ÿþHoukago Hokenshitsu

MIZUSHIRO Setona



Ch 3



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Houkago Hokenshitsu [The Nurse's Office After School]



Chapter 3



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Sou s Echo:  You 



:  are a woman, aren't you? 



Mashiro: & ..How do you know that, Sou?



Sou: Before, there.....



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Sou: Why did you kiss Fujishima?



Mashiro: & Wha-?!



Sou: You did it in the courtyard when you were there with Fujishima. What are you doing?



Mashiro: Why not!?



: I m a man! What s strange about it!?



Sou:  I m a man 



: you say?



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Sou: That s the first reason that comes to mind?



: The usual response would be:  Because I love her , wouldn t it?



Ma: & & & ..!



Sou: From what I could see, you are very much a woman. You can say you re a man all you like, but it ll never feel completely right.



: What? Are you a lesbian? Do you understand what you re doing?



Ma: Wha-!



: I m NOT a woman! I m a man!!



: So I can&  & Kureha and I& 



*BANG*



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Sou: So that s why? Did you kiss Fujishima to prove you were a man?



: You think it s something you can decide? You think kissing a woman will make you a man?



: Then what will happen if you kiss a man?



Ma: & I won t! I won t kiss any man!!



Sou: It s not  I won t , If you GET kissed, then what& ?!



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*FLUTTER RUSTLE*



Ma: & & ..!  & & & !



*SLAM*



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Ma: & & & .!  & & & & .!



: Mn&  & & & ..!!



: !!



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*ding*



*slap*



*bam*



*step step step*



*pound pound pound*



*pound pound pound*



*trip*



*gasp*



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* gasp gasp gasp gasp*



*badump badump*



* gasp gasp*



*badump*



* gasp*



Ma: [THAT BASTARD!]



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: [Just like before]



: [I couldn t do anything.]



: [It would be better if he forcibly knocked me down, but]



: [I was powerless.]



: [Then, I must& .]



: [be a girl& ..]



: [after all& .]



Kureha: & kun.



: Mashiro-kun!



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*gasp*



Ma: Oh&  Kureha.



Ku: Is this a bad time?



Ma: No&  What is it?



Ku: Well&  I made pound cake in cooking class. <3 I brought it in case you might want to eat it. <3 *See!*



Ma: & & & & & & & & & & & & & & 



Ku: Wh- What s wrong?! Do you hate cake!?



Ma: & &  No.



: I was just thinking how cute you looked.



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*COUGH*



Girl: Heeey! Wait a minute! *Kyaa*



Girl2: He said  how cute <3  in public!!



Ma: Eh? Ah? Eh?



Ku: Kya



Girl3: What is with this STUpid Couple?! *Iyaa!*



Sou: & & & 



Ma: Delicious!



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Ma: Wow, I can t believe you made this.



Ku: Stop it! I made it in class! My group made it together!



Ma: And? What did you do?



Ku: Let s see& I mixed the eggs in! <3 And, um&  While it was cooking I kept watch. <3



: Hm& ? I did some other things too& . Umm& 



: What~? You think I didn t do anything! *Wrong!*



Ma: No. I was thinking that you ve softened.



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: Your eyes sparkle



: and your hair is soft and floating, and goes well with the ribbons



: and you re short and dainty and cute.



: If I had been born looking like you, Kureha,



: I wonder if perhaps being a woman wouldn t be so bad after all& 



Ku: Eh?! What s so great about being short?



Ma: I m 170 centimeters, you know? A giant woman like that isn t attractive.



Ku: *Eeh?* Don t insult yourself. You d be a great woman!



Ma: No way. Absolutely not. I m all angles and bones& ..



Ku: Can you decide something like that your own sex?



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*heart beat*



Mem-Sou:  You think it s something you can decide? 



Ma: ----------& & & 



Ku: But that s fine. I& . want you to be a man.



: The only man I could ever love



: is you, Mashiro-kun.



: & only& &  you& & 



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Ma: & .That& .



*heart beat*



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*squeeze*



: That kiss was disgusting& .! It was& .!!



*heart beat*



*heart beat*



Ku: ..& .Mashiro-kun& 



Ma: Hm?



Ku: Your heart is beating so hard



: I can hear it.



*blush*



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Ma: & & &  I m sorry& & .



Ku: & & . Why are you apologizing?



Sou: & .Sis again& . Putting things here.



*rustle*



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Letter: Suddenly kissing someone like that; it s not like you, Sou.



: That s too bad.



: Ichijou Mashiro won t come within a meter of you now.



: Although I told you not to pay attention to that child, why didn t you do what your big sister told you? Ichijou Mashiro is impossible for you.



Girls: The Idiot Couple is back!



: We saaaaw you!



*kya*



*kya*



: You two were kissing, weren t you?



: Making out in the schoolyard &  unbelievable!



Letter: I ll look for a girl that suits you.



: Sou, do as I say now, like you always have.



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[[Note: The following section was dropped from the tankoubon, but I think they're cute, so I'm leaving them in the translation.]]



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*crumple*



Girl: *Seeing it is embarrassing!!*



Girl: *Yeah!*



Ku: *giggle*



Girl: You!



*whirl*



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Ma: "What a silly child you are, really too silly,"  said the nun. "I can't be sure I will last out the day,



: and here you are worrying about sparrows. 



: I've told you so many times that it's a sin to put birds in a cage. Come here."



: The child knelt down beside her.



NOTE: //The reading is from the 5th chapter of "Tale of Genji": Wakamurasaki (Young Lavender). I used Seidensticker's translation. http://firth.oucs.ox.ac.uk/mirrors/genji/genji.english.txt//



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: She was charming, with rich, un-plucked eyebrows and hair pushed childishly back from the forehead. How he would like to see her in a few years!



: And a sudden realization brought him close to tears: the resemblance to Fujitsubo, for whom he so yearned, was astonishing.



Girl: Did you hear the rumor? That Mizuhashi-kun broke up with Kurano-san?



Sou: ... You can say it as pompously as you want, but I didn't think we were going out......



Girl: Ahaha! That's harsh, Mizuhashi-kun!



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Girl: ...Then.... If it's alright, why don't you go out with me?



Sou: Why?



Girl: "Why?" ..... I've always thought you were great.



Sou: Liar.



: You just want the other girls to chatter about you, right?



: To get respect for being the one who won.



Girl: What?!... That's...



Sou: Girls really are all frivolous. Sizing up men and things, and competing with girls over dates.



: All you do is gossip.



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Sou: Women really irritate me.



Girl: ...What...?! That should be my line! You unprincipled womanizer...!!



Sou: ..... I wanted to make myself fall in love with someone...  ....I couldn't



: .......... ........... ......... But I already



Girl: Eh? What? What did you say?



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Sou: I've fallen in love with a woman.



: So I don't want anyone else.



Ku: Ah! ..... I forgot my notebook in the classroom.



: Wait a minute! I'll be right back. <3



: Sure.



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*zoku* *shiver*



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Ma: [Her face doesn't match]



: [that of the girl who I saw there,]



: [But aren't I the only one whose appearance doesn't change in that basement classroom? Even Kureha is changed.]



: [I'm sure it's Midori-san.]



: [...And other students. They all...]



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*blush*



: [Sou!]



: [Another girl again...!!]



: [Messing around with girls right and left -- what's he thinking?]



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: [Doing /that/ to me!]



Ku: Mashiro-kun! <3 Sorry for making you wait! <3



: ? What's wrong?



Ma: Nothing... Let's go!



Ku: .....?



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Ma: [It shook me this much.]



: [It shouldn't have! Not unless I was a woman!]



: [What should I do?]



: [When I go to the basement nurse's office tomorrow]



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: [I will definitely not make a spectacle of myself in a woman's shape again!!]



sign: Kendo Club Room



*rattle*



Kuro: Oh? Ichijou.



: What is it?



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Ma: I'm sorry. I dropped out for selfish reasons.



: Only coming when it's convenient.......



Kuro: No problem.



: I'm happy when you show up and few club members came today. I'll pair up with you whenever you'd like.



Ma: I like the atmosphere in the dojo.



: There's a feeling that calms my soul.



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*swish*



Ma: I



: want to become a man with a pure soul.



: Straight-forward, strong, resolute.



: I want to be an honorable man....



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*ding dong*



: Bye, I'm going ahead!



: See you!



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Letter: Ichijou Mashiro won t come within a meter of you now.



*ignored*



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Ma: ...Are you going to the nurse's office, Sou?



Sou: None of your business.



Remembered-nurse: "And how did he do it?"



: "If you lose in the dream, it is because your soul is weak."



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Ma: ...Sensei.



: If I have a strong soul, will I win in the Dream?



: Even though I'm unarmed and my opponent is a mass of steel.



Nurse: You'll win.



: When you become a boy.



*ding dong*



Ma: [I won't lose this time!]



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: [Absolutely...!]



*DONG*



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