rainfall | [TRANSLATED] Lelouch the Tutor (Chapter 23)

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Exam Admission Ticket

KALLEN
Hey, Shirley...

SHIRLEY
...mmm— Yeah? What is it?

KALLEN
Well, I was just thinking

SHIRLEY
Okay.

KALLEN
You haven't confessed to Lelouch, have you?

SHIRLEY
WHAT?!
<flusterrrr>
Wh, wh, wh, wh, what makes you ask...

KALLEN
Well, you like him, don't you?

SHIRLEY
N, no — I mean...

KALLEN
...You know, pretty soon we're all gonna be so busy with entrance exams.

KALLEN
Aren't you worried you'll miss your chance to tell him?
I mean, we won't be seeing each other as much anymore.

SHIRLEY
Yeah, but...

KALLEN
Look, I'm not trying to tell you what to do.
You're my friend, and I just don't want you to have any regrets.

SHIRLEY
(What... what on earth do I want to do...?)

SHIRLEY
<step>
(Tell Lulu how I feel...?)

SHIRLEY
...

SHIRLEY:
<stop>
(But...)

SFX
<reach—>

SHIRLEY
Huh—

SFX
<squeeze>

SHIRLEY
<mrr>
Ahhh!

SHIRLEY
Wh, wh, wh, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!

MILLY
Goodness, have you ~grown up~ even more since the last time?
...Hey, is something wrong?

SHIRLEY
W, well... That is...
...P, Prez... what are you supposed to do when — say, for example... you like somebody?
It's not even like I'm sure I want to do anything, but...

MILLY
(Oh, I seeeee. This is about Lelouch, isn't it...)

MILLY
Right. Well, all I can say is that this moment will never come again.
Time waits for no woman, and what people think and feel changes right along with it!
That's why you must figure out what it is you hold dear for yourself, so that you won't have any regrets. You know?

SHIRLEY
What I want...

LELOUCH
There you are!

LELOUCH
Madame President!

MILLY
Whoops, you caught me.

LELOUCH
Hurry up and get inside, please!

SHIRLEY
Wh— What's going on?

SIGN
Secret Santa!¹

LELOUCH
<You instigated this, please don't just take off.>

MILLY
<Sorry, sorry.>

C.C.
Hey, you're just in time.
You can help me with these.

SHIRELY
It's always fun to be with all of them...!
And...

Getting to see different sides of Lulu, too...

I feel like I only just got here...

And it's not like we'll never see each other again.

SHIRLEY
I don't want to ruin this moment.
So, I'll wait a little longer.

LELOUCH
<You never think these things through, Madame President!>

MILLY
<Oh, come on, it's fine.>

KALLEN
Let me guess, the confession's on hold for a while.²

SHIRLEY
It's that obvious?

KALLEN
Well, that's okay, too.

SHIRLEY
Yeah.

SHIRLEY
And I'm going to cherish what we all have right now, so that I won't have any regrets.

MILLY
Hey, we're headed to the sweet shop!

KALLEN
We're coming, too!

SHIRLEY
Your treat, right, Prez?

<TO BE CONTINUED>

^{1 Short for 誰でもサンタになれる, or 'Anyone Can Be Santa'.↩}
^{2 Lit. 'You have a confession-put-on-temporary-hold face.'↩}

[TRANSLATED] Lelouch the Tutor (Chapter 23)

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