| Sakyo | …In any case, I thought that I’d just be deceived again and I’d have to cross another dangerous bridge and all but… to think that my very first job from them was to babysit. My heart had been racing at that time. |
| …I guess this isn’t exactly a conversation I should be having in a family restaurant. |
| Juza | …Chomp chomp. |
| Sakyo | Is something with such a huge amount of cream lumped on really that delicious? |
| Juza | It is. |
| Sakyo | …I see. |
| …About the apartment though, it was only because my father had said that filial piety itself was no fun and told me to buy a fine apartment for them. |
| That was when I was still 20 or so. I thought that it was impossible, but I received a lot of help and managed to slowly accumulate enough cash to do so. |
| At least enough to garner us a better house than the deteriorated one we lived in. And then my mother got remarried a few years ago. |
| The person she married was ordinary but also a hard worker who also had a kid. That’s how I got a younger sister. |
| And my mother moved over to that guy’s place. |
| It seems like they had prepared a room for me to move into as well, but someone from the Yakuza like myself can’t trouble them. |
| I’d be troubled if weird rumours start spreading too, so I try not to get too close to them. |
| Juza | …… |
| Sakyo | The apartment I found was just the right size for the three of them. The security over there is also pretty tight. |
| It’s convenient for commuting since there's public transport there. When my little sister enters college in the future, she'd have many choices to pick from as well. |
| I thought that the apartment could become my final act of filial piety towards them… |
| Juza | …Er, well, don’t you think that she had already told you what she wanted your last one to be? |
| Sakyo | Ah? |
| Juza | If you want to be filial, then you should just go back to that house once in a while. |
| Sakyo | I don’t know what the rest of the world will have to say once someone like me starts hanging around them. My little sister might also get bullied. |
| Juza | Don’t you think that they were already prepared for all of that? That must be it seeing as how they’ve already prepared a room for you. |
| Sakyo | ―― |
| Juza | …Everyone has been worried about whether you’re leaving the dorms this entire week while you were looking for apartments. |
| Sakyo | How did you know that I had been searching for an apartment? |
| Juza | Well, that’s――…… |
| Sakyo | …Spill. |
| Juza | …He said that I wasn’t supposed to tell you. |
| Sakyo | Sakoda, that bastard… I’ll strangle him. |
| Juza | …You didn’t say anything about it either, and everyone has been troubled about whether they should bring it up to you or not. |
| Sakyo | So that’s the reason why you guys were all acting so strangely. You lot… over something this stupid… |
| Juza | It’s not stupid at all, is it? That just shows you how much the Autumn Troupe depends on you. |
| Sakyo | ――Wouldn’t it be better if the naggy guy just left? |
| Juza | Settsu did say that. |
| Sakyo | That bastard… geez. |
| Well, I guess everyone really thinks that way deep down in their hearts at least. |
| Juza | …Cut it out. |
| Settsu doesn’t really mean it. It’s about time you admitted that everyone around you needs you. |
| Sakyo | ―― |
| Juza | It’s not just us from the Autumn Troupe. Your parents, your step-dad and your younger sister, didn’t they accept you too? |
| And also, how do I put this, I don’t really know but… |
| Love? Isn’t that just what it is? |
| Sakyo | Ah… |
| Love…? Ha, using that word totally doesn’t suit either you or me. |
| Juza | ――I totally don’t get it though. |
| Sakyo | …I see. That’s true. |
| |
| Juza | I’m back. |
| Sakyo | I’m back. |
| Izumi | ――Sakyo-san! Is it true that you’re leaving the dorms? |
| Sakyo | ―― |
| Omi | Like I said, that was still a secret from him―― |
| Izumi | Rather than endlessly worrying about matters like this, wouldn’t it be faster to ask the person in question himself about it? |
| Sakyo-san, why didn’t you talk to me about it as your director first!? You’re being a wet blanket deciding everything on your own! |
| Taichi | I don’t want Sakyo-nii to leaveee~! |
| Sakyo | What’s with all of you when I just got back… |
| Omi | Sorry. We all heard that you had been searching for an apartment… |
| We’ll be there to help you out if you face any problems while moving. So… |
| Banri | I told you back then too. If you’re gonna leave then you have to talk it out with me, the leader, first. |
| Sakyo | …To think that the day would come where you’d stop me of your own accord even though I’m leaving by my own choice. |
| Banri | …It’s not like I’m trying to stop you or anything, am I? You’re just not authorised. |
| Sakyo | …Hm, is this that so called love you’re speaking of? |
| Juza | Is… Is it not? |
| Izumi | Eh? |
| Sakyo | You guys have seen the “Portrait” as well… so I guess this isn’t really an embarrassing thing to talk about all of a sudden. |
| It’s a long story, so pour some tea or something. Geez, today’s just filled to the brim with things like this… |
