Parfait Tic! Step 30Parfait Tic! Step 30 Margaret 17/01 Translations by Rita B. Page 2-3 Fuuko blushes as Ichi holds her. His eyes are intense as he gently lowers Fuuko to the ground. < POP > < POP > < POP > < POP > The fireworks burst into the air, and the whole crowd is too busy in the spectable to notice the moment passing between Fuuko & Ichi. Page 4- Fuuko, pulls away, blushing, "Th-thank you." Ichi looks away, "Yeah, you're pretty heavy." Fuuko pops a bloodvessel, ::What was I thinking about Ichi?!?!?:: Fuuko thinks, ::Why is Ichi being so uncooperative?:: ::What is it?:: Fuuko points as Ichi who's got a pondering look on, ::This sudden rudeness can only mean one thing!:: ::This is the real Ichi!!:: Page 5- Fuuko, ::I get it now.:: < POP > < BANG> < FIZZLE > Fuuko looks over at Ichi, who's staring at the fireworks. Ichi plugs his ears and yells to Fuuko, "Hey, are you thirsty?" < BOOM > < BOOM> < BOOM > Fuuko sits still as Ichi rambles, "What is it?" Fuuko wakes up, saying quite forcibly, "Thirsty! Yeah, I'm really thirsty!" Fuuko says quietly, "Why are you so angry all of a sudden?" Page 6- Fuuko looks at Ichi. He turns his head, "Nevermind." Fuuko shouts, "Wha-at?" Ichi's hairs pop out. Ichi says quietly, "That woman (Akio)..." "Can read you like a book." "So you..." Page 7- Ichi explains sternly, "If you hadn't fled away with that girl (Akio) then it wouldn't have come to this." Fuuko, "Ah...:: Ichi screams in Fuuko's ear, "UNDERSTAND?!?!" Ichi looks at her and says, "You know what I think?" "I think you just ate like a squirrel to make me forgive you." Page 8- Ichi laughs as he envisions Fuuko chewing on her corn with big buck-teeth, "Ha ha." Fuuko looks at him, ::Ichi:: Fuuko retorts, "That's not it!" "I didn't know that you didn't want me to..." Ichi looks at her in surprise since she's now standing, "...go." Fuuko was screaming out her words, not realizing that the fireworks had ended. Everyone in the crowd is now staring at her. Fuuko's outburst makes Ichi laugh even harder. Fuuko cries, "Wha-wha-wha-what? What are you laughing at?" Page 9- Ichi clutches his stomach as he continues to laugh, "You're forgiven." Fuuko's surprised as she sits back down, ::I don't understand him at all.:: ::How could a thing like that make him laugh so much?:: < SLIP > Page 10- Fuuko touches the sore on her foot caused by her slippers. Ichi leans over, "Oh, that nasty blister must hurt a lot." Ichi turns to go, "I'll go to the convenient store then." Fuuko, still looking at her foot, "Eh?" Ichi turns back before he leaves, "You should put a band-aid on that." Fuuko looks at his retreating figure, ::Where is he running off too?:: Page 11- From the crowd, Daiya spots her, "Fuu-chan!" Fuuko's suprised, "Eh?" A group of guys approch her and pushes Daiya out of the way. Boy 1, "Hey, you're from Class A!" Boy 2, "Wow, a yukata!" Boy 3, "Hey, hey! You're not here with a guy are you?" Fuuko, embarrased, "Um...excuse me." Daiya tosses the guys to the back and wipes his hands, "Those guys just don't know their limits." Fuuko thinks, ::And you're one to talk.:: Page 12- Fuuko looks back at the guys ::But, those guys, just like the girls here, are so close.:: ::Even the guys are having fun together.:: Daiya asks smiling, "Fuu-chan, are you here with a friend?" Fuuko answers, "Um..." Daiya questions, "Did you get lost from them?" Fuuko replies "No...I...um..." Daiya suggests, "We can help you find them." Fuuko explodes, "It's okay!" Page 13- Fuuko pushes Daiya away. Daiya's protesting, "Bu-but-" Fuuko assures him, "It's really okay!" "Hey look, you're friends are waiting for you!" Daiya, uncertain, "Okay, see ya..." Fuuko watches as Daiya heads back, ::You shouldn't be here.:: < stomp, stomp > ::Ichi!:: Page 14- Fuuko looks at him, ::We should go back together.:: Ichi walks up to Fuuko holding a box, he pauses, huffing, and then tosses the box to her, "Here." Fuuko smiles as she opens the box of band-aids, "Oh, my foot also hurts." Page 15- She smiles up at Ichi, "So, so, should we go home?" ::I don't want Daiya to see us.:: Ichi a bit taken aback, "Yeah, okay." Fuuko trying to ease the tension, "I wonder... "What Daiya did today?" Ichi looks at her shocked. Page 16- Ichi looks away, "I'm sure he had fun by himself." Fuuko replies, "Ah ha, yeah that's probably true." ::Ah, it hurts.:: Fuuko's sore still bothers her. Daiya looks back her in direction to see her standing with someone who looks like ICHI! Page 17- The next day at school, a teacher says, "Today we're going to study the apostles." (?) Fuuko and Daiya get up at the end of class. Daiya says, "Ha, it's finally over." Daiya's smiling, "You know studing in this heat is really difficult for idiots, ne?" Fuuko's smiling back, "Ah ha ha ha, Yeah." "You really have to concentrate to understand all that stuff. I'm glad it's over, too." Daiya yells, "I'll definitely do better next year." Fuuko flips, "Geh! You traitor!" Page 18- Daiya looks ahead, "Hey, at the festival..." < DOKI > Fuuko's thinking::Eh?:: Daiya looks cheerful, "Wasn't the fireworks finale awesome?" Fuuko replies, "Ah! Yeah! No! I mean..." Fuuko's wondering, ::Why is he talking about the fireworks?:: She answers, "I didn't get to see the end because I went home early." Daiya rests his head in his arms and looks straight at Fuuko, "With Ichi?" Fuuko's shocked. Page 19- Fuuko, thinking ::What the?:: Fuuko, gets up blushing, "You-you-you SAW us?" Daiya replies, "Of course I saw you. Why would you spend time with Ichi when you could be with me?" Daiya continues, "Man, I don't get it." Fuuko, getting upset, "That's because..." She's almost crying now, "Because you just rejected me." "So what could I do? I thought I had to move on!" Page 20- Daiya replies, "You weren't wrong." "You weren't wrong at all." Daiya, looking sad and thoughtful, "I don't have a right to interfere anymore, do I ?" Fuuko looks at Daiya's soft expression, ::His eyes are like marbles.:: Page 21- Fuuko's thinking ::I get upset too easily.:: Fuuko then says, "I'm sorry." Later, Fuuko, ::I'm really thick-headed.:: Fuuko's washing her hands, ::Daiya shouldn't exist in my mind.:: Little Fuuko's conscience says, "So thick-headed." < clack > Fuuko puts her cup down, ::I'm really an idiot.:: ::I can go anywhere with anyone.:: ::Daiya can't say anything about it.:: Page 22- Fuuko's still pondering, ::Why should I be alone and regret it.:: ::I shouldn't just isolate myself for Daiya's sake.:: ::And Ichi's too.:: ::But how can Daiya be so calm?.:: ::That was a really mean thing to do.:: < tap > A drop of water falls on top of Fuuko's head. She screams after noticing that there's water falling from her ceiling, "Uwaaahh!!!" Page 23- < stomp> < stomp> < stomp > Fuuko's wondering ::What's going on here?:: She then calls out, "Hey Daiya, Ichi?" "Is anyone here?" Fuuko has entered the Shinpo apartment which is situated directly above her's. Fuuko walks in and notices the water pouring out from the bathroom, "Ahh!" "Is anyone in the bathroom?" A red-faced Daiya gives a hazy reply, "Huh?" Page 24- Fuuko, steps into the bathoom floor filed with water and turns red, ::Kyah! There's someone in here! Daiya!:: Fuuko closes her eyes and tries to look away, "So-so-sorry!" Meanwhile Daiya has woken up from his dazed state, "On no, the water! And the tub is overflowing!" "Eh? Ah! I must have fallen asleep by accident!" < swoosh > Fuuko's foot slips Page 25- < SPLASH > Fuuko lands in the tub, resting her head and arms on a very wet (and nekkid) Daiya's chest ^_~ Fuuko, blushing terribly, ::Uwaaahhh!!!:: And Daiya looks like he's turned to stone! ~to be continued in Step 31~ [Edited by Shirl]