been given to him by Koyuki, the Club President of the Gardening Club.

“Agenda for November”

A list of detailed instructions had been written on that piece of paper. They did not just consist of directions to sow flowers and plant seedlings in preparation for Spring.

After the Cultural Festival had ended, Koyuki had gone to the Student Council to seek permission for the Gardening Club to take charge of the flower bed in the back garden of the school. It was a corner that had become overgrown with weeds. He seemed to have the intention of cultivating the soil during the Winter so that flowers could be planted in the Spring of the following year.

Kotaro had tried to dig up the place, however, due to the fact that it had not been watered, the soil was hard and filled with stones. Owing to that, he had just been exhausting his stamina, with no progress being made on his task at all.

“Tch… it’s too tough for anyone to do.”

As Kotaro whined under his breath, the culprit behind his woes, Koyuki, approached him.

Third Year students were supposed to have retired from their club activities by that time of year. However, even though Koyuki had his University entrance exams to study for, he still showed his face at the club almost every day.

“Is anything the matter, Enomoto?”

The fact that Koyuki had changed into a jersey was a probable sign that he was going to join in the work as well. As he walked up to Kotaro’s side, he leaned forward to inspect the condition of the soil.

“Aren’t weeds the only thing that’ll be able to grow in such conditions?”

“The flowerbed in the courtyard was like this at first too. It’s okay, if you tend to it carefully, it will become usable.”

“Don’t say it so easily.”

Even though Kotaro had said such harsh words, Koyuki was still smiling brightly at him. He figured that it would probably take a lot of effort to make the flowerbed “usable”.

(But, the flowerbed in the courtyard… Did this guy do it all by himself?)

When the thought came to Kotaro’s mind, all his complaints vanished from his lips. As a member of the Soccer Club, there was no way that he would not be able to do what the slender-armed Koyuki could.

Besides, it would be annoying to say that he was unable to do it, as it would basically be admitting defeat to Koyuki.

(Let’s do it!)

Kotaro looked back down at the flowerbed and energetically swung his hoe down, only for the tip to hit a stone. He reached down to pick up the stone and threw it into a wheelbarrow outside the flowerbed.

“You need to throw those away, right? I’ll take care of it,” Koyuki enthusiastically grabbed the handles of the stone-ladened wheelbarrow.

“It’s heavy, so you don’t have to!” Kotaro hurriedly tried to stop Koyuki.

“It’s okay, it’s okay,” Koyuki started to push the wheelbarrow. Sure enough, it was dangerous for him to push it, considering how unsteady he was.

“Ah, look out, in front!”

“Yes? Wha-aaah?!”

Despite Kotaro’s warning from the side, Koyuki crashed the wheelbarrow into a tree, toppling it over.

(Is he for real? How lame…)

Kotaro instinctively covered his eyes.

He wondered why Hina even liked Koyuki.

Having joined the Gardening Club, Kotaro had more opportunities to work with and talk to Koyuki, but he still failed to understand where Koyuki’s good points were. On the other hand, the more he knew about Koyuki, the more he thought “There’s none at all.”.

Kotaro walked over to Koyuki, who was picking up the stones in a daze, and crouched down to help him.

“I’m sorry, I was trying to help, but I ended up being just a disturbance,” Koyuki apologised remorsefully. Neither his expression nor his attitude was befitting of an upperclassman.

Kotaro ran a hand through his short hair and sighed heavily. “Rather than that… shouldn’t you be focusing on your entrance exams?”

“Are you worried about me?”

Kotaro frowned at Koyuki’s words. “Huh?! Not at all. I just said it because you seem to need it.”

Kotaro put his hands on his hips, as though he was getting ready for a fight.

(Why would I ever worry about this guy? Is he kidding me?!)

Kotaro knew from his older sister, Natsuki, that Koyuki was aiming for a University of a fairly high ranking. Koyuki seemed to be at the top of his class in terms of grades, so he probably did not have to panic about the entrance exams anymore.

“I’m sure that they’d be just like a boss enemy, no? Thank you for your advice.” Koyuki smiled warmly like he usually did.

Kotaro felt sickened. It would be easier on him if Koyuki was at least a little hostile, but he always treated him nicely.

To Koyuki, Kotaro would never be able to be his “rival”. He only saw Hina as his “underclassman”.

“You’re really kind, Enomoto. Just like your sister,” Koyuki smiled.

“This has nothing to do with Natsuki!”

He still really did not like Koyuki after all---.

Kotaro remembered the tearful smile on Hina’s face as she tried to confess to Koyuki at the main entrance of the school.

(Damn it, this guy really is a pain in the ass.)

When Kotaro stood up to push the wheelbarrow, Koyuki stood up as well.

“Ah, I can do it.”

“If you do it, you’ll just create more work for yourself.”

Kotaro knew that the way he spoke was rather disrespectful to an upperclassman of his, but he did not want to change it. Koyuki did not seem to have complaints about it either. Conversely, he seemed as happy as always.

“Please be careful!”

Kotaro grew increasingly tired of Koyuki, who waved at him as he saw him off with a smile.

“Kotaro!”

Kotaro, who was heading back after throwing the stones away, turned around to look at the person who had called out to him.

The person running over towards him was Hina. Seeming to be in the middle of Track and Field practice, she wore a jersey over her track uniform.

Kotaro stopped and waited for Hina as she caught her breath and looked up. “Where’s Koyuki-senpai? Is he by the flowerbed in the back garden?”

“He’d probably have returned home by now?”

Hina’s eyes glittered whenever she talked about Koyuki. 

Feeling rather uninterested in the conversation, Kotaro started to walk quickly.

“Just now, I saw him heading towards the back garden in a jersey!” Hina frowned moodily as she overtook Kotaro.

“If you already know that, don’t ask me about it,” Kotaro sped up his walking pace in irritation. “Your tournament is coming up. Go back to practice. If you skip, you’ll probably end up crying later.”

Just like how Kotaro had joined both the Soccer Club and the Gardening Club, Hina also had a second club in the Track and Field Club. As she had a tournament soon, she was busy at Track and Field practice. Thus, she was unable to show her face at the Gardening Club often.

“I’m not skipping. I decided to come over because practice has ended.”

“Hmm, is that so?”

As they argued while they walked, they arrived at the back garden. There, they saw Koyuki trying to remove the weeds as nicely as he could.

“Koyuki-senpai!” Hina waved her hand at him. 

Koyuki smiled. “Ah, Setoguchi.”

“I’ll help too,” Hina quickly dashed over to Koyuki, a wide smile on her face.

(It’s here. Her “good underclassman” appeal.)

As always, the only person in Hina’s sight was Koyuki. That gaze of hers seemed to pass right through Kotaro.

“Senpai, I managed to set my best time in today’s practice.”

“That’s amazing. It’s definitely the result of your hard work, Setoguchi. I’m sure that you’ll do well in your next tournament.”

“Yes!” Hina blushed as she replied, as though she was happy to have been praised by Koyuki. She did not even turn around in Kotaro’s direction. She weeded as she conversed happily with Koyuki.

Kotaro wordlessly turned his back on the two of them as he left the place. It seemed uncool of him to run away like that, but he just did not want to see Hina and Koyuki getting along with each other.

Kotaro headed for the flowerbed in the courtyard and began to water it with a long hose. That flowerbed had been hit by a storm on the day before the Cultural Festival, and all the flowers had been wiped out.

The flowers that had been planted were a type of yellow flower, which was reminiscent of a sunflower. It seemed to be known as a rudbeckia. Koyuki had said that Hina was similar to this flower. It was a strong flower which bloomed healthily when it received lots of sunlight, facing the sky as it grew.

After that, Hina and Koyuki had replanted some rudbeckia flowers, which were still in bloom.

“Even though you won’t show that kind of face to me,” Kotaro muttered sulkily as he recalled the smile that Hina had shown Koyuki.

He wondered when Hina’s gaze would be turned towards him.

Kotaro angrily sprayed water over the flowerbed, as though to vent his anger out on it.

[deus-ex-mona]

Daikirai na Hazu Datta: epilogue

This is the Epilogue of the Daikirai na Hazu Datta novel!

Saltaro index for this part: ★☆☆☆☆

Previous part (hero 8)

Thank you for reading!!

On a day that had been blessed with fine weather, the wedding of Yu and Natsuki was held.

The attendees rained flower petals down on Natsuki, who donned a pure white wedding dress, and Yu, who was dressed in a tuxedo, as they came out of the chapel. Colourful petals in the colours of white, pink, and red danced in the refreshing breeze as they floated around the couple.

In the midst of the applause and the cheers, Natsuki happily made the peace sign. Even at a time like that, Natsuki remained the same as always. Yu had a slightly embarrassed expression on his face as the sound of laughter began to spread around.

Hina, who had attended the wedding as a family member, wore a green dress. The expression on her face naturally began to morph into a smile as she looked towards the couple, applauding them.

Standing next to her was Kotaro, who wore a suit and a smile on his face as he clapped his hands.

“Right, then, heeeere I go!!” Natsuki cheered energetically as she raised the bouquet in her hands up high. The women in attendance raised their voices in eager anticipation.

Natsuki turned around on the spot and threw the bouquet behind her.

As the bouquet soared through the air, everyone reached their hands out towards it. The bouquet flew over everyone else’s hands, and ultimately landed in the grasp of Hayasaka Akari.

Akari blinked in surprise at the sight of the bouquet in her hands. Mochizuki Sota, who had accompanied her, seemed to be a little panicked by it.

“Mochita, do your best!” Haruki teased loudly, eliciting laughter from the surrounding people.

“Eh, did you have to say that here?” Sota flusteredly responded.

Akari blushed deeply and hid her face with the bouquet. 

“...I’ll be in your care,” Akari whispered as she peeked out from behind the bouquet to glance at Sota.

Sota quickly straightened himself out and corrected his posture.

“Same here, I’ll be in your care too!” he bowed his head, prompting Akari to giggle mischievously at him.

Hina, who was watching the situation unfold, turned her gaze to Koyuki, who was among the attendees. Koyuki’s eyes were half-lidded as he laughed happily with everyone else.

“What a happy look you have on your face.”

Hina, who had been looking at Koyuki, was surprised by the sound of Kotaro’s voice.

“It’s fine, isn’t it. It’s Big Bro’s wedding, after all.”

“He told you ‘Setoguchi, you’ve become quite the beauty.’, and you became this ecstatic, no?”

“You heard that?!”

“I sure did!”

The two of them raised their voices, seeming to have forgotten their surroundings. When Hina noticed the sound of laughter and looked around, she realised that they had been attracting attention without realising it. Koyuki had also covered his mouth with his hand, his shoulders quivering strangely.

(Even Koyuki-senpai is laughing at us~!!)

Hina looked down in embarrassment. Kotaro awkwardly put his hand behind his head, an expression of regretful resignation on his face.

“Kotaro~,” Natsuki approached them, raising the hem of her dress a little.

“What do you want…?!”

“This is a piece of advice from your dear big sister, who had managed to become a bride,” Natsuki grinned and smacked Kotaro’s back forcefully, causing him to stumble a little. “Do your best, yo!”

“What’s with you?!”

As laughter resounded amidst the attendees, Natsuki waved to them. “Thanks, everyone!”

Yu, who had been standing between Haruki and Sota, walked over to Natsuki and hugged her softly. Natsuki, shaking off her initial surprise, happily wrapped her arms around Yu’s neck.

“Big Bro and Nacchan look happy together.”

“It’s as though the two of them are off in their own little world, seeing nothing but each other in their eyes.”

Hina smiled as she agreed with Kotaro’s words.

“They look good together.”

From then on, the two of them would walk by each other’s sides, carrying the same feelings of “I love you.”.

☆★☆★☆

When they left the station, the setting sun was shining brightly in the sky.

Hina and Kotaro walked side by side, exchanging minimal words with each other. The both of them were travelling light as they had changed their clothes at the wedding venue, and had given their belongings to their parents.

Hina felt nostalgic as they walked along the road they had used to go on every day while they were still attending High school. It had been a long time since she had last traversed the path, as such, she found that the number of unfamiliar stores had increased.

She felt that the scenery near the park had not changed much from before. The cobblestone road, which was lined with ginkgo trees, was also dyed in a pale orange.

“You’re… returning to your University tomorrow, right?”

“Yeah… I have to submit a report.”

Hina was studying to get a qualification at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of a University in Hokkaido. Being busy with training and research every day, she found it difficult to take a break.

“The next time you’ll be able to return is in the Summer, right…” Kotaro stretched his back as he spoke. His eyes were looking up at the sky.

“...It’ll be here soon.”

It was only about two months away.

(But… I’ll be unable to meet him in the meantime.)

Hina turned her gaze downwards, staring at their shadows, which were projected onto the cobblestone pavement. She knew that she should have already become accustomed to being separated from him.

“I’ll… come to see you again,” Kotaro stopped walking and looked at Hina, a gentle expression in his eyes.

“Saying something like ‘Surprise!’... Don’t just come without warning, okay?!”

(I was happy about it… though.)

“I know,” Kotaro laughed. “Next time, I’ll be sure to contact you before I go to see you, okay?”

“Yeah…”

(I’ll be waiting…)

It was then that---.

“...Huh, Hina?”

Hina looked backwards in surprise at the unexpected call.

“Hina, it really is you!” a friend of Hina’s, who attended the same University as she did, approached them with a smile. Even though they were in different courses of study, they stayed in the same dormitory. As such, they were still able to keep in touch with each other every so often.

“...Could this be your boyfriend, Hina?” she asked, having seen Kotaro standing by Hina’s side.

“Eh?!” Hina and Kotaro yelled in a flustered unison.

When Hina peeked at Kotaro’s face, Kotaro met her eyes with a glance of his own.

He was just a childhood friend---.

Up till then, Hina would have responded as such immediately. She hated being teased, and she did not want their relationship to be misunderstood.

“Huh, was I wrong? I’m sorry!” the girl quickly apologised, alternating between looking at the faces of Kotaro and Hina.

“He’s my boyfriend!” Hina enthusiastically replied, grabbing Kotaro’s hand. She knew that Kotaro was surprised, even without seeing his face.

It was not a misunderstanding---.

Hina blushed deeply and looked down.

“I want to be like that.”

“Of course it’s like that after all. The two of you seem real friendly with each other!” the girl waved as she left. “See you around!”

Kotaro and Hina saw the girl off, watching as her figure disappeared into the distance.

Their hands were hot---.

“...You’re fine with me?”

“...Yeah,” Hina squeezed Kotaro’s hand as she nodded a little. 

Kotaro squeezed Hina’s hand back a little more strongly in return.

“I’m fine with you, Kotaro!”

As their eyes met, the both of them naturally began to smile.

Hina had been stubborn all this while, and she had been making detours all because she could not be honest with herself.

However, she was able to say it now.

As expected, it must be “you”.

Apart from “you”, no one else would do---.