nebulancer

Natsume: You must have had a hard time up until noW, Akehoshi Subaru-kun.

I understanD, as about around our ages those known as "parents" are simply existences that cannot be ignoreD. According to mosT, "God" is synonymous with sucH.

My home's "God" is quite mischievous but fundamentally good at hearT, thus my world is rather peacefuL.

Yours is a "God of Destruction" insteaD, so you must have endured loneliness within that devastated worlD.

I̶t̵ m̕ust͏ h̴av͠ȩ b͏ee͘ǹ ͝t̨o͡u̶gh͏.

Subaru: ...

Natsume: AhahA. SorrY, all of a sudden it just bluntly came spilling ouT...

That is also one of my bad habitS, that from the first meeting aiming for the key points would kill the mood was what I was taught from my Mommy and grew up witH.

Subaru: Fufu. I couldn't even understand half of what you were saying, but you're a pretty weird dude, huh.

Natsume: That's simply my behavioR. Because around our own ageS, our egoes are on unstable footinG...

We have to construct our own definite characterS, or else, dyed by our surroundings, we will easily falL.

I'm not going to make myself be sold out at a low pricE.

In this world the only one holding this value of rarity is "Sakasaki Natsume" as an object of art, so I do all I can to be given a high pricE.

I don't want to be speedily consumed as if I were the same as toilet papeR, as if everyone had the same facE, as if everyone were mass-produceD.

I'll become the protagonist of my own storY, that's why I was borN.

Subaru: ...

Natsume: ...I've talked too mucH. I am still inexperienced after alL, it wouldn't do for me to act as if I've read all possible scenarioS.

Let's return to the main subject. I'll help you with the day dutY. From the beginninG, I'd thought to tell you thaT.

That I suddenly ended up making it quite the long conversatioN, is a bad habit of minE.

Subaru: Ahaha. If your own "bad habit" is checked for each and every person, you might even be able to communicate with others...

Creating a character or all that, feels like you're deciding your own rules, I guess?

Being aware of your own disadvantages and being able to correct them, being able to let others know "This is what my character is~" is possible too. Two birds with one stone, huh♪

Natsume: (Hmm... He isn't stupid after alL, being able to make insight sparingly and decisivelY.)

(I'd thought that once I asked to help out with his work so that we could become friendS, the situation would reverse to tilt in my favoR.)

(Without minding as well as straightforwarD, those sparkling eyes caught the attention of the complex places here such that I came to observE...)

(This could just bE... that odd phistilinism could just be quite difficult to endurE.)

(If that inextinguishable sunlight were ever to be burned ouT, the plants of your surroundings would not live, transforming into a wilderness of deatH.)

(The sun is not ill-intentioneD, but with only the sun itself its surroundings will become an infernal helL.)

(Well, it seems the person himself does not recognize as sucH, so it is possible for me to support as well as controL. If I treat him incorrectly it may spell instant deatH, but that is interesting in itselF♪)

Subaru: What's wrong, getting all quiet like that...?

Sorry! Is it possible that I said something weird again? So~metimes, whenever I say anything then everything around me goes silent immediately, you know?

Natsume: Isn't that righT. But thaT, that is the strong Power that is lodged within only your very own remarkS.

If you could use that Power in significant wayS, you could quite possibly make people of the whole world be able to smilE.

Subaru: Ahaha~. More important than everyone in the world, right now, in front of me, I want to make you smile.

So~mehow, Natsume, when you're smiling it feels like you're not "really smiling", after all. Maybe because your eyes aren't smiling, that's the sense I get.

Natsume: AhahA. "One can say more with a look than with words" is what some saY; what surrounds one's eyes are involuntary muscles such that I'm unable to move them intentionallY.

Feelings inside one's heartS, are those which cannot be reflected in both these eyeS.

ConverselY, simply being able to distinguish someone with his or her eyes is difficulT. There lies a human's essence, "the truth" or nothing buT...

The ability to make a distinction between those colorS is something that humanity has not yet been provideD.

Subaru: Ah, saying things that only seem to have those meanings are kind of deceiving! Seriously, Natsume, once I get the hang of your rules, talking to you is pretty easy~♪

Hokuto: ...

Subaru: Uoh, you surprised me!?

Natsume: Nice timinG. ...Hey, Hidaka-kun, did you forget somethinG?

Hokuto: Yeah, my club entry... Even though it's such an important thing, I forgot I left it deep in my desk at the end of class.

...Sakasaki. Are you establishing a claim on that guy this time?¹ One after the other, you really don't have any honor.

In the end the only one you can rely on is yourself; trying to use other people easily will get you plunged into a quandary.

Natsume: T҉hank you very҉ mu͏cḩ ̵f̨ór ̧th̶e ͡ad̸v̶i҉ce͝♪

Hokuto: Hmn... You're "Akehoshi", right? It's best if you didn't get involved with Sakasaki.

We're- rather, mine and your parents' names only are what he seeks to use for his sinister designs.

If you get involved with him, it's your loss. You've definitely heard those rumors about Sakasaki, he's a dangerous guy.

Natsume: How's that for a greetinG. ...Beyond my expectations I couldn't use you a single biT, so I swapped over to Akehoshi-kun, you knoW.

Hokuto: Is that so. ...That's why, recently, you said you didn't expect much of me.

Well, fine. Bye then, you guys also shouldn't always be staying behind and go home already.

Though the teacher in charge makes it a principle to not care, if you're spending your time fooling around then as Class Representative, I'll have to reprimand you.

Subaru: Well, we're not doing anything bad~. It's just day duty♪

Hokuto: Were you on day duty? Did someone force you to do their work?

...Should I help out?

Subaru: Nah. It's okay, it looks like Natsume came to lend a hand. It's all pretty much done, anyways.

Hokuto: Is that so. If that's the case, good enough. ...I shouldn't be any more of a bother, see you tomorrow.

Subaru: Yup, see you tomorrow~♪

Ehehe. Today was a day I talked to a lot of my classmates!

¹-The term Hokuto uses here is 唾を付ける, which means pretty much to stake a claim in something, or, literally, spit on something (so that it's owned by you).