「別に、「」さんは、今は私の何かとかではありません・・・」

妖夢さんは青娥さんの言葉に答えた。そんな妖夢さんを見て「はっ？」と、青娥さんは驚き、「貴女が「」さんの恋人か何かではないので？」と妖夢さんに聞くと、「ち、ちち・・・違いますよ・・・なんでそう考えるんです？」と妖夢さんは顔を真っ赤にして慌てていた。「あら、だって、貴方達は先ほど手をお繋ぎでしたものですから・・・私、てっきり・・・」「あ・・・あれは・・・。」あわあわと妖夢さんは狼狽する。「じゃあ、愛人？」と青娥さんが言うと「ち、違います！・・・それじゃ・・・、私が本命じゃない・・・あっ」と妖夢さんは口を噤んだ。「僕らは普通の友人同士ですよ。ねっ、妖夢さん。」と僕は妖夢さんに聞いた。こういうすぐ誤解をする人はとても困る。妖夢さんは「・・あ・・・はい」と力なさげに答えた。「はぁ・・・ただの友人。布都様にも同じ様な事言っていた様な・・・。ああ・・・そういう事ですか。うふふ・・・それにしても布都様も貴女も何故、この方にこうもお熱くお慕いなさるのでしょうね」と青娥さんはにこにこと微笑む。「そんなの私の勝手です・・・」と妖夢さんは青娥さんを睨んだ。「なんででしょうなぁ・・・」と親父はため息をついて僕を見つめた。何故僕を見るんだ？「・・・あの仙人もどきのせいで遅くなってしまいましたね・・・」とおでん屋の帰りがけ、妖夢さんは呟いた。そうだね。布都ちゃんには少し悪い事してしまったね。と僕は答えた。「そうですね。布都さんには・・・」と妖夢さんは俯く。「「」さんはあの人の事知っていましたよね？いつ知り合ったんですか？と妖夢さんに聞かれ、僕は今朝の事を妖夢さんに話した。「そうだったんですか・・・。彼女が何を考えているか分かりませんが、気をつけて下さいね。もし何かあれば、私を呼んで下さい。」と妖夢さんは僕の手を掴んで言った。多分大丈夫だよ。と僕が言うと、「・・・そうですか・・」と僕を握る手を強めて・・・。そして、何か意を決したかの様に口を開いた。「私達は・・・友人同士ですね・・・。私達、恋人か何かと間違われたみたいです・・・。多分、こうして、手を繋いで歩いてる今も勘違いされてますよ。「」さんはそれでいいんですか？」と妖夢さんは聞いてきた。僕は、周りは周り、僕らは僕らさ。僕らが友人同士と思っていれば友人だよ。と答えると。「そうですか・・・」と言って、それっきり、妖夢さんは黙り続けてわっふるわっふる

"There's not particularly anything between us..."

Youmu said to Seiga. Upon hearing that, Seiga turned to Youmu and gave a surprised, "Eh? So you're not his girlfriend or anything?" "N-n-no, nothing of the sort... why would you think that?" Youmu spat out with a deeply red face. "Well, you two were holding hands up until a few moments ago. I was sure..." "Th-that was..." Youmu began panicking even more. "So you're just lovers?" Seiga went on. "N-no! I'm... not the one he's... ah!" Youmu let out before quickly stopping herself. "We're just two plain old friends, right Youmu?" I asked her. People who misunderstand things like this are a real bother. "Ah... yes..." she meekly replied. "Huh... just friends. You said the same thing about Futo-sama.... Oh, so it's that sort of thing? Ufufu... I wonder why you two get so worked up about him, then," Seiga smiled at Youmu. "That's none of your business!" Youmu stammered, glaring at her. "Yeah, I wonder too..." the owner piped up, glancing at me. What's with that look?

"...We're late because of that pseudo-hermit," Youmu said quietly as we left. "Yeah, that was kind of bad to do to Futo-chan," I answered. "Yes, to Futo-san..." Youmu replied, looking downward. "You knew that person, right? When did you meet her?" she asked, to which I explained the events of the morning. "I see... I don't know what she's up to, but you should be careful. If anything happens, please call me," she said as she gripped my hand. "I think we'll be fine," I told her. "...I see..." she uttered, tightening her grasp. Then, as if she had prepared herself for something, she opened her mouth to speak. "We're... friends, right? We got mistaken for lovers or something... probably because we were walking hand in hand. We still are right now, so it might happen again. Are you okay with that?" she asked me. "Let them talk. What's important is that we think of ourselves as friends," I said. "Is that so..." she replied, staying silent the rest of the way... to be continued

Thanks for the translations once again, mothball.

Holy batman. As someone mentioned in the previous images this story was pretty well written until now. Makes me want to read the continuation as the story progresses.

"What's important is that we think of ourselves"

Faceless male can't possibly be this smooth.

"as friends."

Much better.

"as friends"

Ouch. Youmu must not have liked that.

Guy is just dense... and in before Seiga pulls a "The Devil smiles upon us" and makes things worse.