KIZUNA by Kazuma Kodaka Book 3 Part 9: Love Phantom unofficial translation by Katherine ------------------------------------------------------------------- Conventions: regular text: name of speaker, and spoken lines italics: thoughts (in parentheses): spoken words that are hand-written or not in the talk bubbles bold: descriptions bold and italics: translation note Ranmaru: Staring at Enjouji. He made plans to meet with "Rena"-san...?! Enjouji: Staring at Ranmaru. Ranmaru?! What are you doing here... Ranmaru: When I left, he took advantage of my absence... Ranmaru: How could he be so devious?! (page) Title: Love Phantom (page) (page) Rena: Looking clueless. Kei-chan, is this a friend of yours? Enjouji: What the hell are you doing with Ranmaru?! Rena: Huh? I picked him up. Enjouji: Picked him up?! Ranmaru: And on top of everything else, to be picked up by "Rena"-san Ranmaru: and to cluelessly follow her around... Ranmaru: It looks like I'm the only idiot around here!! (page) Enjouji: As Ranmaru turns to leave. Ah! Enjouji: Wait, Ranmaru! Don't run away! Enjouji: It's a misunderstanding! Enjouji: Ran... Enjouji: Catching Ranmaru's punch in his hand. Yikes! Enjouji: Struggling with the enraged Ranmaru. Calm down!! I'm telling you it's all a misunderstanding! Hey! Ranmaru: Shut up! I'm sick of your insensitivity!! Ranmaru: I can't put up with you any more! Rena: ...... Rena: Sweatdropping. No way! This sounds like maybe it could be... Enjouji: Hey! You're shouting! Shh! Shh! Ranmaru: Don't mess with me, scum-boy! (page) Rena: a lover's quarrel?! Rena: All this time Kei-chan's been gay... Ranmaru: Why don't you quit all this sneaking around and just go to the damn hotel or whatever with Rena-san, you playboy!! Enjouji: How can you say that?! Enjouji: Shit, this is getting nowhere! Rena! Go inside and get us a room! Rena: Hah?? Enjouji: We're making quite a spectacle out here on the street. (Ow! Ow! Ow!) Ranmaru: Clawing at Enjouji's face. You've got to be joking! Let go of me, you fool! Enjouji: Hurry up and get the room! Rena: B-but... Enjouji: GO!!!! Rena: All right already! I just have to get the room, right? Enjouji: Picking Ranmaru up. Got ya. Ranmaru: !! (page) Ranmaru: You idiot, have you no shame?! Enjouji: Who's the one with no shame, yelling and carrying on?! Ranmaru: Let go of me, stupid!!! Rena: At the hotel desk. Quick, give me the key. Desk clerk: But your dad said not to give you a room without his permission... Rena: I'm telling you I'll take responsibility for it, asshole! Hurry up and give me the damn key before I fucking kill you!! Note: Rena uses a masculine pronoun for herself in this line. Desk clerk: Here you go! Sorry! Desk clerk: Sweatdropping as he watches Rena open the elevator door for Enjouji carrying Ranmaru. ...... Enjouji: Look out, you'll hit your head. Ranmaru: Quit it! I'm not going in this hotel! Put me down, you idiot! Desk clerk: Not good! I'd better report this. Desk clerk: I'll lose my job! (page) In the hotel room. Rena slams the door shut. Ranmaru: Enjouji! Put me down, stupid!! Enjouji: Okay, okay. Enjouji: Dropping him on the bed. There. Ranmaru: Glaring at him. Ranmaru: Please get out of the way! I'm leaving!! Rena: Standing in front of the door, looking alarmed. Um, but this door... Ranmaru tries the door handle. It won't open. (page) Enjouji: Lighting a cigarette. Once it's locked, it won't open again until morning. Ranmaru: Sweatdropping. ! Rena: Liar. Rena: Just call the desk and they'll open it right away. Rena: As Ranmaru pounds the door. Yipe! Enjouji: Come over here and sit down. We can't talk like this. Rena: Waaah! This is going to get bloody! I wish I wasn't here!! Enjouji: Ranmaru! Rena: Um, Kei-chan, I think I'll be running along. I'm in the way here, huh? Right? Enjouji: You're fine. (page) Enjouji: All three of us are here together. Perfect. Now we can sort out the truth. Enjouji: Well? Ranmaru, do you honestly think I slept with Rena? Ranmaru: Whether you slept with her or didn't sleep with her I'm not blaming you for that any more...! Ranmaru: If you fell in love with a girl, you should have told me! Sneaking around like that... it hurts to watch! Rena: A girl...? Rena: You think I'm Kei-chan's girl? Ranmaru: ..... Rena: Grabbing Ranmaru's hand. If I'm a girl or not... (page) Rena: Putting his hand on her crotch. Check it out for yourself! Enjouji: In shock. Ranmaru: What are you doing...?! Ranmaru: Uh... Huh? ...You have one... Rena: I've had some little breasts made too. Wanna feel them? Ranmaru: A... a guy...?! Rena: Pulling up her shirt to reveal her breasts. (See? Don't I have cute boobies?) Do you know what a "new half" is? Ranmaru: Enjouji ran after... a transsexual...?! Enjouji: Ahh! That's all we need, another misunderstanding! Enjouji: Listen up, Ranmaru. Pay attention. Ranmaru: As Enjouji grabs his shoulders. ! (page) Enjouji: Even just for fun, I have no intention of sleeping with anyone other than you!! Enjouji: I can't sleep with anyone other than you!! Enjouji: Got it?!! Enjouji: Blushing and hugging Ranmaru. Don't make me make that embarrassing speech again. Rena: Clapping. Magnificent! Rena: Picking up the phone. All right, I'll get out of your way. Here, take your address book. Tossing it to him. Enjouji: Thanks. Rena: Ranmaru-kun, it was me who put the lipstick kiss on him. Sorry about that. (I was really smashed too...) Rena: The room's on me, so tell him all that stuff you were telling me today. Rena: The two of you work it out. (page) Rena: On the phone. It's Rena. Open the door. I'm coming out, just me... Huh? Papa-chan's here!? Keep him there, I'm coming right down! Enjouji: What was it you told Rena? Ranmaru: .... Rena: Going out. Looks like I'm the victim of a misunderstanding, too! See you, Kei-chan! Enjouji: Okay. I'm really sorry for everything. Rena: Oh, and Rena: He's nervous right now, so it would be a good idea to treat him kindly, I think. Enjouji: That Rena's pretty insightful. Enjouji and Ranmaru sit on the bed, not talking or looking at each other. Enjouji: ....... (page) Ranmaru: ...Enjouji... Ranmaru: ...What do you think about our present situation...? Enjouji: What... do I think...? Enjouji: Our surroundings are quite charming, but I'm waiting for the mood to heat up before anything happens. Ranmaru: Don't make jokes. I'm honestly asking what you think about "us." Ranmaru: When we started college and moved in together, it was with my grandfather's consent. Ranmaru: Of course, he approved because he thought our relationship was that of good friends. Ranmaru: It's fine while we're students. But when we start working... Enjouji: Hey, hey! (page) Enjouji: What's the point of thinking about stuff like that now?! Ranmaru: This is when we should be thinking about it! Ranmaru: Because of what just happened... It was a misunderstanding, but when I thought you were seeing a girl, Ranmaru: I started thinking about it again. Ranmaru: A man and woman being together is natural. Ranmaru: I've trapped Enjouji. Ranmaru: Whatever feelings he may have for me. Ranmaru: So if you meet a girl and fall in love Ranmaru: We can't let people know we're lovers without shame. Ranmaru: All I can do is trap him in a corner. Ranmaru: Don't hesitate to... tell me... (page) Enjouji: Clenching his fist angrily. You've been... seriously thinking that... Enjouji: When we each get a girlfriend we'll say, "Okay then," and break up?!! Enjouji: Am I just a temporary thing until you find a girl?! Ranmaru: I'm talking about reality!! Ranmaru: If we look at it rationally, there's no reason to be getting upset about affairs and stuff. Ranmaru: Whenever you want to break up, it's fine with-- Enjouji: Slapping him across the face. Ranmaru falls on the bed, his face scuffed. (page) Enjouji straddles him and rips Ranmaru's shirt open. Ranmaru: Stop... it... Not like this... Ranmaru: Enjouji! Ranmaru: Smacking him in the face. Quit it! Ranmaru: You're not... thinking about anything...! Enjouji: That's right. I never think about anything except having sex with you. (page) Enjouji: Well then... Enjouji: You just said it, didn't you? That you were a stand-in until i get a girl? Then shut up and let me fuck you! Ranmaru looks alarmed. Enjouji takes his own shirt off. Ranmaru: A stand-in... for a girl... Ranmaru: From now on...? (page) Enjouji pulls off Ranmaru's pants. The floor is soon littered with their clothes and shoes. Ranmaru: Blushing with his rear in the air as Enjouji flips the cap off a tube of oil. Ah! Ranmaru: As Enjouji dribbles it all over Ranmaru's hindquarters. Nn...! Enjouji: You don't need kisses or caresses, right? Enjouji: Penetrating Ranmaru. 'Cause this is rational sex, right?! Ranmaru: Ah! Ranmaru: Not enjoying himself. Aaaaaah!! (page) Ranmaru: It- it hurts! Enjouji: Don't struggle so much, or you'll bleed. Got it? Huh? Ranmaru: I- It hurts...! Stop...!! Enjouji: You were the one who said it, weren't you? That it's okay to screw you like this! Enjouji: It's your fault. Ranmaru: Ah...! Ranmaru: Ow... Quit it...! Aa! Enjouji: Don't be a wimp! Ranmaru: Ah! Pain alone is spreading through my body. Uh... K- Ranmaru: I've never known violence like this before. Uh... Ranmaru: I've never felt such pain gripping my heart. Guh... (page) Ranmaru: Uh...! Enjouji has Ranmaru on his back with his thighs spread open. Ranmaru: As Enjouji slams into him again. Ahhhh! Ranmaru: Ah-! Stop...! My chest hurts. I can't breathe. Please... stop... Ranmaru: I don't like it... This is just an act of violence, without a single ounce of affection. I don't want this!! (page) Ranmaru: Covering his face, as things calm down. I don't like it... Enjouji: ........ Ranmaru: I don't like it.... like this.... Enjouji: Hey, you don't have to cry, okay? Ranmaru: With his hands over his face. I'm not...! Enjouji: Hey, don't rub your eyes, they'll get all red! Ranmaru: Letting Enjouji pull his hands away. .... Enjouji: Kissing him tenderly. You dope... Enjouji: I know what you're trying to say. It's not like I haven't thought about it too you know. Enjouji: But why does that mean only thinking about how we can break up? (page) Enjouji: "I want to be with him forever. What can I do to make that happen?" Enjouji: Was I the only one who was thinking like that...? Ranmaru: ...I was scared... Ranmaru: ...I can't win against a rival who's a girl... Ranmaru: I can't have the kind of relationship with you where we can walk in public as a couple... I can't make a "home" for you, either... Ranmaru: How long are we going to go on like this, lying to everyone around us...?! How much longer will we be able to be together?! Ranmaru: My existence is trapping you, nothing more...! (page) Enjouji: I don't care if I sacrifice everything. Enjouji: Ever since high school... Since I said let's live together... Enjouji: My mind was made up never to leave you. Ranmaru: ...I thought I should be prepared. Ranmaru: For when the time came... Ranmaru: When you got a girlfriend, to go back to being friends, and to wish you the best of luck. Ranmaru: If I could be so rational about it, it would be fine! ...But... Enjouji: Smiling. If you could rationally accept that, I'd never forgive you. Enjouji: As Ranmaru embraces him. Be sure to remember that. (page) Ranmaru: Being kissed. Kei... Enjouji: Your mouth is cut right here, isn't it? (Sorry.) (Ahh, a cut on such a pretty face!) Ranmaru: Yeah. Ranmaru: It's okay, it's nothing... Ranmaru: The pain in my chest was worse... Enjouji: Spreading Ranmaru's legs apart. Your chest? What about down here? Ranmaru: Hey! Idiot, what are you- Enjouji: It's not bleeding, but... does it hurt? Ranmaru: No, don't touch... Ah...-! Enjouji: Hey... Enjouji: I was pretty awful to you just now, but... Enjouji: I want to make love to you properly. ...Is that okay? (page) Ranmaru: Blushing as he gazes down in surprise at the sight between Enjouji's legs. ..... Enjouji: Hearing Ran-chan's voice perked me right up... Ranmaru: Licking his own fingers and grabbing Enjouji's naughty bit. Enjouji: Uwaah! Ranmaru: You're saying that, knowing what this was up to just a few minutes ago? Enjouji: Hey, Ran-chan! Uwah! Wait-! Ranmaru: My hands will be more than enough, don't you think? Ranmaru: Don't worry, I'll make sure you come. Enjouji: Hah-?! Enjouji: Being pushed down on the bed. Wh- What?! Ranmaru: Straddling him. Shut up. Enjouji: Alarmed.Wait a second! This is backwards... (page) Enjouji: Backwards?! Enjouji: Does... Does this mean I'm the uke?!?! Note: "Uke" being the yaoi term for the boy on the bottom. Enjouji: It couldn't be! Ranmaru: My shirt's all ripped up, you idiot. Enjouji: C- calm down, Ranmaru. I apologize! Okay? Okay?! Ranmaru: Don't open your mouth so wide. Ranmaru: Kissing him. N-! Enjouji: Nnnn... Enjouji: Hah... Enjouji: Shit...It feels good... And for once he's initiating it... (That's such a turn-on...) Ranmaru: Kissing him. N---...! (page) Enjouji: As Ranmaru grabs his thigh. !! Enjouji: Hang on! Enjouji: Hold it, hold it! Stop right there! Enjouji: As Ranmaru straddles him, positioning himself. Ranmaru! Enjouji: Oh, shit! (I'm gonna get screwed!) Enjouji: Up till now I've had my dignity! Ranmaru: Putting a hand to his own bottom and presumably coming down on Enjouji's perky part. N-! Ranmaru: Impaling himself on Enjouji. N... Ah...! Enjouji: Watching the proceedings. Uh... (page) Enjouji: Staring. ..... Ranmaru: Haahh... Ranmaru: What were you thinking...? Enjouji: You... Enjouji: Evil guy! Ranmaru: Laughing. You're the evil one. Ranmaru: As they kiss. N------! Enjouji: Pushing him up. Can you move? By yourself? Ranmaru: Mm.... Ranmaru: I knew it. That whatever happened, Hah! Ah! Ranmaru: The one who couldn't leave was me. Ah! (page) Enjouji: You're awfully bold... today... Ranmaru: Having his nipple orally stimulated. Ah! Ranmaru: You...! Ranmaru: Ah! Ranmaru: ...made me like that... Ah! ...Aah! Ranmaru: Ah! Aa, I'm gonna come...! Ranmaru: Kei... Kei...! Enjouji: Go right ahead...! Ranmaru: Ah! Ranmaru: Ah...! Ahhhh...!! (page) Enjouji: In alarm as Ranmaru collapses. Woah! Enjouji: Patting his cheeks. Are you okay, Ran-chan?! Ranmaru: Uh.... Ranmaru: Go...ne... Enjouji: Huh? What what? Ranmaru: My strength... is... gone... Enjouji: Kissing him. 'Cause you came so hard, huh? Enjouji: If you can't move, shall we spend the night here? Enjouji: Okay, let's try it one more time... Enjouji: Spending one day away from home isn't going to hurt anything- Ranmaru: Ah.... Enjouji: Realizing. ........ Enjouji: Damn. Kai's in the apartment... Ranmaru: Hm...? (page) The scene changes to an outside view of their apartment. Ranmaru: You left Sagano in our apartment?! Why didn't you say so sooner?! They walk into the apartment. Author's note: Ranmaru borrowed Enjouji's shirt. Enjouji: I was looking for you everywhere! Enjouji: I went to your family home, and Tamura's place, and then... Enjouji: To Kai's place... Ranmaru: Shh! Enjouji: Huh? Ranmaru: Chuckling. He's sleeping. Kai is lying on the bed sleeping peacefully. Enjouji: Reaching for him. Where the hell do you think you're sleeping...? Ranmaru: Ah! It's fine, Enjouji. Enjouji: Picking him up. He can sleep on my bed. Ranmaru: Sweatdropping. Why does it matter where he sleeps? Enjouji: It matters. (page) Kai: Mm... Ranmaru: Ah! Look, you're waking him up. Kai: In Enjouji's arms. Masaa... Ranmaru and Enjouji stare at him. Ranmaru suppresses a laugh and Enjouji sweatdrops after putting Kai to bed. Ranmaru: He mistook you for Araki-san, didn't he? Enjouji: You can tell how spoiled he is, to be that old and not wake up when someone picks him up. (page) Ranmaru: You have a cute little brother. Enjouji: If you marry me, that little demon comes along with the package as your new little brother. Ranmaru: Don't be stupid. Enjouji: Seriously, if I bought a ring, would you wear it? Ranmaru: Huh? Enjouji: I know we can't have a proper ceremony, but... Enjouji: What am I trying to say? ...My feelings are the same as if we were, so... Enjouji: Even if you didn't actually wear it... Enjouji: If you just kept it, that would be fine... Enjouji: No...? Enjouji: Just the two of us, exchanging rings, isn't quite the same, but... Ranmaru: That would be proof that I will spend my whole life with you, love only you. (page) Ranmaru: That sounds just like... a proposal... Ranmaru: Whatever comes along, we can overcome it. Enjouji: I'll have a proper proposal ready when I give you the ring. Ranmaru: Then I guess I'll be thinking about my answer... Enjouji: I won't be able to hear anything except "yes." Ranmaru: They kiss. What handy ears. Ranmaru: Because that would be infinitely easier than leaving you. Ranmaru: Seeing the answering machine blinking and trying to escape the kiss to check it. Ranmaru: N... Hang on... Ranmaru: There's a message... Answering machine: As Ranmaru and Enjouji stare at each other. This is Kayako. Kei-chan, I haven't seen you in ages... I'm a lonely little girl... (page) Kayako: I'll be waiting for you at the usual bar. See you! Ranmaru: ...... Enjouji: Ha ha, what can you do? That person's another new-half, like Rena, and... Ranmaru: How many times do you think you can use the same excuse, you... Ranmaru: Cheater!! Kai: Being woken up by the sound of their fighting. Masaa...? Ranmaru: With his backpack on. I'm going home! Enjouji: Trying to restrain him. It's a misunderstanding, I tell you! Kai: Coming in sleepily. (Ah... It's sempai...) Meanwhile, at the bar... Rena: Ahhh! Kayako-san, you mustn't make prank phone calls to Kei-chan's house! Rena: His wife is a very jealous person!! Kayako: (Oh, whatever shall I do...?) Other woman(?): What? What? Is it a girl? A guy? Ranmaru: Sneezing. !? Note: The Japanese say that when you sneeze for no apparent reason, it means someone is talking about you somewhere...