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Title: The Still Sweet Sakuraba-kun\n
“Haaaa…..”(Yuunagi)\n
Sitting on a bench in front of the station, I let out the biggest sigh I have ever had.\n
In the end, I didn’t confirm the results of Naruse’s confession. Instead I ended up dragging Kasumi over, and we boarded the train home.\n
It isn’t right to peek on someone else’s confession.\nI said something like that to Kasumi, but in reality that was just an excuse.\n
I was scared.\nEven if it was only a one in a million chance that Sakuraba would accept Naruse’s confession, I would still be really scared, so it’s only natural that I was scared witless and couldn’t bear to watch.\n
In the end, I was only running away.\n
Unusually, Kasumi listened to what I said without complaint and just gently patted me on the back before returning home.\nI’ll go home too.\nThat’s what I thought, but I was still sitting here on this bench, feeling lonely and disheartened.\n
“Please…..God.”(Yuunagi)\n
I could only hope and pray that Sakuraba had rejected her.\nCertainly, Sakuraba did say that he wasn’t going to date Naruse.\nBut the atmosphere between the two of them was so good today that I just couldn’t stop feeling incredibly worried.\n
‘A good couple.’(past Kasumi)\nKasumi’s words echoed through my head countless times. Each time, a painful feeling filled my chest, and I felt curling up in a ball and crying.\n
Sakuraba and Naruse really are a good match for each other.\nThen what about me?\nWhat about me and Sakuraba?\nWhat are we?\nEach time I thought about this, I felt my body freeze up again.\n
I knew I shouldn’t have followed them.\nMaybe if I had done that, I wouldn’t be wallowing in despair right now.\n
“Is that…… Yuunagi-san?”\n
“Hm……?”(Yuunagi)\n
In response to the voice that suddenly called my name, I looked up.\nBut there was no mistaking this voice.\nThere was no way I could have possibly not recognized it.\n
“Sakuraba-kun!?”(Yuunagi)\n
“…..What’s wrong. What are you doing in a place like this all alone?”(Sakuraba)\n
As soon as I saw Sakuraba, I felt an incredibly strong urge to hug him. I wanted to hug him and loudly let loose my tears in his arms. But, if I did that, I would only inconvenience him and get myself in trouble again.\n
Sakuraba looked at me for a while with a curious expression on his face, and then, for some reason, he sat down besides me.\n
“………..Did something happen?”(Sakuraba)\n
“Huh? N- No……Not really…”(Yuunagi)\n
Sakuraba’s kind voice.\nThe look of concern on his face that’s worried for me.\n
I’m incredibly happy.\nBut, at the same time, I became more and more anxious about Sakuraba’s response to Naruse.\n
I want to hear what happened.\nBut if I ask him, he’ll realize that I was watching them.\nAnd I’m certain Sakuraba won’t like that.\nHe might even come to despise me.\nThat is the one thing I absolutely don’t want.\n
“…..Guzu.”(Yuunagi)\n[TLN: Bro what is this man I can’t translate this.]\n
Next thing I knew, I was crying my eyes out. [TLN: Ig crying noises?]\nNot wanting Sakuraba to notice, I desperately tried to suppress my tears.\nBut I couldn’t do it.\n
“Yu- Yuunagi-san? What’s wrong?”(Sakuraba)\n
“It- It’s nothing……!”(Yuunagi)\n
“There’s no way that it’s just nothing……”(Sakuraba)\n
Sakuraba became slightly flustered.\nI’m so happy that you’re feeling flustered for my sake, but any more than that and I’ll feel really guilty. I mean I already feel quite guilty.\n
Suddenly, something touched the corner of my eye. It was a blue handkerchief in Sakuraba’s hands.\n
“I won’t ask you what happened again…”(Sakuraba)\n
“…”(Yuunagi)\n
“But I need you to stop crying. If you’re okay with it, I’ll stay next to you for a while.”(Sakuraba)\n
At that moment, I was convinced from the bottom of my heart.\nI love this person so, so incredibly much that it’s unavoidable.\nThere is no one else besides Sakuraba for me.\n
“Eh! What! What’s wrong all of a sudden!?”(Sakuraba)\n
“I’m Soorrrrryyy!!”(Yuunagi)\n
“Eh? What?”(Sakuraba)\n
I hugged Sakuraba tightly, clinging on to him with all my might.\nAt the same time, my tears began overflowing faster and faster to the point where I couldn’t tell what was going on anymore.\n
“I knew that you and Naruse-san were going out today an-, and….. guzzu…..I was so worried and so worried s-, so…..I secretly followed the two of you…..”(Yuunagi)\n
“What’s with that…….”(Sakuraba)\n
“I’M SORRY!! And so I got really really anxious….gussu…. On top of that, at the end Naruse-san even…..she even…. con-, confessed.”(Yuunagi)\n
“……So you even saw that too?”(Sakuraba)\n
“Yes…..But, I got too scared….So I couldn’t watch it all the way through and ..…. here I am, all alone……”(Yuunagi)\n
I was at my limit.\nIt was a good thing Sakuraba hadn’t tried to push me away, since I was still desperately clinging to him. I’m sure a bunch of people were watching me, but right now I couldn’t care less about that.\n
“…..You are…. How should I word this……”(Sakuraba)\n
“…..What?”(Yuunagi)\n
“…..You really are a helpless person, aren’t you.”(Sakuraba)\n
“We-, Well I mean…..”(Yuunagi)\n
Aa- Sakuraba was shaking his head at me. I mean there’s no helping it, you know. It’s because I like you so much that this happens.\n
“……I’m not dating her.”(Sakuraba)\n
“…..Huh?”(Yuunagi)\n
“Naruse-san. She confessed, but I rejected her.”(Sakuraba)\n
“….I-, I see.”(Yuunagi)\n
I felt all the tension drain from my body.\nI felt relieved and a little guilty.\nBut, still, I was incredibly happy.\nI really am a terrible person.\n
“Well I say this, but I also told you this before you know.”(Sakuraba)\n
“It’s because! ……Because it looked like you were having so much fun so today that’s why.”(Yuunagi)\n
“It was fun. But that’s not enough of a reason for me to go out with Naruse-san. Me having fun with her doesn’t mean I like Naruse-san romantically. Besides…..”(Sakuraba)\n
“……And?”(Yuunagi)\n
“…..I’m, well, more or less, your……boyfriend after all.”(Sakuraba)\n
Covering his mouth as if he was embarrassed, Sakuraba blurted this out.\n
“……So you don’t have to worry so much. I won’t go out with someone else before telling you first. But I can’t change my behavior since it’s too difficult so……”(Sakuraba)\n
I could feel my tears of guilt and frustration receding.\nAnd in their place new tears, tears of happiness, welled up, causing me to cry out again.\n
“Saaakkuuuraaaba-Kuunnn. I LOVEEEE YOU!!”\n
“Hey! Your voice is too loud! Where do you think we are! Idiot!”(Sakuraba)\n
“I’m fine with being an idiot!! I just really really loveeee you!!”(Yuunagi)\n
“I’m not fine with that! Come on, quiet down!”(Sakuraba)\n
I was so, so happy that I was laughing and crying at the same time.\n
This person really is the only one for me.\nBut, at the same time, I started to feel uneasy again.\n
As I thought, Sakuraba really is popular.\nAs Sakuraba patted me on the back, I hugged him tighter and tighter, thinking of the hardships that awaited me.\nI won’t give him to anyone else.\nAnd I swear I’m definitely going to make him fall in love with me.\n
————————————————————————————————————\nAuthors note:\nThank you very much for reading this far. This is the end of the first volume. If you’ve enjoyed reading this series so far, I would be grateful if you rated the series. Your ratings are the best way to support the series.\n
TLN:\nI’m finally done with finals, and I think I did pretty good :D. Unfortunately, due to some life issues, I might not be able to do the 2 chapters a week I promised, but let’s see how it goes. Hopefully I’ll still be able to do it but idk.\n
That aside, I was inspired by one of the comments on the last post, and I was thinking about picking up another series. I’d still keep primarily translating this one, and I’d translate the other one at a slower pace. So, that being said, any suggestions? I already have a few candidates in mind, but more is always nice/there might be a hidden gem.\nGeneral guidelines: Pure romance plz(aka no isekai god damn it), not excessive amounts of drama, no r-18, and preferably WNs not LNs(unless u already own the source material) but if its good enough its fine ig.\n\n\n