Ponytail girl tells them that in the popularity contest, a
certain Alice won third place for popular girl and a certain Rabbit won the
first place for popular guy. Makoto is surprised by this. Iriya winks and gives
her an okay sign. Makoto is really happy that she hopes she can be like this
next year with everyone, smiling until it hurts. Soon, it is back to school and
Uki is dead tired after the festival. Yusa happily gives Makoto a CD copy of
his performance. Before going to the faculty office, Iriya tells Makoto if she
has time after school. Makoto says yes, and they agreed to meet. As Iriya goes
out with Yusa who is pestering him about it, Uki teases Makoto that today will
become an anniversary day. Then, Makoto recalls that it is her birthday today
on October 4. Her friends scold her for forgetting about this. Uki comments
that her birthday would be the anniversary day of the confession. Makoto says
that it is still not definite. Uki is sure that this will happen and suggests
to Makoto that she must tell Iriya that it is her birthday for she might get a
gift from him..of this and that. Makoto blushes really red. It makes Nanami
wonder what Uki told Makoto. Soon, Makoto is waiting by the shoe lockers. She
blames Uki for making her super nervous. She checks her looks on the mirror if
she looks okay. She starts to wonder if she is expecting too much and what if
it isn’t about that. She prays to God that she would be at her best for today.
Just then, some guys are passing by. They are from another school who are going
there for some club activity. A guy bumps into Makoto. The guy turns around to
apologize. Then, they look surprised at each other. The surprised guy mutters,
“..Kisaragi.” Makoto recalls him during her junior high. Just when Iriya is
heading downstairs, Makoto mutters, “..Watase-kun..”
Comment: So, the
ex-crush is back and Iriya hasn’t confessed yet. Iriya has a bad case of ‘bad
timing’ = ‘the mangaka is dragging things’, so I think he might not be able to
confess this time around. But then, given what happened before, Iriya tend to
act quickly, more or less, if there is a threat. For now, Iriya has the
advantage. I just hope that Makoto doesn’t get confused and suddenly become
indecisive over which guys she like. ^^; That is the typical thing in love
triangles..unless, that is what the mangaka is going for. Scans by all★wink汉化组
Quote of the day:
Many people pray to be kept out of unexpected problems. Some
people pray to be able to confront and overcome them. ~ Toba Beta, Betelgeuse
Incident