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因为英文版第十八章剧情的不同，所以英文版的正文结局在中文版完全没有的第十九章

ChapterOne

TheAwe-InspiringGirl（RinRinnoKo凛々の子）

（“Ah，hardtoimagineIwouldeverfindsomeoneevenclosetoRin...”

）thoughtHitomiasshewroteinherjournal.Hitomiiseen，juststartiudiesinbeingahighschoolphysicsteacher.Kindofashopaholic，shebuyswaytoomanybooksforherowngood，sideriinyapartment.Butbuyingbooksotbethatbad，right?EspeciallysinceshemetRinforthefirsttimeinabookstore.

Almosttwoyearsago，Hitomiwantedaspecialgiftforherselfonhereighteenthbirthday，andwasbrowsingtheoddseofthebookstorewheretitlessuchasLatinGrammarcouldbespotted，andheavilydisted，too!ShewasjustdebatingwhethertobuyCicero’sSpeechesininalLatin，or15oriantsinMedievalNotationwhenanirlpassedby，who，uponglangatthetitlesinHitomi’shands，smiledandtinuedon.

BythetimeHitomisnappedherselfoutofthatentingsmilethathasbeenengravedintohermind，thegirl’slonggone.Ugh...Aperfectfirstenterwellwasted...

Hitomihadbeeingwhethersheshouldvisitthebookstorethesamedayoftheweek，everyweek，tomayberunintothatgirlagain，butthatprovedunnecessary.Shewasbeyondjoywhethesamegirlagainattheendofthemonth，atavolunteeringorientation.Naturally，Hitomiwenttothesametableasthatgirldid，andparticipatedinthe“IceBreaker”

activities.

Rin，23，medicalstudent.Loveshistorybookson“peculiartopics”

.

TurnedoutHitomiwouldbevolunteeringatadifferentlocationfromRin.HitomiwouldvisitIn-patientsataRehabilitationHospital，mostlyseniorswhofelltrippingoncarpet，andRinwouldassistphysiotherapistsforfamilygroupactivitiespromotingimprovedcoordinationforchildrenwithautism.Usingthisasagoodexcusetoexpressherlamentthatshewouldn’tbeseeingmuchofRin，HitomiaskedRinforhertactto，uh...possiblysharesomebookstoread，siomisurelyhadasizablecolleofpeculiarbooksherself.（Latin，Greek，FinnishGrammar，Gregoriants，Byzaes，etcetera.）

Afterafewmeet-upsinlibrariesandcoffeeshops，HitomithoughtitwastimetopursueRin，andinvitedRintoherapartmenttoseehercolleofbooks.Attheend，though，whenHitomiwonderedifshecouldseeRin’scolleatRin’splace，therewasaveryslightsilencebeforeRinreplied“Iwilltidyupmyplacefirst”

.

AsRindidn’tgiveaprecisedateforseeingherbooksatherplace，HitomimetRinagainafewmoretimes，andlastofwhichwasatthelakesideofaveryquietparkatRin’srequest.

“Iwasreadingaveryengagingbookyesterday，wanttohear?”

RinlookedgentlyatHitomi’seyes.Thinkingthisasaperfectcetthemclether，Hitomieagerlynodded.

“Duringmedievaltimes，someprisonerswhobehavetoofull-of-themselveswouldobe‘brushed’beforeappearingincain.”

Rindrewcloser.“Boilingwaterwouldbepouredontotheskin，nottoomuch，though，andafialbrushwouldbeemployedforthesc，”

Rin’seyesbecamefieryandpowerful.“Untiltheglisteningwhiteofthebonepleasedtheeye...”

“Hitomi，that’sthekindofpeculiarhistorybooksinwhichIindulge.So?”

Wasthatdisturbing?Ofcourseitwas!（thoughtHitomi）...however，whentheburningeyesofRinwasmeretimetersawayfromherown，Hitomi’smentaldebatewasnotwhethersheshouldfightorflightbeforeapossiblydangerouspervert，but，hearingherowpoundingandrag，Hitomi’sinnerbattlewas（“couldthis，byce，beihereaofmeetingmyfirsttruelove?!?!”

）

Swallowingacoupleoftimesbeforeanswering，Hitomiwasalmostparalyzedwith，notfear，butnervousness，“I...I...think...I’mpretty...sure，thatI...um...loveyou，butifthat’stoosoon，...maybeit’sbesttojustsay，Ireallylikeyou.Ithinkyouarestunninglybeautiful，andhaveapersonalitythatmakesmewanttobedrawncloser，whileyourintellectisawe-inspiring.MayIplease，havethepermissionto，um...likeyoualot...”

Hitomi’svoicetrailedoffasshestaredathershoesandwrungherfiogether.

“IamquitesurethatIlikeyouverymuchaswell”

，Rinsatrelaxed，hereyeslookingacrossthelakeintothedistance，“IfyouarenotrepelledbythebooksIread，maybewegetalongjustfine.Butawordofwarning，though，Ijustbrokeupwithmyboyfriendhalfayearago;we’vebeentogethersincehighschool.Andthereason?Hesaidhe’snotgoodenoughforme.What’sthatsupposedtomean!IthinkI’moverhimnow，butifIsoundbitterlyharshorfeelinsecure，that’sprobablythereason，tryingtodrivepeopleawayfrommebeforeIamabandoned.Soundslikealunatic，don’tI?ButI’mquitecertainI’moveritnow.Don’twanttohurtyouwhenI’mnotyetreadytomoveforward.Wouldn’tbefairtoyou.”

Rin’svoicewasmorelikeamurmurbythattime，andHitomididn’tknowtherightwaytorespond，sosheleanedclosertoRin.

“Hitomi，wanttoetomypladlookatsomebooksonpeculiarsubjects?”

“Uhn.”

Hitominodded，andthatwastheirfirstrealdate.

Theweek，Hitomididn’tklywhatwouldbetherightexpressionwhenbeholdingtitlessuchasForensics，BrazilianJiuJitsu，PsychologyofDomination，TheMedievalDungeonandEquipment，SuggestiveLanguageandtheSHypnosis，andbeinguomaintainasmile，Hitomiwonderedifshewouldhavenightmaresthatnight.

“Hitomi?”

“Ah，...yes?”

Shequicklybroughtherselfoutoftherampagingrandomthoughts.

“Youhaveaverysweetvoice，likeglimmeringsunlightonamountainstreamthatflowsovershinypebbles.Iwouldliketomakeyousingformesomeday.”