Keita Maki Addition Event 1-10
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bethrevelEvent period: 23 Sep - 2 Oct 2016
01
[It’s not like we’re strangers. But we’re not close, either.]
[We’re not friends, let alone lovers.]
Maki: …Really, you’re a weird one.
[This is a story about the two of us before we could name our relationship.]
-Revel Headquarters-
MC: …Toy Design Award?
Ootani: Yeah. Every year, they pick a toy among those that were sold in that year and give a prize.
MC: And Maki-kun won? Amazing!
Kagura: Kei-chan has been breaking the company’s records with flying colors. It’s nothing surprising.
Ootani: Still, it’s not something so easy to win. So we’ve been talking about celebrating it once in a while. We were wondering if Rei-chan could help us.
MC: Help? How?
02
MC: A surprise party?
Ootani: Yeah. Sounds interesting, right?
MC: (When that comes from Hatori-san, I can’t help but feel slightly uneasy…)
Kagura: What’s with that face? Let me get it straight. We don’t have the slightest intention to give you some kind of a big job. Why are you feeling the pressure when no one’s telling you to? So presumptuous.
MC: ….!
Ootani: Aki. Isn’t it easier to simply ask her to “take it easy”?
Kagura: How shitty is your brain for translating what I said into that?
MC: Uh… when you say “help,” what do I do exactly?
Ootani: Relax. It’s an important task, but it’s not hard. I want you to ask Maki what he wants as a present. Smoothly.
03
MC: What Maki-kun wants?
Ootani: He’s never greedy, and he won’t tell us things like that.
MC: What? You’re asking me, when he doesn’t even tell you?
Kagura: That’s what he said. Can you stop echoing everything he says?
MC: S-sorry….
Ootani: I don’t know why, but it seems that he’d lower his guard down around Rei-chan.
MC: Does he…? But we haven’t been in touch for anything beside work lately…
Kagura: I don’t need you to spit out excuses before you even start. You’ve got no other option but to do it.
MC: I-I suppose you’re right! Nothing will start if I’m scared of failing.
Kagura: Failure is not acceptable, though.
MC: …!
Ootani: Let’s leave it at that. In any case, we’re the ones who’ll set the stage.
MC: ?
[Hatori-san took out his phone and called someone.]
Hatori: ….Ah. Hello. Is that you, Maki?
MC: !
Hatori: Are you free this Friday evening? … Oh, good. Leave it open. Hm? I’m not scheming anything. Just a gathering for dinner.
04
-A Fancy Bar-
Maki: What do you mean it’s “just a gathering for dinner”?
Ootani: Huh? But it is a gathering for dinner.
MC: Haha…
Ootani: I did mention that I’d come with a cute girl, didn’t I?
Maki: ….
MC: Maki-kun, I’m sorry it looks like we deceived you…!
Maki: Why couldn’t you just say that we’re eating with Izumi?
Ootani: Then that’s no fun.
Maki: There’s nothing wrong with not being fun.
MC: (Still, these two… They have really good table manners…)
(Wait, this is not the time to be impressed! I’ve gotta ask about that quickly!)
MC: B…by the way, Maki-kun, how do you spend your days off?
Maki: …Where did that come from?
MC: Well, you know. I just realized I had never asked about your hobbies and such.
Maki: I don’t really have any hobbies…
MC: What about things you’re into recently…?
Maki: ….Nothing in particular…
MC: …! (He’s not lowering his guard, at all!)
05
[After that, he also entirely avoided answering casual questions I asked out of desperation…]
Maki: …Ah. My bad, I’ve gotta answer a call.
MC: …
Ootani: You’re having a hard time, I see.
MC: Isn’t this task too difficult? He wouldn’t even tell me his hobbies…
Ootani: Rei-chan, are you no good at getting answers out of someone?
MC: Certainly I can’t say I’m super good at it, but I don’t get to experience crushing defeat like this very often…!
Ootani: Well, you learn from experience. Do your best from here on too.
So. I’m leaving now.
MC: Huh?
Ootani: I told you, remember? Maki won’t tell things like that in front of us. Get Maki to send you home after the coffee.
MC: What? That’s not… Wait…!
Ootani: See ya then.
MC: (He really left…)
06
-Inside Maki’s car-
MC: I’m really sorry. Your house is on the opposite direction too…
Maki: It’s okay. Either way, there’s no way you can go home alone when you’re brought out all the way to a remote place like this.
MC: Well, that’s true… But I had good food, so I’m glad I came! I’ve got to thank Hatori-san next time.
Maki: You’re so conscientious about things like that.
MC: What? No, no. Not as much as you.
Maki: The hell?
MC: Like, actually. You even say thank you for something quite trivial.
Maki: …Huh. I don’t really get it, but I’ll take it as a praise.
MC: Yup, take it! I’m praising you with everything I’ve got!
Maki: “Everything” is too much, though.
MC: (Oh? The mood lightened up. This is probably a good chance…?)
Um, do you have anything you want aside from praises?
Maki: What?
MC: Well uh…! There isn’t any deep meaning behind it! You don’t seem to be greedy, so I’m kind of curious.
Maki: …What about you?
MC: Huh?
Maki: Something you want.
07
Maki: If you can ask that question, you must have it too, right? Something you want.
MC: Uh… sorry, but you see… nothing rings a bell, to be honest…
Maki: …Huh.
MC: (Aaaaah, the conversation ended… Rei, you suck!)
-The next day, at Kagura’s workshop-
Kagura: …In other words, you couldn’t get anything out of him, and he just sent you home?
MC: …Y, yes.
Kagura: Ssssso useless.
MC: …!
Kagura: *Sigh* No choice. Hey, Izumi.
Follow me.
MC: Huh?
Kagura: It’s your day off and you came here this early. You’ve got nothing to do after this anyway, right?
MC: (But you’re the one who told me to come here, without giving me a chance to say anything…)
Kagura: I’ll give you a reason to go to Kei-chan’s.
MC: To where Maki-kun is?
Kagura: Do it properly this time. Get it?
08
-M Toys Company-
MC: …Kagura-san, w-wait! Please!
Kagura: Can’t you walk more properly?
MC: I have all the intention to, but…
(Surely there’s something off with how I’m made to carry four paper bags while he’s got just one…)
Kagura: You’re getting all exhausted with just that?
MC: Just? Is there lead inside these bags?
Kagura: As if. It’s fabric and buttons.
MC: …So this is what they mean by “many a little makes a mickle”…[t/n the original is something like “many a trash makes a mountain of dump,” and to Kagura it sounds like she treated the material like trash]
Kagura: Don’t belittle something chosen by a designer. The nerve.
MC: S-sorry! That’s not what I—
Kagura: You want me to sew you up?
MC: Why do you always jump to that so quickly!?
Maki: …I thought it was noisy out here.
MC: !
Maki: What are you doing here?
09
Kagura: Kei-chan, this is from what we talked about on the other day. You said you needed it in hurry, so I brought it to you in person.
Maki: I said I’d pick it up if you give me a call or something.
Kagura: It’s fine. You’re busy with the award anyway, right? I also got hold of a convenient helping hand.
MC: …!
Maki: Labor… Did he get you to take all that? Izumi, give it.
[As he said that, he took the bags from me.]
MC: (Wow, he took them so easily…)
Maki: Well, you’re a great help. Thanks. You too, Izumi. It’s your day off, right?
MC: Yeah. It’s okay though, I’ve got nothing to do anyway.
Kagura: Then help him bring the bags all the way up. Are you trying to let Maki take all those all by himself? [t/n: I just realized when I checked months later, maybe it should’ve been “Kei-chan”? I didn’t save the original transcript ;_;]
Maki: You’re one to say, when you just got her to bring all these.
Kagura: …Get the answer this time, okay?
MC: !
Kagura: Well then, I’ve got work to do. Bye-bye.
10
[Kagura-san passed the bag onto me and left just like that.]
Maki: *Sigh* Sorry.
MC: Oh, you don’t need to be sorry! …That aside, I’ll take half of those.
Maki: It’s fine. Your hands got red.
MC: (…He’s right.)
Maki: If you’ve got time, just bring that one and go upstairs with me.
MC: Okay. If that helps…
….Huh?
Maki: What is it?
MC: Maki-kun, I think your wristwatch stopped ticking.
Maki: …Aah. I haven’t gotten it maintained in a while.
MC: You have it maintained? You’re taking great care of it.
Maki: Well, it’s the only one I’ve got.
MC: Really? That’s unexpected. I’ve got the impression that you’re someone who has a lot of these…
(…Hm? Wait…wristwatch…)
(Isn’t this a good one?)
01
[It’s not like we’re strangers. But we’re not close, either.]
[We’re not friends, let alone lovers.]
Maki: …Really, you’re a weird one.
[This is a story about the two of us before we could name our relationship.]
-Revel Headquarters-
MC: …Toy Design Award?
Ootani: Yeah. Every year, they pick a toy among those that were sold in that year and give a prize.
MC: And Maki-kun won? Amazing!
Kagura: Kei-chan has been breaking the company’s records with flying colors. It’s nothing surprising.
Ootani: Still, it’s not something so easy to win. So we’ve been talking about celebrating it once in a while. We were wondering if Rei-chan could help us.
MC: Help? How?
02
MC: A surprise party?
Ootani: Yeah. Sounds interesting, right?
MC: (When that comes from Hatori-san, I can’t help but feel slightly uneasy…)
Kagura: What’s with that face? Let me get it straight. We don’t have the slightest intention to give you some kind of a big job. Why are you feeling the pressure when no one’s telling you to? So presumptuous.
MC: ….!
Ootani: Aki. Isn’t it easier to simply ask her to “take it easy”?
Kagura: How shitty is your brain for translating what I said into that?
MC: Uh… when you say “help,” what do I do exactly?
Ootani: Relax. It’s an important task, but it’s not hard. I want you to ask Maki what he wants as a present. Smoothly.
03
MC: What Maki-kun wants?
Ootani: He’s never greedy, and he won’t tell us things like that.
MC: What? You’re asking me, when he doesn’t even tell you?
Kagura: That’s what he said. Can you stop echoing everything he says?
MC: S-sorry….
Ootani: I don’t know why, but it seems that he’d lower his guard down around Rei-chan.
MC: Does he…? But we haven’t been in touch for anything beside work lately…
Kagura: I don’t need you to spit out excuses before you even start. You’ve got no other option but to do it.
MC: I-I suppose you’re right! Nothing will start if I’m scared of failing.
Kagura: Failure is not acceptable, though.
MC: …!
Ootani: Let’s leave it at that. In any case, we’re the ones who’ll set the stage.
MC: ?
[Hatori-san took out his phone and called someone.]
Hatori: ….Ah. Hello. Is that you, Maki?
MC: !
Hatori: Are you free this Friday evening? … Oh, good. Leave it open. Hm? I’m not scheming anything. Just a gathering for dinner.
04
-A Fancy Bar-
Maki: What do you mean it’s “just a gathering for dinner”?
Ootani: Huh? But it is a gathering for dinner.
MC: Haha…
Ootani: I did mention that I’d come with a cute girl, didn’t I?
Maki: ….
MC: Maki-kun, I’m sorry it looks like we deceived you…!
Maki: Why couldn’t you just say that we’re eating with Izumi?
Ootani: Then that’s no fun.
Maki: There’s nothing wrong with not being fun.
MC: (Still, these two… They have really good table manners…)
(Wait, this is not the time to be impressed! I’ve gotta ask about that quickly!)
MC: B…by the way, Maki-kun, how do you spend your days off?
Maki: …Where did that come from?
MC: Well, you know. I just realized I had never asked about your hobbies and such.
Maki: I don’t really have any hobbies…
MC: What about things you’re into recently…?
Maki: ….Nothing in particular…
MC: …! (He’s not lowering his guard, at all!)
05
[After that, he also entirely avoided answering casual questions I asked out of desperation…]
Maki: …Ah. My bad, I’ve gotta answer a call.
MC: …
Ootani: You’re having a hard time, I see.
MC: Isn’t this task too difficult? He wouldn’t even tell me his hobbies…
Ootani: Rei-chan, are you no good at getting answers out of someone?
MC: Certainly I can’t say I’m super good at it, but I don’t get to experience crushing defeat like this very often…!
Ootani: Well, you learn from experience. Do your best from here on too.
So. I’m leaving now.
MC: Huh?
Ootani: I told you, remember? Maki won’t tell things like that in front of us. Get Maki to send you home after the coffee.
MC: What? That’s not… Wait…!
Ootani: See ya then.
MC: (He really left…)
06
-Inside Maki’s car-
MC: I’m really sorry. Your house is on the opposite direction too…
Maki: It’s okay. Either way, there’s no way you can go home alone when you’re brought out all the way to a remote place like this.
MC: Well, that’s true… But I had good food, so I’m glad I came! I’ve got to thank Hatori-san next time.
Maki: You’re so conscientious about things like that.
MC: What? No, no. Not as much as you.
Maki: The hell?
MC: Like, actually. You even say thank you for something quite trivial.
Maki: …Huh. I don’t really get it, but I’ll take it as a praise.
MC: Yup, take it! I’m praising you with everything I’ve got!
Maki: “Everything” is too much, though.
MC: (Oh? The mood lightened up. This is probably a good chance…?)
Um, do you have anything you want aside from praises?
Maki: What?
MC: Well uh…! There isn’t any deep meaning behind it! You don’t seem to be greedy, so I’m kind of curious.
Maki: …What about you?
MC: Huh?
Maki: Something you want.
07
Maki: If you can ask that question, you must have it too, right? Something you want.
MC: Uh… sorry, but you see… nothing rings a bell, to be honest…
Maki: …Huh.
MC: (Aaaaah, the conversation ended… Rei, you suck!)
-The next day, at Kagura’s workshop-
Kagura: …In other words, you couldn’t get anything out of him, and he just sent you home?
MC: …Y, yes.
Kagura: Ssssso useless.
MC: …!
Kagura: *Sigh* No choice. Hey, Izumi.
Follow me.
MC: Huh?
Kagura: It’s your day off and you came here this early. You’ve got nothing to do after this anyway, right?
MC: (But you’re the one who told me to come here, without giving me a chance to say anything…)
Kagura: I’ll give you a reason to go to Kei-chan’s.
MC: To where Maki-kun is?
Kagura: Do it properly this time. Get it?
08
-M Toys Company-
MC: …Kagura-san, w-wait! Please!
Kagura: Can’t you walk more properly?
MC: I have all the intention to, but…
(Surely there’s something off with how I’m made to carry four paper bags while he’s got just one…)
Kagura: You’re getting all exhausted with just that?
MC: Just? Is there lead inside these bags?
Kagura: As if. It’s fabric and buttons.
MC: …So this is what they mean by “many a little makes a mickle”…[t/n the original is something like “many a trash makes a mountain of dump,” and to Kagura it sounds like she treated the material like trash]
Kagura: Don’t belittle something chosen by a designer. The nerve.
MC: S-sorry! That’s not what I—
Kagura: You want me to sew you up?
MC: Why do you always jump to that so quickly!?
Maki: …I thought it was noisy out here.
MC: !
Maki: What are you doing here?
09
Kagura: Kei-chan, this is from what we talked about on the other day. You said you needed it in hurry, so I brought it to you in person.
Maki: I said I’d pick it up if you give me a call or something.
Kagura: It’s fine. You’re busy with the award anyway, right? I also got hold of a convenient helping hand.
MC: …!
Maki: Labor… Did he get you to take all that? Izumi, give it.
[As he said that, he took the bags from me.]
MC: (Wow, he took them so easily…)
Maki: Well, you’re a great help. Thanks. You too, Izumi. It’s your day off, right?
MC: Yeah. It’s okay though, I’ve got nothing to do anyway.
Kagura: Then help him bring the bags all the way up. Are you trying to let Maki take all those all by himself? [t/n: I just realized when I checked months later, maybe it should’ve been “Kei-chan”? I didn’t save the original transcript ;_;]
Maki: You’re one to say, when you just got her to bring all these.
Kagura: …Get the answer this time, okay?
MC: !
Kagura: Well then, I’ve got work to do. Bye-bye.
10
[Kagura-san passed the bag onto me and left just like that.]
Maki: *Sigh* Sorry.
MC: Oh, you don’t need to be sorry! …That aside, I’ll take half of those.
Maki: It’s fine. Your hands got red.
MC: (…He’s right.)
Maki: If you’ve got time, just bring that one and go upstairs with me.
MC: Okay. If that helps…
….Huh?
Maki: What is it?
MC: Maki-kun, I think your wristwatch stopped ticking.
Maki: …Aah. I haven’t gotten it maintained in a while.
MC: You have it maintained? You’re taking great care of it.
Maki: Well, it’s the only one I’ve got.
MC: Really? That’s unexpected. I’ve got the impression that you’re someone who has a lot of these…
(…Hm? Wait…wristwatch…)
(Isn’t this a good one?)
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