Collaboration!!SuzuThough I didn't think I could express myself very well to her.SuzuYeah.Ah, it's a sequel! I know this.I didn't see the original, but I wonder if that's ok.~I saw that~! He was really cool.Nevermind.Both Suzu and IToki-chan!Toki-chan!Eh!Damn~Eh~Umm...Suzu's gotten really popular lately....I see.Ohh.I wanted to support her.Have somewhere I need to go.I won! 46 points!Library Committee MembersI'm hungry.We discuss our small worries,Toki-chan, I thought you already forgot about that.Congratulations.SuzuWe like the same color and flowers...I see. Then how about next week...By the way, about the 2nd year finals!...Yeah.And we don't have any other friends.Sure!So Toki-chan, you can go home first.In this somehow uncomfortable situation,Maybe I...How about it?So I have to say this one thing before graduation.I'll go bring some chairs.And sometimes even have fights, but those don't last for long.Yeah.In our final year of school, we got some new friends.Really?I wonder if Suzu brought an umbrella.Toki, let's go home.How about we go shopping together?Toki-chan!I'm definitely going to get a higher score than you on the 3rd year, 1st semester finals.Tell me your thoughts about it next week.Did you not turn it in yet?Hmmm.Congratulations.Just like a different person.Ok.DingDid Suzu do something?Suzu, congratulations.So if this was, possibly, a dream of hers,I'm sorry.I can't give her this letter.Toki-chan!42 points...Since there are that many people at the school,Right?So, at the beginning of next week, Suzu was just like...Ah, Toki, good morning.Just like...I completely forgot... Though I read the book...It would rain tonight.I don't... really know, but probably...What's going on?I...If we fought, then it would still be ok. I wouldn't hate her for that.I'm such a petty human.And I always go places together,Both Suzu and I are bad at long distance running and the long jump,You 2 are always eating together.Toki-chanDongAn award?Toki-chan?Is what I want to tell her.Were you able to see the class listing?A movie?She didn't go play with other people aside from myself that much, so, maybe,With my folding umbrella, I headed towards the library....What's going on?This class is full of guys.Come eat with us.Were a littleHey~ Suzu definitely looks better without her hair braided~Yeah.Will you be ok alone?Sorry.The weather forecast this morningHuh, where's Suzu?Eh...! Called out?To talk to me about that.Leave it to us!Maybe I thought we were somehow still like children.Welcome back.How was the wedding?AhZaaaaaaBy a boy.It seems like Suzu has someone she's going out with.Suzu, is writing your specialty?Are you free next Sunday?Uuuh...AhI bet she didn't.Half of the 2nd semester went by like this.My friend, "Suzu", who I've always been with since kindergarten,What score did you get on math?Neither her nor I had anything we excelled in like this.Eh, that's great. Congratulations.In my throatOww...!So now it was like I was listening to a conversation about someone I didn't know.Eh~ Toki-chan, you want to be in class 1? Class 1 looks tough.But I idly thought that Suzu was the same.We have the day off tomorrow. Why don't we go see a movie?Suzu is cute and popular.Yeah! I know!That's nice~ It'll be good for college.Toki-chan!No.Congratulations!DongAn excuse... I can't tell her this.Crumple...ContinuedWhat about you?In our high school, the classes are shuffled each year.H...Ah...Ah, again?Ah... ButSuzu, I heard you got an award?Congratulations.Ding DongFrom that day on,Finals are over.Or rather, she's cold.She's never gone out of her wayEh, really?Yeah?Bewildered.The worker at the drug store we went to on Saturday said the same thing.Did you already do... the book report for the summer vacation homework?Ok, I'll go home first.DingSo it's hard to see your face.Eh, Toki-chan, you can't come?Wasn't she "called out"?That's not true.There was no reason not to support her.Right!Her and I are different people, so it's natural that we have "differences", but...Ah, it's almost graduation.Toki-chan, normally you say something before you do that.TokiWhich one?What do you think, Suzu?I should have gone home first.I thought that if I couldn't speak, then I should write a letter.What's going on?Ah!I was still unsure about my future path,I shouldn't have gone there.Earlier, she was confessed to by a 2nd year. Some guy in the soccer club.But, well, Suzu...AhCan we eat together?Good morning.It's fine, isn't it.Rain.Suzu got an award for her essay.Couldn't speak in front of her anymore.For some reason, I can't speak in front of you.It would hurt her unnecessarily.Can't forgive these "differences"...Toki's being gloomy lately.It's fine! This one has a different character?AhYeah! I'm in the same class as you again.Right!"So Toki-chan, you can go home first."Really? Yay!FlickPlease be quiet."Go home first."It's because we have similar grades.Not at all... But I like writing.Hey, Toki!Even in class, we were together.Congratulations.Ah~ That's great, an award...We know lots about each other.I remember! So, so, what score?Even though we were high schoolers,Why don't I tell the teacher?Ding DongDingAhWhy? It's not like we had a fight.Ummm...I'll tell Suzu that we should go home together.I had never looked at her like that beforeBut it's not big of an award.Toki-chan?So, the teacher submitted it without me knowing to a prefecture contest.Be honest!Ummm...Ummm...Eh... why?I stared avoiding her and those around her.But if we were smarter, we could get into class 1.I saw the original.Toki, you don't know that person?Yeah... And tomorrow too...Ah...Toki-chanI haven't seen her.Because Suzu discusses everything with you.Suzu was the only one from our school.Do I hate her?Suzu, just leave her alone.But one of themJust one of themAnd onions in our hamburgers,I wonder how I look in those sad eyes.Suddenly flicked me in the foreheard.Suzu, you're the one who, after the English final during 1st year, 2nd semesterTomorrow, I'm going to a relative's wedding.You should turn it in fast.Gradually,Toki-chan!That's impossible. Both of us can't concentrate.We definitely couldn't become adults so easily.Good morningAhYeah... I was going to go to the library to do it after school today...How about I stay with you?Didn't say thatNonoI can't speak with you anymore.This is justI want a muffler.I feel there are lots and lots of words stuck there.It's fine if I can't talk to her any more after that.The Sound of A Head Hung Down、As A Bell
First Part
Note: Suzu = Bell. However, the title uses a different word that also means bell. (It can also mean cold too.)I get nervous from all the unknown faces at the start of a new term.You 3 go.Toki-chanDid I do it?... Summer vacation is already over.Yeah...Ding DongIs she at the teacher's lounge?I'm sorry for suddenly ignoring you.They are apologies and excuses and selfish feelings.Me neither... maybe she went to the bathroom.Thank you.Class is going to start.Ah... II wonder how I looked at the start in those downturned eyes.